Army Prepares to Take the Offensive
The United States Army announced plans to form two air borne infantry divisions of about 8 000 men to be moved by planes and gliders, with reinforcement likely. A new American Canadian special service force trained at Helena Montana under Col Robert T Frederick will serve alongside the airborne units as a model for future formations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Helena, Mont
Robert T. Frederick
War Department
Joseph T. McNarney
Patterson
Roosevelt vetoes rubber from grain bill and forms policy committee
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill to create an independent agency to produce rubber from grain and established a Baruch chaired committee with James B. Conant and Karl Compton to study synthetic rubber needs. He warned the measure would disrupt WPB coordination and threaten war production priorities. The plan would require nearly 100 million bushels of grain, while grain for food remains essential for the armed forces and allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Baruch
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Congress
Senate
War Production Board
WPB
United States
United Nations
Strand Named President of Oregon State College
Dr August Leroy Strand, president of Montana State College, was named president of Oregon State College in Corvallis. He will assume duties around October 15, succeeding Frank L Ballard. Strand, 48, entomology authority, has served on Montana State faculty and in various science organizations.
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Albany
Ore
August Leroy Strand
Montana State College
Oregon State College
Corvallis
Willard L. Marks
State Board of Higher Education
Frank L. Ballard
Marks
Strand
Oregon
State Board
Portland
Montana State
Who
America
Ami Men of Science
American Society For the Advancement of Science
Sigma XI
Science
Donald M. Erb
University of Oregon
D of Trustees
Northwest Regional Educational Council
Victoria
Texas
Navy
Montana
A. L. Strand
Bozeman
Oregon State
Butte High To Offer Science of Aeronautics Course
Butte high school will open in September with a new science course titled the Science of Aeronautics for juniors and seniors. George MacDonald will teach it after completing a Montana University summer course. The program aligns with a national push by the Office of Education and military partners to include aeronautics in high school curricula.
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Butte High School
Towell W. Johnson
Butte Public Schools
George MacDonald
MacDonald
Sion
University of Montana
United States Office of Education
Army and Navy
United States
First treason act sentence in wartime history
Detroit restaurateur Max Stephan was sentenced to death under the Treason Act for aiding Naz i prisoner of war Oberlieutenant Hans Peter Krug in escaping from a camp in Bow manville Ontario. Krug was captured and Stephan was moved to Milan Michigan to serve his penalty. Stephan expressed bravado and expected a ten year term though the judge asserted harsher punishment to deter disloyalty.
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Detroit
Max Stephan
J. Tuttle
United States
Stephan
Hans Peter Krug
Bowmanville
Ontario
Texas
Mexico
Krug
Milan
Mich
C. J. Shuttleworth
Francis Biddle
James V. Bennett
Bureau of Prisons
Tuttle
U. S. Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Mexican Labor to Be Imported Under Wartime Pact
The State department announced an agreement with Mexico to import Mexican agricultural workers temporarily to the United States to meet wartime farm labor needs. It guarantees wage rates living conditions and repatriation and forbids use to replace local workers or lower wage levels.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico
United States
Senate Group Is Challenged to Write New Bill
W J Schieffelin of the New York Chamber of Commerce urges the Senate finance committee to craft a new revenue bill with a 2 to 5 percent sales tax on all goods even if delayed until after the November election. He argues widespread spending power and broad taxation to fund war effort. He also calls for an overall limit on profits from war contracts and suggests repealing the government’s power to renegotiate terms with manufacturers.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
W. J. Schieffelin, Jr
Chamber of Commerce of
New York State
Schieffelin
Times
George
D.-Ga
Rescue of Two Writes Finale to Tragedy
Coast Guard rescue of two survivors wrapped up the tragedy of a fishing cruiser capsized in Lake Baginaw Bay. Eugene Sauve aged 27 and his wife Fern 21 were saved from Lone Tree Island four miles off Sebewaing and brought to Bay City hospital. Nine bodies from the ill fated boat have been recovered.
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Bay City
Mich
Coast Guard
Baginaw Bay
Eugene Sauve
Kawkawlin
Fern
Lone Tree Island
Sebewaing
Gandhi Plans Plea to Avoid Conflict Before Mass Movement
Mohandas K. Gandhi said he would appeal to Viceroy Linlithgow to avoid conflict as India moves toward a mass movement to end British rule. Maulana Azad drafts letters to Allied leaders seeking support and noting readiness for armed resistance if needed.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
Lord Linlithgow
All-India Congress Committee
Maulana Abul Kalan Azad
all-India Congress Party
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai- Shek
Congress
all-Indian Congress Committee
Merchant ship sunk by torpedo in Gulf of Mexico
A medium US merchant ship carrying 406 aboard was torpedoed late in July in the Gulf of Mexico. Twenty five crew and guards perished. 270 survivors were rescued from lifeboats within 15 minutes as the vessel sank after the explosion near the engine room. The loss lifts Axis sinkings to 415 since December 7 per Associated Press.
