Enthusiastic Rally Opens Red Cross Campaign in Butte
A wartime Red Cross meeting drew about 200 leaders from business, labor and civic groups to launch the 1944 war fund drive for Silver Bow county. Col. A J Knievel presided at the Finlen hotel as divisions receive quotas and prospects for the drive, with a March 16 dinner to announce top fundraisers.
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Finlen Hotel
This County
Red Cross
Butte
A. J. Knievel
Special Gifts
Silver Bow County
National American Red Cross
A. J. Davis
Knievel
National American Red
Merchant Marine World’s Largest declares U.S. fleet vital
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land told the House foreign affairs committee that the United States Merchant Marine exceeds all other nations combined and must be preserved after the war. He argued the U S cargo fleet bears the bulk of war shipping and that 42 percent of outbound dry cargo last year was lend lease material with less than 2 percent lost.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
United States
United Nations
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Poland and Russia Diverge on Postwar Boundaries
Poland and Russia stand firm over a future boundary with the Curzon line as their key demand. Churchill signaled British support for Curzon, while Polish leaders refuse a permanent settlement before the war ends. Some Poles expect U S input from Undersecretary Stettinius to influence Britain.
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Churchill
Edward Stettinius
Britain
Yugoslav Family Quarrel Nears Solution in London
London dispatch reports the Yugoslav royal cabinet of King Peter moving toward a settlement over Tito's Partisan forces. Ivo Čin and M. Grisogonogo arrived for urgent talks with Britain and other parties may join. A solution hinges on Cairo backing Tito or Peter reshuffling to include Partisan members and removing Puric and Mihailovich.
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London
Peter
Josip Broz
Tito
Ivo Chin
M. Grisogoncogo
Cairo
Bozhidar Puric
Draja Mihailovich
Italy
Rome
Turkey
French Committee For National Liberation
Workers End Strike in Northern Italy for Food Ration Concessions
German reports from the Italian frontier said Wednesday night that large numbers of workers in northern Italy ended their strike in return for an increase in food rations at lower prices, one of their five demands to German occupation authorities.
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Bern
Switzerland
U.P
Italy
Conference Set on Protests Over OPA Policy
George Shepard of Missoula Montana attorney for the Montana Trade commission arranged a conference with Price Administrator Chester Bowles on an OPA regulation protested by Montana grocers. Independent merchants numbered 500 at a Montana meeting protesting the rule which would force loss selling to retain competition. Walter Taylor from the OPA Denver office joined the talks expected Thursday. Shepard and Harry Nelson met with Senators Wheeler and Murray and other Montana lawmakers.
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Washington
George Shepard
Missoula
Montana Trade Commission
Chester Bowles
Montana
Shepard
Walter Taylor
OPA
Denver
Harry Nelson
Wheeler and Murray
Dmont
Montana proposes changes to publicize price ceilings
A Montana plan to change methods for publicizing community price ceilings on foods was sent to the Office of Price Administration in Washington D C. A T Peterson state OPA director announced after returning from a Denver conference. Independent grocers argued the order would force prices below cost to compete with chain stores.
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Helena
Montana
Office of Price Administration
Washington, D. C
A. T. Peterson
OPA
Denver
R. Y. Batterton
Peterson
Harry E. Nelson
Montana Trade Commission
Washington
The
Trade Commission
Cowboys Use Tractor to Save 100 Snowbound Cattle
Cowboys using a tractor joined horsemen to free 100 cattle from Mark Weaver’s Idaho Falls ranch in five feet of snow. The herd, guided through 40 miles over three days, was moved to Ashton and then to a Teton basin ranch with hay scattered to urge movement.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Mark Weaver
Lake O’ the Woods
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Ashton
Teton Basin
Allied smash on Lost Island shores stuns Japanese landings
In the Southwest Pacific on March 9 Allied troops repelled a Japanese attempt to land a small force on the west coast of Lost Island in the Admiralty Islands. On nearby fronts American forces established a beachhead near Talage on New Island while repelling barge landings at Negros. The Bismarck Sea remains an Allied-dominated waterway as air and sea operations continue.
