RAF Bombs Target U-Boat Bases On Atlantic Lineup
London May 4 AP The Royal Air Force launched a pre-dawn strike along a 900 mile front against three German U-boat bases Hamburg St Nazaire and Harstad Trondheim. Boston Douglas bombers covered the assault with fighters and subsequent daylight raids on Le Havre. German defenses reported several Allied aircraft shot down while the RAF claimed significant fires and damage at the bases.
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Crew Middleton
London
Royal Air Force
North Atlantic
R.A.F
Hamburg
St. Nazaire
France
United States
Mristiansand
Russia
Boston
Br Hat
le Havre
Ai Iermain Homer
Kris‘isaid
Tare Sta
Visibe
Cijernan
Fixeler
Ica
Further Control Of Vehicles Is Coming Up
Washington March 4 The Office of Defense Transportation was granted broad authority to regulate movement operation and possible rationing of motor vehicles including passenger cars trucks taxis and buses for wartime use. ODT head Joseph B Eastman would oversee speed limits and other restrictions to curb non essential transport. Harold Ickes warned gasoline for non essential motoring boating and flying would be cut sharply and directly affecting supplies.
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Washington
Mar
Office of Defense Transportation
Ransevell
Joseph B. Eastman
O.D.T
Harold Ickes
Fire Alarm On Normandie Amid Recurrent Hazards
Fire crews were summoned again to the Normandie after insulation wires on a top deck began smouldering. Battalion Chief Patrick Clancy said guards cut the wires before engines arrived. This marked the third time firefighters were called since the liner turned over at its Hudson River pier in a blaze on February 9.
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New York
Normandie
Patrick Clancy
Hudson River
War Production Board halts civilian use of metal
Washington on May 4 AP reports a sweeping War Production Board order forbids iron and steel in over 400 civilian items and bans substitutes except gold or silver. Production to stop for the duration, with limited output only until the 90 day effective period. The order makes the public share responsibility with manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.
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Washington
War Production Board
W.P.B
Donald M. Nelson
Japanese push and withdrawal in Markham valley report
Australian dispatches say a second Japanese incursion up the Markham valley toward Nadzab ended in withdrawal within 24 hours. The force reportedly reconnoitered with no contact with Allied troops. A separate column 17 miles south of Salamaua held ground as coastal air raids continued on Port Moresby.
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Allied
Australia
Markham
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Nadzab
Salamaua
Madagascar seized by British for trust move in war time
British land and naval forces occupy Madagascar in the Indian Ocean to deter Axis seizure, with the United States pledging to act in trust. The State department warns any pro-Axis action by Laval’s Vichy government against Britain or the United States would be deemed an attack on the United Nations. The move signals potential U S France conflict as Vichy defends colonial holdings. Continued on Page 2
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Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Japan
State Department
Washington
United States
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Great Britain
United Nations
Axis Coordinating Committee
Berlin
Rome
Naokuni Nomura
Abe
Reuters
New Caledonia
Charles de Gaulle
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Plant in Georgia Is Taken Over
Savannah Shipyards, Inc. plant in Savannah, Georgia, has been taken over by the Federal Maritime Commission for failing to meet contract terms. An order transfers construction of 13 10,700 ton vessels to another firm. Assistant U.S. Attorney General Norman M. Littell stated engineers warned no ships could be launched from the yard and cited the finances of Frank Cohen as dwarfing a supposed get rich quick scheme.
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Savannah
Federal
Macintime Commission
Savannah Shipyards, Inc
U.S
Norman M. Littell
Washington
Frank Cohen
get rich quick Wal+lingford
Japs Advance on China and India in Peril
Chiang broadcast his appeal as three Japanese columns push through Burma toward India and China. Japan nears India within 100 miles while advancing 41 miles along the Lashio to Katkai route to strike Chinese posts. Allied forces under Stilwell fought through the night near Katkai as a flank attempt was repulsed and Chinese lines hold near the Irrawaddy. The British army under Gen Harold Alexander falls back to prepared positions as fighting continues around Mandalay and Monywa with hopes rising for allied air power.
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Chiang
Burma
India
China
Lashie
Katkai
Joseph W. Stillwell
Tihe
Satkai
Lon
Yunnan
Burma Road
Irrawaddy River
Mandalay
Bhamo
Igen
Harold Alexander
Monywa
Chindwin River
Navy and Coast Guard Casualties List Published Locally
Washington May 4 The Navy department released the names of 2991 officers and men who died in the first four months of war. California leads with 482 deaths, New York reports 148, and Rear Admiral John Walter Wilcox Jr. of Chevy Chase Md. is added to the list. Most deaths occurred in action though some were in accidents at sea or in the air. The casualty roll covers December 7 to April 15 and a 2495 missing and 907 wounded lists follow. Local connections include Robert Leon Barrows and Jerald Fraser Dullum of Montana, previously published in The Independent.
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Washington
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Navy Department
California
New York
John Walter Wilcox, Jr
Chevy Chase
Marine
Tham
Montana
Robert Leon Barrows
Charles A. Barrows
Helena
Jerald Fraser Dullum
East Helena
Eugene IL. Dullum
Independent
Registration on Sugar Rationing Goes On Quietly
Sugar rationing begins nationwide with a one pound per person every two weeks allotment for two months. Registration, run through elementary schools, started today and continues through Thursday. In Shamokin Pennsylvania, 124 teachers resumed duties to conduct registration. overall mood among signers was that the burden is modest.
