Russians Drive Toward Kharkov in Bold Soviet Offensive
London reports Soviet forces under Timoshenko have pushed toward Kharkov within 30 miles of the city and recaptured Kozelsk as fighting widens with German troops guarding Kharkov. Moscow aims to Mozhaisk and Kuibyshev updates confirm pushes from Smolensk toward east and west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kharkov
Ukraine
Kozelsk
Smolensk
Semyon Timoshenko
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Donets
Timoshenko
Voronezh
Tula
Kuibyshev
Moscow
Mozhaisk
United Press
New York
Red Star
Crimea
Kerch Peninsula
26 Nations Pledge Fight Against Axis in Atlantic Charter Pact
A facsimile shows 26 nations including the United States Great Britain Russia the Netherlands and China pledging to finish the war against the Axis and avoid separate peace. The pledge mirrors the Roosevelt Churchill Atlantic Charter from last August 14 and is binding though not a formal treaty requiring Senate ratification. Signatories visible include Roosevelt Churchill Litvinoff Soong Casey Straten and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Netherlands
China
Senate
Fanklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Germany
Italy
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Maxim Litvinoff
T. V. Soong
Richard G. Casey
R. V. D. Straten
Kingdom of
Belgium
Finns Hint at Move to End War With Reds
Finland shows growing discontent with continuing war as press reports from northern Europe cite Finnish and German doubts about imperial aims. A potential settlement with Russia under honorable terms is discussed as key fronts shift and Mannerheim’s frontier goal nears completion.
Time Extended on Seed Loans for Four States
Agricultural Adjustment administration officials told Senator Langer that spring wheat farmers in Montana North Dakota South Dakota and Minnesota have a one month extension to January 31 1942 to apply for seed loans. N E Dodd confirmed the extension was granted to avoid hardship and allow county offices to receive applications by January 31.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Langer
Dodd
Butte Men Turn In Ancient Auto Plates for Defense
Two Butte residents Peter Desjardins and William Jenkins surrendered 13 sets of old license plates dating back to 1926 to County Treasurer George O’Brien Jr. The plates will be sent to Deer Lodge to supply metal for defense tags, aiding tin conservation. Through this, 875 auto and 301 truck plates have been issued along with 1,035 state and 448 city driving permits.
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Butte
George O’brien, Jr
O’brien
Peter Desjardins
Farrell Street
William Jenkins
Elm Street
Deer Lodge
Sheridan Brent wed in Palm Beach ceremony
Actress Ann Sheridan and actor George Brent married by County Judge Richard P. Robbins in Palm Beach Florida. The wedding, kept secret from Hollywood columnists, marked the first major film union of 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Fla
Hollywood Film Colony
Ann Sheridan
George Brent
Richard P. Robbins
Chemicals to Boost Sugar Beet Growth Proposed
At the American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists meeting in Salt Lake City J. Kraus of the University of Chicago described experiments with chemicals simulating hormones to stimulate beet growth. He noted varying chemical effects on roots and foliage and that some chemicals could increase root size for higher sugar yields. H. W. Dahlberg of Great Western Sugar described irrigation tests in Colorado showing higher per acre yields with reduced water.
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Salt Lake City
American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists
J. Kraus
University of Chicago
H. W. Dahlberg
Great Western Sugar Company
Denver
Colorado
Dissension in German Ranks Is Increasing
London reports rising discord among Nazi leaders as the Soviet high command claims German flanks on the Moscow front bend under pressure. Hitler sacked Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, with others like Fedor von Bock and Johannes Blaskowitz linked to resignations or discharges amid plans to invade Russia. Repercussions spread as Oscar von Niedermayer is said to have been dismissed.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Fedor von Bock
Siegmund List
von Bock
Mozhaisk
Oscar von Niedermayer
Department of the East
von Brauchitsch
von Niedermayer
Conference on Lead Price Hints at Higher Ceiling
After talks with Price Administrator Leon Henderson and aides, lead industry reps signaled support for raising the ceiling to at least eight cents a pound to boost defense production. Current prices were 5.70 cents in St Louis and 5.45 cents in New York. States producing lead include Idaho Utah Montana Arizona California Colorado Nevada New Mexico Oregon Texas and Washington. Moyle urged allowing oil firms to operate abandoned mines. Moyle and Callahan stressed costs and taxes as factors pushing for a higher ceiling.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
St. Louis
New York City
Idaho
Utah
Montana
Arizona
California
Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Texas
James Mann Moyle
Salt Lake City
Donald Callahan
Wallace
American Mining Congress
Tive
Instructors Plan First Aid Defense Courses
Instructors met at the Y M C A for a week long brushing up on first aid before teaching the public next week. About 15 carried U S Bureau of Mines or American Red Cross certificates. Public classes start next Monday at four locations including the Y M C A and Montana Power auditorium.
