Germans Attack in Old Poland and Sevastopol Siege
Soviet and Moscow reports describe a large German and Hungarian push in southeastern Old Poland near Stanislawow with towns changing hands. In Crimea Soviet communiques say Sevastopol defenses tighten as German ships and bombers block sea lanes and about 80 enemy ships are sunk in April.
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London
Lwow
Old Poland
Stanislawow
Crimea
Sevastopol
Simferopol
Bessarabian
Dnestr
Chisinau
Moscow
Marshal K. Zhukov
Red Air Force
Red Army
Dnestr River
Carpathian Mountains
DNB
Crimean
Sevastopole
House Approves Lend-Lease Extension Amid Prewar Policy Safeguards
The House approved a one year extension of the lend-lease program by 334 to 21, with an amendment ensuring congressional prerogatives on postwar tariffs and treaties. Rep. James Wadsworth said the measure creates a working arrangement between Congress and the president, and Foreign Economic Administrator Leo T. Crowley called the vote a strong endorsement of lend-lease administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House
Senate
James W. Wadsworth
R.N. Y
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Wadsworth
Congress
Leo T. Crowley
British tanks break Japanese lines around Imphal and Kohima
British and Indian forces fought through steep hills north east of Imphal, blasting three positions with tanks and inflicting heavy Japanese losses. Kohima relief followed a bloody breakthrough aided by tanks and artillery, lifting siege and reopening the Dimapur road.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Kohima
Bishenpur-Silchari
Silchar
Dimapur
Bengal-Assam
Southeast Asia
Home Counties
Famous Polo Star Thomas Hitchcock Jr Dies in England Crash
The New York Daily News reports Lt. Col. Thomas Hitchcock Jr., 44, renowned American polo figure and former assistant military attache, was killed in an England airplane crash. A cable from Ambassador John G. Winant informed the family. He commanded a P-51 Mustang group in the Ninth Air Support Command.
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New York
New York Daily News
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
England
John G. Winant
Hitchcock
Ninth Air Support Command
Newspaper Employee Reclassified 2 A Deferred to June
Boyd Winter, circulation department employee at a Salt Lake City newspaper, was reclassified 2 A by his draft board and deferred until June 8 after entering the Army two months ago at the board's request.
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Salt Lake City
U.P
Boyd Winter
New Beachhead Battle Looms Over Anzio Front
Allied reports from Allied Headquarters NAPLES April 19 indicate a new Anzio beachhead battle looms as patrols from both sides grow bolder and German reserves move into Rome from the northeast. Heavy shelling, raids south west of Carrace, and an Allied raid that captured 10 German prisoners marked intensified action while fighters targeted rail bridges near Arezzo Nazni Viterbo and Udine airfields.
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Allied
Naples
U.P
Anzio
Rome
Cassino
Carrace
Arezzo
Nazni
Thunderbolts
Viterbo
Udine
Adriatic
Schallaire Death to Be Probed in Inquest
County Coroner Richard Rogers announced an inquest for Monday afternoon into the death by suffocation of Mrs. Robert O. Schallaire at 16 B North Excelsior. The second floor apartment fire began in the living room and a pet Airedale also died. The husband, a Bronx bar tender, returned home to smoke and flames. firemen arrived after a box alarm at 2 54 a m.
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Richard Rogers
Robert O. Schallaire
North Excelsior
Schallaire
Bronx
North Dakota
Bombers Hit Nomoi and Woleai Airstrips in Solomons Campaign
Allied planners said Liberators bombed Satawan airdrome in Nomoi atoll 150 miles southeast of Truk on Monday with no anti-aircraft fire. Woleai base was struck Tuesday as part of a broader Solomons offensive. raids also hit Manokwari Waren Moemi in New Guinea amid ongoing operations.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Solomons
Satawan
Nomoi Atoll
Truk
Woleai
Palau
Douglas MacArthur
Caroline Island
New Guinea
Liberators
Manokwari
Waren
Moemi
Geelvink Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Turkey
Bogadjim
Gori
Nomoi
Council Acts on Saloon Question
Wednesday night the city council discussed alleged violations of the saloon ordinance. Aldermen Lindquist and Strasser moved and won unanimous approval to report all future violations and details to the state liquor control board in Helena. Police Chief Riley cited at the Bonner bar on 228 South Main a porter who sold after 2 am and paid a $20 fine. a man leaving with beer under his arm forfeited a $25 bond. Arrests were by Capt. Sullivan and Officer Stanich at 4:30 am.
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John Lindquist
H. B. Strasser
State Liquor Control Board
Helena
Bart Riley
Bonner Bar
South Main Street
Emmet Sullivan
George Stanich
Nazis warn of Allied invasion along 2000 mile coast
German high command ordered garrisons from Narvik to Hendaye on the Franco Spanish border to be on alert for a possible Allied amphibious assault. Berlin and Stockholm dispatches cited air and naval superiority as enabling the invasion and emphasized surprise. Laval warned of parachutist attacks and civil war in France.
