Axis may quit North Africa without fight, Cairo reports
Allied dispatches from Cairo say Tobruk is reoccupied by the British as Rommel’s forces retreat. RAF claims six Italian transport planes shot down, suggesting Axis troops may be leaving Tunisia. Eighth Army drives west while Allied air forces pound enemy columns and supply barges along the Mediterranean.
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Cairo
Tobruk
North Africa
Eighth Army
French North Africa
Tunisia
Rommel
el Adem
Mediterranean
Westbrook Pegler Attacks Religious Faker Advertising Fraud
A correspondent criticizes a religious self styled prophet who claims communion with God and sells a costly course. He notes newspapers rely on advertising revenue and cites prior reader complaints and collection agency letters from Delaware. He recalls editorial refusals and cites Joseph Smith Mark Twain and Mary Baker Eddy as parallels.
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Delaware
Joseph Smith
Mark Twain
Mary Taker Eddy
Japanese Cargo Ships Blasted In Solomon Islands Fight
American submarines and air raids hit Japanese shipping in the Solomons and New Guinea theater. At least 11 cargo and transport vessels were damaged or sunk, with four ships of about 35,000 tons reported damaged near the Buin base while air forces dropped a total of 15 tons of bombs on shipping concentrations. The action follows fights around Henderson Field as U S and Allied forces press to control shipping lanes and repel Japanese attempts to retake ground positions in the region.
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Washington
South
Pai
Solomon Islands
Newea
Bumnisi
Solomons
Australia
Flying Fortress
Cataa
in-Faisi
Hese
Guadalcanal
Hit dismissed Mediterranean commander by radio report
A MosW radio broadcast said Adolf Hitler dismissed Marshal Albert selling, the Axis commander in the Mediterranean, for allegedly tipping off German high command about the Allied offensive in North Africa.
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Fondon
Mos W
Adolf Hit
Albert Selling
Mediterranean
North
Africa
New Donations Acknowledged For Twin City Community Chest
List of donors and amounts reported through Friday noon includes Dr A J Emerson 3.00 Fire Adjustment Bureau employees 3.50 Conservation Department employees 76.10 and many individuals and company groups giving sums from 3.75 to 200 or more. Continued on thirteenth page.
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Twin City Community Chest
A. J. Emerson
Fire Adjustment Bureau
Conservation Department
FiawRins i
Aee
Tate Woman's Benefit Association
G. W. Couchesha
Louisiana Candy Co
St. Francis Sanitarium
St.Francis Sanitarium
West
Tell Baker, Lawhon & For
Og dc
Baker, Lawhon & Ford
Tobruk Timetable From World War II Chronology
Timeline of Tobruk actions from 1940 to 1942 including British offensives in Egypt, sieges, and changes of control. Key events include the 1941 capture with 25,000 Italian prisoners, the 1942 Axis siege and Rommel's capture with 33,000 British prisoners, and subsequent Allied reliefs.
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Egypt
Tobruk
Axis
Rommel
Spain shifts to neutral stance amid Mediterranean shifts
Washington reports President Roosevelt received a satisfactory Franco reply on American North Africa aid not targeting Spain. Franco, under pressure from Allied gains, appears to pivot to strict neutrality as Vichy influence recedes, with Spain aiming for a middle path amid unfolding Mediterranean changes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Francisco Franco
Spain
North
Africa
Tunis
Tunisia
New York
Adolf Hitler
Mediterranean
Vichy France
Vichy
North Africa
Methodists in Louisiana conference close meeting with appointments
The Louisiana conference of the Methodist church wraps up with pastor appointments for next year. It endorsed the Louisiana moral and civic foundation and plans for Foundation Day on January 17, 1943. New trustees named include Dr. W. L. Doss Jr. Baton Rouge and others, with several two and one year terms. Memorial service honored the dead, including Mrs. Cain and Rev. Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Church
Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation
W. L. Doss, Jr
Baton Rouge
B. H. Andrews
Lake Charles
W. D. Davis
Hicks
L. W. Cain
S. D. Howard
J. B. Williams
J. B. Blackburn
S. W. Irwin
Leesville
Elaine Willett
Colfax
Mine Kills German Troop Column in France
Moscow radio reports five German soldiers killed when a mine blows up the truck leading a Nazi column moving south into formerly unoccupied France.
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London
Moscow Radio
France
Pursuer Hurdled By Runaway Elephant Near Mount Etna
Modoc the elephant charged a group of farmers and Kenneth Kindley a 35 year old farmer joining the Hoosier safari suffered dangerous injuries. He was rushed to a Huntington hospital with possible broken neck as the five ton animal roamed from Wabash into Huntington counties near Lagro and Mount Etna.
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Wabash
Ind
Modoc
Kenneth Kindley
Kindley
Huntington
Roscoe McDaniels
Salamonie
Andrews
Lagro
Mount Etna
Wabash County
Huntington County
Wear Howell
Shipyard Sets New Record For Assembly Time
In San Francisco on Friday the 13th a four day and 1512 hour record for assembling the merchant ship Robert E Peary was reported as another yard prepared to launch a smaller ship, the 8 000 ton Samuel Very, from its graving dock at Alameda at 8 am.
