U S Troops Hurl Japs Back at Buna
American forces in the Buna sector of New Guinea repulsed a second Japanese counter attack of the week. Allied reports said Gona area, 15 miles from Buna, was completely occupied and Australians advanced toward Cape Killerton. Casualty figures and evasive retreat details noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M’arthur
Australia
U.P
Buna
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Gona
John Curtin
Canberra
Cape Killerton
Curtin
Park Service Orders Elk Reduced
Chicago December 10 National Park Service issued immediate reduction of Yellowstone northern elk herd by shipment or killing to fit winter food supply. Director Newton B. Drury warned early winter shortage risks starvation risking 60 percent loss if conditions persist. Meat from culled elk to be given to Indian agencies. live shipments to continue where feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Yellowstone National Park
National Park Service
Newton B. Drury
The
Park Service
Drury
Yellowstone Park
Helena Diocese announces priest appointments and retirements
Bishop Joseph M. Gilmore releases changes affecting six priests in the Helena diocese. Rev. Venus retires from St. Patrick in Butte after 1918. Rev. M. M. English becomes St. Patrick’s successor. Rev. John J. OConnor is named pastor of St. Ann in Butte, succeeding English, with other moves including Rev. Schulte to St. Paul in Anaconda and Rev. Leonard Jensen to St. Helena cathedral staff and Chateau parish succession arrangements outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Venus
St. Patrick’s Church
M. M. English
Helena
Joseph M. Gilmore
Butte
Bishop Gilmore
St. Patrick Church
St. Ann Church
D. D
Father Venus
John J. O'Connor
Carroll College
St. Ann
Father English
Venus
English
Gilmore
John J. O’connor
Joseph F. Schulte
St. Luke Church
Chateau
Kaiser urges pay with war bonds for postwar delivery
Oakland December report describes Henry J Kaiser urging Americans to buy war bonds now for future delivery after the war. He highlights a prefab steel three room house costing 1500 dollars and notes the plan could curb inflation, boost bonds sales, and sustain production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Oakland
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
WPA Work in Montana Report Details Massive State Projects
Montana WPA head Joseph E. Parker releases a summary of agency activities from July 1, 1935, to early 1936. The report covers roads and bridges, public buildings including schools, courthouses and hospitals, plus sidewalks, curbs, gutters and lighting. It notes the Seattle books delay and the broad scope of work amid national controversy over the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Works Projects Administration
Congress
WPA
Montana
Joseph E. Parker
Seattle
Montana Relief Agency
Fighter Planes Pour Into Tunisian Area
Allied air forces rush Junkers troop carriers and fighters into central Tunisia to bolster the push by U S parachute troops under Col Edson Raff. Ground action intensifies as Axis ground forces press inland from the Tunis coast amid heavy rains hindering supply and mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
Junkers
Tunisia
Libya
Tunisian
Edson Raff
James F. King
London
Tunis
Bizerte
Morocco
Tebourba-Mateur
Berlin
Tabarka
Mediterranean
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
el Agheila
Montgomery
Rome
E Agheila
Camp Fire Drive Reaches $2000 Mark in Butte
At a Thursday meeting at the YMCA a committee reported Camp Fire fund collections totaling $2000 for operation next year in Butte. The goal is $3000 and about $800 more was turned in yesterday. August Grunert, campaign manager, said the drive ends next Wednesday at the YMCA and donors can call headquarters for a Camp Fire girl to collect contributions. The Guardians' association donated a $200 check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
August Grunert
Guardians’ Association of the
Allies Send Huge Quantities of Materials to Russia
Great Britain and the United States have sent more than 3,000 airplanes 4,000 tanks and 30,000 vehicles to Russia during the past year Air Vice Marshal F MacNeece Foster deputy head of the Royal Air Force delegation in Washington said at an industries dinner of the Russian war relief Foster noted Russia also received 800000 tons of miscellaneous cargo including small arms ammunition foodstuffs and medical supplies He said such transfers have faced enemy attacks from air surface ships and submarines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.2
Great Britain
United States
Russia
F. MacNeece Foster
Royal Air Force
Washington
Foster
Byrd Proposes Liquidation of NYA and FSA Programs
Senate budget discussions reveal NYA supervision and FSA loans cost the government millions annually. Byrd calls for liquidating both agencies with essential NYA work shifted to Education and FSA tasks to Farm Credit Administration. He notes FSA rural loans total about 875,747 with 17 percent charged off as dead loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrd
D.-Va
Congressional Economy Committee
Joint Committee
FSA
NYA
Department of Education
PSA
Farm Credit Administration
Resettlement Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Army Officer Held on Sedition Charge at Fort Lewis
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports an unidentified Army officer at Fort Lewis faces sedition charges after an investigation into an organized plan to nullify President Roosevelt. The officer, a recent college graduate with radical ties, allegedly mailed seditious materials to America First members and Silver Shirts and sought to form a subversive Army group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Fort Lewis
Post-Intelligencer
Fort
Roosevelt
Post
Ninth Service Command
Fort Douglas
Utah
America First Committee
William Dudley Pelley
Army
Oils to be curtailed for soap production in war effort
Oils used for soap will be cut back due to rising demand for edible fats and oils to feed allies this winter. A War Production Board sub committee is considering eliminating edible oils and fats in soap manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
MacArthur closes on Buna Gona with tough fighting ahead
War correspondent William T. Peacock notes the complete occupation of Gona and says MacArthur’s forces near clearing Buna Gona. After victory, focus shifts to Salamaua and Lae with major sea-borne assaults likely due to rugged terrain and lack of roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Peacock
Gona
Douglas MacArthur
Buna-Gona
Papuana Peninsula
Buna
MacArthur
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Reds Kill 3 500 Nazis Destroy 90 Enemy Tanks
Moscow dispatch details a major Soviet counteroffensive on the central and Stalingrad fronts. The Soviet communique says about 3,500 Germans were killed and 50 tanks destroyed, with heavy losses to the attackers but continued Red Army gains in the Stalingrad area and pockets along the Don and Volga sectors.
