Allied Tide Drives on Hannover In Major Japan Raid
U.S. 21st Bomber Command reports a two way daylight attack on Honshu with 300 B-29s and land based fighter escorts. Fighters from Seventh Air Force likely from Iwo Jima aided the Tokyo Nagoya strike, marking the largest land based air raid on Japan to date.
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U. S
21St Bomber Command
Guam
U.P
Japan
Tokyo
Nagoya
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Seventh Air Force
20Th Air Force
Honshu
Heavy Bombers Raid Hong Kong Again in Pacific War
Liberators raid Hong Kong for the third straight day dropping 164 tons of bombs. Direct hits reported on a 10,000-ton freighter and two smaller vessels. Oil tanks burned and fires towered to 6000 feet. Other airstrikes hit For mosa's Toyohara airdrome and ships in the Pes cadores. Ground actions near Manila Lu cena and Sorsogon advance persistent guerilla operations.
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Manila
China Sea
Hong Kong
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Toyohara
Mitchell
Pescadores Islands
Lucena
Taybas
158Th
Sorsogon
Luzon
Bangued
Abra
43Rd Division
Lumban
Coal Negotiations Break Down in Soft Coal Talks
Washington reports that soft coal wage talks collapsed as John L. Lewis summoned his 25 man policy committee to decide the UMW future. Operators rejected the Perkins contract proposal after Lewis accepted it, with a war labor board report looming and a government seizure possible to protect the war effort.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Lewis
War Labor Board
WLB
German Cruiser Leipzig Towed After Torpedo Attack
The German cruiser Leipzig carrying 500 troops and refugees was struck by several torpedoes while sailing from Gdynia to Abeenrade and was towed into port, the Swedish radio reported on Friday.
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London
Leipzig
Gdynia
Abeenrade
British Fleet Units Hit During Sakishima Raid
British Pacific force attacked Sakishima islands from March 31 to April 2. The King George V, a 35000 ton battleship, and other units were slightly damaged in a Japanese air concert. British fighters and anti aircraft gunners claimed 22 enemy planes down and nine damaged in three days.
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Guam
Sakishima Islands
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
King George
Sakishima
Ryukyu Islands
Luftwaffe Pilots Flew To Lisbon Claims Exhaustion With Fighting
Three Luftwaffe pilots landed at Lisbon airport after a flight from Germany in a Junkers 118 bi motor fighter bomber. They told Portuguese authorities that they fled because they were tired of fighting.
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Madrid
Goering
Lisbon
Portugal
Germany
Japs Lose 161 Planes in Okinawa Raids
U S and Japanese air forces clashed over the Ryukyus as American carriers fought off a large Japanese assault. Nimitz said the enemy lost 161 planes while U S ships and ground forces pressed advances on Okinawa.
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Okinawa
Guam
U.S
U. S
Ryukyus
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Bartender Testimony in Booth Murder Trial at Beer Can
James Lonzo Booth stands trial for the October 8 murder of James Elmer Clem at the Beer Can tavern. The case recessed until Monday as five witnesses testified and Harold Hants described Booth with a gun raised toward the ceiling during closing time.
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James Lonzo Booth
James Elmer Clem
Beer Can
J. J. Lynch
Margaret Ledvinka
Harold Hants
Booth
Clem
Hants
Stettinius Opens Door for Amendments to Dumbarton Oaks Plan
Secretary of State Stettinius said at a Washington news conference that the United States and any other nation may seek amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks plan during the San Francisco conference. He noted the Big Four agreed on a wide open, deliberative process with 30 nations to draft plans for a world court, including the United States, Russia, Britain, China and France.
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Dumbarton Oaks
Washington
United States
San Francisco
Russia
Britain
China
War and the Working Classes
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Hull
United Nations
France
Fifth Army Surges Forward in New Italian Offensive
Rome reports Fifth Army forces advanced about two miles on the second day of a surprise western Italy thrust described by Berlin as a major attack. Allied units moved from Strettoia and Azzano, outflanked Mount Fragolito from the east and northeast, and faced a strong German counterattack ending the initial gains. General Mark W. Clark had promised a breakout offensive to drive Germans from Italy.
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Rome
U.P
Fifth Army
Italy
Berlin
Strettoia
Azzano
Ligurian
Mount Fragolito
Mark W. Clark
15Th Army Group
Nazis Shake Up Command on Eastern Front
The German broadcast reports Col. Gen. Ferdinand Schorner named commander-in-chief of the eastern front, promoted to field marshal, replacing Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian as Soviet pressure grows near the Oder river. Guderian reportedly arrested for negligence amid a looming climactic battle near Berlin, 31 miles from Red Army lines. Schorner previously led in Lithuania with harsh measures and later commanded lower Silesia.
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London
U.P
Ferdinand Schorner
Eastern Front
Heinz Guderain
Oder River
Daily Express
Schorner
Guderain
Navy Seaplane Crew Members Killed in Crash
Navy officials report eight crew members perished when a Martin Mariner crashed during a San Diego area takeoff. Four rescued with burns and shock were admitted to Naval Hospital. The plane failed to gain altitude and struck the water.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Martin Mariner
Ataea
San Deigo
11Th Naval District
Naval Hospital
Churchill names new representative to MacArthur HQ
London April 6 Prime Minister Churchill appoints Lt Gen C H Gairdine as special representative to Gen MacArthur's headquarters to replace Lt Gen Herbert Lumsden killed in the Pacific announced Friday night dated January 6
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London
Churchill
C. H. Gairdine
MacArthur
Herbert Lumsden
Pacific
Soviet Troops Close on Vienna in Major Offensive
Russian shock troops advanced on a 98 mile siege arc around Vienna, capturing four suburbs and reaching the Danube south of the city. Units reached the Morava river barrier and approached St Stephen's church area amid heavy fighting and shell fire.
