Turkish Press Urges U S and Soviet to Halt German Domination
Yeni Sabah editorial pleads for immediate intervention by the United States and Soviet Russia as Turkish authorities push evacuations in Istanbul and European Turkey. The paper warns that Soviet Russia cannot remain disinterested much longer and calls for a combined effort to stop German advance.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Yeni Sabah
United States
Soviet Russia
Germany
Europe
Russia
America
Japan to stay course under three power pact say diplomats
Tokyo reports no immediate policy shift after Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka’s Europe trip. Veteran Occidental diplomats say Japan will keep to the three-power pact and does not expect the European war to spread to the Far East soon.
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Tokyo
Shanghai
Yosuke Matsuoka
Europe
Japan
Far East
Yugoslav King Peter II Flies to England via Athens
The Popolo Di Roma notes from Copenhagen that young King Peter II of Yugoslavia flew to England with a stop in Athens. Other sources in the past two days report the exiled king leaving his country.
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Rome
Popolo di Roma
Copenhagen
Peter II of
Jugoslavia
England
Athens
Arnold lands in Lisbon to view British air needs
Major Gen Henry H Arnold chief of the United States Army Air Corps arrived by Clipper in Lisbon in a pre dawn landing on Saturday on his way to London to obtain a first hand picture of British air needs.
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Lisbon
Henry H. Arnold
United States Army Air Corps
Clipper
London
German raiders shot down over England by night fighters
London reports two German raiders were shot down Friday over England. The tally rises to 40 enemy vessels destroyed by night fighters and anti aircraft guns since Monday, according to an authoritative source.
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London
England
Hungarian forces reach objectives amid fierce resistance
Reach Objectives reports from New York describe a Hungarian communique quoted by London radio stating Hungarian troops have reached all objectives after facing fierce and determined resistance from fortified positions. NBC also heard the British radio coverage.
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New York
London
NBC
German Air Forces Sink and Damage Enemy Shipping
Berlin reports the German air forces sank about 27 000 tons and heavily damaged about 33 000 tons of enemy shipping near England and Greece during Thursday night and Friday. The figures were released Saturday.
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Berlin
England
Greece
German troops reach Italian forces north of Lake Ochrida
Berlin reports Nazi units made contact with Italian forces north of Lake Ochrida in southern Yugoslavia as of Saturday April 12.
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Berlin
Lake Ochrida
Yugoslavia
FBI Chief Refuses to Testify Before House Committee
J Edgar Hoover declined to testify at a House investigation into defense production stating that releasing FBI information outside court would be fatal to the FBI’s future usefulness. Attorney General Jackson concurred, in a letter to Chairman May of the House military affairs committee.
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Washington
J Edgar Hoover
House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jackson
Hoover
May
D.ky
House Military Affairs Committee
British Gather for Second Libyan Battle
Cairo April 11 Reinforced British imperial troops move into positions east of Gebel El Addar for a second Cirenaica battle with the Axis army. Premier Hussein Pasha says Britain has absolute confidence despite German Italian gains. RAF reports 34 Axis planes destroyed this week.
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Egypt
Libya
Gebel el Acdar
Cirenaica
Britain
Winston Churchill
Fe] Aghiela
Benggsi
Derna
Tobruk
Gebel el Addar
Rain Drenches Butte Area Livestock Lands and Farms
A heavy rain swept Butte area lands and grazing zones as part of a Montana statewide storm. Officials logged .09 inches by 8:30 p.m with .07 for 24 hours and .02 more in the evening. highs reached 43 degrees and lows 35. Other towns reported varied totals, including Cut Bank at .78 inches for 12 hours and Helena at .66 in 24 hours.
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Butte
Federal Weather Bureau
Conrad
Helena
Malta
Glasgow
Havre
Great Falls
Missoula
Poplar
Stanford
Lewistown
Livingston
Kragujevac Taken As Germans Advance In Yugoslavia
Reuters quotes a Yugoslav high command communique claiming German central front troops occupied Kragujevac 60 miles south of Belgrade. It says German forces reached the Sava River in the north and entered Zagreb without resistance.
