Allied Bombers Target Airfields and Rail Hubs in New Guinea Drive
Allied air power concentrates on Foggia and ten auxiliary airfields while raids disrupt coastal supply lines in New Guinea as Gen. MacArthur leads bombers against Japanese barges near Salamaua. Tokyo claims of losses are questioned by Allied observers amid war espionage arrests led by Grace Buchanan Dineen.
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New Guinea
Europe
Foggia
Naples
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
U. S
Tokyo
FBI
Grace Buchanan Dineen
Germany
Owen Monahan
41St Division
Food ration plan limits for 1943 44 outlined
Government announces civilians will receive 75 percent of the total food supply for 1943 44 with 13 percent to the army and 10 percent to lend lease. Servicemen eat more per day than civilians and the plan notes a population-equivalent impact of about 4 million people.
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United States
Red forces push toward Kharkov in Donetz basin drive
Soviet troops press the Nazi line in the Donetz basin gaining ground on coal and iron hubs. Kharkov area advances reach Zenkov while Bryansk fronts slow, as Allied leaders stress cooperation and progress for freedom. Roosevelt addresses 30,000 Canadians in Ottawa urging shared aims.
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Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Russia
Donetz
Zenkov
Bryansk
Co-Operative Action of Nations
Roosevelt
Ottawa
Canada
Judge Fights Military Rule Over Habeas Corpus in Hawaii
U S judge Delbert Metzger denounces military governor Lieut Gen Robert Richardson Jr clashing over releasing two naturalized German citizens held since Pearl Harbor era. Metzger fines Richardson 5000 dollars after contempt ruling and Richardson bars further habeas corpus. Congressmen defend relocation center detainees noting 16000 released but not charged and low daily food costs amid criticism.
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U. S
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Delbert Metzger
Richardson
Metzger
History Written at Quebec by Baukhage on Roosevelt Churchill Meet
Baukhage reports from Quebec on the Roosevelt Churchill conference. He notes missing Russian representation, media confusion, and guarded access. He recalls careful timing by Roosevelt, Churchill’s late night hours, and the dense press presence at the Clarendon hotel and Chateau Frontenac.
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Baukhage
Quebec
Western
Union
Stalin
Russia
America
Gibraltar
Stephen Early
Litvinov
Clarendon Hotel
Chateau Frontenac
Jews Diminished in Axis Europe Says AJCongress
American Jewish Congress cites a drop from 8.3 million to about 3.3 million Jews in Axis controlled Europe. Of five million missing, about three million dead, 1.8 million moved into Soviet Russia, and 180,000 emigrated to various places.
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Axis Controlled
Europe
American Jewish Congress
Soviet Russia
French Liberation Committee Recognized as Admin Agency
The French Committee of National Liberation based in Algiers will be treated by the United States United Kingdom and Russia as an administrative authority only for the parts of the French empire under its control until France can choose a government. Allied military command will oversee its operations in North Africa and the Near East as factions under De Gaulle and Giraud unite under political and military leadership.
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France
French Committee of National Liberation
Algiers
North Africa
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Darlan
Dwight Eisenhower
de Gaulle
Giraud
Liberation Committee
Near East
Fiji Grants Reciprocal Aid to U S Forces
The Fiji colony is offering reciprocal aid to U S forces amounting to nearly three million dollars annually. The WPB notes women match or exceed men in making diamond dies. A heavy bomber at 250 mph uses 3 1/2 gallons of fuel per minute. The army seeks 7,500 more physicians this quarter and 2,500 more by January 1 1944 to keep its health standard.
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Fiji
U. S
WPB
U. S. Army
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Mackenzie King
War Relocation Authority
Herman P. Eberharter
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Union Trust Building
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British Broadcasting Company
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Washington
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London
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Moscow
Free Germany Committee
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Hyde Park
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Foreign Office
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Chicago
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Shreveport
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Chariton
Iowa
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Aldwell
Texas
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