Allies Outflank German Defenses in Massive RAF Raid
London reports Magdeburg endured a night of fire after a 26 hour Allied air battle involving about 3,000 planes. Over 2,000 tons of bombs hit rail hubs and war industries, part of a 6,300 ton European assault over two days. Berlin also struck as Britain faced renewed losses and a new German night raider emerged.
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London
Madgeburg
Europe
Berlin
France
Magdeburg
Hitler
Britain
Bombers Strike at Paramushiro In New Pacific Campaign
Washington reports a fresh series of bombing raids on Paramushiro, the Kurile island base in northern Japan, by Navy aircraft based in the Aleutians. The two night strikes indicate improved Allied air range as forces press toward the Japanese homeland. both raids met little resistance, with no losses reported.
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Paramushiro
North Pacific
Aleutians
Kurile
Japan
Aleutian
Navy
Bolivia to declare war on Axis, Bolivian government states
The Bolivian government, led by President Villarroel, announced it would declare war on the Axis. Fernando Iturralde, Bolivian foreign office sub-secretary, said the regime disavows ties with forces unfriendly to the United States. State Department had no comment.
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United States
Villarroel
Fernando I Iturralde
Foreign Office
State Department
Iturralde
Nazi Attack on Convoy Fails
German planes using radio driven glider bombs and a large U-boat swarm attacked an Atlantic convoy in a new Bay of Biscay battle but were decisively defeated. The four day clash left two convoy ships damaged, at least one submarine sunk, several submarines damaged, and multiple enemy bombers shot down as British Canadian and Allied forces rushed to protect the convoy from Azores Gibraltar and England.
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London
Atlantic
Bay of Biscay
Admiralty Air Ministry
U. S
Gibraltar
Azores
England
Portugal
Train Crash Kills 53 in Porta Hanover Province
Berlin radio quoted a German agency stating 53 people were killed and 62 injured, 12 seriously, when an express train crashed into another at Porta in Hanover province on Thursday.
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London
U.P
Berlin
War Bond Show to Feature Army Navy and Marine Heroes
An outstanding War Bond show with seven military heroes and two film stars will boost Fourth War Loan fundraising in Silver Bow county. The 8:15 pm Friday event at Fox theater requires a war bond for admission, with tickets on sale Monday.
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Great Falls Army Air Base
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Butte
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Montana
John §. Young
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Ploesti
Romania
Lloyd B. Sweeney
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Montana reaches 18 percent of Fourth War Loan quota
Helena reports early progress in the Fourth War Loan drive with $3,630,489.75 in individual sales, 18.15 percent of the $20,000,000 state goal. Wibaux leads counties over 50 percent, while Cascade tops county totals at $370,876.00 and Lewis and Clark follow with $362,971.25.
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Lewis and Clark
Silver Bow
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Missoula
Spanish-American War Veteran Dies in Helena
Herman F. Kartowitz, 79, a veteran of the Spanish American War, died Friday night at the Fort William Henry Harrison Veterans hospital in Helena. He is believed to be survived by a sister living in Great Falls.
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Herman F. Kartowitz
Fort William Henry Harrison Veterans’ Hospital
Great Falls
Boy Scout Vigilante Council to Hear FBI Chief
The Vigilante council of Boy Scouts will host FBI Montana Idaho chief W. Guy Banister as principal speaker at the annual banquet Thursday night at St. John Episcopal church hall. Executive Herbert West announced the event noting officer elections and a review of past year activities. Scouting leaders from six counties will attend, with Guy D. Piatt of Butte in charge.
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Montana-Idaho
FBI
Partisans Hit Nazi Rail Line Across Croatia Mountains
Yugoslav partisans press attacks on the Budapest to Split rail route in Croatia. The commu nique says 120 miles of the line near Karlovac to Gracac were made unusable. Tito reportedly has about 300,000 fighters with fresh volunteers joining daily.
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Split
Adriatic
Croatia
Yugoslav Liberation Army
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Tito
Budapest-Split
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Gracac
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Ogulin
Fiume
Bosnian
Tuzla
Aussies Beat Rabaul 15–6 In New Guinea Air Victory
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports a 15 to 6 air victory over Rabaul New Britain after a jungle drive by Australian forces in the Ramu valley near Madang. Kittyhawks and Thunderbolts supported dive bombs on Japanese positions as Aussies push from Lae toward Kankaryo, resuming a drive begun last September.
