Soviet Forces Thrown Back in Bitter Fight
London dispatch reports a Soviet counteroffensive pushing back up to 80 miles and losing eight bases on the Kharkov Dnieper Donets front as German divisions, possibly 375000 men, press toward Kharkov. Russia cites a northern Donets line retreat and dozens of towns as rail hubs amid a February offensive aimed at encirclement.
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London
U.P
Kharkov - Dnieper- Donets
United States
Russia
Europe
Donets River
Kharkov
Krasnograd
Pavlograd
Lozovaya
Barvenkova
Slavyansk
Kramatorsk
Krasnoarmeiskoye
Red Army
Lisic
Kharov
Dnieper
Senate Leaders Seek Compromise on Farm Deferment Plan
Senate farm bloc leaders seek a compromise between Bankhead's blanket deferment for all skilled farmers and O'Mahoney's limits based on fixed unit production. An informed source said effort to bridge the positions began after Bankhead's amendment caused confusion during floor debate.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Bankhead
O'Mahoney
John H. Bankhead
D-Ala
Stimson Urges All-Out War Effort From Industry and Farms
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson urged in a radio address that civilian sectors must boost efficiency to support a larger war effort. He argued that arguments for a smaller army rest on faulty assumptions about loss to industry and farm output, and called on citizens to improve production, reduce absenteeism, and resist calls for a return to normal living.
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Henry L. Stimson
U. S
Washington
Stimson
Agricul
Thurman Arnold Confirmed as U S Court of Appeals Justice
The Senate confirmed Thurman Arnold, former assistant attorney general over antitrust prosecutions, unanimously as associate justice of the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He succeeds Wiley Blunt Rutledge, recently named to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Thurman Arnold
Senate
U. S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Arnold
Wiley Blunt Rutledge
Supreme Court
House Ways and Means Committee Backs 20 Percent Withholding Tax
The House Ways and Means Committee plans to report a 20 percent payroll withholding tax starting July 1 aimed at covering 1942 surtaxes and regular taxes. Script vouchers will reflect withholdings, with quarterly payments required for higher income brackets. Farmers and certain workers receive special arrangements, with March 15 and June 13 payments due to cover 1942 taxes. The panel avoids a pay-as-you-go shift that would tax 1943 while canceling part of 1942.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Way to Help Feed Nation Is Proposed
Western lawmakers heard a proposal to finish 42 reclamation projects in 15 states boosting wartime food supplies. Page cited potential beef, milk, potato and dry bean rations from completed lands and urged a five member committee to push renewed reclamation with existing irrigation and leasing to expand production.
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Washington
John C. Page
Page
Hayden
Dariz
Representative Robinson
Utah
Montana Woolgrowers Report Record Income for 1942
Montana woolgrowers earned 13,186,000 dollars from the 1942 crop, the highest annual income on record. Texas tops Montana with 30,748,000 dollars. The average price per pound was 40 cents, up from 34 cents in 1941, the 1925–1919 comparisons noted. Total production reached 32,964,000 pounds from 3,583,000 sheep. fleece weights were lighter, suggesting lower production in 1943.
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Helena
Montana
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas
Jay G. Diamond
George B Calvert dies noted Great Falls builder
George B. Calvert, 76, pioneer Great Falls building contractor, died Tuesday. He constructed many early structures including the Black Eagle dam, Montana’s first major hydro electric development.
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George B. Calvert
Great Falls
Black Eagle
Montana
Guerrilla outbreaks in France report 350 German deaths
London dispatch cites Fighting French sources saying at least 350 German soldiers were killed in widespread guerrilla actions across six French cities and rail targets as French workers faced possible removal to Germany. De Gaulle urged Allied landings soon amid fears of a German crackdown.
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London
U.P
France
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
United Press
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Brest
French
Lorient
Rochefort
la Rochelle
Bay
Biscay
Lyons
Marseille
Mediterranean
Brittany
Lend-Lease Aid Policy Sparks Moscow Broadcast
Russian radio repeated Edward R. Stettinius Jr statement on lend-lease aid to Russia and Britain listing planes tanks and trucks and other items. U S officials on Capitol Hill challenged Admiral Standleys charge that Moscow withholds details from the Russian people. The State Department and White House offered cautious remarks amid questions of timing and diplomatic impact.
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London
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Russia
Britain
Reuters
William H. Standley
U. S
Stettinius
Washington
Capitol Hill
Joseph Stalin
State Department
Stanley
White House
Standley
Moscow
Wallace
Delaware
Wildlife Motion Picture Show and Elk Barbecue Planned
The Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's association announces the eighth annual wildlife motion picture show and elk barbecue this weekend. The event is free to the public and will be at the Masonic temple ballroom at 7 30 p m Saturday, March 13. Garfield Bishop will preside, with W B Frame as toastmaster following a group singing. Mayor Barry O Leary will speak. Continuation noted on page 2.
