Severe April Snow Storm Is Moving Out
Montana's severest April snowstorm in years abated last night. Helena set a new precipitation high as stockmen hailed the wet snow as worth a thousand dollars an inch. Motorists faced steep Boulder hill where about 75 autos stalled. chains advised, show plows at work, and visibility was poor. Agricultural officials hailed the moisture as badly needed, easing irrigation concerns and boosting stream flows, with forecasts of grass growth and a shorter forest season.
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Boulder Hill
Highway Maintenance Department
Qn MacDonald Pass
Wolf Creek Canyon
Lestesdas
Jay G. Denmond
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Drouth
Paray Mells
Helena National Forest
Peu Etchepare
Montana Woollowers Association
North Ireland Bombing Strikes Dark Border Front
In Belfast and across loyalist north Ireland a heavy air raid caused widespread destruction. British attacks backed by naval guns hit Capuzzo and Salum across the desert frontier while Axis forces suffer the heaviest bombardment yet. Casualties rise as shelters and hospitals are hit. morale notes show officers optimistic after the raids.
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Northern Ireland
North Ireland
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Ethiopia
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Dessie
Angler Pays $25 to Learn Trout Won’t Bite
San Jose, April 16. William Gilman, 26, paid 25 to determine trout in Mount Hamilton are not hungry. He pleaded guilty to fishing before the season opens May 1 and said he was testing his hooks and flies. Judge Chester W. Moore asked what they are biting this year and Gilman replied, They ain’t hungry, judge. I didn’t get a bite.
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Calif
William Gilman
Mount Hamilton
Chester W. Moore
Bonita Creek
Weather Outlook for Montana Snow Squalls
Snow squalls expected in Montana Thursday into Friday with colder eastern regions and warmer western portions on Friday night time freezing temperatures at night and cool daytime highs.
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Montana
Berlin Says Serbians Give Up
Berlin reports the Serbian second army capitulated at Sarajevo, with thousands of captives and vast war materiel. German officials question a Yugoslav armistice, noting lack of a unified Serb government and authority to negotiate while British forces in Greece are described as being pressed by German actions.
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Arly
Saravejo
Greece
Yugoslavia
Sarajevo
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iSimovic
Pre
Inter Dusan Simovic
Yugoslay
President Roosevelt Meets Canadian Prime Minister in Washington
President Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King conferred for an hour at the White House amid reports that financial matters between the two nations were under review. Officials offered no details, but Canada was said to seek funds or a loan rather than lease lend aid, with King promising no interview on Canadian participation. King arrived after a medical check in Baltimore and planned further talks with Roosevelt and Secretary Hull for a potential expansion of Canadian American collaboration.
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Roosevelt
W. L. MacKenzie King
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White House
Kdose
United States
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Nen
Hej
Aull
Tobns-Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Airlines Plane Crashes Near Charleston WV
A Pennsylvania Central Air flight with six passengers and a crew of three, after taking off for Pittsburgh, crashed about ten miles west of Charleston while attempting to land in West Virginia. Several injured were rushed to Charleston hospitals, with one passenger listed in critical condition. Names of passengers and crew are given among the reported injuries.
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J. Gould
Royal Oak
Thea Mountain
Midh
State Hospital
Irene Coats
Atretcher
Willkie Joins New York Law Firm
Wendell L. Willkie joins the firm Miller Owen Tis Bailey to form Wilkie Owen Otis and Bailey. Nathan Miller will stay as counsel. Willkie will focus on trial work and advocacy and plan to begin work around May 5 after a vacation in Indiana.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Miller, Owen, Tis & Bailey
Wilkie, Owen, Otis and Bailey
Nathan © Miller
Willkie
Wilkie
Indiana
American Mother of 1941 Is Named American Mother of 1941 is Named
Three Navy fliers died today in a torpedo plane crash near San Diego California while en route from New York. The American Mother of 1941 is named Mrs Dena Shelay Thehl of Danthomber Kentucky whose public service includes music gardening and aviation advocacy. The designation honors a mother who has raised four children.
