WESTBROOK PEGLER NAMES KAISER FOR LABOR UNITY LEADER
The speaker advocates Henry Kaiser as a candidate to bridge labor and management, arguing old union leaders and figures like John Lewis are unsuitable. He stresses the need for a nonadventurous but imaginative leader to foster cooperation, reduce strikes, and race toward new jobs and tax-backed growth. The piece notes the discussion continues on the tenth page.
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Henry Kaiser
Newal
John Lewis
Will Greenould
Lewis
Bill Green
A. F
L d
Murray
Russians Repel New German Division In Stalingrad Battle
Soviet forces halted fresh Nazi efforts to widen the Stalingrad salient. Red Army troops report local gains northwest of the city and on the Black Sea front while defending against heavy German attacks. German losses run into thousands, with Soviet garrison repelling ground drives toward factories.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Stalingrad
Gershans
Volga River
Red Army
Black Sea
Mozdok
Central
Caucasus
Caucasian
Nalchik
Izvestia
Red Star
Central Caucasus
King Calls Rout Of Rommel's Men Brilliant Victory
The article reports on wartime framing of a major Allied victory while analyzing political shifts in Congress after elections that left the New Deal with a bare majority. It notes Republicans and anti New Deal Democrats could unite to block proposed legislation in both houses. It mentions 218 House seats and 56 Senate members as baseline margins, with expectations of a possible 57 in the Senate.
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Rommel
Jack Bell Washington
New Deal
Congress
Senate
House
James E. Murray
London Paper Foresaw Rommel Defeat Shaping Allied Offensives
London reports say Rommel's defeat in Egypt will enable more Allied strikes to aid the Russians. Sir Stafford Cripps said escalated drives will begin elsewhere as the Eighth Army reduces German and Italian forces potentially bound for the Soviet front. Smuts called the North African progress a turning point and King George hailed it as brilliant.
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London
Marshal Rommel
Egypt
Stafford Cripps
Sir Stafford
Moscow
Eighth Army
Rommel
Europe
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
George VI
Arm Bureau Holds Meeting With Louisiana Farmers
About 125 persons from 12 northeast Louisiana parishes attended a district Farm Bureau meeting at Frances to discuss agriculture's war effort in 1942 and plans for 1943. R N Amacker presided. participants included W R Ogg, Dr David M Amack, and other farm bureau members from across the region.
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Northeast
Fisiana
Frances
District Farm Bureau
R.N. Amacker
Lake Vidence
Louisiana ‘S Bureau
Agricul
Department of Agricure
Y. Amacker
W. R. Ogg
Washington
David M. Amack
Thwestern University
Memphis
Welfare chief gets draft call in Louisiana
S Terry state welfare commissioner for two years received notice to report November 13 for final examination and probable motion as a private in the army. Miss Maude Barrett would succeed him as acting commissioner if he is inducted, with Miss Barrett already serving as associate director and having held posts in the emergency relief administration and WPA.
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Baton Rouge
S. Terry
State Welfare Commis
Maude Barrett
State Mare Department
Terry
State Welfare Board
Rrett
Erry
C. Ellis Henican
New Orns
State Aid of Welfare
Hineston
Rapides Par
Rapides Parish
Winn Parish
Farm Security
Little Rock
Ark
Miss Barrett
Emergy Relief Administration
Works Progress Mministration
Washington
WPA
State Welfare Departat
Gas rationing plans outlined at large meeting
Officials from the office of price administration presented details of the November 22 rationing plan at Central Grammar School auditorium. State director A. S. Goodman and other OPA officers spoke to rationing boards, school officials, dealers, and truck owners about registration dates November 12 and 13, with full plan publication to follow.
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Office of Price Administration
Central Grammar School
Civil District Court Room
A. S. Goodman
OPA
Robert A. Taylor
Guy Barnette
U. S. Bombers Strike Lae at Low Altitude in New Guinea
United States B-26 Marauders and A-20 Havoc attack planes pounded Japanese held Lae on the New Guinea north coast in two daylight sweeps. Major Donald C. Hall of Corpus Christi, Texas said the strike hit an ammunition dump and that the run was close to the trees. The raid marked a new style air assault intended to surprise Japanese forces and support Allied ground troops.
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New Guinea
United States
Lae
Donald C. Hall
Corpus Christi
Tex
Main Street
Washington
Guadalcanal
Commando Trail Stolen at Louisiana State Fair
Officials report the theft of an elaborate commando trail built by Boy Scouts for the Louisiana State Fair. The setup included long walls tunnels and ladders and was meant as an obstacle course display at Shreveport. Police seek information on the missing structure and its components.
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Shreveport
Flier Returns From Jungle Bailout In Abandoned Plane
Pilot Lieutenant James Miller of Salinas California, missing since a fighter mission over New Guinea, returned to base in an abandoned beach plane. He rode the Native boy as a seat cushion to view during takeoff and bought the boy a red belt as thanks.
