Russia denounces neutrality pact amid Japanese cabinet collapse
London report says Russia condemns the 5 year neutrality pact with Japan as Tokyo resigns its cabinet. Molotov formally summons the Japanese ambassador after Tokyo announces the resignation while both nations move toward possible war in Siberia and the Pacific theater.
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Russia
London
U.P
Japan
Siberian-Manchuria
Tokyo
Sibera
Okinawa
Iwo
Yalta
Germany
Soviet Union
Butte Man Killed, Two Wounded in Action
Silver Bow county reports one son dead and two wounded in action. First Lt. Karl Ronning Fye of Butte was killed March 15 in Germany. Pfc. Robert C. Ford of Centerville and Pfc. James T. Cochrane of Silver Bow were wounded in action in Europe and on Iwo Jima respectively.
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Silver Bow
Karl Ronning Fye
Butte
Germany
Robert C. Ford
Centerville
James T. Cochrane
Iwo Jima
Butte Native Killed in Germany as Seventh Army Officer
First Lt. Karl Ronning Fye 23 of Butte was killed March 15 in action in Germany while serving with a Seventh Army infantry division. A Montana State College graduate and standout football player, he entered service in 1942 and rose from Army Reserve to second lieutenant in 1944 and then to first lieutenant in 1945. Survived by his parents, old-time Butte residents, with more details continued on page 2.
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Karl Ronning Fye
Butte
Germany
Seventh Army
Fye
George Fye
East Galena
Armed Forces
Montana State College
Bozeman
Butte High
Army Reserve Corps
Camp Roberts
Calif
Fort Benning
Camp van Dorn
Miss
Minden
Bremen
Seventh Armored Division
Ninth Army
Hannover
Courtney H. Hodges
U.S. First Army
Ruhr
Bradley
MacArthur and Nimitz to Lead Final Pacific Attacks
The United States joint chiefs assign Douglas MacArthur to command all Army forces in the Pacific and Chester Nimitz to lead naval operations into Japan and occupied China. Henry Arnold remains head of the 20th Air Force. The move signals a shift from island hopping to major ground offensives with large redeployments from Europe, likened to preparations before Normandy.
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Washington
United States Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
China
Henry H. Arnold
MacArthur
Nimitz
Roosevelt
Europe
High Command
Normandy
Philippines
Brit spearheads race toward Bremen in Allied advance
American Ninth Army and British forces push toward Bremen after breaching the Weser. US Third Army nears Berlin region, while Patton’s forces 126 miles from Berlin and 62 from Czechoslovak border.
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Patton
Berlin
Czechoslovakian
Paris
U.P
Ninth Army
Weser
Hannover
Bremen
U. S. Third Army
Brandenburg
George S. Patton
Third Army
Elbe River
William H. Simpson
Omer N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bradley
Second Armored
Hamelin
Fifth Armored
11Th Armored
Minden
Two Red Armies Ready in East
Henry C. Cassidy reports from Washington that if Russia goes to war with Japan, two Red armies with modern matériel will be ready to strike in the Far East. A network of air strips and bomber fleets will back them, with United States and British missions ready to cooperate as allowed. The Far East command structure remains tightly guarded with few details known.
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Washington
Russia
Japan
Far East
United States
Red Army
Europe
Apansenko
Kursk
Germany
Soviet Union
Weather outlook for Montana regions Friday and weekend
Butte area shows mostly cloudy skies with light snow squalls and moderate to strong winds on Friday. Friday night will be partly cloudy and warmer with decreasing winds and highs around the mid forties. East of divide expects overcast with scattered showers and colder air, highs 45 to 55, turning to snow Friday night and Saturday. West of divide notes rain changing to snow with mountain snow and highs 35 to 40 Friday
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Butte
Montana
Divide
Marines Push North on Okinawa as Casualties Rise
U S Marines on Okinawa surged northward up to five miles Thursday while Army troops in the south gained about a mile and a half. Nimitz said 175 soldiers and Marines were killed since Sunday with 798 wounded. 9 000 civilians surrendered and captured enemy stores were found for civilian use.
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Guam
U.P
U. S
Okinawa
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Naha City
Sukinawa
U.S
Ishikawa
Kin Town
Naha
Witnesses Hear 13 in Booth Murder Trial
The murder trial of James Lonzo Booth, a 39 year old Butte tavern owner, progressed in district court with direct and cross examination of 13 witnesses. The state contends Clem stood four to eight feet from Booth when shots were fired, while Booth claims self defense after threats were made.
