Carrier Hornet Downed 59 Jap Planes Before Sinking
The carrier Hornet and 10 other US warships, previously unnamed, were publicly identified as sunk after the November Guadalcanal battles. The Hornet reportedly shot down 59 of 64 Japanese planes before abandoning ship, with final actions by American ships sinking it off the Santa Cruz Islands.
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Hornet
John H. Wiggins
Washington
Navy
South Pacific
Santa Cruz Islands
United States
Guad
Philadelphia
Fourth Naval District
Alcanal
Northampton
Juneau
Atlanta
Monssen
Benham
Preston
Waike
Barton
Laffey
Guadal Ceml
Gurs
Enterprise
Saratoga
Ranger
Lexindon
Battle of the Coral Sea
Yorktown
Midway
Wasp
Solomons
Diary Records Blizzard Fury and Beadle County Toll
A Beadle County diary from Captain J S Vanderburgh details the worst South Dakota blizzard, with temperatures plunging from 20 degrees below zero to 12 degrees drop in 15 minutes. He barely fed cattle before reaching the barn after hours of effort as fatalities in Beadle County reached ten, with broader Dakota Territory deaths cited at fourteen percent.
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J. S. Vanderburgh
Huron
Texas
Sheman Davis
Beadle County
Davis
Kingsbury
Dakota Territory
Farm Mobilization Campaign Opens With Talks By United Nations Leaders
President Roosevelt and other United Nations leaders praised American farmers for 1942 food contributions and urged increased 1943 production. A nationwide Farm Mobilization Day radio program, using major networks, broadcast messages to farmers, homes, and county meetings.
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United Nations
Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Pew
Pay-As-Go Tax Bill Introduced
Washington January 12 a pay-as-you-go income tax measure tied to the Beadsley Royal place has been introduced by Senator Clark Missouri Democrat The bill taxes current year income and forgives prior year taxes with withholdings at the source The plan adds 19 percent to a five percent victory tax to total 24 percent with higher earners paying more and simplifies bookkeeping
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Washington
Beadsley Royal Place
Clark
Missouri
Rumi
Murderer Hangs Self in Lincoln Prison Hospital
Lincoln January 12 a 63 year old Nebraska farmer Vince C Horky hanged himself in the state penitentiary hospital a week after starting a life sentence for second degree murder. He had been in the prison hospital since being brought from Butte where he pleaded guilty to the shotgun slaying of his wife. He showed no remorse, saying he had been having trouble with her for two years.
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Lincoln
Jan
Vince C. Horky
Lynch
Neb
Farmer
State Penitentary Hospital
Horky
Butte
D. R Ty
Butts
Yankee Bombers Smash Heavily At Rommel Forces
Allied reports from North Africa describe Flying Fortresses bombing Ghadames deep in the Libyan desert and French troops capturing prisoners after driving Germans from a mountain pass near Pont Du Fahs. Additional raids on Gabes targeted a railroad bridge while German transport planes were engaged off the Tunisian coast.
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Wes Gallaghen
North Africa
Tripolitania
Marshal Rommel
Ghadames
Tunisia
Pont du Fahs
Tunis
Algeria
Jevel Boudabous
Kairouan
Souisse
Medjex-El-Bab
Karachouan
Pont Gu Fahs
Gabes
Aijod
Tunisian
Billy Mitchhell
Oscar Dog Reunited After Theft Spree At Fire Station
Oscar the fire station mascot dog had its collar missing for about ten days during a series of thefts. Police detained a 15 year old boy on suspicion and recovered stolen goods at his home for juvenile authorities. SIX DIE IN CHASH CLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A B 25 plane crashed yesterday on central Colorado plains killing six. Names of victims not released.
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Oscar
Huron
Dire Department
Juven
Lry
Chash Clorado Springs
Colo
Colorado Plains
Peterson Field
Son Of Heaven Appeals Workers To Greater Output
Tokyo reports say Japan’s leaders, led by Tojo, push war workers to raise production as the emperor’s prestige is invoked. Aides will tour major plants to reassure and spur effort amid a reported collapse of wartime output, following imperial appeals and Roosevelt’s congress address.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
General Tojo
Japan
Hirohito
Ise
High Command
Roosevelt
Congress
Red Army advances as Rostov push widens war front
Soviet dispatches report wavering German troops retreating 20 miles on Rostov approaches while Red forces push from Stalingrad toward Rostov and the Kuban, threatening Maikop oil fields. Across the Don front, Germans pour in tanks and infantry but face heavy Soviet counterattacks with dozens of Nazis killed and hundreds captured.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Rostov
Don
Naples
Hitler
Caucasus
Maikop
Russia
Mozdok
Red Army
Kuban
Kaikop
Donares
Don Steppes
Red
Stalingrad
Black Sea
Kuberle
Zimovniki
Vestoly
Zimoniki
Central Caucasus
Minerainye Vodi
Rostov- Batu
Iki Caucasus
Central
Moscow
All Corn Prices Frozen At Levels Existing Today
The Office of Price Administration set a temporary ceiling freezing maximum corn prices nationwide to maintain favorable ratios with livestock poultry and eggs. The rule, effective tomorrow, allows declines but blocks increases and follows spikes in corn prices. Stabilization Director Byrnes ordered the ceiling with approval from Secretary Wickard.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
James F. Byrnes
Selecting Jury For Flynn Trial
In Los Angeles on January 127 jurors were being questioned as prosecutors and defense lawyers work to pick a jury for Errol Flynn rape charges. Prosecutor John Hopkins pressed jurors to weigh the credibility of two accusers against Flynn, while defense attorney Jerry Giesler sought to shield Flynn from industry bias. The two witnesses, Peson La Rue Sstterlee and Betty Hensen, are named in court papers as juror considerations and as part of the trial context.
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Los Angeles
Ererol Fiyroon
Jerry Giesler
Flynn
John Hopkins
Callel
Fisam
Errol Fi
Pesen la Rue Sstterlee
Hollywood
Anti Fascist Editor Carlo Tresca Killed in New York
Police traced the auto used in the assassination of Carlo Tresca 58 anti fascist editor and former Industrial Workers of the World leader. Tresca was shot while walking on lower Fifth Avenue. two bullets struck him, one in the head and one in the back. Authorities sought the driver in a small dark sedan after the killer fled.
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New York
Carlo Tresca
Indus_ trial Workers of the World
W. W
Tresca
Lower Fifth Ave
Hi Martello
Mazzini
Athens
Fifth Avenue
15Th Street
Millon Halpern
Ical
Tresea
Bea
Carlo
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Rommel
WAAC
Ruth Ballard
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Don City
Rome
Foreign Office
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Atlante
Fie
Calvin~lidge
Feiss
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