Great African Bulk Vibrates With Story of Allies' Pushes
Editor Dewitt MacKenzie reports from Cairo on Allied advances in North Africa. He notes diverse crews including Yankee soldiers British and French troops and native workers aiding transport routes and air corridors as Axis threat prompts swift victory. The piece reflects on Lisbon’s mixed population and ongoing North African campaign.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Cairo
Mediterranean Sea
Equator
Africa
Uncle Sam
America
Stora
Nor- Africa
England
Atlantic
Britain
Poe
Lisbon
Lo Bam
Axis
West Africa
Dakar
22 County Men Report For Duty In Charlottesville
Registrants from Albemarle County ordered to report for active duty at 6 15 on Friday November 20. They will board a bus at 6 45 for Camp Lee for classification with a list of names including Cleatus Dick Evan Julian and Leo White among others.
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Prentype Prethick County
Charlottesville
Camp Lee
John Nee Aa
F. Dick. Sitbars
Evan W. Julian B. Eee
Hutcheson Warns of Critical Food Situation for 1943
Farmers in Frederick county heard John R. Hutcheson of Virginia Tech outline an eight point plan for wartime agriculture. He urged using deferments for trained farm workers and warned of shortages in labor equipment fertilizer and transport. He stressed the need to boost dairy pork poultry fats and oils to feed a growing war effort including Britain Russia and China and many conquered nations. Continued on Page 2 Cot 4.
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Frederick County
Virginia
John R. Hutcheson
VPI
Britain
Russia
China
Wickard
Mrs Roosevelt reports on England trip and war effort
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt told reporters that her England trip convinced Americans to deepen wartime effort. She recalled factory visits and bombed areas, described wartime life at Buckingham Palace, and praised American soldiers in Britain as in high spirits.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
England
Roosevelt
White House
Lacey
Armed Services
Scotland
Royal Scottish Women’s Institute
Fire on Roof Quickly Extinguished at West Piccadilly Street
Volunteer firemen quickly extinguished a roof fire at 129 West Piccadilly Street shortly before noon. The home is owned by Mrs. Harry C. Luptom who resides there.
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West Piccadilly Street
Harry C. Luptom
Draft Boards Get Instructions On Farmer Workers
Washington November 18 Selective Service Director Hershey announced that men deferred as essential farm workers must obtain draft-board approval to quit or be classified as available for military service. The rule covers married men with children and accompanies new act provisions lowering the minimum age to 18. Boards must reclassify men who quit farm work without notice and allow farm-deferred men to enlist voluntarily in land or naval services during separate registration periods set by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Former Resident Miller Hutchison Found Dead in Winchester
Miller Hutchison 42 a former Portsmouth resident and World War veteran was found dead at his Winchester residence. Leon Nowitzky coroner’s investigator ruled death natural. Hutchison once practiced dentistry in Winchester and lived on South Cameron Street with a noted collection of mounted birds and animals.
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Panager Va
Miller Hutchison
Princell
Portsmouth
Veteran of World Bar
Winchester
Hutchinson
W.fitchison
Veterans’Facility
Kecoughton
D. M. Wilson
Norfolk
Hutchison
Leon Nowitzky
Mid and
F. Hutchinson
Cameron Street
Community notes on events and local disruptions
City and County Brevities report brief local happenings. An officer spoke to the American Legion and at Braddock Street Methodist Church. Power companies list two month calendar snapshots of area landmarks. A fishing mishap near South Branch involved D L Kinter and C P McVicar Jr with minnows lost to deep water.
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American Legion
Braddocktreet Methodist Church
Northern Virginia Power Company
Potomac Edison
Wackereood
Ig Co
D. L. Kinter
C. P. McVicar, Jr
Yanks Fight Off Nazis In French Raids Aboard Flying Fortress
Eight American crewed Flying Fortress fought off a German fighter squadron over Lille France during a bombing mission. Lieutenant Riordan Houston-based pilot kept the bomber together despite hits to propeller rudder and fuselage as the crew and ship returned to England led by Spaatz.
