Russian drive near Rostov in Middle Don offensive
Soviet forces push within 105 miles of Rostov as 11 days of fighting yield 116000 German casualties. Red Army reports 22 divisions trapped between the Don and Volga and 56,000 prisoners with 60,000 killed since December 16. Russians recapture Verkhnetarasov and move toward Kharkov in Ukraine.
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Rostov
Don
Red Army
Stalingrad
Kotelnikovski
Red Star
Volga
Verkhnetarasov
Moscow-Rostov
Don River
Don Steppes
Ukraine
Khar
Monroe Fire Destroys Five Buildings and Injures Firemen
Early morning blaze in Monroe originated at 104 Hipp alley and razed five structures including Twin City Tire. Two firefighters were burned when a wall collapsed. city power was cut for over an hour. A 39 year old St Joseph man was arrested on arson charges in connection with the fire.
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Twin City Tire Company
DeSiard Street
Monroe
Ris
Officcob Carter
Richard Minor
Coverdale
B. L. Brantley
Amos Smelser
L. Tolbert
L. J. Hunnicutt
von Foster
Hippo Alley
Foster
Death of Admiral Darlan Reverberates Across War Fronts
Analysis argues Darlan's murder may heal French factional splits and ease Allied assimilation in North Africa. It suggests the act could boost propaganda for rivals while delaying Axis collapse, with Britain blamed by some for the killing to justify alignment with De Gaulle.
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North Africa
Africa
Eisenhower
Triple K
London
de Gaulle
France
Last Confederate Veteran Cois Bourgeois Dies in Orleans
Cois Bourgeois aged 98, one of the last living Confederate veterans in Orleans, died today. Born November 25, 1845 in St. Charles, he joined the third Louisiana iron battery after leaving his father's overseer post. He saw action in multiple battles and was granted a $1,080 war pension by the Louisiana legislature in 1911 after lengthy debate. Bourgeois was twice married.
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Cois Bourgeois
Ourgeois
St. Charles
Louisiana Lion
Louisiana
Pugh
Durgeois
Orleans
Registration opens for 18 year olds in late 1940s
Men who turned 18 in November and December began registering for selective service today. The registration will continue through December 3, announced Lieutenant Colonel Hart P. Agnew of the State Selective Service.
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Orleans
Ember 3
Hart P. Agnew
Selective Vice
Mississippi tornado devastates Simp son and nearby areas
A tornado struck the D Lo Merrett Mendenhall area in Simp son county around 11 30 am injuring several people and destroying 20 to 30 houses. Two injured were taken to a Jackson hospital and damage extended to D Lo Pinola and nearby churches.
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Miss
Simpson County
D'Le-Merrett-Mendenhall
Preston B. Allen
Mendenhall
D'Lo
Merrett
Pinola
Dessie Peacock
Dan
Lavel
Pay for Reading Papers at New Orleans Stand
Irked by passersby who read headlines without buying a paper, Follene Stoltz, a downtown sidewalk news dealer, posted a sign offering two cents per week for headline readers and six cents for front page readers. He said the sign drew laughs and earned forty cents in two days as customers stopped, laughed, then paid.
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New Orleans
Follene Stoltz
Stoltz
British Capture Ridge Northeast Of Medjez El Bab
British guards fought a 48 hour see saw battle through Christmas up to a ridge northeast of Medjez El Bab and gained positions six miles east of the junction. Submarines sank two 6 000 ton merchant ships and possibly a destroyer while air forces attacked troops near Sfax and Gabes in eastern Tunisia.
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London
Medjez-El-Bab
North Africa
Tunisia
North African
Sfax
Tunisian
Gabes
Radio to announce food rationing plans across four networks
Washington reports an 8 p.m. war time broadcast will reveal a point rationing scheme for canned goods aimed to start within a month. Officials say households must declare on hand stocks and that meat rationing may follow after the new year.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Claude R. Wickard
OWI
Elmer Davis
America
Columbia
Mutual
National
Blue
England
Office of Price Administration
Vaccaro Family Sues for Additional Estate Tax Refund
Seven Vaccaro relatives sue the Internal Revenue Service in federal court seeking a further 43 711 53 refund on the Luca Vaccaro estate after tax assessments and interest. Plaintiffs include widow Marie Vaccaro and siblings Frances Marion Lucas Regis Mary Bernet and Philomene Ferina. The suit challenges about 83 152 20 in taxes and 64 584 60 plus 9 640 54 interest, plus 7 407 41 and 653 98 interest for over assessment.
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Federal District Court
Vaccaro
Collector of Internal Revenue
Luca Vaccaro
Marie L. Vaccaro
Frances
Marion
Lucas
Regis Vaccaro
Mary Vaccaro
Bertenneau
Philomene
V. Ferina
Internal Revenue Collector
Christmas Day Air Battles Over New Guinea and Rabaul
Allied airmen claim eight Japanese fighters downed over New Guinea and three Zeros over New Britain while American Fortresses raid Rabaul on Christmas Day. Three direct hits and several near-hits were reported on Japanese vessels as a fighter force took off but did not attack bombers.
