Vets Not Required to Take War Plant Jobs
Paul V. McNutt ruled that returning service members need not take jobs in war plants while the war continues. Discharged veterans may seek other positions for greater permanency, as Congress and Roosevelt weigh agency coordination for demobilization and veterans’ benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
F. D
Roosevelt
Congress
Veterans Affairs
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Administration
Selective Service
McNutt
American Legion
Veterans’ Employment Division
U.S. Employment Service
Federal Security
Wiley
R.-Wis
MacArthur Issues Christmas Message to Southwest Pacific Forces
General Douglas MacArthur issued a Christmas message from Advanced Allied Headquarters New Guinea, greeting the armed forces of the southwest Pacific and praying for their preservation and blessing on Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Lord Jesus Christ
Germans Evacuate Dalmatian Coast
London reports Germans mass evacuating Yugoslav populations along a 230 mile Dalmatian and Montenegrin coast to thwart partisan aid to Allied landings. Evacuation said to extend up to 35 miles inland in potential landing areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Yankees Score Aerial Victory
China based American fighter pilots shot down or damaged 45 Japanese planes in a raid on the 14th U S Air Force base. Twelve Zeros and four bombers were definitely destroyed, with additional probable or damaged aircraft, while ground installations suffered only minor damage. Separate raids on Hwajung near Lake Tungting yielded excellent results with no American losses. Chinese forces also recaptured more than ten strategic points west of the Sangtse river as they pressed further attacks on retreating Japanese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
U.P
14Th
U.S. Air Force
Joseph W. Stilwell
Claire L. Chennault
Tokyo
United Press
San Francisco
Kumming
China
Stilwell
Hwajung
Lake Tungting
President of Oregon University Dies
Dr. Donald Milton Erb 43 president of the University of Oregon died Thursday after a sudden pneumonia attack. The report notes his leadership over the institution and his untimely death. In separate dispatches, Christian Science churches in Holland were closed by the German authorities per the Netherlands news agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene, Ore
Donald Milton Erb
University of Oregon
London
Holland
Netherlands
Planes Smash at Japanese Bases Across New Britain
Allied air and naval actions hit Cape Gloucester and Arawe in New Britain with 153 tons and 150 tons of bombs respectively. Medium bombers attacked Wewak and shot down 14 Japanese fighters while American forces expand holdings in Arawe. Two enemy transports of about 6,000 tons each received direct hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guina
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Wewak
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Arawe
Rabaul
Southwest Pacific
Butte Area Weather Mixes Snow and Cloudy Skies
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies across Butte with light snow on Friday and a slight warmup. Thursday’s high near 36 and low near 11 in Montana. West of the continental divide expect light snow above 5000 feet, with light rain at lower elevations. East of the divide includes partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and mountain snow flurries, with little temperature change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Russians Force Nazi Lines Before Vitebsk
London dispatch reports the Soviet Baltic army near Vitebsk within 12 miles of the fortress as winter offensive continues into its 12th day. Soviet claims include captures of populated places, 56 German tanks destroyed, 1,500 enemy dead, and continued counter actions around Zhlobin and Korosten with heavy fighting reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vitebsk
Berlin
Moscow
Ivan Bagramian
Monitor
Zhlobin
White Russia
Korosten
Kiev
Butte Marine Harold Perkins Killed in Action
Private Harold E Perkins 26 well known Butte Marine was killed in action reported by the Navy department. A native of Butte, he enlisted Sept 14 1942 after training at San Diego and Mare Island and was overseas by August 1944. He married Sylvia Hartwick in 1940 and worked at the Bronx Bar before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Edward Perkins
Butte
Navy Department
George E. Perkins
South Colorado
Perkins
New Zealand
San Diego
Mare Island
Webster School
Butte High School
Sylvia Caroline Hartwick
Miles City
San Francisco
Bronx
War Production Board assuages fears on antifreeze supply
The War Production Board warned motorists rumors about shortages of anti freeze solutions are unfounded and that ample supplies will be kept throughout the danger period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Allied Planes Smash at French Coast in Raids Designed to Knock Out German Defenses
Allied aircraft launched a series of near nonstop raids on northern France from the English Channel coast. Royal Air Force and American bombers hit targets including a hut camp near Merlimont and two rail junctions, while combat operations continued over Dunkirk and Gilze Rijen with reports of a coastal rocket gun threat. One bomber was lost as raids overlapped with heavy anti aircraft fire and renewed Berlin bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
English Channel
France
Britain
Berlin
U. S
Germany
Dunkerque
Gilze- Rijen
