German Gains Blamed On Absence Of Second Front
In Moscow on November 6, Joseph Stalin warned Russia's allies that failure to open a second front would bring catastrophe for them, while promising his nation that an Allied offensive would come sooner or later.
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Joseph Stalin
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Stalin
Europe
Saratov
Kuibyshev
Berlin Nazis Avenged by Japan Says Berlin Radio
The Berlin radio quoted Tokyo officials saying Japan would retaliate against British and Allied prisoners if Britain does not change its stance on German captives. The report links German charges of mistreatment with Britain's potential reciprocal actions, while Domei reports protests to the US and Canada over Japanese nationals. Stalin cautions on a second front and notes Soviet gains as German plans falter.
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Allied Drive Breaks Through Axis Lines Near Matruh
British Eighth Army led by Bernard Montgomery has driven wedges into Rommel’s forces near Matruh, with tanks pushing behind retreating units. Allied leaders claim near-total victory at El Alamein as Rommel’s losses exceed 13,000 captured and 339 tanks knocked out, with pursuit continuing west toward the Libyan border.
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Nazis Rushing Rommel Aid By Planes, Says Ankara
Ankara reports from Greece claim Germany is using upwards of 500 aircraft to move troops from near Athens to an African base to bolster Rommel. Trainloads from the eastern front reportedly passed through Athens en route to Africa, with planes speeding reinforcements since Tuesday. Tokyo reportedly declined a request for a Japanese naval attack on Madagascar or South Africa. Also in circulation is word of 15 Vichy French ships heading toward the Black Sea to aid German Caucasus operations, while earlier a converted Italian tanker failed to pass through the Straits.
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Turning Point in Africa War Signals Strains in Axis Ties
The War Today column by Glenn Babb notes Rommel’s defeats near Egypt and the Axis strain as Tokyo and Rome reassess ties to Berlin. The Eighth Army’s advances prompt Britain to declare a turning point in the global struggle, with Rommel risking his armored corps to salvage the battle.
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Greensboro Army Project Receives $2 Million Boost
Washington report says hospital facilities costing over 2.6 million will be built with the Army Air Force installation at Greensboro North Carolina. The Air Force base is also expected to exceed 2 million dollars in cost. The Wilmington district office of the U S Army Engineers Corps will supervise construction.
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Carl T. Durham
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U. S&s. Army Engineers Corps
Russian Counter Attack Strengthens Stalingrad Front
The Soviet communique says counterattacks near North Stalingrad improved positions while Red Army operations on the Black Sea front gained momentum. Soviet artillery destroyed eight German tanks and air units hit 13 enemy batteries as fighting for the Central Caucasus claimed 1,000 Nazi casualties.
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Eddy Gilmore
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Stalingrad
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Madagascar Vichy Forces Granted Requested Peace
Vichy forces opposing the British in southeast Madagascar asked for an armistice and hostilities ceased at 2 p.m. Madagascar Time yesterday, an authoritative source announced. The armistice ends the Madagascar campaign after limited fighting in the southeast of the island in the Indian Ocean.
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Three Germans Captured Near Bowling Green Kentucky
Police report three German escapees from army guards on a train were arrested in a barn about six miles from Bowling Green Kentucky. Names given were Elans Richard Jonat 27 Karl Luft 19 and Paul Theodore Hitzegrad 38. They were armed with knives but unarmed otherwise and were handed over to FBI agents for custody.
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Hanes Knitting Co Receives Army Navy E Award
The P. H. Hanes Knitting Company in Winston-Salem received the Army Navy E award for production. The recognition cites its manufacture of millions of underwear pieces for the armed forces.
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Navy announcer uses football analogy for war loss delays
Captain Leland Lovette compares naval casualty reporting to a football substitute entering play. He argues that withholding news for a reasonable period can be justified to avoid crippling the fleet’s response and stresses distances from Solomon Islands fighting. Continued on Page Three.
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Six More Vessels Reported Sunk By British Subs
London reports six Axis ships sunk and two large supply ships damaged in the Mediterranean by British submarines. Coastal vessels laden with food were boarded and destroyed after the crews abandoned ship. A submarine sank a medium supply ship despite destroyer escort and also sank two small ships and a tugboat. An attack halted salvage on a large beached enemy supply ship. Two hits were scored on a big Axis tanker escort by destroyers and planes, with one destroyer possibly struck by a torpedo.
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Major Victory In Africa Seen By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt spoke at a press conference on victory in North Africa calling it major in scope. He said Allied efforts in the Egyptian Libyan theater appeared highly favorable with most news already in the communiques and noted American equipment formed only a small portion of the assault against Rommel.
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Roosevelt
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Erwin Rommel
United States
Hard-Pressed Americans In Slight Gains
Hard-pressed American forces in Guadalcanal pressed a two pronged attack to deepen a flank and threaten another. Navy reports say 350 Japanese were slain and 12 37mm light artillery guns three field pieces and 30 machine guns captured. Amercans gained two more miles of jungle on Nov. 3 but an attack east of the airfield on Nov. 4 was repulsed. Unrest on New Guinea continued under Allied pressure as MacArthur’s forces reported steady advances.
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Heavy Storm Heads Toward Gulf From Caribbean
A tropical disturbance, centered near the Bahamas, moves west toward the Gulf of Mexico threatening Florida's southern coast with heavy gale winds. Civilian and naval forces brace for possible losses as ships pull into port and storm shutters go up along the Atlantic coast to Key West.
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Axis Wary Of New Allied Blows In Africa
Axis forces in Egypt retreat west as Rommel faces a British Eighth Army threat. London papers note Allied movements south and west of Libya raise Axis unease. Paris and London radios report concentrations of UN ships at Gibraltar with up to 125 vessels.
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Roosevelt Endorses War Win View as Election Result
President Roosevelt at a press conference said Congress would share the goal of winning the war and he had been conferring with Republican and Democratic leaders. He spoke of a pleasant surprise at Hyde Park polling and noted cross party talks on wartime measures while a Capitol Hill movement urged a bipartisan victory coalition to back the war effort.
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North Carolina Fliers Rated as Air Aces in China
New Delhi dispatch notes two aces in the China air task force and 13 more American pilots en route to reach at least five victories. Captain Albert J. Baumier of Bayonne New Jersey became the theater’s first U S Army Air Force ace with five kills on September 3, while Colonel Robert L. Scott of Macon Georgia added another victory after reaching five earlier. Four of the 13 have ties to the Flying Tigers, whose Tiger victories do not count toward Army Air Forces ace status, though they have since joined the Army on July 4.
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