Speaker Urges Expansion of Irrigated Land
John A. Gee of Denver urged expanding irrigated farm acreage in the West to meet war and postwar food demands. Speaking at the Montana Reclamation association, he said 70 percent of Western food comes from irrigated land and that 20 percent of crop income stems from 20.5 million irrigated acres. He noted vast unused water could be conserved for agriculture.
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Bozeman
West
John A. Gee
Denver
Farm Security Farm Administration
Montana Reclamation Association
Gee
Montana Reclamationists Reelect Wesley D Ew s TM President
Officials re elected Senator Wesley D Ews TM of Willsal to lead the Montana reclamationists as the organization marks its first anniversary. The group emphasizes water supply for 11 7 million acres and 22 million acres of new lands, with continued coverage on page three.
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Montana
Wesley D'Ews
Wilsall
Bulgaria Urged to Quit Nazis
London dispatch notes Allied pressure for Bulgaria and Romania to abandon Nazi alignment as Eden ready to speak on war aims. Observers foresee civil strife risk in Bulgaria with partisan resistance rising and Army sympathy shifting toward Russia amid broader Balkan realignments and potential Soviet Turkish ties.
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London
U.P
Bulgaria
Romania
Hitler
Italy
Anthony Eden
Cordell Hull
Hungary
Germany
Balkans
Sofia
Ploesti
Daily Telegraph
Russia
Turkey
H M Davis Dies Founder of Tin Plate and Weirton
Howard Madison Davis, 82, a founder of the American Tin Plate company and the Weirton Steel company, died after a short illness in Pasadena. He retired in 1930.
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H. M. Davis
Pasadena
Calif
Howard Madison Davis
American Tin Plate Company
Weirton Steel Company
Butte Weather Outlook and Montana Cloud Cover
Partly cloudy in Butte with no temperature change. Tuesday highs near 31 and lows around 3. Across Montana, west of the divide remains cloudy or foggy with little temp change. east stays fair to mostly cloudy with snow flurries in the extreme southeast. Tuesday sees fair to partly cloudy skies and a slightly warmer northwest, with increasing clouds and not quite as cold east overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Bombing Raids Hit Northwest Germany As Luftwaffe Reels
German territories bombed as U S heavy bombers strike northwest Germany for the second time in 48 hours with minor fighter opposition. Classic targets likely Kiel Wilhelmshaven Bremen and Emden. Marauder bombers also attack Amsterdam Schiphol airdrome while R A F Mosquito bombers hit western Germany.
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London
U.P
United State Air Force
Germany
Luftwaffe
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Bremen
Emden
Amsterdam
Schippl
F D R Expected to Make Report to Congress
President Roosevelt may address Congress in person about his history making Middle East trip for war conferences. Secretary Hull invited to appear after Moscow talks with Russian British and American ministers. Early says a response is expected and leaders want an accounting of meetings with Churchill Stalin Chiang Kai-shek and Ismet Inonu.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Middle East
Hull
Senate House
Moscow
Stephen Early
Senate
House
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
California Soldiers May Cast Ballots Next Year
Californians in the armed Services or auxiliaries may vote in next year’s elections from anywhere, provided they are registered. They must request an absentee ballot from their county clerk and mark it before a commissioned officer.
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Sacramento
Calif
Post-War Job Promotion Fund Reaches 4470
The Silver Bow Pay Dirt drive reaches 4470.30 as the campaign urges all workers to solicit donations for post-war security for local servicemen. Chamber displays Gold Star contributors list for donations of 5 or more, with luncheon honors planned for 25-plus supporters.
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Gold Star
C. H. Gallagher
Chamber of Commerce Windows
Chamber of Commerce
A. M. Abrahamsen
M. P. O’connor
Abrahamsen
O’connor
Survivors recount heroism as Liscome Bay sinks
U S S Liscome Bay torpedoed off Makin Island on November 24 during Gilbert Islands campaign. About 200 survivors tell of acts of bravery by Lt Cmdr J B Rowe and others as flames and explosions swept the ship. Capt Irving D Wiltsie is listed among the casualties and crews abandoned ship amid a rapid loss of life.
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San Francisco
U. S. S. Liscome Bay
Makin Island
Gilbert Islands
Liscome Bay
Henry M. Mullinnix
Irving D. Wilstsie
J. B. Rowe
Milford, Mich
Red Army Turns Tide in Kiev Bulge Battle
Moscow reports Soviet forces repelled German armor and infantry in the Kiev bulge and regained key German positions around the Kremenchug bridgehead on the Dnieper. The counteroffensive, aided by air support, pushed back German advances near Malin, 55 miles west of Kiev, after weeks of German assault.
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London
U.P
Red Army
Kiev Bulge
Kremenchug
Middle Dnieper
Moscow
Kiev
Korosten
Malin
Pravda
Patton and Staff Surprise Cairo Visit Amid Middle East Talks
General George S. Patton Jr. and parts of his staff arrived in Cairo on an unannounced mission. The visit follows tensions with Eisenhower over Patton's conduct and comes during talks on reorganizing Allied commands in the Mediterranean and Middle East.
