World War II naval war news weighs propaganda claims
The British admiralty reports ship losses fall to 51141 tons for the week ending March 23 amid Nazi raids by the Scharnhorst and Gniesenau. Berlin trumpets losses of 224000 tons in 48 hours, widening London Berlin gap. The piece notes propaganda risk, looming spring blitz, and evolving Allied countermeasures including US Mosquito fleet and long-range bombers aiding Atlantic convoys.
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Admiralty
Berlin
London
Scharnhorst
Gniesenau
Atlantic
Congress
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Coast Guard
Washington
Italy
Mediterranean
Knox
Brest
France
Turks, the Feathered Kind, Interfere With Cannon Practice
In Nordland Washington April 1 4 Turkey eggs are sensitive so firing of big coast artillery guns at Fort Flagler has been postponed indefinitely. The hatch of about 15000 turkeys would be seriously affected, farmers told Colonel James H. Cunningham commander of Puget Sound harbor defenses. The target practice planned for next Monday was delayed until eggs hatch.
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Nordland
Wash
Fort Flagler
James H. Cunningham
Puget Sound
Communists in U S Under Moscow Control
Benjamin Gitlow testified at Harry Bridges deportation hearing about Stalin era actions to subdue U S communists. He described a 48 hour ultimatum to repent, Comintern decisions, and plots to disrupt labor unions and influence U M W A, dodging Bridges' role while noting prior acquittal.
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San Francisco
U.S
Josef Stalin
United States
Moscow
Benjamin Gitlow
Harry Bridges
Gitlow
Stalin
Communist Internationale
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Communist Party
Bridges
California
Communist Party of the
Comintern
Final Vote on Bill Delayed Over REA Funding Provision
The final vote on the 1.34 billion agricultural appropriation bill was postponed after Senator Norris protested a provision allowing the agriculture secretary to transfer funds for REA and Farm Credit administration legal departments to the solicitor's office. Senate leaders recessed until Wednesday as a record vote on removing the provision was threatened. Senator Russell stated the provision was added to consolidate legal staff since REA and FCA moved under Agriculture.
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Washington
Norris
Ind
Neb
Secretary of Agriculture
REA
Farm Credit Administration
Solicitor’s Office
Agriculture Department
Russell
D.-Ga
Senate Appropriations Committee
FCA
First-Aid Training Program for A C M Employes Is Started
A first aid course opened Monday night by Anaconda Copper Company safety bureau trains United States Bureau of Mines employes. Salt Lake City instructor Milton McCall assists, with nine certified instructors including Charles E. Goforth and Fred L. Mogus. Courses run for one week, leading to Bureau of Mines certificates. J. Ronald Faddis and others supervise mine rescue apparatus use and care during classes.
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Bureau of Safety of the
Anaconda Copper, Company
The
of the United States Bureau of Employes
Bureau of Mines
Milton McCall
Salt Lake City
Butte
Charles E. Goforth
Fred L. Mogus
J. Ronald Faddis
U S Orders Prosecution of Sabotage in Ship Seizures
The Justice Department ordered immediate criminal prosecutions for sabotage in all cases tied to seized Axis ships. Attorney General Jackson instructed district attorneys to pursue charges against shipmasters and crews, with penalties up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Washington
United States
Justice Department
Coast Guard
Jackson
Roosevelt
Hull
Outlook Bright for Cattlemen In Montana
Montana cattle and sheep are in excellent spring condition with a bright year ahead, says state veterinarian Dr. W. J. Butler. Disease outbreaks have been rare. an alimentary disorder affected a small Townsend flock. Feeder cattle are entering from Mexico and the United States as Montana’s cattle population nears 1.5 million, with calves adding about 600,000 and sheep rising from 3.5 to 4.5 million with a normal lambing season.
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Helena
Montana
W. J. Butler
Townsend
Butler
Mexico
Weather outlook for Butte and Montana region
Mostly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with occasional showers and little temperature change. Partly cloudy to cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with scattered showers west of divide and extreme southwest portion Wednesday.
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Butte
Tem- Montana
Divide
Britain Reveals New Bomb Used Against Nazis
London reports a secret bomb of great explosive power used in Monday night raids on Emden, with debris and fires described. The air ministry compared its effect to a Howitzer shell, while also noting attacks on Bremen shipyards and Bremerhaven, Oldenberg, and Rotterdam. Weekly losses reached 59,141 tons across 17 ships, with two German tankers and a destroyer among reported damages.
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London
Germany
Emden
Air Ministry
Bremen
Bremerhaven
Oldenberg
Netherlands
Rotterdam
Dunkerque
Frisian
North Netherlands
Havre
France
Air and Home Ministries
Beef Controversy Compromised in Senate Defense Bill
The Senate approved a $4 380 421 174 defense appropriation and adopted a compromise allowing the Army and Navy to buy foreign canned beef if qualified domestic articles are unavailable at reasonable prices. The measure ends a dispute over Latin American beef and Australian wool purchases, with House already restricting to U S products. The bill adds funding to expand the Army's pilot training program.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Navy
Senate House
War and Navy Departments
Australia
House
United States
Adams
D.-Colo
One Killed and Two Hurt in Naval Dockyard Blast
In Kearny New Jersey on April 1 a fatal acetylene gas explosion in the hull of a U S Navy destroyer under construction at the Federal Ship Building and Dry Dock yards left one workman dead and two seriously injured. The incident occurred Tuesday at the shipyard facilities.
