Special Commission Reports on Nazi Crimes in Pre-War Poland
The Soviet extraordinary commission accuses German forces of mass murder in the Rovno region, citing 102,000 killed including civilians and POWs. Report details graves, torture, gas van killings, and burning of bodies, naming Hitlerite leadership and German invaders responsible.
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Special Commission
Poland
London
Rovno
Rman
Moscow Radio
Soviet
Monitor
Byeli
Germany
Reichminister
Rosenberg
Reich Commissar
Koch
Volynia
Podolsk Schene
Schweiger
Byell Street
Judge Berg Seeks Reelection To Sixth Judicial District
Judge B E Berg filed his petition to seek another term on the non partisan judicial ticket for the sixth district covering Gallatin Park and Sweet Grass counties. Born in Illinois he settled in Montana in 1897 and earned a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1911. He has served as Stillwater county attorney twice and was mayor of Columbus before becoming judge in 1929 and retains that office. He is married with two daughters and a son in the armed forces.
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B. E. Berg
Gallatin
Park
Sweet Grass
Illinois
Montana
University of Montana
Montana State College
University of Michigan
Stillwater County
Columbus
Sixth Judicial District
Twenty-Seventh Nazi Plane Downed by Captain Johnson
Captain Robert S. Johnson, flying a Thunderbolt from a U.S. fighter base in England, claimed his twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh German planes in a Monday sky ambush. The 24-year-old from Lawton Oklahoma tied with Major Richard S. Bong as the top American ace in air victories, surpassing Captain Eddie Rickenbacker’s prior record of 24. A notable coincidence linked his wingman’s father to Rickenbacker’s World War I command.
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United States
England
Robert S. Johnson
Eves
Edward Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Germany
Lawton
Okla
Richard S. Bong
Southwest Pacific
Montana Fails to Meet April War Bond Quota
Montana officials report Montanans invested 2,607,006.25 in war bonds for April, short of the 2,800,000 quota by about 193,000. Wartime committee chairman A T Hibbard said the May quota remains 2,800,000.
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Montana
Helena
American Legion Hosts Auxiliary in Evening of Activity
About 75 people attended a party at the Dugout after a business meeting as the American Legion entertained the Auxiliary. District Commander E L Nowels of Livingston made his last official visit with Jack Field and Norman Brown. Sweet Grass post No 19 elected officers LeRoy Harris commander and others. Auxiliary officers and district delegates were chosen with a Bozeman convention to follow, plus a 2:30 tea at Baxter hotel and a 6:30 joint banquet.
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American Legion
Auxiliary
E. L. Nowels
Livingston
Jack Fielde
Norman Brown
James Brannin
Greenland
Sweet Grass Post No. 19
LeRoy Harris
Ed Braaten
Claude T. Williams
E. J. Husebye
Eugene Knoke
Ceryl V. O'Leary
Ernest Parker
Bozeman
The
Legion Auxiliary
Ceryl V. O’leary
L. W. Baskett
Alvin Sylling
Maternity Benefit Increase Passed by House
The House approved an emergency appropriation of 6.7 million dollars for maternity and infant care for wives and babies of enlisted servicemen, adding to 23 million already provided for the fiscal year. The committee cites rising authorizations and increasing costs per case as the program expands.
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Washington
House
Senate
Berlin Air Raid Kills 1000 People In City Sunday
Stockholm dispatch cites Morgen Tidningen reporting at least 1000 killed in Sunday American air raid on Berlin. Western and southwestern districts bombed heavily and residents fear the capital faces condemnation by the Allies.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Morgen Tidningen
Montana registers 2743 nurses largest roster in state history
Helena May 5 Montana's 2743 registered nurses form the largest roster in state history. Board secretary Ann Beckwith said about 2000 reside in Montana and 420 are serving with the armed forces.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Examiners For
Ann T. Beckwith
Cheyenne Mayor and Three Officials Guilty of Bribe
Cheyenne mayor Ira L. Hanna and three city officials were found guilty by a Laramie county jury on solicitation and acceptance of a $100 bribe from Lola West for protection. Sentences ranged from one to ten years. bonds set at $3,000 each for Hanna and Ekdall. Appeals planned.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Ira L. Hanna
Laramie
G. J. Morris
Lola West
Isley
Hanna
Ekdall
Violette
Morris
Closing Activities at High School Auditorium
The high school presents closing activities in the auditorium on May 17 at 8 p.m. The event features student performances and acknowledgments to honor the school year.
