Rommel's retreat checked as British drive cuts Axis columns
Allied dispatches report heavy losses for Rommel after the Eighth Army pierced to Wadi Myratlin and pressed into the Axis line. British bombers struck retreating forces in Tunisia while air superiority hindered German maneuvers toward Tripoli, signaling a shifting balance in North Africa.
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London
Coumnia i Labyé
Cairo
Britgins
Wadi Myratlin
Aghesin
Mars
Tunisia
Morocco
Medjuz-hi-Bah
Tunla
Tizerte
Alied Troona
Merljez- el Bah
Tunis
Rommel
Tefar
Tonka
Atheren
Calvacon Munique
Nofilla Tor
Agholia
Erlish
Itanid
Uniform State Pay Scales Adopted by Tennessee Personnel Director
Nashville report says Tennessee establishes uniform classified pay schedules for all non merit system state departments. The plan, from Ball Stewart, aims to curb political pressure for raises and standardize scales up to executive levels. Initial example shows junior stenographer at 62 to 107 dollars monthly with six month steps. Existing staff may receive small adjustments to align with new scales. The program aligns with Social Security Board precedents and undercuts private industry wages.
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Nashville
Foy
Nok
Tennesgee
Ball Stewart
Stewart
Syaten
Orderal Soria) Security Board
Washington
Incides
Oder
Social Security Board
Taft Sees Break Up Move For RFC In Session
Senator Taft of Ohio predicted a move in the next session to break up the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He said the plan would split the RFC and place some subsidiaries under direct accountability to Congress. The RFC, a major government lender, was expected to seek more than 35 billion dollars in additional borrowing authority despite controversy over how funds are obtained by the Board of Economic Warfare.
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Tunivin
Balterul Altica
Nts
Tunisia
Culto Communtane
Hocka
Tuniy
la Goussile
la Gouletty
Tunis
Bal
Coble
la Goulette
Allen
Tunsala
Adyleas
Washington
Beamie
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Nganales
Taft
Ohio
RIC
Treasury
Board of Economic Warfare
Rirc
Same Bonus May Be Paid Employe Without Ruling
The War Labor Board will speed replies on whether employers may pay Christiss bonuses without board approval. A general order allows bonuses without approval if the amount or basic percentage of the bonus year is unchanged. Regional directors can approve payments when nonpayment would be unjust, and bonuses may be granted to employees entering the armed services without board consent.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Christiss
Eno. Poard
Ieee Bo. Pate
AEE
Doub
Lynn Garden OCD Workers Meeting Planned
A special meeting of volunteer workers in the Min lwelfth district is set for 7 p.m. Friday at the Lynn Garden school. Auxiliary firemen policemen air raid wardens and others interested in OCD work in the district are invited. C. W. Anderson will speak and plans for a district warning system will be discussed.
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Min Lwelfth
Tan P.m
Tywn Garden School
OCD
Cc. W. Anderson
Greeneville Army Fliers Plane Crash Kills Pilot
A unidentified Army airman died when the training plane he piloted spun and crashed on Charney Harold’s farm, three miles from Greeneville. The formation of five aircraft was based at New Castle Field, Wilmington, Delaware. One other plane forced landed two miles away. the second plane escaped injury. Witnesses and the surviving crew blamed propeller trouble for the downing.
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Greeneville
Tenn -B
Charney Harold
Here
New Castle Field
Wilmington
del Momento
Itar
New Delhi
Burma
Maungdon
Buthidaung
Chittagong
Ferny
India
Joe Edmondson
Denver
Bruce Holloway
Knoxville
Torn
Prormitad
Reds Stop Axis And Turn Tide in Red Army gains
After a week of indecision the eastern front swung in favor of the Soviets as they captured five German strong points in the Rzhev sector and repulsed a major Nazi counter drive near Stalingrad. Soviet gains widened the barrier west of Stalingrad while the 14th German motorized division was reportedly destroyed. In the north, Soviet forces captured Surovikino area and seized large war material stores. The day also saw a stock market rally in New York with notable gains.
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Moscow
Red Army
Rzhev
Stalingrad
Kotelnikovsk
Baltalinna
Wispatch
Kotelnikovaki
Verkhnes Kumsky
Caucasus
Kotelnikovo Snd
Kotelnikeovsiaya
Wae
Velikie Luki
Trooga
Seaat
Black Sea
Surovikina
Ault Furniture Co.S Damaged On Second Floor By Blaze
A fire gutted the second floor of the Ault Furniture Co building injuring 25 rented war workers and destroying 15 bedrooms. Firefighters fought water damage from the blaze amid 16 degree weather. One man, John Morrison, was trapped briefly but rescued unharmed. The fire, likely from an oil stove, followed a prior blaze in 12 hours.
