State Chamber to Present Farmers Needs
State Chamber of Commerce directors in Helena pledged to present Montana farmers needs for labor and machinery replacements and to support the Western Beet Growers association. They endorsed cooperative farm labor efforts, insect control work, and reclamation plans, and approved principles of postwar government reorganization. A special committee will study aiding business and expansion of war activities, with a postwar plan to ease unemployment. The board urged tax cuts where possible and restraint on public spending to match postwar capacity.
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Helena
Montana
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Western Beet Growers’ Association
Department of Agriculture
Farm Labor Committee
State College
Bozeman
Reclamation Commission
Fred Bennion
Walter Derrick
Missoula
Firefighters’ Service
Roosevelt defers nonwar cuts to Congress at press conference
President Roosevelt said reducing nonwar expenditures is Congress's responsibility. He noted over a billion dollars was cut last year and questioned whether some items like meat inspection are war-related. He cited white pine blister rust as an example of nonwar spending and possible options.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Novelist Ursula Parrott Arrested on Desertion Charge
Ursula Parrott, 40, noted novelist and magazine writer, was detained in Miami by federal agents after a warrant charged her with aiding desertion of Army Private Michael Neely Bryan. The warrant, issued on FBI guidance, cites harboring and assisting the deserter. Parrott offered no comment to reporters.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Ursula Parrott
United States
A. L. Gates
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Michael Neely Bryan
U. S. Marshal’s
Miss Parrott
British Close In On Akyab as Burma Oil Route Shifts
British and Japanese forces clashed at Rathedaung Burma about 25 miles north of Akyab. Observers see it as a large raid by Gen Sir Archibald Wavell’s Indian army closing on the strategic city, potentially depriving Japan of a base to bomb India and aiding an airfield for pressure along the Irrawaddy.
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London
Rathedaung
Burma
Akyah
Archibald Wavell
India
Akyab
Irrawaddy
Rangoon
Mandalay
Wavell
Free China
Paris
Chindwin River
Chin Hills
New Delhi
Japanese Forces on Guadalcanal Suffering Starvation
Washington dispatch reports that isolated Japanese units on Guadalcanal are starving and plagued by disease with no fresh supplies for six weeks. Cmdr. Dwight H. Baxter, former naval base commander, says Japanese struggles include fighting starvation and disease amid Marine pressure. German Stuka planes reportedly used new type bombs described as crackling silver balls in an El Agheila Libyan attack.
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Washington
Japan
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Cmdr
Dwight H. Baxter
Coast Guard
Naval
Navy Department
London
el Agheila
Libya
Butte Welcomes New Year While Keeping Quiet Tone
Butte prepares a subdued New Year celebration amid wartime anxiety. Residents plan a quiet, joyous farewell to 1942 with midnight whistles, greetings, and hotel entertainments, acknowledging loved ones overseas in the ongoing global conflict.
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Butte
Scib Alalal
Allied forces reduce Japanese strong point near Buna line
Allied ground troops in northeast New Guinea reduced a triangular bunker complex inland from the coast and repelled a Japanese counter attack at dusk. American and Australian units widened a coastal wedge while air units bombed targets across the southwest Pacific, including Kavieng and Lae.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Australia
New Guinea
Buna Line
Buna Government Station
Buna
Dispersal Bay
Kavieng
New Ireland
Nation Faces Acute Problem
Washington December 29 The War Manpower Commission projected 65 million workers needed in full time jobs and armed services by 1943 end, up 2.5 million from prior forecasts. The estimate includes 20 million in war industry and plans to add workers through women entering agriculture and shifts to essential work, with voluntary measures cited as effective.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Armed Services
Commission
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
Commission Statisticians
McNutt
Weather Forecast for Snow Showers Wednesday
Snow showers are expected Wednesday with little change in temperature. Tuesday’s temperatures show a high and a low with values not fully legible in the record.
Russians Take Kotelnikovski in Rush to Surround Nazis
Allied forces report progress in Tunisia with the capture of Kotelnikovski and surrounding actions as troops strike across the southern front. US raiders press Maknassy and Gafsa while French units cut routes south of Pont Du Fahs and Axis air losses rise.
