Allies Close In On Bizerte And Tunis In Tunisia Drive
Allied forces driving on Bizerte and Tunis report reach within 30 miles of both shore cities as German armor is reduced by American artillery. Luftwaffe and ground clashes continue with allied units tightening the sea and land encirclement.
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Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
Gulf of Tunis
Hitler
Altho
Gulf of Gabes
Libya
United States
Bone
Algeria
Allied Airmen Press Toward Rommel Escape Corridor
Allied airpower bombed the El Agheila bottleneck as Montgomery’s Eighth Army closed on Bengasi from north and south. American fighters hit Macrun airfield, six planes destroyed, while the northern column seized war materiel between Martuba and Slonta. Bengasi was reported evacuated and fires burned in the harbor as axis lines falter.
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Cairo
el Agheila
Erwin Rommel
Bengasi
B. L. Montgomery
Eighth Gang
Bot
Martuba
Slonta
Montgomery
Macrun
Rommel
FBI reports 6 federal employees discharged for subversion
Attorney General Biddle told Congress six employees were discharged and one disciplined since August 22 for membership in subversive organizations. The report covers a three month period under a $200000 FBI budget to root out subversive ties across government. The composite data show 4612 cases reviewed, 2130 completed reports, and 1120 plus names still under scrutiny or investigation.
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Washington
Biddle
Congress
House Committee On un-American Activities
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Bureau
House Committee On UN
Representative Dies
D-Tex
Byrd Seeks Broad Federal Pay Cuts to Trim Costs
Washington reports Senator Byrd pledging deep cuts across all agencies to prune the federal payroll. He highlighted war agencies as key savings targets and cited a $2,999,460 annual DC and outside staff cost for 906 workers, contrasting with WWI payrolls of 48 staff and $164,000 in 1917.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
White House
Ayress
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Office For Emergency Management
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt Orders Large WAAC Growth Target
President Roosevelt issued an executive order authorizing an increase in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps strength from 25 000 to 150 000, though he cautioned it would take a long time to reach that level.
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Waacs
Washington
Roosevelt
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Treasury plans December borrowing to a record nine billion
Washington reports the treasury will borrow about 9 billion in December, the largest single issue in history, backed by new securities designed for all investors. Morgenthau outlines 26 year bonds, 34 year notes, and 1 year certificates with varying interest, aiming to broaden the buyer base beyond banks and payroll savers.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Congress
Victory Fund Committees
War Savings
Morgenthau
Army Trucks Roll Over Alaska Canada Highway Opening
Whitehorse November 20 Alaska Canada highway opened and U S army trucks began using the new supply route hailing as a landmark of engineering and resolve linking the United States to Alaska by land. The ceremony near Kluane Lake 250 miles north of the gold rush town marked the last barrier at 10 a m Pacific war time.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
United States
Alaska
Kluane Lake
Dominion of Canada
Elliott Roosevelt Joins North Africa Recon Outfit
Pr-Lieut. Col. Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, was with his reconnaissance unit at the front in North Africa today. He joined the outfit three hours after arriving at the Allied Headquarters base from England, the disclosure stated last night.
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Elliott Roosevelt
North Africa
Outfit
England
Stock Market Index Rises to 40.1 After Slump
The average of 60 stocks climbs to 40.1 following yesterday's 39.8 drop. Investors watch major issues and market trends as trading shifts.
Major Defeat Is Handed The Japs In Pacific War
United States navy reports a decisive three day battle near Guadalcanal and New Guinea. Japanese losses include battleships cruisers destroyers and transports with Allied air attacks sinking ships off New Guinea. Allied forces push Japanese toward Buna Gona Lae Salamaua and Rabaul as bombers and naval gunfire disrupt supply lines.
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Solomons
Guadalcanal
United States
Navy
i _ A naval
Douglas MacArthur
Gona
Buna
MacArthur
Lae
Salamaua
Rabaul
New Britain
Special Ration Board Set for Sunflower Workers
OPA officials announce a Johnson county board will handle tire and automobile applications for Sunflower Ordnance Works employees. A gasoline registration board was created yesterday for ordnance workers, with all supplementary gasoline book applications to be filed there. State officials L G Gabbert Wilbur C Loveland and A V Fuller visited the local office.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Johnson County
OPA
L. G. Gabbert
Wilbur C. Loveland
Ready for long talk on poll tax bill
Washington reports Senator Bilbo said all negotiations are off to end the filibuster against anti poll tax legislation and that debate will continue until January 3 unless Majority Leader Barkley withdraws his motion. O Mahoney said the measure would alter constitutional law with southern support, as strategy plans extend debate to death with adjournment.
