Clark's Bravery Wins Citation
Allied Headquarters in Algiers reports President Roosevelt visiting Sicily on the way back from Cairo. He decorates Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark and other officers for bravery while reviewing Seventh Army troops under Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. The President arrived at Castelvetrano airfield from Malta in a C-34 transport, escorted by Lightning fighters, and drove along the runways with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower nearby.
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Roosevelt
Italy
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Mark W. Clark
Malta
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Hoosevelt
Clark
Castelvetrano
Fifth Army
Roosevelt to report to Congress on Middle East trip
President Roosevelt plans to report to Congress about his Middle East war conferences while Secretary Hull may be invited to speak after returning from the Moscow talks. Stephen Early indicated the president would likely respond to such an invitation, Hull accepted. The report notes Patton’s location after Eisenhower’s reprimand over an incident in a hospital. Roosevelt then flies to Eisenhower’s Tunis villa after Sicily.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Middle East
Hull
Senate House
Moscow
Stephen Early
Milk Price Gains and Output Drop in Six-State Market
New records marked November in the metropolitan milk pool as Dr. C J Blanford reported a high uniform farm price of 3.58 per hundredweight across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Vermont Connecticut and Massachusetts and a record low in milk delivered to plants with 338 146 383 pounds from 52 637 producers to 456 plants. Boston area milk price rose to 3.64 per hundredweight in the 200 mile Boston milkshed up 13 cents from October and 44 cents above November last year.
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Boston
Boston Pie
Government Returns 13 Leather Plants in Massachusetts
The government relinquished possession of 13 leather manufacturing plants in Salem Peabody and Danvers Massachusetts last night after President Roosevelt decided their productive efficiency was restored. Following a failed November 18 appeal to strikers the War Department was ordered to take over the plants on November 24 and they have since operated under Secretary Stimson.
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Salem
Peabody
Danvers
Maass
Roosevelt
War Department
Stimson
House Votes to Raise Crude Oil Prices by 35 Cents
The House overrode protests that the move would spur inflation and voted to instruct the Office of Price Administration to boost crude oil prices by at least 35 cents a barrel.
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Washington LLP
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Escape Of Nazi Chiefs No Break in Cold Spell
Troy endures the coldest spell of winter with a forecast of five below to start the morning and near zero in New York City. Weather officials report record low possibilities, with protections showing divergent readings, while snow squalls are unlikely locally and influenza cases remain low. In London, Eden is set to outline a master plan to punish war criminals and ensure no Germany surrender goes unpunished, as Allied declarations press for unconditional surrender and swift punishment of top leaders.
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New England
New York City
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London
Germany
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House of Commons
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Bulgaria
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Express
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Stimson Reports Patton Upbraided Third Soldier
Secretary of War Stimson disclosed to Senate military committee that General Patton spoke with undue harshness to a third soldier who had swollen ankles and had removed his leggings. He said denial of the earlier slapping incident may have been a PR error but was sound militarily.
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Washington
George S. Patton, Jr
Stimgon
Senate Military Committee
Stimson
Patton
Rector William Gage dies after brief illness
Rev William Johnson Gage rector of St Mark's Episcopal Church Green Island since 1940 died at Samaritan Hospital after a short illness. The body lies in state at the church with vestry guard of honor. A requiem mass and funeral will be held in the church tomorrow at 11 a.m. with Bishop G Ashton Oldham officiating. Interment in Greenwich. He was born in Johnstown and came to Green Island from Colton. He was a 1910 graduate of Newburg Academy.
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Green Island
Samaritan Hospital
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Troy
Greenwich
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Carrie B. Gage
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Freetown
Mass
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Johnstown
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Colton
New York
Newburg Academy
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ST. Mark's
Penicillin Produced On Extensive Scale Announcement
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, Army surgeon general, said penicillin would be available in adequate civilian and military supplies within six months. He announced that penicillin is in mass production to meet needs of fighting men and their families.
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New York
Norman T. Kirk
General Kirk
American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association
Ship returns. seaman Ralph D. Pruett recovers lost funds
Merchant seaman Ralph D. Pruett retrieves $1,163 lost wallet after his ship arrived back from a voyage. A cafeteria proprietor found the wallet and turned it in to police. The National Maritime Union alerted Pruett when the vessel returned to port.
