Desert Breakthrough Pushes Rommel Back in Africa
Allied forces, led by Montgomery, punched through Axis bulges near the Alexandria Matruh railroad, cut supply lines, and shattered Rommel's defenses with Sherman, Lee, and Grant tanks. Axis units including 25th Armored Division and Ariete fought back before retreating, as air power and superior British armor dominated the desert battle.
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Alexandria-Matruh
Montgomery
Sherman
Lee
Grant
Tel el Acaquir
Rommel
25Th Armored
Ariete
Sidi Abd el Rahman
Alexandria- Matruh
19Th Light
Axis
United States
Britain
Hitler
Win[ston Churchill
General Lee
Tell el Acaquil
Draft manpower delay looms as Congress weighs options
Senate Military Affairs Chair Reynolds warns enactment of national manpower control legislation is unlikely before next year amid pressure for executive orders and voluntary measures. War Production officials back a national plan for allocation of personnel, with doctors and steelworkers noted as key sectors in the wartime manpower debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reynolds
D-N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
England
Germany
Military Affairs Committee
Donald M. Nelson
Frank L. McSherry
War Manpower Commission
Senate
Henry J. Kaiser
Armed Services
Stalin cites 1917 parallels as war effort grows
The piece contrasts Stalin's 1942 speech with the 1917 revolution, praising the Anglo Soviet American coalition and Russia's wartime role. It notes the difference in leadership, the Second Front, and Russia bearing the main burden, while highlighting U.S. mobilization and Allied unity.
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Egypt
Russia
Stalin
Lenin
Moscow
Trotsky
Mexico
Kamenev
Rykov
Zinoviev
Buchanin
Timoshenko
Zhukov
Europe
United States
France
Japan
Italy
Roosevelt
Portland Urged to Accept OPA Meat Quotas
Portland officials were urged by federal leaders to accept the Office of Price Administration meat quotas and make the best of them. Gov Charles Sprague had asked for increased allotments amid fears of shortages, while one packer predicted enough meat may exist until new quotas arrive on January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
OPA
Ore
Claude Wickard
Paul McNutt
Man
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
James M. Sands
Charles Sprague
Sprague
Court Allows Sapp to Adopt New Name
In Los Angeles on November 7 the court approved a name change for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Edward Sapp and their son Larry II. The petition stated the family wished to drop the family name Sapps to Sapp to retain their original identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapp
Los Angeles
INS
Ernest Edward Sapp
Larry
Sapps
GOP Leaders Seek Expanded Finance Committee Roles
Senate discussions after a GOP upsurge consider adding two Republicans to the Finance Committee to shift tax policy. Currently 14 Democrats, six Republicans, and one Progressive sit on the panel, with La Follette allied to Republicans. Supporters cite possible policy changes in tax legislation.
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George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Nye
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Gil-lette
Iowa
Truman
Missouri
Carbon-Copy Kids Keep Up Record At Manlius Twins
The Thompson twins Charles and Allan of Manlius aged four had tonsils removed within minutes apart at a Princeton Illinois hospital. They share similar growth, have battled whooping cough, appendectomies and mumps together. Their cat Nicki contracted mumps last August.
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Manlius
Charles
Allan ‘Thompson
Orvile D. Thompson
Princeton
Ill
Nicki
Flynn Bound Over For Trial On Girls Charges
Errol Flynn, tall and confident, bound over to Superior Court for trial on charges of violating a 15 year old girl and a 17 year old at a Bel Air party. He expected vindication as his new film opened in Los Angeles and Hollywood to generally favorable reviews.
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Flynn
Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Hollywood
Peggy la Rue Satterlee
Etty. Hansen
Lincoln
Neb
Bel-Air
California
Japs Stiffen Resistance as Allies Hold Air and Land
Allied forces in New Guinea push toward Buna encounter strong Japanese resistance near Oivi as air power remains dominant over the Solomons. Knox says Solomons casualties exceed four to five times U S losses, but cautions the fight is not finished.
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New Guinea
Solomons
Buna
Douglas MacaArthur
Port Moresby
Oivi
Portuguese Timor
Australia
Wavy Knox
Knox
Guadalcanal
Berlin Fears Second Front as Allied Fleet Masses
Reports from Gibraltar say Spain seized barges and craft while British forces rehearsed shore landings beneath the fortress. Additional British cruisers and U S destroyers were sighted at Gibraltar, with bombers relaying to escort a strait convoy. Axis sources expect wider war moves toward French Morocco or Dakar.
