F D R Says Success Will Be Dear
President Roosevelt told Congress that lend lease aid totals 2.57 billion dollars in the last year, far from enough, and victory will come only through offensive action. He warned the price will include defeats and losses as industry shifts to wartime production and the whole nation must mobilize. The total authorized funding stands at 48.0 billion, with 12.98 billion obligated or committed.
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Washington
United Nations
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
America
Father Testifies Franklin Insane In Federal Trial
Walter M. Franklin a 31 year old railroad section worker is described as insane by four lay witnesses including his father Jack in federal court. The trial on a charge of failing to register on October 16 1940 began with a jury of seven men and five women and will resume next morning in the Federal building courtroom on North Main street.
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Walter M. Franklin
Opportunity Railroad Section
Jack
James H. Baldwin
Federal Building
North Main Street
R. Lewis Brown
W. D. Murray
U. S
Paul Erler
Franklin
Fedrnity
Draft Board
Deer Lodge County
Anacondan Named Brigadier General
Anacondan named brigadier general among 57 high ranking officers recommended for promotion by President Roosevelt. MacKelvie, a field artillery colonel and former civil engineer for the B A P railroad, was also recommended for brigadier general. Major General Brehon B Somervell of Little Rock Ark headed the list for promotion to lieutenant general as commanding general of the services of supply in the army reorganization.
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Anaconda
Roosevelt
MacKelvie
Field Artillery
U. S. Army
Brehon B. Somervell
Little Rock
Ark
Services of Supply
British Agree on Political Plan for India
Britain’s war cabinet unanimously backs a plan to smooth dominion status for India. Sir Stafford Cripps will visit India to test feasibility as Winston Churchill says the plan aids self government after the war though with military controls to end of hostilities. The move aims to avoid Hindu Muslim clashes while undergirding imperial strategy and US involvement.
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London
Britain
India
Stafford Cripps
Subcontinent
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
United States
Churchill
War Cabinet
Cripps
Draft Registrants to Report for Direct Induction Change
Montana and other registrants will receive a notice to report for induction rather than a notice to report for physical examination. After approval by Army medical examiners the men are inducted immediately and subject to army rules. Furloughs may be granted for undue civilian hardship as the procedure speeds up induction after screening.
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Montana
Butte
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Army Medical Examiners
Army Physical Examiners
Army
Brazil Nears War as Vargas Seizes War Powers
Brazil signals potential open hostilities with Axis as President Vargas declares single handed power to declare war. Brazilian merchant ships are withdrawn from seas after four vessels are sunk, with Axis blame tied to submarines and fifth columnists. The government enacts constitutional amendments to suspend foreigner protections during acts of aggression.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
Diaro da Noite
Reich
O Globo
Hitler
Pigg — Ome
Japan
Atlantic
United States
Oswaldo Aranha
Vasco Leitao da Cunha
House Approves Farm Bloc Plan
The House approved a farm bloc proposal to curb selling government held surplus crops below parity. The measure bars the Commodity Credit Corporation from using funds for such sales and keeps a clause in the agriculture appropriations bill. Some members doubted effectiveness amid administration opposition.
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Washington
House
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
Dirksen
R-Nl
Carver
Dga
Appropriations Sub-Committee On Agriculture
British Brace for New Burma Attacks
British forces about 150 miles north of Rangoon prepared for possible assaults on Toungoon and Prome as Japanese forces, having already gained the Irrawaddy delta, pressed toward central Burma. Reports said Chinese troops in the Shan states would be backed by American planes to defend central Burma under Lt. Gen. H. R. L. G. Alexander.
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Mandalay
Burma
Rangoon
Toungoon
Prome
Irrawaddy
Lower Burma
Bay of Bengal
Thailand
Shan States
H. R. L. G. Alexander
Indo-China
Britain
Bilin
Sittang
Cripps Departure Shifts London Leadership Crisis
The War News notes Sir Stafford Cripps travels to India to unite India's masses against the Axis and to test his mettle as Britain's future leader. The move eases anti-Churchill pressure in London and signals U S interest in Cripps as a stabilizing British figure while a leadership crisis looms.
