Big Three outline plan to crush Germany next summer
Tehran talks reportedly cemented a three power program directed at a rapid Allied victory in Europe. Roosevelt Churchhill and Stalin would launch an early land attack on southern Europe with a London Allied command under Marshall and use of Soviet bases for shuttle bombing, culminating in occupation and rebuilding of Germany.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Josef Stalin
Tehran
Germany
Brazzaville
Istanbul
Reuters
Cairo
Lisbon
Moscow Radio
Graphic
Empire News
Europe
News of the World
Balkans
Washington
France
Dniester
Norway
Greece
George C. Marshall
Washington Dispatches
Transocean
Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Finland Will Continue Aid to Germany
Stockholm dispatch reports Finland will stay in the war as a full partner of Germany. Finnish leaders reject a separate peace and prefer to fight on if necessary even after the Axis surrenders. Censorship and press orders limit mention of a separate war after the Moscow conference.
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Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Germany
World Strategie
Moscow
Flynn Says Promises Broken By Republicans
Edward J. Flynn former chairman of the Democratic National Committee said in Miami Beach that Republicans broke a pledge to keep a wartime political truce. He urged GOP officeholders to focus on winning the war and let politics wait.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Edward J. Flynn
New York
National Democratic Executive Committee
Miami Daily News
Flynn
Narrow Escape at U S Chinese Base in Eastern India
Seven hours after Generalissimo and Mrs Chiang Kai shek dined with Adm Mountbatten and other senior officers in the Officers Club a heavy tile roof collapsed burying the table they had occupied.
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U. S
Fish Hatchery Reports Busy 1943 Season
Superintendent Leo Gilroy provides 1943 season figures for the state fish hatchery below the hill. A total of 1,010,000 fish planted including 456,000 rock seven 35,000 Eastern brook 275,000 black spotted natives and 96,000 six inch rainbows many of which were caught below the fisheries station soon after release. Work is done with one assistant Fred Myers.
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Leo Gilroy
Boulder
Yellowstone
Fred Myers
Daniel Thomas Phillips Dies After Paralysis In Oregon Home
Daniel Thomas Phillips 72 died at his home yesterday morning after years of partial paralysis. Funeral services are planned for Saturday at 1 pm at the Evangelical church. He was born September 26, 1871 in Lawrence county Missouri. He married Nealie Meddaw November 10 1890 at Walnut Grove Missouri. They moved from Missouri to Oregon in 1898 then to this section in 1909, retiring to Big Timber in 1940. He leaves a wife and many children and grandchildren across several states.
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Daniel Thomas Phillips
Evangelical Church
Lawrence County
Missouri
Nealie Meddaw
Walnut Grove
Mont
Kinny Phillips
Bremerton
Wash
Elsie Downey
Pasco
Wayne Phillips
Aberdeen
S. D
Rex Phillips
Ruby Parks
Seattle
Ova Lamach
Big Timber
Inez Haines
Great Falls
Stanley Phillips
Mescal Phillips
Montanans Buy War Bonds In November
Montana sales of war bonds in November totaled 2 437 279.50 dollars, announced by A T Hibbard chair of the state war finance committee. December quota is 3 100 000 dollars and county totals are listed. The fourth war loan drive will run January 18 to February 15 with no quota announced yet.
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Helena
Lewis and Clark
Silver Bow
Gallatin
Park
Yellowstone
War Finance Committee
Montana
No Draft Call Reduction Planned Before End of February
The war manpower commission reports no draft call reduction planned at least before February. It forecasts no need for national service legislation as manpower needs shift, with July 1944 total labor force projected at 66.3 million, 1.5 million above the July figure then, and armed forces at 11.3 million by July 1.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Armed Services
McNutt
William Haber
Congress Extends Delays in Kimmel and Short Court-Martials
Congress approved a six month extension of the statute of limitations delaying the Pearl Harbor court-martials of Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short. The House and Senate altered provisions and noted both officers had agreed to waive the limit, though authority to waive was questioned.
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Congress
Kimmel
Short
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Clark
Missouri
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Senate
House
Postwar Employment Survey Planned by Local Committee
A first meeting led by F. M. Lamp outlines a town wide postwar survey. It covers job availability after the war, returning veterans, and local business, agricultural, banking, and labor sectors with coordinators Nordstrom Clark Oefstos Duba Lacklen and Davis overseeing respective areas.
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F. M. Lamp
Ole Nordstrom
Ralph L. Duba
J. J. Lacklen
H. M. Oefstos
Jack F. Clark
Paul J. Gehan
Robert Tutell
Montana State
Sweet Grass County
Nordstrom
Clark
Oeistos
Duba
Lacklen
Selective Service Board
Mr. Duba
Clyde E. Davis
Oefstos
Fifth Army Nearing City of Rome
Allied Fifth army nears Rome after breaking strong German positions and advancing toward the valley leading to the Eternal City. American troops over Mount Camino seized ridge lines, British forces push across Mount Damion to the Liri valley, threatening the German winter line.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Rome
Eternal City
Mount Camino
Mount Maggiore
Mount Damion
Liri
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Walker Opposes Upped Postal Rates
Postmaster General Walker opposed a $16,000,000 postal rate increase tied to a $2.14 billion tax bill. He said he would finish a rate study within 60 days and may propose revisions, noting a president could change rates by proclamation if needed. The House plan would raise local letters to 3 cents, air mail to 8 cents, double third class rates, and lift fees for money orders insured registered mail and C O D parcels.
