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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1940

Page

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Nazi Planes Pound Allied Armies At Berlin Date

Berlin reports say German air force intensifies attacks on British troops and transports, with fourteen ships sunk or damaged in 48 hours. DNB notes raids on Norwegian detachments near Oslo including Elverum and Sjosa Lake. Two English warships hit. prior claims include bombing four cruisers and sinking submarines.

Berlin DNB Oslo Elverum Uilishammer Sjosa Lake Dombdas Norway

Nazi Planes Driven Off In Raid Over English Coast

German warplanes over the English coast and Paris region were driven off by British fighters and anti aircraft fire. Stray bombs were reported in one east coast town and sporadic shelling occurred, but no damage or casualties were confirmed. Firing lasted about 18 minutes near Paris and scattered alerts occurred in England and France.

London Pars Cuifirn Oast Royal Garman Fllura Antlalrerat Eithors Telgian Humber Rivar Mares Thera Paris England France

Churchill Speech To Be Heard Here

The Churchill address by Winston Churchill, lord of the British Admiralty, will be relayed from London by NBC and CBS networks at 6 a m MST Tuesday with a recorded repeat at 11 a m on the MBS chain. The program titled The Toast Is England features Churchill speaking on British affairs.

New York George Day Addecan Winston Churchill British Admiralty London NBC CBA MBS Hin England

Banquet Honors C E Denney At Helena Placer Hotel

C E Denney president of the Northern Pacific rail road will be Helena s honored guest at a large banquet at the Placer hotel tonight attended by western Montana business leaders and state county and city officials. The dinner starts at 6 30 p m with A T Hibbard chairman of arrangements. Other speakers include Gov Roy E Ayers Mayor A J Roberts and Montanan Inc s Janiea Nowa. Rotary Kiwanis Lions and other groups cooperate to make the event city wide.

C. E. Denney Northern Pacific Railroad Helena Placer Hotel Montana A. T. Hibbard The Tinton Bank and Trust Company Ruobld Roy E. Ayers A. J. Roberta Janiea i Nowa Butte Montanus, Inc Lars Carlson Melena Chamber of Commerce Ayers Roberts Rows Alice Atr Carlson Mr. O'Heary

Twin Bridges Man Killed in Car Crash

A head on collision 31 miles southwest of Whitehall killed Edgar Wayne, injured Ronald Barnett, and led to the arrest of James Peer, Twin Bridges. Wayne, a Rural Electrification Project worker, died at the scene. Barnett, hospitalized with a concussion and skull fracture, is in serious condition. Peer faces a hold for an automobile charge. Wayne is survived by his wife.

Butte Whithall Edgar Wayne Ronald Barnett Twin Bridges Jamey Peer Twin Bridger Dan Quinn Jefferson County Tetterson Valley Rural Electrification Project Ighily Puer Barnett Butte Hospital L. H. Packard Whitehall Quinn

Ammantan Soldiers Fire On Nazi Group

Bucharest April 22 soldiers guarding a Romanian munition dump near Pitesti about 65 miles northwest of Bucharest fired tonight on a group of students reportedly sympathetic to the Nazi guard, wounding and seriously injuring. The official version says the students met for discussion in an adjacent field and failed to hear the guards’ orders to withdraw.

Bucharest Pitesti Diacuasion Eld Rentries

Hamilton Plans Early Draft Of Republican Platform

Washington April 22 Chairman John D M Hankson of the republican national committee urged an early start on drafting the 1940 party platform meeting in advance of the convention to assign platform tasks and avoid last minute policy compromises. Roosevelt announced a 21 day nonpolitical trip after adjournment while the republican convention would be in session. Pennsylvania voters prepare for March primary with Roosevelt as the sole presidential name and a battle for the democratic senate nomination between Guffey and Jones. Downey opposed a third term for Roosevelt writing Farley that few Americans favor a third term.

Washington John D. M. Hankson Republican National Roosevelt Warm Springs Congress Pennsylvania Roonavelt Democratic Senate Guffey Waller JA Jones Pittsburgh Downey Calif

Allies Plan Aerial Policing To Aid Blockade

Paris reports France and the Drittah ministries discuss an aerial policing plan against Germany tied to the blockade. Minister Georges Monnet cites Lighon airport and Pan American planes as targets to disrupt smuggling and neutral exchanges while warning about the risk of too many armed aircraft.

Paris Drittah Germany Georges Monnett Alx Lighon Nenes Land Altos Min- Teter Portugal Monnet le Petit Parioten Te. J. Crost Tare

President to Tour the Country Soon

Warn Springs Ga April 22 UP A spectacular itinerary for a presidential tour became a definite possibility today when Roosevelt announced a tour of the nation. The president said his trip would be largely about conservation and would include a stop in Texas with Vice President Garner. The White House labeled it nonpolitical but it followed a series of addresses that echoed the Republican convention in Cleveland.

Warn Springs Republian Weesiderd Ronsevelt M Amic Cleveland Garner Sven

German Attack Is Fought Off At Sea As Crew Escort Home

Onion. Sprit 22.- GPS sqingiron of Beltist cruisers and Mestrovers stopped Cor on Here and formed af protective ring, but fought off the attack of a Germain Doenter flying boat While a ship's antgean removed Mn seamen' appoints, 46 way dis close tonight when the ships arrived home from Norway.

