General McNair Killed in Normandy Bomb Blast
The army announced Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair was killed by an Allied bomb that fell short during Normandy operations. The report notes American casualties from premature bomb release and places McNair as a key architect of ground forces. It also lists broader World War II casualty figures and recalls other senior officers killed or missing.
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McNair
Washington
Lesley J. McNair
Normandy
War Department
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lewis H. Brereton
Tactical Air Force
sOrwate
Ines
George C. Marshall
United States
Army
Navy
Saipan
Guam
Stimson
Central
Southwest Pacific
Marshall Dur
Frank M. Andrews
Iceland
Clarence L. Tinker
Midway
Don F. Pratt
France
Nelson M. Walker
Theodore Roosevelt
First Inducted Man Killed in Action
Lieutenant James B. Manning first man drafted under selective service law was killed in action in Normandy June 28. His parents, Mr and Mrs John Manning, announced Monday. Manning gained wide publicity as the first inductee in October 1940 and had been overseas only briefly.
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Washburn
Wis
James B. Manning
Normandy
John Manning
Manning
Gabreski Reported Missing in Action Over Germany
Oil City notes Lt Col Francis S Gabreski America's top scoring war pilot with 28 enemy planes shot down is reported missing in action over Germany on Saturday as his hometown planned a homecoming celebration.
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Oil City
Francis S. Gabreski
America
Germany
Glasston Fifth War Loan Credit Corrected
Chairman Olmstead notes an error in the fifth bond sale credit. Glasston was credited $1,106 against a $1,000 quota. another district received the excess. After adding the $3,750 Glasston achieved a strong performance, nearing 500 percent of its quota.
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Olmstead
Glasston
Army Explains Its Italian Policy in War Status
The War Department on Sunday clarified that Italian service units differ from ordinary prisoners of war. Italy is treated as a cobelligerent, with 184 service units at 60 stations nationwide contributing to noncombat war work.
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Washington
War Department
Italy
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Army
Wounded Soldiers Die in Plane Crash Off Mull of Galloway
A U S troop transport crashed into a 40 foot cliff near Mull of Galloway in southwest Scotland killing 24 people including 17 wounded American soldiers. Six crew members and a nurse also perished. The wounded were en route to a Scottish hospital from southern England. A fire erupted and many bodies were burned beyond recognition.
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London
Mull of Galloway
Scotland
England
17 More Japanese Vessels Sunk by Subs
American submarines continue to devastate Japanese supply lines sinking 17 more enemy vessels in the Pacific, including one combatant ship. July totals rise to 48 ships sunk by U S. subs, part of 671 vessels confirmed sunk 37 probably sunk and 115 damaged across 823 hits.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Saturday
Montana Gets 13 New Cars During August
The OPA set August new passenger car allotments for Rocky Mountain states at 105, down from 237 this month. Colorado 27, Idaho 10, Montana 13, New Mexico 17, Utah 26, Wyoming 12.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain States
OPA
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Black Market Gas Tied to Rise in Traffic Deaths
Donald B Berry, director of the traffic division at the national safety council, said wartime black market gasoline partly caused a 10 percent rise in traffic deaths to 10 870 in the first six months. If the trend continues the 1944 toll would reach about 25 700. The six month toll was 36 percent below 1941 prewar levels, with travel down 29 percent. Eleven of 43 states reported decreases.
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Chicago
Donald
Berry
National Safety Council
Ee Berry
Montana
Rain and Hail Damage Crops Across North County
Tuesday night storms brought heavy rain and hail across the north county. Flooding and wind damaged fields at several ranches including Anton Lien, John Hanson, and Dot S Dot while others suffered heavy losses or total crop destruction. Roads were blocked and homes reported minor damage as a bulldozer was used to clear debris. Farmers report varying levels of crop loss, with insured fields and barley fields among the affected areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Country
Lazy K Dude Ranch
Gibson Country
Big Timber Canyon
Chattin Ranch
Glen Hash
Tom Anderson
Anton Lien Ranch
John P. Hanson
Emil Drivdahl
Broddie Green
Gibson
J. E. Mitchell
Gus
Mitchell
Bert Willard
John George Neumayer
George W. Carl
Breeding
Neumayer
Ford to Discuss Western Policy With Dewey in St Louis
Gov. Ford plans a two day meeting in St Louis August 2 and 3 with Governor Thomas E. Dewey to discuss GOP western policy and priorities for Montana should a Republican administration win in November. Ford will attend Missouri river states talks at Omaha August 5 and 6 with water resource legislation on the agenda.
