Montgomery outs Flank Throws Axis Army Into Fight
Allied field reports praise General Montgomery for an audacious outflanking move that forced part of Rommel s forces to stand and fight. The daring operation used hidden moves through rough gorges, threatening the Axis retreat while British and American air power bombards enemy bases and supplies, constraining their advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rommel
Frankintiavion
Hitler
Eld
Montgomery
Theae Fordas
Romimel
Tripolitania
Tunisia
West's Farm Agency Seeks Cash Buyers for Farms
Pittsburgh area broker West's Farm Agency advertises cash buyers for poultry dairy and livestock farms. The notice lists locations and dates in December as part of their sale opportunities at 723 Washington Rd Pittsburgh.
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West
Pittsburgh
Washington Rd
Liquor Board Chief Defends Shortage as War Need
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board chairman E Frederick Gelder blamed a vociferous minority for liquor criticism while noting gas, steel and war demands redirect alcohol stock to munitions and essential war products. He said private and state operations face similar constraints and urged public patience with diversions to support the war effort.
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Harribburg
Pennsylvania
Frederick T. Gelder
State Liquor Control Board
Stata
Ciatlers
Gelder
Thesr
Axis hold on North Africa tightens under Tunis threat
The analysis argues Tripoli and Tunis dictate axis fate in North Africa. Tripoli is blocked from supplies and escape, leaving Tunis as the last axis hope. A sea rescue through Tunis would invite disaster from Allied air fleets and British submarines, suggesting Hitler sacrifices troops to delay a broader defense shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Tunis
Hitler
Africa
Fuerrer
Allied Air Blues Axis Ports in North Africa and Russian Front
Allied air forces pressed a sustained campaign in Tunisia, Bizerte, Sousse, and surrounding ports, destroying mine fields near Medjez El Bab and hitting Axis warships. In Russia the Stalingrad battle continued with heavy aerial fighting as German planes were shot down, while Wavell reported Burmese advances into Western Burma near Maungdaw Bundaung after Allied breakthroughs along the Arakan border.
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Tripoli
Cairo Bulletin
Sultan
Tunis
Lay
Goulette
United States
Billy Mitchell
Martin Maraucer
Bizerte
Sousse
Medjez-El-Bab
First Army
Stalingrad
Volga
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Statingrad
Kotelnikovski
Fomnemindl@ae
Rzhev-Vyatma
Wavell
Burma
New Delhi
Arakan
Maungdaw-Bundaung
Akyab
Eastern gasoline rationing tightens as A B and C books face limits
The government outlines emergency fuel rules for non commercial vehicles while restricting purchases for all automobiles in several states. The policy targets prevent fuel tank hopping, with exceptions for wartime workers in essential roles and war plant transportation. Ickes cites 365000 barrels daily for the East, down from 450000, to prioritize military, industrial and home heating needs.
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OPA
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Africa
Texas
East
Ickes
Earmark Stories From Enemy Sources Urged By Knox
Washington dispatch reports Navy Secretary Knox a publisher urged newspapers to earmark all stories from enemy sources to alert readers to possible propaganda aims. Knox spoke as a newspaperman, citing Nazi and Japanese reports he said served enemy ends, while noting no information on a Nazi broadcast about Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Knox
Chicago Daily News
Burma
India
Guffey Proposes Three-Cent War Sales Tax Plan
U S Senator Joseph F Guffey of Pennsylvania proposes a national three cent sales tax to fund the war. The levy would apply to almost all items except food and could raise about two billion dollars annually. He backs a pay-on-your-age income tax with payroll deductions. He conferred with Democratic City Chairman James P Clark in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Guffey
James P. Clark
Southern Democrat bloc urges wartime fiscal restraint
Rep Woodrum of Virginia calls for ending nonwar activities and cutting expenditures to the bone as wartime finances dominate national policy. He notes Congress will push for an independent system to audit government spending and reduce reliance on department estimates. A new subcommittee plan would place auditors to examine department budgets before the next session.
