Plans for Bond Drive Started
Plans for the nation’s fourth war loan drive, starting January 18, were outlined to campaign leaders of six counties at a dinner meeting Tuesday at the Finlen hotel. Montana quota is 31 million. Silver Bow county 3.88 million. district total 5.69 million. State Chairman Hibbard urged bigger purchases and praised Montanans for prior drives.
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Finlen Hotel
A. T. Hibbard
Helena
War Finance Committee
J. A. Sanderson
Anaconda
Contiguous
Montana
Silver Bow
Jefferson
Madison
Deer Lodge
Powell
Beaverhead
Hibbard
Alex Roberts
Whitehall
Jefferson County
Maurice Dietrich
Powell County
John Will
Sheridan
Madison County
O. B. Silvey
Deer Lodge County
James H. Rowe
Silver Bow County
A. F. Rice
Navy Identifies Two Destroyers Lost
The Navy identified the sunk destroyer off Sandy Hook as the U S S Turner and the torpedoed North Atlantic destroyer as the Leary. Commanding officers Comdr Henry S Wygant Jr and Comdr James E Kyes are listed as missing. Coast Guard cutters rescued 152 enlisted men and two officers after the blast split the Turner in two.
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Washington
Navy
Sandy Hook
U. S. S. Turner
North Atlantic
Leary
James E. Kyes
Seattle
Plan Mock Invasion Suspected Invasion Prep
French informants told Exchange Telegraph on Tuesday night that Germany is storing thousands of British uniforms and large amounts of equipment on the French Mediterranean coast. The plan may aim to stage a mock invasion to trap patriots awaiting Allied forces.
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London
U.P
Exchange Telegraph
Mediterranean
OPA Sets New Parity Ceilings for Wheat Prices
The Office of Price Administration announced new parity-based ceiling prices for hard wheat and raised soft wheat ceilings. Hard wheat No. 1 winter at Kansas City set at 1.63 dollars per bushel and soft red No. 1 at Chicago and St. Louis at 1.647 dollars per bushel, including a 14 cent commission, keeping actual levels 1.5 cents above the formula. Bread prices to consumers remain unaffected.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
OPA
Hitler Facing Death Is Foreseen By German Observers
Washington dispatch reports that Adolph Hitler is seen as living on borrowed time with some predicting imminent death. Two views exist on how he may die, either by German generals removing him or by his own hand to avoid facing a disillusioned nation. Historian Emil Ludwig doubts Hitler’s New Year claim of no victor, while Jan Masaryk suggests suicide could be the outcome.
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Washington
Jan
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Emil Ludwig
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Ludwig
Yugoslavs Report New Successes In Battle For Banja Luka
London January 4 Tito claims capture of Banja Luka city hall and prison with German forces driven to the northwest. Fierce street fighting continues as Yugoslav troops counterattack tanks and defend the airfield. A Cairo statement notes Royal Yugoslav officers joining Tito with 17 already enlisted. Garibaldi division also reported in action.
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Roger Greene
London
Banja Luka
Second Tank Army
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Josip Broz
Tito
Cairo
Middle East
Venezia
Garibaldi
Yugo Slavia
Representative Knutson Urges Split From Treasury Over Tax Powers
Representative Harold Knutson accuses Secretary Morgenthau of usurping legislative tax powers and says he will sponsor a bill to separate the Internal Revenue bureau from the Treasury. He argues Congress alone originates tax policy and Treasury cannot propose revenue measures without congressional invitation.
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Washington
U.P
Harold Knutson
R.-Minn
Legislative Branch
Morgenthau
Congress
Hull Consults Polish Ambassador on Russo Polish Boundaries
Secretary of State Hull and Polish Ambassador Jan Ciechanowski met as Russian forces pushed into the Polish border area. The envoy called the talk satisfactory while Hull said no new statements on the Russo Polish dispute could be made. Hull emphasized patience on European boundary settlements until Allied victory.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Jan Ciechanowski
U. S
Hull
Moscow
Butte Weather Forecast Feels Warmer with Snow Flurries
A weather notice for Butte details light to moderate snow flurries on Wednesday and Wednesday night. Tuesday's high reaches 24 with a low of minus 14. West of the continental divide remains mostly cloudy overnight with no major temperature change. East of the divide, conditions turn fair Wednesday and Wednesday night while central and western areas warm.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Marines Repulse Jap Attack at Cape Gloucester
U S Marines repelled a sharp counterattack at Cape Gloucester New Britain killing at least 200 Japanese and raising total Japanese deaths to about 1500 since the December 26 invasion. MacArthur said the assault near Silimati point was repelled as Marines at Saidor pushed inland in New Guinea seizing supplies and establishing their beach head.
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New Guinea
United States
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Silimati Point
Bergen Bay
Cape
Solons Back Marshall Strike Comment Echoes Debate
Three members of Congress defend as essentially true the claim attributed to Gen. George Marshall that strike threats gave Germany a propaganda weapon aiding revolts in Europe. They urge accountability for union leaders and support for war effort in a heated post New Year dispute over the unnamed official statement.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
George C. Marshall
Army
Germany
Europe
A. F
William Green
Marshall
May
D.-Ky
House Military Committee
Hitler
Reed
R.-Kan
General Marshall
Plumley
R.vt
Wartime Prohibition Debate Opens in Capitol
In Washington on January 4 a renewed fight over wartime prohibition sparked House action. Rep Hobbs of Alabama announced a Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on a bill by Rep Bryson to ban beverages with more than 0.5 percent alcohol for the war and demobilization period. The effort aims to curb absenteeism and boost war production.