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Joseph W. Grigg
London
Arctic
Norway
Stockholm
Berlin
Pierre Laval
France
Laval
Radio Vichy
Marcel Dent
Arch-Collabora
Tionist
Vichy
Vichy Radio
Narvik
Hendaye
Bay of Biscay
Biscay
Postwar Plans To Be Studied At Western Conference
A nine state conference of western and north central states will discuss postwar economy plans. Delegates from Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Montana and Minnesota will meet in Denver to review tariffs and national policies affecting wool meat wheat minerals and related employment in the West. Montana chambers have been asked to submit data for a coal hydrogenation plant study as Congress has approved a 30 million dollar companion appropriation and a plant bill.
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Helena
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
A. T. Peterson
Denver
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
Montana
Minnesota
Immediate Start on Sedition Trial Ordered
Justice Edward Eicher ordered an immediate jury selection start for 30 defendants charged with conspiring with Nazis against American democracy. The court arraigned Edward James Smythe, the thirtieth defendant, raised his bond to $10,000 after his Tuesday arrest at Au Sable Forks New York.
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Washington
Edward Eicher
Edward James Smythe
Au Sable Forks
N. Y
Smythe
Hungarian Army Chief Resigns
Budapest radio reports Lt. Gen. Ferenc Szombathelyi resigns as chief of staff of the Hungarian army. Regent Admiral Nicholas Horthy appoints Lt. Field Marshal Janos Edwen von Boros as successor.
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London
Budapest
Ferenc Szombathelyi
Janos Edwen von Boros
Nicholas Horthy
Warren named Republican keynote speaker for nominating convention
The Republican Party selected Earl Warren of California as the temporary chairman and keynote speaker for its June nominating convention. House Minority Leader Joseph Martin was recommended as permanent chairman. Warren won over a dozen other candidates after a closed session by the 24 member arrangements committee.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Earl Warren
California
Warren
California Republican Organization
House
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Harrison E. Spangler
Walter Hallanan
Arrangements Group
Clare Booth Luce
Connecticut
J. Kenneth Bradley
Sweden rejects halt on ball bearing exports to Germany
STOCKHOLM reports indicate the government will reject the United States British request to stop exports of ball bearings to Germany. Dagens Nyheter said the reply to Washington and London has not yet been sent. The Swedish parliament reportedly approved the cabinet’s decision unanimously.
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Stockholm
United States
Germans shoot 70 Italians in Trieste area
A Trieste based German newspaper reports 70 Italian civilians were shot in Opicina after three German NCOs were killed. The executions follow a decree by the Fascist ministers allowing killings of partisans and deserters, with more to come amid local partisan activity.
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Bern
U.P
Trieste
Deutsche Adria Zeitung
Opicina
Council of Ministers
Friuli
Italy
Morgenthau to brief Congress on stabilization plan
Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr will testify before House and Senate committees Friday about the Treasury international monetary stabilization plan. The Treasury chief spoke Wednesday night on the forthcoming report and its aims and implications.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
House
Senate
Treasury
Butte Weather Forecast and Regional Outlook
Partly cloudy with occasional showers in Butte and little temperature change expected Thursday. Wednesday’s high 48 and low 23. West of the continental divide mainly cloudy with showers and mountain snow. East of the divide mostly cloudy Thursday with scattered showers and cooler conditions in the east.
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Butte
Continental Divide
Goebbels calls for unity as Hitler birthday nears
Nazi Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels urged the German people to rally behind Adolf Hitler on his 55th birthday. He warned against despair, said history shows leaders face setbacks, and emphasized staying the course amid ongoing war. Goebbels spoke at the Berlin state opera house. Goering echoed calls for loyalty despite dangers ahead.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Marshall Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Hitler
Goebbels
Berlin
Frederick the Great
Germany
Fuehrer
Gayle Talbot
Associated Press
U. S
Kassel
Hamm
Smoking Reich
France
U S Forces Report Losses in Sicilian Paratroop Operation
The War Department said American air forces lost 10 transport planes and 44 personnel in the Catania night operation of July 13 14 during the Sicily campaign with about half the losses attributed to friendly anti aircraft fire.
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Washington
War Department
Catania
Sicily
Department
United States
Two Thousand Allied Bombers Hit German Reich Front
In the largest air operation to date Allied forces unleash about 6500 planes in a 30 hour east west assault across Paris to Poland. They drop roughly 9,500 tons of bombs and target aircraft plants depots rail hubs and coastal fortifications as D-day nears.
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Walter Cronkite
London
Adolf Hitler
European
Paris
Poland
Europe
Judge Matthews Announces Candidacy for State Supreme Court
Helena April 19 Judge John A Matthews state board of equalization member and former Montana Supreme Court justice announced he will seek the associate justice seat on the State Supreme Court as a non partisan candidate at the July 18 primary. Matthews has served on the court in 1919 21 1924 and 1930s.
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Helena
John A. Matthews
State Board of Equalization
Montana
State Supreme Court
Matthews
Montana Supreme Bench
Supreme Court
Fourteenth Judicial District
Leif Erickson
Sidney
Albert Anderson
Billings
Erickson
Anderson
German Planes Stab at England but Avoid London
German planes attacked southeastern England on Wednesday night for a second day running but bypassed London several minutes after dusk. One bomber crossed the Channel, crashed inland in flames. London declared a half hour alert and then gave an all clear.
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England
London
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