Soviets Repel Large German Offensives on Baltic Fronts
Soviet forces beat off vicious German counter-attacks near Narva in Estonia and Stanislawow in Poland, with German losses above 5,000 killed and many captured. Red army bombed trains at Rezekne and Gulbene, and a shale oil plant at Kiwirri, while bombers in the south sank four large transports and a destroyer fleeing Sevastopol. The Baltic front remained active as Germans pressed from two sides, yet suffered heavy casualties and encirclements in multiple sectors.
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London
Narva
Estonia
Old Poland
Stanislawow
Red Army
Moscow
Baltic
Rezekne
Gulbene
Latvia
Kiwirri
Crimean
Sevastopol
Narova
Tarnopol
Officials Urge Extension of Price Control Act
Washington April 20 Officials urged renewal of the price control act in its present form while cotton textile industry officials accused the OPA of trying to control profits. Secretary Wickard said farmers favor subsidies and want them continued but would choose higher prices over subsidies if asked. War Production Chairman Nelson warned price control prevents economic chaos and runaway inflation.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
Claude R. Wickard
House Banking and Currency Committee
Donald M. Nelson
Commander Stassen Reported Rescued at Sea
Wisconsin sailor writes home about the rescue at sea of Lt. Commander Harold E. Stassen former governor of Minnesota and a Republican presidential possibility. Mrs Stassen at South St Paul says she has heard nothing directly from him but has heard from other sources about the rescue.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Letters Home
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
South St. Paul
Bases From Wake to Truk Blasted in Pacific Offensive
U S planes attacked every major Japanese base along a 1 300 mile front from Wake to Truk in day and night raids. Seventh Army Air Force Liberators dropped 46 tons on Moen and Dublin islands at Truk. Wake and Ponape were targets on multiple raids with aircraft and bombers striking runways, facilities, and ships.
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Pearl Harbor
Central Pacific
Truk Atoll
Carolines
Chester W. Nimitz
Seventh Army Air Force Liberators
Moen
Dublin Islands
Truk
Dublin Town
Alrettia
Nimitz
Fefan Island
Wake
Ponape
A. A. F. Liberators
Navy
Marshall Islands
Butte Grids For Cold Front Friday Weather
Butte region expects partly cloudy and cooler Friday with a Thursday high of 42 and low of 22. West of the continental divide becomes partly cloudy and colder Friday afternoon. East of the divide sees clouds and colder air with light snow in the western mountains and rain in the southern area, accompanied by fresh to strong winds.
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Continental Divide
Renew Plea for Labor Draft Measure
Washington leaders warn of a manpower crisis that could jeopardize the war effort and urge labor draft legislation to keep vital plants staffed. They say 1,440,000 more workers are needed this year, with 4-Fs who refuse essential jobs facing compulsory service in non combat roles to support war production.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Stimson
Maritime
Emory
Land
House Military Committee
Army
May
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
Michigan Delegates to renominate Dewey Dominant at GOP Meeting
Michigan's 41 Republican votes were pledged to Governor Thomas E. Dewey for the national nomination. The state convention praised Dewey as the overwhelming favorite and urged delegates to move him from Albany to Washington. Senators Vandenberg and Ferguson were absent. Governor Kelly pushed to remove Frank D. McKay as national committeeman.
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Detroit
Michigan
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Owosso
Mich
Dewey
Albany
Washington
United States
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Homer Ferguson
Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Harry F. Kelly
Frank D. McKay
Grand Rapids
McKay
Chicago
Kelly
Allied Fleet Smashes at Sumatra
Allied carrier aircraft from a new East Asia battle fleet struck Sabang and Lhonga on Sumatra’s tip, damaging or sinking Japanese ships and destroying over 25 planes. A plane was forced to ditch and rescued by a submarine as Tokyo’s defenses faced a coordinated approach from Mountbatten and Nimitz forces.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
East Asia
Singapore
Sabang
Lhonga
Sumatra
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Mountbatten
Chester W. Nimitz
Palau
James Somerville
Malacca Strait
Malaya
Badoglio Forms New Cabinet Amid Anti-Fascist Coalition
Marshal Pietro Badoglio announced a coalition war cabinet formed with five of six anti-Fascist junta parties. He aims to name the cabinet list after royal approval and vows to remain premier until the fall of Rome, then retire with King Victor Emmanuel and transfer authority to Crown Prince Humbert.
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Naples
U.P
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Humbert
Selection of Jury in Conspiracy Case Gets Under Way
Washington April 20 Selection of a jury to try 30 persons accused of conspiring with Nazi officials to undermine the U S government began late Thursday but court adjourned until Monday without a juror seated after six veniremen were disqualified Defense counsel sought to disqualify the remaining 72 veniremen because previous indictments against some defendants were noted in the presence of prospective jurors.
