Moves to Split Satellites From Hitler
The United States warned Bulgaria Hungary and Romania that they must share the consequences of Nazi defeat. Secretary Hull said the governments in power must realize they will bear responsibility for aiding the Nazis regardless of their peoples feelings. The statement followed Allied bombing of Sofia and signals of rising unrest against pro Axis regimes. Senate leader Connally likewise urged these countries to sever ties or face ruin with Germany.
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Washington
United States
Hitler
Balkan
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
United Nations
Nazi Germany
Cordell Hull
Hull
Sofia
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Russians Halt German Drive West of Kiev in Fierce Battle
Russian defenders repelled massed German assault west of Kiev in a major battle. Moscow said 103 German tanks were wrecked and 1,500 Germans killed. In the Dnieper bend the second Ukrainian army captured 12 towns including Novgordochka and Bakharnoye, with 1,300 Germans killed. Chigrin evacuated as fighting raged around Cherkasy and Kremenchug. Germans lost over 70 troop carriers and trucks.
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London
Kiev
Moscow
Dnieper
Novgordochka
Kirovograd
Bakharnoye
Chigrin
Berlin
Dnieper Bend
Cherkasy
Kremenchug
Malin
Monitor
Bricker Attacks Administration in 1944 Candidacy Speech
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker formally announced his bid for the 1944 Republican presidential nomination at a Pennsylvania Society dinner. He assailed the Roosevelt administration for home front policy and prewar tendencies, urged a forthright foreign policy, and called for sovereign nations to cooperate postwar without a central world authority.
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New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Roosevelt
Bricker
Washington
Pennsylvania Society
Home Front
America
United States
Influenza Epidemic Threatens Britain
London reported a severe influenza surge with 709 deaths in 12 England and Wales towns for the week ending December 4, signaling a deadly season. The outbreak, while not matching 1918 or 1940 scales, shows a sharp rise from 375 the prior week and prompts widespread illness.
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London
Britain
England
Wales
General pork ration cut announced by Price Administrator Bowles
Price Administrator Chester Bowles announced a further general reduction in pork item points on the consumer value table, effective Monday at 12:01 a.m. The cut hits pork steaks, smoked ham, bacon, ready-to-eat meat, fresh hams, fresh and cured sausages, and dry sausages by one or two points per pound, while variety meats remain unchanged. In Bozeman, a separate note from USDA war board leader R J McKenna urged removing pork ration points to rebalance feed and allow more meat to consumers, and proposed cancelling the three percent hauling tax on certain raw farm products.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bozeman
Jesse Jones
Montana U. S. D. A. War Board
R. J. McKenna
McKenna
Australians Occupy Bazulo Village in Huon Peninsula
Allied communique reports Australian infantry on the Huon peninsula in New Guinea occupied Bazulo village west of Wareo after capturing Wareo. MacArthur says Aussies engage rear-guards west of Wareo and north of Bonga. Navy Catalina sinks an 8,000-ton merchant vessel near Kavieng. Air offensive on Cape Gloucester continues with 11th attack in 12 days, totaling over 1,100 tons. Allied air strip on Bougainville completes an effective base for operations.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Bazulo
Wareo
Douglas MacArthur
Bonga
Bismarck Sea
Kavieng
New Ireland
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Rabaul
Bougainville Island
Five Submarines Reported Sunk
In a furious 48 hour day and night battle in the north Atlantic British and American planes and warships beat off a pack of at least 20 German U boats sank five damaged three and brought two convoys through with virtually no loss. The U boats fought back with anti aircraft guns forcing down two Allied planes but more than 95 per cent of escorted ships reached the harbor safely. British destroyers and coverettes suffered no casualties. Most of the Sunderland coastal patrol plane and Liberator bomber crews were rescued amid a third wave of U boat raids on trans Atlantic convoys. Iceland based Liberators joined coastal command bombers to sink three U boats and damage at least three others.
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London
North Atlantic
Admiriny Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Emden
Hamburg
North Sea
Yank Flyers Down 138 Nazi Planes
American Flying Fortresses Liberators and Lightning fighters attacked Emden in daylight. They shot down 138 German planes as 17 bombers and 3 fighters were lost. Emden was heavily damaged, with fires and smoke across a half mile square.
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London
North Sea
Emden
U. S
Cold Wave Sweeps Atlantic Coast Amid Severe Winter Storm
A powerful cold wave from Maine to Virginia brings record low temps, fierce winds up to 75 mph, and widespread damage. Temps drop to 24 below in Owl's Head, 5 below in High Point Park, with 16 at Albany and 23 at Boston. A Liberty ship grounded in New York Bay, buildings damaged, and one death reported. A New York airliner was lifted 50 feet during approach but landed safely with 18 aboard.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Virginia
Owl’s Head
N. Y
High Point Park
Picatinny Range
Sussex County
New Jersey
Albany
Newark
Philadelphia
Boston
LaGuardia Field
New York Bay
Eastport
Delaware
New Britain
Conn
New York City
Madrid car tire factory fire spreads rapid havoc
A Morocco broadcast reported by the Associated Press said a major fire tore through a Madrid car and tire factory and spread so quickly that firefighters called in civilians to assist in gaining control of the blaze.
