Convent Educated Girl Relates Tow Officer Husband
Convent educated Margaret Herlihy testified she killed Captain David Carr after he tried to strangle her amid a marital dispute. She described a chaotic sequence from May meeting in Fort Huachuca to Agua Prieta, with Carr pressuring for a church wedding and later choking attempts. Herlihy, daughter of Lt. J. E. G. Herlihy, claimed self defense as the gun discharged in her bedroom during a struggle to escape.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Margaret Herlihy
David Carr
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Carr
Fort Huana
Traedy
Edward G. Herlihy
Herlihy
Ley
Agua Prieta
Douglas Airdrt
Argaret
Fen
Frank Thomas II
Thoas
Tom
J. E. G. Herlihy
Fort Uachuca
Ort Benning
Weather: cold across Carolinas and Georgia with chances of mountain snow
North Carolina faces continued cold with lower readings tonight and possible snow in the mountains and far north. South Carolina remains very cold tonight. Georgia stays notably chilly with slightly higher temperatures in southern portions tonight.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Confusion Over OPA Gasoline Order Widespread
Regional OPA chief Kenneth B Backman urged stations to stay open while Buffalo distributors paused sales except emergencies. Albany dealers split on official notice. New Haven reported uneven 10 day supply. Governors and officials faced rationing effects. In Columbia South Carolina county superintendents met to discuss school buses under the order.
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Kenneth B. Backman
Buffalo
Joseph J. Kelly
Roosevelt
Albany
New Haven
Conn
Robert Aurley
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Philadelphia
Keystone Automobile Club
Columbia
S.C
Russians Claim Major German Losses At Stalingrad Front
Dispatches describe the German retreat with heavy losses including 17 guns 63 trucks and 14 machine guns destroyed. The front reports continued air support for Stalingrad with planes shot down and multiple losses. Russians say gains limited in Stalingrad while expanding corridors toward the Don and Cher rivers and pressing in the Rzhev Vyazma Velikie Luki area.
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Red Army
Votelnikovski
Don
Serafimovich
Surovikino
Chir River
Moscow
Rzhev-Vyazma- Velikie Luki
Bely
Smolensk
Veikkie Luki
Denmark converts parking lots into vegetable gardens
After a ban on private cars, Danish parking areas have been repurposed as urban allotments and vegetable gardens. Authorities promote local food production and sustainable city planning. Residents cultivate tomatoes, lettuce, and herbs while reclaiming underused urban space.
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Denmark
Rommel retreat fuels Tunisia front air and ground battles
Allied air forces pound Axis ports in Tunisia as Rommel’s retreat tightens. Bombers hit Sousse and Medjez El Bab area while raids on Tunis and La Goulette intensify. In Libya, Rommel’s forces are pressed toward Tripoli amid heavy minefields delaying British advances near Agheila. Assistant AP reporter Don Whitehead notes British anger over mine traps.
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Medjez-E-Bab
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Bizerte
Great
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United States
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Rommel
Libya
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Tripoli
Wadi Matratin
Agheila
Zauta En Nafilia
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Associated Press
Whitehead
Gas Rationing Rules Expand for Emergency Trips
The memo outlines coupons A B and C worth three or four gallons for essential driving with changes in emergency supply rules. Motorists in eastern states may buy only one coupon for emergencies, unless their tank is under three gallons, to aid workers in war plants and those relying on transportation for jobs.
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Ienderson
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New Jersey
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District of Columbia
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War Chronicle Highlights Allied Breakthroughs and Axis Retreat
The report praises the commander and his unit for a feat to be sung in Allied camps. It notes Axis retreat hinges on destroyed communications and supplies. British and American air forces bomb air bases and transports, restricting Axis air operations and shielding advancing Allied troops.
Axis holds Northern Africa as Tunis becomes last Axis hope
The article argues Rommel’s retreat is perilous, with Allied air power crippling Tripoli and Tunis ports. It contends Tripoli is cut off, Tunis remains Axis’s only escape route, and a sea lift via Tunis would invite catastrophe. Hitler may sacrifice forces to create a new defensive line on the continent.
