Russians Report Staggering War Successes
London dispatches report Gen. Nikolai Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Army killing 100,000 Germans in three weeks and advancing about 55 miles into old Poland. A northern Soviet offensive cut the Novosokolniki Dno railway, with 5,000 daily German casualties claimed and 2,204 tanks and 1,174 guns destroyed between December 24 and January 13. Soviet advances approached Rovno and Kovel while pushing toward Pinsk, with heavy German counterattacks repulsed near Vinnitsa and Uman.
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James M. Long
London
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Ukraine
Old Poland
Novosokolniki-Dno
Lake Ilmen
Moscow
Vatutin
Soviet
Monitor
Novosokolniki
Rovno
Poland
Kovel
Sarny
White Russia
Pinsk
Vinnitsa
Uman
Mankovo
Red Army
Nasva
Stockholm
Berlin
Bug River
Warsaw-Odessa
Germany
Dnieper Bend
Legion Backs National Service at MontanaConference
National Vice Commander E A Littlefield urged a national service act as fair for all Americans. He said every male should serve one year before 22 and pledged Legion support to shorten the war. Gov Ford urged registering service members to enable voting in elections. Conference continued.
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Helena
E. A
Ted) Littlefield
The
American Legion
Montana Department
Legion
Littlefield
Salt Lake City
Roosevelt
Armed Services
Sam C. Ford
Montana Legion
Eisenhower Arrives in Britain to Direct Western Allied Drive
General Dwight D. Eisenhower has reached the United Kingdom to lead the western attack on Hitler’s fortress Europe. The supreme allied command bulletin says he assumed duties in Britain and held talks with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister at an interim Washington stop, after traveling from the Mediterranean.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Mediterranean
Britain
Hitler
Allied Expeditionary Force
United Nations
United Kingdom
Combined Chiefs of Staff
F. R
United States War Department
Eisenhower
Washington
Roose
Bombing of Brunswick and Leipzig Wipes City Areas
London reports that Brunswick in central Germany has “ceased to exist” after a heavy RAF raid. Estimates place 12,000 killed and 50,000 made homeless, as 87 tons per minute were dropped in a 23 minute strike. Leipzig also suffered major damage to 50 factories and the rail hub, with about 700,000 residents affected by the bombardment and evacuations continuing.
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London
Brunswick
Stockholm
Leipzig
Britain
France
England
Brittany
Morlaix
Aftontidningen
Germany
Harz
Reich
Baltic
Silver Bow County Mobilizes for Fourth War Loan Drive
Silver Bow County launches a $3,879,600 war bond drive as Black leaders prepare to contact individuals. The campaign runs January 18 to February 15 with a statewide push to go over the top, led by county chairman R L Ruhle and supported by the A W V S and Junior League of Butte. A 9 am pep rally at the Rialto theater launches formal campaigning with block leaders, merchants, and clerks coordinating a half hour sacrifice to boost attendance and bond purchases.
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Silver Bow County
R. L. Ruhle
Montana
Mr. Ruhle
Butte
Junior League of
Rialto Theater
Major fire damages CP roundhouse in Chapleau
Thirteen locomotives valued at more than two million dollars were damaged when fire swept Sunday through the Canadian Pacific railway roundhouse and repair shop in Chapleau Ontario. The blaze collapsed the roof one wall and the main smokestack over two hours burying six transcontinental locomotives under debris.
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Chapleau
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Allies Capture Two Vital Jap strongholds and mount Trocchio
Allied communique from Algiers reports U S forces seized Mount Trocchio south of Cassino after a two sided assault. French troops moved northeast toward Cassino and captured two villages and heights within five miles of the German fortress. Germans used forced labor to build defenses as weather aided the attack.
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Algiers
Mount Trocchio
Cassino
U. S
Fifth Army
Rome
Mount
Trocchio
Liri
Cardito
Acquafondata
Vallerontonda
Tojo to clarify Japan’s future policy before Diet
Prime Minister General Hideki Tojo will give a speech outlining Japan’s future general policy at the reopening of the 84th Imperial Diet after the New Year recess. Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu is expected to stress Japan’s unflinching diplomacy in light of the international situation.
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San Francisco
U.P
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Tokyo Radio
United Press
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Ernie Pyle Returns to Health in Italy Witty Dispatch
In Italy Ernie Pyle reports a mild cold interrupts his record of perfect health yet keeps spirits high. He details convalescence in a town apartment with Air Force friends including Major Edwin A. Bland Jr., a bomber squadron commander.
