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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
2
Allied Fifth and Eighth Armies press toward Rome aiming to crush Kesselring s 17 divisions below the city. Airbombardment and infantry advance as Nazi resistance stiffens around the Roman frontier. Lend Lease totals and war policy discussions also surface amid ongoing wartime measures and a proposed wartime alcohol ban delay.
British and native forces contest Japanese reinforcements on the Timphal-Kohima border as Lieut Gen Joseph Stilwell leads U S and Chinese units driving a supply route toward southwestern China through northern Burma. Torrential rains slow the push while Doughboys push on Dutch New Guinea and U S airmen hammer Japanese bases guarding the approaches to the Philippines and Indies. A New York meeting of 21 major groups from agriculture labor business and finance outlines a five point program for wartime and postwar America focusing on reconversion funds surplus disposal and economic policy.
In Calaveras County California a yellow spotted frog named Maggie set a record leaping 16 feet 2 inches to win the annual jumping frog contest. About 100 frogs entered and roughly 5000 spectators watched the dusty event inspired by Mark Twain’s story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
Buyers at Chicago Merchandise Mart report fewer lines yet higher quality woolens with broader color ranges. Labor shortages and demand push manufacturers to shorten lines, while prices rise overall with notable gains in percale dresses, gowns, girdles, hats, shirts, and coats.
Federal Judge John P. Barnes ruled the FBI cannot search the Haupts flat without a warrant while pursuing evidence about harboring their son Herbert a Nazi spy. The Haupts face retrial after a recent conviction reversal and the case highlights protections against unwarranted searches despite signed waivers.
Icelanders went to the polls to formally ratify severance from Denmark ending a 500 year ties amid Denmark under German occupation. The move follows Christian X's plea to delay action until after the war and mutual agreement.
Following the collapse of opposition to swift approval, the senate approved the income tax simplification bill and sent it back to the house for concurrence on minor changes. The bill, drafted from last year's tax forms chaos, eliminates formal returns for 30 million earners up to five thousand dollars and allows 10 million with higher incomes to file simpler forms. The 3 percent victory tax will be scrapped when the law takes effect next March 15, with rates adjusted to maintain payments near the 1943 level.
The piece reviews British expert Veritas on the German offensive and interior lines weaknesses, noting Nazi propaganda myths, potential revolts, and how Allied exterior lines offer advantage. It also outlines U S vocational training shifts to automotive and farm courses funded by Congress to support war production and farming needs.
About 30 percent of the 20 000 Australian civilians employed by the U S army in the Southwest Pacific are women according to a Melbourne broadcast. Rice from China's Japanese occupied Kiangsu and Chekiang can be bought only by the Japanese at a fixed price for shipment to Japan for military use. The Tokio government has organized home guard corps in 13 key centers in preparation for Allied air raids. British and American airmen have been dropping a Dutch language weekly over occupied Holland since last May.
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