Retired Montana bishop Herbert J. H. Fox dies in sleep
The Rev. Herbert H. H. Fox 72 former bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Montana died in his sleep about 11 p m Wednesday at 2 Lewis Avenue Billings wife Alma Louise Walther Fox survives. He was born March 11 1871 in Montclair N J and had a career from pottery work to holy orders. He served in New York Michigan Detroit and Montana becoming bishop coadjutor of Montana in 1925 and succeeding Bishop Faber in 1934 retiring in 1929 and living in Billings where he conducted services locally. He was a mason and Knights Templar leader and leaves a son Major Henry Walther Fox.
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Billings
Herbert H. H. Fox
Episcopal Diocese of
Montana
Lewis Avenue
Trenton
N. J
St. Andrew's Divinity School
Syracuse
N. Y
Hobart College
Geneva
General Theological Seminary
New York City
Mr. Fox
Slaterville
Springs
Speedsville
Dryden
All Saints' Church
Lockwort
Alma Louise Walther
Woonsocket
R. I
Fox
Idaho
General Assembly of
Episcopal Church
Faber
Henry H. Dan
A. F
A. M
Aldemar Commandery
Knights Templar
Knights Templar of
Henry Walther Fox
Dorothy Dixon Allen Dies In Seattle
Dorothy Dixon Allen, daughter of Montana governor Joseph M. Dixon, dies at a Seattle hospital. Aged 41, she had lived in Seattle since her 1927 marriage to attorney William Allen. Born in Missoula and a University of Montana graduate, she was a Kappa Kappa Gamma member. Survived by widower and two daughters Nancy Dudley Allen and Dorothy Dixon Allen.
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Seattle
Dorothy Dixon Allen
Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
New Year Bowl Games Listed for Pasadena New Orleans Miami Dallas
New Year day bowls include the Rose at Pasadena featuring Southern California with a 7 2 record, the Sugar at New Orleans and the Orange at Miami pitting Louisiana State against Texas A and M, and the Cotton at Dallas with Texas facing Randolph Field Flyers.
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Pasadena
Cal
Southern California
Onhe University
New Orleans
Lala Tech
Tulsa Fiversity
Miami
Fla
Louisiana State
Texas A. & M
Dallas
Texas
Randolph Field Flyers
Bread Subsidy Program In Effect
Washington reports the bread subsidy program will start tomorrow to curb retail loaf price increases. The Defense Supplies Corporation sets December subsidy rates for various wheat grades to ease millers price squeezes and keep bread flour sales to bakers stable. Rates apply to wheat ground outside the Pacific coast and within the coast. payments reflect monthly ground amounts and differ from price ceiling baselines.
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Washington
Defense Supplies Corporation Today
Pacific Coast
DSC
Office of Pice Administration
War Casualty Totals After Pearl Harbor Announced
Washington reports 121,319 total U S casualties across armed services since Pearl Harbor as of November 11. Army records show 89,650 with 12,841 killed and 30,263 wounded. Navy totals 31,660 with 12,883 killed and 8,918 missing, including coast guard and marine corps.
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Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Western railroads set 30 day passenger reservation limit
CHICAGO Nov 30 Western railroads will not accept passenger reservations more than one month in advance starting January 1. The 30 day limit, announced by H W Siddall of the Transcontinental and Western Passenger association, aligns western carriers with eastern rules and follows a request from the Office of Defense Transportation for uniform nationwide rules.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Nger
H. W. Siddall
Transcontinental and Western Passenger Association
Office of Defense Transportation
Penwell Outlines Steps for Farm Income Tax Report
Lewis Penwell, the District of Montana Internal Revenue Collector, reminds farmers that the December 15 deadline for filing estimated income and victory tax returns for 1943 is near. It outlines who must file by December 15 and the conditions based on prior year income, including single, married, and head of family cases, with eligibility rules for exemptions and liability.
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Lewis Penwell
Internal Revenue
District of
Montana
Three Montana Liquor Board Members Resign In Shakeup
Harris resignation confirmed by Governor Ford following the exits of Fred Ward and A F McFatridge as the Montana liquor control board undergoes a complete turnover. MacDonald reports 10 month liquor sales total 7.551 million with a 2.907 million net profit and a 27,992.29 year end surplus. License and beer tax receipts reached 449,736.70 while operating expenses edge past 1942 at 586,445.04.
