Nazi Attacks Slow Red Advances on Central Front
Moscow reports capture of two populated places west of Rzhev but notes German counterattacks slow Red army progress on the central front and in the Stalingrad area. Russian communique tallies hundreds of German dead, dozens of tanks and planes destroyed, and continued artillery barrages and small infantry actions.
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Moscow
Rzhev
Red Army
Stalingrad
Rzhev-Vyazma
Rzhev-Vyazma-Velikie Luki
Velikie Luki
Don Bank
Enlisted Reserves May Be Called Up
Washington December 15 War department says college students in the enlisted Reserve corps likely will be called to active duty within weeks. Orders to induct those youths probably issued after the new year. Members of basic ROTC not in enlisted reserve may also be inducted.
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Washington
War Department
Basic Reserve Officer Training Corps
Civic Leaders Plan Drive to Keep Home Fires Burning
Butte business leaders launch a $25 000 drive to fund the Butte Chamber of Commerce for 1943. Dr Francis A Thomson Montana School of Mines warns the city must sustain war effort at a capacity dinner attended by Mayor Barry O Leary Commander Kenneth Christie and other officials. The campaign begins with a blitz of short-term fundraising, aims to exceed last year, and includes multiple luncheon reports and a closing push before December 23.
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Francis A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Thomson
Kenneth Christie
Christie
Charles H. Gallagher
Barry O’leary
Billings
Baby Boy Deserted in Rooming House
A two week old baby boy with blue eyes and brown hair was left by a woman posing as Mrs. M. Smith in a West Broadway rooming house. The mother, a Seattle resident about 25, left for Denver before the police were alerted. The landlady found the baby with a milk bottle and the hotel staff cared for it until deputies moved it to a maternity home in South Butte.
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M. Smith
Seattle
Wash
West Broadway
Denver
Sheriff's Office
South Butte
Committee to Explore Further for State College President
The Montana board of education adjourned after agreeing to continue examining presidential candidates for Montana State College in Bozeman. The committee, including the state superintendent and Carroll College's Emmet Riley, may meet again in January. The board also heard reports on a new primary and school study, vocational education cuts due to war, and named Jack Carver as field man for the state bureau of rehabilitation replacing Gordon McDonald who enlisted in the Navy.
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Sam C. Ford
Emmet J. Riley
Carroll College
Helena
Montana
Ralph Kenck
Bozeman
J. E. Woodard
Kenck
Army
Navy
Jack Carver
Butte
State Bureau of Rehabilitation
Gordon McDonald
Great Falls
McDonald
Former Butte Resident Dies in Cedar Valley Crash
A Western Air Lines crash in Cedar Valley near Fairfield Utah killed four women and 13 men on Tuesday. Two men survived badly injured and were taken to a Lehi hospital. Survivors include Robert Victory Mallett from Harney Oregon and Lieut A F Gardner of Moline Illinois. Western Air Lines announced the death list.
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Fairfield
Utah
U.P
Western Air Lines
Cedar Valley
Here
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Robert Victory Mallett
Harney
Ore
A. F. Gardner
United States Marine Corps
Moline
Ill
Lehi
Western Air Line
Knight Bennett
Fred Lewis
Plane Crash Survivor Recalls Western Airlines Tragedy
Lieut. A. F. Gardner, 23, of Alexander New York, survived a Western Airlines crash in central Utah that killed 17 aboard. He described freezing fear and injuries including a fractured leg and crushed shoulder while awaiting extraction in a Lehi hospital. survivor A J Mallett of Springfield Arkansas remained in critical condition.
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Lehi
Utah
Western Airlines
Lieut. A. F. Gardner
Alexander
N. Y
Allied Air Arm Strikes With Growing Power
Allied air power widens attacks across Tunisia and Libya as Rommel retreats toward El Agheila. U S and British forces report 70 enemy planes destroyed and 43 damaged through December 11 with eight more missing. Marine efforts target La Goulette harbor and Tunis docks amid heavy fires and minefield clearing.
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London
Rommel
Libya
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Cairo
Tunis
la Goulette
North Africa
Twelfth
United States Air Force
United States
Sir Bernard Montgomery
el Agheila
Marble Arch
Berlin
Vichy
Zauta En Nafilia
State War Bond Effort Sets Record in Montana
Montana runs a record war bond push with $12 312 000 raised May to Sept in 1942 across nine states led by Treasure State. October receipts reached $3 530 000, widening the lead over North Dakota to about $1 000 000. From May 1941 to Oct 1942 Montana total bond investments continued to grow, per Silver Bow county war bond staff.
