Hungarian Regency Proclaims Occupation of Danube Tisza Zone
Admiral Nicholas Horthy announced Hungary has occupied the river corridor between the Danube and Tisza in the former Yugoslavia. The move follows Croatia’s independence and seeks to shield Hungarian nationals in the area. German bombers raided Salamis near Athens, setting oil stores ablaze.
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Budapest
U.P
Nicholas de Horthy
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Danube
Tisza
Croatia
Berlin
Salamis
Athens
Italy Says U S Airbases In Greenland Raise Japan Hawaii Link
Rome dispatch from the official Italian news agency notes that the United States plan to set up airbases in Greenland would be used to argue that Japan could seek Hawaii to protect Asia and Europe and Alaska to shield the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Rome
Washington Dispatch
United States
Greenland
Japan
Hawaii
Asia
Europe
Alaska
RAF Night Fighters Shoot Down Nine German Bombers
London reports Friday that Royal Air Force night fighters downed nine German bombers that attacked London and other parts of Britain Thursday night. The raid caused damage but no casualty figures were given in the report.
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London
Royal Air Force
Britain
German Panzer Troops Enter Zagreb amid Jubilation
German Panzer troops entered Zagreb on April 10, as announced by the high command in a late Thursday communique. The move followed Croatia’s capital experiencing what officials described as the populace's jubilation.
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Berlin
High Command
Zagreb
Cretia
British Greek Line of Balkan Defense May Block German Push
War analysis outlines a vast inverted V defense from Salonika to Chimara Albania to halt the German Balkan blitz. The layout favors a British right flank with sea access and base support in Greece. The lower Vardar corridor and marshy terrain could slow German mechanized assault. Continued on Page 7 Col 2.
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Gulf of
Salonika
Aegean
Greece
Chimara
Albania
Adriatic
Balkans
Vardar
The
Yugoslavia
Kranj
Zagreb
Price Control Agency May Be Established
Washington April 10 U P Informed officials say President Roosevelt will sign an executive order soon creating a new agency with powers to control prices and avert inflation from defense spending. Leon Henderson is slated to head the agency to be part of the office of emergency management. The new agency will take over consumer price stabilization from Henderson and coordinate with the O P M. Five orders have set ceiling prices on used machine tools aluminum scrap zinc scrap iron and steel scrap.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
White House
Leon Henderson
Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Emergency Management
Office of Production Management
National Defense Advisory Commission
Price Control Agency
Henderson
National Defense Commission
Consumer Division
Miss Harriet Elliott
Morrison Cave Dedication Set for May 4
Morrison cave will open for the 1941 season on May 4 with a formal dedication of the state park around the site. The cave was closed to the public until then and most construction is finished. O. J. Ballas, new cave superintendent, said improvements have been made this winter and the Whitehall Rotary club sponsors the dedicatory program led by Clyde Aiken. The cave sits on U. S. Highway 10 about 100 miles east of Whitehall.
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Morrison Cave
Butte Chamber of Commerce
O. J. Ballas
Montana
Whitehall Rotary Club
Clyde Aiken
Cave
U. S. Highway No. 10
Whitehall
Government Aims Evacuation of Istanbul Population
The government announced that a large portion of Istanbul's 750000 residents will be evacuated to interior Anatolia due to war threat. Evacuees include orphans and pensioners not in defense work. transportation requests must be filed by April 15. arrivals may go anywhere except Thrace, Ankara, Izmir or Erzurum.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Golden Horn
Bosporus
Bulgaria
Greece
Thrace
Ankara
Izmir
Erzercum
Anatolia
Turkey-in-Europe
Army Expands Secrecy Over Offshore Base Activity
Washington reports a new War Department rule classifying all offshore base troop details as confidential. Undersecretary Patterson said disclosure would aid foreign intelligence and harm national defense, with no broad censorship of overseas communications. Only about five percent of military information faces disclosure limits across three categories.
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Washington
Army
Greenland
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Hawaii
Philippines
Canal Zone
Second Army
Continental
United States
Butte Observes Good Friday With Church Services
Most of Butte's business firms close from 12 to 3 as employees attend Holy Week services. Easter vacation for public and parochial schools starts Wednesday. schools return Monday. Union services at Mountain View Methodist Church and other rites across congregations run during the closed hours. Cantatas planned at First Baptist and St John Episcopal. Mass times at St Patrick, Sacred Heart, St Joseph, and other churches. Altar decor removed. Blessed Sacrament hidden. Way of the Cross and Stations of the Cross held throughout the day.
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Butte
Silver Bow
First Baptist
St. John Episcopal
St. Patrick
Sacred Heart
St. Joseph Church
German Blitzkrieg Inactive In Greece as Front Holds
Thursday report from Athens says the German blitzkrieg against Greece was unaccountably inactive with fighting limited to the Bulgarian frontier and scattered air raids on Piraeus and Kozane. Greek forces on the Macedonian front were described as few but heroic, while Greek and British troops prepare to defend the mountains after Salonika fell.
