War News Signals German Advantage In Early Global Fronts
British imperial forces face German and Italian units in Greece Yugoslavia and North Africa as the axis push tests lines. Balkan front relies on terrain roads and rails with unknown Greek British Yugoslav aid while Tobruk and Suez approaches define Libyan pressure. Axis supply lines stretch toward Tripoli as Matruh remains a distant anchorage in the Suez region.
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Associated Press
Greece
Yugoslavia
North Africa
Balkan
Vardar
Gulf of
Salonika
Albania
Monastir Pass
Phlorina
Lake
Ohrid
Italian Libya
Tobruk
Egypt
East Africa
Suez Canal
Libya
Tripoli
Matruh
Alexandria
Two Boys Die in Ice Box Trapping Accident
In Okmulgee Oklahoma on Saturday two young brothers Charles Wayne Carter seven and Rey Poland six were suffocated after becoming trapped inside an old ice box while playing. The Carter boy is the son of Reverend W A Carter and Mrs Carter. Rey Poland is the son of Mr and Mrs J H Foland of Wilburton.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Charles Wayne Carter
W. A. Carter
Rey Poland
J. H. Foland
Wilburton
Y Drive A at WOOP Opens With Governor Ford Talk
U S observes Easter as Governor Ford speaks at the opening of the Y Drive a t WOOP in Butte. The drive aims to raise 21000 April 15 to 24 with 400 attendees and 350 campaign workers including the Rotary Club. Funds support Y building repairs and city recreational and educational programs for local children.
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Ford
Butte
Governor Ford
Organization For Boys and Girls
Easter joy in Butte as city joins nationwide festival
Butte prepares for a joyous Easter celebration with church bells set to ring and services planned across Catholic and Protestant congregations. Officials anticipate a strong outpouring despite weather, reflecting the Resurrection theme of the holiday.
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Butte
Golgotha Hill
Pope Pius Plans Peace Appeal At 4 A.M.
Easter amid a world at war finds America largely isolated as churches mark the day with sunrise services and sermons on the risen Christ. Tens of thousands visit Washington for Easter and the cherry blossom festival as Rome bells ring signaling the city’s continued wartime role.
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M.S. T
America
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Colorado
Garden of the Gods
National Capital
Connecticut Avenue
Fifth Avenue
New York
Atlantic
Suns
Rome
Greeks Repel Nazis on 12 Mile Front
Allied defense lines in Greece reported a violent clash as British and German armored columns with dive bombers fought along a 12 mile front between Bitolj and Phiorina. Greek forces claimed repelling panzer assault and inflicting losses, while Yugoslav resistance and Hungarian advances were also noted.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bitolj
Yugoslavia
Phiorina
Greece
Sofia
Bulgaria
Associated Press
Russia
Hungary
Vanitsa
U S May Ask Eire to Allow Britain Naval Air Bases
Washington reports officials weighing a proposal to ask Ireland to permit British use of naval and air bases in return for U S lend lease aid. The idea aims to create two large sea corridors, one via the North Atlantic and another to the Near East and Egypt, with other moves including Danish ships seizure and Iceland and Greenland bases strengthening.
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Eire
Britain
Washington
U.P
America
U. S
Thad Bintaneaemene
North Atlantic
Near East
Egypt
Pacific Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
Red Sea
Aden
Greenland
Iceland
Halifax
Montanans Inc Sets April 25 26 Annual Meeting in Helena
Montanans Inc will hold its annual meeting in Helena on Friday and Saturday April 25 and 26. James H Rowe president of the group says eight subjects will be discussed including conservation reclamation agriculture advertising industries public finance aviation and mining. The Friday session starts at 2 pm followed by a 6 30 pm dinner with Gov Sam Ford and Frederick P Champ of Logan Utah as speakers. A forest service program and fire control film will be shown. Saturday includes reports and planning for the year with a luncheon adjournment and new directors to meet and pick officers.
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Montanans, Inc
Helena
James H. Rowe
Butte
Sam Ford
Frederick P. Chatmp
Logan
Utah
Ford
National
Woolgrowers’ Association
Spokane
American Forestry
Washington
Forest Service
Montana Automobile Association
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana
Butte forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions Sunday and Monday with minimal temperature change. Montana outlook shows partly cloudy to cloudy skies Sunday and Monday with scattered clouds and light winds.
