Allied Drive For Rabaul Roars On In Pacific War
Allied forces push toward Rabaul on Bougainville and New Britain as warships bomb the area and Marines press across Empress Augusta Bay. American air forces raid Marshall and Gilbert Islands including Jaluit Tarawa Betio and Makin while maintaining sea and air superiority against Japanese bases.
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Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Solomon and Guinea
Roarine
Japan
Bougainville
Yee
Empress Ata Bay
Tokyo
New Britain
Arthur
Mitchell
Lakunai
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Central Pacific
Willis H. Hale
7Th Air Force
Pacific Fleet
Jaluit
Marshalls
Tarawa
Gilrts
Turkey shifts from fear to alliance against Axis threat
New York dispatch reports Turkey no longer fears German bombers from the Dodecanese and signals moves toward war against the Axis. The surprise stance follows prolonged tension and shifts in Allied leverage, suggesting Turkey may soon join the Allies more openly as British assets face setbacks at Leros.
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New York
Turkey
Dodecanese Islands
Dodecanese
Ankara
United States
England
Rks
Allreed
Leros
Petain’s Secret Draft Constitution Fails to Take Effect
Marshal Petain drafted a new democratic French constitution rejected by the Nazis and blocked from publication. He named Laval as successor and reportedly resigned, while Laval and allies pressed to alter the plan as German troops held Vichy. The prepared speech and decree remained unpublished.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Bern
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Pierre Ee
Petain
Laval
France
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Journal de Geneve
Council Calls 56 Million Jobs For Postwar Era
Chicago November 19 A Council of State Government committee on postwar reconstruction and development says 56 million civilian jobs are needed to reach full employment after the war. It urges states to remove laws that hinder business expansion and notes most soldiers must shift to industry as farm output rises. It stresses maintaining industrial production to trade for more farm goods and meet unfilled demand for industrial goods and personal services.
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Chicago
Council of State
Committee On
Seieecy Ste
Willkie urges commission to establish Jewish relief camps
Wendell Willkie urged creation of a temporary restoration camps commission for European Jews in a statement to the House Foreign Affairs committee. He said action is paramount and urgent, though he could not appear personally as hearings opened on two relief measures.
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Washington
Europe
Wendell Willkie
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Baldwin
Marigny Fined On Gas Charges In Nassau
Alfred De Marigny, recently acquitted of murder, is fined £100 or three months in prison for illegal possession of gas one. His ally Marquis Georges de Visdelou pays the same, Marigny appeals. Magistrate Field notes potential deportation delays influenced the sentence.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Marquis Georges de Visdelou
Marigny
F. FE. Field
Tough Stuff Card Boosts Morale On Italian Front
Allied readers get a glimpse of a battlefield morale item called the tough stuff card. Capt Howard Hammersley Jr of Roanoke Va describes a six square card offering brief sympathy to grumbling soldiers. Japanese American troops in Italy resist evacuation despite injuries, fearing they will lag behind allies.
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Allied
Artensiers
Howard Hammersley, Jr
Air Force
Roanoke
Hameee
Italy
Russians Push Toward Old Polish Frontier In Ukraine
Russian armies advance from Korosten and Rechitsa bases toward the Polish frontier as Gomel nears capture. German counterattacks in the Korosten and Zhitomir sectors are repulsed, while Stalin proclaims progress in orders of the day.
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Henry C. Cassidyoscow
Old Poland
Korosten and
Rechitsa
Kriev
Ukraine
Gomel
Red Star
Korostishev
Zhitomir
Red Army
Dnieper
Kiev
Festin
Joseph Stalin
Nikolai Vat- Sine
Korosten
Constantin Rokossovsky
Three Power European Advisory Commission to be formed in London
London reports that the three power European advisory commission will be established soon in London. Announcements naming the representatives are expected within days. Potential American choice is Ambassador John G. Winant. Stalin may send Andrei Vishinsky. Britain may assign Sir Alexander Cadogan or a senior diplomatic official. Eden oversees the British side. The commission will act as a central information clearing house for Allied governments and help coordinate ideas for policy decisions.
