Allies Push Rommel Back in Egyptian Frontline Drive
The Allied forces, led by the British Eighth Army, press the German Italian army in Egypt, scoring gains after years of stalemate. Rommel's position weakens as air power and mobility favor the Allies, signaling a turning point in the desert campaign amid coordinated American support. Also noted are cautions on Los Angeles publicity in the Errol Flynn case and a wartime tire recovery drive encouraging owners to surrender surplus tires for war use.
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Britain
France
Germany
Poland
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Totoy
Eighth Army
Axis
Marshal Rammel
Seaboard
Costello Says Sentimentality Hinders War Effort
Representative Costello of California criticizes sentimental appeals about youths and argues teenagers should receive a year of training before combat. He notes the War Department warned such training would strain its program and require hundreds of thousands more trainees. Congress faces a split over whether 18 and 19 year olds enter combat and if a training period should be mandated, with House and Senate at odds on the issue.
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Washington
Representative Costello
Calif
Costello
Military Affairs Committee
War Department
House
Senate
Nelson Endorses Manpower Plan Principles
War Production Chief Donald Nelson backs manpower revision principles but says 99 of 106 conscription would be unnecessary to mobilize Americans for war. He favors congressional legislation over administrative orders and urges Congress to assess needs. Henry J. Kaiser suggests halting voluntary enlistments and creating a nine member committee to oversee distribution of manpower and women workers.
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Washington
Donald
Nelson
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Centrol
Hin Id
Alan
Henry J. Kaiser
Flynn Trial to Superior Court
Errol Flynn was bound over for superior court on charges of statutory rape involving Peggy La Rue Satterlee, 16, from a 1941 yacht trip, and another girl last September. The actor pledged confidence in vindication and criticized the district attorney after the preliminary hearing. A separate note claims carelessness caused nine percent of accidents killing over 100,000 Americans last year.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Peggy la Rue Satterlee
Byron 4. Walters
Flynn
Amsivan
Mrs. C. C. McClellan Buried at Mt Nebo
Funeral services for Mrs. C. C. McClellan were held at Mt Nebo Baptist church at 2 30 p m on Wednesday. She lived in the community all her life and was a Methodist. Survived by her husband fourteen children forty five grandchildren and twenty seven great grandchildren.
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C. C. McClellan
MS Nebo Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Bobcats Doped to Take Wolves in a Non Conference Night
The Bobcats meet the Prescott Curly Wolves in a non-conference game tonight at Prescott with kickoff set for o'clock. Prescott aims to challenge a lop-sided projection as the Bobcats seek a win amid a rough, competitive atmosphere. The standouts from both schools and the surrounding crowd prepare for a tense matchup tonight.
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Bobcats
Wobcats
Prescotts
Curly Wolves
Prescott Boys
Boebeats
Pregcott
Prescott
Six More Axis Ships Sunk in Mediterranean
London reports six additional Axis vessels sunk with two large supply ships damaged by British submarines in the Mediterranean. Coastal vessels laden with food were boarded and destroyed after crews abandoned ship. Submarines torpedoed beached targets and sank several supply ships despite destroyer escorts. One big tanker was struck by torpedoes. one destroyer may have been hit.
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London
Mediterranean
Phires
Admairaly
Hard Pressed Americans Pierced Guadalcanal Flank
Washington reports a two pronged drive on Guadalcanal pierced a western flank and threatened the east airfield area. Marines and soldiers killed 350 Japanese, captured 12 387 mm guns, three field pieces and 30 machine guns while gains extended two miles. meanwhile Allied forces pressed toward Buna and Salamaua as MacArthur says assaults push back Kokoda. Navy-Army leaders call for unified command under MacArthur and Halsey to maximize results in the South Pacific.
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Wiggins
Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
South Pacific
Solomons
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Moresby
Kokoda
Buna
Muaubisse
Alley
Australia
Salamaua
Buin Paisi
United States
Guadialesnal
Kakumbuna
Flashes of Life Headlines From Across the Nation
A series of quirky vignettes from AP wires recount oddities and small incidents. A parish bell displays a wartime message in Phoenix. Wake Forest College president recalls a distant gift. A Florida man leaves military service due to an odd allergy to the word. A bear in Oregon befriends soldiers and steals an apple then shaving cream. A Denver teen fixes her face while riding, ending with minor injuries from a bus.
