Kharkov War Criminals Hanged as Crowd Cheers in Public Square
In Kharkov a public gallows saw three German soldiers and a Russian aide hanged after a military tribunal convicted them of mass killings of Russians. About 40,000 spectators witnessed the executions amid cries of victory and fear of reprisals.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Fourth Ukrainian Front
Kharkovo
London
Moscow Radio
Monitor
Gestapo
Storm
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Russia
Britain
United States
William Langheld
Gesta
Valencia incident prompts Spanish apology to U S
Madrid reports the Spanish foreign ministry and the Falange apologized to the United States for the Valencia incident. Two Falange officials visited the U S consulate and denounced Americans, while Count Gomez Jordana said offenders would be punished and expressed regrets to Ambassador Hayes.
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Madrid
Spanish Foreign Ministry
Falange
United States
Valencia
Spain
Francisco Gomez Jordana
Carlton J. H. Hayes
Death toll in railroad wreck climbs to 79 in Lamberton
The nation’s worst southeast railroad disaster raised the death toll to 79 with 47 soldiers among the victims. Four telescoped passenger cars blocked the Atlantic Coast Line mainline from New York to Florida as rescuers located more bodies. the Red Cross in Atlanta reported 47 soldiers and 20 civilians recovered, with additional bodies believed in the crushed cars.
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Lamberton
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
New York
Florida
Red Cross
Atlanta
Hans Ritz
Reinhard
Attorneys Serving in Montana Armed Forces
Helena December 18 The state supreme court clerk Frank Murray reports that 147 of Montana’s 1757 practicing attorneys are in the armed services. The roster includes judges, senators, a congressman and a governor. one Helena attorney Wilbur H Wood is a casualty. While in service, attorneys are exempt from license fees under a 1943 law.
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Helena
Montana
Armed Services of the
United States
Frank Murray
State Supreme Court
Murray
Federal Customs Court of New York
Wilbur H. Wood
Boespflug Wins Contract for Bozeman Tunnel Project
Bernard Blum of the Northern Pacific announced the J. C. Boespflug Construction Co., Seattle, was awarded a contract for a new 2850 foot tunnel between Bozeman and Livingston Montana. The project replaces an outdated tunnel, costs over a million dollars, and will take about a year to complete with work starting immediately.
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ST. Paul
Bernard Blum
Northern Pacific Railroad
J. C. Boespflug Construction Co
Seattle
Bozeman
Livingston
Mont
Bozeman Mountain
Boespflug Company
Queer Suit Brought In Seattle Courts
In Seattle a habeas corpus action seeks the body of a baby girl twin born July 9. Selem F Burns testified he carried twin life insurance with Lloyds of London worth 1800 if the twins survived. Mrs Burns and the remaining child attended court. Burns doubts the child died and questions the missing body as hospital Providence has not yet presented its defense.
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Seattle
Selem F. Burns
Providence Hospital
Lloyds of London
Ship Named for Sam V. Stewart to be launched in Portland
The Liberty ship Sam V. Stewart will be launched in Portland, Oregon on January 3. Former Montana governor and supreme court justice Sam V. Stewart is honored by the naming. Mrs. Stewart cannot attend the christening.
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Sam V. Stewart
Helena
Portland
Ore
Ernest T. Eaton
Frank Johnson
State Bank
Montana
State Supreme Court
Stewart
Unions Plan Nationwide Railroad Strike From Dec 30
Leaders of 15 nonoperating railroad unions representing 1 100 000 workers set a 6 a m December 30 strike start. The 5 operating brotherhoods with 350 000 members rejected Roosevelt’s wage settlement plan and will propose counterproposals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Christmas Week at the Churches
Christmas week church notices list services and programs at Congregational Church St. Mark's Episcopal Church and Church of God. Rev. Covell presides Sunday school program on December 23, Rev. Taylor leads Christmas Eve Holy Communion at 9:30 with carol preludes, and Melvin Smith hosts a Christmas Eve program with recitations drills and a film from King of Kings.
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Congregational Church
Clarence Covell
ST. Mark’s Episcopal
George N. Taylor
Holy Communion
Church OF God
Melvin O. Smith
Jesus
Christmas Sunday School Program at Angelices Church
Angelices Church presents a Sunday School child pour program and tree and treats at 4 p m with a Christmas sermon and special music at 11 a m. There is no evening service.
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Angelices Church
V. H
Christmas Service and Events at Big Timber Parish
The Big Timber Lutheran Parish lists a Christmas day service at 11 a.m. led by Pastor Rev. Axel Anderson. On Sunday a 2 p.m. Divine service and Sunday School Christmas program are planned at Melville. A Christmas party for older folks is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m. sponsored by the Men's club.
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Big Timber Lutheran Parish
Axel Anderson
Melville
Christmas Mass and Services at St Joseph’s Church
Fr P C Wolframski will celebrate the Christmas Midnight Mass at St Joseph’s Catholic Church with 15 minutes of carols beforehand. A second mass on Christmas day is at 8:00 am, confessions Christmas Eve 3 to 5:30 and 7:30 to 11:45.
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Sk. Joseph
P. C. Wolframski
St. Joseph's
Congress Recesses for Christmas Vacation Cast Shadow on Actions
The seventy-eighth Congress, seen as Roosevelt era hostile to the administration, heads home for Christmas as major bills are postponed. Senators face a 2.293 billion tax bill awaiting after holiday action while Republicans and conservative Democrats push to curb subsidies and slash the food program, signaling a tougher election year ahead.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Administration
Treasury
Doris Duke Secures Divorce From James Cromwell
Doris Duke Cromwell, heiress to the Duke tobacco fortune, was granted a divorce from James H. R. Cromwell in Reno Nevada. She alleged a persistent pattern of mental and physical cruelty and said separation is needed for her health, noting no cohabitation since May 1940. The decree allows restoration of her maiden name.