Germain Doenter Norway

British Bombard Narvik Port In Norway War

Stockholm April 22 British forces reported preparing to bombard Narvik a German-occupied ore port in northern Norway while British French and Norwegian troops push toward Trondheim likely to trigger Europe’s first major land battle. Broadcast warnings urged Narvik residents to evacuate before the barrage as Allied forces advance south of Trondheim and seek to seize the railway link between Trondheim and Oulo.

Stockholm Narvik Norway Trondheim Germany Nemsos Storen Walt Oulo

State Land Board issues 1 035 grazing permits in Montana

Montana's land department issued 1 035 grazing permits as of March 1. The total leased acreage approaches 40 300 acres with annual rentals and crop share agreements producing varied returns. Government figures show 72 cash leases yielding 1 774 20 and 117 crop shares averaging 1 154 90 annually.

Montana Nanita Shertock Lund Board Legislative Assembly Montana's Enabling Met To Tougthen Pariads Makine Inffestiva Fab Hat HiupUng

Norway Publishes White Paper On Planned German Invasion

A Norwegian white paper asserts German warships penetrated vital at fords and Norwegian defenses before diplomacy, and alleges German officials knew the invasion plans. It describes a shift to a German-friendly regime, with Vidkun Quisling named as a candidate, and notes the need for a government capable of collaboration with Germany.

Norway Kurt Braver Germany Mali Aaid Adolf Hier

U S Military Attache Killed in German Bombing

Robert M Losey once a Terry Montana high school graduate and former Terry boy, aged 33, was killed during a bombing raid in Danbaa Norway while serving as a U S military attache in Stockholm. Born in Iowa, Losey came from a Presbyterian minister family and attended U S Military Academy at West Point before joining the air corps. He had earlier lived in Basin and Perrysburg and served at March, Kelly, and the California Institute of Technology assignment.

U.S Terry Boy Robert M. Losay United Gtatan Ministry Stockholm Carrent Europea Terry Mont Lyved Daal Wyo Lwo Communitien Lowey Miley Guy Cantaln Losey Terry High Selves Lard United States Military Academy Went Paint N. C Honore Aid Air Corps Tiv March Kelly Find War Department California Institute of Technology Pasadena

Supreme Court Rules Antipicketing Laws Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court ruled antipicketing laws in Alabama and a California county unconstitutional. Justice Murphy wrote that free discussion of labor disputes is essential to popular government and that disseminating facts about labor union disputes falls within protected free expression. The decision emphasized the bargaining power and working conditions as central to industrial interests.

Washington Murphy Supreme Court Alabama California Newrat Eds

Parrot Arouses Master to Stop Farmhouse Fire

In Shelbyville Tennessee on April 22 Tawrs the parrot awoke Governor Prentice Cooner moments before a blaze began in a farm home. The bird raised alarms by warning of rising smoke and helped trace the source to a small ember, prompting swift actions to extinguish the fire and limit damage.

Shelbyville Tenn Apri Prentice Cooner Ibn Nource

Bozeman Libel Charges Against Reynolds Filed

D N Tip Reynolds editor of The Pink Reporter faced criminal libel charges in Bozeman alleging false statements about Governor Roy B Ayers. He pled innocent before Judges Benjamin and Berg with bond set at 750 dollars, part of four complaints in Justice Court plus a separate Lewistown filing by Tom Stout.

Bozeman Reynolds Horeman H. B. Landes Information Indiatrial D. N Tip) Reynolds The Pink Reporter Roy B. Avera Benjamin &. Berg Justica Ayera Justica Court Ptica Lewistown Tom Stout Roy B. Ayers Montana Ayers

Germans Beaten Back In The North Frontaction In Scandinavia

A Reuters dispatch from the Norwegian Swedish front reports German destroyers landed troops north of Trondheim to attack British forces from the rear but were driven off by British troops. Fighting continues near Stikstad north of Trondheim between Steinjer and Vardalsora as Britain strikes German positions by land and air. British naval losses total 18 warships including five smaller vessels.

London Reuters Trondheim Stktestad Stein Jer Vardalsora Great Britain Scandinavia Paria Britain

Flood Threat in Ohio Valley Sparks Dikes Construction

Floods threaten Ohio Valley as the swollen river nears Muntington and Pomeroy. W.P.A. workers and city crews rush sandbag barriers while Red Cross aids hundreds of refugees. Marietta reports a crest around 44.5 feet with a rapid runoff expected tonight.

Muntington W. Va Ohio Pomeroy Huntington W.P.A Red Cross Marietta

Germans Claim Sinkings Of British Transports In Bombardment

Karlin April 23 report from the official German news agency says three British transport ships were struck. Immediate sinking of two transports and serious damage to the third were reported. Two English warships accompanying the transports were said to be severely damaged by direct hits.

Karlin Social Bomba Warly

Milk River Near Flood Stage In Glasgow Watch

Milk River near flood level as Glasgow residents monitor rising water after heavy snowmelt from Canadian border. Arnold, city water supervisor, says levels should rise two to three feet. unlikely to reach historic spring flood. Chinook, Montana faces evacuations on North Fork Creek as roads remain submerged and highways are disrupted.

Tia Canadiag Arnold Dalin Chinook Mont Ati

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