British Guards Gain Positions in North Africa
British guards forces in Tunisia fought a 48hour battle through Christmas mud and cold, seizing the summit of a ridge northeast of Medjez el Bab and gaining an arc of positions six miles east of the key junction. Allied communiques said the Guards attacked Christmas Eve and held the crest after a German counterattack, while British submarines sank two merchant ships and possibly a destroyer. Fields near Sfax and Gabes faced Allied air attacks as thrusts toward Tunis continued.
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London
Medjez el Bab
North Africa
Comaunique
Tunisia
North African
Sfax
Tunisian
Gabes
Tunis
Page
Soldier Letters Return After Long Silence
Orc., Dec. 26 Soldier ED CHOUINARD reflects on long gaps in letter writing after entering military life. He recalls busman's holiday notion and the pull of army duties delaying correspondence, noting mail becomes a duty rather than a necessity while soldiers stay busy and rely on memories of home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chouinard Camp
Adair
Orc
Montana Leads Intermountain Bond Sales in War Effort
Montana tops the intermountain area in bond subscriptions with $54.57 per capita and $30,531,000 in E F and G bonds bought over the year. Belmont-Anaconda unit wins the War Bond Champions on the Butte hill, Badger State Elm Orlu second, Anselmo third. miners urged to increase payroll deductions as war demands grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont-Anaconda
Elm Orlu
Badger State Group
Montana
Intermountain
Nevada
James H. Rowe
Silver Bow County War Saving
Butte Hill
Badger State-Elm Orlu
Anselmo
Butte
United Nations
Food rationing expected for canned foods within month
Washington officials said an important wartime food announcement will be broadcast on four networks at 6 p m tomorrow. It is expected to disclose a point rationing system for canned goods and to go into effect within a month as a conservation measure. Claude Wickard and Elmer Davis will appear on the half hour program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of War Information
Claude K. Wickard
OWI
Elmer Davis
Red Victory Plates For Autos To Go On Sale In County
1942 red victory license plates, designed to fit over the left end of 1942 auto licenses, will be sold next Saturday. Motorists should keep 1942 plates until new licenses are issued in 1943. Joe Lester, county assessor, will issue tax bills and plates at the assessor’s office before visiting the treasurer’s department to pay and obtain plates. Over 13 000 passenger plates issued this year, and 11 000 gasoline rationing applications indicate about 2 000 fewer cars next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lester
Treasurer’s Department
Montana farm crop value hits record in 1942
Montana farm crops yielded 134,177,000 dollars in 1942, with total farm income including livestock projected at 234,177,000 dollars, a new all time state record. Wheat led with 73,783,000 bushels worth 70,832,000. Kay and oats followed in value, sugar beets consistent, barley notable. Continued on page 2 column 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Jay G. Diamond
Diamond
Kay
Want a Discharge Soldier? Try This
Leonard D Williams, 44, a Fresno tavern manager, was discharged from the army for chronic asthma after a 28 day record and eight different sleeping quarters. He says his snoring was heard a block away and the army sent him back to civilian life so others can sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
United States Army
Leonard D. Williams
Williams
Aerial Attack Targets Jap Vessels in Pacific Campaign
Allied planes shot down 11 Japanese Zeros as ground forces pressed Buna in New Guinea. From Guadalcanal, Fortresses attacked Rabaul on Christmas Day, scoring direct hits on a cargo transport and near hits on three small ships, signaling a push to seize the stronghold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Buna
New Guinea
Washington
Guadalcanal
Rabaul
Solomons
New Britain Island
Bismarck Archipelago
Munda
New Georgia Island
Darlan's Slayer Put to Death
Gen. Henri Giraud named French high commissioner succeeding Admiral Darlan who was assassinated. Reports say the killer died at dawn before a firing squad as leaders discussed a successor to rally French groups for the Axis showdown. Eisenhower arrived in Algiers amid talks with French leaders as De Gaulle's forces continued planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Henri Honore Giraud
Germany
Jean Francois Darlan
London
Jean Darlan
Henri Giraud
Axis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Darlan
Russians Break German Defenses East of the Don Near Stalingrad
Russian forces push the Nazis back from the Stalingrad area with advances east of the Don river. They report encirclement near Millerovo rail junction and capture at Voloshina Olkhovoi Rog and Bolshinsk as drives push toward Rostov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don River
Stalingrad
Millerovo
Voloshina
Olkhovoi Rog
Bolshinsk
Rostov
Unified Support for Eisenhower Is Hull's Plea
Secretary of State Hull urged total unity behind Eisenhower at a critical Africa campaign moment. He condemned Admiral Darlan's assassination as odious and cowardly while praising Darlan's military aid, stressing the action concerned military, not political, arrangements with North Africa under Allied plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Jean Darlan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Africa
Eisenhower
Darlan
United Nations
Roosevelt
North Africa
Vichy
Three Killed in Colombia Earthquakes Across Cities
A slight earthquake struck Colombia on Saturday with three deaths and multiple injuries. In Cartagena buildings collapsed, Fuerte Lorica saw market and house destruction, and churches fell in Sincelejo Corozal Chiman and Carmen in Bolivar. Barranquilla reported no damage.