Charles R. McKenzie Dies in Great Falls After 56 Years in County
Charles R. McKenzie a longtime county resident died Thursday evening in a Great Falls hospital aged 176 years 4 months and 10 days He lived with his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs A M Jacobson His body was moved to Mountain View for burial Funeral services were held Monday at the Evangelical church with Rev H S Tool officiating The family noted his birth December 24 1867 in Spring Valley Minnesota He came to this county in 1888 homesteaded near Big Timber and later moved into town He married Lucy Weaver in 1906 who died in 1917 They had four children and later a second marriage to Carrie Blakeman in 1919 The family includes twins Robert and Helen with many grandchildren and great grandchildren He helped organize the Evangelical church and contributed to its building and parsonage.
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Charles R. McKenzie
Great Falls
A. M. Jacobson
Mountain View
Evangelical Church
H. S. Tool
Lowry
Frank McComb
Davis
Boulder
Big Timber
Clarence
McKenzie
Lucy Weaver
William
Pendleton
Ore
Francis
Italy
Louise
Virgil Haffner
May
Mike Rangitsch
Hardin
Carrie Blakeman
Robert
City
Helen
Jacobson
Ae McKenzie
Stilwell’s Forces Close Trap on Japs in Burma
Southeast Asia Headquarters reports Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell’s land invasion forces and Allied airborne commandos closing a gigantic trap on the Eighteenth division in northern Burma. The veteran unit that captured Singapore is said to be disorganized as the Allies tighten around Mogaung and Myitkyina, about 240 miles north of Mandalay.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Singapore
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Mandalay
23 High Officers Lost Since Start of War
United States records show 23 high officers from the army navy and marine corps lost in the current war. Thirteen army generals eight navy flag officers and two marine generals are dead missing or killed in action. Four are killed in action and six listed as missing. Plane crashes in or to war zones account for many losses.
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Washington
United States
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Committee Approves Public Debt Boost
The House Ways and Means Committee approved raising the public debt ceiling from 210 billion to 240 billion dollars in advance of a June fifth war loan drive. The current debt stands at 187.21246708192 billion dollars. The administration requested 260 billion, but faced Republican opposition and settled for the lower ceiling.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
38 Irish Firms Put on American Blacklist
The United States on May 6 blacklisted 38 Irish firms and businessmen accused of aiding the enemy. This marks the first use of economic measures by the U S to show disapproval of Eire's February decision not to eject Axis officers accused of espionage.
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Washington
United States
Eire
Gandhi Is Released From Prison On Illness
Mohandas K. Gandhi, aged 74, is freed unconditionally from political detention in Poona after 31 months in the Aga Khan’s summer palace. Release cited failing health. critics fear a new political crisis amid India’s resistance to Japan.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Aga Khan
Poona
Gandhi
Japan
Montana Sets Fifth War Loan Quota At 41 Million
Helena May 7 Montana war finance officials announce the fifth war loan drive quota will be 41 million dollars an increase of 10 million over the fourth drive. The rise is allocated to corporations leaving 20 million for individuals and 21 million for corporations with the drive opening June 12 and closing July. County quotas were not announced.
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Helena
Gene Savage
State War Finance Committee
Montana
Savage
Fortresses Forced Down in Sweden
The American Swedish News Exchange reported two Flying Fortresses forced down in Sweden after raids on the continent. One landed in Skaane province and the other crash landed offshore. Crews for both planes were reported safe.
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New York
Germans Head List of War Prisoners
The United States holds 183,618 war prisoners including 133,135 Germans, 50,136 Italians, and 347 Japanese. The men are confined in camps across the nation, with Germans forming the largest group.
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Washington, May
United States
Leroy
United
Sevastopol Falls Signal Soviet Westward Push
Soviet premier Stalin announced the fall of Sevastopol after a 24 day siege signaling a possible manpower shift to a new westward Russian offensive. The report also notes the sinking of the U S destroyer Lansdale in the Mediterranean with Lt Morgenthau among the survivors.