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Cairo
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. Seventh Army
Europe
Balkans
Seventh Army
Sicily
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
General Patton
Patton
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Middle East
Persian Gulf
Australian Forces Press On In Bougainville and New Guinea
Allied forces report steady progress on Huon peninsula with Australian infantry advancing to Lakona and pushing toward Finschhafen as air support targets Bougainville. In the Pacific, air strikes pound Bougainville and Ceram with Liberators and Dauntless dive bombers while Japanese raids at Gusap are repelled by Kittyhawks and Thunderbolts.
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Washington
Central Pacific
Imeiji
Jaluit Atoll
Navy
Marshall Islands
Seventh Army
Southwest Pacific
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Sowi
Douglas MacArthur
Lakona
Finschhafen
Wareo
Solomons
Bougainville
Liberator
Buka
Dauntless
Jakobina Field
Buin
Mitchell
Kittyhawk
Kieta
Empress Augusta Bay
Gusap
Ramu
Thunderbolt
Downer
Liberators
Australia
Boela
Ceram Island
Larat
Watamoeri
Tanimbar Islands
Arafura Sea
Maccluer Gulf
Allied Resources Are Fathomless War Update In Tokyo Review
A Tokyo radio weekend review for Japanese audiences said Allied resources are fathomless and Japan cannot claim full control of the war. It noted Allied advances toward Bougainville and the Gilbert Islands and urged total national effort to speed airplane production amid claimed enemy propaganda hoaxes.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
OWI
Pacific
Bougainville
Gilbert Islands
Tojo
Gilberts
Roosevelt restores 13 Massachusetts plants to private control
President Roosevelt via executive order returns 13 leather plants in Salem Peabody and Danvers Massachusetts to private management after they were seized by Secretary Henry L. Stimson on November 24 due to labor disputes.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Henry L. Stimson
White House
Salem
Peabody
Danvers
Inducted Registrants For December Board Three Men
Registrants with local selective service board No. 3 were accepted for military service after examination Monday. Army inductees include James A. Poore Jr Howard Y. Chinn William R. Lousen John T. Geary John W. Barrett Michael M. Lelich Aaron Perry. Marine corps inductee Carl F Foster Jr Nye. Navy inductees John P Laramie Morton J Harmon Kenneth Chinn Robert M Keil William G Bellm Gordon S Osborne Vern J Seward.
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Selective Service Board No. 3
Army
James A. Poore, Jr
South Excelsior
Howard Y. Chinn
Seattle
William R. Lousen
West Platinum
John T. Geary
Helmville
John W. Barrett
South Main
Michael M. Lelich
Aaron Perry
North Wyoming
Marine Corps
Carl F. Foster, Jr
Nye
Navy
John P. Laramie
Colorado
Morton J. Harmon
Butte
Kenneth Chinn
West Mercury
Robert M. Keil
Divide
William G. Bellm
Philipsburg
Gordon S. Osborne
Harrison
Vern J. Seward
Warren Seeks Special Session to Modernize California Prisons
Governor Earl Warren said he expected to call a special session of the California legislature soon to consider legislation to bring the state prison system up to date.
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Sacramento
Calif
U.P
Earl Warren
California
Senate implies possible compromise to save subsidy program
In Washington on December 13, Senate leaders hint at salvaging part of the $1,000,000,000-a-year food subsidy plan. A three man banking committee subcommittee weighs a modified continuance while House anti subsidy measures loom.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Barkley
Taft
Ohio
Bankhead
Utah
Banking Committee
Ellender
D-La
Commodity Credit Association
House
CCC
Farm Bloc
War Food Administration
Marvin Jones
Allied guns smash Nazi counter attack in Italy
Allied forces report heavy combat on the Italian front as the British Eighth Army seizes heights overlooking Ortona while American guns repulse a large German counter offensive in western Italy. About 6,000 German prisoners were taken since the invasion began on September 3, with Canadian, Indian, and New Zealand troops supporting Montgomery's advance toward the Pescara valley.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Ortona
Italy
Sir B. L. Montgomery
Pescara
Japanese Prisoners Admit Gas Use in Central China
Japanese prisoners told Chinese intelligence in Chungking that forces frequently used tear gas sneeze gas and that the army is equipped with poison gases for field officers. They described four gas cylinders per platoon and said company commanders could order use of the gases.
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Chungking
U.P
China
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Mitsui Katsuo
Shiroshima
Japan
Katsuo
United States
War Department
Senator Seeks Tax to Free Whisky Stocks
Senator George of Georgia said he will urge the Senate finance committee to impose a federal tax on 117 million gallons of whisky stored over four years to break a nationwide shortage. Whisky held tax free for eight years would be reduced to four, pushing older stock onto the market to replenish stores.
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Washington
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
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Wiltsie
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