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Washington
United States
Melby Addresses Needs in Education at Butte Meeting
Dr. Ernest O. Melby chancellor of the Greater University of Montana spoke at a Butte War Dads event in Legion hall urging education as a tool for a realistic postwar world. He urged cooperation across society to sustain higher national income and expand education and adult learning opportunities. President Stanley Babcock led the event with Rev. Thomas Ashworth giving the invocation and benediction.
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Ernest O. Melby
Greater
University of Montana
Butte War Dads
Legion Hall
Dr. Melby
Stanley Babcock
Thomas Ashworth
China Fighting Intensifies Near Chenghsien Rail Junction
Heavy fighting rages in the Yellow river valley as Japanese forces reinforced their two pronged drive on Chenghsien in Henan province. Chinese defenders report severe clashes as a second Japanese column threatens to cut the Lunghai railway, with air raids on Chenghsien and surrounding lines.
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Chungking
U.P
Yellow River
China
Henan Province
Chenghsien
Peiping-Hankow
Lunghai
Chungmow
Kwangwu
Navy Loses Flying Boat in Caribbean
The Navy reports a Catalina flying boat crash in the Caribbean on April 6 with 14 missing and one dead. Fourteen survivors and one body were rescued by a merchant vessel the next day. the craft carried five crew and 26 passengers. A wide search found no trace of the 16 missing. next of kin have been notified.
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Washington
Navy
Caribbean
Turkey halts chrome exports to Germany
Turkish Foreign Minister Numan Menemencioglu announced in the assembly that Turkey will stop all chrome shipments to Germany starting Friday. London says the embargo could cut Germany's supply of chrome by about half, impacting armor plate and other war goods.
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London
Numan Menemencioglu
Turkish Assembly
Turkey
Germany
Yugoslavia
Greece
Hitler
Menemencioglu
Associated Press
Billings Sergeant Linked as Missing In Action
War department advised Mrs Lee H. Fields that Staff Sgt. Lee H. Fields 19 is missing in action in the European area. The Billings, Montana native was serving overseas when reported unaccounted for.
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Billings
Lee H. Fields
War Department
Liberator Bombers Hit Caroline Islands In Fourth Day of Strikes
Allied reports say Liberator bombers of the Southwest Pacific Air Force attacked Woleai and Satawan in the Caroline islands for a fourth straight day. Woleai raids destroyed six enemy planes in two attacks while Thirteenth Army Air Force bombers struck Woleai five or six times, with fires and explosions reported. No Allied planes were lost. Satawan was hit in Nomoi atoll, 150 miles southeast of Truk, during Tuesday’s daylight raid.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
South Pacific Air Force
Caroline Islands
Woleai
Satawan Islands
Thirteenth Army Air Force
Woleai Island
Truk
Douglas MacArthur
Satawan Island
Nomoi Atoll
Explosion Kills 43 in Norwegian Town
A heavy explosion at Skoltergrunn quay in Bergen on Thursday killed 43 people and injured many more as a strong wind fanned the fire. The blast damaged Bergen steamship offices Nordenfjeldske offices and Bergen castle Haakon hall.
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Stockholm
Skoltergrunn
Bergen
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Oslo
Nordenfjeldske Steamship Company
Bergen Castle
Germans Fortify Europe as Invasion Looms on Channel
Across Norway to the channel coast German forces rush defenses for an Allied invasion. Explosions near Dover signal anti invasion fortifications while 8000 Norwegians are said to have been conscripted for work. Berlin boasts readiness as panic and drills ripple through Denmark and Copenhagen.
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Hitler
Europe
Joseph W. Grigg
London
Norway
Channel
Berlin
Straits of Dover
Office of War Information
Finnmark
Troms
Nordland
Stock
Holm
Germany
Atlantic Wall
Adolf Hitler
Denmark
Copenhagen
Allied air offensive hits French invasion coast in daylight
U S and British air forces mounted a major daylight attack against the French invasion coast with 750 to 1,000 heavy bombers supported by fighters. The strikes targeted rail yards, fortifications, and military objectives in northern France while a parallel Balkan raid focused on Plovdiv.
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London
U. S
Atlantic Wall
Germany
Europe
France
Plovdiv
Bulgaria
Balkan
Frankfurt
Cherbourg
Ninth Air Force
Calais
le Havre
Karl von Runstedt
Eighth Air Force
Sofia
Istanbul
Romania
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Butte
Butte High School
Garry Fisher
Sylvia de Deppo
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Helene Kallgren
H. J. Schiesser
Russell White
Bohunkus Bunkus
By Walter Logan
Melby
Bougainville
U S
Joseph C. Raddoch
Laverna
Ala
James D. Robertson
Harlowton
Texas
John Puckett
Walter Rundle
Caroline Isles
Don Caswell
Cherbourg Peninsula
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Britain
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Abbeville
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