First Bills Passed By House
The House moved quickly on three bills in rapid order. HB 1 funded regimental colors for Montans in the South Pacific, HB 2 trimmed Senate plays from 501 to 40 and appropriated 255,000 for current session expenses, with swift committee approval and unanimous passage. A legislative feed bill valued at 166,000 was later supplemented by 45,000. The Cannon Dunn plan for separate labor and agriculture departments aims for a November 1944 voter referendum on a constitutional amendment.
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Guy
Sam Ford
State Assembly
House of Representatives
Rep. Cannon
Silver Bow
Rep
Dunn
Gallatin
State Department of Labor
State Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Cannon-Dunn
Senate
State Department of Lablor and Industry
State Department of Agriculture
Nh Hs Onessugen
Labor Department
Kcp
Lmorrean
Grantte
House
Inv. Ford
Montaus
J Mg
South Pacific
Wtee
Imigo 3
Retreat by Germans Is Rumored
London reports Russian communiques claim 21 towns and two rail stations captured in Middle Don and Caucasus offensives. Moscow says Germans suffered heavy losses since Nov 10, with many prisoners taken and renewed counterattacks reported around Stalingrad and Rostov. The push aims to trap German forces in the Caucasus as Russians strike toward Rostov and along the Moscow Rostov railway.
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London
Russia
Don
Caucasus
Moscow
Marinsk
Lower
Tsimlyansk
Bon
Middle Don
Stalingrad
Rostov
Mosrow
Ied Star
Alallamrad
Middle
Chicago Two Fires In 24 Hours Claim Six Lives
Two explosive fires within a day killed six people and injured forty in Chicago. A bowling alley blaze at midnight caused most casualties while a Nell Company repair shop fire at 2958 Cottage Grove Avenue left six dead and many injured. Officials cannot yet determine the range of the fires.
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Chicago
Nell Company
Cottage Grove Avenue
Nazis Fear Norway Invasion Threats Reported
Swedish press reports Vidkun Quisling organized Norwegian church leaders and others as hostages to be seized if Germany invades Norway. A purge of unreliable agents is expected as anti invasion measures tighten in Norway.
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Btockholm
Sweden
Vidkun Quisting
Norway
Auarters
Shortage of Food To Be Dealt With
Washington reports the Food Distribution Administration has established machinery to handle temporary deficits in meat butter eggs and other essential foods from maldistribution. Officials cite shortages from many areas especially Eliica amid postwar defense plant layoff surges.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Food Distribution Administration
Food Administration
Eliica
Alex Laist Retires as Superintendent at East Helena Slag Plant
Alex Laist, longtime superintendent of the East Helena Slag Treating plant for Anaconda Copper, retires after 53 years with the company. He helped design and run the facility opened in 1927, leaving to care for his ill wife and seeking warmer climates. Laist served in the Philippines during the Spanish American War, studied law, and held various supervising roles at Anaconda properties before guiding the East Helena plant’s slag recovery process.
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Alex Laist
East Helena
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Luist
Husicians
Mr. Laist
Anaconda Company
East Meluntt
Lalst
Coliminn University
New York City
Montana
Montana Infantry
UW. 8
Philippines
Anaconda
Quincy
Lensapang
Laist
aLeast
Helony
Roosevelt to Address Joint Session Tomorrow at 10:30
President Roosevelt will address a joint session of Congress at 10:30 a m mountain wartime time tomorrow. The annual address will be broadcast and is expected to cover Russia's stance against the Nazis the wartime conversion of American industry and the nation’s output of war material.
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Washington, Jan. J
Roosevelt
Russia
Weather Report for Helena County
Weather in Helena Ay U 8 reports Thursday snow flurries over nearby regions with cold conditions. Barway centered, central area shows mixed precipitation and chilly winds.
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Helena
Ay U. 8
Yoni Regis
Plea to End Hard Coal Strikers Ignored in Wilkes-Harre
Wilkes-Harre reports a mass halt by 1200 anthracite miners at Olyphant to protest wages and dues while Thomas Kennedy of the United Mine Workers appeals to 9,000 strikers to return to work through proper channels. Kennedy urged wage talks as six day week issues loom. Meanwhile Leon Henderson authorized a 5 cent price increase to meet rising production costs and extend the six day week. A New York grand jury indicted 29 anthracite corporations and 26 executives for Sherman antitrust violations.
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Leon E Henderson
Washington
New York
Attempted Revolt in Rumania Ends in Purge Failures
Report from Budapest states about 4 000 arrested in a purge of the Iron Guard after a Christmas Eve incident in Romania. Eighty had been executed. Horix Sima’s wife, caught in Italy while trying to return to Tamanta to lead the revolt, was also detained. In Minnesota 440 workers at the Minnesota & Ontario Paper plant returned to work after a December strike over a swing shift.
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Switzerland
Ase
Iron Guard
Hudapest
Nald
Horix Sima
Hinself
Italy
Tamanta
Germany
Sina
Joh
International Falls
Ming
Fan, F
Insulfta
Minnesota & Ontario Paper Company
Atrke Winer Dee
Lt Col Buzz Wagner Killed in Florida Plane Crash
Lieut Col Noyd David Buzz Wagner, famed World War II air hero, is dead after a single engine plane crashed during a routine night flight in Florida. His body was found about 25 miles from Elgin Field after he had been missing since Nov 29. The War Department notified his parents, Mr and Mrs Boyd M Warner, of Johnstown.
