Seventeen Jap Bombers Downed In Single Clash
American forces on Guadalcanal repelled a Japanese air assault as Navy reports 17 enemy bombers and fighters shot down, with seven U S fighters lost. Additional Japanese planes were deemed destroyed, boosting Solomons losses to 566. Ground actions in New Guinea and Guadalcanal showed Allied pressure, while Ditty Aleutian raids damaged ships and aircraft.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Navy
United States
Solomons
South Pacific
New Guinea
Henderson Airfield
Givi
Douglas A. MacArthur
Headquar Tern
Allied
High Command
Buna
Owen Steatey Mountain
Gorari
Kiska
Hottz Bay
Attu Island
Aleutians
Senate Recommends 48 Hour Week for War Plants
A Senate subcommittee urges a 49 hour work week where feasible with overtime paid in war bonds to curb cash wage inflation. It proposes suspension of the 40 hour limit in non war industries and calls for government guided hiring policies over coercive measures, noting the Manpower Commission has failed to craft a national program.
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Senate
Gomamittee
Tongthense
Warkica
Hugh Fulton
Fulton
Kilgore
West Virginia
Huron Fire Department Responds to Armistice Day Fires
Armistice Day kept most of Huron home but not the fire department which answered three calls. Sparks from a weed fire at 630 Beach Avenue Southeast set a garage roof alight. Damage was slight. Two additional weed fires occurred at 612 Idaho Avenue Southeast and 1299 Kansas Avenue Southeast.
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Huron
630 Beach
Avenue Southeast
Idaho Avenue
Kansas Avenue
Navy Casualties Reach 16526 Across Services
Washington reports 727 total casualties among Navy Marine and Coast Guard personnel for Oct 16 to 31. Of these 172 died, 315 wounded, 240 missing. Totals since December include 3,854 dead, 1,190 wounded, 2,? missing, with Marine Corps at 784 dead 703 wounded 1,900 missing and Coast Guard 37 dead 11 wounded 126 missing.
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Washington
Navy
Marine, Coast Guard and Navy
Navy, Marine and Coast Guard
Dee
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Coffee ersatz from garvanzos eyed for drinkers
Santa Barbara County gardeners and researchers report garbanzo beans or chickpeas are being shipped in large quantities to major coffee firms. Officials note the beans can be cooked like peas and may be used to brew an ersatz coffee. The county produced about 200 million pounds of garbanzos last year with a larger crop expected this season.
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Santa Barbara
Ersatz
Mexico
War Today Warns Hitler Seeks Air Power for Tunisia
In a Daily feature by DeWitt Mackenzie and Glenn Babb touring war zones, analysts note Germany may rely on air power in the Tunisia campaign. The piece highlights the Mediterranean balance of air fleets, British land and sea forces, and the coming decisive battles near Tunis and Carthage as forces clash in a pivotal phase of World War II.
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Hitler
Tunisia
DeWitt Mackenzie
Glenn Babb
Mackenzie
Tunis
Missing duck report sparks chaos at Indianapolis station
An unidentified caller in Indianapolis tried to report a missing duck to police headquarters. The switchboard operator asked him to repeat the message to the radio dispatcher, then to the record clerk. The caller became exasperated and disrupted the line of communication.
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Indianapolis
Rorh
Roosevelt Proclaims National Days of Prayer for Holidays
President Roosevelt urges the nation to observe Thanksgiving and New Year as days of prayer. He references scripture, calls for faith and courage, and asks Americans in factories, offices, mines, and on public roads to join in moments of prayer for the national emergency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Enid
Ship In Four And A Half Days For Record
Henry J Kaiser's Richmond yard will launch the 10500 ton Liberty freighter Robert E Peary at 2 30 p m PWT four days and 4 154 hours after keel laying setting a new building record The Peary will be under half the time of the previous 10 day record from Kaiser's Portland yard The keel went down at 1203 a m Sunday and delivery may occur within a week of work start The existing keel laying to delivery record is just under 14 days
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Richmond
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
Robert E. Peary
Kaiser Yard
Portland
Ore
Joseph ‘Teel
Allied Troops Report Occupation of Bone Tunisia
Vichy radio claims American forces occupied Bone in eastern Algeria near the Tunisian border. Nine Italian generals reportedly captured in Egypt as battles continue. Vichy cabinet meets with Marshal Pétain to review North African situation via Laval report.
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Tunisia
London
Reuters
Vichy
Bone
Algetis
Cairo
Egypt
Peyain
Phesides
Marshal Potaisi
Pierre Laval
Oil Rations Cut On Eastern Coast
Petroleum Coordinator Harold L. Ickes said he recommended a nearly 12 percent cut in petroleum consumption in 17 rationed east coast states. He reported the reduction aims to redirect oil to military needs as shipments to the East run far below requirements.
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Washington
Harold L. Iekes
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Office of Price Administration
Ickes
Atherson
Oil Referendum Defeated in General Election Vote
Unofficial returns show the State Of and Gas Board Law defeated by 21,883 votes in the general election. The yes count was 85,844 and the no 65,961. official canvass begins December 3 to verify results.
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State of and Gas
Gas Stations Seek One Cent Price Hike
Reported yesterday that gas stations received permission from the Office of Price Administration to add one penny to the sale price of gasoline. The change allows stations to charge one additional cent per gallon as part of wartime controls.
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Office of “Price Administration
Reds Note Shift Of German Planes To Other Fronts
Soviet reports say German air activity over Stalingrad sharply reduced as planes moved to southern fronts. Pravda cites outdated aircraft and only about 200 flights in 24 hours versus 1500 to 2000 earlier. Winter tightens on the Volga front with sub zero temperatures as Russians press sieges.
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Associated Press
Stalingrad
Europe
Pravda
Volga
Caucasus
National Board Bids To Halt Double Features
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures urged suspension of double features to save time, materials, and manpower for the war effort. The resolution followed a speech by Lowell Mellett of the Office of War Information at the board’s 18th annual conference, urging abolition of the practice.
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Lare
National Board of Review of
Moition Pictures
Lowell Mellett
Office of War Information Bueau
Motion. Pictures
Board
Prescription Required For Ethyl Alcohol Sales
Washington November 12 The War Production Board ordered druggists to halt sales of ethyl rubbing alcohol except with a doctor’s written order. The move aims to conserve nearly two million gallons annually and free supplies for explosives synthetic rubber and other chemical wartime uses.
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Washington
Comer
Wars
Air Force battles in Tunisia as Axis mass near Tunis
British reports say air-borne Axis troops and planes mass near Tunis while American units rush toward the frontier from the west. At Tunis at least 19 Axis aircraft were set on fire and many damaged. Rommel’s forces press Libya from Bardia to Gambut as Italians seize Corsica and move toward France. A UN spokesman hints operations may loom at Dakar as battles widen across North Africa.
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Tunisia
North Afhes
Tunis
Tunisian
Algeria
Libya
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Rommmel
Africa
Bardia
Gambut
Rommel
el Alamein
DNB
Qattara
Tobrik
Itajans
Corsica
Ritter
Taedic
French
Mediterranean
Hitler
North Africa
United Nations
Dakar
French West Africa
French Morocco
Atlantic
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Greece
North
Europe
Mussolini
I Popolo T
Italia
Jessona
France
Toulon
Ankara
Writer Aboard Transport To Africa Describes Torpedoing Of Troopship
A first person account from a writer aboard a transport to Africa details a pre-dawn Mediterranean attack. The convoy was hit as a hostile Italian aircraft released two torpedoes, sending the affected troopship into heavy smoke and slow withdrawal.
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Africa
Mediterranean
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