Marines kill 200 Japs at Borgen Bay
U S Marines reported 200 Japanese soldiers killed in the Borgen Bay drive from Cape Gloucester in jungle fighting. Hill 660 near Silimati Point was reached as Australian and American forces push to clear the New Guinea coast and prepare for a major assault on Madang.
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New Guinea
U.P
U. S
Borgen Bay
Cape Gloucester
Silimati Point
Douglas MacArthur
Kelanoa
Sio
Huon Peninsula
Dallman River
Saidor
Lightnemy
Sel
Bogadjim
Madang
Storm Paralyzes Plains Country
A sweeping winter storm crippled the southwestern plains cattle country with up to 14 inches of snow on the plains and drifts over eight feet. Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle faced record cold and widespread disruptions as cattlemen feared feed shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Texas
Amarillo
Guyman
Okla
Colorado
New Mexico
Kentucky
Illinois
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Shirley
Ark
Wyoming
Tabernash
Kremmling
Colorado Rockies
Laramie
Wvyo
Coalville
Utah
Craig
Colo
Burwell
Neb
Gallup
N. M
Minnesota
Rochester
Kansas
Maverick Named WPB Vice Chairman in War Production Board
Maury Maverick a former San Antonio mayor and Texas representative was appointed vice chairman of the War Production Board in charge of the Smaller War Plants corporation. He has led WPB's government division and is expected to become SWPC chairman after a board vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Texas
War Production Board
War Plants Corporation
Maverick
WPB
SWPC
Allied air squadron reaches 50,000th wounded evacuee
Allied officials from Algiers report the North Africa Air force air evacuation squadron has transported its 50,000th wounded soldier from the front to rear area hospitals. The milestone was announced on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Algiers
North Africa Air Force
Montana warned of truck system collapse over tire shortage
J J Mahoney of the OPA warns Montana could face a transport breakdown as 300 to 400 trucks may be taken off state highways due to tire shortages. He notes only about half of required monthly truck tires are available for military and lend lease use, risking outlying communities’ supply lines. The Army plans to recap and repair discarded tires for home use.
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Montana
OPA
J. J. Mahoney
Denver
Mahoney
Clyde Carpino
Butte
National Association of Independent Tire Dealers
Treasure State
Treasure
American Subs Sink 10 Ships
American submarines have sunk 10 Japanese merchant ships, including eight freighters a transport and a large tanker, the Navy announced. The tally brings total Allied attacks to 396 sunk 36 probably sunk and 114 damaged for 546 hit in Pacific and Far East waters. Tanker losses hurt Japan's outer defense perimeter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Navy
Pacific
Far Eastern
Far East
Roosevelt May Deliver State of the Union Address
President Roosevelt, recovering from the grippe, works on his annual report to Congress titled The State of the Union. A decision on delivering the speech in person Tuesday will follow talks with congressional leaders. The Army and Navy Journal suggests a push for universal civilian service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Army and Navy Journal
Capitol Hill
Yankees Punch Way Into Cassino Plain
American infantry and tanks broke through German fortifications to enter the Cassino plain after victories at San Vittore and Mount Porchia. Tanks supported infantry as fighting raged around Mount Porchia and Giusto, with San Vittore completely taken days earlier. hill and village actions continued as Allied forces pushed toward Cassino town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph FE. Dynan
Algiers
Cassino
San Vittore
Mount Porchia
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Fifth Army
Porchia
Salerno
Giusto
Maio
Jap Shipping in Marshalls Hit Again
Pearl Harbor report says Japanese shipping in Jaluit atoll southern Marshalls was hit by a Liberator from Fleet Air Wing Two near Jabor. A naval spokesman said the small merchant ship was "hit" in the raid Thursday. Army heavy bombers resumed strikes on Taroa and Wotje islands with no fighter opposition. All bombers returned safely.
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Pearl Harbor
Jan
Jaluit Atoll
Marshalls
Navy
Fleet Air Wing Two
Jabor
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval
Seventh Air Force
Taroa
Wotje Islands
Maloelap Atoll
Wotje
Health conditions praised on Bougainville Island
On Bougainville Island health conditions among Americans were described as remarkably good with almost no mosquitoes and no malaria cases, a Navy spokesman said, contrasting earlier Guadalcanal malaria casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Bougainville Island
Navy
Bougainville
Two destroyer escort ships launched in Bethlehem yard
In Hingham Massachusetts on Saturday the destroyer escorts Leslie L. B. Knox and McNulty were launched at Bethlehem Steel yard. Both vessels honor officers killed in action in the Pacific.
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Hingham
Mass
US. S. Leslie L. B. Knox
U. S. S. McNulty
Pacific
Bethlehem Steel Company
Selective Service tightens 18 to 21 occupational deferments
Major General Lewis B. Hershey announced a drastic curb on occupational deferments for registrants aged 18 to 21 effective February 1. Non fathers in this group will face draft risk while farm workers are largely exempt. Student deferments are reduced with limited professional exemptions.
