Maquis Sabotage Teams Precede Southern France Invasion
Secret parachute squads named Og and Gedburgs aided the Allied push in southern France. Maj Harvard Gunn led operations with Maquis in French interior resistance as Capt Mills Brandes and teams disrupted rail and road links and protected landings. Stories describe surrender pranks, German frustration, and daring drops before DDay operations.
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Africa
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Sandusky
Ohio
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Wilson
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San Martin
Chile of Nazis Blacklist Expanded by State Department
The State Department removes 63 firms from the Nazi blacklist in Lille and adds 83 more to lists across Latin America and other regions. Argentina, Peru, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland appear on the updated roster as authorities target Axis-linked firms and arms producers. The move follows Chilean cooperation with the United Nations and notes Ambassador Marcia Mora’s praise for Union for Victory.
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Lille
State Department
Chile
United Nations
Marcia Mora
Ambbassador
United States
United Nations Organization
Union For Victory
Argentina
Cordell Hull
New World
Manfacturer
Fprite
Buenos Aires
Lst
Mand
Lnege
Edelmird Farell Regimént
Bine Usk
Att. Ainting
Spain
Portus @Al
Bwitzerland
Editor Named British Envoy
Washington dispatch reports Ham Fish Armstrong, editor of Foreign Affairs, named special assistant to Ambassador John G. Wynant in London. Armstrong, still holding ministerial rank, will aid Winant on the European advisory commission overseeing postwar Germany control. He is slated to sail for London soon.
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INS
Ham Fish Armstrong
Foreign Affairs
John G. Awynent
London
States Départment
Armstrong
Winant
European Advisory Commission
Germany
Education Week Opens at Beacon Hill Presbyterian Church
Religious Education week begins at Beacon Hill Presbyterian with a church school promotion day on Sunday. Dr. Arthur W. Boand will preach at 11 a m on My Church Militant and Triumphant. An open forum at 3 p m discusses Meeting Temptation. Supper groups meet Tuesday evening. Woman's auxiliary circle meets 6 30 p m led by Mrs J K Somervell. Arthur Jacobson speaks at the men’s supper at 7 p m Beverly Mueller presides. A tall round-up party for the whole congregation is set for 7 p m Friday in the church gymnasium with supper served.
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Beacon Hill Presbyterian Church
Woman's Auxilary
J. K. Somervell
Arthur Jacobson
Beverly Mueller
Waco Tire Plant Dedication Set
Waco Tire Plant of the General Tire and Rubber company will be dedicated November 12 and 13. William H. Mason announced that about 25 news writers and radio commentators will be invited as part of a Texas tour, with company officers attending. The visit also includes stops in Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Amarillo, Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston and Galveston.
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Waco
Genseral ‘Tire and Rubkey Company
Texas
Willam H. Mason
Will Ated
Austin
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Atlas
Houston
Galveston
Japanese conscription begins in occupied Burma report
Berlin radio broadcast from Rangoon says Japan has introduced conscription in Burma. OBS heard the report.
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Burma
New York
Berlin
Rangoon
OBS
France Unable to Purchase Needed War Supplies
Washington dispatch reports French purchasing agents unable to obtain locomotives, walls for port repairs, and gasoline for trucks due to wartime constraints. The provisional government says money exists but missions and damage impede procurement and communications, while stressing Allied effort to defeat Germany and restore France.
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INS
France
Germany
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