Soviets Claim 1500 Nazis Killed in Polish Front Clash
Soviet high command reports Marshal Zhukov's First Ukraine army killed 1,500 enemy troops and destroyed 68 tanks near Stanislawow in old Poland amid German attacks. Berlin says large Red Army reserves move into a 250 mile front as Sevastopol in Crimea nears final phase.
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London
Gregory K. Zhukov
Ukraine
Carpathian
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimea
Berlin
Dnestr
Pripyat
Ane
Ber
Mt. Sapoun
Fears of Meat Famine Vanish as Supplies Improve
Washington reports the War Food Administration says fears of a meat famine have vanished due to higher pork and beef stocks. The Office of Price Administration raises poultry ceiling prices to boost supply, adding about two thirds of a cent per pound for consumers. Per capita meat consumption is projected at 139 pounds annually through June, 13 pounds above the 1935 to 1939 average, with stronger marketing and storage levels noted.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Patton Arrives in London to Join Invasion Command
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. arrives in Britain to join Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s invasion force for Western Europe. Dubbed Old Blood and Guts, Patton is famed as a tough tank specialist and veteran commander who led forces at Casablanca and El Guetar and trained the Seventh Army for Sicily.
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London
George S. Patton, Jr
Seventh Army
Sicily
Britain
Dwight D. Eisen
Europe
Patton
Casablanca
el Guetar
Tunisia
Second Army
Bradley
Tunis
Bizerte
P-38 Pilot Barnes Survives Two Hours of Shelling Near Rabaul
Captain William D. Barnes, 25, of Craig Montana, was shot down near Rabaul after leading a dive bombing mission on Cape Touch. He endured two hours of shore-based 20 mm and 3 inch shellfire, paddled a native canoe to safety, and was rescued after six hours in the water though a Dumbo rescue plane could not reach him. He received minor shell fragment wounds and witnessed heavy anti-aircraft fire on B-25s B-24s and P-39s.
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South Pacific
William D. Barnes
Rabaul
Barnes
Craig
Mont
New Ireland
Cape Touch
Dumbo
U S Bombers Strike at Caroline Isles
Allied forces report Liberator raids across the Carolines with multi‑ hundred‑ton airstrikes. Satawan and Woleai targets received 500‑pound and 50‑ton bomb loads as Japan bases in New Guinea faced renewed Allied assaults.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
U.P
South Pacific Air Force
Satawan Island
Carolines
Woleai Island
Pacific
Satawan
Nomoi
Truk
Douglas MacArthur
Woleai
13Th Army Air Force
Japan
New Guinea
Boston
Hollandia
Wewak
Geelvink Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Namber
Kamiri
Noemfoor Island
Autopsy Held in Hill Death
An autopsy was performed on Herbert Hill 65 after he died at a local hospital following being found unconscious in a lavatory near his Bonner block home. Drs E S McMahon and R F Peterson will conduct microscopic tests to determine cause of death. Hill was involved in a prior near-tragedy in 1943 triggering criminal actions.
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Herbert Hill
Bonner Block
North Main Street
Richard Rogers
Dee
P. H. Fisher
Iaves
Rev. Michael McCormack in Critical Condition
The Rev. Michael McCormack pastor of St. Joseph church is critically ill at St. James hospital after abdominal surgery. He arrived in Butte from Ireland 38 years ago and has had a prominent career in Montana's Catholic history.
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Michael McCormack
St. Joseph Church
St. James Hospital
Father McCormack
Butte
Ireland
Catholic Church
Montana
Nelson Says U S Has Best Weapons
Chicago April 21 War Production Chairman Donald M Nelson previews invasion weapons and equipment saying thousands of landing boats an air shield of American planes and the best weapons in the world will be used to defeat Germany and save lives he notes 20 000 vessels built and plans for 80 000 landing craft with 15 types rated to support the invasion backed by powerful long range artillery and 50 caliber machine guns.
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Chicago
U.S
Donald M. Nelson
Europe
Chicago Association of Commerce
U. S
Allied Air Attacks Destroy 100 War Plants in Frankfurt
British and American air raids destroyed more than 100 war plants in Frankfurt and devastated about half of the 2 200 acres of the city’s administrative and commercial center. Photographs show the war potential virtually wiped out with only two or three factories left undamaged.
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London
Frankfurt
Air Ministry
Ministry
Treasury debaters outline gold based stabilization fund
Treasury technicians from 34 nations reach agreement on an eight billion dollar gold based stabilization fund to curb currency gyrations and aid trade. Soviet Russia signs on at the last minute while Morgenthau says Congress will decide and Roosevelt will appoint a representative committee.
