Marine Guns Smash Jap Night Attack
American marine artillery crushed a night Japanese attempt to reinforce at Borgen Bay near Cape Gloucester New Britain. The communique reports over 2,400 Japanese dead, 400 American casualties, and sinking of troop barges. Australians advance on Huon peninsula while barge and ship losses rise along Saidor to Sio.
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New Guinea
Borgen Bay
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Bergen Bay
Huon Peninsula
Saidor
Sio
Dapugara
Where Are the Yanks Series Starts in The Standard
The Standard begins a 12 part feature series Monday titled Where Are the Yanks prepared by the National Geographic Society. It will map regions with large U S armed forces and show where servicemen live from the Solomons to North Africa and Italy with accompanying maps and a world master map noting arrival dates.
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United States
National Geographic Society
Washington
Solomons
Fiji
Gilbert Islands
Iceland
Aleutian Islands
Australia
Iran
North Africa
Italy
Air Officer Commander-in-Chief Named in Middle East
Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, then in Malta, was designated air officer commander-in-chief in the Middle East. At 51 he led the fighter group that bore the Battle of Britain’s weight and flew missions during the Dunkirk withdrawal, succeeding Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas who took coastal command.
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Cairo
Keith Rodney Park
Malta
Middle East
Sholto Douglas
Park
Senate Panel to Probe Rail Car Diversion Order
A Senate interstate commerce subcommittee will launch an investigation Thursday into a government order that diverts 200 railroad cars daily for moving Canadian grain into the United States. Senator Reed said the probe will examine the policy and its effects.
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Washington
United States
Senate Interstate Commerce
Reed
R.-Kan
Arawe Retake Claim Declared False By U S Gen Staff
A MacArthur spokesman said Arawe New Britain remains in American hands after a December 15 invasion, dismissing Tokyo broadcasts of a Japanese recapture as an exaggeration. NBC reported Toko radio claimed recapture. Arawe was seized to divert from Cape Gloucester operation begun December 26.
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New Guinea
Arawe
New Britain
United States Sixth Army
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
New York
N.B.C
Toko Radio
Cape Gloucester
National service measure faces chilly Senate reception
President Roosevelt backed national service as hearings opened in the Senate military affairs committee led by Reynolds. Senator Austin revised his labor draft bill as AFL President Green warned the plan would erode democracy, while Undersecretary Patterson praised it as morale and labor stabilizer amid wartime needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Reynolds
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Austin
R.-Vt
House Military Affairs Committee
Patterson
Robert P. Patterson
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Great Britain
United States
Vermont
Destruction of Two German Submarines Reported
The Navy reports two German U boats were sunk in the south Atlantic after a five and a half hour battle. Navy Liberator bombers from Ascension Island led the attacks, with six planes and two Army aircraft aiding. One submarine could not submerge and sank after repeated depth-charge runs. a second was destroyed a few weeks later by another Liberator.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Navy
Ascension Island
Midway
Atlantic
South American Bulge
Natal
Brazil
Charles A. Baldwin
Route 4
Box 70
Kerney
Neb
Republicans Call Roosevelt Message Fourth Term Bid
Republican lawmakers and national committeemen label President Roosevelt’s to Congress message as a postwar economic rights plan and a preview of the 1944 Democratic platform. Representative Jenkins of Ohio calls it a clear fourth term bid after Chicago discussions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Republican National
Senate approves tax proposals amid war-time revenue debate
The Senate approved most major parts of a 2.275 billion tax increase bill, defying President Roosevelt’s critique as insufficient for war funding. Finance Chairman George said the law is realistic and will help cut war costs. he warned revenue needs remain, aiming to the bottom of the barrel without new sources. The chamber also rejected a House plan to integrate the Victory tax with the income tax, planning to continue consideration Friday.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Finance Committee
Finance
George
D-Ga
Barkley
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Treasury
House
Packineau Freed in Murder Case
Mandan Indian Packineau, 30, from Wolf Point, found not guilty of the death of John O'Neil in a district court verdict returned by Judge T. E. Downey. The charge had been reduced from first to second degree murder or manslaughter during the trial. The jury reached its decision after 5 pm Wednesday. Packineau showed no outward emotion on the reading of not guilty.
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Richard Wilson Packineau
Wolf Point
John
Tip) O'Neil
T. E. Downey
Packineau
Ralph Gilham
Dave Holland
Allies Drive Toward Cassino With New Italian Push
Allied forces broke a 2,000 yard gap in German mountains and neared Cassino center, while German reports say Cervaro was captured. In the Aegean and Italian fronts, Allied air fleets bombarded Piraeus and Athens port areas, with heavy bombing of rail hubs and rail yards near Falconara and Faboriano as fighting intensifies in bad mud conditions.
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U.P
Cassino
Rome
Cervaro
Athens
Pireaus
Sofia
Mts. Porchia
Trocchio
Via
Casilina
Adriatic
Arielli
Piraeus
Halon
Balkans
R. A. F. Wellingtons
Falconara
Faboriano
Italy
Sora
San Elia
Polish Cabinet Drafts Reply to Red Proposal
The Polish cabinet after a second all day talk on Moscow's offer of a Curzon line based boundary drafted a reply to seek more favorable terms yet allow settlement. London saw likely Polish acceptance under British and American guidance. The Russians urged keeping most 1939 Soviet territories and proposed a 1919 working Curzon line with a Baltic outlet at Germany’s expense. The Polish first reply to be issued Thursday may argue Poland’s London government controls the underground resistance to Germany.
