Forces Reach Dakar in Final Allied North Africa Drive
American forces arrive in Dakar signaling the closing phase of the North Africa campaign. Allied plans hinge on ships and supply lines as Rommel reinforces Tunisia and Axis resistance mounts in Naples and Lampedusa zones.
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Dakar
London
Alies
North Africa
Italy
Tunisia
Medjez-El-Bab Gateeway
Tunis
Bizerte
IixUuns
Libya
Goveranique
Morotes
Marshal Roreme
Mediterranean
Cairo
Naples
Lampedusa
Sicily
Africa
United Nations
Eisenhower
North
Hitler
Europe
U, S
French Africa
West Africa
United States
French Equatorial Africa
Europa
Anderson
Attica
Alexander
Montgomery
Vane Guards
Tripoli
Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
Erwin Hummel
Africa Corps
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jean Darlan
Navy Lowers WAVES Enlistment Education Requirement
The navy reduced the educational standard for WAVES and coast guard reserve enlistment to two years of high school work. About 5,000 WAVES will be in service or training by June 1, according to the navy.
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Washington
Navy
Coast Guard Reserve
President Leads Nation in Somber Wartime Christmas
President Roosevelt opens Yuletide with a somber wartime observance as millions at home think of sons abroad and workers in war plants. Four of the Roosevelt grandchildren are away at war. the national tree lights are omitted and the event is held in daylight.
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Edward Higgs
Washington
Chicef
White House
Sgpemadics
Pacific
North Africa
Donald M.‘Nelson
Worle
Nelson
Leo Roosevelt
Crew Uninjured In Pierre Crash
A four metered bomber from Rapid City air base crash landed northeast of Pierre with 12 crew members unharmed apart from a sprained ankle for the most serious injury. The pilot sought Rapid City clearance but weather blocked it before the landing. Three crew members bailed out before touchdown.
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Pierre
Rapid City
Gibson Wolfe
Routh de Otans Meet Aboard U S Destroyer
AJ Patterson seaman first class of USS Crane writes from care post in San Diego to friends in Sturgis about meeting Lt George Marsh USNR aboard the destroyer in the Pacific. Marsh, a former coach at Miller and Sturgis, was born in Woonsocket and raised around Woonsocket, Huron and Mitchell.
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Routh DE Otans
U. 5
AJ Patterson
USS
Crane
San Diego
Cal
Sturgis
George Marsh
USNR
Marsh
Miller and Sturgis
Navy
Woonsocket
Huron
Mitchell
Seaman Patterson
Pacific
Soldiers Believe In Santa at Hendricks Field
A squadron bulletin at Hendricks Field Florida orders all soldiers who signed a belief in Santa to KP duty on Christmas Day. The squadron commander later confirms the roster and the assignment to kitchen patrol duties.
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Santa Hendricks Field
Fla
Santa Claus
Continue Bombing Nazi Rail Heads
Allied fighters and bombers smashed trains and railway targets in northern France Belgium and western Germany last night according to the air ministry. No size of crossing force was given and the raids were described as offensive patrols. Afternoon forays over St Malo Den Helder Brittany and Normandy faced no enemy air opposition.
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Lomndon
France
Belgium
Germany
Air Ministry
Berlin
Denhelder
Brittany
Normandy
Aces
Tunis
Bizerte
Henri Honore Giraud
Pont du Fahs
London Air Ministry
Naples
Lampecusa
Sicily
Tunisia
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Rubber rationing might curb tire use if shortage worsens
In Omaha on December 24 the Rubber Administrator William Jeffers pledged that taking spares from motorists with a single car or from owners with multiple cars would be a last resort. He later said the government would not act unless synthetic plants fail to start on schedule, and he expected no trouble. Jeffers planned to stay in Omaha through Christmas.
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Omaha
William Jeffers
Jeffers
Retired Philadelphia Teacher Adelaide Yost Dies After Christmas Visit
Miss Adelaide C. Yost a retired school teacher in her late eighties who gave dollar bills to neighborhood children on Tuesday was found dead yesterday in the home where she lived alone in Philadelphia. The Christmas kindness preceded her death in the same month.
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Philadelphia
Adelaide C. Yost
Best Crop Year In History Shown By Jones Report
Sioux Falls reports 1942 crop season as possibly the most successful in South Dakota history. Evan V. Jones notes high yields and record production across nine crops, with total crop value $223,474,000, up 73 percent from 1941. Corn led with 103,214,000 bushels. oats 90,400,000. barley 59,354,000. rye 12,872,000.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Evan V. Jones
Sudan
Finnish Cabinet Members Deny Pearl Harbor Applause Reports
Helsinki reports claimed Finnish officials congratulated Japan for Pearl Harbor at a Japanese legation party on December 7. The Finnish government denies knowledge of such congratulations while officials in Washington express concern. The legation confirms Pearl Harbor films were shown at tea, but guests allegedly did not know the program in advance.
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Washington
Pearl’ Harbor
Helsinki
Aday
State Department
Pear
Harbor
Plan to force bread slicing as cost control
Washington officials discuss a broader living cost program aimed at reducing manufacture and service costs of bread. The move envisions eliminating or cutting fee items like fancy wrappers and unusual shapes to prevent price increases while maintaining quality.
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Washington
Reds Drive Seals Off German Rail Hub in Don Front
Soviet forces ring Millerovo and strike toward the Don rail hub as they push into southern Russia. They report towns captured, heavy Nazi casualties, and encirclement threats while advancing toward Kharkov and threatening Kamensk.
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Reds
Russia
Miverove
Don
Millerove
Rostov
Caucasus
Volga
Pravda
Messerschmitt
Red Army
N. F. Vatutin
Bolshinsk
Valoshina
Olichovoi Rog
Vvvv Vv
1942 larceny sweepstakes tops odd thefts list
Hartford story outlines a three way tie of unusual thefts from Travelers Insurance. A Cairo Illinois janitor says repairmen stole an elevator, Los Angeles College lost a lie detector, Canton Ohio saw 20 gallons of worms taken, and Norfolk Virginia reports tires stripped from a car with a rhymed note left behind.
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Hartford
Conn
Hartford Insurance Company
Travelers Insurance Company
Cairo
Los Angeles College
Canton
Norfolk
War Today Mackenzie Sees Peace Elusive Yet Christmas Hope in Bethlehem
DeWitt Mackenzie travels Bethlehem and Jerusalem seeking a yuletide message from the Holy Land. He describes the ancient streets near the wall of Jerusalem and the path to Calvary, noting crowds in bazaars and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where Jesus is said to be buried.
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Mackenzie
Earth
Holy City
Dewitt MacKenzie
Bethlehem
Associated Press
Jude
Jerusalem
Jesus
King. David's
Old City
Christ
Vis Doloresa
Calvary
Gee MacKenzie
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Deny
Kamensk
Millerovo
Moscow-to-Rostov
Ukraine
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Stalingrad
Adolf Hitler
Strugg
Miles
Isyshey
Tmolensk
Ronan
Ako
Turkey
Iran
Mostow-Rostov
Vonouezh
Black Sea
Smolensk
Arcan
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