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Kotelnikovski
London
Medjez-el-Bab
Tunis
Tunisia
Maknassy
Rommel
Berlin
U. S
Gafsa
Pont-Du- Fahs
Tunisian
Hammamet
Pont- Du-Fahs
Foreign Legionnaires
Sousse
Bureau of Mines Elects to Boost Home Mineral Sources
Interior Secretary Ickes says thirty years of experience equipped the Bureau of Mines to replace lost foreign mineral supplies for the war effort. He notes Germany's early war gains and Axis control cut global metals, prompting an intensified push with the geological survey to discover domestic sources.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Ickes
Germany
Norway
France
Europe
Balkans
Sweden
Japan
Dutch East Indies
The
Geological Survey
Ingenious Trap Snaps Shut on Toohy Gang
Federal agents nabbed Roger Touhy Basil Banghart and Edward Darlak in a meticulously planned arrest at 5116 Kenmore Avenue Chicago. The operation, directed by J Edgar Hoover, ended the capital gang’s reign after a gun battle left James O Connor and St Clair McInerney dead.
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Chicago
Roger Toohy
Basil
the Owl
Stateville
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Touhy
Kenmore Avenue
Banghart
Darlak
Idle hunting knives sought to aid Army in Pacific
In San Francisco the Army through the Save a Life With a Knife committee urges residents to donate hunting or skinning knives with blades at least four inches. The effort, led by Frank Martinelli, aims to ship donated blades by plane to South Pacific fighting troops.
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San Francisco
Barney M. Giles
Fourth Air Force
Frank Martinelli
North Beach
South Pacific
Giles
Martinelli
The
Knife Committee B
Columbus Ave
Ban
Frypciges
Elkdomof Montana Pays Tribute to Harry Gallwey
Elkdom of Montana honors Harry A. Gallwey the first president of its state group with memorial services at the Elks temple in Butte. Dr. M. Kelly delivered the eulogy praising Gallwey as a noble Elk and true friend to all ranks, lasting nearly four decades of service and friendship.
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Elkdom of
Montana
Harry Gallwey
D. M. Kelly
Butte
Tts
Harry A. Gallwey
Gall
Elkhom
Mr. Gallwey
Price of Flour Will Increase by 10 Percent
Washington reports a government decision to raise flour prices 10 percent at the mill but limit bread price hikes by cutting slicing and other cost-raising services. Agriculture Secretary Wickard also tightens bread standards and trims bakery practices to avoid consumer price increases during wartime.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Wickard
British and German Planes Stage Raids on English Coast
British and German aircraft conducted raids along the southeast English coast as R A F squadrons swept the French coast in snow. An air ministry notice said German Mosquito bomber aircraft attacked railway targets in France and two fighters are missing. German pilots strafed streets and homes, causing casualties in one town.
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London
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
France
Warplanes and Tank Convoy Captured in Russian Advance
Soviet communique reports Kotelnikovski taken 90 miles southwest of Stalingrad with 17 planes and a convoy of tanks seized. Red Army drives toward Rostov on the Sea of Azov severing Nazi supply lines while expanding a ring around 22 German divisions.
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Moscow
Kotelnikovski
Stalingrad
Rostov
Sea of Azov
Caucasus
Don
Volga
Red Army
Middle Don
Kotelnikoviskie
Millerovo
Moscow-Rostov
Kotelnikowski
Nagolny
Army of
Red Star
Torgovaya
Elista
Kalmyck Steppes
Cauca
SAS
Jury List Drawn for Downey Court Prospective Service
A district court in Downey drew 100 names for prospective jurors for the next term in department No 2. Judge T E Downey announced the list and summonses are due back by 10 o'clock January 11. The names include John Ardisson James H Baldwin Emil Bauer Cecil Bennetts A M Bennetts Olaf F Berg John Bertrand Lewis P Boyer Bill Brady James A Brainard James Brett John J Burke Pat Callaghan William C Carter Eugene Copper Mrs Margaret Corbett among others.
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Downey's Court
T. E. Downey
John Ardisson
West Daly
Walkerville
James H. Baldwin
Lowel
Emil Bauer
Bow
Cecil Bennetts
West Aluminum
A. M. Bennetts
Whitman
Olaf F. Berg
Gaylord
John Bertrand
South Montana
Lewis P. Boyer
West Granite
Bill Brady
Burlington
James A. Brainard
Rocker
James Brett
North Montana
John J. Burke
Argyle
Pat Callaghan
William C
Dewey
William J. Carter
West Galena
Eugene
Meaderville
Margaret Corbett
Transit
Walkers
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Bengasi
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Eighth Army
Africa Corps
Toohy
Frank L. Riley
Butterodge
Wilbur F. Hanley
James T. Finlen, Jr
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