Major German Bases Fall to Red Troops
Premier Stalin announced the fall of Mogilev Podolski, a key German base and rail hub, to the Red Army advancing toward the Carpathians and the Danube estuary. Vinnitsa also fallen. Berlin confirmed the loss. The Red Army nears the Carpathians and threatens southern Ukraine as Pravda cites German chaos and plans for wider Allied action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marshal Stalin
Mogilev-Podolski
Dniester River
Rumania
Carpathian Mountains
Danube
Stalin
Vinnitsa
Moscow
Pravda
Europe
Old Poland
Second Ukraine
Ivan
Konev
Cernauti
Bessarabian
Iasi
Death Toll Rises After Passaic Bus Plunge Into River
Nine bodies recovered overnight bring total dead to 13 from a bus that plunged from an ice covered bridge into the Passaic river during morning rush hour. Six escaped. diver estimated about 25 bodies may remain beneath the bus as rescue efforts continue.
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Passaic
N. J
Passaic River
Julius J. Cinamon
Public Safety
United States Rubber Company
New Jersey
Stanley Raymond
Irwin Uhrbach
Clifton
Red Cross Campaign Reaches 35193 In Butte Drive
The Butte American Red Cross annual financial campaign total at closing hours stood at 35193 led by men and women workers aiming for divisional leadership. Navy V 12 at Montana School of Mines contributed 40750, with every student and staff giving at least 1. Division F led with 119 percent of quota. Division C close behind at 118 percent. Other top groups include Division I at 114 percent.
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Butte
American Red Cross
A. J. Davis
Cam
Paign
Chapter
Navy
Montana School of Mines
Woman Willing to Sacrifice Eye to Aid Wounded Man
Mrs Pauline Venard a 25 year old UC Berkeley co ed offered to give her eye to Sgt Forrest Veaster a blinded soldier in London to ensure he has a reader after the war She said her Navy husband would read to her but Venard would still sacrifice an eye if Veaster’s condition worsened as London doctors noted his right eye improving and likely not requiring the gesture
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Berkeley
Calif
U.R
University of California
London
Navy
Pauline Venard
Forrest Veaster
Livonia
N. Y
Germany
Mrs. Venard
Vosler
Aerial Attacks Intensify Over Frankfurt Area In War
London reports a major air operation as 1,600 to 2,100 Allied planes take part against Germany. A formation of 250 to 500 bombers, escorted by Thunderbolts and Mustangs, reached Frankfurt amid pea soup clouds with heavy losses on both sides.
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London
U. S
Frankfurt
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Atlantic Wall
France
Britain
Immediate Work on Oil Line Urged Before Congress
Military advocates from the War and Navy departments and the joint chiefs press for rapid start of the trans-Arabian oil line. They warn delay could lose American control of Saudi oil rights and push start time beyond postwar European demand, with 18 months needed for construction. They will outline these points to the Senate oil committee this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
War and Navy Departments
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Special Oil Committee
Hand to Hand Battle for Cassino Rages
Allied forces assault Cassino on the western edge after driving Germans from the Hotel Continental ruins. Fifth Army fights for Monastery hill while German counterattacks and Hill 165 changes hands. troops outside Cassino press the offensive as New Zealand tanks close in and Germans surrender the Continental position.
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Naples
Cassino
Fifth Army
Monastery Hill
Continental Hotel
New Zealand
Army Bombers to Blast Ice Jams
Helena dispatch reports four heavy bombers from Peterson Field Colorado Springs will bomb the Yellowstone River ice jam to relieve Miles City flood. Governor Ford says bombs will target the jam below the city while dive bombers hit key points. Army promise follows telephoned request and highway engineers will consult before dawn bombing with 300 residents displaced as waters rise.
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Helena
Peterson Field
Colorado Springs
Colo
Army Air Base
Yellowstone River
Miles City
Sam C. Ford
Ford
Army
Yellowstone
Butte Soldier in Tokyo POW Camp Sends Photo Home
Mrs. Mary Callen received a picture and letter from her son Pfc. Aranda Callen held at Japanese prison camp No. 477 in Tokyo. The note recalls Corregidor and Bataan service, the escape from Clark Field, and his move to a new camp as he awaits U S mail. His fate and status were confirmed after being listed missing in action.