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Gov. Ford
St. Louis
Thomas E. Dewey
Helena
Sam C. Ford
New York
Montana
Ford
Omaha
Missouri River States
Congress
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
D. P. Fabrick
Chateau
Pawling
N. Y
New York City
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Missouri
OPA Orders Service Cuts in Hotels
The War Manpower Commission directs hotels to reduce dining staff by about 50 percent of 1941 levels or the local standard, limit bed linen changes to twice weekly, cap maid service at once per day per guest, and provide no more than two face towels and one bath towel daily.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Farm Income May Set New Record
The Federal Reserve Bank predicts 1943 level farm income in the ninth district may be equaled or surpassed in 1944 if activity stays high. For January–April 1944 district income rose 19 percent from the same period in 1943, with livestock and livestock products income up 18 percent.
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Minneapolis
Federal Reserve Bank
Montana
Federal Reserve District
Governors to Draft GOP Policy Statement
ST LOUIS August 2 Governor Thomas E Dewey announced the appointment of 14 subcommittees to draft a GOP policy statement. He said the plan could settle controversial issues between state and federal governments if the people grant us a franchise. Governor Sam C Ford of Montana was named to the committees on highways public lands and water resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Thomas E. Dewey
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Henry Ford to observe His 81st Birthday
Henry Ford, builder of a billion-dollar empire from a $28 000 start, will mark his eighty first birthday on Sunday. He told reporters that prosperity and a higher standard of living can follow the war and forecast a strong postwar demand for motor cars and mechanized farm equipment.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Montana Ranks Fourth In Mileage Saving
Washington July 28 Idaho and New Hampshire led the nation in the first quarter of this year in conserving state government automobile mileage. Montana ranked fourth with 58 percent or 1,162,161 miles saved, followed by Nevada 51 percent, Oregon 21 percent, Washington state 21 percent, and Washington D C 11 percent.
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Washington
Idaho
New Hampshire
Office of Price Administration
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Historic Landmark Society of Montana Incorporation
A Montana nonprofit, the Historic Landmark Society of Montana, filed articles of incorporation with Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell. Founders include Charles A. Bovey Sue Ford Bovey John Henry Sheffer and Joseph Kinsey Howard of Great Falls. The group aims to preserve restore and display historically significant landmarks and properties and to promote public participation in Montana history.
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Helena
Montana
Sam W. Mitchell
The
Historic Landmark Society of
Charles A. Bovey
Sue Ford Bovey
John Henry Sheffer
Joseph Kinsey Howard
Great Falls
Boveys
Cascade County
Bovey
Howard
New Flax Seed Mill Under Construction in Montana
The Montana Vegetable Oil & Feed Co. builds a flax seed mill and commercial feed plant on the Great Northern right of way near Cascade county’s warehouse. It will process 40 to 50 tons of seed daily and produce linseed oil, linseed meal, and stock feed pellets. The facility aims to be ready for Montana flax seed threshed this fall, marking a new local industry between Minneapolis and the west coast.
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Great Falls Tribune
Montana Vegetable Oil & Feed Co
Great Northern
Cascade County
Montana
Minneapolis
West Coast
Federal Taxes Reach New High Mark
The Treasury reports 1944 tax year yields a record 40.12 billion dollars, nearly double 1943. Individual income taxes total 18.26 billion, about triple 1943, while corporate income taxes reach 5.25 billion compared with 4.52 billion in 1943.
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Washington
Treasury
War Knight Upsets Arlington Handicap
War Knight, a 7-to-1 longshot, won the Arlington Handicap at Chicago on Saturday by a neck over Georgie Drum. Owned by Miss Ethel Hollywood script writer Tran Sea, War Knight paid 7.20 to place and set an equa record with a $160 show payout.
