Brazil says embassy is occupied in Japan row
Brazil reports its embassy in Japan has been occupied by civil forces and military police. The ambassador and diplomats are held incommunicado and treated like prisoners of war. Brazil vows similar measures against Japanese diplomats in Brazil. Four uniformed police guard the Japanese ambassador’s residence. no Japanese diplomats may leave without authorization.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Japan
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Germany
Italy
Hosf
Itaro Ishii
Butte Named As Site For Montana Music Festival
H E Hamper of Anaconda and Montana Music Educators' association official proposes two Montana divisional high school music festivals this spring to replace the cancelled Region 1 Pacific Northwest regional contest. Butte is among suggested sites. organizers note Montana’s long exclusion from the regional event.
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Montana
Pacific Northwest
H. E. Hamper
Anaconda
Butte
Hamper
Montana Music Educators’ Association
Board of Control
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Truck Rationing in Montana Begins Monday
Montana starts a truck rationing program for all new trucks, trailers, and truck tractors on Monday. L. M. Cowan of Billings, state truck allocation officer, said forms are available from dealers and must be sent to Cowan for forwarding to Washington for final approval. The program is run jointly by the Office of Defense Transportation and the War Production Board.
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Billings
Montana
L. M. Cowan
Cowan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Motor Carriers
Washington, D. C
Office of Defense Transportation
War Production Board
Japanese Drive Reinforcements Into Pegu River Salient
Reports from Burma describe intensified Japanese efforts to capture Rangoon, with reinforcements pouring into the Pegu river area 60 miles north of Rangoon. Allied tanks and RAF and American volunteer airstrikes hinder Japanese advances as defense lines stiffen amid heavy casualties.
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Mandalay
Burma
U.P
Pegu River
Rangoon
Hirohito
Sittang
Pegu
Royal Air Force
American Volunteer Group
Allied Lines in Java Crushed by Japanese Offensive
Bill Bonit reports that Java defenses buckled under overwhelming Japanese hammering. Radio at Bandoeng went off air as Soerabaja threat loomed and island defenses collapsed. Despite setbacks, Allied planners outline counter offensive from Australia and India with convoys moving to strike exposed lines.
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Associated Press
Java
Bandoeng
Wilhelmina
Indian Ocean
Tokyo
Soerabaja
United Nations
Malaya
Pacific
Burma
Indies
Australia
Philippines
Southwest
India
London
United States
Turkish Steamer Attacked by Sub In Turkish Waters
The Columbia Broadcasting System reported that the Turkish steamer Adagah was attacked by a submarine while in Turkish waters. The ship escaped by quick maneuvering and no location was given. Moscow relayed the report via radio.
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San Francisco
U.P
Columbia Broadcasting System
Radio Moscow
Moscow
Free Milk for Butte Children Next School Year
Rotana club head Helen M. Davis announced free milk for undernourished students in Butte public and parochial schools for the upcoming year. The drive aims to match 1941 contributions near $4,000, but officials say the goal is unlikely to be reached. Davis thanked Rotana workers and donors and noted pending reports will affect final totals.
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Butte
Helen M. Davis
Rotana Club
Driverless car pins Meaderville woman in doorway crash
A Meaderville woman, Mrs. Howard George of 212 Main Street, was slightly injured when a car allegedly left in gear pinned her between an outer storm door and the front room door. Patrolman Trythall attributed faulty brakes to the crash and arrested Ray Bowser, 42, of 3 Upton Street, on a charge of operating a vehicle with defective equipment. Damages to the porch and house were about $100.
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Meaderville
James H. Trythall
Main Street
Howard George
Ray Bowser
Upton Street
Bowser
Discipline Vital in Army Life
CAMP ROBERTS Calif March 1 Getting used to the Army system of discipline and conduct is a blend of learned courtesy from family and school plus adapting to the Army way The Army applies punishment by withdrawal of privileges not the rod and more serious violations incur stronger penalties The piece notes the contrast with civilian allowances and past punishments Continued on Page 9 Col 5
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Camp Roberts
Calif
Australian Planes Hit Timor and New Britain Bases
Australian planes attacked targets on Timor and New Britain lashing out at raiders along the coast and outposts. air fields at Koepang Timor and Gasmata New Britain were shelled in what was described as successful raids.
