Nazi Wedge Pierces Red Flank Near Stalin Grad
Red Star reports German armored wedge breaking Russian lines southwest of Stalingrad with tanks and planes. Soviets claim some German defenses captured west of Ruhev and a winter offensive continues on central front near Kalinin. over 1,000 Axis soldiers slain around Stalingrad with heavy fighting north and west of the city.
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Moscow
Atashing Yard
Red Army
Stalingrad
Red Star
Tle
Sallanta
Mostow
Kalinin
Velikie Lui
Pravda
Communist Party
Ruhev
Stalin- Brod
Rzhev
Rzhov
Velikie Guiel
Russlang
Ruslang
Vyazraa
Nazi Planes Hit At English Coast
London reported Luftwaffe aircraft attacked the English coast with one bomber reaching outskirts of London before a siren alarm. The alert affected a single suburban area and ended without orders. Minor damage occurred as machinegun fire wounded no personnel.
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English
London
Forth
Cosst
German War Vet Becomes First 1942 Legionnaire in Memphis
Eriedrich Hi Grossner, a 43 year old native of Germany and WWI veteran, became the first member of the current conflict to join the American Legion chapter in Memphis. Naturalized after WWI, he enlisted with the Fourth Technical Service last April and was honorably discharged last October due to disability. He joined under the Legion's new constitution allowing veterans of World War II.
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Memphis
Germany
Henderson Favors Long Distance Phone Rate Cut
Washington. Price Administrator Leon Henderson urged reducing long distance telephone rates as part of price control efforts and as he pressed for FCC hearing review of AT&T rates. He argued profits on long line assets should not fuel inflation and that taxes should not be counted as operating costs. AT&T witness Mark Sullivan noted wartime traffic increases and more calls tying up wires, with longer calls and more person to person calls. AT&T asked for a delay to present costs and earnings data.
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Mark R. Sullivan
A,t and I
Wong
A, T
WMC Leader Calls Closed Shop Ban For War Duration
William H H Spencer regional director of the War Manpower Commission urged wartime unions to suspend the closed shop for the duration to maximize the use of all workers skills. He said the manpower problem requires a longer war and warned non essential industries must scale back. voluntary agreements are hoped, but legislation with teeth may be needed.
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Chicago
Beeves
William HH. Spencer
War Manpower Commission
Spencer
Weel
War Labor Board
Manpower Commission
Sullivan Countian Held Without Bond In Fatal Stabbing
Sullivan County resident Stentey Gross is held without bond in the Bristol Tennessee jail after a fatal stabbing of his brother Lacy Gross 25 who died Monday night in a hospital. Lacy intervened in a quarrel between Stanley Gross and another brother Andrew who has been summoned as a witness. Funeral services were held at Friendship church with interment at Florence Union cemetery. Survivors include a widow and two children, six brothers and three sisters. Preliminary hearing set for Friday at 2 p.m. in Holston Valley.
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Bristol
Tenn
Stentey Gross
Sharp's Creek
Sullivan County
Tennessee Bristol
Lacy Gross
Lilburn Pyle
Roy Beidleman
Stanley
Holston Valley
King's Mountain Memorial Hospital
Stanley Gross
Andrew
Pyle
Miles Roger
Andrew Gross
Gross
Friendship Church
W. G. Henley
Abingdon
EL R. Rouse
Florence Union
Shirley Mae
Dorig Ann
Debert
Blountville
James, Worley
John Gross
Ummett
John Harless
Warley Woodly
Teo Fleenor
Junior High Yuletide Program staged by music groups
Junior high in IK RK Addington announces a 7:30 p m Thursday Yuletide program by the junior high band chorus and Dramatics Club at the school. Admission is free with passes available at the school. The program features overtures and carols plus a Christmas play set in Old Mexico with listed cast members.
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IK. RK
Addington
Dauntless
G. E B
Gloria Fredenburg
Patsy Richardson
Kyrie Eletsin
Dent
U S Planes Raid Jap Buin Base
U S bombers raided Buin base on Bougainville reportedly meeting no opposition. The navy noted Buin as a principal Japanese air base about 75 miles northwest of Guadalcanal. A sixth strike hit Munda airfield on New Guinea, and two Japanese machine gun crews on Guadalcanal were wiped out.
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Washington
United States
Buin
Bougainville
Salomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
Munda
New Guinga
Sugar Rationing Dilemma From Farmer With Eight Children
A county rationing board report shows a farmer, who vows to uphold sugar rules, expressing strain from supporting his large family. He says with eight children he cannot keep buying all the sugar, despite trying to do his patriotic part.
Miners Walkout Ties Clinchco to Coal Halt
In Clinchco Virginia 1500 miners idle as Clinchfield Coal Company faces a work stoppage over union representation. Large-scale walkout began Monday with 150 at Mine 8 blocking equipment. by Tuesday Mine Nine and others halted. Ten workers face discharge for alleged threats as authorities act. Company aims to resume operations Wednesday.
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Clinchco
Clinchfield Coal Company
Dickengon County
Swort
United Mine Workers
Clnchoo Mine 8
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Clinchfield Goal Corporation
Dickenson County
Ban On Voluntary Enlistments Lifted To Feb 1
Nashville reports that the selective service center was notified the ban on voluntary enlistment into the armed forces is lifted until about February 1, 1943 for men ages 38 to 48. Local draft boards will handle voluntary Navy, Marines and Coast Guard enlistments while a permanent drafting procedure is set. Construction ratings are open, with several Kingsport and Kingsport-area applicants listed for apprentice seamen and construction battalions.