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Washington
Walker
House
Senate Finance Committee
Japs Lose Six Ships In Marshall Action
Admiral Nimitz announced U S carrier task forces attacked the enemy held Marshall islands in the mid Pacific last Saturday sinking six Japanese ships including two light cruisers. An oiler and three cargo transports were sunk while a troop transport and three cargo ships were damaged with at least 72 Nipponese planes destroyed.
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Pearl Harbor
Dec
Marshall Islands
mid-Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Arrive in Cuba by Count de Marigny and wife in Havana
Count Alfred de Marigny and his wife Nancy arrived in Havana to settle in Cuba after fleeing Nassau following the murder of his father in law, multimillionaire Sir Harry. The couple traveled amid careworn circumstances as they seek a new home.
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Havana
Cuba
Alfred de Marigny
Nancy
Nassau
Baha
Harry
Bomber Output Reaches New High in November War OKs
Washington reports over 1,000 four engine bombers in November as total U S plane production hits 8 789 with naval construction rising to include about a dozen aircraft carriers. WPB says a military plane left the line every five minutes as October 8 362 was surpassed by 7 percent in November.
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Washington
United States
War Production Board
Navy Department
Capitol Hill
Japan
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Noseraer
Six German Subs Destroyed In Week
London reports United States naval and R A F coastal command planes destroyed six German submarines in eight days in the Atlantic as part of renewed U boat warfare. A total of 15 attacks hit wolf packs aiding three Atlantic convoys. one R A F Liberator was lost.
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London
Atlantic
United States Naval
Air Ministry
Moscow Scoop Draws Fire From Uninformed Officials
Washington reports that the Moscow radio scoop on the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference surprised U S officials who lamented the lack of simultaneous disclosure in other capitals. Elmer Davis urged better planning to spill information at the next meeting, noting the difficulty of coordinating with several powers.
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Washington
Moscow
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Turkey joins Allies as Germany massed troops on border
Cairo dispatch reports President Roosevelt Premier Churchill and President Inonu agreeing on benevolent nonbelligerency by Turkey while Germany concentrates forces from Salonika to the Black Sea coast. Turkey may open Dardanelles to Allied shipping with guarantees of protection as Britain and America back entry to war.
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Cairo
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Europe
Salonika
Black Sea
Britain
America
Dardanelles Strait
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkish
Greece
Lemnos Island
Aegean Sea
Dardanelles
Russia
China
Mena House
Churchill
Chiang Kai-Shek
Staes
Great Britain
United States
Inonu
Charles Marion Sibbitt Dies in Pacific Area
Mr and Mrs A H Sibbitt of Reed Point were told by the war department that their son Charles Marion Sibbitt died somewhere in the central Pacific on December 1 He was 25 turning 26 this year and had served in Attu since his induction August 19 1941 He is survived by his parents and two brothers Billy and Lloyd
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A. H. Sibbitt
Reed Point
Charles Marion Sibbitt
Central Pacific
War Department
Sibbitt
Attu
Billy
Lloyd
Mussolini's Son-In-Law Executed in Italian Court Martial
Milan reports say Count Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini’s son in law and former foreign minister, was executed after a summary court martial. He had hidden in Rome Florence and Bologna before capture and imprisonment at Verona. The court condemned him as a traitor to Mussolini.
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Madrid
Milan
Galeazzo Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Ciano
Rome
Florence
Bologna
Verona
Mussolini
Edda
Italy
Montana Hens Produce Twice as Many Eggs as U.S. Average
Montana State college extension poultry specialist Harriette E Cushman reports 38 farm flocks totaling 9 971 hens averaged 175 4 eggs per hen doubling the national rate. Top producers include Mrs J L Leehus Rosebud county and Mrs C C Stine Phillips county with 224 7 and 217 7 eggs per hen respectively. Feed cost per hen rose from 1 66 to 1 92.
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Bozeman
Montana
United States
Harriette E. Cushman
Montana State College
Cushman
J. L. Leehius
Rosebud County
C. C. Stine
Phillips County
Marine Casualty Figures Compare Tarawa Toll At Tarawa
Pearl Harbor December report shows 1 026 dead on Tarawa from November 20 to 30 with most casualties Marines. Washington list through November 17 1941 shows 2 121 Marines killed in nearly two years of major actions. Wounded total 2 557 at Tarawa versus 2 586 in prior actions.
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Pearl Harbor
Tarawa
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Fleet
Washington
Wake
Midway
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Rendova
New Georgia
Bougainville
Attu
Betio
Kaiser Plant Resumes Full Production
In Richmond California 4000 A F L machinists end a two day stoppage at Henry J Kaiser shipyards after a plea by Edgar Kaiser and union talks. Production of merchant ships and naval vessels restarts as arbitration on a jurisdictional dispute proceeds.
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Richmond
Cal
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser
Edgar Kaiser
Soldier Vote Fight Spurs House Senate Clash
Senators Moore and Guffey traded charges over a federal soldier vote bill. The row focused on whether to keep federal absentee voting or shift to state supervision, drawing in Byrd Rankin Patton and echoing Eastland disaster references as critics warned of voter rights loss for millions of servicemen and women.
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Washington
Moore
Oklahoma
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Senate
White House Palace
Lishing
Byrd
Virginia
Rankin
Mississippi
National Farmers’ Union
James G. Patton
Eastland
Patton
Chicago
Congress
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Representative Committee
City of
Charles Marion Sibbit
Pacific Area
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