Mussolini Admits Allies Pressuring Italian War Effort
In a muted public stand Mussolini acknowledged that the United Nations are gaining the upper hand in the war of nerves. He cited Churchill's recent speech and cited Italy’s losses, while hoping to reassure Italians with promises of German reinforcement and Japan’s expanding empire. The piece notes the psychological campaign’s impact and the regime’s tenuous grip as Italy faces disintegration of its imperial fortunes.
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Benito Mussolini
United Nations
Italy
Winston Churchil
Duce
Churchill
Germany
Hi Duce
Mussolini
Japan
Il Duce
Piazza Venezia
United States
Five More Nippon Vessels Sunk By U S Submarines
Navy reports at least five Japanese ships sunk by American submarines. Two more enemy vessels hit by torpedoes. one likely destroyed. Total allied submarine losses and hits noted. leaders stress dauntless spirit as Pacific operations press Japan's supply lines. Secret new aircraft plans and rapid field modifications also described by Army Air Force official.
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John H. Wiggins
Washington
United States
Japan
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Nimitz
Ward
Western Pacific
China Sea
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Navy
New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Nathaniel F. Silsbee
Army Air Force
Tthe Air Force
Silsbee
Doolittle
Arctic
Axis
America
Airport Damage At Fayetteville In Storm
Damage estimated between 7000 and 8000 occurred at Fayetteville airport during a heavy rain and wind storm sweeping central and eastern North Carolina. J W Beasley assistant manager of the port said today.
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Fayetteville
North Carolina
J.W. Beasley
One Is Killed And 50 Injured In Columbus
A severe storm swept Honey Hill and Bolton areas of Columbus County killing Otha Hill, 43, and injuring many as wind battered Negro homes at about 60 mph. Injured were treated at Lumberton Wilmington and Whiteville. Many North Carolina Lumber Co workers affected.
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Whiteville
Honey Hill
Bolton
Columbus County
Otha Hill
Lumberton
Wilmington
The
North Carolina Lumber Company
Nazi Saboteur Friend Fined And Sentenced
NEW YORK December 2 1946 Anthony Cramer a 42 year old Yorkville mechanic was convicted of aiding two Nazi saboteurs landed by submarine last June and sentenced to 45 years in prison and a 10000 fine. Federal Judge Henry Goddard imposed the sentence and defense counsel Harold Medina said he would appeal. The trial found Cramer met Thiel and Kerling in New York and provided false information to FBI agents to hide Thiel s mission. Thiel and Kerling and four companions were later executed by a military court in Washington.
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New York
Anthony Cramer
Yorkville
United States
Henry. Goddard
Harold Medina
Cramer
Werner Thiel
Edward J. Kerling
Florida
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thiel
Capitol Hill revolt sharpens move to caucus system
The article notes Democrats push for a return to the caucus to limit executive-led lawmaking. Since 1933 the New Dealers held sway, with the House and Senate meeting privately few times. FDR’s method of seeking informal input faced private grumbling as loyalty gave way to debate over poll tax abolition and broader legislative control.
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Ray Tucker
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
National Chamber
F.D.R
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mason and Dixon
Russians recapture Yuzhnaya Hill near Stalingrad against Nazis
Soviet forces report recapture of Yuzhnaya Hill east of Volga, strengthening grip on southern Stalingrad as German counterattacks fail. Red Star notes seven Nazi counterattacks with up to 70 tanks and infantry in a bid to retake the hill, but Russians hold and push Nazis back toward the steppes. Pravda cites a full Nazi division counterattacking from Stalingrad with 75 tanks.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Stalingrad
Yuzhnaya
Red Star
Volga River
Volga
Kurgan Hill
Alexei Rodintzev
Steppes
Pravda
Communist Party
Don
Tug with 14 on board sinks near Cleveland
The tug Admiral sank early today about 15 miles northwest of Cleveland. Fourteen crew members are unaccounted for, and the Coast Guard sent life boats and tugs from Cleveland and Lorain to the scene. The barge Cleveco from the Allied line towed the tug and anchored eight miles off Avon Point.
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Cleveland
Admiral
Coast Guard
Cleveco
Allied Line
Lorain
Avon Point
FDR Drops Plan To Unify Manpower Chief Ickes
Washington December 2 1941 Interior Secretary Harold L Ickes was reportedly stepping back from a plan to appoint a single manpower administrator President Roosevelt and Ickes reportedly agreed that the job of supervising the federal manpower machinery should go to a more available candidate The plan faced three way cabinet shifts and political industry opposition with oil interests urging retention of Ickes in his petroleum post while Roosevelt still sought one overall manpower head
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Roosevelt
Ickes
Tekes
W. G. Skelly
Skelly Oil Company
Skelly
Minor Guadalcanal Action Reported by Navy
In the Solomons American soldiers and marines struck at small enemy installations on Guadalcanal. They captured three light artillery pieces and six machine guns and killed fifty one enemy soldiers, according to the Navy today.
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Guadalcanal
Associated Press
Washington
Solomons
Navy
Aarine Corps
Lunga
Navy Department
South Pacific
LaArmay
Marine Corps
Lunga River
d—Army
Melbourne
Ickes Remains Oil Boss After FDR Shakeup
President Roosevelt reorganized the petroleum administration but kept Harold Ickes as Secretary of the Interior, blocking a move to make him Labor and Manpower chief. The White House planned to publish the order text soon, with sources noting Ickes reportedly declined the new post. Navy and Marine actions in the Pacific and a separate note on reinforcement efforts are also reported.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Petroleum Administration
Interior
White House
Ickes
Harold D. Smith
Tekes
Knox optimistic on war outlook five times Jap losses
Secretary Knox told the National Association of Manufacturers that Japanese casualties are believed five times greater than American losses and that the U S Navy is larger and more powerful than before Pearl Harbor. He praised production gains and noted vast war mobilization across the South Pacific Britain Africa and two hemispheres while acknowledging wartime flaws.
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Knox
United States
New York
IK Knox
America
United States Navy
Pearl Harbor
National Association of Manufacturers’ Convention
Navy
South Pacific
Britain
Africa
Move Isolates Axis Penned In Two Cities
World War II dispatches report Gen Kenneth Ander captured part of the Tunis to Bizerte highway, isolating Axis forces in Tunis and Bizerte. Allied bombers pounded Bizerte Tunis and Tripoli as fighting continued around Gabes and Safax with cross-front actions and reports of Axis counterattacks.
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Associated Press
London
Kenneth A. N. Ander
Tunis
Bizerte
Axd
Tunisia
Morocc
Esea
Berlin
Hitler
Ve ‘Guely
Shr Larly
Libya
Storm Deluge Kills Three in South Carolina
A December storm sweeping central South Carolina left three dead and several injured. In Winnsboro, 26 miles northwest of Columbia, 5 year old Lewis Baughman died of storm injuries, with another Baughman child found dead. The storm also struck Kershaw County near Camden, damaging homes including Rep. L. C. Clyburn, and toppled tents at Fort Jackson injuring a soldier.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Winnsboro
Here
Lewis Baughman
Kate Baughman
Richland County
Wl Oal Platt
Baughman
Ernest Collins
Clyburn Station
Kershaw County
Rep
L. C. Clyburn
Kershaw
Camden
Fort Jackson
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Science
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French Morocco
Arrow
U. S. Navy
Pabiss Ottee
Columbus
Kerling
Halicis E
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Move
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