Speedy Action on Naval Bills Sought
Washington January 26 Senate to begin ship week with calls for swift action on four naval bills totaling 1.35 billion dollars for ships armament and personnel. Measures include 909 million for 400 small ships 300 million to strengthen defenses 315 million to fund 200 cargo hulls and a 651 rise in midshipmen at Annapolis to grow officer corps.
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Washington
Senate
House
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Walsh
D-Mass
Naval Affairs Committee
Six Die When Auto Is Hit by Train in Dalton
A family of five and a woman companion were killed Sunday when their car was struck by a Chicago Miami passenger train of the Southern railway inside Dalton city limits. The dead are Ivan Ledford 27 his wife 24 and their three children aged two to seven. The unidentified woman companion also died. The Ledfords lived in Ellijay Georgia about 25 miles from Dalton.
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Dalton
Southern Railway
Ivan Ledford
Ledfords
Ellijay
Turkey Prepares Istanbul Mock Air War Across City
Istanbul will stage January 28 to 31 the most extensive air raid drill in its history with siren alarms and traffic shutdowns. Citizens will take cover while trains halt and shelters are used in the sultan’s palace subterranean chambers. Italian planes reportedly crashed on Turkish soil. several Italian fliers are interned.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bosporus-Dardanelles Zone
Prepsaravuivns
Courseiucu Hunday
Balkans
Germany
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Salonika
Greece
Albania
Europe
Asia Minor
Mediterranean
Yeni Saba
Poppy Poster Contest Plans Announced by Legion Auxiliary
Silver Bow unit No 1 American Legion sponsors an annual Poppy Poster contest to foster interest in poppies in the community and Sunday schools. Butte schools will co operate by presenting the rules to pupils. Elementary and high school students may enter, with plans for state and national competition.
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Legion Auxiliary
Silver Bow Unit No. 1
American Legion
Butte
Legion Aux-Liary
Partiaaly
Britain seeks U S aid to keep vital shipping lines open
Lord Halifax argues for quick American help to sustain Britain’s sea supply routes as German submarine and air attacks threaten the blockades. Shipping Minister Cross warns of serious danger while Britain presses for cargo ships and war vessels from the United States, with months needed to finish orders.
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Lord Halifax
United States
Britain
Hitler
Ronald Cross
Atlantic
Stimson
Knox
England
London
All-Powerful Five-Man Cabinet Sought in Britain
A British political faction pressures Prime Minister Churchill for a five member war cabinet to lead the war effort. Proposed members include Lloyd George Eden Beaverbrook and Bevin. Churchill resists, citing past small cabinet experience.
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London
Churchill
David Lloyd George
Britain
Lloyd George
Anthony Eden
Lord Beaverbrook
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
State Memorial to Be Sought
Helena Montana January 26 An effort to build a 250000 pioneers and veterans memorial on the capitol grounds will be proposed in a bill to the state Legislature this week. Sponsors include the Society of Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers and the state veterans memorial fund commission. The bill will likely be introduced by the House military affairs committee chaired by Rep. Clifford of Deer Lodge. No new taxes will be needed for construction which will also house the state historical library and war relics.
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Helena
Montana Pioneers
Capitol Grounds
Society of Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
State Veterans’ Memorial Fund Commission
Veterans’ Commission
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
House of Representatives
Military Affairs Committee
Rep. Clifford
Ddeer Lodge
State Historical Library
W. G. Fergu
Hungarian Foreign Minister Dies at 46 in Budapest
Count Istvan Csaky, Hungary's foreign minister during the last two critical years, died Sunday night after a six week illness. He was 46 years old.
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Budapest
Hungary
Istvan Csaky
Rebel Leaders in Rumania Pay With Lives
In Bucharest the Iron Guard rebellion ended as leaders paid with their lives. Reports say some high ranking members died by their own actions and Horia Sima faces court martial after arrest in a sleeping car. Antonescu vows mass punishment if rebels persist.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Iron Guard
Horia Sima
Ion Antonescu
Iron
Sima
Romania
Antonescu
Three Marines Die in Auto Crash near El Cajon
Three Marines were killed and seven others were burned or injured when a sedan carrying six Marines collided with another car, struck a building, and burned near El Cajon, California. The dead were Woodrow Wilson Melton, 29, private first class of Wilmington, North Carolina. Chester D. Rule, 22, corporal of Chicago. and R. N. Cordova, 27, hometown not given.
