Americans Smash Ahead Five Miles in Comeback Offensive
Mindoro island shelling by Japanese task force met fierce American air and sea resistance. U S planes and PT boats sank three enemy destroyers after the Japanese battleship and cruiser withdrew damaged. Chasing in moonlight, pilots hit two more ships. follow up strikes continued.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Central
China Sea
Mindoro Island
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
U S Warships Bombard Iwo Jima in Second Foray
U S Pacific fleet ships bombarded Iwo Jima in the Volcanos group for the second time in four days, hitting coastal defenses airstrips and installations. The assault drew counterfire but inflicted only slight damage on two U S vessels.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.S
U. S. Pacific
Iwo Jima
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Tokyo
Millard F. Harmon
Pacific Strategic Air Forces
Marine
Navy
Marshalls
Nazis Launch Heavy Counterattacks on Italian Front
German forces halted their withdrawal along the Fifth Army line then struck with a heavy counteroffensive near Gallicano by the Serchio river in western Italy. Artillery opened the attack with fighting reported to be in some strength, as the drive aimed both east and west of the town.
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Rome
U.P
Fifth Army
Gallicano
Serchio
Italy
Superfortresses Bomb Aircraft Plant in Tokyo
B 29s pounded Tokyo in clear skies during the noon hour raid, hitting Musashima aircraft plant and other targets. The attack marked the fifth forceful raid on the capital in about a month, with moderate anti aircraft fire and fighter opposition. One bomber was reported lost. the war department noted a medium force of roughly up to forty bombers took part.
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Mand
Saipan
Tokyo
Washington
War Department
Musashima
Japan
United States
Norse Patrol Sinks Two German Vessels Off Norway
A Norwegian manned light naval patrol force sank two German ships, possibly a destroyer or minesweeper, and damaged a third off Norway. The unit also bombarded enemy coastal installations, according to a Norwegian naval communiqué issued Wednesday night.
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London
Norway
Soviets Reach Budapest Edges in Danube Crossing
Soviet forces crossed the eastern Danube north of Budapest driving German and Hungarian troops from Szentendrei island and fighting house to house on the city’s western edge. Moscow said 3,000 enemy soldiers were killed as tanks and self propelled guns were knocked out. Russian columns pressed from south west and east, with part of the garrison driven toward the Danube bend mountains and woods.
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London
Danube
Budapest
Moscow
Szentendrei
Red Army
First Butte WAC Dies in Service
Corp. Martha Kartrude 41 formerly of Butte died at Walter Reed General Hospital Washington D C after serving in the Women's Army Corps since December 1942 She trained at Fort Des Moines and served with a radio signal detachment in Forrest Tennessee Her sight failed and she did not recover Survived by sister Mrs Claud H Lee mother Mrs Pauline Kartrude two brothers and several nieces and nephews Funeral held in Florida with burial in West Palm Beach
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Claud H. Lee
Holmes
Florida
Corp. Kartrude
Lee
Sioux Falls
S. D
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Forrest
Walter Reed Hospital
Butte
Pauline Kartrude
West Palm Beach
C. A. Hoyt
Brentwood
C. W. Kartrude
France
W. C. Kartrude
Bell
Calif
U S Submarines Sink 27 Japanese Ships
The Navy reported the first definite sinking of a Japanese aircraft carrier by a United States submarine. The communique said 27 vessels were destroyed, including the carrier and six other combatants, raising Japanese losses to 99 ships in American submarine actions.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Etsuzo Kurihara
Imperial Headquarters
Domei Agency
Sugiyama
Governor Acts to Avert Strike in Minnesota University
Governor Edward J. Thye moved to prevent a strike by non academic University of Minnesota workers. He scheduled a Friday conference with union leaders and regents to settle wage hours and recognition disputes after a 200 to 4 vote to strike before January 2.
