Axis Prepares to Defend Bizerte as North Africa Push Gathers
Reuters reports Allied forces including American units strike toward Tunisia. German and Italian forces vow to hold the Bizerte base while paratroops reach Tunisian targets. Eisenhower and Clark coordinate North Africa effort amid massed Axis submarines and air power.
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Axis
North Africa
Algeria
Morocco
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reuters
Mark W.clark
Clark
Europe
Sicily
Sardinia
Italy
Crete
Mediterranean
Roosevelt Sets Split Draft Registration for 18-Year-Olds
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation dividing 18-year-olds into three registration weeks for December based on birth months July through December and established continuous birth registrations from January 1. Induction will follow oldest first, with postponement options for students in standard high school programs. Local boards may reclassify earlier deferrals and waivers may be granted for meritorious cases after a six month period.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lewis B
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Selective Service
Army
Airpower Seen Key to Control in Tunisia Battle
Allied forces led by Lieut. Gen. Kenneth A N Anderson push from the Tunisian border toward Bizerte under strong air cover as Germans rush fighter units from Sicily and Sardinia. The front, backed by RAF and U S planes, seeks to widen the fleet of supply routes along the Mediterranean coast amid ongoing fighting withdrawal and regrouping.
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Kenneth A. N. Anderson
First Army
Algeria
New York
CBS
Tunis
Tunisia
North Africa
Bizerte
Sicily
Sardinia
Italian
Libya
R.A.F
Anderson
Bone
Reuters
Mediterranean
College Crisis as Draft Lowers Age to Eighteen
Kansas City reports Chancellor Deane W. Malott of the University of Kansas warns that federal policy conflicts threaten university existence. He cites two options: army driven entry to colleges or shutting campuses to aid the armed forces, amid varied and contradictory guidance.
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Kansas City
Deane W. Malott
University of Kansas
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Malott
Army
Navy
Roosevelt statement read to Commons on North Africa plans
Sir Stafford Cripps disclosed in the house of commons that President Roosevelt called the allies political arrangements in North Africa a temporary expedient with full British government knowledge. The remarks touched on Admiral Jean Darlan and General Charles de Gaulle.
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London
Roosevelt
North Africa
House of Commons
Stafford Cripps
Stafford
House
Jean Darlan
Charles de Gaulle
Mrs Roosevelt Returns From England War Tour In Fine Spirit
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told reporters that her England trip showed the war length depends on American effort. she urged sacrificing non essentials and employing women more in war work. She praised soldiers in Britain and described wartime life at Buckingham Palace and Armistice Day fatigue.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
England
Roosevelt
White House
Armed Services
Japs Admit Heavy Losses In Pacific
Tokyo acknowledged heavy losses after the Solomon Islands victory, reporting sunk ships and damaged units while U S forces claimed substantial enemy and some own losses. MacArthur’s New Guinea advance met light Japanese resistance as Allied air power dominated Lae. Burma saw renewed clashes with patrols and air strikes.
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Hirohito
Tokyo
U. S. Navy
U. S
Idaho
West
Africa
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Buna
United Nations
Lae
Burma
Stock Market Index Report Shows 60 Stocks at 39.8
The stock index for sixty stocks stood at 39.8 points, matching yesterday's level of 39.8. Trading activity details are not provided in the fragment.
German Fleet Leaves Bases To Join North Africa Battle
Bern November 18 report says units of the German fleet have left Norwegian bases to join axis efforts to cut Allied supply lines toward the North African front. Stockholm dispatch quoted that Nazi air forces moved from Norway to Italian bases to take part in the North Africa battle.
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Bern
Switzerland
Stockholm
National Zeitung
Baselisaid
Norway
Italy
North Africa
Push Toward Buna Advances on Papuan Front
Allied ground units under General MacArthur push toward the Papuan coast from Awala, about 30 trail miles from Buna, while Japanese forces retreat and their air force harasses advancing columns in the New Guinea front.
