U S Troops Enter Oran as Darlan Becomes Prisoner
United States columns move southeast from Algiers toward Bou Saada and inland Libya, potentially bypassing Tunisia. Paris radio reports say Admiral Darlan is in American custody in Algiers and Petain will assume full command of French forces in all branches.
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U. S
Oran
Darlan
Rommel
Petain
Vichy
London
United States
Algiers
Libya
Paris
Bou Saada
Year's Training Elimination in Teen-Age Draft Bill
A joint Senate House committee agreed to a conference report on a teen-age draft bill removing the requirement of a year of military training for 18 and 19 year old selectees. The House had rejected Rankin's motion to accept the training amendment, paving the way for lowering the draft age to 18.
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Washington
Senate
House
Rankin
Dmiss
Congress
A Salute To The Marines On 167th Anniversary
Washington observes the Marines birthday anniversary as leaders including President Roosevelt and officials like Stimson Marshall and King offer praise. Marines on Guadalcanal the Aleutians and at sea pause to mark 167 years since 1775 when the service began in the American armed forces.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Aleutians
Ameri Armed Forces
Roosevelt
United States
War Stimson
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
German Siege of Leningrad Said to Be Broken
Reuters reported that the German News agency broadcast a claim of a dive bombing attack on the fortress Schluesselberg near Leningrad suggesting the encirclement of Leningrad was being broken. The fortress on Lake Lixioga, east of Leningrad, had been held by Germans for over a year.
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London
Reuters
DNB
Schluesselberg
Leningrad
Lake Lixioga
German Field Marshal Takes Command of Vichy Troops
Soviet sources report German Field Marshal Erwin Von Witzleben has arrived in Vichy French North Africa from occupied France to lead defense operations against American forces. The 61 year old commander, noted for breaking the Maginot line near Saarbruecken in June 1940, is said to travel with a mixed French and German staff.
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Vichy
Petain
France
Jean Darlan
Algiers
Havas
Darlan
London
Erwin von Witzleben
French North Africa
von Witzleben
Saarbruecken
Mail Ballots To Be Counted On Friday
Frederick County election officials prepare to count mail ballots Friday noon. Deadline midnight tonight. Secretary of State inquiry pending on military ballots received. Two contests may be influenced, including a House of Delegates race with a nine vote gap. State’s Attorney race with a 46 vote margin unlikely to flip. Ballots will be mailed to the Board of Election Supervisors and counted starting Friday.
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Secretary of State
Armed Services
Frederick County
Onty
House of Delegates
Board of Election Supervisors
Nazis Claim British Battleship Was Hit
German broadcasts said a U boat torpedoed a Queen Elizabeth class battleship in the North Atlantic. The radio reported a heavy explosion but there was no confirmation. The 35 000 ton Queen Elizabeth, completed in 1913, links with sisters Warspite Valiant and Malaya.
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Berlin
North Atlantic
Warsnite
Valiant
Malaya
Solomons Outlook Improves For Guadalcanal Stand
General Thomas Holcomb reports conditions are tightening for Japan to reinforce Guadalcanal in the Solomons. He notes the original Marine division remains on front line duty a long stretch of under fire service, longer than any World War I example, with men tired and some broken down.
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Washington
Thomas Holcomb
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Holcomb
South Pacific
War Bulletins Report 20 Planes Downed Over Oran
London reports the Paris broadcast claiming twenty American planes shot down over Oran Algeria. Other items note German claims of U boat attacks on Allied ships along the African coast and unconfirmed rumors of Goering in French North Africa.
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London
Paris
Oran
Algeria
Embargoed U S Embassy Staff to Leave Vichy for Lourdes
United States embassy staff and American journalists accredited here will depart Vichy tomorrow by special train bound for Lourdes as part of a redeployment effort.
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Timch
United States
Vichy
Lourdes
Rommel Retreats as British Press Advance in North Africa
British and Allied forces report Rommel’s army withdrawing westward in Egypt with rear guards still resisting near Sidi Barrani and Salam. Allied air power bombed Sardinia to disrupt axis attacks, while prisoners and wreckage indicate a collapsing retreat toward Libya and the frontier region near the Libyan border remains active.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Alexandria
RAP
Algiers
Rommel
Libya
U S Airmen Join RAF Coastal Command U Boat War
United States airmen flying four motor Consolidated Liberators join the RAF coastal command in a day and night offensive against Axis U boats in the Bay of Biscay.
