Registration for War Ration Book Two Next Week
Registration for canned goods rationing must be made next week to receive your share. In Sweet Grass county residents must register at designated precincts and schools with hours 1 to 5 p m in Grey Cliff Melville and McLeod and 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 p m in Big Timber precincts. One person may register for all family members with required Book Ones, and provide a signed statement listing each person and Book One numbers.
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Sweet Grass County
Big Timber East
Big Timber
A. C. McDonald
Big Timber West
Prin. H. C. Olson
Grey Cliff
Melville
McLeod
War Ration Declaration Notice Cites False Statement Penalty
Notice cites Section 35 A of the U S Criminal Code and warns that false statements in war ration declarations can incur up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. It lists the number of persons and requires names and War Ration Book numbers for each.
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United States
Severe Winter Grips New England and Mid Atlantic
A record cold wave hits New England and the Mid Atlantic with sub zero readings. Watertown New York reaches 35 below, while Ogdensburg Warrensburg and Gloversville snow to 34 33 and 32 below. New York City records 7 below and Boston 14 below with fuel and kerosene shortages prompting school closures and fuel ration appeals.
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New England
Middle Atlantic
Watertown
N. Y
Ogdensburg
Warrensburg
Gloversville
New York City
Boston
Hartford
Buffalo
Joseph Kelly
Office of Price Administration
New Haven
Conn
Albany
Montana Cowboys Oppose Horse Meat Destruction
Great Falls Montana February 11 The Montana Cowboy association directors pass a resolution condemning the slaughter of horses for human consumption as barbarism. Chairman Sid Willis says the measure will be presented at the February 27 reunion to discourage the practice nationwide.
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Great Falls
Montana
Montana Cowboy Association
Sid Willis
Cowboys
Government Sets Ceiling on Heels and Shoe Restrictions
Washington reports the government capped heel height for women's shoes and banned leather covered platforms and certain colors. The war production board also forbade men's patent leather shoes women’s formal evening slippers and metal spiked golf shoes. Leather frills bows and ornamental tongues were banned to conserve leather for the army and rationed civilians.
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Washington
War Production Board
Paul R. Greever dies in Wyoming
Paul R. Greever 51 a former Wyoming congressman and noted attorney died Tuesday afternoon from a head wound caused by a 20 gauge shotgun while cleaning the weapon. He was found by his wife at their Cody home at 3 30 p m. An inquest was scheduled for Tuesday night. The Cody resident had planned to travel to Tucson Arizona soon due to health.
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Cody
Wyo
Paul R. Greever
Wyoming
Congress
Bie Horn Basin
Greever
Tucson
Ariz
Lockers Hold Millions of Pounds Meat
Chicago officials report millions of tons of meat stored in refrigerated lockers as a remedy to shortages. John A Kotal of the National Retail Meat Dealers Association says individuals rent vaults to store meat for months to meet local demand.
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Chicago
John A Kotal
National Retail Meat Dealers Association
Kotal
Japanese Losses In Guadalcanal Are Released By Navy Department
Navy bulletin shows 6,066 Japanese killed and 127 captured in Guadalcanal’s final drive for dominance. American casualties not disclosed. Air action around Shortland Island saw eight Zeros shot down as U S planes attacked enemy shores and ships. Fifteen January to February counts indicate heavy antiaircraft fire and stronger fortifications at Shortland, with Munda as alternative enemy base. Continued on Page Four.
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Guadalcanal
Navy Department
Washington
Navy
Shortland Island
Solomons
Shortland
Solomons Archipelago
Munda
First Lt Keith Williams Reported Killed In Action
Telegram from War Department confirms First Lt Keith Williams was killed in action in the Philippine Islands on May 9 1942 while serving after training in Mindanao. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Ross G Williams sister Lois and brother Frank of Bozeman.
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Keith Williams
Philippines
Ross G. Williams
Lois Williams
War Department
Washington
Secretary of War
International Red Cross
Philippine Islands
Sweet Grass
Keith
Bozeman State College
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Mindanao
Frank
Bozeman
Shortage of Hospitals and Nurses May Become Acute
At the American Hospital Association midyear meeting in Chicago on February 12, leaders warned of likely nurse rationing and the rapid need for 351,000 nurses to cover armed forces and civilian care. They proposed converting resorts and other buildings into infirmaries and urged a national survey to find quarters.
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Chicago
American Hospital Association
James A. Hamilton
Maury Maverick
War Production Board
Alma C. Haupt
Defense Health and Welfare Service
Washington
War Manpower Commission
Hamilton
New Haven, Conn
Association
Murray Seeks Woolgrowers' View On Government Purchase
Senator James E. Murray replies to Montana wool growers via Janesville letter, acknowledging receipt of Lester P. Work’s Feb 9 note. He notes most prior letters to him came from wool organizations, not rank and file growers, and emphasizes Montana welfare as his priority.
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Lester P. Work
Montana Woolman
James E. Murray
Montana
West
Yellowstone River Compact Approved in Montana Senate
The Montana senate adopted a committee report endorsing a bill to ratify the Yellowstone River compact with Wyoming and North Dakota. The measure still needs committee of the whole approval and final roll call before transmission to the House, with critics saying terms are not acceptable.