Holland
Dominion
Allied
Merlimont
Pas de Calais
Butte prepares for Christmas observance amid crowds and changes
Last minute holiday plans unfold as crowds gather at Butte stores on Thursday and Friday. Stores close earlier Friday to let employees spend Christmas Eve at home. Gift buying rises for service members and mailing reflects host of changes in tradition. Homes plan smaller gatherings and liquor stocks are limited while churches schedule midnight masses and Christmas services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Eisenhower to Lead Invasion of Western Europe Within 90 Days
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower will command the Allied invasion of western Europe within about 90 days, with Gen George C Marshall remaining as U S Army chief of staff. The decision aligns with Roosevelt and joint chiefs of staff to maintain a unified war leadership team including Leahy King Arnold and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Washington
U.P
George C. Marshall
U. S
Eisenhower
United Nations
Roosevelt
Marshall
U. S. Army
William D. Leahy
Ernest J. King
U. S. Fleet
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mr. Roosevelt
Cairo
Teheran
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Roosevelt, Leahy
Henry L. Stimson
Bitter Battle Described At Ortona In North Africa War
Editor Richard D. McMillan reports the British Eighth Army in Ortona, as Canadian tank crews advance under heavy German resistance. The article recalls a near-destroyed road nicknamed the Road of Five Graves, where bombardment and sabotage scar the landscape while tanks and artillery press the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D. McMillan
United Press
Eighth Army
el Alamein
North Africa
Sicily
Ortona
U.P
Bernard L. Montgomery
Egypt
Pope Pius XI to Broadcast Christmas Message Today
Pope Pius XI will deliver his annual Christmas address via Vatican radio at 12 15 p m Eastern War Time, lasting about thirty minutes. There will be no public Christmas Eve mass due to a 5 p m Rome curfew imposed by German authorities. the pontiff will celebrate private mass at 5 p m which will be broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pius XI
Vatican Radio
Rome
Americans Take Mount Cavallo and Cassino Advance
Allied forces report capturing 3000 foot Mount Cavallo to shell Viticuso near Cassino as Fifth and Eighth Armies push through rain soaked Italian terrain. French units win a key mountain pass near Cassino after days of fierce fighting.
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Algiers
Cassino
Mt. Cavallo
Viticuso
Rome
Liri
San Vittore
Ortono
Adriatic
World to Hear F. D. R. Radio Talk Friday
President Roosevelt will address the nation and armed forces Friday at 1 p.m. from Hyde Park. His speech will be broadcast worldwide through American networks the BBC and networks in Australia New Zealand and stations in Algiers Palermo Bari Naples and India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
British Broadcasting Corporation
New Zealand
Algiers
Palermo
Bari
Naples
India
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt orders plans for possible rail seizure
President Roosevelt ordered preparation of papers to seize railroads if nationwide rail worker strike worsens. The move would mirror Wilson era action and set up mechanisms to take over about 300 major lines over 24 000 miles if mediation fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Wilson
White House
20 Jap Vessels Sighted Near Kwajalein Atoll
Pearl Harbor report says Army and Navy bombers joined in a two point raid on Marshall island positions and sighted about 20 enemy vessels in the Kwajalein atoll lagoon. The action continues a sustained fourteenth day of US air offensives in the central Pacific as Nimitz details raids on Emidji islet and Kwajalein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Kwajaelein Atoll
Gilbert Islands
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
mid-Pacific
Emidji Islet
Jaluit Atoll
Kwajalein Atoll
Kwajalein
Roosevelt links Selective Service to War Manpower Commission
President Roosevelt, acting on Congress guidance, split the draft from the War Manpower Commission but created a formal link by making Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey a WMC member and directing him to consult with WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt on classifications and deferments to maximize national manpower. He emphasized a close liaison as essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Lewis B. Hershey
Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
WMC
Oslo Radio Pushes War Crimes Trials for Allied Airmen
German controlled Oslo radio broadcast that American and British airmen held by Germany would be tried as war criminals. It cited reprisals for Soviet execution of Germans at Kharkov and claimed Tehran decisions justify individual responsibility. The program tied phosphorus canister use to guilt and implied Nazi methods would be legally unobjectionable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
London
U.P
Russia
Kharkov
Radio Oslo
Tehran
Moscow
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Marshal Josef Stalin
Radio
Germany
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Gen. Marshall
Ernest Barcella
Army
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General Eisenhower
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Pope
Mount Cavallo
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