Antistrike Bill Aims to Keep War Plants Running
Washington reports the anti strike bill approved by a senate house conference committee would seize strike bound mines or plants and ban strikes in government operated wartime sites with a 30 day cooling off period and penalties up to civil suits, prison and 5000 dollar fines. It also outlines 30 day notice for non government war industries and higher enforcement powers through the national war labor board and Norris LaGuardia act consequences.
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Washington
Senate-House
House
Senate
Connally
Labor Department
Snese
National War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Act
Norris-LaGuardia
General Marshall Returns from North Africa
General George C. Marshall, U S army chief of staff, returned to Washington from overseas on Monday. He had accompanied Winston Churchill to North Africa for talks with Dwight D. Eisenhower and other allied leaders on European invasion plans. Speculation mounts that Marshall may command the European invasion, with Deputy Chief of Staff Joseph T. McNarney seen as a potential successor or rival in the command structure.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
United States Army
War Department
Marshall
Winston Churchill
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Joseph T. MacNarney
Roosevelt
MacNarney
New Drive for Payroll Savings Aims at 30 Million Workers
In Seattle on June 5 Ralph Engelman national payroll savings director outlines a two state drive starting June 15 to enroll 30 million workers and channel 650 million dollars into war bonds monthly. He notes current 26 million workers buying 415 million monthly is insufficient though not compulsory this year.
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Seattle
Washington
Montana
War Savings
Ralph Engelman
National
Treasury Department
Engleman
Reprisal Executions Reported in Holland During Strike
New York June 7. The Office of War Information released a report outlining Nazi reprisals in the Netherlands after a late April to early May general strike. It says hundreds, possibly thousands, of Dutch citizens were executed, while the Dutch showed strong solidarity against occupation. The strike began April 29 with plans to send released former Dutch soldiers to Germany for forced labor.
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New York
Netherlands
Office of War Information
OWI
Germany
Applications for 2 800 000 in ag loans approved
Bozeman Montana June 4 Montana farmers have had nearly 2 800 000 in regional agricultural credit corporation loans and advances approved through May 22. The sum includes 1 225 000 in special war crop advances and 1 573 000 in loans for other crops and livestock. Farmers must repay special war crop advances if a crop is produced but may owe only the amount from sale if the crop fails through no fault of the grower. Eligibility requires accurate record keeping and proper crop production methods.
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Bozeman
Montana
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
R. J. McKenna
U. S. D. A. War Board
McKenna
War Prisoners Now In United States 36688 Held
The army announced that 36,688 enemy prisoners are held in 21 U S prison camps. Of the total 22,110 are German, 14,516 Italian, and 62 Japanese. Japanese prisoners are at McCoy Wisconsin. Germans and Italians are at Crossville Tennessee in separate compounds.
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Washington
United States
McCoy
Wis
Crossville
Tenn
Mansfield and OConnor Oppose Anti-Strike Bill
Washington June 5 Representatives voting for the bill imposing prison terms and fines for striking in government plants included Barrett Chenoweth Hill Rockwell Anderson and Fernandez. Opponents were Mansfield and OConnor of Montana.
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Washington
House
Barrett
Wyoming
Chenoweth, Hill and Rockwell
Colorado
Anderson and
Fernandez
New Mexico
Mansfield and
O'Connor
Montana
Attu Conquest Cost 342 American Lives
Navy disclosed that 342 American soldiers died in the Attu assault with Japanese losses much higher. Secretary Knox praised landing operations with no ship or naval personnel losses and noted Attu airfield work has begun.
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Attu
Washington
Navy
Knox
Prisoner totals show 18,000 Americans held by Axis foes
Secretary Stimson reported to day that about 17,083 U S troops are captive in Japanese hands with 11,307 reported by the Red Cross. Germany holds 2,464. He noted Attu’s fall brings American forces near Japanese territory and said food parcels go to prisoners in Germany and Italy. He hinted at possible future western Aleutians operations toward the Kurile islands with a cautious smile.
