American Landing in North Africa Opens Second Front
U S troops landed in French North Africa ports forming a large offensive to forestall Axis invasion and reopen the Mediterranean. General Dwight D Eisenhower led the force with British reinforcements arriving soon, as Allied strategy aimed to trap Rommel and push toward Russia. President Roosevelt announced the move via shortwave to Europe, signaling a decisive shift in the war and a new Allied front.
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Atlantic
Mediterranean
North Africa
Egypt
Africa Corps
Irwin Rommel
Roosevelt
Europe
France
United States
War Department
Washington
White House
America
Africa
Russia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
Axis
Gibraltar
United Nations
French Report Resistance To Landings In Africa
Allied dispatches describe French resistance repulsed at first landings near Casablanca Algiers and Oran and outline Roosevelt Darlan and Eisenhower responses. British and American forces execute a large transcontinental assault with paratroops Rangers and air power. The broadcast urges French cooperation to defeat the Axis and liberate France.
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French Ecommunique
Algiers
Oran
U. S
London
Casablanca
Union
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Vichy
North Africa
France
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Africa
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United Nations
Work Or Fight Debate Spurs War Mobilization Debate
Donald M Nelson telling the Senate military affairs subcommittee that work or fight may be required for all citizens. The panel backs longer work weeks and better management while awaiting broader policy on conscription and productivity measures. The president cautions against extending hours that hurt efficiency and hints at a 48 hour week as desirable. The manpower shortage grows as more draftees enter service, with farm youths bearing deferments. The War Labor Board freezes wages at Sept 15 levels for most workers, with strict limits on increases and a 15 percent cap only when essential for the war effort. The policy assigns wage oversight to the WLB and Treasury, agriculture, and professional salaries to other agencies. Independent notes on a new anti tank rocket in Africa, a two man Japanese sub move, and Belgium gold from Bank of France amid war news.
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Donald M. Nelson
Senate Military Affairs
Nelson
War Labor Board
WLB
Treasury Department
Secretary of Agriculture
William H. Davis
Davis
Axis
Africa
Pearl Harbor
War Savings Staff
Bank of France
Marshal Petain
Maren
Rubber Mirage and the New Order in wartime Washington
A sweeping wartime column critiques rubber shortages from Brazil, blaming Jungle logistics, Nazi submarine disruptions, and BEW Jones disputes for a near total rubber shortfall this year while detailing brutal Dutch and German wartime topics. It also lampoons Senator Doxey and Capitol security, noting Doxey's private Washington rail and mockery of White House fence plans.
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Amazon
Brazil
Doxey
Capitol
Senate
Wall Doxey
Mississippi
James Eastland
Eastland
Washington
Yank Troops in Ireland By Quentin Reynolds
In a colonelly roam through Ulster American forces tour Ireland amid siege history and scenic estates. Tanks traverse pastures as Ulster towns claim bones of Saint Patrick while Belfast hosts leave. American, Canadian and British troops share billets and patrol grand estates with 13 historic presidents in Belfast museum as food and warmth outpace enemy comfort.
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Ireland
Quentin Reynolds
Belfast
High Street
Kensington Gardens
London
United States
Ulster
Adams
Monroe
Jackson
Polk
Buchanan
Johnson
Grant
Arthur
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Grand Central Hotel
Christmas Gift Cigarettes for Service Members
Surveys indicate cigarettes and smoking tobacco top gift lists for service personnel. Post Exchanges and Can teens data show Camel as the favorite cigarette, with Camels in a 10-pack carton or Camel holiday house four boxes, and Prince Albert in a pound canister as a grand option, all Christmas wrapped and ready to give.
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Prince Albert
Advy
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Board of Economic Warfare
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Collier's Weekly
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Saint Patrick
Saul
Armagh
Yankees
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Rick
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Marshal Henri Petain
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Doman
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Charles Kingsley
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