British to abandon Greece and Yugoslavia says Stefani
Rome reports Stefani claims insistent information British will abandon Greece and Yugoslavia to their sad destiny, while dubbing official confirmations. London reports German bombs over England injuring several, with a raider crash on the south coast. Berlin claims a British officer was shot at Brist Headquarters following withdrawal talk, and Sofia says Bulgaria cut ties with Yugoslavia over alleged Yugoslav plots and killings.
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Rome
Stefani
Informatiuny
Greece
Yugoslavia
Germany
Europe
London
Toizy
England
Daomare Wes
Scotland
Ireland
Game Commission Elects Severy Chairman in Montana
Montana's new five member fishing game commission, after selecting Dr J W Severy zoology professor at the state university as chairman, went into executive session last night with no public announcement. Bevery said the board has a stack of business and will meet again today to announce 1942 big game seasons. The day focused on hearing season recommendations from guides, ranchers, packers and others in Western Montana.
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Montana
Stimson Warns War Possible Outside Americas
Washington reports Secretary Stimson testifying on defense issues as congressional hearings discuss possible U S entry into war. He warned the nation’s need to prepare for war in varied terrains and even beyond American continents if defense demands.
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Washington
Stimson
United States
Americas
Special
Senate Defense Committee
Central America
House Naval Committee
Knox
Robert P. Patterson
Senate
Europe
House Military Committee
Donald M. Nelson
OPM
Defense Mediator Board
Colima Quake Devastates City and Triggers Forest Fires
A major quake rocked Colima and Mexico City, leaving about half of Colima’s 15,000 residents homeless, injured, or dead. The eruption of a nearby volcano ignited forests, fires spread through ruined buildings, a water dam collapsed, and darkness enveloped Colima. Military and civilian planes with medical aid were dispatched. troops reinforced police as fires burned.
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Mexico City
Avila Camacho
Colima
Pedro Torres Ortiz
Mexico
Avila Camachonmediately
Pacific Park
Manzanillo
Nazi troops push deep along two Allied flanks in Greece
Nazi troops smashed into the allied left and center on the northern Greek front, reaching the western outlet of Siatista pass and surmounting a formidable obstacle in their thrust. Greek government spokesman announced the advance as the German drive extended on April 15, detailing the sharp progress along the Grécian battle line.
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Greece
Athens
Siatista
Allakmon
Servis
Berlin
Germany
Detrest
Paxi
Earter
Vlacho- Klissura
Azzle
Kozane
Piolemals
Germany Readies Move Against Gibraltar Pass
Jersey City April 15. Reports from the front describe Nazi forces preparing to push into the Gibraltar region through a mountain pass in western Greece, with advances stalled by Greek and Allied resistance. Greek authorities claim several enemy losses, including aircraft, and that Italian offensives in Albania were repelled. Simultaneously, U S observers report progress in applying a wage contract for the coal industry, signaling a potential reopening of many mines as the labor dispute nears resolution.
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Greece
Vlacho-Kligsiira
Siatista
Macedonia
Albania
Iuyeuuis Aang
America
Thejraltar
Kozane
Mediterranean
Willam
W. Kuhne
Damage to Belgrade In Bombings Is Declared Terrific
CBS correspondent Leigh White reported Belgrade bombing damage comparable only to Rotterdam and Coventry. He fled the city as German bombers attacked, estimating about 8,000 killed by the time he left Belgrade last Tuesday.
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Belgrade
Columbia Broadcasting System
Rotterdam
Coventry
CBS
Leigh White
Berbski Kralj Hete
White
Southern Operators Turn Down Appeal To Rejoin Appalachian Group
Washington reports that southern coal operators refused an appeal to rejoin the Appalachian wage conference. A five-member southern committee led by Ebersole Gaines rejected reopening negotiations and any 14 percent wage increase, keeping a rift with northern operators and the United Mine Workers union. The dispute centers on wage differentials between north and south and ongoing mediation by the Mine Workers union and defense board.
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Washington
Southern
Labor Department
Jowr
Secgroup
Perkins
New York
Finland
Ebersole Gaines
United Troversy
Mine Workers Union, Defense Mediation Board
German freighter raid halted ship near Lisbon
The ship, believed German, was stopped a day from Lisbon after a raid attempt. Captain Kuhne recalled a 2 a.m. searchlight questioning the crew about identity and destination. Wheeler says Roosevelt labeled the area a combat zone, while the president yesterday claimed it was not a combat zone.
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Lisbon
Denver
Sena
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Kuhne
Roosevelt
Tata Ua
Anon
Wheeler
Loss of Cruisers Announced by British Admiralty
London reports the loss of the cruiser Bonaventure sunk on convoy duty by a torpedo. The admiralty says the 5,450 ton ship is the fifth cruiser acknowledged since the war began, with no casualties disclosed. British bombers claim attacks on Brest’s German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst amid heavy bombing.
