Four Navy flyers recount 16 days afloat after crash in South Pacific
Four Navy airmen tell of their survival after 16 days on a rubber raft in shark inhabited seas and 14 more days trekking through Japanese occupied jungles. They were Lt Marion Trewitt Ensign Edward Colon and Carl Schafer with injuries from the crash. They saved a liferaft mat water cans pemmican chocolate and malted milk tablets as they drifted and searched for islands. They prayed daily and rationed hard while rain filled a sail water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
South Pacific
Marion de Witt Trewitt
Santa Barbara
Calif
Edward Anthony Colon
Wheeler urges economic unions in Europe to prevent wars
Senator Wheeler along with Senator Johnson and Representative Ploeser urged forming economic groupings of nations in Europe on an NBC postwar planning program. They said Europe’s small economies cannot function independently and warned that economic necessity makes future wars likely unless regional groupings form a united economic framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Burton K. Wheeler
D-Mont
Europe
Wheeler
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Walter Ploeser
R-Mo
Inter-American University of the Air
NBC
United States
Awaiting the Zero Hour Says Marine Before Invasion
Marine Master Sergeant Jim G. Lucas describes pre invasion routines aboard ship for the Gilberts operation. He lists games, smoking, coffee, haircuts, laundry, reading material, and frequent thoughts of home during sea days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim G. Lucas
Marine Corps
The
Associated Press
Tarawa
Gilberts
United States
Solon predicts tax bill will be further amputated
Acting Chairman Walsh of the Senate finance committee predicted that the House approved tax bill of 2.14 billion dollars, a fragment of the Treasury request, will undergo further violent amputations in the Senate. He said little or no new revenue will be obtained unless new sources are found and many bad features are likely to be eliminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Senate
Ban on Reserve Funds Voted by Senate Committee
The Senate appropriations committee approved a ban on government agencies holding unused appropriations. The rule, added to a $308 million deficiency bill, would return idle funds to the Treasury and require reauthorization by Congress. The move followed the Army surrendering $13 billion in unused funds. The committee also adjusted other appropriations and created a $50 million fund for local war-time public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Congress
Army
Budget Bureau
Senate Committee
House
Office of War Information
Farm Security Administration
Mines of Butte Switch to Six Day Work Week
The Anaconda Company shifts Butte mines from seven to six working days with War Production Board approval. Each worker keeps weekly hours. Sundays become rest days with no loss in overall output or pay, affecting all hill crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Butte
Anaconda Company
War Production Board
Sweden warned by Berlin over future Norway actions
Berlin radio reported that Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop told Sweden’s chargé d’affaires that Sweden was being asked not to interfere in future German actions in Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
London
U.P
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Norway
Yugoslav Partisans Form Provisional Government
The Yugoslav partisan movement announced a provisional regime opposite the Cairo exiled government. Ivan Ribar heads the new parliament while Josip Broz Tito is named field marshal and defense committee chair. The war bulletin cites 300 Nazis killed near Glina and Petrinja with heavy fighting on the Croat Slovenian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yugosalv
Cairo
Russia
United Nations
Balkan
Hitler
Ivan Ribar
Constitutional Assembly
Yugoslavia
Serb Democratic Party
Josip Broz
Tito
National Defense
Broz
Bozhidar Puric
Draja Mihailove
Puric
Peter
Glina
Petrinja
Croatia
Macedonia
Heavy fighting reported in Changteh as city largely destroyed
Chinese communique on Changteh says heavy fighting inside and outside the walled city left Changteh mostly destroyed after ten days of Japanese bombing and shelling. Tokyo broadcast claims Japanese troops completed occupation of the city after being encircled on November 25. Chinese army spokesman calls the engagement the heaviest since 1917 and most significant since 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Changteh
Tokyo
China
Shanghai
Hanchow
Bolivia Declares War on Axis Nations
Bolivia's cabinet announces that the government has declared war on the Axis nations. The move follows Colombia's earlier declaration of belligerency against Germany, marking a regional alignment in the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
LA Paz
U.P
Colombia
Germany
Finns urged to overthrow government and declare war
The Soviet War and the Working Class urged Finland to overthrow its government and declare war on Germany as the only salvation for the Finnish people. Read in Moscow via CBS, the piece claimed Russian help could aid the task and warned Finns not to delay to gain belligerent advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
War
Germany
Moscow
Metals Board to Settle Dispute in Denver
The dispute between Anaconda Copper Mining Co and the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers of Butte Anaconda and Great Falls is referred to the Non-Ferrous Metals Commission in Denver for hearing and adjudication. The secretary of labor in Washington referred the issues to the War Labor Board which then sent them to the Denver commission. Inquiries should go to the Non-Ferrous Metals Commission in Denver where instructions on procedures will be provided. The case may be heard with minimal delay under decentralization plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Butte, Anaconda
Great Falls
National War Labor Board
Non-Ferrous Metals Commission
Denver
Butte
Secretary of Labor
Washington
War Labor Board
Employment Fund to Be Secured in Butte postwar drive
Butte business leaders launch the Silver Bow county Pay Dirt finance campaign to raise $5,000 for a postwar employment program ensuring veterans have jobs with a future. C. H. Gallagher and Kenneth Christie will head the effort urging immediate action to secure futures for returning servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow County
Charles Amos
Sam Parker
John Cloke
K. C. Boulter
M. Y. Daniel
Martin Fleming
Dan Mooney
George Schotte
Theodore Wellman
Fred Decker
W. S. Thompson
J. J. Burke
John Wulf
A. J. Knievel
C. H. Gallagher
John G. Evans
Stanley Griffiths
Lowell Johnson
Tom Kelly
Barry O'Leary
Frank T. Coleman
Pete Staton
Bart Riley
J. O. Peterson
C. L. Peterson
Johnny
Butte
Kenneth Christie
Chamber of Commerce
Silver Bow
End of second year of war with production over the hump
U S faces possible heavy losses in western Europe as the second year of global war ends. Production has cleared a bottleneck and 75 billion dollars in arms may be produced next year, with a 25 percent rise planned over 1943 output as reconversion to civilian goods begins amid ongoing fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Sterling Green
Washington
United States
War Production Board
Germany
R A F Blasts Leipzig in Tricky Attack Feint Stuns Berlin Air Defenders
A large Royal Air Force bomber fleet flew toward Berlin then diverted to Leipzig for a 1,500 ton assault. Heavy bombers lured German fighters from Berlin, while Mosquito craft struck the Leipzig targets, leaving the city in flames as return flights began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Leipzig
Reich
Air Ministry
Russians Drive Toward Zhlobin
Russian forces near Zhlobin eight miles away for a major rail junction as they pursue Germans retreating from Gomel. In Ukraine, drives to link Kremenchug and Cherkasy crosses advance. White Russia pushes take 11 towns near Mogilev while weather slows the offensives.
