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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1943
Page
1
London reports that large R A F night bombers dropped explosives and incendiaries on Berlin in the eighth raid in six weeks. Stockholm said the attack was among the heaviest of the war, with Berlin described as an immense ruin and much of the city destroyed.
The 26 000 ton German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk off North Cape on the Murmansk route by British home fleet units guarding a Russian convoy. The admiralty said she went down after expending all ammunition in a heroic battle with Nazi forces amid superior British formations.
A federal grand jury found defects in army gliders grounded for reinspection after the Aug 1 crash that killed Mayor William Dee Becker and nine others in St Louis. The jury blamed the War Department in part for uncertainty and looseness of manufacturer inspections. No indictments were returned.
Emil Birkeland son of Mr and Mrs Torger Birkeland of this city will lose an eye from a peculiar accident last week. He loaded wood near the Morstein ranch and fired a recently purchased gun the firing pin entered his right eye. He pulled the pin out and crawled to his house calling for Joe Morstein then was taken to Big Timber and later Billings for treatment before surgery in Missoula. Birkeland works in Livingston railroad shops and has a wife and two children.
Senator Johnson says the United States will provide 73 percent of the troops for the planned European invasion of Germany, with Great Britain supplying 27 percent. He cites a reliable source and notes the ratio supports naming General Dwight D. Eisenhower as commander in chief of allied invasion forces.
Washington reports the Commodity Credit Corporation spent over 3.5 billion dollars in the 1943 fiscal year to establish support prices and subsidies for increasing food production and stabilizing living costs. CCC loans and purchases rose by about 1.9 billion from 1942, largely funding war essential foods including vegetable oils dairy products poultry and meats.
Dr. Edythe P. Hershey of the state board of health reported 1,047 wives of Montana servicemen have received or are receiving federally sponsored maternity and infant care. She noted 159 applications were approved in November.
Seven soldiers from Bozeman connected with the State College training unit spent Christmas at the Carpenters and the Ernsts Elk Creek ranches. They arrived December 23, enjoyed a mountain ride, a schoolhouse program, horseback riding lessons, and a Christmas dinner, with a belated dance at the schoolhouse to cap the holiday weekend. Lydia Ewan and Joyce Woolsey guided mountain rides, while a bout of flu kept Private Lynn Ryan in bed.
Major General James H. Doolittle is shifted to head the Eighth Air Force in Britain as cross channel invasion looms. President Roosevelt announced other high command changes including Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers taking command in the Mediterranean.
Funeral services for Thomas J Egeland longtime Big Timber resident were held Friday at the Lutheran church. He died December 21 at his home. Survived by widow Sara Elizabeth Norman and nine children with nineteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Egeland emigrated from Norway in 1886 to Minnesota and 1889 to Big Timber. He operated a shoe repair shop for 53 years after purchasing it in 1893.
Helena reported that 49 951 Montanans filed by December 15 with the internal revenue office. Collector Lewis Penwell announced weekly totals showing 8 571 534.14 in income tax collections for the month. Final September declarations paid by 15 476 individuals amounted to 2 275 805.66. Amendments from 1 900 filers added 1 120 966.53. Of original returns this month, 20 700 owed taxes and 11 875 had none. original declarations totaled 5 174 731.95.
As the two day Christmas observance neared its end, at least 265 violent deaths were reported since Friday 6 p.m. including 173 traffic deaths and 34 fires. Illinois led with 29 deaths, California 28, New York 25, Virginia 17, Ohio 13, Pennsylvania and seas 12 each, and Massachusetts.
The Navy announced the loss of submarine Grayling on December 24, the sixteenth American sub presumed lost since the war began. The 1,475 ton vessel likely operated against Japanese supply lines in the Pacific and carried a crew of about 65 under Lieutenant Commander Robert M. Brinker of Park Ridge Illinois.
Montana veterans from World War II have found jobs through the United States Employment Service totaling 1 362 since Pearl Harbor. An additional 1 207 veterans were referred to training and rehabilitation programs and 203 were directed to civil service openings. State Director O C Lamport said these efforts are a first line duty of 22 local offices in the state.
Washington reports Allied offensives expanding in Europe and the Pacific as American troops move overseas faster than new inductees. The War Department warns production must rise for 1944, focusing on combat planes trucks and weapons to meet growing front demands. President Roosevelt in a Christmas Eve address says 3.8 million soldiers sailors and airmen abroad, rising to 5 million by July next year.
A Christmas Day work stoppage by more than 40,000 steel workers began in Ohio and could trigger a nationwide strike. Contracts expired at 214 companies with about 350,000 workers affected as the United Steel Workers of America seeks a 17 cent per hour raise from 78 cents.
In St Louis on December 26 a burglar dressed as Santa reportedly entered Sid Gates home and stole two cases of 17 year bourbon valued at 300 dollars and a 12 pound ham along with a woman's slip nylon hose alarm clocks fox fur jacket gift gloves purses a suitcase two watches and twenty unwrapped gifts under the tree.
Mississippi Governor Paul B. Johnson, 63, died after a two month battle with heart illness. Lieutenant Governor Dennis Murphree assumed the governorship and will serve until Governor-elect Thomas L. Bailey is inaugurated on January 18.
Ma thilda Halpin, age 93, a Montana resident since 1903, died Thursday in Red Lodge. Funeral services set for Sunday. Survived by three sons three daughters nine grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Washington December 28 as Roosevelt extended army control to all major carriers and prepared to run trains if needed. Somervell heads operation with C P Cross in charge of transport. Clement advises Pennsylvani a Railroad. Roosevelt aims to restore private operation soon and enforces wage arbitration and non discrimination measures.
New York says Coast Guardsman Charles Giamonia, 20, returned home for Christmas with 1,000 shell fragments in his body after a German shell hit his invasion barge off Salerno on September 9. Doctors found 1,300 fragments inside him. 300 were removed. He has lost 30 pounds, walks with a limp, and his left arm is in a cast. It may take two more years for fragments to work out.
Two meningitis cases reported in Big Horn County by county physician Dr J W Schubert involve Crow Agency residents under16 urged to avoid public gatherings. Reverend Gordon H Winsor asks Harden ministers to keep children from Christmas programs as Sunday schools and youth gatherings are canceled for two weeks.
President Roosevelt signed a stopgap resolution extending the commodity credit corporation and its food subsidy authority until February 17. The measure, rushed through Congress before the holiday recess, postpones a decision on the subsidy issue until early next year and keeps CCC running with its food subsidies and other farm aid programs.
Foreign Economic Administrator Leon Crowley reported that nearly 7,000 planes were sent to the USSR through October under lend-lease totaling about 3.55 billion dollars. He noted Russia received more aircraft than any other area, along with tanks, submachine guns, trucks, jeeps, field telephones, and extensive wire.
Fresh ham gains one cent per pound in January ration values while other meats stay unchanged as Congress considers removing pork from the ration list to fix a market glut.
President Roosevelt disclosed the selection of General Dwight D. Eisenhower to command Allied operations in Europe. The move aims to blast invasion routes from the west and north and encircle Germany. Montgomery and Spaatz were named key commanders for Britain and the U S bombing force.
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