Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-12-29

lf-O. ,. tank ana infantry unlS TeaCn OUT
skirts of Duren. key to Cologne region.
l5-U. S. Seventh army advances to Ger
man border on IS mile front.
4 bDh5
January
3-Twenty-eight men and two women are
indicted on seditiOn charges.
l0-Congress reconvenes.
l1-Roosevelt asks for National Service act
ia budget OF 500. 769. 900 900 is Presidents
estimate of 1914 needs.
20-Army allows induction of loyal Japanese
Americans
-Muster.out pay bill passed. providing
for maximum of $500.
29-World's most powerful battleship. the
45.000-ton Missouri. is launched.
February
TAX bill sent to White House. It pro.
vides for ST. 200, 900 of additional reve.
16-War Relocation authority tWRA) trans.
ferTed TO department of interior.
17-Army announces more than 100000 men
have been returned from the Pacific
fronts on furloughs. besides the sick and
wounded. and that the rotation furlough
plan is in full swing.
reclassiied.
22-TaX bill is vetoed as wholly made
quate.
24-Congress overrides veto on tax bill Sen
Alben Barley. Democratic majority
leader who resigned in hareup on veto.
is renamed.
March
6-Five veterans organizations combine in
asking for a bonus up to $4,000 for all
members of the armed forces
l4-Draft deferments for men ID to 26 in
for
15-"Soider vote" bill providing for short
federal ballots is passed and sent to
2l-State department announces that it will
have no dealings with the Vichy French
government
25-Three men and two women are convict.
ed as spies. and sentenced to long terms
April
Army reports that .o58. 900 enlisted men
have been discharged between Decem.
Der /. l94l, and January 81 1914.
4-House committee reveals that the fed
the land area of continental United
States.
5-Wenden Willkie withdraws as a Repub
lican presidential candidate after defeat
12-Attorney General Biddle reopens investi
cation of Political Action committee of
ia new chemical treatment that will give
wood any degree of hardness desired. is
announced.
Chicago plant Of Montgomery Ward Co.
by order of FDR when the company re-
fused to obey his order to recognize
29-Gen. Douglas Macarthur announces that
he will not accept nomination for Pres-
dent.
May
1-Pulitzer prize for novels awarded to Mar.
tin Flavin for Journey in the Dark"
Musical comedy "Oklahoma" won spe.
cial award for authors.
3-Most meats are removed from ration.
ing. Steaks and beef roasts are princi-
pal exceptions.
over &c. Those under &c are scheduled
for early induction. Men 26-29 in war.
supporting industries gain at least six
months deferment. and those 80 and
over an indefinite stay
l5-Senate voted to delay action on poll
tax bill.
British delegation arrives for talks on
postwar security.
20-Communist party votes to disband as
political party. but to continue as an
22-Supreme court decision upholds validity
of OPA suspension orders.
al-synthetic. sugar is produced at the Unit
versty of California. Process is too ex.
pensive to be practical at present.
Governors conference adopts resolution
calling for restoration of state powers
yielded to federal government when war
emergency ends.
June
1-Secretary OF State Hull pledges that IN
nations will be kept on an equality with
large in every practicable way.
War ManPower commission announces
that 1t will take over absolute control
OF all male workers over II to check
turnover in essential industries"
8-Twenty-one brigadier generals promot.
ed to major generals and 63 colonies to
&c i. Bill of Rights clears congress
l3-Democrats lose majority in the house
with The election of Rolla McMllen.
Of s49, lo7. 735 7s5
2s-Republican convention nominates Thorn
for President and John W. Bricker gov.
ernor of Ohio. as vice president.
"a serum to prevent measles has been
developed and will be made available
soon. the Red Cross reveals.
3-Treasury reveals that war costs for ifs.
cal year total 80 billion dollars.
THE Gfnmman E7F neW .. t%9mo,Sred
called superior to the Hellcat
e-Roosevelts conversations with Gen
Charles DeGasie Of EranSe END Pc:
s-Vice President Wallace returns from Chi.
ma. He predicts an era Of peace In the
Pacific. with Russia and China as lead.
ers.
Ii-President Roosevelt says that he will
run again eff nominated"
l3-Eric Johnston, president Of U. S. Cham.
Der of Commerce. returns from Russia
Duke and duchess of Windsor arrive In
New York from the Bahamas.
A-Army reveals that there are now 1856 94l
war prisoners In the U. S., l46, l0l be.
ing German. and 50.278 Italian.
20-Democratic convention In Chicago nomI.
mates Roosevelt for fourth term
2l-Sen. Harry Truman MOI is nominated
for Democratic vice presidential candi.
dacy.
3o-Army says that malaria has been re.
duced to two.thirds Of early war rate
August
2-Strike Of Philadelphia transit workers
b referred TO President