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Washington
Dec
Congress
Woodrum
D+Va
Wooddum
Educators Meet in Philadelphia to Plan War-Effort Education
Pennsylvania teachers convene December 28 in Philadelphia under the Victory for America banner to outline plans emphasizing aeronautics mathematics science in war health and physical education and the pupil's role in the wartime program. Capt Gill Robb Wilson aviation director of New Jersey and Dr Francis B Haas state superintendent of public instruction will speak at the opening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Education Association
Victory For America
Gill Robb Wilson
New Jersey
Francis B. Haas
Duke Duchess Go Shopping in Miami Beach
The Duchess of Windsor shopped extensively in Miami Beach but did not buy gifts for the Duke. The Windsors will buy gifts for soldiers, children and servants, not for each other. Her list included fifty pipes and 250 tubes of shaving cream for a soldiers Yuletide party at the Nassau Canteen, plus a 15-foot Christmas tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Dee
Duchess of Windsor
Windsors
Nassau Canteen
Living Costs Rise in City Families Cheaper Food Up
Washington reports living costs for city families rose 0.7 percent for the month ending November 15. Most rise in foods not under OPA control and charges for personal and professional services. New taxes on cigarettes, cigars, telephone calls and transportation aided the increase. Since price regulation began, food costs up 7.8 percent and other goods and services up 0.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Perkins
OPA
Revenue freight car counts fall week over week
The Association of American Railroads reported 740,330 revenue freight cars loaded in the week ending last Saturday, a drop of 19,285 cars or 2.1 percent from the prior week. Compared with the same week a year earlier, the decrease is 66,899 cars or 8.3 percent, with a 0.5 percent rise from 1640.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Association of American Railroads
Champagne and Lamb Chops With U S Forces In Tunisia
The tank platoon commanded by Lieutenant Ben R Hoecker of Wheeling West Virginia moved swiftly to a key Tunisian Front position and, due to supply constraints, received champagne and lamb chops from French and Arab locals, securing meals through their quickly formed friendships.
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United States
Tunisia
Leutenant Ben R. Homecker
Wheeling
W. Va
Hoecker
New York Sees Record Christmas Buying Since 1929
New Yorkers are in the greatest Christmas buying spree since 1929, department store executives say. Shoppers buy fur, silverware, china, leather goods, jewelry, clothing and home items with little concern for price as gifts are planned to last through possible wartime years.
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New York
Adam L. Gimbel
Saka Fitch Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Tony Martin Drafted Into Army After Navy Discharge
Singer Tony Martin, recently dismissed from the Navy for unfitness after 11 months, was drafted into the Army on orders from his local draft board and will report to Fort MacArthur. He had been connected to a court martial case involving Lieut. Comdr. Maurice Aroff, who accepted a $950 automobile for aiding his enlistment. Aroff was dismissed.
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Los Angeles
Tony Martin
Navy
Armed Forces
Army
Fort MacArthur
Marty
Maurice Aroff
Singer
Aroff
Bar Group Cancels Meet In Harrisburg
Harrisburg December 19 The Pennsylvania Bar Association cancelled its January 8 convention due to transportation problems. President John G Arnold of Clearfield said the Bar has served the nation and, despite desires, must accommodate the emergency, noting the Office of Defense Transportation requested the discontinuance of conventions not tied to the war program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Bar Association
John G. Arnold
Clearfield
Bar of
Pennsylvania
Office of Defense Transportation
Jacksonville Defense Meeting Scheduled in Dance Hall
County Air Raid Warden Ward en Eicher and District 5 chairman Wallace Cunningham will preside at a defense meeting in the dance hall at Jacksonville tomorrow afternoon at 2:00. Defense pictures will be shown and there will be a chalk talk. All residents of Jacksonville and community are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eicher
District 5
Wallace Cunningham
Jacksonville
BITER BITTEN PHILADEPHIA FUEL RATIONING OFFICE CLOSURE
Six thousand North Side homes faced fuel shortages as the rationing office shut down for a temporary period. A clerk joked about the office being too chilly and having forgotten to ration for itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
North Side
Screen Magnates Upset U S Wants All Pre Views
MOLLYWOOD reports the government seeks screening of all motion pictures before production. A letter signed by Lowell Mallett of the C W 18 bureau was presented to major producers. Officials say no decision yet and another meeting will be called. Industry spokesmen say cooperation is pledged but the request surprised them and may hinder rather than help the war effort.
