British Air Strikes Wilhelmshaven Walling Nazi Sea Base
British bomber command attacked Wilhelmshaven in the Jade Estuary hitting a warship and four destroyers. No British losses were reported. French blockade minister Georges Bennet joined London for talks with Ronald Cross as the Allies push to choke Germany’s economy.
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Wilhelmshaven
Great Britain
France
Germany
Bomber Command
Jade
Air Ministry
Georges Bennet
Britain
Ronald Cross
Italy Publishes Mobilization Regulation Under Mussolini
Rome April 5 Italian defense preparations received a boost with regulations for complete or partial mobilization of the nation. A new law placed mobilization in charge of the supreme defense commission headed by Premier Mussolini and including cabinet members and armed forces leaders. Twenty one articles covered technical aspects and the commission’s work. A notable provision said women and children over 13 may be mobilized for anti aircraft defense factory work and other war essential tasks. The commission is charged with developing and utilizing resources to achieve victory.
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Rome
Council of Ministers
Supreme Defense Commission
Mussolini
Willkie Family Unit Probed by SEC in Georgia Power Figure
A Willkie led utilities group, Georgia Power, and a $280.5 million segment of the $1.2 billion Commonwealth and Southern system face an SEC inquiry into financial statements. Roosevelt weighs in as Willkie accuses officials of threats and government pressure.
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Utilities System
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Securities Commission
Willkie
SEC
Georgia Power Company
Commonwealth and Southern Utilities
Dies committee and Communist party clash spurs arrests
In Washington two Boston Communists, Philip Frankfield and Thomas F. P. O'Dea, were jailed on $1,000 bonds for contempt after refusing to answer Dies committee questions. Warrants were issued as the clash with the Communist party escalates, while Philadelphia saw a warrant against committee agents and a police lieutenant for civil rights violations connected to Carl Reeves, a Communist Senate candidate.
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Washington
Dies Committee
Communist Party
Philip Frankfield
Thomas F. P. O'Dea
Boston
U. S
Needham Turnage
Philadelphia
George A. Welsh
George F. Hurley
Chester Howe
Albert Granitz
Philadelphia Police
Carl Reeve
Senate
Reeves
Justifiable Homicide Found in Slaying by 13-Year-Old
In Wilmington on April 5, Juvenile Court Judge Thomas A. Henderson ruled Zelda Deloris Morrison, 13, acted in justifiable homicide when she fatally shot her father William H. Morrison, 64, a Canadian, last January 21. Velda testified her father choked her mother Grace A. Morrison and threatened her, while the girl said she shot him as he sat in a chair.
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Wilmington
N. C
Thomas A. Henderson
Zelda Deloris Morrison
William H. Morrison
Velda
Grace A. Morrison
Y Subscription Campaign Nears Half Way Mark
The Y M C A campaign for 21000 dollars nears the halfway point with more than 9500 raised as of last night. Dr H H James urged workers to attend a luncheon and report meeting Monday to finalize plans for the closing drive ending with a banquet next Thursday. About 400 citizens have assisted since the drive began last week to fund recreational facilities for Butte youth and community groups.
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Drive
H. H. James
Butte
E. G. Craine
N. A. Bunch
George Misevic
Carroll Fabian
Clarence Commons
August Grunert
J. L. Peterson
W. R. Oleson
F. B. Price
Kenneth Christie
A. J. Knievel
Malcolm Gillis
Wade Plummer
J. D. Newman
George N. Short
J. L. Boardman
German Officer Captured as West Front Skirmish Continues
Paris reports a German officer commanding a raid against a French outpost was captured while defenders repelled the assault. The fighting occurred between the Nied and Saar rivers with ongoing No Man's Land clashes. French losses were noted and German shelling targeted Apach near the Moselle.
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Nied
Saar
No- Man's Land
Saarlauten
Apach
Luxembourg
Mosel
Montana Weekend Showers and Snow Flurries Forecast
Occasional showers or snow flurries expected in Montana Saturday and Sunday. Colder air moves into the eastern portion Saturday, bringing cooler temperatures across the state.
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Montana
Peage Hopes Fainter Over Europe
The European war stalemate continues after seven months of economic blockades and diplomatic sparring. Churchill Chamberlain Reynaud Goering exchange tough pledges and endgame prophecies while Roosevelt calls peace hopes scant, leaving the neutral world to interpret the rhetoric.
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Associated Press
Europe
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Paris
Berlin
Chamberlain
Reynaud
Goering
Roosevelt
Breen weighs plan to prosecute police court appeals in district court
Chief of Police W. H. Breen announced plans to assign a special city attorney to handle appeals from police court in district court. He is compiling a list of appealed cases, likely from the last six to twelve months, focusing on reckless and drunken driving. Some defendants have avoided fines by appealing, paying only filing and attorney fees, with few cases reaching district court trials.
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W. H. Breen
Girl Starts to Officials in Murder Probe
Los Angeles police and a psychiatrist questioned 11 year old Chloe Davis about the deaths of her mother and siblings. Chloe volunteered that she gave her mother a razor blade at the mother’s request to slash her wrists. Autopsy showed mother bled from arm cuts, not skull fracture. Father F Barton Davis defends Chloe, saying his wife claimed demon power and that doctors found no mental illness.
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Los Angeles
Chloe Davis
Lolita Davis
Chloe
F. Barton Davis
Davis
School Parties End Campaign For Local School Board Election
School district No. 1 voters go to the polls today for a trustee election. Four candidates compete for two three year terms at 32 precincts with hours 8am to noon and 1pm to 8pm. Incumbent Dr. C. B. Renouard faces Richard J. Stodden and Thomas Brown and Thomas Hosty. Election judges report at 7:30 am and count ends after 8 pm with first returns after 6 pm. Over 23 000 eligible voters.
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Dr. C
Renouard
Richard J. Stodden
Peoples Party
Thomas Brown
Thomas
Hosty
Independent Party
NYA Agents and Unions to Convene Tonight in Butte
National Youth Administration representatives and local unions in Butte plan a 7:30 PM meeting at Carpenters hall to discuss improving NYA programs. The talks aim to expand useful work with job training for youths, building on two prior discussions.
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National Youth Administration
Butte
Carpenters’ Hall
NYA
NUA
Senate Passes Three Year Trade Agreements Extension
The Senate approved a three year extension of the trade agreements program by 42 to 37, sending the measure to the White House after House approval. The move boosts President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull, strengthening the tariff relief policy central to his foreign policy. Some view it as aiding Hull’s presidential prospects amid party divisions.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Garner
White House
House
Hull
Food stamp plan eyed for countywide rollout
Widespread consideration is given to establishing the Federal Sur plus Commodities Corporation food stamps program in the county. It could boost monthly retail food sales in Butte by about 20 000 dollars. The hurdle remains securing a revolving fund likely from the county.
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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Butte
Dan D. Sullivan
George O'Brien
Brief spring storm hits Butte with hail and sleet
Butte saw a short spring storm yesterday afternoon bringing hail sleet snow and rain. The system dumped 28 inches of precipitation and soaked streets and yards as a dust whirlwind and strong winds followed a cloudy morning.
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Butte
Cooperation praised as Montana completes 1940 business census
Earl G. Simmons, area supervisor for 32 western Montana counties, says the 1940 federal business census is nearly finished with almost 100 percent cooperation from merchants and the public. He notes total business establishments exceed the 1935 census and attributes growth to postwar recovery while the population census begins this week. Continued on Page 5, Col 2.
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Earl G. Simmons
Montana
Simmons
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