Russians Cut Rail Line to Nikolaev
Russian columns outflanked Znamenka by cutting the Znamenka to Nikolaev rail line at Sharovka and advancing three miles in 24 hours from Pantaevka. Novaya Praga was overrun as forces pressed toward Chernyakhov while Chernyakhov and Znamenka faced renewed German counterattacks with up to 1,700 tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
London
Znamenka
Dnieper Bend
Nikolaev
Red Army
Kiev
Znamenka-Nikolaev
Sharovka
Panta
Moscow
Chernyakhov
Zhitomir
Korosten
Fritz von Mannstein
Nikolai Vatutin
No Compromise on Subsidies
Washington dec 8 Congressional fees of food subsidies were warned by a feminine colleague that housewives are aroused over threats to wipe out subsidies. Representative Mary T Norton said inflation dangers threaten the American home and that there will be no compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mary T. Norton
House
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Bankhead
D.- Ala
Pay Dirt campaign kicks off with 200 leaders in Butte
More than two hundred business and civic leaders gathered at the Finlen hotel to launch the $5,000 Silver Bow Pay Dirt finance drive. Volunteers plan ten wagon trains to contact every person and firm, promising jobs for Silver Bow County servicemen after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Stanley Griffiths
Butte High School
Lowell Johnson
Walkerville
Finlen Hotel
Silver Bow County
Selective Service Board 3 lists its reportable inductees
Men ordered to report for induction by Selective Service board No. 3 were listed to complete the county's December quota. The list names at least 40 individuals with varied addresses in Washington state, Idaho, California, and beyond, including Lambert J. Steffes Anasonda and Merle M. Irvine Washington DC, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board No
Armed Service
Lambert J. Steffes
Anasonda
Jimmy E. Mooney
Utah
Robert R. Preeman
Walnut Creek
Calif
Merle M. Irvine
Washington, D. C
John W. Barrett
South Main
Hans Talot
Gaylord
Lester W. Arthur
Portland
Earl D. Roberts
South Wyoming
William Matson
South Dakota
William Johnson
West Broadway
Reino E. Hyyppa
Seattle
Harver C. Kimm
Long Island
N. Y
Carl F. Foster, Jr
Nye
Howard Y. Chinn
Walter C. Buckwardt
West Silver
Alfred H. Bayles
Melrose
Gordons. Osborne
Harrison
Charles R. Hill
Kirkland
Wash
Aaron Perry
North Wyoming
Jack S. Woodard
Hollywood
William H. Hays
Salem
Idaho
William G. Bellm
Philipsburg
John P. Laramie
Colorado
Kenneth Chinn
West Mercury
William R. Harvey
East Aluminum
Robert M. Keil
Divide
William R. Lousen
John H. Gorsh
East Broadway
John E. Long
Vancouver
Anton Kelsch
Livingston
Henry W. Liebelt
Centralia
Arthur R. Gatzke
John T. Geary
Helmville
Robert M. Hill
Oakland
Steve Korenko
Huntington Park
Cornelius P. Healy
Walter
Nazi-backed Fascists threaten Italian hostages at frontier
Nazi backed Fascists warned Italians that ten hostages would be shot in reprisal if a Fascist was killed. The message arrived from a border area at the Swiss-Italian frontier as the conflict intensified.
Soviet appoints Krasilnikov envoy to Iceland
Moscow radio reports on Wednesday night that A. N. Krasilnikov has been named the Soviet envoy to Iceland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. N. Krasilnikov
Iceland
Moscow
Weather forecast for Montana and Butte region
Partly cloudy and continued cool conditions with brief snow squalls on Thursday. Friday rises slightly in temperature with continued cold. Wednesday highs near 25 and lows around 19, with colder conditions east of the continental divide and snow squalls in the southern mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Governor Sets Montana Liquor Board Membership Later
Governor Sam C. Ford said he has decided on the Montana liquor control board membership but will delay public announcement until official appointments. Two members, Fred Ward and A. E. McFatridge, resigned November 20, followed by Howell Harris, leaving the state without a board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Sam C. Ford
Montana Liquor Control Board
Ford
Fred Ward
White Sulphur Springs
A. E. McFatridge
Billings
Howell Harris
Highwood
Liquor Control Board
Allied Planes Hit Heavily at New Britain
Allied air forces on a major raid bombed Gloucester, boosting total explosive weight to about 1,300 tons aimed at invasion targets in western New Britain. Australian troops on Huon Peninsula pushed eastward, extending coast holdings, while Bougainville and Solomons perimeter gains continued with light opposition.
