Cake to Head Willkie Campaign in 1944 bid
Wen dell Willkie designates Ralph H. Cake as preconvention manager for the Republican campaign and outlines a platform stressing wartime unity, postwar policy, and strong U S cooperation. Cake departs for New York to set up national headquarters in this Oregon-led push. Helena reports Leif Erickson to run for Montana governor on the Democratic ticket. the Sidney judge outlines a liberal, pro‑democratic platform and biographical background. He is a six-year Montana supreme court associate justice and former Richland county attorney with roots in Wisconsin. married with two children.
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Portland
Ore
Wendell Willkie
Ralph H. Cake
Republican Party
Willkie
White House
Democratic Party
United States
G. O. P. National
Oregon
Cake
New York City
Helena
Leif Erickson
Sidney
Montana Supreme Court
Judge Erickson
Cashton
Wis
Sauan Gap
Erickson
University of Chicago
Richland County
Huberta Barton Brown
Katherine
Leif Barton
Seek Cancellation of Wool Sale
Washington reports that 15 wool growing states urged cancellation or delay of a February 17 sale of about 230 million pounds of government owned foreign wool by the defense supplies corporation. They fear the sale would depress domestic prices and called for a suspension until DSC agriculture department War Production Board and wool industry agree.
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Washington
Defense Supplies Corporation
Boston
Stens
Tost
DSC
Agriculture Department
War Production Board
Wool Industry
Bricker Unveils Presidential Campaign Strategy
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker presented his 1930s campaign plan before party leaders, pledging to oppose Roosevelt on domestic subsidies taxes financing labor and war service issues while leaving war conduct to the military leaders who deserve credit.
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Washington
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
Rubber Director Warns of 1944 Tire Shortage
Rubber Director Bradley Dewey says civilians will receive 20 to 40 percent fewer tires in 1944. He hints essential truck and bus hauling may be curtailed to aid the armed forces and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joe Motorist
Bradley Dewey
Judge Berg Sentences Myers for Forgery
In district court Judge B E Berg sentenced J B Myers to two years in the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge after he pleaded guilty to forging the name of his employer Lester P Work to a $50 check. The 44 year old had prior offenses in West Virginia and was brought from Butte by Under Sheriff Mysse. Authorities in Charleston W Va declined to extradite. Also noted an unrelated concealed weapons charge involving Eleanor Cole and bond details, and a final discharge decree in the Charles A Keppler estate.
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B. E. Berg
Montana
J. B. Myers
Butte
Mysse
Deer Lodge
Myers
Lester P. Work
Sawyers
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Eleanor Cole
Springdale
Fred L. Gibson
Frank N. Prevost
Jessie Cole
Jake D. Morris
Charles A. Keppler
State Committee: Washoe Mine Disaster Caused by Gas Ignition
A Montana state committee concluded the Washoe Smith mine explosion on February 27 1943 was caused by accidental gas ignition at an undetermined location. The probe, begun April 15 and finished July 22, involved Richard H Dalrymple William Redshaw Abe Douglass. Ninety three miners were underground during the blast with three escaping.
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Helena
Smith
Montana Coal and Iron Company
Washoe
Sam C. Ford
Richard H. Dalrymple
Salt Lake City
Utah
William Redshaw
Billings
Abe Douglass
Montana
Four-Lane Highways Planned in Montana Postwar System
State Highway Engineer Howard W. Holmes announced federally sponsored plans for four-lane highways between Billings and Laurel and between Butte and Anaconda. He noted additional interregional routes in two-lane form elsewhere and stronger bridge design. Two thirds of funds will go to municipal development and rural mileage.
