Roosevelt calls Congress to draft manpower for victory
Roosevelt declares 1945 can end Nazi Fascist rule and imperial Japan, urges national service, 4 F utilization, and nurse drafts. He frames policy as needed to mobilize labor and combat job skipping, with selective service tightening to pull occupationally deferred workers back into service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations
Europe
Japan
Organization of World Peace
79Th Congress
Stars and Stripes
National Selective Service
Army
Tydings
U. S. Flyers Pound at Luzon Island
Allied air strikes against southern Luzon continued January 4 and 5. Mitchell bombers and fighters hit targets while Liberators bombed Palawan airdrome. Ground forces stood 12 miles from Luzon on Mindoro and Marinduque, with transports and carriers seen in Philippine waters.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Luzon
Philippine Island
Douglas MacArthur
Palawan
Mindoro Island
Mindoro
Manila
Halmahera
Ceram
New Guinea
Bismarck- Solomons
Dutch Celebes
Marinduque
Philippine
Allied forces push front near Stavelot and Strasbourg
American troops of Field Marshal Montgomery’s offensive advance near Stavelot and Gambsheim while the Seventh Army contains a German spearhead north of Strasbourg. The 82nd airborne and 30th Infantry lead the northern flank drive along the Salm and near Liemeux as Third Army repels a counterattack around Bastogne. Continued coverage on page 8.
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Paris
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Bulge
Fralture
U. S
Stavelot
Marche
Hotten
Bure
Strasbourg
Seventh Army
Rhine
Seventh
Gambsheim
First Army
Belgian Bulge
82Nd Airborne Division
Salm River
30Th
82Nd
Liemeux
Bastogne
Third Army
Principles of the Atlantic Charter Promoted for Peoples Peace
The article outlines the Atlantic Charter’s principles as a path to a people’s peace and argues against power politics and isolationism. It warns against perfectionism blocking the United States from its role in an imperfect world while pledging solidarity with the United Nations through full victory.
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United States
United Nations
Major Problems to Come Before State Wool Growers Convention in Butte
The article notes Montana's sheep and wool industry growth from 1,700 to about 3,000,000 sheep, with annual wool production around 30 million pounds making it a major state industry. It previews unresolved issues facing growers and hints at a continuation on page 8 column 1.
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Butte
Montana
Texas
25th Legislature Ends First Week in Helena
The 29th Montana legislature ended its first week in recess after organizing. Both houses adjourned to Monday with leaders in Helena to finish committee setups. Speaker George O'Connor expects a flood of bills, while only one measure has been acted on so far and the $155000 legislative expenses appropriation has been enacted.
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Helena
Montana Legislative Assembly
Senate
House
George O'Connor
Senate Committee On Committees
Sen
Arnold
Stillwater
O’connor
Butte Forecast Indicates Light Snow and Cloudy Skies
Weather outlook across regions shows mostly cloudy skies in Butte with occasional light snow Sunday and Sunday night. Daytime highs near 35 and overnight lows around 18. West of the divide sees clouds with showers or flurries. east stays partly cloudy then clouds increase, with snow flurries near the western mountains and 50 to 25 mph winds in the west.
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Divide
Japan's Aircraft Industry Hit for Sixth Time
The 20th Air Force said B 29s from China India and the Marianas struck Omura Kyushu and other targets in the area for the sixth time. One Superfortress was lost and several enemy planes were damaged or destroyed in the fighting.
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Washington
Japan
Omura
Kyushu
20Th
20Th Air Force
China
India
Marianas
Domei
Nanking
German troop carrier collides with ammunition ship in Denmark
Danish press service reports a German troop transport with 3,000 soldiers collided with a German ammunition ship in Kalundborg fjord. Ambulances doctors and nurses are being rushed from all of Sjaelland to Kalundborg, indicating a large disaster.
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Stockholm
U.P
Kalundborg Fjord
Denmark
Kalundborg
Sjaelland
Copenhagen
Carrier Planes Sink 295 Jap Ships and Bombardments
U S Pacific Fleet reports two day carrier air offensives against Formosa and Okinawa with 331 Japanese planes and 83 ships destroyed or damaged. Bombardments reach Iwo Jima and western Carolines while raids hit Chichi and Haha. MacArthur's air force pounds targets daily as Nimitz releases two communiques detailing rapid Pacific action and a new invasion near Luzon.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Formosa
Okinawa
Tokyo
Carolines
Navy
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Chichi
Haha
Bonins
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Iwo
Japan
Truk
Record-Smashing Scrap Paper Drive Exceeds Butte Quota
A two day campaign in Mining city culminated with 350 000 pounds of paper and 16 000 pounds of rags collected for war mills. The drive surpassed the 275 000 pound goal by 75 000 and drew wide support from students housewives and businessmen. Jack Healy and C J Doc Burns led the effort with D J McGonigle noting the strong civilian defense backing.
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Eastern Mills
Butte
War Memorial Fund Committee
Boys Central High School
Jack Healy
C. J
Belgium Bulge Battle Dominates War News of Week
Reports from the Belgium front describe a renewed Nazi push as Allied forces endure harsh snow. British and American units fight shoulder to shoulder along the bulge’s north rim, while Third Army advances from the south amid severe winter conditions. Other fronts show hints of a Red Army winter offensive in Poland and growing Russian activity near Warsaw and along the Vistula.
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Belgium
Bulge
Third Army
Europe
Pacific
Poland
Vistula
Warsaw
Narew
Mining City Sets 1945 Red Cross Drive Quota at 53700
The Butte Red Cross chapter will begin its 1945 War Fund drive March 1 with a local quota of 53700 and a national goal of 180 million dollars. A. J. Davis Jr. will again chair the local campaign, following a successful prior year.
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Butte
American Red Cross
National American Red Cross
National
Red Cross
A. J. Davis, Jr
Canadians Split German Forces Near Ravenna On Po Valley Advance
Canadian tanks and infantry struck near Italy's east coast driving German forces from a Senio river bridgehead near Cotignola and Sant Albero. British 56th Division led the attack with RAF Spitfires and US Thunderbolts aiding as 500 prisoners were taken and lines pushed to the east bank of the Senio.
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Nolan Norgaard
Rome
Italy
Alelied
Dominion
Sant’ Alberto
Ravenna
Alfonsine
Senio River
Collingnola
Eighth Army
Apennine
Villi di Comacechio
Po Valley
Canale Bonifica
Valli di Comacchio
Senio
56Th London Division
Salerno
U. S
Cotingnola
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