Struma Gorge in War's Hot Balkan Front
War update notes Nazi effort aimed at Greek forces in Struma gorge with British backing. A breakthrough toward Salonika through Rupel pass could split Yugoslavia from its allies and force Greek-British withdrawal, while rivals press west from Bulgaria toward Strumica and the Vardar valley.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Struma
Salonika
Vardar
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Berlin
Athens
Struma Gorge
Rupel Pass
Royal Air Force
Hot Corner
Strumica
Yougoslavia
Struma-Vardar
Hog Production in Montana Surges on Export Market
Montana hog production rose sharply with 54,326 head shipped last year, tripling the 1939 figure and marking the largest export volume since 1933. Federal statistician Jay G. Diamond noted 1940 gains followed cheaper feed and policy factors, amid long-term declines from weather and AAA programs.
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Helena
Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service Statistician
Diamond
Release refused by Pardon Board in Idaho
Boise Idaho April 7 The Idaho pardon board refused to release Lydia Southard 49 a chronic spouse killer The board heard her account of a sixth marriage in Colorado while she was at liberty after escaping the Idaho penitentiary wall in 1931 She was recaptured and the marriage was annulled Her first four husbands died She was convicted of poisoning her fourth husband Edward Meyer at Twin Falls 20 years ago
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Lydia Southard
Boise
Idaho
Idaho Pardon Board
Germans Reach Aegean Sea Split Greece From Turkey
German armored divisions and paratroopers reportedly broke through to the Aegean in western Thrace forming a southern anchor that divides Greece from Turkey. British imperial units push into Struma valley while Greek reports claim western Thrace is being evacuated as defense lines solidify. The German D N B news agency says Yugoslav airports were bombed and Belgrade was attacked for the fifth time.
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Bern
Switzerland
Aegean Sea
Thrace
Greece
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Austria
Balkan
Struma River
North Africa
Struma
Bulgaria
Rumania
New York
Belgrade
Sofia
Work Stoppage Recalled in U S Steel Plants
The CIO recalled its midnight work stoppage order at U S Steel plants amid White House talks with Philip Murray on labor policy and steel contract negotiations. Ford union elections were ordered within 45 days, and Lukens Steel faced a 130 man walkout in a CIO sponsored wage dispute.
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United States Steel Corporation
White House
Philip Murray
Roosevelt
U. S. Steel
Dearborn
Detroit
Mich
Ford
Lukens Steel Company
Coutsville
Malcolm Gillis Laid to Rest in Montana Rites
Malcolm Gillis revered pioneer resident laid to rest Monday at Mount Moriah cemetery with hundreds in attendance. Funeral services at the Masonic temple drew mourners from Anaconda Helena Deer Lodge Dillon and other western Montana cities where he lived over fifty years in Butte. Rites conducted by Highland Judge No. 142 of which he was a charter member. Rev. Floyd E. Logee officiated. Musical numbers featured two vocal duets by Effie Gray and Harry Davies with accompanist Mrs. George Berryman.
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Malcolm Gillis
Mount Moriah
Masonic Temple
Anaconda
Helena
Deer Lodge
Dillon
Montana
Gillis
Butte
Floyd E. Logee
First Presbyterian Church
Effie Gray
Harry Davies
George Berryman
Old Rugged
Hauswirth Re elected Butte Mayor In Tight Victory
Charles A. Hauswirth Republican gains a fourth consecutive term as mayor, defeating Democrat Cliff Crowley by 808 votes. Hauswirth carried 11 precincts to Crowley’s five, with 6,759 to 5,951. Also re elected were city treasurer Bernard Holland and police judge Louis Buckley, while Democrats hold 12 of 16 aldermanic seats.
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Charles A. Hauswirth
Butte
Cliff Crowley
Hauswirth
Crowley
Bernard E. Holland
Elmer O. Binder
Holland
Binder
Louis A. Buckley
J. P. Moore
Buckley
E. J. Lowney
H. B
Heinie) Strasser
Patrick King
Communist Y
Dewey McGeehan
John T. Sullivan
Barry O’leary
John E. O'Neill
Emmett Malone
Arthur J. Me
Joe Duffy
O'Neill
Hill City Elects Shea Mayor in Walkerville Win
James R. Shea, 26, Democrat of 604 West Daly street, defeated Richard Paull 490 to 212 to become Walkerville mayor. Incumbent Annie Hill was re-elected treasurer 532 to 169. Police judge Frank E. McDonald had no opposition with 530. Aldermen in wards 1 2 3 were elected or re-elected with Citizen and Democratic tickets winning various posts. Shea, a new mayor, is a Montana Power clerk and father of three.