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Montana
Billings
Laurel
Butte
Anaconda
Howard W. Holmes
Holmes
Last Rites for Mrs Dora Mos Held Saturday
Mrs Dora Mos a longtime county resident died February at home of her daughter in Big Timber in failing health aged 76 months and 16 days. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Evangelical church with Rev H S Tool presiding. Pallbearers included Gerrit Scholten Guy Schalten Robert Ryan and others. burial followed in Mountain View cemetery. Eight of ten children survive along with 33 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Dora Mos
Q. Huyser
Catans
Evangelical
H. 8
Tool
Nunley
Robert Ryan
Roy Martin Stoke
George Lamach
Prank Chase
Diano
Mountain View Cemetery
Gerrit Scholten
Guy Schalten
E. A. Bieber
Westervelt
Im Olinee Ee
J. H. Mos
Wormser
Big Timber
Ten Mile Creek
Big Tower
Mos
John
Frank Mos
Bozeman
Jacob Mos
Belgrade
Henry van Dyken
Manhattan
Q. C. Huyser
Della Plaggemeyer
Leon Westervelt
Carl Stoessel Receives Silver Star For Gallantry
The Pioneer reports Corporal Carl W. Stoessel of Big Timber Montana, infantryman with the Fifth Army in Italy, was awarded the Silver Star by Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark for gallantry during mortar action and a hazardous rescue under heavy enemy fire. Stoessel led a squad, supplied ammo, used enemy shells, moved to cover, and helped defend a vulnerable flank as the attack was repelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Stoessel
Gen. Clark
Office of War Information
Washington
John George Neumayer
Gibson
Mark W. Clark
Stoessel
Fifth Army
Italy
Carl W. Stoessel
Big Timber
Montana
Sweet Grass Bond Drive Tops with 116300 Subscriptions
Sweet Grass county surpassed expectations in its bond drive by raising 116300 through individual subscriptions placing tenth from bottom among 56 counties. Mary Jane Deegan wed Lt. William Dallas Beaman at St. Mark's Church in Billings. ceremony featured local clergy, episcopal rites, and a reception following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Deegan
St. Beaman
St. Mark’s Church
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Patrick J. Deegan
Big Timper
William Dallas Beaman
L. Beaman
Denver
Ceryl V. O'Leary
A. Ronald McDonnell
Margaret O'Toole
Billings
Adelle Beaman
Delson King
Seattle
University
Missoula
Percy Lavold
Big Timber
Usher
O'Toole
Beaman
George N. Taylor
St. Mark’s
Deegan
L Beaman
Phil Morley
Livingston
O. B. O'Dell
C. F. Ullman
Sigma Nu
Fort Benning
Colorado
Irreplaceables Will Get Deferments In Wartime Draft
Chicago February 14 Draft boards must cancel farm deferments unless registrants are irreplacable. Col Francis V Keesling said local boards should assess if a registrant is needed on the farm and irreplaceable to farming while ensuring fair treatment of other occupations and securing the best material for the armed forces. The plan aims to reduce pre Pearl Harbor inductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Food Administration
Food Processors
Francis V. Keesling
Selective Service
Wake Island civilian workers to get pay
Senator Downey announced monthly payments totaling 320000 dollars would be made starting next month to dependents of Wake Island civilians captured by Japan. The plan covers 1206 of 1266 missing workers and includes a 217000 dollar monthly sum to the men as 30 percent of their civilian wages, credited until their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Downey
D-Calif
Wake
Wake Island
Interned Officials to Be Repatriated Soon
The state department announced that interned officials of the American embassy at Vichy and others will be repatriated aboard the Gripsholm. Included are American consular officers in the former unoccupied zone of France, relief workers, and officials from other American republics held in Germany since early 1943. Safe conduct has been requested for the ship to Lisbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Vichy
Gripsholm
France
Germany
Lisbon
Hopkins learns of son Stephen’s death in the Marshalls
President Roosevelt notified Harry L. Hopkins that his son Stephen, 18, was killed in action in the Marshall Islands and buried at sea. Mrs. Hopkins confirmed the report. Stephen was from Hopkins’ first marriage. Hopkins, en route south for health reasons, has other children in military service and a daughter from a second marriage.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Stephen
Marshall Islands
Hopkins
White House
David
Robert
Italy
Diana
Perkins Reviews Strike Record of Last Year
Secretary of Labor Perkins reports 3 750 strikes in the United States last year involving 1 900 000 workers. She notes 13 500 300 idle man days and a lost time ratio of one seventh of 1 percent. Comparatives show 1942 had 2 968 strikes, 1941 4 288, 1940 2 508, and 1939 2 613.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Italian Prisoners Die In Sinking of Ship
The D N E news agency reported that a large German transport was sunk off Crete by two Allied submarines. More than 2,600 people died including 2,646 Badoglio Italian prisoners and several German guards and crew.
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London
Crete
Badoglio
Germany Calls Up Men of 51 60 Age
Stockholm February 12. Berlin afternoon press reports mobilization orders issued for men born in 1884 to 1889, ages 51 to 60, to present for muster before February 16. Move seen as sign of Hitler’s growing need for manpower.