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Helena
Howell Harris
Highwood
Montana Liquor Control Board
Sam C. Ford
Harris
Fred Ward
White Sulphur Springs
A. F. McFatridge
Billings
Retary
Liquor Board
MacDonald
Army Navy draft call to near three hundred thousand
Washington says January draft for army and navy will total about 300,000, double earlier expectations. WAC enlistment lag and draft board backlogs slow the drive as Navy plans peak strength in 1944 and Army readiness hinges on casualty levels and prewar father calls.
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WAC
Washington
Army
War Manpower Commission
Navy
Congress
War Department
Capitol Hill
Navy to require additional appropriations in 1944
Budget Director Harold D. Smith said the navy cannot join the army in billions of dollars in savings and will need more money this year. He did not specify the amount, noting the navy’s program has been expanded while the army’s has been curtailed.
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Washington
Harold D. Smith
Congress
Navy
Army
Sea Service
Capitol
Snyder
Pennsylvania
House
Smith
Navy Department
Castle dies at 97. last GAR member in Cheyenne
Thomas A. Castle 97, last survivor and former commander of Cheyenne's Grand Army of the Republic post, died Thursday night in Shelby Montana. Born in Factoryville Pennsylvania he enlisted at 15 and fought in three Civil War battles with a Pennsylvania infantry unit. He rode with General Sherman toward Atlanta and funeral services are planned in Cheyenne next week.
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Cheyenne
Wryo
Grand Army of the Repulic
Thomas A. Castle
Shelby
Mont
Castile
Union Pacific Railroad
Factoryville
Pennsylvania Infantry
Sherman
Atlanta
Gold Quits Post As Rural Supervisor
HELENA November 29 Douglas Gold of Butte resigned as state supervisor of rural education to become vocational adviser to the vocational rehabilitation division of the federal veterans' bureau at Fort William Henry Harrison. He has held the post since 1941 and will start the new job December 15 with Mrs Lillian Peterson of Kalispell named to succeed him January 1.
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Helena
Douglas Gold
Butte
Federal
Veterans’ Bureau
Fort William Henry Harrison
Gold
Lillian Peterson
Kalispell
Flathead County
East Indies Cloth Shortage Hits Local Families
The Dutch East Indies face severe cloth scarcities as Japan demands 100 pounds of raw cotton for a Java farmer's daughter to receive a new sarong. The Netherlands information bureau notes widespread economic strain in occupied territories.
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Washington
Dutch East Indies
Java
Netherlands Information Bureau
Repatriates Arrive in New York on Gripsholm
The diplomatic exchange ship Gripsholm will dock in New York tomorrow morning bringing home 1,236 United States nationals and 221 Canadians interned by Japan after Pearl Harbor.
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New York
United States
Pearl Harbor
Gilbert Island Conquest Completed
American invasion forces completed the conquest of the Gilbert Islands with Betio captured and its airfield after destroying most of about 4,000 defenders. The move, announced by Admiral Nimitz, ends the Gilberts campaign and confirms fast pursuit of Makin and Abemama.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Mid- Pacific
Gilbert Islands
Betio Island
Gilberts
Central Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Makin
War Production Board to Remove Secret Label from Files
War Production Board plans to lift the secret label from many files to aid U S industry and mislead the enemy. Chairman Donald M Nelson said the production position is strong enough that releasing past and current confidential data will help planning and operations for present and future needs.
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Washington
War Production Board
America
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
First Canine Casualty Listed For State
Moocher a two year old war dog of indefinable breed but definite quality was Montana's first dog killed in action. Owner Ben Watkins received a certificate of merit from the war department and a telegram confirming Moocher's death in an overseas theater.
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Moocher
Montana
Ben P. Watkins
War Department
Japanese troops kill hundreds at Hofu Chinese school
The Central News Agency reports that Japanese forces entered Hofu in western Changteh area, killing several hundred students and teachers at a Chinese middle school. Many girls were reported carried off, with one student claiming to be the sole survivor.
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Chungking
Hofu
Changteh
Central
Central News
Contractor Knudsen's Will Filed
BOISE Idaho Nov 29 M H Knudsen chairman of Morrison Knudsen company dies probate court revealed Monday that his will was filed in the probate proceedings seeking approval of the disposition of his estate and the board of directors was named in the filing
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Boise
Idaho
M. H. Knudsen
Chewinen
Morrison-Knudsen Company
International Contracting
Settates
Gertet Nc Petion
Historic Cairo Conference Pledges War Goals Against Japan
Leaders Roosevel, Churchill, and Chiang Kai-shek wrapped up a five day Cairo meeting pledging united action to force Japan into unconditional surrender. They outlined a four point program including restitution of territories seized since 1914 and the expulsion of Japan from all conquered lands. A Tehran summit with Stalin was anticipated to coordinate broader Allied strategy.
