Mussolini vows Italy to fight to the end in war speech
In a lengthy London broadcast Mussolini declares Italy forced into the war by belligerents but pledges continued resistance. He claims Axis victory over Russia, downplays Allied North Africa threats, and asserts there is now a united front against external and internal foes. He recalls Caesars and ends with “To be or not to be.”
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London
Benito Mussolini
Churchill
Italy
North Africa
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Roosevelt
France
Butte to Host 17th Annual Montana School Boards Meet
Butte will host the 17th annual convention of the Montana School Boards Association on Monday and Tuesday. The Rose Room at the Hotel Finlen will serve as headquarters with talks focused on public elementary and high schools in support of the war effort. Speakers include Elizabeth Ireland, R. V. Bottomly, R. R. Renne, I. B. Fee, Clark Frasier, Arthur E. Dye. Arthur Dye is Roundup president and E. H. Newell is Livingston first vice president.
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Butte
Montana School Boards’ Association
Scott Lyle
Margaret Leary
Finlen
Miss Leary
Elizabeth Ireland
E. H. Newell
Livingston
Weather outlook with scattered snow flurries and mild change
Scattered snow flurries forecast with little temperature change. Wednesday forecasts a high of 26 and a low of 16 degrees.
Mussolini Sick? Coughing and Breathing Signal Illness
Radio reports and European sources suggest Premier Mussolini is gravely ill after an address of about 81 minutes. Observers note coughing and labored breathing early in the speech and mention possible stomach ulcers with a heart condition.
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New York
Mussolini
Il Duce
Italy
Europe
Montevideo
Ickes Named Petroleum Administrator With Expanded War Powers
President Roosevelt redesignates Harold L. Ickes as director of the new Petroleum Administration for War, granting broader authority to coordinate oil supplies and advise on rationing while Henderson handles actual administration and Jeffers retains rubber-savings powers. The move ends divided authority that had collided with OPA, ODT, and Jeffers. Ickes must ensure sufficient supplies for military needs and decide rationing in shortages, with the new agency to take over December 17.
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U.P
Roosevelt
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Petroleum Administration
Ickes
William M. Jeffers
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Jeffers
Harold D. Smith
OPC
ODT
OPA
Office of Petroleum Co-ordinator
Hull Says U S Not Be Spiritually Aligned With Rival Leaders
Secretary of State Cordell Hull stated the United States will work with Admiral Jean Francois Darlan or any other figure if it aids the war effort. He emphasized the priority is winning the war and restoring freedom, allowing peoples to choose their own leaders afterward.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Jean Francois Darlan
Winners of Anti TB Poster and Essay Contest Named
Winners of the annual poster and essay contest, run during the Christmas seal sale by the Silver Bow Tuberculosis Society, will be announced December 13. Contest chairman Mrs. Scott Fries said entries were heavy and judges are at work. Prizes will go to high scorers at each school plus grand awards for best essay and poster.
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Silver Bow Tuberculosis Society
Scott Fries
Tp Weir
Soviet Presses On Front Lines Near Stalingrad and Velikie Luki
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army punching holes in German lines between Velikie Luki and Rzhev on the central front and capturing a strategic height southwest of Stalingrad. Russian communiques claim 3,800 Nazi deaths, 2,500 in two battles, and the destruction or capture of dozens of tanks, guns, mortars, and trucks.
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Valikie Luki
Rzhev
Stalingrad
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Velikie Luki
Bely
Velikie Luki- Rzhev-Vyazma
Demyansk
Lake Ilmen
Voronezh
Red Air Force
Don River
Volga
Don
Clerks to Attend Sales Course in Butte
A four evening salesmanship course for clerks and apprentices begins this evening at the Butte Chamber of Commerce. Sponsored by Butte public schools vocational department with approval of the Clerks' union and merchants, it runs 7:30 nightly at 62 West Broadway. Walter Elieson will teach. enrollment is open with no fee.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
West Broadway
Vocational Department of the
Butte Public Schools
Butte Clerks’ Union
Butte Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Elieson
C. C. Davis
Butte
Shipbuilders Move Nearer to Goal
American shipyards delivered four vessels totaling 911700 deadweight tons in November, lifting the 1941 total to 625 ships and 6890000 tons. With 1110000 tons still needed in December, the Maritime Commission expects December schedules to meet Roosevelt’s 8,000,000 ton target for 1942.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
Allies Stem German Counterattack Near Tunis Bizerte
Allied forces with streamlined American armor repulsed the heaviest German counter-attack in the Tunisian campaign as the push toward Bizerte and Tunis intensified. American bombers and P-38 escorts hit the Tunis airfield while French and British units seized key air bases near Tebourba and Djedeida.
