Aussies Capture Wareo Base in New Guinea Campaign
Australian forces seized Wareo a key Huon peninsula position in northeastern New Guinea after a six day assault. Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced the victory, part of a broader push to clear the Huon peninsula and threaten New Britain. Allied patrols moved along the coast from Bonga and advanced inland to link with other units. The victory followed heavy fighting up a 1000 foot slope near Kuanko and reestablished contact with retreating Japanese forces by 9 p m.
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Southwest Pacific Allied
Wareo
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Sattelberg
Finschhafen
New Britain
Kuanko
Bonga
Cape Gloucester
Navy Hero Edward H. OHare Reported Missing in Action
Lt. Comdr. Edward H. O Hare Medal of Honor recipient from the Coral Sea is missing in action. Navy notifies his mother Selma O Hare of Phoenix and wife Rita O Hare of San Diego with no further details. He earned the honor as a lone fighter protecting a carrier in battle. President Roosevelt called his feat one of the most daring actions in combat aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Edward H
Butch) O'Hare
Coral Sea
Selma O'Hare
Rita O'Hare
San Diego
Calif
Navy Department
Czech President Arrives in Russia for Postwar Pact
Edouard Benes, leader of the Czecho-Slovak provisional government, has arrived in Russia. He is expected to sign a pact seen as shaping the postwar central European order, potentially inviting Poland to join anti German eastern bloc and signaling Soviet intentions toward smaller European states.
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London
Edouard Benes
Russia
Benes
Poland
Germany
Partly cloudy west with light snow flurries Friday
Partly cloudy west of the division with a slight warmup on Friday and Friday night. Light snow flurries expected in the northern portion Friday night. East of the division, Friday and Friday night remain partly cloudy with no major temperature changes. Montana forecast shows highs near 23 and lows around 6.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Post-War Job Campaign Opens With $1797 Contributed
The first day of the Silver Bow Pay Dirt campaign to fund post war planning for servicemen raised $1,797.50. Theodore Wellman led prospects and secured a corporate subscription from his motor company as workers report strong local responses. C H Gallagher urged other business heads to mobilize their staff and match local enthusiasm across divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Wellman
George Schotte
Wagoner
North-South Business Division
Wellman
Motor Company
C. H. Gallagher
Butte
Drive
K. C. Boulter
John Wulf
McQueen Train
Meaderville
John G. Evans
E. P. Shea
Federal taxes show increase in Montana since 1936
The Montana Taxpayer reports federal tax collections in Montana rose from $8.63 million in 1936 to about $50 million in fiscal 1943. Total state share of federal expenditures reached $312.7 million for year ended June 3 1943. Individual and corporate income levies drove most growth.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
U S Plans Major Support For Yugoslav Partisans
The United States will direct its main military aid to the Yugoslav partisans led by Tito, deeming them more active against Germany than King Peter’s government. Secretary Hull confirmed British policy aligning with stronger partisan support, while supply mechanics remain separate from policy. Tito reportedly severed ties with King Peter and formed a rival government, though not officially confirmed.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Yugoslavia
Peter
Hull
Richard K. Law
Commons
Josip Broz
Tito
Mihailovic
Cairo
Solons Cut Tax Totals in Senate Bill Revisions
Washington dec 9 Senate finance committee cut 26.4 million from the tax bill by rejecting race track betting while doubling taxes on movie tickets and admissions. The measure now estimates revenue at 1.9227 billion annually, far below the Treasury’s 10.5 billion target. Further changes are expected as the committee considers House vote changes on corporate and individual rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance
House
Treasury
Morgenthau
Rommel Arrives in the Danish Capital
The German high command announced in Copenhagen that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had arrived in Copenhagen. Reports from Stockholm note intensified German activity to strengthen coastal defenses in occupied Denmark as Allied action in the region seemed likely.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Erwin Rommel
Germany
Rommel
Balkans
Germans Fight Fifth Army Desperately
Allied forces press the German line on the Garigliano and Adriatic fronts in Italy. British troops seize Mount Croce while Clark’s Fifth Army drives toward Cassino, overcoming pockets of resistance and holding key ridges as heavy fighting continues.
