Oakland Tribune
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1942
Axis Dive-Bombers Enter N. Africa Battle;
Vichy Fleet Crippled; Riots Flare In Paris
2d Front Units
2d Front Units
Control Sea, Air
Only Token Resistance on Land Met
By U.S. Forces Storming North Africa;
Vichy Severs Relations With Washington
By THOMAS A. REEDY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—(AP)—United States forces, "in
control of the sea and air and apparently meeting only token
resistance on land, stormed ahead rapidly in French North
Africa today, and the long-awaited "second front" drive
snapped the 150-year-old diplomatic friendship between the
American and French Governments, as represented by Vichy.
Formal notice of the severance
of relations was served
yesterday by pro-Nazi Pierre
Laval, chief of the Vichy Government,
as a powerful American
invasion army advanced into
French colonies along a 1000-mile
stretch of the African coast.
U. S. Seizes All
French Ships
French Ambassador Handed Passports,
Ending Formal Relations With Vichy;
Morgenthau Bans Trade With France
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—(AP)—Secretary of State Hull disclosed
today that all Vichy French ships in American ports
had been taken into protective custody.
Hull also announced that his passports had been handed
to Vichy Ambassador Gaston Henry-Haye, thus making formal
and complete the break in relations with the Laval Government.
Police Quell
Axis Rally
People's Party Urges
War on U.S., Britain,
Adherence to Nazis
LONDON, Nov. 9—(AP)—Reuters
recorded a Paris radio announcement
today that clashes had broken
out between demonstrators and police
in the German-occupied French
area.
The demonstrations, described a
The demonstrations, described as
"a few small incidents." followed
a meeting of the French People's
party at which collaborationist
Jacques Doroit demanded "an im-
mediate declaration of war
Britain and America and immediate
conclusion of an alliance with the
Axis powers."
A. E. F. Fighting
In Casablanca
Three Columns of Americans Supported
By Tanks in New Attack; 6 U.S Transports
Strafed by Nazis in Algeria Roadstead
By the Associated Press
LONDON, Nov. 9.—The French reported tonight that Axis
dive bombers had entered the battle of North Africa, and
that their own colonials were being strengthened on the
Atlantic Coast, but the United States expedition, with seemingly
irresistible might, was putting thousands of men on
the beaches and pressing in on the 'key strongholds of Vichy's
African empire. Algiers already had been occupied, and
Oran was caught between two
arms of American shock troops
moving quickly to encircle it
as this powerful challenge to
Hitler, still only at its start,
rapidly gained a solid footing.
U. S. Air Drive
Catches Japs
Plane-Borne Troop
Movement in Guinea
Helps Roll Up Foe
By MURL1N SPENCER
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA,
Nov. 8.— (Delayed} —(AP)— Green-clad
American doughboys who had been
carried into the midst of Japanese controlled
territory in probably the
the greatest air-borne infantry movement
of history, hacked their way
through dense New Guinea Jungle
today to within striking distance of
the enemy's base at Buna.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Communique
t o d a y announced that
American infantrymen and Australian
veterans had penetrated to the
Buna area after being transferred
from Australian bases by airplane.
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