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Athens
Greece
Piraeus
Kozane
Salonika
Senenetetive
London
Macedonia
Thrace
Greek Home Security Ministry
Germans Claim 100000 Prisoners in Balkans Drive
Berlin reports 100000 captives so far Greeks 80000 and Serbs 20000 with six generals among Serb captives. German air force to soften British in Greece ahead of ground assault and rail lines to Salonika seen as key targets. War correspondence notes losses and fierce hand to hand fighting near Metaxas line in Macedonia.
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Berlin
Balkan
Greece
Thrace
Aegean
Salonika
Serbia
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Foreign Office
Piraeus
Athens
Dienst
Yugoslavia
Dubrovnik
Split
High Command
Metaxas
Macedonia
British Greeks Prepare Lines of Defense
British and Greek forces establish a strong defense line across the northeastern Greek peninsula from Chimara to Mount Olympus with 300000 British troops involved and Greek units reinforcing the western front. Allied troops move from Piraeus as Africa-based units arrive with modern equipment to confront Nazi forces in the Balkans.
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Albania
North Africa
Chimara
Adriatic
Mount Olympus
Greece
Phliorina
Lake Prespa
Mount Perister
Olympus
Salonika
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with showers on Friday. Temperatures show little change in Butte and Montana with cooler conditions noted in the east and extreme north on Friday.
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Butte
Montana
Use of Montana Minerals for Defense Urged
Montana officials plan to submit the use of local minerals for defense to Washington officials. R E Towle of the Helena Federal Reserve and Dr Francis A Thomson of the Montana School of Mines will travel to discuss the matter, representing Montanans Inc and the Federal Reserve as defense contract agency. The Montana Chamber executive committee set April 25 26 for its annual meeting and highlighted minerals such as chromium antimony manganese ferro manganese and sapphires as strategic for defense.
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Helena
Montana
Office of Production Management
Washington
Montanans, Inc
R. E. Towle
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Francis A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Towle
Federal Reserve Bank
Defense Contract Agency
Dr. Thomson
State Chamber
James H. Rowe
Western Beet Growers’ Association
Pas
Senator McKellar Ordered to Baptist Hospital
Senator Kenneth D. McKellar of Tennessee was ordered to Baptist Hospital in Memphis after an attack of vertigo caused him to collapse in the Gayoso hotel lobby. His physician cited heavy eating and excitement as triggers but recommended a thorough checkover for the 72-year-old lawmaker.
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Memphis
Tenn
Kenneth D. McKellar
Baptist Hospital
Gayoso Hotel
Gracefield Sunk by Nazi Raider Roams South Atlantic
British freighter Gracefield of 4,631 tons was sunk by a Nazi raider in the South Atlantic. Some of her crew reached Bordeaux, France, according to marine circles on Thursday.
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Preighter
New York
Gracefield
South Atlantic
Bordeaux
France
April Shower Washes Butte With Hail Halting Three Forks Traffic
A brisk April shower drenched Butte with about 0.4 inches of rain, while Three Forks area faced a heavy hailstorm that halted traffic and covered roads with several inches of hail. Expect more showers today with temperatures near a 53 maximum and 32 minimum.
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Butte
Three Forks
U S Acquires Rights for Greenland Bases
The United States gains rights for bases and fortifications in Greenland under a Danish Washington agreement. President Roosevelt says Greenland will be part of hemispheric defense while Denmark remains occupied, with hopes for future Danish control after liberation.
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Washington
United States
North Atlantic
Greenland
Henrik de Kauffmann
Hemisphere
Denmark
Roosevelt
11700 Car Plates Sold in County in 1941
More than eleven thousand seven hundred license plates for passenger vehicles have been sold in 1941, according to the county treasurer's office. Truck plates reached one thousand eight hundred thirty, a slight rise over early April 1940 figures.
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George O’brien, Jr
Croat State Formed In Yugoslavia Crisis
German forces occupy Zagreb and the Croat movement declares an independent state led by Ante Pavelic and Kvaternik. Vladimir Macek, previously a Yugoslav official and critic of Pavelić, is cited as a key promoter of the new government. Germans claim Zagreb's occupation met with public approval.
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Bern
Switzerland
Zagreb
Croatia
Kingdom of
Yugoslavia
Kingdom of the
Ante Pavelic
Kvaternik
Alexander
Vladimir Macek
Macek Long
Pavelic
Macek
Internationales Nachrichten Buro
Yugoslav Fleet Joins British Ships From Adriatic Coast
Dispatches say Yugoslav forces have escaped their Adriatic base and joined the British fleet operating from Greek ports. The move strengthens Allied naval presence in the region.
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Vichy
U.P
Yugoslavia
Dalmatian
Legislature Sets Record in Bills That Became Laws
Senator W E Keeley told the Butte Rotary club that 590 bills were introduced in the 27th Montana Legislature and only 167 became laws, a 30 percent rate the lowest ever recorded. He noted no new taxes, increased social welfare allocations, a streamlined Senate, and a balanced budget.
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House
Senate
Montana Legislative Assembly
W. E. Keeley
Powell County
Butte Rotary Club
Finlen Hotel
Keeley
Legislative Assembly
Montana
James T. Pinsen, Jr
Butte Ry c
Rotary International
Butte
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Pindus
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U.S
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Fleet
Rotary Hears
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Butte Civic Club
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