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London
European Advisory Commission
Moscow
John G. Winant
Stalin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Anthony Eden
Alexander Cadogan
Eden
German Counterattack Fears and Strategic Salient Risk
In a tense assessment of the war, German forces launch a heavy counteroffensive on the Zhitomir salient flank, testing Allied lines as they withdraw to protect their right wing. Analysts note 150,000 troops on a narrow front, warning Germany remains dangerous while the broader course toward defeat continues.
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Aegean Islands
Italy
Zhitomir
Zhitomir Salient
Duce Reported In Retirement At Swiss Italian Frontier
Corriere Del Ticino reports Roberto Farinacci poised to seize leadership in northern Italy from Mussolini while Mussolini supposedly retreats to a Garda villa in frail health. Farinacci vows intensified anti Jewish and anti Catholic campaigns and declares civil war against Italians resisting fascist rule. He allegedly urged rapid establishment of revolutionary courts as executions begin.
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Corriere del Ticino
Lugano
Switzerland
Roberto Farinacci
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
Lake Garda
Farinacci
American Bombers Strike German Airfields and Rail Links
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports fourth straight day of air attacks. American heavy bombers destroyed or damaged Eleusis airfield near Athens and hit Larissa, with Mitchells targeting Larissa rail links and Grosseto and Terni yards near Rome.
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Noland Norgaard
Algiers
Aegean
Eleusis
Athens
Larissa
Salonika
Grosseto
Terni
Rome
Italy
Thoth
Eighth Army
Sangro
Adriatic
Archi
Atessa
Wage hike urged for 50 thousand Alcoa workers
A three day conference of Aluminum Workers of America CIO locals recommends a 15 cent hourly wage rise for 50,000 Alcoa employees. International president N A Zonarich says the increase would be partly cash and partly in war bonds to offset living costs since September 1942.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Aluminum Workers of America
CIO
N.A. Zonarich
Audacity of Germans in the Leros Island invasion
An eastern Mediterranean dispatch describes the German assault on Leros as reckless audacity. Parachutists succeeded in daylight drops, spurring heavy casualties and highlighting the strain on Allied air power and supply routes. British troops and Italian garrison faced strong Italian batteries as ships ferried reinforcements.
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Mediterranean
Leros
RAF Massive Night Raid Bombs Berlin Ludwigshafen
London reports the RAF led the largest night raid of heavy bombers against Berlin and Ludwigshafen with extensive fires and high explosives. About 700 to 800 bombers took part. U S Fortresses later joined in a daylight strike on western Germany with unspecified Fortresses targets.
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Robt. N. Sturdevant
London
RAF
Germany
Berlin
Ludwigshafen
U. S
Air Ministry
Neaen
Shafen
German Strength In Italy Estimated At 50 Divisions
Allied Headquarters reports about 50 German divisions operating in Italy and southeast Europe with several under strength units facing the Fifth Fleet in southern Italy. divisions rely on mules and horses for transport and include many inexperienced soldiers. Germany drains manpower to shore up fronts while reserves exist in north Italy and Yugoslavia to delay Allied advances.
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Italy
Alsgiers
Europe
Fifth Eighth
Iever
Hitler
Yugoslavia
Allied Camp Rivals Frontier Scene In Burma
Frank L. Martin reports an Allied camp in northern Burma near a river, with American British Chinese and native scouts around fires cooking buffalo meat. The scene includes mortars, Bren guns, jungle sounds, a wounded Chinese soldier, a doctor extracting shrapnel, and a Christmas card from Columbus Georgia arriving by air.
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Frank L. Martin
Burma
Zane Grey
Jimmy
W. A. Fletcher
Columbus
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Taranto
U. S. Navy
International Soundphoto
Gilbert
Marshall Islands
Betio Island
Mili
Makin
Gilberts
Council
Commission
Duce
Leros Island
Reich
Allied Camp
Frontier Scene
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