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Kearny
N. J
U. S. Navy
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Montana Wins Second in National Traffic Safety Awards
The National Safety Council honored cities and states for reducing traffic hazards. Montana received second place in the division for states with populations between 250000 and 500000, with other winners including Connecticut and Minnesota.
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Montana
National Council
Chicago
Kansas City
Dallas
Tex
Connecticut
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
East
Massachusetts
South
Oklahoma
Midwest
Minnesota
Nebraska
West
Oregon
Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Willkie Meet at Washington Event
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs Wendell Willkie met for the first time as they attended a Washington gathering of the Women's National Press club. The occasion featured a light skit lampooning the lease lead idea with the First Lady seen as a indignant wife joking about missing spoons swapped for an island. White House pillars served as backdrop with signs reading Lease or Lend and Royal Boarders Taken.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Women's
National Press Club
Roosevelt
White House
Work Stoppages Hit Mines Ford Rouge Allis-Chalmers Plants
Widespread stoppages disrupted three sectors last night. Federal conciliators sought quick settlement in the bituminous coal mines and a CIO authorized strike at Ford’s River Rouge plant, while Allis-Chalmers near Milwaukee faced a three hour clash leaving 48 injured and Gov. Hell urging a shutdown.
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Associated Press
River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Allis Chalmers
Milwaukee
Ford
Rouge
Allis-Chalmers
Army
Navy
I. O
Julius Hell
Water projects curtailed in Montana plan
Governor Ford says Montana will complete ongoing water conservation projects but sharply curtail the next biennium. He cites reduced board funds and withdrawal of federal aid, and notes no large projects are under consideration while a board meeting reviews needs.
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Helena
Montana
Sam.c. Ford
Ford
Water Conservation Board
Water Board
Legislative Assembly
American Flyers Bring In U S Bombers Ferry Crews
Eighteen American pilots arrived from England to ferry U S built bombers across the Atlantic to Britain. The men wear deep blue uniforms marked U S A on the sleeves and hold ranks of first officer. They have experience in non combatant flights for the Royal Air Force but none has yet crossed the ocean.
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Atlantic
Britain
England
Royal Air Force
Nazi Yugoslavia tensions rise as German patrols watch
Berlin reports intensifying German Yugoslav relations with signs of aggravation. Yugoslavia’s undefined foreign policy, army mobilization, and violence against Germans provoke Berlin concern. Reports cite a branded Yugoslav German by birth, Croat leadership uncertainty, and risk of broader clash as Eden visits Britain.
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Berlin
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Reich
Germany
Yugoslavia
Foreign Office
Viktor von Heeren
Dienst
Belgrade
Anthony Eden
London
Eden
Vladimir Macek
Farm Price Index in Montana Climbs
Montana's farm price index rose to 95 percent of prewar levels for the month ending March 15, driven by higher grain fruit and miscellaneous product prices. The meat animal index was unchanged while purchasing power improved to year-earlier levels. Rye wheat and corn rose, oats barley unchanged. apple and butter prices varied. beef cattle flat, veal calves up, sheep up, lambs steady, wool up. The U S farm product price index held at 105 percent of the 1910-14 average, up from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
U. S
Serbs Croats and Others Rush to Enlist in Yugoslavia
Belgrade April 1. Thousands of Serbs Croats Bosnians and Montenegrins flooded into Yugoslav cities to join the army as Nazi pressure and radio propaganda inflamed national sentiment. Rail stations filled with foreigners seeking escape while troops guarded against wartime pay evacution.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Soviet
Russia
Simovic
Peter
Air Corps seeks meteorologists for nine months training
Denver April 1. The U S Air Corps offers nine months college training to meteorology minded graduates. Applicants must be 20 to 26, unmarried, with strong science and engineering backgrounds. Trainees receive 75 dollars a month plus rations and quarters during study, then 125 a month pay plus rations and quarters after commission.
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Denver
United States Air Corps
Robert F. Fulton
Lowryfield
Air Corps Technical School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of California At Los Angeles
New York University
California Institute of Technology
Chicago University
Air Corps Reserve
Edward Jelich to Be Taken to State Hospital
Edward Jelich, the 26 year old Butte miner who shot his ex sweetheart Barbara Welter last December 9 and himself, will be taken to the state hospital at Warm Springs this morning. He was ordered committed to the insane asylum until cured after two juries found him insane.
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Edward Jelich
Barbara Welter
Warm Springs
al McLeod
Butte
T. B. Downey
Asy
Jelich
Jerich
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Tampico
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Peru
Cerigo
Guayas
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Callao
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mrs. Willkie
AEA
Rae
U. S. Air Corps
State Hospital At
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