Touhy Gang Taken After Stateville Breakout
FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover announced the capture of gang leader Roger Touhy and Basil Banghart after a dawn raid on a north side Chicago apartment. Also seized were Edward Darlak and two police officers O Connor and McInerney were killed resisting arrest during the operation.
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Chicago
Touhy
Stateville Pententiary
Joliet
J. Edgar Hoover
Roger Touhy
Basil
the Owl) Banghart
Hoover
FBI
Stateville
Ce Ee
Sahician
Banghart
Kenmore Avenue
Bang- Lee
Darlak
O'Connor
McInerney
Leland Avenue
North Side
Ste
D. Touhy
Russians Push 300 Mile Drive Behind Stalingrad Front
Moscow reports Vatutin’s forces thrusting along a 300 mile front from Novaya Kalitovka toward Kotelnikovski and Nagolny. German 22 divisions remain encircled near Stalingrad, while the Soviet advance continues to tighten the noose and push back air supplied German units.
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Moscow
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Novaya Kalitov
Kalmyck
Stalingrad-Tikhoretsk
Nagolny
Koptelnikovski
Kotelnikovski
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Red Army
Don Steppe
Likhaya
Millerovo
Don
Ukraine
Rostov
Chertkov
Ret
Red Star
Hat Sale at Buzzella's Shop Ends Soon
Big reduction on all hats with prices from 50 cents upward advertised by Buzzella's Shop in a brief notice. Continued on page 2 col 2.
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Buzzella’s
Special Attention Advertisers Notice for New Year Day
The Star will not be published on Friday January 1 1943 New Year's Day a national holiday The Evening Star indicates a temporary pause in publication for the holiday.
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the Star
THE
Evening Star
Central Control Over Flow Of War Materials
Wright Field Ohio reports centralized War Production Board oversight of critical material flow. Brig Gen A W Vanaman says the material center coordinates experimental engineering and testing, with four districts including Wright Field, Santa Monica, Wichita, Detroit, and New York. The new WPB arrangement adds order and realism to production schedules without increasing civilian control.
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Wright Field
Ohio
War Production Board
A. W. Vanaman
Vanaman
Air Forces
Seid
Fits
WPB
WLB
Washington
Gee - Eke Command
Western
Santa Monica
Wichita
Central
Detroit
Eastern
New York
Erimne Command
Naval Flier Dies In Plane Crash
A naval aviator died in a crash near Wood and a companion plane was damaged but returned to base. Lieut Feasley is survived by his wife Mrs Marjorie Pitts of Chicago.
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Naval
See
Woodann
Feasley
Marjorie ‘Pitts
Chicago
British Papers Split On Wallace World Peace Plan
British papers debated Vice President Wallace’s postwar world peace and welfare council proposal after his Washington speech. The Daily Herald criticized a probable big business view of export markets, while The Sketch praised him as champion of the common man. The Daily Telegram saw Wallace educating the public on postwar responsibilities.
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London
Wallace
World Peace and Welfare Council
Laborite
Daily Herald
Washington
The
Noth
Daily Telegram
Henry Wallace
Milam
British Push On In Burma near Rathedaung and Magwe
British advance elements reach Rathedaung about 25 miles west of Akyab after engaging Japanese troops the night of December 27. RAF mounted two strikes on Magwe airfield with Blenheim bombers and Hurricane fighters causing damage. one Japanese fighter was confirmed lost.
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New Delhi
Burma
Rathedaung
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Paris
Bangkok
Chindwin River
Chin
RAF
Magwe
Frederick County Men to Leave for Camp Lee
Twenty three Frederick County men will depart for Camp Lee Virginia on Thursday morning to begin military training. They must report at 6 30 at the Selective Service Board office in the county building with Hetzel M Stotler acting corporal.
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Frederick County
Camp Lee
Knox Confirms Early War Ship Hit Uncharted Reef
Secretary of the Navy Knox stated that early in the war an American battleship struck an uncharted reef and was repaired long ago. He gave no location details and declined to release specific circumstances. He said navy enlistment would not mirror army draft practices for those over 38 and casualty lists would be nationwide.
