Butte Chamber Finance Workers Plan Reports Noon Lunch
The Butte Chamber of Commerce announces a noon report lunch at the Finlen hotel to present initial results of the finance workers campaign for the postwar program. William P. Riley will keynote with A Businessman's Faith in Butte.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce Builders’ Financial
Finlen Hotel
William P. Riley
Butte
Riley
Butte Bottlers’ Supply Company
South Main Street
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Camp Fire Opens Finance Drive for 3000 Goal
The Butte Camp Fire Girls council opened its annual finance campaign with a $3000 goal to support the coming year's youth program. August Grunert chaired the finance committee with Mrs. Robert L. Floyd as council chair. The drive notes a 50 percent membership rise to 550 girls in Camp Fire Bluebird and Horizon units with 100 adult leaders.
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Butte Camp Fire Girls Council
August Grunert
Robert L. Floyd
Camp Fire Council
Camp Fire
Bluebird
Horizon Club
Don J. Kelly
Charles Darlington
Grunert
George Moser
Kelly
W. W. Mackay
H. G. Hemingway
Mr. Darlington
I. D. Hadzor
A. B. Martin
Clarence Commons
Guy D. Pratt
J. E. Corette
T. J. Davis
E. P. Shea
William McLaughlin
James Tullis
H. B. Hirsh
C. E. Peck
Jerry Holland
Floyd E. Logee
Harold
Weather Outlook West and East of Divide
West of the continental divide cloudy with little temperature change and occasional showers or snow flurries Wednesday. East of the divide partly cloudy with scattered showers or snow flurries west of the mountains. Winds 30 to 40 mph in exposed western and central portions. Not as cold in eastern areas with cooler northwest portions.
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Continental Divide
House Votes to Freeze Tax on Social Security
The House passed 262 to 72 a bill to freeze the social security payroll tax at 1 percent, despite a likely presidential veto. The Senate opposes raising it to 2 percent on January 1, and both chambers expect a veto with possible override efforts. Coughton and Knutson led the push to approve, opposing social security board critics.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Robert L. Coughton
N. C
Harold Knutson
Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Wild Guessers
Social Security Board
British Tanks Move In to Halt Revolution
Athens reports British tanks in action to suppress three days of clashes between leftist EAM forces and police and right wing groups. Premier Papandreou offered to resign to avert civil war but withdrew after assurances from Britain. Curfew adjusted to 5 30 p m as casualties mount with 170 killed and 393 wounded.
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Athens
National Liberation Front
George Papandreou
Greece
Ronald M. Scobie
Scobie
Convicted Slayer Is Sentenced to Die in Oregon Gas Chamber
Albany Oregon December 5. Robert E Lee Folkes 23 year old Negro receives death in gas chamber for first degree murder in the slaying of Martha Virginia James in berth lower 13 of a passenger train in Linn county January 23 1943. Appeals to state and U S Supreme Court failed. James was bride of an ensign.
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Albany
Ore
Robert E. Lee Folkes
Martha Virginia James
Norfolk
U. S. Supreme Court
James
Linn County
Churchill warns Greece revolt must be crushed to defend democracy
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons the British army stands ready to crush any revolt seeking a communist dictatorship in Greece. He said Greeks should choose their form of government, while Labour MPs pressed for debate and the speaker warned the matter nears wartime stakes. Churchill urged authority and constitutional government to be respected.
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James F. King
London
Churchill
Greece
House of Commons
Britain
Athens
Notice on Foreign Policy to Let Europeans Shape Governments
The United States, in a State Department statement, urged Britain and indirectly Russia to avoid interference as European peoples work out their own governments. The notice signaled a policy stance and was noted as continuing on page 10, column 4.
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U. S
Britain
Russia
United States
State Department
Warplanes Sink Japanese Vessels in Philippines Area
Leyte based American warplanes sunk a Japanese destroyer and five small freighters in the Philippines area. Ground fighting renewed as doughboys repulsed night tank attacks near an American roadblock in the Ormoc corridor.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc
Bataan
Manila
Ormoc Valley
Limon
Thirty-second Infantry
Borneo
Leyte River
Leyte
Eleanore Horgan Remembered In Butte Obituary
Eleanore Vivian Horgan former city librarian of Butte died Tuesday at her family home 524 West Granite after a lingering illness. A Memphis native who lived in Butte 45 years she led the library under Mayors McTaggart and her late brother William D Horgan. A Georgetown convent graduate she was active in city life and beloved by library patrons.
