Stimson Warns on Air Invasion Risk If Britain Falls
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson warned Congress that if Britain surrenders to the Nazis America could face a Luftwaffe invasion. He urged passage of the lend lease bill to aid England and stated he would not oppose transferring US warships if conditions justified it. He spoke to the House Foreign Affairs Committee amid debates over the policy.
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Washington
Stimson
Britain
America
Congress
Roosevelt
House Foreign Affairs Committee
England
Rep. Fish
R.N. Y
Secretary of the Navy
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Senate
War Department
R A F Bombs Bengali Waterfront Near Tobruk
British air and naval action targets Bengasi and Benina while Tobruk braces under a 30 mile defense ring. Italian regulars inside Tobruk are ordered to resist a looming assault as Grazianni's African army may retreat to Benghazi and area bases for regrouping.
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Tobruk
Libya
Graziani
R. A. F. Command
Cairo
Bengasi
Benina
Mediterranean
North Africa
Italy
Bardia
Passenger Rail Traffic in Hungary Halted
Report from Belgrade notes Hungary suspends all passenger trains at midnight except international services as Germany tightens control of railways to move 300 000 troops. Romanian rail traffic largely halted. Yugoslav lines reduced by about thirty percent as Berlin seeks to secure Romania and push for a protectorate amid Balkan tension.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Germany
Romania
Balkans
Budapest
Reich
Greeks Claim Successes Against Italy on Albanian Front
Athens reports continuing Greek successes against Italy on the Albanian front despite snow and rain. A Greek communique notes restricted action with prisoners taken, including a Greek patrol capturing an Italian patrol and claims an Italian division was so depleted it required reform with reinforcements from Italy. No air raids on Greece were reported and four Greek notables were abducted by retreating Italian forces.
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Athens
Italy
Ministry of Home Security
Greece
Igoumenitsa
C of C Campaign Workers to Meet This Noon
Final reports on the Chamber of Commerce Flying Corps Finance campaign will be presented at a Chamber board meeting at the Finlen hotel. The drive aims for 25000 dollars and may exceed the quota. All workers lacking solicitation cards should return them by noon for the full report.
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Chamber of Commerce Flying Corps
Chamber Board of Directors
Finlen Hotel
Denial of An tonescu Ribbentrop Talks Report
Denial from authorized quarters denies that Premier Ion Antonescu of Romania held any meetings with German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop on Thursday or would do so in the immediate future.
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Bucharest
Romania
Ion Antonescu
Joachim von Ribbentrop
British Air War Moves Into Sicily and Italy
Interpreting The War News By Kirke L. Simpson reports that British and Axis forces clash for control of the central Mediterranean gate as a British air offensive looms after hits in Sicily. The loss of the heavy cruiser Southampton underscores Britain’s need to lead, while the fleet shepherds a Greece-bound convoy through the Sicilian channel at heavy cost.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Italy
Sicily
England
Southampton
Britain
Sicilian
Current Montana tax delinquencies at 10.6 percent
Montana authorities report 10.6 per cent current tax delinquencies on the 1939 levy as of the 1940 calendar year. Delinquent collections totaled 3,598,711 dollars, lifting total current plus delinquent collections above 1939 by 929,772 dollars. The board forecasts mill levy reductions may lower county levies in 1941.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
State Tax Commission
Council Deliberates On Airport Funds And Finances
City representatives from the council the WPA and labor unions met at city hall to address the airport problem and the $14 000 needed for trucks to finish current projects. A special committee will study municipal finances and tonight’s council meeting is canceled.
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WPA
Army Bombing Plane With 7 Aboard Reported Missing
M Chord field officers reported a B 18A bomber with seven men aboard missing after leaving Muroc range bound for California at 10 20 a m Thursday. The plane was to report from Sacramento en route. The pilot is Lieut Robert M Krummens.
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte forecasts partial clouds Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. Montana expects partial clouds Friday and Saturday with generally fair skies and slowly rising temperatures east of the divide.