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Ault Furniture Company
Main Street
Dani- Negethetle Abe cAtras Company
Atang Tai al Jatveok
Roy Pyle
Ng To & C. James
John Morrison
Morrison
Ault
Negro Porter
Sca
Ifiza
Chic? Pyle
CO. Strang
Virginia Avenue
Highland Park
Producer of Strip Show Sentenced to Six Months
New York-P L H. Herit a 50 year old veteran theater man and co conductor of Wine Women and Song was sentenced to six months in the penitentiary for his part in presenting an adjudged indecent performance of the revue General Sessions Judge Owen W Bohan sharply rebuked the producers while Samuel Bunt a 43 company manager and Herman Shapiro a 44 stage manager received suspended sentences Mussolini has cancer of the stomach in an advanced stage according to an unofficial London source with links to continental specialists who treated him in Italy
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New York
P L H. Herit
Owen W. Bohan
Mussolini
London
Italy
U S Bombers Hit Mundin on New Georgia Island
U S dive bombers struck Japanese ships and installations at Mundin on New Georgia Island in the Solomons, damaging a destroyer or cruiser and killing or wounding enemy aircraft. Aft fleet fighters destroyed twelve Japanese Zero Hunters. The raid marked the seventh on Munda airfield, with 142 ships reported sunk or damaged in the Solomons.
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Washington
Navy
Mundin
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Flying Fortress
Trae Savy
Munda
British Press Reacts to Darlan Disavowal in Africa
British papers largely welcome Darlan's disavowal of personal ambitions amid Allied plans for France. The Times hopes it hastens French withdrawal. the Telegraph cautions on future Franco-British ties and notes his removal from power. Emanuel Shinwell argues Darlan’s value lies in any potential services. French officials emphasize only personal motives. Admiralty reports Toulon harbor photographs showing Germans scuttled the fleet, with most vessels sunk or damaged, many partially submerged.
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London
Jon Darn
North Africa
Times
France
Daily Telegraph
Darlan
Emanuel Shinwell
Onispoken Laliborite
Jhitter
Darian
Te Britigh Admiralty
Toulon Harbor
Strashowry
Brovence
va_ vidas
Man Fined After Failing to Appear in Court
A man described as annoying women in a local theater forfeited a $26 cash bond in city court after failing to appear for trial on charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Several other forfeitures were levied for public intoxication, stop sign violations, speeding in a school zone, overtime parking, and pouring in a restricted area.
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Schovl
Napoleon Bord
Admiral Appeals For Unity Amid North Africa Naval Plans
Admiral Jean Darlan urged unity among French forces and ally fleets in a North Africa centered plan. He said French units at Dakar Alexandria and North African ports may join British and American fleets to oppose the Axis. He declined personal motive, stressing must fight with Allies, and left door open to De Gaulle sentiment while limiting authority to French Africa.
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North Africa
Jean Darlan
Dakar
Alexandria
North African
United States
Vichy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
French Africa
Wiehs
Charles Be Gaulle
Tig
France
Germany
Italy
Alles
Darlan
Darian
Lorraine
Richelieu
Gloire
Montcalm
Georges J Leygues
Jules Verne
Jean Bart
Casablanca
Toulon
General de Gaulle
Roosevelt Welcomes North Africa as Ally
President Roosevelt welcomed North Africa as an ally in the Allied war effort. He read Admiral Darlan's call for united action against Germany and Italy, noting Darlan’s past role with Vichy forces but offering no stance on his future or ambitions. The remark stressed the French people would choose their government after victory, with North and West Africa joining the United Nations to save French Africa and then retire.
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Axia Wii
Darian
North Africa
French West Africa
Derlan
France
French Empire
Dakar
Washington
Roosevelt
Nilles
Jean Darlan
Germany
Italy
Darlan
Wss
Vichy
Gevs
Middlesboro Soldier Sells Bonds After Action Leave
Jerry Eagle former gunner on an army bomber over Guadalcanal continues his fight memoirs while on leave in Middlesboro Kentucky. He was injured in action and granted leave. After his inquest he was appointed a warlord salege man and sold four thousand dollars worth of bonds in a local hotel last night.
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P—Sergl
Jerry Eagle
Middlesboro
Guadalcanal
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Tripoli
Asis
Eighth Army
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Wadi Matratin
Lao Ana
Wow
Lois June Maxwell
Pacific Northwest
RFC
Lynn Garden Ocd
Army
Sorvanents
Surovikino
Likhnaya
Serafimovich
Sekretey
Wight
Parshin
Sowest
Ements
Ellis Binkley
Ault Furniture Co
Pierry Samuel Bunt
Herman Shapiro
U.S
de Gaulle
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