Montana Proposes 55 Million Water Irrigation Plan
Montana unveils a 55.489 million program for irrigation and power as its share of Columbia river basin development at a Spokane planning meeting. It aims to reclaim 162000 acres, add 56000 kilowatts at Kerr Dam, and generate 142000 kilowatts at Hungry Horse dam, with Hungry Horse the main war emergency project valued at about 40 million dollars.
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Helena
Montana
Spokane
Wash
Northwest States Development Association
Sam C. Ford
Kerr Dam
Polson
Hungry Horse Dam
Kalispell
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Wyoming
South Fork
Flathead River
U. S. Senate
Hungry Horse
Fred Buck
Tax Forms to Be Mailed Shortly
The Treasury department announced that new federal income tax forms for 1943 will be mailed shortly after January 1. A simplified short form will be available for gross incomes under 3000 dollars, with a four decimal victory tax figure. Returns are due next March for individuals with 1943 income over 500 dollars, or married couples with combined income over 1200 dollars, or anyone who paid or owed tax on 1942 income.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Italian POW di Giacomo Captured Near Albuquerque Camp
Michele di Giacomo, an Italian prisoner of war, was recaptured a day after wandering for 24 hours within a mile of the Albuquerque prison camp. He had earlier walked off a labor detail and survived by nibbling frozen windfall apples.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Michele di Giacomo
Yugoslav Partisans halt major German offensive in Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito reports a large German attack of about 120000 troops is arrested by the Yugoslav Liberation Army. Partisans counter on a nationwide scale destroying railway lines and bridges, and paralyzing northwestern rail traffic toward Austria and Italy.
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Liberation Army
Marshal Broz
London
U.P
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Josip (Tito) Broz
Marshal Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Tito
Yugoslavia
Austria
Italy
Stockholm
Budapest
Zagreb
Croatia
Submarines Sink Eight Jap Ships
Eight more cargo vessels of Japan were sunk by U S submarines. The Navy reported on Friday bringing total Japanese ships sunk to 374, probably sunk 36 and damaged 114, with 524 total submarine actions against Japan. New losses include two transports, two tankers, three medium freighters, and one small freighter.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Navy
Pacific
Tarawa
Rabaul
East Indies
Gilbert Island
Three Gilberts Airfields Named for U S War Heroes
The Navy announced three airfield designations in the Gilbert islands to honor fallen U S heroes. Mullinix field on Buota honors Rear Admiral Henry Mullins aboard Liscome Bay torpedoed last month. O'Hare field on Abemama honors Lt Commander Edward H O’Hare missing since November 26. Hawkins field on Betio honors Lt William Deane Hawkins killed in action during Tarawa operations.
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Washington
Gilbert Islands
Navy
Mullinix
Buota Island
Tarfawa
Henry Mullinis
Liscome Bay
O'Hare
Abemama
Edward H
Butch) O’hare
Air Arm
Hawkins Field
Betio Island
Tarawa
William Deane Hawkins
Marine Corps
Weathery Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte sees increasing cloudiness and cooler air on Saturday with a Friday high of 28 and low minus 4. West of the continental divide expects cloudy skies Saturday and Saturday night with occasional light snow. East of the divide anticipates increasing clouds and wind Saturday into Saturday night with no notable temperature change.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Senate Approves Soldier's Pay as Christmas Gift
The Senate swiftly passes a mustering out pay measure for armed forces with amounts ranging from 200 to 500 dollars. Eligible service includes 18 months overseas or in Alaska, with payment in installments upon discharge and during post-service periods.
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Washington
Senate
House
Barkley
Alaska
Johnston forecasts Latin American and Asian industrial boom
Eric Johnston, president of the U S Chamber of Commerce, predicted large scale industrialization in Latin America and the Orient. He urged shared financing by native and U S capital and said prosperity will follow if the United States shifts from scarcity to growth through production imports and market expansion. He plans to press the foreign development effort during a Mexico City trip next month.
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Portland
Ore
Eric Johnston
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Latin America
Orient
State Department
Mexico City
Allied Bombs Raise Berlin Anxiety After Major Raid
London dispatch reports Berlin fires and smoke after a heavy RAF attack delivering about 1 500 long tons of explosives. Lancaster bombers struck Thursday night in a six raid series, causing damage to the Spandau district and Branden burg works, with about 30 bombers missing.
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Robert Sturdevant
London
Berlin
Germany
Spandau
Brandenburg
Stockholm
Eisenhower to Lead Cross-Channel Invasion Command
General Dwight D. Eisenhower is set to go to London to become supreme commander of Allied cross-channel invasion forces. General George C. Marshall remains Army chief of staff in Washington. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark or Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery may succeed Harold Alexander as deputy.
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Washington
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
London
George C. Marshall
Army and Navy Register
Register
Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Italy
Alexander
Tax Freeze Passes Delaying Social Security Increase
Congress quickly approves a bill delaying a 100 percent Social Security payroll tax hike from January 1 to March 1 1944. Senator Vandenberg led the move attaching the freezing clause to a revenue bill after the original measure failed to pass in time. The House signed on and the bill goes to the White House.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
White House
Coal Miners Sign Two-Year Pact
President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers signed a two year no-strike agreement with more than two thirds of the soft coal industry and submitted it to the War Labor Board. The pact sets a base date of April 1 and can be opened for wage talks on March 31 next year or reopened if government policy shifts.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Lewis
Fifth Army Opens Heavy Attack Near San Pietro
Allied headquarters report Fifth Army forces under Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark launched a heavy assault a mile from the Rome road against German defenses guarding San Pietro. The attack followed a large artillery barrage after Sammacro’s capture, as Americans stormed pillboxes and wire entanglements amid clear weather.