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Bilbo
D-Migs
Barkley
Senate
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
O’mahoney
Victory Week at Liberty Memorial High Ended With Stamp Stamp
During Victory Week at Liberty Memorial high school the student body and faculty sold 2450 in war bonds and 280.55 in stamps for a total of 2780.55 representing about 3.41 per student. The campaign led by the Student Council featured special assemblies and a final Stamp Stamp event in the gym with admission by stamps.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Harold Arr
First Christian Church
Btan Stockton
L.M.H.S
Lawrence
Patsy Creel
Frances Lawrence
Emily Stacey
Frances Chubb
Phil Stockton
Hugh Bayles
Bob Docking
Bob Ellsworth
Annette Bigelow
Jeanne Eet
Jane Eby
Dick Wagstaff
Rudy Carl
Bob Moore
Marigold Bennett
Frieda Wray
German reinforcements land at Bizerte in Tunisia
The Rabat Morocco radio reported German reinforcements reaching Bizerte by air including tanks. An army medium bomber crash near Versailles, Ohio killed seven aboard. Allied forces claimed to have repelled enemy mechanized columns in Tunisia as heavy bombers attacked airfields at Bizerte and Tunis.
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London
Bizerte
Tunisia
Morocco
Rabat
Dayton
Versailles
Here
Wet Field Air Force
Baer
Washington
War Department
Tunis
Japanese Landings on Guadalcanal Suffer Heavy Losses
The Navy said about half of 1,500 Japanese troops landing east of American positions on Guadalcanal were killed and the rest dispersed. In Buin area raids, 14 Japanese planes were destroyed and two cargo ships hit. Earlier, 670 of 700 Japanese soldiers at Tenaru were killed or captured.
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Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Buin
Bougainville Island
Tenaru River
Mystery Explosion Shocks Hayden’s Corner Area
A powerful blast at the D. H. Spencer farm near Bismarck school road injured F. H. Jahn slightly while burning debris in an old basement. Neighbors heard the explosion up to six miles away as a fire alarm triggered by smoke led to investigations into possible high explosive placement.
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Hayden’s Corner
Bismarck School
D. H. Spencer
F. H. Jahn
John
Halsey Promoted to Admiral in Roosevelt Nominations
President Roosevelt nominated William F. Halsey Jr. for full admiral after a Southwest Pacific victory. Also promoted were Rear Admiral Henry K. Hewitt to vice admiral and Brigadier Generals DooLittle and other officers for North Africa exploits.
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Washington
William F. Halsey, Jr
Southwest Pacific
Roosevelt
James H. Doolittle
North Africa
Doolittle
Tokyo
Air Corps
Henry K. Hewitt
Halsey
Navy
Ernest J. King
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Royal E. Ingersoll
Atlantic
Harold R. Stark
Lucian K. Truscott, Jr
Eufala
Okla
Lunsford E.[oliver
Falls City
Neb
Paul M. Robinett
Mountain Grove
John W. O’daniel
Newark
Del
Benjamin F. Caffey
Castle Gate, U
Institutions to Register For Coffee This Month
Wichita reports that institutional users must register for coffee under the rationing program from November 23 to 25 at Kansas rationing boards. Hotels and restaurants not operating in September or October get one pound per 60 meals. others receive their September-October usage for the first two months. The initial allotment runs from registration until January 31.
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Wichita
Kansas
OPA
H. C. Davis
Davis
Italy’s hour has struck says Rome radio broadcast
Rome broadcasts say North Africa is the springboard to Europe as America will strike the continent. Italy defends Europe and warns danger comes from both east and west. The report frames Italy as defending Europe against invasion and declares Europe’s hour has arrived.
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Rome
Rome Radio
North Africa
America
Italy
Europe
Kansas Press Association to Meet in Wichita
Kansas Press Association sets its next gathering in Wichita from January 14 to 16. President Lester Green, editor of the Valley Center Index, announced the dates today.
