Air war pace shifts as weather cools and fronts grind
Observers foresee a letdown in the air duel between Britain and Germany with a likely renewed fury later. The fight, now testing air strength, points to mid April as a hinge period while British air power shows gains and delivers heavier attacks than since the war began.
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Associated Press
England
Germany
Europe
London
Berlin
Britain
France
Silicosis Relief Bill Signed by Montana Governor
Governor Sam C. Ford signed H. R. 354 and related measures in Helena on March 14, approving 40 000 yearly for two years to aid silicosis victims under the public welfare act. He also signed several welfare and policy bills while vetoing three proposals raising speed limit, mandating education for the deaf and blind, and altering care for the insane.
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Helena
Montana
Sam C. Ford
Public Welfare Department
Water Conservation Board
Senate
Greeks Claim Local Gains After Fierce Italian Offensive
Greek dispatches say five Fascist divisions were cut up in recent days and Mussolini may return to Rome from Albania. British air units report 14 Italian planes shot down in Tepeleni Klisura while Italy holds Tepeleni and Valona. Mussolini was said to be at Tirana with Badoglio possibly reporting to the king.
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Athens
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Albania
Il Duce
Satarn
Tepeleni
Valona
Tepeleni-Klisura
Mussolini
Tirana
Pietro Badoglio
Tl Duce
Vittorio Emanuele
Badoglio
Rocky Mountain Sportsmen Set Annual Wildlife Event Saturday
Wildlife lovers from adjoining counties will gather at the Temple ballroom for the Rocky Mountain Sportsmen’s Association annual wildlife moving picture show and big game barbecue. The program starts at 7 45 with talks by John Brown Helena Mayor Hauswirth and John Corette Jr. Hugh Murphy will show technicolor films and J B Lawhead will present official fish and game material. Mrs Courtney Proffitt will sing and Chris will play accordion. Admission is free and the public is invited for education entertainment and food.
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Temple
Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's Association
Jack
M. E. Buck
John
Banquets Honor St Patrick Patron Saint in Butte
Two Butte banquets tonight honor St Patrick as the Friendly Sons of St Patrick hold a 7 p.m. dinner at Finlen hotel for about 250. Dan Dooley of Centerville will be toastmaster with Attorney General John W. Bonner, Prof. Michael Mansfield, and Rev. Edward McGowan as speakers. Judge J. J. McNamara's orchestra provides music along with a chorus directed by Fisher Thompson.
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The
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Finlen Hotel
Dan Dooley
Centerville
Torney
John W. Bonner
America
Michael Mansfield
Montana State University
Edward McGowan
J. J. McNamara
M. M. English
Fisher Thompson
Butte
Fritz Lenz
Kittle Brady
Joe Binney, Jr
Mary Cannon
June Cannon
God Bless Ree
Father English
Butte and Montana Weekend Forecast
Generally fair weather plans for Saturday and Sunday across Montana with only small temperature changes expected. No significant storms or precipitation anticipated as the weekend approaches.
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Butte
Montana
Irish Ladies and Friends to Hear Rev Harrington
The eighteenth annual banquet of the Irish Ladies and Friends will be held at Hotel Finlen with Rev. Daniel B. Harrington of St. Peter's Anaconda as speaker on St Patrick and the Ladies of Ireland. Miss Catherine Nutterville will serve as toastmistress as registrations show a record attendance.
Federal Income Tax Deadline Falls This Evening
Montana tax collections show March totals of 1.1 million dollars for the first 14 days of March, up from 900 thousand the prior year. Internal Revenue officials note a record number of returns and extended help desks in Helena and county offices through the deadline.
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Harry F. Downs
Internal Revenue
Federal
Internal Revenue Office
Downs
Helena
Montana
Lewis Penwell
WPA airport expansion proposal submitted for Butte field
An additional project to upgrade the Butte airport to a class three field with a total cost of 256 137 was submitted to WPA officials in Washington. If approved, total spending at the airport would reach 448 737 including a 100 000 CAA grant. The plan allocates 128 826 WPA funds and 26 311 city matching funds for two new runways and lighting. Work on the current 192 000 project filling the east side gully continues, aiming for completion in early May.
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Butte
WPA
Washington, D. C
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Yugoslavia Stays Outside Axis Amid Berlin Pressure
Belgrade reports show Yugoslavia remains outside the Axis despite German pressure. Premier Dragila Cvetkovic and Foreign Minister Alesander Cincar Markovic were set to depart, with dates shifting to Wednesday amid Berlin refusals to discuss a delayed military clause and a declaration of friendship.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Dragila Cvetkovic
Alesander Cincar- Markovic
Axis
Prince Paul
Greece
Two Army Men Die in Plane Crash
Two Army officers died when a Moffett field plane crashed in southern Alameda county between Irvington and Newark near a power substation. The victims were Lieut. Mortimer D. Gager of Port Arthur Texas and Cadet T. E. Rose of Fort Worth Texas. A utility worker witnessed the crash.
