Germans Fear New Allied Landings on Italian Coasts
German commander in Italy Field Marshal Albert Kesselring faces expected Allied landings on the Gulf of Genoa and the Adriatic coast. A German war correspondent says Italy’s front may soon flare up again with new tactics including air dropped smoke to mark targets and mask disembarkations and movements.
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London
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Gulf of Genoa
Adriatic
Gunther Weber
Weber
Kesselring
Cassino
Wounded Navigator Re Navigates Crippled Bomber Home
Lt. John F. Mitchell, wounded in the jaw, directs the pilot with notes passed during return from a raid. Despite blood loss and two engines out, he guides the Flying Fortress to land at the base in England as medics await.
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A. United States
England
Mitch
Germany
John F. Mitchell
San Francisco
Ben H. Shaffer
Sacramento
Shaffer
Merchants Losses in March Slightly Higher Says War Leaders
Roosevelt and Churchill released a joint report noting March merchant shipping losses were a little higher than February. The alliance said the rate of U boat sinkings remained fully maintained and that operations spread from the Barents Sea toward Murmansk and into the Indian Ocean.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Office of War Information
Russia
Barents Sea
Murmansk
Indian Ocean
Japan to Move Capital From Tokyo to Hsinking
Chungking edition of the Shanghai Post and Mercury reports Japan will relocate the capital from Tokyo to Hsinking, Manchukuo, as Allied Pacific offensive nears home islands. It notes Changchun’s substitutes built in recent years and the palace of Pu Yi would be used by the Japanese emperor.
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Chungking
Japan
Tokyo
Hsinking
Manchukuo
Shanghai Post and Mercury
Changchun
Henry Pu Yi
General Griswold lauded for Bougainville victory
General George C. Marshall congratulates Maj. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold on Bougainville Island for repelling an 18 day Japanese attack. An estimated 8 000 Japanese were killed in the action.
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Bougainville
Solomon Islands
George C. Marshall
Oscar W. Griswold
Bougainville Island
Weather Forecast West And East Of Divide
West of the continental divide expect partly cloudy skies with little temperature change on Monday. East of the divide skies will clear on Monday with no notable temperature shift.
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Continental Divide
Young Burglars Captured In Butte After Citywide Cracking
Butte police and Montana highway patrolmen captured a group of youths suspected in burglaries at six Butte businesses. The Hanley brothers, Dan 25 and James 19, and Robert L. Miller and Ralph Ort, 17, former reform school inmates from Chehalis Washington, allegedly carried out the break-ins. The brothers are jailed on burglary charges. the Washington youths were held at the county jail.
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Butte
Montana
Jack Duggan
Dan Hanley
James Hanley
Butte Brothers
Robert L. Miller
Ralph Ort
Reform School
Chehalis
Wash
Cyclonic Wind Claims Infant in Hamilton County
A cyclonic wind in Hamilton County Saturday night left one infant dead and five others injured. Glenda Jean Glover, daughter of Pvt. and Mrs. A. D. Glover of Pottsville, was torn from her mother’s arms and later found dead. Seventeen homes and a church were destroyed in Pottsville. the infant’s father is stationed in the Pacific.
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Hamilton
Texas
Hamilton County
Glenda Jean Glover
A. D. Glover
Pottsville
Pacific
Nine Flyers Die In Army Plane Crash Near Memphis
Nine Army airmen were killed and one gravely injured when a B-24 on a flight from Topeka air base to Florida crashed 20 miles northeast of Memphis Tennessee on Saturday.
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Topeka
Kan
Topeka Air Base
Florida
Memphis
Tenn
Bombing Run Hits Hollandia Wewak and Hansa Bay
Allied bombers from Gen. George C. Kenney's Fifth Air Force struck Hollandia Wewak and Hansa Bay in northern New Guinea, dropping 281 tons of bombs on Saturday. The raids caused fuel fires and damaged several installations while no Japanese fighters challenged the attack. Additional strikes targeted supply areas at Nubia and Potsdam, with 34 tons of explosives on enemy installations.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Liberator
Mitchell
Boston
George C. Kenney
Fifth Air Force
Hollandia
Wewak
Hansa Bay
Japan
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Midway
Madang
Nubia
Potsdam
Alexishafen
Montana School of Mines Mourns Prof Charles Fulton
Dr Charles Herman Fulton 170 a renowned metallurgist and former Montana School of Mines metallurgy professor died Sunday in a local hospital after a brief illness He served at the school during wartime staff shortages and inspired students with his long career and expertise Tributes came from Dr Francis A Thomson and faculty His career included posts at Columbia University University of Wyoming and a retirement revival in 1942 with his wife at 1012 West Silver street
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Charles Herman Fulton
Montana School of Mines
Mining College
Francis A. Thomson
Fulton
Ludwigshafen Am Rhein
Germany
Albert Charles
Bertha Anne Fulton
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N. Y
Columbia University School of Mines
Marion Cunninghame
Columbia University
University of Wyoming
German Secret Weapon Again Fails at Anzio
Naples April 9 Allied headquarters reported the German Minehand remote controlled tanks failed to affect the Anzio battle. Gunners hit a Tiger tank near Cisterna. air forces raided enemy lines and Bar on the Dalmatian coast. Wellington bombers struck Montenegro targets east of Dubrovnik.
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Allied
Naples
Anzio
Cisterna
Bar
Dalmatian
Carroceto
R. A. F. Wellington
Mediterranean
Miksic
Dubrovnik
Montenegro
Snow Avalanche Buries Autos on Berthoud Pass
In Georgetown Colorado on Berthoud pass a Sunday night avalanche buried three autos and swept a fourth down the mountainside. A woman in the swept car was seriously injured. the other occupants’ fate was unknown as highway plows struggled to reach the site. Sheriff Brumbaugh reported the details.