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Kiska
Aleutians
Attu
Pacific
Artemus Gates
Navy
Washington
Stimson
International Red Cross
Germany
Italy
Kurile Islands
Japan
Bonneville Abandons Flathead Lake Plan for More Power
Montana lawmakers said the Bonneville power commission dropped the Flathead Lake storage idea due to losses in lumber and farming, and will seek approval to raise Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho instead. Army engineers will hold a public hearing on Albeni Falls to raise the lake level to two million acre-feet of storage.
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Bonneville Commission
Flathead Lake
Washington
Montana
Congress
Bonneville Power Commission
Bonneville
Pend Oreille
Idaho
Bonneville Administration
Columbia River
Oregon
Grand Coulee
Washington State
Columbia
Army
Lake Pend Oreille
Albeni Falls
Pedro Ramirez New Argentine President
Montevideo June 7 General Arturo Rawson resigned as head of Argentina's provisional government and was succeeded by war minister General Pedro Ramirez. Ramirez pledged a cordial policy toward American peoples and said Argentines were in the hands of a soldier who will rule with rectitude, human sense and firmness.
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Montevideo
Arturo Rawson
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Ramirez
Kansas Congressman U S Guyer Dies at 74
Rep Ulysses Samuel Guyer a Republican from Kansas who served in Congress for more than 15 years died at Naval Hospital after months of illness. The 74 year old Kansas City resident had served since 1927 and was ranking Republican on the judiciary committee known for his strong prohibition stance.
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Washington
Ulysses Samuel Guyer
Congress
Kansas
Naval Hospital
Guyer
Kansas City
Kas
House Judiciary Committee
Lutherans to Observe 100th Anniversary
Havre Montana June 8 The Norwegian Lutheran Church of America marks its centennial with services and a Rocky Mountain district convention June 17 to 20. Dr J M Brown Concordia College Moorhead Minn will give the centennial address. Speakers include Oscar E Westberg Williston N D and Rev A E Iverson Minneapolis.
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Havre
Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Rocky Mountain
J. M. Brown
Concordia College
Moorhead Minn
A. M. Skindlev
Oscar E. Westberg
Williston
N. D
Lutheran Brotherhood of America
A. E. Iverson
Minneapolis
The
Brotherhoods
Zoot Suiters Raise Hell in Los Angeles
Los Angeles city councilmen in a heated session on June 9 voted to curb rioting by banning the zoot suit. They declared the baggy pants and knee-length coats a public nuisance and ordered a 30 day clinic detention for violators.
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Los Angeles
Woman Dies of Spotted Fever in Western Montana
Mrs. Carl Armstrong aged 58 died in a hospital after a 10 day illness from spotted fever. It is the first recorded death from the disease in western Montana this year. Survivors include her husband two sons Melvin of Missoula Lynn a daughter Mrs R Wise of Heron and a state highway patrolman son Billings.
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Carl Armstrong
Montana
Melvin
Missoula
Lynn
Billings
Ped
R. Wise
Heron
Roosevelt warns Axis against use of gas in war
President Roosevelt said reports the axis plans to use poison gas would trigger full retaliation targeting munition centers, seaports, and military objectives. He warned that gas use would be treated as if directed at the United States and pledged swift retribution in kind against perpetrators in Europe and Asia.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
United Nations
Europe
Asia
Beehive Truck Crash Sends Swarm Through Wyoming Roads
In Rawlins Wyoming on Tuesday thousands of bees escaped from a truck carrying 185 hives after a Sunday rollover. Drivers Eugene Marvee and Richard Olson of Douglas were hospitalized with numerous stings. The swarm delayed righting the truck for hours as rescuers dealt with the cloud of insects.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Wyoming
California
Douglas
Eugene Marvee
Richard Olson
Japs Fear Bayonet Says Returning U S Soldier
Private Marion F. Dunlap, a former florist and ice cream man from North Carolina, said Japanese troops at Attu panicked at the bayonet. He recalled a bayonet assault where Japanese forces fled after their officers were killed, noting their fear and distress.
