Marines Capture Airdrome at Cape Gloucester
United States Marines breached Japanese defenses to seize the Cape Gloucester airdrome in New Britain. After intense air preparation and two days of assault, the Marines took both air strips with minimal American losses, according to General MacArthur’s communique. The capture ends the Cape Gloucester battle and unites Marine, air, and naval forces in success.
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New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Cape
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
MarArthur
American Air Strikes Across China Burma and Indo China
U S 14th Air Force reports three days of raids from the rice bowl region of Central China to Burma and French Indo China with no losses. Communiques detail bombing ships and installations, river traffic on the Yangtze, and strafing of barracks airports and rail facilities. Five Japanese planes and several aircraft losses are noted, one U S fighter parachuting to safety.
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Chungking
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Rice Bowl
China
Burma
French Indo- China
Joseph Stilwell
Indo-China
Red River
Hwajung
Tungting Lake
Paolchi
Yochow
Liang River
Yangtze
Chinshaw
Wuhu
U. S
Weather forecast for Montana and Missouri headwaters
Butte and Little Both show little temperature change with partly cloudy skies Friday and Friday night. Montana west of the continental divide expects scattered snow flurries with cold night, while east of the divide remains cloudy with snow flurries and slightly warmer elsewhere.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Missouri
Invasion Plans to Be Started Within Few Days
London reports Ike to arrive and open high command conferences in the coming days as invasion plans loom for 1944. The search for field commander of American armies continues with candidates Clark and Bradley. Tedder Montgomery Ramsay and Leigh Mallory in Britain ready for joint operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Omar N. Bradley
Clark
Eisenhower
Arthur Tedder
Montgomery
Mediterranean
Bertram Ramsay
Trafford L. Leigh- Mallory
Britain
Laval Acts to Curb Patriots
Laval named three men to suppress the underground as French patriots threaten civil war upon Eisenhower's invasion. Marcel Lemoine becomes interior secretary, Joseph Darnan heads maintenance of order, and Leon Parmentier directs national police in a move seen as Vichy’s bid to curb resistance and sabotage networks.
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London
U.P
Pierre Laval
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Radio
Vichy
Marcel Lemoine
Marseilles
Interior
Joseph Darnan
Laval
Quisling
Leon Parmentier
Rouen
Auto License Plates Go on Sale January 3 in Montana
In 50 Montana counties, except Powder River Treasure Wilbaux Golden Valley Mineral and Petroleum, new green and white fiber auto license plates go on sale January 3. The plates will be available in all counties before February 1, per deputy register M. P. Trenne who advised Highway Patrol chief Gen. Charles L. Sheridan.
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Helena
Montana
Powder River
Treasure
Wibaux
Golden Valley
Mineral and Petroleum
Trenne
Register of Motor Vehicles
Deer Lodge
Charles L. Sheridan
Hobart Bosworth, Dean of Motion Picture Actors, Dies at 76
Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth, 76, hailed as dean of motion picture actors, died of pneumonia in Glendale Research hospital. He had been inactive in films for a year and last appeared on screen in Westerns in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Calif
Hobart van Zandt Bosworth
Glendale Research Hospital
8th Airforce Bombs Nazi Targets in German Sweep
A massive U S Eighth Air Force attack involving about 1 500 American planes struck targets in southwest Germany in what may be the war’s most sustained aerial offensive. The raid followed a Berlin blow by the RAF and Commonwealth fighters, with both sides suffering losses though the mission marked a record in deep penetration and new navigation technique.
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London
Germany
Berlin
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Air Ministry
France
Dominion
Liberator
Stockholm
London Daily Express
Devers Predicts Allied Breakthrough in 1944
Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers told 62 Royal Military College graduates that the Allies are closing in on the Axis and that 1944 promises deliverance. He recalled El Alamein and described multi-front advances from north south east and west. He warned that each bomber in Tunis may be matched by more bombers against the enemy.
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London
Jacob L. Devers
Mediterranean
Royal Military College
Aldershot
el Alamein
Devers
Tunis
Finnish Minister Denies Charges Over Burning of Petrozavodsk
Hjalmar Procope, Finland's minister to the U S, rejected as unfounded Soviet backed claims that Finns burned Petrozavodsk after invasion. He contended Russians burned the city as they withdrew and cited a Finnish paper from Oct 3 1941 as evidence.
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Washington
Hjalmar Procope
United States
Petrozavolok
Procope
Helsingin Sanomat
Roosevelt Cancels Press Conference
President Roosevelt’s Friday morning press conference is cancelled due to a cold. He has no fever and has been resting for the last few days, the White House said.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Montana Woman Seeks Rehearing in Condemnation Cases
Anna C. Martha of Butte asks Montana Supreme Court to rehear two federal condemnation actions by the Federal Housing Authority over land she owns in Silver Bow County. The cases concern federal condemnation proceedings in Montana.
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Helena
Anna C. Martha
Butte
Montana Supreme Court
Silver Bow County
Federal Housing Authority
Yanks Fight Through San Vittore
Allied troops moved through the rubble of San Vittore on Thursday to open a route to Cassino on the Rome highway. Canadian forces pushed past Ortona toward Pescara as German defenses concentrated in the village.
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Algiers
San Vittore
Cassino
Rome
Ortona
Adriatic
Pescara
Associated Press
Garigiliano
Appian Way
Mount Sammucro
Mark W. Clark
Don Whitehead
Halsey Vows United States Will Strike Killing Blows
Admiral William F. Halsey says in a New Year message that Allied forces in the South Pacific are ready to strike killing blows in many places and will press the offensive toward Tokyo with home front support and weapons from the American arsenal. He emphasizes no letup and no compromise.
