Pay-as-You-Go Tax Plan Adopted by House Panel
The House ways and means committee tentatively backed a pay as you go plan to withhold 20 percent of taxable income from workers’ pay starting July 1. It would fund year end taxes without adding a new levy and cover the first two 1942 installments due March 15 and June 15. Action on canceling part or all of a tax year was deferred.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Beardsley Ruml
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Cooper
D-Tenn
Conviction of Viereck Reversed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court overturned George Sylvester Viereck’s conviction, ruling pre Pearl Harbor law did not require full disclosure of his pro German propaganda activities. He remains jailed for incomplete State Department reports, with further sedition and conspiracy charges connected to the New York Enquirer case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
George Sylvester Viereck
Pearl Harbor
Viereck
State Department
Justice Department
New York Enquirer
Black
Douglas
Orson Welles Enlists in U S Army at 27
Hollywood reports Orson Welles the 27 year old actor and producer was accepted for limited service in the U S Army. He expressed hope he would not sort blankets in Minneapolis and said his future is up to the draft board.
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Hollywood
U.P
Orson Welles
U. S. Army
Minneapolis
Butte Red Cross Drive Reaches 20065 in Wartime Campaign
Butte volunteers reported 20065 raised toward a 46000 goal as of Monday night at Red Cross HQ on West Broadway. Donations from the Trinity Methodist Church group add to 31 published contributors while the Korean society marks an anniversary tied to their wartime stance. Six more names bring total to 42 volunteers participating in the drive.
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Butte Red Cross
Red Cross
West Broadway
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Butte
Call to fill form appears in page three
The article urges organizations to answer the call and complete the form found on page three. Mr. Rice stresses that every person’s help is needed for the country.
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Mr. Rice
Red Cross volunteers listed for assignments
The article notes workers were sued from Red Cross headquarters Monday night and others are being phoned to report. Those unable to reach prospects should call the Red Cross at 8484. Finishing assignments are John L. Boardman Charles Chalkley and Dr W E Craw. Continued on Page 3 Col 3.
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Red Cross
John L. Boardman
Charles Chalkley
W. E. Craw
Price Shift From Cash To Point Value Shifts Local Life
Butte residents and merchants report price in cash now secondary to point value under new rationing. Stores display cash and point prices on shelves and cans to aid shoppers. Gasoline tickets expire and A B C cards are renewed. War Ration Book No 2 registration opens at the courthouse.
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Mrs. Butte
March Draftees Are Examined at Montana Station
Selectees from three Silver Bow county draft boards were examined at the Montana recruiting and induction station on Monday under a joint induction program. Army and Navy representatives conducted the process and will ship inductees to Fort Douglas Utah and other training stations March 8. Read list of inductees from Board 1 and Board 2 with names and addresses.
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Silver Bow County
Montana
Coast
Army
Fort Douglas
Utah
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Unseasonably cold outlook with steady freezing air
The forecast calls for continued cold through Tuesday and Tuesday evening. Monday’s high reached 17 above zero and the low dropped to minus 10, signaling persistent frigid conditions.
Russians announce new Lake Ilmen winter offensive gains
The Soviet communique says Marshal Timoshenko forces captured Demyansk and 31 other localities south of Leningrad, destroying a German defense and killing or capturing about 11,000. About 900 square miles on the northwest front were liberated as the drive extended roughly 50 miles from the Valdai hills toward the Lake Ilmen region. Zaluohye, near Demyansk, was seized.
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London
Lake Ilmen
Leningrad
Semeon Timoshen
Demyansk
Valdai Hills
Lake Seliger
Zaluohye
Moscow
Staraya
Post War Action Conference Aims For UN Basis
United States will invite representatives of all United Nations to meet here to seek a postwar cooperative action basis in economic and other fields Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles disclosed on Monday. This follows congressional pressure for details on foreign bases built with American lend lease aid and how it will be balanced after the war. The Soviet embassy issued an article denying any aim to dominate postwar Europe, stressing the USSR’s goal to liberate its peoples from German Fascist rule. Roosevelt had signaled exploratory postwar food conferences among the United Nations.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
Sumner Welles
Russia
Europe
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
Soviet
Gandhi's Fast Nearing End in Poona
Gandhi completes the twentieth day of a three week fast in Poona with strength and spirits reported as good by attending physicians. The Hindu leader is held in the Aga Khan palace since August during his non violence and non cooperation campaign for Indian independence.
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Poona
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Administration Lieutenants in Opposition to Draft Legislation
Top aides McNutt and Stimson clash over compulsory labor draft for factories and farms. McNutt warns against forced duties advocating a voluntary indirect-penalties system, while Stimson backs the bill citing inadequate current controls. Further manpower notes include Patterson opposing deferments by occupation and furloughs for agricultural workers, and Knox to testify on Navy yard workers draft liability.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Stimson
McNutt
Patterson
Avon Park crash kills eleven airmen in training collision
Eleven airmen from Avon Park Army bomber base were killed in a collision of two medium bombers during a routine formation training flight. Among the dead are Second Lieutenant Arthur B. Kuniz of Harvey North Dakota and Second Lieutenant Dane Hansen of Salt Lake City.
