Allied Forces Gain Foothold On Roi In Marshall Atoll
American marines captured Roi island and its airfield in the Kwajalein atoll as part of a new fast moving central Pacific offensive. Additional landings occurred on Kwajalein islet and Namur isle with Roi adjacent for the first time. Casualties were described as modest and no ships were lost.
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Pearl Harbor
Roi Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
Roi
Chester W. Nimitz
mid-Pacific
Kwajalein
Namur Isle
Namur
Kwajalein Islands
American amphibious forces strike Marshalls at two points
American forces landed on two points of Wake atoll near the Marshalls and established beachheads in a bold mid Pacific operation. The assault followed a prior raid on the same islands two years earlier, as Marines faced strong opposition inland.
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Pearl Harbor
Marshalls
mid-Pacific
Wwajalein Atoll
Moonday
Pacific
Fatality Rate of Battle Wounded Reduced
Washington reports a drop in battlefield wounds deaths with an army hospital admission rate under 3 percent. Major General Norman T. Kirk credits on site surgery and auxiliary surgical groups of over 50 teams for faster fatality reduction compared with World War I.
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Washington
Norman T. Kirk
Five Pounds of Sugar Available For Canning
Washington announces stamp No. 40 four will allow five pounds of sugar for home canning starting February 1. The stamp is valid through February 28, 1945, and will be the only sugar buying stamp this year for home canning with additional amounts to be issued later on local board applications.
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Washington
Office A Price Administration
Free War Picture at High School Saturday
An officer from Fort Harrison will show the war department film Report to the Nation at the high school auditorium on Saturday February 5 at 8 p.m. The film presents confidential material on enemy strengths and US plans with combat scenes and strategic animations. Associate Director Eugene Savage will speak on the Fourth War Loan drive and a Fort Harrison six piece orchestra will provide music. Admission free.
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Fort Harrison
War Department
General Staff
America
Army
Navy
Sicily
Salerno
Mussolini
Solomons
Germany
Japan
Eugene Savage
Famous Kansas Editor William Allen White Dies at 72
William Allen White, famed editor of the Emporia Gazette and known as the sage of Emporia, died at age 72 after a period of declining health. He had sought treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, since last October, following a major operation. His son W. L. White announced the death.
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Emporia. Kas
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Emporia
Cea
White
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
W. L. White
Two Million Fathers Reclassified From Class 3 A
A selective service official said over two million men previously deferred due to family obligations were moved from class 3 A in the last two months. Most were prewar fathers and about 2.5 million remain deferred for dependency. December figures show 50,000 fathers inducted or deemed unfit.
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Washington
Selective Service
Bishir Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrated in Livingston
Mr Grant Bishir and Minnie L Beattie were married in Seattle January 22 1894. Their fiftieth anniversary was observed at their Livingston home with daughters families and friends arriving for a surprise golden wedding gathering in the afternoon. The Bishirs have long roots in Montana and once ran ranches near Springdale and Rock Creek before moving to Livingston.
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Mrs. Grant Bishir
Livingston
Park County
Grant Bishir
East Chinook
Bud Gibson
Grant
David
J. Carney
Bishir Ranch
Springdale
Helena
Coxey
Northern Pacific
Butte
War Bond Auction at State Theatre Draws Keen Interest
A wartime sale at the State Theatre tomorrow night combines a Fourth War Loan bond auction with a screening. Admission is one bond per seat, bids in 25 dollar bonds, and a newsreel at 8 pm followed by an auction of donated items conducted by C V Mosier. Ralph L. Duba oversees payments. bids require no ration stamps for auction prizes.
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State Theatre
Zererice
C. V. Mosier
Ralph L. Duba
Citizens Bank
Half Pound Less Butter For Civilians This Year
The War Food Administration set 1944 butter allocations showing civilians receive 12 pounds per person for the year, about half a pound less than 1943. The plan assumes total production around 1.965 billion pounds with civilians given 76 pounds per 100, military 18, lend-lease five, and one for contingencies.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Military
War Services
Russia
Retired Northern Pacific Official Dies in Seattle
Thomas F. Lowry 74, longtime Northern Pacific railroad official with strong Montana ties, died in Seattle Sunday. Born in Ontario, he started as a railroad messenger at 14, joined NP in 1911 as assistant superintendent at Glendive, became Rocky Mountain division superintendent in Missoula, and was named assistant general manager in 1930, retiring February 1, 1940.
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Missoula
Seattle
Thomas F. Lowry
Northern Pacific Railroad
Montana
Lowry
Kalispell
Ontario
Canada
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Rocky Mountain
Livingston
West Coast
Col John W Bonner Not Seeking Montana Governor Run
Lieutenant Colonel John W Bonner of Helena Montana says he will not seek reelection as attorney general because he is serving in the army. He told AP in London on February 2 that he is here in the service and asked for assistance.
