Northern Pacific to Expand Livingston Repairs at $1.45 Million
Northern Pacific Railway will start immediate construction on a 1.45 million dollar expansion of Livingston locomotive repair shops after War Production Board approval. The plan adds four buildings, a transfer pit extension, upgraded boiler and acetylene facilities, and new machinery to service 76 roller bearing locomotives and other power, boosting wartime fleet maintenance.
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Livingstone
Blum
Livingston
Austin Company
Boeing
Seattle
Erie
War Casualties Reach 115000 in United States Forces
Secretary of War Stimson announced total U S casualties at about 115000 with army deaths 10682 and wounded 26666 missing 23743 prisoners 20451. Navy losses listed as 11258 killed 5305 wounded 9456 missing 4143 prisoners. Salerno totals 3500 killed wounded or missing.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy Department
Navy
Army
Salerno
Italy
State's Violent Death List Grows to Fourteen
Helena October 5 Montana added fourteen names to its list of 1943 violent deaths during the last week. Nine army fliers including Sergeant Edwin B Young of Great Falls died in the crash of an army plane near Big Sandy. Two victims, Robert McGill of Missoula and Donna Eberly of Mouat, drowned. Douglas Peterson 8 of Anaconda died in a hunting accident. W H Rediske 50 of Roundup died by self harm. Charles John Kester 58 of Columbia Falls was believed to have starved to death.
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Helena
Montana
Army
Edwin B. Young
Great Falls
Big Sandy
Robert McGill
Missoula
Donna Eberly
Mouat
Douglas Peterson
Anaconda
W. H. Rediske
Roundup
Charles John Kester
Columbia Falls
World Series Tied One Game Apiece
New York Yankees won game one of the World Series 4 to 2 as Chandler allowed eight hits and Lanier pitched for St Louis. Mort Cooper pitched six hitters against Bonham of the Yanks in a 4 to 3 St Louis win. Before the game, the Coopers and Walker learned their father had died on a farm near Independence Missouri. They played on as a tribute. Today's game is in New York with up to four more games if needed in St Louis starting Sunday.
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New York Yankees
Chandler
Lanier
St. Louis
Mort Cooper
Bonham
Yanks
Coopers
Walker
Independence
Dad
New York
Large Booby Trap Found By Engineers In Naples
Engineers of the Fifth Army discovered a 1700 pound German booby trap hidden in a Naples hotel where General Mark W. Clark planned to set up Fifth Army headquarters. The explosive was removed and would have endangered Clark and other senior Allied officers if it had detonated.
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Fifth Army
Naples
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Auction sale yields high prices for household goods
BLANCHESTER Ohio Sept 30 Burdette Bud Lee farmer living near this community reported strong results from his auction sale. An old electric iron sold for 22 50 a washing machine 82 a sweeper 35 and a Jersey cow bought for 60 brought 240 at the sale reflecting solid local interest.
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Blanchester
Ohio
Burdette
Bud) Lee
Labor Shortages Hit 71 Areas In War Markets
The War Manpower Commission announced that 71 labor market areas face critical shortages, up 12 from 30 days ago. Fifteen areas are in the acute shortage category, though three previously in that group moved to the labor stringency group.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Benbow-Mouat Mines Shut Down by Metals Reserve Order
Anaconda Copper Mining Company says the Benbow and Mount Sampson chrome operations near Columbus will close under Metals Reserve instruction. The move, prompted by war production needs and manpower limits, redirects workers to copper and zinc production while chrome concentrates are deemed unnecessary. The action reflects wartime progress and is regretted by employees as the plant shuts down.
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Benbow-Mouat Mines
Metals Reserve Company
Columbus News
Benbow
Mount- Sampson
Columbus
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Mines For Metals Reserve
D. M. Kelly
Butte
Anaconda Company
War Production Board
Montana
Metal Reserve Companyv
Wet Production Board
Mount Sampson
Sweet Grass County Reaches 107 Percent War Bond Goal
Sweet Grass County surpassed its $215,700 Third War Bond drive quota by $15,503.50, totaling $231,203.50 or 107.18 percent. Figures from the Oral Reserve bank at Helena credit corporate purchases within the state, including Western Life Insurance Co 10000 Northern Pacific Railway Co 15000 Montana Power 8000 Standard Oil Co 2000 Mond 000 Montana Credit Association 10000 State of Montana 13100 totaling 66600 in outside help.
