U S Forces Strike Across 1 000 Mile Pacific Front
American carrier and land based planes attacked Formosa, the Ryukyus, and Luzon in coordinated raids bracketing the Philippines. MacArthur and Nimitz forces reported sinking or setting afire 25 ships along Luzon and new Mindoro landings as part of a broader New Year offensive.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Formosa
Ryukyu Islands
Luzon
Philippines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern Air Force
Ryukyus
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
MacArthur
Japan
Mindoro
Nimitz
Okinawa
China
James Hutcheson
Palauig Bay
Bataan
Lingayen
Marine Corsairs
Batangas
Liberators
Clarkfield
Gen. MacArthur
South China Sea
Air Attacks on Japan Enter Into New Phase
The Nagoya raid marks a new phase in the air war as Superfortresses from Guam and Saipan strike Japan's industrial center. One B-29 lost. fighters and ack ack faced light opposition. The daylight raid hit Nagoya Kobe Osaka and Hamamatsu with heavy bomb loads and strong aerial response.
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Japan
Washington
Nagoya
Honshu
20Th Air Force
21St Bomber Command
Guam
America
Nippon
Guam Island
Saipan
Key Aircraft Center
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Kobe
Osaka
Hamamatsu
Butte Area Weather Forecast With Snow Flurries
Partly cloudy Thursday and Thursday night with continued mild daytime conditions and a colder night. Highs range from 32 to 38 west of the divide, while east of the divide expects 15 to 20 with snow flurries inland and cooler highs near 30 at Missouri headwaters.
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Divide
Missouri
County Exceeds E Bond QuotA in War Drive
Silver Bow county reports E bond purchases surpass the quota by about $60,000 to date, with total E bonds at $876,000 and a monthly average of $250,000 since the drive began. Chairman Max Dean says final figures will rise by Friday night as tabulations finish.
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Silver Bow County
Max Dean
Soith
A. T. Hibbard
Montana
War Finance Committee
Helena
Dean
Time lag on Western Front news reduced to 12 hours
The War Department announced that effective Thursday January 4 at 5 30 p m the 36 hour embargo on western front news will be reduced to 12 hours. The change applies to reports from the area under U S forces in Belgium and is expected to speed up press coverage.
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U. S
Belgium
Western Front
Canadian casualties fall to 1998 in November total
Ottawa reports November casualties totaled 1,998 the lowest monthly figure since the invasion of northwestern Europe. Defense headquarters adds the war total to Nov 30 stands at 60,941 with 16,720 dead 37,722 wounded and 6,499 prisoners and interned.
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Ottawa
Europe
Defense Headquarters
Butte City Council Approves Two Fire Dept Appointments
The Butte city council unanimously approved Mayor Barry OLeary s appointment of Leonard Gerry and William C Duffy to six month probationary terms on the city fire department. The meeting included the annual fire department inventory valued at 136624 41 and reports on arrests fines meals served traffic accidents and health inspections.
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Butte
Barry O’leary
Leonard Gerry
Colorado
William C. Duffy
South Main
Gerry
Butte Hill
Butte Miners’ Union
Duffy
Butte Fire Department
Fred
Martin
Judiciary Committee
Fred Dean
Bart Riley
Harvey Girard
Action on Fund Bill Completes Montana Session Hurdle
Legislate action wraps on the 29th Montana assembly mileage and per diem appropriation as the Senate speeds HB1 to passage. Gov Ford nominates 24 interim appointees and state boards offices, with Senate sending them to committee for review. House quickly handles routine business as Senator Fewkes takes seat, boosting Republicans to 39 in the Senate. Governor’s postwar employment program sketched in his message to joint session.
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Helena
Montana Assembly
Senate
Sam C. Ford
Fred Buck
House
R. R. Gebhardt
Yellowstone
George W. O'Connor
Carbon
D. F. Fewkes
Lincoln
M. D. Rowland
Libby
Fewkes
Ford
Training proposal seeks year of peacetime military instruction
Washington January 3 Chairman May of the House military committee introduced legislation to require all able bodied youths to undertake one year of training in peace time. The measure aims to ensure a trained citizen reserve and strengthen national defense readiness.
