Allied Drive In North Africa Faces Bitter, Prolonged War
DeWitt MacKenzie column by Glenn Babb reports Ike's headquarters say Tunisia battle grows into a costly, prolonged struggle. Allied west thrust near Djedeida meets strong German resistance while controlling Djedeida Tebourba Mateur corridor. Axis air and sea supply hampered. several transports sunk, cargo planes shot down as both sides pour forces into Tunisia.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Glenn Babb
Djedeida- Tebourba-Mateur
Tunisia
Wehring
Sicilian
Roosevelt Orders All WPA Projects Closed By Feb 1
President Roosevelt ordered complete liquidation of the Work Projects Relief program, directing all WPA projects to shut down by February 1. The action traces to wartime economy adjustments and broader relief program changes announced in Washington.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Work Projects Relief Program
Philip B. Fleming
Federal Works Administrator
WPA
Work Projects Administration
Federal Works Agency
Barney Ross Still Champ In Solomons
Private Barney K. Ross of Chicago is hailed as a Marine hero on Guadalcanal after guarding three wounded comrades through a night under heavy machine gun fire. Recommended for the Navy Cross and Army Distinguished Service Cross, Ross's actions came during a patrol’s ambush and a foxhole incident near a Jap hill.
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Guadalcanal
Barney K. Ross
Ross
O. K. Leblanc
Abbeville
Leblanc
Soviet sharpshooters credited with 14000 Nazis slain
Red Star reported that 300 Soviet rifle experts on the Kalinin front killed 14,000 Germans, with Sergeant Yesakov credited for 354 confirmed kills. The piece gave no time frame or confirmation method for the fatalities.
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Moscow
Red Star
Kalinin Front
Yesakov
Petain Stripped of Power as Laval Leads Vichy Coup
The Associated Press reports Marshal Petain, imprisoned in effect by the Nazis, has been stripped of real power. Laval appears to head a new collaborationist regime in Vichy with coercive support from Lieutenants and former cabinet members. Petain himself acknowledged chaos and self-serving rule within Vichy.
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Associated Press
New York
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Petain
Laval
Soviet Drive in North May Knock Finland Out of Battle
London December 4 The Russians may launch a new offensive in the Lake Kimen area aimed at lifting the German siege of Leningrad and forcing Finland out of the war. Observers note reports come from German sources and stress the action's strategic significance for the Allied alliance. The push would build on last winter’s effort that pinned a German field army near Staraya Russa, though the salient remains.
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London
Lake Kimen
Leningrad
Finland
Staraya Russa
Lake Limen
Schluesselburg
Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
Russia
Monetary moves by American liberators in North Africa
After Eisenhower's success is assured, officials discuss financing the North African campaign. A Treasury official swiftly arranges a specialist to create occupation money for use in reconquered areas. The greenbacks resemble U S currency but with a different colored face scar. Printed for use in North Africa and not exchangable elsewhere.
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Stimson
Morgenthau
Askec
Exper
Bernard Bernstein
Treasury
Poorly-Trained Troops Rushed To East Front
MOSCOW Dec 4 AP report says ill trained German reserves were rushed to the central front east of Velike Luki and west of Rzhev in a desperate effort to halt a Russian offensive. Soviet bulletins claim repeated German counterattacks were repulsed as Red Army forces advance with heavy German losses and booty captured. In Stalingrad, Germans were expelled from key positions with fighting on both banks of the Don and at the northern factory area. the air force also claimed 50 German planes destroyed in the sector.
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Moscow
Velike Luki
Rzhev
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
Stalingrad
Red Star
Dan
Stalinkrai
Don
Red
Forrce
Allies Tighten Noose Around Japs at Gona Buna
Allied forces reported heavy action in New Guinea with 450 Japanese killed at Gona and further pressure around Buna. The communique noted stubborn resistance but relentless air and artillery bombardment, plus Allied advances at Gona including two machine gun posts captured. Allied planes also struck Timor, damaging 21 Japanese planes.
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Australia
Gona
New Guinea
Buna
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Giant Bombers Start Rolling At Willow Run
Giant Consolidated B-324E bombers are being delivered to the government at Ford Willow Run bomber factory. Production is expected to peak in the latter half of 1943. News writers observed moving assembly lines with large four engine bombers and expert jigs. five workers were women.
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Defroit
Ford Willow Run
Charles E. Sorenson
Ford Motor Company
Horenson
Guadalcanal Patrols Kill 14 In Latest Japanese Effort
The Navy reports 14 Japanese killed during routine Guadalcanal patrols on Thursday, as U S forces repelled another Japanese attempt to bolster their dwindling numbers. Nine enemy vessels were destroyed by U S warships, with transports and escort ships sent to the bottom. The failed landing left a handful of sailors rescued from life rafts the next day.
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U. S
United States
Edward Rutledge
Bexter
French Morocco
Casablanca
Hugh L. Scott
Rutledge
Scott
Fedala
Associated Press
U. S. Navy
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Navy
Solomon Island
Guadacanal
William Hipple
Solomon Islands
Savo
Tulagi Islands
Solomons
More Rationing Certain Says L Henderson
New York December forecast from Leon Henderson head of Price Administration warns 1943 will bring more rationing of clothing and food and increased penalties for violators. He told 4000 manufacturers at a National Association of Manufacturers convention that the public still has a barrel of patience and praised industry’s record production.
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New York
Leon Henderson
Price
Henderson
National Association of Manufacturers
Flenderson
Surviving Guadalcanal Air Battle Scene Report
War correspondent recounts Nov 15 naval air battle near Guadalcanal. Japanese transports burned as U S forces continue pursuit. survivors picked up from debris strewn waters around Guadalcanal Savo and Tulagi.
Bitter Battle Of Supplies In North Africa
Allied airmen sank two Axis merchantmen from a convoy aiding German and Italian forces in the Tunisian triangle. British reports say ten vessels sunk over the last two days along the Mediterranean supply route, signaling intensified Axis supply disruptions.
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North Africa
Royal Navy
Mediterranean
Associated Press
London
Tunisian
New Allied Blows Hit Tunisia Ports and Ships
British and American forces report heavy fighting in Tunisia with Axis shipping losses rising. Six Tunisian-bound vessels, three destroyers, and a torpedo boat sunk in 24 hours as air and sea attacks target Bizerte and Tunis. Allied advances leave Tebourba and Mateur under control while Dejedeida sees clashes.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Mediterranean
Sicilian
North Africa
Tunisia
Admiralty
Bizerte Jand
Tunis
Wentry
Alles
Tebourba
Mateur
Dejedeida
Herriot and Borota Reported Held by Nazis
London dispatch reports a Rome radio broadcast citing a Vichy source that Edouard Herriot a 70 year old former French premier and Jean Borotra a French Davis Cup star have been arrested by Vichy authorities. Herriot has long opposed Vichy collaboration and Borotra joined the Petain government as sports director.
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London
Reuters
Rome
Vichy
Edouard Herriot
French Republic
Jean Borota
Wichy
Borotra
Petain
Herriot
Britain
America
Tan
Lyon
France
Axis
French Legion of Honor
Depitacs
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