Fierce Fighting Near Narvik As Nazis Besieged
Reports say Canadian and French Alpine troops press the siege around Narvik in Norway with 2,000 German soldiers trapped. German forces reportedly surrender a battalion near Gratangen as Hitler urges holdout while Allied units push toward Bjornefjell to trap the Nazis.
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Narvik
Stockholm
U.P
Rombak Heights
Blue Devils
Norway
Arctic
Gratangen
Adolf Hitler
Dietl
Irvik
Reich ships leaving Baltic ports raise Swedish concern
Paris reports German troop transports leaving Baltic ports amid icebound northern waters. French sources note concentrations at Lubeck Stralsund Stettin Konigsberg Danzig with icebreakers suggesting northern aims possibly Norway reinforcement. Reynaud’s ministers briefed Allies on council decisions as clashes east of the Moselle favored French forces.
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Paris
Sweden
War Office
Baltic
Lubeck
Stralsund
Stettin
Konigsberg
Danzig
War Ministry
Danish
Norway
Paul Reynaud
Council of Ministers
Supreme War Council
Poland
Moselle
Italy Threatens War as Mussolini Demands Safeguards
In Rome on April 24 Italy vows a swift solution to protect its Mediterranean and Balkan interests. The Fascist press warns the Allies, echoing Mussolini's hint of possible entry into the war within weeks while the war ministry urges preparedness amid tense international developments.
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Rome
U.P
Italy
Mediterranean
Balkans
Germany
Benito Mussolini
War Ministry
Informazione del Giorno
Mussolini
Burned Mississippi dance hall fire claims 198 lives
Police say five suspects were arrested on threats to set the Moss draped venue ablaze, while officials estimate 198 dead with dozens injured after a stampede and smoke suffocation at the Money Wasters Social Club in Natchez.
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Natchez
Miss
Joe Serio
Hyde Jenkins
William J. Byrne
Andrew Hedmey
Adams County
Money Wasters’ Social Club
Walter Barnes
Chicago Orchestra
Butte Country Club Grass Golf Course Nears Completion
The grass golf course project at Butte Country Club nears completion with $4,175 pledged of a $5,000 goal. Work has begun, turfing will start this summer, and when finished the 18 hole course aims to be one of Montana’s finest. J. C. Ryan presided the finance meeting with W. S. Thompson reporting on progress.
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The
Butte Country Club
Montana
J. C. Ryan
W. S. Thompson
Allied Bombing Raids Hit Five German Air Bases
Allied air forces bomb five Nazi air bases in a 400 mile German Norwegian Danish range to pave a new Norwegian offensive. British infantry hold rocky positions near Trondheim while 2 000 000 empire troops stand ready for summer battles, alongside 7 000 000 Allied soldiers against Reichswehr.
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London
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Trondheim
Royal Air Force
North Sea
Lillehammer
Valley Gate
Britain
Anti aircraft guns repulse Luftwaffe raid on Scapa Flow
British anti aircraft gunnery at Scapa Flow Orkney Islands repelled a German air attack late last night. A few raiders dropped heavy bombs on Hoy with no damage reported though one explosion shook distant houses and a machine gun opened on Hoy countryside.
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London
Scapa Flow
Orkney Islands
Island of
Hoy
British Fall Back In Steinkjer Area
In central Norway British forces retreated after repelling an assault by German infantry artillery and air forces and dug in six miles north of Steinkjer. A German flanking push toward Roros along the Glomma river pressured eastern Norway while a bombardment damaged a Norwegian troop train north of Tynset. Tynset lies southeast of Trondheim, with Boros nearby. Separately in Hollywood federal agents arrested ex producer Herbert M. Horheimer on charges of attempting to extort 350 from Maud A. Gilmer of Seattle.
