Hartford circus fire toll tops 160 dead in disaster
Hartford authorities report the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey tent fire killed 160 with estimates as high as 200. Gov Baldwin mobilizes emergency resources as morgue records show 127 dead and hundreds injured in the July 6 catastrophe. Primary election note: polls open July 18.
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Hartford
Conn
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Big Top
Felix Adler
Raymond E. Baldwin
State Armory
Hal Alver
Ring
Farley Leaves State Chairmanship After 14 Years
James A. Farley known as Smiling Big Jim steps down as New York state Democratic chairman after 35 years in politics. He opposed a Roosevelt third term and helped win the White House campaigns. Paul E. Fitzpatrick of Buffalo tipped as successor, to be recommended by state leaders at a special committee meeting.
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New York
James A. Farley
Big Jim
Farley
Roosevelt
White House
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Buffalo
Edward J. Flynn
Fitzpatrick
State Committee
Hitler Planned Invasion of United States via Mexico
Senator war contracts subcommittee heard Adolf Hitler in 1940 had a full plan to attack the United States through Mexico. J Carl ton Ward Jr of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp testified he found the plan in French government files during a France advisory mission.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
United States
Mexico
J. Carlton Ward Jr
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Senate
Ward
France
Limited global airplane groundings due to parts shortages
Major General Walter H. Frank, chief of the air service command, reports only 2 percent of airplanes worldwide are grounded for lack of parts.
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Los Angeles
Walter H. Frank
Air Service Command
4-H Club Fair Set for Saturday August 26
County Agent H. M. Oefstos announces the 4-H Club and Future Farmers fair will be held on Saturday August 26 for one day. Exhibits include livestock agriculture home economics shop and rural schools. Free admission with prizes funded by the county commissioners and fair board. exhibits may be brought in Friday August 25 for judging. Premium lists and further details will follow.
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Fair Board
H. M. Oefstos
County Commissioners and Fair Board
Oefstos
Churchill Reveals Bombing Toll During Blitz
Prime Minister Winston Churchill said German flying bombs killed 2,752 people and seriously injured about 8,000, with London the main target. He called the toll from 2,754 missiles an average of one death per bomb and warned not to underrate the attack's severity.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Bomber Explosion Kills 12 at Maine Trailer Camp
A medium army bomber crashed and detonated in a 100-unit government trailer colony in South Portland Maine on Tuesday night. The blast set homes ablaze and wounded many while eight adults and four children perished instantly, with two of the dead being army personnel.
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Portland
Maine
Children Evacuated From London Amid Bomb Threats
London and southern England have seen about 55,000 children evacuated with another 2,000 leaving daily from areas under threat from German robot bombs as the explosive missile attack persists.
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London
England
Saipan Isolated as Pacific Drive Reaches Japan
U S forces seize Saipan after a 25 day battle linking a western Pacific advance toward Japan. Noemfoor also falls as Allied ships gain airbase potential with Saipan's capture cited as opening reach to Japanese home islands. Estimated Japanese deaths exceed 11 500 with thousands of civilians imprisoned. U S and Allied losses reported.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Philippines
Saipan
Noemfoor Islands
Western Pacific
MacArthur
Noemfoor
New Guinea
Associated Press
Rembert James
Villans
Central Pacific
John H. Hoover
Assessed and Taxable Valuations Rise in County Totals
Acting Assessor Roy Webber and deputy Rhea MacFarlane finalize 1944 county property tabulations. Grand total assessed value reaches 11,152,438 with 11,? taxable value, up from last year’s 10,840,783 assessed and 3,444,131 taxable. Breakdown includes livestock, vehicles, and other personal property with utilities and state allocations noted.
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Roy Webber
Rhea MacFarlane
Armstrong
Sweet Grass County Ranks Seventh in State War Bond Drive
Sweet Grass County reports seventh in Montana for E bonds and second in its district. Total quota for E F G and corporate bonds was 195000 116000 and 79000 respectively. As of July 8 E F G bonds purchased totaled 124412.70 with multiple districts posting varied purchase amounts and one family buying over a third of the total.
