Butte Committee Forms To Boost Navy Enlistments
A 34 member slate of prominent Butte residents plans an intensive drive to reach every youth in Silver Bow county and explain Navy opportunities. The effort follows a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. Officials and groups including the Navy, veterans, business and civic associations are listed as supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow County
Butte
U. S. Navy
Chamber of Commerce
Amore Ce
J. L. Markham
Kenneth Christie
W. G. Thompson
Howard Rich
American Legion
E. A. Wise
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eugene Carroll
United States Navy
F. J. Sten
Rotary
Archie Adams
Kiwanis
R. D. Callahan
Exchange
Leo Walsh
Veronica O'Sullivan
Rotana
Pearl Schroeder
Barry O’leary
Bart Riley
City of
Dan Sullivan
al McLeod
Nelson L. Richmond
Utilities
W. J. McMahon
Fred P. Oke
Stanley Griffiths
M. 8
Tuohy
W. C. Simonson
L. E. Jones
J. A. Rooney
James F. O’brien
Paul Fall
C. J. Burns
Addis McGrath
Edward Sullivan
Butte Air Field Lights Up After Years of Effort
The Butte municipal airport finally shines with new lights after years of work led by John D. Ryan. Federal and city funds totaling 814,646.01 helped create a premier Northwest airfield with three nearly equal runways, a Class 3 rating noted by WPA officials.
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Butte
Shawn
John Lindquist
Willard
Thompson
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Great Butte Municipal
John D. Ryan
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
XeCars
Tom
Northwest
Mr. Ryan
R. L. Nicholson
Work Projects Administration
Joseph E. Parker
WPA
Montana
57th Montana Press Group Convention Planned in Butte
The 57th annual Montana State Press association convention will be August 20 to 22 in Butte with headquarters at the Finlen hotel. Gov Sam C Ford of Helena will give the principal address at 2 PM Friday. Events include a banquet and dance, Morrison cave trip, Beau Chalet dinner, a Montana Power buffet, golf at the Butte Country Club, and a bridge luncheon for ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Press Group
Montana State Press Association
Butte
Finlen
Sam C. Ford
Helena
J. L. Markham
C. L. Peterson
T. L. Greenfield
W. H. Stork
Ray L. Rubile
Morrison Cave
Beau Chalet
Montana Power Company
Butte Country Club
State Association
Charles J. Doherty
Missoula
W. F. Flynn
Miles City
Frank Whetstone
Cut Bank
Senate group weighs new tax fields to boost revenues
The Senate finance committee, likely to meet Saturday, plans to reject several Treasury recommendations and open new tax areas to raise federal revenues beyond the House vote of 6.271 billion dollars. It already rejected mandatory joint returns for married couples, changes to community property income rules, and taxation of state and municipal bond interest. It will study future bond issues while opposing a 5 percent freight and express tax. The Treasury urged dropping that levy to avoid affecting price ceilings. Continued on Page 2.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
Morgenthau
Montanan Killed in Bomber Crash
A B 24 bomber crashed into a corn field near Hastings Michigan killing nine aboard including pilot 2nd Lieutenant Eugene C King from Brawley California and radio operator Staff Sergeant John D Hazen from Lewistown Montana. Weather was blamed by witnesses and investigation continued at Willow Run.
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Hastings
Mich
U.S .Army Air Force
E. P. Mussett
90Th
Willow Run
Eugene C. King
Brawley
Calif
John D. Hazen
Lewistown
Replacement of Nelson as WPB Head Is Proposed
Congressional discontent over Donald M. Nelson's WPB management grows with two senators urging a Kaiser type replacement. Critics fault his hedging toward Henry J. Kaiser and his authority, while some call for firmer leadership and topsubordinate changes to accelerate the war production drive.
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Nelson
WPB
Washington
U.P
Donald M. Nelson
Henry J. Kaiser
Senate
War Prodiction Board
Kaiser
Congress
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dmo
Navy Department
Russians Force Nazi Retreat on Two Fronts
The Red Army reports forcing Axis forces to retreat on two fronts and inflicting heavy losses. In the Stalingrad region northeast of Kotelinikov a bloody battle for key heights ended with an Axis tank force neutralized and German troops pushed back. Other engagements near Kletskaya Voronezh Krasnodar and Minerlnye Vody yielded repelled attacks and significant German losses.
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Moscow
Red Army
Josef Stalin
Kotelinikov
Stalingrad
Kletskaya
Voronezh
Army Food Not Mom's Dishes
Army Life feature examines why soldiers find Army meals distinct from home cooking and restaurant fare. The piece notes Army food is different by context and purpose, though striving for balance and nutrition remains central.
