War Today column surveys Allied morale and Axis plights
The War Today column analyzes morale in Hitler’s satellites noting Romania and Hungary show strain while Italy's alignment with the Axis appears dire. It cites Romania’s fear of German dominance and mentions Romania's losses in the Russian campaign and Mussolini’s allies in Africa.
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Hitler
Europe
Switzerland
Romania
Hungary
Rome
Raio
Germany
Goebbels
Italy
Byugoslavia
Greece
Africa
Russia
Mania
Ukraine
Volga
Moscow
Administration Bills Seek 20 Million Postwar State Fund
Senate and House introduced administration backed measures to create a $20 million postwar reserve from the general fund. Funds would be invested in federal and North Carolina bonds, with returns added to the fund and irreversible until future legislatures direct otherwise. The governor and council of state would report on the fund at each session.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
Senate
House
Appropriations
Taylor
Anson
Rep. Lumpkin
Franklin
Appropriations Committee
Council of State
General Fund
North Carolina
Leary
Chowan
Umstead
Orange
G. W. Cover
Cherokee
Rep
Kermand
New Hanover
R. L. Harris
Assembly
Japs Use Munda Airbase to Escort Destroyers
U.S. dispatch reports Japanese planes from Munda airfield on New Georgia escorted ten destroyers toward Guadalcanal. They crippled two Grumman Wildcats and wounded a pilot, lost one Zero, while American forces from Henderson Field launched counterattacks.
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Guadalcanal
Munda
New Georgia Island
Henderson Field
Solomons
Hipple
Douglas Dauntless
Cape Esperance
Rear Admiral Jack Duncan Faces Removal Over Moscow Banquet Incident
The article recounts Jack Duncan's provocative remark at a Moscow banquet hosted by Joseph Stalin for Wendell Willkie. Duncan, then a captain and naval attaché, publicly pressed for access to Soviet fleets and naval establishments, prompting laughter and controversy. The toast criticized intelligence services while hinting at future UN victory implications, fueling rumors of his removal.
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Jack
Harlan Duncan
Joseph Stalin
Wendell Willkie
Moscow
United Nations
Admiral Duncan
Baltic
Black Sea
William H. Standley
Mr. Willkie
Stalin
Red Army Drives Deep Into Caucasus Front at Rostov
Moscow dispatch reports that the Red Army pierced German lines along a 20 mile front on the Lowe Don, advancing toward Rostov and near the Mozdok Nalchik area. Russian forces pushed 55 miles since Nalchik fall, recapturing several Don towns and cutting deeper toward Mineralnye Vody.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Lowe Don
Rostov
Caucasus
Constantin Rokkossovsky
Don River
Tsimlyansk
Bolshaya Orlovka
Seal River
Don
Marinsk
Kargalsko Beliansky
Lamishevskaya
Yasiev
Kholodny
Sea of Azov
Mozdok-Nalchik-Prkoladnenski
Prokhladnenski
Apolonskaya
Mineralnye Vody
Nalchik
Soviet Information Bureau
Straingrad
Middle Don
Lower Don
Kalmyck
Rostov-Baku
Tuesy
Soldatskaya
Super-Czar In War Efforts Sought by Senate Subcommittee
Senate subcommittee report calls for a war mobilization super czar to oversee reorganization of war production and manpower agencies. It faults the War Production Board and War Production Program for imbalances and warns that without centralized leadership and a director of war mobilization answerable to the President, total war efficiency remains unattainable.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
Kilgore
D-W Va
Congress
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
WPB
British say German armistice officers brought to Britain
A British source reports that certain members of the German armistice commission captured in French North Africa by American forces were brought to Britain. The move follows Allied advances in the North Africa campaign during World War II.
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London
Nazis Retake Key Crossroads West of Mateur
Reuters from Allied North Africa reports German forces recaptured positions on both sides of a major crossroads west of Mateur after a dawn assault. The lost heights around Jebel Azzaq were briefly held by British infantry and commando units before a daylight counterattack by German forces.
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London
Reuters
North Africa
Mateur
Bizerte
CBS
Charles Collingwood
Jebel Azzaq
United States Rangers
Collingwood
RAF
Army Tightens Overseas Mail Rules for Soldiers
Secretary of War Stimson announced new army postal regulations effective January 15 that restrict overseas packages to items requested by the soldier and approved by the commanding officer. Packages are limited to five pounds and 15 inches in length, magazines and newspapers may be mailed only by publishers to subscribed soldiers. Letters from families and friends remain welcome.
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Washington
Stimson
Army
Lull Persists In Pursuit Of Rommel Army
Cairo dispatch reports a continued lull in the pursuit of Marshal Rommel across Libya with ground activity limited to patrols and only slight air activity. The war bulletin notes a few fighter-bomber attacks caused little damage and three MB-109s were shot down by ground fire. An Allied night raid on Sousse in Tunisia is mentioned.
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Cairo
Marshal Rommel
Libya
Tunisian
Sousee
Roosevelt vows 1943 progress toward Berlin Rome Tokyo
President Roosevelt told Congress that 1943 should bring very substantial advances toward Berlin Rome and Tokyo backed by a miracle home production for 7,000,000 fighting men. He hailed the United Nations as the mightiest military coalition and urged unity to prevent postwar rearmament in any Axis or other nation. He highlighted Stalingrad’s defense and Russian offensives as the year’s key events and outlined hopes for lasting peace and security.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
New Congress Today
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
House
United Nations
Germany
Italy
Japan
America
Allied Airmen Pound Enemy In New Guinea
Allied air crews pressed attacks on New Guinea targets with Lae as a primary objective. Medium bombers and fighters strafed Japanese trenches at Sanananda Point while ground forces prepared for a more extensive land assault. Heavy bombers also attacked Gasmata on New Britain as Rabaul shipping activity drew continued attention.
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Australia
New Guinea
Sananada Point
Lae
Buna
Sanananda
Gasmata
New Britain
Rabaul
Fuel Oil Ration Cuts End Pleasure Driving East
Dwindling gasoline and fuel oil supplies prompt the Office of Price Administration to ban driving for fun across 17 Atlantic seaboard states. Cars may not go to theaters tracks or social engagements, with penalties including gasoline ration cuts. Certain essential travel remains allowed.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Leon Henderson
New Blows Hit Japs In Pacific War
United States forces attack Japanese supply lines across the Solomons and Aleutians. American bombers sink a cargo ship near Kiska and hit two more vessels, while Australia notes increased Japanese shipping at Rabaul. President Roosevelt vows relentless air raids on Japan.
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Japan
Solomons
Alteutian Islands
Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
U. S
Shortland Island
U.S
Kahili
Buin
Bougansville Island
Munda
New Georgia Island
Aleutians
Kiska
Pribilof Islands
Dutch Harbor
Rabaul
New Britain
Australia
Rabau
Pacific
United Nations
Germans Name Von Arnim to Lead Axis in Tunisia
Berlin dispatches report General Walther Nehring is superseded by Colonel Gan Von Arnim as commander in chief of Axis forces in Tunisia. Von Arnim, described as a favored panzer commander, is shown taking command in newsreels, though British sources seek confirmation. The veteran tank expert was previously injured in the Russian campaign.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Berlin
Walther Nehring
Gan von Arnim
Tunisia
Svenska Dakblad*t
von Arnim
Hitler
Dagens Nyheter
Tunis
London
Gurgen von Arnim
Russia
Come
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