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Germany
Stockholm
Berlin
Lee Ee
Hitler
Allies claim Solomons victory as Berlin endures massive raid
General MacArthur declares Solomons campaign complete after a fast island advance isolating 22 000 Japanese in Bougainville and adjacent islands. RAF pounds Berlin with a record 2800 tons of bombs while Mount Cassino and Rome targets receive heavy Allied air strikes.
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Allied
MacArthur
Solomons
Pacific
Japan
New Zealan
Green Islands
Bougainville
Buka
Choiseul
Shortlands
Rabaul
New Britain
Sheepherders to Meet Gardiner in Playoff
Big Timber high school teams face Gardiner to decide the eighth entrant in the Three Forks basketball tournament on Feb 24 25 and 26 at Livingston. Preliminary games start Saturday with Three Forks White Sulphur Springs Rosary Belgrade Townsend winner Wilsall Manhattan.
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Big Timber High School
Rosary
Belgrade
Townsend
Wilsall
Manhattan
Democrats to Hold Convention in Chicago July 19 1944
Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan announced the Democratic national convention will convene in Chicago on Wednesday July 19 1944. The event will occur about three and a half weeks after the Republican gathering in the same city. Paul A. Porter was named publicity director succeeding Charles Michelson, who remains as a senior adviser.
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Robert E. Hannegan
Chicago
Paul A. Porter
Charles Michelson
Michelson
Montana Population Drops 15 Percent in War-Book Data
Census Bureau figures show Montana’s population fell 88,237 from April 1940 to November 1943, a 15.8 percent decline to 470,033. Most counties lost residents, with Cascade and Deer Lodge showing small gains. Sweet Grass issued 3,050 war ration books, reflecting a 661-person drop since 1940.
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Washington
Montana
Federal Bureau of Census
Cascade County
Great Falls
Deer Lodge County
Anaconda
Sweet Grass County
Bombers cripple German fighter plane production by 40 percent
Washington reports that American heavy bombers targeting German aircraft factories have cut the heart out of fighter plane production in the Reich. Charles 5. Wilson of the War Production Board says the War Department informed him that U S Army Air Forces raids reduced Germany's capacity to produce fighters by 40 percent.
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Washington
Reich
Charles 5. Wilson
War Production Board
War Department
United States Army Air Forces
Germany
Navy submarines sink twelve Japanese ships in push
Navy submarines destroy a dozen Japanese ships in a new hammer blow as the United States widens the campaign to wipe out enemy forces in selected spots and outflank them toward starvation.
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Washington
United States
Bombers Raid Brunswick and Gilze-Rijen in Allied Offensive
United States Flying Fortresses Liberators and long-range fighters struck the German city of Brunswick and the Gilze-Rijen air base in Holland. Thirty-seven heavy bombers and fighters did not return, underscoring the raid's high cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Brunswick
Gilze-Rijen
Holland
Mississippi River Plane Crash Kills 24 on Flight
A giant American Airlines plane crashed into the Mississippi River in Memphis on a Thursday midnight, killing 24 people. Sailors work to lift the aircraft from the 22 foot channel as army engineers provide heavy salvage gear. Twelve of the 21 passengers were servicemembers, including a member of the WAC, and the crew perished.
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Memphis
American Airlines
Mississippi
United States Army
Armed Service
Wac
Wallace Sees Montana as New Frontier
Vice President Henry A. Wallace told Billings residents that Montana and the northwest will become a new frontier after the war, boosting agriculture and industry. He urged more settlement in the north west to build a strong inland, coast, and nation.
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Wallace
Montana
New Frontier
Billings
Northwest
Henry A. Wallace
Holland Naz i Occupation Devastation Highlighted by Dutch Report
Washington dispatch reports the Netherlands information service detailing the Nazi drive to drain Dutch wealth and people. It cites 20 000 executions through 1943 and 300 000 in hiding, severe food and housing shortages, rising death rates, and massive looting including 64 million dollars in textiles and 1.648 billion dollars in occupation costs.
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Washington
Holland
Netherlands Information Service
Netherlands
Poland
Germany
Netherlands Bank
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Evangelical Church
Harry Hopkins
Marshalls
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Guadalcanal
New Georgia Group
Naples
Mount Cassino
Tiburtina
Ostiense
Rome
Anzio
Sheepherders
Gardiner
Mississippi River
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