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Algiers
U.P
San Pietro
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Rome Road
Sammacro
Cassino
Mignano
Sugar Beet Output Falls to 1922 Level in 1943
Preliminary figures from the Agricultural Department show sugar beet production at 6,516,000 tons in 1943, the lowest since 1922 and about 44 percent below last year. Factors include bad planting weather labor uncertainty harvesting difficulties in 1942 and strong competition from crops needing less labor. Sugar cane production and seed in 1943 are estimated at 6,904,000 tons, roughly 18 percent above last year. State by state yields and production are listed for Ohio Montana Idaho Wyoming Colorado and Utah.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Ohio
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Marine Leader Warns Future Allied Campaigns Will Cost Many Lives
Lt Gen A A Vandegrift told the Senate naval committee that Tarawa was well planned and executed but warned future assaults will be costly. He noted Tarawa as the bloodiest Marine battle with 1,026 dead and 2,557 wounded in 72 hours, and said there is no royal road to Tokyo. Estimates suggest breaching Nazi defenses could cost up to a million lives.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
A. A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Vandegrift
Walsh
D.-Mass
Naval Committee
Tokyo
Europe
FDR Reveals Plot Against Allied Leaders
President Roosevelt disclosed that Russians uncovered a German plan to assassinate Soviet Premier Stalin British Prime Minister Churchill and Roosevelt during Tehran wartime conferences. He moved his Tehran quarters at Stalin s request to avoid exposure as spies circulated in the city. The president offered no details of the plot and said conferences continued without incident.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Josef Stalin
Winston Churchill
Teheran
U. S
Stalin
United States
Britain
Russia
White House
Montana enables servicemen to vote in 1944 elections
Montana moves to secure voting for soldiers and sailors in the 1944 elections. Legislation by Senator Dan Maddox provides easy registration by mail, a war ballot usable for those serving, early printing of ballots, and lists of armed forces members shared with county clerks. Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell notes plans to transport ballots overseas and bring them back for tally.
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Helena
Montana
Dan Maddox
R.big Horn
Sam W. Mitchell
Maddox
Secretary of State
Three Attempts Made to Overthrow Spanish Dictator
Reports from Washington say anti Franco factions in Spain have tried three times to topple Generalissimo Franco. Foes persist despite latest coup failure in September aided by German support. Madrid is cited as the plot center by factions favoring a regime closer to the United Nations.
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Washington
Spain
Franco
Death Toll in Train Wreck Reaches 79
Lumberton North Carolina December 17 The Atlantic Coast Line double train wreck death toll rose to 79 as wrecking crews worked to recover more bodies and identify victims. Red Cross in Atlanta reported 47 soldiers and 20 civilians removed, with seven and five more in two cars. C G Sibley vice president announced a formal investigation.
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Lumberton
N. C
Red Cross
Atlanta
Buies
Red Springs
C. G. Sibley
Wilmington
Russians Say Red Offensives In Ukraine and White Russia Escalate
Moscow said Soviet forces gained ground in Kirovograd while absorbing German attacks and capturing prisoners as Russian planes hit tanks and trucks. Berlin claimed fierce White Russia battles imperil German rail links at Zhlobin and cited a major thrust near Nevel led by General Yeremenko.
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London
Kirovograd
Moscow
White Russia
Zhlobin
Nevel
Berlin
White
Russia
Ludwig Sertorious
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Roosevelt Silent Over Draft Bill Changes
President Roosevelt voiced dissatisfaction with the draft deferment bill provisions restoring the selective service to independent status. He noted plans to seek an executive order to link the agencies, praised prior consolidation, and mocked Congress for creating administrative friction. He warned of a message to Congress on the draft and criticized a section that would defer pre Pearl Harbor fathers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Man Power Commission
Congress
Man Power Commission
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
23 Soldiers Drown in New Orleans Naval Launch Accident
Twenty three sailors died when a naval motor launch with 72 men on combat training maneuvers capsized near noon Friday in New Orleans. Dozens were injured in the capsizing incident reported by U P.
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New Orleans
U.P
Yanks Rapidly Consolidate on New Britain
Gen. Douglas MacArthur reports rapid consolidation by the Sixth Army on Arawe peninsula in New Britain while American air forces repelled Japanese raids. US fighters downed 14 enemy planes and heavy bombers hit the Cape Gloucester airdrome in the search for expansion of the Australian and American offensive in New Britain and New Guinea.
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New Guinea
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Sixth Army
Arawe
New Britain Island
Caw 3
MacArthur
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Lakona
Huon
Chinese claim new successes in central China pocket
Chinese high command said new successes against retreating Japanese remnants have cleared a large area east and north of Linli and Chinese units reached Sinchow south of Tsingshik. Japanese retreat at about nine miles daily, with fighting around Changteh and a counterattack near Lihsien failing. Fierce battles also near Ansiang and Nanhsien north of the lake.
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Chungking
Lin River
Tungting Lake
China
Linli
Sinchow
Tsingshik
C. C
Changteh
Lihsien
Ansiang
Nanhsien
Churchill Improves After Lobar Pneumonia Attack
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill rallied Friday from a second bout of lobar pneumonia in 10 months. Mrs. Churchill left England to join him in the Middle East during his illness and convalescence. The 69 year old war leader showed improvement as anxious supporters prayed for his recovery.
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London
Churchill
England
Middle East
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