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London
Reuters
Yugoslavia
Central Front
Kragujevac
Belgrade
Sava
Zagreb
Ankara
Tukey
Britain
Turkey
Dardanelles
Istanbul
Butte Anglers Club chief named to state game commission
Governor Ford appointed a five member fish and game commission from five districts. J. W. Severy at Missoula, William C. Carpenter of Butte, A C Grande of Lennep, Elmer Johnson of Glasgow, and Dr. G E Vedova of Roundup will start terms immediately.
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W. C. Carpenter
Butte
New State Game Commission
Helena
Sam C. Ford
Fish and Game Commission
J. W. Severy
The
State University
Missoula
William C. Carpenter
Butte Angders’ Club
A. C. Grande
Er and Rancher
Lennep
Elmer Johnson
Glasgow
G. E. Vedova
Roundup
Tri- County Sportsmen's Association
Gov. Ford
Butte Prepares for Easter Busy Shopping and Services
Butte awaits Easter with stores set to reopen after Good Friday closings. Churches plan joint services at Mountain View Methodist, cantatas at St John’s and First Baptist, and Catholic Masses plus Way of the Cross. Lent ends at noon signaling celebrations and social events resume.
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Butte
Mountain View Methodist Church
St. John’s Episcopal
First Baptist
Bombed Coventry Holds Rites in Roofless Church
In Coventry England a small group gathers for Good Friday service in a roofless cathedral ruined by bombing. The Very Rev R T Howard archdeacon leads from a makeshift pulpit as rain falls on the ruinous landmark.
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Coventry
England
Midlands
R. T. Howard
Services Scheduled Monday for Mayor Hauswirth
Mayor Charles A. Hauswirth 58 died suddenly after heart trouble. Funeral rites will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at the Masonic temple under Summit Valley lodge 123 A F and A M past master. Burial in Mount Moriah. Body to Richards funeral home and later to Elks home for services by Butte lodge 240 B P O E. City flag at half staff in his memory. Sentiments from Senator Wheeler and Gov Ford expressed.
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Summit Valley Lodge No. 123
A. F
A. M
Elks
Charles A. Hauswirth
Masonic Temple
Summit Valley Lodge No
Christian Science Church
Mount Moriah
Richards Funeral
Elks Home
Butte Lodge No
Hauswirth
Texas Avenue
B. K. Wheeler
Washington, D. C
Council to Name Mayor on May 5
Butte acting mayor Arthur J. Mehrens announces a May 5 meeting of the new city council to elect a mayor to serve the unexpired term after Mayor Charles A. Hauswirth’s death. Any qualified citizen may run, with oath of office to follow at the organization meeting.
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Arthur J. Mehrene
Butte
Charles A. Hauswirth
Mehrens
Hauswirth
State of
Montana
Floyd Fluent
Nazi Bombers Blast at the Midlands
Nazi air raid strikes Bristol region and west country centers in a heavy midnight bombing blitz. German planes dropped thousands of fire bombs and high explosives, damaging shops, a library, a cinema, and industrial premises while observers called the anti aircraft barrage the strongest yet in the area.
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Bristol
England
U.P
West Country
London
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Luftwaffe
Britain
America
Copper shortage eyed to curb domestic use for defense
Cornelius F Kelley, board chairman of Anaconda Copper Mining, warned in Los Angeles that a copper shortage may curtail domestic use in the national defense effort. He noted U S capacity at 85,000 tons monthly with about 50,000 tons more imported from Chile and Peru.
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Los Angeles
Cornelius F Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
James R. Hobbins
Kelley
Chile
Peru
Diplomats Leave Budapest for Moscow on Special Train
Radio Budapest reported that on Friday night British Belgian and Dutch diplomats departed Budapest at 12 30 p m aboard a special train bound for Moscow amid ongoing wartime shifts and diplomatic realignments.
