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formal rationing discussed; further civilian cut seen
AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Saturday, Nov. 21 -- The heaviest fighting of the New Guinea campaign raged today in the Buna-Gona area, where the Japanese, pinned against the coast, lashed back at the advancing Allies with light artillery, mortars and machine guns.
USSR troops seize point northeast of Tuapse; force Gers from height south of Stalingrad; drive Gers back toward Nalchik; rout Rumanian battalion in another sector; Orjonikidze victory described; Izvestia comment; USSR press predicts USSR initiative on all fronts; Gers rept USSR drive on Don front northwest of Stalingrad, Gers gain in Stalingrad, western Caucasus, Alagir area and east of Mozdok; DNB repts on prisoners and weapons seized in Terek sector since Oct 25
ends; closure vote planned; Abolish Poll Tax Com and E G Brown score action; Roosevelt refuses to comment; Sen O'Mahoney calls bill unconst; bill proponents agree to shelve bill if closure vote is defeated
Laval revs French-US relations; cites Apr 27 conf with Leahy; says Brit and US want French Empire, radio s
1942Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German educator and politician[†]
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1965.
1942Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (born 1863)[†]
Leopold Anton Johann Sigismund Josef Korsinus Ferdinand Graf Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz was an Austro-Hungarian politician, diplomat and statesman who served as Imperial Foreign Minister at the outbreak of World War I.
1942J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1866)[†]
General James Barry Munnik Hertzog, better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog, was a South African politician and soldier. He was a Boer general during the Second Boer War who served as the third prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1939. Hertzog advocated for the development of Afrikaner culture and was determined to prevent Afrikaners from being excessively influenced by British culture. He founded the National Party in 1914.
1942The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).[†]
The Alaska Highway is a highway in North America which was constructed during World War II to connect the contiguous United States to Alaska through Canada. It begins at the junction with a few Canadian highways in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs to Delta Junction, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. When it was completed in 1942, it was about 2,700 kilometres (1,700 mi) long, but in 2012, it was only 2,232 km (1,387 mi). This is due to the realignments of the highway over the years, which has rerouted and straightened many sections. The highway opened to the public in 1948. Once legendary for being a rough, challenging drive, the highway is now paved over its entire length. Its component highways are British Columbia Highway 97, Yukon Highway 1, and Alaska Route 2.