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U. S. Bureau of Mines
American Red Cross
E. P. Shea
Butte Chamber of Commerce
John L. Boardman
Silver Bow County
Butte
Red Cross
R. A. Jakoubek
St. Louis
Y.M.C. A
Boardman
Jakoubek
Montana Power Company
Congress Awaits F D R Message on State of Nation
The second session of the Seventy seventh Congress opened its year Monday and paused to await the President’s annual state of the union message due Tuesday. Roosevelt plans to speak at 10 30 a m MST before a joint session and later send a budget outlining war financing needs. Reports say he may seek 15 to 18 billion dollars in immediate Army and Navy appropriations as part of a 50 billion dollar annual war expenditure target.
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Washington
Seventy-seventh Congress
Roosevelt
Unanes
Senate
Capitol
Congress
Army
Many and Odd Are Applicants for Enlistment in Armed Forces
Butte readers learn how varied applicants were for military service. A blind man with a white cane sought enlistment, offering to type and dictate reports, but recruiters rejected him due to strict restrictions. Other stories note Marines veteran James E. Kreiner, 30, from Billings, who served 1929–1933 and earned boxing honors, and a bearded Navy recruiter encounter ending without enlistment.
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Armed Services
Butte
Army
Nick Hertges
Patrick Monahan
Marines
Navy
James E. Kreiner
Billings
A. L. Koch
Koch
RAF Opens New Attacks on Axis Holdouts in Egypt
The Royal Air Force began a major operation to crush the last Axis garrisons near the Egyptian Libyan border at Salam and Halfaya as Rommel's main force in the Agedabia sector faced continued pressure. RAF raids targeted Salamis and Tripoli, hitting munitions plants and starting fires while totaling Axis prisoners at Bardia reached 7,500.
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Cairo
Egypt
Salam
Halfaya
Middle East
Britain
Libya
Erwin Rommel
Agedabia
Mediterranean
Salamis
Greece
Pireous
Tripoli
Bardia
Actress Nancy Kelly seeks divorce from Edmond O'Brien
Hollywood reports Nancy Kelly, the Irish born film actress, filed for divorce from Edmond O'Brien, film and radio actor, on Monday marking a second petition in six months after a reconciliation failed to last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Nancy Kelly
Edmond O'Brien
Auto Industry Begins War Production Shift Across Sector
Washington officials and leaders Edsel Ford and Walter Reuther chaired a 10 member union management committee to revamp auto plants for war output. The program aims to halt non military car production by January 31 and boost total military orders to about 9.5 billion dollars, with 5 billion in new War and Navy orders.
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Washington, Jan
Reuther
OPM
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Walter Reuther
Mil
C. E. Wilson
General Motors
War and Navy Department
Air forces sink destroyer and hit Japanese battleship in Davao raid
American air forces struck the Japanese in the Far East today sinking an enemy destroyer and scoring three bomb hits on a battleship in a raid on Davao in Mindanao. MacArthur’s forces repulsed a strong Japanese assault in Pampanga, killing at least 700, while Corregidor shot down four more bombers in a third raid.
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Washington
Far East
Davao
Philippines
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Pampanga
Manila
Corregidor Fortress
Manila Bay
Mindanao
Japan
Western Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Singapore
Luzon
MacArthur
Netherlands Indies
Three Children Burn to Death Near Big Timber
In Montana, three young children two boys aged one and three and a two year old girl died in a log cabin home near Big Timber on the Boulder River. Firefighters faced ice blocked water supply and could not save the structure or lives. Mrs. Peterson had left the children alone while visiting a neighbor.
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Big Timber
Andy E. Peterson
Boulder River
Peterson
H. C. Roquet
Nye
Council to Hear Protests on New Lighting District
The Butte city council will meet Wednesday night to review bids for fire insurance and hear protests filed in writing against the proposed lighting district around Butte High School. Protests must be on file by 7 30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Butte High School
Beryl Wilson
Finance
Anl
Camio
Ns Dati
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Regaagan
Enki Sacro
Salvarna
Amerie
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Tee Atlanite Gherter
Melty
Trek
SR Rrr
Meey Baek Gowe
Raedre
Tish
Uhe
Rudenteas
Europe
National Zeitung
Basel
Finland
Reuters
Helsinki
Suomen Sosialidemokraatti
Baron Karl Gustaf Mannerheim
Mannerheim
Hango
Karelian
Karelia
Axis
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