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United States
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Atlantic
Associated Press
Catholic Leaders Appeal to Vichy for Jewish Relief
Leading French Catholic clergymen with papal support urge Vichy to ease Jewish suffering and curb anti Semitic policy. Reports say deportations to the east of foreign Jews were expected to continue despite the appeal.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Vichy
Two Daring Airmen Rescued From Greenland Ice Cap
Navy report credits Lt Col Balchen and Lt Parunak with two rescues of 15 Army airmen stranded on Greenland ice. Thirteen from a Flying Fortress crew were saved July 6 after crossing ice to a lake. two weeks later Col Robert Wimsatt and a sergeant were rescued when their light plane landed on the ice. Balchen and Parunak form the Greenland Cooperative Salvage Company. Balchen promoted to temporary colonel.
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Washington
Army
Greenland
Navy
Bernt Balchen
A. Y. Parunak
Balchen
Parunak
Robert W. C. Wimsatt
Washington, D. C
Wimsatt
Blood Bath Promise Warns Dutch Helpers In Invasion
German authorities in the Netherlands issued a warning that Dutch helpers and anyone showing themselves on the streets during an Allied invasion will be met with a blood bath. Gen. Friedrich Christiansen urged residents to stay home and seek shelter, signaling hard German countermeasures amid Allied invasion fears.
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London
Netherlands
Friedrich Christiansen
Russia
United States
Red Army
Pieter 8. Gerbrandy
Bernhard
Christiansen
Far-Reaching War Labor Plan in F D R Hands
President Roosevelt was to decide whether to adopt a broad war labor board plan aimed at wage stabilization through government review of all pay increases. The plan would prohibit recognition of unapproved wage hikes and limit price reviews and contract adjustments by the Office of Price Administration and the armed services.
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Washington
U.P
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Labor Board
Office of Price Administration
Armed Services
Caretaker of Rodeo Grounds Dies in Monoxide Incident
Raymond Zierman a 35 year old caretaker at the Butte rodeo grounds died after reportedly inhaling monoxide fumes from a road grader near his home at 1736 Longfellow street. The sheriff received a call about 8 45 and firemen worked 45 minutes without reviving him. Coroner Don Sheehy was notified.
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Raymond Zierman
Butte Rodeo Grounds
Longfellow Street
Sheriff's Office
Fire Department
Don Sheehy
Little change in temperature Friday forecasted
The forecast calls for little change in temperatures on Friday. Thursday’s temperatures reach a high of 84 and a low of 42 as conditions remain mild.
Elliott Roosevelt Elevated in Bank
Major Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, took the oath as a lieutenant colonel in the U S Army Air Force from a hospital bed in Dayton Ohio. He arrived with a knee injury and will be treated in the hospital for several days.
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Dayton
Elliott Roosevelt
U. S. Army Air Force
Roosevelt
Army
Colorado Springs
Russians Admit Lines Disrupted as German Advances Grow
German armored columns widen their reach around the north western Caucasus railways looping toward the Mhrikop oil fields and Tuapse. Russians acknowledge breakdowns around Kushchevka and Belaya Glina as Nazi spearheads fan out toward Armavir and Tikhitoresk, deepening the threat to the Black Sea oil complex.
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Earle
Steele
United Press Night
Caucasus
Mhrikop
Krasnodar
Novorossisk
Tuapse
Kushchevka
Belaya Glina
Rostov
Rostov-Baku
Stalingrad-Novorossisk
Tikhitoresk
Kropotkin
Baku
Voroshilovsk
Black Sea
Armavir
Dostov
Maikop
Pioneer Meeting Opens in Helena
Helena hosts the 58th Montana Pioneers meeting with miners scouts and buffalo hunters gathering in period dress. A humorous tale contest names Andrew Garcia from Rivulet as the top liar while Mayor John Haytin and Judge Lew L. Callaway address the group before open house at the pioneer cabin. An old-time dance at Moose hall is planned for tomorrow night.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Pioneers
Andrew Garcia
Rivulet
Society of Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
John Haytin
Lew L. Callaway
Last Chance Gulch
Moose Hall
Crowd Buoyed as Butte Draft Unit Heads to War
A crowd of several hundred gathered at the Union Pacific depot to see the Silver Bow county draft board No. 3 contingent depart for Fort Douglas. The group, about to report for duty, bade farewell on July 24 as they prepared for a 6:40 p.m. sea time. Nearby, soldiers from another train joined the scene for a brief exercise before departure.
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Tokyo
Union Pacific
Fort Douglas
Tingent
Silver Bow County
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
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U. S. Navy
Buffalo, N. Y
Oregon College
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Roston
Wbatai
Ake
Tikislava
Ralachy
Stalingrad
Astrakhan
Turkey
Kletskaya
Don River
Don
Stern
F.D. R
Rodeo
Pioneer Meeting
Butte
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