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London
Carl Spaatz
Europe
Lille
France
Robert L. Riordan
Houston
Tex
John T. de John
Ansley
Ala
Owohn Bends A
Dee Riordan
Hoor
Edward P. Malisewski
Groose Pointe
Mich
Anthony L. Sartoro
Riordan
England
Allies Acquire 200000 to 300000 Tons Shipping
The ministry of economic warfare announced that Allied forces gained between 200,000 and 300,000 tons of merchant shipping as a result of their entry into North Africa.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
North Africa
British shipbuilder seeks Kaiser slow motion shipbuilding film
A London shipbuilder has asked the ministry of information for a slow motion film capturing the rapid shipbuilding methods used by Henry J. Kaiser of Portland Oregon. The request aims to illustrate wartime production efficiency and technological techniques in modern Carly Kaiser shipyards.
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London
Ministry of Information
Henry J. Kaiser
Portland
Derailed Tennesseean Streamliner No Injuries Reported
Eight cars of the Southern Railway Tennesseean streamliner derailed near Cleveland Tennessee. Deputy Sheriff Frank Dargan said no one was injured and attributed the accident to a broken rail.
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Cleveland, Tenn
Southern Railway
Frank Dargan
Dargan
Roosevelt says Allies' North Africa plans are temporary expedient
Sir Stafford Cripps read President Roosevelt's remark in the House of Commons noting the Allies' political arrangements in North Africa are a temporary expedient, stated with full knowledge of the British government.
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London
Roosevelt
North Africa
House of Commons
Stafford Cripps
Italian official Aldo Finzi expelled from Fascist party
A Rome dispatch reported Aldo Finzi former Italian undersecretary of state and ex president of the Italian Olympics committee was expelled from the Fascist party and stripped of all public functions as a disciplinary action.
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Bern
Rome
Aldo Finzi
Japan Admits Loss as Solomons Battle Declares Sunk Battleship
New York November 18 Japan acknowledged the sinking of one battleship in the Solomons fight, signaling a rare admission by Imperial Japan of naval losses. Tokyo radio claimed heavier blows against U S squadrons than disclosed, while listing ships and planes damaged or sunk.
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New York
Japan
Solomons
United States Navy
Imperial
Tokyo
U. S
Tokyo Radio
United States
Solomions
U. S. Navy
Imperial Headquarters
Axis
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Fats Collection Slows in Virginia War Effort
Richmond Virginia November 18 Co H Luebbert executive secretary of the State Salvage Committee said the collection of household kitchen fats in Virginia was lagging and urged housewives to turn in the fats needed for high explosive manufacture and as a base for medical supplies. He called for rapid organization of collection plans and swift shipments to seven rendering firms serving Virginia.
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Richmond
H. Luebbert
State Salvage Committee
Virginia
Luebbert
Peery Elected Kiwanis Club President for Year
W Alan Peery was elected president of the Kiwanis Club for the ensuing year. Other officers named include E E Harbaugh as vice president Andrew Bell as secretary-treasurer for a 22nd term and Gardner Quarles Sam C Brooks E B Cooper L I Miller Ralph Yount with Grove White as directors. Peery praised the Capital District meeting in Wilmington Delaware noting Winchester club records compared favorably with district peers.
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W. Alan Peery
Kiwanis Club
E. E. Harbaugh
Andrew Bell
Garland Quarles
Sam C. Brooks
L. I. Miller
Ralph Yount
Gies Cather
John Glover
Ent Ve ‘Grove White
Peery
Wilmington
Del
Winchester
Wanted Men Six Stone Loaders
Help wanted for six experienced stone loaders. Only experienced need apply. Contact Stuart M. Perry.