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Montana
Treasure State
North Dakota
Silver Bow County War Bond
Montana Dakota
North
New Mexico
South Dakota
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Nevada
1,000 Escape in Pittsburgh Hotel Fire
Smoke killed one fireman and over came 158 others but all 1,000 guests escaped injury as a basement fire raged hours in the William Penn hotel. Fire Chief Kerr called it the worst smoke battle in 30 years. damage topped $75,000. Art Ravel helped avert panic with orderly evacuations from the Chatterbox cabaret.
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Pittsburgh
William Penn
New York
Chicago
Edward J. Kerr
Kerr
Statler Operated
City Safety Department
Bureau of Mines
Art Ravel
St. John's
Newfoundland
Boston
Ravel
Chatterbox
Lebrun Rumors Refuted on Refuge Claim in Neutral Country
Officially denied claims that Albert Lebrun former French president had sought refuge in a neutral nation were broadcast by Vichy after reports from Switzerland and Stockholm. Berlin radio reported the denial Tuesday night amid wartime misinformation.
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New York
Switzerland
Stockholm
Albert Lebrun
Vichy
Berlin
Weather Forecast Continues Warm Through Wednesday Evening
The forecast calls for continued warm weather with temperatures around 423 and 28 degrees, extending into Wednesday and Wednesday evening observing mild conditions.
Allied push in Tunis and Libya targets Axis lines
Flag symbols and arrows show Allied and Axis positions in Tunis and Libya as the Allies press from east and west. In Tunisia they repulsed infiltrations near Medjez-el-Bab, while in Libya British forces renewed the drive against Rommel’s Africa corps.
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Tunis
Libya
Tunisia
Medjez-el-Bab
Rommel
Africa Corps
Vandenberg Defends Eisenhower Amid Criticism
Senator Vandenberg rebukes critics on this safe home front who charged Lt. Gen. Eisenhower for accepting Admiral Darlan's collaboration in North Africa. He says the general saved American lives and time, contrasting Willkie's view that the war's handling could affect postwar peace. Continued on Page 2.
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Washington
Wendell Willkie
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jean Darlan
North Africa
Senate
Helena Man Dies in Auto Crash Near Dillon
John Wilson Lynch, 29, of Helena, died in a single car crash on Beaverhead canyon main highway ten miles south of Dillon. His Chevrolet coach plunged 50 feet over a cliff into the river after leaving the road, and the body was recovered two hours later. Detectives identified him via a Selective Service card and a state driver permit found on the body.
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Dillon
John Wilson Lynch
Columbia Avenue
Helena
Paul Temple
Beaverhead Canyon
Raymond Schwartz
Congress Votes to Adjourn Sine Die Today
War weary legislators vote unanimously to adjourn the Seventy-seventh Congress sine die after two years of session. The pay raise for 1.5 million federal workers is approved and sent to the White House for signature. The session saw landmark war and tax actions and will be followed by the Seventy-eighth starting January 6.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Seventy-sixth
Seventy-seventh
Seventy-eighth
Roosevelt
Congress
Robert Ramspeck
D.- Ga
Aviators Interred in Spain After Forced Down
Two hundred American and British flyers forced down in Spanish territory have been interned, according to a Zaragoza report dated December 15. The incident involves aviators from both nations, reflecting wartime navigation risks and diplomatic sensitivities.
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Madrid
Zaragoza
Tottering Jap Defenses Are Cut in Two
Allied in Australia report remnants of a Japanese landing force at Cape Ward Hunt harassed by MacArthur era airstrikes. The same air arm sank barges and drove off cruisers while allowing a small number to reach land for a new beachhead northeast of New Guinea. Heavy fighting continued in Buna Mission as American troops broke through coastal defenses and captured Buna village.
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Australia
Cape Ward Hunt
Lae
Buna
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
MacArthur
U.P
Mambare River
Buna Mission
Mission
Frank Hewlett
United Press
Philippines
Bataan
Jap Airdrome Bombed on New Georgia Island
American flyers intensified strikes against the New Georgia Island airfield to prevent its use against Guadalcanal. A Navy communique said Munda air port near Guadalcanal has become the top American objective with daily pounding, including Boeing Flying Fortresses in the latest raids.
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New Georgia Island
U. S
Washington
U.P
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Navy
Munda
Gua
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Dick James
Allied Air Arm
Laer Sa
Desert
U.S
Buna Mission Area
North Africa Front
Tebessa
Toze
Bizerte
Medenine
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Algeria
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Palermo
Pantelleria
Sicily
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MizDaa
Tripol
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Crete
Gen. Eisenhower
Willkie
Michigan
Helena Man
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