Desert War Commentary From A Frontline Correspondent
A wartime correspondent reports from Bengasi front describing Eighth Army advances across 700 miles of Libyan desert, Rommel's retreat to El Agheila, Montgomery's tactics, and morale across Allied airmen and ground forces as the North Africa campaign shifts toward a final phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libya
Bangas
Africa
Erwit
Eighth
Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bengali
Eighth Army
Thls
el Alamein
Anis
Tunisia
el Agheila
Hitler
Maly
France
English Channel
der Fuehrer
Montgomery
Ben- East
Egypt
North Africa
Bengasi
Bengasi and
Desert
Mediterranean
Schroeder and Willkie At Bat For RNC Fight
A split within the Republican National Committee looms as Werner Schroeder backs isolationist lines against Wendell Willkie allied forces. Schroeder claims 53 to 80 votes with 54 needed for a majority. balloting set for today as factions clash over the new RNC chairman. The meeting opens at 11 a.m. Central War Time with votes expected mid‑afternoon.
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St Louis
Werner W. Schroeder
Chicago
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican National Committee
Schroeder
Illinois
Willkie
Gasoline rationing threatens bus service and workers rail
Officials of two bus companies warned they would stop runs today unless bulk gasoline coupon forms were provided. An OPA spokesman said local rationing boards largely completed BY and C ration processing with war workers prioritized, while delays last week slowed A three gallon weekly allotments for Pittsburgh workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Wickard Named to Lead National Resource Board
Randolph Wickard, a Hoosier farmer, is appointed as a key national resource director overseeing civilian and military manpower, with authority over marketing and distribution, including food rationing. The move unifies control for 18 to 38 year olds, aims to boost 1943 production, and places Wickard beside WPB chief Harold Nelson in an officially coordinated war economy.
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Navy
Army
Wickard
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
Wig¢kard
Roosevelt
Paul McNutt
William M. Jeffers
Harold Ickes
Iowu
Pearl Harbor battle figures for Japan and allies
Pearl Harbor and Aleutian theater losses and enemy strength are listed as 600,009 enemy personnel. Headquarters reports end of October losses include 61,000 killed and 303,000 captured, with November results showing 731 enemy planes shot down, 893 destroyed on the ground, 235 captured, totaling 1,069 aircraft, plus 104 enemy ships damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Britain
Netherlands
China
Liberty her Day In War Time Benet Poem
Poem by William Rose Benet written for NEA Service recalling Pearl Harbor and the U S war mobilization. The speaker urges unity against militarism and celebrates the fighting men of the United States from Pearl Harbor to Luzon, highlighting ships, battles, and Liberty as a rallying cry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
William Rose Benet
NEA
War Roundup Reports Allied Strategy and Japan Losses
The briefing outlines Allied plans to crush Germany and Italy, hold Japan in the Pacific, and keep pressure through aid to allies. It notes U S Navy findings on Japan’s shrinking maritime strength, retrieved ships, and rising American production as a turning point in the war.
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Germany
Italy
North Africa
America
Hich
Malaya
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
United Nations High Command
Adolf Hitler
Tokyo
Spain
Gibraltar
Turkey
Middle East
Washington
Japavese
Guundalcanal
New Guinea
MacArthur
Hawaii
Aleutians
Russia
Deer Harvest At Willard Home Group Nets Bucks
Rowley and Charles Hill with Willard Home youths hunted near Indi ana on Saturday and brought home two bucks a nine point 180 pound animal shot by Rowley and an eight point 160 pound buck taken by Charles Hill Jr Clark Henry of Center County with the Commodore Hunting Club reports a 41 point prize and County Agent John W Warner returns from Elk County with a six point specimen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowley
Bud
Willard
Charles Hill
Charles, Jr
Olive Street
Willlard
Indiana
Charles Hil
Clark Henry
College Agenué
Center County
Commodore
Massive Allied Air Raids Target Rail Hubs in Occupied Europe
RAF reports large Sunday raid on Karlsruhe Pforzheim and surrounding rail yards and factories. German claims differ on losses, with nine planes reported lost by Germans and 35 Allied aircraft downed. The attack hit Stuttgart Innsbruck Munich Salzburg Augsburg amid weather hampering observation. observers say Allied strength remains robust across fronts.
