War News Highlights Greek Surrender Strategy and British Losses
The piece argues Nazi policy aims to force Greek capitulation by using the trapped British on Epirus as a bargaining chip. It notes limited British air strength and doubts any Dunkirk scale retreat, while UK political figures face possible criticism and Eden’s role draws attention amid broader Balkan and North Africa plans.
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Greece
Hitler
Epirus
Dunkerque
Dunquerque
England
London
Australia
Churchill
Norway
Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Athens
Turkey
General Wavell
Middle East
Balkan
Great Britain
North Africa
Northern Pacific reports March income up over 1940
The Northern Pacific railway net operating income for March reached 1,228,132 dollars, up 423,151 from March 1940. Operating revenues totaled 5,860,480 dollars, the highest for March in eleven years.
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ST. Paul
Northern Pacific Railway
Butte Y M C A Campaign Ends After Record Giving
The Butte community rallied to support the Y M C A raising 21188 to sustain plant operations and youth programs. About 300 attended a dinner and dance as George N Short announced awards to top workers including Dr H H James E G Craine A F Rice and Earl Holman. Alex Blewett received a special acknowledgment as a leading contributor.
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Butte
Butte Y. M. C. A
H. H. James
E. G. Craine
A. F. Rice
Earl Holman
Alex Blewett
North America
Knox Urges U S Aid to Defeat Germany and Axis
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told a New York dinner that the United States must share the burden of the war and provide aid to Britain. He warned that Axis powers encircle the nation and that treaties like the Russia Japan neutrality pact strengthen Japan and threaten expansion into critical war material regions.
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New York
W.P
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
United States
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Knox
Hitler
England
Atlantic
Britain
America
Japan
Great Britain
Russia
Europe
Butte Draftees Sent From Rainy assembly to Fort Missoula
About 200 people gathered in the rain in Silver Bow county to send six draftees to Fort Missoula as part of the seventh call. Draft boards report upcoming quotas, with Board No. 1 providing three men, Board No. 2 two, and Board No. 3 one for the eighth call. Rejections and replacements adjust totals for the June 30 deadline.
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Butte
Army
Silver Bow County
Fort Missoula
Sories
Seberne National Dear
Bridges Hearing Nearing Close
The government nears completion of its deportation case against Harry Bridges. New York Communist William C. McCuistion testified Bridges was ordered to attend a 1935 Madison Square Garden strike meeting to bolster sailor morale, with the seamen’s strike said to be promoted by the Communist party.
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San Francisco
U.P
Harry Bridges
New York
Bridges
Communist Party
William C. McCuistion
Madison Square Garden
Australia
Albert del Guercio
McCuistion
New Ripe
Roy Hudson
al Lannon
Jack Lawrenson
John Robinson
Tommy Ray
Rifle accident claimed Ruby Everett's life in Helena
Mrs. Ruby Everett 33 was fatally shot when her five year old son Bobby accidently discharged a rifle. The bullet struck her neck as she was en route to hospital after preparing dinner with Cecilia Everett and Irene Everett present. Louis Everett's wife died before treatment. the family includes Kenneth 7 and Irene 3.
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Helena
Ruby Everett
Bobby
Irene Everett
Everett
Louis
Louis Everetts
Kenneth
Irene
Hull Declares Britain Must Get Help
Secretary Cordell Hull urged, on a national broadcast, that the free nations unite to resist world domination and speed aid to Britain and other resistors. Navy Secretary Knox echoed the call, warning against sunk aid as German submarines threaten transports. The ambients hint at an imminent major U S action to deliver war materials abroad.