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Washington
America
Shamokin
U. S. Bonds Issue Quickly Taken
Washington May 4. Banks and large investors oversubscribed a 1 250 000 000 2 percent treasury bond issue due in seven to nine years. Subscriptions closed at midnight with books remaining open for a second issue in 120 to 25 years. Morgenthau reported excellent initial response to both issues.
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Washington
Treasury
Nothcer
Morgenthau
Deficiency Allotment Granted by State Board
A deficiency allotment of $15,000 was granted yesterday by the state board of examiners to the Montana department of agriculture for use by its grain and scale division. It marks the first such allocation since the 1941 legislature diverted revolving funds into the state general fund. Board members, includingAttorney General Howard M Gullickson, attended his first meeting yesterday. Continued on Page 2.
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State Board of Examiners
Montana Department, of Agriculture
State General Fund
Werring
Howard M. ‘Gullickson
Weather forecast for Helena and vicinity weekend
Weather bulletin from the U S weather bureau shows showers Monday night and Tuesday with slightly milder temperatures Monday night and little change Tuesday. Historical data note yesterday's high and low in Helena, May 4 1941 records show a high of 60 and a low of 44 with prior May 4 highs reaching 80.5 in 1891 and lows as low as 26 in 1833.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Helena
Vivinity
Wrathful Nazis Executing Many Patriots
London reports rising anti Nazi violence spurs German retaliation with executions of 72 Dutch and at least 33 French, including officers, for alleged contact with opponents. Dutch radio vows continued resistance as French victims rise to 777. Norwegian guard expands after incidents, while Yugoslav guerrillas in two-day clash kill 200 fascists in Italy.
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London
Europe
Continent
Hilversum
Holland
Germany
Radio Orange
France
Lille
Norway
Stockholm
Vidkun Quisling
Badyguard
Thea
Hed
Moscow
Thousands Killed In British Raid On Rostock
A Stockholm correspondent reports 7000 to 8000 killed in Rostock during four nights of Allied bombing. More than 20000 homeless refugees camp in open due to Nazi welfare shortages, according to travelers arriving from Berlin.
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Rostock
New York
Stockholm
New York Times
Berlin
D City
Knox Warns Nazis U S is in Battle to End
Navy Secretary Frank Knox declared the United States is in a war to the end against Axis powers. He said the stakes are all we have and all we are, promising total victory and rebirth of world freedom in a May 4 Los Angeles address before the Navy Recruit society.
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Knox
U.S
Los Angeles
Navy
Frank Knox
America
Navy Reitet Society
Statewide Fire Control Program Outlined at Capitol
Representatives from federal and state agencies and private groups outlined a comprehensive fire prevention program to cover every community in the state. The plan, appointed by the forestry board, aims to protect timber grass and crops from saboteurs or accidental blazes this summer. W J Ferguson of Helena serves as chairman.
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State ‘Forestry Board
W.J. Ferguson
Helena
American Gunboat Lost But Crew Escapes
Washington reports intense air and artillery bombardment of Corregidor as Japanese raids sink the river gunboat at Mindanao. Despite the loss, the American Filipino defense resists on multiple fronts with no crew casualties, all 84 personnel presumed to have escaped to safety. Operations target Manila Bay and Mindanao while defending forces, including Americans, Filipinos, and Moros, hold firm.
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Washington
United States
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Navy
China
Corregidor
Manila
War Department
Miianay
Battle of Iona Island narrows in Navy depot blast
AP dispatches report a four inch projectile exploded at the Iona Island naval ammunition depot killing one man, LL Briola of Highland Falls, gravely injuring FP Lawless of Grassy Point, with several others hurt. Separate items note a British merchant vessel torpedoed off the Atlantic coast and the Brazilian freighter Parnabuba sunk near Trinidad with 23 survivors aboard.
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Iona Island
N.Y
Naval
LL. Briola
Highland Falls
Lawless
Grassy Point
United States Military Academy
West Point
Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Trinidad
New York
German Convoy Fight Sinks 2 Cruisers and 6 Freighters
German broadcasts report an Arctic engagement where German surface ships submarines and bombers sank a 10,000 ton cruiser and six freighters totaling 37,500 tons from a convoy. British forces including battleships an aircraft carrier and destroyers defended the convoy but suffered damage. One German destroyer took serious damage. Submarines scored two torpedo hits on the heavy cruiser which stopped then sank. An ammunition ship of 6,500 tons was sunk.
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Berlin
Arctic Ocean
Aircwaft
Russia
Interpreting The War by Kirke L. Simpson
Wide World War analyst Kirke L. Simpson analyzes Japan and Burma. He argues Burma’s role will dominate London parliamentary debate and impact Churchill’s critics amid allied setbacks and strategic reprisal discussions.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Japan
Burma
London
Tts
Churchill
Jim
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Trincomalee
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Isle
Roosevelt
U. S
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Associated Press
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