Allies Drive Toward Tunis in 12 Miles Reach
Communiques say British American forces push toward Tunis within twelve miles, isolating Axis strongholds in Tunisia. Air attacks hit Bizerte and El Agheila, as tanks and infantry close on coastal defenses. Soviet troops seize another Don River post and press west through snow toward Moscow, with Red Army claiming heavy German losses.
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London
Tunis-ia
Tunisia
Djedeida
Ich
Tuon
Tunis-Bizerte
Erte
Izerte
Comtique
Tunis
Morocco
Cida
Bizerte
8Th Army
Marshal Romi
el Agheila
Libya
Iica
Italy
Churchill
Guadalcanal Tales Begin In The Enterprise Series
A six part serial by Sherman Montrose, war correspondent and photographer, recounts life with American forces on Guadalcanal. From landings to sea patrols, the pieces mix danger with humor as Montrose describes patrols, air raids, and life under siege alongside Marines.
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Sherman Montrose
Cammerman
Guadalcanal
Orographic Agency
Montrose
Sanancisco
Matanikou River
Australian Troops Near Bona Cut Off Pocket of Japanese
Australian ground forces supported by planes and artillery have captured a beach area near Gona and pushed toward Sananda in New Guinea. The operation followed all day air attacks on Buna Gona to soften Japanese positions, with US bombers hitting the area and causing fires. The advance appears to cut off a pocket at Gona containing several hundred Japanese, hinting at strained links between Gona and Buna.
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Bona
New Guinea
Gona
Sananda
Buna- Gona
Gone
United States
Buna
Sanananda
New
Nazi Hatchet Man In Toulon To Handle Frenchmen
London reports Heinrich Himmler has arrived in Toulon to oversee actions after the destruction of the French fleet. Tass dispatch from Geneva says Himmler is at the French Mediterranean base as Nazis seek to arrest and punish French opponents and illegal group members. Courts martial may sentence those involved, including officers opposing demobilization.
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Toulon
London
Heinrich Himmiler
Gestapo
Moscow
Geneva
Himmler
Fernch
Tass
Confusion over fuel policy pits Ickes against oil magnates
Washington battle over a 13 million dollar oil pipeline from Tinsley Mississippi to Savannah and Charleston. Interior Secretary Ickes resists despite congressional approval and presidential support. South Carolina lawmakers accuse Big Oil of blocking the project while veteran industry advisers to the Interior and War Departments back the opposition. The row ties to old feuds with Lawrence Wood and other political figures.
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Washington
Ickes
Congress
Tinsley
Mississippi
Savannah
Charleston
Capitol Hill
Secretary of the Interior
Senate Public Lands Committee
South Carolina
Interior and War Departments
Ralph”. Davies
Walter Pyron
California Standard
Gulf
Churchill and Japan in a two chapter war
The column reports Churchill’s warning to Japan and Italy. It argues Britain and the United States will press the Pacific theater after Europe, with a long costly second chapter of the war. Churchill claims the Atlantic may be calm while the Pacific heats up.
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Winston Churchill
Italy
Mussolini
Churchill
Britain
Japan
United States
FWO
United Nations
Churchall
Hitler
Europe
Pacific
Orient
Churcill
Asia
Atlantic
China
Australia
New Zealand
Boston Cocoanut Grove Fire Toll Near 500
A 16-year-old busboy’s match lit a paper palm tree, starting a blaze at the Cocoanut Grove Night Club in Boston. About 477 dead and over 200 injured as panic trapped patrons. authorities probe cause and safety failures amid one of the nation’s worst disasters. Related lines note panic doors, rapid spread through flammable decor, and a federal inquiry with Navy and FBI representatives continuing investigations.
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Cocoanut Night Club
Boston
Cocoanut Grove
Vcpuly
Royce Mupetimlemuetil
James R. Claflin
Stanley F. Tomaszewski
Chafin
Chuir
William J. Mahoney
Boston Committee On Public Safety
Red Cross
Washington
U. S. Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
East River
Chicago
San Francisco
John F. McDonough
Resistance Ends At Reunion Island Occupation
The Vichy radio said French resistance to British occupation of Reunion ended at 8 45 a m today. British imperial forces largely South African troops reportedly landed and seized Saint Denis La Reunion. The bulletin noted resistance is being organized as Reunion, held since 1613, remains the last French territory under Vichy control.
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London
Vichy
Reunion
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Saint Denis
la Reunion
Aled
Immigration Power Narrowed By House Subcommittee
Washington Nov 30 The Ways and Means sub committee moved to strip from President Roosevelt the power to suspend immigration regulations and restrictions for wartime needs. The panel met with War Navy Justice State and other agencies and recommended the immigration suspension be dropped from the measure while allowing possible tariff suspensions and information exchange exemptions for war production. The full committee will reconvene tomorrow to push a bill for quick congressional action before adjournment.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
War, Navy, Justice and State Departments
Board of Econimoce Warfare
Tariff Commission
Cooped Dtenn
Cooper
Congress
United Nations
B-Committee
Senate
Byrnes lifts limit on farm pay up to 2400
Washington reports that James F. Byrnes, economic stabilization director, removed all restrictions on increasing farm labor pay up to 2400 a year and barred wage cuts below the top rate from Jan 1 to Sept 15, 1942, except with Secretary Wickard's consent. He also shifted wage control from the War Labor Board to Secretary Wickard under presidential regulations.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Agriculture Wickard
Byrnes
War Labor Board
Wickard
Turin Fires Blaze After RAF Raid On Italian City
British bombers struck Turin for a second night, dropping more than 100000 incendiaries and 8000 pound blockbusters as 300000 of the 622000 population reportedly fled. Italian high command said damage was heavy in the center but casualties were not yet known. Weather was favorable and raids on Belgium rail lines also reported. two planes missing.
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London
Turin
Halian Arsenal
Air Ministry
Alps
Mussolini
Belgium
Rome
Italy
Genoa
Reuters
Milan
Allied Bombers Lash Tripoli With Big Loads
Allied air forces using American built Liberator B 24 bombers struck Tripoli harbor installations and shipping in a weekend raid. RAF and U S Army Air Force crews joined in targeting Tripoli as a major Axis supply center in Libya.
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ATRO
Tripoli
Bizerte
Tunis
United States Army
RAF
U.S. Army Air Force
Rommel
Libya
Mediterranean
Eighth Army
Middle East
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Iron Ring
Pravada
Don-Volga
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