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Mary Callen
Dundee Street
Pfc
Aranda
Ace) Callen
Tokyo
Butte
Callen
Corregidor
U. S
Fetherolfs
Dundee
Carrier Planes Bombard Mili Atoll in Pacific Strike
United States forces led by Admiral Nimitz launched a heavy bombardment of Mili Atoll in the eastern Marshalls using battleships and carrier based planes. Mitchell bombers hit Ponape targets as part of a broader assault with Marine and Army air support, signaling expanded reach toward Carolines bases.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Marshall Islands
Mili Atoll
Chester W. Nimitz
Mitchell
Carolines
Marshall
Ponape
Navy
Marine
Army
Marshalls
Truk
Mariana Islands
Mili
Ventura
Fleet Air Wing Two
Marine Dauntless
Willis H. Hales
Seventh Air Force
Two Naval Ships Reported Lost
The Navy announced the loss of the 2000 ton submarine rescue ship Macaw and the 1300 ton destroyer escort Leopold. Macaw struck a coral reef in the Pacific February 13. Leopold sank in the Atlantic March 10 from an underwater explosion. Skippers Lt Cmdr Paul W. Burton and Comdr Kenneth Coy Phillips listed as missing.
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Washington
Navy
Macaw
Leopold
Pacific
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Paul W. Burton
Asbury Park
N. J
Comdr
Kenneth Coy Phillips
Glenbrook Conn
Moore Drydock Company
Oakland
Calif
Moscow monitor denies armistice terms to Barbu Stirbey
A Soviet monitor broadcast in Moscow reported that no armistice conditions were handed to Prince Barbu Stirbey or any other Romanian representative. The statement aired on Monday night and was part of a mass report from the Soviet source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Barbu Stirbey
Cairo
Weather forecast for Montana regions Tuesday
Butte Fair to partly cloudy Tuesday with little temperature change. High 32, low 25 with light precipitation. West of the divide fair to partly cloudy. east of the divide partly cloudy with snow flurries in the mountains in the afternoon. cloudy in the east with occasional snow flurries and warmer in the west.
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Butte—Fair
Montana
Continental Divide
Six-man Flying Fortress crew killed in crash near Alexandria base
A bomber from the Alexandria Army Airfield crashed five miles west of the base after striking near a wooded highway to Boyce. All six crew members aboard were killed.
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Alexandria
Alexandria Army Airfield
Boyce
English Coast Declared Protected Area Ahead of Invasion
Britain declared more than 700 miles of England southern and eastern coastline a protected area effective April 1. Only residents may enter a ten mile belt from the east coast to Land's End, with a $400 fine and up to three months in jail for violators. All persons over 16 must carry ID and binoculars are banned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
England
Firth of Porth
Land's End
Cheyenne Officials Are Under Arrest
Cheyenne mayor Ira L Hanna and police chief Jess B Exhall along with Capt. Gerald J Morris and Sgt. E K Violette faced bribery charges during a city council meeting. Laramie County Attorney Edward B Hirst filed the charges after a three month probe into alleged vice conditions. They pleaded innocent and were released on bond with arraignment set for March 27.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Ira L Hanna
Laramie County
Edward B. Hirst
Jess B. Exhall
Gerald J. Morris
E. K
Ekky) Violette
Stockholders Seek Representation in Montana Power Hearing
Preferred stockholders of the Montana Power Company in Butte, numbering about 1900, form a committee to gain representation at a March 27 hearing before the Federal Power Commission and the Montana Public Service Commission. The case involves conforming to accounting procedures and potential changes to the company’s capital structure.
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Montana
Montana Power Company
Butte
Federal Power Commission
Montana Public Service Commission
American planes sink five-ship convoy near Wewak
U P report says a force of 200 plus bombers hit a Japanese convoy 70 miles northwest of Wewak in New Guinea. All five ships including two transports were sunk and hundreds of Japanese troops killed. Only three U S planes were lost in the operation and shore targets were hammered.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
New Guinea
Wewak
Douglas MacArthur
Admiralty Islands
Hamemer
Bismarck Sea
Nazi Army Takes Over in Hungary
London dispatches report major fighting as German forces occupy Hungary to block a Red Army advance. Stockholm advices say Hungarian leaders vow resistance. radios broadcast messages claiming losses and continued struggle. Berlin sources suggest seizures of control across southeast Europe while Regent Horthy and General Ghezzy are held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hungary
Red Army
Stockholm
London Daily Mail
Reich
Renners
Bessarabian
Berlin
Europe
Reuters
Germany
Nort
Rumania
Nicholas Horthy
Genera Ghezy
Minnesota youth admits killing patrolman in California
David Hansen a 19 year old from Celoquet Minnesota admitted to police that he shot and killed Highway Patrolman Forrest Underwood in Los Angeles on March 9. He also admitted robbing a luggage store in Los Angeles before the shooting. Hansen was held for further questioning.
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San Francisco
David Hansen
Celoquet
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Featherolf
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Belgium
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