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William McKnight
Cromwell
Doris Duke
Founder of Who's Who In America Dies at 89
Albert N. Marquis of Evanston Illinois and founder of Who's Who in America died at 89. He had relinquished editorial duties two years earlier and served as editor emeritus after directing policies since the first edition in 1899. Marquis began as a Cincinnati bookseller and later started Chicago's first business directory.
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Chicago
Albert N. Marquis
Who's Who
America
Evanston
Marquis
Biographical Dictionary of Notables
Brown County
Cincinnati
Pony Express Rider Theobald Bisch Dies at 70
Anaconda Montana December 21 funeral services set for Theobald Bisch 70 a former pony express rider who died at his home after a 15 month illness Born in Neusatz Germany June 8 1873 he came to Montana at 16 and rode the pony express between White Sulphur Springs and Fort Benton in pioneer days Theobald Bisch lived in Helena White Sulphur Springs Whitehall and Anaconda.
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Anaconda
Whitehall Catholic Church
Theobald Bisch
Pony Express Mail
Montana
Neusatz
Germany
Bisch
Helena
White Sulphur Springs
Whitehall
Fort Benton
Japan to depopulate large cities amid air defense plan
A Tokyo dispatch reports Prime Minister Hideki Tojo's cabinet approved regulations for depopulating Japan's large cities in conjunction with antiaircraft defense measures. The decision aims to reduce civilian exposure to air raids and strengthen defensive readiness.
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New York
Comei
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Fresh Eggs Aboard Pacific Patrol Amid Eagle-Eyed Guards
In Spokane on December 21, Marines guard a unique cargo as pilots carry one fresh egg per man on a yearlong mission to the South Pacific. Veteran Edward O. Shaw, with 13 aerial victories, recalls the ritual of cooking each egg to order while keeping the prized supply safe from harm.
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Spokane
Wash
South Pacific
Cook’s Shack
Edward O. Shaw
Shaw
Pacific
Churchill Recovering From Pneumonia
London December 18 official bulletin says Prime Minister Winston Churchill's pneumonia is resolving and his temperature subsiding. Supplementary reports note he has passed the danger point and has resumed directing some state affairs from 10 Downing Street.
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London
Winston Churchill
10 Downing Street
Churcehill
Middle East
Relatives of Liscome Bay Casualties Notified
The navy said next of kin of all Liscome Bay casualties have been notified. The escort carrier was torpedoed by a submarine on November 23 in the Gilbert Islands area, and those without prior notices can now rest assured their relatives are safe.
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Washington
Navy
Liscome Bay
Gilbert Islands
Rickenbacker Predicts Nazi Defeat in 1944
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker, in his Christmas greeting, forecasts victory over Germany in 1944. He praises America's generation of fighting men as unequalled and capable of total victory in Europe next year.
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New York
Edward V. Rickenbacker
America
Europe
Two Million More Men Needed in Armed Service by July
Selective Service reports 2,000,000 more draftees required by July 1 to reach a total force of 11.3 million including Wacs and Waves. Local boards face challenges with father deferments, while nonfathers face higher induction pressures as farm and war production roles drive deferments.
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Washington
Armed Services
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Bolivia Seized By Nationalist Party Overthrows Penaranda
In a pre-dawn coup, a nationalist movement led by a bespectacled sociologist toppled General Enrique Penaranda in La Paz and took control of tin ore mines supplying the United States and Britain. The new government pledged to honor United Nations commitments despite anti US sentiment.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Enrique Penaranda
United States
Great Britain
United Nations
Michigan Rejects Cumulative Bequest
The Michigan state administrative board rejected as unworkable a $1,000 bequest from Frank D. Crissman to be invested for 253 years at 6 percent in real estate mortgages and then expended for churches cemeteries and a new state capitol. The fund would grow to over two billion dollars per his plan. The estate would revert to his son Charles E. Crissman of Pasadena California.
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Lansing
Mich
State Administrative Board
Frank D. Crissman
Foss O. Eldred
Charles E. Crissman
Pasadena
Cal
President Roosevelt Returns From Long Trek
President Roosevelt has returned to the United States after his longest wartime absence. The White House said the trip began on November 11 and kept him away from Washington during key United Nations wartime deliberations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
White House
United Nations
Eight Army Airmen Die in Burley Crash Near Burley
Eight airmen from the Pocatello airbase were killed when their four engined heavy bomber crashed and burned atop a lava rock summit about 30 miles north of Burley. One crew member survived after parachuting to safety.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Burley
More Missing Soldiers Reported Prisoners in WWII
Washington reports that over 14 000 of about 18 000 missing American soldiers in the Philippines are now listed as prisoners of war. Among them 55 of 66 Army nurses are prisoners. 1 555 died of disease and 300 from wounds in Japanese camps.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Bataan
Corregidor
Chinese Drive Japs From Rice Bowl
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, commander of the 14th air force in China, declared that Japanese forces have been decisively defeated in their drive into Free China’s rice bowl region and are trying to withdraw about 10,000 troops from the Tungting lake battle area.
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U. 8
Army Air Force
China
Claire L. Chennault
14Th Air Force
Free China
Rice Bowl
Tungting Lake
U S Soldiers Spread Christmas Cheer Across Britain
U S soldiers in Britain host large Christmas parties for thousands of English children. About 50 Red Cross clubs plan events for 2,500 youngsters while infantry divisions expect around 9,500 young guests. Parties travel to hospitals and bombed areas with trees, candy, toys, and turkey dinners.
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London
Britain
East End
Red Cross
Exeter
Santa Claus and Company
Princess Elizabeth Orthopedic Hospital
Leicester
Sam
Turkey
Oeren
Kian
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