Senate probes wartime censorship after Alaska governor protest
Governor Ernest Gruening triggers Senate Judiciary Committee inquiry into Seattle censorship practices. Senator Van Nuys says protests target how censorship is applied rather than the office itself. Norris notes committee has been told Seattle staff often sent excerpts from mail read there.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Frederick van Nuys
Gruening
Seattle
van Nuys
George W. Norris
Young draftees eyed for unit training to boost army
Washington experts note Britain's officer shortage in 45 to 60 range and push for disciplined training of 18 to 19 year olds. Proposals include grouping recruits for focused instruction before battle, mirroring British practice. A provisional plan suggested immediate drafting, with continuation on Page Four.
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Britain
Flanders Fields
Congress
Army
Capitol Hill
War Department
England
American Sub Sinks Eight Jap Ships Off Japanese Coast
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports Lt. Commdr. Burton Klarking commands a U.S. submarine that sank eight Japanese vessels totaling 70 000 tons near the Japanese coast. Four more Nippon ships were damaged and a transport was sunk in a Jap harbor entrance. Klarking aims to receive the Navy cross for bagging four ships in one patrol.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Burton Klarking
Italians Crying for Peace in War-Torn Italy
The Lausanne Tribune quotes Italian crowds crying for peace as RAF raids devastate industry across Italy. It notes Genoa’s royal visit was met with cries of Peace and says Churchill’s call for Italy to exit the war stems from perceived Italian weariness with the conflict.
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Italy
The
Tribune
Lausanne
Genoa
London
Perry Huff Starts Westward Insurance Adjuster on Alaska Trip
Perry Huff a Seattle insurance adjuster arrives at the Baranof and plans a westward journey via Sitka Seward Fairbanks and possibly Skagway before returning to Seattle. He has extensive Alaska adjusting experience with several prior trips.
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Perry Huff
Seattle
Baranof
Mr. Huff
Sitka
Seward
Fairbanks
Skagway
Alaska
New Guinea Fight Grows Fierce Near Gona
Allied reports say fighting in New Guinea intensifies as Australian jungle troops breach a 20 mile Jap hold near Gona. Air support pins down seven of twelve Zeros while Flying Fortresses drop 1000 pound bombs on Gona and strike Japanese destroyers off New Britain. Corners of the rubber trade note U S civilian auto tires amount to about one million tons.
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New Guinea
High Command
Gona
New Britain
Vital Russ City Nears Recapture
Associated Press reports Hitler appeals spark a desperate but unsuccessful effort to recapture railway lines south of Rzhev on the Central Russian Front west of Moscow. Red Star notes Rzhev is vital to German communications and says Hitler telegraphed the commander there warning of loss.
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Rzhev
Veitiim Lukt
Moscow
Razhev
Red Star
Gas rationing begins nationwide in World War II
About 27 million passenger cars and 6 million commercial vehicles start mileage cuts as the country enforces gas rationing to save rubber. Most drivers in rationed areas hold basic A cards for four gallons weekly, while the eastern zone limits to three gallons per week except West Virginia. Undersecretary Patterson rebukes critics who decry war-time controls.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
West Virginia
Robert Patterson
Offices Gas Rations Under Siege
In Albuquerque on December 1 a crowd estimated over a thousand surrounded the Gas Rationing Board offices seeking basic or supplemental ration books. Most demanded by those denied books during regular registration for lacking motor registration certificates, a waiver did not ease tensions as doors opened about 10 a.m. One applicant arrived by horse and buggy insisting he must be admitted.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Allied drive tightens in North Africa blitz toward Tunis
Allied forces push from two wedges toward severing the Tunis to Bizerte highway and closing the last land route to Tripoli. American and Free French units race along the coast south of Tunisia while British American troops near the north coast push to cut off Axis forces. Allied air power grows as German air force reportedly declines in strength. French troops reach Pont Du Fahs, 30 miles southwest of Tunis, moving inland toward the coast.
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London
Turtlaia
Tunis
Bizerte
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Tunisia
North Africa
Prench
Pont du Fahs
Political Parties In Awful Mess For Campaign 1944
Washington observers assess a shaken political landscape after the 1944 results. The GOP faces a tough choice between Dewey and Willkie as leaders debate the next moves. Brinker and Stassen appear as potential players, shaping a fractured path forward for both parties.
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Washington
Thomas BE
Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
New York
Brinker
Ohio
Staswen
Mystery over Japanese Attu reoccupation reported
Secretary Knox said he did not know the size of the Japanese force on Attu Island after a Navy dispatch disclosed their reopening of the base. A question about heavy bombing by Army bombers yielded no answer. The Fiji Islands climate note follows.
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Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Navy
Attu Island
Aleutians
Attu
Knox
449 Dead in Boston Cocoanut Grove Club Fire
The Committee on Public Safety reports a revised death toll of 449 from the Cocoanut Grove fire. Most victims have been identified. five remain. Charles Buck Jones, noted screen cowboy, is reported to have died from burns and other injuries.
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Mass
Committee On Public Safety
Cocoanut Grove
Charles
Buck" Jones
Hay
Airmen Bomb Camphoport in China Port Raid
American bombers and fighters attacked the Jap storage center at Camphoport in China on Sunday, demolishing the dock, power plant, and mines with no Japanese opposition. Reports urge buying defense bonds.
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Camphoport
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