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MacArthur
Australia
Buna
New Guinea Front
Awala
Governor Ratner Declares Thanksgiving for War Victories
Topeka reports Governor Ratner proclaims November 26 as Thanksgiving day. He urges citizens to give thanks for victories abroad and for spared in war on our continent.
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Rhapkantving Prgtamation
Topeka
Ratner
Arma
Reply to Thrust Against Tugwell Sparks Puerto Rican Protest
In San Juan on November 18 Associated Press reports two Puerto Rican leaders urged Washington to block a house agriculture committee amendment that would grant 15 million dollars for food production only if Governor Rexford Tugwell is removed. Luis Muñoz Marin and Jose Ramirez Santibanez warned the move would deny democracy and starve the Puerto Rican people.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Rexford G. Tugwell
Luis Munoz-Marin
Senate
Jose Ramirez Santibanez
Liberal Party
Agriculture Committee
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Sam Rayburn
House
Tugwell
Roosevelt
Kansas officers fault relief programs in annual meeting
Kansas county commissioners assail state and federal relief administration as they consider welfare funding. Criticism targets the state board for politics and sociology heavy programs while Jefferson county grows from 40 to over 400 clients. Salary plans for commissioners are debated.
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Topeka
Kansas
R. V. Sheeley
Ratner
Guy Shultz
Jefferson County
Ed Camp
Shawnee County
Rank Long
Welfare Directors Association
Ralph Price
Salina
D. E. Gelwix
Chanute
J. M. Sanderson
Lawrence
Shultz
Board of Social Welfare
Newsman Wounded in North Africa Battle Report
United Press correspondent Leo S. Disher, with American expeditionary forces in French North Africa, was wounded by nine shrapnel and bullet hits during the Oran harbor raid. He described the pre-dawn assault by 620 shock troops and the fire from French ships as his ship collided with a cruiser amid explosions.
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New York
Leo S. Disher
United Press
French North Africa
Oran
Disher
United States Coast Guard
Laval Granted Full Powers by Petain decree
Pierre Laval, head of government, will receive full powers by a decree signed by Marshal Petain and published in the official journal. The measure makes the decree effective immediately. Laval was named heir presumptive to Petain as chief of state, replacing Admiral Darlan.
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Vichy
Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Havas
Laval
Lavas
Jean Darlan
Car Owners Sign Up for A Book in Lawrence
Registration for gasoline ration moves through six Lawrence elementary schools handled by a coalition of Parents Teachers Associations. Registrars report manageable lines with a brief morning wave of registrations and a waiting list at times. Registration hours extend tomorrow and Friday with evening slots for those unable to register during the day. Rural sign ups occur at township halls except Eudora Lecompton and Palmyra townships where high schools host the process.
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Lawrence
Clifford D. Dean
Eudora
Lecompton
Palmyra
Baldwin
Vinland
Cripps Warns of Stern Uphill Fight in North Africa
London date line Sir Stafford Cripps the government leader in the house of commons told MPs that Allied gains in North Africa give a solid reason for confidence but warned against over confidence as a stern uphill fight lies ahead before mastery of North Africa. He urged unification of allied command and noted Pacific front importance under General MacArthur.
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London
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
House Today
North Africa
Cripps
George VI
Sir Stafford
MacArthur
Solomons
Southwest Pacific
United States
Allied Troops Enter Tunisia in North Africa Campaign
Allied forces including British First Army units American and French troops advance into Tunisia contacting enemy at multiple points. Paratroopers seize a key Tunisian airfield in a bold airborne operation described as highly important by Allied headquarters.
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Reuters
Tunisia
Oran
Paris
Bizerte
Berlin
French Protectorate
Tunis
North Africa
First Army
London
Morocco
German Gains Little in Push Toward Stalingrad Factory District
At the end of the first week of renewed offensive thrusts into siege torn Stalingrad the Germans had gained only a few yards in costly efforts to occupy the northern factory district for winter quarters.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Texans urge delay on rationing
Austin Texas November 18 The Texas transportation committee urged Congress to back a resolution to postpone gasoline rationing for at least 90 days. The telegram to Rev Wright Patman noted local boards cannot process forms and issue coupon books in the remaining nine days. Representative Wickersham of Oklahoma pushed for a meeting of unrationed state members to seek a nationwide postponement.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Transportation Committee
House
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Texas Delegatin
Coke Stevenson
OPA
Washington
Wickersham
D-Okla
Desoto Upset Over Rent Control Confusion
In DeSoto Kansas officials faced a rent control jumble as housing stock expanded from 384 to about 1700. Robert Turner rents his house for 25 dollars a month while roomers fetch 3.50 weekly and a remodeled garage costs 12 weekly. Justice Charles Dicken notes the bustling, hectic scene with a trailer parking spot at 2.50 weekly.
