Anaconda Copper Output in Butte Shows No Premium Price Gain
The Victory Labor Management Production Committee reports Anaconda Copper failed to meet the War Production Board quotas for the Butte mines and thus earned no 17 cents a pound premium. Government price remains 12 cents. premium applies only to excess over monthly quotas plus prior deficits. Quotas set at 25.8 million pounds per month for 1942, rising to 27 million after a new leaching plant is completed.
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Victory Labor Management Production Committee
Anaconda Company
War Production Board
Butte
Victory Labor Management Committee
Anaconda
H. O. King
Washington, D. C
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte Copper
Victory
Butte Mines Department
Victory Labor-Management Production Committee
Washington
Butte Mines
Montana
Anaconda Mining Company
Delegates Arrive to Open Fourth Annual Methodist Conference
About half the delegates expected for the Fourth Annual Methodist conference reached Butte by late Tuesday night. Notables include Mrs. F B Godfrey of Orlando national field secretary of the WSCS. Bishop W E Hammaker of Denver is due today with a reception at Mountain View Methodist Church this evening.
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Butte
F. B. Godfrey
Orlando
Florida
Women's Society of Christian Service
Godfrey
Montana
WSCS
W. E. Hammaker
Denver
Colo
Mountain View Methodist Church
Frederick T. Spencer
A. R. Reeves
Floyd E. Logee
Silver Bow Ministerial Association
J. P. Wills
Trinity Church
J. J. Haggerty
Grace Church
Hammaker
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Baptist Church
House Endorses Record War Appropriation for 4.5 Million Forces
The House approved a vast war spending bill of 42.82 billion dollars by a 352 to 0 vote, sending it to the Senate. It aims to fund and equip an armed force expanding to 4.5 million by July 1, 1943, amid pledges of total commitment from both parties to defeat the Axis. Representatives cited battles from Tobruk to Sevastopol as proof of urgency, while questions about Alaska defenses and weapon modernization surfaced on the floor.
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Uncle Sam
House
Senate
Congress
United Nations
United States
Alaska
Appropriations
Starnes
D.-Ala
Rich
R.-Pa
Butte Scrap Campaign Trucks Begin Zone 7 Collections
Butte residents rally for the scrap drive as trucks start Zone 7 collections today. Officials report a strong turnout with metals leading totals, along with rubber rope and rags joining the effort.
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Butte
General Hale Named Seventh Air Force Commander in Hawaii
Hickam Field Hawaii June 23 Major General Willis H Hale was announced as commanding general of the Seventh Air Force covering all Army air units in the Hawaiian area. He replaces Major General Clarence L Tinker who is listed as missing from the Midway battle earlier this month. Hale had served under Tinker and arrived in the islands shortly after December 7 last year.
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Hickam Field
Hawaii
Willis H. Hale
Seventh Air Force
Hawaiian
Hale
Clarence L. Tinker
Midway Island
Tinker
Islands
German radio push to force Russo Japanese war gains attention
Berlin cites Hochi and Asahi claims that Britain’s Churchill may push Moscow to join a war against Japan as Molotov resists U S intervention. German propaganda suggests Japan may attack Russia or be provoked to ease pressure on Europe while front lines in the Far East show limited movement.
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Japan
Berlin
Hochi
Tokyo
Winston Churchill
Moscow
Washington
London
Roosevelt
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Europe
Naotake Sato
Molotov
T V. Soong
Churchill
China
Roosevelt and Churchill discuss shipping crisis at high level
A wartime conference in Washington brought President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill together with top Anglo American maritime chiefs to address the shipping crisis. Details of the talks were not released, and the regular press briefing was canceled to keep discussions private.
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Washington
U.P
United Nations
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
White House
Stephen T. Early
Churchill
Early
School Annex Lease to Army for $1000 Monthly
Trustees vote to lease the old Butte high school annex to the Army for wartime use at $1,000 monthly. Light heat water and janitor service provided. Lease starts July 1 as Fort Missoula staff moves to town, affecting 40 to 50 families. County officials set voting sites for the primary election and Linde Air Products wins acetylene gas and oxygen contract.
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Army
Butte High School
Lyle
Transac
Fort Missoula
Addis McGrath
Weather forecast with light showers midweek
Occasional light showers are expected Wednesday with little change in temperatures. Tuesday's temperatures reach a maximum of 57 and a minimum of 44 degrees.
Merchants vote to back war bond sales in July drive
The Butte National Retail Merchants association backs a nationwide effort to boost wartime bond and stamp sales. Local leaders include E L Samsel and Leonard Pusey with Paul Cannon among organizers. The July drive begins July 1 with a 15 minute storewide suspension to sell bonds and stamps. Silver Bow county quota reduced to 609000, with past sales cited as proof of achievable targets.
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Paul Cannon
Butte
National Retail Merchants’ Association
E. L. Samsel
Leonard Pusey
Oscar Peterson
al Trafford
William Tiddy
Charlies Amos
John P. Cooney
Willard Thompson
Post Office Department
Silver Bow County
James H. Rowe
War department spending and bureaucracy condemned by House panel
The House military committee denounces reckless spending and waste across the War department, the air corps, and the Maritime commission. It calls for curbs on cost plus contracts, cites inflated salaries, and notes new boards and bureaus expanding administration. The inquiry, kept alive by Chairman May, continues.
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Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
May
D.-Ky
Aeron
Air Corps
Maritime Commission
Jones
Measure would make Alaska a state
Senator Langer drafts legislation to admit Alaska as the 49th state in the United States. He quotes Brig. Gen. William Mitchell saying a country with Alaska in the world would be stronger.
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Alaska
Washington
Senator Langer
United States
William Mitchell
Sayan
Coroner's Jury Rules Tom Blixt's Death Natural
A coroner's jury ruled that 31 year old Tom Blixt of Butte died last Friday afternoon of natural causes. The inquest, led by Coroner Don Sheehy, heard 14 witnesses. Two men, Antti Hiltunen and Jim Farren, were detained during the investigation but released. no charges were found warranted.
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Tom Blixt
Butte Winer
Don Sheehy
H. K. Jones
Jim Farren
Antti Hilt
Unen
Frank J. Roe
Roe
Vey
Blixt
Hiltunen
East
Nazi Advance Toward Egypt Border May Determine Hitler Course
Soviet forces defend Sevastopol as German siege troops tighten rings around the city. Rommel’s Africa corps pushes toward Egypt while German and Ukrainian fronts report new advances in Kharkov. Western air forces raid Benghazi as strategic aims hinge on Caucasus oil and Middle East struck to alter the war’s direction.
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Hitler
United Press Night
Pussia
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Mediterranean
Caucasus
Middle East
Syevernaya Bay
United States Army
Benghazi
Navy Casualties Exceed 10 000 in War Totals
Washington reports casualty total in the ongoing war rise to over 10 000 with casualty list number 5. The Navy notes most losses stemmed from direct enemy action while others occurred in service at sea or in the air. Dead number 98, with 2 101 wounded and missing among Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Next of Kin
Manila Bay
Bureau of Naval Personnel
United States
Radio Program on Copper Mining Broadcast Tonight
A radio feature titled Three Thirds of the Nation will air at 8 o’clock Mountain War Time this evening on the Blue Network. The program, arranged by the Victory Labor Management Production committee of the Anaconda Copper Company, concerns copper mining and its impact on Butte and Montana workers.
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Victory Labor Management Production Committee
Butte
Anaconda Company
Herbert Heasley
War Production Board
Montana
Perta
Utte
The
Broadcasting Company
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