Russians Close Trap Around Nazis in North Africa
Allied forces repelled a Tebourba counterattack in Tunisia destroying ten Axis tanks. The war bulletin notes the enemy defensive stance to delay advance, attempted bridge and road sabotage, and four enemy planes shot down by Allied night fighters despite muddy airfields and difficult weather.
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Washington
Tunisia
Tebourba
War Department
North Africa
Tunisian
Algiers
Allied Ports Held Open To French Ships
Allied ports welcomed any surviving units of the Toulon fleet as French ships scuttled themselves rather than fall to Hitler. Admiral Darlan urged escape to Allied bases, while reports mixed on how much of the fleet survived, signaling a fragile but hopeful French resurgence amid North Africa developments.
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London
Martyras
Toulon
Adolf Hitler
Jean Darlan
United Nations
Hitler
Mediterranean
Marcel Dent
Paris
France
Germany
Darlan
North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Washington
News Chronicle
de Gaulle
Darian
Vichy
Berlin
French Sub Reported at Barcelona
A French submarine that escaped from Toulon is reported to have arrived at Barcelona Spain The craft docked at 1 30 p m and Spanish authorities gave the commander 48 hours to depart or be interned By late afternoon the commander reportedly had not decided on a course of action
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Bern
Switzerland
Toulon
Barcelona
Spain
Barcélona
Congressmen Attack Henderson Over Price Administration
Congressmen in Washington press a new bid to oust Price Administrator Leon Henderson by tying his removal to appropriations. They concede December gasoline rationing may stand, but rally behind a cry of trillions for defense and 15 cents for Henderson, targeting funding for the Price Administration in early new Congress.
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Washington
Leon —Henderson
Boren
D-Okla
Leon Henderson
Ew Congress
Price Administration
Allied Update From North Africa and Sicily Bombardments
Cairo dispatch says Montgomery's Eighth Army reports nothing new as it presses Rommel's forces in Libya. Allied operations claim success at Gerbini airfield in Sicily and Ortolago Bay in the Bondecanes, with bombs hitting hangars and a jetty. Three Axis aircraft, including two Junkers 88 bombers, were shot down. RAF losses total four.
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Cairo
Middle East
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
Rommel
Libya
Gerbini
Sicily
Ortolago Bay
Bodecanesslands
Gherbini
Guadalcanal raid beats Tojo air attack over harbor waters
Norman Lodge Guadalcanal Nov 12 delayed report details a tense engagement as American troops and Marines landed with heavy supplies. Japanese torpedo planes attacked Henderson Field, but American anti aircraft and fighters repelled the raid. Japanese losses totaled 32 planes, American four with one pilot safe. Unloading ships suffered no hits. The action ended with a dramatic barrage and a vivid air battle. Concluded on next page.
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Norman Lodge
Guadalcanal
Tojo
Little
Orida Island
Bny
Henderson Field
Allies Press Final Push to Clear Tunis Bizerte Fortified Zone
London dispatch reports Nazi radio confirmation that reinforced Allied forces launched violent attacks before the Tunis Bizerte fortified zone in French North Africa. Paris broadcasts note infiltration into Axis lines near Mejer el Babi as Allied air power supports operations with limited Axis fighting in Tunisia and Libya. An Italian bulletin claims a raid on Bone Algeria damaging runways and grounded planes.
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London
Tunis-Bizerte
Tunisia
Paris
French North Africa
United States
Mejer el Babi
Tunis- Bizerte
Libya
Bone
Algeria
U S Soldier Still Tough Even Wounded
U S soldiers wounded in Buna area show resilience as they are flown to a receiving unit. Sgt Buford Phillips 21 Beloit Wis recounts defeating enemies with a Tommy gun. Pvt Francis Pink San Francisco wounded first day of Buna advance. Sgt Hiram Barnabee Mossion Texas boasts tally on his shoulder.
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Dean Schedler
New Guinea
Buna
Bataan
Buford Phillips
Beloit
Wis
Phillips
Pvt
Francis Pink
San Franciso
Husky
Hiram Barnabee
Mossion
Texas
Michelson Quits Publicity Post With Democrats
Charles Michelson, 73, publicity chief of the Democratic National Committee, resigns from the party after 13 years. The veteran reporter and ghost writer says he is quitting politics to straighten out matters at the office and is no longer with the committee.
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Washington
Charles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Republican Party
Michelson
Committee
Farmer Income Tops Washington War Controls
Price Administrator Leon Henderson told Congress that wartime controls on living costs assure farmers and labor the most favorable economic position in American history.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Congress
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Arrives for Medical Treatment
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek arrives in the United States reportedly for medical treatment of injuries suffered five years earlier during a trip to the Sino-Japanese front. A White House note indicated she would meet President Roosevelt after completing treatment.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
America
United States
White House
Oe Roosevelt
American Troops Press Advance Toward Buna
Allied forces push forward toward Buna Papua New Guinea after repelling two Japanese counterattacks. Reinforcements landed at sea and heavy air support aided the ground effort as reporters note fierce fighting and tactical advances along a 12 mile coastal stretch.
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Buna
C. Yates McDaniel
Allied
Australia
New Guinea
Torpedo Planes Balked Attack Americans By Sinking Warship
Lt. Albert P. Coffin led a small squadron of torpedo planes that torpedoed a Kongo class battleship and damaged two cruisers and four transports near Savo Island off Guadalcanal. The hit prevented the ship from shelling Henderson Field, possibly saving American forces during the November 12 to 15 sea battle. Coffin, Annapolis 1934, observed the strike as enemy ships passed within view of the island defenses.
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United States
South Pacific
Albert P. Coffin
Coffin
Annapolis
Savo Island
Guadalcanal
Marine Corps
Coffins
Col
Henderson Airfield
Navy
Henderson Field
Russians drive last German from Don elbow near Stalingrad
Moscow reports say the Red Army cleared the last German soldier from the Don elbow west of Stalingrad and trapped remaining enemy forces in a widening ring. Kletskaya, a strategic Cossack town on the Don’s west bank, was recaptured, part of a broader pincers move southwest of Stalingrad. German counterattacks are described as futile as Soviets methodically collapse pockets along multiple axes toward Rostov and Krasnodar.
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Moscow
Red Army
Don
Stalingrad
Kletskaya
Pravda
The
Reutters
London
Kalach
City
Volga
Rostov
Krasnodar
Caucasus
Nine More Axis Supply Ships Bagged By Subs
British submarines sank nine more Axis supply ships and damaged three others attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Italy to reinforce Tripolitania and Tunisia. An Italian destroyer was damaged, and among sunken vessels were a large passenger liner, two tankers, and a medium tank landing carrier torpedoed off North Africa. Several ships carried food stores. one damaged ship was a well armed 10,000 ton vessel.
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London
Mediterranean
Ttaly
Tripolitania
Tunisia
Admiralty
Sicily
North Africa
Tripoli
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Straosburg
Henderson
Rom Montgomery
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Trieste
Yugoslavia
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Genoa
Corsica
LA Spezia
Sardinia
Sfax
Italy
Rome
Taranto
Malta
Bizerte
Tunis
Democrats
Madame Kai-Shek
U. S
Gona
Soputa
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Timor
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