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Stockholm
Steinkjer
Norway
Glomma
Roros
Tynset
Trondheim
Boros
Hollywood
Herbert M. Horheimer
Maud A. Gilmer
Seattle
Wash
Qualifying Tests Open 30th Annual City Track Meet Today
Qualifying tests for high jump broad jump and pole vault begin this afternoon for all three weight divisions at Butte high stadium. Finals and prelims will be run tomorrow with semi finals and remaining finals on Saturday as the three day meet opens with 375 boys weighed in yesterday.
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Butte
Butte High Stadium
Old Butte High
Bill Cullen
Pat McCarthy
Harry Yeager
Norse King Declares No Basis for Oslo Negotiations
King Haakon of Norway announces from a secret HQ that no basis exists for talks with Nazi Germany. He refuses to recognize the German-led Oslo administrative council and calls for German troop withdrawal as the sole acceptable basis.
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Oslo
Stockholm
Haakon of
Norway
Paul Berg
Norwegian Supreme Court
Germany
Montana Weather Forecast Showers and Snow Flurries
A Montana forecast calls for showers or snow flurries Thursday with Friday partly cloudy skies. Temperatures show little change across the period.
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Montana
War nerve center may shift from Norway to Sweden
London and Paris observers say Germany plans to shift war focus from Norway to Sweden with possible invasion along the Baltic coast to seize iron ore in Kiruna and Lulea. A Paris official cites ice breakers game as a sign, noting Narvik defense and the long Kiruna-Lulea rail link.
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London
Paris
Sweden
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Norway
Baltic
Germany
Narvik
Lulea
Bothnia
Gulf of Bothnia
Kiruna
Hitler
Public camping and picnic grounds to be improved
Deer Lodge National forest will start construction and improvements this spring to serve an estimated 70 000 visitors across 21 camping facilities. Echo lake picnic ground will be rebuilt, a new camp near East Fork Rock Creek is planned, and Upper Warm Springs will close for grass growth and tree planting. Picnic groups will require forest service permits. Butte and Anaconda district offices handle authorizations.
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Deer Lodge National Forest
Warren H. S Tillings
Forest
Stillings
Deer Lodge
Echo Lake
East Fork
Rock Creek
Forest Service
Butte District
C. A. Joy
Butte
Anaconda
Upper
Warm Springs
Court Breaks Butte Housing Project Hitch
The Butte Housing Authority faced a setback in the slum clearance project known as the Cabbage Patch when resident dissent caused resistance to fence installation on the Morgans property. A court order and sheriff's officers enabled work to proceed after authorities filed a petition for a writ of assistance in district court.
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Butte Housing Authority
Cabbage Patch
Housing Authority
William
Elizabeth Morgan
Morgans
Reich claims control over southern Norway
German authorities said troops controlled southern Norway between Oslo and Stavanger as naval and air forces reported 57 successful attacks on Britain’s navy. High command claimed Norwegian divisions disarmed near Stavanger and Norwegians driven from Steinkjer, while losses were not released.
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Berlin
Norway
Oslo
Stavanger
Britain
High Command
Rumania Launches Large Scale Road and Fort Program
In Bucharest on April 24, Romania announced a massive fort and road-building drive. All engineers assistants architects and technicians must report to the army by May 3. Materials have been stockpiled creating concern for the housing industry.
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Bucharest
Rumania
U.P
Anna Tuohy of Butte Dies While Visiting Washington
Mrs Anna Tuohy pioneer Butte matron and widow of W M Tuohy died last night in Washington DC while visiting her son in law Judge Walter Casey. Word came by long distance from Alf Kremer at her bedside to daughter Mrs J Ryan Gaul. She was a devout Immaculate Conception parishioner and known for hospitality at 1111 Caledonia Street.
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Anna K. Tuohy
Pioneer Butte
W. M. Tuohy
Butte
Washington, D. C
Walter Casey
Alf C. Kremer
J. Ryan Gaul
Caledonia Street
Tuohy
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Strikjer
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Aalborg
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