Nazis Pressed Back In Blizzard Battles
Soviet dispatches report ski troops driving the German lines west of Moscow and near Stalingrad amid blizzards. Red Army gains include recaptured heights northwest and southwest of Stalingrad, with renewed pressure on supply routes between the Don and Volga as German forces attempt to reinforce. Blizzards slow movements across the Rzhev Velikie Luki corridor while Germans abandon some vehicles in the snow and captives are shown in lighter winter dress.
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Moscow
Don
Volga
Red
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Velikie Luki
Ger
Six Vessels Sunk Trying To Aid Axis
British naval guns sunk four enemy merchantmen and two destroyers bound for Tunisia in the Tunisian campaign. The action, on the night of December 1, deprived Axis forces of reinforcements as Allied troops closed on Bizerte and Tunis. An accompanying report notes damage to British ships from both sides, including an Italian destroyer sunk and a British cruiser blown up, though corroboration for enemy claims was lacking. Sixth line includes House of Commons statements by H. V. Alexander stating merchant losses were light and that only 11 warships were lost, including the carrier Avenger.
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Associated Press
London
Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
Admiralty
Comunique
Quentin
Bertin
Mediterranean
North African
Anis
H. V. Alexander
House of Commons
Alexander
Britain
United States Coast Guard
Walney
Hartland
Oran
U.S. Navy Department
A. V. Alexander
Commons
Gardenia
C. Z. J. Harcourt
High Command
Morocco
Algiers
Havtland
U. S. Coast Guard
Royal Navy
Har
War Today: Allies Readying in Africa and Pacific
Daily wartime column notes growing focus on the Pacific theater with anticipated landings on New Guinea and possible Japanese raids in the Solomons. In North Africa Montgomery faces El Agheila defense while Eisenhower and Andison contend with stiff resistance on the Tunisia flank as Axis fortifications tighten.
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North Africa
Assia
Eady
Montgomery Apparenty
Ramel
el Agheila
Kpolitania
Montgomery
el Alamein
Eisenhower
Andison
Tunisia
il-Bizerte
House Defies Roosevelt On Parity Okay
The House, by unanimous consent, passed legislation redefining agricultural parity to include farm labor costs. President Roosevelt had opposed such a change during the anti inflation debate two months ago. The measure, authored by Rep Pace, moves to the Senate as it could raise farming costs by billions annually. Pace argued parity will be needed to cover increased labor costs under government policies.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Pace D-Gai
Senate
Pace
American ship's cook jailed for spreading false war rumors
Liverpool reports: William Edwin Stull, 42, an American ship's cook, was sentenced to two weeks hard labor for spreading scare stories about the North African campaign. An American naval officer testified Stull claimed to have been near Oran and said there was no resistance, asserting 3,000 American deaths. Prosecution countered he had not been within 25 miles of Oran and his tales had no basis.
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Liverpool
England
William Edwin Stub
Stull
Oran
Allies Lose 16 Vessels in North Africa Landings
London reports 16 ships sunk or damaged during AEF led landings in French North Africa including Avenger and five US transports. Admiralty note losses far less than Axis claims while Mediterranean supply lines suffer. British forces damaged Axis convoy near Tunisia, sinking four transports and two destroyers. Italian navy notes a cruiser loss and damaged destroyer amid the action.
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London
United States
French North Africa
Washington
RAF Night Raids Hit West Germany Including Frankfurt
The RAF renewed night attacks on the Reich striking Frankfurt and other Western German targets after a 10 day lull. Six aircraft were lost, with the air ministry noting a possible 5 percent loss rate implying about 120 bombers took part. Berlin radio called the raids nuisance strikes.
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London
RAF
Reich
Frankfurt
Germany
Air Ministry
Berlin
Stuttgart
Rail map study backs North Africa springboard plan
Ray Tucker argues that a rail and canal network in France and Germany reflects historical enmity and favors a North Africa based Allied offensive. He notes sparse north-south French links, complicating Axis supply lines and defense, predicting the Paris to Marseilles corridor as a prime bomber target after Tunisian operations.
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Middle
Europe
France
Germany
North Africa
Paris
Berlin
Paris-Marseilles
Vichy
der Fuchrer
United Nations
Tunisia
McCrary Named Acting Highway Chief in North Carolina
D B McCrary of Asheboro, highway commissioner from the sixth division, was named acting chairman of the state highway and public works commission. He succeeds Ben Prince, who has a army leave of absence. McCrary will be paid ten dollars a day, not Prince's 7500 yearly salary. He previously held the acting post in 1941 during other leaves. McCrary is a Randolph County native.
