Allies Meet at Tehran Conclude Plans for War and Policy
Moscow reports that F D R Churchill and Stalin held a major conference in Tehran laying military strategies against Germany and political plans for defeating Nazism. Official Soviet bulletins say full details will be released later and may appear in newspapers.
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Moscow
Churchill
Stalin
Richard G. Maslock
London
Roosevelt
Teheran
Iran
Persia
Germany
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
Chiang
Chungking
Soviet Union
Clark's Force Stabs at Nazi Defenses
Allied reports detail Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's Fifth army pressing from Calabritto against German lines in Italy's Rome corridor as air forces bomb and trench warfare rages for a fourth day. Montgomery's Eighth army advances six miles along the Adriatic toward San Vito Chietino, Lanciano streethead. German 90th light infantry and 12th divisions are moved to bolster the defense amid Rommel's Africa corps.
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Noland Norgaard
Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Calabritto
Rome
Salerno
Eighth Army
Sir Bernard L
Montgomery
Adriatic
San Vito Chiettino
Pescara
Lanciano
Castel Frontano
DNB
Berlin
90Th
Italy
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Soviets Push Through Rail Network Northwest of Gomel
Soviet forces drive into key German rail hubs northwest of Gomel amid heavy weather. They seize Sversen Dovsk Soltanovka and Novo Georgiev while repelling German counter attacks. casualties run high with hundreds of Germans reported killed as Soviets expand the Dnieper bridgehead near Zhlobin and Rogachev.
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James M. Long
London
Gomel
Cherkasy
Dnieper
Kremenchug
Moscow
Sversen
Dovsk
Rogachev
Soltanovka
Zhlobin
States to Have Control of Soldiers Votes
A Republican Southern Democratic coalition replaced a federal supervision plan with a state control bill for servicemen absentee ballots. The 42 to 37 vote approved the substitute, with supporters including Butler, Wherry, Millikin, and Robertson, and opponents Johnson, Murray, Wheeler, and O'Mahoney. Democratic leaders condemned the substitute as ineffective.
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Washington
Senate
Butler and Wherry
Nebraska
Barkley
Ladies’ Aid Society
McClellan
D.-Ark
Eastland
D.-Miss
McKellar
D.-Tenn
Walker Objects to Increased Rates
Postmaster General Walker opposed a 166 million dollar postal rate increase in the House backed 2.14 billion dollar tax bill. He plans a 60 day study to propose revisions and noted the President could change rates by proclamation with possible needed legislation for special charges. The bill would raise local letters to 3 cents and air mail to 8 cents.
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Washington
Walker
Senate Finance Committee
British Report 41 Planes Lost in Battle in the Skies
British air raid forces launched a new attack on the continent after a Thursday raid dropped 1,500 long tons of bombs on Berlin. In the battle over Berlin, 41 British bombers were shot down as German fighters and flak lit the skies before dawn.
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W. H. Hercher
London
Continent
Berlin
No. 1
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Mining men meet Northwest to plot war era policy
In Spokane the Northwest Mining association opened a two day meeting with Carl Trauerman of Montana accusing the federal government of withdrawing mining claims into government folds in preparation for future world wars. Trauerman urged private ownership as key to U S mineral supply while Donald Callahan of Wallace Idaho stressed winning the war and preserving Northwest industries.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest Mineral Industry
Carl J. Trauerman
Butte
Montana Mining Association
Northwest Mining Association
Trauerman
Interior Department
Northwest
Aussies Close In on Wareo in New Guinea Lobby
Australian jungle troops supported by artillery press toward Wareo inland from Finschhafen on the Huon peninsula in northeastern New Guinea. MacArthur says Allied forces mop up enemy strongpoints along the track from Bonga to Wareo as bombers strike New Britain and Bougainville targets.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied
Wareo
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Finschhafen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
New Britain
Borgen Bay
Mitchell
Solomons
Adml
William F. Halsey
Kara
Bougainville
Germans Threaten Retaliation in Air War Commentary
London dispatch reports Berlin radio quoting Das Reich on a drastic retaliatory strike to end mass murder in the air war. It says retaliation will be powerful and timed to influence the war, avoiding ruins for ruins and expressing a new spiritual and political sense.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Das Reich
Von Papen Charged With Keeping Balkans in Line
German ambassador Franz von Papen returns to Ankara after a Balkan tour and a Sofia conference with Bulgarian leaders. Observers note possible Hitler order to keep Balkans in line as Sofia hints at a national front ruling Bulgaria with Gabrovsky as chief.
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Ankara
U.P
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Balkans
Sofia
von Papen
Hitler
Balkan
Bosilov
National Front
Bulgaria
Gabrovsky
Nazis Prepare for Allied Balkan Attacks
Yugoslav sources report German reinforcements flood Yugoslav coastal defenses in expectation of a Balkan invasion by the Allies. Stockholm says invasion imminent. Yugoslav and Budapest dispatches detail attacks near Dubrovnik and Metkovic and rail disruptions from Sibenik.
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London
U.R
Erwin Rommel
Balkan
United Nations
Stockholm
Balkans
Budapest
Stockholm Social Demokraten
Yugoslavia
Austria
Rommel
Gerd von Rundstedt
France
Democratic Yugoslavia
United Press
New York
Draja Mikhailovich
Serbia
Dalmatia
Mikhailovich
Sibenia
Hergego
First Drive Collects 90000 Pounds of Waste Paper in Butte
About 50 000 pounds of waste paper were gathered in ButteFriday by Silver Bow county school children to aid shipments of supplies and ammunition for American troops. The drive plans further pickups December 10 17 and January 7 with school participation nationwide.
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Butte
Silver Bow
America
R. L. Ruhle
Nelson reports nation produced warplanes at rate of 338 daily in November
War Production Chairman Donald M. Nelson announced November output reached 3,789 aircraft, about 338 per working day, with over 1,000 four engined bombers. Deliveries reached 97 percent of schedule as emphasis shifted to larger combat types and increased aircraft weight.
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Nelson
Washington
U.P
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Craighead Voices Views on Wagner Murray Social Security Plan
Montana unemployment chief Barclay Craighead speaks at Immaculate Conception parish on Senate Bill 1161. He argues federalization not required and that Wagner Murray proposals could be enacted on a state level, amid wartime cost concerns.
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Barclay Craighead
Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission
Senate
Wagner-Murray
Craighead
Immaculate Conception
Catholic Women
James P. Dowdall
Weather outlook for Montana with light showers
A little temperature change is expected through Saturday with Saturday night remaining cool. Friday’s high will reach 48 and the low 34. Occasional light showers are forecast across the period.
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Montana
Russian Scoop Floors Davis
The Moscow radio reported the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference as a scoop catching American officials by surprise. Elmer Davis said future Allied meetings should spill information simultaneously, noting it is hard to coordinate with two or three powers. White House offices were closed and comment unavailable.
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Washington
Moscow
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
White House
Copenhagen Engine Factory Destroyed By Bombing Sabotage
A Copenhagen engine factory was blown up in a major sabotage act described as among Denmark's most serious. The blast damaged a nearby shoe factory and reports say over 300 sabotage incidents occurred in November targeting Danish factories serving the German army and infrastructure.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Denmark
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Pressens Bild
Swedish Picture Agency
Unter den Linden
Friedrichstrasse
Clark
Traverman
Gertrude Gilmore
Butte Teachers’ Union Salvage Committee
By Arthur F. Degreve
Nelsop
Davis
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