Allied Forces Strike Pacific Raids And Air Campaigns
Allied task forces damaged or destroyed multiple Japanese targets as raids neared Yokohama and Marcus and Wake islands. Flying Tigers in China shot down 40 Japanese planes at Chiangmai, with pilot Jack Newkirk killed. U S submarines sunk three merchant ships and damaged others, as navies tally 183 ships either destroyed or damaged since war began.
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Washington
Southwest Pacific
Yokohama
Marcus
Wake Islands
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Kunming
China
Thailand
Chiengmai
United States
Jack Newkirk
Newkirk
United States Navy
Navy
Wood caulkers claim high pay on naval job in Oakland
Records from the house naval affairs committee war production investigation show two Oakland wood caulkers claimed 160 dollars each for eight hours work on a naval auxiliary. The claim cites union rules on eight hour work and Saturday double pay, with the navy reimbursing 28 dollars to each caulker for the day.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Oakland
Calif
Wood
William Bear
Navy
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Caulkers
Federal expenditures hit all time high
Federal outlays for the current fiscal year rose to 18.67 billion dollars by March 17, surpassing the previous 1919 peak. The war program accounts for about 14.0 billion thus far, with projections showing another 12 billion to be spent through June 30, including 10 billion for war.
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Washington
The
Treasury
WPA Workers Can Get Employment in Billings Area
The Work Projects Administration announces reemployment officials will aid WPA workers in finding private jobs. Clinton T. Griffin and W. P. Hadland disclose district plans to contact county agents chambers and farm groups to publicize placement policies. Orville Noe of Big Timber is the local WPA foreman for Sweet Grass county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Work Projects Administration
WPA
United States Employment Service
Clinton T. Griffin
W. P. Hadland
Billings
Chamber of Commerce
W.P.A
Orville Noe
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Top Bull Set Auction Record At Billings Sale
Three hundred head of whiteface stock sold for 62 200 at the seventh annual registered Hereford bull sale by the Billings Livestock Commission. Top price 700 went to Soren Stromme of Dickinson North Dakota for Trout Creek ranch Cody Wyoming consignment. Nine cows and a few calves averaged over 200. About 100 consignors and 130 to 150 buyers from Montana Wyoming and North Dakota attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings Gazette
Billings Livestock Commission Company
Soren Stromme
Dickinson
N. D
Trout Creek
Cody Wyo
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
Bill would cut mileage for members of Congress
Washington March 23 Representative Everett M Dirksen Republican Ill introduced legislation to halve mileage allowances for members of Congress cutting total to 111000 a year. The bill would reduce senatorial mileage from 51000 to 25500 and House mileage from 171000 to 85500.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Reublican
Ill
Congress
Dirksen
McNutt Eyes War Focus. CCC and NYA Could Be Scrapped
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt told the senate labor committee he would strip youth programs of non war activities and argued the McKellar bill to abolish NYA CCC and defense training would disrupt war efforts. He noted funds per CCC youth and defended placing programs under the office of education. Senator McKellar pressed for termination while others cited forest fire prevention and post pay benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Roosevelt
Senator McKellar
Democrat
Tennessee
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
McNutt
Senate Labor Committee
McKellar
Byrd
Virginia
NYA
CCC
Defense
Office of Education
University of Alabama
Ellende
Louisiana
Robert Nye Buried Here Yesterday With Military Honors
Funeral services for Robert Nye former Sweet Grass county man who died Friday at Camp Roberts California were held at the Congregational church with full military honors. American Legion escorted the casket and fired a salute. burial at Mountain View cemetery. Nye served in the regular army from Los Angeles and was born December 11 1910 in Big Timber. He leaves a mother sister and brothers among others.
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Congregational Church
Robert Nye
Sweet Grass County
Camp Roberts
Calif
J. F. Howlett
Paul Snyder
Jean Worden
Howlett
American Legion
Mountain View Cemetery
Francis M. Ferris
Taps
Legionnaires
D. Claiborn
Clive W. Haas
Clyde E. Davis
Ed. Braaten
Ben V. Marley
Alva L. Lamb
Lowrys
Nye
Nettie Nye
Mary Elizabeth
Odell Madsen
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Nelson W
Robert
Big Timber
Braun Chemical Company
Grand Champion Hereford Bull Brings 925 At Livingston Sale
King Doming 55th, a yearling Hereford bred by Gallatin Gateway ranch near Bozeman, was named grand champion at Livingston Hereford sale. Parker Livestock of Wilsall bought him for 925 dollars as bulls averaged 299.30. Reserve champion Real Domino Bath sold for 425 as Future Anxiety 29th fetched 800 from Walter Buckingham.
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Livingston
Parker Livestock Company
Wilsall
Elmer T. Johnson
Livingston Registered Livestock Association
C. E. Reichbusch
Townsend
Walter Buckingham
White Sulphur Springs
Real Domino Bath
Lawrence Bauwens
Fromberg
Gallatin Gateway Ranch
Spain Brothers of Belgrade
Higgins Brothers
Ringling
Henry M. Skank
Bozeman
Montana State College
Patterson *Land Company
Bismarck
N. D
R. V. Fraser
Billings
Duchess Domino
Patterson Land Company
Swedish Ship to Carry Supplies to Greece
The Swedish motorship Sicilia will sail from New York on Wednesday with flour medicine medical supplies and concentrated vitamins for Greece. It will be specially marked fly the Swedish flag and follow a direct course. Red Cross supervision will distribute the cargo to starving war stricken Greeks.