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New Guinea
I-P
California
James Miller
Salinas
Calif
Boong
Miller
Highlights Of War In Egypt
The British Eighth Army advances against Axis forces in the Egyptian desert with heavy artillery and air power. From October 23 to November 4, Allied operations pendulum between fierce clashes and ground gains, including prisoner captures and sinking enemy ships near Tobruk, as Rommel’s line yields to sustained pressure.
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Associated Press
Eighth Army
Yam
B. L. Montgomery
Rommel
United States
Matruh
Tobruk
Sidi Abd el Rahman
el Alamein
Ais
George M Cohan Dies At 64 Leading American Stage
George M. Cohan the famed song and dance man died at 5 a.m. in New York City at age 64. He had been seriously ill a year and planned to return to the stage and to air raid service. He left widow Agnes Cohan and daughters Helen and Georgette, plus George Rankin and Gene Buck as close companions. His patriotism and career spanned seven decades ending with the film Yankee Doodle Dandy in which James Cagney played Cohan.
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New York
John J. Bennett, Jr
New York City
Bennett
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Thomas E. Dewey
George M. Cohan
Times Square
Cohan
Fifth Avenue
Central Park Path
Central Park
Agnes Cohan
George Rankin
Helen
Georgette Cohan
Gene Buck
James Cagney
Daring Dive Bomb by Marine Pilot Sinks Transport Near Guadalcanal
Major Jack Randolf Cram of Seattle led a bold daylight dive with a patrol plane off Guadalcanal and torpedoed a Japanese transport, reportedly sinking it. In the same strike two more transports were knocked out of six while Japanese forces pressed the beachhead and pounded the airfield.
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Tom Yarbrough
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Jack Randolf Cram
Seattle
Sick Marines Win New Fight After Guadalcanal Ordeal
Twenty American Marines, exhausted and ill after weeks of Guadalcanal combat, survived 10 days afloat in a wrecked army transport plane. Navies seaplanes and a destroyer rescued them near a Pacific atoll, and most are expected to live. The group included Lt. Cecil Petty, Lt. Eugene Ecklund, Corporal Larry Ingalls, and Corporal Roy Meuret.
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Los Angeles
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Pacific
United States
Bill Henry
Los Angeles Times
Henry
Cecil Petty
Eugene Ecklund
Larry Ingalls
Roy Meuret
Petty
Johnson Wins Colorado Senate Seat in Taxing Nation
Edwin C. Johnson was elected to the U.S. Senate as the sole Democratic victor in Colorado. He led Ralph L. Carr by 3917 votes with 173,919 to 170,022 as 14 precincts remained. Johnson praised ending the disunity of the campaign and urged focus on winning the war.
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Denver
Edwin C. Johnson
United States Senate
Colorado
Ralph L. Carr
Johnson
Carr
Army to Add Five Divisions in Two Months
The army announced plans to activate five new infantry divisions within two months. Secretary Stimson condemned a Senate plan for a year long training requirement for 18 and 19 year olds as a prewar mentality likely to hinder war effort. He warned it could force safer choices with older, more cautious personnel.
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Washington
Army
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Allies Blast Roads Jammed by Transports
Axis forces retreating across western Egypt with Rommel’s corps in flight as 9,000 prisoners are taken in 24 hours. Allied air forces press the attack while the Axis withdraws to new western lines and unstaffed forward posts signal surprise on the El Alamein front.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Rommel
United Nations
Rome
Libya
el Alamein
Alexandria
The
Nile
Reuters
Western Desert
Eighth Army
Berlin
Hitler
Roosevelt in Excellent Spirits Amid Election Amazement
Vice President Henry A. Wallace said President Roosevelt is in excellent spirits after Republican gains in the election. He argued the small voter turnout favored Republicans and blamed older, wealthier voters and missing soldier votes for Democratic losses. He dismissed the idea of a rebuke to the administration.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
House
Agriculture
Middle West
Gifts Slower In Local Drive
Twin City Community Chest urges donations to fund wartime relief efforts. The campaign stresses time from solicitors means money for nine agencies aiding crippled children and others facing hardship, with the slogan United We Serves United We Give.
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Twin City
Community Chest
Fighting French Paratroopers Strike Behind Axis Lines
Fighting French parachute soldiers have dropped behind Axis desert lines and knocked out almost 100 enemy planes. Reuters says the picked troops from a core of specialists raided Barka and Martuba near Tobruk, with one killed, four prisoners and 13 missing.
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London
Reuters
Beirut
Lebanon
Barka
Bengasi
Martuba
Tobruk
Crete
Britain
Libya
Dabae Fuka
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von Stumme
Russia
Hird
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