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Sweet Grass County
Leon C. Olmstead
Montana
City of
Big Timber
R. L. Cuba
Chauncey T. Irvine
Boulder Valley
McLeod
A. A. Lamp
Lester P. Work
White Beaver
Yellowstone
Upper Deer Creek
Oscar D
Gerrit Scholten
Springdale
John Carney Jr
Duck Creek
Tom Dooley
F. R. Brayton
Maurice Knutson
Lower Otter Creek
Robert Cosgriff
Sweet Grass Creek
G. O. Schulz
Hubert Becken
Bridger Creek
Stockade
Fred Beets
Glasston
Wheeler Flat
Frank B. Henry
Gibson
George W. Carl
Gilbert Upland
Melville and Settlement
Janice Allman
S. Silberman & Sons
Injuries and Honors Bring Sweet Grass County Boys Into Limelight
War updates highlight Bob Burns of Grey Cliff wounded in action in the Pacific and stationed in New Guinea base hospital. Corporal Frank C. Baily of Big Timber earns a commendation for diligence with the Eighth Fighter Wing in England. First Lt. Charles R. Deegan receives the Certificate of Valor and other awards for 30 missions, with a 30 day leave upcoming.
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Sweet Grass County Boys
Baily
England
Frank C. Baily
Big Timber
Mont
Jesse Auton
Covington
Mustang pilot strafes airfield after escaping enemy fighters
Maj. Chauncey S. Irvine of Big Timber Montana, leading a group under Col. Tacon Jr., dodged two Focke-Wulf 190s near Paris then strafed a Nazi airfield damaging an ME 109. He previously earned the Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross for earlier missions over enemy territory.
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England
Paris
Chauncey S. Irvine
Big Timber
Mont
Maj
Irvine
Avelin P. Tacon Jr
Mobile
Ala
Daggett Honored With Distinguished Flying Cross
Reed Point correspondent reports Lt. Walter E. Daggett now a captain receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement as a pilot on bombardment missions over occupied Europe. He already earned the air medal with three oak leaf clusters. Daggett is a member of the 93rd Bombardment Group (H) US Army Air Forces, overseas since October 1943.
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Deegan
Sylvester Lavold
Charles R
Bob) Deegan
458Th Bombardment Group
Bob
Daggett
Reed Point
Walter Daggett
Walter E. Daggett
93Rd Bombardment Group
Army Air Forces
United States Army
Europe
Dagget
United States
Montana
General Doolittle
Earl Daggett
Columbus
65 000 Acre Sun River Valley Ranch Sold to New Owners
GREAT FALLS July 10 Sale of the Teton Land companys 65000acre Sun River Valley ranch to John S Hamilton of Tyrone NM and G R Rohr Manitowoc Wis for an undisclosed amount announced Hamilton named manager and to reside at Great Falls The ranch founded 65 years ago by D A G Flowerree of Helena then reorganized by Teton Land Co in 1925 Chief holdings include 13000 head of cattle 1500 head of Herefords and 25 acres of irrigated land.
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Great Falls
Teton Land Company
Sun River Valley
John S. Hamilton
Tyrone
N. M
G. R. Rohr
Manitowoc
Wis
Hamilton
D. A. G. Flowerree
Helena
Teton Land Co
Turk Greenough Tops North American Rodeo Open
Turk Greenough of Red Lodge Montana and George Pardley of Roswell New Mexico tied for top honors in the North American rodeo riding contest on opening day of the Cory exhibition and stampede in Calgary Alberta. The show drew a record 52040 spectators.
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Turk Greenough
Calgary
Alto
Red Lodge
Mont
George Pardley
Roswell
N. M
Edna Alexander Lost in Yellowstone Boat Accident
Edna Alexander of Kansas City dies after a boat carrying sheep on Yellowstone streams tips, washing her overboard. Forster rescues her but collapses. he survives. Alexander’s body recovered near Reed Point bridge. Funeral arrangements set in this city with services at St. Joseph's church.