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New York
Sicilia
Greece
Greek War Relief Association
Piraeus
International Red Cross
New York to retire open top buses on Fifth Avenue
The Fifth Avenue Coach company announced it will replace open top double deckers with closed single deck buses on many routes due to net losses last year. The move ends a longtime summer icon that began with the first double decker in 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth
Sweden mobilizes for feared Nazi invasion
London dispatch notes Northern Sweden maneuvers serve as a cover for full Swedish army mobilization against Germany's Baltic concentrations. Reserves in maneuvers won’t be released, with more called up daily. Final mobilization stage expected by April 9, marking two years since Norway’s invasion.
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London
Sweden
Baltic
Daily Express
Charley Foley
Tony
Norway
Blackfeet Indians Adopt MacArthur as Chief Wise Eagle
General Douglas MacArthur was made a Blackfeet tribe chief in a ceremony on Thursday, adopting the name Mo Kahki Peta Chief Wise Eagle. Chiefs and women sang adoption songs and tribal warriors welcomed him in colorful rites before a large picture of the general.
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Browning
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Mo- Kahki-Peta
Wise Eagle
Sweden Warned Against German Aggression
In Stockholm on March 22 a blunt warning to be on guard against Germany was delivered in parliament. Ex‐foreign minister R J Sandler said what is happening in Norway could happen in Sweden, amid protests over confiscated Swedish newspapers publishing reports from Norwegian concentration camps. Justice Minister Westman cited foreign representations and warned that unimpeded horror reports could provoke foreign complications. Sam Larsson of the People's Party urged silence for fear for our skins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Norway
R. J. Sandler
Westman
Sam Larsson
People’s Party
Japanese Internees Pay Income Taxes at Fort Missoula
Japanese internees at Fort Missoula are being interviewed by Montana tax officials under Lewis Penwell as part of wartime tax collection. Most internees face income tax on 1941 earnings, with many not claiming dependency due to wives living in Japan.
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Missoula
Fort Missoula
Sam
Japan
Lewis Penwell
Internal Revenue
Montana
Helena
Penwell
Railroads Move Enormous Tonnage in 1941 Record
The Association of American Railroads announced that U S railroads carried 475000000000 ton miles of freight in 1941 the highest volume ever. This topped the 1929 record by 6.2 percent and rose 27.3 percent from 1940 signaling a wartime freight surge.
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Washington
United States
Association of American Railroads
Wool Crop Set to Exceed 1918 Record Prices Rise
Washington reports the agriculture department forecasts the 1942 wool crop will yield income at or above the 1918 record of 147 million dollars. Production is expected to surpass 1941’s 455 million pounds as new Western clips contract about five cents higher per pound, the highest in 14 years.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Evacuation Ordered for Bainbridge Island Japanese Residents
Lieutenant General DeWitt ordered all Japanese aliens and Japanese Americans on Bainbridge Island to depart by March 30. About 1,000 people will be moved to Owens Valley California, beginning the wider exclusion from military area No. 1 as crews prepare Manzanar.
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San Francisco
John L. DeWitt
Western Defense Command
Bainbridge Island
Puget Sound
Wash
Army
Owens Valley
Cal
Manzanar
Los Angeles
DeWitt
Judge Husbands orders sale of Gasper cattle
In White Sulphur Springs Montana Judge W C Husband ordered a public sale on March 31 of nearly 2000 Hereford cattle from the William Gasper estate. The heirs are Romanian nationals, Tony Gaspar is in Meagher county and not naturalized. Estate valued around $200000. Sale includes 600 calves and 38 herd bulls.
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Montana
W. C. Husband
William Gasper
Husband
Rumania
Tony Gaspar
Meagher County
United States
Northwest
William Gaspar
Sinking of tankers costs fuel for cars and burners
The American Petroleum Institute estimated that each sunk tanker deprives 100,000 automobiles of fuel and equates to 63,000,000 gallons wasted annually. The figure comes as eastern states and Oregon Washington face a 20 percent cut in dealer supplies and ration card polices for motorists.
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New York
American Petroleum Institute
Oregon
Washington
Roosevelt Deeds Georgia Properties to Foundation
On March 23 President Roosevelt deeded all his Georgia properties except the "little White House" to the Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, stated the gift includes farm lands, all equipment, livestock, and buildings.
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New York
Roosevelt
Georgia
Little White House
Warm Springs Foundation For
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
O’connor
Older men 45 to 64 ordered to register April 27
Washington report says the 45 to 64 age group must register on April 27 for potential noncombatant service. About 15 million are affected with possible assignment to essential war work. Brig. Gen. Hershey emphasized the need for accurate manpower appraisal and better control of placements to meet wartime needs. No work-or-fight policy exists.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lewis B. Hershey
House
Hershey
Japanese internees to receive monthly payments in west coast
Representative Leland Ford announced that Japanese internees on the west coast are to be paid 40 to 45 dollars a month from Work Projects Administration funds. Deductions for room and board and other expenses apply, and a required amount of work must be completed before payment.
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Washington
Leland Ford
Republican
California
West Coast
Work Projects Administration
Ford
Sugar Registration And Nationwide Rationing Planned
United States sugar sales will halt at midnight April 27 for about one week as a prelude to rationing. The Office of Price Administration announced a nationwide consumer registration set for May 4 to 7 in public schools, with wholesalers and industrial users registering April 28 and 29. The process aims to establish individual ration levels pending formal rationing, to be administered after the moratorium ends.
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Chicago
United States
John E. Hamm
Office of Price Administration
Hamm
Frank Bane
OPA
Bane
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