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Vancouver
Wash
Marion F. Dunlap
North Carolina
Attu
War Board Doubles Wool Use For Civilians
Washington June 8 The War Production Board more than doubled the amount of wool that may be used in all wool fabrics and yarns for civilians. The action ends blending inducements that had required wool be mixed with cotton rayon or other substitutes to obtain an allotment.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Pegler Blames Roosevelt for Nationwide Coal Strike
Westbrook Pegler, visiting Cheyenne, said President Roosevelt is responsible for the nationwide coal strike in a Tuesday night interview. He claimed the president created John L. Lewis and built up unions with the labor policy. Pegler was in Wyoming to discuss state officials’ dispute over a proposed Jackson Hole National Monument in northern Wyoming.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Lewis Orders Miners Back Under Temporary Truce
John L. Lewis announced the coal miners’ back-to-work order remains valid for two weeks and reports say the White House backs legislation to jail strike instigators. He yielded to the government and urged a return by Monday June 7 as Secretary Ickes arranged a $30 vacation pay rise and free tools.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
White House
Roosevelt
Ickes
United Mine Workers
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
War Labor Board
WLB
Max Stephan to be executed July 2 in Milan
Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle sets July 2 as the execution date for traitor Max Stephan at Milan Michigan. Stephan, sentenced thrice to death for aiding Nazi flier Hans Peter Krug in April 1942, awaits appeals after recent denial of a new trial.
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Detroit
Arthur J. Tuttle
Max Stephan
Federal Correction Institution
Milan
Mich
Stephan
Hans Peter Krug
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Tuttle
United States Supreme Court
20 Years Imprisonment for Manslaughter in Seattle Case
A superior court in Seattle convicts Mrs. Ardis Parmenter of manslaughter for the death of a baby left in her care and for second-degree assault on her own baby. The jury recommends the maximum 20-year term. Parmenter, 23, was described as mentally irresponsible. she faced potential murder charges for the death of the nine month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clairmont.
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Seattle
A_ superior court
Ardis Parmenter
Roundup
Mont
Walter Clairmont
Garfield Wash
Montana Board to pick presidents for state schools
The Montana state board of education will hold a special session in Missoula on June 28 to consider selecting presidents for the University of Montana at Missoula and Montana State College at Bozeman. Governor Sam C. Ford chairs the board and expects several candidates for both posts. The university presidency becomes vacant July 1 when Dr. E. O. Melby becomes chancellor. the college post is open after D. A. L. Strand resigned last August to lead Oregon State College.
Six Montanans Die In Drowning Incidents
Six Montanans lost their lives in drowning accidents in two Montana areas yesterday. Byron Amen age 16 and his cousins John Amen Jr age 12 and Jack Amen 13 from Billings drowned when a boat they played in capsized near an artificial lake ten miles west of Billings. Billy Wagner 12 also of Billings was rescued by his father. In Lake Delmo near Butte John Androvich Fred Masolo and Batt Facchi miners from Butte drowned when their boat hit a submerged object and sank. John Kovacich, also from Butte, survived and aided officials who searched for the others.
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Butte
John Androvich
Fred Masolo
Batt Facchi
John Kovacich
Yearling Shorthorn Bull Sets Chicago Auction Record
A month-old Shorthorn yearling bull sold for 8000 dollars, a 25 year record, at a Chicago sale. The 38 head of beef cattle brought 54205 dollars total, averaging 1426 dollars, the highest average in the last 25 years for Shorthorns, per the American Shorthorn Breeders Association.
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Chicago
American
Major Kermit Roosevelt Dies in Alaska Assignment
Major Kermit Roosevelt, 53, son of Theodore Roosevelt, died on an army assignment in Alaska. Officials said death was not reported as killed in action, with no details yet given. Roosevelt had served in British, Finnish, and American forces and was among the late president’s sons who served in wartime.
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Washington
Maj
Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Alaska
War Department
Alaskan Command
Roosevelt
Germany
Poland
Egypt
Russia
Finland
England
Pearl Harbor
Quentin
France
Theodore Jr
Africa
Quentin Roosevelt
Staten Island, N. Y
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