Nazis Open Air Assault On Allied Held Samos
London reports German bombers and dive bombers began an air attack on Samos after Leros fell to German forces. The move follows the loss of Leros and drew editorials questioning Allied handling and strategic set backs in the Aegean. An AP dispatch cited German landing craft near Samos with Allied observers puzzled by their approach from the northeast.
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Samos
London
Leros
Aegean
Berlin
The
Herald
the Herald
Turkey
Balkans
News Chronicle
Daily Mail
Richards
Daily Express
Associated Press
Cairo
Marsland Gander
London Telegram
Gander
Aegean Islands Battle Shifts in War Strategy
The article analyzes Nazi control of key Aegean islands including Crete and Leros, their strategic value for routes to the Black Sea, and the warning to Turkey as Allied bases in the Dodecanese face German pressure. It questions why Allies yielded in the Dodecanese and notes the islands’ role in protecting the German right flank in the Dnieper region.
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Aegean Sea
Aegean Islands
Leros
Dodecanese
Coscos
Far East
Balkans
Turkey
Germany
Mediterranean
Crete
Aegean
Black Sea
Hitler
Samos
Italian Dodecanese
Italy
Russia
Dnieper
Nazis call reserves in occupied Baltic states
Swedish press dispatches from Berlin report German authorities in occupied Estonia and Latvia have called up 10 classes of reservists for service in the German army as of November 18.
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Stockholm
Estonia
Latvia
Germany
Berlin
Hannon Blames Churchill Government Over Postwar Trade
Sir Patrick Hannon, MP, told the national group of manufacturers that Britain lags while the United States grows influential in postwar international trade planning.
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London
Patrick Hannon
National Group of Manufacturers
Churchill
United States
Winter Lines Fortified By Nazis
Don Whitehead reports from Italy as Nazi forces fortify the Gargliano river line and mount a winter defense along the Fifth Army front. Allied patrols probe a “winter line” of pill boxes and trenches while weather and damaged supply routes strain German defenses. air strikes hit two German air fields near Athens as heavy rains ease in Italy.
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Don Whitehead
Fifth Army
Italy
Salerno
Cassino
Rome
Apennines
Eighth Army
Ffth
Tomm
Allied
Algiers
Athens
Acros
Greece
Eleusis
Mitchell
Kalamaki
Southeast coal shortage looms as stocks run thin
Atlanta reports about a ten day supply while surveys across the Southeast show many communities with no coal on hand. Charlie Farrar of the Southeastern Retail Coal association warns that a serious shortage can be averted if miners increase output.
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Atlanta
Charlie Farrar
Southeastern Retail Coal Association
Asheville
N. C
Farrar
Knoxville
Tenn
Laundry Hill salvage unit saves 4,000,000 garments monthly
Hal V. Boyle reports from Algiers on Laundry Hill near Oran, the world’s largest clothing repair and dry cleaning plant for the U S Army. The facility patches and sterilizes repairs, reissues service uniforms, and salvages torn items to conserve cloth and free shipping space amid wartime demands.
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Algiers
Mediterranean
Oran
Thistheaer
War With Axis Looms For Turks
Ankara reports Turkey edging toward war with the Axis as sub rosa assistance to Allied forces expands. Turkish officials acknowledge growing cooperation could lead to participation, with decisions set for later and not immediately triggering full engagement.
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Ankara
Turkey
United States
Britain
Nog
Sy King
London
Actange
Man Er
Moscow
Cairo
Anthony Eden
Numan Menemenciog- Ne
Kdeapen 4
Su Rosa
Enterprise Circulation Frozen Amid Newsprint Shortage
The High Point Enterprise froze its circulation at current levels due to a newsprint shortage. No new subscriptions can be accepted except replacements for those dropped or canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Enterprise
Newsprint Use To Be Slashed 23 Per Cent
Washington reports reductions in newsprint use for the first quarter of 1944. Larger newspapers face cuts up to 28 percent, with 23 percent advised against across any recommended plan. The War Production Division will issue a conservation order, and publishing officials expect adherence.
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Washington
War Production Boy
Plan and Publishing Division
Contee
Long Way Home From Jap Prison
Spokane commander Capt Samuel C Grashio describes a long trek home after escaping a Japanese camp. He traveled nearly 4000 miles by foot water and air to rejoin allied forces facing hardships and secrecy to protect others. Reunited with wife Devonia and their two young children after return to duty.
