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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1941
Page
1
Moscow reports Soviet Russia agreed to supply Germany with large quantities of food, especially grains, under an enlarged economic pact running to August 1, 1942. The treaty also covers industrial materials and oil products in exchange for German equipment. The amounts are not specified.
The Greek forces seize Klisura in east central Albania, a village guarding a crucial river gorge and three vital roadways. The Volussa gorge links Klisura and Tepelini, shaping supply routes and defining Albania’s main north south corridors.
William Fleming a Butte truck driver was attacked by two men on East Park street after leaving the Silver King saloon He was struck with a small revolver pressed to his body and knocked unconscious He was robbed of 285 dollars a social security card a mines rustling card and a one dollar watch Fleming reported to police and was treated at St James hospital
Metropolitan Life Insurance statisticians report at least 100000 civilian deaths in the first year of the new war, surpassing World War I losses for the entire four years. Armed forces deaths among all belligerents reach about 300000.
In Louisville on Friday FBI agents arrested Eva Kebsch 29 Robert L Meredith 42 and Frank Fortner 30 and arraigned them on charges of seeking to have Kebschs brother Vernon Earl Bohanan placed in a deferred draft category They allegedly offered money to a draft board and faced conspiracy counts Bond set at 1000 for Meredith and Fortner Kebsch released on her own recognizance awaiting further proceedings
London reports the RAF staged a mighty daylight offensive with about 50 bombers and 500 fighters hitting Calais Boulogne and other invasion bases in northwestern France. One Briton was lost. three German planes fell. Bombs fell for an hour hitting airfields ships and military buildings as the raid echoed along the southeast English coast.
Montana's Twenty seventh General Assembly closed its first week with organization complete and 16 proposals introduced. One bill, the feed bill, provided 165000 for per diem mileage salaries and expenses, enacted Wednesday. Both houses adjourned to 1 pm Monday, as leaders called the period orderly. Senate and House notices included memorials and committee appointments. Senators Simmons and Burke announced proposed measures on estate procedures and widows rights.
Butte campaign reports 305 hits yielding $15,291.75 toward a $25,000 goal. Commander J. D. Newman’s squadron totals 116 hits $6,196.75, with two squadrons still reporting. Leaders praise flight chiefs Layne Marshall Grefig Callahan and Fields Hermes Comstock James for reconnoitering and securing contributions.
The Kokumin Shimbun in Tokyo editorialized that Japan should delay sending its new ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura to the United States. It called President Roosevelt's recent addresses rabid challenges to Japan and said that despite attempts to improve relations, it is now too late for such efforts.
Butte churches closed the first universal week of prayer with a Presbyterian service. Ministers hailed the six day observance as successful and planned to continue annually to build a community week. The theme centered on Christ as the world's answer and included prayers for Germans and European Christians and missions cut off from support. Rev. Bruce K. Blunt spoke on The Church and Its Hopes and the observance was sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches.
Washington January 10 Congress introduced a broad power bill giving President Roosevelt authority to supply war materials to foreign nations for defense. The plan includes permission to repair British warships in U S Navy yards and requires presidential requests for appropriations. Debate centers on potential suspensions of neutrality laws and Johnson Act constraints while supporters rush action.
President Roosevelt announced export licenses required for copper and five other strategic materials including brass bronze zinc nickel and potash to curb trade with Japan and Soviet Russia amid defense needs. Japan remained a large buyer of petroleum products despite controls.
Honolulu reports Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, 59, will become commander in chief of the U S fleet February 1. He vows to raise fleet effectiveness and readiness to support national policies. He says the appointment, described by some as a circus, surprised him.
British artillery and bombers pounded Tobruk as armored units pushed westward into Libya. British forces were over 100 miles inside Libya, 40 miles west of Tobruk, nearing Benghazi. Italian prisoners at Bardia could total 44,009 per a December 26 battle order.
The Greek war ministry announced about 600 Italian prisoners were taken at Klisura in Albania after a siege. The base, shelled and stormed, was described as devastated with 400 Italians dead on one sector and included flags, guns, tanks, mortars, and other war material.
Governor Sam C. Ford announced the appointment of C. H. Raymond of Hamilton as a member of the state water conservation board. Raymond, born June 22 1884 at Glendive and a Montana State University graduate, has worked on irrigation and banking projects in the Bitter Root valley since moving to Hamilton in 1910.
Saturday and Sunday forecast for Butte and Fall River regions shows partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Somewhat colder conditions expected east of the divide with similar partial cloud cover for Montana Fall region.
A 25-member western delegation met with Secretary Wickard in Washington on January 19 to discuss how to distribute the 1941 national beet acreage allotment. The Agriculture Department ordered the first beet plantings reduction since 1934 amid record production and large beet sugar stocks, with the allotment cut from about 990 000 to 820 000 acres for the 1941 crop. Representative Coffee of Nebraska said he urged apportionment measures and warned older producers in Colorado Montana and Wyoming fear too sharp cuts amid drought.
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