Allied Air and Sea Pressure Near Buna In Southwest Pacific
Allied forces push toward Buna as American bombers and naval units press the New Guinea front. U S Army and British troops close within 25 miles of the enemy invasion base while Allied airpower strikes Japanese positions around Buna.
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Associated Press
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Sankichi Takahashi
Washington
United States
Solomon Islands
Solomons
Takahashi
Tokyo
United States Pacific
South Seas
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Buna
United States Army
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
United Nations
Papua
Francis Forde
MacArthur
Thomas Blamey
Allied Land Force
George Kenney
Allied Air Force
Awala
Kumusi River
Wallace remarks spark talk of 1944 New Deal nominee
The piece critiques Vice President Henry Wallace's views at a Soviet Friendship council. It notes his suggestion of balancing political democracy with economic democracy in Russia and the United States, contrasts wage disparities, and questions how Americans would react to Russia-like economic control under a Wallace-led administration.
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Henry Wallace
Wallace
United States
New Deal
Russia
Fusia
British Eighth Army Reaches Coastal Libyan Front
Vanguards of Britain's Eighth Army halted about 50 miles south of Benghazi and 15 miles from the Gulf of Sirte shore. The move places the force on the eastern coastal road near Agedabia, signaling the southern wing of Rommel’s pursuit broken axis. Allied bombers, including U S planes, pounded Libya as the advance neared Antelat and the waterline of retreat.
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Cairo
Britain
Eighth Army
Bengasi
False returns alleged in Plaquemines parish election case
POINTE A LA HACHE La Nov 19 Charged in an affidavit by three parish board member candidates in a November 3 general election with airing a fraudulent statement of the returns two members of a board election supervisors named last year Governor Sam Jones for Plaquemines parish were under 1500 bonds day Bernard Ansardi and R A Cognevich were arrested yesterday District Attorney Leander Perez announced ten William A Adams Joseph F ever and John S Evasovich accused em of giving a statement that no action had been held in the parish Secretary of State James A A Gremillion announced in Baton Rouge Tues y that he was holding up returns of a general election until the Plaquemines dispute was settled or until the adline November 23A group of election supervisors appointed by Leche in 1938 claiming ey were still in office filed returns y the parish but Gremillion refused em on advice from the attorney gen The board on which Ansardi and gnevich served told Gremillion that mmissioners they appointed were evented from serving at the palls by puty sheriffs
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Pointe A LA Hache
Sam Jones
Plaqueines Parish
Bernard Ansardi
R. A. Cognech
Atorney
Leander Perez
William A. Adams
Joseph Fever
John S. Evasovich
James A A. Gremil
Baton Rouge
Leche
Gremillion
Allies Clash With Axis In New North Africa Offensive
Nations’ strongest forces converged on the Tunisian region as General Anderson’s First Army pushed from Algeria toward Tunis and Bizerte. American and British paratroopers secured airfields while RAF and USAAF bombers hit Axis positions. Eighth Army closed on Rommel south of Bengali as long-range bombers struck Turin.
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London
United Nations
Bizerte-Tripolis
North Africa
Lake Chad
France
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
Flanders
Tunisia
Algeria
Tunis
Bizerte
Anderson
United States Army Air Forces
Eighth Army
Field Marshal
Rommel
el Agheila
Reuters
Morocco
Tobruk
Sicily
Bastrop Cleric Heads Baptists in Louisiana Convention
Rev. H. M. Bennett of Bastrop’s First Baptist church was elected president of the Louisiana Baptist convention. Officers named include Rev. M. E. Williamson first vice president, A. C. Skanmal second vice president, L. R. Morgan recording secretary, and W. M. Averett treasurer. New Orleans chosen as 1943 convention city. Final tally showed 476 messengers and 365 delegates, totaling 941 attendees. The three day session closed with varied musical offerings and readings at the First Baptist church.
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H. M. Bennett
First Baptist Church
Bastrop
Louisiana Baptist Convention
M. E. Williamson
Eunice
A. C. Skanmal
Shreveport
L. R. Morgan
Monroe
W. M. Averett
Farmerville
New Orleans
E. L. Carnett
Mansfield
C. T. Bowden
Dry Creek
Phantom Barber Convicted in Dolan Assault Case
William A. Dolan known as the phantom barber was found guilty of assault with intent to kill by a Pascagoula district court jury and sentenced to up to ten years. The June 13 attack on Mr and Mrs Terrell Heidelberg at their home sparked shipyard workers to avoid night shifts.
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Pascagoula
Miss
William A. Dolan
Dolan
Terrell Heidelberg
Russians Take Initiative in Caucasus Area
Moscow dispatch says Soviet forces extend offensive in Stalingrad and western Caucasus. Night actions report capturing enemy fortifications in southern Stalingrad, breaking trenches and inflicting losses. Advances northeast of Tuapse and near Nalchik cited with hundreds of enemy deaths, defenders pushing counterattacks in factory district of Stalingrad.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Red Army
Volga
Tuapse
Black Sea
Nalchik
mid-Caucasus
12 000 Enemy Aliens Held by FBI Warn of Sabotage Risk
New York November 13 FBI agents have detained nearly 12 000 enemy aliens and seized vast contraband since Pearl Harbor. Uniforms codes and thousands of film rolls from the Philippines were taken along with 4000 guns 250000 rounds and 2340 sticks of dynamite. FBI chief Foxworth said catalogs tracked potential traitors even before December 7 1941 and praised preparedness amid criticism.
