Churchill confident of victory promises aid against Japanese
Prime Minister Churchill voiced confidence in victory over the Axis and promised aid to allies against Japan. He praised Soviet, British, and American efforts, noted German setbacks, and forecast faster Pacific progress while warning of continued ship and air power attrition.
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Churchill
London
Germany
Italy
America
Britain
Empire
Hitler
Far East
Royal Air Force
Government to Resume Butter Purchases in April
Helena report states civilian butter supplies are at a year high and federal purchases will restart April 1. William A. Allan, Montana food distribution supervisor, says stockpiles have met civilian needs and manufacturers must reserve 10 percent of April butter output.
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Helena
William A. Allan
War Food Administration
Allen
Whisky Deliveries Assured to July 1
Helena March 28 The present volume of whisky deliveries to Montana consumers is assured until July 1. David R. Wallace of Helena, chairman of the state liquor control board, said Tuesday that after that date no assurance has been given on allotments. He added orders have been placed for rum brandy wines and other liquors on the basis of present web, but no definite delivery assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
David R. Wallace
State Liquor Control Board
Wallace
Devery
Red Cross Drive Surpasses Target in Local Appeal
Chairman Ross Williams reports the Red Cross drive has raised 3142 of a 2500 quota with several communities still to report. Indications point to reaching about 3500 as final totals.
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Ross Williams
Red Cross
Water Users to Meet in Big Timber April 4
J F Clark calls attention to an Yellowstone Basin association meeting at the Big Timber courthouse on Tuesday April 4 at 8 p m. All western water users are urged to attend as officials from the Yellowstone Basin and Montana reclamation associations will discuss river rights and the omnibus rivers and harbors bill.
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Missouri River
J. F. Clark
Yellowstone Basin Association
Court House
Big Timber
Clark
Montana Reclamation Association
Fire kills twenty two at Fourth Street hotel blaze
In San Francisco on Monday arson set the New Amsterdam hotel fire killing 22 people and injuring about 30 others. Police and Fire Marshal Frank Kelly confirmed multiple fires by a single firebug, with five fires Sunday night and five Monday night. One identified victim is named after twelve hours.
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San Francisco
Fourth Street
Frank Kelly
New Amsterdam
Montanans Pay About 14.7 Million in Federal Taxes in Early Year
Helena report shows Montanans paid 14,715,407.06 dollars in federal income taxes from January 1 to March 25. Collector Lewis Penwell announced the total, attributable to about 81,000 residents. another 74,933 filed returns that were non taxable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Births Outpace Deaths in Montana in February
Helena Montana March 28 Births outpaced deaths in February with 809 births and 442 deaths according to L Y Benepe state deputy registrar of vital statistics. The report notes births nearly twice as many as deaths in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
L.Y. Benepe
District Court Session Grants New Citizens and Handles Estates
Judge Berg presided over numerous estate matters including final accounts for Vernie Hathaway and Sigurd Lavold Jr with tax details, plus clearance of estates for Burnett Peterson and Mary Kelsey. The session included adoption orders, sale confirmations, citizenship proceedings for several applicants, and a decree quieting title in David Renfield vs Winona Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. E. Berg
Charles O. Hathaway
Vernie Hathaway
Sigurd T. Lavold
Sigurd Lavold Jr
Burnett Peterson
Petrine Peterson
Mary Kelsey
Royce
Goldie Kettorney E. O. Overland
Fredrick Frederickson
Boggs Ditch
David Renfield
Winona Bank
Harriet Jo Weir
Helene Suzann Weir
Harriet B. Stole
Arnold Stole
Torvald Tonneson
Marine Corps officer training for Forsythe in May at Quantico
Second Lieutenant Howard Forsythe of Grey Cliff will complete officer training at Quantico Virginia in May. He enlisted in the Marines in September 1942. His wife and young son reside on Sweet Grass with her parents Mr and Mrs Ibert Rostad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Howard P. Marine
William Hart Forsythe
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Bozeman State College
Montana Sets 1944 Hunting and Fishing Seasons
