British attack on Admiral Scheer reported successful
Berlin reports cautious high command disclosures as North Sea battle continues with heavy losses on both sides. Six British destroyers sunk. battleship Renown, an aircraft carrier, a Glasgow-class cruiser damaged. Oslo defense strengthened. operations along Norway coast ongoing.
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Berlin
North Sea
Norway
Karlsruhe
High Command
Oslo
High
Norwegian
Proposed Changes to Labor Laws To Be Considered
Washington April 14 The House will consider amendments to the Wagner Act and the wage hour law this week. The move touches a core New Deal era labor framework and faces intense debate among lawmakers and interest groups.
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Washington
House
Senate
LaFollette
Wis
Senate Labor Committee
Norris
Burke
D.-Neb
R. L. Cochran
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
House Labor Committee
Barden
Ramspeck
D.-Ga
Labor Committee
Anaconda Officials Meet in Butte On Company Affairs
F. Kelley president and James R. Hobbins executive vice president of Anaconda Copper Mining Company arrived in Butte with a delegation for a general conference on company affairs and operations in Montana and U S. The visit forms part of a nationwide inspection tour and comes amid wartime business pressures. The group includes Mrs. Kelley Mrs. Hobbins Clyde E. Weed Reno Sales Mrs Weed and D M Kelly with others. The conference is expected to last several days as officials meet Montana operatives and staff.
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Cc. F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
James R. Hobbins
Butte Y
Montana
Butte
United States
Southwest
Salt Lake
Kelley
Hobbins
Clyde E. Weed
New York
Weed
Reno Sales
D. M. Kelly
Kelly
Roosevelt Talk to Be Broadcast
President Roosevelt's fifth Pan American day address will be broadcast by NBC CBS and MBS at 10 a.m. M.T. Monday from Washington and distributed by short wave in several languages later. Thomas E. Dewey will speak on WJZ NBC at 7:30 p.m. from Butler University Indianapolis.
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New York
Roosevelt
NBC
CBS
MBS
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Wjznbc
Butler University
Indianapolis
Montana Forecast Shows Cloudy Days With Cooler Southeast
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions in Montana on Monday and Tuesday with cooler temperatures in the southeast portion on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Alpine and Rock Garden Unit Outlines Summer Activities
The Rocky Mountain Garden club unit for Alpine and Rock Garden in Butte released its summer activities as National Garden Week opens. The unit aims to study rock garden construction, promote cultivation of rock garden plants, foster Montana alpines, support plant exchange, and host visits, meetings, and exhibitions. Members may attend and join in the unit’s summer program and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine and
Rocky Mountain Garden Club
Butte
Montana
National Garden Week
Retired Admiral Analyzes Seas Warfare and Norway
United Press reports a 1940 analysis by a retired admiral examining naval warfare near Norway and the Baltic. The piece discusses British mining to choke German Baltic shipping, possible German responses, and implications for U S Navy operations.
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Norway
Adolph Hitler
U. S S. Navy
Seas
Hitler
Yates Stirling
United Press
Britain
U. S. Navy
New York
Baltic
Italians Say All Nations Will Enter World War
Italian officials predict Europe will be drawn into the war including Italy. Giovanni Ansaldo quoted by Il Messaggero warns neutrals to follow Denmark into Germany's protection and cites Scandinavia as evidence the conflict spreads beyond borders.
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Rome
Europe
Italy
Il Messaggero
Denmark
Germany
Giovanni Ansaldo
Galeazzo Ciano
Scandinavia
Ansaldo
Pink Reporter editor held on criminal libel charge
Tip Reynolds editor of The Pink Reporter was jailed in Bozeman pending arraignment on a criminal libel complaint filed by Governor Roy E Ayres. Reynolds was arrested at Three Forks by Sheriff Levitt I Westlake and will not be arraigned before Monday.
Series of Quakes Rock Turkey Reported Killed
A new series of earthquakes in northern and central Anatolia sparked panic in Turkey. Yozgad reported six dead and many injured with about 100 houses destroyed and extensive damage elsewhere. Shocks reached Ankara Kirsehir Tokat Sivas Kayseri and Samsun on the Black Sea coast.
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Ankara
Turkey
Anatolia
Yozgad
Kirsherhir
Tokat
Sivas
Kayseri
Black Sea
Samsun
Oslo Front Holds Despite German Pressure
Oslo area remained largely unchanged as Norwegian forces formed a continuous front northeast of Oslo aided by a snowstorm hindering the German air force. Norway reported a defense line from Lake Mjesen toward the Swedish border and said Honefos fell to the Germans after night fighting.
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Stockholm
Norway
Oslo
Lake Mjesen
Hamar
London
Honefos
Kongsber
Larvik
Oslofjord
Beresdal
Trondelag
Trondheim
Cavalcade of Cockeyed Occurrences Goes On During War
Gladwin Hill reports a string of odd American news from Keeseville to Seattle. A town in New York abolished its police force. Bristow Oklahoma requires peanuts with every meal. Paducah reports a dangerous firetrap owned by the city. census workers assist in births and deliver babies. A Des Moines bankruptcy court runs $128 in the red. a Philadelphia bandit apologizes for a partner. a Seattle man seeks divorce over nightly, wife’s talk of former husbands.
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Gladwin Hill
New York
Europe
America
Norway
Keeseville
N. Y
Bristow
Okla
Paducah
Neosho
Conistota
Schenectady
Des Moines
Income Returns for State Will Be Due Tonight
State tax officials in Butte anticipate a heavy rush as residents rush to file 1939 income returns before midnight. Delinquency will incur interest and penalties. The Silver Bow courthouse office will stay open until 9 pm to accommodate taxpayers.
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State Income Tax
Butte
Montana
Tessie Minckler
Helena
L. C. Burns
State Income Tax Department
Silver Bow County
Norwegian king urges unity to save independence
King Haakon calls Norwegians to stand with the government and guard Norway's independence as German attacks intensify. He appeals for all to do their part amid bombings and civilian suffering, thanking those who fight for the fatherland. Norwegian troops in snow repulse some German units as the conflict continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Haakon
Norway
Fatherland
London
Exchange Telegraph
Goteborg
Sweden
Eidsvold
Butte Instructor to Head Montana Education Society
Miss Catherine Nutterville a Butte school psychologist was elected president of the Montana chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma the national honorary fraternity in education at a weekend meeting Other officers named include Zella Flores Fay Fouts Bess Stone Estelle Ryan Edna Tobias and Agnes McDonald Also organized was a Helena chapter to be named Montana Alpha with Lucy Kreiman as president and Helen Collins as treasurer A Butte chapter was being organized but details were not listed on the page
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London
Germany
Admiral Scheer
Baltic Sea
British Broadcasting Company
Norway
Admiralty
Narvik
Karlruhe
Karlsruhe
August Blenhardt
Kiel
Sweden
Britain
Catherine Nutterville
Butte
Montana
Delta Kappa Gamma
Zella K. Flores
Lewistown
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Reich
Edwin Stout
Graf Spee
Montevideo
UF. Kelley
J. R. Hobbins
Anaconda Company
Weather Forecast
Garden Club
Alpine Group
Great Britain
Tip Reynolds
Pink Reporter
Roy E. Ayers
Chapel Hill
N. C
Montana Education Society
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