Allies reach Dakar as North Africa push intensifies
American forces arrived in Dakar bringing a final major Allied base link in West Africa as the push toward Tunisian victory accelerates. Italian reports claim an armor thrust to recapture Tunisian positions near Medjez El Bab stalled, with 300 prisoners taken. Rommel’s retreat speeds up in Libya, while Axis shipping faces another British bombing strike near Lamipedusa and Naples.
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London
Dakar
North Africa
Tunisia
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Cairo
Naples
Lamipedusa
Sicily
Associated Press
Joseph Morton
British food control pattern outlined for wartime
In a column by James Marlow and George Zielke, the authors compare Britain’s wartime food plan to U S needs. They note Britain prepared since 1937 with food ministry oversight, import control, manufacturing and distribution coordinated to ration and stabilize prices amid the war.
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Germany
James Mariow
George Zielke
Great Britain
New York
British Information Service
Food Ministry
Stimson warns Germany aims to turn Tunisian flank
Secretary of War Stimson says German forces in Tunisia are gathering strength to threaten the southern flank of Eisenhower's Allied army as reinforcements and skirmishes continue. He notes Allied progress in Tunisia with a provisional offensive plan for Tunis and Bizerte while Russian and Pacific campaigns press on, though gains remain slow in New Guinea.
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Washington
Stinson
Tunisia
Dwight Eisenhower
North
Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
Stimson
Russia
New Guinea
Buna
Candy Shortages Cause Long Washington Lines
Washington shoppers form long lines outside candy stores as sugar for industry and wartime shortages limit supply. Stores shorten hours and restrict per purchaser sales while patrons display orderly patience, with mothers choosing delays over disappointed children on Christmas morning.
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Washington
Dee
Santa Claus
Republicans Outvote Democrats in Congressional Races
Official figures show Republicans narrowly lead Democrats in November 3 elections for Congress, the first time in 14 years. Total national vote for representatives and top offices was about 30,024,927, the smallest since 1924, with war and industrial shifts depressing turnout.
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Washington
House
Congress
Dog left behind on hunger strike in Arkansas
Flying school buddies of Corporal Raymond M. Hederman of Chicago fear his brown and white terrier Ark will weaken further as she refuses food during his furlough absence. Ark named for Arkansas, sniffing every visitor and whining beside the headquarters store as Hederman is due back next week.
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Walnut Ridge
Ark
Raymond M. Hederman
Chicago
Hederman
Arkansas
Christmas in Europe Brings Little Joy for War-Worn Families
Bern correspondent notes this Christmas finds Europe divided by war with families torn apart by travel bans, deaths, and deportations. Many children spend the holiday separated from parents as millions endure hunger and cold amid occupation and conflict.
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Europe
Thomas FP. Hawkins
Switzerland
Bern
Santa Claus
Germany
Fuehrer
Italy
Wallace Admits Kidnapping Three Children in California
Mrs. Margaret Sharon O'Dea Wallace, 26, confessed to kidnapping the three children of Mrs. Inez Maclain on November 17 in San Diego. She denied striking Mrs. Maclain, who was found injured at a cliff base. The suspect was arrested in Huntington Park and held on $5,000 bail on charges of assault with intent to murder and three counts of child stealing.
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San Diego
Calif
Margaret Sharon O'Dea Wallace
Inez Maclain
Blake Mason
Sheriff's Office
Madlai
Madain
Wallace
Yuletide Greetings From President To Launch Observance
President Roosevelt will launch a wartime Christmas observance with Yuletide greetings as the nation marks a sobering holiday. Homebound thoughts center on the million serving abroad and the ongoing war effort.
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Roosevelt
Roosevelt to Broadcast Christmas Greeting From White House
President Roosevelt will speak for five to six minutes at 4 p.m. Eastern War Time from the south portico in a ceremony dedicating a national community Christmas tree. He distributed leather bound War savings stamp folders as gifts to his staff, each with a 25 cent stamp and a gold embossed lid marking Christmas 1942 from F D R.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt Family Sees Sons Serving in War Abroad
The article notes four Roosevelt sons and millions of servicemen in the army and navy. It highlights that two of the 12 Roosevelt grandchildren visited home while others remained away at war, with the piece continuing on page nine.
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United States
Roosevelt
Death for makers of defective wartime materials proposed
Representative Hobbs of Alabama proposed a new bill to impose life imprisonment or death for willfully manufacturing and delivering inferior materials for the armed forces. He criticized the current penalties as too low and noted DOJ war frauds chief Tom C. Clark reported about 900 suspected wartime fraud cases, with about 15 involving such accusations.
