Roosevelt opposes detailing postwar plans now
President Franklin D. Roosevelt said postwar policy should focus first on winning the war and then on general objectives. He resisted calling for a detailed Senate pronouncement or commenting on a resolution for an international police force, signaling willingness to cooperate with other United Nations. He noted critics rely on glittering generalities while acknowledging other nations understand U.S. policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
United Nations
Ball
R.-Minn
Wendell Willkie
Hatch
Hill
Burton
New Mexico
Alabama
Ohio
Office of Price Administration expands meat slaughter quotas
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration authorized higher civilian meat slaughter limits in areas facing dangerous shortages. The move, aimed at preventing disruptions to the war effort and public health, targets regions where packers have been shut down for violating orders and marshals a temporary boost until rationing begins March 29.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Weather Forecast Sparse snow flurries and steady temps
Scattered snow flurries expected with little temperature change through Wednesday and Wednesday night. Tuesday highs reach 31 and lows drop to -3 as air remains cold and unsettled.
Kaiser Becomes Aircraft Builder as Brewster Chairman
Henry J. Kaiser, famed shipbuilder, is named chairman of Brewster Aeronautical corp. maker of dive bombers and fighters for U S forces. His aviation entry follows recent Fleetwings purchase and signals a focus on production in the post war era.
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New York
Henry J. Kaiser
Shipbuilding Fame
Brewster Aeronautical Corp
United States
Fleetwings, Inc
Pennsylvania
Brewster
Kaiser
Hundreds of French youths surrender while others resist Nazis in Haute Savoie
In Geneva on March 16 hundreds of young patriots sheltered in the Haute Savoie mountains surrendered to Vichy authorities as food ran low and aid from the Allies failed to appear. Others held out against Nazi mobile guards though morale remained high and some escaped to join insurgent bands led by former French officers amid intensified Nazi pressure and surveillance by French police at Thonon.
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Geneva
Haute Savoie
Germany
Tribune de Geneve
Rhine
Tribune
Thonon
Lake Geneva
Lyon
Mrs S D Crum Dies Suddenly While Vacationing
Mrs Sterrett D Crum Jr 28 formerly Ruth Kane of Helena died suddenly Tuesday in San Jose Costa Rica while vacationing with husband and infant daughter Her husband serves in the Army Engineers corps in Panama The body will be sent to Helena for burial She was born Oct 2 1914 in Lewistown and was noted as a prominent cellist.
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Helena
Sterrett D. Crum, Jr
Ruth Kane
San Jose
Costa Rica
Army Engineers’ Corps
Panama
Red Cross Band Concert Planned by Butte High
Butte high school will stage a three performance symphony and band concert with all Sunday proceeds directed to the American Red Cross war fund. H. J. Schiesser announces Friday 8 15 pm Saturday 8 15 pm Sunday 2 30 pm in the school auditorium. Proceeds expected near 600 with dollar for dollar matching to raise about 1200 for war relief.
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Butte
American Red Cross
Butte High School
H. J. Schiesser
America
Wartorn
Withholding Tax Plan Is Endorsed
The House ways and means committee endorsed a no forgiveness 20 percent payroll withholding tax plan with a 6 percent early-payment discount for estimated 1943 taxes by June 15. The plan, taking effect July 1, imposes credits and varying discounts based on quarterly 1942 payments and future dates, plus a $3,500 annual exemption for service members retroactive to 1942.
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Washington
U.P
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee Votes to Cap Salaries at Old High
The Senate finance committee voted to erase Roosevelt's executive order limiting salaries to 25000 after tax and replace it with the current statutory ceiling for wages under the stabilization act. They would block reductions below the highest levels reached between January 1 and September 15, 1942, as an amendment to a debt limit increase bill.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Walcott
R-Mich
House
Senate
Disney
D-Okla
United States
George
D-Ga
Byrd
D-Va
Bailey
D-N. C
Vanderberg
Taft
Ohio
Randolph Paul
Treasury
Aerial Action in Africa Widespread Along Front
Allied forces report major operations across the Tunisian front near Gafsa Sedjenane and MezZouna. Air power hit enemy airfields and ships while ground actions secured ridge high ground and coastal sectors. Losses included Allied and Axis aircraft in ongoing clashes.
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North Africa
Gafsa
High Command
British First Army
Sedjenane
Metlaoui
Tamera
Bizerté
Mezzouna
Mareth Line
Western Desert Air Force
Toujane
Sicilian
Youth Convicted in Slaying at Greendale Reform School
Edward Kiper Jr., 13, was sentenced to five years at the Glendale reformatories by Judge Loraine Mix after being convicted of murder for the knife slaying of 14 year old Orville Glen Schuler on Christmas Day. The crime was tried by a jury in a directed verdict.
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Louisville
Edward Kiper, Jr
Greendale Houses of Reform
Criminal Court
Loraine Mix
Orville Glen Schuler
Petain Pictures Ordered Removed in North Africa
The French African government ordered all public pictures posters statements signs and slogans related to Marshal Petain removed starting tomorrow. The move follows General Giraud repudiating Vichy statutes affecting North Africa and requires removal ofPetain images from postage stamps and other issues immediately.
