Finns Reject Soviet Terms Again
The Finnish parliament reportedly supported a government vote of confidence after Premier Linkomies outlined new Russian armistice proposals, signaling continued rejection of Soviet terms. Breckenridge Long urged Finland to withdraw from the war, warning that responsibility for remaining with Nazi Germany rests with Helsinki. He outlined a world organization plan to prevent war and promote peace, urging major nations to pledge to use force only within that system and to maintain adequate forces under that framework.
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Stockholm
Edwin Linkomines
Finland
New York
Breckenridge Long
Long
Nazi Germany
Germany
World Organization
Gradina Base Falls to Partisans in Yugoslavia Front
Marshal Tito announced the Gradina base in central Yugoslavia fell to partisan troops. He said heavy assaults target German rail lines from near Zagreb to the Dalmatian coast while fresh reinforcements pour into Serbia, Bosnia and Slovenia.
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London
Gradina
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz
Tito
Zagreb
Balkan
Dalmatian
Marshal Tito
Serbia
Bosnia
Slavonia
Hungary
Free Yugoslav Radio
Una
Balkans
Adriatic
Italy
Gas explosion injures several in Madisonville
In Madisonville Texas on April 12 a butane gas explosion at a motor company injures several people with one critically burned. Fire spreads through the block as flames force evacuations and alarms sound.
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Madisonville
Texas
Montana Wheat Situation Improves Greatly
Helena April 12. Montana's wheat outlook has improved greatly as fields turn green. A cooperative crop report from the Federal Weather Bureau the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the State Extension Service cites abundant soil moisture from February and March snows. Mountain snow is less than usual with lower water content. Early seeding of oats barley sugar beets and spring wheat has begun and Flathead valley cherry prospects look bright.
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Helena
Montana
Federal Weather Bureau
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
State Extension Service
Flatae
Fourteen Charged in Plot to Kill Mexican President Camacho
Mexico City April 12 Chief of Police Miguel Z Martinez announced the arrest of fourteen people accused of plotting to assassinate President Manuel Avila Camacho and three other high ranking officials. The gang leader is a 70 year old carpenter Rufino Ramirez Canseco and aides include Andred Gomez Hunda 61 Inocencio Ayala Y Lopez 78 Fausto Garcias Blancas 64 and Elpidio Carrollo Aroyo 61.
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Mexico City
Uu.p
Miguel Z. Martinez
Manuel Avila Camacho
Poet
Martinez
Antonio E. de la Lama Rojas
Avila Camacho
Maximino Avila Camacho
Lazaro Cardenas
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
Carpenter
Jose Aguilar Y Maya
Carles
Cardenas
Rufino Ramirez Canseco
Andred Gomez Hunda
Inocencio Ayala
National Palace
Loma Rojas
Etchegaray
Roberto T. Bonilla
Lama Rojas
Inter-Club Patriotic Meeting Draws Large Finlen Crowd
More than 300 civic members attended a military themed Inter-Club Patriotic meeting at the Finlen hotel. Speakers included Lt. R D Cor ette of the marines Major Bernard P Cody of the army and Lt C H Dill of the navy with Rotarian Robert H Fletcher as chair. The 6:30 dinner kicked off the event in the Silver Bow room, the first joint civic gathering of the year.
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Finlen Hotel
R. D. Corette
Marines
Bernard P. Cody
Army
C. H. Dill
Navy
Robert H. Fletcher
Silver Bow Room
Active Club
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Exchange, Kiwanis
Rotana
Rotary Clubs
Butte
Yanks Attack New Target in Carolines
MacArthur forces bombed Satawan airdrome in the Namoi atoll 150 miles southeast of Truk in the Caroline Islands. Liberator aircraft dropped bombs on the air field but no further details were given. In New Guinea a strong Liberator force bombed Hansa bay area with 210 tons of bombs causing heavy damage.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Caroline Islands
Satawan
Namoi Atoll
Truk
Atoll
Hansa Bay
New Guinea
Wewak
Sepik Valley
Marienburg
Vital Japanese Bases Blasted In Pacific Raids
Allied forces conducted air raids on Japanese bases in the Kurile islands and Truk area. Ventura search planes bombed Paramushiro and Shimushu, while Liberators hit Mwatsuwa Onnekotan and Ponape. Majuro and other Marshall targets also faced daily attacks with some anti aircraft activity.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Paramushiro
Shimushu
North Pacific
Kurile Islands
Ventura
Fleet Airwing 4
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
U.P
Kurile Chain
Moen
Dublon
Truk Atoll
11Th Army Air Force
Mwatsuwa Island
Tokyo
Onnekotan
Matsuwa
Kuriles
Truk
Carolines
Dublin
Moon
Ponape Island
Ponape
Marshall Islands
Marine
Marshall
Majuro Atoll
Butte Forecast Mixed Clouds and Showers East West
Weather forecast for Butte expects mostly cloudy skies with occasional showers and cool conditions. Wednesday highs near 48 and lows around 33, with west of the continental divide seeing more showers and cooler conditions. East of the divide, Thursday looks partly cloudy with widely scattered light showers in the west and central areas.
