Leiner Knew Kerling Was A Saboteur
In federal court in New York, evidence showed Helmut Leiner admitted he knew his friend Edward Kerling arrived in the United States as a commissioned Nazi saboteur. Testimony revealed Leiner had been a Nazi party member since 1928 and was slated to receive the party’s golden insignia in 1941.
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New York
INS
Helmut Leiner
Edward J. Kerling
E Kerling
Lerner
PBS
Ernest Peter Burger
Russians Press West of Moscow as Stalingrad Fights On
Soviet forces push toward Rzhev and Toropets while Stalingrad combat rages. The Stalingrad garrison recaptures heights killing hundreds and seizing fortifications as nine enemy planes fall and German units struggle to withdraw across the Don bend.
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Stalingrad
Don River
Rishkovskaya
Novomaximovsky
Staromaximovsky
Stalingrad-Kamensk
Surovikhino
Don Bend
Chernyshevskaya
Volga
Malonabatovsky
Birichov
Rodionov
Bolshaya
Battle reports from Stalingrad amid heavy tank and machine gun fire
A Reuters dispatch from Moscow describes German forces holding roads out of Stalingrad clogged with fleeing troops. The report notes no broad German withdrawal yet as intense fighting continues inside the city with tanks and machine guns firing at about 3000 rounds per minute.
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Reuters
London
Moscow
Stalingrad
Heavy Soviet Attacks Pressed by German High Command
Berlin reports from German broadcasts that heavy Soviet tank and infantry attacks continue between the Volga and the Don River bows. The German High Command said the offensives remained intense as winter nears.
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Berlin
Volga
Great Don River
Drugeon Beer Baron Fined After Speeding Chase
Drugeon once known as a beer baron faced a fine after a high speed chase. He sped home from a doctor's visit at 85 miles an hour in Waukegan.
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Drugeon
Waukegan
Lil
Jehovah's Witness Found Guilty of Draft Evading
In Chicago William Matwhci, 23, a Jehovah's Witness, was found guilty of failure to report for induction after a rapid trial. The jury took nine minutes to return a verdict, and Judge Philp L. Sullivan sentenced him to three years in prison.
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Chicago
INS
William Matwhci
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Federal District Court
Philp L. Sullivan
Allied Push Near Tunis in Tunisia Front
Front reports say radio dispatches describe violent combats in Central Tunisia near Bizerte and Tunis as Allied paratroops capture another Axis airfield. British and American units press toward the south while Axis reinforcements move to shield the coast.
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Tunisia
Radio
Algiers
Morocco
Tunis
Eisenhower Thanked Industry Labor Message From War Dept
General Motors bulletin boards carry a Thanksgiving note praising American industry and labor for providing weapons and equipment for the North African campaign. The message is credited to Lieut General Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of Allied forces in the European theater, relayed from Allied headquarters in North Africa by the War Department.
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Isenhower
G.M.C. Detroit
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Dwight Eisenhower
North Africa
War Department
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Kerling
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Mathias F. Correa
Nazi Party
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North African
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Toropets
Radev
Anis
Red Army
Zell-Stimson Men’s Shopz
Fred E. Osborne
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Auburn
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Oswese
Uilea
Ithaca
Manhattan
Zelan
Onondaga Street
Zef
Bizerte
Axis
James H. Doolittle
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Russia
Mediterranean
Semyon Timoshenko
Italy
W.T. Grant Co
Saline St
S. Salina
Central
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