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San Francisco
Robert E. Peary
Axis
Pacific Bridge Company
Alameda
Pacific War
Demand to suspend the 40 hour week grows in Congress
Washington reports demand to raise the standard work week to 48 hours to speed war production. Senator Byrd argues the 42-hour average in war industries slows the fighting and suggests extending hours. President Roosevelt says the nation is effectively on a 48-hour week. The Senate defense committee proposes overtime pay in bonds to offset inflation.
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Byrd
Democrat
Virginia
North Africa
Roosevelt
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Senate Committee
Senate
Comedy turns grim as El Biar battle erupts in Algeria
American troops near Algiers clash with French forces and Arab snipers in a lively yet deadly skirmish at El Biar. Mortars and machine guns drive opponents from a barracks as civilians watch, turning a comic moment into a brutal frontline encounter.
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William H. Stoneman
A. E. FP
Africa
Associated Press
Algeria
North Africa
Algiers
el Biar
Italian morale sinks as invasion threat grows
Washington reports Italy fears invasion and hastily strengthens defenses against American and British troops. Mussolini’s regime debates propaganda to steady internal fronts while Sardinia and southern regions face renewed bombardment and calls for national resolve.
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Washington
Italy
Noted Cleric Assigned Here in Monroe
Announcement in New Orleans named Rev. A. M. Serex of Shreveport as pastor of the First Methodist church in Monroe He succeeds Dr A M Freeman who becomes district superintendent for the Shreveport area Serex a Belgium native and noted scholar will preach Sunday morning and evening He lectured at Centenary College and now leads funds for a proposed new education project
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New Orleans
A. M. Serex
Shreveport
Louisiana Methodist Conference
First Methodist
Monroe
A. M. Freeman
Belgium
Centenary College
Freeman
Four Louisiana soldiers hurt when bus struck by train
Four Louisianians and a Mississippi man were injured when a Kansas City Southern train struck a bus load of soldiers near Camp Polk on Wednesday night. Injuries included forehead and head lacerations and a bruised knee. The bus driver and several soldiers were treated at Leesville and Camp Polk hospitals.
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Camp Polk
Kansas City Southern
Joseph Moran
Deridder
Lewis M. Garrison
Oak Grove
Joseph A. Sabatier
New Orleans
Lonnie Hunter
Leesville
R. E. McC
Rescue of Rickenbacker Plane Crew Member Sparks Hope
Captain William T. Cherry Jr. of Abilene Texas was rescued by the Navy in the southern Pacific after the aircraft carrying Captain Eddie Rickenbacker disappeared October 21 near Hawaiian waters. Authorities say other survivors may be on life rafts nearby as intensive search efforts continue.
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Washington
Eadie Rickenbacker
Pacific
War Department
Hawaiian
Stimson
Rickenbacker
William T. Cherry, Jr
Abilene
Tex
Department
Navy
Honolulu
South Pacific
Army Air Forces
War Stimson
Henry H. Arnold
Air Force
Captain Cherry
Southern Pacific
Nazis Launch New Offensive at Stalingrad
Soviet and German actions near Stalingrad ranged through fierce fighting as Red Star reported heavy German losses and repelled assaults. The Soviet bulletin noted tenacious defense with infantry and tanks, claim Germans left 60 dead in one sector. Northwest of the Volga city, Russian forces repelled an enemy attack as the day’s fighting continued.
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Moscow
Red Star
Stalingrad
Red Army
Soviet Information Bureau
American pilots worth $5 in gold to Arabs in North Africa
American pilots forced down near Oran were offered $5 in gold each by Arab guides who led them to Allied headquarters. The pilots carried Roosevelt messages urging safe return and food, with the guide paid extra to return their parachutes, highlighting a mixed price system in the field.
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Allied
North Africa
Oran
Roosevelt
United States
Franklin Roosevelt
Middle East
Allied sweep toward Tunisia threatens Tripoli port gains
British American forces led by General Eisenhower push toward Tunisia with American assault troops crossing the frontier within reach of Tripoli. Rommel abandons Tobruk as Axis positions crumble, while French North Africa shifts to support the offensive base. Air reports note six Italian troop planes downed en route to Tunisia.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisia
Rommel
Tripoli
Tobruk
First Army
Tunisian
North Africa
Vichy Radio
Auguste Nogues
Morocco
Jean
Draft bill ready to sign 18 and 19 year olds face draft
Washington November 13 The draft bill for teenagers awaits President Roosevelt's signature. If approved some 18 and 19 year olds could be called by Christmas with about 800000 of 1500000 eligible youths expected to be drafted this winter. Major General Hershey warns roughly 500000 may join armed forces through voluntary enlistment. The measure sets ages from those turning 18 by April 27. Senate debate ended as conference panel backed removing a 12 month pre combat training clause while farm worker deferment provisions sparked objections.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lewis B. Hershey
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Senate
Senate-House
Pepper
Florida
Vote Fraud Probe Nearing End in Jackson Parish
Shreveport Louisiana November 13 The grand jury investigation of election fraud in Jackson parish may be nearing a close Few witnesses appeared at the federal building including Congressman Newt V Mills who had sought a recount but abandoned it after results from the Jonesboro boxes Were key figure Congressman-Elect Charles E McKenzie testified Wednesday before returning to Monroe
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Shreveport
Grand
Jackson Parish
Federal
Newt V. Mills
Jonesboro
Charles E. McKenzie
Monroe
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