Jap Positions Strengthened Near Australia
Allied headquarters in Australia reports Japan reinforcing positions north of Australia as part of preparations for action. Air reconnaissance shows growing enemy strength around the island perimeter, with main effort concentrated on this front. Allied long range fighters attacked Penfoei airdrome, destroying four bombers and nine fighters and damaging others. Three enemy fighters remaining after the attack were shot or driven off as our planes departed. all our aircraft returned.
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Australia
Allied High Command
Penfoei
Pepang
Island
The
Kai
Montana Senate to tackle 13 House bills in final days
Helena Feb 28 The Montana Senate will consider 13 House proposals on Monday as the 1943 session nears adjournment with four days left. Major items include licensing slot machines liberalizing pas time gambling creating a state department of finance and allowing May elections on bonds to fund postwar highways.
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Helena
House
Montana Senate
Senate
State Department of Finance
Red Cross Appeals for Broad Support in Butte Drive
Red Cross War Fund leaders in Butte urge all mining city groups to help in the drive's last week. Only 31 organizations have contributed toward the $46,000 goal to aid troops with medicine dressings and recreational sources. Drive chairman A. F. Rice emphasized broader participation.
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Butte
Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross
A. F. Rice
Call for organization responses forms on page two
A directive urges every organization to read a form on page two and fill it out. Mr. Rice emphasizes the nation needs the help of all, and readers should act as instructed.
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Mr. Rice
War Relief drive figures show 162 Butte groups aided 1941 effort
A report notes 162 Butte organizations contributed materially to the December 1941 War Relief drive for the Red Cross, while 31 groups have since earned recognition. Continued on Page 2, Col. 3.
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Butte
Red Cross
Mrs. Ray Gallant Appointed Field Army Commander in This County
Mrs. Ray Gallant of 322 South Jackson street is named women's field army commander in Silver Bow county to direct an educational cancer campaign. The Montana division confirms her selection as she aims to raise awareness and reduce preventable cancer deaths, citing 642 Montana and 63 Silver Bow fatalities last year.
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Ray Gallant
South
Jackson Street
Silver Bow County
Gallant
Butte
Montana
R. F. Peterson
Nounced
Silver Bow
Roosevelt Urges Nation to Aid Red Cross in War Aid
President Roosevelt urged the nation to contribute at least 125 million dollars to the American Red Cross as it wages its greatest crusade amid wartime. Norman H. Davis announced the message from four radio networks while the president recovers from illness and recalls visiting the North African theater.
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Washington
Roosevelt
The
Nation
Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
North African Theater of War
Point Rationing Begins Today In Butte County
More than 54 000 Silverbow residents hold War Ration Book No 2 as point rationing starts for over 200 processed foods. Residents face strict points limiting fruits vegetables and juices to four or five cans monthly with severe reductions for 19 months. Sugar coffee and processed foods join rationing with future March rules covering fresh meats and canned fish and shellfish. price ceilings on tomatoes and other items also set.
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Silver Bow County
OPA
United States
United Nations
Grand Champion Montana Chief Crowned At Butte Exhibit
Montana Chief the English setter owned by Ben F Evans of Butte won grand champion, best sporting dog and best English setter at the second annual Sportsmen's Exhibit and Dog Show by the Butte Field and Stream Association. Judge Dr Rae Evans Smith of Portland announced the results. Evans Snyder recorded them. The dog born Oct 28 1941, sired by Chief of Bainbridge, claimed $25 war bond and Henry Crangle Memorial trophy, needing three wins for permanent possession.
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Montana
Ben F. Evans
Butte
Butte Field and Stream Association
Evans
Rae Evans Smith
Portland
Oregon
American Kennel Club
W. L. Snyder
Butte Association
Henry Crangle
Crangle
Four Destroyers Launch At Federal Shipyard World Record
Four destroyers slid down the ways at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock yards in Kearny New Jersey in 14 minutes setting a new world record for a quadruple launch. It was the third quadruple launch at the yards in the last 10 months and the fifth destroyer launched there this month.
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Kearny
N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Federal
Faint Hope Is Held for 68 Still Trapped
Efforts to reach 68 coal miners trapped in the Smith mine at Bearcreek continued with 40 rescue workers down the shaft wearing oxygen helmets. Doctors reported 62 rescuers treated for gas exposure, eight sent to Billings, as air was forced into the mine by ducts and fans. About 150 workers and specialists from multiple states aided the effort, with more than 500 people watching the scene.
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Billings Gazette
Smith
Bearcreek
Tual
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
U.P
W. A. Romek
Red Lodge
Billings
Smith Mine
Foster Mine
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Dakotas
U. S Bureau of Mines
Salt Lake City
Rickenbacker to Be Called by Committee
The House naval committee will summon Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker to testify on a work or fight measure targeting absenteeism in Navy civilian plants. The bill, backed by Rep. Lyndon Johnson, would require contractors to report to local draft boards any employees absent without cause. The Rider faces floor action Monday as part of a naval personnel bill.
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Washington
Eddie Rickenbacker
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
House
Southwest Pacific
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
War Labor Board
Boeing
Seattle
Early Action on Man Power Seen
Secretary Stimson endorses the Austin-Wadsworth bill to draft men and women for war factory and farm work where needed. He argues existing controls fail to fully utilize manpower and address farm labor shortages. Knox's endorsement was expected and a statement from him may follow.
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Washington
Stimson
Austin-Wadsworth
Knox
Austin
Vermont
Wadsworth
New York
Navy
Reynolds
D-N. C
Senate Military Committee
Colder with light snow forecast
Weather forecast predicts colder conditions with light snow on Monday and Monday evening. Sunday highs reach 37 and the low near 1 degree, signaling a brisk, unsettled start to the week.
Weather Bureau Warns of New Cold Wave in Montana
The Weather Bureau warns Montanans of a rapidly falling temperature trend. Light snow and strong winds are expected east of the continental divide tonight, with temperatures ranging from five degrees above to five below zero by Monday morning.
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Helena
Weather Bureau
Dive Bombers Are Outmoded by Allied Tactics
Allied air commanders in North Africa deem dive bombers obsolete against ground attacks. Barrage and skip bombing, plus low level fighters and bombers like Havocs Mitchels and Marauders, dominate. Stukas prove vulnerable after first Rommel thrusts, with Allied troops quickly rallying and halting their use.
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Allied
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Faid Pass
France
Sidi Bouzid
Eighth Army
Royal Air Force
Germans claim two towns in Donets basin captured
The German high command asserted they seized Lozovaya and Kramatorsk in the Donets basin amid a stalled Russian offensive. British and American air forces continued heavy raids in Europe while Rommel’s tank army battled in central Tunisia and Nimitz signaled Pacific operations near Pearl Harbor. Russian reports varied as German counterattacks were claimed but not confirmed.
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Lozovaya
Kramatorsk
Donets
Tunisia
Rommel
First Army
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Japan
United States
Europe
Hitler
Ceremany
Rostov
Dnieper
Kharkov
Stalino
Kiev-Rostov
Crimea
Snowmobile Becomes Lifeline For Starving Elk In Montana
Resourceful Russians and Montana ranchers adapt the snowmobile to haul hay to 17 marooned elk. The Big Hole area near Butte uses a 90 horsepower engine and ski mounted pushers to move feed across deep snow aiding wildlife before winter thaws.
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Big Hole
Montana
Baltic
Black Sea
Butte
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Russia
Solons
Nant
Army of the America
Rickenbacker
Will
Man Power
By Wes Gallagher
By Richard McMurray
Associated Press
Kursk
Kuban
Novorossisk
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