{"id":1592,"date":"2015-01-10T14:16:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T21:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2015-03-03T14:29:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T21:29:13","slug":"january-1945-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/january-1945-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"January 1945 in Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022 January 1 \u2013 Two new state supreme court justices were sworn into office.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 3 \u2013 U.S. Navy carrier aircraft bombed Formosa and the Ryukyu Islands.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 4 \u2013 Congress authorized $42 million for the construction of Hungry Horse dam.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 5 \u2013 Two Nisei working at Essex for the Great Northern Railroad were arrested in Kalispell for impersonating FBI agents.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 6 \u2013 A prisoner escaped from the Fort Missoula Detention camp.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 8 \u2013 Margaret Park in Great Falls was renamed Charles M. Russell Park.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 9 \u2013 The U.S. Army began landing at Lingayen Gulf on Luzon. A Gore Field pilot died in a crash in the Yukon.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 10 \u2013 Another Fort Missoula prisoner escaped.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 12 \u2013 A major Soviet offensive began on the Eastern front. Civilian ammunition sales halted once again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 14 \u2013 Rep. James O’Connor died in Washington D.C. of a sudden heart attack at age 66.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 16 \u2013 Vandals broke 100 windows at Lowell School in Great Falls.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 18 \u2013 The Meatless Tuesday program was reinstated, as was butter rationing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 20 \u2013 Rep. James O’Connor was buried in Livingston.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 21 \u2013 Hungary declared war on Germany.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 22 \u2013 Chinese forces cleared the Ledo road, opening a land route to China.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 25 \u2013 U.S. troops retook Clark Field in the Philippines. FBI agents arrested three Butte men suspected of operating a major auto-theft ring, and seized contraband tires, tubes and tools.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 January 30 \u2013 Fire destroyed the Eager Company store in Winnett, the largest business in Petroleum County.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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