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London
Vienna
Danube
Morava
St. Stephan’s
Moscow
Rothneustedl
Danube River
Schwechat
St Stephan's Church
Allied Air Attacks Hit Leipzig Halle and Gera Rail Hubs
American Eighth Air Force and 600 fighters attacked rail choke points around Leipzig Halle and Gera on Friday. The strikes targeted key hubs used to move German troops toward Berchtesgaden as Allied armored advances press south in southern Germany. Navy reports say at least 21 warships and freighters were sunk in last month’s port raids on Bremen Wilhelmshaven Hamburg including the cruiser Koeln and 11 submarines. Local aerial losses were minimal with weather obscuring opposition.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Leipzig
Halle
Gera
Germany
Koeln
Bremen
Wilhelmshaven
Hamburg
Leipzig Area
Erfurt
Red Army
Neisse River
Jack Hayes, Jr
San Diego
Calif
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Troops Seize Lucena Capital in Tayabas Province
U. S. 10th Airborne Division units seized Lucena, capital of Tayabas province in central Luzon, and nearby airfields, according to a Saturday communique.
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Lucena Manila
U. S. 10Th Airborne Division
Lucena
Tayabas
Luzon
Holland and Her Great Cities Nearly Cut Off
Allied armor and infantry shattered the Weser line as 40 to 60 mile advances push toward Berlin. Hamm and Wurzburg fall to U S Ninth and Seventh armies while Diepholz nears Bremen. Canadian First Army breaches toward Zutphen as the Ruhr struggle widens.
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Holland
Paris
Weser River
Hannover
Hamm
Wuerzburg
U. S. Third Army
Martin Luther
Eisleben
Saxony
Berlin
Weser
Elbe
Second
Ninth Army
First Army
Second Army
Diepholz
Bremen
Germany
U. S. Ninth Army
Ruhr
Scouts to Collect Paper Today in Victory Waste Drive
Butte Boy Scouts will canvass business and warehouse districts today as the second phase of the Victory Waste Paper and Rags drive. Ward Thompson chairs the effort with F. W. Strandberg and August Grunert aiding.
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Butte
Tojo and Five Former Premiers Named in Japanese Cabinet
London dispatch reports Adm. Kantaro Suzuki formed a new cabinet with Gen. Hideki Tojo and five ex premiers including Prince Fumimaro Konoue and Adm. Keisuke Okada. The list, submitted to Emperor Hirohito after two days of talks, could not be confirmed by Tokyo.
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Tojo
London
U.P
Adm
Kantaro Suzuki
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Transocean Agency
Singapore Radio
Transocean-Singapore
Tokyo Radio
Suzuki
Hirohito
Imperial Palace
Transocean
Fumimaro Konoue
Keisuke Okada
Koki Horota
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Reijiro Watasuke
School Election Set for Today With Three Trustees Running
Voters in School District No. 1 head to 32 polling places today as polling hours run 8 am to noon and 1 pm to 8 pm. Three three year terms are on the ballot with candidates from the People’s party Dr Milo C Roberts incumbent Wenzell A Brown and Herbert H Brotherson and from the Independent party E C Vawter Arthur Lehwalder and William Gay incumbent.
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People’s Party
Milo C. Roberts
Wenzell A. Brown
Herbert H. Brotherson
Independent Party
E. C. Vawter
Arthur Lehwalder
William Gay
Sherman
Blaine
Waston
Arizona Street Fire Station
Lincoln School
New High School
Lincoln
Monroe
McKinley
Monroe School
McKinley School
Grant School
Old High School
Park and
Idaho
Jefferson School
Emerson School
West Diamond
Franklin School
Webster School
Harrison
Webster
Greeley
Longfellow
Whittier
Madison
Hawthorne
Cleveland
Horthy Reported Dead by Paris Radio
Paris radio, citing Ankara, said Adm. Nicholas Horthy former Hungarian regent died of a heart attack at a castle somewhere in Germany. Earlier reports claimed he was held by the Nazis in Germany.
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London
Paris
Ankara
Nicholas Horthy
Germany
Horthy
Weekend weather outlook across regions
The forecast shows Butte with mostly cloudy skies and colder air bringing snow flurries and moderate winds Saturday night. Highs reach 35, with Friday peaking at 45 and a low of 27. west of divide expect light rain or snow flurries and colder conditions north and Saturday afternoon. east of divide expect occasional light snow and continued cold through Sunday with mountain snow and highs from 45 to 50 southwest to 20-25 northeast.
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J. J. Clark
America
Naha
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W. R. Higginbotham
Corp
Paul W. Hershberger
Barbara Hershberger
South Main
Hershberger
Armed Forces
Northern Pacific Roundhouse
Plains
Mont
Paul Hershberger
John Hershberger
By Romney Wheeler
Elbe River
By Austin Bealmear
Nuernberg
Seventh Army
North Sea
Zutphen
Baron Suzuki
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