Russians Drive German Forces From Stalingrad Area
The Stockholm correspondent for the Daily Express reports German withdrawal from Kharkov with Berlin saying Russians aim to encircle Kharkov. Belgorod falls to the Red Army, 50 miles northeast of Kharkov, alongside Shebekino, as Kursk defense center Belgorod secures a crucial rail junction.
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London
Stockholm
Daily Express
Kharkov
Berlin
Russia
Monitor
Belgorod
Red Army
Dnieper
Ukraine
Kursk
Mey
Shebekino
Kursk-Kharkov
Gomel
Central Front
Seven Violent Deaths in Montana Last Week
Seven people died violently in Montana last week including two Montana State College youths killed in an automobile accident near Livingston. Others died by gunshot, self harm, or accidental causes across several towns, with an inquest at Forsyth labeling one death as a self-inflicted action.
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Helena
Montana
Montana State College
Livingston
Edison Daniels
Townsend
Don Matthews
Glendive
John L. Barnes
Billings
Frank Marmont
Shelby
Lovitt I. Weslake
Bozeman
Clarence Robert Griffin
Polson
William FE. Slink
Climont
R. T. Hannah
Harvey J. Cook
Nye
Forsyth
Fred Cross
Alarm clock production eyed to aid civilians
Washington Feb 6 production of alarm clocks may resume soon the war production board disclosed Saturday. Complaints have been heard that war workers cannot buy alarm clocks. The plan calls for manufacturing more than 1 500 000 units for civilian use this year depending on material availability.
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Washington
War Production Board
Utah executes murderer by firing squad in prison yard
Walter Robert Avery, 34, former Marine, was shot by five volunteer riflemen in Utah prison yard at 8 23 am after choosing the firing squad over the gallows. The execution marked the 35th legal Utah death since territorial days and followed the chain store grocery holdup in Ogden on February 11.
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Salt Lake City
Walter Robert Avery
Utah
Rich Johnson
Avery
Territorial
Hoyt L. Gates
Ogden
Farmers Eligible for New War Board Farm Loans in Montana
R J Mc Kenna announces that county war board loan representatives are now available to finance current production. The Montana U S DP A war board chair says the government will share the risk and judge producers capacity for increased output. If returns do not balance the original investment, the producer will not be held liable for the amount advanced.
Gas Tax Revenue Short Falls State Payroll in January
Montana gasoline tax revenue totaled 103 851 dollars in January, short of the 104 543 payroll. Maintenance costs were estimated at 30 000 to 35 000 dollars, added to pay roll expenses.
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Helena
Montana
State Highway Department
Highway Commission
Stalingrad Veterans Question German Strategy at Stalingrad
Lieut. Chuikov of the Soviet Sixty second Army argues Germany's strategic mistake was placing Hitler in command. He cites Stalingrad as pivotal to German defeat, noting half a million losses and the crucial role of Russian workers and close-quarters combat.
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Germany
Hitler
Stalingrad
Chuikov
China
Ean
Stalingrade
Sixty-second Army
Ceiling prices on fluid milk to be nationwide
The Office of Price Administration announced a nationwide ceiling on prices paid to farmers for fluid milk to take effect soon. Distributors may not pay producers more than the January price, with a temporary 60 day rule followed by a permanent regulation. Alfalfa hay prices in the Northwest to be reduced by 4 to 8 dollars per ton to curb costs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
California
Oregon
James F. Byrnes
America
Gillette
Congress
Benc Rede
Montana Legislature Swarms With Bills In Closing Weeks
In Helena on February 8 1943 the Senate posted new measures including civil service for state employees and a proposal to repeal the moving picture tax While the House approved a 2 751 089 43 appropriation for the Montana university system for 1945 two year period The session saw 136 Senate introductions and 257 House appropriations and bills passed include a half mill tax for historical museums and tax classification cuts for banks The fate of several bills awaits further committee action and final votes
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Helena
Senate
Ecton
Gallatin
Montana
University of Montana
House
Appropriations Committee
State Fish and Game Commission
Senate Committee On Fish and Game
Eisenhower Named Commander In Chief Of Allied Forces
Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named commander in chief of all allied forces in a new North Africa theater of operations formed after the Casablanca conference. General Henri Giraud designated a French war committee to replace the imperial council of Admiral Darlan, seen as a result of talks with Roosevelt and Churchill.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North African
Casablanca
Henri Giraud
War Committee
Imperial Council
Jean Darlan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Housewives Contribute to War Effort in Rocky Mountain States
Denver Feb 7 reports that Housewives of Colorado New Mexico Wyoming Montana and Utah salvaged waste fats to fuel patriot work. In two months they provided 264 554 pounds of kitchen fat in October and November. Officials say the fats will be used to produce explosives for 1 066 216 antiaircraft shells.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain States
War Production Board
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
Cattle Losses Light in Montana in 1942 Summary
Montana cattle losses were light in 1942 while hay and feed ran short in the western two thirds. The Weather Bureau report notes farm operations lagged until July due to cool wet weather, precipitation at 110 percent of normal, and an average temperature near the lowest since 1937 within normal extremes.