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London
United States
RAF
Coastal Command
Bay of Biscay
American Troops Capture Oran Confirmed by Allied HQ
Allied headquarters announced that American troops, with British naval and land support and air units, captured Oran on the Mediterranean coast of Algeria. The War Department confirmed the base seizure today.
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London
Oran
Washington
Mediterranean
Algeria
War Department
French Naval Resistance at Casablanca Falls to Allied Forces
Allied forces announced that resistance by French naval units at Casablanca has been overcome to a large degree. The bulletin said the beachheads at Safi Fedala and Mehdia, which flank Casablanca, are in Allied hands helping to secure the area.
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London
Casablanca
United State
Saf
Fedala
Mehdia
Porthos
Tangier
London Daily Express
James H W. Doolittle
U.S
U.S. Air Forces
Africa Fronts Roil As Axis Struggles In North Africa
The Allied push toward Libya gathers pace as Oran endures a U S column intrusion and Casablanca rejects an armistice. Allied landings expand in Southern Morocco while Darlan’s command shifts to Vichy forces. von Witzleben heads North Africa defenses. Giraud could lead anti Vichy uprising. Laval meets Mussolini in Rome amid a peril in the south. Churchill calls the Egypt battles a turning moment and a possible end of the beginning.
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Libya
Oran
United States
Casablanca
Morocco
Jean Darlan
Algiers
Petain Himed
Darlan
Edwin von Witzleben
North Africa
Henri Giraud
French North Africa
Pierre Laval
Rome
Mussolini
Europe
Britain
Egypt
Milk Price Rise Discussed by Frederick Dealers and OPA
Frederick milk dealers met with OPA representatives to consider a proposed general price increase from 12 cents a quart. Indications suggested no more than 1.5 cents per quart, while producers seek 25 to 27 cents per gallon. The move follows a loss of 19 of 70 shippers to higher offers elsewhere, with Washington market paying about 33 cents per gallon f o b.
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Frederick
OPA
Henry AM. Doue
Frederick County
Washington
Hyattsville
Knox warns U boats will target North Africa convoys
Secretary Knox said Germany would concentrate submarines against American supply routes to North Africa to disrupt the campaign. He noted the North African effort is going well but warned of the perils of supplying the advance and that ships must reach Africa through an ocean of subs.
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Washington
of Knox
North Africa
North African
Knox
North Atlantic
Africa
Drastic Bus Service Curtailments Ordered in Six Cities
The Office of Defense Transportation orders drastic cuts in bus service in Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia and Richmond to save rubber and equipment. Eastman estimates nearly 100 million bus miles saved annually, guiding shifts from rubber to rails and urging other cities to follow. Philadelphia and Baltimore routes are specified for discontinuation by December 28, while New York Chicago Richmond and Cincinnati face a flat 15 percent mileage reduction compared with the corresponding period in 1940 or 1941.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Baltimore
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Philadelphia
Richmond
ODT
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Three World Leaders Reported Meeting in Rome
London reports Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini and Pierre Laval held a Rome meeting. London dispatches say the trio plotted possible bold moves to slow Allied advances in North Africa as Axis forces eye Tunisia and Roosevelt signals American plans to strike Rommel from the rear.
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Hitler
London
Tass
Stockholm
Berlin
Reichsmarshal Goering
French North Africa
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Pierre Laval
Rome
Die Fuehrer
Italy
Vichy
France
North Africa
Tunisia
Roosevelt
Ertwin Rommel
Army advances in North Africa outpace Allied comms
Allied forces push through French North Africa with rapid landings at Algiers and Oran and pressure on Casablanca Rabat and Tangier. Darlan captured in Algiers. Mehdia Port Lyautey secured as Patton leads operations. Eisenhower praises railroad coordination while casualties remain light.
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Rabat
Tonia
Eisenhower
Henri Giraud
Havas
County Abates 1942 Fair Grounds Taxes
Frederick County Commissioners abated the 1942 county taxes on the Frederick Fair Grounds because the fair was not held and the society reported a financial loss. State taxes remain due. Investigators left for Athens, Tennessee to reclaim a stolen auto. Laurens Phebus accompanied to recover the car for Frederick.
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Frederick County Agricultural Society
Board of County Commissioners
Frederick
Allen Bartgis
Sergt
Austin L. Heffner
Athens
Tenn
Laurens Phebus
Emt
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Norton
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Bizerte
Sidi Barrani
Salam
Marshal Rommel
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Fee
Atlantic
New Agen
Auguste Nogues
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Port Lyautey
Kenitra
Marrakech
Mogador
Agadir
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