Destruction Rained on German Forces in Major Allied Countermove
Allied columns pushing from Luxembourg through Belgium struck the German south flank near Libramont and along paths north of Luxembourg and Arlon. The air force flew 4500 sorties against invasion columns and rear bases as relief columns press the counterattack.
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Paris
Luxembourg
Belgium
Libramont
Sedan
Allied
Arlon
Mersch
Luxembourg City
Butte Preparations for Christmas Observance Amid War News
weary Butte residents rest for Christmas as subzero weather and war news frame a solemn religious observance. Churches plan midnight masses and special services with augmented choirs, Protestant youth in a Christmas program, and hope for dignity and justice through the season.
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Butte
Christ
Governor Extends Yule Greetings to Montana
Governor Sam C. Ford issues a Christmas Eve message praising Montanans for supporting the war effort and expressing sympathy for those who lost loved ones. He urges peace, faith, and a prayerful observance of Christmas honoring the Prince of Peace.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Prince of Peace
Carrier Survivors Home on Leave
1 c James B. Shea and S l/c Walter Little of Sea Princeton fame are home on leave in Butte after surviving Princeton sinking near the Philippines October 1939. Both men are restricted from discussing their experiences as per orders. Shea, a Mountain Con mine foreman clerk, enlisted last April and served at sea July to December. A brother, S/Sgt Joseph Shea, with two years in New Guinea and the Dutch East Indies, is with Army Air forces in the Philippines.
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James B. Shea
Walter Little
Princeton
Philippines
Butte
Seaman Shea
Mary Shea
North Main
Seaman Little
Cobban
Boys Central High School
Mountain Con
Joseph Shea
New Guinea
Dutch East Indies
Army Air Forces
Old-Fashioned White Christmas Promised for Most of Country
Miami forecasters predict a nationwide white Christmas though snow will miss the South and Pacific coast. The Weather Bureau in Miami coordinates a national outlook using reports from other offices rather than visible conditions. The forecast echoes the traditional song’s imagery for many regions this holiday.
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Miami
Fila
Santa Claus
Pacific Coast
United States Weather Bureau
Civil War in Greece Spreads Across Nation
Fifteen thousand to twenty thousand left wing Elas fighters stormed a rightist stronghold in northwestern Greece, intensifying civil war as fighting erupts near Piraeus where British Indian troops, with naval gun support and Beaufighters, engage Elas. British and Greek forces report unprovoked Elas attack around Ioannina, while Scobie and McMillan assess the crisis as Indian troops push to consolidate a bridgehead near Piraeus harbor.
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Athens
Elas
Greece
Piraeus
Ioannina
Caserta
R. M. Scobie
Harold McMillan
Middle East
Athens-Phaleron Road
National Guard
Mt. Likabettos
Napoleon Zervas
Edes
Break in Cold Wave Expected Across Montana
A slight break in this winter’s severe cold wave is forecast for Sunday with Butte likely to still claim national coldest spot. Butte posted minus 24 at midnight Saturday, with Sunday’s low expected around minus 30.
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Butte
Montana
Mercury
Francone Ranch
Trask
Montana Street
Anaconda
Smelter
Silverlake
Montana Power
Billings
Livingston
Bozeman
Ennis
Doughboys Stand Firm on Northern Front in Belgium
American dough boys held a solid line on the northern flank against a German push into Belgium despite heavy attacks. Reports said a town changed hands as Field Marshal von Rundstedt stepped up tank pressure. Unverified tales spoke of isolated American units fighting behind enemy lines.
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Belgium
Karl von Rundstedt
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Malmedy
Destruction of Nippon in Ormoc Corridor on Leyte Completed
Headquar ters in Manila report a daylight air raid on Clark field near Manila destroying about 100 grounded Japanese planes. U S troops completed the destruction of Nipponese forces in Leyte island s Ormoc corridor while Liberator bombers from Leyte struck Clark field in the Philippines first daylight Liberator operation. one wreckage smoke column rose 5 000 feet.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Clark Field
Manila
U.S
Ormoc
Leyte
Philippine
Army
B 29s Active Over Tokyo In New Attacks
Tokyo reports three B 29 Superfortresses flew over Honshu firing bombs on Tokyo and scouting Hong Kong amid the sixth straight day of mainland strikes. Nagoya was hit Friday with 24 Japanese planes downed or damaged according to Saipan dispatches.