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Minneapolis
Edward J. Thye
University of Minnesota
Public Building Service
Union 113
Regents
Minneapolis Central Labor Union
Advisory Council
Jap War and Navy Ministers Say Death by Own Action
Japanese war and navy ministers told the diet that ram ming tactics of Kamikaze flyers would win the war and urged citizens to emulate the sacrificial spirit. Sugiyama and Yonai claimed major sinkings and damages by the Kamikaze corps, contrasting with cautious U S assessments and forecasting decisive action in the Philippines area.
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Navy
Japan
War and Navy
Diet
Gen Sugiyama
Adm
Mitsumasa Yonai
Domei Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Sugiyama
Churchill Seeks Big Three Review of Greek Crisis
Prime Minister Churchill says he will meet with President Roosevelt and Marshal Stalin to discuss the Greek situation and consider an international trust if Greece cannot settle its civil strife. An Athens conference favors an immediate regency amid ongoing turmoil.
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Churchill
Greece
Athens
U.P
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
Damasinos
British Broadcasting Company
London
Stalin
Elas
National Liberation Front
Proposed Ceiling on Cattle Prices in OPA Talks
Chicago report says John J. Madigan announced no final details on a live cattle price ceiling after a daylong meeting with 60 cattle producers and slaughterers. The planned overall beef ceiling could be set at about 17.50 per hundredweight, with follow up in Kansas City and Washington. A separate dispatch notes soldiers on the Western Front covered by mortar fire as Cedar Town’s John Harris and Pfc. Kelly Jennings claim a one mile wire laying record in one minute.
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Chicago
John J. Madigan
OPA
Madigan
Arval Erickson
Kansas City
Washington
John H. Harris
Cedartown
Kelly Jennings
Providence
Weather forecast for Butte and east west zones
Cloudy with light snows in Butte area and warmer conditions expected. Highs around 20 and lows near 8, with temperatures fluctuating slightly across zones. West of divide expect flurries and little change tonight and Thursday, while east of divide remains largely cloudy with minimal shifts and warmer highs around 20 to 30 above.
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Divide
German Commander Receives Quick Nutty Reply From Yanks
In the Bastogne pocket, a German commander of solid intent sent a surrender ultimatum to American forces. The reply arrived in 30 minutes: nuts. Supreme Headquarters in Paris reported an American armored column contacting the Bastogne garrison on Wednesday night.
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Bastogne
Supreme Headquarters
Paris
French Internment Totals Hit 32000 Suspects
Interior Minister Tixier told the consultative assembly that 32 000 French men are held in internment camps or jails on suspicion of pro Nazi activities. The figure reflects postwar security measures in Paris.
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Paris
Interior
Tixier
Consultative Assembly
Infuriated Yanks Narrow Nazi Salient in Belgium
Allied scouts report American forces in a major comeback offensive have reduced the German salient around Bastogne to under 20 miles in width. Bastogne relief is confirmed by Supreme Headquarters Paris and Luxembourg radio, with U S tanks driving into the enclave and linking with the besieged garrison. Premier Pierlot cites assurance that the front is well in hand and anxiety is unwarranted.
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Bastogne
London
Belgium
Paris
Brussels
Luxembourg
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Air Force Hits Nazi Targets In Persistent Offensive
About 2,500 Allied warplanes led by 600 U S heavy bombers attacked seven rail targets. They shot down 68 German planes and destroyed 146 enemy tanks as part of a fifth straight day of strikes against the Nazi counteroffensive, mainly targeting Auskirchen and Kasse.
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London
U. S
Auskirchen
Kasse
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Formosa
Kuniaki Koiso
Leyte
Yanks
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St. Trond
Jodigne
Namur
Celle
Sugny
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Masselt
Tongres
Herstal
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Hoften
St. Hubert
Stenar
Longlier
1St Army
Ineth
Aaastricht
Miles
Eupen
Aachen
Grobbous
Thionville
LUX
Stadtkyl
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Celles
Meuse
Germany
Dasburg
Newerburg
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