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London
Britain
Germany
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Brest
Bonaventure
Admiralty E
Admiralty
Bonaventurer
H J. Egerton
Lord Bassey
U S Ships To Be Protected In War Shipping Debate
Washington April 15 The president signaled support for safeguarding American merchant ships carrying war supplies and debated methods. Senators discussed navy escorts, air reconnaissance, or arming merchant crews as options while international law and neutrality posed limits. A related move would empower the president to seize idle foreign vessels in U S ports for national use during the emergency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Red Sea
Senate
Sena
Tobey
N. H
Bowis
Fron
United States
Simmons Resigns as Missoula University President
Dr. Simmons resigns as president of the state university at Missoula with Gov. Ford accepting the resignation. Dr. Charles Leaphart named acting president as a three member committee begins search for permanent successor. Simmons commends the board and plans zoological research after five and a half years of leadership.
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Dr. Simmons
Leaphart
Sam
Ford
State University At
Missoula
George Winlay Simammons
Charles i. Leaphart
Guv. Ford
Dorothy Green
H. H. Swain
Greater University System
John W. Bonner
Charles F. Baldwin
Kalispell
M. Brandsberg
Hamilton
Squirrels Overrun Lincoln Valley in a County Proclamation
Lincoln valley ranchers and farmers met with commissioners to seek relief from an extreme infestation of Columbian ground squirrels across Lincoln valley Augusta and Wolf Creek ranges and pastures. George N. Middlemas cited the emergency condition and discussed clarifications of Irgal details. Attendees included Joe Hooper en Lambkin Angus Cameron Howard Bowman Weston W. Howard Faill Ritter Tige Hicks W. C. Wirnstein Otia Wagnild Morace Bolster and others.
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Tincoln
Irgal
George N. Middlemas
County Comatissioners
Lincoln Valley
Augusta
Wolf Creek
Lnicoln
Joe Hooper
En Lambkin
Angus Cameron
Howard Bowman
Weston W. Howard
Faill Ritter
Tige Hicks
Bowman
W. C. Wirnstein
Otia Wagnild
State Board of Equalization
Morace Bolster
Montana State College
Weather Outlook for Montana Showers Snow on Mountains
The forecast calls for showers Wednesday and Thursday across Montana with cooler conditions in the east and central regions. Snow is expected on the mountains, shaping travel and outdoor plans.
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Montana
Convoy plan urged by writers group in telegram
New York April 18 45 American writers urged President Roosevelt to adopt as a temporary measure the mediated use of United States convoys for shipments to Britain. The message came from Henry Seidel Canby as chairman of the writers' committee of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies.
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New York
Britain
Roosevelt
Henry Seidel Canby
Writers’ Committee
Committee
America
Report Denied Budapest April 1 Yugoslavia details
Budapest dispatch reports a denial regarding Yugoslavia with continued coverage referenced from page Faga 2. The brief notes lack specific names or events, offering only a terse statement and directing readers to follow-up items.
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Budapest
Hungary
Yugoslavia
British and Nazis Battle in Libya and Tobruk
British forces claimed a fierce clash across Salam near the Egyptian border while at Tobruk they repelled Axis attacks by destroying 22 planes and 15 tanks, killing at least 100 and capturing 200 Germans. They reported downing 19 JU87 bombers and losing one bomber and three fighters amid bombardments of Libyan airfields and troop centers.
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Cairo
Egypt
Salam
Tobruk
Germany
Libyan
Chenaba
Tripolitania
Axiz
Derna
el Adem
Gambut
Tripoli
Berlin Says British Forces Retreat on Greek Front
Berlin reports British troops retreating along the Greek front with Greek forces pulling southward as German air forces bombard the coast. The claim notes British transports entering harbors and empty transports sinking, while Allied sources offer limited details as radio outlets relay German-leaning summaries of events in Greece and North Africa.
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Berlin
Larisa
Greece
Winstonbardment
Burdett
Uno
Andria
Egypt
Alvuulan
Aegean
Columbia Broadcasting Sys
Ten
Ankara
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Beritz
Geiman
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Bribst
Larlesa Vasier
Withdrwaul
Verso
Apal II
Wednesay I
Hispatchestraut
Sofia
Bulgaria
Ogoslav
GAME
J. W. Lavery
State Fish No Gene Commission
Balkans
U.S
New Line
Secretary of War
House
Congressional
Defense
Slavia
NEA Radio
Siatiste
Gibraltar
Jersey
Cily
N. Jn
TV Manarathan
Nowaera
John R. Steeman
Appalachian Group
Ftehgele Housevelt
F.D.R
Thomas Jackson Christian
Stanewull Jackson
Camp Roberts
Paso Robles Cotes
Sain
Air Ministry
Haarlem
Leiden
Netherlands
Tigstssyasd
France
Barkley
Kentucky
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Simmons
Dean
W. Chavhart
Writers’ Group
Libya
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