Africa's Vital Resources Lake Chad Sends Help
Africa's resource hub is Chad in French Equatorial Africa. Brazzaville and Gabon are noted with Ubangi Shari and French Cameroons, as Allied offensives gain strength from this strategic region silently developed, continuing the war's North Africa drives.
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CaIRO
North Africa
Africa
Congo
Gabon
Brazzaville
CHAD
The Left Hand Corner and its Stated Ideals
The piece contrasts free speech and free thinking in America and Britain with the supposed lack of these in other nations. It frames the left hand corner authors of the Atlantic Charter as hypocritical, praising liberty while criticizing state power. It ends noting Ruth G. Penuce of Tampa as the fattest human alive per Time Magazine.
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nations
Mussolini
dapan
imir
AMEBRICA
Great Britain
Ruth G. Penuce
Tampa
Fla
Farouk Says Egypt Will Attend Postwar Peace Talks
Cairo February 19 King Farouk announced in a throne speech the Egyptian government has requested and received a formal representation in future peace conferences. He described Egypt as a belligerent ally of the United Nations and emphasized its role in postwar negotiations.
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Mov
Hing Farouk
Egypt
aly
amy neace
Laval Gains Dictatorship in Vichy Move
London reports Laval assumes dictatorial powers as Marshal Petain designates Laval as head of state with authority to issue laws and decrees. Paris radio says Laval will transfer government to Paris under German influence. Several ministers resign, including Auphan and Gibrat, as Admiral Abrial succeeds Auphan. observers call the shift a major pro German consolidation in Vichy.
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C—se
Pierre La
France
Vichy
Marshal Peizin
Paris
Laval
Marcel Deal
opment
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Petain
Lavat
Jean Dar‘am
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Jacques Dorer
Eitan
United States
Lavnls
G. A.J P. Auphan
secrésaary ostate
Navy
Robert Gibrat
communications
Jean Marie Abrial
Auphan
Darlan
Japs In New China Drive Spreads Across Border Areas
CHUNGENG NOV. 19 A Chinese army spokesman said indications the Japanese would coordinate with forces in Yunnan Province near Burma. He cited increased Japanese strength to about 30 000 and preparations including craft for river crossings on the Salween as part of a drive toward possible occupation.
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Yunnan
Burma
iast
Salween
nouthern
Surma
forisaiza
Pucheu Flees to Africa to Aid New French Government
Pierre Pucheu, former French Minister of the Interior, escaped from France to Africa to seek aid for a new government. His move signals potential backing for a reorganized French regime amid wartime reshaping.
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Pierre Pucheu
Interior
France
Africa
mar
Russians claim defeat of German forces near Ordzhonikidze
Soviet dispatch reports Germans suffered a severe defeat at Ordzhonikidze on the Georgian military highway. The 13th German tank division Brandenburg regiment and multiple units were routed, with over 5,000 dead and many wounded. Soviets claimed 140 German tanks, seven armored cars, 70 guns and 595 mortars captured. additional German units suffered heavy losses.
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Ordzhonikidze
Caucasiuan mountains
Moscow
Red Army renews attacks across Caucasus and Don fronts
Soviet forces report offensive operations from Stalingrad to the Caucasus with several enemy fortifications captured and German losses of hundreds daily. Red units claim gains northwest of Stalingrad and along the Black Sea coast as Axis lines reel from renewed pressure in the snowbound fronts.
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Red Army
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Berlin
Finland
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Don
Leningrad
Rybachi
Hitler
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Dream Coming True Ore Dream Comes True Ore
Canadian press report from Port Arthur Nov 1807 describes the Steep Rock Lake iron ore project in Northwestern Ontario. Government backed development aims to supply wartime ore with an open pit operation touted as key to steel production, involving large-scale pumping, blasting, and excavation to access beds 149 feet below the lake surface.
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GEORGE FINLA
PORT ARTHUR
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Northwestern
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Dominion
peace
Buffalo
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Cyris S. Eston
Cleveland
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Gordon Conant
Ont
Mesabs
Minnesota
Little Quits MacNamara Takes Post
Ottawa reports Labor Minister Mitchell announced Arthur MacNamara Associate Deputy Minister of Labor will oversee immediate supervision of the National Selective Service. The service continues its functions despite the resignation of Selective Service director Effiets Lettie. MacNamara will not be Director and will carry the present title. Mitchell said no other resignations were forthcoming and no temporary breakdown is expected. He noted Littie’s control of unemployment machinery and referred to a manpower policy memorandum presented recently.
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Arthur MacNamara
National Selective Service
Selective Service
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Lettie
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Lattie
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Litte
Aitchell
Little
Michell
Turin Bombing Raid Hits Fiat and Arsenal Sites
British bomber forces struck Turin repeatedly in the latest raid. Targets included the Fiat aircraft works, royal arsenal, and Caproni facilities, with the city enduring 29 prior wartime attacks. The operation required a 1590 mile round trip and crossed the Alps twice.
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French Marching North To Join Libya Offensive
Allied forces push from Algeria into Tunisia as French and colonial troops advance. Kenneth Anderson’s units drive toward Tunis and Bizerte while British and American paratroopers seize air fields for RAF and USAAF use. Axis air defenses strike back as battle lines tighten along the coast.
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Kenneth Anderson
Flanders
Tunisia
Algeria
Tunis
Bizerte
Ardergon
United States
R.A F
United States army air forces
R.A.F
British By Pass Bengasi From the East
North Africa dispatch reports the British South Army breaking Rommel's rearguard south of Bengasi within 160 miles of El Agheila as new Allied drives unfold toward Bone Tebessa and Gafsa. Spitfires attack six Italian planes near an Algerian port, four shot down. French command plans and shifting formations signal a large Allied column advancing with scouts before Gen Andersen's force. South of Benghazi, French partisan and Chad remnant forces, supported by South African and RAF squadrons, reportedly concentrate for renewed actions as Allied operations continue.
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Sth
Rommel
El Agheila
Reuters
North Africa
pnd
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Bone
Tabarca
Bizerte
Tebessa
Algeria
Gafsa
Andersen
Lake Chad
gasis
Bengastan
Ita
Petain Calls Officers To Uphold France In North Africa
World war era bulletin notes Marshal Petain urging French officers in North Africa to resist Allied actions amid a flood of terse, fragmented reports. Other items mention Japanese and European patrols, German ultimata to leave Tunisia, and political arrests.
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Oregon Hospital for
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