War spreading as Axis powers declare on United States
Rome reports Mussolini linking Italy with Japan and declaring war on the United States. Berlin confirms Hitler's pledge of a three-way alliance and severing relations. Washington Congress unanimously declares war on Germany and Italy as Navy reports bomb hits on a Japanese battleship off Luzon.
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U.S
Italy
Germany
Congress
Washington
Navy
Thomas C. Hart
Luzon
United States
Hiei
Haruna
Kirisima
Navy Department
Thomas Co. Hart
U. S. Navy
United States Asiatic Fleet
Mexico Breaks With Italy and Germany
Mexico on December 11 severed diplomatic ties with Germany and Italy, aligning with the United States and Great Britain in all but war declaration. Foreign Minister Padilla informed the German and Italian envoys of the break, following Germany’s war move against the U.S. Nicaragua also declared war on Germany and Italy, already at war with Japan. Costa Rica is noted as the first nation in the region in the ongoing war announcements.
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Roosevelt
Italy
Germany
Japan
Tri-Partite
Axis Alliance
Mussolini
Count Galeazzo Ciano
United States
Chigi Palace
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Axis
Berlin
United States of America
Brandt
S. T
Hitler
Kroll Opera House
U. S
Mexico City
U.P
Mexico
Great Britain
Baron H. Rudi von Collenberg
Foreign Office
Ezequiel Padilla
Alberto Marchetti di Muriaglio
Managua
Nicaragua
Tokyo Says 81 U.S. Planes Downed and Guam Capture
Tokyo reports 81 American planes destroyed, a submarine and a destroyer sunk in attacks on the Philippines and Guam taken. Refugee Korean government declares war on Japan. Santa Cruz County blackout with evacuation drills and rumors of approaching planes. Japanese forces reportedly land at Legaspi and on Luzon south coast.
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Pacific
Wake Island
Wake
Luzon
Aparri
Kwantung Front
China
Hong Kong
Tokyo
U.S
A. P
Philippines
Guam
Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Army
Legaspi Manila
Legaspi
Juzon
Manila
Philippine
World War II Allied Nations Lineup
The Allies lineup for the Second World War includes United States Great Britain Canada Australia New Zealand Free France China Greece Belgium Poland Japan Germany Italy Hungary Romania Finland Slovakia and others. Nations listed span the Americas Europe and Asia with multiple colonial and satellite states.
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United States
Haiti
Great Britain
Dominican Republic
Russia
Guatemala
Canada
South Africa
Australia
Cuba
New Zealand
Free France
China
Greece
Costa Rica
Netherlands East Indies
Panama
Belgium
Nicaragua
Poland
el Salvator
Honduras
Germany
Italy
Japan
Manchukuo
Hungary
Rumania
Finland
Slovakia
World War II War Declarations Amid Global Powers
President Truman urges quick action as Germany declares war on the United States and Russia hesitates to join Japan against the Allies. Hull expresses Soviet support for liberty loving nations while Congress is urged to recognize a state of war, marking a turning point in the global crisis.
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United States
White House
Russia
Germany
Italy
Japan
Hull
Maxim Litvinoff
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Russia Rejects Peace Feelers
Soviet officials said any peace with Germany would come only by joint agreement with Britain and the United States. Pravda called Hitler ready to sign a pact if Russia would talk but insisted Germany must end the Hitler regime. The note also confirmed the U.S. is at war with Japan, received by the Soviet envoy.
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Kuibyshevv
Germany
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Pravda
Hitler Gang
Russia
Davis Zaslavsky
Hitler
Zaslavsky
Great Britain
U.S
Walter Thurston
S. A. Lozovsky
Japan
Washington
Thurston
Italy
Butte Leads Montana in Army Enlistments During War
Butte recruiters credited with enlisting about one fourth of Montana’s total on Wednesday at the Missoula state headquarters. Nine of 36 men sworn in that day enlisted through the Mining City office, including Kirby Worley and John R Fearon of Butte. Others named are Frank Kelly Jr, Robert S Rademan, William J Monroe, Robert Landing, Richard L Dunn, William H Long, and John M Ashby. Twenty men queued Thursday before Army Navy and Marine recruiters. 15 were accepted and the Navy planned to send five bluejackets to Salt Lake City for enlistment.