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Barranquilla
Colombia
Cartagena
Fuerte Lorica
Sincelejo
Corozal
Chiman
Carmen
Bolivar Department
McCarran Urges Congress to Assert Its Dignity
Senator McCarran called for Congress to reverse the era of blank check appropriations and restore powers to the states as the 78th Congress convenes. He warned that agencies act as government employers, not the sovereign body, and urged responsibility and adherence to the Constitution. He dismissed fears over Republican gains derailing progress, asserting that forward steps arise from popular demand beyond party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCarran
D.-Nev
Congress
MccCarran
Last 1942 Draft Contingent Is Sent on Way
Hundreds of Butte residents packed the Union Pacific depot to bid farewell to the last men from Silver Bow county selective service leaving for Army duty in 1942. The 7:45 train to Fort Douglas Utah carried volunteers and selectees from all three local boards amid cold weather and holiday season solemnity.
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Butte
Union Pacific
Silver Bow County
Fort Douglas
Utah
Yank Aussie Air Corps Men Forge Friendships in Butte
Corporal Phil G. Spencer of the U S Air Forces on furlough in Butte meets Leading Aircraftman Sam Jackson of Sidney Australia. They exchange air service insignia and form a bond as allies amid wartime tensions. Jackson heads to Canada for training. Spencer returns to 2835 Bayard.
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Royal Air Force
U. S. Army Air Forces
Phil G. Spencer
U. S. Air Forces
Butte
Sam Jackson
Sidney
Australia
Spencer
Java
Aircraftaman Jackson
Jackson
Canada
Bayard
Steady Pressure Maintained on Japs in Burma
New Delhi reports British forces extended a 110 mile advance toward Akyab as patrols within 50 miles pressed Japanese positions. An air base may have been established in Burma as RAF strikes hit Toungoo Chauk Kyauk Daung Monywa and the Chindwin river targets. Calcutta avoided bombers but residents sheltered as raids continued.
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New Delhi
Burma
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
China Hills
a _ Berlin
Tokyo
Toungoo
Chauk
Kyaukadaung
Monywa
Chindwin
Chin Hills
Wavell
Arakan
Calcutta
Howrah
Ganges
Carlson's Raiders cited for Guadalcanal offensive
Washington reports Major General Vandergrift awarded a blanket citation to Carlson's Raiders for their offensive operations against Japanese forces on Guadalcanal. In Bern, 25 Frenchmen condemned to death by a Rennes Nazi court for sabotage in Brittany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carlson
Raiders
Marine Corps
A. A. Vandergrift
Guadalcanal Island
Bern
Switzerland
Paris
Brittany
Rennes
Fate of Nazi Divisions Sealed by Reds
Russian forces press toward Rostov and Stalingrad as Red Army reports claim the siege group of 22 German divisions is now isolated between the Don and Volga. Verkhnetarasoy and nearby towns fall, with 12 mile daily advances noted amid winter conditions in the Don region.
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Moscow
Rostov
Don
Red Army
Stalingrad
Kotelnikoviski
Red Star
Volga
Verkhnetarasoy
Moscow- Rostov
Don River
Kotelnikovski
Middle Don
Military Police Incited Fight at Black Eagle Club
Great Falls authorities cite an unprovoked military police attack on Bud Kirwan, a local high school athlete, sparking a shooting affray that wounded four civilians. Two soldiers face court martial as Maj. Eaton bars military from Black Eagle.
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Great Falls
Bud Kirwan
Black Eagle Night Club
Cleveland Hall
Hall
Kirwan
M. P
Youths 18 19 to Be Drafted in February and January
Silver Bow county draft boards 1 and 2 plan to call their first 18 and 19 year olds for February with later 1-A calls in January. Board 3 expects its first draftees to depart in January. If rates hold, all eligible youths may be called within about three months, pushing older single men and married reserves back into duty.
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Silver Bow County
No. 3
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U.S
Central Africa
French Guinea
Eric Downs
Dallas
Texas
George A. Young, Jr
Westwood
Miss
J. H. Goldsmith
Atlanta
Central Press
By John M. Hightower
Voronezh
pazMaya
Kharkov
Voroshilovgrad
Stalino
Baranikivka
Rosstov
Yelansk
Kachaling
Dobraya Millerovo
Kamensk
Salacm
Kazansk
Potenkinsky
Saratova
Russia
Olkhovo
ROG
Aorosovskava
Nikolaevskayi
Fkotelnikovsk
Oubovka
Istalingrad
Darland
Depot
Air Corps
Commor
By Henry C. Cassidy
Board No. 3
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