Hitler Warns Ships Bound for Britain Will Be Torpedoed
Adolf Hitler declared that American aid would not help Britain and that any ship reaching England would be torpedoed within range of German torpedoes. He spoke before 18,000 Nazi officials as the lease lend bill moved to debate in Congress amid Axis setbacks in North Africa.
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Libya
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England
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Germany
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British Forces Occupy Derna as Greeks Advance in Albania
Greek military officials report Italian forces evacuating Tepelini in central Albania as Greek troops storm the Italian lines north of Klisura. The move accompanies a Greek push toward Valona and Berat, with over 200 prisoners taken in 24 hours and Tepelini seen as a route to Valona, Elbasan, and Tirana.
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Valona
United Press
Mary Merlin
Klisura
Berat
Elbasan
Tirana
Gambling and divorce bills appear before Montana House
Montana lawmakers discuss measures to legalize gambling and to permit 30 day divorces. Republican reps propose gambling license fees funding $40 old age pensions, while a group led by Rep. O'Brien outlines a 30 day residency rule for divorces. Previous 1939 bills failed in the House and were vetoed by Gov Ayers.
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Roy E. Ayers
Senate
Two Great Falls Schoolboys Drowned On Ice Break
In Great Falls two nine year old boys Raymond Schlosser and Howard Taylor drowned Thursday when ice on Sunriver broke. Taylor rushed to aid Schlosser after he reached for corks and both sank as rescue attempts failed. A third boy Richard Booth 8 summoned help. Carl Burkland pulled them from the water and ambulances could not revive them.
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English Capture Third Italian Bastion
British Imperial troops occupied Derna in Libya after four days of fierce resistance from about 10,000 Italian defenders. The fall opens the path toward Bengasi as mechanized units push west, while Italian forces reportedly prepared to make a stand between Derna and Bengasi.
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Libya
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Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana
Butte forecasts partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. Montana shows partly cloudy Friday and Saturday, mostly cloudy with light rain or snow west of the divide, colder conditions Friday in the northeast and north central areas, and colder Saturday in the extreme north central region.
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House to Get Measure Next Monday
The House ways and means committee tentatively approved a bill to raise the debt limit to 65 billion dollars to fund the preparedness program. It would tax income from future federal securities and authorize sale of small denomination defense savings stamps and bonds.
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Ways and Means Committee
Robert L. Doughton
Roosevelt Thanks Nation on 59th Birthday
President Roosevelt thanked Americans for celebrating his 59th birthday with charity events to aid the fight against infantile paralysis. He spoke from the White House by radio praising a free society and those who worked to support the cause.
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Scathing Senate reaction to Hitler threat outlined in speech
Washington, Jan 30. Senate foreign affairs committee members reacted to Adolf Hitler's warning that any ship within range of German torpedo tubes would be torpedoed. Glass urged convoys and bold actions, White said the speech would not alter U.S. policy, Nye warned lend lease invites war, while Britain mobilizes for a potential 8 million army and rushes U.S. war materials to Britain.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Glass
D.-Va
Welles Warns Axis Victory Could Spare Attacks on South America
Sumner Welles told NYU Law alumni that a Axis win in Europe could trigger economic and political attacks on South America and possibly a physical invasion. He warned this threat surpasses an immediate attack on the United States and urged readiness to aid Britain China and Greece. He cited lease lend legislation as key to supporting Allied defense. He rejected Japanese charges of U.S. aggression in the Far East and said U.S. defense lines depend on other nations' actions.
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Western Pacific
Destroyers Arrive in Barranquilla on Maiden Triton Voyage
The U S destroyer Semmes and the submarine Triton on her maiden voyage arrived in Barranquilla Colombia on Thursday. Officers exchanged courtesy visits with the governor and other authorities at a Barranquilla club function hosted by the North American colony.
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Willkie to Study British Ambulance and Fire Stations
Wendell L. Willkie arrives in London and will study ambulance and fire stations first hand. He plans to travel to Coventry Manchester Sheffield and Birmingham then return home in the middle of next week for further assessment of British needs for U.S. aid.
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Wendell L. Willkie
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Coventry
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Sheffield
Birmingham
Settlement Seen Today in Butte Housing Dispute
Carpenters withdrew from the Butte Housing Authority project on January 14 after filing for linoleum work claimed by the Painters union. The national building trades council of the Labor Department resolved jurisdiction to the Butte Building Trades council. Linoleum laying was halted then reassigned under carpenters.
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Butte Building Trades Council
Painters’ Union
Edward I Renouard Pioneer Miner of Montana Dies
Edward I Renouard a pioneer mining man in Montana died at his home 728 West Granite Butte He came from St Louis in 1886 to work at Bi Metallic Granite He rose from shoveler to foreman and casain with a long career in Butte mining Continued on Page 2 Col 3
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Butte
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