War Bond Show at Fox theater boosts sales in Butte
Butte pushes a Friday night Fox theater war bond show with seven war heroes and two stars. Retail stores banks and theaters hold tickets. buyers get theater access by purchasing bonds, with no Friday sale. Limited capacity aims to sell out, urging immediate purchases to secure tickets.
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Butte
Fourth War Loan
Fox Theater
Retailers For Victory” Committee
Fox
Bert Henson
War Activities Committee
Motion Picture
Allied drive reaches Cassino as Germans retreat from Italy
Allied forces push across the Rapido near Cassino and advance toward Albano and Rome as German troops withdraw from the Cassino line. American patrols enter Cassino to find the town deserted except for a single sentry. reports say German transports move south and hospitals evacuate as Rome air defenses react.
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Key City
Algiers
U.P
Rapido
Cassino
Rome
Nettuno
Appian Way
Stockholm
Bern
London Daily Herald
Albano
Russians Take Krasnogvardeisk Rail Junction in Leningrad Front Drive
Soviet forces broke into Krasnogvardeisk, a key rail junction 39 miles southwest of Leningrad, as they closed on the Leningrad-Moscow line and pressed toward Shimsk and the Leningrad-Vitebsk route. Other columns advanced east of Kurishi while Germans rushed reinforcements from Estonia and Latvia.
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London
Krasnogvardeisk
Leningrad
Estonia
Latvia
Leningrad-Moscow
Moscow
Lake Ilmen
Shimsk
Kurishi
Novgorod
U S House Approves Relief Funds for War-Ravaged Areas
The House voted 338 to 54 to provide 1.35 billion dollars for a world relief and rehabilitation fund. The measure expands aid to India and backs the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration agreement. Critics warn of endorsing treaties and a potential super state.
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Washington
House
U. S
Senate
Cordell Hull
India
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Atlantic City
Congress
Weather forecast for Butte and Montana regions
Butte region expects Wednesday partly cloudy with snow flurries and colder air. Tuesday highs near 28 and 8 degrees at night with light precipitation. West of the Continental Divide shows snow flurries in the mountains and cooling temperatures. East of the divide remains similar with snow flurries east and south and generally fair to partly cloudy conditions overnight.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Cascade County Tops Montana in War Bond Sales
Montana's fourth war loan drive reports total subscriptions at $5,202,910 as of Tuesday. Cascade County leads with $555,349.50 sold but only 23.35 percent of its quota. Lewis and Clark ranks second with $473,006.75 at 43.39 percent. Silver Bow holds third at $424,553 (15.89%).
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Helena
U.P
Silver Bow County
Yellowstone County
Gallatin
Hill County
Prairie County
Missoula
Roosevelt
Sheridan
Valley
Deer Lodge
Custer
Nation Approaching the Billion Mark
War bond sales of 90 million dollars over the weekend pushed the fourth war loan total to 953 million by Tuesday night. The gain represents about 17 percent of the five and a half billion dollar national quota for individual sales.
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Washington
Wave-Mast Redondo Beach Destroyed Homes in High Tide
High tides reached 6.7 feet as 40 foot waves battered Redondo Beach stranding an entire block of apartments and dozens of cottages. Police estimated property damage in the hundreds of thousands with two apartment buildings collapsing into the sea. No injuries or fatalities reported, but further damage was feared with tomorrow's near seven foot tide.
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Los Angeles
Redondo Beach
City Relinquishes Treasure Island for Airport Expansion
San Francisco officials approved relinquishment of the citys title to Treasure Island in exchange for a federal expansion program at San Francisco airport worth at least ten million dollars.
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Exchange
San Francisco
U.P
Treasure Island
War Department to Return 14.2 Billion to Budget Reserve
Washington, Jan 25 report shows a new 14.214B appropriation kickback raises total expected return to 27.378B for the year. Rep Snyder notes unobligated funds due to price cuts, personnel reductions, and renegotiation savings from about 71B in Army operations.
