Red Army drives toward Stalingrad encirclement
A Soviet offensive from the northwest and south of Stalingrad drives German forces back, with casualties mounting. Soviet dispatches say about 15,000 Germans killed and 13,000 captured since the drive began, while advances extend up to 50 miles and reach Kalach and Ab-Banerovo.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Steppes
Caucasus
Min
Red Army
Kalach
Ab- Banerovo
Nalchik
Leningrad
Oftalingrad
Coupons For Fuel Oil Good 2 Extra Weeks
Rationing Board extends fuel oil and kerosene coupon validity by two weeks per heating period. Coupons 1 through 5 have staggered end dates, with overlaps possible. Private home coupons to mail today, commercial coupons to follow. St John’s Catholic Charities officers elected at meeting.
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St John’s Catholic Charities
W. Clinton McSherry
George S. Rodock
William B. Leichert
William Blebherz
Margaret Golibart
Men With Collateral Dependents To Be Called In December
Local Draft Board Two will call men with collateral dependents for induction starting in December but will not reach childless married men until after the new year. Board Two covers rural areas including Thurmont Emmitsburg Myersville and Woodsboro and has fewer men on its rolls than Board One. The 18 and 19 year olds will be called by order numbers with the eldest first, and first registrations for 18 year olds will occur early in December.
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Draft Board Two
Armed Services
George C. Slagle
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Myersville
Woodsboro
Board One
Board Two
Bos
Slagle
Satisfactory Agreement With Martinique Reached
Secretary Hull announced a satisfactory agreement with Martinique at a press conference. It covers all French possessions in the Western Hemisphere including French Guiana and amounts to a renewal of the 1940 pact with Admiral Robert, adding important modifications.
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Washington
United States
Martinique
Hull
Hemisphere
French Guiana
Robert
Thanksgiving Day Dinners To Be More Costly This Year
Thanksgiving meals will cost at least 30 percent more than in 1941 with turkeys priced 43 to 51 cents per pound dressed and fewer birds available. Sauer kraut, cranberry sauce, and many canned fruits may be scarce as sugar rationing continues. Frederick residents can still find church services and family dinners, with post offices operating partially and most stores and banks closed. A Baker Park football game, hunting, and fishing plans fill the holiday as the nation observes Thanksgiving under wartime conditions.
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Frederick
Europe
Union
Baker Park
Gridiron
Probing Fluid Milk Shortage Panics Maryland
An inquiry into a fluid milk shortage began in Maryland led by the State Office of Price Administration. The New York regional office said the probe centers on Frederick and Hagerstown areas and will expand statewide. Admin Leo H. McCormick warned he could adjust milk prices if needed to spur local sales, with shortages mainly in Cumberland, Hagerstown, Frederick, Elkton and Annapolis. The New York office noted Maryland would be first in the region to see price fixes under federal laws.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Office of Price Administration
OPA
New York
Frederick
Hagerstown
Leo H. McCormick
McCormick
Cumberland
Elkton
Annapolis
Axis Chased By British In Egypt Near El Agheila
British Eighth Army pressed Rommel’s retreating forces in the Agedabia area forcing a withdrawal likely toward El Agheila. American Liberator bombers, operating under a US commander, pounded Tripoli and hit the mole at Rommel’s port base. Allied air forces increased activity against enemy lines as Malta-based handlers coordinated desert operations amid weather limits.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Agedabia
el Agheila
U.S
Tripoli
United States
Rommel
Malta
Desert
Royal W. Gill Convicted of Manslaughter in Fire Case
Baltimore judge finds Royal W Gill, 52, guilty of manslaughter in a fire at his home that killed a fireman. Sentence withheld pending motion for new trial. A second charge of illegal gasoline storage remains pending.
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Baltimore
J. Abner Saylor
Royal W. Gill
Gill
Mussolini and Ciano in Violent Quarrel
London reports claim Mussolini had a violent quarrel with Galeazzo Ciano while sources abroad allege Hitler sent 60000 tourists and Gestapo squads into Italy to stiffen fascist morale and fortify coastlines against invasion amid rumors of anti fascist moves led by Badoglio seeking peace talks with Vatican authorities and wider royal assent.
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London
Continent
Near East
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Tass
Ankati
Reuters
Maly
Pietro Badoglio
Mussolini
North Africa
Badoglid
Ethiopia
Vatican
Vittorio Emanuele
Umberto
Galedian Ciano
Ciano
Big Japanese ship sunk in Haiphong raid
Chungking dispatch reports Allied weekend raids hit Haiphong in French Indochina, destroying a 12 000 to 15 000 ton Japanese vessel at the docks and warehouses near the Gulf of Tonkin. The ship, likely a transport or possible carrier, was engulfed by fires as air forces from China, the United States, and Britain intensified raids across Burma to the Yangtze basin.