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New York
Foxworth
United States
Bureau
Rationing ruling allows use of A books for hunting and fishing
Florida readers are advised that A book holders may use gasoline for hunting and fishing trips without violating OPA rules. Gordon Morecroft, state rationing officer, clarified after contact with Washington that the law allows motorists with A books to travel for these activities and to attend race tracks and other sports events.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
OPA
Gordon Morecroft
Washington
Morecroft
Alaska highway opens Friday with Arctic convoy salute
A ceremonial opening will parade a U S army truck and civil and military officials as the Alaska highway linking the United States and Canada debuts. The project unified U S Canada efforts, reached 1681 miles in seven months and seventeen days, with dignitaries from Canada and Alaska attending.
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Whitehorse
Yukon
Arctic
Alaska
United States
Canada
Japan
Northwest Service Corps
Refines Sims, Jr
Alfred Jaluska
Kennedy
Texas
Alaska-Yukon
Jack
Poisoned eggs blamed for Oregon hospital deaths
Forty four inmates with mental illness at the Oregon state hospital died after eating scrambled eggs, with 400 more patients seriously ill. Dr. J. C. Evans reported acute toxic symptoms and respiratory paralysis as the corps sought to determine if the federal surplus eggs were poisoned or chemically reactive. Coroner L. Fe Barrick called for an immediate investigation as 38 men and 6 women were listed among the dead.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Hospital
J. C. Evans
L. FE. Barrick
Marion County
Navy praised for whale of a job in Pacific war
Rep Ed Izac says the navy is doing a whale of a job in the Pacific and rejects criticism from Rep Melvin Maas who claims US losses undermine victories. Izac notes Jap navy is about half gone and U S losses are far lighter in ships planes and men. emphasizes results over criticism.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Ed V. Izac
California
Melvin Maas
Minnesota
Izac
House Naval Affairs Committee
Pacific
Jac
Maas
Laval Holds Death Power Over French
British observers report Laval’s new powers give him life and death authority over France under Vichy rule. Marshal Petain names Laval’s heir with full ability to craft laws and decrees, signaling potential alignment with Germany and a looming shift in France’s wartime posture.
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Laval
Marshal Petain
London
Germany
Vichy
France
Axis
Toulon
Pierre Laval
Lkely
Associated Press
Paris
Marcel Dent
Bilbo plans 30 day speech to kill poll tax bill
Senator Bilbo of Mississippi declares he will filibuster the poll tax repeal measure as the Senate wrangles over a federal override of states rights. He boasts of stamina and vows to talk for weeks while medical references and war-related analogies punctuate his stance.
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Washington
Bilbo
Mississippi
Senate
Pacific
House
Three Die as City Street Car Collides with Switch Engine
In New Orleans on November 19 a switch engine struck a Gentilly route street car at Elysian Fields avenue and Dauphine street. Three people were killed Jules Mossy 69 the conductor an unidentified white passenger and a Black passenger. One person was injured as the street car overturned and suffered heavy damage.
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New Orleans
Elysian Fields Avenue
Dauphine Street
Jules Mossy
Gentilly
German generals form anti Hitler junta in move to win allies
A London sourced report says a high level German military junta believes Hitler cannot win the war and seeks to isolate him to improve ties with the Allies in a potential stalemate or defeat. It lists Walther von Brauchitsch, Fedor von Bock, Franz Halder, Fritz Erich von Mannstein, Karl Rundstedt and Johannes Blaskowitz as members.
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London
Hitler
Fuehrer
Walther von Brauchitsch
Moscow
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Franz Halder
von Bock
Don
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Johannes Blaskowitz
Germany
Indi
Jeffers Opposes Proposals Delaying Gas Rationing
Rubber Administrator William M. Jeffers told the Senate banking committee that delaying gas rationing could threaten national program viability. He urged expanding tire recapping to keep the country on rubber, warning failure would be a military disaster. Senator Ellender pressed for protections against manufacturer-owned stores in retail tire trade.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Senate Banking Committee
Jeffers
Ellender
Louisiana
Woman in Slacks Kidnap Suspect in Southern California
Police pursue Margaret Wallace 26 as the bludgeoning of Inez Maclam 24 and the kidnapping of her three children unfold. The attack near San Diego left Mrs Maclam critically injured while two other kids Kay Rose 4 and Clark Edward 13 months were later found unharmed. Judith Rae Maclam 6 weeks was abandoned after Wallace fled a car bound for Oklahoma City.
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Los Angeles
California
Inez Maclam
Oklahoma City
Judith Rae Maclam
New Yorker Convicted of Treason in Sabotage Case
A 42 year old New York mechanic, Anthony Cramer, was found guilty of treason for aiding two saboteurs linked to Nazi submarine landings. The jury rejected his claim of innocence and possible execution loomed as sentencing followed.
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NEW Yorker
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