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DeSoto
Kan
CPR
Kansas
Elmo B. Hunter
Kansas City
Robert Turner
I. R. Matthew
C. W. Hadley
Justice of the Peace
Charles Dicken
Dicken
Landlords Warned to Register Under Rent Control
Kansas City reports that landlords in Wyandotte, Johnson and Leavenworth counties were urged by James E. Robertson and Arthur E. Metzger to comply with federal rent control. Only about 8,000 of 30,000 rental units are registered, with October 15 deadline missed and DeSoto area noted for violations. those unregistered will get another chance.
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Kansas City
Wyandotte
Johnson and Leavenworth
Kansas
James E. Robertson
Arthur E. Metzger
Robertson
DeSoto
Kan
Sunflower Ordnance Works progress reviewed at war industries meeting
The local war industries planning committee noon session discussed Sunflower Ordnance Works construction and operations with Maj. Charles Pruden Jack Ferren of Hercules and David Bruce smokeless powder superintendent. Hiring remains near peak as Hercules recruits for the plant while housing and transport pose ongoing issues. Company barracks and a trailer camp offer limited relief though nearby workers will grow. Authorities study proposals to ease worker transportation.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
War Industries Planning Committee
Charles Pruden
Jack Ferren
Hercules
David Bruce
Hercules Company
Allies Acquire Shipping By Entry Into Africa
The British government announced that by entering North Africa the Allies gained 200 000 to 300 000 tons of merchant shipping. About 120 000 tons lay up in North and West African ports and at least a third of the tonnage normally operating between France and North Africa, another 120 000 tons, would be taken over by the Allies.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
North Africa
North
West African
France
Wage hike approved for railway workers by labor board
The net labor board authorized all carriers under the railway labor act to implement a ten cent per hour wage increase and vacation provisions. It stressed it would not mandate any specific raise, only approve agreements that do not exceed the emergency board recommendations.
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Washington
Net Labor Board
WLB
Rent Registration Ends December 15 In Rent Control Area
About 300 landlords registered their properties at the local rent control office in the first two days of the registration under the OPA. An additional 1,100 rental units had blanks taken to be filled later. Trailers and cabin camps will register when hotels and rooming houses begin on December 1. Tenants in defense rental areas may sue landlords over rent above the legal maximum with penalties under federal price controls.
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OPA
Walter T. Carpenter
Carpenter
Charles F. Reed
Topeka
Toneka-Lawrence
I. C. Stevenson
Phyllia Maxine Couchman
Henrietta Mae Cook
Hattie Blanche McClain
Reed
Pleasant warm spell continues across Kansas forecast
The Topeka forecast says warm autumn weather will persist as temperatures rise today and tonight. Weatherman S D Flora notes readings will be slightly higher with a light freeze in the northwest and north central counties last night while eastern and southern areas stay above freezing. Phillipsburg reports 28 degrees and Wichita’s yesterday high was 67.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Phillipsburg
Wichita
Douglas County Farmers to Dispose of Soy Beans
Douglas county plans rapid disposal of its large soy bean crop. George Butell says the state AAA office will provide cars quickly for shipment. two cars were approved this week but have not yet arrived.
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Douglas County
George Butell
County Agricultural Conservation Association
State Aaa
Eighty Hurt in Chicago Elevated Train Collisions
Two elevated train crashes sent eighty people to area hospitals Nov. 18 as L traffic stalled between the north and south sides and the Loop during the morning rush.
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Chicago
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