War Heroes Stars To Attend Bond Show At Fox Theater
A caravan of seven war heroes and two film stars arrives Friday for a gala war bond program at the Fox theater in Silver Bow county to spur Fourth War Loan participation. The one hour show includes Butte high school band and the film Lifeboat with KGIR radio to broadcast part of the program. Tickets sold out in advance with an overflow expected and early arrival urged.
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Fox Theater
Silver Bow County
Butte
H. J. Schiesser
John Steinbeck
KGIR
Bombers Hit Berlin In Fresh British Raid
London reports R A F bombers struck Berlin again Thursday night in a large scale attack. The raid follows a January 21 offensive against Berlin and Magdeburg, with the current assault described as carried out in force.
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London
Berlin
Madgeburgh
Excise Levies Are Approved
Congressional conferees approved a batch of excise tax increases to raise more than a million dollars annually for wartime spenders. New rates hit cosmetics, toiletries, cabarets, pool tables, and air mail, with broader postal and alcohol refund provisions and a corporate consolidation safeguard.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Senate
House
Eden urged to warn Franco over Spain neutrality breaches
In London on January 27 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden faced a request in Parliament from Tom Driberg to warn General Franco that continued neutrality breaches could trigger Allied oil and economic sanctions. Driberg cited Spanish organizations aiding recruitment of Spanish seamen for German U-boat service.
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London
U.P
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Francisco Franco
Spain
Eden
Tom Driberg
Essex
Driberg
General Franco
State Passes One Third of Quota in Fourth War Loan Drive
Montana passed the one third mark of the Twenty million dollar Fourth War Loan drive with six million nine hundred ten thousand two hundred seven dollars and seventy five cents in individual purchases. Lewis and Clark county led with seven hundred seventy thousand one hundred eighty seven dollars and seventy five cents, followed by Cascade and Silver Bow with high percentages. Billings plans to invest one hundred fourteen thousand five hundred dollars in bonds. A runoff election was ordered February 4 for a collective bargaining vote at the Douglas Long Beach Aircraft plant.
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Helena
Yellowstone
Gallatin
Missoula
Flathead
Deer Lodge
Billings
Los Angeles
U.P
2Irst
National Labor Relations Board
Douglas Long Beach
Eleven Flyers Die In Key West Flight Boat Crash
Eleven flyers died and two injured when a patrol flying boat crashed and burned while alighting at the naval air station in Key West Florida. The aircraft was returning from patrol duties.
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Key West
Fla
Naval Air Station
Ground Forces Gain in Two Sectors
American ground forces push in two southwest Pacific sectors as Marines seize Natamo Point in Borgen Bay and extend control at Empress Augusta Bay Bougainville. Air operations hit Admiralty islands Rabaul and Tobera airdrome with heavy bombers and fighters.
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Elmont Waite
Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Natamo Point
Borgen Bay
New Britain
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Natamo Village
Japan
AFL Council Urges Strict No-Strike Pledge Amid War Threats
The AFL executive council, representing six and a half million workers, calls for strict adherence to the no strike pledge as military developments loom. They urge sending food to children in Nazi-occupied countries and stress that no grievances justify local stoppages. President William Green says officers should emphasize restraint to protect soldiers and production workers.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
William Green
Green
Council
Japanese Atrocities Officially Revealed In Pacific War Report
A joint Army Navy release details brutal Japanese treatment of Bataan and Corregidor prisoners. Officers escapees recount starvation, torture, and mass deaths, including the march from Mariveles, beheadings, and forced labor.
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Bataan
Corregidor
Camp O'Donnell
Cabanatuan
Melvyn H. McCoy
Indianapolis
M. Melinik
Coast Artillery
Dunmore
William FE. Dyess
Air Corps
Albany
Texas
Dyess
Burbank
Calif
Melviik
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
McCoy
United States
Philippines
Marine Corps
Michiel Dobervitch
Ironton
Minn
Austin Shofner
Shelbyville
Tenn
Jack Hawkins
Roxton
Reid Carlos Chamberlain
el Cajone
Mariveles
700 Villages Freed by Russians Amid Leningrad Offensive
Associated Press reports a Red Army push frees 700 communities around Leningrad in two weeks as German forces retreat 40 to 60 miles. Moscow announces captures Tosno and Volosovo, with heavy German losses and ongoing north front operations. In Italy, Nazi counterattacks against the Rome bridgehead begin as Littoria thrusts are repulsed.