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Oakland
Calif
Moffett Field
Alameda County
Mortimer D. Gager
Port Arthur
Texas
T. BE. Rose
Fort Worth
Irvington
Newark
Saddle Club to Sponsor First Annual Cross Country Ride
Great Falls Saddle Club announces a three day cross country ride from Helena to Great Falls on June 27 28 and 29. The event emphasizes horseflesh and horsemanship with daily horse weighing and feed weight recorded. Ray Patterson named route master and trophies awarded to winners.
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Saddle Club
Helena
Great Falls
George
Canyon Ferry
Lingshire
McCole
Ray Patterson
Incendiaries Rain Over Northeast City
London reports a northeastern city faced its first heavy air raid of the war with incendiaries. A newspaper office was hit as fires were quickly controlled. Clusters of fire bombs fell on London and raids hit Scotland and the northeast coast. Two German raiders were shot down and Glasgow suffered air damage with casualties reported.
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London
British Isles
England
Scotland
Edinburgh
Newcastle
West Midlands
Channel
Ing Onoe
Therr Luftwaffe
Glasgow
Treasury Plans $500 Million Borrowing to Finance Defense
The U S Treasury announced it would borrow 500 million dollars in cash and refund 504 million of maturing securities next week to cover escalating defense costs exceeding 500 million monthly. About 1 billion in income taxes was expected this month as the operation proceeds after Morgenthau conferred with Federal Reserve officials. new securities will be offered to holders of the old issue.
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Washington
Treasury
National Defense
Morgenthau
Federal Reserve
Treasury Opens Tax Challenge on State and Municipal Bonds
The Treasury launches a test case against seven holders of Port of New York Authority bonds to prove federal power to tax income from state and local securities. It seeks to tax future issues while keeping existing issues exempt, potentially raising significant annual revenue if new issuances match current bond volumes.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Port of New York Authority
Congress
Department
Supreme Court
FDR to address nation on defense and aid to Britain
President Roosevelt plans a 7:30 p.m. Saturday radio address on defense and aid to nations battling aggression. The speech precedes lease lend debates and will be broadcast in six languages at the White House dinner attended by Willkie Halifax Hull and other officials. House subcommittee moves to wrap lease lend hearings as Stimson declines to discuss specifics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hitler
Wendell L. Willkie
Lord Halifax
Hull
Congress
House
Harold D. Smith
William &. Knudsen
Office of Production
Great Britain
Eighteen Executed in Holland for Sabotage Plot
The Hague reports on Friday that eighteen Dutch nationals convicted by a military tribunal for sabotage espionage and resistance to German occupation were executed. Five death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment saving five from the firing squad.
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the Hague
Berlin
Colorado House OKs defense force and state defense council
The Colorado House on Friday approved on second reading measures to form a Colorado Defense Force to function during National Guard absence and establish a Colorado state defense council to oversee the effort.
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Denver
Colorado House
Colorado
National Guard
Colorado State Council For Defense
Labor ties oppose 11 member defense mediation board
The Congress of Industrial Organizations opposes a proposed 11 member federal mediation board for defense industry labor disputes. AFL President William Green backed the plan after a White House conference, while CIO leader Philip Murray dismissed it as unrealistic and harmful to national defense. Murray met with Roosevelt recently but has not seen the president since the proposal's formal advance by Perkins Knudsen and Hillman.
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Washington
Administration Labor and Defense Production Chiefs
William Green
A. F. of L
White House
Philip Murray
Roosevelt
Murray
Perkins
William 8. Knudsen
Defense
Sidney Hillman
Trustees to be named in nine Butte school districts
Twelve trustees in nine school districts in Silver Bow county will be elected at the general school election April 5. Incumbents are listed for districts three and nine, with current board members at districts four five six and nine named. terms on several boards expire.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Maybelle Hogan
C. W. Granger Norman
Lyle
F. Sullivan
Rocker
W. Jones
Ramsay
Divide
Eva Greed
M. McKenzie
Forrest Lindlief
Beverly O’brien
Melrose
C.G. Beckman
Brown
Meadow William
Grece
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Ford
Clifton A. Woodrum
D.-Va
Henry Stimson
Cordell Hull
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Woodrum
Stimson
Knox
Sportsmen's Group
Two Butte
Rev. Harrington
Aes
Hamburg
Berin
F.D.R
Holland
F. R
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