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American Forces Under Eisenhower
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Make Landings Coast French Africa
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Landings Provide ‘"Effective Second Front Assistance
To Our Heroic Allies 1st Russia"
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FRANCE ANI) PEOPLE REQUESTED COOPERATE
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 8 (/Pi — The White H u
ann'timed tonight that a powerful American fctvr i.-«
landing on the Mediterranean nd Atlantic :oads of
French colonies in Africa in orris to “forestall an u
vnsion" of Africa by Germany and Italy The surprse <
annou t cement, timed to coincide with iv' ■ ‘su
ing of troops, 9 P.M , Eastern W: r Time ,<r 1 u A M
West Africa Time, said the Am urn an i rce v • - cud ;
the command of Lt. Gen Dw.gh" D. Eisenh-.■ •
of thi American European r : torce<. a no e • nr-:4
with “adequate weapons ot m< lorn ww ■■■<• " T ■
landing is being assisted ir, A Hr:* sh v • •» ’
forces and will he reinforced ' : • imam : •
b\ a '0!i.-,'derable numb: * t
Army
d uo ’ dement said !h ■ i.
second front assistance to t.u.- r cl • ? 7v,->
The Pres,dent's statement so- t ■ Fran : v u . n
and people have been informed ‘ tin- ouroose " the
American expedition and have own assured 'tha* the
Allies seek no territory and hav - no .u.' ’ u. inter
fering with the freedom of th • Fv uu7 arta • -
Africa."
The government of France and its people and the
French possessions are requested t cooper • ? • . -
and assist the American expeditin' ":r its i •
repeal the German and Italian intern iP* m h c- nu -
and bv so doing to liberate the French in* French em
pire from the Axis yoke.”
Roosevelt Address Broadcast to French People
The statement did not specif;. tK- -j 'nt •
where tl'e powerful American force di.serrb ,-kec. S -
multaneously with the statement, the Whit h .um n d •
public a Roosevelt radio address resordin-_ vv cr. w.l
be. bro.,clcast tonight to the Frencm pe el. .. ~h
wave from Washington and London, u.4; r , 7 . —
■ance.
Red (ross Man Is Now
Stationed At Ladd field
FAIRBANKS — A native Hoosier athletic direct >r
with a background as winter sports nstructo: ;r Nt
York State has shifted the scene t ' his activities u.
Ladd-F.eld as assistant field directoi of the Amo: c .
Red Cross.
He is E. B. “Jack” Heil'ne r, who came here re
cently in the Red Cross expansion program for A1 a.
-Mr.Heifner traveled to the Territory by boat and spent
two weeks at Fort Richardson before going to Ladd
field-. His duties will be to cooperate vvitli 1st Ideal.
Winston Allard, special service officer, and 1st Lieut
R. L. Arjo, athletic officer, in educational and recrea
tional activities for the soldiers, and with Cupt. O. M
Odom, post chaplain, in welfare work.
Two other American Red Cross men also visited,
Ladd Field recently on their way to outposts in the
Territory. They were Carl F. Plate and William Wake
field, both assistant field directors.
Mr. Heifner was educated in the Indiana public
school system. He attended Ball State Teachers Col
lege at Muncie. Ind., and was graduated from the Uni
versity of Illinois in 1930. He served as athletic and
recreational director in Mishawaka, Ind.. coaching the
high school basketball, tootball and baseball teams.
In May. 1942, he entered the American Red Cross,1
attending a special service school at Camp Meade. Md .
and working in Washington, D. C., on a survey of re
creaional programs for the national Red Cross head
quarters.
Although he had requested that he be sent to Al
aska, he was scheduled originally to go to England as
an assistant field director. While awaiting passage on
a trans-Alantic plane, however, his orders were chang
ed and he was given the opportunity to come here, an
offer he quick y accepted. He left Washington around'
the first of September on his way to Ladd Field
Americans Hake
A.h a nee On
Guadalcanal
shin Aon. X' v. 1» (A5)
Xam announced
can troops at
G canal made a i'ur
th advance on the cast
er : en; while lighting to
stopped
en • *
British Bombers
Bla-t at Italy
Fm Fifth Time
X ... 7 ( V) —
E - big home-based
- revisited Italy at
m 7th time since
1 v (.'< oner, showering
G ." rh fire and explo
s:v w ch. bv the Ital
ian n word, inflicted
"r. • damage" on It
alv - ,.st important port
X- tin* Axis armies in
\r rth Africa The air min
■ "tv c db*d the attack "con
vi nt rated and effective.”
An Italian communique
said "pa 'bciilsr dam .go
was coo’ted in the center
town and in the eastern
t: rt no*able damage was
caused.
L n long haul to and fro
iv -r virtually the length if
c ’'.tii' nial Europe a ”, d
' v co across the Alps was
made in bad weather but
'he night skies were ch r
we ■ Genoa. Three bomb
ers were lost.
Martin. (/ 0 P
Nat. (hairman
!> To Resign
Washington, Nov. 7 < P)
Rep. Joseph Martin of
Mass., m i n o r i ( y leadi r
u, the House, announced
iie would resign as chan
m in of the Republican Na
tional committee at the
meeting in St. Louis on
L ‘comber 7, to give all his
tme to his House job. He
hi tde the announcement at
a press conference, and
also said he is giving very
serious consideration to
pressing the formation of
a joint House and Senate
committee on t.he conduct
of the war.
He said the? elections serv
ed notice that “the govern
ment will have to get down
to the business of winning
the war.”
