Paris drive and French coast landings reported by Allies
Allied forces advance toward Paris with Patton's Third Army breaking toward the capital and German defenses collapsing in Brittany. Allied coastal thrusts into southern France reach Toulon and St Tropez as Churchill observes from a destroyer with Patterson and Somervell aboard.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
High Command
George
S. Patton
Paris
France
Seventh Army
Falaise
Patton
Third Army
Brittany
Avranches
Perha
D.N. E
Germany
Dreux
Parisian
Toulon
Italian Riviera
San Remo
Genoa
Berlin
Nice
Cannes
St. Tropez
Churchill
Corsica
United States
Robert Patterson
Brehon B. Somervell
United States Army Supply Services
Butter production in Montana falls in June
Butter production in Montana totaled 1,560,000 pounds in June, down 8.2 percent from June 1943 and 5.8 percent below the 1939-43 average, according to the agriculture department report issued Friday.
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Helena
Montana
Agriculture Department
Ford Elected Chairman Governors' Conference
In Portland Oregon on August 12 governors from five northwest states elected Montana's Sam C Ford as chairman to perpetuate their annual meeting. The group including C A Bottolfsen Earl Snell Arthur B Langlie and Lester C Hunt backed a $68 million annual highway program and urged passage of H R 4915 for postwar highway funding. Their advisory committee estimates completing all regional highways at $720 million would take 11 years at current funding rates. They also agreed to pursue a trade development program with the Orient and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Northwest
Sam C. Ford
Montana
C. A. Bottolfsen
Idaho
Earl Snell
Oregon
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Congress
House
China
Australian War Brides Arrive in San Francisco
295 Australian war brides landed in San Francisco aboard a converted liner with 74 babies in tow. Red Cross nurses lined a display of baby carriages as reporters interviewed mothers and their children amid plans to reunite with husbands and sample an American steak, priced at $3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Red Cross
Commando Kelly Confined After Furlough Violation
Technical Sergeant Charles E. Kelly known as Commando Kelly, Medal of Honor winner from Pittsburgh, was confined at Fort Benning after an absence without leave. A court martial fined him 90 dollars and ordered 90 days in camp, with delays allegedly caused by admirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benning
Charles E
Montana Boasts World’s Greatest Corundum Deposit
Denver reports the War Production Board discloses a corundum deposit 17 miles southwest of Bozeman Montana is being developed as a major war resource. J Reed Lane notes it as a key site, with production planned to supply lenses and war materials. The Montana mine, discovered early in the century, changed hands and is now operated by Industrial Minerals Corp under Montana charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Regional War Production Board
Bozeman
Montana
J. Reed Lane
WPB
Oefence County
United States
Leverett 8
Ropes
Helena
Mont
Michigan School of Mines
W. Earl Greenough
Salt Lake City
War Production Rd
War Production Board
Louis M. Puller
Westfield
Mass
Peo
Caneheserve Company
Industrial Minerals Corporation
Big Timber Schools Aim to Open September Fifth
Schools in Big Timber plan to open September 5 with Principal Kneeland urging early registration for town students. Parents are asked to register high school attendees on September 1 or 2 at the high school office and rural students on either day if in town. The high school faculty is listed and grade school openings are set for the same date though staff for the grade school is not yet complete.
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Kneeland
Ralph S. Kneeland
Arthur L. Schump
Scott A. Hoskinson
Smith Hughes
John H. Jones
Helena
Jones
Superior
Margaret Jo Webb
Big Timber
Helen Webb
Forsyth
Harriet Mecklenburg
Gertrude Conwell
Jean Berg
White Sulphur Springs
McDonald
Record Crowd Attends Rodeo at Melville
About 1500 attendees gathered for the Lazy K Bar and Dot 8 Dot ranches amateur show in Melville. Spike Van Cleve and Bob Hart managed a three hour program with a free dance featuring Bovee's orchestra. Winners included Bronc riding John HBranger and Bob Shelhamer, Calf roping Spike Van Cleve, and Team roping Speed Komarek and Larry Jordan among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville
Lazy K
Dot 8 Dot Ranches
Spike van Cleve
Bob Hart
Bovee
John Hbranger
Roscoe
Bob Shelhamer
Clyde Park
Hugh Stewart
Martins- Gale
Joe France
Bozeman
Speed Koma
Dick Curtis
Pete Harris
Wallace McHenry
Merle McHenry
Wilsall
Lattimer Smith
Tea Davis
Ennis
Thor Anderson
Paul van Cleve
John Branger
Chuck Curtis
Bud Brannin
Barbara van Cleve
Barbara Hart
Community Cannery Opens Tomorrow With Demonstrations
The community cannery will start operations Friday at 10 AM under Scott Hoskinson and Principal Ralph Kneeland. Mrs. Della Campbell will demonstrate canning peas and beans, with a meat canning session planned later. participants will process their own foods while supervision ensures safety. Cans cost five to seven cents depending on size, and callers to Campbell or Hoskinson will be guided to avoid crowding.