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Algiers
Rome
Garigliano
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Adriatic
Pescara
Chieti
Orsogna
Fifth Army
Clark
Mount Croce
Mount Camino
Massico
Tyrrhenian Sea
Mount Maggiore
Cassino
Maggiore
Rocca Devandro
Camino
Suburb Subsidy Hearings End With Senate Action Forecast
The Senate banking committee closed public hearings on food subsidy repeal. Acting Chairman Bankhead predicts the committee will report favorably next week on his anti subsidy bill to abolish payments to roll back retail food prices. The bill lets CCC and RFC liquidate subsidies through June 30, 1944 and adds $150 million borrowing authority to CCC while continuing soil conservation and sugar subsidies.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
House
Bankhead
Dala
Commodity Credit Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
CCC
Publisher Urges Willkie Nomination Renewal
Minneapolis publisher John Cowles urged Wendell Willkie be renominated in 1944. He rebutted claims that Willkie supporters tried to buy delegates at the 1940 convention and defended Willkie against offers to secure votes for a cabinet post or the vice presidency.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
John Cowles
Minneapolis
Willkie
Cowles
Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Allies Destroy Upwards of 300 Nazi Submarines Since March
British and American forces sank upwards of 300 U boats in the Atlantic from March to November, crippling Hitler’s submarine fleet. The November total was not officially announced, but October’s six month tally reached 150, with May to June and August to September seeing peak sinking rates.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Atlantic
Hitler
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States
Britain
Invasion Craft Measures Pass In Senate and House
United States lawmakers rush to authorize about 5.3 billion dollars for invasion craft auxiliary vessels and ships. Navy Secretary Knox recommended the outlay for 2.5 million tons of auxiliaries and 1 million tons of landing craft as part of a record ship production in November.
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Washington
Navy
Senate
House
Naval Affairs Committees
Knox
Maritime Commission
Turkey says foreign policy unchanged after Cairo talks
Foreign Minister Numan Menemenloglu announced that Turkey’s policy remains unchanged but relations with Britain, the United States, and Russia have strengthened. He said Turkey’s alliance with England is considerably stronger and that Turkey is closer to the Allied camp, yet policy remains unchanged. He called Cairo one of the war era’s most important events and noted friendly ties with Roosevelt and Inonu.
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Ankara
Turkey
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Numan Menemencloglu
Ismet Inonu
Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
England
America
Menomenologlu
Inonu
New Liquor Board Members Named by Governor Ford
Governor Sam C. Ford named three replacements to the Montana Liquor Control board Wallace of Helena Corwin of Park City and Rippel of Butte. Wallace succeeds Ward Corwin replaces McFatridge and Rippel replaces Harris. Ward McFatridge and Harris resigned recently and the new appointees plan an organizational meeting December 15 with a chairman to be chosen. Wallace 67 a longtime Helena merchant. Corwin a retired banker and former state senator. Rippel a Butte accountant.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
D. R. Wallace
John W. Corwin
Park City
Carl H. Rippel
Butte
Montana Liquor Control Board
Wallace
Fred Ward
White Sulphur Springs
Corwin
A. E. McFatridge
Billings
Rippel
Howell Harris
Highwood
Ward
McFatridge
Harris
Ford
New Liquor Control Board
Reds Beat Down Nazi Attacks In Front Near Kiev
Soviet forces under Gen. Vatutin repelled German offensives west of Kiev, destroying 75 tanks and inflicting heavy losses as a new push broke into the Dnieper bend area. The Moscow communique noted 350 German tanks wrecked and 5,000 infantry casualties in four days amid ongoing battles near Chernyakhov and Meдерово. Localities fell to the Soviets, with Rodion Yalinovsky’s units advancing to the Dnieper bend edge.
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London
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Kiev
Dnieper
Kirovograd
Moscow
Vatutin
Chernyakhov
Monitor
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Mederovo
Znamenka-Nikolaev
Sharovka
Rodion Yalinovsky
Censorship Office Urges More War News Print
Washington dispatch reports the Office of Censorship urging press and radio to publish additional war news. Director Byron Price warns against volunteer censors and notes new editor and broadcaster codes will be issued to curb over-censorship and emphasize what is not requested.
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Washington
Office of Censorship
Army
Navy
Byron Price
Trucks Gather Waste Paper From Schools Today
School children are asked to bring the waste paper they collected in the last week to their schools by 9 this morning. Trucks will begin picking up bundles at that time. The slogan for this week is A way to remember Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor
Four Vessels Believed Sunk by Plane
Navy reports strong forces bombed Nauru and shelled its coast while a Liberator sank a patrol boat at Jaluit and probably destroyed a medium freighter and two small vessels. The Jaluit raid followed earlier heavy attacks on the Marshalls and Nauru.
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Washington
Nauru
Liberator
Jaluit
Marshalls
Fleet Airwing
Mille
Chinese Forces Retake Changteh After Bloody Battle
Chinese forces under General wa Cheng-wan recaptured Changteh in a brutal engagement and advanced to push Japanese forces from the rice bowl region. General Yu’s 57th division was nearly wiped out, with 300 survivors, as Chinese troops crossed the Yuan river and entered the city at 4 a.m. U.S. air support aided ground operations.
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Chungking
Wa Cheng-wan
Teh
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Changteh
Yuan River
Panchiapu
Changesha
U. S
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Cmdr. O'Hare
Floral Park
Fred Oke
U.S
Solons
The
Pacific
Adriatic End
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Camino, Maggiore and
Croce
Liquor Board
Dnieper Bend
By James M. Long
Nauru Island
Spemcer Moosa
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