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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1944
Page
2
Allied B 29 bombers attacked Yawata and other targets after a shakedown run on Bangkok and Makasan. The missions used bases in western China and routes over hostile territory, with heavy explosions on steel plants and port facilities.
Bond totals reach 310,893 with messages for bomber crews, and bombs from the Rocky Mountain arsenal are displayed locally. Civil defense leaders count 1,300 house to house contacts in Silver Bow county as store sales total 33,982.25 for Friday with Hennessy and Jensen Drug leading per capita sales.
Lt. Fred Merritt, formerly of Kalispell, has been wounded in action, friends report. His wife lives in Seattle.
The Montana Bankers association holds a two-session meeting with 11 30 a m and 2 p m gatherings. Andrew Price of Seattle will discuss Banking in the Pacific Northwest in 1944 and A T Hibbard of Helena will speak on War Finance. Officers will be elected and reports by committee chairmen will follow.
Bankers at the 41st Montana Bankers Association convention in Butte foresee a postwar boom as war bonds drive strengthens and agriculture and banking sectors recover. Speakers from Seattle to Helena tout crop health, strong war bond sales, and future financing for peacetime development while noting livestock grazing and hay conditions.
American forces pressed north along Saipan’s west shore from Agingan Point toward Charan Kanoa, breaking enemy resistance and expanding the beachhead. Nimitz disclosed 25,000 to 30,000 Japanese troops held the island’s defenses as U S planes targeted coastal guns and tanks in the sugar cane fields.
U S Pacific forces pound the Bonin and Volcano Islands. Thirty three planes hit Chichi Jima and likely two damaged. At Iwo Jima fourteen ground units destroyed and four seaplanes damaged. Four cargo ships sunk at Chichi Jima and six small craft hit. A heavily damaged medium transport near the Bonins was sunk by a destroyer. 112 survivors were rescued and imprisoned. Bombing targets include bar racks air fields and fuel depots as Marianas landings proceed.
A quake centered 1400 miles away was felt in Pasadena California at 2 55 57 p m Friday. The California Institute of Technology seismological laboratory recorded the event in the afternoon.
Allied advances around Cherbourg continue as American forces push toward the coast rail and highways near St. Sauveur Le Vicomte, with Reigneville and La Haye du Puits reported as targets. German resistance tightens near Caen as Caen dikes are blown to disrupt supply lines while Allied air and naval support presses the Cherbourg campaign.
Allied air forces attacked German fuel sites from France into Austria. Up to 750 Fortresses and Liberators struck five Vienna area refineries and the Acollo plant in Bratislava, plus an Italy based raid into Czechoslovakia. RAF heavy bombers targeted Boulogne harbor and rail centers in northern France while additional sorties hit western Germany.
An enemy broadcast described pilotless planes near London and Berlin as a new invasion weapon. Witnesses noted 20 foot wings, 25 foot length, dark color, pulsating motor, yellow tail light, and flame exhausts. Speeds ranged 220 to 250 mph with 1000 to 8000 pounds of explosive.
Plans for a model aviation commission statute were nearly completed by Montana's state aviation committee. W G Ferguson said few points remain, with agreement on most aspects. The measure mirrors an American Air Transport association draft. Saturday discusses feeder lines airport planning interstate airline development fixed base operation and private flying. Dean Chaffin of Bozeman chairs the committee.
Cascade County crossed its $5,811,000 quota by pledging $5,875,835.75 in the Fifth War Loan drive. Director Karl Tomaschoff cabled Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower praising the county’s rapid, record-breaking support and urging early redemption of pledges.
Governor Ford and Paul T. Smith requested delaying an interstate commerce commission hearing on the White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park railroad abandonment for 30 days to improve Montana’s chance to argue against the move. In Denver, the Bureau of Reclamation pushed back Fort Peck bids, delaying the 115 kilovolt line to Glendive and 34.5 kilovolt line to Wolf Point. openings moved to July 15. E. F. Lyman re elected Montana milk control board vice chairman. W. J. Butler remains board chair with A. A. Klemme named executive secretary to start July 1.
A total of 1 272 state owned furs will be auctioned at the state capitol Saturday morning at 9 o clock by the state fish and game department. The consignment includes 850 beaver skins and 422 muskrat and other skins. Will meet Monday for liquor board routine business chaired by David R Wallace in Helena.
Anaconda soldier Sgt. Lewis C. Platt of the Eighth Army Air Force has been seriously wounded and is hospitalized in England. He has been overseas 21 months. youngest son of John T. Platt of Kemmerer and the late Mrs. Platt. grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clucas of Anaconda.
Donald Ray Curran seven weeks old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Curran of 902 Zarelda, died Friday evening at a local hospital. Funeral services set for 4:30 p.m. today at Richards mortuary with Rev. Floyd Logee officiating. Burial in Mount Moriah cemetery.
Matthew Thornton son of Mr and Mrs Jerry Thornton 308 West Granite enlisted in the Navy Friday. He will report for basic training at Great Lakes Ill then be assigned to college training for 10 months as a radio technician to study for the occupation.
Tool grinders at the Dodge-Chicago plant that makes engines for the B 29 strike after a worker is discharged and threaten to tie up operations at the vital war plant.
Mrs. Axel Haglef and her two children escaped injury as a wind storm uprooted their barn and hurled it into the house. One side of the residence was crushed and the barn demolished in Rock Springs.
Helena June 16. The Montana Farm Labor committee will meet in Helena Tuesday to discuss employing Mexican national labor in agriculture during the slack period between thinning and harvest of sugar beets. Kruse said about 4,000 workers have already labored on Montana farms during beef thinning and lambing seasons.
Allied forces push up to 25 miles inland on the main highway from Rome toward Pisa and Florence as German resistance areas retreat. The Gothic line is cited by captors as the expected stand, with Siena near Grosseto as a remaining population center between Fifth Army and Florence.
The War News analysis says the German cross-channel robot bombs likely will have little impact on the European war. British observers note uncertain effectiveness, with dispersion and limited impact on industrial targets. The missiles may divert Allied air power from Normandy but probably not decisively. The piece compares strategy to World War I reactions and contemplates a possible German retreat to defense lines beyond reach of Allied naval guns.
Butte brief items list hospital admissions and discharges at St James and Murray hospitals, a birth at St James, a naval leave, a marriage license issued in district court, a Ladies of the Grand Army meeting, and local parental announcements. Names, addresses, and dates reflect routine community notices.
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