MacArthur's Men Close In On Buna Base
Allied troops push from the south toward Buna in northeastern New Guinea as Australians seize Wairopi and Ilimon near the Kumusi River. The relief column advances after securing the Wairopi bridge and nearby routes, while air attacks target Japanese ships and installations in the Solomons.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Buna
Wairopi
Douglas MacArthur
Ilimon
Kumusi River
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Port Moresby
Camare
Kokoda
Ward
Harold Guard
United Press
Air Corps
Wreck Found In Yucatan Forest After Seven Weeks
The Communications Ministry announced an air found wreckage of an airliner with five passengers and two crew on the Yucatan Peninsula. No survivors are expected, and ground searchers move to reach the site in the dense forest.
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Air
Mexico City
Communications Ministry
Yucatan Peninsula
Catholic Hierarchy Urges Subservient Profit Motive For Postwar Peace
The U S Catholic bishops declare in Washington that the profit element of industry must serve the common good to ensure lasting peace. They warn secularism and totalitarianism cannot secure peace and urge special prayers on December 8, Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Suspect Arrested In Slaying Of Woman On Bay State Island
Harold Tracy 39 of Vanceboro Kentucky captured in Chicago after escaping Barnstable County Jail prior to indictment for the murder of Mrs. Clara M. Smith 73 Boston Christian Science reader. Smith slain June 30 1940 found in dormitory at Martha's Vineyard drama school. Elocution teacher R Huntington Rice tried and acquitted after Tracy testified.
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Bay State Island
Boston
Harold Tracy
Vanceboro
Barnstable County
Chicago
Tracy
Clara M. Smith
Boston Christian Science Reader
Oak Bluffs
Martha’s Vinyard
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U. S. Baltimore
Joseph A. Girard
Baltimore
Catholic Hierarchy
Wheeler
Ore
William Camm
Nehalem Bay
Alfred Seamon
Edson
Lady Byron
Edsons
Wells & Coverly’s Are
Wells & Coverly
S. Salina St
Clipper Craft Plan
WILLS & Cover_y, Inc
SUEDE
Mansport
Zelan
Manhattan
Este
Bold
Buffalo
Yorkshire
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