Deferment for Farm Workers Is Approved
The Senate military committee voted blanket deferment from military service for farm workers with a provision preventing field workers from taking jobs without draft official approval. The 9 to 7 division included Senator Holman supporting a stopgap measure. The panel also heard testimony on broader man power legislation for drafting men and women for factory and farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Selective Service
Senate Military Committee
Holman
Oregon
Wadsworth
R.-N.y
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Lewis B. Sanders
Sanders
D A R Conclave Sessions Open Tonight in Montana
Mrs. Lewis D. Smith of Livingstone state regent will preside at the opening business session of the Montana D A R 40th state conference at 8 PM in the Finlen hotel Gold room. Over 50 representatives from across Montana expected to register. tribute planned for Emma Marvin Blackburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis D. Smith
Livingston
Montana Daughters of the American Revolution
Finlen
Montana
Charles A. Blackburn
Butte
Hostess Silver Bow
C. S. Passmore
John Harvey
J. R. Thomas
G. A. Keppner
W. V. Kingsbury
R. M. Hobbs
F. E. Logee
Willis Johnson
L. M. Marshall
Emma Marvin Blackburn
W. A. Strange
Joyce Callison
O. C. Kistler
Montana Daughters of American Revolution
Smith
Mines Students Depart for Army Service at Fort Lewis
Seven Montana School of Mines students left Tuesday evening by Northern Pacific for Fort Lewis Washington to begin active duty in technical posts. Registrar W Milton Brown notes since February 1 the school has sent 35 men to the armed forces, many from junior classes enlisted in the Air Force Reserve. The group included Bruno Alto Herbert Eck Harold Johnson Jean Hardesty Clarence Swanson Robert Meehan David Kidd and Jack Nordquist though Nordquist was detained by illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana School of Mines
Northern Pacific
Fort Lewis
Wash
W. Milton Brown
College
Army Enlisted Reserve Corps
Armed Forces
Registrar Brown
Air Force Reserve
Boca Raton
Fla
Lincoln
Neb
Brown
Bruno R. Alto
Herbert C. Eck
Harold N. S. Johnson
Anaconda
Jean A. Hardesty
Billings
Clarence B. Swanson
Bonner
Robert J. Meehan
New York
David L. Kidd
Butte
Jack W. Nordquist
Wide Scale Bombing of Japan Is Goal
Lt Gen H H Arnold the Army Air Forces chief told a mass tribute for Mme Chiang Kai Shek that the United States aims to bomb Japan on a broad scale to destroy the enemy on its own soil. He warned of bombing day and night, targeting factories rail centers shipyards munition dumps and docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Japan
United States Army Air Force
H. H. Arnold
Mme
Chiang Kai- Shek
Arnold
Pacific
Chiang
Army Air Force
Casablanca
Chungking Con
Unseasonably Cold Weather Forecast for Wednesday
Continued cold weather expected Wednesday and Wednesday evening. Tuesday temperatures reach a high of 20 and a low of minus 31.
City collects 20830 pounds waste fats in February drive
A February Fat Canvass by the Citizens' Service corps reports 20830 pounds of waste fats collected. Public and parochial schools contributed 10678 pounds led by Emerson school with 1065 pounds. butcher shops and packing plants added 10152 pounds. Fats went to the schools then to the rendering plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Service Corps
Civilian Defense Council
Emerson School
Citizens Service Corps
Future World Seen as One Common State
Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek envisions a future world as one common state shared by all, urging forgiveness to end bitterness. She calls for equal development opportunities, restraint by strong nations, and true cooperation to ensure lasting peace and freedom for all nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
United Nations
China
Madison Square Garden
CBS
MBS
Mme. Chiang
Allied Warplanes Scatter Japanese Convoy at New Guinea
General MacArthur announced American and Australian bombers scattered a New Guinea bound Japanese convoy off Cape Gloucester. At least two large transports were sunk, with other ships hit or damaged. 13 Japanese planes were shot down in the air battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations Command
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Rabaul
Buna
New Guinea
Darwin
Goen
MacArthur
Talasea
Bismarck Sea
Russians report fresh gains on four southern fronts in WWII drive
Moscow radio telegrams say Soviet forces struck across the Sea of Azov area and Donets basin pushing back German counterattacks. They claim capture of Zmiyevka near Orel and fortified positions west of Kursk with multiple towns seized in a five day clash. A Red Army unit repulsed a counterattack near Voroshilovgrad as a German patrol was observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Russia
Semyon Timoshenko
Staraya Russa
Leningrad-Vitebsk
Sea of Azov
Donets
Moscow
Kharkov
Holland
Moscow Radio
Zmiyevka
Orel
Kursk
Novorossisk
Kuban
Donets Basin
Voroshilovgrad
Berlin Suffers Its Biggest Raid
