Allied Fifth Army presses through Italian defenses near Venafro
Allied forces drive deeper into central Italy along the Trigno river front. Venafro is described as imminent while Isernia falls. Montgomery's Eighth Army takes San Salvo as US and RAF air power hit German rail lines from Leghorn to Civitavecchia. The push continues toward the Garigliano and Volturno fronts.
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Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Italf
collabo-Trigno
Venafro
BBC
Ven
Fifth
Isernia
Iiet
Garigliano
Rome
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
San Salvo
Queenborough
Raider
Montemutro
Montgomery
Trigno
Leghorn
Civitavecchia
Labor Board Weighs Coal Wage Pact Amid War Measures
The war labor board neared a decision on the John L. Lewis Harold L. Ickes coal wage agreement as talks resumed in Washington. Officials indicated the panel expected to approve the contract with one dissenter, while questions on piecework pay and hourly rates clouded the afternoon vote. Production lag and back-to-work instructions linger as mines gradually resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Federal Fuels
Harold L. Ickes
WLB
United Mine
Industry
Public
United Mine Workers
Marigny Is Grilled In Court In Bahamas Slaying Trial
Bahamas court hears Alfred de Marigny cross examined by Eric Hallinan who highlights money from his ex wife Ruth Fahne stock and a separation loan as he denies beating Sir Harry Oakes to death last July. De Marigny confirms dating Ruth after divorce and disputes accusations of humiliation or violence.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Slivieny
Bahamas Supreme Court
Eric Hallinan
Harry Oakes
Hallinan
Ruth Fahnestock
Nancy Oakes
de Marigny
Ruth
California
Harry
Senate Urges Compromise on Food Subsidy Policy
A group of Democratic senators urged President Roosevelt to craft a compromise on food subsidies to avoid a repeat of last summer’s subsidy fight. They favored continuing government support prices for basis commodities but opposed consumer subsidies to roll back prices.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ford
Marvin Jones
Frank C. Walker
Democratic National Committee
Congress
To. T
Hatch
Chavez
N.M
Gillette
Lucas
Truman
Tydings
Tunnell
Del
F. R
Jones and Walker
Pees Walker
Jap Navy Pays Price Of 14 Ships
The Allied clash near Bougainville during the Solomons campaign left the Japanese with heavy losses as American forces sank an enemy cruiser and four destroyers, and damaged two cruisers and two more destroyers. US fighters repelled a Japanese air raid, sustaining damage but remaining afloat. Marines secured Empress Augusta Bay and pushed inland, routing Nipponese forces from Purutata and nearby strong positions.
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Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Arine
Bougainville
Rabaul
Empress Augusta Bay
United States
Ieen
Japan
Berlin
DNB
Tokyo
Associated Press
Empress
Augusta Bay
Buin
Puruata Island
Refugees claim Nazis mine Rome and threaten reproduction of Naples fate
Refugees arriving in Bari from Rome report heavy mining of buildings and targets including ministries hotels and the aqueducts. They allege time bombs and planned destruction of government records to create chaos. Guards at Vatican gates and Mussolini era mobilization add to fears of forced labor and food requisitions as Rome nears collapse.
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Bari
Italy
Rome
Naples
Vatican City
Germany
Dnieper Gate Becomes Warring Front As Winter Approaches
Northern Russia reports a new ally winter moving south to aid the Red Army in cracking the Dnieper bend trap. The Dnieper mouth between Krivoi Rog and the Black Sea is the last German escape, with thousands killed or captured and materiel abandoned. Red reserves, winter readiness, and forecasts of the river freezing by January threaten a major shift in the battle.
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Russia
Winter
Steppes
Leper
Kherson
Napoleon
Hitler
Dnieper Gate
Dnieper-bend Trap
Krivoi Rog
Black Sea
Moscow
RED
Dnieper
Kiev
Great River
Private insists on sickness claim at Fort Monmouth
At Fort Monmouth on November 5 a private dodged KP by claiming illness. The infirmary medical officer found him fit, prompting the private to insist he is a sick man, not seeking a comparison.
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Fort Monmouth
Allied Landing Attempts Reported Near Adriatic Front
German high command issued a Berlin communique claiming an Allied landing attempt in the Pescara area 40 miles NW of the Eighth Army on the Adriatic was defeated by coastal guns. A second landing near Istonia was also repelled. one motor torpedo boat was sunk and over 30 Allied tanks were destroyed in recent days of fighting.
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London
High Command
Beerlin
Pescara
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Bernard L. Montgomery
Istonia
Americans Bomb Germany and France in Heavy Assault
American bombers escorted by Thunderbolts and Lightnings attacked western Germany while Marauder bombers hit northern France. RAF Mosquitoes bombed areas last night as part of a 24 hour blitz delivering about 4,000 tons combined. German counterbombing caused minor damage in East Anglia.
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Gladwin
London
Germany
France
U. S. Air Force
Reich
Wilhelmshaven
RAF
Duesseldorf
Berlin
Duesselidorf
The
East Anglia
U S Britain China Plan New Offensive in Chinese Theater
President Roosevelt said the United States Great Britain and China reached a complete agreement for new military operations in the Chinese theater. The accord followed a Chungking conference with Generals Stilwell Chaenault Somervell and Lord Mountbatten and Chiang Kai Shek advisers. Supply concerns were noted as Somervell returned to the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
China
Chungking
Stilwell
Chaenault
Somervell
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Chiang Kai-Shek
War Labor Board creates cost of living committee
President Roosevelt appointed a War Labor Board committee to study the cost of living with a sixty day report target. William H. Davis will head the panel while George Meany and R. J. Thomas join as labor representatives. H B Horton and George K Batt represent the public.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
WLB
William H. Davis
George Meany
AFL
R. J. Thomas
CIO United Automobile Workers Union
H. B. Horton
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company
George K. Batt
Dubon Brothers
Finnish envoy Paasikivi readied for Moscow peace talks
Stockholm based Social Demokraten reports Finland plans to dispatch Juha Paasikivi to Moscow as part of a possible separate peace with the Soviet Union. The paper cites potential follow ons K A Fagerholm and George A Grippenberg and notes no Helsinki confirmation.
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Stockholm
Social Démokraten
Juha Paasikivi
Russia
Moscow
Paasikivi
Finland
Social Demokraten
Helsinki
Germany
Social Democrat Party
K. A. Fagerholm
George A. Grip
Russians Said to Penetrate Kerch Yet Hold Back
Berlin radio claimed Russian forces rammed into Kerch in eastern Crimea but were repelled from the city. It reported Russian bridgeheads on two sides and detailed German claims of allied naval losses in the Black Sea and Gulf of Finland amid ongoing combat near Kursk and the Dnieper bend south of Kherson.
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London
Berlin
Crimean
Kerch
Dnieper
Gomel
Zamozhe
Kherson
Moscow
Kursk
Crimea
Perekop
Black Sea
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
FDR Stalin Conference Outlook and UN Links
President Roosevelt said the Moscow postwar peace accord will lead to other UN meetings abroad, while his own conference with Stalin and Churchill remains undecided. He stressed desire to meet Stalin, and noted upcoming commissions and coordination on military operations and supply. He indicated no change to Senate treaty processes and supported the Connally resolution for a peacekeeping body.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Moscow
United Nations
Stalin
Churchill
London
Secreta Hall
Senate
Consu
Sim
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Hungary
Spaatz
U. S
Fifteenth Air Force
Carl A. Spaatz
Marigny
Jap Navy
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WLB Group
Enberg
Sweden
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