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Stafford Cripps
India
London
Churchill
Britain
Sir Stafford
Washington
Roosevelt
Cripps
Tanker Esso Bolivar towed into Guantanamo after U boat attack
Havana dispatch reports the 10,389 ton Esso Bolivar, operated under Panamanian registry by Panama Transport Co, towed into Guantanamo naval station by U S warships after shellfire from a U boat. The Crisol paper notes the submarine was sunk by U S planes.
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Havana
Cuba
Guantanamo Naval Station
U. S
Panama Transport Co
Crisol
UV. S
That Man Is Here Again In Your Car Prediction Tale
Hollywood columnist Gladwin Hill recounts a story about a so called little man with psychic powers who claims Hitler will be defeated in July and warns of a fatal car accident involving a dead passenger. The piece hints at a broader chain of radio and newspaper readers sharing similar prophecies and incidents.
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Hitler
Committees Named to Direct Butte Country Club Activities
President John C. Ryan announced the committees directing sports social and other activities for the upcoming year at a Finley hotel meeting of the new board. The club plans an active season with renovations to the clubhouse kitchen locker room and pro shop. The sports and handicap committee chaired by R D Corette will plan opening events and local tournaments as soon as conditions permit. A membership drive led by co-chairs W P Dolan and T L Dolan is set to fill vacancies.
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Butte Country Club
John C. Ryan
Finley Hotel
Ryan
E. §. McGlone
J. O. Peterson
George Palmer
J. D. Murphy
L. V. Ketter
W. A. O'Kelly
W. 8. Thompson
R. D. Corette
W. P. Dolan
T. L. Dolan
Soviet Troops Sever Major German Highway Front
Soviet dispatches report Russian forces cut the Smolensk Vyazma highway and encircled parts of the German salient northwest of Moscow. Encounters near Vyazma and Smolensk breached lines while advancing on Orel, threatening key enemy bases and halting eastward defense.
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London
U.P
Smolensk-Vyazma
Rzhev
Adolf Hitler
Kurochin
Red Army
Leningrad
Vyazma
Moscow
Smolensk
Kalinin
Vyazma-Smolensk
Central Front
Allied air strikes halt Japanese invasion fleet near New Guinea
Australian raids on the New Guinea coast claim to have destroyed seven to nine ships in Japanese invasion trains. Eight US bombers dropped 18 tons of bombs as Australian defenses report progress near Port Moresby.
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Canberra
New Guinea
Salamaua
Lae
Port Moresby
Australia
United States War Department
Washington
Royal Australian Air Force
Bishop Willying to Be Installed as Pueblo's First Bishop
Pueblo prepares for the installation of Most Rev. Joseph C. Willging as the first bishop of a newly created diocese serving 30 southern Colorado counties. The 10:30 a.m. service at Sacred Heart Cathedral will be broadcast locally and attended by church leaders from across the United States.
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Pueblo
Colo
United States
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Joseph C. Willging
Colorado
Denver
Bernard T. Espelage
Gallup
Albert L
Little Rock
Duane G. Hunt
Leavenworth
Joseph M. Gilmore
Hel
Save Your Scraps and Beat the Japs Motto of Butte A W V S Unit
The Butte chapter of the American Woman's Voluntary Services adopts Save Your Scraps and Beat the Japs as its new motto. Women are urged to collect silk and nylon stockings for outer bandages for wounded Chinese, for occupational therapy in A W V S welfare hospitals, and to aid self supporting students at Athens College Alabama. Citizens are asked to donate old keys scrap metal cancelled stamps with envelope corners for English hospitals, and to gather rubber cotton and wool for hospital needs.
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Butte
American Woman's Voluntary Services
Athens College
Alabama
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Tibet
Bay of
Perth
Celeees
Marianas
Caroline
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Squaron
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Middle East
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the War News
By Kirkel, Simpson
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Pueblo, Colo
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