First US and German clash in Tunisia in World War II
American soldiers and German troops fought their first regular engagement in Tunisia near Bizerte as part of Allied drives in North Africa. Eisenhower said the Tunisia advance was progressing, while British and American forces faced French harassment and Axis submarines prowled the Mediterranean.
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United States
Bizerte
Tunisia
United States Rangers
Dieppe
Morocco
Axis
K. A. N.andersen
Dwight E. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
OPA Tightens Food Price Rules Amid Enforcement Drive
Office of Price Administration announces amendments to essential food price rules for butter eggs and fruits. On premise prepared foods are exempt from maximum price control, farm sales to consumers may be exempt, and war agencies can pay higher prices. A four week enforcement sweep targeted over 4 000 grocers with OPA licenses.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
U. S
United Nations
Allies Seal Buna Trap In New Guinea Offensive
General MacArthur announces American and Australian ground forces have joined to attack the Buna base in southeastern New Guinea. Air raids continue as Allied troops converge from north and south, with Horii’s Japanese forces pressed to the west and south and the jungle and sea closing in.
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New Guinea
MacArthur
Buna
Owen Stanley
Tomatore Horii
Guadalcanal battle looms as Pacific forces clash near Australia
Allied and Japanese ships and aircraft hammer at Guadalcanal in a major Solomon Islands duel. Australian Navy Minister Makin warns the outcome may shape Japan's invasion plans for Australia while a Washington communique cites Japanese effort to recapture Guadalcanal Tulagi positions. CES lifts agricultural wage ceilings pending study of farm production and price effects. 1942 crop production figures show declines from 1941 across corn wheat and cotton.
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Solomon Island
Makin
Japan
Australia
Navy
Washington
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal-Tulagi
U. S
Africa
New Guinea
Solomons
Best Passers and the Hard Truth About Football Averages
The piece debates who truly ranks as football’s best passer among Heisman candidates and pro stars, weighing names like Governali, Sinkwich, Prokop, Dobbs, and Hutson. It notes varied team support, schedules, and opposing defenses as key factors in evaluating passing and running games across Notre Dame, Columbia, Georgia, Georgia Tech, and others.
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Jablonski
Army
Angélo Bertelli
Notre Dame
Lou Little
Paul Governali
Columbia
Frankie Sinkwich
Georgia
Eddie Prokop
Georgia Tech
Glenn Dobbs
Tulsa
Governali
Minnesota
Alabama
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Missouri
Great Lakes
Purdue
Marquette
Northwestern
Iowa
Boston College
Sinkwich
Prokop
Dobbs
Columbia Dame
Notre
Baugh
Dick Todd
Cliff Battles
Luckman
Chicago Bears
Standlee
McAfee
Osmanski
Nolting
Sirkwich
Bertelli
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David Crocker died a hero in what war who built the Tower of London what name is given a narrative heroic poem the highest and lowest points in the United States are only 60 miles apart and are in what state when does an army bugler sound tattoo members of the Society of Friends are more commonly called what when was the date of presidential inauguration changed from March 4 to January 20
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David Crocker
Tower of London
United States
Society of Friends
Army adopts 2 hour-clock time system
The army switches to a 2 hour-clock day from 0000 to 2400. Times use four digits. six AM is 1600, noon 1200, and 11:35 PM 2335. This replaces earlier timekeeping in daily operations.
Christmas gift cigarettes and tobacco promotions
A promotional ad urges gifting Camels in a Christmas Carton or a Holiday House containing four boxes, each gift packs 200 Camels, and offers Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco in a pound canister. It notes ready wrapping and suggests gifts for workers in service, with local dealers featuring the items.
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Prince Albert
Adv
Texas War of Independence and William the Conqueror Epic
California geography includes Mount Whitney at 14 501 feet and Death Valley at 300 feet below sea level. The note mentions taps time for repairs to quarters. Quakers reference. The year 1937 and the 20th Amendment to the U S Constitution are cited.
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California
Mount Whitney
Death Valley
U. S
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