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London
Zhlobin
Gomea
Ukraine
Kremenchug
Cherkasy
Moscow
Gomel
Khalch
Soltanovka
White Russia
Propoisk
Markian M. Popov
Dnieper
Mogilev
Constantine Rokossovsky
Gorodets
Rogachev
Zholbin
Americans Arrive in Britain in New Troop Contingent
A new contingent of American troops has arrived in Britain, reported by British radio on Saturday in a broadcast heard by CBS. The arrival signals intensified Allied buildup as U S forces reinforce European war efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
CBS
Montana Weather Forecast Snow Spread East
Montana forecast calls for light to moderate snows in the east and central areas Sunday with snow continuing into Sunday night in the southeast. Temperatures will be slightly colder in the east and colder Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Shipyards Surpass World War II Construction Goal
Rear Admiral How ard L. Vickery announced shipyards exceeded the 24 000 000 deadweight ton goal for 1942 43 by about 1 300 000 tons. He noted ships since Pearl Harbor would stretch Maine to Scotland if placed end to end and cited 164 finished merchant ships totaling 1 692 000 deadweight tons in November deliveries.
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New York
U.P
Howard L. Vickery
U. S. Maritime Commission
University Club
Pearl Harbor
Maine
Scotland
Dutch Harbor
Tokyo
Helen of Troy
Hitler
Tojo
Helen
Vickery
Conference on Iran withheld as Allies plan for Europe
The big three Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin delayed an official communique on their Tehran conference. Washington shows no immediate statement while Moscow and Berlin reports hint at plans for a European invasion and war against Japan. The delay aims to blunt Axis propaganda amid the war effort.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Europe
Teheran
Iran
Moscow
Washington
White House
Stephen T. Early
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Cairo
Russia
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
North
Africa
New Type Bunco Probed in Butte Musician Theft
Butte police probe a new type bunco targeting musicians. William Blewett lost a $300 saxophone after a man 30 to 35 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches, in a blue jacket and cowboy hat called at his home in a taxicab. The swindler used union roster to target other musicians. a suspect was arrested in Bozeman for a similar scheme and to be brought to Butte for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
William Blewett
West Broadway
Bart Riley
Riley
Banco
Blewett
Musicians’ Union
Bozeman
Allied drive reaches Cassino sector in Italy frontier push
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark smash into the German winter line in Italy with a massive air and artillery bombardment. They drive toward Cassino while forcing some German troops to madness as Monte Camino and surrounding positions fall under the assault. The British Eighth Army advances near San Vito and Lanciano, with Orsogna seized, widening the break in Nazi defenses along the Sangro river and railway routes.
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Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Rome
Fifth Army
Monte Camino
Mignano
Cassino
Camino
Maggiore
Eighth Army
Adriatic
San Vito
Pescara
Lanciano
Mining Claims Move Opposed in Northwest Meeting
Northwest miners opposed federal legislation to withdraw lands from entry after hearing Montana educator Dr. Frances A. Thomson claim the government was intruding on mineral locations. The convention included remarks by Carl J. Trauerman of Butte and referenced a forthcoming page 7 text.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest
Montana
Frances A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Mont
Northwest Mining Association
General Land Office
Carl J. Trauerman
Mining locations canceled over insufficient mineral showings
Dr. Thomson warned that patented mining claims could be jeopardized as Great Falls locations were cancelled for lack of enough ore. He noted the general land office historically lacked jurisdiction unless contest or patent action occurred, urging state law as the operative framework. Carl J. Trauerman of the Montana Mining Association and J. J. Carrigan of Anaconda Copper spoke at a banquet for Stanly A. Easton of Kellogg Idaho, while the association adopted a policy urging government action as wartime mining accelerated and exhausted known ore reserves.
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Great Falls
General Land Office
Thomson
Butte, Mont
Carl J. Trauerman
Mining Association of Montana
J. J. Carrigan
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Montana
Stanly A. Easton
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentration Company
Kellogg
Idaho
Scosehl
Train collision and crash kill three in Massillon crossing
A Pennsylvania passenger train struck an automobile at a grade crossing near Massillon Ohio killing three people. The same train was then rammed from the rear by another passenger train, injuring 25 and derailing two coaches.
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Massillon
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Pittsburgh
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