Libyan Front Teems With Allied Pressure On Rommel
In a wartime dispatch from Bengal dated December 7, Dewitt Mackenzie reports on Allied pressure in North Africa. He praises General Bernard Montgomery for moving 300 miles to strike Rommel, forcing the Axis to evacuate Benghazi as operations indicate renewed offensives and desert logistics challenge both sides. The piece notes aerial warfare and the intense prep before any final drive, with both sides rebuilding strength and reeling from the desert’s harsh transport demands.
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STH
BENGAL
Africa
Marshel
Rommel
MONTGOMERY
Bernard Montgomery
Bengali
Language as Key to Global Peace Cited in Windsor Star Column
In a Windsor Star piece by WM. Clark a columnist argues a universal English language could foster friendly international relations and world peace. He notes current language distributions and contemplates the impact of a common tongue on nations across continents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Dire
United States
Lecauzen
arsues WM. Clark
Windsor Star
Nazis Order Evacuation of Sicily
Reuters reported a Morocca radio broadcast that the German high command ordered civilians evacuated from Sicily, the strategic Mediterranean island that could serve as a stepping stone for an invasion of Italy from North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Reuters
Morocca
Sicily
Mediterranean
Italy
North Africa
Battleship New Jersey and Bunker Hill launched across the fleet
The USS New Jersey and the Bunker Hill class carrier are launched today in Philadelphia and Bethleham yards. Multiple warships are set to be launched nationwide as shipyards report a busy schedule and significant tonnages. Mrs. Carolyn Edison of New Jersey heads the wife of a prominent official.
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WASHINGTON
Dec
United States
Bunker
Philadelphia
Tampa
Fla
Bunker Hill
Bethleven Shipbuilding Corporations
river yards
Quincy Mass
Zuitlea
Carolyn Edison
New
Shortage of fats and oils drives wartime salvage effort
Canada faces a serious fats and oils shortage for war industries and meals. The War Services Department launches a national salvage drive led by Charles LaFerle and Mrs. oils and rats admin urging every household to save every ounce of fat and bone. Meat dealers will pay per pound for crippling fat.
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OTTAWA
Canada
national salvage division
war services department
Charles LaFerle
naitien
LaFerle
Pilot Dives Mile Unconscious Then Fights Nazis
A Canadian Spitfire pilot named F/O 3 A Simpson from Tonto bailed, fell a mile unconscious over France during a sweep, then regained consciousness and fought three Focke Wulf 190s before making a belly landing. He emerged unhurt.
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C.P. Cables
air mine NEWS Service
day
France
Britain
A. Simpson
To- Tonto
Nazi Railway Bottleneck Heavily Raided
Allied bombers hit a key rail bottleneck in southwest Germany severing lines from Germany to Italy. The raid targeted Karlsruhe and Pforzheim with hundreds of bombers, destroying fighters and rail yards while Canadian and French Canadian crews served in RAF units. The German report claimed several aircraft shot down as radio stations in Holland went off air amid the night raid.
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ONDON
C.P
Pforzheim
Germany
Italy
R.A.F
D.NE
Karlsruhe
air ministry
iis
R.C.A.F
R.AF
J. N. Colquehoun
Maple Creek
Sask
G. P. O'Hanley
St. Peter's
P_E.L
G coal and steel
Swirzeta
Morin
Rhine
Pieraheim
Wester
RAF
incixeins
ac Karlsruhe
iest
Pforrhe
Friesland
Hilversum
Holland
sir ministry
Morocco
Tunisia
Reds Roll On Despite Stiffer Nazi Fighting
The Red Army advances report heavy German losses as fighting around Stalingrad tightens. Communiques claim 1,800 Germans killed in one sector and 1,300 in another, with additional German equipment losses and continued pressure on German lines near the Mortier factory suburbs.