Berlin reports the heaviest RAF raid on the city with 191 killed and 268 injured as bombers struck Monday night. German radio warned of reprisals on Britain and the United States while noting damage along Unter Den Linden and centers of Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
New York
CBS
Unter den Linden
Die Tat
Zurich
Switzerland
Death Toll in Blast Increases at Smith Mine
Six more bodies were found, raising the death toll to 19 after an explosion at the Smith coal mine trapped 74 miners. Rescue work paused as Federal Mines officials inspected ventilation and safety systems. identities remained unreleased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bearcreek
Smith
Red Lodge
Montana Coal and Iron Company
William Romek
Fifth West
Montana
Federal Bureau of Mines
Taxpayers rush to file 1942 income tax returns in Butte
At the Butte federal building more than 500 residents filed 1942 returns Tuesday as seven deputy collectors handled the crowd. Taxpayers were urged to file early to avoid congestion with March 15 filing deadline and the first two installments required, following recent withholding tax changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Income Tax
Butte Federal
Lewis Penwell
Internal Revenue
District of Montana
Butte
Penwell
Congressional Committee
Organizations Boost Red Cross Drive Donations in Butte
Various organizations in Mining City rallied to support the Red Cross drive aiming for 46000. By 5 p.m. Monday the tally reached 23560, with groups such as the Ladies of the G A R No 14 Pi Beta fraternity Finnish Women's club Homer club and more contributing. A Runeberg hall program sponsored by Finnish residents is set for March 6 with proceeds for the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Silver Bow Chapter
St. Mark Lutheran
S. J. Kero
Alfred Wainoo
John Lillberg
Uno Koski
George Tapani
Bond Election Measure Passes in Montana for Highway Bonds
Montana voters will decide on June 8 whether to issue 8 million dollars in highway debenture bonds to fund postwar road building. The Legislature sent the measure to the Governor for signature after civic leaders drafted it with Gov. Sam C. Ford. The plan adds gasoline and diesel taxes to finance the bonds and widen funding for roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Assembly
Sam C. Ford
Senate
House
Destruction of Jap Fleet Is Promised
Secretary Knox declared that before the war is over the United States will utterly destroy the Japanese fleet. The Navy chief added that Japan will probably never have another fleet, noting that Japan has demonstrated it is not qualified to possess one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
Japan
U S Forces Fan Out From Kasserine Pass
Allied forces in North Africa report two columns sweeping 23 miles east to Sheitla and 23 miles southwest to Feri ana after the Kasserine victory. American troops meet little resistance beyond mines. British and air forces support from northeast advances. Allied air raids reach Palermo and Naples with 27 enemy planes downed and five own losses.
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North Africa
U.S
Kasserine Pass
Sheitla
Feriana
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Palermo
Sicily
Naples
U S Submarines Sink Five Japanese Ships in New Blow
U S submarines sank five Japanese supply vessels and damaged two more in renewed strikes on enemy supply lines. The Navy reported three cargo ships, one tanker and a schooner were sunk, with a damaged transport and tanker. Details gave no precise locations, only the Pacific and Far East area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Munda
Solomons
Pacific
Far East
Japan
Youths Registered for Selective Service in February Named
Officials of Butte Montana draft boards list eighteen new registrants who reached age eighteen in February. Board 1 names include Lee M. Johnson and John P. Lynch among others. Board 2 records Alfred C. Bury Victor F. Bousquet and more. Board 3 lists Leslie H. Waddell Robert D. Vine Robert K. Jeffrey Wilbur O. Aikin Jr Joseph L. Hipp Ace E. Odell and George R. Shea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow County
Butte
Lee M. Johnson
South Gaylord
Martin W. Walsh
Princeton
John P. Lynch
Silver Bow
Jack S. Smith
Amherst
Armando Vittone
East Park
Francis E. Tonkin
Hobson
Wesley Richards
East Second
William F. Wills
Jones
Paul L. Eves
Busch
Board No. 2
Alfred C. Bury
Missoula Avenue
Victor F. Bousquet
East Gagnon
Melton Tauson
West Daly
Walkerville
Joseph E. Parker, Jr
West Broadway
Robert G. Paul
North Emmett
Eugene J. Jacobsen
Brandon T. McMahon
Caledonia
William E. Kane
West Copper
Leslie H. Waddell
South Main
Robert D. Vine
West Porphyry
Robert K. Jeffrey
West Park
Wilbur O. Aikin, Jr
South Wyoming
Joseph L. Hipp
South Placer
Ace E. Odell
North Main
George R. Shea
West Gold
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Johnson
D.-Colp
Downey
D.-Calif
Thomas
Utah
Hill
Walligrew
D.-Wash
Murray
C. A. Blackburn
D. A. R. President
Reds
India
Ceylon
Equator
Mongolia
Tibet
Netherlands East Indies
Indian Ocean
Tasmania
Marshall IS
Gilbert IS
Aleutian Islands
Pacific Ocean
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Solomon Islands
Netherland Indies
Red Cross
Mr. Rice
Feri
U. S
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