Soviets Repel German Attacks on Multiple Fronts
Soviet midnight communique reports heavy fighting across Stalingrad, Central Caucasus, and western front. About 1,800 Germans killed. 66 German tanks, one train destroyed. Russians advance in Nalchik area and along the Georgian military highway.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Central Caucasus
Western Front
Nalchik
Caucasus
Central
Ordzhonikidze
Black Sea
Tuapse
Nalchik Plains
Mozdok
Dvina
Volga
Berlin
Alagir
Marines Hold Henderson Field Against 5000 Japanese Night Attack
Three Marine captains on furlough from the Solomons recalled a fierce night assault at Henderson Field. Their parachute detachment blocked a Japanese force chanting threats and lighting the jungle with red roman candles and blue parachute flares. The Japanese suffered heavy losses while Americans buried 955 foes and pressed the Guadalcanal campaign onward.
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San Francisco
Solomons
Henderson Field
William J. McKennan
Herkimer
N. Y
Guadalcanal
McKennan
The
Tulagi
James H. Myers
P. S. Densman
Toledo
Ohio
Myers
Gavatu Island
Tannanboro
Densman
Gavatu
Ring in Stomach Of Shark Proves Sea Captain's Death
A letter filed in the Norfolk Circuit Court reports a ring found in a shark off Cuba bearing the initials G D H and E R G 17 inside. It relates to Capt. George Dewey Hodges missing when his ship was torpedoed north of Cuba last July, with the ring tied to his death and probate proceedings for his will and family.
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Norfolk
Cuba
George Dewey Hodges
Hodges
Havana
Pilot Burned As Plane Crashes In Hinsdale Farm
An Army plane crashed on a Hinsdale farm, severely burning the pilot Second Lieut. Julian Mardock. He was pulled from the burning craft and rushed to Hillcrest Hospital in Pittsfield for treatment.
U S Fliers Brave Burma Route Amid Daring Escapes
U S fliers on the trans Burma air ferry report hair-raising stories of near misses with Japanese forces, long climbs to 20 000 feet, and skillful escapes. Lieut Jack Sarty set a passenger-record at Loiwing, while Lieuts Joe Walker and Wendell Flemming battled a Zero and a cloud bank to safety. A pilot group from Ohio Pennsylvania Minnesota Georgia New York and Louisiana flies weekly missions powered by Douglas craft carving out airfields nicknamed the Biltmore and the Roosevelt.
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U. S. Army
China
trans-Burma
U. S
Joseph Stilwell
Burma
Assam
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Georgia
New York
Louisiana
Jack Sarty
York
Sarty
Joe Walker
Doyaling
Joe
Vernon Schott
Dayton
Walker
Bob Neal
Atlanta
Joseph McIlreone
Minneapolis
Wendell Flemming
Cincinnati
India
Lieut
C. C. Gugino
Buffalo
W. W. Grube
San Antonio
Tex
Grube
Douglas
Roosevelt
Larty
Neal
Thanksgiving Menu For Troops Overseas
War Department announces American Thanksgiving dinner for soldiers abroad on November 26. Thousands of tons of turkey and cranberry sauce are shipped to overseas bases with about one pound of turkey per serviceman. Dehydrated cranberries supply the sauce as garrisons receive the standard menu including roast turkey, dressing, gravy, potatoes, vegetables, bread, pumpkin pie, fruit, coffee and desserts. A similar meal is planned for Christmas Day.
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U.S
Washington
War Department
Railroads to Lengthen Schedules to Conserve Power
The Office of Defense Transportation ordered Eastern rails to slow passenger runs if needed to conserve locomotives and cars. By Dec 6 each railroad will choose which routes to extend and two premier runs will gain an hour in travel time. Some secondary trains may be withdrawn to free power and rolling stock.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
New York Central
Pennsylvania
ODT
Uder Get a 256 box of Udea Tablets ad
Advertisement claims Udea tablets relieve stomach ulcer pains indigestion and heartburn caused by excess acid. It urges readers to buy a 256 box from a store clerk with a money back guarantee and trial offer.
Nimitz commends U S subs for heavy Japanese losses
Admiral Chester Nimitz at Pearl Harbor awards 24 decorations to submarine and Kaneohe personnel. He praises Lieut. Comdr. William Brockman for aggressive leadership, honors Seaman Donald M. Smith from Yorktown for remaining active despite severe wounds, and credits Ensign Jewell H. Reid with early detection of the Japanese fleet.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Chester R. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Kaneohe Naval Air Station
William H. Brockman
Donald M. Smith
Yorktown
Kancohe
Jewell H. Reid
Midway Island
William L. Richards
Phillip Fulghum
Fulghum
Midway
Rail Worker Saves Metal From Flores
Memphis Tennessee reports William L. Ratliff a flagman for the Illinois Central System found nearly 25 pounds of lead in six weeks along an 80 mile stretch. He salvaged particles of lead left by trains after safety torpedoes exploded, a practice noted as another way to salvage war material.
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Memphis
Tenn
William L. Ratliff
McComb
Miss
Ratliff
Illinois Central System
Chinese Boy Joins U S Navy After Jap Enlightenment
An 18 year old Chinese American Tom Wing Houen joined the U S Navy in Vicksburg Mississippi after studying in Canton where Japanese enlightenment courses allegedly caused him to seek revenge. He is son of an American born Chinese grocer and traveled from China to the United States three years ago after escaping through Hong Kong with eight companions during Japanese patrols.
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U. S&s. Navy
Japs Vicksburg
Miss
INS
Canton
China
Tom Wing Houen
U. S. Navy
Tom
United States
Hong Kong
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