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Georgetown
Colo
Berthoud Pass
Harold N. Brumbaugh
Brumbaugh
State Highway Department
Gov Bricker Visits Butte During Easter Stop
Silvery-haired Gov John Bricker of Ohio and Republican presidential hopeful spent 11 minutes in Butte greeting a large crowd at the Milwaukee depot. He declined to discuss politics on Easter Sunday, said he received an Easter greeting from his 13-year-old son in Columbus, and spoke briefly about friendliness and manliness as he toured the West.
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John William Bricker
Ohio
Butte
Milwaukee
Montana
Bricker
Columbus
Jack Roy Bricker
War Cost Nears Trillion Dollar Mark in 1944
Dr Mabel L Walker of the Tax Institute says the financial cost of World War II for belligerents will approach 900 billion dollars by end of 1944 based on U S British and allied data.
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New York
Mabel L. Walker
The
Tax Institute
United States
Praise Allies Rally Marks Anniversary in London
Norwegians and Danes gathered in London to mark the fifth anniversary of the German invasion. King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav attended as they praised Allied efforts and saluted underground workers as soldiers of a great Allied Army destined for final victory.
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London
Haakon
Olav
Norway
Russians Half Encircle Town of Iasi
Russian troops half encircled the rail center of Iasi as part of a broader advance sweeping over more villages. Moscow reported incursions toward Odessa and the Carpathians with other fronts also active. Cucuteni near Iasi fell to Marshal Konev’s Second Ukraine army as fighting extends over an 80 mile front.
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London
Iasi
Odessa
Black Sea
Moscow
Carpathian Mountains
Berlin
Crimean Peninsula
Cucuteni
Ivan
Konev
Second Ukraine
Siret
Podu Ilonei
Hull Appeals for Unity of Americans
Secretary of State Hull urged Americans to avoid election year disunity and preserve unity in world affairs. He outlined a postwar policy of organized peace with the U S Britain Russia and China cooperating for peace and war, saying without such cooperation another major conflict is likely in 20 to 25 years. He stressed there are no secret agreements and discussed France under De Gaulle and Italy under Badoglio as part of current policy efforts.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Britain
Russia
China
CBS
Roosevelt
France
French Committee of National Liberation
de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Badoglio
Army Planes Hit Truk 16th Time
Seventh Army Air Force Liberators bomb Truk in the sixteenth attack in 11 days to soften up the central Carolines. Moen, Dublin islands hit. Ponape, Croluk, Ponape and Ujelang targeted with additional strikes by Liberators, Mitchells, and Corsairs with moderate to light anti-aircraft fire and no reported losses.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Air Force
Truk
Carolines
Chester W. Nimitz
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Big Liberators
Moen Island
Dublin Island
Nimitz
Croluk
Ponape
Ujelang
Central Pacific
Marine Corsair
Marshall Atolls
Americans at Home and Abroad Observe Holy Easter Rites
Easter sermons across the nation urged rededication to democracy and Christian brotherhood amid wartime sacrifice. Church leaders from Minneapolis to New York linked the resurrection to hope for peace and warned against returning to war.
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Christian Brotherhood
United Nations
De Gaulle Fires Gen Giraud in North Africa
Gen Charles De Gaulle dismissed Gen Henri Giraud from his post as commander in chief and named him inspector general of the French armed forces. Giraud rejected the move, arguing it violated republican law and separating civil and military powers. He refused to resign, asserting the action was improper during war.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Honore Giraud
Giraud
France
North
Africa
de Gaulle
RAF raids indicate targets in France and Poland on distant operations
British heavy bombers over enemy territory last night likely targeted France while five American task forces struck key Nazi aircraft plants in Poland East Prussia and northwest Germany. Flying Fortresses reached Marienburg after a 1600 mile round trip and penetrated near the Russian front as fighters engaged and several air battles unfolded.
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London
France
Reich
Poland
East Prussia
Germany
Stockholm
Sweden
Nurnberg
Toulouse
Gereman
Air Force
Poznan
Posen
Gydnia
Marienburg
Warnemunde
Tutow
Europe
Hitler
Anaconda Knights Celebrate Fortieth Anniversary
Knights of Columbus in Anaconda mark their 40th with a Mass at St. Peter Church a 10 30 morning a luncheon and dance at the Montana hotel hosting over 500 guests. Francis Matthews supreme grand knight of Omaha attends along with state and local leaders in a day of religious and ceremonial events.
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Anaconda
Knights of Columbus
Anaconda Council
Thomas B. Leonard
Montana
Jack L. White
Emmett O'Neill
St. Peter Church
M. P. Sullivan
Phil Hagen
Glendive
Wall blast fails to move stubborn retaining wall
In Kansas City on April 9 a City Park department crew attempted to blast a 50 year old retaining wall alongside a street. A crowd gathered to watch the demolition. The explosive charge went off with a loud boom but the wall did not budge.
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Kansas City
City Park Department
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William Dickinson
School of Mines
C. H. Fulton
Charles H. Fulton
U.S
By Lynn Heinzerling
Gov
John W. Bricker
By Tom Yarbrough
Cordell Hull
Secretary of State
U. S
By John M. Hightower
By Leif Erickson
Associated Press
Reuben K Youngdahl
Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
Minn
Walton E. Cole
Second
Unitarian) Church
Mass
Monsignor
Fulton J. Sheen
Catholic University of America
Washington, D. C
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Francis J. Spellman
Christ
Atlanta
Raimundo de Ovies
St. Philip’s
Episcopal
W. W. Hercher
Anaconda Knights
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