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Rocky Mountain Sportsmen’s Association
Masonic Temple Ballroom
Garfield Bishop
Association
W. B. Frame
Barry O’leary
Light Snow Flurries Forecast, Slight Temperature Change
Weather forecast shows little temperature change with light snow flurries on Wednesday and Wednesday evening. Tuesday will reach a high of 27 and a low of 2 as conditions remain chilly.
National Democratic Vice Chairman Is Feted in Butte
Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, vice chairman of the Democratic national committee, visits Butte on a western tour to meet Montana women leaders. She is welcomed by county and state officials and attends an informal reception at the Finlen hotel with local and state Democrats. Lorena Hickok accompanies her. The leader stresses greater female civic and political roles during wartime.
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Montana
Butte
Charles W. Tillett
Democratic National Committee
Tillett
Finlen Hotel
Mabel Cruickshank
Gallatin County
Barry O
America
Rosebud County
State Board of Education
Lorena Hickok
Red Cross Drive Totals 38585 in Butte Time
Butte’s Red Cross drive nears closure with $38,585.60 raised to date. Campaign leader A F Rice aims for $46,000 and adds 46 names to the honor roll bringing totals to 1,402 from firms, organizations and individuals. The drive winds up Saturday night as copper workers are urged to contribute.
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Butte
Red Cross
A. F. Rice
Red Cross War Fund
Patriots
Film Exchange Employes’ Union
Plumbers’ Union
Business and Professional Women's Club
Alpine Division
Rocky Mountain Garden Club
Daughters of Isabella
A. J. Knievel
Jerry Martineau
Frank Monaghan
Tom J. Davis
C. J. Commons
William Christie
Mr. Rice
Butte Hill
Chiang Kai-Shek's wife trip postponed for a week
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's planned transcontinental trip was delayed by about a week due to her health. The postponement was announced Tuesday night, shifting the schedule from the upcoming Thursday.
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New York
Chiang Kai-Shek
New Guinea Base Raided by Japs
Allied headquarters in Australia reported 47 Japanese planes raided Wau New Guinea an Allied base about 35 miles southwest of Samalaua. The attack follows a January raid and comes as MacArthur warns of growing Japanese air strength in the Southwest Pacific amid recent Allied successes.
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Australia
Weu
New Guinea
Samalaua
High Command
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Bismarck Sea
Ora Bay
Buna
iWau
Wau
Postmaster Revokes Mail Privileges of Two Magazines
Postmaster General Walker on Tuesday revoked second class mailing status for the magazines Judge and Close-up citing publishing material and images that appealed to the salaciously inclined.
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Washington
March
Walker
Allied forces push Rommel back in North Africa clash
Allied troops in Tunisia seized the initiative on land and air as Rommel pulled his panzer column out of the British Eighth Army. American bombardment and fighters claimed 19 of about 50 German planes, and Rommel retreated south under attack from Allied fighter-bombers. Northern Tunisia saw German attacks gain little, with British First Army countering and forcing Axis troops back.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Eighth Army
Sicilian
Reichsmarshal Goering
Rommel
Tunisian
Gereman
First Army
Miles City Man Tries in Slaying of Night Club Employee
The state opened evidence Tuesday in the district court trial of Arthur Wankel a 38 year old Miles City cook charged with murdering Mrs Amy Janssen a 36 year old night club employee. Janssen body was found September 30 in a shallow grave in the South Sunday creek coulee north of Miles City.
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Miles City
Arthur Wankel
Amy Janssen
Sunday Creek Coulee
Here
Japs Face Difficulties Supplying Outposts, Knox Says
Secretary Knox reported Japanese supply lines to outposts are growing weaker as the Navy noted four new Allied attacks in the Solomon Islands. He called the south Pacific situation one of suspended animation amid heavy aerial activity and said the submarine campaign remains highly successful with no Japanese planes lost in the latest strikes.
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Washington
Knox
Navy
Solomon Islands
Japan
South Pacific
Munda
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Kahili
Ballale
Shortland
Vila
Rekata Bay
Aleutians Command
North Pacific
Kiska
Morgan Bank Leader John Pierpont Morgan Gravely Ill
John Pierpont Morgan, head of a famed banking house, was reported gravely ill in Boca Grande Florida after a heart attack during a Florida vacation. At 75 he remained in a very grave condition with no expected quick change, as the headlines recalled his long influence and lineage in finance.
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John Pierpont Morgan
Florida
New York
John Pierpont M Morgan
Boca Grande
Fla
Wall Street
Kings of England
Rome
Morgan
Gasperilla Inn
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National Democratic
Red Cross Drive
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Axis
J. P. Morgan
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