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London
Bizerte
Tunis
Wes Gallaher
Associated Press
North Africa
Terbourn
Djedeida
Mateur
Reuters
Pont du Fahs
Teboura
Police Chief Call to Shovel Snow on Walks
Butte police chief Bart J. Riley urged residents to clear sidewalks immediately under a city ordinance. Violators would face fines as police enforce snow removal on all walkways.
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Butte
Bart J. Riley
Knox Says U S to Be Up to Its Neck in War
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told a wartime convention that the United States will be deeply committed to the war in the coming year as homes display gold star service flags. He noted heavy enemy losses and record production by private and government shipyards while warning of rising Navy duties from North Africa and potential submarine losses in the near future.
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U. S
New York
Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy
National Association of Manufacturers
Melvin J. Maas
F-Minn
America
Pacific War
Hitler
Europe
Japan
Asia
North Africa
Toulon
Legion Honors Staff of Three Draft Boards in Silver Bow
Silver Bow county Selective Service boards and their staffs were honored by American Legion Post No. 1 at its West Broadway hall. Dr. Francis A. Thomson delivered the keynote address and certificates of public recognition were awarded to each board worker.
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Selective Service Boards
Silver Bow Post No. 1
American Legion
West Broadway
Francis A. Thomson
Presenta
Selective Service
Butte
Thomson
Selective Service Board
American Troops Riot? Guadalcanal Mop Up Report
American forces on Guadalcanal conduct patrol operations through jungle terrain, destroying at least three enemy installations and killing 51 Japanese in one day. Marines along the Lunga river command a notable tally with 25 enemy slain and two field guns captured, including a 25 millimeter and a 35 millimeter piece.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
Marine Corps
Lunga River
Insurance men push payroll war bond plan in mining city
Mining city stores employing thousands will host a drive to enroll workers in the war bond payroll allotment plan. Local life insurance underwriters will persuade firm executives to join the 90 percent threshold for the Minute Man pennant as part of the national push to reach 10 percent savings by year end.
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America
Chequamegon Cafe
Karl Tomaschoff
Great Falls
Butte Insurance
James H., Rowe
Butte
County War Savings
Walter R. Oleson
Life Underwriters War Bond Committee
Fred Martin
State War Savings
W. R. Giblett
Tomaschoff
Hungary
Europe
Allies Near Acquisition of Dakar for Allied Base
Allied leaders in Algiers move toward Dakar without bloodshed to establish an anti submar ine base and claim a valuable part of the French fleet. Eisenhower Clark Browne Cunningham Giraud and Boisson Darlan confer as Dakar’s harbor is praised for first class naval facilities.
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London
Dakar
West Africa
Brazil
Algiers
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Jean Darlan
French Africa
Darlan
Imperial Council
Boisson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Mark W. Clark
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Eisenhower
Henri Honore Giraud
Allied forces push into Buna as Japanese retreat narrows
Allied troops infiltrate Buna outskirts while bombardment and air power press Japanese defenders at Buna and Gona on New Guinea’s coast. MacArthur reports 23 Japanese planes shot down, with Japanese forces withdrawing and attempting rescue by sea amid fierce resistance.
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Australia
U.P
Buna
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Gona
San
Council acts to prevent fires after Boston tragedy
Butte city council unanimously approves a motion by Alderman John Lindquist to require monthly reports from the fire chief on fire hazards in public buildings. He cites a central downtown building with two doors including a locked swinging door as an example. The measure passes without discussion as Mayor Barry O’Leary supports it.
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Boston
Butte
John Lindquist
Alder Nan Lindquist
Lindquirst
Barry O’leary
Northwest Mining Association to Hold Round-Table Conference
The Northwest Mining association announces a two day round table conference at the Davenport hotel in Spokane on Friday and Saturday. The event aims to brief mine operators on new government laws and rulings and discuss state regulations affecting metal production for war, led by James L. Leonard and Roger Oscarson with J B Haffner directing major activities.
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Northwest Mining Association
Davenport Hotel
Spokane
Northwest
James L. Leonard
Roger ©. Oscarson
J. B
Barney) Haffner
Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Wealty Oo
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