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Spain
Gibraltar
Cifra
United States
United Nations
Reuters
Tangiers
Africa
French
Morocco
Dakar
England
Ernest Bevin
Stafford Cripps
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
Mediterranean
Penal shops to aid war effort in New Jersey
New Jersey's penal institutions will manufacture Army assault boats clothing and helmets. State commissioner William J. Ellis announced reformatories shops prepared for war production and to be put to work producing helmets at prison facilities in Trenton.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
William J. Ellis
Washington State Rations Liquor at Quart a Week
Washington state introduces a liquor ration program with weekly limits of one quart or two pints per permit holder. Rationing cards will be issued after a temporary halt on new purchase permits, as distilleries cut deliveries amid an uncertain supply. NMquor control board chairman Evre M. Beckett says the plan aims to secure a stable supply until deliveries clarify.
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Seattle
Turreted tank crews push through desert fight
The report details Allied tank advances in the Western Desert scene. Sergt Donald Egremont describes a new tank taking hits and continuing the assault for an hour and a half, targeting an enemy transport serving panzer divisions. A Sherman helps capture Gen Ritter von Thoma of Afrika Korps.
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Sergt
Donald Egremont
Ritter von Thoma
Afrika Korps
Hussar
Fouren
Thoma
Desert
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery
Thomas
Rommel
Tobruk
James’ Nicoll
Marian Anderson Agrees to Sing at Constitution Hall
Marian Anderson accepts an invitation from the D A R to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington for Army Emergency Relief. She rules out any precedent for future Hall appearances and demands no racial segregation at the concert. The dispute stems from a 1939 denial to sing at the Hall.
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Marian Anderson
Constitution Hall
New York
INS
Daughters of the American Revolution
Miss Anderson
Washington
D. C
FBI Operative On Stand in Treason Case
In Federal Court Chicago on November 7, FBI agent Ralph Gregg testified that Mrs Edna Haupt harbored Nazi saboteur Hans Haupt and knew he was smuggled in by a German submarine. The defense halted further use of a July 5 statement as cross examination continued. The Haupts and six defendants face treason charges for aiding Hans Haupt after his return to Chicago.
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Chicago
Edna Haupt
Herbert Hans Haupt
United States
Ralph Gregg
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Germany
Haupt
Washington
Warnholtz
Gregg
Hans Haupt
Young Haupt
Hans
Max Haupt
Walter Froehling
Otto Richard Wergin
Bank of France Admits Delivering Belgian Gold to Germany
In New York the Bank of France told the State Supreme Court it turned over 228 million dollars in gold to Germany under Vichy coercion. The Belgian National Bank’s assignees claim the gold was sent to Dakar and then to the Germans, not to Belgium in exile. The bank says the Belgian claim assignment was invalid, as it was made by a single director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
New York
Bank of France
State Supreme Court
National Bank of Belgium
Daniel de Gorter
Henri Wild
Belgium
France
Dakar
Canadian airman dangles from hatch during raid
Pilot Officer Paul Desroches of Montreal recounted a daylight raid over Northwest Germany when he slipped through an open hatch in a Wellington bomber and dangled by his armpits for seconds before crew rescued him. He helped extinguish a fire after landing and suffered only a split fingernail from a bullet graze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paul Desroches
Montreal
Germany
Desroches
Stalin Vows Counterblow Against Foe
Stalin pledges new Soviet counter blows against Hitler’s forces as the 25th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution is marked in Moscow. He cites 8,000,000 already taken out of action and calls for continued defense, discipline, and preparation for an offensive while praising Allied support and unity.
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Moscow
Stalin
Hitler
Red Army
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Germany
Russia
Roosevelt
Kalinin
United States
Eden Pledges Offensive In Message to Stalin
Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden dispatched a message to the Kremlin marking the 25th anniversary of the Red Revolution. It paid tribute to Russia’s resistance and pledged that the grand coalition will soon force the enemy onto the defensive and that the United Nations will drive the German invader from all lands he has seized.
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London
INS
Britain
Russia
Kremlin
Anthony Eden
United Nations
Navy Crosses Awarded for Coral Sea Heroism
Three lieutenants received Navy Crosses for distinguished service in the Coral Sea battle. Lieut. Thomas E. Brown of Jackson Alabama Lieut. Vincent F. McCormack of New York City and Lieut. William Steen Woolen, UNC graduate, were cited. Woolen also earned a Navy Cross for Midway. Presentations were by Rear Admiral Alfred E. Montgomery.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Battle of the Coral Sea
Thomas E. Brown
Jackson
Ala
Vincent F. McCormack
New York City
William Steen Woolen
University of North Carolina
Woolen
Battle of Midway
Alfred E. Montgomery
Naval Air Training Station
C. W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
One Dead Two Hurt In Bomber Crash At Lambert Field
A B 26 Martin bomber crashed on takeoff at Lambert-St. Louis airport killing Corp. Co. L. Linn of Walnutta and injuring two Army officers. Pilot Lieut E F Murphy of New York City and copilot Lieut C J Brown of California suffered burns as the aircraft sped down the runway and crashed in flames with smoke rising about 1500 feet.
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St. Louis
INS
Corp. Co. L. Linn
Walnutta
Lambert-St. Louis
E. F. Murphy
New York City
C. J. Brown
California
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Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
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