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Spokane
Wash
Samuel C. Grashio
United States Armed Forces
Air Force
Grashio
Bataan
Philippines
Pacific
Devonia
Soldier’s delayed furlough forces long trek home
Not Quotable Fergus Falls Minn Nov 18 Pfc Lewis Vik of Henning Minn looked forward to a week’s furlough from Fort Bliss Tex but snowbound five days at Sanborn delayed his return. After a train collision and ticket loss he bought another ticket and started back. A telegram granting the extension arrived five hours after he began the return trip.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Lewis Vik
Henning
Fort Bliss
Tex
Sanborn
Vik
Two Officers Shot Probing Shooting in Aiken County
Sheriff James P. Howard of Aiken County was shot in the head and State Constable W. J. Thompson wounded while responding to a shooting at J. L. Quindy Jr. home in Graniteville. Quindy barricaded inside as Roy Ashley and others moved to evict him and recover the injured officers.
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Aiken
S. C
James P. Howard
Aiken County
W. J. Thompson
J. L. Quindy, Jr
Granitesville
Howard
Thompson
Sheriff's Office
Quindy
Roy Ashley
State Constabulary
Despite Losses Japanese Navy Still Formidable in Pacific
Allied analysis shows Japan's remaining fleet could still pose a major Western Pacific threat. After Pearl Harbor and Midway losses, Japan maintained about 170 sunk ships by rivals’ tallies and about 200 vessels in service or near completion in December 1941.
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Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
Allied Headquarters
Solomons
Western Pacific
Pacific
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Coral Sea
New Blows Hit Japs In Pacific
Allied sea roaming bombers stretch over 2000 miles from New Guinea to the Marshalls and Gilberts, sinking ships and bombing airfields. Libera tors of the Seventh air force based in Hawaii conducted raids on Jaulit Milli Tawawa and Makin without losses or interceptions reported.
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Associated Press
Japan
Central Pacific
New Guinea
Marshalls
New Britain
Bougainville
Gilberts
Marshall
Gilbert
Seventh Air Force
Hawaii
Ellice Islands
British Chief Foresees Long War Delay Before Japan
Melbourne dispatch reports Maj. Gen. R. H. Dewing, head of the British Australian army liaison staff, forecast a long delay between victory in Europe and decisive Allied pressure on Japan. He cited the need to redeploy forces and rearm supplies before focusing on the Pacific theater.
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Melbourne
Australia
Europe
Japan
R. H. Dewing
Hull Warns Congress on Moscow Pact and World Security
Secretary of State Hull returns from Moscow to tell Congress that United Nations are on the offensive against Axis powers. He says decisions at the Moscow conference push toward a system of international cooperation for peace and security and away from spheres of influence. He urges continued unity and notes more enemy territory will be wrested from Germany and its satellites.
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Hull
Congress
Washington
United Nations
Moscow
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Russians Claim 1500 Nazis Die In Drive Near Zhitomir
Moscow reports heavy Nazi counterattacks and adverse weather as the Red Army begins to retreat in the Zhitomir sector. The communique cites 1500 German casualties, 80 tanks, and troop carriers, while observers say the withdrawal is a limited maneuver.
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Zhitomirstyshev
Red Army
Stalingrad
Zhitomir
London
Moscow
Kiev
Ward
Korosten
Narodichi
Obil
Dnieper
Stu
Redmy
Rechitsa
Gomel
Kieper
Smolensk
U S Bombers Pound Nazis In Norway
Allied air forces bombed targets across northern Germany and Norway, striking a power station near Oslo and a molybdenum mine at Ena. The raids followed a prior RAF offensive on Ludwigshafen and other unidentified western German targets, with one American plane reported missing and heavy RAF losses noted in the Ludwigshafen action.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Ican
Norway
Hitler
Ludwigshafen
Oslo
Ena
Rhineland
Sin
Germany
Comed
RAF
The
I. G. Tentrust
Shafen
Bremen
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Dhaene
Ukraine
Kieta
Bougainville Island
U. S
Guadalcanal
Samuel Perry Napier
High Point
Mary Jane Allred
Navy Nurse Corps
Charleston, S. C., Navy Yard
Napier
Solomons Island
U. S. Navy
Hal V. Boyle
William B. King
Henry C. Cassidy
U.S
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