Berlin Says Furious Battle Rages Over Kuban Lines
Berlin reported heavy fighting as 150,000 Russian troops backed by tanks and planes pressed the Kuban front near Krymskaya and Novorossisk. Moscow kept silent on results while long-range Red air raids targeted German airdromes along the front.
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London
Caucasus
Berlin
Moscow
Crimea
Transocean
Associated Press
Black Sea Fleet Air Arm
Kuban
Krymskaya
Kuban River
Novorossisk
Wages and Salaries Rules Clarified by War Labor Board
The War Labor Board instructed regional boards to allow reasonable wage and salary adjustments in select cases within the hold-the-line policy. Permissible actions include promotions, reclassifications, merit increases, and incentive pay if they do not raise production costs or enable price increases. Also covered are intra-plant equity adjustments, overtime practices for non-FLSA employers, and non-inflationary work-condition improvements within prevailing industry standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
WLB
Funeral Services for Ford Held
Edsel B. Ford was buried at Woodlawn cemetery after a simple funeral in Christ Episcopal church chapel in Grosse Pointe. About 700 people attended including Edsel Ford's widow and four children, with Henry Ford and Edsel's parents among the immediate family present.
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Detroit
U.P
Edsel B. Ford
Woodlawn
Christ Episcopal Church
Grosse Pointe
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Ford
Tax payment deadline nears as penalties loom
City and county treasury workers reported a rise in tax payments Friday as property owners rush to pay the last half of 1942 taxes before the 5 o'clock deadline. Windows close Saturday but mail payments postmarked before midnight Monday are accepted without penalty.
Allied bombers hit Wewak and Lae airfields in New Guinea
Allied air raids defied bad weather, dropping nearly 19 tons on Wewak area airfields and 28 tons on Lae over two days. Japanese counterattacks against Millingimbi produced limited damage and losses, with two Allied planes downed and several fires ignited at Boram airfield.
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Allied
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Wewak
Millingimbi
Darwin
Boram
Brown Concedes Living Costs Have Gotten Away From Us
Price Administrator Prentiss M Brown acknowledged that living costs have gotten away from us since last September and pledged a vigorous home front campaign to regain ground. He denied OPA internal collapse and blamed critics from retailers wholesalers and consumers for the hue and cry in Washington. He said the American people are solidly behind the OPA and he will not let them down.
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Washington
U.P
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Congress
Death Toll Expected in Ruhr Dams Attacks
Berlin dispatches Friday said Germans expect the death toll to reach 20,000 in the Ruhr region due to British bombing of the Moehne and Eder dams early last week. The figures reflect wartime claims circulating in Berlin.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Ruhr
Moehne
Eder
R A F Bombs Essen In Major Night Attack
R A F heavy bombers blasted Essen described as the most bombed city with a wave bombing pattern. More than 1,000 tons of bombs fell on Krupp works over 50 minutes, with 23 bombers lost and ground defenses firing a fierce anti aircraft barrage. A daytime raid followed on Zeebrugge with one Ventura and one Spitfire lost.
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London
Essen
Germany
Channel
Air Ministry
Krupp
Jena
Thuringia
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Civilian Defense tests rapid alert across Montana
Silver Bow county reports a rigid civil defense drill Friday night with a surprise air raid alert from Salt Lake City. The Montana system proved efficient with rapid message relay from Salt Lake to Helena then to Butte control, triggering operations in Anaconda Basin Whitehall Twin Bridges Dillon and Three Forks within minutes. The test used telephone messaging only and did not rely on sirens.
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Silver Bow County
Ninth Civilian Defense Region
Salt Lake City
Montana
Salt Lake
Helena
Butte
Defense
Anaconda
Basin
Whitehall
Twin Bridges
Dillon
Three Forks
Allied Air Strikes Pound Sardinia and Pantelleria Forts
Allied forces blast southern Sardinia airfields at Villacidro and Decimomannu, destroying parked planes and smashing a 150 foot freighter in the Gulf of Palmas. Marauder bombers, Warhawks, and Lightnings engage heavy Axis resistance as Pantelleria and Bizerte targets receive daily fire. In the Pacific, U S troops push deeply into Attu center, probing ridges and fortifications while supporting air bombardment ends in a clearer path to mopping up Japanese remnants.
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Allied
North Africa
Italy
Carl A. Spaatz
Villacidro
Decimomanna
Sar
Villacidro Field
Decimomannu
Pantelleria
Gulf of Palmas
Sardinia
Bizerte
Sousse
Tunisia
Middle East
Cairo
Aegean Sea
Greece
Washington
Attu Island
Navy
Lake Cories
Lake Canirca
Sicily
Rome
London
Axis
Ration Coupons to Expire Over This Week End
Local residents were reminded that current ration coupons for meats coffee and sugar expire over the week end Stamps E F G and H in War Book No 2 for meats cheese butter shortening or margarine become invalid after midnight Monday Coffee stamp No 23 in War Book No 1 expires at midnight Sunday and sugar coupon No 12 in the first ration book is invalid after midnight Monday
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Silver Bow
Eight Are Killed In Bulgarian Street Battle
A Wednesday clash at Ruschuk on the Danube in north western Bulgaria left six policemen and two members of the Liberty Front dead as authorities tried to round up suspected Communists. Reports from Istanbul on Friday described the fighting and the casualties, highlighting the tense security actions in the region.
