Reds Improve Positions in Stalingrad Battle
Russian forces report gains in a Stalingrad factory district while the main offensive resumes on the Black Sea front and in the central Caucasus. Soviet artillery destroyed eight German tanks and submarined enemy dugouts as a heavy assault continues along debris strewn streets northwest of Stalingrad.
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EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Stalingrad
Red army
central Caucasus
artllery
euen
steppes
Stanz
Siahnterad
Steimerad
Nalchis
Lerds
U S Marines Press Attacks on Guadacanal Front
U S Marines and troops struck Japanese positions on Guadacanal in a two pronged push, penetrating one flank and threatening another. Western attack near the airbase yielded 550 Japanese killed and 12 37 mm guns captured. An eastern assault was repulsed at dawn November 4. Allied forces also reported Japanese withdrawals in New Guinea as they press toward Buna.
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John H. Wiggins
Associated Press
ASHINGTON
Guadalcanel
navy
South Pacific
Solomons
New Guinea
Australia
Port Moresby
Kokoda
nand
Buna
Tragedy of a Gold Town and New Canadian Gear
A Canadian mining town tale shows Perron Quebec suffering population decline and vacant property as northern colonization struggles. The article also describes new field gear such as a Commando back carrier for wounded soldiers and a jettisonable petrol tank for aircraft, plus gloves for troops and other workshop innovations.
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London
British Industries Bulletin
ito army
Britan
Von Thoma Dines With Montgomery
General von Thoma, Rommel’s second in command, captured by British troops, dined today with General Montgomery. He warned the situation remains critical for Germany and Italy as Montgomery and von Thoma discussed the campaign, sketching bottlenunes on the tablecloth.
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Marishal Rommel
Mentgomery
Montgomery
Montgomery Emerges As British Offensive Leader In Egypt
General Montgomery, promoted in the Middle East command, directs a mobile armored tactic against Rommel's forces in Egypt. The two-fisted veteran reshapes tactics, using artillery support to hit fortified positions before advancing with tanks, while leading from the front in a desert war that shifts momentum in Britain’s favor.
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GEORGE TUCKER
Associated Press
BRITAIN
Army of the XHe
Erwin Rommel
Bernard Law Montgomery
Palestine
India
Mesopotamia
Flanders
Montgomery
Harold Alexander
Su Claude
EF Auchinleck
Middle East
Rommers aryve
Alexandria
Erith
Egypt
Suez
Romme
Romnel
home guard
Canada Hits 800 Million in Victory Loan Drive
Canada reports that subscriptions to the Third Victory Loan reached 349,984,250 on the campaign's 16th day, lifting the total to 21,865,550, with a lead over the minimum objective but below the February Second Victory Loan. Conversions added 133,575.60, swelling the February total to 996,796,000 as drive heads into its final stage. Branches will open Saturday afternoon from one to six, with Hebbards offices open and some loan company offices also operating.
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OTTAWA
Canada
national loan
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Reinet
nead- Qraders
baninas
Fromceo
Finance
Assey
Hebarks
tues and loan companies
Temas
War Ends In Madagascar Armistice Sealed After Ceasefire
London reports that Vichy forces and British troops in southeast Madagascar agreed to an armistice as fighting paused at 2 pm Madagascar time yesterday. An authoritative source said the armistice ends Madagascar operations, with French troops evacuating Ambalava after heavy clashes.
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LONDON
Nor
C.PI
Madagascar
Mada
Indian Ocean
secion
Vichy
recko
Ambalava
Allied Drive Routs Axis in North Africa Bold El Alamein Break
British armor led by Lt Gen Montgomery punched two wedges into Rommel’s lines near El Alamein. Axis losses soared with 339 tanks knocked out and about 18,000 Allied prisoners captured. Rommel’s retreat accelerated toward Matruh as British forces pressed 104 miles west of El Alamein, signaling a decisive North Africa victory.
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Axis Command
El Alamein
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Sth
B. L. Montgomery
Rommel
Matruh
El Daba
Briish
Montgomery
London
Roie
Berlin
Fuka
ath
North Africa
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Reid
Exon
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Deaba
IFALLAN
The Press Association
Stalian
Franciscay Scotti
Beet growers receive 1.795 million dollar sugar beet payment
On November 6 1942 Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd issued initial payments of $6.75 per ton to over 1 000 Southern Alberta beet growers for 266 000 tons delivered by the October 20 cut off. The sum totals a record 1 795 500 with deductions for seed and fertilizer costs. About 65 000 tons remain for December payments as beets delivered after the cut off.
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AY MOND
Alberta
Canadian Sugar Factories, Ltd
Egypt Debacle Puts Strain On Axis Ties
Axis partners face strains as Rommel’s forces fight westward in the Egyptian desert under Allied air pressure. Tokyo and Berlin reassess their collaboration amid a turning point moment in the global war. Victory reports from Egypt fuel cautious optimism about Axis weakness and a possible shift in momentum.
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Berlin
Rommel
R.C.AF
Tokyo
Home
Beciin
fth
Focn
Briam
Africa
Egypt
Axis
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Engineer Caley to lead Alaska highway maintenance project
Engineer R. G. Caley, an 11 year executive with a Canadian oil firm, is appointed to oversee maintenance of motor equipment and transport along the 1,600 mile Alaska Highway. Stationed at Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he will be attached to the Northwest Service Command under Gen. J. A. O’Connor.
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R.G Caley
Alaska
Whitehorse
Yukon
Storm Threat Looms as Florida Braces for Hurricane
A major storm menaced the Bahamas and drifted toward Florida’s east coast with winds over 75 mph. Alerts stretched from Melbourne to Miami as public schools closed and the weather service activated emergency measures. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were noted in Nassau as authorities prepared evacuation and blackout procedures to warn residents.
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MIAMI
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Bahama Islands
Florida
Melbourne
Hey West
Long Island
Bahama
TF ib
New Provicence Island
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Nasws government house
Guadalcanal repulses Japanese counter attack on western flank
Navy reports that Japanese counter-attacks on Guadalcanal were repulsed with heavy losses. Other dispatches note a large Allied convoy leaving Gibraltar for the Mediterranean, Madagascar armistice terms signed by Vichy officials, a mighty troop convoy reaching Britain, RAF raids on occupied Europe, and Utah congressional election results showing Walter K. Granger defeating J. Bracken Lee by narrow margins.
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Guadalcanal
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LONDON
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Mediterranean
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Britain
Indian Ocean
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Great Britain
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Canadian Women’s Army Corps
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Germany
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Walter K. Granger
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