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Butte
Montana
Divide
Pension Bill Introduced in Legislature
The Montana House opened with 16 bills including a pension measure to pay 40 dollars a month to aged residents. Other proposals would divert liquor and beer revenues to fund pensions while a separate bill would tax government and subdivision bonds. The day also saw approval of H R 6 on filing assignments and the defeat of a plan to close county offices at 1 p m Saturdays.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
Representative Holding
Martin
D-Fergus
Rice
D-Big Horn
House
Williams
Yellowstone
Rep
Tyler
Sheridan
Roosevelt seeks emergency build of 200 cargo ships and 400 subchasers
President Roosevelt asks Congress for authority to immediately build 200 cargo vessels and urges a 400 subchaser and small craft expansion. The plan totals about 800 million dollars, with 313.5 million to be spent now and 36.5 million from emergency funds, plus facility and ordnance upgrades.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
House Naval Committee
United States
Marcantonio
Al-N. Y
Tinkham
R-Mass
Fleor
Naval Committee
W. R. Furlong
Naval Ordnance
U S Fleet Said Threat to Japs
Tokyo reports a Japanese Times controlled by the foreign office calls the U S Pacific fleet concentrations a challenge and a threat It advises President Roosevelt to withdraw the warships from Hawaii to keep American troops from foreign wars The piece follows Hulls land lease remarks and a government Information Bureau briefing forthcoming Nobufumi Ito is named as bureau chief and the attitude is described as aiming to regiment U S opinion against Japan
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
United States Pacific
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Japanese Times
Government Bureau of Information
Hull
U. S. Foreign Affairs Committee
Britain
United States
Japan
Germany
Italy
High Seas
Information Bureau
Nobufumi Ito
Greeley Skating Champions Lead City Ice Carnival
Lead Greeley skating champions head a favored club as the two year leading scorers pace a trio in the annual city ice carnival at Clark Park tomorrow and Sunday afternoons. No admission fee, a record crowd expected to watch 272 youth skaters compete for honors at this city sponsored event.
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Greeley Club
Clark Park
Two Die In Crash Near Bevaston Royal Canadian Air Force Report
The Royal Canadian Air Force announced that Sergeant R. M. Setters of Porland, Ore., was killed and student flyer L. O. H. Voucher from Calgary, Alberta, was seriously injured when a training plane crashed by the roadside near Bevaston, British Columbia. The cause of the wreck was not given.
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Beveston
B. C
Royal Canadian Air Force
Temerr
R. M. Setters
Porand
Ore
L. O. H. Voucher
Calgary
Alta
Here
State Wool Growers Open Annual Meet in Great Falls
The fortieth annual Montana Woolgrowers' convention opens in Great Falls with woolgrowers arriving for committee sessions. President W. G. Gilbert of Dillon leads the association as reports and meetings proceed. Friday features welcome remarks, leader addresses, and talks on wool market defense effects. Gov. Ford will attend the banquet at the civic center arena.
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Great Falls
Montana Woolgrowers' Association
W. G. Gilbert
Dillon
Julius Wuerthner
J. E. Foster
Harlowton
Paul Etchepare
Helena
C. J. Fawcett
Boston
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Sylvan J. Pauly
Deer Lodge
Association
R A F Bombs German North Sea Bases in Major Raid
London reports say Royal Air Force crews attacked Emden Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven in two waves from 8 p m to midnight and 5 a m. Wilhelmshaven described as the 40th and greatest raid, with pilots noting a stoked glow and all but one bomber returning safely.
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London
North Sea
Air Ministry
Emden
Bremerhaven
Wilhelmshaven
Air Ministery
Zealandic Torpedoed Off North Atlantic Environs
The British motorship Zealandic of 10 578 tons reported torpedoing about 650 miles north of Lough Derry. The 482 foot freighter from Southampton trades between England and New Zealand. Her S888 signal was the first heard here in days signaling possible improved weather or submarine activity.
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New York
Zealandic
Londonderry
England
Southampton
New Zealand
North Atlantic
McNary Regains Health and Heads Back to Washington
U. S. Senator Charles L. McNary, after three weeks in Twenty-Nine Palms recovering from pneumonia, said he has regained his health beyond his expectations and will depart for Washington, D. C., on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palms
Calif
U. S
Charles L. McNary
Washington, D. C
Edward Jelich Arraigned in First-Degree Assault Case
Butte youth Edward Jelich was arraigned in district court on a first degree assault charge related to a December 9 shooting of Barbara Welter. Judge T E Downey appointed A H Olsen as counsel and set plea by 10:00 Monday. Jelich remains jailed in a $5,000 bond. his left eye is blinded and his right eye vision is impaired.
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Edward Jelich
Butte
District Court
Barbara Welter
T. E. Downey
A. H. Olsen
Nathan
St. James
Jelich
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D.-Va
Byrnes
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Bengali Waterfront
Africa
Rumania
Soviet Russia
Robert ST. John
Hitler
Baron Manfred von Killinger
Iron Guard
Bessarabian-Gugovina
Moldavia
Dobruja
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Army
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Reg Ingraham
Lead Greeley
Beth Hubber
Fars Lobb
David Donaldson
State
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