Butte War Loan Drive Kicks Off With $3,879,600 Goal
Butte enters the nationwide Fourth War Loan campaign as final plans are completed for a drive to raise 3,879,600. A merchants rally is set for Rialto theater Thursday morning with a one hour program including battle films and talks honoring service members. The campaign staff will visit every home, distributing pledge books, and Hennessy’s store held a rally pledging 100,000 toward the county quota. The effort is coordinated by the A. W. V. S. and Junior League with theater operators volunteering services.
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Buttes
Butte
Junior League
Merchants’ Victory Committee
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Rialto Theater
Hennessy’s
Axis Surrender Must Be Complete
Secretary Morgenthau in a four network broadcast on the 14.0 billion fourth war loan urged complete and unconditional Axis surrender. He narrated the radio program with Ike,Nimitz and performers like Reagan Crosby and Miller. He urged a strong home front and a focus on a second bill of rights for veterans after the war.
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Dwight D’ Eisenhower
Chester Nimitz
Ronald Reagan
Bing Crosby
Ginny Sims
John Charles Thomas
Glenn Miller
Army Air Force Band
David Brockman
Treasury Orchestra
Morgenthau
Major Strike Averted In Wartime Labor Turbulence
United Press reports a major strike averted and others threatened or extended as labor leaders at Miami condemn proposed national service legislation as totalitarian. A Pittsburgh utility strike threat collapsed after company and independent union reached an agreement over alleged wage contract violations. In Seattle 6000 moulders and foundry workers prepared to strike over War Labor board wage denials affecting 79 plants across Seattle Tacoma Everett and Portland. Detroit Chrysler and DeSoto foremen walkouts protested alleged foreman discharge for inefficiency. Winchester New Hampshire 650 unionized workers picketed 24 Winchester Tannery executives to be held prisoner while offices stay open and meals arrive by mail pending arbitration over lunch-payment dispute. AFL President William Green opened the Miami convention denouncing the draft plan as un-American and unnecessary.
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United Press
Miami
National Service
Pittsburgh
Seattle
War Labor Board
Tacoma
Everett
Wash
Portland
Ore
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
DeSoto
Corporation
Winchester
N. H
Winchester Tannery Company
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Envoy Returns to Washington from Algiers Mission
Secretary of State Hull said Ambassador Edwin C. Wilson has returned to Washington for consultation. He had not yet conferred with Wilson and deferred a decision on whether the Allies have made a judgment on administering France immediately after invasion.
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Washington
Hull
Edwin C. Wilson
U. S
Algiers
Wilson
France
Act to Outlaw Strikes Urged
Senator Vandenberg urges federal law banning all interruptions in war production as an alternative to the proposed national labor draft act. He cites 1943 strikes totaling 3,737 and 13.95 million lost man days, arguing disputes should be resolved where national defense is involved.
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Washington
Vandenburg
R.-Mich
Roosevelt
Butte Forecast Tuesday Turns Colder With Snow Flurries
Butte area expects partly cloudy skies and a colder Tuesday with a high near 37 and a low around 20. North of the continental divide sees scattered snow flurries in the northern portion while east of the divide remains fair to partly cloudy and slightly colder. Tuesday night trends are fair to partly cloudy and colder across regions.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Invasion Plans Move Ahead as Eisenhower Reports Progress
London January 17 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower said pre invasion machinery was rumbling briskly upon his arrival in Britain and Lt Gen Omar N Bradley was named senior American general heading the growing U S ground forces in Britain. Bradley’s exact role beyond that remained undecided.
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Omar N. Bradley
Eisenhower
London
Europe
Bradley
Butte
Fourteenth Infantry
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Britain
U.S
United Kingdom
West
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tunisia
Sicily
Washington
Roosevelt
George C
Plane Production Record Is Set
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, led by Tom M. Girdler, reported that in 1943 it delivered more airplanes by both number and weight than any other maker. The Corsair alone surpassed 126 million pounds, with 115 million pounds by the second largest producer and 73 million pounds by the third. The company accounted for over 12 percent of US aircraft by quantity and more than 16 percent by weight.
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San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Tom M. Girdler
Corsair
Consolidated Vultee
United States
Savages Attack Two Missionaries in Bolivian Jungle
Five American missionaries who left two months ago to befriend Indians in the Santa Corazon region were attacked by the Yanaigua tribe, one of Bolivia’s fiercest. A military detachment found evidence in Indian camps suggesting the missionaries were killed, though uncertainty remained due to transmission gaps.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U.P
Santa Corazon Jungle
Robore
Santa Corazon River
Allied air sweep sinks Japanese cargo ships near Kavieng
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports U S Navy Catalina bombers destroyed a 10 000 ton Japanese cargo ship and likely two others of 8 000 and 6 000 tons while blasting a six ship convoy off Kavieng New Ireland. Allied air forces on the New Britain New Guinea front shot down or probably destroyed 25 enemy aircraft in the same operations.
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Quarters
New Guinea
U.P
Kavieng
New Ireland
New Britain-New Guinea
New Hanover Island
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Japan
Yugoslav Patriots Drive on Nazi Stronghold Near Zagreb
Yugoslav Partisans under Marshal Tito reportedly advanced within 25 miles of Zagreb, with other columns pushing Germans back from Kocevje near Fiume. Dispatches noted Pavelic's emergency, arrests in Zagreb, and Partisans attacking a German convoy on the road from Kocevje to Radek, inflicting heavy losses.
