Allies Destroy or Damage 49 Jap Planes
Allied bombers and fighters destroyed or damaged 49 Japanese planes across Wewak New Guinea and Rabaul New Britain in two days of air strikes. Other actions hit a 5,000-ton ammunition ship and 2,000-ton freighter near the Admiralty Islands, plus a 3,000-ton freighter at Hansa Bay. Heavy Liberator raids over Wewak damaged Boram airfield. 12 enemy planes were shot down. three Allied fighters were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
New Guinea
U.P
Wewak
Rabaul
New Britain
Admiralty Islands
Hansa Bay
Madang
Boram
Douglas MacArthur
Drought Holds State in Grip
Helena reports Montana suffers an unprecedented winter drought affecting winter wheat and ranges. Meteorologist A. D. Robb warns continued dryness risks irrigation water, power output, and fruit buds as open ranges stay snow free. He cites five dry warm months last year and a Rothiemay resident’s remark on record dryness.
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Helena
Montana
Great Plains
A. D. Robb
Helena Weather Bureau
Washington
Federal Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Robb
Rothiemay
Marshall Islands Installations Blasted Four Times
Pearl Harbor January 20. American Seventh Army Air Force launched four attacks on Japanese shore facilities airfields and shipping in the Marshall Islands on January 18 and 19 completing two weeks of daily raids north of the Gilbert Islands. Four American planes were lost, anti aircraft fire remained strong, two small Japanese ships were damaged at Jaluit atoll by Warhawk fighters.
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Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Air Force
Marshall Islands
Gilbert Islands
Pacific Fleet
Jaluit Atoll
WWII Pilot Dies From Pt. Loma Plane Crash Injuries
Second Lt. Mason W. Smith 24 of Vicksburg Michigan died from injuries after a plane crash and fire in the Pt. Loma residential district in San Diego. The crash occurred Wednesday leaving Smith the sole fatality and he served in the military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Mason W. Smith
Vicksburg
Mich
Pt. Loma
Japanese Americans to be called for military duty
The War department announced that American citizens of Japanese descent will be reclassified by selective service and called for induction if physically qualified. Reclassification is under way with broader calls expected once completed, aided by strong Japanese American volunteer service in combat and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Selective Service Boards
Allies Open New Burma Front
New north Burma land front opened in the Chindwin area as Allied ground forces push behind heavy bomber assaults. Chinese forces under Lt. Gen. Stillwell drive east from Gumga toward the Tanai river while air strikes hit Myitkyina Mandalay and surrounding targets. Allied losses totaled five planes.
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New Delhi
Kyankcaw
Tamy
Hukawng
China
Chindwin River
Kyankchaw
Arakan
Maunkdaw
Joseph W. Stillwell
Burma
Gumga
Tanai River
North Burma
Myitkyina
Mandalay
Kaladin
Amyu
Industrial accidents exceed war fatalities in OWI report
Washington January 20 The Office of War Information reports 37,600 industrial fatalities since Pearl Harbor, about 5,900 more than U S combat deaths. The survey calls for intensified safety measures noting 210,000 workers permanently disabled and 4,500,000 temporarily disabled, six times the military wounded and missing.
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Washington
U.P
Pearl Harbor
Office of War Information
Canol Project Nears Official Completion Date
Edmonton January 20 Major General W W Soter Canadian defense official said the American financed Canol pipeline and refinery at Whitehorse will be in operation within the time limit set for completion. Completion was planned for early February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Whitehorse
V. T
W. W. Soter
Northwest
Nazi Capital Again Is R A F Target
London dispatch reports the RAF night bombers hit Berlin in the 105th raid on the German capital since the start of the extermination campaign in 1943. German radio claimed ten four engined bombers were shot down in the first minutes and a Prague broadcast noted the assault on Rome and Berlin on the same day. Continued on page 8 column 1.