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John W. Bonner
London
Helena Mont
Associated Press
Fleet Street
Montana
26 Killed in German Raid on London 701st Air Alert
London reports a German bombing raid on Saturday night causing at least 26 deaths and 25 injuries with extensive property damage. The city endured its 701st air alert of the war as emergency measures activated across the capital.
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London
Plane Snags Jap Ship Mast in Low Attack
Colonel Kendal J. Fielder described a daring raid off Wotje Marshall Islands in which Lt. James Brown of Pittsburgh flew his bomber so low he tore away the Rising Sun flag and part of the ship’s mast. The vessel was sunk.
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Washington
U. S
Kendal J. Fielder
United States Military Intelligence
Central Pacific
Fielder
James Brown
Pittsburgh
Wotje
Marshall Islands
Brown
Ban on Several Items Lifted Sunday by WPB
War Production Board eased its iron and steel ban on over 600 civilian products starting Sunday. Some items regain permission including automotive heaters cigaret lighters moving picture projectors and sound equipment stencils hose reels grease and oil pumps window shade rollers for streetcars and buses and low grade steel wire for hat brims.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Land Department Buys War Bonds for Montanaquota
The Montana Land Department invested 3.5 million dollars in Fourth War Loan bonds to support the state quota of 31 million. Land Commissioner J. W. Walter said the funds, approved by the land board, come from the state school fund and the department's income. Proceeds will be distributed to the counties.
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Helena
State Land Department
Montana
J. W. Walter
State Land Board
State School Fund
Department
Subs Sink More Jap Ships Near Pacific
Four teen more Japanese ships including three transports possibly crowded with thousands of Nipponese soldiers were sunk by far ranging American submarines.
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Washington
Pacific
Cruel Japanese Atrocities Against POWs Spark Global Outrage
A U S government report details brutal Japanese treatment of Bataan and Corregidor prisoners. Surviving officers Melvin McCoy S.M. Mellnik and William Dyess describe starvation, beatings, burying alive, forced marches, and denial of water as they expose the enemy’s code of brutality.
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Washington
Bataan and
Corregidor
United States
Pacific
Comdr
Melvin H. McCoy
USN
Indianapolis
S. M. Mellnik
Coast Artillery Corps
Dunmore
William E. Dyess
Air Corps
Albany
Texas
Dyess
Burbank
Calif
Mellnik
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
McCoy
Army-Navy
Bataan
Woolgrowers Reelect Officers at Meeting
Sweet Grass County Woolgrowers held their annual meeting in Fra ternity hall Tuesday afternoon with about 150 attending. Officers were reelected: D. D. Johnson president, Harvey Cort vice president, H. M. Oefstos secretary treasurer.
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Sweet Grass County Woolgrowers
Fraternity Hall
D. D. Johnson
Harvey Cort
H. M. Oefstos
Lester P. Work
Claude C. Gray
Charles E. Crum
Leo J. Esp
W. D. McKenzie
A. A. Lamp
Tom Jarrett
Carl Myrstol
E. P. Orcutt
Bozeman
R. N. DeNio
J. K. Dwinelle
The
Forest Service
W. J Soderlind
PCA
Clyde Howard
Central Livestock Association
Billings
Curtis Hughes
Montana Woolgrowers
Helena
State Department Protests to Japan over POW Atrocities
The State Department said on January 27 it protested to Japan about brutalities against American prisoners of war in the Philippines and mistreatment of internees, noting Japan had pledged Geneva Convention treatment for prisoners of war.
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Washington
State Department
Philippines
Tokyo
Japan
Fewer Accidents Reported in Montana Industries
Helena Montana January 29 1943 Montana's industries reported 12650 accidents in the year ended June 30 1943 down from 13258 the prior year The board noted a drop in noncompensable injuries from 9248 to 8957 as part of the overall reduction in accidents reported to Governor Ford.
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Montana
Helena
State Industrial Accident Board
Sam C. Ford
New Licenses Must Be Displayed by Feb. 15
Helena February 1 Enforcement of the state law requiring automobiles to display new licenses by February 15 will start that day unless the fiber plate manufacturer has failed to supply all counties. General Charles L. Sheridan, chief of the Montana highway patrol, said not all counties have received the new plates yet, though promises indicate ample supplies before February 15.
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Helena
Charles L. Sheridan
Montana Highway Patrol
Sheridan
Reclassification of Eligible Men Is Selective Service Boards Headache
Local draft boards face disruption as they overhaul the selective service system to move to preinduction physicals. The new rules delay induction by 21 days and end most 18 to 21 year old occupational deferments while college deferments tighten. Navy and Army schedules shift with longer furloughs and expanded preinduction screening to build a 45 day window before induction.
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Washington
Armed Services
Army Navy
Congress
Selective Service
Navy
Army
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U.S. Treasury
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Wm. Boyd
Nellie Cook
Donald McKenzie
Paul L. van Cleve Jr
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Carl W. Ewan
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