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Washington
WUP
Cordell
Hull
Great Britain
U. S
Roosevelt
Britain
War Cabinet
Navy
Frank Knox
New York
Atlantic
North Atlantic
United States
Canadians Recapture German Prisoners
In Medicine Hat Alberta on April 24 four German prisoners who escaped with 26 others from a northwestern Ontario camp were captured by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The men named themselves Sgt Maj Karl Heinz Grund and Sgt Horst Liebeck, matching two fugitives on the earlier list. They said they reached the prairie region by riding freight trains and hitchhiking.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Ontario
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Karl Heinz Grund
Horst Liebeck
Western Canada Prairies
Dublin Defenses Fire On Plane Over City
Dublin ground defenses fired on an unidentified aircraft that flew over the capital on Thursday afternoon marking a second such incident in a week. An official statement confirms the overflight and engagement. A British aircraft later made a forced landing in County Waterford with an unharmed pilot interned.
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Dublin
Eire
County Waterford
Imperial Prince of Order Visits Butte for Pythian Tour
Dr. Thomas Payne of Roanoke Virginia imperial prince of the Dramatic Order of Khorassan arrives in Butte from surrounding points to visit temples in the West. He outlines American First themes and 100 percent defense backing as the order strengthens the Pythian organization. The imperial palace session is planned for Roanoke in August after a casino dinner and castle meeting.
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Khorassan
Butte
Thomas Payne
Roanoke
Payne
America
Dr. Payne
Imperial Palace
Pythian Castle
Jury Gets McCollim Murder Case Today
In Great Falls on April 24 1947 the McCollim murder trial proceeds as jurors prepare to hear closing arguments after defense and state rested. Dr Gladys Holmes testified on paranoia while Moore described McCollim as by nature cruel.
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Great Falls
Robert J. McCollim
Arthur R. Moore
Gladys Holmes
Montana State Hospital
Warm Springs
McCollim
Moore
Butte Sees Heavy Precipitation In 12 Hour Span
Snow showers and rain brought Montana’s heaviest precipitation for a 12 hour period, with Butte at 3.8 inches and Helena 2.7 inches, Bozeman 1.7 and Lewistown 1.7, temperatures from 32 to 40 degrees, and cloudy, warmer conditions forecast with light showers ahead.
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Butte
Montana
Helena
Bozeman
Lewistown
British Forces Hold Thermopylae Line in Greek Crisis
British forces grimly defend Thermopylae as German pressure around Athens grows. Churchill signals a wartime debate when feasible while Australians fret over Menzies losing majority and potential labor opposition influence.
Plane Missing Over Colombia with 14 Aboard
The Army reported that a tri motored Army plane carrying 14 people disappeared during a flight from Caucaya to Tarapaca in extreme southeastern Colombia.
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Bogota
Colombia
Caucaya
Tarapaca
British Deny Reports Of German Embarkation From Greece
A British radio commentator said no British soldier re-embarked from Greece as German and Italian claims of British evacuation were reported. Athens said German six inch guns shelled Thermopylae and Piraeus while heavy losses were claimed by both sides in the ongoing battles.
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Greece
New York
Associated Press
Thermopylae Pass
Athens
Balkan
Piraeus
Berlin
Dunkerque
Epirus
Thebes
High Command
Thermopylae
Lamia
Lamsa
DNB
Deutsch Allgemeine Zeitung
Acropolis
German Battleships Put Out of Action by Brest Bombing
British bombers hit the 26000 ton German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst at Brest for the 12th time. The Press Association said Scharnhorst was out of action for months while Gneisenau was believed hit amidships in an earlier raid. Air ministry did not claim direct hits and could not observe all explosions.
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Thermopylae
Leonidas
Lemnos
Athens
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Thebes
Winston Churchill
London
Gneisenau
Scharnhorer
Brest
British Press Association
Scharnhorst
Air Ministry
Montana Farm Income Expected Above 100 Million
The Federal Agricultural Marketing Service predicted Montana 1941 farm income would exceed 100 million dollars. Senior statistician Jay G. Diamond said favorable weather and price conditions could lift earnings, aided by defense-driven demand for wheat beef wool and other staples. He noted ample cash crops remain and reserves are stored for meat and poultry production.
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Helena
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Montana
Jay G. Diamond
National Defense
Diamond
Europe
Rona
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