Railway wage settlement ends government control of lines
Washington dispatch reports the rail wage dispute settled with raises for 1,100,000 nonoperating workers and the return of government seized lines to private management at midnight. Stimson announced the railroads would cease army operation, amid assurances service would not stop and workers would receive 9 to 11 cent increases retroactive to February and December dates.
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Washington
Henry L. Stimson
White House
Stimson
War Department
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railways
American Casualties Pass 139,800 in War Effort
Washington reports total American casualties since the war begun now exceed 139,800. Army losses reach 105,229. navy marine and coast guard 34,523. Secretary Stimson notes 16,831 killed 38,916 wounded 24,067 missing and 25,415 prisoners of war.
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Washington
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Stimson
President Returns Part of His Salary
President Roosevelt returned $1,950 of his $75,000 1943 salary to the treasury under a wartime limit after taxes to $25,000 a year. The disclosure came in the budget bureau’s receipts table for fiscal year 1943, sent to Congress with the budget message.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Budget Bureau
Congress
President Seeks Record Budget With Wartime Slowdown
President Roosevelt submits a 1945 budget totaling 99.769 billion dollars. It lowers wartime outlays from 92 to 90 billion and shifts spending toward veterans benefits 1.2 billion and debt interest 3.75 billion. The plan keeps Europe war ongoing and fixes per capita averages at about 726 dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Europe
Hardin Legislator Maddox Seeks 1944 Republican Nomination
Hardin Montana January 20 Senator Dan Maddox longtime state senator and author of 1943 servicemen voting laws announced his bid for the Republican congressional nomination in eastern Montana's second district in 1944. Maddox opened a Hardin law office in 1919 and has served as county attorney, Hardin city attorney, and senate member since 1940. He chairs the state Republican central committee and holds Legion Masonic and Odd Fellows memberships.
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Hardin
Mont
Dan W. Maddox
State Senate
Maddox
Hardin American Legion Post
Masonic
Odd Fellows
Republican State Central Committee
College Vice President Deane Swingle Dies at 65
Deane B. Swingle, 65, vice president of Montana State College and longtime faculty member, died in Bozeman after months of poor health. He organized and headed the botany and bacteriology department, led the science division since 1931, and served as acting president during Alfred Atkinson’s illness. He directed plant disease work at the agricultural experiment station from 1906 to 1925.
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Bozeman
Deane B. Swingle
Montana State College
Big Timber Volunteer Fire Department Noted for Strong Service
C. E. Bouse, secretary, reports 14 men in service with 39 on list and 40 limit. Four rural calls drew 15 to 35 men, a grass fire near Lee Warren ranch highlighted efforts. New civilian defense hand sprays aided two times, monthly meetings plus a February dance fundraises, organization donated Scouts and $22 in miscellaneous benefits last year.
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C. EE. Bouse
Big Timber Volunteer Fire Department
Lee Warren
Missellaneo Wan
County Divided Into Districts for Fourth War Loan Drive
Sweet Grass county sets district quotas for the Fourth War Bond drive running until February 15. Individual buyers face a $130,000 target and corporations $54,000, with Montana Power Co. first to register at $8,000. Sen. Leon C. Olmstead chairs the effort with Dr. D. Claiborn, county war board chair, assigning district leaders and quotas across Big Timber and surrounding areas.
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Sweet Grass County
Montana Power Company
Leon C. Olmstead
D. Claiborn
Big Timber
Chas. W. Campbell
Chauncey T. Irvine
C. C. Nicholson
McLeod
A. A. Lamp
Upper Boulder
Lester P. Work
Yellowstone
Lower Deer Creek
Oscar D. Forsythe
Seven Die in Texas Train Wreck In Snow Delay
Seven of the nine or more killed in the Santa Fe derailment near Temple Texas were identified as the death toll rose to 83 injured. Most victims were in a chair car on a California bound train delayed by snow and stopped to discharge a passenger when a four car extra train bound for Camp Barkeley struck from the rear.
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Novice
Tex
Santa Fe
Temple
Camp Barkeley
Athlene
Texas
Unrationed Shoes Extended Through Feb 5
Washington announced that unrationed sales of certain women's shoes under $3 a pair will be allowed through February 5. The extension covers slow moving stocks mainly novelty types and does not include all $3 or less shoes.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Quake Toll May Reach Three Thousand in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES Jan 18 The government said 1500 people are known dead and 3000 injured from the weekend quake that leveled San Juan. Final fatalities feared to hit 3000 with 600 identified. Damage tallies reach pesos 000,000 (about $100,000,000). Argentina observes a day of mourning.
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Buenos Aires
San Juan
Argentina
Congress Shelves Roosevelt National Service Plan
Washington January 18 the house military committee pigeonholed the national service bill and left the proposal in doubt. Chairman May Democrat Kentucky said the move did not preclude later action on the measure.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Good Crops Bring in More School Funds
Montana school funds increased by 315000 in 1943 to 1285000, driven by better crop yields and higher crop share lease revenue, state lands and investments commissioner J W Walker reported. The rise followed a 97082 income in 1942, reflecting stronger agricultural activity and farm output.
