Allied Push Into Tunisia Reported As Axis Rallies
AP reports a Joint American British force driving east into Tunisia with elements entering from Algeria. Axis troops and German Italian units claim footholds at Tunis and Bizerte. RAF and US air forces pound Tunisian landing fields and Libya as Doenitz moves HQ to Marseille to direct U boat actions.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Rome
Mediterranean
France
Adolf Hitler
Tunisia
Ger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Algeria
Morocco
Bizerete
RAF
Tunis
Aarport
Bone
U. S. Air Force
Middle East
Africa Corps
Libya
Rommel
la Linea
Gibraltar
Rock
Eisenhower
Africa
Karl Doenitz
Marseille
Vichy
Nazis Beaten Back By Reds In Stalingrad
Soviet mid day communique reports Red Army repelling German attacks in Stalingrad with gains in the Caucasus and a surprise seizure of a Volkhov front position between Lake Ilmen and Leningrad. One battalion wiped out, war material captured, and small German counterattacks repulsed.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Volkhov
Lake I]imen
Leningrad
Hich
North
Africa
Russia
Red Star
Walchik
South American stance on Axis shifts in daily war news
In Latin America, Argentina and Chile strain ties with the Axis as public opinion pressures move toward stronger alignments with Allied aims. Chile debates breaking with Berlin while Argentina tightens cable and wireless controls to curb Axis espionage and propaganda.
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Paul Sanders
War Today
Dewitt MacKenzie
Sanders
Saul Sanders
New York
Axis
Iica
America
Argentie
Argentina
Chile
Ramon
Castillo
South Atlantic
Juan Antonio Ios
Roosevelt
Africa
Hemihere
Ate Sumner Welles
Washington
Rommel Army Flees Across Libyan Desert
Cairo reports Rommel's force cut to 75 000 casualties and captives as they flee westward to Agheila, with British forces occupying Martaba and strafing routes along the coast. Allied air raids destroy German planes at Tunis and target the Libyan front as Eighth Army nears Gebel El Achdar.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Rommel
Agheila
Bengasi
Martaba
el Agheila
FBZ
Africa Corps
Libya
Malta
Eighth Army
Tunis
Libyan
Gebel el Achdar
Tocra
U S Warships Spar With Jap Naval Units
American and Japanese warships fought in a running sea battle as Allied jungle forces closed on Buna New Guinea. The Navy said Japanese efforts to recapture positions in the Guadalcanal Tulagi area continued while refusing to release details until the sea fight outcome.
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Associated Press
Washington
Buna
New Guinea
Navy
Guadalcanal - Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Tokyo
J. M. Makin
Melbourne
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Tomatore Horii
New Georgia Island
Middle-Aged Couples Held For Treason
Chicago November 16. Walter Friehling and Otto Wergin with their relatives are convicted of treason for aiding a Nazi group. The Haupt family figure among those executed. federal judge set punishment to be fixed next Friday, ranging from five years in prison and $10,000 fines to death.
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Chicago
United States
William J. Rphell
Satour
Herbert Haupt
Walter Friehling
Haupt
Otto Wergin
Aupt
Max Stephan
Detroit
Iyer
Canaian
FDR Sees Home Ownership as Unconquerable
President Roosevelt told a Chicago war conference that a nation of home owners with real land stake is unconquerable. He praised savings and loan associations for contributing to national strength by financing homes over a century and aiding thrift institutions in national service.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
United States Saving and Loan League
Conference On Housing and Savings
Savings and Loan
Boston Armory Hall Fire Kills Six Firemen
Six Boston firemen died and many injured after the Armory Hall building in Maverick Square collapsed during firefighting. The blaze began from kitchen grease at a restaurant, with damages estimated at 345000 to the four story structure and 320000 ladder truck crushed. Funds were raised for victims’ families as crews worked to control the blaze.
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Boston
Old Armory Hall
Maverick Square
Samuel J. Pope
Lynn
Mass
Merrimac Street
Pickwick Club
Revised report cites eight ships sunk in October battle
New York reports a revised Japanese claim of eight U S ships sunk including three carriers in the October 26 action east of the Solo. Elmer Davis of OWI says those figures are false for the most part and that Navy records show one carrier and one destroyer lost. He asserts faith in the Navy’s earlier statement.
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New York
Solo
Washington
High Command
United States
Sotomeras
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Navy
Willkie Seen as Remote 1944 Democratic Bid Candidate
Ray Tucker reports on Wendell Willkie during a Capitol stop discussing potential Democrat nomination shocks if Roosevelt falters. Speculation centers on Willkie possibly endorsing or joining a ticket, though Willkie denies plans. The piece notes GOP shifts and Willkie’s readiness to run again if conditions align.
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Ray Tucker
Wendell Willkie
Wendell
Roosevelt
F.D.R
Japanese sank one battleship and two carriers claims
A wire service report asserts that Japan sank one battleship and two aircraft carriers. The items are identified as the USS vessels in later columns. Further details are continued on pages two through six.
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Mons
RAF Bombers Strike Genoa Base Again in November Attacks
London dispatch says home based RAF bombers attacked Genoa last night for the second raid in three nights and the fourth this month on the North Italian naval base and port. Coastal command aircraft hit an Axis supply ship off Norway. No RAF losses in the 1500 mile round trip. weather described as fine.
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London
Genoa
Lasr
North Sea
Italy
Bern
Switzerland
RAF
Vichy Radio Says Petain Ousts Darlan
Vichy radio declares Admiral Darlan removed from all public duties and military commands. Darlan, in North Africa with French interests, claims Petain could not reveal his true thoughts. The broadcast follows Darlan naming General Henri Giraud to command in North Africa.
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VICHY
Marshal Petain
Jean Darlan
Darlan
North Africa
Petain
Dailan
Henri Giraud
North
Africa
Ministry of Information
Morocco
Admiral Darlan
France
Empire
Japs Impose Iron Rule For Philippine Area
An American observer reports Japanese military authorities have imposed an iron rule on the Philippines and Malaya. Civilians on clear roads risk death. two Filipino truck drivers were shot for obstructing a road and delaying a tank platoon.
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Washington
Philippines
Malaya
Command and General Staff
Luzon
San Fernando
Lend Lease Aid To Allies Rises As War Expands
President Roosevelt reports a new monthly lend lease record of more than 915 million dollars in October, with total shipments to allies exceeding 2.7 billion over four months. He notes two thirds military items and cites planes and tanks aiding Egypt and Russia, while stressing variability in monthly production and a growing aid trajectory for 1943.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
North
Africa
Egypt
Russia
Casualties In Armed Forces Total 48,956
The Office of War Information reports 48,956 total war casualties including army navy marine corps coast guard and Philippine scouts since the war began. Most army losses are missing, many in the Philippines and Java presumed prisoners of war. Navy and coast guard figures are given with dead wounded and missing totals.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Philippine Scouts
Philippines
Java
Japan
Marine Corp
Naivy
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U. S
Hips
Boston Blaze
Democratic Old Guard
Toosier
G.O.P
White House
Rick
Mr. Willkie
Vichy Radio
Philippine
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