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Chicago
War Knight
Georgie Drum
Ethel
Hollywood
Tran Sea Ae
Ghalley
Page Char Corbett
Show O
Allied Advance in Brittany and Paris Aim Expands
American and British forces press across Brittany toward Rennes and Brest as Bradley’s armor drives deeper into occupied France. Allied air power hits northern France while Churchill warns against false hopes but permits possible victory nearing.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Brittany
Breton
Omar N. Bradley
Rennes
Vire
Women military units near quota reach full strength
Washington reports a sharp rise in Wac and Waves enlistments bringing overall female armed forces to near authorized quotas. Wac numbers stand at 77,000 on active duty as of July 1 and Waves surpass 70,000 with about 4,000 new enlistments monthly. The Marine Corps Women’s Reserve is at full 19,000 quota and Spars Coast Guard Women’s Reserve near 1,000 officers with about 8,500 of 10,000 enlisted.
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Washington
Wac
Office of War Information
Waves
OWI
Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
Spars
Coast Guard Women’s Reserve
Southern Democrats Threaten New Party
John A. Barr of New Orleans predicts a genuine Democratic ticket for the electoral college as Southern Democrats threaten to organize a new party in protest against a Roosevelt Truman ticket. Barr chairs the Byrd draft movement and criticizes CIO ties to the current ticket.
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Washington
John A. Barr
New Orleans
Barr
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Sidney Hillman
C. I. O. Political Action Committee
Hershey to Visit Montana in August Inspection Tour
Major General Lewis B. Hershey national director of selective service will visit Montana August 4 or 5 as part of a northwest inspection trip. Colonel S. H. Mitchell said Hershey may tour Yellowstone August 3 and travel from Livingston to Helena the following day. Brig. Gen. C. L. Sheridan will join in extending Montana’s official welcome.
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Helena
Lewis B. Hershey
Director of Selective Service
Montana
Northwest
S. H. Mitchell
Selective Service
Mitchell
Hershey
Yellowstone National Park
Livingston
C. L. Sheridan
National Selective Service
Restaurants Must Post Ceiling Prices
The OPA announces a ceiling price regulation effective July 31 requiring public eating and drinking establishments to post prices for 40 basic food items. Posters due August 16 with three copies filed by August 23, posters supplied by the rationing board.
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OPA
National Restaurant Industry Advisory Council
US Pacific Fleet reports Tinian victory and Saipan link
U S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor notes a nine day Tinian conquest shortened by a secret weapon, calling it a second unsinkable aircraft carrier beside Saipan won in 25 days. On Guam marines and soldiers advance on the 14th day, after securing its harbor and airfield, against 10 000 Japanese fighters being cut down by carrier bombs and rockets.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tinian
United States
Saipan
Guam
Turkey Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Germany at Midnight
Prime Minister Sukru Saracoglu announced in Ankara that Turkey was breaking off diplomatic relations with Germany effective at midnight. The move is seen by many as a prelude to war with the Axis.
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Ankara
Turkey
Sukru Saracoglu
Turkish Grand National Assembly
Germany
Axis
Churchill reports bombing toll in Britain during German raids
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that flying bombs killed 4,735 people in Britain and injured 14,000. He added that 17,000 homes were destroyed and 800,000 damaged since the raids began June 15.
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London
Britain
Churchill
Commons
Making Rapid Gains In Guam Campaign
United States forces seized the southern half of Guam in a surprise sweep. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced that American troops split the island in half with a swift onsurge Sunday. The line now runs from Agana Bay north of Agana to Pago Point on the east coast as warships support the advance.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Agana
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Agana Bay
Agana Town
Pago Point
Navy reports loss of minesweeper Swerve
The Navy announced the loss of the 890 ton minesweeper Swerve in the Mediterranean from enemy action. The warship’s sinking brings American naval casualties to 172 since the war began. the vessel carried a normal complement of 60 officers and men.
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Washington
Navy
Mediterranean
United States to Mass 5 Million Overseas by Year End
Washington reports nearly six million U S fighting men are serving overseas. The Army lists over four million abroad and the 6 000 000 mark expected by year end. Navy and Marine personnel afloat or in transit add about 2.0 million. Major General Gross notes record cargo volumes and space availability for every soldier overseas.
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United States
Washington
War
Navy Department
Army
Secreta of
Henry L. Stimson
Navy
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
C. P. Gross
Army Chief of Transportation
Pearl Harbor
Gross
Pone Gross
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Montana Water Conservation Board
Historic Landmark Society Incorporated
Vire-Vassey
Estry
Bradley
Brecey
St. Pois
Villedin-les-Poeles
Paris
Pontorson
Brest
Breton Peninsula
Allied Supreme Headwarters
Battle Front
Rhone
New Party
Gen. Hershey
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