Gilberts secured as new raids press Japanese lines
Allied air forces hammered targets across the Gasamata area on New Britain delivering 142 tons in a three day push while an invasion of the Gilbert Islands drives deeper. Admiral Nimitz said the Gilberts are secure in American hands with Makin Tarawa and Abemama under invasion progress.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied
Gasmata
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Agursland
Lindenhafen
Sattelberg
New Guinea
Buin
Bouinville Island
Solomons
Eeemer
Kara
Malabita
Kangu Hill
Empress Auag Bay
Bougainville
Pearl Harbor
Gilberts
Pacific Fleet
Makin
Tarawa
Abemama
Tien
James Roosevelt
Betio
Nimitz
Army
Marine
Navy
Coast Guard
Tokyo
Frank Knox
Washington
Kuriles
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Rabaul
Gilbert Islands
Truk
U. S. Navy
Wotje
Marshall Island
Ellice Islands
U. S
France Nears New Political Showdown
Madrid dispatches report Marshal Henri Petain facing an ultimatum from Pierre Laval and Paris collaborationist leaders to accept Nazis as allies or resign. Collaborationist militia mobilizes, blue shirted fascists rally on the Champs Elysees as Petain resists pressure from Vichy factions and German efforts press Laval toward a national government excluding Petain.
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Madrid
France
Crtic
Henri Petain
Pierre Laval
Paris
Champs Elysees
Petain
Vichy
Laval Clique
Laval
U S Losses In Conflict Reach 121 319
Casualty totals announced for all armed services since Pearl Harbor show 121 319 losses through November 1. Army leads with 89 650, consisting of 12 841 killed 30 263 wounded 29 954 missing and 22 592 prisoners. Navy total 31 669 with 12 883 killed 5 610 wounded 8 918 missing and 4 228 prisoners including coast guard and marine corps.
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Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Adm Nimitz Praises U S Submarines At Pearl Harbor
Admiral Chester W Nimitz salutes U S submarines for their war against Japan shipping saying attrition against auxiliary and merchant ships is crucial and that submarines work while the enemy sleeps and are increasing in number and effectiveness.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Chester W. Nimitz
Submarine Service
United States
Pacific Fleet
Russians Withdrawing In Ukraine Hold Front Near Kiev
Moscow reports say German forces push toward Kiev with heavy tank and air attacks but fail to break Russian lines. Red Star notes Russian positions intact as withdrawals occur to avoid encirclement while combat rages along the Dnieper and around Brusilov, with 8 000 Germans and 180 tanks lost on all fronts.
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Moscow
Kiev
Red Star
Ukraine
Nants
Dnieper
Nikopol
Cher
Brusilov
Zhitomir
Red Army
Pripet
White Russia
Gome
Rechitsa
Bragin
Izvestia
Pravda
Dnepropetrovsk
Fritz von Mannstein
von Mannstein
Inyakhov
Nikolai Vatutin
Thetomir - Korostyshev - Brusilov
Patton Slap Case Divides Army In War’s Shadow
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports Lt Gen George S Patton Jr and a shell shocked private face public scrutiny. Eisenhower and War Department kept both in their posts, arguing capable generals are scarce. The incident triggered dialogue among officers and troops about leadership under strain.
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Allied
Algiers
Georges. Patton, Jr
Dwight D. Eisenhower
War Department
Senate panel seeks Stimson report on Patton incident
The Senate Military Affairs Committee unanimously voted to ask Secretary of War Stimson to report on the Sicily hospital incident involving Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. The panel weighed Patton's promotion to major general amid Eisenhower's rebuke and possible Army actions. Reynolds said extenuating circumstances might exist and warned of much Senate debate ahead.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Stimson
George 8. Patton, Jr
Sicily
Reynolds
D-Nc
Roosevelt
Patton
Bridges
R-Nh
Johnson
Reynolde
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Eighth Army advances six miles in central Italian front
The British Eighth Army drove six miles into enemy lines on the Italian front to seize San An upper Sangro River area and occupy Alfedena, a destroyed mountain town. The operation followed gains beyond Rionero as German positions were cleared amid heavy rain and ongoing clashes.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
San An
Sangro
Alfedena
Rome
Rionero
Bernard L
Fifth Army
Grand Rapids
Mich
Adriatic
Berkey & Gay Furniture Company
Stimson Visits Mackall Command Center
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson visited Army airborne command headquarters at Mackall for a practical training exercise. He observed parachute and glider troops in action during the session conducted yesterday.