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Tripolitania
Tunisia
Tripoli
Tunis
Hitler
Africa
Fuehrer
Air War Notes Seek Burma Breakthrough and Burma Road Link
The Nineteenth Century War Desk reports that U S Tenth Air Force in India flew up to 14 raiding sorties in a day with no enemy aircraft losses. Akyab near Calcutta looms as a potential Japanese base threatening India while Wavell’s Burma thrust attacks the Japanese flank by the Bay of Bengal. The goal is reconquering Burma and reopening the Burma Road to China, diverting Japanese forces from Kunming and potentially delaying assaults toward India from Akyab to Chittagong. Gen Stilwell, having just left Burma, acknowledged a severe beating during the campaign.
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India
United States Tenth Air Force
Akyab
Calacutta
Wavell
Sir Archibald Alexander
Chindwin
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Bay of Bengal
United Nations
Kunming
Yunnan
Chittagong
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
Stilwell Leads Ally Forces in China Prep for Route Reopen
Stilwell now chief of Staff of Allied forces in China oversees training of new units for reopening the land route to China. American air and supply units reinforce preparations as British Indian troops join the effort after a major convoy sailed from Britain. RAF patrols and bombings target Japanese ports and airfields while Japanese sorties along the Bengal border hint at plans to extend the Burma campaign.
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American subs pave way to assault Japan
U S submarines widen the Pacific offensive by crippling Japanese supply lines. Navy notes say seven more enemy ships sunk as Knox frames subs as a vanguard for invasion strategy. Total sunk vessels reach 105 with 22 likely sunk and 28 damaged, per latest counts.
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Nippon
South Pacific
Japan
Navy
Knox
Japanese Pacific
Erip
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Ixnox
New York Stocks End of Day Report
New York stocks closed mixed on December 18 as trading activity concluded for the day. Major averages fluctuated with gains in some industrials while others slipped, reflecting cautious investor sentiment ahead of year-end.
John H King elected Commander of An drew Jackson Post 87
John H King was elected commander of the An drew Jackson Post No 87 for the remainder of the 1943 term at Blair Park Club House. He succeeds Roy J Spearman who resigned as commander and has joined the American Red Cross. Ross Davis was elected adjutant, with the post now at 261 members and a goal of 275 by July 194.
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Andrew Jackson
Blair Park Club House
C. E. Lehmann
King
Roy J. Spearman
Spearman
American Red Cross
Butner
N. C
Lehmann
Ross Davis
Meeting Attendance Hit By Unforeseen Rationing
gram of Asheboro unable to attend the meeting due to unexpected rationing, Lehmann said, noting the absence of the expected participant.
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Gram
Asheboro
Lehmann
Labor Secretary certifies dispute endangering Chicago transit
Secretary of Labor Perkins informed the War Labor Board that a labor dispute could lead to a partial tie up of Chicago transportation. The certification signals possible government involvement to avert a strike affecting rail and bus services.
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Washington
Perkins
War Labor Board
Chicago
Real estate boom spreads to Caracas suburbs
The article notes many real estate developments are being launched in the suburbs of Caracas, Venezuela, modeled after those in the United States. It also reports that British Honduras shipped nearly 8,000,000 pounds of chicle to the United States in the first half of this year, used in chewing gum.
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United States
Caracas
Venezuela
British Honduras
Notice of Commissioner's Sale of Land Guilford NC 1993
A notice announces a land sale under a court order in Guilford County North Carolina. Commissioner J P Shore will sell the 10 foot alley lot tied to 120 122 College Street High Point at public auction on January 25 1993 at noon at the East Courthouse door Greensboro. The sale is subject to court confirmation with proceeds to cash. The parcel and former owners R Loflin and R A Loflin are referenced with dates from 1942 and a 1942 affidavit.
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Superior Court
Guilford County
North Carolina
R. A. Loflin
R. L. Loflin
Guilford Country
Greensboro
High Point
College Street
Washington Street
R. L. Loffin
Andrews- Cooper Lumber Company
English Street
County of Gullford
Nort Carolina
L. Andrews
Raleigh
Thad Eure
Walter E. Crissman
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