Labor Bands Support War Loan Drive in Butte Concert
Organized labor members rallied for the Fourth War Loan with a Silver Bow county goal of 3 879 600 as the Great Falls Army Air Base band performed at Butte High School Auditorium. Master Sgt Victor T Nixon conducted a concert blending military, classical and popular pieces to boost bond sales. Corporal Bronislava Caplan and Corporal Ralph Servillo highlighted the performance with Chopin and Massenet violin numbers, and Merle Edwards added vocal solos.
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United States
Butte
Great Falls Army Air Base
Butte High School
Silver Bow County
Victor T. Nixon
Friedman
Victor Herbert
WAC
Bronislava Caplan
Chopin
Medtner
Ralph Servillo
Massenet
Kreisler
Pfc
Merle Edwards
Lewistown
Sylvia
Harry B. Graefe
Great Falls
Paul Fall, Jr
Organized Labor
Japs in Burma Pushed Back Across Hukwawng Valley
American trained Chinese troops under Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell have captured Mingru Ga and pushed Japanese forces toward Taihpa Ga as they clear the Hukwawng valley to open the Ledo supply road to China. Allied reports say air and ground actions target Japanese strong points with no losses.
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New Delhi
Mingru Ga
Hukwawng
Burma
China
Southeast Asia
Joseph W. Stilwell
Taihpa Ga
United States
Thoburn Giant
Associated Press
Union Terms Offered to Mine Workers in AFL Readmission
U P United Mine Workers were offered readmittance to the American Federation of Labor on terms limiting the UMW to the jurisdiction it held in 1936 when 400,000 miners left. The AFL council voted unanimously to accept but require prior clarification and a later meeting with UMW officials to resolve unsettled questions. The conference committee includes Dan J. Ro bin and George Meany among others.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
A. F. L. Executive Council
Dan J. Robin
A. F. L. Teamsters
George Reat
A. F
Weather Forecast Diablo West to East With Snow Flurries
Mostly cloudy with snow flurries and cooler conditions Tuesday and Tuesday evening. Monday highs around 34 and lows near 4. Snow flurries and colder air extend west of the continental divide with partly cloudy to cloudy skies and scattered flurries east of the divide. Temperatures show little change Tuesday night.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Cascade Leading in Bond Sales in Montana Fourth War Loan
Cascade county led Montana’s Fourth War Loan drive with bond sales of 406 547 dollars as of Monday, per State War Finance Committee director William H. Bartley. Lewis and Clark, Silver Bow, and Yellowstone followed, with individuals funding 4 233 312 dollars toward the state’s 20 million quota.
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Helena
Cascade County
Montana
William H. Bartley
State War Finance Committee
Lewis and Clark
Silver Bow
Yellowstone
National Total Gains Rapidly in Fourth War Loan Drive
The Treasury reports individual bond sales reached 863 million dollars on Monday, up 81 million from Saturday. The total nears 16 percent of the 5.5 billion dollar goal, with larger purchases still withheld for the month’s end.
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Washington
Treasury
Spirit of Montana on display at historical library
The Spirit of Montana, a Flying Fortress bought by Montana bond buyers last year, is exhibited at the State Historical Library. The bomber, funded by the state's War Loan over-subscription, is now on duty on an undisclosed front, per William H. Bartley, executive director of the State War Finance committee.
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Helena
Montana
State Historical Library
William H. Bartley
State War Finance Committee
Soviet Troops Break German Defenses on Leningrad Front
Soviet forces shattered crumbling German positions on the Leningrad front cutting the main escape rail line to Estonia and capturing Pavlovsk and Pushkin south of Leningrad. They advanced near Tosno and Sablino, seized Ulianovka, and repelled counterattacks in Ukraine with 46 German tanks and 45 planes reported destroyed.
