Americans Help Drive Axis From Tobruk and Nab Tunis
The Associated Press reports Tobruk fell to Rommel but the British Eighth Army, aided by new American tanks guns and air support, rebounded with a counteroffensive. Churchill and Roosevelt coordinated aid as US forces prepare for a broader North African offensive meeting Rommel’s forces near Tunisia and Cairo.
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Associated Press
Eighth Army
Tobruk
Rommel
Mussolini
Cairo
United States
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
White House
Africa
British Take Tobruk as Axis Forces Retreat Across North Africa
British headquarters announced the capture of Tobruk in Libya after a 305 mile desert sweep, with Bardia and Halfaya Pass fallen earlier. German radio acknowledged Tobruk’s loss as Rommel’s forces fled toward Gazala, while Allied columns pursue. Dispatches note heavy RAF action and potential Axis withdrawal from Tunisia, with 150000 Allied troops racing to trap retreating Nazis.
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Rommel
R.A.F
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Egyptian
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Egypt
Algeria
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Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Adolf Hitler
Istanbul
Turkey
Europe
Romania
Italian
Tropolitania
Hope Held For Rickenbacker Rescue
Washington revived hope for Captain Eddie Rickenbacker missing since October 21 as the War Department announced the rescue of a crew member from the same plane group near Hawaiian waters. The rescued flier was Captain William T. Cherry Jr. of Abilene Texas, picked up by the Navy in good but weak condition.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eddie Rickenbacker
Pacific
War Department
Hawaiian
William T. Cherry, Jr
Abilene
Tex
Navy
Rationing of Butter Thought Likely Soon
In Chicago butter prices stay at ceilings as supply dwindles to the smallest for this season since 1932. Government steps hint at imminent rationing for consumers while milss and lend-lease demands deplete stocks. storage inventories and authorizations to pay above ceilings impact market dynamics.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Russia
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
Late War Bulletins from Front Lines and Allied Actions
London reports US planes attacked Tunis while Rabat radio claims Axis ships left Bengali. Rome says submarines sank 35 000 tons of freighters and damaged three warships at Oran. Washington notes 11 Allied vessels out of action in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea by submarines and air strikes. Madrid reports German troops approaching the French Mediterranean shore opposite Port Bou near Barcelona.
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Associated Press
London
Reuters
Rabat
Rome
Oran
Washington
South Pacific
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Buin-Faisi
Solomons
Madrid
Mediterranean
France
Port Bou
Barcelona
Farmer Gains Votes on Lilly in County Recount
The morning opening of a recount across nine precincts shows H. G. Farmer increasing his lead over Lowell M. Lilly by 12 votes to 7,265 to 7,186. Changes include Eccles 63 two for Farmer, Amigo 72 Lilly down one, Farley Hill 77 both up one, Hot Coal Farmer down three Lilly up two, Skelton 29 Farmer up two Lilly down one.
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H. G Farmer
Lowell M. Lilly
Farmer
Lilly
Eccles
Amigo
Farley Hill
Skelton
Drive toward Tripoli aims to trap Nazis in Tunisia
Allied forces led by Eisenhower push from the Tunisian frontier toward Tripoli as American British forces anticipate rapid progress with little Tunisian resistance. French North Africa adapts to Allied offensive base. Nogues joins Darlan in Algiers. Some German captives reported from the 1940 armistice commission. Smuts projects a decisive 1943 campaign leading to a possible end in 1944.
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Tripoli
Tunisia
French North Africa
Vichy Radio
Auguste Nogues
Morocco
Jean Darlan
A.E.F
Algiers
North Africa
United States
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
North Africa landings shown as powerful and well equipped
The Associated Press reports the army’s invasion of North Africa was so strong and thoroughly supplied that even bridges and railroad locomotives were landed ashore. Robert P. Patterson, under secretary of war, is noted in Story No. 3 on Page 2.
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Associated Press
New York
North Africa
Robert P. Patterson
Tojo Claims Japanese War Will End With Victory
Dispatches from Tokyo quoted Prime Minister Tojo telling prefecture governors that Japan’s military successes pave the way for the final overthrow of the United States and Britain. He said Japan would stay in the fight until victory, and emphasized boosting industrial output, shipping capacity, transport, and the food supply at home.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Tokyo
Tojo
War drive and mine strike threaten work stoppage
A threatened shutdown at the Alama Coal and Coke mine in Algoma McDowell County would affect 340 miners if five women hired to pick slate on the tipple do not cease work by Monday November 23 A United Mine Workers official called women workers a direct contract violation and warned action would end mine operations. Also Congressman Maas urged stronger war effort against Japan in a radio address saying the United States has the resources to win the Pacific war yet reports of defeats are downplayed.
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Alama Coal and Coke Company
Algoma
McDowell County
William Berry
George J. Titler
District 29
United Mine Workers of America
Associated Press
Washington
Japan
Maas
R Minn
Pacific
United States
Africa Crisis Shifts Franco Toward Neutral Spain
Reports from European sources claim Franco’s Spain is veering from pro Axis toward neutrality as Allied power rises in the Mediterranean. Amid uncertainties over Hitler’s intentions, Spain faces strategic Gibraltar, Balearic concerns, and a tense position between Nazi Germany and the Allies.
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Associated Press
New York
Adolf Hitler
Mediterranean
Francisco Franco
Vichy France
Vichy
Spain
Balearic Islands
Iberian Peninsula
Portugal
Franco
Hitler
Rev Philip King Dies in Hospital
The Rev. Philip King Negro pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church at 405 South Fayette street died in a Beckley hospital from a heart ailment. He served in Beckley 18 years after stints in Williamsport PA Pittsburgh and as school principal. He taught at Bluefield State and the National Baptist congress. He was a director of the Beckley Community Chest and editor of the Negro activity section for the Beckley Newspaper group. His wife Esther J. King survives. Funeral arrangements were not yet complete.
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Philip King
South Fayette Street
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Beckley Hospital
Beckley
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Bluefield
National Baptist Sunday School Congress
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Beckley Community Chest
Beckley Newspaper Corporation
Esther J. King
Merchant Ship Sunk Off South American Coast
Washington reports a UN merchant ship torpedoed and shelled by an enemy submarine sank early in October in the Atlantic off the northern coast of South America. Survivors have been landed at an east coast United States port.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
United Nations
Atlantic
South America
United States
Morale in Italy at Lowebb as Allies Advance
Washington reports Italian morale has weakened as Allied forces threaten invasion. Observers note public mood dampened by wartime stress, with Fascist broadcasts urging resilience and the Duce appealing for unity. The piece cites first hand observations from listening posts and echoes Mussolini’s familiar plea to hold fast.
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Italy
Lowebb
Richard G. Maslock
Rome
Associated Press
Washington
Benito Mussolini
Popolo d’ Italia
Duce
West Virginia Weather Turns Colder With Strong Winds
Strong winds sweep West Virginia today with a plunge in temperatures this afternoon and a much colder night ahead. Temperatures retreat as winds gust and chill settles in across the state, prompting cautions for outdoor activities and travel.
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