Thermopylae falls and Greece braces for surrender
The article frames Thermopylae as both heroic defense and looming defeat as German forces close in on Athens. It notes potential Greek and Allied evacuation, the narrow Peloponnesus route, and Crete and Malta as strategic bases for British defense and supply amid the Mediterranean crisis.
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Thermopylae
Greece
Athens
Berlin
New Zealand
Thermopylae Pass
Paris
Corinth
Peloponessus
London
Cairo
Athenian
Corinth Isthmus
Crete
Mediterranean
Malta
Sicily
Balkans
Hans
British shift Asiatic naval force after Greek defeat
Nichi Nichi, citing a Shanghai dispatch, reports Britain plans to move naval forces in China and Indian waters toward the eastern area. The United States Asiatic fleet would defend Singapore and Hongkong, following the Greek defeat.
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Tokyo
Nichi Nichi
Shanghai
Britain
China
Indian
Mediterranean
United States Asiatic Fleet
Singapore
Hongkong
Montana Power cuts electric rates for all customers
Montana Power Company announces a $339,000 annual reduction in electric rates effective May 1, approved by the Montana railroad and public service commission. The change lowers the residential minimum to 75 cents and trims top-tier charges, with a one cent water heating rate and identical first 60 kilowatt hours for residential and commercial customers. The move follows a similar cut 17 months ago, totaling $649,000 in annual savings.
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Montana Power Company
F. W. Bird
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Helena
Mr. Bird
Montana
Falls Youth Guilty of Manslaughter in Aunt's Death
Great Falls Montana district court jury found Robert J. McCollim a high school senior guilty of manslaughter in the March 1 death of his aunt Mrs. Arthur Moore. The maximum sentence is 10 years. Judge C F Holt to pronounce sentence Tuesday morning. The state relied on a signed confession, with defense arguing about insanity and mercy in closing remarks.
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Great Falls
Umr
Robert J. McCollim
Arthur Moore
C. F. Holt
J. Paul Freeman
A. C. Hall
McCollim
Moore
Bersanti Wins Butte High Exemporaneous Contest
Norman Bersanti won first place in the Butte high school extemporaneous speaking contest on the subject Convoys. Al Muller earned alternates for The Defense of the Western Hemisphere. Bersanti will represent Butte HS at the state contest May 13 at Montana State College in Bozeman.
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Norman Bersanti
Butte High School
Convoys
al Muller
Bersaiuti
Montana
State College
Bozeman
Harold Seymour
Thomas Dee
Latin America
Richard Miller
Monroe
Western Hemisphere
Maurice Arthur
United States
Europe
George Hardisty
John McClernan
Frank L Riley
F. B. Moriarty
Dave Holland
Lois Shone
Helen McGregor
69-Year-Old Man Receives Draft Board Notice
Edward Lee Brown, a 69-year-old retired postal employee, received a selective service examination notice on Friday in Washington. He expected a mistake but will appear for the test, despite his advanced age.
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Draft Board
Washington
Edward Lee Brown
Brown
Roosevelt reveals global naval patrols to guard hemisphere
President Roosevelt disclosed a far flung system of United States naval patrols to scout for aggressor warcraft and warn of their presence. He stressed the patrol is not a convoy system but an extension of the neutrality patrols begun in 1939 to protect the western hemisphere. He compared it to wagon train scouts and said it could aid British shipping if needed, while avoiding commitments to convoy goods across the Atlantic.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Western Hemisphere
Seven Seas
Roosevelt weighs Axis presence in Greenland
President Roosevelt spoke of the possibility that Axis forces might be in Greenland and said the United States is taking steps to respond. Senator Nye accused the discussion of scaring the public while Senator Lee urged action if Nazis are there. The president noted a recent agreement with Denmark to base operations on Greenland and protect the island.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Greenland
United States
Denmark
Western Hemisphere
Nye
R-N.d
Lee
D-Okla
Arctic Island
Arctic Island and Otherwise Take It Under Protection. Mr. Roosevelt
Fund Campaign to Advertise State Is Urged
The advertising committee of Montanans, Inc. urged a $20,000 state tourism promotion to attract national visitors. The plan would be funded by public subscriptions via county quotas, with action sent to the resolutions committee. Governor Ford praised the effort and pledged support as leaders urged unity in wartime defense.
