Bombing Deepens Allies Strike on Muenster and Pas de Calais
U. S. heavy bombers hit Muenster Germany and the Pas de Calais area in France for the 14th mission this month. Fortresses attacked Muenster with navigational aid under overcast, Liberators targeted Pas de Calais while Thunderbolt fighters strafed airfields. No bomber losses. four fighters missing. Silver Fortress aircraft praised for speed. crew call mission easy.
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London
U. S
Muenster
Germany
Pas de Calais
France
Britain
U.3
Netherlands
Thunderbolt
Amercan
Walter Megan
Waterbury, Conn
Hitler Moves His Capital to Breslau Amid Allied Bomb Threat
Naples March 11 Adolf Hitler has shifted his capital from Berlin to Breslau official informants said noting the German government remains within range of Allied bombers. Breslau lies 175 miles southeast of Berlin near the Polish border with rail yards mills an aircraft factory and a power plant.
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Naples
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Breslau
Germany
Britain
Foggia
Italy
Poland
U. S
Weather Forecast for West Montana Sunday
West of the Continental Divide expects cloudiness with snow flurries Sunday. Conditions remain cold with light winds and a chance of brief snowfall across western Montana.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Polygamy Prosecution Targets Fundamentalists in Utah
Federal and state prosecutors prepare for a major Utah polygamy case as 50 leaders face charges and 30 more suspects are named in a mass indictment. The Utah crackdown follows the LDS ban on plural marriage and marks a high profile clash over fundamentalist practices in the region.
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Salt Lake City
U.P
Utah
Organized
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Mormon Presidency
Two Montanans Aboard Swedish Repatriation Liner
The state department announced that Chester Louis Coleman of Glenwood Montana and Ernest Hauhuth of Helena Montana are aboard the Swedish motorship Gripsholm repatriating from France and Germany. The liner, carrying more than 100 other nationals from American republics, is expected to dock in Jersey City New Jersey around March 11.
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Washington
State Department
France
Germany
Jersey City
N. J
Coleman
Chester Louis
Glenwood
Mont
Hauhuth
Ernest
New York City
Helena
Butte National Red Cross drive opens with $5226 total
Butte volunteers report a first drive total of $5,226.86 toward the Red Cross campaign. A. J. Davis chairs, with Col. A. J. Knievel directing ten divisions. Division B leads early with $621.10, while Divisions A through I and the new women’s groups push toward the goal as the drive continues.
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Butte
Red Cross
American Red Cross
A. J. Davis
A. J. Knievel
Jack Duggan
C. H. Gallagher
Thomas Kelly
The
Kenneth Christie
J. A. Smith
F. B. Winger
Olaf Hansen
John P. Cooney
Leo Brady
Marvin Shaughnessy
Division B
Congressional checkup of stabilization program urged
Washington March 11. Senate banking committee to open hearings on extending the price control act for one year and to review the entire stabilization setup. Taft and Wheeler urge a full investigation of OPA and related agencies to clarify operations and possibly fix duties by law. The talks include the Little Steel formula for wage ceilings and local impact of national pricing practices.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Office of
Price Administraton
War Labor Board
Ion
Treas
Taft
Ohio
OPA
Little Steel
Wheeler
D-Mont
Hoover to Arrive in Butte for Montana Visit
W H Hoover vice president and general counsel of the Anaconda Copper Mining company will arrive in Butte from New York today. He will spend several weeks in Montana on business matters and is accompanied by Mrs Hoover.
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W. H. Hoover
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
New York
Montana
Mrs. Hoover
Long-range bombers blast Ponape Kusale in Pacific raids
U S Army Liberator bombers fire on Ponape and Kusaie as Army Marine and Navy planes hit three Marshall Islands bases. No interceptions. all aircraft returned safely. Ponape town of 10 000 burned. repeated raids targeted ground facilities and waterfront.
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Pearl Harbor
U.S
Carolines
Ponape
Kusale
Army
Marine and Navy
Marshalls
Pacific Fleet
Truk
Kusaie
U. S. Army Air Force
Marine
Mitchell
Marshall Islands
Ventura
Fleet Air Wing Two
Stilwell Predicts Quick Hukawng Valley Victory
New Delhi dispatch reports Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell declaring the Hukawng valley will soon be ours as Chinese and American forces advance against Japanese in northern Burma. He cites 500 to 700 enemy killed and claims about 2,000 Japanese deaths in the operation, praising joint Sino American efforts and camaraderie.