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Mollywood
Stollywood
H+self
Office of
warn+ formation
Lowell Mallett
C. W. 1 .8 Motion Picture Bureau
Jeff
The
Association of Motion Picture Producers
Likewlaa
Nore
Ware
Obituary notices recount local deaths and burials
Obituaries list Isabelle Keith James Walker John Houser and Elizabeth Harmon with birth and death details. Keith dying at her daughter’s home in Green township and services at McDowell church. Walker, 28, died from a fall near Phoenix while working on Mahoning dam projects. Houser, 70, of Home, retired farmer, survived by family. service at Washington Presbyterian Church. Elizabeth Harmon, widow of Clark Harmon, referenced in continuation.
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Isabelle (Patterson) Keith
Montgomery Township
Lof Uriah
Jerusha (Plouss) Patterson
Iva Lamer
Green Township
Ms. Lamer
Arthur
Elias
Higle
Emma Lamer
Arnesboro
R. D
Orie Keith
Cherrytree
Treasury balance report shows strong December deficit
Washington AP reports the Treasury balance as of December 7 with receipts of 338.5 million and expenditures of 377.1 million. Net balance stands at 7.3099 billion, total department balances at 107.93 billion, marking a 15.056 million increase over the prior day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Widow of Clark Hatton Dies in Punxsutawney
MRS. LENA FISHER HARMON died after a fall 18 months ago, aged 98, at her home in Punxsutawney with son Wi jam H Harmen. She was born July 27, 1856, in Atwood, married October 8, 1874, and lived in Plumville before moving to Punxsutawney 27 years ago. Survived by three sons including C. M. Harmon of Indiana County and Ira M. Harmon of Pittsburgh, plus 14 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral in Jordan Chapel with Rev. Paul O Hamsher officiating. Interment Circle Hill.
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James Lewis Walker
Home
Kittanning Hospital
Phoenix
N. R. Sorbisella Construction
Binghampton
Smicksburg
G. R., Walker
U. S
Mahoning
West Mahoning Township
Plumville High School
Janet Filler
Indiana
R. D
Luella Walker
William Weightman
Jetvant
Arthur Kaufman
Vandergrift
J. B. Troutman
Smicksburg Lutheran Church
Smicksburg Cemetery
Wi Jam H. Harmen
Punxsutawney
Prst
William and
Caroline (Boger) Fisher
Atwood
Clark Hatton
Plumville
Punxsutwaeay
Harmon
Lutheran Church
C. M. Harmon
Indiana County
Ira &. Harmon
Pittsburgh
William Fisher
Corona, Callt
James Fisher
Elderton
Jordan Chapel
Paul O. Hamsher
Cirele Hll
Coast Guard SPARS Program Open To Women
A district officer announced recruitment for SPARS women at the Keystone Hotel in Pittsburgh. Applications are open for commissions or enlistments with eligibility for U.S. citizens aged 20 to 38, no children under 18, and combinations of education or experience. SPARS will fill stenography, typing, radio, pharmacy, and photography roles at shore sites, train with WAVES, and pay during training.
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A. Coffin
U. 8
Coast Guard
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coffin
Gas Ration Tensions Highlighted by Gas Dealers Leader
John A. Donahue of the Associated Gasoline Retail Dealers of Allegheny County warned motorists last night that violating emergency gas regulations could endanger their ration books. A note on solar longevity claimed the sun has about 10 billion years left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Donahue
Associated Gasoline Retail Dealers
Allegheny County
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