Darlan Sacrifices French Fleet to Block German Use
Admiral Darlan refused to let England seize the French fleet and ordered its scuttling at Toulon rather than surrender to Germany. The fleet, though powerful, could not have meaningfully aided the Allies without supply lines and base support, and its loss reflects the fraught Vichy politics shaping American expectations of French cooperation in World War II.
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Jean Darlan
England
Mediterranean
United Nations
Toulons
United States
Britain
Japan
France
Toulon
North Africa
Europe
Hiller
Darlan
Germany
Vichy
America
Victory in Solomons ends with mass Japanese losses
War dispatch by Eugene Burns from the Pacific front reports that about 20,000 Japanese premier troops perished near Guadalcanal. The US fleet claims heavy damage to Japanese battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and air groups, with torpedo plane pilots cited for sinking a Kongo. Delayed dispatch notes a potential further Japanese ship losses and an ongoing assessment of the naval battle’s toll.
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Vgs
Pacific
Eugene Burns
United States Pacific Fieel
Guadalcanal
Admiral Chect
Nimilaz
Oor Poabiius
South Pacific
Albert. P. Coffin
Midway Oil Producer Added in Louisiana County
A 30th Midway producer was added in the Midway field of Lidayette county as Southwood Oil Company's Hodnett No 5 NW NE of section 18 15 22 flowed at its own accord. Top of porosity found at 6400 feet extending to 6473 feet. Southwood plans spur drilling eastward and has seven more tests staked in sections 7 15 28 and 18 15 23 on the Hodvett land. An intensive drilling campaign is expected after the new year around the Midway vicinity.
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Midway
Lidayette County
Southwood Oil Company
Giaige
Southwood
CSW
W .E. Hodvett
Yarnsdell Oil Company
el Dorado
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
MeKumie Gas
Columbia County
Gladys Martin
Corres
To Name Liberty Ship for Joe T Robinson
Washington November 28 The name of late Joseph T Robinson long time U S Senator from Arkansas will be given to one of the new liberty ships The Maritime Commission announced this yesterday The name was submitted by Arkansas pupils who took part in the recent school pupilake Campaign State winners will participate in the launching.
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Washington
Joseph Jy. Robinson
WU. S
Arkansas
Maritime Commission
Death penalty sought for slayer of young girl in Arkansas
In Little Rock on November 28, a jury convicted 86 year old Joe W. Smith of first degree murder for slaying 10 year old Delores Catherine Smith whose body was found in an abandoned rural cemetery five weeks after she disappeared from school on September 25. Smith faces automatic death penalty with conviction. His counsel has 20 days to prepare a new motion. The case rests largely on circumstantial evidence though a confession cited by prosecutors was denied as evidence by his defense. Smith was identified by a schoolmate as the man who left the school grounds with the girl.
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Little Rock
Joe W. Smith
Delores Catherine Smith
Here
Smith
Enemy Retreats on All Fronts at Stalingrad
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army clearing the Don elbow west of Stalingrad and driving remaining German forces east. Kretskaya, Cassack on the Don’s west bank, recaptured as Russians close a widening trap around the Nazi pocket southwest of Stalingrad.
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Bizerte
Red Army
Don ‘River
Stalingrad
Henry .C. Cassil
Moscow
Don
Kretskaya
Cassack City
Kretskay
Reuters
Evacuation of Hawaiian Aliens Begins at Jerome Camp
The War Relocation Authority confirms the first group of 107 Hawaiian and Japanese residents from Honolulu, mostly women and elders, have been relocated to Jerome and Rohwer camps. They volunteered for removal citing housing and work conditions. army transport assisted. Officials note future arrivals depend on housing capacity and that no mass evacuation from Hawaii is planned.
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Little Rock
Jerome, Arie
Honolulu
J. B. Whitaker
War Relocation Authority
Whitaker
Hawii
Jerome
Rohwer
Pacific Coast
Whitake
WRA
Dupaitese
Hawaiian Islands
House Group in Fight to Remove Leon Henderson
Washington dispatch reports a growing coalition in Congress aiming to block gaseline rationing and force Leon Henderson from the Office of Price Administration through appropriations. Key lawmakers say OPA funding should be blocked until Henderson resigns, with calls for broader Bureaucracy reform and possible abolition of OPA.