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Southwest Pacific
Thurgde
United
Lost Island
Admiralty
Bismarck Sea
Talage
New Island
Willaumez
Negros Island
Los Negros
Ia Manus Island
Sean
South-Southwest Pacific
St. George Channel
Truk
Pacific
International Soundphoto
Finland Replies to Peace Terms
Finland has formally replied to Russia s peace terms. The note was dispatched to Moscow and prepared earlier last Friday. Stockholm reports Finland seeks to negotiate the German internment issue and the terms tied to restoration of the peace treaty. Swedes and Finns see cautious diplomacy to keep contact with Moscow. Some Finnish papers labeled the move as camouflaged surrender.
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Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Moscow
Helsinki
Viipuri
Gripsholm Will Dock March 15 In Jersey City
The Swedish liner Gripsholm is due to dock in Jersey City at 9 a m on March 15 to repatriate cans. The ship is an 18,000-ton vessel arriving from Lisbon. In London, March 8, Vice Marshal John Henry Wedgwood was named commander of the Allied tactical air force in the Mediterranean theater.
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Jersey City
N. J
U.P
Lisbon
London
John Henry Wednesday
Medi Allied Tactical Air Force
Americans Smash Berlin in Massive Air and Ground Push
Soviet and Allied reports describe a large American air assault near Berlin and a parallel Soviet advance in Ukraine. Zhukov’s forces claim heavy German losses including tanks and infantry, with Cherni Ostrov captured and fighting continuing in Staro Konstantinov. The battle lines also note 357 Soviet tanks destroyed and German counterattacks near Narva repelled.
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London
Moscow
Staro-Konstantinov
Ukraine
Red Army
Cherni-Ostrov
Odessa-Lwow
Gregory K. Zhukov
Ukrainian Front
Monitor
Cherniostrov
Estonia
Narva
Berlin
Odessa
Lwow
Woman Convicted of Manslaughter in Montana Case
A district court jury in Lewistown found Blanche P. Yadon, 38, guilty of manslaughter for shooting her husband Robert Yadon, 40, on February 12, 1943. The jury recommended two years in prison after 23 hours of deliberation, while defense claimed self defense against forced immoral acts.
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Lewistown
Blanche P. Yadon
Robert Yadon
Yadon
Nazis Regroup for New Drive Near Rome
Allied report says German forces opposing the beachhead near Rome are regrouping with renewed men and armor for a potential fourth major push. Casualties in the area reached about 24,000 after the third assault.
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Allied
Naples
Rome
Italy
Toulon
France
Florence
Cassino
Paraguay Reaffirms Cordial Ties With Argentina
Paraguayan Ambassador Francisco Pecci told Foreign Minister Diego I. Mason that Paraguay continues to maintain cordial relations with Argentina. The announcement came Wednesday in Buenos Aires as U P dispatches reported.
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Buenos Aires
U.P
Francisco Pecci
Diego I. Mason
Paraguay
Argentina
New Trial Set for Wayne Lonergan in Wife Murder Case
A new trial with a new judge will begin March 20 for Wayne Lonergan, the former Canadian air force cadet accused of murdering his brewery heiress wife, announced Wednesday in New York.
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New York
U.P
Wayne Lonergan
Postwar Pacific Domination Topic For UK US Talks
London dispatch says a guaranteed postwar U S domination of the Pacific via island bases may be raised in British American talks. Edward R. Stettinius and Joseph C. Grew expected to shape basic needs as lend lease renewal looms and European borders are debated with allied and neutral issues.
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Pacific
London
United Stat
Edward R. Stettinius
U. S
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
United States
European Advisory Commission
Anglo American offensive poised after three years
London dispatch quotes Jean Paquis predicting that next Wednesday will mark the start of a large scale Anglo American landing and offensive in the west unless Churchill changes plans.
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London
Jean Paquis
Paris
Churchill
Germans Alerted for Invasion Threat on Western Front
Paris reports claimed by Vichy sources that Rommel and Runstedt feared an Allied invasion within two weeks. German HQs on round the clock alert. reserves moved from France. undercover troops and plain clothes units active near the Netherlands frontier.
