Soviet Counteroffensive Seizes Klin and Surrounding Areas
Moscow reports Red troops retook Klin, 60 miles northwest of Moscow, and overran 42 settlements in the Klin sector. German tanks seized number 75, with Yasnaya Polyana and Dedilovo among towns recaptured as Soviet forces push to reopen the Moscow Leningrad railway.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Klin
Kalinin
Russia
Germany
Leningrad-Moscow
Hitler
Yasnaya Polyana
Tolstoi
Tula
Moscow Front
Dedilovo
Bogoroditsk
Communist Party
Pravda
Moscow-Leningrad
Tikhivinvolkhovo
Leningrad
Volkhov
Dr Savage Re-elected Leader of Butte Auxiliary
Dr F E Savage was re-elected president of the Butte Auxiliary for the Rehabilitation of Crippled Children at a Monday night meeting at the Chamber of Commerce building. W B Daly was named vice president and E M Sylvester secretary. a financial advisory board and investigating committee were also named with multiple members. The group planned its annual Christmas party for crippled children on December 23 at the Chamber of Commerce building with a large planning committee listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Savage
Butte
Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Daly
E. M. Sylvester
George N. Short
Ray J. MacDonald
Financial Advisory Board
W. J. Walsh
Frank Ward
Charles Woolf
Frank Venable
William Stussy
Leonard Ripper
Eugene Carroll
Advance Gifts Committee
West Broadway
James H. Rowe
Groundwork Laid for Butte Defense Setup
A 500-person meeting at the American Legion hall laid groundwork for Butte’s county wide defense and victory program including anti-aircraft and blackout plans. Delegates from 100+ organizations represented the county. Ben Hardin outlined appointing a defense coordinator soon. Posters like Let’s Set the Rising Sun and Remember Pearl Harbor were visible as the first such planning meeting in Butte’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
American Legion Hall
Ben Hardin
Silver Bow County
Pearl Harbor
Silver Bow
Silver Bow County Defense Commission
Congress Clears Decks for Wartime Action
Congress approved a 10 077 006 000 defense bill funding 2 000 000 Army and 1 200 000 more soldiers, a 500 000 000 naval plane program, and production of guns tanks and planes. House moved to register men 18 to 64 and train 21 to 44, aiming for an army over 6 million. An omnibus bill to re enact the trading with the enemy act and empower swift war contracts was also advanced.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
War Department
House Military Committee
May
D-Ky
House Rules Committee
Biddle
Senate Committee Behind Closed Doors
Twenty five seek service in Uncle Sam's armed forces
Twenty five young men named for service in World War II. Eighteen join the Army and go to Missoula for exams while seven apply for the Navy. Seventeen Montana men sought Marine exams though names were withheld pending testing at the state recruiting office. One Army enlistment included Glenn S. Hunt of Coeur d'Alene Idaho who said he will follow his brother Earl into Army service.
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Uncle Sam’s Armed Forces
United States
Army
Missoula
Navy
Marine Recruiting Office
Montana
U. S. Marine Corps
Glenn S. Hunt
A. Street
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Nick Hertges
Patrick Monahan
Earl
A. L. Koch
Francis B. Olson
Lincoln Hotel
John P. Sullivan
South Gaylord Street
John Bolfeta
South
Ohio Street
Butte
Thomas
30 Years Without Freedom
Wilson Hong president of Butte Kiwanis society speaks at a defense meeting describing the impact of Japanese occupation since 1910. He says many Koreans fled and about fifteen thousand joined Chinese forces, and expresses gratitude for finding asylum in America while pledging to help win the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Hong
Butte Kiwanis Society
Japan
America
Americans Stand Firm Against Bill of Rights Threat
President Roosevelt warned on radio the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights that an attempted cancellation of liberty is underway but Americans will not yield the guarantees of freedom. He urged resolve that no power on earth will shake the nation’s fundamental rights amid the wartime crisis.
What We Face Threat to Liberty Promised by American Bill of Rights
Text condemns an aggressive revival of tyranny and doctrines of absolute obedience. It frames the issue as a global struggle between free nations and a menace aiming to suppress truth and conscience. The note warns of an attempt to overthrow human liberty upheld by the American Bill of Rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
World
Butte Rallying for Red Cross War Funds
Butte abuzz as residents mobilize for Red Cross war relief funds toward the 50 billion national budget. Cash on hand reached 19645.98 with nine booths opening Monday as 1,000 volunteers are sought this week.
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Red Cross
Butte
American Red Cross
Stab in the Back Blow at Pearl Harbor Cost Six Warships
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced that Japan’s surprise attack cost the United States Navy the battleship Arizona five other war vessels and wide casualties including 91 officers and 2,638 sailors. Army losses were 168 killed 223 wounded 26 missing as President Roosevelt ordered a formal inquiry.
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Washington
Japan
Pearl Harbor
United States
Arizona
Knox
War Department
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor Heroics On Open Page Revealed By Shrapnel Fire
Field reports describe sailors directing from a blazing bridge, an officer leaping from a hospital bed to lead, a bluejacket maintaining a five inch anti air gun after others fell, and a sailor manning a heavy machine gun as a human mount. Knox cites Japanese fifth column and submarines in Pearl Harbor attack with 150 to 300 planes.