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New York
Dec
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Admiral Halsey
American Magazine
Tokyo
Americans Down 15 Jap Planes Over Marshall Islands
At Maloelap Mili and Kwajalein atolls in daylight sweeps, 15 Japanese Zeros were believed destroyed and three U S B-24 bombers shot down. Adm Nimitz said the campaign completed over a month of attacks, with American forces gaining air supremacy and over 300 Japanese aircraft hit in 45 days while American losses were low.
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Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Maloelap
Mili
Kwajalein
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Group
mid-Pacific
U. S. Army
Navy
18 Pound Baby Sets Record In Knoxville Birth
A boy weighing 18 pounds 10 ounces was born to Mrs. George Esslinger in Knoxville on Thursday. At 21 inches long the baby is reported the largest birth in medical history, with a normal appearance aside from its size. The Esslingers already have two other sons. Dr. W D Richards led the delivery.
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Knoxville
Tenn
George Esslinger
Esslinger
Esslingers
W. D. Richards
Federal Government Spends More In Last Year Than In All Prior Existence
The 1943 federal outlay surpassed all prior costs, with about 88 billion dollars spent in the year. Tax receipts reached roughly 34.5 billion, while the national debt jumped from 112.5 billion to about 170.4 billion dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
State Board Members Prepare for Mass Bond Signing
Montana Governor Sam C. Ford Attorney General R. V. Bottomly and Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell headed for arm trouble as they sign a 2 401 000 refunding bond issue due before January 1 Each bond is 1 000 and each official must sign 2 400 times to complete delivery.
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Helena
Montana
Board of Examiners
Sam C. Ford
R. V. Bottomly
Sam W. Mitchell
Board Draftee List Announced for Induction Examinations
Names of registrants for Selective Service board No. 1 report for induction on Monday January 3. Volunteers and transfers include Wilbert J Seymour Peter J Garvey Kenneth J Sheehan Valentine H Carlow and Raymond T Lewis among many others across multiple states and cities. The list names dozens of individuals with street and city entries such as 430 Colorado 1314 Second 260 East Mercury and 536 East Broadway.
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Selective Service Board No. 1
Wilbert Joseph Seymour
Colorado
Peter James Garvey
Kenneth James Sheehan
East Mercury
Valentine H. Carlow
Stewart
Raymond Thomas Lewis
East Broadway
Wallace
Idaho
Otto Irving Erickson
Oakland
Calif
Clarence Richard DeDycker
South Jackson
Robert Graham Fitzwilliams
Box
Andrew Lloyd Lehmann
Delaware
John George Bailey
Illinois
Alva Joe LaCombe
Melrose
Thomas Emerson Behan
Utah
Howard Ray Carriger
Galena
Kans
William Patrick Cooper
William A. Kelley
Tacoma
Wash
Joseph Kosmack
Empire
Fred Vivian Bull
Dewey
Stile
Henry Kari
San Francisco
Thomas Francis Hennelly
Walnut
Ernest Owen Stewart
Mount Vernon
James Michael Cunningham
Seattle
Charles F. Graney
Oceanlake
Ore
Joseph A. Kelly
Lawrence Monroe Sheffer
Jeffersonville
Ind
Frank George Brovsky
Denver
Colo
Arthur Richard Powers
Ponta City
Okla
Webster House Burns in Marshfield Fire
Fire destroyed the century old Webster house in Marshfield Mass early Thursday The 23 room structure built in the early 1700s by an old sea captain had been owned by Daniel Webster for his eldest son Fletcher It had served as a hotel and Stagecoach terminal in the past
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Webster
Marshfield
Mass
Daniel Webster
Fletcher
Railroads Can't Be Returned
Washington says the War department cannot return railroads to private control because two major unions postponed strike orders during government control. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen led by David B. Robertson and the Order of Railway Conductors led by H. W. Fraser, plus the Switchmen's union, delayed actions while 17 other unions had already called off. The department states the orders do not cancel but postpone, leaving private ownership unattainable until the condition ends.
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Washington
War Department
Brotherhood
David B. Robertson
H. W. Fraser
Department
Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
County Fourth War Loan Drive Quotas For Montana Set
Cascade county leads Montana with a $4 032 800 quota for the Fourth war loan drive opening January 18 and ending mid February. Silver Bow is second at 3 879 600 Yellowstone 2 789 700. State total 31 000 000 with individuals asked to subscribe 20 000 000. Fergus 820 800 Gallatin 947 900.
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Helena
Cascade County
Montana
A. T. Hibbard
State War Savings Committee
Silver Bow
Yellowstone
Fergus
Gallatin
Russians Push Through 180 Mile German Front Breach
Russian First Ukrainian army drives through a 180 mile breach in the German east wall as 22 German divisions retreat toward Polish and Romanian borders. Kazatin, a key rail junction, falls halting German communications. Stalin proclaims rout and reports advances of 30 to 60 miles across 1,000 towns and hamlets.
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London
German East Wall
Dniester
Rumania
Korosten- Berdichev
Kiev
Moscow
Kazatin
Berdichev
Ukraine
Joseph Stalin
Dnieper
Red Army
Red
Zhitomir
Zhitomir-Korosten
Stockholm
Lugini
Korosten
Bolivia Moves to Recognize Soviet Union Via U.S. Link
Bolivian representative Enrique de Lozada announced instructions to seek recognition of the Soviet Union through the United States as a step by the Villaróel government amid suspicions of Axis leanings. He pledged resignation if Argentina or outside influence aided the coup.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Argentina
Enrique de Lozada
de Lozada
Gualberto Villarroel
la Paz
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U.S
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Halsey
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Board
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Bolivia
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