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Sweet Grass County
Oral Reserve Bank
Helena
Olmstead
Western Life Insurance Co
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Montana Power
Feveral Land Bank of Spastic
Standard Oil Co
Ty Insurance Co
Maan
Ltan Credit Association
State of Montana
Drive to support USO and 17 relief funds announced
A county drive aims to raise about 2500 for the national USO fund and other relief efforts including Norwegian Chinese and Russian relief. Roosevelt urged contributions to a 125 million dollar national war fund to aid servicemen and welfare programs.
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USO
Sweet Grass County
C. E. Smart
United Service Organization
Ross Williams
Serenity
Emil L. Frang
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
American Red Cross
United Service Organizations
United Seaman’s Service
Aircraft Spotters Are Eliminated As War Time Measure
The volunteer civilian portion of the national aircraft warning net was nearly eliminated. About 7,500 observation posts and 43 filter centers along coasts and the Canadian border will operate only a few hours weekly, while 600,000 ground observer corps members are affected by the move to alert status for manpower conservation.
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Washington
War Department
Gulf
Ground Observer Corps
Aircraft Warning Corps
Interest Rate On Loans Reduced
Spokane officials announce a rate cap of 4 percent on all outstanding loans via National Farm Loan associations in Idaho Montana Oregon and Washington. Loans not routed through an association capped at 4 14 percent. Brown notes 11 allied banks nationwide took similar action.
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Spokane
Wash
Federal Land Bank of
National Farm Loan Association
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
R. E. Brown
Brown
Less Gas For Western States
Petroleum Administrator Ickes told 37 western congressmen today that there will be less gasoline in the near future for civilian use in the ten Pacific coast and Rocky Mountain states. The cut is about 15,000 barrels daily.
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Washington
Ickes
Congress
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain States
Military Rites For 14 U. S. Fliers
Bern Switzerland Oct 4 military funeral services will be held at Ragaz Tuesday for 14 United States aviators killed in Switzerland last week by antiair craft fire and in a fight with German pursuit planes. They were crew members of two American bombers downed in the region.
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Bern
Switzerland
Ragaz
United States
Ten Army Airmen Killed In Crash
Ten Army airmen died when a four engined heavy bomber crashed in Blythe California on Monday night. The base public relations officer identified the victims including Second Lieutenant Richard W Fisher age 20 copilot and the wife Mrs Willard Fisher of 117 on Street Southeast Dickinson.
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Blythe
Cal
Army
Richard W.:. Fisher
Willard Fisher
Dickinson
Evacuation Attempt Cost Japs Heavily
Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific reported heavy losses to Japan on October 1–2 as American ships intercepted gun boat escorted barges in the Vella Gulf and sank at least one Japanese gunboat. The action occurred between Vella Lavella and Vila near Kolombangara, with barges believed to carry troops. Official counts of killed soldiers were not immediately available.
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Southwest Pacific
Kolombangara Island
Vella Gulf
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Vella Lavella Island
Solomons
Vila
Kolombangara
MacArthur
Three British War Correspondents Killed Near Naples
Three British war correspondents A. B. Austin of the London Daily Herald Stewart G. Sale of Reuters and William J. Munday of the Sydney Morning Herald and the London News Chronicle were killed near Naples with the American Fifth Army. They were with Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's armor unit advancing on Nocera and were killed after enemy opposition had been wiped out near the town.
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London
Fifth Army
Naples
A. B. Austin
London Daily Herald
Stewart G. Sale
Reuter
News Service
William J. Munday
Sydney Morning Herald
London News Chronicle
Mark W. Clark
Nocera
State Republicans To Meet Oct. 18
Announced by State Senator Dan Maddox for October 18 at the Florence hotel in Missoula. Speakers include Harrison Stangle r, chairman of the national committee, at a dinner and Governor Sam C. Ford at a noon luncheon.