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London
Moscow
Curzon
Britain
America
Soviet Union
Poland
Baltic Sea
Germany
Italian internees leave for coast
A party of 40 Italian seamen interned at Fort Missoula departed for California as volunteers to ease a labor shortage in San Francisco and Oakland. Commander Bert Fraser said the men volunteered to perform garbage collection in the Golden Gate bay area.
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Missoula
Fort Missoula
California
San Francisco
Oakland
Bert Fraser
Golden Gate Bay Country
Arnold Says Aerial Blow One of the Hardest Ever Struck
General Henry H. Arnold described a major air battle over Germany as one of the hardest blows against the German air force, noting about 5 percent of the American planes were lost in the attack. He cited three German fighter plantings destroyed and estimated losses at 64 Allied planes. The raid targeted Focke Wulf Junkers and Messerschmitt facilities, signaling a turning point in air war strategy.
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Arnold
Wichita
Kas
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Germany
Focke- Wulf
Junkers
Messerschmitt
London
Reich
Reichsmarshall
Hermann Goering
Britain
U. S
Oschersleben
Halberstadt
Brunswick
Braunsweig
Allied Bombers Strike Formosa Ambiguity Over Raid
United Press reports Allied planes bombed Takao and Ensai on Formosa. Civilian casualties listed as one killed and 15 injured with negligible ground damage. The attack attribution remains unconfirmed, likely from Chennault’s 14th U. S. Air Force.
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Formosa
Japan
Tokyo Radio
United Press
San Francisco
Takao
Ensai
Claire L. Chennault
14Th
U. S. Air Force
Roosevelt Seeks 34000 Mile Postwar Highway Network
President Roosevelt unveiled a postwar plan for a 34,000 mile modern highway network to reduce unemployment and bolster defenses and economic welfare. The system would follow federal aid routes with some busy roads becoming expressways. Estimated cost about 750 million dollars yearly over several years, with a 20 year timeline and about two million jobs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
National Inter-Regional Highway Committee
Practice Blackouts Lifted Except Coast Areas
Washington report states that on Wednesday all practice blackouts and air raid alerts were ordered stopped nationwide except for coastal districts. Officials say full civilian protection remains available if needed.
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Washington
Two Jap Cargo Vessels Sunk
Pearl Harbor reports say US Navy Liberators sank two Japanese cargo ships off Kwajalein in the Kwajalein atoll during daylight operations. Additional raids on nearby bases hit shore installations and airfields, with ground fires and damaged grounded planes observed.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Truk
Navy
Pheen
Kwajalein Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Marshall Islands
Nimitz
Second Fleet
Gilbert Islands
Seventh Army Air Force
Taroa Islet
Maloelap Atoll
Seventh Army
Mili Atoll
Gilbert Island
Tarawa
Amkin
Amemama
Escaped Italian War Prisoners Captured Near Border
Six escaped Italian war prisoners were tracked by Imperial Valley sheriff's deputies and found asleep in the desert dunes about a half mile from the Mexican border after a Wednesday night pursuit.
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EL Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
German labor minister orders 10 hour day for women
Aftontidningen reports January 12 that the German labor minister has ordered a ten hour working day for women to free 3 to 5 percent more workers for front line duty.
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Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Joseph Patterson Named Potentate of Bagdad Temple
Joseph C. Patterson, a prominent Butte business man, was named potentate of the Bagdad temple of the Shrine at the annual election held at the Masonic temple. He succeeds Joseph D. Dyas. New officers include Frank L. Unmad, Charles M. DeChene, James W. Uncles, Lyle H. Richardson, William R. Youlden, John F. Lindland, and Alex Christie. Three delegates to the imperial council in Toronto were elected: Patterson, F. E. Jones, and Dr. W. A. Wells. Appointive officers listed are Henry B. Hirsh, Frank E. Hoey, and Herman R. Peterson.
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Joseph C. Patterson
Butte
Bagdad
Masonic Temple
Joseph D. Dyas
Frank L. Unmad
Deer Lodge
Rabban
Charles M. DeChene
James W. Uncles
Lyle H. Richardson
Great Falls
Oriental Guide
William R., Youlden
John F. Lindland
Recorder
Alex Christie
Temple
Imperial Council
Toronto
Canada
F. E. Jones
W. A. Wells
Henry B. Hirsh
Frank E. Hoey
Bozeman
Herman R. Peterson
Dillon
Benja
Russians Drive Winter Offensive In White Russia
Soviet troops opened a new winter offensive in southern White Russia and captured Sarny inside Poland as they advanced toward Mozyr. Moscow said more than 5,000 Germans were killed across three fronts with 148 tanks destroyed or captured. General Vatutin’s forces seized Sarny and moved 17 miles north toward Dumbrovitsa, tightening the Red Army’s push near the Dnieper rail lifeline.
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London
U.P
White Russia
Sarny
Old Poland
Vinnitsa
Odessa- Warsaw
Moscow
Dnieper
Red Army
Constantin K. Rokossovsky
Pripet Marshes
Rechitsa
Kalenkovichi
Gorochichi
Sarny II
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Poland
Josef Stalin
Dumbrovitsa
Vatutin
Rokossovsky
Plan Won't Solve Manpower Problems Says McNutt
Paul V. McNutt, War Manpower commissioner, told a January speech in French Lick Indiana that the national service act proposed by President Roosevelt would not solve industries manpower issues. He urged industries to develop practical manpower plans and to use local priority designations and a community labor pool to smooth day-to-day job fluctuations.
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French Lick
Ind
Paul V. McNutt
Congress
Roosevelt
McNutt
National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors
Weather Outlook For Butte Montana And East Of Divide
Forecast calls for generally fair weather in Butte Thursday and Thursday night with a high near 33 and a low around 7 below. Snow flurries possible west of the continental divide with occasional rain mixed with snow and milder temps east of the divide.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
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