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Madang
Rabaul
New Britain
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Kankaryo
Lae
Markham
Dumpu
Ramu River
Saidor
Country Club of Butte Elects J. D. Murphy President
J. D. Murphy, a prominent club man and golf enthusiast, was named president of the Butte Country Club at the annual directors election held Saturday night at the clubhouse. He succeeds E. S. McGlone who declined re election. Officers named for the year include L. V. Ketter vice president J. Oscar Peterson treasurer and George P. Palmer secretary manager. Three new directors were chosen Charles D. Merchant F J Sten and John E. Corette Jr for three year terms.
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J. D. Murphy
Butte Country Club
E. S. McGlone
L. V. Ketter
J. Oscar Peterson
Treas
New Guinea Col Kearby Awarded Medal of Honor
QUARTERS New Guinea Jan 22 Colonel Neel Kearby of San Antonio Texas a fighter pilot who shot down six Japanese planes in one fight was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor Saturday.
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Allied
New Guinea
Neel Kearby
San Antonio
Texas
Butte Weekend Weather Outlook
Butte partly cloudy with little temperature change on Sunday. Saturday forecast shows a high of 48 and a low of 9. Montana west of the continental divide expects cloudy conditions with scattered showers or snow flurries north portion Sunday and Sunday night. East of the divide, partly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night with warmer conditions in the east.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Soviets Close In on Vital Railroad Hub
Soviet forces near Leningrad advance within six miles of Krasnogvardeisk, seizing rail routes to Estonia and Poland. Moscow reports 70 towns captured, 2,500 Germans killed, and numerous surrenders as Red Army pushes along the Leningrad to Moscow corridor and southern White Russia fronts.
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Spaatz Predicts Nazi Air Force Knocked Out This Summer
General Carl A. Spaatz said weather permitting the German air force will be knocked out this summer and American bombing is limited only by weather, not by shortages of planes crews or facilities. He noted the U S Army Air Forces are large enough to bomb daily when conditions allow.
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Carl A. Spaatz
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Germany
U. S. Army
Allied Troops Move Onward In Italian Beachhead
Allied forces advancing from the western central Italian beachhead report steady progress with no major enemy opposition as landing craft push ashore. From an air reconnaissance over Frosinone area the mission aimed to break the town’s buildings to sever road links to Rome, while friendly aircraft dominate the skies and four suspected ME-109s did not attack.
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Frosinone
Rome
Twelfth Air Support Command
Allied landings south of Rome stun Germans in daring coastal assault
American and British troops landed almost without opposition on a 30 mile stretch south of Rome and drove inland in a precision seaborne blow. Allied HQ said the operation caught the Nazis by surprise and opened a new phase to take Rome. Casualties and further progress were reported as the Fifth army moved forward with ongoing coastal offensives.
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Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Liri Valley
Ralph Howard
Naples
Cassino
Fifth Army
Algiers
Rome
Tiber River
Nettuno
Franco's Position in Spain Declared Increasingly Difficult
Allied military successes and political unrest inside Spain are making Generalissimo Francisco Franco's position more precarious, diplomats report in Washington. Some Spaniards fear postwar world alignment if Franco remains after Germany falls, as mounting Allied advances and a looming invasion encouraged anti Franco sentiment. British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden's warning to Spain to stop aiding Germany reinforces concerns among observers.
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Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Germany
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Anthony Eden
Hitler appoints Rommel as inspector general for Europe defense
The Daily Express reports Adolf Hitler named Erwin Rommel the inspector general for defense of Europe, a move seen as tightening Nazi control. Von Rundstedt, though trusted, is expected to remain in charge of western anti invasion duties while possibly reassigned to southeast Europe to prepare for Mannstein’s retreat.
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Democrats Call Roosevelt for World Leader at Chicago Convention
The Democratic national committee urged Franklin D. Roosevelt to continue as world humanitarian leader in war and peace. They named Chicago as the site for the national convention and appointed 40-year-old Robert E. Hannegan as national chairman, with a July date likely. The message hinted at a fourth term but stopped short of explicit pledges. Chicago won the convention bid over Detroit as Republicans prepared to meet in June in Chicago with initial funding.
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Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan
Jim Farley
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Detroit
Edward J. Kelly
Democratic Committee
Hannegan
Frank C. Walker
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