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Melbourne
Timor
New Britain
Koepang
Gasmata
Voters Set 28 County Jobs For Silver Bow Ballot
Silver Bow county plans a busy biennial slate with 28 offices up for election. County Clerk Addis A. McGrath listed vacancies while Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell released the state roster. Nominating petitions are just beginning ahead of the July 21 primary.
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Silver Bow
Addis A. McGrath
Sam W. Mitchell
Wife of AP Writer Tells of Eighth Escape From Japanese
Natalie McDaniel, wife of AP correspondent C Yates McDaniel, says she has escaped Japanese forces for the eighth time in five years. She chronicles fleeing through Shanghai Nanking Hong Kong Canton French Indo China and Singapore before reaching Perth Australia where her husband has now arrived.
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Associated Press
Natalie McDaniel
C. Yates McDaniel
United States
Singapore
Australia
Javea
McDaniel
Matalie Eiliie
Boston
Los Angeles
China
Natalie M’daniel
Melbourne
Perth
Shaghai
Nanking
Hong Kong
Canton
Indo-China
Tientsin
Batavia
Java
Yates
Military Theme to Highlight Butte School Concert
Butte high school presents an elaborate annual concert at the high school auditorium Friday and Saturday nights. Directed by H J Schiesser the show blends classical and popular music with elaborate staging and lighting. The 80 member orchestra features three soloists William Adams Raymond Sims and Gordon Bart. The 100 member band includes a cornet trio Gordon Cox Norman Hanley and Bart. Over 50 students perform baton twirling and dance numbers. A military theme anchors the program with America at Arms and a twirling revue. An act titled In a Bird Store uses birds in flight for effects.
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Butte High Cornet
Butte High School Symphony
Gordon Cox
Fred Cox
Colorado Street
Gordon Bart
Robert Bart
Utah Avenue
Norman Hanley
Leo Hanley
Helena
Bart
Butte High School
H. J. Schiesser
William Adams
Raymond Sims
United States
Three Die In Fire Trapping Tenants In New York
A fire in a three story rooming house left two adults and a baby dead and six others injured as tenants jumped from windows to escape. The building lacked fire escapes and a number of residents were trapped on upper floors.
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New York
U.P
Tragic Granby Train Crash Kills Six and Injures Many
A head on collision on a trestle near Granby Missouri killed six people and injured at least 45. Six victims were aboard the Will Rogers special train from Oklahoma City to St. Louis, including four soldiers. Fireman M. McAlester survived after leaping free. Authorities blamed a signal mixup for the wreck.
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Granby
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
Herschel Napier
Springfield
William Weldon
Porter
Will Rogers
Army
Frank Reed
Luther Erie
Tulsa
M. McAlester
Lester Powers
Ed Chapman
Frisco
Soviets Repel Nazi Counterattacks Near Staraya Russa Front
Soviet forces reportedly repelled strong counter-attacks by the Sixteenth Army corps and forced parts of the 250,000-strong German force to retreat several kilometers. Encirclement of 19 German divisions near Staraya Russa intensified, while German airlifts attempted to supply besieged troops amid guerrilla raids and punitive columns.
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Moscow
U.P
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Konigsberg
Berlin
Germans Use Gliders to Supply Troops Across Fronts
Washington dispatch reports Germans are using huge gliders as aerial barges to supply troops in Libya and the Crimea. Previously gliders were used mainly as transport towed by planes. the tactic helped in Crete captures.
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Libya
Crimea
Washington
U.P
Russian
Crete
Four Die in Mighty Blast In Smithfield North Carolina
A truck and trailer carrying 30 000 pounds of munitions exploded after a wreck near Smithfield North Carolina early Saturday killing at least four people and injuring about one hundred. The blast tore through Selma and damaged nearby roads, with wreckage seen for miles and a 30 foot deep crater in the highway.
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Smithfield
N. C
Here
Selma
E. N. Booker
Practice Blackouts in Montana Not to Be Permitted
Governor Ford cites a War Office decree banning practice blackouts in Montana and western theater cities. Lieut Gen J L De Witt confirms no practice blackouts allowed without Army permission or state order through the Defense commission. The note warns against uncontrolled signs and windshields.
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Montana
War Office
Butte
Sam C. Ford
United Press
J. L. de Witt
Fourth Army
San Francisco
Ford
Army
State Defense Commission
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Geee
CORP
Chouinard
Soviets
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