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Helena
Advertising Committee of
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Resolutions Committee For Action
Sam C. Ford
James H. Rowe
Butte
Frederick P. Champ
Logan
Utah
Francis A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Ford
Rowe
C Y C Play Day Set Saturday For City Children
The annual C Y C Play Day for grade schoolers will be held at Cinders Park and the K C gymnasium. Boys compete in kite flying marbles and horseshoe pitching at 9 30, with girls taking part in jacks and hopscotch at 1 30.
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Cinders
K. C. Gymnasium
K. C. Gym
Weather forecast for Butte and Montana weekend
Butte expects partly cloudy conditions Saturday and Sunday with showers on Saturday and little temperature change. Montana forecast shows partly cloudy skies for Saturday and Sunday with scattered showers in the western portion Saturday.
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Butte
Montana
British Troops Exit Athens Amid Greek Farewell Cheer
In Athens British imperial forces including Australians and New Zealanders depart by ship after a rear-guard action against German advances. Greeks greet the withdrawal with garlands and calls to reunite, while some troops head south to Crete to continue the fight against the Axis.
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Athens
U.P
Empire
George II
Crete
General Motors Strike Threat Certified to Mediation Board
Secretary Perkins certified to the defense mediation board the threat of a strike at General Motors. The Labor Department said reports showed 41 or 61 plants holding strike votes up to midnight had voted for a walkout.
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Washington
Perkins
Defense Mediation Board
General Motors Corporation
Labor Department
Beatings Described As Regular As Meals At Alcatraz
Henri Young, Alcatraz convict, testified about routine brutality and solitary confinement at the prison in San Francisco Bay. He described dark cells, being deprived of meals, and punishments for minor rule violations as part of his murder trial.
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Sam Francisco
Alcatraz Island Federal Prison
Henri Young
Alcatraz
Youngs
Island Penitentiary
San Francisco Bay
Young
Rufus McCain
Definite Design Seen in Attacks
London observers see a pattern in German bombings over eight months, noting emphasis on key industrial areas and port cities while interior transport and some targets are left relatively untouched. Analysts suggest raids avoid Hamm like essential invasion facilities, and speculate on a deliberate by passing of certain objectives. Mussolini imposes foreign exchange regulations in Italian occupied Yugoslavia, blocking funds abroad.
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London
Britain
Channel
Midlands
Coventry
Birmingham
Sheffield
Tyneside
Hull
Scotland
Portsmouth
Southampton
Plymouth
Bristol
Liverpool
Merseyside
Wales
Cardiff
Swansea
East Midlands
Hamm
Romf
Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Italy
Germans crushing advance toward Athens in Balkan blitz
German forces push toward Athens after breaching Thermopylae and defeating British hold at the pass. New Zealand anti tank unit reports 23 German tanks destroyed near Mount Oeta. Lemnos and Samothrace seized, Evvola repelled, as Berlin claims Athens may fall any hour amid a wider Balkan conquest.
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Associated Press
Thermopylae Pass
Athens
Germany
Greece
New Zealand
Mount Oeta
Cairo
London
Berlin
U.P
Dunkerque
Balkan
Adolf Hitler
Thermopylae
Balkans
Acropolis
European
Mediterranean
Crete
Egypt
Pass of Thermopylae
Butte Precipitation Below Normal for First Four Months
Weather bureau officials report Butte has received 1.99 inches of precipitation from January through April 25, well below the 3.49 inch four month average. January 0.15, February 0.69, March 0.94, April 1.11 are normal monthly figures, with April 25 showing 0.18 inch above normal. An above normal late fall rain and snow did not compensate for the early year deficit. Temperatures ranged up to 48 degrees.
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Butte
Weather Bureau
Tecat
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Montenegro
Albania
General Motors
Reich
Oeta
Evvola
Euboea
Hellas
Piraeus
United States Legation
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