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Calif
Navy
New York
Dena Shelay Thehl
Danthomber Tito
Nothar
Terprise
Mexico Earthquake Toll Surges Across Colima City
April 16 report from Washington describes a deadly Mexican earthquake striking Colima and surrounding areas. At least 36 killed and about 160 injured as tremor collapsed buildings and disrupted communications while troops aided relief and water services.
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Cuy
Armando Wscobar Steger
Knox
Colima
Thema Washington
Pational Defense Ministry
Martisi
Zanpres
Great Britain
Washington
Treachury Department
Malaya
New York
South Africa
New Hacbor
York
United States
Gergale
Thist
Berlin
Bombs, Rome, and Greece Press In Latest Axis Drive
Allied lines in Greece endure heavy fighting while the Mediterranean fleet resumes major offensives to disrupt Axis reinforcements heading toward the Suez. Axis losses include a south Sicily convoy destroyed and 20,000 tons sunk, with the Mohawk destroyed and several Italian ships sunk. In London and Athens, severe Luftwaffe strikes and German advances in Greece are reported, with fears of heavy casualties and German penetration toward Kalabaka.
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Balkans
Suez Canal
Sicily
Tripoli
Libya
War Front Dispatches Berlin Air Raids on London Thames
German air force bombarded harbor facilities in London with strong units, claiming large destruction along the Thames. Reconnaissance over the Irish Sea reported sinking several British ships, including a 10,000 ton transport. Queen Mother Marie of Yugoslavia defended Britain’s resolve in an interview as fighting rages along the British Greek defense line. A German summary cites 30 enemy plane losses, mostly British, with 22 destroyed on the ground at Larisa and Trikkale.
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Ethiopia
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Derna
Ministry of Information
London
Libya
Capuzzo
Berlin
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Thames
Irish Sea
Mother Marie
Yugoslavia
Britain
Sali
Peter VH
British War Office
Grecian
Mount Olympus
Larisa Plaza
Larisa
Trikkale
Greece
DNB
Multiple Mexican Cities Report Varied Deaths and Damages
Tuxpan Jalisco reports four dead and 865 injured while Ciudad Guzman records four dead and 40 injured. A national defense ministry report hints at higher casualties in that city of 18 000. Colima reports 100 killed in Zapotitlán though verification is lacking. Mexico City suffers no casualties but over 1.0 million dollars in damage as a $600 000 Pontiac bathing structure leans and may be demolished.
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Tuxpan
Jalisco
Alnte
Juleg
Ciudad Guzman
National Defense Ministry
Velazco Grimaldo
Colima
Zapotiltlc
Mexico City
Plans for 800000 Additional Troops in Case They Are Needed
Washington reports precautionary plans to house 800000 extra troops if needed, with 28 new cantonment sites surveyed. Patterson said 18.1 billion dollars was made available and engineers retained to complete surveys, aiming for 1.4 million men under arms by June. Knox supported the spirit of a defense labor bill but urged pruning the plan.
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Robert P. Patterson
Defense Investigating Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
House Naval Committee
Patterson
Petterson
Tse
Vingou
London Air Raids Continue After Heavy Berlin Assault
Raiders dived low to drop bombs, then moved in procession into the early morning hours. This marked London's first major ascent since a heavy Berlin raid on April 5. German threats of a hundredfold retaliation were noted, with observers recalling December 29 incendiary attacks for similar destruction.
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London
Berlin
R.A.F
Greece
Prices on Steel Are Frozen by Federal Ruling
Washington April 16 Leon Henderson a rice seimintstra tor issued an order freezing steel prices at the levels of the first quarter of this year. The move follows wage rises in the steel industry and aims to curb cost of living pressures. Henderson warned against viewing the action as a permanent ceiling for the emergency period.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
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