Red Army Clears Don Bend of Germans Near Stalingrad
Soviet fronts report the last German soldier driven from the Don elbow west of Stalingrad. Kletskaya recaptured as encirclement tightens around the Nazi force on the Don. Reuters notes Russian pincers closing below Kalach completing the pocket southwest of Stalingrad.
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Moscow
Red Army
Don
Stalingrad
Kletskaya
Offen
Pravda
West Bank
Reuters
London
Kalach
Volga
Torpedo Squadron Destroys Japanese Fleet Off Guadalcanal
Lieutenant Albert Coffin led a small squadron that torpedoed a Kongo class battleship two cruisers and four transports. Their hits halted the ship near Henderson Field delaying a Japanese shelling attack. The squadron also hit two cruisers and damaged transports while earning anti aircraft fire from every plane. Marines provided crucial fighter protection and Coffin praised their fearlessness.
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South Pacific
Albert P. Coffin
Marine Corps
Coffin
Henderson Airfield
Guadalcanal
Navy
Henderson Field
Earth subsidence devastates Pittston area causing widespread evacuations
In Pittston Pennsylvania during a night of subsidence the earth split cracking pavements and buckling streets over a half square mile. Two hundred homes were damaged as gas and water mains broke and cellars flooded. Red Cross disaster workers evacuated families as the earth sank two to two and a half feet since about 5 15 PM.
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Pittston
Pennsylvania
Pittston Red Cross
French Submarine Reaches Barcelona After Escape
A French submarine that escaped Toulon harbor arrived in Barcelona Spain at 1 30 p m local time. Spanish authorities gave the commander 48 hours to depart or be interned as of late this afternoon the captain was undecided on action.
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Bern
Switzerland
Toulon
Barcelona
Spain
Sheriff-elect retains staff in county offices
Sheriff-elect Horace M. Alexander announces he will appoint the same deputies and office staff now serving Sheriff Guy Anders, ensuring few changes in courthouse personnel. The riding deputies are R. Paul Buhrman and Paul B. Rhoads, with Mrs. C. Fred Knock as office deputy and Roy L. Mumford as jail turnkey.
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Horace M. Alexander
Guy Anders
Court House
R. Paul Buhrman
Utica
Paul B. Rhoads
Knock
Anders
Mumford
Circuit Court
Register of Wills
James H. Falk
Tulsa to face Sugar Bowl opponent after final con tests
Sugar Bowl officials announced Tulsa University is unbeaten and untied this season and will play in the ninth annual Sugar Bowl on January 1. The opponent will be chosen after today's final tests.
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New Orleans
Tulsa University
Draft Two Begins Call Of Childless Married Men
Local boards announce third draft category calls for childless married men as physical exams start next week. Officials stress farm laborers must stay at work to remain draft deferment eligible and landlords are asked to report workers who quit. Board One readies 24 more men cleared for Fort Meade with seven-day furloughs expired.
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Board Two
Board One
AAD
Fort Meade
Harold K. Staley
Jack B. Cage
William B. Cecil
Roger R. Carpenter
Austin E. Myers
Charles H. Jackson
Irving M. Young
William E. Fox
Richard F. Stull
Melvin S. Fout
Harold E. Fry
Colored
Ellis G. Page
Wiliam T. Bowins
Paul C. Leakins
Clarence Duckett
Jonathan Ogle
Augustus C. Proctor
John D. Smothers
John E. Thompson
James M. Thomas
Earl Duckett
Moses T. Johnson
Allen J. Jamison
Edward E. Mason
Carpenter acquitted on drunken driving charge in Jefferson
Glendon C. Robinson of Jefferson was acquitted this morning before Magistrate Manuel M. Weinberg on a charge of operating an automobile while under the influence after an accident Tuesday near Jefferson that injuring one man and damaging two cars. He was fined $5 and costs on a second warrant alleging failure to keep to the right of the highway. Statements at the scene said Robinson did not appear intoxicated.
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Jefferson Carpenter
Manuel M. Weinberg
Jefferson
Glendon C. Robinson
Louis H. Barr, Jr
Baltimore
Barr
Nazxi Armistice Commissioners On Way As Prisoners
German members of the Axis armistice commission captured by the United States Army in Morocco are being transported to the United States as prisoners of war. The disclosure came today and the prisoners move under U S custody at Fedhala Morocco.