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Ban Diego
Calif
el Caj
Woodrow Wilson Melton
Wilmington
N. C
Chester D. Rule
Chicago
R. N. Cordova
Chinese in Butte Are Americans Now and Oriental New Year Is Just Another Day
Butte's Chinese community marks the new year as Americans while observing quiet traditions. Debts will be paid, business goes cash only, and funds may support medical supplies for a war-torn homeland. The 70-person colony is largely American-born and educated.
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Butte
Chinese Republic
Confucius
Occidental
China
Senators Seek Public War Aims Statement
Senators Wheeler and Nye called for a Senate resolution urging the President to obtain public statements of war aims from Axis powers and from England Greece China and other belligerents. They argued such clarity would prevent another costly global conflict. They noted hearings on aid to Britain proceed as Congress weighs aims and policy.
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Washington
Wheeler
Dmont
Nye
R-N. D
Senate
United States
England
Greece
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
George ©. Marshall
Army
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Bloom
D-N. Y
House
Hull
Senate Committee
George
D-Gay
House Committee
Knox and Stimson
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Charles A. Lindbergh
George Said
Robert E. Wood
Sears Roebuck and Co
James W. Gerard
Germany
Wheeler-Nye
France
Kaiser to Observe Birthday Today in Doorn Netherlands
Wilhelm II the former German emperor marks his 82nd birthday at Doorn after abdicating in 1918. Surrounded by familiar grounds and loyal intimates he remains content to stay in his Dutch retreat. Despite the wars she endured, he stays hale and curious about the conflict’s echoes.
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Doorn
Nertherlands
Wilhelm
Germany
Montana forecast expects fair Monday and colder south region
The Montana and Butte forecast calls for fair weather on Monday with colder readings in the extreme south. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with warmer conditions east of the divide.
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Montana
Butte
Divide
British Push Deeper Into Eritrea Near Agordat
Cairo reports British troops have advanced toward Agordat Eritrea within about 10 miles of the rail center after taking 700 prisoners in ten days while Italian forces retreat more than 100 miles. Far north British detachments clash with Italians at Derna Libya as operations continue.
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Cairo
Egypt
Eritrea
Agordat
Derna
Libya
Italy
Ethiopia
Robbery at Shanty Tavern on South Montana Street
Butte police searched Sunday for a thief who robbed the Shanty bar after closing, stealing between 400 and 500 dollars in cash and several checks. The black iron box with daily receipts was missing, and bar employees suspected someone was locked in after hours.
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Butte
South Montana
Greek forces close on Valona in Albania
Greek forces driving toward Valona report reaching 11 miles from the Albanian port after routing Italian Alpine troops in the Lungara heights. Italian counterattacks falter under Greek artillery as air battles claim several Italian planes. British and Greek air forces strike Bursa area near Elbasani.
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Belgrade
U.R
Italy
Valona
Lungara
Athens
Sturga
Klisura
Adriatic
Valona Bay
Susica
Guamerica
Albania
Eo Tahers Eee
S Fig
High Command
Mussolini
Ugo Cayallero
Ubaldo Soddu
Bursa
Elbasani
Butte Country Club Charts Promising Season With New Grass Course
At a Saturday night annual meeting Butte Country Club outlined plans for a strong season. W A O Kelly was elected president, Oscar Peterson vice president, E J Nash treasurer and Eugene Savage secretary. The new grass course, under construction two years, will open this season. The club reported solid finances and a membership gain as it hosted the state golf tournament attracting a strong field.
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Butte Country Club
Country Club
W. A. O'Kelly
J. C. Ryan
Oscar Peterson
E. J. Nash
Eugene Savage
Ryan
O'Kelly
Willard Thompson
F. J. Sten
O’kelly
Savage
The
Butte
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Burns
Shelby Clay
Kaiser
Ivan Barzella
Army Induction Board
Oklahoma City
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