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Knox
Pearl Harbor
Legion Collecting Scrap Paper Campaign in Butte
The American Legion post in Butte expands its scrap drive to include paper. Call the Legion hall to arrange pickup. residents are urged not to burn cardboard boxes magazines or papers. Proceeds support entertaining draftees and visiting servicemen.
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American Legion Post of
Butte
Legion Hall
Legion
Post
Tribute to Butte Mines Band at 55th anniversary banquet
Senator Harry A. Gallwey delivered an eloquent tribute to the Butte Mines band and its guests at the fifty fifth anniversary banquet held at the Eddy Drive Inn. Sixty three people attended as Sam Treloar served as toastmaster recounting the band’s long service and travel.
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Butte Mines
Big Butte
Harry A. Gallwey
Eddy Drive Inn
Damage Not as Bad as Feared at Pearl Harbor
Washington officials and lawmakers reacted to Secretary Knox's Pearl Harbor update with relief and anger. Senators Connally and Chandler questioned Navy and Army readiness and demanded investigations into leadership while praising the fleet now at sea pursuing the enemy.
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Washington
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Knox
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hawaii
John Paul Jones
Dewey
Chandler
D.-Ky
Military Affairs Committee
Dont shoot message on jacket sparks streetcar stares
High school Sophomore Frank Quay wrote Dont shoot Im a Chinaman on his leather jacket after a day of cold stares on a Denver streetcar. The note drew attention as he headed home from school. The Marques de Comillas liner cancels its Havana and New York voyage due to the present situation, plans to sail later to Venezuela and Colombia remain.
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Denver
Frank Quay
Madrid
U.P
Marques de Comillas
Havana
New York
Venezuela
Colombia
Butte and Montana Weather Forecast Clouds and Mild Temps
Butte region shows Tuesday cloudy with intermittent rain or snow and Wednesday partly cloudy with continued mild temperatures. Montana east of the continental divide remains partly to mostly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with continued mild weather. Near and west of the divide stay cloudy with intervals of rain or snow Tuesday and partly cloudy with mild temperatures Wednesday.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Divide
Japanese invade Kedah as Malayan defense falters
Japanese mechanized troops with dive bombers smash into southern Kedah, Malaya, breaching the northwest province near the Thai border. British Indian forces retreat with heavy losses as Japan advances toward Ipoh and Penang lines while air and sea actions limit reinforcements.
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Singapore
Japan
Kedah
Thailand
Straits Settlements
Wellesley
Penang
Kota Bharu
Singora
Malayan
Butterworth
Straits of Malacca
Rangoon
Burma
Malaya
Ipoh
Hallack W. Seaman Dies Mines Expert at 81
Clinton Iowa obituary Hallack W Seaman 81 inland waterways authority former president of the American Mining congress and noted expert in mines and mining. He spent a long engineering career helping build and operate several midwestern and southwestern railroads.
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Clinton
Iowa
Halleck W. Seaman
Inland Waterways Authority
American Mining Congress
Seaman
Sir Francis Drake Hotel Changes Hands in San Francisco
The Sir Francis Drake hotel in San Francisco changed ownership on Monday and joined the Hotel Employers' Association. New management canceled a contract with 18 A. F. L. unions striking against the association.
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San Francisco
Sir Francis Drake
Hotel Employers’ Association
Airmen and Ground Troops Hold Off Japanese Off Luzon
U S airmen and ground troops held Japanese invasion forces at three Luzon coastal points while air raids hit the Olongapo base and Nichols field area. Manila remained quiet as Legaspi transports were heavily damaged and patrols were reported near Vigan with no Aparri action.
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Manila
Olongapo
Army
Nichols Field
United States
Luzon
Legaspi
Vigan
Aparri
Water Diversion Plans Discussed
Regional meeting of the National Resources Planning board heard two Missouri River diversion schemes. The Bureau of Reclamation outlined a plan diverting water below Fort Peck into the Big Muddy basin and across to Souris and Devils Lake, with an estimated $20 million annual crop revenue gain and 125000 more residents. Army engineers proposed a gravity flow from a low dam at Garrison into Turtle Lake as surveys continue.
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Bismarck
N. D
Montana
North Dakota
National Resources Planning Board
Dakotas
Wyoming
Nebraska
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
U. S. Army Engineer’s Office
W.G. Sloan
Denver
Reclamation Bureau
Sloan
Bureau
Missouri
Fort Peck
Mont
Big Muddy River
Grenora
Souris
Mouse) River
Cheyenne
James Rivers
Devils Lake
Garrison
Turtle Lake
War prompts Mines to draft opinions on college changes
The Montana School of Mines received a telegram from the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education asking the faculty for views on five war related changes. Questions cover shortening the program to 12 months, curtailing the curriculum, graduating seniors early, federal aid for colleges and students, and deferment policies.
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School of Mines
Montana School of Mines
Francis A. Thomson
The
Society For the Promotion of Engineering Education
Thomson
House
Senate
Washington
Selective Service
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Dr. Savage Heads
Crippled Children’s Unit
F.R
Booth
Miss Mary
United States Navy
Haruna
U.S.S. Arizona
Sam Treloar
Gallwey
Treloar
Elks
U.S
Regional Planning Board
National Society
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