Russians claim northwest front offensive routs German force
Moscow announced a surprise Soviet push on the northwest front killing about 10,000 German troops and breaking through near Velikie Luki. The communique said more than 300 towns were liberated and three rail lines and a major road were disrupted, with the front fractured over 30 kilometers. The victory was hailed as a companion to the Stalingrad drive and suggested potential movement toward Smolensk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Velikie Luki
Latvia
Novvosokolinski
Nevel
Berlin
Transocean Agency
Waldemar Count Stillfried
Stalingrad
Velikie Luki-Novosokolinski
Velikie Luki-Nevel
Rzhev
Vyazma
Smolensk
Allied Assault On Axis Units Is Intensified
Allied and British naval forces report sinking nine Axis supply ships in the Mediterranean, including a tank carrier and a large passenger liner, while three more ships and an Italian destroyer were damaged. A large tanker laden with benzine and a medium tank-landing craft were among the vessels sunk. The action aims to hinder German and Italian relief to Tunis and Bizerte as Rommel’s Africa corps faces mounting pressure near El Agheila. An American communique notes a Wazi counterattack near Tebourda, with the Allies generally on the offensive in Tunisia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Mediterranean
Tunis
Bizerte
North African
Sicily
Admiralty
Erwin Romimel
Africa Corps
el Agheila
North Africa
Tripoli
Hitler
Tunisia
Ix. ‘A. N. Anderson
First
Tebourda
Turkey
Germany
Greece
North
Africa
Adolph Hitler
Hungary
Europe
Carlier
Red Army
Cretia
Italy
Adriatic
Explosion at Coconut Grove claims 100 plus deaths
Boston dispatch reports an explosion sparked a vast fire at the Coconut Grove night club in Back Bay. Fire Commissioner Reilly estimated the death toll would exceed 100 as bodies were removed and hundreds more were injured. Emergency crews, ambulances, and doctors operated while priests conducted last rites at City Hospital.
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Boston
Coconut Grove
Back Bay
William Arthur Reilly
City Hospital
Ickes Eyeing Combined Labor and War Manpower Role
Washington report says Harold Ickes weighed taking a merged post as Secretary of Labor and War Manpower Boss. Roosevelt supposedly backing a three way cabinet reshuffle involving McNutt and Perkins. Possible shift aims to strengthen wartime manpower and labor programs amid cabinet-level changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Labor
Irving Perimeter
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Olney, Md
Ickes
Roosevelt
White House
Frances Perkins
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Miss Perkins
Army
Navy
Japanese Naval Force Hovering Near New Guinea Coast
UIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA Sunday 29 AP reports Japanese naval force again hovers off the New Guinea coast near Buna where forces have been pinned against the sea by General MacArthur's air attacks. The communique notes no clear reinforcements landing and reports second straight day of repulsed counterattacks. Allied raids also target Timor and Darwin without damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
UIED
Australia
Doug MacArthur
Buna
Highland
Portuguese Timor
Darwin
Mad Fox Bites Columbia Youth. Hospitalized
In Columbia South Carolina on November 28 physicians treated Frank Brazell an 11 year old Richland County boy after a mad fox bit him in the face as he rode home from school. The bite caused throat constriction and seizures leading to serum treatment and hospital admission. A passing motorist helped kill the fox after Brazell struggled and the animal dislocated his fingers.
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Blaney
Fox
Brazel
Vichy Claims Toulon Fleet Was Scuttled in 1940 Pact
A Vichy communique broadcast in London states the French fleet at Toulon was scuttled by order at the time of the 1940 armistice to prevent capture by a foreign power. The message says ministers met in Pierre Laval’s office and learned of the German decision to occupy Toulon as the operation began.
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VICHY
London
Toulon
Comunique
Pierre Laval
ONDON
Barcelona
Vichy Tauz
Jean Darlan
Algiers
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lone French Sub At Barcelona Survives Scuttling Claims
A lone survivor from the Toulon fleet scuttled as French authorities declare the Barcelona submarine survived. Vichy broadcasts say the submarine avoided destruction and may join the Allies, while Allied HQ awaits official confirmation amid reports of the fleet’s sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rench
Barcelona
Japanese Base Destroyed By U S Planes
Navy reports U S aircraft destroyed all buildings at Munda on New Georgia and blasted Kahili airdrome on Bougainville in a heavy Solomons strike. Local skirmishes near Guadalcanal left 50 Japanese killed and machine guns captured. No enemy damage reported from night raids while American air and naval actions continue to pressure Japanese defenses.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Solomons
Navy
Munda
New Georgia Island
Kahili
Bougainville
Alumiia
Guadalcanal
Lunga River
Walter R. Lyte
Allied Troops Land On Reunion Island During WWII
London reports that British forces, largely South African troops, landed at Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean and that Vichy authorities are organizing resistance. The operation began about 4:30 am with the town of Saint-Denis seized and martial law proclaimed as De Gaulle forces reportedly direct the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reunion Island
Indian Ocean
London
Vichy
Madagascay
Secretary of ‘State For Colonies
Reunion
Sain Denis la Reunion
Govenor
de Gaulle
Madangascar
Diego Suarez
Tananarive
France
French Somaliland
Behind the Scenes Rift Over Tariff and Immigration Bill
The piece outlines opposition to a postwar measure granting the President power to suspend tariffs and regulate immigration. Critics fear dictatorial control over import rates could flood the market with competitive goods and affect labor, while some worry administration by a party other than Congress. The delay reflects constitutional power concerns and fear of centralizing authority in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mtr. Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
South America
Congress
Washington
First Wounded Arrive From North Africa
Ninety four American soldiers bearing wounds from the North African battle arrived at Walter Reed Hospital in Silver Spring Maryland for treatment. They came by train with 21 more arriving yesterday. Most walked off the train with cheer and joked about their brave journeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
North Africa
Walter Reed Hospital
Army Medical Center
John J
Silver Springs
Maritime Commission Sees 8 Million Ton 1942 Demand Met
Cleveland report by Rear Admiral Howard Vickery III shows the Maritime Commission expects to meet the 8,000,000 ton goal for new ship carrying capacity this year. He cites deliveries of 93 ships in September and 85 in October, with nearly seven million tons by month’s end and over 100 more ships to come by December. Ten of the 16 vessel program freighters will be ready by spring, with the final one delivered in July, while two shipyards were diverted to Navy work. Admiral Vickery, a native of Ohio, visited Cleveland en route to Lo vain for the Lancashire launch at American Ship Building Company yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Maritime Commission
Howard Li
Vickery
Vickers
Navy
Lo‘vain
American
Lancashire
Great Lakes
Admiral Vickery
Willis Vickery
Radio station taken on invasion by U S Army in Morocco
Harold Y. Boyle reports that American forces brought a long wave radio transmitter to the Morocco landing operation. The station broadcast Roosevelt’s proclamation, Eisenhower’s orders, and Giraud’s message to French troops. It relayed news from African fronts and connected with Rabat Radio Morocco for four days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Y. Boyle
United States
Morocco
Rabat
Radio
President Roosevelt
Dwight D
Jap Objectives Are Battered By U S Planes
American airmen conducted their first night dive bombings in China striking Hankow’s Yangtze dock area setting it afire and hitting a gunboat and river steamer. Medium bombers followed with raids on Japanese concentrations at Yochow and Sienning near Hankow while heavy damage was reported to many targets. Eight attacks were made within 77 hours from Hankow to Haiphong as raiders withdrew to base.
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J. Reilly O’'Sullivan
China
Yangtze
Hankow
Yochow
Sienning
Hupeh-Hunan
Haiphong
Indo-China
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