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Treasury
Donald Kovacic
Washington
Soviet
Russia
United Nations
Morgenthau
Morgenthau Outlined the Agreement Before Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Allied air attack on Sabang drives Japanese from skies
Eugene Burns aboard an Allied carrier reports a 15 minute raid on Sabang Sumatra using Hellcats Dauntless Avengers Corsairs and Barracudas. Allied planes bombed ships and airfields with minimal losses while Japanese raids were repelled by a strong Hellcat screening.
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Sabang
Sumatra
Padang
Andaman Or Nicobar Islands
Singapore
Southeast Asia Command
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Lhonga
Pacific Ocean
Company Closes Steward Shaft Under War Production Policy
The Anaconda company announced the Steward shaft would close immediately and workers transferred to more productive mines. The move follows manpower shortages in Butte and aims to concentrate limited labor to boost copper output. Soldiers under 22 recalled. civilians 18 to 22 face draft within 30 days, then ages 22 to 25 over 90 days.
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Anaconda Company
Steward
Butte
War Production Board
Allied air strikes hit Italy ports and rail network
Allied Mediterranean air forces hit Italy Thursday targeting Venice harbor Monfalcone shipyards Rieti airfield and Livorno harbor with over 2000 tons of bombs. Eight Allied planes were lost and an American destroyer clashed with German E-boats near Anzio.
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Allied
Naples
Mediterranean Air Forces
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Venice
Monfalcone
Trieste
Rieti
Rome
Livorno
Anzio
Eighth Arm
Adriatic
Cassino
Vichy Leaders Decry Allied Bombings On Radio
In brief talks broadcast Friday night on Vichy home radio, Marshal Petain and Pierre Laval condemned Allied bombings. Petain called raids unprecedented in violence and cruelty and accused former allies of merciless aggression. Laval warned the war darkens with more hard trials ahead. Recordings were made by the U S Office of War Information.
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New York
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Petain
France
Laval
U. S. Office of War Information
Japs Reinforce Invasion Of India Press Report
Southeast Asia fronts report Japanese reinforcements including tanks enter the India invasion. Allied counteroffensive advances near Imphal and Kohima, with new enemy tank appearances at Palel. Mountbatten's communiqué says Kohima relief forces broke through earlier, with Japanese losses cited around Kohima.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Imphal
Kohima
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Palel
Mountbatten
Dimapur
Bengal-Assam
Legation at Lisbon to Be Raised to Embassy Status
The State department announced on Friday that the United States will raise its legation in Lisbon to the rank of embassy. It is expected that Portugal will similarly elevate its legation in Washington, reflecting the growing importance of relations between the two countries.
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Lisbon
Washington
State Department
Lisson
Portugal
Prisoner of War Walter Cates Reported in Germany
Second Lieutenant Walter Cates is a prisoner of war in Germany according to Red Cross notification to his parents Mr and Mrs Walter G Cates of Billings Montana. He had been listed as missing in action since March 18.
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Billings
Walter Cates
Germany
The
Red Cross
Walter G. Cates
Cates
Butte Weather Forecast For Friday And Saturday
Butte area partly cloudy with little temperature change. Friday max 47 min 36. West of divide partly cloudy with little change. East of divide partly cloudy with afternoon showers in the southwest, slightly warmer in the northwest.
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Butte
Continental Divide
Nazis Report Great Fleet Concentrations
Allied bombers pummeled Nazi defenses across the channel as invasion fever rises. Berlin claimed a huge fleet gathering in British home waters and that troops are leaving London. Britain and American air forces struck Cologne and railway centers behind the front while larger offensives targeted Bucharest and southeastern Europe.
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Europe
Hitler
London
Vichy Radio
Italy
Balkans
Cologne
France
Belgium
Geremans’ West Front
Berlin
Bucharest
Bomber Command
U. S. Destroyers Sink Seven Ships in Kavieng Raid
A U S destroyer division in a two month old operation near Kavieng attacked Japanese installations and sank seven merchant vessels. They located and sunk a 6000 ton merchant ship, torpedoed a tanker, and sank three fleeing ships while shelling shore batteries and airfields.
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Washington
Kavieng
New Ireland
U S Urges Finland to Break From Nazis
Stockholm dispatch reports United States chargé d affaires Edmund A. Gullion delivered a note to Finland on April 13 urging an end to ties with Germany. The source notes Coates was unavailable for comment.
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Stockholm
United States
Helsinki
Edmund A. Gullion
Finland
Germany
Coates
Truck overturns kills 21-year-old Ness in Montana
Clifford Ness of Ekalaka died at a Miles City hospital after his truck overturned on Friday. A post crash fire destroyed the horses. Ness becomes the 19th traffic accident victim in Montana this year.
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Miles City
Clifford Ness
Ekalaka
Ness
Montana
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