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Selective Service
Max Hill
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Doctors Testify in Murder Case Autopsy details feature in Packineau trial
Physicians Dr. Mondloch and Dr. McMahon testified on autopsy findings in the Richard Packineau murder trial. Jurist Judge Downey paused proceedings as key witnesses described wounds on John ONeill and conflicting autopsy dates. Witness Henry Honkanen and taxi driver William Tippett related events surrounding the death and hospital visits on June 18. The trial resumes Monday with further state evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Tip) O'Neill
Richard Wilson Packineau
Wolf Point
T. E. Downey
J. L. Mondloch
E.S. McMahon
Henry Honkanen
O'Neill
William Tippett
St. James Hospital
Nazi Radio Stations Close Down Indicating New Raids
Nazi radio stations began shutting down across Europe signaling resumed Allied air action. Belgium first went off air then the Vichy network followed by the Berlin long wave station. Allied daylight patrols over northern France reported activity. one enemy plane and an Allied fighter were shot down.
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London
Europe
Hitler
Belgium
Vichy
Berlin
France
Paris
Weather outlook for Butte and eastern Montana
Forecast shows little temperature change across Butte and west of the continental divide with partly cloudy skies. East of the divide also expects partly cloudy conditions and minimal temperature shifts through Sunday and Sunday night.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Rumanians Seek Contact With Moscow Amid Front Advances
At the Dniester frontier Soviet forces press into Rumania as Jer German Balkan satellites scramble for an exit. Peasants flee Besarabian regions with goods and cattle, factories dismantle for interior shipment, rail travel restricted. Juliu Maniu advisors abroad urge contact with Moscow while Antonescu plans defense in the western mountains. Pro Soviet manifestos appear as leftist demonstrations flare.
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Bern
Stalin
Rumania
Dniester
Germany
Balkan
Bessarabian
Bucovina
Budapest
Basler Nachrichten
Cernauti
Chisinau
Juliu Maniu
Moscow
Ion Antonescu
Bucharest
Tax simplification to be No. 1 job
House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton sets tax law simplification as the top task for 1946. He aims to collect total taxes via wage withholding for about 30 million workers, reducing the need for their returns, while March 15 filings remain. Rep Forand proposes a 15 member commission to tackle the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Doughton
D-N. C
House
Ways and Means
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Representative Forand
D-R. I
Congress Faces Many Problems
Congress returns to work amid wartime unity talk and looming fall elections. The 78th Congress faces reconversion concerns after victory, with domestic policy clashes likely despite a common war aim. Roosevelt may speak Tuesday outlining unity and major measures to press Axis victory.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
78Th Congress
Tokens Will Give Housewives Same Buying Power
The Office of Price Administration announced a February 27 token plan to preserve ration buying power for housewives. Each family will have 60 points for meats and fats and 50 points for processed foods monthly, with tokens worth one point each and food stamps set at 10 points. Adjustments to point values are made to balance meat fats and processed foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Germans Evacuate Polish and Russian Prisoners
From inside Germany comes word that Germans began evacuating Polish and Russian prisoners from eastern old Poland and East Prussia as the Red Army crossed the old Polish border. A Polish guerrilla force reportedly attacked evacuating troops near Vilna and freed 200 prisoners.
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Barcelona
Old Poland
East Prussia
Red
Germany
Vilna
Hitler Faces Greatest Debacle of War
Russian Second Ukrainian Army captured Kirovograd in the Dnieper bend as a four day assault routed about 100000 Germans and pushed up to 31 miles through an 80 mile break. The first Ukrainian army advanced toward Tilintsy, 18 miles north of the Bug river, with 140 towns taken as both fronts move toward a Dnieper bend junction that could trap 750000 Germans. Vatutin’s southward drive from Klesow reached 22 miles inside pre war Poland with towns Viry and Rudnya Bobrovskaya captured.
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Russell C. Landstrom
London
Kirovograd
Dnieper
Tilintsy
Bug River
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
Germany
Russia
Trinisy
Rumania
Dniester River
Lipovets
Odessae Lwow
Vatutin
Nikolai Vatutin
Poland
Klesow
Viry
Rudnya Bobrovskaya
Government Wool Buying Asked at Montana convention
At the 43rd annual Montana Wool Growers Association meeting efforts were urged to continue a government purchase program for domestic wool clips until stocks run out. Resolutions opposed subsidies and broad tax hikes, urged licensing for imports, and called for stronger range and disease prevention programs coordinated by the livestock sanitary board.
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Billings
Monetana Wool Growers’ Association
Montana
Commodity Credit Corporation
Livestock Sanitary Board and
Veterinary Research Laboratory
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Pete Mare
Thy
Marshall Islands
U. S. Navy
WPB Vice
Cassino Plain
Mt. Porchia
Jap Shipping
Solomons
Thomas F. Hawkins
Soviets
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