Nazis claim massive Russian losses in Rostov area
Berlin dispatches report thousands of Reds dying as waves of Soviet troops clash to defend Caucasus oil supplies. Nazis credit heavy German fire with battering Rostov and the Donets region while silent on overall casualties and Rostov’s fate. Oil stores south of Rostov reportedly set ablaze by dive bombers and Kerch Peninsula booty noted.
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Berlin
Rostov
Donets River
Caucasus
East
Black Sea
Donets
Bay of
Taganrog
Crimean
Kerch
Krebs Granted Full Pardon By California Governor
Richard Krebs author of Out of the Night was pardoned by Gov. Culbert Olson to block deportation to Germany. Krebs had a San Quentin sentence for assault with a deadly weapon and wrote under the pen name Jan Valdin. The pardon removes the felony record and allows stay of deportation proceedings pending the pardon.
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Richard Krebs
Los Angeles
U.P
Culbert L. Olson
Germany
Krebs
Gestapo
Jan Valtin
San Quentin
Gov. Olson
Butte Man Killed In Highway Crash East Of Anaconda
Joseph G. Gillis 30 of 1153 Lewisohn street died after a Ford coupe crashed into a bridge abutment on the Butte Anaconda highway seven miles east of Anaconda. Gillis suffered a broken neck and pelvis and was pronounced dead en route to a hospital. Rev Edward McGowan, riding with him, had facial and leg lacerations and was treated at St Ann hospital in Anaconda. He was in good condition pending x rays. Authorities investigated the 8:30 p m crash noting the left side of the car was crushed and Gillis likely was the driver. Gillis was a local football star and Mount St Charles alum. He is survived by parents and several relatives. The body lay at Duggan's Merrill mortuary.
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Joseph G. Gillis
Lewisohn Street
Butte
Anaconda
Butte-Anaconda
Scott Peck
Gillis
Albert Nickleson
Rudy Ungaretti
Edward McGowan
St. Ann Hospital
William Ash
Locust Street
Nickleson
Ungaretti
Owen Welch
Vergil Farrar
Arthur A. Longfellow
Immaculate Conception
Central High
Mount St. Charles College
Helena
Duggan’s
Merrill Mortuary
Strike Measures to Be Studied in Congress This Week
Washington November 30 An eventful compromise on defense strike legislation formed as leaders move both House and Senate toward passage this week. The House plans free-for-all debate on a cooling off bill endorsed by the labor committee and aims to pass a measure by Wednesday.
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Washington
House
Senate
Labor Committee
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Order of Business
Rep. Vinson
D-Ga
Anti-Tuberculosis Essay and Poster Contests Closed Today
The annual anti tuberculosis essay and poster contests close today with judging to begin immediately. Miss Veronica O Sullivan announces prizes for top school entrants including a $5 first prize and a $250 second prize for four schools. A $5 grand prize goes to the best essay from any student. Poster prizes of 5 3 and 2 will go to the top three entries from 27 schools.
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Venica O'Sullivan
Jutte Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Butte Public High School
Boys’ Central
Girls’ Central
Butte Business College
Counteroffensive Blunts Nazi Drive on Moscow Front
Moscow reports say Soviet counterattacks slowed the German assault on Moscow from the northwest and northeast, recapturing villages and forcing the town of Klin to yield. Farther south near Rostov on the Don, Germans retreat toward Mariupol as the Red Army clears key roads and presses a pursuit against collapsing formations.
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Moscow
Germany
Donets-Rostov
Caucasus
Red
Taganrog
Mariupol
Rostov
Kharitonov
All
Pravda
Klin
London
Kuibyshev
Volokolamsk
Progress Report Hints Settlement in Rail Wage Dispute
Chairman Wayne L. Morse of Roosevelt’s Emergency Fact-Finding board said he expected to report a settlement to the President Monday after a conference with non-operating railroad employees. He noted very definite progress and anticipated further talks with carriers as the board aims to avert a potential December 7 strike.
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Washington
Wayne L. Morse
Roosevelt
Morse
Petain Goes to Meet Hitler in Occupied France
Marshal Petain left Vichy Sunday night for Orleans to meet Adolf Hitler, with reports from sources close to the Vichy government. No confirmation from Vichy or Berlin, the meeting seen as signaling possible new French Axis collaboration under a five point plan including fleet use, North Africa governance, and prisoner exchanges.