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Washington
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Paris Tobacco Shop Raid by Four Robbers
A gang of four French civilians with a car and a machine gun robbed two Paris suburb tobacco shops on Wednesday. They took 35,000 francs in cash and tobacco valued at 80,000 francs at legal prices, plus black market goods totaling about 1,050,000 francs.
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Paris
Soviets Report Strong Nazi Counterattacks Near Budapest
Soviet dispatches say German counterattacks northwest of Budapest overrunned towns along the Danube’s south bank while claims of heavy German losses include more than 40 tanks destroyed and thousands killed. The inked action marks Berlin’s bid to strike back as Soviet forces approach Komarom.
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London
Budapest
Moscow
Komarom
Danube
Hungary
Debrecen
Berlin
Reich
Tovaros
Farm Workers Deferments to Be Reviewed
Local draft boards ordered a review of deferments for farm workers aged 18 to 25. Those not rejected for physical defects will face pre induction exams when feasible. Byrnes campaigns for more manpower in uniform face legal questions over loss of deferred status.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Germans Reportedly Perfect New Sub With Electric Guns
Madrid radio quoted a Berlin report that Germany has perfected a submarine with electrically controlled guns that can be mounted in minutes and shell a coastal town from long range. The vessel carries 25 crew, two weeks of fuel, and features power and speed surpassing any known submarines.
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London
Madrid Radio
Berlin
Major Squeeze Is Placed on German Salient
Allied forces drive into the Belgian bulge from the north as the U S First Army joins the Third on the southern flank in a massive encirclement. Reports say 11 enemy divisions were wrecked and 400 tanks destroyed from December 16 through 31, with Bastogne and Bourcy key targets amid German reinforcements.
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Paris
First Army
U. S. Third Army
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Third Army
Bourcy
Bastogne
Bulge
St. Hubert
Wiltz
Houffalize
Associated Press
Roger Greene
Rundstedt
Reich Highways and Railways Bombed in Winter Air Offensive
United States Eighth Air Force bombers dropped over 3,000 tons on highway hubs and railyards feeding the German Belgian bulge. Three bombers and nine fighters did not return. 7 fighters believed safe. RAF Lancasters with Mustang escorts hit Ruhr plants Castrop-Rauxel and Hansa near Dortmund. 1,100 American B‑17s and B‑24s plus 600 Mustangs and Thunderbolts attacked supply routes and freight yards near Cologne Fulda Aschaffenburg and northwest of Karlsruhe for a twelfth straight day of winter operations.
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London
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Belgian Bulge
Karlsruhe
Cologne
Fulda
Aschaffenburg
Bowles Announces Ration Cancellation Was Essential
New York January 3 Chester Bowles head of the Office of Price Administration said the recent cancellation of food ration stamps without notice was the hardest but necessary decision to ensure fair access to 1945 supplies. He cited inflation control and fair distribution amid wartime shortages and outlined related price and supply challenges across clothing, meat, sugar, and canned goods.
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OPA
Bowles
New York
Chester Bowles
American Management Association
German Drive Westward Hinted as Ardennes Battle Continues
Berlin hints eight American divisions four armored four infantry are pushing to crush the German bulge in Belgium while suggesting a new westward Nazi offensive may be possible. An official bulletin says Allies gained only minor ground with heavy losses, and partisan activities are noted as a potential factor.
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London
Geremans
Gereman Bulge
Belgium
Ardennes
Ludwig Sertorius
Berlin
Bastogne
Sertorius
Labor Shortage May Affect Copper Supply During Year
The War Production Board reports 1945 war metal supply hampered by labor shortages across mines mills and smelters. Copper and lead face the tightest outlook as rising shell and bullet demand collides with job shortages. Tin remains strong and steel could meet critical needs if mills gain modest skilled labor.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Ferry Pilot Burned
P Flight Officer W. C. Pace of Great Falls U S Air Command ferry pilot escaped with burns to hands face and legs last week after bail out from a burning fighter near Crane Prairie airbase in northern Alberta Pace parachuted from 8000 feet and survived.
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Edmonton
Alberta
W. C. Pace
Great Falls
U. S. Air Command
Pace
Crane Prairie
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MT. Baco
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Lin
Naujan
Pinamalayan
Mansalay
Kunming
Thailand
China Sea
Mindanao
Vern Haugland
W. W. Hercher
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