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James Lonzo Booth
District Court
Booth
Butte
James Elmer Clem
Beer Can
J. J. Lynch
Sophie Little
Annie E. Bursken
Louise Boundy
John L. Consoni
H. C. Humphrey
James D. Folden
Stella Roslosnik
Charles W. Potter
Adlard Sauve
W. F. Newberry
Vasie Merich
Henry Wills
Frank J. Roe
Clem
George D. Toole
Steve Champeau
Roe
War Labor Board warns miners to end strikes or mines seized
The War Labor Board warned John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers that if work stoppages in about 200 bituminous coal mines do not end promptly the government may seize and operate the mines. The telegram stressed that mining stoppages are hindering steel and war material production and urged immediate resumption of coal output. Soft coal operators and miners had sought a new contract after the old one expired, with Lewis extending it by 30 days amid ongoing wildcat strikes. Secretary Ickes urged seizure to avert further steel production disruption.
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Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
WLB
George W. Taylor
Lewis
United Mine Workers
John J. O'Leary
United Mine Workers of America
Dr. Taylor
Taylor
Ickes
Ilater
Activians Leader Speaks to Clubs in Meaderville
H Arnold Scheldt first vice president of Active International addressed joint Butte and Anaconda Activians at the Arc club in Meaderville. He outlined a postwar program, highlighted rehabilitating returning servicemen, and noted co ordination of ideas for a World Council meeting in Chicago.
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Butte
H. Arnold Scheldt
Active International
University District Club
Seattle
Anaconda Activians
Arc Club
Meaderville
Scheldt
Northwest
Chicago
World Council of Young Men's
5000 Warplanes Batter the Crumbling Reich
U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators dropped 3 500 tons on German targets along routes used by the Third and Seventh Armies amid a day in which nearly 5 000 Allied planes attacked. An American force of 1 800 planes struck the central German “zero zone” as Russians closed in from the east. 75 enemy aircraft were destroyed, more than 60 damaged, and 57 ground losses reported.
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London
U. S
Britain
Reich
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Seventh Army
Nuernberg
Unterschladersbach
Inglestadt
Munich
Third Army
Bayreuth
Plauen
Grafenwehr
4A Thunderbolt
Butte Sergeant Wins Five Military Decorations on Western Front
S Sgt. William P. Cooper 32 former C F Trucking and Construction employee earns five decorations and rapid promotions on the Western Front. He holds the Silver Star two Bronze Stars the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Purple Heart for wounds in Belgium January 17 1945. His wife Helen and mother Mrs Frank Cooper are kept informed only gradually.
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Western Front
William P. Cooper
C. & F. Trucking and Construction Company
Burtte
Cooper
Helen Cooper
East Mercury
Frank Cooper
Butte
Sgt
Belgium
Hos
Eisenhower predicts bitter end fight against Nazi guerrillas
General Eisenhower told President Roosevelt that a clean surrender of German forces is unlikely and a large, continued campaign will be needed to wipe out Nazi guerrilla bands. He warned against hopes for easy victories and outlined the need for forceful actions to prevent guerrilla control of southern mountains. He noted potential operations could begin soon as Allied and Russian forces advance.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Roosevelt
White House
Adolf Hitler
Eisenhower
Soviet Shock Troops Batter Vienna in Major Advance
Soviet forces breached defense belts around Vienna closing on the city from the southeast and northwest. Moscow said units captured Ober Laa and Unter Laa while advancing along a 350 mile front from Yugoslavia through Austria and Poland.
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London
Bate
Vienna
Red Army
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Ober-Laa
Unter-Laa
Danzig
Gydnia
Yugoslavia
Austria
Slovakia
Poland
Berlin
Oder
Reich
Bratislava
Bruck
Feodor
Bombers Sink, Damage 18 Jap Vessels in Burma China Sea Action
American bombers in the Philippines blockade Formosa and the China sea lanes sunk or damaged 18 Japanese vessels, with nine merchant ships accounted for including a 7,000 ton ship. Fires roared in Hong Kong oil tanks as two thousand ton freighters were wrecked east of Formosa and along the China coast.
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Manila
Priday
Japan
China Sea
Asiatic
Formosa
Hong Kong
Formosa-China Sea
George C. Kenney
MacArthur
China
Indo-China
Indo
Visayas
43Rd Division
Luzon
Mabitac
Siniloan
Laguna de Bay
Sierra Madre Mountains
Eoo
Cebu City
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Soviets
Karl R. Fye
Pfc
R. C. Ford
J. T. Cochrane
Gen. MacArthur
ADM
By Sandor S. Klein
By Bruce W. Mann
East
Henry C. Cassidy
The
Associated Press
Moscow
By Frank Tremaine
Activians
Charles Chamberlain
H. D. Quigg
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