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Kansas Press
Wichita
Kan
Kansas Press Association
Lester Greenbank
Valley Center Index
May Get Reshuffle on Fuel Oil
Kansas City dispatch reports Mayor John Gage returning from Washington says the midwest may see a reshuffle in fuel oil policy. He notes western congressmen are pushing for a re appraisal as inconsistencies spark opposition and the Truman committee could compel testimony from fuel industry leaders. A midwest delegation plans to travel to Washington around December 1 for a hearing.
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Kansas City
Washington
John Gage
Midwest
Gage
WBP
Truman Committee
Congress
Registration Ends for Gasoline Users in Douglas County
The local rationing and war price board announced registration for gasoline users ended. City registration closed at 11 this morning and rural areas at 6 this afternoon. About 2,685 car owners registered at six elementary schools in Lawrence for A books over the past three days.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Kansas
Roy Flory
Cold Weather Forecast For Kansas Ahead
Cold moving into northwestern Kansas promises a statewide freeze by tomorrow morning. Temperatures near or below freezing expected in northern and western areas with light rain in eastern counties and possible snow in the northwest tonight or tomorrow. Record highs yesterday included Dodge City 82 and Topeka 79 amid a sharp chill from a Montana Wyoming snow blanket.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Ellis
Montana
Wyoming
S. D. Flora
Weather Bureau
Bigger Air Offensive In the Making in U. S.
Washington announces a vastly stepped up allied air effort with plans to double warplane output within a year. Charles E. Wilson is named administrator of a $30 billion annual production program, while Donald M. Nelson outlines the blueprint to accelerate aircraft manufacture and shift toward tougher combat types.
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Washington
CAA
Charles E. Wilson
General Electrc Company
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
Draft Board Seeks 66 Men In December Calls
Douglas county selective service board announces two December calls for 33 men each. The first group departs December 7 and the second December 14 by chartered bus to the induction center. One call remains this month with 31 men due to leave November 24.
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Douglas County
Kenney awards medals for Buna sea battle turning point claim
Lieutenant General George C. Kenney, commander of allied air forces in the southwest Pacific, personally awarded medals to the fliers responsible for sinking a Japanese cruiser and destroyer off Buna New Guinea. He said the action may prove a turning point in the war in the area.
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New Guinea
George C. Kenney
Southwest Pacific
Buna
President Roosevelt backs Pearl Harbor day of silence
President Roosevelt said December 7 should be observed as a day of silence in remembrance of a great infamy. He avoided issuing any official notice about the Pearl Harbor anniversary.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Owners hurry to register cars amid gasoline rationing
County treasurer reports an unprecedented rush as car owners especially out of state workers seek to update registration to obtain ration books. With tags running low and mailings delayed, officials note extra tag orders and continued paper issuance despite missing stock.
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Kansas
Topeka
District Court Sets Trial Dates in November Term
Action on criminal cases completed in district court. Charles E. Martin’s charge of concealing mortgaged property was dismissed after the complaint declined to prosecute. The State vs. Clay Tolle was continued to February for a health nuisance case at a trailer camp in Eudora. Will Haas DUI case was passed for now. Bert Kanive, found guilty of grand latency, was given two days to file a motion for a new trial.
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Charles E. Martin
State of Kansas
Clay Tolle
Tolle
Douglas County Health Unit
Eudora
Will Haas
Bert Kanive
Jap Army Moves Within 400 Miles of Australia
Canberra reports Japan has completed fortification of nine anchorages on the Timor north coast less than 400 miles from Australia as Curtin warns of likely battles in Timor and nearby islands to defend the continent, mirroring actions in New Guinea and the Solomons.
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Australia
Camberra
Portuguese Timor
Patton
Tony
John Curtin
Timor
New Guinea
Solomons
To Build 14 More Mosses Happy Homes Permitted
Mosses Happy Homes Inc applied yesterday for city permits to add 14 houses for war plant workers. The firm already held permits for 26 dwellings, all located south of Nineteenth Street on Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio streets.
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Mosses Happy Homes, Inc
Nineteenth Street
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Weather Outlook For Kansas With Rain Snow And Wind
A weather summary notes colder conditions across eastern and southern Kansas tonight and Saturday. Light rain is expected in the southeast and extreme east tonight and Saturday forenoon, with snow in the northwest beginning tonight or Saturday morning and winds 20 to 30 mph. Temperature readings show a high around 82 and low near 67 yesterday, with prior year values much cooler.
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Kansas
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