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Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Washington
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Reuters
Lisbon
Portugal
Teheran
Iran
Stalin
United States
Britain
China
British Empire
Pacific
Germany
Marshall
Caroline
Mariana
Manchuria
Formosa
Pescadores
Korea
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Wake
Guam
Hong Kong
Malaya
Burma
Islands of the Pacific
The
Netherlands East Indies
French Indo-China
Retail Butter Prices To Be Reduced In Billings
The Billings Gazette reports state OPA officials announce immediate butter price cuts to 48 cents per pound for cube and solid butter in group 3 and 4 stores and 49 cents for group 1 and 2 stores. Associate price specialist W. J. Howell cites a three quarter cent drop in wholesale delivery charges. A meeting for Billings merchants on Tuesday at 9:30 a m at the Commercial club will cover higher prices for some women's merchandise led by Steven T. McDermott.
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Billings
OPA
W. J. Howell
Helena
Steven T. McDermott
Berlin Paper Buries News of Air Raids
The Voelkischer Beobachter reappeared in Stockholm after a bombing at its Berlin plant, reducing from six to five columns. News of raids moved to page three while an editorial line about Morgenthau establishing a Jewish bank to plunder the world was highlighted in red.
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Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Berlin
Hitler
Morgenthau
Vandergrift Named Marine Corps Commandant
Lt Gen Alexander A Vandergrift was appointed commandant of the Marine Corps effective January 1 in succession to Lt Gen Thomas Holcomb who retires at age 64. Holcomb stayed on until year end by request of President Roosevelt. Vandergrift, 56, has 34 years of service.
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Washington
Alexander A. Vandergrift
Marine Corps
Thomas Holcomb
Holcomb
Roosevelt
Vandergrift
Thieves Take 5500 Pounds of Meat From Packing Dock
In Chicago on Tuesday robbers drove off with 5500 pounds of sirloin porterhouse and other cuts valued at 2500. Swift and Co officials reported a truck was loaded for delivery to retailers and vanished when the crew returned leaving the truck and meat missing.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Record Sums Paid For Oil Acreage
The Interior Department reports a new per acre bid record for federal oil lands. Stanolind Oil and Gas bid $26 216.21 per acre for 1.11 acres in the Elk Basin field Montana, surpassing the prior $5 800 record. Total bids for seven parcels reached about $615 500 averaging $8 000 per acre. Stanolind led six parcels while Ohio Oil Company topped the seventh with a higher per acre offer.
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Washington
Interior Department
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company
Tulsa
Okla
Elk Basin
Montana
Vere
Department Sai
Stanolind
Ohio Oilcom
Findlay
Ohio
Germany Will Be Minor Power
In Atlantic City on November 28 P A Kerstens Netherlands delegate urged European leaders to keep Germany as a minor power. He stated it is his definite opinion Germany must never again be restored to major power status. Delegates also agreed Germany should bear the full cost of any UNRRA relief she receives.
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Atlantic City
Germany
P. A .Kerstens
Netherlands
Corman
Traffic Deaths Rise Sharply In October
Chicago reports a 18 percent increase in national traffic deaths for October, the first uptick since wartime travel restrictions. The rise was recorded Monday and signals a shift after earlier declines.
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Chicago
Five Marines Describe River Battle With 75 Japs
Private First Class Joseph Les of Reselle New Jersey fired eight belts amid ferocious combat with 75 enemy soldiers along the Piva River Bougainville. Sergeant Bernard Brown led the squad with 22 year old Corporal Logan and others in a two and a half hour engagement that left many Japs dead and the Marines victorious.
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Bougainville
Tokyo
Hollywood
Marine Headquarters
Joseph Les
Reselle
N. J
Bernard Brown
Saranac Lake
Ozer Logan
Remlapa
Lewis Tritt
Hyattsville
J. E. Earle
Trenton
Jules M. Rouse
Los Angeles
The
Actors Agency
Piva River
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Penwell
State Liquor Board
T. H. MacDonald
State Liquor Control Board
Castle
GAR
Gilbert Island
Secret Label
Knudsen
Kai-Shek
Gen. Vandergrift
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