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Helena
Montana Senate
North Dakota
Senate
House of Representatives
Dave Manning
Treasure County
Senate Water Conservation Committee
Federal Power Commission
Congress
General Arnold speaks on axis air forces decline in India
In Bombay the US Army Air Forces chief Lieutenant General H H Arnold says the axis air forces are on the decline after a strategical conference with Field Marshal Wavell in New Delhi. He notes Americans are doing a great job and cites an appointment in Berlin six months hence with Tokyo to follow.
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Bombay
Berlin
Tokyo
H. H. Arnold
United States Army Air Forces
Archibald P. Wavell
New Delhi
Arnold
Considine of Vaudeville Fame Dies at 80 in Hollywood
Pioneer vaudevillian John W. Considine 80, founder of Fraternal Order of Eagles, dies of pneumonia at Good Samaritan hospital. His son John W. Considine Jr., a film director, was at his bedside. Known as Considine of Considine & Sullivan, he helped bring Charles Chaplin to America.
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Hollywood
John W. Considine
Vadevillian
Order of Eagles
John W. Considine, Jr
Good Samaritan Hospital
Considine
Considine & Sullivan
Charles Ha Pint
Engand
Lewistown Woman Held in Husband's Death
Blanche P. Yadon, 43, was charged with first degree murder for the alleged shooting of her husband Robert Yadon, 44, in their home living room as friends present. He died the next night. County Attorney J. E. McKenna said witnesses identified the weapon as a .22 caliber pistol.
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Lewistown
Blanche P. Yadon
Robert Yadon
J. E. McKenna
Everybody to Get Equal Share of Meat
Washington telegraph reports that the Office of Price Administration plans a uniform meat allotment for all ages when rationing begins around March 28. Officials abandoned age based scales after finding no workable sliding plan, effectively granting no extra meat to small children.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Wows Added to Waves List at Camp Campbell
Camp Campbell Kentucky February 11 The Lighth armored division highlights a woman nicknamed grease monkey Anna Louise Knoblock daughter of Major C F Knoblock and she praises working in the ordnance shop under Major L M Harrison expressing pride in her role at the post.
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Camp Campbell
Lighth
Anna Louise (Knobby) Knoblock
C. F. Knoblock
Ordnance Workers Service
L. M. Harrison
Post Ordnance Office
Miss Knoblock
Montana House backs Finance Act kills self insurance measure
The Montana house tentatively approved the 1943 finance act creating a state finance department to control expenditures and property. It would save at least 200000 dollars annually. The body also killed a bill for state self insurance up to 25000 dollars after a lengthy debate.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
House
State Department of Finance
Rep
Dillavou
Yellowstone
Blenkner
Stillwater
Finance Department
Dougherty
Powell
Board of Examiners
Board of Finance
J. Hugo Aronson
Glacier
Aronson
House Committee
James W. Whitt
Kalis- Pell
Department of Labor
Board of Barber Examiners
Highway Department
Rice
Big Horn
Plan Breakup Of Meats Black Market
Washington February 16 government purchase of livestock for slaughter and registration of all meat dealers was urged to break up the black market in meat. Wilbur La Roe Jr counsel for the Independent Meat Packers union said evils of black market operations are worse than under prohibition. Wickard said beef black market is very serious and noted he would ask the army to furlough troops to aid harvest if needed.
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Washington
Wickard
Wilbur la Roe, Jr
Independent Meat Packers Union
House
Relaxed rules allow purchase of new cars without ration
The Sunday Star reports Washington plans to relax auto buying rules. Any person needing a new automobile may buy without a ration certificate for convertibles with soft tops and 1941 models. C gasoline card holders may buy any price car if their current car is no longer serviceable, aiming to move about 240000 cars from dealers' storerooms, including about 1800 1941 models.
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Washington
The
Sunday Star
Office of Price Administraon
Montanans Endorse 10 Million Highway Bond Plan
Montanans statewide back Governor Ford's plan for a ten million dollar highway bond issue to fund a postwar road program. Opposition grows to a one cent per gallon gas tax and five cents per gallon diesel tax. A public hearing examined three bills including bond issuance if voters approve in a May special election.
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Helena
House
Senate Highway Committees
Spot News Commitment Amid Wartime Shortages
Washington report shows editors pledge to preserve spot news coverage despite scarce newsprint zinc and manpower. Leaders from the American Society of Newspaper Editors meet home front officials to keep daily war news uninterrupted while trimming circulation and pictures.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Walter Morrow
Columbus
Ohio
Roosevelt speech outlines wartime economy and ally actions
President Roosevelt told reporters and radio audiences that a firm, fair economy will secure jobs for workers as private enterprise leads most hiring while Congress will pass laws to ensure employment where needed. He said Casablanca set the course for decisive Allied actions against Germany, Italy, and Japan, with relentless pressure on Tokyo and unconditional surrender as the goal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Battle of Tunisia Costs Rise in Casualties
A wartime note urges acceptance of heavy losses in Tunisia and calls for steadfast, calm courage matching that of troops on the front lines.
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Tunisia
East and West War Warnings Echoed in Editorial
Fragmentary OCR text praises Russian forces in the east and urges matching boldness in western campaigns. The passage hints at strategic fervor and calls for decisive action, reflecting wartime propaganda style and public sentiment.
Global War Aims Against Quislings and Lavals
The speaker asserts total war and global sacrifice aim to end Nazi collaborators and ensure those regimes lose power worldwide, emphasizing that the struggle is not to preserve Quisling or Laval rulers.
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Quislings
Lavals
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