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Avon Park
Fla
Arthur B. Kuniz
Harvey
N. D
Dane Hansen
Salt Lake City
Divorce Granted for Mrs Dorothy Knight in Reno Case
In Reno on March 1, Mrs. Dorothy Ledyard Knight, wife of Richard Allen Knight known for her Opera stunts, was granted a divorce.
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Reno
U.P
Dorothy Ledyard Knight
Richard Allen Knight
New York Metropolitan Opera
Former Roundup resident admits fracturing infant arms
Seattle reports Mrs. Ardis Farrington of Roundup Montana confessed to breaking both arms of nine month old Jean Clairmont, who died from injuries while in her care. She admitted to Policewoman Helen Elliott after lengthy questioning by Detective Captain Marshall Scrafford and Deputy Coroner John P. Brill.
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Seattle
Marshall Scrafford
Ardis Farrington
John N. Parmenter
Roundup
Mont
Jean Clairmont
Wallace J. Clairmont
Garfield, Wash
Farringtons
Clairmonts
Scrafford
Brill
Jap Convoy Moves Toward New Guinea Under Weather Shield
General MacArthur reports a large Japanese convoy of fourteen ships, including warships, moving north toward New Guinea behind a storm front that grounded Allied planes. Allied reconnaissance tracked it west of New Britain and along its north coast as air opposition waits for weather to improve.
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MacArthur
Australia
U.P
New Guinea
New Britain
Uibili
Talasea
Douglas MacArthur
Buna-Gona
Lae-Salamaua
Gambling Laws to Remain Same In Montana Senate
Montana's Senate on Monday voted to keep gambling laws intact with no immediate changes. House bills proposing licensed slot machines and expanded pastimes were killed. Senate open elk season and apple grading bills also died. A special election was approved to decide $8 million highway debenture bonds, with a tax provision added and sent to conference after House amendments were rejected. Representative Horrigan and Bricker sparred over pursuing the highway measure.
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Helena
Montana
Senate
House
Horrigan i
Rgranite
Bricker
R-Cascade
O'Connor
R-Car
Zoot Suits Lead to Phoenix Jail
In Phoenix 120 Mexican youths were picked up for wearing zoot suits with a tight pleat and other outlandish garments. Police said such clothing would earn meals and lodging in the city jail, as Captain Lea B. Hornbeck warned in a Monday statement.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Lea B. Hornbeck
French Warships Seized by Nazis
Fighting French headquarters said it received a document revealing that the Germans gained control of a squadron of French ships at Tunis by threatening to massacre all personnel from the top officers to ratings. Admiral Jean Esteva was given half an hour to surrender his flotilla including submarines and auxiliary ships as German forces landed at Tunis to counter Allied landings to the west.
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London
Tunis
Jean Esteva
Rescue Crews Hampered by Mine Gases
Bearc rec, March 1. An invisible wall of white gas carbon monoxide held back weary rescue crews entombed 69 miners two miles underground after an explosion at the Smith coal mine. Five known dead, seven unconfirmed bodies, suction fan used to vent fumes, cause of blast unknown, time to reach missing miners uncertain.
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Bearcreek
Smith Coal
Fourth West
Fifth West
Bearcrefk
Smith
Foster
W. A. Romek
Montana Coal and Iron Company
Romek
Feriana Burned and Blasted as Axis Falls Back
Allied reports say German forces blasted and burned installations at Feriana and other western Tunisian points as Rommel pulls toward the coast. British defenses with heavy Allied air bombardment hold the north Tunisian line, inflicting heavy losses on Axis attacks while advancing from Kasserine toward Sbeitla.
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North Africa
U.P
Feriana
Kasserine Pass
Tunisian
Phil Ault
United Press
Central Front
Geremans
Ferrana
Kasserine
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Europe
Bizerte
Sbeitla
Finland's Ryti Calls for War as Peace Hopes Rise
President Risto Ryti in a brief second term inaugural address urged Finns to continue fighting Russia while signaling openness to a possible separate peace. He stated peace is hoped for but not yet in sight, as Finland awaits a new cabinet to steer through this critical period.
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Helsinki
Risto Ryti
Russia
Ryu
Finland
Ryti
March Court of Honor at McKinley School Tonight
The Boy Scout court of honor for March will be held at McKinley School starting at 7:30. S. O. Meyer will preside as war service streamers and promotions are announced for Troops 3 10 12 15 16 19 and 28 with awards including eagle, star, and various merit badges for carpentry, safety, health, and other skills.
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McKinley School
S. O. Meyer
Dean Peterson
Frank Dorsey
Vernon Koelzer
Herbert James
Laurus Lehwalder
James Reardon
Marks
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Mary Cherry
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Phillip Byron Marshall
East Second
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Utah Avenue
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Wash
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Lowell Avenue
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Evans
Walter Dysinger
Whitman Avenue
Ray James Bugin
George J. Bounchar
Pine
Daniel Charles Brennan
Wyoming
John J. Crazie
Ergo
Richard Dean Frye
Farragut
Harry Clinton Rice
Howard
Charles McMullen
Montgomery
Sidney Hughes
Elm Street
Earl Firkins
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Sylvester Jay Sessions
West Mercury
Thomas Toy
Empire
East
Gandhi
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Navy Yard
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