County and City Fix Mill Levies for 1942 43
Silver Bow county adopts a 26.6125 mill levy for county expenditures for 1942 43. The county road fund is cut by 11 999 92 to 67 917 50, and emergency relief rises to three mills to cover warrants. Butte city approves 32 35 mills for 1942 43, a 0 35 mill net cut, with no raises for fire or police. The budget reflects a 6.35 mill overall reduction from last year mainly due to bond issue payoff and surplus.
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Silver Bow County
Taxpayers’ Association
City Free Public Library
Butte
John Lindquist
Ways and Means Committee
Council
Lindquist
O’leary
Treasury
Pete Sodja
Thomas R. Morgan
Barry O’leary
Beryl Wilson
Americans Ready to Join Air War with RAF
American fighter and bomber forces will join the Royal Air Force in striking Hitler’s industrial cities and driving German planes from the English Channel. Major General Carl Spaatz said U.S. air forces could reach 400,000 personnel and will cooperate fully with the RAF as operations begin yet undetermined targets are drafted by British and U.S. economic planners.
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London
Hitler
English Channel
U. S
Carl (Toughy) Spaatz
United States
Reich
Royal Air Force
Spaatz
Ministry of Economic Warfare
American Economic Board
New York Voters Choose Today in Primary Contests
Voters in New York vote in the gubernatorial race between Senator James M. Mead and Attorney General John J. Bennett and in the Republican effort to unseat Representative Hamilton Fish. President Roosevelt backs Mead, while James A. Farley backs Bennett. Delegates to the convention are chosen today.
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Associated Press
New York
Idaho
Ohio
Nebraska
Arkansas
Empire State
James M. Mead
John J. Bennett
Hamilton Fish
Roosevelt
Mead
James A. Farley
Bennett
Fish
Pearl Harbor
Augustus W. Bennett
Newburgh
OD. Fitte
Vassar College
Edward J. Bowen
John W. Bricker
Rabbi Gitin Leaves Butte for North Carolina Post
Rabbi Joseph Gitin resigns after seven years in Butte to lead the B’Nai B’rith Hillel Foundation at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill starting September 1 and also serve as counselor at Duke University. He will oversee religious services for about 400 Jewish students and has been active in city religious and civic life.
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Joseph Gitin
Temple B'nai Israel
Chapel Hill
N. C
B’nai B'rith Hillel Foundation
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Durham
North Carolina
Rabbi Gitin
Gitin
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Came To
Butte
Buffalo
N. Y
Crop Production Shows Increase
The Agriculture department reported a summer crop forecast showing total production about 21 percent above the decade average before federal controls. July conditions were highly favorable and yields per acre are projected 28 percent above the pre drought 1922-32 period, with most major crops up 1 to 5 percent from July 1. Figures detail Nebraska and Montana outputs for winter and spring wheat and oats, with page note continued on page 2 column 8.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Nebraska
Colorado
Montana
Glendale jeweler sentenced to death in murder case
Oakland, August 10. Leslie B. Gireth, a 37 year old Glendale jeweler, was sentenced to death in San Quentin’s gas chamber for the murder of his 21 year old sweetheart.
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Oakland
Calif
Leslie B. Gireth
Glendale
San Quentin
Troops Called to Quell Indian Riots in Bombay and Poona
British imperial troops were deployed in Bombay Poona and Lucknow to curb mass protests for immediate independence. At Bombay at least eight people were killed and 169 wounded as police fired on mobs. Police and troops around police headquarters. students arrested and barred demonstrations continued at the university grounds. Continued on Page 3.
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New Delhi
U.P
Bombay
Poona
Lucknow
India
Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All-India Congress
Army Officer Urges Butte Miners to Remain on Job
Lieut. Marion Beatty, rep of Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson, visits Butte to urge local copper miners to stay at work. He says a few thousand extra tons of copper mined this year and in 1943 could shorten the war and save more than a million American lives.
