Allied bombers sink Japanese warships at Solomon Islands
From Rus sia Nov 26 Allied air forces sank two troop laden destroyers and damaged a third as they repelled a Japanese push on Buna Gona lines. A light cruiser and heavy losses were reported as Japanese ground forces fought a 12 mile jungle front with fortified positions. Port Moresby saw two night raids by a single enemy aircraft.
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C. Yates Macdaniel
MacArthur
Russia
Buna-Gona
Tomatore Horii
Cape Cretin
Huongulf
New Guinea
Port Moresby
New Guineas
Germans Pile Up Reserves in War Area
Allied air strikes intensify as Tunisian front activity grows. P-38 fighters claim 14 Axis planes and a tank destroyed Tuesday. Bizerte air field docks and ships hit by RAF. Reinforcements by air to the Tunisian front reported. Axis forces concentrate in Tunisia and in and around Bizerte. Ground attack against Tunis and Bizerte in preparation by British First Army and Patton’s American force, with armored units and tank destroyers.
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London
Morocco
Ibizerte
Royal Air Force
Bizerte
Algiers
Tunisian
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Madrid
London Daily Mail
Bizerte- Tunis
Vichy
Tripoli
Tunis
Legion of Lieu
R. A. N. Anderson
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
First Army
Berlin
Gabes
Jean Darlan
Russians Claim Winter Push Near Moscow and Stalingrad
German high command acknowledged a broad Russian offensive extending northwest of Moscow and toward Stalingrad with tanks and infantry. Russian reports said heavy fighting continued along a 200 mile front from Vyazma to Toropets, with gains sometimes wiped out by counterattacks and renewed Soviet pressure west of Kalinin.
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London
Kalinind
Toropets
Secor
Moscow
Talingrad
Cmmand
Kalinin
Salent
Vyazma
Rzhev
Velikie Luki
Volga
Don
Stalingrad
Big
Don Bend
Former Duke publicity chief faces loyalty clash
Lieut. Glenn E. Ted Mann, once the Duke Blue Devils publicity director, now serves as Jacksonville Naval Air Station public relations officer. Duke meets the Navy station this Saturday, prompting editors to wonder if Mann will hype Navy’s chances or remain neutral.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jpi
Glenn E. T
Ted Mann
Blue Devils
Duke University
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Duke
Navy Station
Mann
Navy
RAF Bombers Press Burma Rails and Airfields
New Delhi India November 26 RAF bombers continued daily raids on Japanese held Burma attacking Myingwan and other targets. Bombs burst along the main line and station at Myingyan as Blenheim bombers and fighters ranged the skies. Medium and heavy bombers targeted air fields at Heho Mingaladon and Meiktila with no Japanese fighters engaging.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Fields
Myingwan
Myingyan
Hecho
Mingaladon
Meiktila
Shortages critique of draft ops sparks Congress clash
Congressional opposition centers on Brig. Gen. Hershey's review of draft operations presented to the W A L C. and circulated on Capitol Hill. The discussion, praised as a clear exposition, faults the publicity campaign around the Civilian and Unpaid boards, arguing war itself strains industry and agriculture and will leave tens of millions as workers after armed forces needs are met.
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Paul V. McNutt
America
Lewis B. Hershey
W.alc
Capitol Hill
Army
McNutt
Chaplin Pleads For Harmony With Russia
Charlie Chaplin urged unity with Russia at a Chicago rally marking nine years of American Soviet diplomatic ties. He argued anti-communist propaganda harms wartime cooperation and praised Russians for fighting and dying for ideals, saying such sacrifice embodies religion and eternity.
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Chicago
Charlie Chaplin
Russia
Orchestra Hall
United States
Germany
God of
Compassion
US Skydragons aid Chinese forces near Changsha
American Skydragons from Brig. Gen. Chenault’s command joined Chinese ground troops in North Hunan to stop Japanese forces trying to cross the Sintsiang River. Air strikes targeted enemy positions north of the river and at Yochow, the base of recent Changsha offensives, with crossings thwarted.
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Chungking
Hunan Province
Sintsiang River
Changsha
Claire L. Chenault
Yochow
Hunan
U S Air Corps European Chief Lost At Sea
The chief of the United States Air Corps staff in Europe Brig. Gen. Asa N. P Duncan was lost at sea after a flight from England to North Africa. The War Department said the plane went down off the northern coast of France on November 17 and no details on the aircraft or crew were released.
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Washington
United States Air Corps
Europe
England
North Africa
War Department
Asa N. P Duncan
France
Kurusu Says War With U S Was Historical Inevitability
Saburo Kurusu former peace envoy in Tokyo declared in a Tokyo speech that war between the United States and Japan was an historical inevitability. He argued the United States and Britain ignored East Asian ambitions and criticized the 1921 Washington Conference and anti Japanese measures in California and elsewhere. He cited Hull's remarks at Pearl Harbor and said Japan followed a long faithful observance of the Washington spirit as proof of weakness.
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New York
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Kurusu
Hull
Pearl Harbor
Federal Communications Commission
Pacific
IK Kurusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
California
Gasoline rationing layout faces tough Texas wall
Harris County Texas faces a Dec 1 deadline for gasoline rationing with an estimated 200000 coupons to issue and only five OPA staff on the task. Raymond Elledge warns a postponement or city shutdown without enough time or manpower. In Kansas City Sen Truman probes fuel oil concerns as Mayor Gage mobilizes regional officials.
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Harris County
Texas
Houston
Kansas City
Afayor John B. Gage
Raymond P. Elledge
OPA
Harry S. Truman
Gage
Alissouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
A and P Charged With Monopoly Conspiracy
Washington November 26 The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company the nations largest food chain faces a federal indictment charging conspiracy to monopolize a substantial part of food trade The two count indictment from Dallas accuses the chain of practices to control prices and limit competition The government notes the chain operates 6 2 stores in 3 436 communities and posted last years sales of 1 378 660 000 representing 13 12 percent of total grocery business The chain and 12 affiliated firms deny the charges calling the suit an attempt to worsen wartime finances.
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Washington
IUP
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Group
Dallas
Texas
Justice Department
Thanksgiving Dinners Across Allied Forces Amid War
American soldiers abroad and workers at home shared a Thanksgiving of cooperation with English, Scottish, and North Irish hosts. President Roosevelt spoke at 11 a.m. Eastern War Time praising the harvest, while Britain’s tables offered substitutes to scarce turkey. War provisions flowed to hospitals as services honored the day with prayer and feasting.
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Roosevelt
White House
U.S. Army
Westminster Abbey
Department of Agriculture
Yin
Losses Soar Near Total Of Quarter Million
German command throws air forces into battle and stacks tanks along outer defenses as Red Army drives toward Stalingrad in an eighth day of heavy fighting. Casualties mount toward a quarter million with nearly 1,000 Germans killed in the day. Soviet advances continue despite stiff resistance and encirclement threats.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Kalach
Don
Don Bend
Berlin
Ryhev
Toropets
Rzhev
Rommel Force Contacted By 8th Army In North Africa
British eighth army troops reported in touch with Marshal Rommel's forces between Agedabia and El Agheila as Allied air forces bombed Tripoli Bizerte and Sicilian targets. RAF communique notes heavy raids on Tripoli and Gela airfield with ships damaged and a merchant vessel left trailing. Minor air combat near Malta with two planes missing.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Rommel
Agedabia
el Agheila
Tripoli
Bizerte
RAF
Middle East Command
Sicily
Tunisia
Gela
Ausurata
Tripolitania
Malta
Ihe
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