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London
Zagreb
Croatia
Josip Broz
Tito
Kocevje
Fiume
Budapest
Ante Pavelic
Sibenik
Free Yugoslav Radio
Kucevje
Radek
Heavy Blows Dealt to Jap Shipping in Marshalls by Army and Navy Bombers
Army and Navy bombers struck Japanese shipping in the Marshall islands on January 15 and 16, sinking one small cargo ship and damaging three others. Over Maloelap atoll 45 enemy fighters engaged, with one American bomber lost and two enemy planes shot down. Two cargo ships may have been sunk, marking heightened enemy resistance since the Pacific offensive began last November.
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Marshalls
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
Chester
Mili Atoll
Quake Toll Rises as 900 Bodies Recovered in San Juan
Rescue squads have recovered 900 bodies from quake struck San Juan and search continues. Dead estimated up to 1,600 with more than 13,000 injured. Government says losses may reach at least 75 million dollars as relief efforts proceed. President Ramirez travels to the zone as doctors and supplies arrive.
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Buenos Aires
San Juan
Pedro Ramirez
Men from Silver Bow go into service after physicals
Montana Army and Recruiting and Induction center announced that Silver Bow county selective service board No. 3 men passed exams and were inducted. Navy selectees depart for duty in two weeks. Marine corps member Thomas C. Brophy sails in one week. Army assignments include Theodore May, Charles Lavelle, Forrest Pendergast, Clarence Wald, Joseph Tamlyn, James Walker, Uno Helsing, and others with home addresses listed.
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Montana
Army and Recruiting and Induction Center
Silver Bow
Navy
Donald G. McNeil
Butte
James A. Welch
South Washington
William L. Goodman
West Woolman
Arthur L. Hills
South Main
William F. Stetzner
Edgar C. Reeves
West Gold Army
Theodore May
East Park
Charles M. Lavelle
Steele
Forrest E. Pendergast
Richardson
Clarence G. Wal
Victory gardeners to share seed allotment for 1944
The War Food Administration announced that 275,252,000 vegetable seeds, representing 70.3 percent of the annual supply, will be allocated for the period ending June 30, 1944, benefiting the nation’s gardeners and civilians.
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Chicago
Pravda Publishes Story of Alleged Peace Conferences
Washington dispatch reports United States cautiously engaging Russia Poland dispute while Moscow energizes a new misgiving with Cairo rumors that two British officials met German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop on separate peace terms. British Ambassador Lord Halifax sought to reassure.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Poland
Moscow
London
Cairo
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Lord Halifax
British Deny Pravda Peace Talk Rumor
London reports the British foreign office states there is no truth to Pravda's claim of British German peace talks. The Daily Mail brands the Cairo report as an insult to the British people.
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London
British Foreign Office
Pravda
London Daily Mail Today
the Mail
Communist Party
Cairo
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hull comments at press conference deny Halifax rumor
Secretary of State Hull told reporters there is no truth to the circulating story about Halifax and said the United States will use its good offices as needed. The remark appeared during a press conference and the article continues on page 3 column 1.
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Halifax
Hull
United States
Shuttle Bombing of Germany Via Britain Russia Seen
General Henry H Arnold said shuttle bombing of Germany from Italy to Russia is a probability as Allied advances and standardization enable takeoffs from Italy to hit targets en route to Russia. He noted Oscherleben Halberstadt Brunswick raids and stressed destroying German fighters is crucial to victory.
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Germany
Britain
Russia
Philadelphia
Henry H. Arnold
United States Army Air Forces
Italy
Poor Richard Club
Arnold
England
Africa
Oscherleben
Halberstadt
Brunswick
Americans and French Reach Italian River
Allied forces on a 30 mile front along the Gustav line reached the Rapido near Cassino as Americans and French consolidate at Mount Trochaccio east of Cassino. They prepared a full scale attack on Cassino defending the Liri valley route to Rome while German lines north of Nevel faced heavy Soviet pressure. General Maitland, the Allied Mediterranean commander, announced ongoing operations and high activity across the theater.
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Moscow
Lake
Ilmen
Volkhov
Italy
Rapido River
Cassino
Liri
Rome
Mount Trocechio
Ickes May Retain Mines Control
Interior Secretary Ickes may keep government control of coal mines until assurances are found that work stoppages will not recur. Attorney General Biddle issued a ruling clarifying that productive efficiency is not simply physical production. About 3,000 mines under contract with United Mine Workers remain in government hands, while 465 have already been restored to private owners since November 1.
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Washington
Ickes
Biddle
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Coal Mines
Hero Returns After Medal of Honor in Sicily
First Lt. David D. Waybur, 24, of Piedmont California, who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor in Sicily, has come back to the United States for treatment of wounds, the War Department announced Monday night.
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Washington
U.P
David D. Waybur
Piedmont
Calif
Sicily
United States
War Department
Legions National Vice Commander Urges War Bond Purchases
American Legion official E A Littlefield urged buying war bonds to fund civilian support for soldiers. He warned that paying now prevents a higher price in dollars and lives later, saying troops fight to protect home rights and families from tyranny.
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Legions National
E. A. Littlefield
The
American Legion
Littlefield
Salt Lake City
Legion
Helena
Earle N. Genzberger
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Yugo Slavia
New York
Gilbert Islands
Makin
Tarawa
Marquesade
Austria
By Gayle Talbot
Associated Press
Leningrad
Nevel
Nikolai Vatutin
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Tuchin
Rovno
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Jumbo) Maitland
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