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Max Forster
Grey Cliff
Forster
Edna Alexander
Kansas City
Yellowstone
Reed Point
Lester Black
Albert Nickelson
Columbus
McColley Undertakers
Sig Timber
Lowry’s
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Mountain View
P. C. Wolframski
Lake City
Mike Mason Killed In South Pacific
A telegram from the war department confirms the death of Douglas Haig Mike Mason at age 24 in action in the South Pacific on June 24. He was stationed in New Guinea and likely involved in the Wewak island fighting. he enlisted October 10, 1941. His brother Robert Charles Mason died April 9 at Farragut Idaho. their sister-in-law Mrs Hazel Ewan remains in Lennep.
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War Department
Howard Mason
McLeod
Douglas Haig
Mike) Mason
South Pacific
New Guinea
Wewak Island
Masons
Robert Charles
Farragut
Ida
Wright
Hazel) Ewan
Lennep
Divorce Granted for Mildred Grande in District Court
Judge B. E. Berg granted Mildred Grande a divorce from Eugene Grande on grounds of nonsupport. The defendant was ordered to pay 80 dollars monthly for the support of Mildred and their seven children. Ernest L. McNall, an itinerant farm hand, received a one year sentence in Deer Lodge prison for writing a five dollar check under a fictitious name Er nest Zyph and cashing it at Almeda's. The damage suit Ervin Over felt v Fletcher Oil Co was continued to August 2.
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B. E. Berg
Mildred Grande
Eugene Grande
Ernest L. McNall
Deer Lodge
Ernest Zyph
Almeda’s
Mysse
Ervin Overfelt
Fletcher Oil Co
Editor Harry B. Brooks Dies at Desk in Great Falls
Harry B. Brooks 67 editor of the Great Falls Tribune and longtime Montana and Minnesota newspaperman died at his work Tuesday morning. Surviving are widow Anna J. Brooks, son Jesse H. Brooks of Arlington, Virginia, Brooks’s mother Mrs. Sarah Brooks of Fullerton California, a brother and three sisters.
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Great Falls
Harry B. Brooks
Montana
Minnesota
Brooks
Anna J. Brooks
Jesse H. Brooks
Arlington
Defense Plant Corporation
Sarah Brooks
Fullerton
Cal
Distances To Axis Capitals From Allied Fronts
Distances in miles between allied fronts and axis capitals are listed. From Caen to Berlin is 630 miles, to Li ee 640, to Bug river 435, to Kowei 465. From Saipan to Tokyo is 1,470 miles, Hengyang 1,730, Noemfoor 2,580.
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Washington
Berlin
Navy Announces Loss of Training Submarine S-28
The Navy reports the loss of the 20 year old training submarine S-28 in Pacific waters during training exercises. About 60 crew were aboard under Lieutenant Commander Jack C. Campbell. Recovery is unlikely due to deep water and salvage being impractical. Campbell's wife Jean Brooks Campbell lives in Groton Connecticut.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Tuesay
Jack C. Campbell
Jean Brooks Campbell
Groton
Conn
U S Army Officer Confirms Japanese Gas Use in Hengyang
Captain Ralph F. Thompson, chemical warfare intelligence officer, confirmed Japanese use of poison gas against Chinese defenders at Hengyang. He reported evidence of mustard and Lewisite gas after a special trip to Hengyang to verify Chinese claims.
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Fourteenth
United States Army Air Force Base
China
Ralph F. Thompson
United States Army Chemical Warfare Intelligence
Hengyang
Thompson
Roosevelt Accepts Democratic Nomination for Fourth Term
President Roosevelt announced at a White House news conference that he would accept the Democratic nomination for a fourth term and serve if elected. He said he would retire to his Hudson River home but would follow the will of the people as commander in chief. He also indicated a possible preference for Vice President Wallace as a running mate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
United States
The
Hudson
Mr. Roosevelt
Vicent Wallace
Wallace
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Edward J. Rickey
Ling Brothers Circus
Hitler
U. S
U.S
Japa
Board
Sweet Grass
Bob Burns
J. H. Burns
Army
Maj. Irvine
Forster Ranch
Mike’ Mason
Great Falls Tribune
U. S. Army
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