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London
Crimean
Sevastopol
Marshall Stalin
Montana Leads Nation in Scrap Metal Drive
Montana tops national scrap metal and waste paper recovery with 2,560,465 pounds of waste paper in July and a new record for industrial scrap metal salvage set by the state committee led by Joe L. Markham. R. E. Grimes cites Montana as first in regional farm scrap collection with 13 counties still reporting.
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Helena
Montana
R. E. Grimes
Minneapolis
War Production Board
Montana Committee For
Joe L. Markham
Butte
Grimes
Keeley
Japan Readies to Pick Up Red Cross Supplies
Tokyo radio reports Japan is prepared to dispatch a vessel to Vladivostock to collect Red Cross supplies from the United States for American prisoners and civilian internees. The plan, conveyed through the Swiss minister, accompanies Japan’s reply to U S charges over mistreatment of POWs.
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Japan
Red Cross
Tokyo
Vladivostock
United States
Associated Press
Supreme Court rejects rehearing on Negro vote case
The Supreme Court denied two requests for rehearing of its ruling that Negroes have a right to vote in Texas Democratic primaries. Texas Attorney General Grover Sellers and two Houston election judges argued the 8 to 1 decision overturned a nine year old unanimous ruling upholding exclusion. They contended Texas law remained largely unchanged.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Grover Sellers
Houston
Allied Air Strikes Hit Wiener Neustadt and Knin
London reports a massive Allied air offensive on May 10 with over 3 500 Allied planes from Britain and Italy dropping more than 4 500 tons of explosives on Hitler's Europe. American heavy bombers from Italy highlighted the twenty sixth straight day of raids, targeting Wiener Neustadt Austria and Knin Yugoslavia after 750 RAF planes hit 10 high priority targets including the channel coast and Paris and Berlin regions. German installations along the French coast faced the heaviest attack of the war.
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London
Britain
Italy
Hitler
Europe
Wiener Neustadt
Austria
Knin
Yugoslavia
Channel
Paris
Berlin
French
No Lifting of Sugar Rationing Seen
Washington reports little chance of ending sugar rationing or raising sugar allotments in 1944. April stocks stood at 1,256,366 tons, 30 percent below a year earlier and the lowest for the date in years. First quarter distributions totaled 1,508,474 tons, about 300,000 tons more than 1943, while stocks declined by about 60,000 tons.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Aimee Semple McPherson Seriously Ill in Los Angeles
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson is seriously ill at Hilltop home with an infection following a tropical fever contracted in Mexico. Her son Rolf McPherson reports she has been intermittently ill for more than a year.
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Aimie McPherson
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Rolf McPherson
Mrs. McPherson
Mexico
Pensive Wins Seventieth Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
Pensive ridden by Conn McCreary wins the seventieth Kentucky Derby for Warren Wright's Calumet Farm. Broadcloth finishes second and Stir Up third after a strong stretch run in front of about 60,000 to 70,000 fans. Derby purse totals set records with Pensive earning $65,200.
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Churchill Downs
Louisville
Pensive
Warren Wright
Calumet Farm
Pimlico
Hyperion
George Pulson
Los Angeles
Payne Whitney
Sailor Joe Goldbrand
Erlanger
Wright
Ben Jones
Conn McCreary
Penske
Mrs. Whitney
Eddie Arcaro
Clyde van Dusen
War Admiral
Broadcloth
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American Legion Entertains Auxiliary
Thespians
Harold Ava
Donna Plaggerman
Nell
Frank Chase
Bopane
Renne
Donna Flagaerran
Raxdecivens
Belis
H. P. Schug
Elmer Cannon Sessenanes
Big Timber Lutheran Church
Choly
Awssseceessan
County
Stilwell
Sweden
Sevastopol Falls
U.S
Lansdale
Mediterranean
Robert M. Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Douglla Swift
Portsmouth
Mineichi Koga
Soemu Toyoda
Imperial Headquarters
Koga
White House
Pearl Harbor
McCreary
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