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Butte
Montana
Danes void US Greenland protection agreement
The Danish foreign office declared void the Greenland protection pact with the United States and recalled Danish minister Henrik de Kauffman. The move follows international law grounds and comes as Denmark remains occupied. The Danish envoy to Washington faces a recall and Hull will decide on obedience to Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Berlin
Foreign Office
United States
Washington
Greenland
Henrik de Kauffman
Kauffman
Cordell Hull
Soviet Opposes Hungary Invasion as Tass Reports
Tass reports Moscow opposes Hungary's invasion of Yugoslavia and warns Hungary about potential internal dangers. Meanwhile German ambassador von der Schulenberg is summoned to Berlin. Stalin receives Japan's Yosuke Matsuoka in Moscow as talks on Soviet Japanese relations continue. British and other diplomats move toward Moscow.
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Yugoslavia
Hungary
Danube
Tisa
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Sombor
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Tass
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Berlin
Joseph Stalin
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Rome
Stalin
Kremlin
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Joseph Kristoffy
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Government Agent Coming to Butte on Manganese Deal
C. O. Bradshaw of the Metals Reserve company, a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, will travel from Spokane to Butte to arrange the shipment of 300000 tons of manganese from Anaconda to the Pittsburgh area. He noted a contract for manganese to be mined in Clallam county Washington and said he would proceed to Texas to arrange storage of tin ore from India and South America until a tin smelter is built at Texas City.
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Bpokane
Wash
C. O. Bradshaw
The
Metals Reserve Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Butte
Mont
Anaconda
Pittsburgh
Bradshaw
Clallam County
Olympic Peninsula
Washington
Texas
India
South America
Texas City
Butte Airport Gets Supplemental WPA Funds
A supplemental WPA grant of 47033 was approved to continue fill work at the Butte municipal airport. The project adds to 192000 already allocated from city and WPA funds and 301914 from Civil Aeronautics authority. A further WPA request of 256127 may raise total Butte airport spending this year to nearly 800000 with another project expected to start July 1.
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Butte Municipal
Works Projects Administration
Frank Curran
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Butte
Curran
Montana
Washington
Howard
Hunter
WPA
Associated Press
War and Navy Departments
Clergy Renew Easter Imphasis Across Churches
In somber hours surrounding the crucifixion period, pastors aim to reawaken faith as churches prepare to greet worshippers. Catholic altars, long stripped of worldly adornments, are set to glow again, with lilies symbolizing purity.
Fire damages power mercantile basement in Lewistown
A basement fire at the Power Mercantile Co building in Lewistown caused damage estimates ranging from 10 000 to 50 000 dollars. Fire crews contained the blaze Saturday afternoon with unknown origin.
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Lewistown
Power Mercantile Company
Toston student wins Nebraska physics fellowship
John A. Berberet, Carroll College senior from Toston, was awarded a graduate fellowship in the University of Nebraska physics department for the 1941-42 scholastic year, announced in Helena.
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Helena
John A. Berberet
Toston
Carroll College
University of Nebraska
Butte Tax Rush Under Way Ahead of Tuesday Deadline
Butte residents began the home stretch to file 1940 income tax returns before the deadline. Tax Auditors John Lorenzen and J. H. Skinner reported assisting at least 250 taxpayers on Saturday. Peak activity expected Monday and Tuesday. Filers must include single earners over 1000 dollars or married couples with salaries above 2000 dollars.
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Butte
John Lorenzen
J. H. Skinner
Fever Reported In Broadus Area April 12
Health officials on Saturday reported six cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the Broadus area.
Butte Kiwanis to Banquet International President
The Butte Kiwanis Club plans a banquet at the Finlen hotel at 7 30 pm to entertain Kiwanis International president Mark A. Smith of Thomaston Ga and his wife on an official visit. Western Montana clubs are invited and 200 guests have reservations. The party arrives by patrol noon from Yellowstone Park.
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James W. Uncles
Mark A. Smith
Thomaston
Kiwanis International
Butte
Finlen Hotel
Montana
Kiwanis
Mr. Smith
West
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