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Stuart M, Perry
Few Yards Gained By Nazis In Volga Siege
Henry C. Cassidy reports that after a week of renewed offensives at Stalingrad the German assault on the northern factory district has yielded only a few yards. Red Star notes heavy Soviet resistance and high German losses while ice on the Volga complicates supplies.Further north, Nazis strike at a village near Leningrad, six charges repelled but they reach the outskirts amid street fighting.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Star
Volga
Caucasus
Nalchik
Tuanse
Leningrad
Short Term Senators Take Oath as GOP Gains
Wisecracking voters report the November elections yield two new term to be senators. Hugh Ike Shott of Bluefield West Virginia is sworn in to replace Democrat Joseph Rosier. Arthur E. Nelson of St Paul Minnesota takes seat succeeding Joseph H Ball. Chapman Revercomb will replace Shott in West Virginia.
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Washington
Hugh Ike Shott, Sr
Bluefield
W. Va
Joseph Rosier
West Virginia
Arthur E. Nelson
St. Paul
Joseph H. Ball
Minnesota
Bingo at Sarah Zane Fire Hall Thursday Nov 19
Bingo event announced for the Sarah Zane Fire Hall on Thursday November 19 at 8 30 p m with a $100 door prize. Proceeds or further details not specified in the fragment.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Japs Fail To Shake American Offensive Plans
Pearl Harbor dispatch notes that Japan cannot derail Allied plans in the South Pacific. MacArthur has entered New Guinea as Guadalcanal shows Allied air sea and land mastery. Nimitz hints future action may be chosen by the Allies. Japanese losses are heavy across Coral Sea Midway and Guadalcanal actions.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Japan
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Solomons
Guadacanal
Greater Asia
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Deer
Guadalcanal
Nimitz
Urs
Coral Sea
Midway
Mass bombing in Italy seen as possible by war council
Pacific War Council members at the White House warned of possible mass bombing raids on northern Italy. Walter Nash noted North Africa opening Italy to devastat ing raids on key industries similar to British strikes on German war plants. The gathering, with nations active in the Pacific, called the meeting their most significant.
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Washington
Pacific War Council
Walter Nash
New Zealand
United States
Italy
White House
Pacific
Pera
Metho dist Church Rummage Sale At Market Street
W S C 8 Market St Meth dist Church holds rummage sale all day November 20 from 10 a m to 5 p m at 130 N Loudoun St. Funds support church programs and community outreach.
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Market St. Methodist Church
Loudoun St
British Troops Land in Tunisia as Air Carriers Bring Forces
British and American air power push into Tunisia with paratroopers landing at key airdromes. Axis air strength is alleged as massed across Sardinia Sicily and Crete for a major test. Rommel is described as groggy but still capable as Libyan forces advance toward El Agheila.
Axis and Allied Clash in North Africa as Tunisian Front Opens
German air forces mass over southern Italy Sardinia and Sicily to defend North Africa while Nazi radio claims Bizerte falls in Tunisia. British paratroopers deploy on the Medi coast as Allied spearheads push from Algeria and American units seize a Tunisian airport. Secrecy shrouds movements as General Anderson says the start is very good with the initiative shifting to Axis after Bizerte.
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Adolf Hitler
Italy
Sardinia
Sicily
North Africa
Paris
Bizerte
Tunisia
Bez
Gez
Algeria
Tripolitania
Ican
Medi
Tunisian
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
First Army
Kuykendall Named Winchester War Service Chairman
J Sloar Kuykendall of Winchester was appointed October 19 by the Virginia State Bar War Service Committee to chair the Winchester City War Service Committee. He named H K Benham W Erk Edwards and John W Rice as local members, with R Gray Williams assisting the Frederick County unit and Charles E Pollard leading the Bar at large.
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J. Sloar Kuykendall
Winchester
Virginia
State Bar War Service Committee
John C Parker, Jr
Franklin
Charles E. Pollard
Petersb
Virginia Bir
Bar
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Hutcheson
Bulletins
Kaiser Picture
Hitler
Normandy Isle
U. S. Army Air Force
Walter B. Clausen
Associated Press
Ture
Tunis
Air
Crete
Air Test
Mander
Rommel
Libya
el Agheila
Roger D. Greene
Kuykendall
War Service
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