U.S. Carriers Win In First Big Duel With Rabaul Japs
U.S. carrier planes from Rear Admiral Halsey’s task force engage Japanese ships at Rabaul on New Britain. The attack sinks a cruiser and two destroyers, damages another cruiser and 11 destroyers, and shoots down 24 enemy planes. Allied losses include some carrier crew casualties and minor damages to ships.
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Rabaul Japs
Ree Pacific
Ican
Japan
New Britain
Inter- Rabaul
Navy
Knox
Washington
Rabaul
MacArthur
Associat Press
Vern Haugland
Adm
William F. Halsey
Hea
Eeathens
Solomon Islands
Rabaul's
Ville
Bougainville
One Killed In Jap Assault On Nanumea Naval Base
In a South Pacific raid on Nanumea Ellice Islands one man was killed and several wounded as about a dozen Japanese bombers attacked the American base. The defenders shot down one enemy plane and the strike caused minor material damage.
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Washington
Nanumea
Ellice Island
Navy
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Ellice Chain
Funafuti
South Pacific
Ellice Islands
Nazis Bolster Beachheads In Drive For Leros Isle
Allied and Axis forces battled for Leros in the Dodecanese as Nazi reinforcements and dive bombers backed a renewed assault. British reports acknowledged German beachhead gains while RAF fighters and bombers hit Rhodes and Cos airfields and attacked vessels near Antikythera.
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Leros Isle
Cairo
Leros Island
Aegean
Dodecanese
Germany
Maritza
Rhodes
Antimacchia
Cos Island
Antikythera Island
Crete
Italy
Slavs Repel German Advances in Yugoslavia and Italy
In World War II fighting, Yugoslav partisans boosted pressure on German forces across Slovenia and Croatia. Tito’s liberation army reported bitter defensive battles in Slovenia, rail strikes behind enemy lines, and encirclement of Nazi garrisons in western Croatia. A German column moving toward liberated Ogulin was destroyed, with similar actions across Imatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia.
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London
Slovenia
Josip Broz
Tito
National Army of Liberation
Gorizia
Italy
Croatia
Ogulin
Fiume-Zagreb
Imatia
Macedonia
Montenegro
Serbia
FDR Signs Bill Extending Philippine Leaders Terms
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending the tenures of President Quezon and Vice President Osema of the Philippines for the war duration. Quezon would have seen his term expire next Monday and Osema would have succeeded him under the constitution.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Quezon
Osema
Philippines
Queezon
Mournful sergeant runs North Africa boxing shows
Allied dispatch from Algiers profiles Staff Sgt. Al Weisberger, a front line fighter who runs boxing cards in Algiers Oran Tunis and Casablanca to boost morale. He laments lack of heavyweight contenders like Gene Tunney and notes soldiers move up fast, hindering organized tournaments.
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Allied
Algiers
al Weisberger
Mediterranean
Gene Tunney
Weisberger
Special Services Office
12Th Air Force Service Command
North Africa
Oran
Tunis
Casa
Blanca
Sgt
Tunney
The War Today and the Big Three Collaboration
The piece argues that the immediate world future rests on collaboration among the big three powers America, Britain and Russia. It assesses shifts in European power, notes Japan and China in flux, and calls for mutual trust while warning differences may arise. The overall tone supports a triple entente to guide peace and global prosperity.
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America
Russia
France
Germany
Reich
Nippon
China
League of Nations
Fascists Seize Italian King's Fortunes Reported
Paris radio said Mussolini's government seized the personal fortune of King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy, estimated at 40 million dollars. The report appeared in dispatches from London dated November 13.
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London
Paris
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Mussolini
American Troops Advance Near Venafro and Gaeta
Allied dispatches report American forces capturing Filignano and Pozzili north and northeast of Venafro as British patrols push across the Sangro river. German counterattacks regain some ground, while the Fifth Army fights for high ground along Mignano and Venafro with stubborn resistance.
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Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Venafro
Sangro
Italy
Fifth Army
Mignano
Allied
Albania
Airdr.e
Mostar
Yugoslavia
Gulf of Gaeta
Tumult
Grenville
Vena
Two Pilots Killed Near Walterboro Air Base
Walterboro Army Air Base reports two pilots killed in separate yesterday accidents. Second Lieut Morris P. Davis 22 died in a midair collision. the other plane’s pilot parachuted to safety. Second Lieut Edward E. Pennell 23 perished when his plane crashed near Ruffin. Pennell is survived by his widow Irene Pennell of Pittsburgh Kansas.
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Walterboro
S.C
Walterboro Army Air Base
Morris P. Davis
Davis
Lewis C. Davis
Busong
Kan
Edward E. Pennell
Ruffin
Walterboro Field
Irene Pennell
Pittsburgh
Strife Ties Lebanon Crisis to British Control
London dispatch reports British readiness to seize control of Lebanon if France fails to end disorders and resolve the crisis, signaling possible foreign military intervention in the eastern Mediterranean. The notice cites high quarter sources in London.
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Richard G. Maslock
London
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Propaganda claims by Japan and regional tensions rise
U S wartime dispatches report Japan fueling morale through exaggerated victories while others question domestic effects. Meanwhile British and French actions in Lebanon and Beirut stir regional tensions as Catroux moves to urge settlement with Nahas Pasha and De Gaulle's response to Lebanon protests.
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Lebanon
Algiers
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Middle East
Georges Catroux
French National Committee
Beirut
Cairo
MacArthur Still Lacks Sufficient Troops and War Material
Southwest Pacific headquarter reports and field interviews show General MacArthur continues to need more fighting men and aviation support. After a major October raid on Rabaul, planners say air power remains below India’s daily tonnage, despite home impressions of increased shipments.
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MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Marlin Spencer
General MacArthur
United States
Spencer
Southwest Pacific Allied Headquarters
San Francisco
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific Command
Key
Rabaul
George C. Kenney
Fifth Air Forces
New Britain
Germany
Britain
India
Kenney
Richard K. Sutherland
Washington
Orsons
One Rail System Left To Germans
Stalin announces Soviet capture of Zhytomyr cutting the Odessa to Leningrad rail route. The victory, near Kiev, forces German troops onto a single tracked line west of the front, widening Soviet options toward Poland and the Balkans.
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London
Zhitomir
Odessa
Leningrad
Joseph Stalin
Kiev
Stalin
Nikolai Vatutin
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Rumania
Russia
Poland
Minsk
Baranowicze
Rowne
Sheptovka
Proskura
Odessa-Lwow
Moscow
Monitor
Logue Seeks Appeal From Death Sentence
Joe Frank Logue former Spartanburg policeman under death sentence asked the South Carolina Supreme Court for a new trial. The appeal cites nine trial errors including jurors related to Timmerman and Edgefield officials. Logue testified he paid Bagwell $500 to help kill Timmerman in Edgefield County.
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S&s. C
Joe Frank Logue
Spartanburg
Edgefield County
Davis W. Timmerman
State Supreme Court
Logue
George
Sue Logue
Brevard
N. C
Edgefield
Joe Frank
Supreme Court
State Penitentiary
Bagwell
Timmerman
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