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Butte
Montana
Missoula
State
Mining
Kirby Worley
Nettie Street
John R. Fearon
North
Montana Street
Frank Kelly, Jr
Robert S. Rademan
East
Granite Street
William J. Monroe
North Main Street
Robert
Landing
Great Falls
Richard L. Dunn
Virginia City
Montana School of Mines
William H. Long
Stockett
John M. Ashby
Folsomville
Ind
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Salt Lake City
Utah
Missoula Thurs
Red Cross War Relief Drive Set By Butte Chapter
More than 500 workers join the American Red Cross drive in Butte to raise 20 000 for war relief. The campaign opens Monday and runs until the day before Christmas with eight divisions led by Eugene Carroll. Radio division headed by E B Craney, booths by Miss Mary Lou Ruhle, Rotary by E L Samsel, Kiwanis Archie Adams, Exchange R D Callahan, Chamber Kenneth Christie, Veterans of Foreign Wars Clyde Neighbours. Radio subscriptions begin Saturday over the air.
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Eugene Carroll
Red Cross
E. B. Craney
Mary Lou Ruhle
Rotary
E. L. Samsel
Kiwanis
Archie Adams
R. D. Callahan
Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Christie
Clyde
Red Cross Seeks Volunteers With Cars for Weekend
Red Cross workers with automobiles are needed for Saturday night and all day Sunday. Volunteers should call Red Cross headquarters at 4052 immediately.
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Red Cross
Rotary pledge backs war relief campaign in Butte
At a weekly Rotary meeting in Butte pledges were signed to join a Red Cross war relief drive aimed at fifty million dollars. Butte’s local quota is twenty thousand dollars and volunteers plan to meet with civic groups on December 18 at the Finlen hotel, with limited solicitations through the weekend.
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Eer
Butte Rotary Club
Civic
Civic and Patriotic Organization
Finlen
American Red Cross
Butte
Clear the Road When Sirens Wait
Sheriff Al McLeod urges motorists in Butte to yield immediately when sirens sound. Pull to the right and let officers pass to speed emergency response and save lives.
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al McLeod
Butte
Hawaii Attacks Kill Fifty Nine Civilians at Island Bases
Honolulu reports a Japanese surprise air strike on Oahu with six raids totaling many aircraft. Fifty to 100 enemy planes attacked Hickam and Kaneohe bases as martial law took effect and habeas corpus was suspended.
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Honolulu
Hickam Field
Army Air Base
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Kanehoe Naval Air Base
Oahu Island
Washington
White House
Walter C. Short
Kewalo
Weather outlook for Montana regions this Friday and Saturday
Partly cloudy conditions expected Friday and Saturday across Butte and near west of the continental divide with light mountain snow flurries and little temperature change. East of the divide mostly cloudy with snow moving from the north Friday morning to southwest by afternoon, with colder conditions into Saturday.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
the Divide
Madison County Pioneer Mollie Rowe dies in Butte
Mrs Mollie Rowe a pioneer of Madison county and Alderguich died in a Butte hospital after a brief illness. Born November 16 1863 in the Snake river country she arrived in Aldergulch at three days old. She lived near Sheridan with George Rowe whom she married in 1881 and who died in 1927. She leaves two daughters in law two granddaughters and a son Harry Rowe. Funeral services are set for Monday at St Josephs church in Sheridan with burial in the Sheridan cemetery.
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Sheridan
Mollie Rowe
Alderguich
Montana
Butte
Adobetown
Virginia City
George Rowe
Sheridan Cemetery
UC Graduate Disowns Father Over Pro Axis Ties
Nori Ikeda, UC graduate, publicly disowned her father Kando Ikeda publisher of a Japanese weekly in Oakland for pro Axis sympathies. Ikeda was arrested Monday and held by immigration authorities.
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Calif
Upy
Nori Ikeda
University of California
Kando Ikeda
Iked
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