Own Mines Deadly Peril For Rommel
British and American air power press the Axis withdrawal in Egypt as Rommel’s army collapses along the coast road. Prisoners flood in from all fronts while damaged German and Italian vehicles lie abandoned and airdromes fall under Allied control.
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Richard Mowrer
Chicago Daily News
Sic
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Fuka
Navy
Sth
Libya
Eighth Army
Guadalajara
Spain
Alamein Line
Axis
Rommel
8Th
Army
Allied forces push toward Bardia as Rommel’s forces shrink
Allied air and ground actions report heavy bombing of Axis transport and fortifications. The Eighth Army captures prisoners including the Pavia division while Rommel’s forces retreat. reports from Cairo claim fewer than 20,000 Germans remain and Halfaya Pass may be damaged.
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Hellfire Pass
Rommel
Libyan
Eighth Army
Vierce
Halfaya
Hellfire) Pass
Bardia
London Daily Mail
Cairo
Bugbug
el Daba
Fuka
Gorrell
Matruh
Trento
Trieste
Bologna
Brescia
Folgore
Fogore
Buffalo Street Workers Threaten Strike Over Five-Point Demands
City union Local 264 of the AFSCME warned of a walkout by Buffalo street division workers if five demands are not met by Wednesday morning. They seek higher pay, paid legal holidays, paid vacation, sick time pay, and overtime and Sunday work bonuses. current wages run $5 to $6 daily.
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City of
Buffalo
American Federation of State
Mindanao Proposed as Base for Philippines Drive
Army officer Captain Edward Kraus argues Mindanao could host a base for retaking the Philippines and striking Japan. He says paratroopers and Moro tribesmen could seize and hold a Lake Lanao airfield, with Moros loyal to the United States. He notes Moros surpass enemy fighters in mountain and jungle warfare.
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Mindanao
Philippines
Washington
Japan
Edward Kraus
Eric
Lake Lanao
United States
Corregidor
Kraus
Field Artillery Journal
iMoro
War Today From Page One On Africa Campaign
The piece recalls 1918 Allied breakthroughs and warns Hitler faces a grim fate as Mussolini's empire weakens. It notes Goebbels' explains fail to sway Germans, warns of Italian and French resistance, and praises Eisenhower's planning and prep in Africa. The author stresses the main struggle lies across the Mediterranean with the Marines and Montgomery racing toward Tripoli.
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Pershing
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Goebbels
Rommel
Algiers
Oran
Casablanca
Hitler
Rome
Italy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Africa
Morocco
Algeria
France
Munich
Europe
Eisenhower
United States
United Nations
Winston Churchill
Mers-el-Kebir
Allied push toward Buna base with Australians in assault
US infantry joins Australian forces in a full scale offensive to drive Japanese from Buna. A pilot found a natural grass air strip in jungle terrain two months earlier enabling resupply. American and Australian units advance under hot, swampy conditions with mosquitos and heavy jungle.
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Buna
United States
Papua
Sergt. L. M
Menonome
Wis
Batista Decrees Nazi Spy Executed by Firing Squad
President Batista of Cuba confirms the death sentence for Nazi spy Heinz August Luning and orders execution by firing squad before Wednesday, per the Ministry of Justice.
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Cuba
Havana
INS
Fulgencio Batista
Heinz August ‘Luning
Ministry of Justice
Flying Forts Bomb Lille and Abbeville in Allied Raid
American Flying Fortresses struck locomotive works at Lille and bombed Abbeville airfield while fending off German fighters. Four squadrons of Canadian escorts aided the mission, with losses on both sides reported. Earlier, RAF bombers hit Genoa and Brest. In Washington, the House moved toward a showdown over a teenage draft bill with a 12 month training provision contested by military leaders and undersecretary Patterson.
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London
Germany
France
Lille
Abbeville
British
Air Ministry
U. S. Air Force
Genoa
Italy
Brest
DNB
Frisian
Netherlands
Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Robert P. Patterson
Hitler
Rankin
D-Miss
Martin
R-Mass
German High Command Claims Hits On Allied Vessels Off Algiers
Berlin reports from German broadcasts say German and Italian planes attacked British and American ships near Algiers since Friday night, claiming six Allied warships and four merchant vessels hit with bombs. The bulletin also claims a U S torpedo on a British cruiser. A German formation broke through to rejoin Rommel’s forces in the Egyptian desert, and in Matruh area Nazi planes destroyed British tanks and dispersed motor columns.
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Berlin
High Command
Algiers
Mediterranean
Eighth Army
Rommel
Matruh
Upset Apples Spill on Highway Near Valparaiso
It was harvest time on the highway as trucks driven by M. L. Bussard and L. M. Dickson collided in Valparaiso Indiana. About 10 tons of apples rolled from the scene and Bussard suffered bruises along with minor injuries to his truck. Spectators watched as the apples spilled across the road.
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Valparaiso
Ind
M. L. Bussard
L. M. Dickson
Bussard
Induction Delay Sparks 200000 Married Men Draft Issue
Selective Service warned that conference delays would trigger the induction of about 200,000 married men who would otherwise be called next spring. Over the weekend opposition grew as nearly twenty student organizations sent telegrams opposing the amendment. The Cornell University Student Council declared that American youth must win the war without bottlenecks to duty.
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Conference Committee
Selective Service
Cornell University
Press Chief of UP In Vichy Expects to Be Interned Soon
Ralph E. Heinzen chief of the United Press bureau in Vichy said he would be concentrated soon with American diplomats at Pau France. His wording suggested that American diplomats and correspondents in Vichy would be interned pending exchange for Vichy officials in the United States.
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Vichy
Zurich
Switzerland
Ralph E. Heinzen
United Press Bureau
United Press
Pau
France
Heinzen
Vichy France
United States
La Guardia Urges Language Courses in Public High Schools
LaGuardia suggested adding courses in Chinese and Japanese in public high schools arguing such knowledge would be profitable and valuable after the war as an army of peace visits these nations.
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LaGuardia
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