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Hardin
Republican State Central Committee
Dan Maddox
Florence Hotel
Missoula
Harrison Spangler
National Republican Committee
Sam C. Ford
Milk Consumption Restricted In 13 Areas
The War Food Administration announced milk consumption limits in 13 areas effective Oct. 4 with plans to extend to all cities of 100000 population and later to markets of at least 50000.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Senate approves father deferment relief with higher allowances
The Senate passed a Wheeler substitute measure to cushion the induction of fathers into the armed forces. It provides $30 monthly for the first dependent child and $20 for each additional child, with added amendments expanding eligibility and enforcement. The final vote on passage was 69 to 0, and the bill moves to the House.
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Washington
Senate
George C. Marshall
Army
House
Wheeler
Montana
Bailey
North Carolina
Clark
Missouri
Barkley
Kentucky
Taft
Republican
Ohio
Ball
Minnesota
Reed
Kansas
Congress
Navy
Johnson
Democrat
Colorado
Bushfield
North Dakota
New Citizen Made In Court Yesterday
In district court yesterday Tellefsen Hetland was granted citizenship papers. Charles W. Wallace and Jessie V. Wallace divorce on desertion grounds. they wed in Columbus in 1939. Edith Pettit vs Leo J Cremer suit to quiet title. Work Inc substituted as defendant and case dismissed. Final discharge of Joseph Morstein Jr as administrator of the estate of Joseph Morstein Sr. Ivar Holland estate order for sale of personal property signed. L Spencer vs Kenneth Corson and others judgment entered in suit to quiet title. Estate of Martha Ranstad deceased final discharge of Administrator E O Overland. Mrs Schwindt vs C V Schwindt divorce. demurrer entered, hearing continued.
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Tellefsen Hetland
Charles W. Wallace
Jessie V. Wallace
Columbus
Edith Pettit
Leo. J. Cremer
Work Inc
Joseph Morstein Jr
Joseph Morstein
Ivar Holland
L. Spencer
Kenneth Corson
Martha Ranstad
E. O. Overland
Schwindt
C. V. Schwindt
Tax Collections Under Last Year
Montana would report September receipts totaling 647 467.15 with a year over year decline of 15 048.73. Gasoline tax brought in 594 885.12 while August 1943 measured 513 643.77 and September 1942 626 699.09. Other receipts included coal 10.20 oil 211.64 store licenses 159.25 telephone 73.86 corporations 27 256.09 income 23 121.18 contractors licenses 220 electricity 11 706.74 tele graph 2.66 express 12 044.78 car line freight 42.17 inheritance 4 731.46 ticket agent 2. The State Board of Equalization notes last month showed a year decline yet a monthly rise in total collections.
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Helena
Montana
Executions Estimated in Occupied France and Detentions
The French information commissariat says over 40,000 executed in France from June 1940 to March 1943. About 80,000 now detained by Germans and more than 750,000 deported to Germany.
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Algiers
French Information Commissariat
France
Germany
Funeral tomorrow for Mrs. Sidney Fraser Sr
Mrs. Sidney Fraser Sr dies after a year long battle with bone cancer in Deaconess hospital Billings. Her body to be brought to Reed Point for 2:30pm funeral at the Evangelical church officiated by Rev. E J Schroeder. Born Mattie Lay May 29 1870 near Kirksville Mo she moved to Gallatin valley at seven then married Sidney Fraser in Bozeman in 1892.
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Sidney Fraser Sr
Deaconess Hospital
Billings
Lowry
Kirksville
Mattie Lay
Gallatin Valley
Sidney Fraser
Bozeman
Gallatin
Bridger Creek
Sidney Jr
Estelle
J. A.) Johnson
Chester
Clayton, N. M
Newton
Ike Lay
George Lay
Hamilton Mont
Melby criticizes Montana higher education funding
Chancellor Ernest O. Melby told the Livingston Rotary club that Montana universities operate on roughly half the budget of Western first class schools. He cited $150 per student versus $300 elsewhere, faculty losses, deteriorating buildings, and unspent millage funds as reasons to boost state support and prepare for postwar enrollment growth.
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Livingston Enterprise
Montana
United States
Ernest O. Melby
Livingston Rotary Club
Melby
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N.P
Russia
China
United Nations
National War Fund
U. S
Montanavouue
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