United States to move through French Tunisia in North Africa
President Roosevelt informed the Bey of Tunis that American forces intend to pass through Tunisia to strike east against Axis troops retreating from Egypt. The message, delivered Saturday night via Admiral Esteva, asserts cooperation with France and aims to destroy the common enemies in North Africa. Tunisia sits between Algiers and Libya, with the Bey as nominal governor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tunis
North Africa
Tunisia
Egypt
White House
Sidi Moncef Pacha
France
North
Africa
Algiers
Libya
Bey
Jean Pierre Esteva
United States
Rena
Nazi Italian Planes Busy Over Algiers Actions
German and Italian aircraft engaged Allied vessels off Algiers from Nov six, sinking six warships and four merchant ships. A Leander-class British cruiser was torpedoed by a U boat in the western Mediterranean. In Egypt, a prisoner-briefed group broke through to rejoin Rommel and inflicted heavy casualties while destroying tanks near Matruh.
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Berlin
High Command
Algiers
Mediterranean
Rommel
Matruh
Rome
West Africa
Maryland boards to call childless married men next month
Baltimore reports that Maryland draft boards will begin calling childless married men next month. Hundreds married before the draft law took effect are being reclassified from 3-A to 1-A as local boards mail supplementary questionnaires asking why they should not be reclassified as available for military service. State Draft Director Col. Henry C. Stanwood says every effort is made to exhaust the supply of single men before married men are drafted. New York notes stock strength shifts as war issues lose ground amid conflicting world affairs.
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Baltimore
State Selective Service
Maryland
Henry C. Stanwood
We Made Use Of Vichy Too
Washington reports France under Vichy has broken relations with the United States. The State Department said American charge d affaires S Pinkney Tuck at Vichy had transmitted Laval's note, ending the long maintained ties. Laval announced the break in a Sunday press conference, while Hull noted the 1940 policy aimed to facilitate the North Africa expedition.
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Washington
State Department
France
United States
Department
Pierre Laval
French North Africa
S. Pinkney Tuck
Vichy
Laval
Hull
North Africa
Sick Of Vichy French Consul at Boston Quits
Francois Briere, French consul at Boston since 1937, resigns declaring that the American North Africa offensive is a first step in the liberation of France. He sent his resignation to Ambassador Haye and informed Under-Secretary Welles. Also notes potential replacement for Rep. Martin as Republican national chairman.
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Boston
North Africa
France
Francois Briere
M. Briere
Geneva
Gaston Henry Haye
Sumner Welles
Rommel's Remnants Flee Into Libya
Allied air and ground forces chased Rommel's retreating Axis troops into Libya near Halfaya Pass as British and American air power pounded columns and destroyed trucks. Matruh capitulation followed, with reports of Italian divisions—Pavia, Trento, Bologna, Brescia, Folgore, Trieste—captured and equipment seized. General Montgomery altered plans to concentrate armored forces for a decisive breakthrough while Axis air losses outpaced Allied casualties.
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Rommel
Africa
Eighth Army
Libya
Halfaya
Hellfire
Halfaya Pass
Matruh
Pavia
el Alamein
Trento
Bologna
Brescia
Folgore
Trieste
B. L. Montgomery
Montgomery
Supreme Court sustains 49 cent penalty on excess wheat
Justice Jackson delivers ruling upholding the 1941 act that doubles the excess per bushel penalty over AAA quotas to 49 cents. The ruling notes the penalty applies when threshing creates wheat beyond the quota, with penalties payable unless stored under regulation or delivered to the Secretary, shaping farm marketing limits nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Justice Jackson
Montgomery County
Ohio
Roosevelt
Congress
Jackson
War bulletins from Nov. 9 report clashes in Paris and raids in Helsinki
Reuters notes Paris demonstrators clash with police in the German occupied capital while a Helsinki dispatch reports 45 killed and 125 injured in a noon raid by the Russian air force. Axis claims include sinking a cruiser and damaging steamers near Algiers as German broadcasts report 18 Allied ships sunk by U boats. The Sultan of Morocco broadcasts a loyalty message to Moslems to defend Vichy Morocco.
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Paris
London
Reuters
Berlin
Navy
Helsinki
Tangier
Morocco
Six U S Transports Attacked at Algiers by Nazi Bombers
A Vichy radio report quoted by Reuters said six United States troop transports entering the roadstead at Algiers were attacked by German dive-bombers. American and British forces in the port reportedly bolstered anti-aircraft defenses as guns on shore and ships engaged the Axis attackers.
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London
Reuters
United States
Algiers
Berlin Hears from Vichy of Darlan Taken Captive
German dispatches from Vichy report high probability that Admiral Darlan and General Juin have been captured in North Africa. The broadcast notes were issued Monday morning and reflect Berlin's reading of Allied or Vichy sources.
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Berlin
Vichy
Darlan
Dartah
Juin
North Africa
American and British forces seize Algiers port
Vichy radio says British and United States naval units entered Algiers after capitulation and began landing American infantry and RAF personnel. Eisenhower and General Voeldt signed for respective nations. At 10 a.m. a transport and a destroyer flew the British flag at the docks while a crowd watched the arrival.
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London
Vichy
Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
AEP
United States
General Voeldt
France
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Eisenhower
Voeldt
French Army Corps
Oran
Tafaroui
U S Seizes Vichy French Ships Here
Secretary Hull announced that all Vichy French ships in U S ports are placed in protective custody. Passports for Vichy ambassador Gaston Henry Haye are ready and will be handed to him later. He noted no appointment was requested and a visit would not be necessary.
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Washington
Hull
Vichy
Gaston Henry Haye
Henry-Haye
France
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Dense Fog Slows City Traffic In Morning Hours
A heavy early morning fog reduced visibility and slowed traffic as the city woke. Overnight temps fell to 33 degrees with light weekend rain contributing about .03 inch, keeping the monthly total around three quarters of an inch.
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Trafic
Plane Score 141 Tol0 In Last Month
Boston November 9 Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson announced October box score of 141 planes to 19 for United States Army airmen against Axis forces. He praised October air shots and noted Allied units in Russia to protect convoys to Murmansk.
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Boston
Robert P. Patterson
United States Army
CIO
Army Air Forces
Tabor
Patterson
Europe
Royal Air Force
Russia
Murmansk
Local Maryland Troops in North Africa Invasion Questioned
Residents wonder if Frederick County men serve in the Allied assault on French North Africa. Some Maryland draftees had reached Britain with a regional contingent, but unit names remain undisclosed and no definitive list exists. It is believed some local men may be among the invasion forces.
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North Africa
Great Britain
Maryland
England
American Troop Losses Light in North Africa Campaign
United States forces struck French North Africa with overwhelming power inflicting serious Vichy navy losses at Casablanca and forcing the capture of Algiers. Allied leaders praised low US casualties while forecasting swift expansion of landings along the Atlantic coast and into the Mediterranean as the drive against Axis forces in Africa continues.
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United States
French North Africa
Casablanca
Algiers
Hitler
Toulon
North Africa
Vichy
Gibraltar
Safi
Atlantic
Aga Agadir
Mogador
Eighth Army
Africa
Europe
Fedhala
Arzew
Oran
Mediterranean
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. 5 S. Army
AEF
Algeria
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