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Washington
Knox
South Pacific
Navy
Army
Motorists Fail Speed Tests Under New Virginia Limits
Virginia state police reports show 39 percent of 79 passenger buses and many cars exceeded the 35 mph limit in V scope tests. Two cars clocked above 40 mph, with one at 52 and another at 48. Violations mostly occurred between 35 and 40 mph as signs warn of speed checks statewide. Governor Darden vows a strict crackdown starting the new year.
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Richmond
W. L. Groth
Groth
Darden
Canadians Wreck Tollow 36 Toll in Ontario Train Crash
The death toll from a troop train collision in Almonte Ontario rose to 36. An inquest set for January 7 will hear from eyewitnesses and railway workers. The disaster injured at least 118 as the Pembroke Ottawa train rammed rear coaches at the station.
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Almonte
Ontario
Smirle Lawson
Pembroke
Ont
Lawson
Canada
Quizz Papers to Shrink 1943 Questionnaires Says Vandenberg
Senator Vandenberg predicts a 50 percent drop in government questionnaires in 1943 as the Byrd committee drives reforms. He says reform has begun and future inquiries must be justified, aided by a budget bureau clearance order from Harold Smith. The move follows Byrd committee investigations into non essential federal expenditures.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Michigan
Byrd Committee
Harold Smith
Budget Bureau
Committee On
Byrd
D-Va
Sergeant O'Neal Held Prisoner in Philippines War
Staff Sergeant John E. O Neal of Middletown is reported by the War Department to be a prisoner of war of the Japanese in the Philippine Islands. His father Uel D. O Neal relayed the news from Adjutant General Ulio. The family had endured long suspense before learning of his status. He had enlisted in the air corps and finished basic training shortly before the Pearl Harbor attack.
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John E. O’neal
Middletown
War Department
Philippine Islands
Uel D. O'Neal
Ulio
United States Army
O’neal
O'Neal
Air Corps
Pearl
McNutt Seeks Proofs of Abuse in War Plant Hiring
Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt asked Senator Bailey to send specific complaints about initiation fees and unions' job prerequisites at war plants. He will keep complainants anonymous and says abuses can be corrected case by case with cooperative union officials. Lawrence A. Appley named chief of the manpower bureau of Placement and will direct the U S Employment Service.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Bailey
McNutt
Lawrence A. Appley
New York
Vick Chemical Company
Secretary of War
Civil Service Commission
Manpower Commission
Bureau of Placement
Appley
U. S. Employment Service
Allied Troops Withdraw From Tunisian Hill Position
War Department reports Allied forces pulled back from a hill northeast of Medjez El Bab, Tunisia, after inflicting heavy enemy casualties. Communique notes night patrol contact with the enemy, bomber raids behind lines, and shelling by both sides. Spitfires down two JU-88s and one ME-109 in air operations.
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Washington
War Department
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunisia
North Africa
Medjez- El-Bab
Tunist
Me jez-El-Bab-Tebourba
Morocco
Allies deepen wedge in Buna New Guinea fighting
Allied forces widened a trench and pressed the Japanese defensive line in Buna area despite Japanese naval shelling and a counterattack at Buna airstrip. American and Australian troops repelled the counterattack as B 24 bombers hit targets at Rabaul and Gasmata with several ships and air bases under attack.
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Australia
Buna
New Guinea
MacArthur
Sanananda
Soputa
Gasmata
New Britain
Saivai
Guiloro
Timor
New Bis
Sears
Merauke
Allied P-38s Break Through North Africa Front
Allied air forces strike near Tripoli and Medenine with P-38 fighters destroying trucks and supplies. Lieutenant Virgil Smith becomes ace with six confirmed victories as battles push toward Tunis amid rain and mud. British Eighth Army advances east of Sirte while Axis losses mount and submarines report sinkings in the Mediterranean.
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North Africa
Zauia
Tripoli
Medenine
Tunisia
Gabes
Virgil Smith
Med
Texas
Sh Man
Smith
Trivoli
Pont-Du-Pahs
Tunis
Africa
London
Eighth Army
Sirte
Rommel
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Giles Findley
James O'Connor
Clair McInerney
U. S
Dack
Dash
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Special Attention
William F. Frye
Laborite Herald
Will
Stotler
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