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Eleanore Vivian Horgan
Butte
West
Granite Street
Miss Horgan
Memphis
Tenn
Georgetown Convent
William D. Horgan
Archie McTaggart
Finishing Touches On Gala War Bond Show Planned
Victory Labor-Management Production committee works on its Pearl Harbor Day war bond show set for Thursday at the Fox theater. The county nears two thirds of its quota with Montana close to the top overall. Tickets are selling fast at four local banks, the Rialto, and the A C M band department. The program includes a novelty tap dance act by Tommy Tompkins and Bob Stanaway, dancers from Mary McTaggart Kintrea school, with M C W J McMahon.
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Victory Labor-Management Production Committee
Fox Theater
Sixth War Loan
Montana
Dave Reese
Rialto Theater
A. C. M. Company
Tommy Tompkins
Bob Stanaway
Gertrude Lyden
Mary McTaggart
Gore Field
Corporations Top War Bond Quotas Reached New High
Washington reports corporations topped the Sixth War Loan with a three billion dollar one day leap to 10.038 billion, while individuals bought 2.43 billion. Grand drive target remains 14 billion, with expected surpassing by Wednesday or Thursday. Series E sales totaled 946 million against a 2.5 billion quota.
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Washington
Treasury
Cigarette Packaging Rule Sparks Aluminum Foil Plan
Washington observers report the WPB ruling on December 5 allows cigarettes to be packaged with aluminum foil and cellophane under a new combination. The move signals potential changes in retail presentation and consumer protection standards.
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CIGS
Washington
WPB
Concrete Defenses of Siegfried Line Now in Battle Zone
American infantry broke through to the Siegfried line near Saarlautern and advanced into forts. Roden Fraulautern fell as Lt. Gen. Patton’s Third Army pushed along a 40 mile front toward Saarbrucken and Saarguemines. Heavy casualties were reported as gains continued.
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Siegfried Line
Saarlautern
Roden
Fraulautern
Saar River
George 8. Patton
Third Army
Saar
Saarland
Saarbrucken
Allied Third Army crosses Saar south of Saarlautern
Allied dispatches report the Ninety-fifth division under Lt. Gen. Patton crossing the Saar south of Saarlautern and expanding a bridgehead into Siegfried line outposts as five Allied armies fight on German soil in the opening six months of the western invasion. The Germans are said to have suffered about 243,000 total losses since November 8.
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Aachen
Luchem
Brandenberg
Saar River
Saarlautern
Maas River
Venlo
Austin Bfalmear Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Third Army
Saar
Reich
Rhine
Battlefront
George S. Patton
Supreme Headquarters
AE. F
U.P
Canadians Break Through Adriatic Defenses Capture Ravenna
Canadian forces smash center of German Adriatic defenses and seize Ravenna, forcing retreat to the Lamone river. An encircling move led to the capture of the Ostrogothic capital while its treasures remain undamaged. Ravenna, population 81,000, lies 41 miles east of Bologna and 130 miles south of Venice.
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Rome
Ravenna
Lamone River
Albert Kesselring
Lamone
Valli di Comacchio
Bologna
Venice
Eighth
Te Po
Kesselring
Fifth Army
American Planes Sink Nazi Planes Over Berlin in 8 to 1 Show
American fighter pilots shot down more than eight German planes for each loss as 91 Nazi aircraft fell and 1,500 tons of bombs hit Berlin along with rail targets at Munster. About 12 bombers and 22 fighters were missing or not returning to base.
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London
Berlin
Munster
Ruhr
France
Tegel
Germany
Plane Production Below Schedule
War Production Board head J A Krug reports November aircraft output at 6747 planes, 682 fewer than October on schedule. Superfortresses slightly above plan, but overall 20 percent behind Army Air Forces targets for B 29 group activation. Weather testing delays and Thanksgiving losses hindered production and new model ramp up.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Krug
Army Air Forces
Japan
Butte Veterans Bureau Aids Servicemen Since October
The Butte Veterans Bureau opened a little over two months ago and has already conducted 330 interviews. It assists servicemen and families with G I Bill issues, dependency allotments, education and employment problems, and veterans benefits. The bureau, funded by the Butte Chamber of Commerce, offers free service and serves veterans of any conflict. Walter Barnard, commander of Silver Bow post No. 1, American Legion, reports on its activities.
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Butte Veterans Bureau
Butte Veterans’ Bureau
G. I
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Carigara
Leyte Island
Signal Corps
Chamber
By John M. Hightower
Uz, Ny
Ial
Saar Basin
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Peleliu
Palaus
Earl J. Wilson
Chevy Chase
Wilson
Nakeawa
Marine First Division
7Th Army
Belgium
Belfor
Arbrucken
Eleanore Horgan
Silver Bow County
Charles Chamberlain
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