Rear Adms Callaghan & Scott, both killed in the epic Friday the 13th surface action in Ironbottom Sound where they turned back a Japanese bombardment force under Vice Adm Hiroaki Abe.
Our Navy in Action (Hurd) – 2
Marine Flier Rams Guadalcanal Foe (Durdin) – 2-3
Americans Close In on Enemy at Buna – 3
French Get Our Aid – 4-5
Major Sports Results – 5
U.S. Tank ‘Lost’ at Oran Destroys 3 Guns, 50 Cars – 6
War News Summarized – 6
Second Front: U.S. Landing Supplies in Africa (photo) – 7
The First Pictures Showing the Allied Nations’ Invasion of North Africa (photos) – 8-10
As the United Nations Opened a Second Front in the Mediterranean (photos) – 11-12
Roosevelt Thanks Go to Eisenhower – 13
Rommel’s Forces Continue Flight – 13
Stalingrad Lines Crush Nazi Drives – 13-14
Debt Trend to U.S. Feared in Canada - 14
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 15-16
The News of the Week in Review
The Pattern of War in Europe and Africa (map) – 17
Twenty News Questions – 18
Rout of Rommel is Laid to Timing (Anderson) – 19
The Battleground of the Western Mediterranean (map) – 20
The Mediterranean’s Shores Become a Focus of War (map) – 21
Allies Prepare the Base for Mediterranean Drive (Baldwin) – 22-23
The Battle Theatre of the Southwest Pacific (map) – 24
Japanese May Try Soon for Decision in Pacific (Hurd) – 25
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 26
The New York Times Magazine
‘Hell, I Can’t – I’ve Got a Date in Berlin’ (Daniell) – 28-32
Rear Adms Callaghan & Scott, both killed in the epic Friday the 13th surface action in Ironbottom Sound where they turned back a Japanese bombardment force under Vice Adm Hiroaki Abe.