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London
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Reich
Luxembourg
Rome
Prague
Revised Ballot Bill Approved by Senate Elections Panel
Washington January 20 A compromise soldier vote bill providing a uniform federal ballot but allowing state and local officials to decide voter qualifications and service ballots was approved by the Senate elections committee 12 to 2. The measure from Senators Lucas and Green will go to the Senate floor next week as Tydings and Lodge withdraw their alternative federal ballot plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Lucas
D-Ill
Green
D-R. I
Elections Committee
Senate
Tydings
D-Md
Lodge
R-Mass
New Plans to Chart Postwar Course Outlined by Two Men
CHICAGO January 20. Speaker Rayburn Texas announced a bipartisan House committee will frame legislation to start the peacetime economy. War Manpower Commissioner Paul V McNutt said demonstration offices will open in seven cities next Wednesday to test job-finding techniques for discharged servicemen with expansion to the nation by April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rayburn
Texas
House
Paul V. McNutt
Midwest Democrats May Carry Complaints Direct to President
Washington January 2007 The Midwest Democratic conference of national committeemen and state chairmen from 13 states plans to present grievances about farm program administration to President Roosevelt and the party national committee. They will meet Friday with new members Montana Indiana and Wisconsin and attend the Jackson day dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
James G. Quigley
Nebraska
Omaha
Montana
Indiana
Wisconsin
White House
Quigley
William A. Schall
Thomas King
Elmer F. Kelm
Minnesota
James More
Iowa
Midwest
Fred F. Bays
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
War Bond Sales Hit $63,668 Mark In Butte Drive
Opening day sales in Butte stores reached 63 668 as merchants and clerks kick off the Retailers for Victory campaign to reach Silver Bow county quota of 3 679 600 for the Fourth War Loan. R L Ruhle reports several firms oversubscribed their quotas with Hennessy’s leading teams and four teams over 300 percent, Bill Walker top salesman at 2500 pledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Silver Bow County
R. L. Ruhle
County War Loan
Rialto Theater
Hennessy
Ray Koi
Vula
Dave Horn
Frank Toler
Dan True
F. A. May
Harry Ludwig
Bud Dresen
Bill Walker
Ruhle
Toggery
Jensen Drug Company
Silver Bow County War Heroes Memorial Urges Fourth War Loan
Silver Bow residents honor service members listed as dead or missing in the current war and urge sacrifices for the Fourth War Loan. Names include Gill Thomas, Ashworth, McCarthy, Carpenter, Jackson, Derana, Toy, Naranche, Fetherolf, Scilley, Medvit, Tamietti, Johnson, Trudgian, Cullen, Bordner, Lucha, Sampson, Tomich, Onge, Duggan, MacLean, Bermingham, Perkins, Perino, Sokolich, Donahue, Taylor, Sellon and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow
J.M,. Gill Thomas Ashworth
Frank McCarthy
L. R, Carpenter
Lowell Jackson
Val Derana
John Toy
Eso Naranche Norman Fetherolf
Harold Scilley
Paul Medvit Frank Tamietti
George Johnson Albert Trudgian
William Duggan Herbert MacLean
F.C. Bermingham
Harold Perkins
Michael Perino ‘Rank Sokolich ‘Harles Donahue Marion Taylor
William Sellon
Montana Fourth War Loan drives individual bond sales reach 2.54 million
Helena reports that Montana individuals bought 2,536,517 in three days of the Fourth War Loan drive, reaching 12.68 percent of the 20,009,000,000 quota. Silver Bow led with 309,461, Prairie county reached its quota before opening, while Cascade 264,509 Yellowstone 175,341.50 Fergus 55,197 Lewis and Clark 262,292.50 Gallatin 60,157 Missoula 85,655.25 are also listed.
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Helena
Montana
William Bartley
Silver Bow County
Prairie County
Cascade
Yellowstone
Fergus
Lewis & Clark
Gallatin
Missoula
Walter H Paul promoted to first lieutenant in Military Police
The War department announced Walter Howard Paul of 849 West Galena Butte Montana has been temporarily promoted from second to first lieutenant in the Corps of Military Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Walter Howard Paul
West Galena
Butte, Mont
Corps of Military Police
Weather Outlook for Montana West of Divide
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions Friday and Friday night with occasional valley fog. East of the divide sees slightly colder conditions with fair weather Friday and Friday night, and colder again later in the period.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Fourth War Loan Bond Sales Hit $622 Million
War bond sales credited to the Fourth War Loan totaled $622,000,000 through Wednesday night, a little over 11 percent of the $5,500,000,000 goal for individual purchases. The figure, covering sales since January 1 though the drive opened formally only Tuesday, was reported to war loan headquarters Thursday night by Secretary Morgenthau from Cincinnati.
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Washington, Jan
War Loan
Morgenthau
Cincinnati
Prairie blazes threaten towns in Montana fires flare
Smoke-blackened firefighters watched central Montana range land as prairie fires roared across two large areas near Chinook Lohman and Chinook were briefly threatened before volunteers and civilian defense workers contained the fires. A second blaze thirty miles south of Great Falls burned 2000 acres in Spanish Coulee before being halted. No damage estimates were available though ranch buildings were saved and some stock losses were suspected.
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Montana
Saddle Butte
Chinook
Lohman
Great Falls
Spanish Coulee
Cascade Area
British Drive Germans From Minturno
Allied dispatch reports British troops pushing up 500 foot slopes from the Appian way have driven Nazi defenders from Minturno two miles from the Garigliano river. The capture comes with allied gains at Argento Tufo and Sulo along the Garigliano as air forces pound Italian targets and fighter strength dwindles. American and French patrols probe defenses toward Cassino while Mount Trocchio offers a view into Cassino’s streets.