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Moscow
Central
Stalingrad
Rzhev
Velikie Luki
Red Army
Central Front
Volga and
Don Rivers
Don Bank
British Planes Bomb Turin In Sixth Raid This Month
British bombers struck Turin for the sixth time in a month turning the city into a vast blaze eight thousand feet into the air. The air ministry said 30 major fires were visible and the glare blocked the ground below as Stirlings Halifaxes Lancasters and Wellingtons pounded the arsenal city for 55 minutes.
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Turin
London
U.P
Detroit
Italy
Air Ministry
Boston
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Fiat Engine
Caproni
Lancia
Tass
Geneva
Aiircraft
Britain
Alps
Anti-Silver Bloc Plans Campaign in Congress
House Republicans and Democrats move to repeal the Treasury silver purchase program. Rep. Andrew Somers pledges a full review of silver policy as shortages push anti silver forces to gain momentum with Morgenthau reportedly ready to end the program. Treasury notes about 2 billion dollars in monetary silver and 633 million in non monetary silver are stored in an underground West Point vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Treasury
Andrew L. Somers
D-N.y
House Coinage Committee
State Department
Office of Price Administration
Somers
West Point
N. Y
Little Change Forecast Friday Temperatures
A near steady trend on Friday with mild air and light winds. Thursday peaks at 36 degrees with a low of 21 as the next mild spell continues.
Beef price ceilings renewed to ease shortages
The Office of Price Administration revamped wholesale price ceilings for beef to allow moderate increases in ten zones based on distance from Kansas City. The move aims to improve distribution and prevent packer closures, with retail margins to be adjusted later. Expected rise in good grade beef in Kansas City is about 1.5 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Basing Point
Kansas City
OPA
More Than 100 Japanese Killed in China Marines Report
A Chinese troops surprise near Lingtze in Northern Kiangsi province killed over 100 Japanese soldiers. The Japanese unit commander Yamasita Sigetu was reported killed in the ensuing battle as the attack aimed to encircle a Chinese stronghold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Lingtze
Kiangsi
Yamasita Sigetu
Walkerville Masons Elect W. H. Hill Worshipful Master
William H. Hill was elected Worshipful Master of Monitor lodge No. 35 A F and A M at the annual election in the Walkerville Masonic temple. Key officers named include William Stephens senior warden I F Chapman junior warden Richard Hosking treasurer John T. Eslick secretary and Ronald C George and William H Sweet as temple trustees. Installation with other Blue lodges will be at the Masonic temple in Butte on December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Hill
Monitor Lodge No. 35
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Walkerville
William Stephens
I. F. Chapman
Richard Hosking
John T. Eslick
Ronald C. George
William H. Sweet
Silver Bow County
Butte
Train collision injures soldiers near Camden Ohio
A double-header passenger car carrying troops bumped the locomotive of a nearby Pennsylvania freight near Camden Ohio late Thursday injuring at least five people including three soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Camden
Marines Allow 17-Year-Old Enlistments Resume
Montana district Marine Corps recruiting headquarters authorized Thursday to enlist 17-year-olds regardless of filing date. Lt. Col. Ralph E. Davis said the revised rules take effect now and after December 15, with remaining applicants on a January shipment waiting list once the state quota is filled.
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Montana
John R. Kapinos
Townsend
Wake Island
United States Marine Corps
George
Wake
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U.S
Elk
J. M. Venus
J. J. O'Connor
Parker
the War News
Salamaua-Lae
Port Moresby
By Eddy Gilmore
Deere Cero Ay
Walkerville Masons
W. H. Hill
Marine Corps
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