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Camp Mackall
Secretary of War
Henry L.stimson
Army
Airborne Command
Chinese Ask Backing Of FDR Over Gas in Battle
The Chinese army organ Sao Tang Pao appealed to President Roosevelt to threaten retaliation in kind against Japan for allegedly using poison gas in central China. No official communications to the U S or Britain had been received yet.
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Chungking
Sao Tang Pao
Roosevelt
Japan
China
U. S
Hearing Opens On NLRB Motion To Dismiss Reynolds Case
A federal hearing was set in Greensboro on a motion by the NLRB to dismiss the Reynolds Workers case alleging racial discord in a proposed bargaining election at R J Reynolds Tobacco. The action seeks denial of injunctive relief and dissolution of a state court order delaying the election.
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Greensboro
R. J. Reynolds Employes Association, Inc
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
U. S
Johnson J. Hayes
National Labor Relations Board
Forsyth County Superior Court
Employer Association
CIO Tobacco Workers Organizing Committee
United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing
NLRB
Reynolds
Allied Workers of America
CIO
Winston-Salem
Reynolds Tobacco Company
W. M. Archer
Albert Lohm
Anthony Molina
Forsyth Superior Court
Federal District Court
Os Enyanye
Hayes
Employes Associaon
War Today: RAF Bombs Berlin as Winter Hinders Luftwaffe
The column notes that harsh weather hampered German defenses and that the RAF has dropped 10,000 tons on Berlin this year, surpassing London's 7,500 during the Battle of Britain. It discusses weather-resilient bombing tech and cautions against overemphasizing morale effects while recalling Britain's resolve in 1940.
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Berlin
RAF
Luftwaffe
London
Hitler
Germany
Britain
Hamburg
Cologne
Ruhr
Monday's Attack Marks Second Night of Heavy RAF Bombing
London reports the RAF again pounded Berlin in the second straight night of massive air raids. About 1,000 bombers delivered heavy payloads, nearly matching Monday's record of over 2,300 long tons, continuing the devastating aerial campaign on the German capital.
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London
RAF
Berlin
U S Embassy in Berlin Ruins Reported by Allehanda
The Allehanda cites a Berlin dispatch saying the United States embassy at Pariser Platz near Brandenburger Tor is in ruins. It notes the Italian and Japanese embassies on Tiergarten Strasse are the only belligerent power embassies to escape destruction or damage.
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Stockholm
Allehanda
Berlin
United States
Pariser Platz
Brandenburger Tor
Tiergarten Strasse
Europe
Eden Hotel
Budapest Strasse
Second Berlin raid lurches in as city endures new fires
Air ministry called the attack concentrated and effective as the RAF lost 20 planes in the night strikes on Berlin while simultaneous Mosquito raids hit targets across the city. Swedish reports spoke of walls of flame and fires spreading through the center as Berlin remained isolated by telephone and telegraph.
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Air Ministry
RAF
Berlin
Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Allehanda
Hamburg
Destructive RAF bombing devastates Berlin in heavy raid
Witnesses describe indescribable horror as Berlin endures inferno like heat and booming explosions after a Monday night air attack. Travelers and Swedes near the Swedish legation recount walls jumping and streets collapsing under heat and blast while shelters offer only partial safety.
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Stockholm
Berlin
RAF
Air Ministry
Pled
Legation
Tem Airdrome
Esplanade
Potseyae
Camel
Fuertenhof
Tiergarten
Vision of Apocalypse in Berlin Bombing Night
A neutral diplomat who endured the allied bombing of Berlin describes it as a vision of the apocalypse. He notes red fires, citizen efforts to fight the blaze, and SS barriers as crowds flee toward safer areas after a devastating raid that outpaced prior attacks.
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Berlin
Gazette de Lausanne
Reich
Paul von Hinden
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