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Algiers
U.P
Marshall Henri Philippe Petain
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Petain
U.S. Submarines Sink Four Jap Ships in Pacific Fight
American submarines sunk four Japanese ships including a destroyer and a troop transport and damaged three others in the Pacific war against Japanese supply lines. The Navy reported 137 sunk, 23 probably sunk, and 38 damaged by U.S. subs since Pearl Harbor, with submarines accounting for over 40 percent of total Allied losses.
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Washington
U.P
Pacific
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Solomons
Japan
Sugar Beet Labor Outlook Bright
Salt Lake City March 16 Prospects for ample labor in western sugar beet fields improve a manpower conference reports. Wilford Y Cannon superintendent Utah Idaho Sugar says agencies centered on the U S Employment Service the Agriculture Department and county war boards will secure needed workers. He notes possible workers from high schools and federal officials touring Indian reservations to obtain surplus help.
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Salt Lake City
U. S. Employment Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wilford Y. Cannon
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Cannon
Former Butte Boy Bombardier Details St Nazaire Raid
Lt. William Blank, ex-Butte high school and University of Washington graduate, now on unassigned duty in Terre Haute, recalls a raid on St Nazaire in Nazi occupied France. His bomber struck German submarine bases but faced heavy German fighter attack over the English Channel with a Nazi shell bursting in the cockpit. he escaped unharmed. Continues on page 12.
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William Blank
Butte
Nat Blank
Terre Haute
Ind
Blank
Butte High School
University of Washington
St. Nazaire
France
England
English Channel
Russian Offensive Breaks German Defense Belt Near Smolensk
Russian forces pierced a major German defense belt capturing 32 towns and villages as they advanced toward the Yartsevo and Dorogobuzh bastions east of Smolensk. Reported in a Moscow broadcast, the Wehrmacht claimed some gains but the Russians pressed on with aerial support and tank advances along the Donets line near Izyum.
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London
Yartsevo
Dorogobuzh
Smolensk
Russia
Novogorod
Moscow
Lake Ilmen
Kharkov
Donets
Izyum
Red Army
Heavy War Loan Drive Planned
Montana allocates 33.5 million dollars for the second war loan drive with a statewide goal of 17.009 million to private investors in April. Banking interests get 16.5 million. drive runs through April with broader bond distribution. About 75 local leaders from Silver Bow and surrounding counties attended a plan meeting to set quotas and mobilize participation.
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Montana
R. E. Towle
Federal Reserve Bank
Helena
Butte
Mr Toole
Toole
Montana War Finance Committee
Finlen
Silver Bow
Beaverhead
Deer Lodge
Jefferson
Madison
Powell Counties
American Autos to Be in Demand After War
Stockholm reports that a French salesman in Paris has been selling American automobiles with promises of delivery as soon as Americans march through the Arc de Triomphe. Swedish press dispatches describe the French buyers paying installments while a Nazi publication denounces their credulity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Paris
Berlin
Master Policy to Combat Subs Outlined
Washington March 16 A joint policy by United States Britain and Canada outlines anti submarine warfare to thwart Hitler s U boat threat to Europe invasion. The Washington Ottawa London announcement quotes King and Churchill stressing close cooperation and coordinated use of escorts and aircraft without a unified command system.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Canada
Hitler
Europe
Ottawa
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Karl Doenitz
United Nations
Ernest J. King
King
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Atlantic
Japanese convoy disappears after Allied air strike near Aroe
General MacArthur reports Allied reconnaissance found no Japanese shipping in the Arafoora sea area north of the Aroe islands after a troop convoy attacked by Dutch Meigs and Australian air forces failed to locate survivors. Allied medium bombers hit Lae and Salamaua bases, starting large fuel fires.
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General MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Aroe Islands
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Arafura Sea
United Nations Command
Lae
Salamaua
MacArthur
Sport Equipment Drive Plans To Aid Armed Forces In Butte
Civic and fraternal groups met at A W V S headquarters to finalize plans for a March 22 drive to collect baseballs bats gloves tennis racquets footballs basketballs ping pong sets and other gear for U S Army Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard bases and personnel. Pete Staton chaired the meeting. The Kiwanis club will present The Reluctant Dragon at Fox theater Saturday at 10 am with admission payable in sport equipment. Bert Henson donated the theater and John Birk arranged the show. proceeds benefit the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Main Street
Butte
Uncle Sam
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Butte American Women's Voluntary Services Chapter
Pete Staton
Butte Kiwanis Club
Fox Theater
Walt Disney
Herman Dover
Kiwanis Club
John Birk
Civic Club
Bert Henson
Wearers of the Green Gather at St Patrick Church in Butte
The Wearers of the Green meet at 10 o clock in St Patrick Catholic church to observe St Patrick s day with solemn high mass honoring the patron saint of Butte. Rev Michael M McCormick leads the service with deacon Rev Edward P Gilmore and subdeacon Rev Thomas P Conran. Master of ceremonies Rev William P Joyce and more than 30 priests from local parishes and the Helena diocese attend the ceremony.
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St. Patrick Catholic
St. Patrick
Ireland
Butte
Michael M. McCormick
St. Joseph Church
Edward P. Gilmore
St. Cyril and Methodious Church
East Helena
Thomas P. Conran
St. Patrick’s
William P. Joyce
Sacred Heart
Butte Catholic
M. M
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S. D. Crum
Red Cross
Africa
U.S
Pacific Area
Bombardier
U. S
South Pacific
A.W.V.S
St. Patrick Church
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