France Fleet Scuttled at Toulon as German Troops Enter Port
United press report notes a Vichy and German sequence at Toulon with 62 French warships including three battleships, after Hitler ordered occupation to prevent ships at sea. The scuttling followed De La Borde and Rundstedt commanded mobilization, while British and American forces push in North Africa.
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London
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Opponents of Gas Rationing Face Choice in Congress
President Roosevelt orders nationwide gasoline rationing to start December 1. Congressional opponents meet to decide whether to attempt a statutory stay of 90 days to six months or drop the fight. A Senate war committee will hear from Harold Ickes William Jeffers Jean Henderson and Joseph Eastman and travel to Kansas City to hear Midwest officials and oil representatives.
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Joseph Eastman
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Mid-West
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Jeffers
Henderson
Soviet Strike Drives West At Stalingrad Siege
Soviet forces push toward the west of Stalingrad amid a ninth day of combat in the Volga Don offensive. Reports say 115000 Axis troops killed or captured, with 990 Germans killed in northern Stalingrad areas and 66 tanks along with 25 planes destroyed in one sector.
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Japs Hold Buna Gona Beach Amid Bold Allied Pressure
Allied report says reinforced Japanese marine units occupy the Buna Gona beach head and resist steady ground and air assaults. Despite heavy Allied air strikes, Japanese reinforcements are confirmed by enemy casualties and naval losses, with several ships sunk or damaged in the New Guinea theater as of the latest daily update.
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Associated Press
Australia
Buna-Gona
New Guinea Front
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Tomatore Horii
New Guinea
German air force shifts to face new threat says Sinclair
London news reports that nearly a fifth of the German air force facing the Russians was moved to confront the new threat in North Africa and home waters. Sinclair notes that together with Italian air forces, more than half the German air force is engaged. A Vichy broadcast also states Admiral Darlan and General Giraud have been deprived of French nationality.
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London
French North Africa
Archibald Sinclair
Reuters
Vichy
Jean Darlan
Henri Honore Giraud
Beckley's First Inter-City Bus Service Starts Today
Beckley launched its first city bus service with three buses in operation on tentative routes. Stops are being painted and will include the court house square, White Cross Pharmacy, Watkins Drug Store, and near Raleigh County Bank. Fares are 10 cents for adults and five cents for children under five. Additional buses expected to improve schedule adherence.
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White Cross Pharmacy
Watkins Drug Store
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Mussolini Said to Command Italian Forces in Libya
London Reuters reports a Moscow broadcast claiming Benito Mussolini has personally taken command of Italian forces in Libya. The source did not indicate origin and lacked corroboration from other reports.
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Lieut James Koiner Killed in Action in World War II
Lieutenant Junior Grade James Duval Koiner has been killed in action, per a telegram to his mother Mrs Mae H Koiner 505 Woodlawn Avenue. The message from Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs offered condolences and noted no ship name or location details. Koiner, born February 16 1919, survived by his mother and three sisters, was educated in Beckley and Huntington. He attended Marshall College and the Wharton School before joining the Navy in 1940, training in quartermaster duties and reporting aboard ship in 1941, with promotion to lieutenant junior grade in October.
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Huntington
Louise Koiner
Henrietta Koiner Harper
Beckley
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Marshall College
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Wharton School of Finance
University of Pennsylvania
Washington
Harvard
Tigress Waits For Execution In Louisiana
Mrs. Annie Beatrice Henry known as Tigress, convicted of killing Joseph P. Calloway in a frozen rice field near Lake Charles in February 1940, awaits execution in the state’s portable electric chair. She has read no newspapers, listens to radio, and has found solace in reading her Bible while awaiting noon tomorrow. Finnan Burks, her fellow condemned man, also faces death but his date is not set.
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Toni Jo) Henry
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Joseph P. Calloway
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Local Selective Service Board Classifies 1500 Men
Approximately 1500 registrants of local selective service board number one were classified during the past week. Aubrey Smith, clerk of the board, reported this morning. He said that only about 75 of the group were 18 and 19-year olds.
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Selective Service Board Number One
Aubrey Smith
Cabinet Shuffle Is in Prospect
Washington reports a plan to reorganize the government by moving the war manpower commission to the labor department. It would make Harold L. Ickes secretary of labor, with Paul V. McNutt moving to interior, and Frances Perkins becoming federal security head, though the White House had not decided.
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Labor Department
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Ickes
Frances Perkins
Stephen Early
White House
National City Bank reports 1000th staff departure for service
The National City bank announced the 1000th departure from its staff to the armed services. The 1000th man was Frederick F. Somers Jr., 44, married, of Bellerose, Long Island.
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New York
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National City Bank
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Frederick F. Somers, Jr
Bellerose
Long Island
Allied Drive Near Tunis Reported By Berlin Radio
Allied spearheads reached 15 miles from Tunis and clashed with Axis forces at Mateur, 25 miles south of Bizerte, as British first army advanced toward Mejer el Bab. Berlin cited German air superiority and ongoing Axis redeployments from Libya and Sicily amid the Tunisian campaign.
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Navy reports Duncan lost near Guadalcanal in night battle
The Navy disclosed that the destroyer Duncan was sunk in a night action off Guadalcanal on October 11 12. About 150 survivors were landed by the light cruiser Boise at Philadelphia on November 19 after repairs. The Boise also sank six Japanese ships in 27 minutes. Five officers and 55 men from the Duncan were killed or missing while the Boise rescued the rest.
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