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James R. Shea
Daly Street
Walkerville
Richard Paull
Citizen's
Annie Hill
Danny Lou Daniels
Frank E. McDonald
Sidney Odgers
Charles Storer
Peter J. Vidach
Charles Brunell
Joe Cavanaugh
Barney Cook
Andrew Peoples
Adele Gipp
Frank McQuiston
Francis Lohman
Shea
Dennis H. Shea
West
Butte High School
Montana Power Company
Scientists relish exotic fare at ichthyologists meeting
In Silver Springs Florida on April 1 scientists at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists annual meeting sampled unusual dishes. They praised a range of creatures from rattlesnake to alligator with some opting for coffee and ham sandwich as they discus species names like crotalus adamanteus and tursiops truncatus.
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Silver Springs
Fla
Ohio
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Liverpool Hit by German Night Raids Across British Isles
German air raids struck Liverpool with heavy bombs while early reports cited casualties not being heavy. A small enemy force attacked Northern Ireland causing some property damage and one bomber was downed over the sea. A hospital patient was killed and two injured in London as two other raiders were shot down.
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London
Liverpool
Irish Sea
Northern Ireland
Ministry of Public Security
British Isles
Lytham
Thailand May Join Axis Seen as Pacific Threat
Report from Batavia says Thailand may align with the Axis, heightening Pacific tensions centered on Singapore. Observers cite Matsuoka's movements, Brooke-Popham’s visit to Batavia, and Anglo-American defense talks as signs concrete action toward Japan’s Asia order may come soon.
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Thailand
Pacific
Singapore
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Far East
Japan
Asia
Batavia
Robert Brooke-Popham
Manila
Malay Peninsula
Matsuoka Visits Moscow After Berlin and Rome Talks
Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka traveled to the Kremlin for a second meeting with Soviet Premier Vyacheslav Molotov as talks on a trade treaty and a permanent Far Eastern fisheries agreement proceed. He spoke with visiting diplomats from Japan, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania and expressed a positive impression of Germany and Italy.
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Moscow
Yosuke Matsuoka
Berlin
Rome
Kremlin
Wycheslaff Molotoff
Russia
Japan
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Slovakia
Rumania
Matsuoka
General Corap Exonerated Over Sedan Collapse in France
VICHY France April 7 General Andre George Corap whose ninth army collapsed at Sedan last May and opened the fatal hole in the Allied front has been exonerated by the Vichy government. An investigation showed his army did not fail to blow up Meuse bridges German forces crossed the river on own pontoons. Reynaud broadcast claims were based on an unconfirmed report. Corap's whereabouts are unknown but he reportedly visited Paris recently and was received by General Charles Huntzinger.
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Vichy
France
Andre George Corap
Sedan
Corap
Meuse
Paul Reynaud
Reynaud
Charles Huntzinger
Maurice Gamelin
Wheeler Charges Administration With Inciting War
Senator Wheeler accuses the administration of provoking war by provoking an incident. Speaking in Detroit at an America First rally he warned of convoys to the south Atlantic and possible war ships, denouncing the move as a sham and hypocrisy. He urged faith in laws over men and condemned concentrating power in the President.
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Detroit
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Cleveland
South Atlantic
Gulf of Aden
America First Committee
Europe
State Land Board Meets in Helena on Wednesday
Helena April 7 The state board of land commissioners will hold a Wednesday meeting with only routine business on the agenda.
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Helena
State Board of Land Commissioners
Weather outlook for Butte and Montana
Partly cloudy conditions expected Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. In extreme eastern Montana a slight chance of light showers on Tuesday with slightly warmer conditions in the east and south regions.
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Butte
Montana
Mexico Rejects Nazi Demands
Mexico City reports that Mexico refused Italy and Germany’s demands for immediate surrender of 12 Axis merchant ships seized in Mexican ports. Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla said withdrawing vessels or placing them under captain control would threaten security of ships and Mexico’s maritime traffic.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Italy
Germany
Mexican
Foreign Office
Rudi von Collenberg
Alberto Marchetti
Ezequiel Padilla
Declaration of War by Turkey Expected Soon
Turkish moves toward wider Balkan conflict participation follow German advances into Thrace and near the Aegean. British war material reaches Turkey as officials weigh a formal declaration to permit bases and Dardanelles use for operations against the Axis.
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Turkey
Britain
Istanbul
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Greece
Yugoslavia
Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Two Thousand Bid 29 Draftees of First April Quota
A crowd of about 2000 bid farewell to 29 Silver Bow county selectees bound for Fort Missoula for final Army tests. The departure raises local draft totals to 304 since the call began. Families and friends cried and shared embraces at Milwaukee depot as the men left for a year of service.
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United States
Germany
Silver Bow County
Uncle Sam
Selective Service
Fort Missoula
Milwaukee
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Hill City
Paull
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A. G. Corap
Administration
Padilla
Aegean
Greek Thrace
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