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Washington
War Department
Budget Bureau
House
Snyder
D-Pa
Appropriations
Tax proposal approved by conferees to raise income tax
Senate and House conferees approve a 2 2756 million dollar measure raising individual income taxes by 664.9 million yearly. The earned income credit is repealed and federal excise tax deductions are limited. A 3 percent minimum tax applies above thresholds, with July 1 as the family status date. The bill also requires unions and co operatives to file annual financial statements.
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Washington
Senate
House
George
D.-Ga
Commission
The
Treasury
Jap Planes Fall in Battle Over New Britain
Allied forces claim a major air offensive over Rabaul on MacArthur's birthday. The Sunday raid destroyed at least 54 Japanese planes and possibly 68 in a day, with targets including Sakunai and an Admiralty Islands cargo vessel.
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New Britain
Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
Sakunai
Indian Fighter Is Taken by Death
Dan Thomas 91 a volunteer in the company that pursued Chief Joseph after the Big Hole battle in August 1877 died Tuesday in Hyattville Wyoming Charlie Russell later a famous western artist was employed by Thomas as a cowboy on one of the first roundups Surviving are two sons William Thomas of Anaconda Montana and Jack Thomas of Hyattville and a daughter Mrs Inez Nelson also of Hyattville Funeral services will be conducted Friday at the Methodist church in Basin
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Hyattville
Wyo
Dan Thomas
Joseph
Big Hole
Charlie Russell
Thomas
Russell
William Thomas
Anaconda
Mont
Jack Thomas
Inez Nelson
Basin
Argentine Break With Axis Expected at Any Minute
The report cites sources in Uruguay Chile and London predicting Argentina would sever relations with the Axis soon over alleged Axis spy ring activity. Diplomatic chatter notes the move could be the first step toward full Pan American alignment, with observers cautious on timing.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Argentina
Santiago
Chile
London
Germans Attack Hospital Ships In Anzio Bay
War correspondent John Daly said three hospital ships in Anzio bay were bombed by German planes and one was sunk. A destroyer off the beach intercepted a message identifying the sunken vessel as the hospital ship St Bobid.
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New York
C. B S
John Daly
Africa
Italy
Anzio Bay
Daly
Leinster
St. Bobid
Adoption of National Service Legislation Urged by Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson urged national service legislation in a radio address. He cited 22 strikes in war plants last week causing about 135000 man days of production loss and argued penalties only treat symptoms of a broader lack of responsibility. He said a national service law would instill civic duty comparable to military service.
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Washington
Stimson
Escape Plan in Bomber Nose Deters claustrophobic ride
In Italy on January 23 a bomber crewman narrates a cramped escape hatch ordeal aboard a Boston light bomber. Sergeant Lee Duncan explains how a belly landing would doom the hatch, and the crew completes a quiet mission to block the Frosinone road junction with minimal flak.
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Italy
Boston
Frosinone
Lee Duncan
Porterville
Calif
War Production Report by Nelson Highlights 1944 Plans
Donald M. Nelson announced that war production has reached the level needed for victory with December totals near November and no overall 1944 increase planned. Aircraft output will rise about 65 percent, with an aim to 100,000 planes, while ships and signal equipment also rise.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Nelson
Income Tax Returns Coming In Slowly in Helena
Lewis Penwell the collector of internal revenue said today that income tax returns are coming in slowly with the exception of the Butte and Great Falls offices. He spoke from Helena identifying the overall slow pace of filings across the district.
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Helena
Lewis Penwell
Internal Revenue
Butte
Great Falls
Farm Wage Ceiling of 2400 Draws Fire From Farm Bureau
President Edward O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation criticized the new 2400 annual wage ceiling for farm workers. He warned it could provoke unrest among workers earning less than the limit and questioned who earns 2400 on a farm. He testified before the House building committee as it studies postwar questions. He also warned of possible higher prices if 2400 became average and said farms will hire 2 million demobilized soldiers after the war.
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Edward O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
House Building Committee
D.-Ala
O'Neil
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