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United States Army
Fedhala
French Morocco
Axis Armistice Commission
United States
Morocco
Guadalcanal Air Battle Ends With Fourteen Japanese Planes Down
Guadalcanal November 12 A Japanese raid on the harbor area was repelled as American fighters anti aircraft and ship fire downed 16 two engine torpedo planes and five Zeros with 11 more planes lost by AA and ship guns Four American planes were shot down and one pilot uninjured The unloading ships and landing party escaped unscathed amid heavy combat and debris-filled skies
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Guadalcanal
Tojo
Dragon
Little
Florida Island
Henderson Field
Flying Fortresses Hit Merchant Vessels
United States Flying Fortresses attacked merchant ships at Port of Portugal bay near Leros island in the Dodecanese. Headquarters said hits were scored on two vessels beside jetties and effects remained visible for 25 miles.
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United States
Portglago Bay
Leros Island
U.S
British Subs Sink Nine Axis Ships Supplying North Africa
British submarines sank nine Axis supply ships and damaged three more attempting to run from Italy to reinforce German and Italian forces in North Africa. An Orione class destroyer was damaged, and a large cargo liner, benzine laden tanker, and a 10,000 ton armed vessel were among vessels sunk or finished off.
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London
Mediterranean
Italy
Opuluapre
Tunisia
Admiralty
Sicily
North
Africa
Tripoli
County USO drive pushes toward fifteen thousand goal
Frederick county USO drive chair Roger B. Wolfe warned the effort will continue until the $15,000 quota is met with most districts organized. Donations are received at the Francis Scott Key hotel seven to nine evenings Monday through Friday. A Soldier's letter praises the USO hall as a “heaven” of books, games, and free refreshments for service members. Churchill to speak by radio at 9 p.m. Sunday, ministry announces.
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Frederick
Roger B. Wolfe
USO
Frederick County
Wolfe
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Gene Luster
J. Weldon Harper
Louisiana
St. Louis
Armed Services
USO Club
Allied forces repulse Tunisian counterattack at Tebourba
Allied forces in Tunisia say they repulsed an enemy counterattack at Tebourba destroying ten Axis tanks. The Paris radio reported Axis acknowledgment that Allied forces were advancing toward the Tunis Bizerte fortifications as air forces continued operations.
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Washington
Tunisia
Tedeurba
War Department
North Africa
Tunisian
Tebourba
Algiers
Stop Work Orders Issued for Hammond Ordnance Plant Expansion
The War Production Board ordered immediate stoppage of all work on the Cont inental ordnance plant expansion at Hammond Indiana valued at 45 million dollars. The move aligns with WPB policy to divert materials to direct military uses and critical programs.
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Washington
War Production Board
Continental Ordnance Plant
Hammond
Ind
Continental Ordnance Corporation
Chicago
WPB
Snaneyrad
Donald M. Nelson
De Gaulle to Visit Washington Report
The News Chronicle reports the French National Committee has decided General Charles De Gaulle will visit Washington. Fighting French quarters will not comment for security reasons. Earlier reports noted De Gaulle may outline France's attitude toward Admiral Darlan who is allied with the Allies in North Africa.
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London
News Chronicle
Charles de Gaulle
Washington
DeGaulle
Roosevelt
Jean Darlan
France
Nora
Africa
Northern Pines May Be Scarce This Christmas Season
Local tree dealers report potential shortages of northern pines due to transportation issues. A county trader expects supply near average with steady prices, while labor gaps may reduce street corner sellers. Some northern hemlock and spruce could fetch higher prices if demand rises for locally grown trees.
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Anny
Baltimore
Bone Specialist Killed by Patient in St Louis Hospital
Dr Mare ion L Klinefelter a nationally known bone specialist was shot and killed in his office at Miscourt Beptteg Hospital by a woman patient. Police said the woman fled the scene and escaped capture. The surgeon had kept offices on the hospital's fourth floor and bulletins indicate a possible motive is under investigation.
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St. Louis
Mareion L. Klinefelter
Miscourt Beptteg Hospital
Klinefelter
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