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London
U.P
Patriot “Liberty Front
Ruschuk
Danube
Bulgaria
Istanbul
Soldier's alarm call costs 30 cents in Kentucky
Fort Knox soldier in the Armored Force Replacement center used a pay phone to call Louisville and woke his wife by telephone. He complained that the call cost him his last 30 cents after his wife answered, saying they cannot buy an alarm clock and she was not supposed to answer.
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Fort Knox
Armored Force Replacement Center
Louisville
Economist Marcus Nadler Addresses Butte Dinner Crowd
Dr Marcus Nadler a New York based economist warned that postwar expansion of American interests abroad could bring great gains or provoke distrust and conflict He spoke at a Finlen hotel dinner sponsored by the Butte Retail Credit Association and the Butte Chamber of Commerce Nadler noted differing postwar economic conditions across nations and anticipated a more industrialized United States as 1939 prewar baselines differ from those after the war Continued on Page 2 Col 2
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Marcus Nadler
New York City
Nadler
Finlen Hotel
Butte Retail Credit Association
Butte Chamber of Commerce
New York University
Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company
United States
Italians Fear Invasion As Allies Hit North Africa
Italian fears of imminent invasion rise as Allied barges bombed at Bizerte and Sousse and a Morocco report claims Mussolini moved to reinforce Sicily and Sardinia. Churchill’s Washington remarks spur talk Italy should seek a separate peace. Rome broadcasts warn of fortified approaches and stronger anti aircraft defenses.
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London
Bizerte
Sousse
Morocco
Mussolini
Sicily
Sardinia
Churchill
Washington
Italy
Youngster dies when hit by batted ball in Portland
Edward Bowe, 12, watching a Friday softball game in Portland, was killed when a line drive struck him over the heart near the third base line. He was the son of Mrs. Ida Bowe of Portland.
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Portland
Ore
Edward Bowe
Ida Bowe
Wheeler Urges Jap Offensive in Pacific War
Senator Wheeler of Montana told a Chicago audience that Russia has not shown clear support for the United States in the Pacific. He urged prioritizing an offensive against Japan and proposed an economic United States of Europe as a path to world peace, arguing Russia could aid by granting bombing bases.
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Chicago
Wheeler
University of Michigan Club of Chicago
Russia
United States
Japan
United Nations
Hitler
Montanan
America
United States of Europe
Stockmen Elect Officers Today
Montana Stockgrowers association members convene in Billings to elect officers and adopt resolutions from a committee at the fifty-ninth annual convention. War foods labor, range conservation, and reseeding research were discussed in Friday roundtables with state and federal participants.
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Billings
Montana Stockgrowers Association
T. A. Ross
J. P. Brennan
Farm Placement Bureau
United States Employment Service
Ralph Bodley
Extension Service
Montana
A. H. Kruse
Montana Commission On Farm Labor
R. B. A. Haight
War Relocation Authority
Jack Milburn
L. C. Hurrt
The
Forest Service
B. B. Brewster
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Paul Orcutt
Montana State College
H. D. Hurd
Soil Conservation Service
R. E. Morgan
Taylor Grazing Service
Bruce Mott
State Grazing Commission
Walter S. Burton
State Lands
Milton Simpson
200 Gasoline Ration Tickets Taken by Friend in Need
Joe Paul of 1223 West Silver Street in Butte enlisted help from the police Friday to recover 200 misappropriated gasoline ration tickets seized by a “friend in need.” Police Chief Bart J Riley said Paul, working as a locomotive fireman, found his caretaker had absconded with 800 gallons worth of tickets and fled, prompting a warning to garage and service station operators to beware detached coupons to prevent redemption of the missing coupons.
Legion Commander Urges Japs Be Sent Back to Nippon
Roane Waring national commander of the American Legion urged removal of all alien and disloyal Japanese to Japan or some place after the war. He warned the United States might be overrun by millions of Japanese in 100 years if the present Japanese remain. He said he would ship back to Japan every Japanese of alien birth and every Japanese born in the U S who has failed to prove loyalty.
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San Francisco
Roane Waring
American Legion
Japan
Waring
United States
Little change in temperature in weekend forecast
The forecast shows little temperature change with Friday reaching a high of 69 and a low of 47 degrees. Saturday is expected to be similar with mild conditions and light winds across the area.
Bombs Hit Enshin and Ichang in Yangtze Drive
Chinese reports say 13 Japanese planes dropped delayed-action bombs on Enshin near Hupeh capital while Chinese bombers hit Ichang causing damage to military installations. Chinese land forces contest near Ichang with casualties claimed on both sides as the Yangtze war zone tightens.
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Chungking
Enshin
Here
Hupeh
China
Ichang
Yangtze River
High Command
Navy bomber crash kills six near Lake City
In Lake City Florida on Thursday a twin engined Navy bomber crashed during a routine flight killing three officers and three enlisted men. The Navy announced the fatalities Friday night.
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Lake City
Fla
Navy
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William and Mary College
Williamsburg
By C. Yates McDaniel
Brown
R. A. F. Slugs
By Rice Vahner
Civilian Defense Corps
Attu
Dinia
Cagliari
Mediterranean
By John M. Hightower
Fishhook Ridge
Chichagof
Kiska
Kiska Island
Butte Group
Gibraltar
Florence
Europe
Ankara
Sev
Eral
Athens
Stockholm
Tass
Denmark
U. S
Joe Paul
Nippon
Limsien
Yangtze
Yuyangkwan
Changyang
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