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Helena
Montana
Federal Weather Bureau
Twelve Sons in Service From One Family in Hartsville
In Hartsville D C on February 8 Richard Nicholson a 58 year old necro farmer and his wife claim twelve of their sons serve in the armed forces. The sons named Andrew Whit Dan Raymond Piles Bill Graham Fred Dock Will Ezekiel and Ysaac join twelve other children in the family.
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Hartsville
D. C
Richard Nicholson
Necro Farmer
Andrew
Whit
Dan
Raymond
Piles
Bill
Graham
Fred
Dock
Will
Ezekiel
Ysaac
Individual incomes rise 23 percent in 1942 totals
Washington reports 1942 individual income reaching $113.824 billion, up 23 percent from 1941. Farmers' net income climbs 53 percent to $9.5 billion, wages and salaries total $79.171 billion, manufacturing payrolls reach $30.4 billion, and federal payrolls nearly double.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
New Ceiling Price On Baked Goods
The Office of Price Administration scrapped price ceilings for pies pastries doughnuts and cakes and set a new formula likely raising consumer costs by 5 to 15 percent. Bread prices remain unaffected and cookies are excluded with another order planned. The new rule allows retailers a 25 percent markup over cost.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Axis Prisoners May Help Produce Food
Washington reports Axis war prisoners may be used next summer to ease agricultural labor shortages. J A Walker head of the labor branch of the Food Production Administration said prisoners captured in Africa and Europe could work in large groups, mainly on cultivation and harvesting of commercial vegetables, canning and fruit crops.
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Washington
J. A. Walker
The
Food Production Administration
Africa
Europe
Montana Supreme Court Rules Escheated Estates Go to School Fund
The Montana supreme court ruled that proceeds of escheated estates where heirs are foreign citizens not reciprocating on inheritance must go to the state school fund. The court held that statutes directing such funds into county general funds are unconstitutional.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
United States
Montana
End of Guadalcanal Campaign Signal of Pivot in Pacific
Secretary of the Navy Knox says all resistance on Guadalcanal appears to have ceased with possible small groups remaining. He calls the victory a turning point that places American forces within striking distance of major Japanese bases and protects the supply line to Australia, while noting Berlin’s Tokyo report of Japanese withdrawal from Guadalcanal and Buna.
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Washington
Knox
Guadalcanal
Solomons
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Berlin
Imperial
Buna
United States
Tokyo
Solomons Island
Henderson
Purchase of 1943 Wool Clip Studied
Washington observers say a meeting with woolgrowers will discuss government purchase of the 1943 wool clip. The conference was delayed to give more groundwork, with no definite date set. Norman Winder of Craig, Colorado, new president of the National Wool Growers Association, expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Grover B. Hill
James M. Coon
Department
Norman Winder
Craig, Colo
National Wool Growers Association
Germany vows reprisals after Seyffardt shooting
The Netherlands general Hen drik Alexander Seyffardt died after being shot before his Hague home. German sources say drastic reprisals against the population are planned, with no details on the assailant or arrest. Seyffardt, 70, led the Netherlands army staff for five years before retiring in 1934. He had been appointed February 11 by Dutch leader Mussert to organize Dutch service on the Russian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hendrik Alexander Seyffardt
Hague
Netherlands
Aneta
Berlin
Racio
Seyffardt
Anton A. Mussert
Bridges Denied Writ of Habeas Corpus in Deportation Case
Federal Judge Martin I. Welsh denied Harry Bridges petition for a writ of habeas corpus to avoid deportation to Australia. The decision was announced with plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Arguments concluded September 25-26 as the judge kept the case under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Martin I. Welsh
West Coast
Harry Bridges
Share the Ride Plan Draws Sheriff Concern in Medina
Medina Ohio February 9 Sheriff Oliver Barry warns the share the ride plan has edged into a share the wife situation. He notes frequent disappearances of women or mothers linked to workers riding with other wives husbands and sometimes the parties return to resume life.
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Medina
Ohio
Sherif Oliver Barry
Medina County
Sheriff's Office
Barry
Montana goes over one bond goal in January
Montana E war bond sales for January totaled 3,999,206 dollars, topping December's high by 1,206 dollars. Chouteau counties led per capita sales at 15.49 dollars, Fergus at 13.55, Roosevelt at 12.74, while the state average was 7.62.
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Helena
Montana
W. H. Bartley
War Pan Inc
Saturay
Chouteau
Fergus County
Roosevelt
Australians Down 26 Planes in One Day Over New Guinea
In the southwest Pacific a single day air battle at Wau, New Guinea, saw 26 Japanese planes destroyed and 15 damaged. Allied fighters including Lightnings, Airacobras and Kittyhawks claimed Zeros and medium bombers as their victims with no Allied fighters lost.
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Australia
Southwest Pacific
Wau
New Guinea
Gillette Calls For Elimination Of Unnecessary Agencies
Senator Guy M. Gillette of Iowa denounces unnecessary government agencies at a Des Moines dinner amid postwar aims. He urges domestic reform first, cautions against global utopianism, and defends parity pricing for farmers against proposed cuts.
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Gillette
Des Moines
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Jackson
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Timiryazevo
Chicago
Meliior Palyi
Reischbank
Japan
American Family Magazine
Eisenhower
Bridges
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