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Algiers
Minturno
Garigliano
Mark W. Clark
Argento
Tufo
Sulo
Italy
Rome
Cassino
Mediterranean
Mount Trocchio
Solons Oppose Aid to Europe
Washington headlines a House debate over a proposed 1.35 billion dollar United Nations relief fund for war-devastated lands. Rep Eaton urges international cooperation while Reps Sumner and Gearhart challenge the measure as a treaty needing Senate consent. The spark centers on U N relief and rehabilitation administration participation and constitutional questions.
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Washington
America
House
United Nations
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Eaton
New Jersey
Foreign Affairs Committee
Jessie Sumner
Ill
Gearhart
Calif
Committee Would Cancel Free Mailing Privileges
The Byrd committee urged Congress to end federal free mailing by most departments, except War, Navy, Treasury, and Selective Service. Abolishing the system could boost revenue by about 30 million dollars this year while shifting to regular rates or cost-based mailing. The report notes free mail has tripled in 10 years to 2 billion pieces annually.
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Washington
Byrd Committee
Congress
Post Office
War and Navy Departments
Treasury
Selective Service
Byrd
D-Va
Baltimore
Partisans Strike in Nine Sectors in Yugoslavia
Tito's liberation army says it struck Germans in nine sectors across Yugoslavia and killed over 1,000 invaders. Heavy fighting spread from Fiume area along the Croat coast to Gospic Otocac and Senj, with German units in Ogulin Karlovac, Ljubljana and Gacko sustaining heavy losses.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Fiume
Yugoslavia
Free Yugoslav Radio
Associated Press
Gospic
Adriatic
Otocac
Senj
Ogulin-Karlovac
Pletdrnita-Katela-Bartrine
Croati
Zagreb-Belgrade
Bosnia
Banova Jaruga
Oak
Zagreb
Ljubljana
Slovenian
Gacko
Hercegovina
Annual City Skating Carnival Postponed
Mild weather forced postponement of Butte's 25th municipal skating carnival set for Clark park. Alderman John Lindquist and City Engineer George Tippett reported ice would not develop in 48 hours. Officials and contestants are urged to watch for new dates, hoped to begin a week from Saturday January 29.
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Butte
Clark Park
John Lindquist
George Tippett
Tittman Heads Montana Section of AIMEs Dinner Elects Slate
E M Tittman of East Helena was elected chairman of the Montana section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at the annual dinner at the Finlen hotel. New officers include F S Weimer as vice president F W Strandberg secretary treasurer and C F Milwick with R W Lawson as directors. About 100 attendees from Butte Anaconda Helena and Great Falls heard annual reports and saw entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Tittman
American Smelting and Refining Company
East Helena
Montana
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Finlen Hotel
F. S. Weimer
Great Falls
F. W. Strandberg
Butte
C. F. Milwick
R. W. Lawson
Meergan H. Wright
Seattle
Anaconda
Helena
Red Army Breaks Novgorod Front in Baltic Drive
The Red army toppled Novgorod on the sixth day of a northern offensive costing Germany 44,000 troops. Soviet forces under Meretskov and Govorov joined to trap 250,000 Germans in the Streina corridor near Leningrad, nine miles from Krasnogvardeisk, with a vast pursuit toward Estonia and a widening encirclement on the Gulf of Finland.
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London
Red
Novgorod
Strelna
Leningrad
Moscow
K. A. Meretskov
Volkhov Front
Novogorod
Leninegrad
Estonia
Stalin
Leonid A. Goevorov
Oranienbaum
Gulf of Finland
Streina
Krasnovye Sea
Govorov
Krasnogvardeisk
Krasnoye Selo
War Progress Report From War Secretary Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson said the Allies are making steady progress on multiple fronts. He cited possible collapse of Japanese resistance in northern New Guinea, a major Russian push to lift the siege of Leningrad, and advances against Cassino toward Rome. He noted ongoing Allied operations in the Pacific and Australian forces advancing toward Saidor with matériel in hand.
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Washington
Stimson
New Guinea
Leningrad
Cassino
Rome
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Kingdom
Europe
Pacific
Sio
Saidor
Drifting Balloons Cause Outages in Denmark Sweden
United Press reports large numbers of drifting balloons in Denmark and Sweden disrupted power, rails, and a train wreck. Danish radio called them barrage balloons, Swedish radio incendiary balloons, but origin remained unclear. Power losses hit Jutland. southern Sweden saw similar stoppages.
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Jutland
Sweden
U. S
Montana Bankers to Meet in Butte in June 1944
The Montana Bankers Association will hold its 1944 convention in Butte during the latter part of June. Secretary Ben Draper of Helena said dates will be set later. Plans were developed by the executive committee led by President Harold Olss of Ronan.
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Helena
Montana Bankers’ Association
Butte
Ben Draper
Helen
T! Association
Harold Olss
Ronan
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MT. Cassino
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Solons
A.I.M.E
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