President seeks broad immigration power amid wartime debate
The article critiques a proposed presidential grab for blanket authority to suspend immigration laws, noting House Ways and Means Committee resistance and Attorney General Biddle’s remarks. It argues the plan would allow entry of Europeans deemed desirable yet unwelcome, risking domestic unrest. It highlights border issues at Detroit and labor needs in the Southwest.
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Detroit
Congress
Europe
Rade Ical
Soviet Forces Break Don River Stronghold On Front Near Stalingrad
Soviet shock troops seized another Don River stronghold and pressed westward in a blizzard along the Moscow front. The mid day communique reported gains across the snow with tanks and artillery backing infantry, capturing an Axis supply town and destroying enemy fortifications while Red troops pushed toward Stalingrad and toward Nalchik in the Caucasus.
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Henry C. Cassidy
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Don River
Stalingrad
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Krasnodar
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Kotelnikovski
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Nalchik
Planned cabinet shifts may stir Congress in Roosevelt plan
President Roosevelt considers a three way cabinet shift with Harold L. Ickes likely to become labor secretary and gain manpower control. Nomination for Paul V. McNutt interior secretary and Frances Perkins to lead the Federal Security Agency could follow after senate confirmation. Republicans and some Democrats ready to critique the cabinet role in the war efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Senate
Paul V. McNutt
Interior
Frances Perkins
Seles
Traveling salesmen face pressure from price controls
Representative Colmer accused the Henderson Price Administration of aiming to shut rural traveling salesmen out of business amid rubber shortages. He warned Japan controls raw rubber, urging open disclosure of wartime supply risks and defended salesmen as essential in Mississippi communities. He praised patriotic, practical administration over regimentation and deceit.
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Colmer
Democrat
Mississippi
Henderson
Japan
Hmself
Churchill Seeks War End As He Turns 68
London reports Prime Minister Churchill marked his 68th birthday with a busy dawn schedule and a hard line on Italy urging its exit from the war. He blended favorable war news with a warning of a stern and terrible 1943 as the Churchill family visited 10 Downing Street and BBC listeners sent birthday wishes. Field Marshal Smuts sent greetings from South Africa.
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Italy
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BBC
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
LSU removes electric V for Victory sign at Memorial Tower
In Baton Rouge on November 30, LSU officials say the large V for Victory sign on Memorial Tower was taken down to comply with civil defense regulations. The maintenance department will remove the lit sign to protect it from weather while citing patriotism.
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Louisiana State University
Office of Civilian Defense
Japanese Foothold Bid on Attu Island Reported
U S bombers strike the Kiska base as Japan seeks a foothold on Attu in the western Aleutians. Navy briefed that a small Japanese cargo ship was attacked by Flying Fortresses on Thanksgiving, set ablaze by three bombs and seen sinking.
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Washington
Kiska
Attu
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MacArthur’s Men Smash New Attempt To Reinforce Buna
Allied forces in Australia report MacArthur’s units struck at Japanese efforts to reinforce Buna. Bombers hit two destroyers off New Guinea’s east coast, setting them aflame and likely sinking them. Naval forces also seized a German auxiliary west of Australia after forcing it to surrender following scuttling.
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Buna
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Pacific
Leopard skin muff saved girl in Cocoanut Grove fire
Joyce Spector, a Boston two year old who survived the Cocoanut Grove disaster, clung to a leopard skin muff as she crawled under chairs to safety. She described being separated from her escort Justin Morgan of Cambridge amid the crush as flames and smoke filled the venue.
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Joyce Spector
Boston
Safey
Justin Morgan
Cambridge
Boston Fire Toll Stands At Four Hundred Seventy Seven
Boston officials move to determine law violations after a Cocoa nut Grove Night club fire that killed 477 revelers. State and county authorities work with the Suffolk district attorney while a 16 year old bus boy is linked to the incident as morgues hold hundreds awaiting identification.
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Boston
John F. Stokes
Stephen C. Garrity
William J. Foley
Suffolk County
New England
Good Fellows Fund Grows as Public Contributes
The Good Fellows fund expands with new Christmas donations reflecting community care for deprived families. A letter from a 10 year old requesting Christmas dinner highlights winter hardship for many in the local area and underscores the fund's charitable mission.
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San Hope
Churchill Warns Italy to Quit War for Separate Peace
The BBC in London reiterated Prime Minister Churchill warnings to the Italian people to leave the war or face prolonged scientific and shattering air attacks. The broadcasts followed Churchill’s victory speech and aired the full text to urge an independent peace.
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Churchill
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Emergency gasoline allotment for essential fleet operators
War Price and Rationing Board No 28 says transport fleet operators and official vehicles may obtain emergency gasoline when rationing begins if they have not yet received ration books. The processing of applications and books is not finished. A books and other private vehicles are excluded.
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OPA
Vus Goodman
Final Rites Held for Toni Jo Henry in Lake Charles
Last rites were held at 10 30 am for Annie Beatrice Toni Jo Henry 26 executed Saturday at a Catholic service led by Father Wayne Richard at Burke Funeral Home. Burial was arranged in Graceland cemetery by John T Burke as relatives did not claim the body.
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Annie Beatrice
Toni Jo) Henry
Wayne Richard
Burke
Graceland Cemetery
John T. Burke
Potter's Field
Chaos in gasoline rationing warned by Senator Vandenberg
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan warned that nationwide gasoline rationing could spark real chaos unless administrators simplify the system. He called the eastern model an administrative mess and urged local responsibility to prevent a breakdown, adding sympathy for Price Administrator Henderson but insisting field work is needed.
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Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Leon Henderson
Reed
Republican
Kansas
Defense Transportation
Allied push near Tunis as Tunisia siege tightens
British and American forces advance within 12 miles of Tunis and Bizerte after heavy aerial bombardment. French Reunion capitulates to Allied demand, ending Vichy resistance. Air and sea strikes target Tunisian ports and rail links, with Rome confirming Turin bombing campaign as part of the broader North Africa offensive.
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Mansfield woman's grandson among Cocoanut Grove victims
James Benjamin Jenkins, Harvard senior and grandson of Mrs. Kie Jenkins of Mansfield, is listed among those killed in the Cocoanut Grove fire. He was the son of Colonel W. B. Jenkins of Fort Bragg, a Mansfield native, and a great-nephew of the late John Jenkins of Shreveport. Mrs. Jenkins left for Fort Bragg to be with her son after learning the news.
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Mansfield
Boston
Troop Movements Reported Moving Through Italy
Swiss edition of the Frankfurter Zeitung says endless columns of troop transports and war materiel were moving southward through Italy. The report did not specify if the columns were German or Italian.
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Zurich
Switzerland
The
Frankfurter Zeitung
Italy
Rites Held for Gun Victim Helen Burkett
The funeral for 17 year old Helen Catherine Burkett of West Monroe was held at St. Paschal's Catholic Church. Interment followed in the Catholic cemetery. The accident occurred as the Burkett family returned from a hunting trip when a 20 gauge shotgun discharged in the car, striking Helen in the neck.
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West Monroe
St. Paschal's Catholic Church
N. F Vandegaer
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