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London
Morocco
Associated Press Today
Madrid
Weather forecast for Butte and east and west Montana
Montana West of continental divide sees foggy forenoon Sunday with partly cloudy Sunday and night and little temperature change. East of divide partly cloudy Sunday with fair Sunday night. Slightly colder Sunday and much colder northeast and extreme east, warmer Sunday night. Saturday high 36 and low minus 2.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Drafting Fathers Orders Delayed By Selective Service
Washington December reports that Selective Service will defer as few registrants as possible, focusing on unmarried young men and those under 22 losing occupational deferments. Officials discuss lowering physical standards to admit some 4-Fs while delaying father drafts and prioritizing ages 18 to 21 first.
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Washington
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Francis V. Keesling
Selective Service System
May
D.-Ky
House
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Representative May
Keesling
Postwar Jobs Drive Nears Four Thousand Dollar Mark
Campaign to assure postwar jobs for veterans grows as the Gold Star fund rises to 3981.30 with three new names on the honor roll. The 12 top sellers on the jobs-with-a-future program are listed led by J H Dickey Jr and E G Leipheimer, with Mester Gallagher and Smith climbing positions.
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Gold Star
E. H. Mester
Servicemen’s Fund
Charles H. Gallagher
J. A. Smith
J. H. Dickey, Jr
E. G. Leipheimer
Mester
Mr. Gallagher
M. R. Leslie
R. L. Ruhle
George A. Hill
Wade Plummer
M. D. Cahill
J. H. Rowe
Max Dean
Mr. Smith
Mr. Dean
Bulgarian Premier Dobri Bosilov Resigns Amid Leftist Pressure
Bulgarian Premier Dobri Bosilov and two ministers resigned under pressure from leftists advocating Bulgaria’s withdrawal from the war. An Istanbul dispatch cites a display of leftist strength. Bulgaria remains at war with Britain and the United States, not Russia. Axis reports note heavy Allied bombing damage to Sofia rail yards by US liberators, disrupting major Bulgarian lines.
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London
U.P
Dobri Bosilov
Bulgaria
United States
Sofia
Chinese Troops and U S Planes Hit Hankow Front
CHUNGKING Dec 11 Chinese troops and American planes struck Hankow to relieve pressure on Changteh and push toward Wuchang. The communique notes forces moved within 30 miles of Wuchang as the fight at Changteh continued, with raids damaging Tutitang on the Hankow Canton railroad.
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Chungking
China
Hankow
Changteh
Wuchang
Yangtze River
Tutitang
Hankow-Canton
Beckford Named Provost Marshal Signal Prep for Marshall Staff
Washington dispatch reports the Army and Navy Journal stating Maj. Gen. Milton A. Beckford's appointment as provost marshal for the European theater signals the start of Gen. George C. Marshall assembling his staff as Allied commander in Europe. Beckford previously led the Third Service Command.
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Washington
Army and Navy Journal
Milton A. Beckford
George C. Marshall
Beckford
Third Service Command
Allies Capture Mignano Pass in Italy Offensive
Allied forces reported capturing Mignano Pass, a critical gateway to the Liri valley, with the Fifth Army widening its attack toward Rome. German rear guards held positions behind pillboxes as Italian troops attempted a flank, while heavy artillery fire and tank movements aided operations from Mt Sampuero toward San Pietro and San Vittore.
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Algiers
Mignano
Liri
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Rome
Mignano Pass
Naples
Migliano Pass
Mt. Sampuero
San Pietro
San Vittore
Hermann Goering
Second Unit of Buffalo Rapids Project Is Given Approval
Washington reports Senator Murray announces presidential approval of the second unit of the Buffalo Rapids irrigation project, with 11 600 acres to be irrigated. The Fallon unit leads construction for 1944 crop production. total cost 1 628 000 dollars with 706 000 in new appropriations. Also approved is the Dodson pumping project near Malta costing 6 200 dollars to irrigate 1 200 acres.
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Washington
Buffalo Rapids
Murray
D-Mont
War Production Board
War Food Administration
Terry
Shirley
Yellowstone
Dodson
Malta
Textile Workers' Union Launches National Wage Campaign
Seeay Pay Boost Washington December 11. The Textile Workers' Union of America opened a national campaign to raise pay for its 1.5 million members, aiming to push wage ceilings higher and improve living standards.
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Washington
Textile Workers’ Union of America
Liberators Hit Mille Atoll In Pacific Raid
United States Liberator bombers based at Pearl Harbor attacked Mille atoll in the Marshall Islands for the third time in as many days, dropping over 15 tons of bombs. They faced Japanese Zero interceptors, shot down four and likely bagged three others, with no losses to U.S. planes.
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United States Pacific
Pearl Harbor
U.P
United States
Seventh Air Force
Marshall Islands
Mille Atoll
Chester W. Nimitz
Mille
Willis H. Hale
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Group
Japan
Tareawa
Gilberts
Nimita
Europe
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
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U. S. Navy
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Dublin Gulch Wagon Train
Martin Fleming
D. J. Mooney
Floral Park
Bulgar
Liri Valley
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