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Raleigh
D. B. McCrary
Asheboro
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Ben Prince
Prince
McCrary
Frank Dunlap
Randolph County
Kaiser Dispute Tests AFL CIO Unity Plan
The AFL CIO plan of practical cooperation to unity faces its first test in the Kaiser shipyards dispute. Arbitration will settle jurisdictional issues unresolved by the unions as Roosevelt seeks a conference solution and the NLRB schedule for a December 14 hearing in Portland looms. Rival leaders announced the agreement after 36 hours of talks in Washington.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
Afl-Cio
Kaiser Shipyards
America
AFL
CIO
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
James F. Byrnes
Kaiser
NLRB
Portland
Ore
CIO Marine and Shipbuilders’ Union
Henry J. Kaiser
AFL Metal Trades Department
Axis Occupation Urged by Gestapo Chief at War Council
Tass reported from Stockholm that Heinrich Himmler urged complete German occupation of Italy at a Hitler headquarters war council. Goering Rommel and other leading generals were said to participate as heavy British raids prompted air safety measures and discussions on Italy’s fate.
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Moscow
Tass
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Italy
Geneva
Fass
Jimmier
Berlin
Hitler War Council
Himmler
Goering
Rommel
Tassi
Liberia grants air base rights to United States
Liberia on the strategic west coast of Africa has granted air base rights to the United States for the duration of the war. The State Department announced the pact, signed in Monrovia on March 31 by Liberian secretary of state and Lt. Col. Harry A. McBride, Roosevelt's special representative.
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Washington
Liberia
Africa
United States
State Department
Monrovia
Harry A. McBride
Roosevelt
Allied air and sea actions in Pacific and Burma theaters
Allied warplanes smashed a Japanese sea borne attempt to land reinforcements off New Guinea, shooting down 23 fighters in 12 hours. Tokyo claimed battleship and destroyer losses off Guadalcanal. MacArthur HQ reported heavy Allied air action destroying four Japanese destroyers near Papuan coast and forcing retreat. Australian troops advanced near Buna and Gona, with a Japanese command post captured. RAF Blenheim bombers hit Magwe and two railway stations on the Mandalay to Myitkyina line.
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New Guinea
Imperial Tokyo
Guadalcanal
Tokyo
Ters
Buna Village
Gona
Magwe
Mandalay- Amyitkyina
Twenty Year Old Charlotte Sailor Reveals North Africa Sink
Twenty year old Carl Eaton Jr of Charlotte recounts the sinking of his ship the Hugh L. Scott off Casablanca during early morning landings near a North African town. He served at an anti aircraft gun while troops and equipment were ferried to beaches. He escaped the wreck by diving into the sea and reaching a life raft as the vessel sank.
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Charlotte
Carl Eaton, Jr
Hugh L. Scott
Casablanca
Navy Department
Carl
St.ces
States
Seaman Scott
Marines Score Minor Victory In Solomons
Navy communique reports U S Marines killing 35 to 55 Japanese on Guadalcanal and seizing arms and ammunition in two patrol actions near the upper Lunga river and in the Matanikau area. Daylight air strikes by Army and Navy aircraft continued against enemy positions.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Navy
Lunga River
Matanikau River
South Pacific
United States
Matanikau
Test Of Italian Morale Nearing Final Phases
Bern dispatch describes Italy under heavy Allied air raids and battlefield reverses as the morale test nears a climax. Mussolini promises more anti aircraft defenses and air raid shelters. Evacuations and civilian hardships grow in Genoa Turin Milan Rome and Florence with radio a lifeline for anxious families.
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Bern
Switzerland
Italy
Mussolini
Germany
Britain
Genoa
Turin
Milan
Rome
Livorno
Florence
Commons Told Darlan Pact Not Binding
London dispatch reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said Britain did not consider itself bound by Admiral Jean Darlan's claim to head the French government in Africa. Eden noted no prior consultation and promised a statement in secret session. Reuters cited Algiers radio on Reyruton offering himself to Darlan and Henriot's staff resigning to join him.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Jean Darlan
Africa
Eden
Darlan
Charles de Gaulle
Reuters
Algiers
Marcel Reyrouton
Tunisia
Dar‘Tan
Reyruton
Vichy
Buenos Aires
Henriot
San Domingo
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West Germany
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Lunga
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Charlotte Boy
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Solomons
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