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Washington
Congress
Hobbs
Democrat
Alabama
United States
Army
Tom C. Clark
Justice Department
War Frauds Division
Christmas Good Fellows Baskets Aid Twin Cities Homes
The Good Fellows campaign closes with a grand total of 1494.84 and many acts of charity. Donations include 21.96 in groceries from Ritchie Grocery and 75 dolls made by Ouachita parish schoolgirls. Sears Roebuck contributed 300 toward holiday aid and individuals like Mrs. Ed M. Strong provided pecans. The report lauds rising Christmas spirit and public cooperation.
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Ritchie Grocer Company
Ouachita Parish School
Good Fellows
Ed M. Strong
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Victory Loan Surpasses Goal by Record Margin
Washington reports the U S treasury closed the victory loan drive soars beyond top by over 2.2 billion dollars. Undersecretary Daniel W Bell announced preliminary subscriptions at 11.2 billion and possibly 12 billion with final checks pending. The three issues closed at midnight marking the largest war financing effort in history.
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Washington
Treasury
the Treasury
Daniel W. Bell
Bel
Japanese Deprived Of Sea borne Supplies And Reinforcements
Allied forces report Japanese positions in Buna area of New Guinea are in desperate straits. Japanese sea-borne supply lines and reinforcements have been cut by Allied air action, while U S and Australian troops press the offensive. Allied bombers continue attacks on Munda and New Georgia airfields in the Solomons.
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Ashington
Munda
United States
Navy
Solomons Island
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
New Georgia Island
Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Christmas far from home for American troops abroad
In London and across theaters of war, American soldiers face a snowy absence but keep holiday spirit. Meals vary by ration, yet camps host parties and shipping home gifts. In Northern Ireland 40 000 children are invited to dinners while English families widen hospitality despite shortages.
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London
Ireland
England
Africa
Northern Ireland
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Pilots Killed as Two Army Planes Crash Near Crenshaw
Two single engine army trainer planes collided in mid air five miles from Crenshaw Mississippi killing the pilots Second Lieutenant Madison Emmett Roberts Jr 22 of Amarillo Texas and Second Lieutenant John Joseph Conway 21 of Green Bay Wisconsin Their planes cut the tail off one another as they began a formation flight en route to a flying school near Greenwood from Fayetteville Army officials said one plane plunged near Longtown while the other burst into flames Roberts was married since last April and left a widow in Blytheville
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Crenshaw
Miss
Madison Emmett Roberts, Jr
Amarillo
Tex
John Joseph Conway
Green Bay
Wis
Lilly Collier
Longtown
Army
Greenwood
Fayetteville
Ark
Roberts
Blytheville
Pope Pius XII Delivers Christmas Blessing to Catholics Worldwide
In a Vatican broadcast from Bern to Xen, Pope Pius XII denounced Marxist socialism and Naziism, warning against political subordination to human law. He called for faith in God and outlined five milestones for a difficult path ahead, as Christmas greetings to the Sacred College were read.
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London
Pius XII
Vatican City
Bern
Switzerland
Pius
Sacred College of Cardinals
Doctors Fooled by Rickenbacker After Pacific Ordeal
Lieutenant Commander John K. Durkin recalled treating Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and the crew after their 22 day life raft ordeal. He feared they were sicker than they appeared but found them well and feisty during the return flight. Durkin is visiting his mother for the holidays in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
John K. Durkin
Eddie Rickenbacker
Pacific
Durkin
Rickenbacker
Russians Push South in Don Steppe Drive Toward Rostov
Soviet forces press a rapid advance across the Don steppe sweeping toward Millerovo Rostov on the Don with 12 to 18 miles daily. Pravda reports German units in disorder after heavy losses as Red Army seizes Cossack towns and tightens around Millerovo threatening key rail lines. The tally of German dead and captured rises to 89 600 with 16 400 captured yesterday.
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Moscow
Don Steppes
Red Army
Millerovo
Rostov
Comemand
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Pravda
Communist Party
Messerschmitt
Don
Sea of Azof
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Kamensk
Voloshina
Bolshinsk
Berevomaiskole
Sulinsky
Barranikovka
Gabighino
Novosselovka
Tragedy Cannot Stop Wedding at MacDill Air Field
Staff Sergeant Charles Stuart of Tampa, once listed dead, and Miss Lois Floto of Jackson Mississippi were to wed in the hospital at MacDill Army Air Field. A surgeon who amputated his left leg and revived him after his heart stopped will give away the bride. Army nurses serve as bridesmaids and an Army sergeant as best man. Stuart survived a bomber crash on September 27 that killed five and left him badly injured.
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Tampa
Fla
Charles Stuart
Lois Floto
Jackson
MacDill Army Air Field
Stuart
Christmas Eve Observed in Twin Cities Churches
Christmas Eve will be celebrated in Twin Cities homes Thursday night as families gather around trees despite some members serving overseas. Three services mark the night with Grace Episcopal at 11:30 p.m. and midnight masses at St Matthew's and St Paschal's Catholic churches, all expecting large crowds.
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Twin Cities
Thee
Grace Episcopal Church
St. Matthew's
St. Paschal’s Catholic
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