Montana During World War II, World War II

October 1944 in Montana

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October 1944

• October 2 – A Polish uprising against the Nazis in Warsaw ended after 68 days, leaving 200,000 civilians dead and much of the city ruined. A staff sergeant of the 7th Ferrying Group was stabbed to death near Fort Benton, suicide suspected.

• October 9 – Six were charged in the murder of Billings resident Frederick Kembel.

• October 11 – Two German POWs escaped from a farm near Hathaway.

• October 20 – Senator and vice-presidential candidate Harry Truman spoke in Butte. U.S. troops landed on the Philippine island of Leyte.

• October 23 – Two German POWs escaped from the Sidney camp. One was believed to be wearing women’s clothing after performing in a play.

• October 26 – The Montana Education Association met in Helena.

• October 28 – Prison inmates and Warm Springs patients helped the Forest Service put out a 90-acre fire near the Deer Lodge racetrack.

• October 29 – Pheasant season opened.

September 1944 in Montana

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• September 3 – The Dillon rodeo began.

• September 4 – Labor Day (which was not widely celebrated due to the war).

• September 5 – The schoolhouse in Richey was damaged by hail, forcing classes to be held in the jail.

• September 11 – Joseph T. McGeever, former Bobcat football star, was killed in action in France at age 26.

• September 14 – Six hundred state firemen met in Polson.

• September 20 – The William Clark Chalet in Butte, built in 1885 as the copper king’s summer home, was destroyed by an electrical fire.

• September 22 – One airman died when his light plane crashed on Mt. Wright, near what would become the Bob Marshall Wilderness.

• September 23 – Fire destroyed several historic buildings in Zortman.

August 1944 in Montana

October 1944 in Montana

Montana History Calendar 1942

Montana History Calendar 1941

Montana History Calendar 1930s

Montana During World War II, World War II

July 1944 in Montana

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• July 1 – A fire at a Butte manganese plant caused $3,000 damage. The State Capitol bond was paid off after 46 years. A Wilsall woman received a card mailed by her father in White Sulphur Springs more than 30 years before.

• July 4 – Murrill’s Cocktail Lounge in Great Falls had its entire liquor stock seized for allegedly giving a false report of stock on hand.

• July 5 – An Augusta bar owner killed a drunk cowboy in self–defense.

• July 12 – A Hesper woman murdered her husband and infant son, then set fire to the house and killed herself.

• July 13 – Singer Dinah Shore sprained her ankle while vacationing with husband George Montgomery at Lincoln.

• July 18 – A primary election was held in Montana.

• July 20 – A bomb planted by a German officer exploded in Hitler’s bunker but failed to kill him.

• July 31 – Adm. Charles P. Cecil, formerly the captain of the

USS Helena, was killed in a plane crash in the Pacific.

Montana History Calendar 1942

Montana History Calendar 1941

Montana History Calendar 1930s

June 1944 in Montana

August 1944 in Montana

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October 1944 in Montana

September 1944 in Montana

July 1944 in Montana

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