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London
U.P
Leningrad
Estonia
Pavlovsk
Pushkin
Russia
Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Krasnogvardeisk-Kallinn
Krasnogvardeisk
Pskov
Kyril A. Meretskov
Volkhov River
Vinnitsa
Ukraine
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Rumania
Odessa-Warsaw
Montana State engineer to attend Washington hearing on Hungry Horse dam
State Engineer Fred Buck will represent Montana at a February 1 hearing before the House irrigation and reclamation committee in Washington to consider authorizing the Hungry Horse dam on the Flathead river near Kalispell. Kalispell Missoula and Polson are expected to send representatives. The bill would authorize construction to store 1,000,000 acre feet for irrigation in Montana.
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Helena
Fred Buck
Montana
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Irrigation and Reclamation
Flathead River
Kalispell
State Board of Examiners
Missella
Polson
Mansfield
D-Mont
O'Connor
Board Reappoints Five Members of State Library
Helena January 24 Governor Sam C. Ford reappointed all five members of the state historical and miscellaneous library board for terms to expire January 11, 1946. Reappointed were Josephine I. Hepner Helena Ben Harwood Billings Luella Watson Watson Roy M. Crismas Great Falls and Lucinda B. Scott Helena state librarian.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
State Historical and Miscellaneous Library Board
Josephine I. Hepner
Ben Harwood
Billings
Luella Watson
Watson
Roy M. Crismas
Great Falls
Lucinda B. Scott
Bombers raid French coast as U S and RAF strike Normandy areas
American heavy bombers and Allied fighter groups attacked western Germany and the Pas de Calais coast for a 23rd time in 25 days. The raid involved Mustang Thunderbolts Lightnings Mosquitos Mitchells and Boston aircraft with a large escort. Twenty one enemy planes were shot down and several Allied aircraft are reported missing.
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London
Germany
Holland
U.S. A
Vichy
Normandie
Bern
Switzerland
Danubia
France
U. S
Pas de Calais
Conferees Draft Compromise Bill for Mustering Out Pay
Senate and House conferees prepared a compromise bill granting $100 to $300 mustering out pay for service members. The top rate favors overseas or Alaska service, with Johnson estimating cost at about $3 billion, below both House and Senate totals. The plan maintains existing payment ranges and service restrictions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Alaska
Johnson
D.-Cole
LaGuardia Lifts New York Dimout Rules
Mayor LaGuardia announced the lighting of the dimout regulations ending night baseball restrictions in New York City that had barred play last summer.
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New York
LaGuardia
New York City
United States Refuses to Recognize Bolivian Regime and Recall Ambassador
The United States rejects the La Paz coup that installed Maj. Gualberto Villarroel and recalls Ambassador Pierre Boal. The State Department cites a broader anti Allied subversive movement and signals possible sanctions while Uruguay Cuba and Venezuela also reject recognition and Brazil rules out diplomatic ties with the junta.
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United States
Washington
U.R
State Department
la Paz
Gualberto Villarroel
Pierre Boal
U. S
Bolivia
Department
Villarroel
Uruguay
Cuba
Venezuela
Argentina
Germany
Japan
Cordell Hull
Aerial Blitz Hits Marshall Atoll Groups in Pacific
UPI reports heavy air attacks by American bombers and fighters on six Marshall atoll groups including Wotje Maloelap Jaluit Mili Kwajalein and Ailinalapalap. At least five ships damaged six enemy planes destroyed and eight damaged while American losses were light.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
UPI
Central Pacific
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Island Atoll
Wotje
Maloelap
Jaluit
Mili
Kwajalein
Ailinalapalap
Marshalls
Admi
Chester W. Nimitz
Gilberts
Allied Bombers Hit Wewak and Rabaul in Heavy Day
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports a massive raid against Wewak New Guinea and Rabaul New Britain. In one of the heaviest recent actions Allied bombers claimed 67 enemy planes down or probably downed including 33 fighters at Wewak and significant hits on Lakunai runway at Rabaul.
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New Guinea
U.P
Wewak
Rabaul
New Britain
Madang
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Lakunai
Hitler and Quisling Confer on War Plans
Hitler held a war council at his secret headquarters with Maj. Vidkun Quisling and other Nazi puppets in Norway. The broadcast said they discussed questions on Europe and the future of Germanic peoples. In France Laval empowered Joseph Darnand to police the country with an iron hand.