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New Guinea
New Britain
Buna
New Britain Island
Washington
Guadalcanal
Rabaul
Navy
Solomons
Confederate General Mentors Son at Fort Benning Graduation
O R Gellette 97, last Lee staff member, pins second lieutenant bars on son William C Gellette at Fort Benning infantry school graduation. Gellette, a veteran of 13 major battles, served with Jeb Stuart and Stonewall Jackson, studied medicine, and aided convalescent influenza victims.
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O. R. Gellette
Robert E. Lee
William Candler Gellette
Shreveport
Gellette
Mississippi
Jeb Stuart
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Chancellorsville
Washington and Lee University
Gellettes
British Burma drive deepens near Akyab and Chin hills
British communique reports advances 11 miles northeast of Akyab in the Chin hills as patrols press within 50 miles of the port. RAF air base claims surfaced in Tokyo Berlin chatter as raids hit Toungoo Chauk Kyauktaung Monywa and Chindwin targets with several Japanese planes destroyed.
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Burma
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Chin Hills
Berlin
Tokyo
Toungoo
Chauk
Kyaukacaung
Monywa
Chindwin
Wavell
Arakan
Calcutta
Howrah
Ganges
Tire Allotments Sharply Increased for January
The Office of Price Administration raised January quotas for tire recapping services and passenger car tires. January totals include 368,200 recaps versus 149,250 in December. grade one tires at 161,000 and grade two at 230,000, with grade three at 60,000. Track tire quota stands at 345,307 and farm tractor/implement allotment at 21,000. December figures were 887,245 for recaps and 357,372 for tubes.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Benes Predicts Victory in 1943
Eduard Benes the provisional Czechoslovak president declared that 1943 would bring a victorious decision. He warned of German peace moves via neutral intermediaries and reported German generals plotting to overthrow Hitler. He forecast Allied invasion of Europe, Italy's collapse, and a brutal bombing of Germany.
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London
Eduard Benes
Benes
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Ialy
President and Mrs Roosevelt Attend Roosevelt Relative Wedding
President and Mrs Roosevelt drove from the White House to Fairfax Virginia for the marriage of Miss Belle Wyatt Roosevelt, granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt, to John Gorham Palfrey Jr of Boston. The ceremony at Truro Protestant Episcopal church was private and attended by family and close friends.
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Roosevelt
White House
Fairfax
Belle Wyatt Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
John Gorham Palfrey, Jr
Boston
Truro Protestant Episcopal Church
Orleans Employes to Be Blanketeted Under Civil Service
About 6 500 city workers will be retained in their posts January 1 when the city civil service statute takes effect along with state civil service. Present job holders face no qualifying exams, while state employees must take examinations.
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New Orleans
William W. Shaw
City Civil Service Department
Shaw
Department of Personnel
Civil Service
Christmas Holiday Accident Death Toll Falls From Last Year
The nation recorded 233 accidental deaths during Christmas, with 136 in traffic mishaps. California led with 30 deaths and 18 from auto accidents, while total state figures list numerous traffic victims across Alabama to Wisconsin. Gasoline rationing and fewer motorists contributed to the decline from last year’s 431 fatalities.
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Alabama
Arizona
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Flying Fortress Downed Nazi Fighter in Final Dive
Staff Sergeant Jack D. Snell reported that a missing Flying Fortress from the Romilly Sur Seine raid indeed went down in a steep death dive while pursuing a Focke-Wulf 190. Four Forts flew in formation as the rear plane fell, taking with it another enemy aircraft amid heavy combat. the raid saw at least 44 German planes destroyed.
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London
Romilly- Sur-Seine
Jack D. Snell
Sedalia
Eighth United States Air Force
Snell
Giraud Named North Africa High Commissioner After Darlan Assassination
General Henri Giraud, famed French fighter, chosen to succeed Darlan as French high commissioner in North Africa. His selection follows Darlan's funeral with Giraud paying tribute. Attendees at the council included Noues Boisson Chatel Bergeret. The news notes divisions among factions and potential rally for the Axis showdown.
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Algiers
Henri Honore Giraud
Africa
Jean Darlan
Darlan
North Africa
Giraud
Auguste Noues
French
Morocco
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Dakar
Yves Chatel
Algeria
Jean Marie Bergeret
London
Gounman
Henri Giraud
Axis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Body of beaten child found in Cincinnati
The raped and beaten body of 10 year old Helen Sellers, missing since Christmas eve, was found today under an abandoned freight warehouse. A 45 year old paint sprayer was taken into custody for questioning as police report the girl had been horribly attacked. Her parents were questioned after the discovery.
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Cincinnati
Helen Sellers
Christemas
Frank Harrison
Vollmer
Mrs. Sellers
Stanley Schro
Millard Schath
John O'Neal
Justice O Niel l to Observe 20th Year as Chief Justice
New Orleans report notes Chief Justice Charles A O Niel l of the Louisiana Supreme Court will mark his 20th year in the chief justiceship next Wednesday. The article lists his birth in Franklin La on September 7 1969 and recalls his 13 year tenure on the court and milestones in his legal career.
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New Orleans
Charles A. O'Niell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Court Ate
Taches
O’niell
Franklin
Supreme Court
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