Yankee Patrols Drive to the Agno River
American patrols moved to the Agno River inland from 18 to 20 miles and 87 miles from Manila. General MacArthur announced the Sixth Army expanded its beachhead to five to nine miles, seizing Labra dor Umanday Calasiao Bulog and Manaoag. Troops advanced toward Manila on a 21 mile front with gains on Lingayen, San Fabian and other nearby towns as patrols reached the Agno line before Wednesday midnight.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Agno River
Manila
Sixth Army
Douglas MacArthur
Labrador
Umanday
Calasiao
Bulog
Manaoag
Bongaldon
Baay
Samat
Salasa
Bugallon
Canad
Senators Urge Caution Ahead of Roosevelt Stalin Churchill Talks
Senator Connally after a White House briefing urged colleagues to avoid disturbing the delicate international situation pending a Roosevelt Stalin Churchill conference. An eight member Senate foreign relations delegation met with President Roosevelt and pledged secrecy about discussions. Connally signaled another Big Three conference is likely after the January 20 inauguration.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Texan
Stalin
Churchill
Stimson Favors National Service Measure
War Secretary Henry L. Stimson urged national service as the solution to manpower needs in wartime. He said the Army is under strength and that most physically fit men under 30 should be called into service this year, with older and nonmilitary personnel replacing them. He spoke as Col. Keesling testified on work or fight plans to draft about 900,000 by July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Francis V. Keesling, Jr
House Military Committee
Keesling
Large Enemy Forces Cut Off Near Bastogne in Ardennes
Allied forces pushed the German bulge back and cut off large enemy units fleeing south of Bastogne. American airborne troops closed within a mile of the last escape road as Patton's Third Army and the 35th Infantry pressed the retreat route near Doncols Luxembourg, wiping out a sizable column and taking hundreds of prisoners. The German withdrawal widened as the attack blocked southern retreat and western flanks.
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Paris
Ardennes Bulge
LaRoche
Bastogne
Berlin
Ourthe
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
George S. Patton
Third
Luxembourg
Sixth Armored
Doughboys
35Th Infantry
Doncols
Reds Control Four-fifths of Budapest
Russian Stalingrad veterans overran Angyalfold district in northeastern Budapest driving to within 20 blocks of the parliament and gaining approx four fifths of the city. Soviet units repulsed large German forces west and northwest of Budapest as the capital faced a tightening ring. The nightly bulletin claimed 900 Germans killed and 19 tanks knocked out in two repulses, with Germans losing about 16,000 men and 650 tanks in 10 days of fighting to relieve Budapest.
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London
Stalingrad
Angyalfold
Budapest
Moscow
Komarno
Danube
Vienna
Pest
Banquet Planned for Judge Lynch by Silver Bow Bar
Arrangements for a testimonial banquet honoring Judge J. J. Lynch at the Finlen hotel are nearly complete. More than 150 bar members and their ladies are expected. D. M. Kelly and H. L. Maury to deliver tribute addresses with William Meyer as toastmaster. Reservations end Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
H. L. Maury
Butte
William Meyer
A. G. Shone
J. J. McCaffery, Jr
German Radio Declares Kesselring Fully Recovered
The Berlin radio reported Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, commander in Italy, suffered a recent accident at the front but is now fully recovered. It notes he has been shot down three times in over 120 flights and endured seven accidents, yet remains vigorous despite the latest incident.
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London
Albert Kesselring
Itay
Hitler
Kesselring
Legislators to Attend Wool Growers Meet in Montana
Helena dispatch reports both Houses plan brief Friday sessions to allow lawmakers to travel to Butte for the Montana Wool Growers association convention. Friday morning starts set for 9 30 with hopes of quick adjournment. weekend recesses may be delayed. A Thursday spree saw 110 bills introduced and 11 more read, including a revenue bill to tax slot machines at 100 dollars per year, projected to raise about 170 thousand dollars for the general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana Wool Growers Association
Butte
U S Fighter Planes Attack Swiss Trains
Swiss reports say a U S fighter plane fired on a Chiasso station train killing the engineer and wounding an assistant. The same aircraft then hit a second train near Mount Olimpino causing injuries to an Italian engineer. Bern radio noted a large uproar in Chiasso afterward.
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Bern
U. S
Chiasso Station
Mount Olimpino Tunnel
Chiasso
Missing in Action Lt A M Sustarsic Reported
Lt Andrew M Sustarsic a 22 year old veteran with almost 200 combat flying hours in the China Burma India theaters is reported missing in action over China since December 18. He survived a forced parachute jump after a B 24 bombing run and hid overnight before reaching a village with friendly Chinese guides.
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Andrew M. Sustarsic
China
War Department
Anton Sustarsic
Wyoming
Butte
India
Sustarsic
Continued
Truce Signed To End Greek Civil War
Greek Elas and British army leaders signed a truce to end the 40 day old civil war in Greece. Officials said a cease fire and prisoner exchange terms were largely agreed but hostages remained an issue as conversations continued.
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Athens
U.P
Elas
Ronald M. Scobie
Greece
Alexander Svolos
Eam
George Papandreou
Nicholas Plastiras
Corinth Canal
Peloponnesus
Lamia
Kalamaki
Greek War Ministry
Edes
Corfu
Germans Move Troops From Norway To Italy
Rome dispatch reports German forces shifted from Norway to buttress the eastern Italian front. Adolf Hitler orders holdings at all costs along the Reno river line near Comacchio lagoon, preserving a critical escape corridor to the Adriatic.
