Military Regulations Protect Copper Production in Butte
Furloughed soldiers aged 22 to 25 working in Anaconda company mines at Butte will not be recalled to duty for now. Civilians in the same age group employed in mines smelters and plants at Butte Anaconda and Great Falls are eligible for deferment upon proper showing. The Anaconda operations are on the production urgency list by Gen. Hershey and efforts will seek to maintain full crews.
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Anaconda Company
Butte
McCoach
Fort Douglas
Anaconda
Great Falls
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Japs Beaten Back In India Kohima Battle Rages
Allied headquarters reported heavy fighting near Kohima as Japanese assault penetrated fortifications before being repelled. Casualties included about fifty Japanese dead and prisoners taken. Kohima remains key to the Imphal defense with supply routes under Allied control.
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New Delhi
Kohima
Bengal-Assam
India
Imphal
Burma
Berlin
Kohime
Dimapur
Tiddim
Joseph W. Bulwell
Bengal- Assam
Mogaung
Arakan
Johnston to Visit Russia, Discuss Postwar Trade Prospects
Eric A. Johnston president of the United States Chamber of Commerce says he will travel to Russia to assess how postwar trade and the Soviet Union's production and exports may affect U S workers. He plans frank talks and expects foreign policy to impact jobs at home.
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Spokane
Wash
Eric A. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Russia
Joe Doakes
Soviet Union
Chronicle
England
Manchester
Britain
Quentin Roosevelt to marry in England this Wednesday
Capt. Quentin Roosevelt, 24, son of Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, will wed Frances Webb, 26, of Kansas City, an American Red Cross worker, in an English church Wednesday morning. Miss Webb is a Smith College graduate. Roosevelt served in Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns with a field artillery unit.
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England
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Frances Webb
Ofansas City
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Miss Webb
Smith College
Artillery Flares Into Action Near Cassino
Allied headquarters report Cassino subjected to heavy shelling ending days of quiet. New Zealand troops reportedly hit two strongpoints at Sant Angelo as 21 tanks were seen near Minturno with five possibly knocked out. German rail and road targets in the Rome area and the Garigliano corridor were attacked despite poor weather.
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Naples
Cassino
Garigliano
Fifth Army
New Zealand
Sant Angelo
Rome
Minturno
Ausente
American Aces Fall in March 27 Air Battle
Majors Walker M Mahurin and Gerald Johnson of Zemke’s wolf pack were shot down in March 27 air combats as American forces hit nine Nazi air bases in France. Mahurin, 26, of Fort Wayne Indiana, had 21 victories and Johnson, 24, of Owenton Kentucky, 18. 10 Americans were missing and 38 German fighters were shot down. Mahurin may be a prisoner. he had been America’s leading European ace prior to December 22.
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War Department
Walker M. Mahurin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Maj
Gerald Johnson
Owenton
Col
Hubert Zemke
Thunderbolt
Zemke
Missoula
Mont
S. B. Johnson
Mahurin
Destruction Is Rained on French Coast
Allied air forces led a large daylight and night bombing campaign along the French Belgian coast and interior targets. U S Ninth Air Force Marauders dropped over 1 000 tons of bombs in a single day while Fortresses Liberators and escorts hit air fields factories and repair works near Brussels Paris and Calais. German air defenses fought back with ground losses heavy. total Allied losses were four fighters and three bombers.
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London
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Namur
Brussels
U.S
Europe
Dover Strait
France
Pas de Calais
Evere
Cilverde
Melsbroek
Bourges
Paris
Orleans
Poland
East Prussia
Belgium
James A. Goodson
Toronto
Ontario
Charles M. Peal
Nashville
Tenn
Alwin M. Jucheim
Grenada
Miss
James R. Happel
Paulsboro
N. J
Fremont W. Miller
Burris
Wyo
Butte Weather: Partly Cloudy With Scattered Showers
A Montana forecast notes Tuesday will be partly cloudy with scattered light showers. Monday's temperatures reach a high of 53 and a low of 23. West of the continental divide remains cooler, with the east warmer and north portions seeing similar shower chances.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Mexico City pistol attempt on Avila Camacho shocks capital
Lt Antonio E De Lama Rojas, a 32 year old Mexican artillery officer, saluted President Manuel Avila Camacho then fired a 45 caliber pistol without wounding him. Held on high treason and assault charges, he awaits a hearing. The president remained unharmed.
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Mexico City
U.rp
Manuel Avila Camacho
United Nations
Avila Camacho
Antonio E. de Lama Rojas
Mexican Military College
Santiago Tlaledlolca
Doctor Mathesius to Receive Francis J. Cramer Medal
Dr. Walter Emil Ludwig Mathesius president of Geneva Steel in Utah and former vice president of U S Steel will be awarded the Franklin Institute's Francis J. Cramer medal for outstanding metallurgy achievements and contributions in blast furnace practice.
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Philadelphia
Walter Emil Ludwig Mathesius
Geneva Steel Company
Geneva
Utah
United States Steel Corporation
Franklin Institute
Francis J. Cramer
Institute
Beef shortage forecast by stockyard cattlemen
Kansas City dispatch reports cattlemen who deal with the stockyards predict a critical beef shortage within 90 days. They warn beef quality will deteriorate as demand stays strong and feeder profitability collapses, risking the feeder disappearing and raising prices for housewives.