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Butte
Continental Divide
Allied Air Attacks Hit Wiener Neustadt Factory Complex
American Fifteenth Air Force heavy bombers from Italy struck the Wiener Neustadt Messerschmitt factory complex and nearby targets in Austria, with good damage reported. British and American air forces also attacked airfields and rail yards in France, Belgium, Germany, and Holland, as German fighters engaged the raids.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Messerschmitt
Wiener-Neustadt
Austria
Britain
Europe
Ninth Air Force
Germany
Holland
Berlin
Wiesbaden
Frankfurt
Vienna
Admiral Hart Probes Pearl Harbor Attack Circumstances
Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart arrives in Hawaii to examine the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. He reviews the case as possible court martial proceedings loom for Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Major General Walter C. Short, recalling his role commanding the Asiatic fleet at the war’s start.
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Pearl Harbor
Thomas C. Hart
Hawaii
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Hart
Young Great Falls man named to Naval Academy
Named to Academy GREAT FALLS April 12. Frank Fogarty Jr., 19, of Great Falls, has been appointed to the U S Naval academy at Annapolis by Rep. O'Connor, and will enter the service school in June. He is currently a Naval Air Corps cadet stationed at Seattle.
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Great Falls
Frank Fogarty, Jr
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Nipponese Face Gigantic Trap Near Kohima
Allied counterattacks by British Indian forces ease pressure on Kohima as Japanese forces in eastern India are seen to be caught in a widening Allied trap. Chindit operations in Burma cut Japanese supply lines along the Chindwin, threatening the Bengal-Assam railroad and Imphal Kohima fronts. The goal is to exhaust Japanese bases as secrecy shields the actions from enemy view.
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New Delhi
Kohima
India
Burma
Chindwin
Imphal
Bengal-Assam
Chinwin
Tokyo
Nazis Stress Human Toll of Air Attacks
Nazi broadcasts highlighted civilian deaths and injuries from Allied air raids in Budapest and Paris, emphasizing human cost over industrial damage. Budapest bombing on April 3 killed 1,073 and wounded 526, while Paris raids left 617 dead, 1,400 wounded and over 10,000 homeless across Sunday and Monday raids.
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London
Budapest
Paris
France
Taft Calls Long Range Draft Plan to End Confusion
Senator Taft urged a government long range draft program based on manpower needs with clear classifications and public announcement. He said decisions should be final absent emergencies and urged stability for 18 to 38 year olds to avoid shifting calls and family disruption.
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Senator Taft
Washington
Taft
Ohio
More Pork Available Than Public Wants
The American Meat Institute reports pork products are available in quantities equal to or greater than demand in Chicago on April 12. Bacon and sausage are especially plentiful and low in point values, with bacon selling at prices below a year ago and well below World War I levels.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
Institute
Congress Works on Naval Bill
Congress opens Easter session on a $32.647 billion naval appropriation facilitating a vast fleet build under Navy officials. Forrestal warns war end not in sight and urges funds remain open through mid summer for Atlantic and Pacific operations as King stresses decisive, heavy attacks on Japan.
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William F. Arrogast
Washington
Congress
Japan
Germany
House Appropriations Committee
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Europe
House
Admi
Jo King
In-Chhef
Thirty Three Missing After Torpedoed Tanker H. D. Collier
In the Arabian Sea mid March the Standard Oil tanker H. D. Collier was torpedoed and sunk. The Twelfth Naval district says 33 officers and men are missing. Ten were rescued but not yet reached San Francisco. Navy crew had 16 men with 11 listed as missing.
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San Francisco
Standard
Arabian Sea
Twelfth Naval District
Navy
Pear
Missy
Two Wounded In Butte Deputy Incident
Deputy Sheriff John Moore wounded two men, Reidar Norman Halvorsen and F. H. Grubb, during an alleged hold up at Grubb’s home. Halvorsen was in critical condition with a left hip wound, Grubb in fair condition with a shattered right arm.
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Reidar Norman Halvorsen
Butte
John Moore
F. H. Grubb
al McLeod
Bill Dee
Moore
Grubb
Halversen
Porter
Harrison
Halvorsen
Soviets Race 46 Miles in a Single Day
Soviet forces shattered the second deep German defense in Crimea racing 46 miles in one day along the central Crimean railway from Dzhankai to 11 miles north of Simferopol and 46 miles above Sevastopol. A simultaneous eastern thrust cleared Kerch and pushed toward Chisinau while Tolbukhin’s forces neared Simferopol.
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London
Crimea
Red
Crimean
Dzhankai
Simferopol
Sevastopol
Moscow
Kerch
Criemea
Tiraspol
The
Ukraine
Odessa
Dnestr
Falticeni
Chisinau
Bessarabia
Skala
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Change in Constitution would give Congress voice on peace treaties
Washington April 12 a plan by House foreign affairs chair Bloom to amend the constitution would require the president to obtain advice and consent of Congress for peace treaties and would let a majority of both houses ratify treaties. Hull has been discussing the approach with lawmakers to align executive and legislative views on peace terms.
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Washington
Congress
Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States Senate
House
Senate
Hull
Sam Rayburn
Americans Interned as 300 Plus Bombers Land in Sweden
More than 300 American airmen are interned in neutral Sweden after U S Eighth Air Force planes made forced landings in Sweden. A train carried 188 flyers from Malmoe to Falun for internment in resortlike quarters, while technicians work to prepare crippled bombers for transport to a central storage base.
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Sweden
Stockholm
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Malmoe
Falun
U.S
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Dennis M. Landry
Finlen
Nomoi Atoll
Don Caswell
Truk Islands
Wiener - Neustadt
Gregory R. Kennedy
Dubuge
Iowa
Signal Corps
By Charles A. Grumich
Congressional
George C. Marshall
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