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New Britain
Southwest Pacific
Allied
Gloucester
New Guinea
Solomons
Cape Gloucester
Huon
Bougainville
Rabaul
Bergen Bay
Aran
Araw
Chinese retake Tehshan in swift counterattack
Chinese high command reports Tehshan recaptured from Japanese forces after a counter offensive and furious fighting. Troops reportedly rounded up enemy remnants around the city as reinforcement units moved into southern Henan. Sinyang region activity also cited with Chinese forces breaking into Linyang and reaching Suiksien outskirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Tehshan
Chageth
Changsha
China
Changteh
Henan
Linyang
Suiksien
Hupeh
Sinyang
Hankow
Yangtze River
Rankin urges states to organize servicemen's absentee voting
Representative John E Rankin urged the 48 states to set up adequate overseas absentee voting for armed forces so states maintain control of election machinery. He noted most already allow service personnel to vote, with some minor law tweaks possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
John E. Rankin
D.-Miss
Rankin
Federal Bureau
Federal Commission
Butte Flyer Dies in South Pacific
Ensign Frank C. Bermingham, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Bermingham of 1028 California avenue, was killed during a forced landing in the South Pacific. Body recovered but not returnable yet. A Butte native, he attended Boys Central high school and Carroll College, later Long Beach Junior College, trained as a flyer in Helena and Missoula, earned wings last April, and chose overseas duty over instructor duty. He leaves parents, three brothers John Edward and William, three sisters Mrs. Tom Foote Mrs. Harry Evans and Betty Bermingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Bermingham
Loyd Bermingham
California Avenue
Navy
South Pacific
Navy Department
United States
Butte
Boys Central High School
Carroll College
Helena
Long Beach
Calif
Missoula
Pearl Harbor
Air Branch
Southwest
Bermingham
Ensign Bermingham
John
Army Air Corps
Tampa
Fla
Edward
San Francisco
William
Tom Foote
Harry Evans
Betty Bermingham
Navy seizes shipyard under presidential order
President Roosevelt directs Secretary Knox to seize and operate the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation shipyard after its failure to perform satisfactory work. The White House announced the action on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation
White House
Six Japanese Vessels Sunk by Yanks
Six Japanese ships including two light cruisers were sunk and four damaged as U S carrier task forces attacked Kwajalein Roi and Wotje islets in the Marshall islands. Admiral Nimitz said 72 Nipponese planes were destroyed with minor American losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Mid- Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Charles A. Pownall
Washington
Gilbert Islands
Central Pacific
Marshall Chain
Kwajalein
Roi
Wotje
Ebeye
Wo*je
Estimated Tax Yield Shrivels as Senate Panel Cuts Bill
The Senate finance committee trimmed the new tax bill by 190 million, lowering projected revenue from about 2.14 billion to around 1.95 billion. They approved 92 million in postal-rate increases while removing a planned doubling of third-class rates, with post office fee hikes to follow cost studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Treasury
Walker
Senate
House Votes Duty Free Feed Import Bill
The House approved a 90 day duty free importation of livestock and poultry feed after a heated debate. The bill sent to the Senate passed 255 to 55 and covers wheat corn barley rye flax cottonseed corn and hay for feed use only by livestock and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Japanese Premier declares 1944 will be our year to win
In a Pearl Harbor anniversary broadcast from Tokyo, Premier Hideki Tojo said 1944 will be our year to win but warned the war cannot be won easily. He urged Japan and occupied territories to unite in hardship and strengthen fighting power as the third year of war approaches.
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New York
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Tojo
Tokyo
United States
Great Britain
Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Tokyo Radio
Emperor Hirohito
U. S. Pacific
Gilbert Islands
Clears Nazis From Last Vital Heights
Allied forces driving in Italy seize Mt Maggiore Mt Camino and Mt Amino and strongpoints Camino Acquapendola Cocuruzza near Mig nano as they clear the last high ground in the valley north of Cassino. Montgomery's Eighth Army reports gains along the Moro river and Maiella sector with heavy fighting continuing inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Fifth Army
Italy
Mt. Maggiore
Mt. Amino
Garigliano
Camino
Acquapendola
Cocuruzza
Mignano
Mark W. Clark
Cassino
Rome
Mt. Camino
Clark
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Moro River
Adriatic
Orsogna
Montgomery
Maiella
Casoli
Greatest News Still to Come
Cairo dispatch reports that Field Marshal Smuts called the Allied conferences the most significant of a century and said unity surpassed expectations. He foresees victory by Christmas next year but warns of heavy, continued fighting as Turkish alignment possibilities loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Chester
Cairo
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Turkey
Middle East
Mediterranean
Smuts
United States
Britain
Russia
Germany
Rosevelt
Churchill
Inonu
Santa Claus specials begin annual travel through Missoula
MISSOULA, Dec. 8. The Santa Claus specials, extra trains for pre-holiday traffic, have begun annual passage east and west through here. E. E. Nelson, NP passenger traffic manager at St. Paul, said the trains handle baggage mail express and excess passenger business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
E. E. Nelson
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Nelson
Senate Approves $38 Million Deficiency Bill With Reforms
The Senate passed a $38 million deficiency appropriation bill with an amendment barring War and Navy from spending surplus funds without Congress approval. It requires returning all unexpended balances to the Treasury and ends the Budget Bureau reserve. The measure also adds $50 million for wartime congestion relief and includes $44 million for Farm Security Administration and $5 million for the Office of War Information overseas activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
War and Navy Departments
Congress
War Department
McKellar
D.tenn
Treasury
Budget Bureau
House
Farm Security Administration
Office of War Information
Remodeling Nears Completion at Butte Youth Center
Butte unions completed another remodeling shift at the Grand hotel building youth center. About 25 tradesmen donated a Wednesday night shift after their normal work to finish space for a recreation center and a junior night club exclusive to members. The 15 person executive council, including four high school reps, plans to buy equipment and furniture as enrollment tops 1,000. Officials said decorations would follow after year’s start.
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Butte
Grand Hotel
Ter
Pere Mission
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E. G. Leipheimer
Montana Standard
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ENS. F. C. Bermingham
Lockbourne
Columbus
Ohio
Post
Army
Charles H. McMurtry
By Edward Kennedy
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