Russians Capture Kotelnikovski to Press Moscow Drive
Soviet forces seize Kotelnikovski 90 miles southwest of Stalingrad as winter push aims to trap the Nazi army in the Caucasus and near Rostov. Red Army tightens positions north of Stalingrad driving wedges and severing supply lines while air corridors remain.
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Moscow
Kotelnikov
Ski
Stalingrad
Rostov
Avov
Caucasus
Kotelnikovski
Don
Volga
Red Army
London
Kotelni-kovski
Stalin‘grad
J. R. Rice
Rockport
Tex
Controversy Hits United Seamen's Service Oversight
An undercover War Shipping Administration probe flags misallocation of funds in the United Seamen's Service. Less than ten percent of government and private donations go to torpedoed seamen. top officials draw lush salaries and a Broadway office payroll funds. The convalescent home at Oyster Bay employs 28 while only a fraction of rescued seamen used it. Board figures including Kaiser and Lundberg face resignation pressure amid disclosures.
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Washington
United Seamen's Service
War Shipping Administration
Broadway
New York
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Kermit Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Admiral Land
Henry Kaiser
Harry Lundberg
AFL Seafarers’ International Union
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
Kaiser
Edward Macauley
APL
War Frontline Briefs From Global Allied Advances
Reports from London and various theaters describe RAF raids on French railway targets, American P 38s attacking Axis forces in Tunisia and Libya, Allied bombings of Sousse Tunis and Gasmata New Britain, and ground advances in Burma and New Guinea. Soviet and Allied actions across Europe, Africa, and Asia include tank and infantry operations near Stalingrad, Veikie Luki, and Tunisian heights, plus multiple air and naval successes.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Libya
Marshal Rommel
Sousse
Tunis
North African
Tunisian
Norwegian Quisling Minister Reported Killed on Front
Oslo reports quote Jonas Lie, minister of police for the Quisling regime, killed by Russian guerrillas on the eastern front. The claim comes via Oslo dispatches received in Stockholm today.
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Stockholm
Oslo
Norway
Jonas Lie
Stock Quotations and Dow Averages from New York
Closing quotations list Alaska Juneau mine 3 percent American Can 70 Anaconda 24 Bethlehem Steel 56 Commonwealth and Southern Curtiss Wright 6 IH International Harvester 6041 Kennecott 26 New York Central 10 Northern Pacific 84 United States Steel 47 Pound 4.04 Dow Jones Averages Industrials 119.56 rails 37.33 utilities 14.35 Metcalfe returns to Juneau HQ after Rice and Ahlers visit.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
DOW, Jones
Allied French and American Units Progress in Tunisia
Allied forces push in central Tunisia and the southern sector, with French troops cutting a road south of Foint Du Fahs and repelling German counterattacks. British patrols near Wadi Bel el Chebir report vehicle destruction, while naval air attacks target Tunis and Bizerte docks. Axis claims emphasize losses by the British advance and American movements toward Gafsa.
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London
Tunisia
Tripolitania
Tunis
Foint du Fahs
Ste
Sousse
Erwin Rommel
Wadi Bel el Chebir
Libyan Gulch
Tripoli
Cairo
Pantellaria
Bizerte
Japanese cargo ships sunk off Guadalcanal by air strike
U S Navy dispatch says aircraft from Henderson Field strafed and bombed enemy cargo vessels at Wickham Anchorage near Vangunu, sinking two Jap ships. Marines and Army units reported over 150 enemy killed with four Americans dead and one wounded in Solomons fighting.
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Washington
Amircan
Hederson Field
Guadalcanal
Islwne
Navy
Solomons
Wickham Anchorage
Vangunu Island
New Georgia Group
Henderson Field
Wickham
Dwight Dexter
U. S. Coast Guard
Chemical disease kills three workers in Hudson plants
In New York, three war workers died and 11 were stricken with liver degeneration while 500 suffered a skin disease from chemicals used in treating cable lines at two Hudson River plants, Anaconda Wire and Cable in Hastings and Habirshaw Cable and Wire in Yonkers, officials said.
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White Plains
New York
Hudson River
Westchester County Health
Holla
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Hastings
Anaconda
Hollis
Flour Price Jump Sets Bread Costs Across Nation
Washington reports a 10 percent rise in flour prices as government agencies push uniform four-price ceilings for bread related costs. The move follows continuing questionnaire surges and debates over agency handling of war-time data requests. Secretary Wickard announced the new national price schedule, replacing prior temporary ceilings.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Census Bureau
Baltimore Sun
OPA
Office of
Aviculture
Claude Wickard
Census Bureau Supply of Facts for War Effort
The memorandum praises the Census Bureau as a nonpartisan fact finder with extensive data from births to factory output. It notes its influence on 1940 census planning and argues for a full-time, larger bureau to collect and disseminate timely war-related data, reducing reliance on questionnaires.
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Europe
Census Bureau
Aerial Forays and Artillery Rattle Tunisian Front
Allied patrols inflicted casualties and captured prisoners on the Tunisian front in encounters with small detachments. Aerial forays and artillery fire formed today’s activity while enemy positions near Heldon north of Media El Bab were shelled and roads to Tunis bombed. Allied planes bombed important communications lines and troop centers amid storms and icing. Rhine port Duisburg Ruhrort Hamborn handles about 22 million tons of shipping annually.
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North Africa
Heldon
Media EB Bab
Tunis
Americans Clear 13 Bunkers in New Guinea Fight
Allied press reports heavy fighting as American troops seize thirteen fortified bunkers codenamed bloody tritel near Bana New Guinea. Front line dispatches describe piecemeal Jap retreats and counter-attacks with heavy casualties as MacArthur’s headquarters notes mopping up ongoing and advancing westward.
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MacArthur
New Guinea
Buna Mission
Associated Press
Tri- Tel
Marrow Beach
Bana
British Air Raids Strike Japanese Bases in Burma
Royal Air Force Blenheim bombers escorted by fighters bombed the Japanese airdrome at Monywa on the Chindwin River and the Toungoo base in Central Burma. British patrols attacked Mayu River and along the Bay of Bengal as Gen Wavell’s forces advance toward Akyab. No word on the overland thrust reaching Rathedaung, 25 miles from Akyab.
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New Delhi
Burma
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Magne
Associated Press
Royal Air Porce
Rathedaung
Akyals
Americans Raid Nazi Subport Target Porlent France
A U S Army Air Force raid struck submarine pens at the Nazi port of Porlent in France this afternoon. The communique reports four enemy fighters destroyed during interception attempts and three American bombers missing. Allied fighters later swept enemy airspace without opposition.
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London
U. S. Army Air Force
Porlent
France
Haute
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Eric Lindberg
Brooklyn
Drew Pearson
Robert &. Allen
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Islands
Gasmata
New Britain
Kaviend
New Ireland
Australia
Lae
Buna
Magwe
Murmansk
Arctic
Middle Don
Velikie Luki
Quisling
Metcalfe
C. H. Metcalfe
Ahlers
U.S
Beteen
Smash Jap Cargo Unit
el Salvador
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Royalanadun
Royal Canadian Air Force
R. S. Keetley
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Canada
Ottawa
Keetley
East
The
Rubber Administration
ODT
Budget Bureau
Rubber Division
Department of Commerce
Duisburg-Ruhrport-Hamborn
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