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Helena
Montana
J. W. Walker
Walker
Committee Rejects Soldier Vote Plan
Washington January 14 the House elections committee rejected a federal war ballot plan for armed services by a 7 to 5 vote leaving soldiers voting to the states. The Senate has taken a similar stand, so chances for a federal ballot look doubtful.
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Washington
Armed Services
House Elections Committee
Senate
John McCormack Will Not Sing Again
London reports the Irish tenor John McCormack aged 59 has been ill for months. His wife told the Daily Sketch that he will not sing in public again, suffering ton silitis and influenza but now better and retiring to the country to enjoy life.
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London
John McCormack
The
Daily Sketch
King Savoy Treasure Seized by German Troops
Report from the Swiss Italian frontier says the treasure of the House of Savoy including King Victor Emmanuel's coin collection was seized by German forces and handed to the puppet Fascist regime. The treasure valued at more than a billion lire, about ten million dollars.
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House of Savoy
Victor Emmanuel
Fats quota set for 1944 in Montana
Montana's used household fats quota for 1944 was set at 460000 pounds, a sharp drop from 1943, per the war production board. The quota requires an average monthly collection of 38333 pounds.
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Helena
Montana
War Production Board
Montana Assessors Seek Higher Salaries New President
Helena Independent reports the Montana Assessors Association approved a salary equalization plan with other county officers. F A Steyer of Powell County was elected president. Warren Evans of Toole County became vice president. R G Lutey was reelected secretary. The group also endorsed changes to tax schedules and deputy hiring.
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Helena
Montana Assessors’ Association
F. A. Steyer
Powell County
Montana
Stejer
C. F. Christensen
Sheridan County
Warren T. Evans
Toole County
R. G. “Gar” Lutey
Lewis and Clark County
Sam D. Goza
John A. Matthews
Frank Purdy
Havre
State Board of Equalization
Sam Goza
Gaza
Tulelake Japanese Center Returns to Civil Control
The army restored the Tule Lake segregation center in California to full civil administration on Friday after peaceful conditions were established. The move follows a November disturbance in which about 400 of the 15,000 internees participated, and comes after the center was under army control since November 5 in Siskiyou County.
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Washington
Tulelake
California
War Department
War Relocation Authority
Siskiyou County
Calif
Spoint
Dillion S. Myer
Draft Dodger Bergdoll Due for Release From Fort Leavenworth
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, World War I draft dodger, will be released from Fort Leavenworth in about a month according to a war department spokesman. He has served four years ten months of a seven year sentence for desertion and evasion after an 1919 court martial. he escaped en route to recover a hidden pot of gold, fled to Germany, married a German city official’s daughter, and returned to surrender in 1939.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Fort Leavenworth
Eas
War Department
Philadelphia
Maryland
Germany
United States
Grover Bergdoll
Edge Returns to New Jersey Governorship as First GOP Leader in Six Years
Trenton New Jersey January 18 Walter B Edge resumes the governor's chair becoming the first Republican to hold the office in six years The former World War I chief executive previously served as U S senator before this term win
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Trenton
N. J
Walter B. Edge
New Jersey
Edge
U. S
Prime Minister Churchill Returns to London
Prime Minister Churchill arrived in London after convalescing in the Middle East from pneumonia. He told the House of Commons he expected to make a wartime statement soon.
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London
Churchill
Middle East
House of Commons
Per Capita Share of Budget Near Seven Hundred
Washington a Treasury estimate sets the 1945 per capita budget share at 726.07 dollars based on 137.41 million people. If wartime spending continues, the national debt could reach 258 billion by June 30 1945, equating to 1877.59 dollars per person.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
The
Treasury
Willkie Planned Montana Trip In February
Dan Whetstone, Montana Republican committeeman, said Willkie will deliver the Lincoln Day address in Tacoma Washington then tour western states. His Montana meetings are set for February with Republican leaders at Big Fork Falls and Billings amid stops in Oregon Idaho and Utah.
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Helena
Dan Whetstone
Montana
Republican National
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Tacoma
Wash
Vigent Falls
Billings
Oregon
Idaho
Utah
National stockgrowers push cattle herd cuts to boost beef supply
At the American National Livestock association convention in Denver delegates echoed Hub Russell's call to reduce herds voluntarily amid wartime demand. Russell urged selling heifers and trimming production to avoid a postwar market crash and raise available beef. President Boice urged action nationwide, with secretary Molin backing heifer marketing to raise yearly slaughterings toward 31 to 32 million head.
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Denver
American National Livestock Association
California
Association
Hub Russell
Russell Brothers
Maricopa
Calif
Russell
Frank Boice
Sonita, Ariz
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Err Creek
Robert Cosgriff
Sweet Grass Creek
G. O. Schulz
Bridger Creek
Stockade
Fred B. Swift
Glasston
Wheeler
Congress Shelves Service
Steger
Jap Center
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