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Johnstown
Noyd David
Buzzi Wagner
Colin Kelly
Philippines
Florida
Elginfield
Fla
Maxwell Held
Als
War Department
Wagner
Boyd M. Warner
Lint
Elgin Field
Middle Solomon Islands Raided by U S
A U S Navy communique reports a daring dawn surface strike into the Japanese dominated middle Solomons. A task force bombarded the Munda airfield on New Georgia, while an air attack and enemy transport bombing were noted. The day’s action followed a heavy Japanese assault and included shelling and damaging targets on Mimda and Guarileam Island.
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WLU T
Pyaco Washington
Dat F
Middle Solomons
Mimda
New Georgia Island
Navy
South Pacific
Unity
Munda
Three Navy Airmen Die in Puerto Rico Crash
Three Navy airmen were killed when their aircraft crashed into the harbor during takeoff in Puerto Rico. The 10th Naval District announced the names Linus Endwant Mallory Vege 27 of Frewin, Tim:issie Goldberg of New York City, Edwin J. Lipawsky 20, machinist mate, Wirukerga. The victims included Protestant, 4 few and a Catholic members.
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San Tin
Navy Atrmen
Therwang
10Th Naval District
Linut
Endwant Mallory Vege
Frewin
Tim
Issie Goldberg
Aviation Ordnanceman
New York City
Edwin J. Lipawsky
Ariae Hon
Mals
Wirukerga
Allied Bombers Hit Tac Airdrome in New Guinea
Allied air forces swept over the Japanese airdrome at Tac in New Guinea destroying four surface targets and a grounded border. Ground forces prepared for a final assault in the Sanananda area as bombers and fighters softened positions along the trail.
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Yates Mein
Stralin
Dict
Southwest Pacific Command
Tac
New Guinea
Bourder
Assaud
Sanananda
Gasmata
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Sunananei
Commbnbique
Lee
Papua
Cour
Wong
Unite
Gaeniata
New Oritain Island
Victims Unknown In Bomber Crash Near Topeka
A bomber crash near Topeka Wisconsin near Whitt City left unknown total victims. Officials said details were not yet released and a determination of fatalities may take time as authorities investigate the scene at night.
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Topeka
Wan
Taringa
Whitt City
Quitteow
Ali Dion
Order on Fuel Oils to Affect Host in the East
Washington January 9 1945 news service reports an order imposing fuel oil rationing across the eastern states and District of Columbia with a 26 percent cut on January 17. The order targets commercial and industrial sectors including theaters department stores and government buildings while civilian use is curtailed with shorter hours and limited outings.
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Whshinigenn
Jan B
Dastrict
Columbia
Benior
Hedgeney
Victory Congress Opens War Era Rhetoric and Resolve
The 77th Congress opened amid calls to win the war and to write its own domestic laws, with Rayburn reelected speaker by 217 to 206. Martin praised Rayburn as a great speaker on his birthday as the Senate organized, and Roosevelt was urged to address the nation with recommendations for action.
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Richard I. Terner
Washington
Jan
Hth Congress
Congress
House
East Fall
Sam Rayborn
Rayburn
Rep
Martin
Missichusetta
Toosevelt
Senate
Roosevelt
Sheppard
Calif
Woodruff
Mich
War Congress
Victory Congress
Tn Rayburn
Tiakes
Jap Cargo Vessel Sent Down in Aleutian Waters
Reported during the Aleutian wartime actions, U S Navy sources said American bombers sunk one Japanese cargo ship and scored a direct hit on another near Kiska, with weather and evasive maneuvers cited as possible factors for observed ship losses in the area.
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Aleutian Waters
Kiskahi
Navy
America
Mitchell Wean
Lia Priles
Kishy
Japan
Kel
More Than Doren Injured in Lowell Blaze
A Lowell fire damaged multiple areas as workers from WorldLonis and other crews battled the blaze. One person named Doren reportedly injured while others evacuated. Officials are assessing the cause and extent of the damage while the scene remains active.
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Doren
Blaze
Lowell
Fragmented Wart Text Sketches Aboard Coastside Page 2
The OCR appears as a jumble of names and fragments across topics such as wart interpretation, poets, places, and agencies, with partial phrases like NOAA and BHP. It hints at a continuation on Page 2 and contains inconsistent proper nouns and scattered references without a coherent narrative.
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Simpson
Hithey
Gateral
Gare
Saul
Hiss
Noaa
Groeny
Uae
Hmeetan Bhp Winy
Rose Miitiy
Ted Ates
Pat Koster
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A. Liggett
Mune Folshell
Bedy
Step
Robert J. Lonn
Deer Tanige
Jahor
Marely
Farmer Labor
Ais
Algx Laist
Rumania
Buzz Wagner
Solomon Islands
U.S
Puerto Rico
United States War
Lae
Hy Mullin
Spencer
Dama
Sta
New Congress
Sovernment of
Fyeiala
Baye
Howe
Pate
Perdine
Amd
Ponta
Giratie Mackie Somiiny
Fae
Eirohr
Hole Wack
Bite Floes
Actrees Workers of WorldLonis
New Order
Pivasitin Draving Id Feehiddin Ue Wi Ower, Effeerieg Ut Mani Te Minera
OPA
Getschav
Columba
Gahr
GEO Dumob
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