Double Red Offensive On At Stalingrad
Russian forces press on northwest and southwest of Stalingrad in a double offensive, driving 6 to 12 miles daily and reaching deep into the Chir River area. German lines around Kletskaya and Don bend are under threat as Soviets push along rail routes toward the Caucasus.
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Stalingrad
City
Volga
Chernyshevskaya
Chir River
Kalach
Don
Kletskaya
Don River
Maymyck
Caucasus
Aksai
Abganerova
Don Bend
Kalmyk Steppes
British Enter Agedabia In Axis Pursuit
The British Eighth Army entered Agedabia 100 miles south of Benghazi yesterday and pressed toward El Agheila as Rommel’s forces withdrawal continued. Gailo Oasis evacuated and in Axis retreat toward El Agheila. Allied air activity described with torpedo planes and Mediterranean raids. Bizerte attack reported with unclear results. Sicily and Palermo air actions noted. several enemy planes shot down.
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Hitler
Tunis-Bizerte
Ripoli
Rommel
Italy
RAF
Allied
North Africa
Middle East
Cairo
Tunisian
Morocco
Tripoli
Libya
Algiers
Tunisia
Bone
Bougie
Algeria
Bizerte
Palermo
Sicilian
Sardinia
Rome
High Command
Dakar Acquisition
Eighth Army
Agedabia
Bengasi
el Agheila
Gailo Oasis
Mediterranean
Sicily
Allies Press Steering Push Toward Buna Beachhead
American and Australian troops push yard by yard toward Buna as Japanese forces fight to the end. Gona falls and Cape Endaiadere is overrun while Allied air and sea support block Japanese reinforcements and evacuations.
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C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Gona
Cape Endaiadere
Sanananda
Kumisi
Japan Faces China Move As War Extends In Asia
War Today columnist Glenn Babb notes Japan cannot complete its Greater East Asia plan without China. Chiang Kai-shek’s government in Chungking and forces around the capital keep Japanese conquests incomplete. Experts foresee another major push against China, with Burma and Yunnan as likely battlefields this spring, while Allies vow to retake Burma.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Glenn Babb
MacKenzie
Middle East
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chungking
India
Siberia
Australia
Mikado
Midway
Aleutians
Southwest Pacific Islands
Chekaing
Kiangsi
Burma
Stilwell
Knox Says Jap Solomons Aid Its Not Likely
Secretary of the Navy Knox said it was very unlikely Japanese reinforcements were reaching Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. He noted U S patrols work day and night and that Japanese troops west of the airfield near Point Cruz appear cut off from their forces in the northeast Solomons as American forces press the western front.
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Washington
Knonox
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Knox
United States
Inox
Solomons
Point Cruz
Smuts Returns to Pretoria After London Cairo Trip
Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts of South Africa arrives in Pretoria after a lengthy journey from London with a stop in Cairo en route home.
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Pretoria
Union of South Africa
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
London
Cairo
Need for Joint War and Economic Commission in Wartime
The piece argues that US wartime rationing lacks coordination between military needs and domestic supply. It criticizes the Henderson administration for allocating resources without full military input, predicting growing home-front strain as territories expand. A joint war and economic commission akin to the WWI Baruch board is urged.
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Army
Navy
Leon Henderson
Hendersonans
Baruch Board
Whch
Trade Groups Help Senators Cut Red Tape
Trade associations urged Byrd and Vandenberg to trim federal red tape delaying manpower and government reporting. A Chicago manufacturer reported $55,000 yearly costs for reports from nine agencies, prompting a push to merge tax and social security filings. Senate approved a Murray bill to compel coordination of information requests, with Vandenberg urging simplification of rationing applications.
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Washington
Byrd
Dva
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Chicago
van Denberg
Michigan
Syracuse
Senate
Senattor Murray
D-Mont
Treasury
British Vessel Sunk By Sub In Caribbean
The navy reported a medium sized British merchant ship torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Caribbean last February. Survivors reached a U S east coast port. Five Chinese survivors said 30 men aboard, all survived. Two submarines surfaced and surveyed the area after the sinking. The loss brings AP total western Atlantic ship losses since Pearl Harbor to 535.
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Washington
Caribbean
United States
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Author of Book About Gestapo To Be Interned
Richard Julius Herman Krebs, writing under the name Jan Waltin, is arrested near Bethel Connecticut on a deportation warrant to Germany. Attorney General Biddle says Krebs, 37, who authored Out Of The Night about Gestapo and Ogpu work, will likely be interned as an enemy alien during the war. Immigration officers filed the case under 1917 and 1924 acts for illegal entry after deportation and perjury involving moral turpitude. The Board of Immigration Appeals unanimously upheld the deportation order after Krebs failed to show good moral character in the past five years.
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Washington
Biddle
Richard Julius Herman Krebs
Gestapo
Ogpu
Jan Waltin
Bethel
Conn
Germany
Krebs
Justice Department
IK Krebs
Darmstadt
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Earl G. Harrison
United States
Board of Immigration Appeals
Department
Grst
Revised Bills Sent Before House Group
Washington Nov 24 1913 revised legislation grants President Roosevelt power to suspend immigration and tariffs. The substitute bill limits alien stay to six months after suspension ends unless extended by action. It waives entry restrictions in war cases and expires Dec 31 1913 or upon war end, or as Congress later specifies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
United States
Army
Navy
Von Hoth Pulls Out From Moscow Siege Action
A London Express dispatch via Stockholm dateline reports Col. Gen. Hermann Von Hoth, long believed Nazi siege commander, beginning to pull out from Stalingrad amid World War II operations, as of November 24.
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von Hoth
Moscow
London Express
Stockholm
Hermann von Hoth
Begu
Stalingrad
Netherlands Exile Government Charges Nazi Extortion Scheme
The Netherlands Government-in-exile accused Germany of a wide scale scheme to extort exit permits from occupied areas for large sums in neutral currency. It said relatives in Allied countries receive notices demanding payments, with threats of deportation to camps if refused. Authorities report payments sometimes reach 820,000 per person.
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Netherlands
Gov't - In- Exile
London
Germany
United States
Ihe
United Kingdom
Lord Selborne
House of Lords
Wetherlands
Aneta
Rotterdam
Latin America
Poland
Lony Moment
Secret Session in Commons over De Gaulle broadcast
London November 24 The house of commons entered secret session amid debate on army training and alleged suppression of a BBC broadcast about General Charles de Gaulle. Richard R Stokes accused Anthony Eden of approving de Gaulles script in advance. Eden denied any difference with the prime minister and promised a full reply.
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London
House of Commons
Richard R. Stokes
Churchill
BBC
Charles de Gaulle
Stokes
Anthony Eden
Eden
Darlan
North Africa
Marsellaise
United States
Heavy Bombers Hit Mandalay Twice In Three Days
New Delhi reported U S Army Air Forces heavy bombers struck Mandalay for the second time in three days. The mission targeted a railway repair shop, sidings, and freight cars. Friday raids aimed at the railway center, with bombs on repair shops, yards, and a warehouse. British bombers hit Meiktila airdrome nearby, starting fires seen 100 miles away. no losses.
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New Delhi
United States Army Air Forces
Fat Mandalay
10Th Air Force
U. S. Army
India
Meiktila
Burma
Mandalay
Three Convicted For Treason Get Death Sentence
CHICAGO Nov 24 Three men convicted of treason were sentenced to death today while their wives received 25 years and $10 000 fines. The men face electrocution January 22 at a northern Illinois site. The judge cited a fair trial as a notable past in the country they sought to join.
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Chicago
Linois
William J. Campbell
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