War News Assess Balkans Fallout and British Resolve
Interpreting Kirke Simpson argues the Balkan collapse boosts German prestige and expands Nazi air power. He warns of renewed pressure on Britain from the east and west, with sea power and air superiority shaping the potential for invasion while Allied resolve hardens. He notes repercussions in Russia, Turkey, Spain, Japan, and conquered France as Nazi advance reshapes the global balance.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Balkans
Greece
France
Balkan
Low Countries
Britain
Russia
Turkey
Spain
Japan
London
Australia
England
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Mediterranean
Hitler
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Europe
Aegean
Bay of Biscay
Norway
Three Montana School of Mines Seniors Named Medal Candidates
Three students from the Montana School of Mines James L. Kelly Dilton David E. Thompson Kalispell and Matthew P. Rowe Butte were chosen as candidates for the annual Montana Society of Engineers medal. The trio will attend a dinner at the Finlen hotel Friday at 6 30 pm where the committee will interview them before the June 6 graduation when the award is announced.
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Montana School of Mines
James L. Kelly
Dilton
David E. Thompson
Kalispell
Matthew P. Rowe
Butte
Montana Society of Engineers
Finlen Hotel
W. A. O'Kelly
William Flynn
Anaconda
Child Struck Down by Car Driver Sought by Police
Police searched Wednesday night for the driver who struck 3 year old Lonnie Allen of 43514 Colorado street in front of his home. He was hit late Wednesday afternoon and left the scene. Lonnie was treated at St James hospital for head and body injuries and discharged home.
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Lonnie Allen
Colorado Street
Lonnie
St. James Hospital
Allen
Democratic National Committee Envoy Feted at Dinner Here
About 120 prominent Butte Democrats attended a dinner at the Aro cafe in Meaderville to honor Harry M. Washington of the Democratic National Committee. Washington spoke on the Jackson Day dinner in Helena May 3 to raise funds to retire party campaign debt. Tickets were $2 with extra requests for those in Roosevelt New Deal employment.
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Democratic National Committee
Butte
Aro
Meaderville
Harry M. Washington
Helena
Jack Healy
Mr. Washington
Arthur F. Lamey
William T. McCarthy
Democratic Organization
Silver Bow County
Washington
Nazis Demand Control of Bosporus and Dardanelles
London dispatch cites a Daily Herald report that Germany sought full military control of the Bosporus and Dardanelles in exchange for Greek Thrace. Turkey pressed for an immediate reply while Berlin reportedly rejected a Soviet shared control proposal.
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The
Daily Herald
Germany
Turkey
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Dardanelles
Greek Thrace
Berlin
Russia
Samothrake
Lemnos
Soviet Union
Greece
Adolf Hitler
Mediterranean
Black Seas
London Daily Herald
Thrace
Istanbul
Franz von Papen
Rome
Yugoslavia
Epirus
America
Italy
Germans Arrest Norse Saboteurs at Narvik Port
German authorities in Narvik have detained several individuals after uncovering a plot to blow up the Nazi munitions depot there. Oslo reports said the arrests were made Wednesday night.
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Narvik
Stockholm
Oslo
Whirlwind finish urged to hit Y campaign $21,000 goal
The final Y M C A drive in Butte hinges on a last day push to reach the $21,000 goal as the concluding dinner at the Y gymnasium is set for 6 30 tonight. Preparations include a program led by George N Short with invocations by the Rev Floyd E Logee and reports from campaign leaders. Roundup club members are urged to secure new subscriptions while veteran supporters J O Peterson and J A Smith recall the building effort dating back to 1915. The event features the Butte male chorus under Frank T Lester with Lois Squire at the piano and Finis Matson's orchestra. Dinner served by Girl Scouts.
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George N. Short
Floyd E. Logee
Sam Parker
H. H. James
A. J. Knievel
J. L. Boardman
Kenneth Christie
J. D. Newman
M. W. Plummer
Butte
Frank T. Lester
J. O. Peterson
J. A. Smith
Old Butte Young Men's Association
Helena
National Y. M. C. A
Ernest Keilow
Richard Stodden
Bob Logan
Richard Tregidja
Lindbergh Warns U S Cannot Win War for Britain
Col Charles A Lindbergh told an America First rally that the United States cannot win this war for England regardless of aid. He denounced interventionists as defeatists and warned against un-American factions welcomed at meetings. He said a majority of Americans oppose entering the war and warned democracy would fail if forced into conflict.
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New York
Charles
Lindbergh
America First Committee
United States
England
Europe
L. M. Birkhead
Friends of Democracy
Bund
Madison Square Garden
America
France
Archduke Otto Visits Anaconda and Sees Allies Not Lost
Archduke Otto, pretender to Austria-Hungary, visits Anaconda with Count Henry Degenfald after lectures at Stanford. He tours Anaconda reductions works and Butte mines, proclaims Allies have not lost the war, citing Hitler’s vulnerability and potential revolts in Nazi-occupied nations.
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Anaconda
Archduke Otto
Austria-Hungary
Europe
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Count Henry Degenfald
Anaconda Reductions
Butte Mines
Yellowstone National Park
Hitler
Great Britain
Heavy German Raid In Southwest England Seen As Failure
A heavy German air raid on a bomb blasted Plymouth area killed at least 12 people but was described by air raid workers as a flat failure. Most bombs hit already blitzed ruins with little new damage. Lady Astor visited the raid area as eight bodies were recovered from a garden shelter blown atop a house and four more in a surface shelter.
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England
Plymouth
Greeks Surrender North as Government Flees to Crete
Berlin reports the surrender of about 250000 Greek troops in Epirus and Macedonia as Athens faces German advance. King George II and the government flee to Crete while Britain and Greek forces contest guard lines north of Thermopylae amid strikes on Piraeus.
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Thermopylae
Athens
Greece
Crete
Piraeus
Dunkerque
Greeces
Associated Press
Thermopylae Pass
George II
Berlin
Wehrmacht
Leonidas
Schaubert
Epirus
Macedonia
Salonika
George III
Lokris
Peloponnesus
Rome
Dunekerque
Acropolis
St. George's Day
Gath
Butte and Montana Weather Forecast Outlook
Butte expects cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with occasional showers on Thursday and partly cloudy conditions on Friday. Montana wide forecast shows unsettled Thursday with scattered showers and cooler air, followed by partly cloudy conditions Friday.
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Butte
Montana
Knights of Khorassan Fete Imperial Prince at Banquet
Members of Al Hoosayn temple No 82 Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan invite the imperial prince Dr Thomas E Payne of Roanoke Virginia as guest at a banquet and ceremonial tonight in Helena The Casino on Harrison avenue hosts the 7 oclock banquet followed by the 830 oclock ceremony at the Pythian castle Dokkies from several Montana communities will attend the events
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Khorassan
al Hoosayn Temple No
Order of Knights of Khorassan
Order
Thomas E. Payne
Roanoke
Payne
Spokane
Harrison Avenue
Pythian Castle
Dokkies
Butte
Centerville
Billings
Timber
Livingston
Bozeman
Helena
Deer Lodge
Lima
Anaconda
Philipsburg
Dr. Payne
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