Now is the time to Iook over
v-f joo praiting needs for tht
snr ng and summer. The Nug
get Office will be glad t > consul;
with you as to your wants and I
?ri ‘es or same. 1
!00.000 of Rum
mers Men Trapped
Or Captured
Cairo. Nov. 7 (ylh With
a hundred thousand of
Kommi'l's total of some
40.000 troops cap! u *d or
' rapped, and his t i n k
deny ill previous] v crip
pled. the Brit sh caused
ho broken and tattered
Axis forces and swept on
a ;st Matruh. t he Ky\ ptian
out alm>.st half way to the
i. avail frontier tram t he
. !iny point of th» Allied
irive.
ranker and Mer
chant Ship Hit In
\ltack On V\is
Cairo, Nov. 7 (/l’) One
iaryo tanker was dost roved
and a medium merchant
\css< 1 hit direeth vcral
.i times in attacks on Axis
jMediterranean supply lin
es. by heavy bomber.1- of
the C. S. Army air forces
in the Middle East yester
day. The tanker was hi n
an afternoon raid on Bcti
; yasi and the merchant si p
hit. dm iny an attack on 1'
bruk.
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German Radio
Circulates Stor\
of Convoy Battle
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New.York. Nov.
The German radio.-p
haps on a fishing.-exp*
lion, u'uve circulation i >
story that a convoy bu '
is in progress in the e
1 ern Mediterranean quo’
“foreign reports” to th;
feet. No such reports \\
heard from any o t I
source.
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Dane King Shows
i Improvement
STOCKHOLM Word
Copenhagen. Denmark, said
the condition of King Chin ;
of Denmark again has impn (d
The 72-year-old monarch ,%.t
re|)orted to have spent a n -If
night, and to have « good ip-‘
•petite.
King Christian was injured .,<■
riously in a fall from his 1 • r.1 • ■
at Copenhagen recently and tiis
condition was complicated hv the
development of pneumonia. He
has received several Wood trail.',
fusions.
King Christina named 43-ye.n
old Crown Prince Frederick .is
Regent to act for him during n.
illness.
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\inerican Forces Meet Stiff Local
Resistance lint Fasualties \re flight
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Arrangements At Made For Capitulation of Algiers
IJewceil Maj.-G n. Ryder and Gen. Alphonse Juin
MORE THAN 2.(OH PRISONERS TAKEN AT ORAN
WASHINGTO X.n 9 (/}») —The W D
iiH'iil reported thi A ncr ran forces met still’ A re
s stance at severa1 p ,nt> in the vicinity ot * i F: eneh
North Alrican pom f Oran, but three or fo , .fids
in tlrs area are m a ur hands. More tha; A
sone were takei tin sector, a cOmmu
am; lm the entire ■■■upalion campaign, n ,r -
gross !n North At . casualties were said
The communion • id. at Oran, forces u
General Lloyd Fn e a ..11 penetrated a o
distance to the re., of the cits .
Successful Landings Made At All Points In .V!
In French M< eco, landings were mad
lully at all selech : plants by a force comi
Major (tenera1 Gem < L itton. It was said L;
• aircraft was more a at Morocco than else.'.
rhe commun: pu -aid arrangements, f , .
itulation ot the cit; ot \lgiers, were made u
once between Major Gi-neral Charles Ryder A
commander in thi- < •;or. and defending G< w Al
phonse Juin.
Landing Fortes Supported In Warship
All landing f«>> c. , the Department s- J w
on supporting fire by warships, attacking fortific.t*. •;s
Counter measures were taken where Allied sh p, rA
resistance by enemy naval forces.
\mcrican Linilingrs Fled rifs London
LONDON. Nov. » (/Ci — Sunday — The L’ni* -i
I i Trig bn the French Nort \ft ica
ecti ili'd London which has been filled with rum t- f
si met mug "awlullv big” brewing for this w ook-e” •
Vichy (*o\L Orders French I'mop
Resist. Breaks Relations Washington
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Huge Allied Convoys Disembarkin'; I hoops In Africa
Regarded First Step Toward Second Front in Europe
F S. TROOPS SEIZE IMPORTANT AIRFIELDS
UNDATKi). Nov:j y (/*>) — l i States troops
e\i ! ii .portaht Airfields in K; och North Af
rica and other bindings continue, the War Department
announced in •bmmunique. and ited that most
ot the \ ichy French opposition can a from eight naval
units anti cou ; artillery.
Two Light Allied Vessels Sunk So Far
The \ it ' tdio said that K h troops at Al
ters had t ap' a od Associated Pic dispatches direct
from the seen ■ which said two b. t Allied vfssels
were sunk in operations thus far A Washington com
munique confirmed these losses and also said troop
ships have been disabled when toipedoed, but Ameri
can soldiers a bo rd took to light landing craft and con
\ lined toward their objective 120 mbs away, landing
| this morning.
Marshall Petain’s Vichy government ordered t.he
| French troops to resist the Ameri nvasion,
broke relations with the United States Vichy Axis
! epor is mditau d that naval and a r actions are bpin°
fought in both the Atlantic and Mediterranean, at
points where huge Allied eonvo>s are disembarking
troops lor the invasion of Africa, which is generally
regarded as the first step towards the opening of a
second front in Europe, perhaps through Italy.
35,000-ton French Battleship Hit
The Berlin radio quoted a Vich\ report that the
new 35,000-ton French battleship, the Jean Bart, and
four French submarines have, been hit in action b\ Al
lied dive bombers, presumably in action near Casa
Bianca, on the Atlantic coast of French Morocco.