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Corvallis
Ore
Vic
Florence Merriam
Carmichael
Denver
Nancy
Holdup Couple Sentenced at Lewisville
Lewisville November 6 1934 Tal Madge Howard 19 and Shirley Brewer 24 both of Houston were sentenced to three years in prison by Circuit Judge Dexter Bush after pleading guilty to burglary and grand larceny in a local holdup case. The pair were arrested the day after the robbery. the man was wounded by officers in a woods chase and the woman at a filling station in adjacent Columbia county.
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Lewisville
Talmadge Howard
Shirley Brewer
Buth
Houston
Dexter
Bush
Columbia County
Three German Fugitives Recaptured Near Bowling Green
Police in Bowling Green Kentucky report that three German men who escaped from Army guards aboard a train late Wednesday were arrested about six miles away. They gave names Ilans Richard Jonut Karl Latt and Paul Theodore Izegrad. Jonut and Luft said they served in the German merchant marine while Izegrad, a Myan citizen, was arrested as an enemy alien. Two carried knives but no other weapons. Officers found the trio in a barn after local girls alerted them.
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Bowling Green
R. E. Monahan
Ttrain
An Bain
Ilans
Richard Jonut
Karl Latt
Paul Theodore Izegrad
Jonut
Luft Sii
Hivegrad
Monahan
Minum
Boyd Downeynd
Gulf Storm Heads Toward Mexico From Caribbean
A Caribbean storm moved toward the Gulf of Mexico, threatening southern Florida and the Bahamas. Forecasters warned of hurricane force winds near the center, with Cuba and Nassau under potential impact. Public schools closed and defenses tightened as ships sought shelter and residents prepared for strong gale conditions
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Bahama Islands
Weather Bureau
Melbourne
Palmeach
Ernest F. Carson
Key West
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Long Island
Bahama
New Providence Island
Nassau
Government House
Alamite Coat Line
Navy
Coast Guard
Clarencetown
Fewer Arkansas service men voted by absentee ballots
Little Rock reports fewer than 1000 of over 50,000 Arkansas service men cast absentee ballots in the recent general election. Secretary of State C. G. Hall cites unopposed Democratic candidates for US Senate and Congress as dampening interest. Air Corps training surge noted with 45 percent more hours in first seven months of 1942 than 1830–1940.
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Little Rock
Secretary of State
Arkansas
Continental
United States
C. G. Hall
Senate
Congress
U. S. Air Corps
Seals Doom of Rommel Emphasizes Second Front
Stalin warned in Moscow that Allied failure to open a second front would hurt all allies and praised coalition mobilization for victory. He stressed collaboration among British Soviet and American forces, noting morale in Germany waning and enslaved nations seeking revenge as Axis power weakens. In North Africa Allied gains near El Alamein push Rommel toward defeat with heavy losses and encirclement hints as Montgomery reports progress and aims for total victory.
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Little Rock
Arkansas High School Conference
Blytheville Chiaws
Ord
Late Rock Wildcats
Camden
Panthers
Little Rork
Tigers
Panther
Remon
Riusseilville
Worrest City
Stuttgart
Mustangs
Jonesboro Meevis Bewie
Fort Smith
Tulsa
Okla
Associated Press
Moscow
Joseph Sislin
Russia
Volga
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Stalin
Moscow Soviet
Europe
Democratic Coalition
Daba
Rommel
Montgomery
el Alamein
London
Rimel
Rome
Berlin
Fuka
Mai T
Rommell
Vss
Major Victory in North Africa Asserts FDR
President Roosevelt described Allied gains in North Africa as a major victory in the Egyptian Libyan area. He noted US equipment formed a minor share of the assault against Rommel, and said Guadalcanal operations are limited in scale though potentially very significant.
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Washington
Roosevelt
North Africa
United Nations
Snl
Erwin Rommel
United States
8Th Army
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
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Henry Mumphrey
Texarkana Gazette
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Erroll Flynn
America
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Hollywood
S. Burton Heath
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Caddalena
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Cairo
Miles
Alamein
Tole
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Pacific War Council
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Nash
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Guidalcanal
Phoenix
Ariz
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St. Mary's Catholic
Wake
Pahokee, Fla
Marvin Berry
Mexico
Africa
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Matruh
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Romemel
B. 1. Montgomery
Highth
Humber
Trento
Francis Scatti
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