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ED Chouinard
Camp
Adair
Ore
Local Homer Pigeon Fanciers Offer Their Entire Crop of Young Birds
Homer pigeon fanciers in Butte offer their entire crop of young birds and parent stock to the U S Army for service in World War II. Noted strains include Ross Soffle Osman Lion and Stassar with races planned at 50 to 200 miles from various western locations. Birds resting overnight on long flights and past race successes are cited as evidence of suitability for military use.
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Homer
United Nations
Butte
Charles Nicholls
East Broadway
United States Army
U. S
France
Ross Soffle
Gurnay
Osman
Lion
Stassart
Dillon
Lima
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake City
Ernest Adams
East
Mercury Street
Fort Douglas
Utah
Signal Corps
Fort Harrison
Helena
Nicholls
California
George Huddleston
Pine Street
Ross Saffle
Maurice Holland
South
Kiska Harbor Used As Jap Sub Base In Aleutians
Navy reports Japanese submarines used Kiska harbor in the western Aleutians before the August 8 bombardment. About 10 cargo ships or transports four submarines and a destroyer were seen. a cargo ship was sunk and the destroyer left blazing. The August 9 raid damaged two more ships, bringing total Japanese sunk or damaged in the Aleutians to 22.
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Washington
U.P
Navy
Kiska
Aleutians
Pacific Fleet
Aleutian
Navy Department
Rocky Mountain Sportsmen Picnic At Echo Lake
About 5,000 western Montana residents are expected to attend the Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's association picnic at Echo Lake. The day-long event features nearly 30 competitions with valuable prizes and safety precautions for all attendees. The gathering opens at 9 a.m. and draws sportsmen, their wives and friends from across southwestern Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Rocky Mountain Sportsmen’s Association
Echo Lake
Association
James Goodwin Named Montana State Rationing Officer
James Goodwin of Billings was appointed state rationing officer today by A. T. Peterson of the Office of Price Administration. Charles A. Parker, who had led the rationing office since Tom D. Caverly resigned, will return to Denver next week.
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Helena
James Goodwin
Billings
A. T. Peterson
Office of Price Administration
Charles A. Parker
Tom D. Caverly
Denver
Denver double death linked to missing duo found shooting
A middle aged electrician and a 17 year old girl reported missing from Denver Thursday were found dead by gunshot in a car parked beside a mountain creek. The bodies were discovered today, ending a search that began in the city.
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Denver
First Phase of Battle Nears Victorious End
Allied bombers attacked Japanese positions on Timor and reported fires. U S Marines were believed to have captured coastal bases in the Solomon Islands as fighting rages in the southwest Pacific.
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General MacArthur
Australia
Timor
Kokoda
New Guinea
Buna
Gona
Papuan
MacArthur
United States
Solomon Islands
Southwest Pacific
Washington
Tulagi
Batavia
Java
Solomon Island
Solomons
Tokyo
London
Public Asked to Aid Lookouts in Smoke Haze
Deer Lodge National Forest asks travelers and campers to report any fire immediately due to dense smoke drifting east from a Pacific Northwest fire and Canadian involvement. Supervisor J N Templer warns visibility is greatly reduced, potentially delaying fire detection and allowing fires to run to major proportions before being spotted.
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Deer Lodge National Forest
Forest Service
Pacific Northwest
Peecanie
Canada
J. N. Templer
Deer Lodge Forest
U S Sees Record Wheat Harvest For 1940 As War Demands Grow
The Department of Agriculture forecasts 1940 wheat at 955 million bushels, corn 2.75 billion, oats 1.33 billion, and rye barley totals near 60 and 417 million respectively, signaling the largest crops since 1915 and the early 1930s to support Allied war needs. Meat prices rise to 15.30 per hundredweight amid tighter supply and reduced cattle feeding and cold storage.
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New York
U.P
United States
United Nations
America
Department of Agriculture
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Farking Dream
Citizens’ Airport Commission
Frank Curran
Leonard Harrington
Ed Lowney
Airport Committee
Herbert Willis
Dan D. Sullivan
Board of County Commissioners
J. Brad Seely
Thomas Taggart
James H. Rowe
Airport Commission
J. T. Sullivan
Council Airport Committee
Devereux Milburn
Howard W. Bogie
War Production Board
Caird Engineering
Senate Group
Toyr and
Montanan
Caucasus
Krasnodar
Minerlnye Vody
Rostov-Batu Railway
Coast Guard
Coast
U.S
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