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Washington
Tokyo
Honshu
Hong Kong
East China
Saipan
Mitsubishi Aircraft Factory
Nagoya
21St Bomber Command
Asia
FCC
Hanshin
Osaka
Kobe
China Air Force
Meats Return to Ration Lists As War Drives Change
Washington reports most point free and canned vegetables will rejoin ration lists by New Year. OPA plans to announce the move next Wednesday with new point values likely effective December. Restore of meat cuts and vegetables marks a major victory for OPA over the War Food Administration.
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Washington
OPA
War Food Administration
Government orders drastic manpower move to speed war effort
Washington dispatch reports the U S government bans horse and dog racing, halts nonessential materials and fuel use defying manpower rules and directs Selective Service to reassess professional athletes for military service. Byrnes orders closing tracks by Jan 3 with Roosevelt approval as draft rate rises and civilian production and tire usage are constrained to boost wartime mobilization.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Europe
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Legislature Opening Next Week Seen as Key State Event
Montana prepares for the 29th legislative session beginning January 1 with a Republican majority and Gov. Sam C. Ford urging prudent policy. Major topics include veterans employment rehabilitation, new industry, postwar tourism, water and reclamation programs, and a long-range financial plan. The state carries a surplus over $6 million and aims to manage funds carefully for postwar years. Ford seeks a practical program and restrained spending as inauguration to a second term approaches.
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John R. Ward
Helena
Montana
Sam C. Ford
Congress
Dustry
Ford
Americans Bay 178 Nazis In Air Assault Over Germany
Supreme Headquarters said American flyers shot down at least 178 German planes yesterday while flying 4500 sorties in support of US ground forces advancing on Von Rundstedt's winter offensive. Fighters harassed columns and rail hubs as Liberators and Flying Fortresses struck rear supply bases.
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London
United States
Marshal Karl von Rundstedt
Allied
Paris
von Rundstedt
Battlefront dispatches show German advance near Stavelot Malmedy
The report notes German efforts near Malmedy and Stavelot with heavy losses for the Germans and determined American resistance. It cites Rundstedt withdrawing a crack SS division after severe fighting by doughboys, while Stavelot and St Vith change hands as Germans push toward Vielsalm.
Russians Close in on Budapest as Siege Tightens
Russian forces push a pincers around Budapest with renewed offensives NW and SW, encircling about three quarters of the city and driving within 109 miles of Vienna. The Second Ukrainian Army smashed the Borzsony defense line, reaching the Ipoly river 21 miles northwest of Budapest, while Berlin reports German and Russian clashes continue around the capital.
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London
Budapest
Vienna
Red Army
Berlin
Russia
Winetor
Latvia
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Borzsony Mountains
Danube
Sahy
Ipolysag
Ipoly
Weather Forecast For Butte Fair And Cold
Butte Fair Sunday and Sunday night with continued cold. Expected high near 0 and low around 30 below. Saturday high near 9 and low around 36 below. West of divide fair and cold with low 5 to 10 below and Sunday high 10 to 20 above. East of divide lowest temps zero to 10 above, 10 to 20 below in Missouri headwaters.
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Butte
Continental Divide
Missouri
Chapel Burned at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Montana
Hundreds watched as the Sunset Hills cemetery chapel in Bozeman burned to the ground on the eve of Christmas observances. The fire occurred Saturday night damaging the brick and wood structure and leaving the site unusable for planned services.
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Burns
Bozeman
Sunset Hills Cemetery
New Hungarian Government Reported in Debrecen
The Moscow radio broadcast via the Soviet monitor said a provisional Hungarian government formed in Debrecen after elections December 13 to 20 in liberated eastern Hungary. Delegates elected by citizens were authorized to establish the provisional government and urged Hungarians to break with Hitler’s Germany and join the United Nations.
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London
Moscow Radio
Debrecen
Hungary
Provisional
National Assembly of
Sembly
Provisional Assembly
Hitler
Germany
United Nations
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U. S. S. Mississinewa
Central Pacific
Joseph Rosenthal
Birth of
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Stephen Barber
By Kenneth L. Dixon
By James Hutcheson
Gallagher
Stavelot
St. Vith
Vielsalm
Shaef
Reds
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