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New Delhi
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hukawng
Burma
Maungkwan
Wallawbrum
Stilwell
Brilliant teamwork saves Navy flyer from Truk lagoon crash
Lt George M Blair of Sewickley Pa was shot down during the Truk assault on February 17. Afloat rescue by Lt Baxter and 10 carrier Hellcats landed a float plane inside the lagoon to retrieve Blair, who was exhausted and shivering. He was returned to his carrier and survived.
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Navy Flyer
Truk Lagoon
Truk
United Press
George E. Jones
J. G
George M. Blair
Sewickley
Blair
Naval Air
J. G) R. FP. Baxter
Sunnytown
Tenn
Atoll
James E. (Buck) Toliver
Wellington
U. S. Bombers Hit Toulon and Padua Yards
Allied dispatches from Naples report American air forces based in Italy striking Toulon in France and Padua yards near Venice in a 35 minute battle. The raid followed an earlier strike on Florence and involved Fortresses Liberators and Thunderbolts with Marauder bombers used for precision.
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Naples
Italy
Florence
Toulon
France
Italian
Padua
Venice
Regensburg
Padua Yards
Special Air Force
Griswold Urges G O P Knockout in 1944
Governor Dwight Griswold of Nebraska told the Colorado Young Republican league that Republicans must win the 1944 elections by a knockout not by default. He warned the party against bounded orthodoxy and urged leadership that guides a troubled nation through the era's critical period.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Colorado
Young Republican League
Allied bombers strike Admiralties and Solomons fronts
Allied air units blasted Lorengau airdrome on Manus island with 90 tons of bombs and attacked targets on Rabaul. Solomons bombers dropped 101 tons on the Japanese garrison at Rabual, marking the 35th daily attack since February 3.
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Southwest Pacific
Thoe Lorengau
Manus Island
Admiralties
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Hollandia
Humboldt Bay
Bismarck Archipelago
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Former Argentine President Says He Was Forced to Resign
In Montevideo on March 11 Gen. Pedro Pablo Ramirez recounts that Argentina’s high ranking army officers forced him to delegate powers to Gen. Edelmiro Farrell. He says the push arose from rumors of impending war with the Axis and US pressure fears, not fatigue, and that two mass meetings failed to change officers’ beliefs.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Pedro Pablo Ramirez
Argentina
Edelmiro J. Farrell
Ramirez
Bennos Aires
Axis
United States
Farrell
Germany
Japan
Russians Hammer Western Ukraine on 500 Mile Front
Three Soviet armies drive a massive offensive across western Ukraine capturing hundreds of villages and towns. Ukrainian First Army fights Tarnopol while Second Army advances near Uman and air base. Third Army inching toward Kirovograd with push toward Bereslav. German radio acknowledges Soviet gains.
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Ukraine
Rumania
Tarnopol
Poland
Uman
Kirovograd
Dnieper
Bereslav
Kherson
Red Army reaches bridgehead across Dnieper in latest push
London dispatch reports Soviet forces forcing a bridgehead across the Dnieper in a widened 60 mile German-held front. The advance comes amid continued fighting and a note that the report continues on page 7.
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London
Dnieper
Yugoslav King Puts Forward Eight-Point War Unity Plan
King Peter of Yugoslavia, arriving in Churchill's plane, outlined eight points to unite war efforts of Mihailovic and Tito. The plan includes a temporary military demarcation line within Yugoslavia, with Mihailovic in Serbia and Montenegro and Tito controlling the rest. The king hoped to present the proposals to Churchill and Eden early next week.
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London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Rome
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Josip Ee Broz
Draja Mihailovitch
Mihailovitch
Serbia
Montenegro
Tito
Ace
Montgomery predicts fighting to extend into 1945
General Montgomery asserted the war is firmly in Allied grip and predicted fighting would continue into 1945. He told war workers that if battlefront and homefront unite this year the war could be nearly finished, with final toppling by next year. Eisenhower urged rapid mastery of duties to the officers at Sandhurst.
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London
Bernard L. Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Royal Military College
Sandhurst
Rhine
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Britain
West Point
Sir Bernard
Eighth Army
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H. H. Heckler
Mate Jameson
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Reich
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Joseph Morton
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Wilbur Rowe
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Emil Marans
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Fred P. Oke
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W. J. McMahon
J. R. Sullivan
Fred Schwanz
M. P. O’connor
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D. G. Bertoglio
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C. F. Noyes
Leo Walsh
E. T. Youlden
R. D. Callahan
Max Dean
J. D. Newman
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L. F. Carmody
Henry Codden
F. S. Henselt
J. H. Heilbronner
A. W. Jacobsen
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