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London
Hitler
Maj
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Associated Press
France
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Joseph Darnand
Greece Faces Widespread War Plague Toll Claim
Joseph Besso, Greek government in exile envoy, estimates 900000 deaths from imposed starvation. He says among 8 million survivors, 2000000 have malaria and over 1500000 have tuberculosis in wartime Greece.
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New York
Joseph Besso
British Officers Among Escapees From Italian Camps
London reports that Lt. Gen Philip Neame, Lt. Gen. Sir Richard O'Connor, and Air Marshal O. T. Boyd were among thousands of British prisoners who escaped Italian war camps after Italy's surrender last September. All have reached England.
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London
Philip Neame
Richard O'Connor
O. T. Boyd
England
Landings in Italy Described at Fifth Army Beachhead
A correspondent reports a precise Allied landing south of Rome on January 23 with calm seas aiding the assault. The first hours saw limited German resistance, repeated Luftwaffe attacks, and a bold resolve led by Lt. Col. Lyle W. Bernard to press forward with no withdrawal or surrender.
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Fifth Army
Rome
Lyle W. Bernard
Highland Falls
N. Y
Argentina to issue most important statement tomorrow
Foreign Minister Gen. Alberto Gilbert announced after talks with U S British Brazilian and German envoys that the Argentine government will issue a most important statement tomorrow following meetings with Argentina's top diplomats and economic experts in Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Aberto Gilbert
United States
Argentina
Fourth Term Issue Roils Senate Over Soldier Ballot
In a heated Senate debate on absentee ballots for service personnel, Taft accuses War Secretary Stimson and Navy Secretary Knox of backing a federal ballot to aid a fourth term bid, while Lucas calls the claim political poppycock and defends the compromise bill.
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Senate
Washington
Taft
Ohio
War
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Lucas
D-Nl
Republian
War and Navy Departments
Army
Senate Republicans
Roosevelt
Enemy Landings Challenged Near Rome After Nettuno Capture
Allied dispatches report a massive German assault on the Fifth Army front aimed at undoing the Rome landing near Nettuno. Allied forces, including Americans and British, hold the Cassino sector as Nettuno port falls and advance inland.
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Algiers
Italy
Fifth Army
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Cassino
Nettuno
Supply Lines Cut Near Rome Cassino Rail Line
Italian patriots have at least temporarily cut the Rome Cassino railroad, a Nazi supply line, near the area of the new Allied landings south of Rome. The Bari radio, reported via the FCC, said anti Nazi patriots have intensified activity since the beachheads were seized.
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New York
Jan
Rome
Cassino
Bari
Federal Communications Commission
Allied planners forecast fragile Salerno defense and hedgehog fortifications
General Maitland Wilson, Allied commander, called the Italian beachhead operation classical but warned a fierce German counter-attack is possible. He noted the Salerno positions are closer to air cover than before and suggested Germans may fortify with hedgehogs rather than mount a major counter-offensive. Radio reports claimed Allied forces near Nettuno and Littoria, with Rome within range.
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Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Salerno
Italy
Maitland Wilson
Nettuno
Tiber River
Rome
Morocco
Littoria
Patriots Engage German Forces
Budapest radio reports 25000 Yugoslav Partisans tried to break into Serbia from Bosnia. fierce fighting with Axis troops. Tito says Germans suffer heavy losses on a front from Senj to Otocac as Senj is reportedly occupied. D N E notes U S bombers failed to reach Sofia amid anti aircraft fire and mixed claims of losses.
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London
Budapest
Bosnia
Serbia
Josip Broz
Tito
Senj
Fiume
Otocac
Reuters
Zagreb
Hvar
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Board of Examiners
Fred C. Platt
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Denver
Federal Petroleum Administrator
A. J. M. Johnson
Army Air Force
Montana State College
Bozeman
Spokane
Western Germany
Statute
Marino
Albano
Anzio
Miles
Riet
Tivoli
Velletri
Frosinone
Gaeta
Pescara
Ortona
Berlin
Nittorno
U.S
Rio DE Janeiro
Oswaldo Aranha
Quisling
By Don Whitehead
Clark
Sofia
Bulgaria
Basle
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