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Scott Hoskinson
Ralph S. Kneeland
Della Campbell
Hoskinson
Flathead County Harvests $250000 Cherry Crop
Flathead county reports a bumper cherry harvest along Flathead Lake with volunteer labor aiding picking. The Flathead Cherry Growers Association estimates the 1944 crop at about 1,000,000 pounds and projects a 50 percent production increase within five years as newer trees planted in 1937 begin bearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
Montana
Flathead County
Flathead Lake
Flathead
Edgar Bergen to Wed Frances Westerman Model
Edgar Bergen disclosed to friends by phone that he will marry Frances Westerman a New York model. He said the date is uncertain possibly in October and praised her as a sensible girl with a career ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Frances Westerman
New York
Bergen
Frances
Large Numbers of Axis Prisoners Here
The War Department reports Allied offensives in France and Italy led to many Axis prisoners being shipped to the United States. By August 1, about 226,416 prisoners were in the U.S., including roughly 30,000 sent in during the prior month. Details released by Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson and Byrnes, director of war mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
France
Italy
United States
Ng Sane
Cane Robert P. Patterson
Byrnes
Mrs Dickinson Sentenced for Censorship Violation
Mrs Velvale Dickinson, 50, former doll store proprietor, was sentenced to 19 years in prison and fined $10,000 by Federal Judge Shackleford Miller for conspiring to supply military information to Japan before Pearl Harbor. She pleaded tearfully for a one month postponement to aid the FBI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Velvalee Dickinson
Shackleford Miller
Dickinson
Pearl Harbor
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U S Heavy Bombers Strike Iwo Island In Pacific Raid
U S Pacific Fleet reports Seventh Army Air Force heavy bombers hit Iwo island in the Volcano group in the first full scale strike from new airfields. Liberators dropped 47 tons on airfields and adjacent installations near Iwo Jima, 750 miles from Pearl Harbor. Admiral Nimitz announced the raid.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Air Force
Iwo Island
Iwo
Chester W. Nimitz
Methodists Plan Reconstruction Work in Europe and Africa
Bishop Paul N. Garber, named to lead the Methodist church reconstruction effort in nine European countries, estimates about 25 million dollars will be spent reviving churches restoring property and aiding wartorn communities. He will travel to North Africa soon and then establish headquarters in Geneva.
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Durham
N. C
Paul N. Garber
Methodist Church
Garber
North Africa
Geneva
Negro sentenced to 22 life terms in hotel fire case
George Holman, 47, a Negro convicted of starting an Amsterdam hotel fire in March that killed 22 people, received 22 life terms for murder. The judge ordered consecutive sentences, making Holman ineligible for parole for 165 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
George Holman
New Amsterdam
Superior Court
Edward Murphy
Holman
President Roosevelt Sees Alaska Future After Pacific Tour
President Roosevelt returned from a Pacific war itinerary and chose Bremerton to address the nation. He described plans to study Alaska and the Aleutian islands as a potential home for veterans and emphasized the strategic naval route along the Aleutians. He urged readiness to defend against aggression and asserted the United States has no land ambitions in Asia.
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Bremerton
Wash
Roosevelt
Pacific Northwest Naval Base
Honolulu
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Hawaii
Adak
Andreanoff
White House
Washington
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Aleutians
Northwest
San Diego
Calif
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Puget Sound
Siberia
China
Alaskan
Asia
United States
Japan
Aleutian Island
Aleutian
Chinese Admit Loss of Hengyang in Heard War Report
Chinese communique acknowledged Hengyang fell to Japan after fierce street fighting that ended Monday. Allied Southeast Asia command said troops moved toward Mandalay on the Burma highway and captured Taungni, 15 miles below Mogaung. Fate of Hengyang commanders remained unknown.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Canton-Hangkow
Burma
Mandalay
Taungni
Mogaungeg
Siang River
General Fund Levy Eliminated by Board of Equalization
Montana's two mill general fund levy was eliminated for the third straight year, saving taxpayers over 2 million dollars over three years. The state bond interest and sinking fund levy was not set, while the university levy remained at 3 mills and the asylum bonds levy was removed. The live stock special assessment was raised from three to four mills to fund disease control and predator management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Board of Equalization
State University
State Livestock Commission
Former Barber Girl Frances Erickson Dies in Washington
Funeral services were held in Barber for Miss Frances Erickson daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Erickson fatally stabbed by a Negro during a robbery attempt in Rock Creek park Washington D C She was a Barber High School and Montana State University graduate and had worked in Denver before government service Surviving relatives include five sisters Eva Sylvia Ruth Marion and Helen and three brothers Gordon Alfred and Lawrence
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Barber
Harlowton
Frances Erickson
Andrew Erickson
Rock Creek Park
Washington, D. C
Miss Erickson
Barber High School
Montana State University
Denver
Washington
Eva
Sylvia
Ruth
Marion
Helen
Gordon
Alfred
Lawrence
Second Amusement Park Fire in 24 Hours
New York reports a second blaze at Palisades amusement park on the New Jersey side of the Hudson within 24 hours. The fire started at 2 15 p m near the Virginia reel ride and spread through Midway to the Rain or Shine Casino. About 125 injured, 24 treated at scene, fire crews battled smoldering ruins as Luna Park in Coney Island also burned, bringing total damage to around 1 million dollars.
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New York
New York Area
Palisades Amusement Park
New Jersey
Hudson River
Luna Park
Coney Island
Palisades
Migratory Bird Season Set For Sept 20 to Dec 8
Montana's migratory bird season runs September 20 to December 8 1944 with hunting hours from half an hour before sunrise to sunset. Bag limits include 10 ducks with added species allowances and a 25 merganser limit, plus geese limits. Restrictions cover bait decoys possession and license display with numerous prohibitions on transport sales and equipment.
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Montana
J. S. McFarland
Beaverhead
Gallatin
Madison
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South France
Rome
Alexander M. Patch Jr
Guadalcanal
Ford
Governors’ Conference
Kelly
U. S
Pacific Island
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