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New York
Ralph D. Pruett
Pruett
National Maritime Union
Patton Arrives Unannounced in Cairo On Unclear Mission
Lieutenant General George S Patton Jr commander of the U S Seventh Army recently visited Cairo by plane. He caused attention by driving in a car bearing his three star flag and reportedly reprimanding soldiers during two incidents. A soldier on combat duty was said to have been cuffed for not wearing leggings. No further incidents are noted in Patton's record. Stimson GEN. PATTON
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Plunderers Seek Indemnity for Bombed Renault Works
In London the German occupation authorities are said to demand indemnity from the Vichy government for damage to German industrial property in France caused by Allied bombing. The claim centers on the Renault works near Paris as a primary example of losses.
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France
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Paris
Tito's Troops Resist Nazis
The Yugoslav Partisans under Marshal Tito report continued success against German forces near liberated areas. They claim two Nazi armies attacked in Bosnia as Partisans rally to Tito's call to resist the German onslaught. The West backs Tito with military aid, while Moscow plans a military mission to Yugoslavia for more details on guerrilla groups.
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Bothidar Purie
Cairo
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London
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Five Forts Lost As Yanks Blast Reich
U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators penetrated deep into northwestern Germany with Thunderbolts and other escorts for the war’s longest raid. The assault targeted multiple sites, downing 15 German fighters while losing five American bombers.
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London
U. S
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Frederick L. Anderson
U. 8. Air Force
Schippl
Amsterdam
Bremen
Mutual aid pact pledges Czech Soviet alliance
The twenty year mutual assistance treaty between Russia and Czechoslovakia pledges to fight Germany to the finish and not negotiate with Hitlerite governments. It sets postwar economic aid, mutual independence, and avoidance of anti each other alliances, with an addendum inviting third countries to join if threatened by Germany. The U S state department described the pact as not conflicting with world security.
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State Department
High Court Upholds Draft Reclassification
The Supreme Court let stand a ruling upholding a Selective Service board’s reclassification of Adolphi Stanziale of Essex County New Jersey from 3-A to 1-A after he became a father. Stanziale was 3-A in January 1942 while his wife was pregnant and shifted to 1-A in November 1942 after the baby was born and the servicemen’s allowance act passed. he was inducted January 1943.
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Supreme Court
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Essex County
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Liscome Bay Sunk After Torpedo Hit Off Makin Island
Captain Crommelin recalled the Liscome Bay sinking on November 24 after a Japanese submarine torpedo struck the escort carrier off Makin Island. The ship went down in twenty minutes. Survivors described scenes of heroism including Lieut. Cmdr. Buzz Carroll and Lieut. Cmdr. J B. Rowe aiding others, while Admiral Mullinnix led through the crisis.
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Buzz Carroll
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Milford
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Soviet Vault Offensives Near Kiev Push In Third Day
Soviet forces aided by guerrilla detachments gained ground for a third day in the Kiev bulge as German counteroffensives clawed back. West of Kiev a massive tank battle raged while Vatutin’s troops repelled seven German attacks and tightened positions. Guerrilla units, coordinating with the Red Army, seized two railway stations near Zhitomir, destroying four German trainloads of troops and supplies.
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Korosten
Malin
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Zhitomir
Naples Students Riot Sparks Guarded Atmosphere
Naples Italy tension rose as university students clashed with police after a Saturday attempt to enter the University of Naples grounds. Armed AMG guards, probing the rector Adolfo Omodeo’s defiance of summons, may act if another meeting proceeds next Saturday.
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Nantes
Antoni Bas Garded
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Railroads Defy FEPC Orders Over Negro Employment Rules
President Roosevelt's FEPC faced defiance from 36 southern railroads and West Coast shipyard unions over orders to end discriminatory practices. Railroads argued the committee lacks constitutional power, claiming directives have no legal effect while the agency asserts authority to promote minority employment in war jobs.
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Interpretative Climax Near In Battle Of Russia
War analyst Kirke L. Sempson reports a potential decisive moment in the Kiev bulge as Soviet forces push a frontal center attack near Malin. He notes ongoing disagreements between Moscow and Berlin on the nature of the Soviet push, the impact of cold weather on operations, and shifts from pincers to direct center assault with self-propelled guns supporting future armored offensives.
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Associated Press
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Hiev Bulge
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Aussies Gain Two Miles in New Guinea
Australian forces press the Huon peninsula advance in New Guinea pushing across the Sowi River for two miles. Supported by Matilda tanks, infantry near Saxona on the coast with infantry and supply lines extending inland toward Waren. Japanese base and positions come under heavy air and artillery pressure as weather hampers operations in the Solomons and Bougainville theater.
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