The Montana Fish and Game Commission approved definite 1944 seasons with elk and deer October 15 to November 15, fishing May 21 to November 15, black and brown bear April 15 to November 15, grizzly October 15 to November 15, and goat September 15 to 19 and October 15 to 19. Minor area variations noted. deer hunting barred in numerous counties including Blaine Chouteau Daniels Dawson Garfield Hill Liberty McCone Musselshell Petroleum Phillips Richland Sheridan Toole Treasure Valley Wibaux Yellowstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
State Fish and Game Commission
Blaine
Chouteau
Daniels
Dawson
Garfield
Hill
Liberty
McCone
Musselshell
Petroleum
Phillips
Richland
Sheridan, Toole
Treasure, Valley
Wibaux
Yellowstone
Stassen Open to GOP Nomination if Offered
Lt. Comdr. Harold E. Stassen said he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination but would accept it if offered. He serves as flag secretary to Adm. Halsey in the South Pacific and has a pledged Wisconsin primary delegate and Nebraska primary presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Adm
William F. Halsey Jr
South Pacific
Stassen
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Republican State Central Committee
Different Use to Be Made of Fort Missoula
MISSOULA March 24 Fort Missoula will be abandoned as an internment camp by the immigration service of the department of justice it was announced by Bert H Fraser commanding officer The last of the present internees will probably leave May 1 Four hundred Italians from this camp are now working under parole and only 310 are interned at the fort itself Other uses are contemplated for Fort Missoula Mr Fraser said but any further announcement must come from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Fort Missoula
Immigration Service of
Department of Justice
Bert H. Fraser
Fraser
Washington
Supreme Court Backlog Includes Wartime Powers and Antitrust Pleas
Washington March 25 The Supreme Court will reconvene from a two week recess with a record backlog of 45 cases argued awaiting final decision. Decisions may come at any time on issues like wartime powers price and rent control programs and the government antitrust action against 196 fire insurance companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Liberty Ship Penelope Barker Sunk by U Boat
Nazi U boats stalk the All lied convoy route to Murmansk with the sinking of the American liberty ship Penelope Barker. Five men were killed and five missing. the rest of the crew landed at a Russian port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Murmansk
Penelope Barker
Russia
War Shipping Administration
Father and Son Apply for Navy Enlistment in Watertown
A 46 year old father of 14 and his 17 year old son from Lowville have applied for navy enlistment. Navy recruiters announced that Leo Thesier and his son Paul would undergo examinations on April 5.
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Watertown
N. Y
Navy
Leo Thesier
Lowville
Paul
Earhart May Have Been Taken to Japan After Fuel Loss
Marshall Island report cites native Elien claiming Amelia Earhart Putnam landed between Jaluit and Allinglapalap atolls and was picked up by a Japanese fishing boat and taken to Japan. The tale mentions no accompanying man and notes Fred Noonan served as navigator on the world voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Island
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Marshall Islands
Japan
Eugene T. Bogan
New York City
Bogan
New York
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Elien
Ajima
Jaluit
Allinglapalap
Fred Noonan
Miss Putnam
Smoke and Dust Still Pour From Vesuvius
A veering wind spreads volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius toward Torre del Greco as smoke continues from the erupting crater. Nine days of eruption have caused 26 deaths last week, many from roof collapses. fields and roads are buried, and Allied authorities work to feed villagers and clear highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Torre del Greco
Appropriations for Pacific Bases Approved by House
The House authorized the navy to spend 1.644 billion dollars on public works including 1.019 billion for Pacific bases, sending the measure to the Senate without dissent. The action grants authority to develop advance bases in the Pacific region.
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Washington
Pacific
House
Senate
Steel License Plates For State Next Year
Helena March 28. State purchasing agent Russell Shaw accepts a bid from Carnegie-Illinois Steel of Denver to supply 50 tons of steel for Montana plates at 85 dollars per ton. Delivery to begin after July 1 and plates to be produced in Deer Lodge state prison shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Russell Shaw
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company of
Denver
Deer Lodge
Cassino Attack Falters As Allies Hit German Supply Lines
Allied advances stall at Cassino as Indian Gurkhas and New Zealand troops withdraw from Monastery hill. US and RAF air forces target German supply lines at Bolzano Milan Turin Ancona and coastal ports. Soviet troops push toward Czernowitz Balta and other gains in Bessarabia and southern Ukraine.