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Leningrad
Russia
Italy
Rome
Moscow Communieque
Tosno
Leningrad-Moscow
Volosovo
Hermann Armored Division
Littoria
Pontine Marshes
Nettuno
Borgoe Poiave
Lite
Officers Elected by Scout Council at Vigilante Banquet
The Vigilante council of Boy Scouts re elected officers for the coming year at a Thursday night banquet in the St John Episcopal church hall. FBI agent W Guy Banister spoke on the Montana Idaho division and Roland Jobe received the Silver Beaver award for 16 years as scout master of Butte troop No 28. The only roster change was the naming of Charles.
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Charles
Service Vote Legislation Sparks Senate Party Clash
Senate Republicans and Democrats traded charges of politicking over a service vote bill linked to a possible fourth Roosevelt term. Holman argued the administration backed bill would unfairly aid Roosevelt. Murdock countered Republicans want to stall uniform ballot voting to curb his chances.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Holman
R.-Ore
Murdock
Utah
Mr. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany
Japan
Vandenberg
Lucas
Oregon
Army
Chandler
D.-Ky
White House
Point Values on Vegetables Cut
Washington announces lower February point values for canned vegetables such as corn beets tomatoes and spinach while beef lamb and veal points rise slightly. Price Administrator Chester Bowles says vegetables remain rationed and a full removal is not planned despite industry requests.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
OPA
Allied Bombers Hit Marseille In New Night Raid
Berlin claims four engine Allied bombers struck the Marseille area in southern France with escorting fighters. German reports say three bombers were shot down, timing and full details unclear. British and Canadian sorties also targeted Ijmuiden steel works and northern France targets.
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London
Marseille
France
Belgium
Holland
Berlin
Mediterranean
DNB
Deutschlandsender
Warsaw
Magdeburg
Wilbur F. Hanley Dies Suddenly at 40
Wilbur F. Hanley 40, a Montana Power Co. budget chief, died suddenly at home on West Diamond street after feeling unwell in the afternoon. Born in Butte, he lived here all his life, worked since youth, and was active in baseball and the Butte lodge of Elks as a former exalted ruler.
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Wilbur F. Hanley
Montana Power Company
West Diamond Street
Mr. Hanley
Butte
Old
Butte Mines League
Butte Lodge of Elks
Butte Lodge
Notice Anaconda Mining Employee Earnings 1943
Anaconda Copper Mining Company announces statements of earnings for Butte Mines employees for the year 1943. They will be distributed at the Mines Pay Office starting Friday January 28 from 9 30 a m to 6 p m. These statements are needed to prepare Federal and State income tax returns.
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Butte
Argentina Orders Ships to Stay Home in Axis Break
Argentina cuts telephone service to Berlin and Tokyo and orders all merchant ships to remain in home or foreign ports as relations with the Axis are severed. Ambassadors Escobar and Podesta Costa head to North America on urgent government orders. London says Britain expects Argentina to crush Axis activities and expel all enemy officials.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Berlin
Tokyo
Adrian C. Escobar
United States
Miami
Washington
Escobar
Luis Podesta Costa
inter-American Juridical Committee
Rio de Janeiro
London
U.P
Anthony Eden
Britain
Eden
Eighth Air Force Marks Birthday
The United States Eighth Air Force, born in Savannah on January 28 1942 with 74 officers and 81 enlisted men, marks two years of operations. Since inception on August 8 1942 heavy bombers have dropped 27 676 tons and destroyed 3 885 German interceptors while escort fighters downed 561.
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London
United States
Eighth Air Force
Europe
Savanah Ga
Third Air Support Command
U. S Army
Germany
Big Air Battle Over Marshall Islands Claims Heavy Losses
Seventh Army air force Mitchells and fighters shot down 16 to 22 Japanese aircraft during a raid on Taroa airfield Maloelap atoll. Admiral Nimitz announced the action as part of a series against Marshall Islands bases, with 282 tons of bombs dropped that week and multiple enemy losses including two small escort ships.
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Japan
Admiralty Islands
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomons
Tobera
Charles H. Macmurtry
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Air Force
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
mid-Pacific
Taroa
Maloelpa Atoll
Nimity
Marshalls
Weather forecast for Montana west and east of divide
West of the continental divide Friday and Friday night see fair skies with little temperature change. East of the divide Friday brings fair to partly cloudy conditions with light snow in the southwest forenoon. Western areas not so cold. Friday night remains fair in the west and partly cloudy in the east with cooler northwest.
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Montana
Continental Divide
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Bergen Bay
Navy
Burma
Chindwin
Hukawng
A.F.L. Council
Jan
By Gayle Talbot
Associated Press War Beiter
Scout Council
Roland Jobe
Senate Republicans
Democrats
Hatch
D.-N.m
D.-Ill
Ure
Bowles
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Island Group
Central Pacific
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