Allied air blitz hits Tunisian ports in largest North Africa raid
American Flying Fortresses and Billy Mitchell bombers led a massive attack on Bizerte Tunis and Sousse. Ships were sunk docks and warehouses set ablaze as raids targeted the three harbors amid heavy anti aircraft fire. A separate raid struck a railroad bridge north west of Sfax.
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London
Tunisian
Bizerte
Tunis
Sousse
North Africa
Tunisia
Sfax
Fire kills many at St Johns dance hall blaze
A rapid fire at a Knights of Columbus hostel in St Johns Newfoundland late Saturday night killed at least 110 people and left 102 injured. Dozens died in panics near exits as flames ripped through the hall trapping servicemen and civilians.
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ST. John’s
Newfoundland
Knights of Columbus
Boston
Cocoanut Grove
United Nations
Ottawa
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Arnold Reports U S Has Secret Weapon
Lt Gen Henry W Arnold chief of Army air forces said we have a secret weapon or two and new battle wagons are coming He noted the B 17 and B 24 may be the last of the small bombers and promised a demonstration for Hitler and Hirohito He also praised improved guns cameras and the ability to photograph at high speed and altitude with 4000 planes monthly.
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Randolph Field
Texas
Henry W. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Army
Randolph
Kelly
Brooks
Hondo Fields
Arnold
Hitler
Hirohito
Soviet Lines Dent at One Point in Moscow Front
The Soviet high command reported intensified German pressure across the front with 1,000 German troops encircled west of Moscow and major heights near the Don bend seized. A counterattack by the enemy southwest of Stalingrad dented Soviet defenses, costing the Germans thousands of casualties and equipment, while the Soviets claimed gains near the Don bend northwest of Stalin.
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Moscow
Red Army
Don Bend
Stalingrad
Stalin
Solons Push for Wider Voice in Appointments
A Senate Democratic committee may present to President Roosevelt a demand for greater input in local personnel selections for expanding war agencies. The drive follows protests to party leaders failed to yield changes, with senators from many states noting they are ignored in agency staffing decisions.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Roosevelt
Guffey
D.-Pa
Edward J. Flynn
Ed Pauley
Democratic Committee
Marvin McIntyre
Marines Enlistment Rush Nears Deadline in Butte
United States Marine Corps and Navy recruiting offices stayed open Sunday to process men who applied before December 5 and must report by December 15. In Butte 14 Montana men were sworn into Marine Corps Reserve Class 3, a first for regular combat duty recruits held inactive until training.
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United States Marine Corps and Navy
Marine Corps Station
Montana
Marine Corps Reserve
Marine Corps
San Diego
John J. Anderson
Butte
Nazis Flee El Agheila Stronghold
Cairo dispatch reports the British Eighth Army renewed its western offensive and forced Rommel from El Agheila. Axis forces in Libya retreat west as Allied forces push toward Tripoli and Tunisia, marking the first time they have advanced beyond the El Agheila front.
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Cairo
Egypt
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
el Agheila
Libya
Tripoli
Tunisia
Algeria
Rommel
U S forces Sunder Japanese Naval Reinforcements at Guadalcanal
American sea and air forces report sinking a Japanese destroyer and probable second vessel while damaging six others during a two day fight off Guadalcanal. Bombers hit a Japanese ship near Kiska and operations at Munda on New Georgia. One U S motor torpedo boat was lost.
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Washington
U.P
Guadalcanal
Navy
Kiska
Aleutians
Army
Munda
New Georgia Island
Douglas Dauntless
Army Airacobra
U.S
Cape Esperance
War Financing Is Big Problem
Washington observers view financing the war as the top task for the upcoming seventy-eighth Congress. Republicans plan to press for tax actions and possible new taxes around 6 billion dollars while considering compulsory savings and pay-as-you-go schemes.
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Washington
Congress
Leon Henderson
Besieged Jap Defenses in Buna Area under Continuous Artillery Fire
Allied forces hammer Japanese positions in the Buna area of New Guinea with ongoing artillery and mortar fire as air attacks continue. MacArthur reports patrols mopping up stragglers west of Gona while rains slow ground fighting and slight gains are noted near Sanananda.
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Nippon
Gona
New Britain
M’'Arthur
Australia
U.P
Buna
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Salamaua
Huongulf
Sanananda
United Press
Don Caswell
Buna See
American-Born Japanese Girl Seeks WAAC Waiver in Montana
Mary K. Suyama of Helena, 22, born in Great Falls, eyes a waiver to join the WAAC after being ruled too short and light for enlistment. She waits at the Montana recruit district headquarters, hoping military authorities grant relief and allow her to serve despite height and weight below minimums. Her aim is to aid the Allies, insisting she is American first and always.
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WAAC
Montana
Mary K. Suyama
Helena
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Miss Suyama
Montana Recrui
Mies Suyama
Great Falls
Dillon Escapee Calvin Edstrom Captured in Twin Bridges
Calvin Edstrom, 18, who escaped from Beaverhead county jail with a companion, was captured in Twin Bridges by Sheriff Paul Temple. The second escapee, Charles Moquist, remained at large and was headed north toward Whitehall. Edstrom had a suspended sentence earlier from Judge George J. Padbury Jr.
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Maquist
Edstrom
George J. Padbury, Jr
Missing Montana Pilot Receives Purple Heart
Major Wilbur Grant Miller, an air force pilot missing in action after an Aleutian Islands raid on Kiska, was awarded the Purple Heart. The Livingston Montana native commanded a fighter squadron and helped a distressed pilot while his own plane was disabled by enemy fire.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Wilbur Grant Miller
Air Force
Aleutian Islands
Major Miller
Annette Marie Miller
Yellowstone Street
Livingston
Mont
Kiska
Miller
Weather Outlook With Light Snow Showers Mon
The forecast calls for light snowshowers Monday with little change in temperature. Sunday's high was 36 degrees and the low 12 as a reference point.
Regulations for cutting Christmas trees announced by forest chief
Butte residents face tighter tree cutting limits due to gasoline rationing. Thompson park south of the city remains closed and no cuts are allowed from Nine Mile to the divide. No cuts along highways or near private lands. trees must be 50 feet from roads or out of sight from the road. Commercial cutting is banned in the Deer Lodge forest. permits available from forest service headquarters for groups and organizations.
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Butte
J. N. Templer
Deer Lodge National Forest
Nine Mile
Highlands
Nine Mile Creek
Thompson Park
Deer Lodge
Forest Service
Templer
Butte Vicinity Cutting Areas Named
In the Butte area the cut zones include Brown's Gulch the Low Lands the Highlands and the Flee cer district, marking the ongoing land clearing.
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Butte
Brown's Gulch
Hitler Orders Laval to Conscript French Workers
London dispatch says Hitler ordered Pierre Laval to draft 400000 French workers for Germany in exchange for freeing some French POWs. Paris radio claimed the 110000th worker departed Sunday, but fighting French sources contest, stating fewer than 90000 had left and many were forced rather than voluntary.
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Hitler
Laval
Germany
London
Pierre Laval
Paris
Government Offers Part Time Jobs to Women and Students
The Civil Service Commission announced a program offering part time jobs in Washington agencies. Housewives students and others may work a few hours daily or a few days a week. The move aims to recruit sufficient qualified personnel for certain positions including typists telephone operators and messengers.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
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Goering
Hans Jesschonner
Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Wvater
Solons
By Jack Bell
Leatherneck
Solomons
U. S
Das
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Dan J. Callaghan
Oakland
Calif
Cassin Young
Associated Press
United States Navy
Dillon
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