Patton's Third Army Drives to Split German Bastogne Line
A censor delayed AP dispatch reports Lt Gen George Patton's Third Army launched a full scale assault northeast of Bastogne to sever the German bulge in Belgium and trap Rundstedt's three armies. Rochefort recaptured as Allied air power battered German supply lines. 29th Tactical Air Force claimed 15 tanks and 48 vehicles destroyed.
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U. S
Belgium
U. S. Third Army
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Bastogne
29Th Tactical Air Force
Paris
George S. Patton
Third Army
Karl von Rundstedt
Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
The
Reich
Patton
von Rundstedt
U. S. First Army
Rochefort
Mail-Express crashes kill fifty near Ogden Utah
A Southern Pacific mail express rammed the rear of a passenger train on a Great Salt Lake causeway. Fifty died, many injured. at least 28 were servicemen. Survivors report heavy fog. Two Army hospital cars undamaged aided wounded. Cars damaged ranged from nine to eleven. rescue work continued as authorities assessed the wreck.
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Ogden
Utah
Southern Pacific Mail-Express
Great Salt Lake
Southern Pacific
Brigham
Bushnell Hospital
Elko
Nev
Bushnell
Nevada
California
Army
Pacific Limited
Rousing Welcome Given New Year in Butte 1945
Butte welcomed 1945 with midnight celebrations and hopeful wishes for peace in Europe. Mine whistles horns and bells sounded as residents gathered in clubs and lodges, while Meaderville buzzed with late night activity. Watch Night services filled Protestant churches and Catholic masses were set across the area.
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Butte
Europe
Meaderville
Henderson to survey German industry postwar plans
Paris reports Leon Henderson arrived to survey the condition and possible dispositions of a German industry after the war. He will also study the present state of French industry and its potential contribution to the Allied war effort.
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Paris
Leon Henderson
War to Be Much Tougher on the Home Front
The United States faces stricter home-front controls as the fourth year of war begins. Draft calls rise by 20 000 monthly, meat rationing increases to 85 percent, other food rations tighten, and civilian tires drop 10 percent. Officials warn that further curbs are possible as the war length remains uncertain and copper and brass relaxations may be reversed to support ammunition production.
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Washington
Stern
Europe
Weather forecast for Butte and surrounding areas
Partly cloudy and colder with intermittent snow squalls expected Monday and Monday night. Highs range from 25 to 30 near the divide and 0 to 10 above in colder eastern areas, with some 25 above in the extreme southwest near the Idaho line.
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Butte
Divide
Idaho Line
Montana 23rd Assembly opens with OConnor as speaker
Helena dispatch notes the 23rd Montana Legislative Assembly organizing Sunday night with Rep. George W. O’Connor named House speaker for a second consecutive session and H. A. Simmons chosen Senate president pro tempore and majority floor leader. Democrats nominate David F. James as minority floor leader and Dr. R. P. Minnick as speaker.
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George O'Connor
House
Simmons
State Senate
Helena
Montana Legislative Assembly
George W. O'Connor
R-Carbon
Montana
H. A. Simmons
Red Lodge
W. F E. Keeley
Deer Lodge
R-Powell
Sam C. Ford
Ernest Eaton
Billings
David F. James
Joplin
Dliberty
R. P. Minnick
Hysham
D-Treasure
James N. Dougherty
Elliston
D-Powell
Rep
Montana Assembly
O’connor
Carbon County
Keeley declines renomination as Senate Pro Tem
State Sen. W. E. Keeley of Powell county declines renomination as president pro tempore and Republican majority leader. He cites personal motives and nominates Sen. H. A. Simmons as his successor. With GOP holding 38 seats to 17, Simmons is set to be elected when the 29th Assembly convenes.
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Helena
W. E. Keeley
Powell County
Montana Assembly
Senate
H. A. Simmons
Sen. Simmons
Hitler Declares Germany Will Not Surrender
Adolf Hitler, breaking a five month silence, told Germans in a New Year speech that Germany would never surrender. The address aired at 12:05 a.m. Monday local time, reported from London.
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Germany
Hitler
New York
London
U.2
Adolf Hitler
Legislators Brace For New Congress And Its Big Issues
Washington awaits a new session with topics ranging from universal military training to social security expansion and wartime financing. Debates on international treaties loom, while earlier chores include counting electoral votes and Roosevelt’s fourth term inauguration.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Dumbarton Oaks
House
Roosevelt
White House
Did Hitler Speak
Louis P. Lochner recalls hearing Adolf Hitler and finds the voice distant from the Fuhrer of old. The early morning delivery is apathetic and devoid of the former passion, blending earlier phrases with Goebbels propaganda without reaching previous oratorical fire.
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Hitler
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Pro
London
Adolf Hitler
Fuhrer
Goebbels
Hitler declares death of Kesselring in order of the day
The Brussels radio quoted Hitler’s order dated November 27 announcing the death of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring and listing other Nazi leaders killed or wounded. It noted prior Swiss reports that Kesselring was wounded near Bologna. No further explanation was given.
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London
Brussels
Adolf Hitler
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Bern
Switzerland
Kesselring
Bologna
Hitler
Kiehl
Marshal Kesselring
B-29s Hit Tokyo to Start New Year Off Right
The first New Year in Japan was interrupted by B-29 Superfortress raids over Tokyo Nagoya and central Honshu. Tokyo radio reported warnings and fires as planners used buildings for emergency air raid shelters while Japanese interceptors claimed a hit on a raider.
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Tokyo
U. S
Federal Communications Commission
Honshu
Nagoya
Radio Tokyo
Yokohama
Yokosuka
Radio
Tokyo-Yokohama
Japan
Europe
FCO
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Rochefort City
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Southern Pacific Mail
Mountain
Henderson
Sen
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Sen, W. E. Keeley
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