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Rome
Norway
Adolf Hitler
Reno
Comacchio Lagoon
Adriatic Sea
Berle nominated for Brazil ambassadorship by Senate committee
Washington January 11 Senate foreign relations committee voted to recommend confirmation of Adolf A Berle Jr former assistant secretary of state for appointment as ambassador to Brazil.
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Favor Berle
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Brazil
Atlantic Fleet Chief Warns of Robot Bomb Attacks Danger
Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, commander of the Atlantic fleet, renews warning that robot bomb attacks are possible and feasible though he does not repeat previous claims of imminent strikes on New York and Atlantic ports. He says defenses are in place and history will judge the Atlantic campaign decisive. Fleet Admiral Nimitz also stresses 1945 as critical in the war against Japan and urges peak production amid manpower shortages in shipyards.
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Atlantic
U. S
Washington
Jonas H. Ingram
Blue Network
New York
Navy
Germany
Army
Ingram
Adm
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Japan
Navy Department
Adm. Nimitz
Carrier Planes Strike Off Indo China Near Saigon Bay
Admiral Nimitz announced that Pacific carrier aircraft are attacking the enemy off the coast of French Indo China between Saigon and Camranh Bay. The move follows a raid on Singapore and may menace Japanese fleets sheltering near the Philippines theater of Luzon invasion preparations.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
French Indo- China
U. S.S
Nimitz
Saigon
Camranh Bay
Singapore
India
Philippines
U. S
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Busy second day for Montana Wool Growers convention
The forty fourth annual Montana Wool Growers association meeting at the Finlen hotel enters its busy second day with election of trustees and officers on the agenda. Sylvan J. Pauly presides as Rev. Thomas Ashworth offers the invocation and D M Kelly delivers a welcome. President Pauly and Secretary Carl O Hansen provide morning reports before nominating committee actions.
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Montana Wool Growers Association
Finlen Hotel
Montana
Sylvan J. Pauly
Deer Lodge
Thomas Ashworth
St John Episcopal Church
D. M. Kelly
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
W. A Denecke
Bozeman
Association
Pauly
Carl O. Hansen
Helena
C. R. Arnold
Army Bombers Strike Jap Bases in Volcanos Kuriles
U P Army bombers from Marianas and Aleutians attacked strategic Japanese targets in the Volcanos and Kuriles, with Liberators pounding Iwo Jima and B 25s hitting Suribachi on Paramushiro. The communique notes no opposition at Suribachi.
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Volcanos
Kuriles
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.P. Army
Marianas
Aleutians
Volcano
Kurile Islands
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Millard Harmon
Pacific Command
Iwo Jima
Eleventh Air Force
Suribachi
Paramushiro
Passenger Trains Curtailed Over Low Occupancy
The government ordered railroads to cancel passenger trains not averaging 35 percent seat occupancy in last November and banned seasonal service to resort areas effective March 1. Suburban service remains, branch line passenger cars attached to freight continue, and the move follows Byrnes and Johnson limits to save coal.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Defense Transportation
J. Monroe Johnson
Wage Increase Granted for Pacific Electrical Railway Workers
Washington reports the National Labor Railway Labor Emergency board has awarded an eight cent per hour wage rise for passenger service employees of the Pacific Electrical Railway Employees in Los Angeles. The White House announced the decision Thursday night.
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Washington
National Labor Railway Labor Emergency Board
Pacific Electrical Railway
Los Angeles
White House
Butte Forecast Mixed Clouds and Mild Temperatures
Butte area mostly cloudy with little temperature change Friday and Friday night. In 24 hours the high is 40 and the low 18. yesterday reached 40/28. West of divide expect cloudy skies and scattered showers. east of divide Friday will be partly cloudy and mild.
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Divide
Butte Soldier Listed Missing in Germany
Mr. and Mrs. William Angove of 1808 South Arizona learned from the War department that their son Pfc. William Angove, 29, a Butte native, has been missing in action in Germany since December 21. He joined the Army in October 1941 and has been overseas since October 1944 with an infantry unit. He attended Emerson grade school and Butte High School and is the brother of Mrs. J. T. O’Neil.
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William Angove
South
Arizona
War Department
Pfc
Butte
Germany
Angove
Washoe Sampler
Armed Services
Emerson
Butte High
Superfortresses Bomb Singapore and Penang Base
Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay's 20th Bomber Command neutralizes Singapore shipping hubs in daylight raids over a Japanese held naval base. Visual bombing yields reported good results, while a Tokyo broadcast cites damage and civilian casualties. The raid also hits Penang Island submarine facilities as bombers endure a tropical storm on a 3,500 mile India to Singapore round trip.
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Washington
Curtis E. Lemay
20Th Bomber Command
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Luzon
H. H. Arnold
20Th Air Force
Georgetown
Penang
United Press
India
War Workers May Face Military Discipline
Tokyo radio reported that Japanese war plant workers could be placed under military discipline to defend their workplaces during air raids. The Tokyo Economic Association of Commerce and Industry proposed placing especially important plants under army management and treating key war producers like civilians in military service.
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Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo Economic Association of Commerce and Industry
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Wenchow
William B. Dickinson
Sumatr
Ithailand
Hong Kong
Formosa
Philippine Sea
Celebes Sea
Solons
F.D.R
W. H. Mobley
Oarthe
James F. McGlincy
Reds
W. W. Hercher
A. M. Sustarsic
Italy
Navy Yard
Indo-China
By Mac R. Johnson
State Woolmen
Pfe
Harry Wilson Sharpe
Associated Press
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