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Naples
Monastery Hill
Cassino
Hangman’s Hill
Benedictine Abbey
Italy
Bolzano
Milan
Turin
Ancona
Fifteenth Air Force
Rome
Adriatic
London
Prut River
Czernowitz
Cernauti
Bucovina
Kolomea
Carpathian Mountains
Moscow
Bessarabia
Ukraine
Balta
Cub Scout Awards Made at Banquet
The fourth annual Father Sons banquet of the Lutheran Men's club was held Friday at Parish hall. Rev A W Seebart spoke. Leo J Esp acted as toastmaster. Scout awards were presented to Bernard Lamach Alben Lamach Billy Howe Dickie McDonald Paul Lamp Walter Wagner Roland Solberg John Solberg Robert Bray Milton Wordal for completing rank requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Men's Club
Parish Hall
Lutheran Ladies Aid
A. W. Seebart
Holbrook Congregational Church
Livingston
Leo J. Esp
Ralph L. Duba
Roland Solberg
A. C. McDonald
Bernard Lamach
Alben Lamach
Billy Howe
Dickie McDonald
Paul Lamp
Walter Wagner
John Solberg
Robert Bray
Milton Wordal
Army Amputation Figures Released in War Update
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers announced to the House that 1 194 American soldiers have had arms or legs amputated thus far in the war. She refuted rumors of large numbers and “basket” cases with both limbs lost, urging the disclosure of official figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edith Nourse Rogers
Republican
Massachusetts
Anzio Beachhead Hospital Hit Again
Five American soldiers were killed and 11 wounded when about 80 German shells struck an American tent hospital area on the Anzio beachhead. Three killed in one tent and two in another. Stars and Stripes reported 33 hospital patients killed and 74 wounded on the beachhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Anzio
Stars and Stripes
Pipeline Project To Bring Oil To Billings Refineries
J G Dyer of the Yale Oil Pipeline company announced plans to build an 80 mile line from the Ik basin field on the Montana Wyoming border to supply the Billings and Laurel refineries about April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
J. G. Dyer
Yale Oil Pipeline Company
Laurel
Ik Basin
Montana- Wyoming
Japanese invasion forces drive British withdrawal near Imphal
Japanese troops pushing into Manipur forced a British withdrawal in the Ukhrul area 34 miles northeast of Imphal while another column moved toward Hima a key communications center. Mountbatten headquarters said the invaders advanced along the 140 mile border but elsewhere were checked.
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New Delhi
India
Ukhrul
Imphal
Hima
Manipur
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Long Prison Sentences For Nazi Spy Ring Leader
Canadian born Countess Grace Buchanan Dineen and four other confessed members of a German spy ring were sentenced by Judge Edward J. Moinet for espionage in Detroit. The leader received 12 years, while Theresa Behrens, international secretary of the YWCA, drew 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Grace Buchanan- Dineen
Edward J. Moinet
United States
Theresa Behrens
Taxes Outstripping Rise in Income in 1939–43
Chicago reports federation of tax administrators found total tax collections rose 141 percent from 1939 to 1943, outpacing national income growth by 51 percent. The study notes taxes paid to federal, state, and local governments increased from 12.6 billion in 1939 to higher levels, rising from 18.5 percent to 23.5 percent of national income by 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federation of Tax Administrators
Federation
Explosion in Garage Wrecks Baker Business Section
Baker residents cleaned debris after a Thursday night explosion at 10 45 p m that destroyed a garage and filling station causing over 40000 in damage Gasoline is blamed for the blast which shattered windows across the business district and at Baker high school. no injuries were reported Two soldiers from South Bend lost their cars stored in the garage and an acetylene tank burned at Baker lake amid continuing recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Baker High School
Fullerton Lumber Company
W. O. Hinning
Edward Shively
Michael Nash
Abe Karlitosky
South Bend
Ind
Baker Lake
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Burma
Burma-India
Hart Forsythe
Howard Forsythe
Commission
Ft. Missoula
Amelia Earhart
Vesuvius
Steel
Brunswick
Eighth Air Force
Pas-de-Calais
Anzio Beachhead
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