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Chungking
Sky Dragons
China Command
Haiphong
Indo- China
Burma
Yangtze
China
Gulf of Tonkin
Claire L. Chennault
China Air Task Force
Haip- Vhong
Yunnan Province
Darlan Allies Take Command In Dakar Report
Ottawa reports the Canadian Broadcasting Company listened to a Dakar broadcast claiming the French governor general has placed the Dakar post under Admiral Darlan. The announcement said Darlan cooperates with the Allies in North Africa and spoke in the name of the Dakar government.
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Ottawa
Canadian Broadcasting Company
Dakar
Darlan
North Africa
The
Broadcasting Company
Admiral King at 64 Remains On Duty For Victory
Washington Nov 23 Admiral J King, leader of America’s naval war effort, reaches age 64 with no retirement in sight. His work and 9 to 16 hour days continue as Allied lifelines rely on the Navy to guard supply routes and coordinate battles across growing fronts. His health is reportedly excellent as he plans, meetings, and decisions affecting ships and thousands of men.
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Washington
J. King
Americas
Anadciales
U S Casualties in Africa Reach 1010 in Early North Africa
The Army reports total American casualties in the North Africa operations at about 1010, with 330 killed, 800 wounded and 330 missing in the Army and 10 killed, 150 wounded and 150 missing from the Navy. Eisenhower said full confirmation was not yet obtained, most losses occurring during the seizure of Oran and Casablanca, few near Algiers. Most missing likely drowned.
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Washington
North Africa
Stuttgart Feels Brunt of RAF Bombs
London reports Stuttgart, a German industrial and communications hub in Wuerttemberg, faced a strong RAF bombing last night with reports of incendiaries crippling parts of the city. RAF fighters attacked a freight train in northern France and targeted an Axis supply ship in the English Channel. Canadians took part in the Sinitepre raid as bombs caused damage in southern Germany per Berlin.
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London
Stuttgart
Air Ministry
France
English
Adolf Hitler
Sinitepre
Robert Donald
Calgary
RAF
Berlin
DNB
Germany
Wuerttemberg
Dover
Group 2 Banks Meet Tuesday
About 225 bankers and bank directors are expected at the Maryland Bankers Association Group 2 dinner at the Francis Scott Key hotel Tuesday evening. It preludes a national drive to sell nine billion dollars of war bonds starting November 30. Region 2 covers Frederick Carroll Howard Montgomery and Washington counties. Group 2 officers include John H Cunningham Benjamin L Shuff and W Russell Howard.
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Bankers
Maryland Bankers’ Association
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Maryland
The
Maryland Association
Frederick
Carroll
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Bankers’ Association
John H Cunningham
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Westminster
Benjamin L. Shuff
Trust oMner
W. Russell Howard
Second National Bank
Haglerstown
Tubeless Tire Test Reported by War Council Chairman
Washington on November 23 the Petroleum Industry War Council chairman William R. Boyd Jr announced the first scattered reports from a widespread test of a tubeless tire.
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Washington
William R. Boyd, Jr
Petroleum Industry War Council
British Allied Drive Gains On Tunisian Front In Battle Reports
London dispatches say the First Army with American and French support launched a major assault on German Italian positions around Tunis and Bizerte. Prisoners were reported returning as Rommel possibly shifted forces to Tunisia while infiltrations near Gabes Kairouan were repelled or attempted anew.
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London
First Army
Sinoote
Tupi
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Moroco
Bers Lin
Rommel
Tunisia
North Africa
Middle Mediterranean
Redio
Morocco
Aet
Bizerte
Tunis
Sicillian Straits
Tripolitania
Tripoli
Gabes
Sfoax
Algeria
Gafsa
Kairouan
Fire Drives Out Japs And Germans At Fort Baltimore
Fire at Fort Howard Detention Station destroyed a large wooden barracks last night and drove 42 internees from their quarters. Baltimore County firemen said none were injured. Internees reportedly left cash hidden in the barracks amid the chaos.
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Baltimore
Thal
Fort Howerd Detenjion
Baltimore County
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Africa
East Front
Ngrad
Don
Congress
W. A. Lee
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Adm. Lee
Board No. 2
Etienne Flandin
Top
Vichy
Pierre Pucheuar
Flandin
Lan
Munich
Caribbean
Admiral King
North
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