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Nashville
State Selective Service
National Headquarters
Ger. T. A. Frazier
Kingsport Navy
Regular Navy
Naval Regerye
P. M. Chadwell
Ernest Eugene Bridwell
Fuller Street
Charlie Lawton Burton
Highland Park
Marvin Roscoe Willis
Virginia Avenue
Naval
John Wilson Rogers
Kingsport
James Homer Akens
Jasper William Strickler
Walter Milburn Speers
Blackwater
Homer Cumnningham
Sutton
W. Va
Paul Price Pearson
Charlesons
Selective Service
Armed Forces
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Sea Services
WPB Slashes Film Supply For All Photographers
The War Production Board announced film cuts affecting amateurs at half and professionals at 24 percent from 1941 output. The aim is to meet armed services film needs, with studios newspapers and commercial firms included. Previous restrictions had already reduced professional film use to a similar level.
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Washington
War Production Board
Armed Services
Milwaukee Mayor Feared Lost With Cargo Ship
The Navy reports a medium US merchant vessel with Lieut. Carl Zeidler, former Milwaukee mayor, as commander of its gun crew, overdue for weeks in the South Atlantic and presumed lost with no known survivors. Zeidler joined the naval reserve in Milwaukee in 1942 after a leave as mayor and trained at Armed Guard School in South Boston Massachusetts.
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Washington
Navy
United States
J. G
Carl Frederick Zeidlar
Milwaukee
South Atlantic
Zeidler
Naval Reserve
Armed Guard School
Boston
iMass
Tennessee Marine Kills 7 Japanese With American Troops
Private Charles Zuke of Big Rapids Michigan is credited with 22 Japanese killed on the Buna front, while Private John Combs of Chattanooga Tennessee tallies 17. Commanded by Capt Melvin Schulz, the two soldiers earned praise as they fought through jungle terrain near Buna village. Schulz recalls Zuke saved his life twice and commends Combs for his rapid, relentless fire as Japs fell in the blaze.
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Romex
New
Gaines
Michigan
Charles Zuke
Big Rapids
Mich
Zuke
John Combs
Chattanooga
Tenn
Melvin Schulz
Musxegon
Combs
Schulz
Buna Village
Sam
Zuce
Behulz
Comba
Jed
Buna
Johnnie
Gring
Allied Bombers Pound Buna Front in New Guinea
Allied air forces bombed Japanese troops at Buna and along the Mambare river mouth as ground troops press the Buna area. Lae and Gasmat a airfields were hit with 500 pound bombs amid anti aircraft fire. Japanese planes fought back, with several shot down. Ground actions reported near Sanananda Point and Buna Mission airstrip with heavy fighting continuing.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
MacArthur
Mambare
Buna
Lae
New Cuinea
New Britain
Sanananda Point
Buna Village
Buna Mission
Bus Plunges Into York River From Gloucester Ferry
A workmen laden bus from the Gloucester Yorktown ferry route plunged into the York river near Gloucester Point. Twenty five occupants were rescued while officials reported at least one fatality as the investigation began. The bus was en route to the Navy Mine depot near Yorktown and details on aboard passengers remained unclear.
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Gloucester Point
York River
Gloucester-Yorktown
Co. D. Burke
Gloucester-Yorkstown
Navy Mine
Yorktown
Newsprint Price Hike Expected Soon Says WPB Chief
Washington reports that a newsprint price rise is imminent as WPB chief G Chandler notes potential increases beyond the current $50 a ton. OPA controls prices, Canadian mills supply about 75 percent of U.S. newsprint, and transportation costs plus wartime shortages drive the anticipated rise.
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Washington
G. Chandler
IS War Production Board
Chandler
WPB
Office of Price Administration
WPE
OPA
Ley
CPA
United States
OPA J
Prices and Trade Board
R. L. Weldon
Dominion
Yes
Iuse
Donald J. Sterling
Donald M. Nelson
Canada
Elelex
Traffic Violations Dominate City Court Docket
Ten of eighteen cases on the city court docket were traffic violations, with the remainder public intoxication. All violators forfeited bonds, including several small sums for speeding, parking overtime, double parking, and parking in restricted zones. Public intoxication defendants were fined or forfeited bonds for failure to appear.
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Tve
Axis Battles Across North Africa Escalate In Air Strikes
Allied air fleets press the advance toward Tripoli as Axis lines retreat. British and American planes target Naples Tunis la Goulette and Tunis depots while long range bombers strike Tripoli Bel cut and other Syria Lebanon refineries. Ground action shifts west of Hi Agheila with mines hindering advances as Axis and Allied forces clash across the Mediterranean theater.
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London
Britain
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Rommel
Zauta En Nofilia
el Aghella
Maghela
el Alameinine
Egypt
Zaute
Naples
Tunis
la Goulatte
Mediterranean
High Command
Bombera
Ofl
Bel= cut
Syria Lebanon
Axia
Dir
Lampeduse
Sicily
la Goulette
Sousge
Sfax
Sousse
Rome Communiaire
Bone
Algeria
Revonna Lasance
Tunisie
United States
Morocco
Roe Dio
Alyies
Medjez-el- Bab
Bizerte
Angree
Alles
Malta
Tunisia
TVA Uses Dogs For Sentry Duty In Safety Effort
The Tennessee Valley Authority employs trained sentry dogs to guard power facilities and streams. The initial squad of dog sentries arrived with four TVA public safety service officers after completing an eight week national training course.
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Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
U. S.tva
Public Safety Service
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