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France
Netherlands
RAF
Karlsruhe
Ruhr
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
Ttalion
Rhine
Pforzheim
Hne
Karlshuhe
Sir
Stuttgart
Innsbruck
Munich
Salzburg
Augsburg
North Africa
United Nations
Malta
Cairo
Reggio
Gela
Sicily
Bizerte
Tunis
Sousset
Sfax
Europe
United States
Britain
Friesland
Hilversum
Holland
Lille
Abbeyville
Eindhoven
Thenr
Low Countries
Stalingrad
Rzhev-Veleki Luki
Red Army
Don
Volga
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Cape Endaidere
Buna
Gona
Pacific War Struggles Amid Tokyo Broadcasts and Tunisia Front
Reports describe Japanese broadcasts marking Pearl Harbor anniversary and vowing expansion of peril toward the United States though with limited success. In Tunisia, Allied forces hold high ground near Mateur Tebourba and Djedeira as heavy German dive bombing continues and air superiority remains contested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Japan
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
United States
Fred
New York
Washington
London
Federal Communications Commission
Roberts
Masaaki Tani
America
East Asia
Sankichi Takahashi
Melbourne
Sydney
Seattle
San Francisco
Tunisia
Mateur- Tebourba- Djedeira
Congress Faces Holiday Log Jam Ahead Of Adjournment
Washington December 7 Congress nears final adjournment with a holiday log jam of eight major contested bills. Highlights include parity price base changes for agriculture, a war powers tariff measure, a $5 billion increase for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and a weeklong work bonus for white collar federal employees. Additional issues cover extended rent controls for defense areas, power sector reform, and production planning.Senate and committee actions feature war mobilization efforts and censorship bureau testimony amid ongoing power and small business oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
77Th Congress
Houser
House
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Civil Service Committee
Senate Banking
Pepper
D-Fla
Small Business Committee
Brehon R. Somervell
Services of Supply
War time cost of living hits peak in Sept 1942 index
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania cost of living peaked at 112.0 in September, up 1.2 percent from June 1942. Food and miscellaneous items led gains, clothing up 4 percent, fuel 0.2 percent, and rent down 5 percent due to wartime controls. A widespread government-led price shift accompanied Allied air campaigns and Russian offensives on the Eastern Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry
United States
Altoona
Old City
Two Downtown Buildings Destroyed by 250000 Fire in New Kensington
A Saturday blaze in New Kensington destroyed two downtown buildings, a likely $250000 loss. Fire Chief J Clawson said the fire started in the basement of the Connor building and spread to the three story Adolph structure through a connecting wall. Central Drug Co warerooms, New Kensington Chamber offices, and physicians were in the Cannon building, while the Adolph building housed an A and P market, a typewriter firm, beauty parlor, pool room, and bakery. The fire halted traffic and disrupted local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Kensington
Weatmoreland County
J. Clawson
Connor
Central Drug Company
New Kensington Chamber of Commerce and Physicians
Cannon
Adoolph
Native Son canceled amid theater operator pressure
New York reports that Native Son, the Richard Wright drama starring Canada Lee, will close Saturday on orders of theater operator Lee Shubert who said he wanted to avoid trouble. The De 5 issue of the Catholic News labeled it wholly objectionable, following a recent shutdown of Wine Women and Song after the producer and staff were found guilty of presenting an obscene show.