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Leon Henderson
Washington
William F. Arbogast
Trator Leon Menderson
Federal Service
Dee. 1
Repregentotive Boren
D-Okla
Boren
Congress
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Henderson
Mouse
Hederson
Taber
New York
Reepublican
Johnson D-Olkla
James Byrnes
House
Representative Cox
Dga
DPA
Hebert
Senate War Committee
Senator Truman
D-Mo
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Harold I¢kes
William M. Jeffers
Scuttled French Fleet Sparks Mixed Reactions At Toulon
A French submarine escaped Toulon and reached Barcelona amid uncertainty over others. Allied powers hailed the act of mass scuttling as a symbol of French resistance, while reports conflicted on ships that may have fled and the fate of the remainder. The incident influenced Allied plans and French unity debates as leaders consider next steps under German pressure.
Mrs Martin of Spring Hill Dies Today
Maggie Merle Martin 71 longtime Hempstead county resident died at her Spring Hill home early today. Funeral services set for 1 o clock Sunday at Mt Neba with Bernden Cornelius in charge. Survived by two sons Buck of Hope Finley Martin of Pennsylvania three daughters Mrs Arthur McClellan of El Dorado Mrs W E Monroe and Mrs B E Cox of Hope and eight grandchildren.
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Maggie Merle Martin
Hempstead County
Mt. Neba
Bernden-Cornelius
Buck
Hope
Finley Martin
Pennsylvania
Arthur McClellan
el Dorado
W. E. Monroe
E. Cox
Hope and
First U S Wounded Arrive Home Today
The first wounded American soldiers from North Africa have arrived at Walter Reed hospital, as announced by the War Department.
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U.S
Washington
Lrst
North Africa
Waller Reed Hospital
War Department
Flashes of Life Confuse Cops and Crew in Mixed Dispatches
A chaotic set of brief items from Monroe to Denver describes cops chasing a four-person driver with one leg after a mistaken arrest, a pep squad spelling scheme in Colorado, and a heavyweight civilian rejected by the Navy. A California deputy sheriff recalls WWI service, weight cuts, and WAAC efforts, while Denver police seek a fall victim for first aid glasses as a hospital dash ends with a broken blood vessel.
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Denver
Putelman
B. M. Johnson Volute
Offigers
Hen
Toni Jo Henry Executed in Louisiana Electric Chair
Toni Jo Henry, 26, of Shreveport, was put to death in Lake Charles for the 1940 murder of Joseph Calloway in a rice field near Orange Texas. She appeared calm after last rites, wore a mask, and died at 12:12 p.m. with Father Wayne Richard beside her.
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Lake Charles
Annie Beatrice
Toni Jo) Henry
Shreveport
Joseph P. Calloway
Houston
Tex
Calloway
Louisana
Wayne Richard
Father Richard
Court House
Henry
Claude E
Cowboy
Funeral for County Marine Held Today
Funeral services for James Mc Deald Smith a U S Marine who died in a San Diego hospital will be held at Belton at 3 oclock today He was the son of Wyatt M resident of Hempstead for many years
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James McDeald Smith
U. S. Marine Corps
San Diego
Belton
Wyatt M
Hempstead
Infiltration Admitted as Allied Drive Looms in North Africa
Allied air and ground actions press toward Tunisian strongholds as reports claim Axis lines were infiltrated and bombardments targeted Mejer El B region. Paris radio and Italian bulletins relay conflicting claims of fighting near Bone, Algeria, and encirclement rumors near Kalach.
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Associated Press
London
Tunis-Bizerte
Zong
Tunisiasis
Naz
Paris
Climacti
French North Africa
United States
Mejer el B
Tal Bizerte
Tunisia
Libya
Bone
Algeria
Pla
North Africa
RAB
Bas Syracuse
Dodeca
Hisland
Meros
Tausiae
Algiers
Lienant
K. A. N. Anderson
Everte
U. S. War Department Cormunique
Madrid
Gibraltar
U-bo
Hitler
Forti
Anderson
Legion
Stacles
Ghosts in Line Up Testimony in Trial of Hatcher
Testimony at Cardiff trial for Austin Hatcher accused of pretending to contact spirits. A police officer described a seance officiated by Hatcher where he claimed spirits were waiting to come through, saying they are queuing up.
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Cardiff
Wales
Austin Hatcher
Hatcher
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Spain
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Berlin
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Philippe - Marie Auboyneau
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Monroe
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Turner
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