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Madrid
U.P
Paris
Erwin Rommel
Gerd von Runstedt
France
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Neta Stinone
Netherlands
Nish
Stras
Jap Workmen May Have Given Nip Fleet Information
A wartime hearing suggests Japanese workmen at the Navy Yard may have supplied fleet information used in the 7 1941 attacks. Airman James L. Fly testified the likelihood of insider data being transmitted via weather reports and communications cables remains uncertain and largely unlikely.
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GTON
Orkmen
Navy Yard
Suce Use Committee
James L. Fly
Tokyo
Armed forces combat pay bill introduced in Congress
Washington news reports Representative Weiss D Pa introduced a bill on March 8 proposing a 30 percent pay increase for armed forces personnel engaged in combat. The measure aims to boost compensation for frontline service members amid ongoing military operations.
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Washington
Weiss D.-Pa
Weather forecast for Montana across divisions
West of the continental divide remains mostly cloudy with little temperature change. East of the divide sees partly cloudy skies with slightly milder temperatures in the northeast and extreme east. Overall mild conditions elsewhere.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Bombers Blast Paramushiro and Marshalls Bases
U P Navy Ventura patrol bombers hit Paramushiro island for the fourth time amid heavy anti aircraft fire. Army and Navy planes dropped 31 more tons of bombs on isolated Japanese bases in the eastern Marshalls as Part of ongoing strikes.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P. Navy
Ventura
Japan
Paramushiro Island
Army
Navy
Marshalls
Pacific Fleet
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Attu
Tokyo
Shumushu
U. S
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Senate OKs higher funds for Missouri River dyke work
The Senate appropriations committee completed action on a War department civil functions bill raising Missouri river dyke and revetment funding from 2 million to 5.924 million. The panel also seeks 1.709 million for repairs between the mouth of the Missouri and Kansas City and 4.215 million for the Kansas City to Sioux City stretch, while the House had allotted 2 million for both.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
War Department
Civil Functions Appropriations
House
Thomas
D.-Okla
Senate
Missouri
Kansas City
Sioux City
Iowa
600 000 Men May Have Taken Part in Battle
London reports about Wednesday's American bombing of Berlin suggests 600 000 men took part on both sides. The estimate counts 800 heavy bombers and 800 fighters at a minimum 8,800 American air personnel, with 50,000 ground crews and staff. In Germany about 500,000 defensive personnel were involved.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Major James Stewart Earns Air Medal for Five Missions
A United States bomber base in England reports Major James Stewart former Hollywood film star now commanding a Liberator squadron has been awarded the air medal for five combat missions. Stewart now has eight missions to his credit.
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United States
England
James Stewart
Stewart
Bombers and Fighters Lose Heavy Toll in Berlin Raid
US Air Forces with a vast escort attacked Berlin for the third time in five days. Of 1600 to 2000 planes, 38 bombers and 16 fighters were lost while escort crews claimed 83 enemy aircraft down. The Erkner ball bearing factory in eastern Berlin was a primary target. Ten thousand high bombs and 350,000 pounds of incendiaries were dropped in a devastating raid.
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London
U. S
Berlin
Erkner
Eighth Air Force
Reich
U. S. Bom
Goon Gun Debuts in U S Army Artillery Push
Washington reports the Army unveiled a new weapon dubbed the goon 42 mortar. The War Department lauds its light artillery payload and rapid fire capability, with proven hits against German armor and gun batteries in Europe. Navy Undersecretary Forrestal hints at a separate secret attack weapon. The mortar unit in Italy demonstrated accuracy by hitting a German tank turret. another unit destroyed 88 mm guns with only a dozen rounds.
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Washington
March
War Department
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Senate
Italy
Divergent Views on Colorado Election Outcome
Republicans hailed the Gillespie win as a rebuke of Roosevelt administration policy, noting Gillespie led by 2,978 with 41,418 to 38,440 votes. Democrats argued local factors shaped voting, while Maj. Carl Wuertele praised wartime leadership support in a Roosevelt telegraph.
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Denver
Dean M. Gillespie
Congress
Lawrence Lewis
Gillespie
Carl E. Wuertele
Wuertele
Roosevelt
Gunther Granted Divorce in Las Vegas
John J. Gunther author and foreign correspondent was granted a divorce from Frances Gunther in Las Vegas on March 8. He charged she deserted him in 1941.
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Las Vegas
John J. Gunther
Frances Gunther
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