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Washington
Capitol
Hobbs
D-Ala
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Bryson
D-S. 8
Allied Bombardment Disrupts Turin Rail Hub and Villar Perosa Plant
Allied air forces hit the Turin rail yards cutting direct links from France and Milan to Genoa and Rome. Fortresses targeted the Villar Perosa bearing works, turning the plant into rubble and likely sidelining Nazi bearing production for a long period. Weather favored heavy bombing, while ground fighting in the Alps and along the Adriatic coast slowed. Canadian forces on the Moro River front reported their quietest day in nearly a month.
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Algiers
Turin
Italy
Villar Perosa
United States
France
Milan
Genoa
Rome
Chisone
San Vittore
Adriatic
Moro River
Hirohito Sends New Year Felicitations to World Leaders
U S government monitors report a Tokyo radio Spanish broadcast saying Emperor Hirohito exchanged New Year greetings with Francisco Franco Adolf Hitler Marshal Philippe Petain President Risto Ryti of Finland. The broadcast was monitored by U S officials.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Latin-America
Hirohito
Francisco Franco
Spain
Hitler
Marshal Petain
Risto Ryti
Finland
U. S
Soviets Repel Counterattack Near Polish Border
Soviet forces crushed a German counterattack near the prewar Polish border killing 4,000 more Germans and destroying 65 tanks. They also advanced across the former frontier, encircling enemy formations and taking 400 prisoners, as 1,100 more Germans fell in White Russia.
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London
Belaya Tserkov
Moscow
Red Army
Low-Priced Women’s Shoes to Be Sold Ration Free
Denver January 4 The regional OPA announced that women’s low-priced shoes may be purchased ration-free from January 19 to 29. Dealers may release ration-free only shoes priced at $3 or less per pair, with sales limited to 15 percent of their inventory of women’s shoes as of September 30.
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Denver
OPA
Liberators Down 17 Zeros in Marshall Islands Raid
U P Liberator bombers of the Seventh air force raided Wotje and Taroa islets and Jaluit atoll in the Marshalls. They shot down eight Zeros at Wotje and probably five more there, with two certain and two probable at Taroa. Mitchell bombers also attacked Jaluit. American losses described as slight.
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Pearl Harbor
T.H
Seventh Air Force
Marshall Islands
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Wottentoll
Taroa
Marshalls
Wotje
Maloelap Atoll
Mitchell
Jaluit Atoll
Nimitz
Navy
Butte Baby to Receive Four Army Medals for Father
A public ceremony in Museum hall at the School of Mines will honor one year old Leonard A. Goinet Jr. with four Army decorations awarded posthumously to his father Tech Sgt. Leonard A. Goinet. The child will receive the Distinguished Flying Cross Silver Star Air Medal and Purple Heart on behalf of his missing father. The awards cite gallantry in action and wounds in the southwest Pacific.
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Butte Baby
Air Forces
United States
Museum Hall
School of Mines
Army Air Forces Flying Fortress
South Pacific
Leonard A. Goinet
Della L Goinet
W. M. Burke
West
Col
R. L. Meredith
Great Falls Army Air Base
Air Service Command
Walter Welts
Goinet
Fifth Air Force
Roosevelt
Southwest Pacific
Hansa Harbor
New Guinea
Shirley
Mass
U. S
Russian Advance Into Old Poland Shakes Bulgarian Government
The Russian thrust into Old Poland provoked a crisis mood in Bulgaria as Premier Dobri Bosilov faced upheaval rumors. Polish and London reports described the move as a serious political and moral crisis, with speculation of regency shifts in Bulgaria and Hungary weighing unconditional surrender talks. Advices warned of potential revolts in Hungary and Romania if the push continued.
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Old Poland
Judson O’quinn
London
Red Army
Old
Poland
Dobri Bosilov
Sofia
Berlin
Bulgaria
Kyril
Hungary
United Nations
New York
Europe
Istanbul
Romania
WPB Authorizes 1944 Truck and Trailer Production
The War Production Board authorized 1944 production of 1,000,000 trucks and trailers for military and essential civilian use. About 80,000 trucks and 47,000 trailers and semi-trailers will be rationed to civilian service, with the rest to armed services and lend-lease. WPB also gave AA-1 preference to vehicle producers and key component suppliers such as axles brakes shafts transmissions and wheels.
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Washington
War Production Board
Armed Services
Lend-Lease
WPB
American bombers unleash massive daylight raid across northwest Germany
American heavy bombers along with British fighters launched a giant daylight assault on northwest Germany, targeting Kiel as the main objective. More than 2,750 aircraft and over 3,000 tons of bombs were used in calls that stretched across 100 miles.
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London
Germany
Kiel
Pas de Calais
Northwest
DNB
French
R. A. PF
Farm Advisory Group Named in Montana
Bozeman announces a 23 member agricultural advisory council to guide the state college and extension services. Members include Denecke of Bozeman and Oliver of Albion with leaders from the Montana reclamation service and farm bureau federation among appointees.
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Bozeman
Mentor
Olleze
Thei
Montana
State College
Anderson
Sioux Pass
Lyman Brewster
Birney
Don Chapman
Peerless
William Denecke
Edouard Deschamps
Missoula
Wesley A. d’Ewart
Wilsall
Zales N. Eckton
Manhattan
John P. Fabrick
Claude C. Gray
Big Timber
Henry Guldberg
Brockway
Harold Hazen
Stevensville
Carl Holse
Plentywood
Gray
Montana Farm Bureau Federation
Mung
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Pauly
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
Sutherland
Montana Grange
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U.S. Marines
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Richard G. Maslock
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