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Kansas City
Russians win Odessa as Crimea front buckles in new Soviet drive
Moscow reported that the Russians captured Odessa and advanced on the Crimean peninsula driving toward the Ploesti oil fields. In two days German losses mounted with thousands killed and 180 villages seized, as 100,000 Axis troops in Crimea faced a fresh Soviet assault.
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Europe
Balkan
Carpathian Mountains
Danube River
Odessa
Arrow
Ploesti
Crimean Peninsula
London
Black Sea
Romania
Crimean
Moscow
Feodor I. Tolbukin
Pvt P J Myerle Dies in Aleutians
Private First Class Peter J. Myerle aged 37 was killed March 30 in an accident in the Aleutian islands where he led a demolition squad. He was born in Butte and worked in mines before enlisting in 1941. He leaves his father Peter Myerle and four sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, all of Butte.
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Peter J. Myerle
Aleutian Islands
Peter Myerle
South Main Street
War Department
Myerle
Butte
St. Ann
Army
Pearl Harbor
Aleutians
Peter Antonelio
Charles Beley
Harry Foreman
John Kogar
Copper Tanks
Ford Names Henry Ford II Executive Vice President
Detroit April 10 The Ford Motor Co announced Henry Ford II aged 26 was named executive vice president, ranking second to founder Henry Ford. He has served as vice president since January.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
Young Ford
Must Statutes Docketed For Congress Recess
Washington April 10 Three major war related bills head a must list for clearance before Congress recesses for the conventions The measures cover extending wartime price controls and stabilization the lend lease program and a GI bill of rights for veterans The push comes as Congress faces summer deadlines and party conventions with leaders Rayburn and Martin returning from Easter recess and tax simplification unlikely before autumn
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Washington
Congress
OPA
Chicago
Rayburn
Texas
House
Martin
Massasschusetts
Butler
R.-Neb
Wolcott
R.-Mich
Allied Forces See Japanese Retreat On New Britain Amid Last Stand Threat
Allied headquarters report 40,000 Japanese retreat to the Gazelle peninsula on New Britain as MacArthur says central New Britain is under Allied control. Japanese prepare final defense around Rabaul along a 20 mile front with air fields at Cape Hoskins and Gasmata abandoned after heavy bombing by U.S. Marines and air forces.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Solomons
U. S S
New Britain Island
Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
Japan
Bismarck Archipelago
Gazelle Peninsula
MacArthur
Wide Bay
Open Bay
Cape Hoskins
Gasmata
Raoul
Cape Gloucester
German Forces Beaten Back At Tito Stronghold Jajce
London dispatch reports Yugoslav partisans repulsed renewed German attacks toward Jajce and Mrkonjic Grad five miles northwest. Diversionary push from Banja Luka noted as Weichs renews effort after Tito said Germans suffered a great defeat following a five day battle.
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London
Jajce
Josip Broz
Tito
Banja Luka
Baron Maximilian von Weichs
Mrkonjicerad
Airmen Batter Jap Bases in Central Pacific
US bombers and fighters attacked six central Pacific bases on Saturday night in a prolonged campaign targeting the Marshalls and Carolines. Mitchell bombers and Marines hit Ponape airfield for the ninth day, while 48 tons of bombs hit four enemy positions in the Marshalls, with airfield runways damaged and fires started.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Central Pacific
Seventh Army Air Forces
Marshalls
Carolines
Mitchell
Ponape Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Ace Gentile Describes Easy Task of Mowing Nazi Planes
United States ace Captain Don Gentile, leading the European air war with 20 victories, says German pilots send novices up with one veteran to lead. He credits wing man Lt. Johnny Godfrey with 16 kills and reveals radio tactics as Germans form pairs and fours to follow leaders.
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United States
England
Don
S. Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Johnny Godfrey
Woonsocket
R. I
Godfrey
Gentile
Johnny
Hesi
Inter-Club Patriotic Meeting Draws Capacity Crowd
A capacity crowd is expected for the Inter-Club Patriotic meeting at the Finlen hotel Wednesday night. Major Cody, Lt Corette, Lt Hendee, and Capt Fleming from the armed forces will attend along with Robert Fletcher as chair and toastmaster. The event includes a 6:30 p.m. dinner, a 25 member military band, and talks on soldier life across pre induction to field periods. Reservations close at Chamber of Commerce by 2 p.m. today and the program is open to men and women.
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Finlen Hotel
General Arrangements Committee
Frank Coleman
Armed Forces
Bernard P. Cody
Army
R. D. Corette
Marines
R. L. Hendee
Chamber of Commerce
Stalin Forecasts Czech Liberty
Stalin told President Benes that joint efforts would soon establish liberty and independence in Czechoslovakia as Russian troops entered Czech soil. The message followed Benes welcoming Soviet forces.
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London
U.P
Mareshal
Josef Stalin
Benes
Czechoslovakia
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Dresden
Italy
Vienna
Pescara
Sfoggia
Lublin
Budapest
Hungary
Cluj
Lwow
Rumania
Bucharest
Drie
Lasi
Galati
Bulgaria
Burgas
Istanbul
Turkey
W. E. L. Mathesius
Fred Olander
J. C. Cash
Olander
Pvt
P. J. Myerle
Oroluk Island
Truk
Ponape
Nimitz
Moen
Dublin
Ace
Stalin
Czech
Liberty
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