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Marion Beatty
Robert Patterson
Victory Labor Management Production Committee
James Byrne
Butte Miners’ Union
Hitler
Mussolini
Butte
Beatty to Speak on KGIR About War Effort at Local Shafts
Lieutenant Beatty will give a radio talk at 5 PM on KGIR, echoing a speech once given to miners at shaft mouths. Sponsored by the Joint Victory Labor Management Production committee, the talks urge national unity and wartime welfare as vital alongside soldiers.
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Beatty
KGIR
Butte
Joint Victory Labor Management Production Committee
Admirals warning on losses for victory in SoloMons landing
Admiral King cautions that victory costs battles and lives, while reporting an initial successful landing at the Solomons. Officers fear the price of triumph as ships suffer cruiser loss and damage, noting the operation is one of the war’s most complex efforts.
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King
Solomons
Narvik
Norway
Ger
Gas Fire Lights Boulder Hill In Jefferson County
Gasoline from two 6 000 capacity tanks lit Boulder Hill for hours after a leaky tank on a truck caused the blaze. A trailer tank was destroyed to prevent explosion and a second tank was opened by rifle fire to release gas. Forest service crews protected scorched roadside growth as the fire burned from 5 45 p m into the night. The gas belonged to F W Cloud of Billings.
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Boulder Hill
Jefferson County
Forest Service
F. W. Cloud
Billings
Germans Execute 93 French Terrorists in Paris
German authorities in Paris announced the execution of 93 so-called terrorists tied to recent anti-German attacks. The Aug 10 statement, signed by Brig. Gen. Ober, warned the population to stay vigilant or face measures affecting all residents. Ober blamed the attacks on Britons' paymasters.
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Vichy
Paris
Ober
Britain
Standley Says Soviets Disappointed but No Complaints Heard
U S ambassador William H Standley told reporters that he has heard no complaints from Soviet authorities about the delay in opening a second front in Europe but conceded that the Russian people are naturally disappointed by the postponement.
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Moscow
U. S
William H. Standley
Europe
Weather Update Slightly Cooler Tuesday Forecast
The forecast calls for a slightly cooler Tuesday with Monday’s highs and a minimum temperature of 49 degrees.
Soviets Admit Nazis Advance Toward Maikop and Oil Fields
Moscow reports acknowledge German drive into the Caucasus reaching Maikop, which supplied seven percent of Russia’s oil. The communiqué notes battles around Armavir, Krasnodar, and near Stalingrad with heavy German casualties at Kletskaya, while retreat lines form a broad front.
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Soviets
Russia
Moscow
Caucasus
Maikop
Krasnodar
Stalingrad
Kotelnikoveki
Kletskaya
First Assault on Enemy Meets Success
U.S. forces make landings on Japanese held Solomon Islands in the Tulagi area. The operation costs include at least one cruiser and five other ships damaged with heavy fighting continuing as Japanese counterattacks unfold. Navy and Army participation confirmed by Ernest J. King and Secretary Frank Knox.
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Washington
U.P
America
United States
Solomon Islands
Ernest J. King
Pearl Harbor
Tulagi
U. S
Army
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Kearny
N. J
Navy Court-Martial Adjourns Without Freeing Comdr Aroff
A six member naval court martial adjourned without announcing guilt or innocence in seven misconduct charges against Lieut Commander Maurice N. Aroff. The charges include accepting an automobile from singer Tony Martin. A Navy statement said innocence or guilt would be announced before adjournment if applicable.
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San Prancisco
Maurice N. Aroff
Tony Martin
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
War Production Lag Linked to Poor Mobilization, Panel Says
A special House committee reports national war production continues to lag and the War Production Board's restructuring does not fix the issue. It calls for labor-utilization inspectors, better manpower mobilization, and coordinated plant level efforts to align labor with production needs.
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Washington
House
Congress
War Production Board
Heaven
Tolan
Calif
Sparkman
Ala
Arnold
D-Ill
Bender
Ohio
Curtis
R-Neb
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Nazi Centers
Pati
Rabbi Joseph Gitin
Rabbi Joseph Gitln
Army Man
Patterson
the War News
Edward E. Bomar
Navy
Marines
Comdr
Aroff
War Manpower Commission
WPB
Ee Sol
Selective Service
Mus
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