American Forces Break Rommel’s Tunisia Defenses
Allied troops drove a wedge into Rommel’s southern Tunisia defense and captured about 1,400 Italian prisoners as General Montgomery pressed the Mareth Line offensive. Patton’s column advanced toward the coast, with over 1,000 Italian prisoners taken, while air power pounded Mareth and surrounding targets. The push aimed to encircle Rommel and seize critical rail and coastal positions.
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Tin Can Drive Kicks Off In Sullivan County Schools
Plans for collecting prepared tin cans in Sullivan County were completed Sunday afternoon with students asked to bring cans to school for shipment to a depot. The effort aims to supply 4,200 cans for one bomber, with drives split between city, county, and Royal Crown Bottling partners. A free theater showing is offered to students as an incentive, and instructions emphasize not crushing cans. Flood warnings accompany the piece, noting Crest forecasts near Portsmouth and Cincinnati and evacuations across Newport, Dayton, Covington, and surrounding towns, with Red Cross coordinating aid and evacuations.
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OCN
O Sheehilten
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Dyrigsmouth
U.S
J. Cecil Alter
Evansville
India
Newport
Red Cross
Dayton
California
Covington
Aberdeen
Ripley
Ironton
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Louisville
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Churchill sketches postwar world in radio address
Prime Minister Churchill outlined a postwar order with a European and Asiatic Council of Free Nations and a four year plan for Britain, stressing social insurance from cradle to grave and equal opportunity. He favored a peace system with Britain, the United States, and Soviet Russia, plus regional federations, while noting the Eighth Army was advancing at the Mareth Line.
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Council of Free Nations
Britain
Organization For Peace
British Commonwealth of Nations
United States
Russia
Europe
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Field Marshel Rommel
Africa Corps
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Germans in Paris Theater Brawl Leaves Dozens Dead
Bernard Townroe, secretary of the United Associations of Great Britain and France, told a meeting at Epsom College that about two months ago in Paris German troops quarrelled at a cinema named King Soldaten after seeing news pictures. Reports say a revolver fight between two groups of soldiers resulted in 27 killed and 70 wounded.
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Paris
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France
Epsom College
Towntoe
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Hitler Breaks Silence On War Zones In Germany Amid Bombing
Adolf Hitler emerged from a 13 and one half day silence to address German losses and wartime zones as Allied bombing intensified. He said the army is strengthened, front lines stabilized, and total mobilization includes youth and women. Berlin reports Pope Pius XII ill with fever.
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Russia
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Ewald Vor. Kleist
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Zaughaus C Military Museum
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Theastern Front
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Stalingrad
Senate War Investigating Committee to Probe Coal Wage Dispute
The Senate War Investigating Committee plans wide ranging questions on the coal wage dispute as President Lewis of United Mine Workers testifies about a $2 per day raise that could trigger a strike. CIO and AFL leaders support higher wages and parity reforms as inflation tightens.
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Truman
D-Mo
John L. Lewis
United Mince Workets
Rmersy
Lewie
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
Allied Bombers Pound Enemy Ships In Pacific
Allied bombers searched the southwest Pacific on Sunday attacking a three-ship convoy and other vessels leaving Dutch New Guinea. A large Japanese destroyer in the Solomon Sea was crippled after two direct hits as it fled eastward. a heavy bomber struck at another cargo vessel during the day. Three small enemy merchant ships near Cape Naramp in Dutch New Guinea were bombed and barges near shore strafed by a heavy recon plane.
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Ofice of
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Australia
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Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
Solomon Sea
Cape Vandenbsch
Verqinmunique Saic
Solomon Igor
Cape Namarip
Soviet Gains Reported in Donets River Battle
Moscow reports Red Army advances near Du reve a railway town east of Smolensk and progress south toward the Bely rail line amid heavy German counterattacks. Berlin acknowledges Leningrad siege breach as Russians push toward Kharkov area and cross the Donets to seize German positions, with ongoing fighting around Vyazma and Lake Ladoga crossings.
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Durave
Vyazma
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Associated Press
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Russia
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Jermy
Geentan High Command
Ruestin
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Government deferment drive questioned by lawmakers
House inquiry into federal employe deferments heard Major General Hershey say agencies may set a poor example. He cited large monthly classifications and noted some workers seek reclassification from deferment. The probe aims to gather agency records of workers deferred for government service.
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Selective Service Airector
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New York
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Indianan
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