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New York
Richard Wright
Lee Shubert
Canada Lee
The
Catholic News
Ambassador Theater
Markets fevend report from Pittsburgh markets
Pittsburgh market summary shows salable hogs 600 and cattle 600 steady to strong with varied ranges for weights and grades. Hogs 160-180 lb at 14.15-14.25 etc, cattle steers 15.75-16.78, cows 9.60, bulls 12.25-18, sheep 1300 steady, lambs 19.50-18.00, ewes 4.00-5.25, potatoes and produce activity noted with car and sack trades across apples and Maine Chippewas and Kalehdins deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Aitisburgh Dee
Pakers
Pennsylvania
Maine
Indigny Evening Galatte to your boy to the Army or Navy
A fragmented OCR style note describes a message to a son bound for military service in the Army or Navy. It references a nightly send and a distant “lotr trom home” with a stray line about a young blue whale and a weight figure of 320 pounds daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indigny
Army
Navy
Mrs Pew Receives Blue Book Rate Entry
Philadelphia report notes Mrs Walter Pew a former gasoline ration book handler at a Sun Oil Co service station listed in the city blue book 1949 social register. Also listed is former Betty Pope who married Lieut Henry Bainard in Jacksonville in May making a notable social connection to the Disston family.
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Philadelphia
Walter C. Pew
Sun Ol Co
Betty Pope
Jacksonville
Bla
Henry" Bainard
Disston
Obituary notices from Indiana and nearby towns
Obituary notices list Elizabeth Letso Paine of Cleveland and Mary Blazer Signet Ohio among the deceased, with siblings named and funeral details. Other deaths include Margaret Lockard of Pittsburgh, Laura Frances Getty of Hillcrest Indiana, Harriet Cornelia McCune of Hillsdale, George Lassick of Homer City, Kathryn Machuga Fisasala of Indiana Hospital, and Peter Madzar of Palmertown, with cremains or interment at local cemeteries and services planned or completed.
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Paine
Elizabeth Letso
Cleveland
Mary Blazer
Signet
Jossun Cornesky
Perth Amboy
J. J. Baycura
Homer City
Margaret
Obe) Lockard
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Charles R. Lockard
Samuel Zenor
Agnes, Lotz
Carrie Hecker
Ralph Hasinger
Paul L
Ore
Summerville
N. J
Kekilty Funeral Home
William Petina
Laura Frances
Lew
Gutty
M. Clark Getty
Hillscate
Indiana Hospital
Henry
Julia (Wolfe) Lewis
Garrett County
Maryland
James A. Getty
Oberlin
Irene Shields Offy
William Getty
Stanley L. Getty
Braddock
Edgar L. Getty
Elyria
Silas Lewis
West Virginia
Ezra Lewis
Harriet Cornelia (Gardner) McCune
Montgomery Township
Walker
Elizabeth (Bennett) Gardner
Hillsdale
Samuel F. McCune
Arcadia
John McCune
Jeannette
Hosta Netel
Washington, D. C
Nelle Berrings OG Or
Greensburg
Tamson McCune
Homer, City
Irwin Gardner
Akron
Peter Madzar
Palmertown
Stanley
Mary (Paich) Madzar
Barbla
Mra
Josephine (Vansic) Madzar
Mr. Mader
Johnstown
Ferends
Senghof
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Gop
Berlin
Walkii
Midway
Wake
Luzon
Panama
Singapore
Tasman Sea
Bataan—Corregidor
John Paul Jones
Perry
Uragu Bay
Lagoa
Coral Beach
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Army and Naval Journal
Nippon
U. S
Coral Sea
Solomons
Arizona
Hawaiian
Oahu Island
Lavcourd
Office of War Information
Owl
Congress
Byron Price
Office of Censorship
East Mahoning Baptist Church
George Lassick
R. D
Kent
Basil Levdar
Oakland Cemetery
Kathryn (Machuga) FI Sasala
Graceton
Stephen
Anna (Gulasay) Machuga
Mitchell Sesala
Robinson Funeral Home
S.C
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