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Ernie Pyle
Italy
Germany
Air Force
Edwin A. Bland, Jr
Ed Bland
Servicemen Top Billing Faces Mustering Out Pay Debate
On Capitol Hill mustering-out pay and soldier voting legislation take center stage this week. The House schedules debate on the mustering-out bill with possible expansion to a 700 dollar discharge bonus, while the soldier vote issue pits state versus federal supervision for about 10 million service members. Rankin predicts swift victory for changes favoring state control.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House
House Military Committee
Senate
American Legion
House Elections Committee
Rankin
D.-Miss
Tokyo Radio Reports Heavy Allied Losses in Pacific
Domei says Allied casualties at Cape Merkus total 3,500 with 134 Japanese. Cape Gloucester losses 2,500 to 3,000 vs 1,009 Japanese. Bougainville losses 3,500 to 4,500 Allied and 1,000 Japanese while Allied reinforcements and base strengthening continue.
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Tokyo Radio
Pacific
Associated Press
Rabaul
New Britain
Domei
Cape Merkus
Cape Gloucester
Bougainville Island
San Juan death toll climbs after string of earthquakes
Estimates place 1400 to 1600 dead as rescue teams clear ruins in San Juan Argentina. Gen Perlinger reports 500 bodies recovered and 900 gravely injured with 4000 others hurt. Government bans theaters and requests a 150000000 peso loan for reconstruction and 50000 workers for harvest.
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Buenos Aires
San Juan
Luis C. Perlinger
Interior
Pedro Ramirez
Perlinger
Argentina
Ramirez
Santiago
Chile
Juan An
Yugoslav Partisans Halt German Drives in Bosnia
Tito declares his partisan army halted German advances and seized initiative in Bosnian hills. Yugoslavs claim occupied Glina and push toward Petrinja in a 40 mile triangle with Zagreb Ogulin. Axis reports note air supplies reaching Tito as Berlin commentators speculate an Allied Adriatic corridor.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Adriatic
Glina
Zagreb
Kordun
Free Yugoslav Radio
Petrinja
Ogulin
Fiume
Berlin
Bosnia
Fires Kill 18 in Victoria Grazing Lands
Weekend fires across Victoria's livestock regions burned thousands of acres, destroying sheep and cattle herds and killing at least 18 people. Fire officials reported extensive damage and ongoing containment efforts as communities mourn and assess losses.
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Melbourne
Victoria
Germans Report Liquid Air Bomb Ready for Front Tests
Stockholm reports the German liquid air rocket bomb may undergo practical trials on the eastern front before use against Britain. The device, claimed to glide from three miles up after a three chamber design, holds liquid air and explosive fluid with a radioactive fuse, and has reportedly caused devastating blast effects in Austrian tests.
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Eastern Front
Stockholm
East Front
Great Britain
Stockholms- Tidningen
Stockholm-Tidningen
Austria
Boden Lake
Allied Air and Ground Routs at New Guinea and Rabaul
Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported outcomes from New Guinea and New Britain as Hill 660 at Cape Gloucester fell to American Marines and Sio on Huon peninsula was captured. U S Navy air forces damaged a Japanese cruiser and ships at Simpson harbor and hit the Rabaul airfields with heavy bombers and escorts while Japanese losses included 29 shot-down planes.
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New Guinea
Hill 660
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Sio
Huon Peninsula
Rabaul
Douglas MaceArthur
Bergen Bay
Cape
United States Navy
Solomons
Simpson Harbor
Southwest Pacific Command
Vanakanau
Lukunai
Rapopo
Soviet Says Polish Reply Rejected Curzon Line Offer
The Soviet government charged that Poland rejected its Curzon line suggestion in a reply broadcast from Moscow. It blamed the Polish government in exile for rupturing relations and said official talks are impossible while diplomacy remains severed. The Poles had been criticized for anti Soviet campaigning over the Katyn murders.
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London
Curzon Line
Moscow
Emepire
Russia
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Son of German General Captured by British Patrol
Cairo dispatch reports the son of Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gered von Runstedt, a corporal on the Adriatic front in Italy, was recently captured by a British patrol according to sources learned Sunday.
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Cairo
Karl Rudolf Gered von Runstedt
Adriatic
Italy
Weather Outlook For Butte And East Montana
Cloudy with little temperature change. Sunday's high 45 and low 18. West of the divide cloudy with possible snow flurries in the north. North portion shows showers of snow. East of the divide cloudy Monday and Monday night with colder conditions. Slightly colder Monday night and much colder in the extreme east Monday.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
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