General Scott Keyes Counterattack In Libya And Washington Wartime Life
Maj. Gen. Charles L. Scott, a U S tank expert back from Libya, helped stem Rommel's advance in Egypt by taking temporary command of a counterattack. A Washington labor survey shows clerks and stenographers face high costs, driving many young women home. V mail aims to speed letters with privacy and space savings, while education programs encourage use. Cordell Hull declines a job over past petition against scrap iron to Japan. Evie Robert mocks a governor race bet, and Dieppe raid headlines are questioned for overstatement. Some Japanese descent citizens push for a second duty.
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Charles L. Scott
U. S
Libya
von Rommel
Alexandria
Scott
Egypt
Rommel
Washington
Labor Department
Civil Service
Capitol
White House
Norah Booth
OPA
Nashville
Tenn
Miss Booth
Cordell Hull
New York
State Department
Japan
Evie Robert
Jim Mead
Jim Farley
U. S. Army
Dieppe
Herbert Agar
Marine Corps
Carlson
California
Milne Bay Victory Dominates Allied Front In Pacific News
Western Union analysis reports United Nations forces rout Japanese units at Milne Bay securing a major victory. Soviet bomber raids target German cities while offensive actions prepare air bases for Chinese forces amid global wartime developments.
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United Nations
Milne Bay
Milne Bay trap crushes Japanese force in New Guinea
General MacArthur reports Milne Bay cleared with heavy Japanese losses and tanks captured. Port Moresby saved for a fourth time as Japs outguessed and attacked the right flank. U S troops in the Solomons consolidate positions on Guadalcanal and other islands amid mopping up.
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Milne Bay
MacArthur
Australia
Port Moresby
Solomons
U. S
Guadalcanal
Navy
Solomon Islands
Tulagi
Florida
Tanambogo
Makambo
Gavutu
The Good Earth Recaptured by China
Chinese forces recaptured Chuhsien and Lishui, two key eastern airport cities, shifting momentum in Chekiang Kiangsi fighting. The gains reduce Japanese expansion and bring targets within 700 miles of Japan, though officials caution the victory reflects overextended enemy lines rather than clear offensive superiority.
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Chuhsien
Lishui
China
Chekiang
Kiangsi
America
United States
Soviet Air Raids Grow, Berlin Targeted In War News
Moscow reports intensified bombings by Red air forces hitting Berlin and other cities such as Koenigsberg Danzig and Stettin as night raids increase. German claims of aimless bombing contrast with Soviet counteroffensives around Stalingrad and Zhukov forces pushing Nazis back across a strategic water barrier.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Gregory Zhukov
Meatless Days and Shipping Space in War Time
President Roosevelt urged meatless days to save shipping space for wartime needs. The plan aims to shift U S meat to British and Allied fronts, replacing Argentine Australian and New Zealand beef and mutton, with ships rerouted from Buenos Aires Wellington and Sydney to shorter routes.
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Roosevelt
U. S
New Zealand
Great Britain
Buenos Aires
Wellington
Sydney
Crush Japan Warns of Crushing Defeat for Peace
Joseph C. Grew after returning from Japan on the Gripsholm warned that only a crushing defeat of the Japanese militarists would assure future peace in the Pacific. He argued that force and a strengthened production program are needed and that a peaceful America cannot coexist with swashbuckling Japan.
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Pacific
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Washington
Grew
Gripsholm
Pacific Ocean
America
United Nations
Kaiser's Record Ship Launches and V Mail Push
Henry J. Kaiser announced a goal of ten thousand freighters launched within 18 days as the John Fitch led the way with 24 days from keel to launch, breaking a prior record. He also proposed cargo plane plans to Washington. Across the nation 45,000 post offices offer free V mail forms to speed letters to soldiers overseas, saving cargo space.
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Army
Army Postal Service
Henry J. Kaiser
Pacific Coast
John Fitch
Kaiser
Oregon Yards
Washington
Allied Bombers Hit German Targets In Two Night Raids
British long range bombers estimated at least 650 attacked southern and southwestern Germany for two nights in a row. A separate U S Army Air Forces raid on Rotterdam dropped tons of bombs on the Dutch port and dockyards.
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Germany
London
Rotterdam
United States Army Air Force
Christmas plans and war reflections from Eleanor Roosevelt
The piece describes holiday giving with defense bonds and stamps, church and YMCA collaborations for soldiers, and a personal note from Eleanor Roosevelt about her son’s service and the toll of war. It recalls a dinner with President Roosevelt and a viewing of the film The Big Shot, after which he resumed work.
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Service Men's Council
Federation of Churches
YMCA
New York
Brooklyn
Queens
Army
Training centers urged as pre induction sites for war needs
Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell urged schools and colleges to become pre induction training centers for the armed services. He warned some colleges may need to dedicate all facilities to this purpose. Brig. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, wounded in Pacific action, returned to Washington after naval logistics work under MacArthur.
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Brehon Somervell
Services of Supply
U. S. Army
Armed Services
Dieppe
Europe
Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Escaped interned officers outpace Graf Spee aftermath
More than 100 of the 1,000 plus personnel interned after the Graf Spee was scuttled in Montevideo have escaped internment in Argentina. Juan Antonio Solari, a senate committee chair, discusses anti-Argentine activities as part of the investigation. Dr Belisario Porras, 85, long served Panama as president and diplomat, dies from chronic respiratory illness. Germany reports a record 1942 potato crop despite Berlin shortages.
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Graf Spee
Montevideo
Argentina
Juan Antonio Solari
Senate
Belisario Porras
Republic of Panama
United States
League of Nations
Germany
Berlin
U S Bombers Back British Actions in Desert Skirmishes
In the desert prelude to a major Egyptian offensive British and Axis forces clash daily along supply and patrol routes. U S bombers aid the British as Rommel holds El Alamein while the RAF and US planes attack Tobruk El Daba and hinter Rommel lines. Allied strikes target camps tanks and armored units and naval targets off Libya.
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U. S
Erwin Rommel
el Alamein
Alexandria
Cairo
Mediterranean
RAF
Tobruk
el Daba
Rommel
Libya
Jiffy Knit Jacket Pattern 7350 Offers Low Cost
Pattern 7350 provides a jacket design with sizes 12 14 16 18 and includes stitch illustrations and materials list. Ordering information appears at the end.
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