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Rzhev-Viazma
Vel
Raney
azgresche Ss. rad
iATI Spors
Red army
Pearl Harbor Losses Revealed In Navy Report
The Navy reports from Pearl Harbor show eight battleships damaged or sunk, with Arizona a total loss. Several vessels, including Pennsylvania and California, plus a floating drydock, needed extensive repairs. Many crew members were killed or missing as the fleet suffers the anniversary tally.
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WASHINGTON
United States navy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian
Arizona
Navy
Claus Gamagec
seo
Pennstlania
Herz
Hono
Vestal
Amzene
acTe
California
Neveoa
Wersonia
estrerers Shaw
Casamnelayer Ogisiz
Tarser
Utah
edrydock
DETY
Fire destroys over seven thousand bags of Christmas mail
Damaged ship cargo includes 7 041 bags of Christmas gifts and mail for armed forces overseas. Water soaked bundles and disrupted cargo force postponement of delivery. post office shelves limited space and reallocates remaining mail to other shipments. Christmas plans for servicemen and families affected.
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GITAWA
avinenoey Sas
famales
acre
msti
Four-Year War Presses Expanded Feed Production
Ottawa reports that the fourth year of war demands more feed products than any prior year. Agriculture Minister Gardiner opens a three day conference with provincial ministers and advisers to plan expanded production for hogs cheese butter eggs beef and cereals. Labour tensions surface with notes on farm labor shortages and plans to mobilize wartime workers through cooperatives and loans.
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OTTAWA
Gardiner
conference of agriculture
Canada
A. MacNamara
act
national selective service
Canaan
bresiaes
Four Canadians Die in U.S. Air Crash at Houston Base
Four Royal Canadian Air Force crew members are believed to have died in a crash at the Houston air base on Saturday. Official notification of next of kin was not announced pending further details.
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HOUSTON. Me
Det Tee
Hotton air base
African Leaders Lay Program For Ending Campaign
United States reports heavy fighting as Allied and Axis forces clash in Tunisia. Commanders prepare final clean-up of Tunisian front with Allied lines holding firm despite air attacks. Moroccan radio and London broadcasts note advances toward Tebourba and Sousse, with raids on Bizerte and Tripoli and Reggio airfield hit.
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Blake Sullivan
Associated Press
ONDON
Dee
fed
Tebamateur seciet
Reuters
Telecurba
Tunis
Morocco
London
Reggio
Bizerte
Tripoli
Italy
North Africa
Sousse
Sifax
Cairo
Tebourba
Alberta judges seek change of venue in Nixon case
Three Alberta Appeal Court judges ruled on Richard Neville Dick's request to move his charges from Edmonton to Medicine Hat or Lethbridge. The detailed letter contents and recipients were not disclosed, while the judgment was reserved by Mr Justice McLaurin on Tuesday.
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ALBERTA
EDMONTON
Alberta appeal court
supreme court Indaa
AW. Miller
Richard Neville Dick
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
McLaurin
broadetsisi
DNB
Nal hew
pnreau
Algeria
Yebgurba
Salzerland
Berlin
Basler Nachrichten
Stalingrad
Don
Volga
KEW
MOSCOW
Red army
spont
NEWTON EDMONTON
Bee
CPI
H. . Parlee
sovernors
University of Alberts
C. L. King
Calgary
acceumiant
Robert Nesson
FRANCE
LONDON
C.P
Paris
pam
M.D.T
FRANCOIS LAKE
G.C
P—Barmey Molganer
Uncha lake
OTTAWA
iC.P
Buffalo
Fort Erie
muunitions department
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EL AGHEILA
DEWITT MACKENZIE
Manchester Guardian
Republics
Republic Aircraft Corporation
US war department
NEW JERSEY
Salvage Division
Mile
RA.F
NAZE RAILWAY
Igo NAZIS
mortiert factory
como eation
WILLIAM T. PEAC
ihas gan
wav
U.S
Tebourbo-Mateur
LON
SIDLLEY FIELD
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