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Zurich
U.P
Budapest
Moscow
Convention endorses Roosevelt defense policies in tabled resolution
Los Angeles April 11 The C I O International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union convention on Friday tabled a resolution endorsing President Roosevelt's national defense policies and pledging cooperation.
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Los Angeles
C. I. O. International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Roosevelt
Weekend Weather forecast for Butte and Montana
Butte expected partly cloudy Saturday and fair Sunday with increasing day temperatures. Montana forecast shows partly cloudy west and central regions with light rain in the far east Saturday, then mostly clear Sunday, cooler in the far southeast and warmer in the west with rising temperatures Saturday and Sunday.
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Butte
Montana
Satur
American press provides accurate Europe war picture says AP executive
M J Sheen an Associated Press executive told Butte readers that Americans get more and more accurate European war news than Europeans themselves. He cited 2000 newspapers receiving AP reports filed by U S correspondents across Europe with delays from censorship and delivery issues. He noted repeated distribution to foreign bureaus and Bern Switzerland as a news conduit. He is based in Denver.
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Europe
Associated Press
M. J. Sheen
Butte
Mr. Sheen
Balkans
United States
New York
London
Sheen
Balkan
Bern
Switzerland
Denver
Mechanized Nazis Break Through Yugoslav Pass to Phlorina
German motorized forces broke through the Bitolj pass and reached Phlorina in western Greece, aiding a larger push along the Allied line. A second German thrust neared Mount Olympus as Italian and Hungarian forces joined the invasion, with Yugoslav, Greek, and British troops engaged along multiple fronts.
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Yugoslavian Pass
Phlorina
Greece
Associated Press
Bitolj
Yugoslavia
Mount Olympus
Monastir
Albania
Ohrid
Phliorina
Grecian Line
Aegean
Thermopylae
Marathon
Adriatic
Ionian
Henry Maitland Wilson
Olympus
Gianitsa
Yanitza
Greek King Calls Greeks to Fight Nazis
King George II urged a stronger effort from the Greek people in their resistance to advancing German forces. In an Athens radio broadcast recorded by CBS, he urged fierce resistance to enemy raids and machines as the country defended its supreme duty.
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New York
George II of
Greece
Athens Radio
Columbia Broadcasting System
British Bombers Attack Coast Targets in Atlantic Strikes
British reinforced bombers hit Germany in the Atlantic campaign, damaging the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at Brest and burning hangars at a long range bomber base near Bordeaux. A raid reportedly hit Düsseldorf's industrial district, with explosives near the drydock at the French naval base. The air ministry said the attack likely caused damage.
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London
Britain
Germany
Amhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Bordeaux
Dusseldorf
Rhineland
Scharnhorst
Air Ministry
Nazis Claim Danes to Protest More
Zurich dispatch notes Denmark protests any US move to take Danish ships in American harbors. Copenhagen says no knowledge of US Greenland bases pact. Danish minister in Washington to declare Denmark’s stance and protest any US action contrary to international law.
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Zurich
Washington
United States
Greenland
New York
Copenhagen
Denmark
Italians Open Line With Germans Near Lake Ohrida
Italian motorcycle units have contacted German troops near Lake Ohrida on the Yugoslav Albania border. The Italian news agency said the report marks the first official acknowledgment of Fascist Nazi contact.
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Bern
Switzerland
Lake Ochrida
Stefani
Nazi advance in Monastir gap unsettles Greek British defense
Allied planners face a peril as the Nazi break through the Monastir gap in southwest Yugoslavia threatens the Greek British line. Croat defection and a hastened German push spot the risk, while British air forces intercepted the bulk of the German column en route south, delaying a full assault.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Monastir
Bitoli
Yugoslavia
Athens
Prelep-Bitolj- Phiorina
Berlin
Belgrade
Monaster Gap
Aegean
Prilep
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