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New York
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Orleans
France
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Paris
Hitler
Petain
Axis
Russia
Britain
Germany
New Order
Maxime Weygand
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Bordeaux
Christmas Shopping Surges 1941 Tops 1929 Peak 20 Percent
A nationwide survey shows 1941 holiday sales volume up 20 percent from the extravagant 1929 peak and 35 percent above last year. Impelled by the largest payroll in U.S. industrial history and fears of shortages, shoppers rush to luxury items like jewelry fur coats and expensive apparel.
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Chicago
America
Brit Troops Landed at Rangoon Amid Far East Tensions
Singapore dispatch reports a large contingent of seasoned British and Indian troops landed at Rangoon British Burma to reinforce a 1700 mile frontier in Equatorial Malaya and Burma. Bangkok Hanoi and Bangkok broadcasts warn Thai forces and civilians to prepare for possible escalation as Japan moves more troops into Indo China.
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Singapore
Rangoon
Burma
London Radio
Far East
Bangkok
Thailand
Hanoi
Britain
Malaya
Indo-China
China
Yunnan
Indo- China
Japan
Aged Woman Struck by Car in Silver Bow County
A 84 year old woman, Mrs. Josephine Ricker, was struck by a car near Montana and Silver streets in Butte. She suffered concussion and head injuries but was reported in fairly good condition. Driver George King was charged with reckless driving and released. Several others were treated for injuries in separate incidents on Upper Nine Mile road and at Amherst street intersection.
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Silver Bow
Josephine Ricker
Montana
Silver Streets
St. James Hospital
Ricker
George &. King
West Aluminum Street
South Jackson Street
Nine Mile Road
Amherst Street
Helen Smart
Elizabeth McCallum
Placer Street
Florence McCallum
Henry Johnson
Colorado Street
Earl Lane
Butte
Weather Outlook For Butte And Montana
Partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change. In northeast Montana it will be warmer Monday afternoon.
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Butte
Montana
Hull Halifax Talks Highlight Pacific Crisis
Washington reports an extraordinary Sunday meeting between Secretary Hull and British Ambassador Halifax amid Roosevelt speeding back to the capital. The talks aimed to exchange information on the Far Eastern crisis as Japan’s cabinet reportedly prepared a reply to Washington.
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Washington
Hull
Halifax
Roosevelt
State Department
Americans to Protect Vital Highway
Reports from Singapore Manila Tokyo outline wartime measures. The Straits Settlements declare a state of emergency with volunteer forces called out. An all American air unit under the Chinese flag will defend Burma road supply routes to China. Japanese progress and peace talks ongoing amid strategic moves in Asia.
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Singapore
U.P
Straits Settlements
Manila
Burma
China
Chungking
U. S. Army
Navy
Tokyo
Japan
Washington
Risaburo Ando
Netherlands East Indies
Wang Ching-Wei
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Urges Americans to Go Home
The United States consulate general in Shanghai urged Americans to return home, citing unreliable shipping amid the Far Eastern crisis. A Chase National Bank notice warned deposits would be at depositors risk, while some American banks already required customers to sign risk acknowledgments. British banks did not plan similar action.
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Roosevelt
Tojo
Pacific
Japan
Manchuria
Panay
Hull
United States
Ware
Toyko
Indo- China
Thailand
China
Burma
Washington
Tokyo
Kurusu
Congress
Britain
Netherlands
North Atlantic
High Seas
Shanghai
Chase National Bank of New York
Twelve Men Assigned to Class 1-A by Silver Bow Draft Board No 1
Twelve of the latest 32 registrants from Draft Board No 1 are classified 1-A for immediate U S Army induction. Six others are fit for limited service, seven in 1-H, with six 3-A dependents, one deferred. Names and addresses of 1-A registrants listed. 1-B limited service includes Frank W. Strnod Butte George Culver City George H. Wilfred Rudy Simonich.
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Silver Bow Draft Board No. 1
Draft Board No. 1
U. S.S. Army
Rob
Ert E. Devine
Harrison Avenue
George E Shepard
Goodwin Street
John L. Hicks
Fast Park Street
George I. Wold
Sanders Street
Edmund D. Ryan
Kossuth Street
August Gabrian
Red Lodge
Clarence G. Jacobs
Carolina Street
Roy Tter
Garden Avenue
Ernest A. DeDocker
East Second Street
Antone C. Leskovar
Cherry Street
John T. Corak
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Nippon
Burma Road
East Indies
Lattle
Joseph Gillis
the War News
Edward E. Bomar
Fisie UY Ch
Cn Ad
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Louis Buchalter
Michael Buckley, Jr
Libya
Cairo
San Francisco
F. R. Hurries North
Warm Springs
Hideko Tojo
East Asia
Churchill
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
U.S
China Air Force
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