Soviet siege arc tightens around Danzig and Gdynia
Soviet forces push a 25 mile siege arc south and west of Danzig and drive within six miles of the area southwest of the free city. They threaten the Danzig Gdynia coastal road as East Prussian fronts tighten and German defenses at Königsberg and Her…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Danzig
Free City
Danzig-Gdynia
Moscow
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Heiligenbeil
Oder
Stettin
Kuestrin
Berlin
Frankfurt-Kuestrin
Gross Katz
Gdynia
Liberators Hit Chichi Jima in Pacific Attacks
U S Pacific Fleet announced air strikes against Chichi Jima in the Bonin Islands with Liberators and Mustang fighters previously based on Iwo Jima delivering dive bombings to barracks a radio station and other facilities. Other raids targeted the Kuriles Yap and Wake Island with Navy and Marine aircraft supporting the operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Army Liberators
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Mustang
Rock
Chichi Jima
Bonin Islands
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Willis Hale
Army Air Forces
Pacific Ocean
Iwo
Chichi
Kuriles
Yap
Wake Islands
Navy
Paramushiro
Carolines
Wake Island
Gasoline Coupon Invalidations Post March Thirty first
The OPA announced that B-5 C-5 R-1 and all D coupons not serially numbered will be invalid after March 31. The change follows the agency policy of periodic invalidation as most coupons have been used. Holders with unexpired ration can exchange invalidated coupons for valid ones at local boards. B C for occupational driving D for motorcycles E and R for nonhighway equipment.
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Washington
OPA
Sugar for canning to be issued May 1 by boards
Helena March 21 District OPA Director L M A Wass announced sugar for canning would be issued starting May 1. Housewives should apply to local boards to obtain sugar with no stamps this year. Applicants limited to 20 pounds per person or 160 pounds per family. Stocks for this time of year are the lowest since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
OPA
L. M. A. Wass
Wass
Neutrals describe Germany as chaotic nation in crisis
Reports from neutral observers depict Germany in chaos with blocked front lines and Gestapo repression. Swiss frontier travelers say transport collapsed and Berlin access was tightly restricted as 7 000 Bremen workers strike under claims of a national freedoms movement.
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London
U.P
Germany
Gestapo
Reich
Berlin
Stockholm
Bremen
National Freedoms
Home Front
Heinrich Himmler
Transocean
Senators Oppose Price Ceilings on Movies and Barber Shops
Senate banking committee members opposed Bowles on price ceilings for movies and barber and beauty shop charges. Idaho senator Taylor said barbers and beauty operators advocate ceilings on physicians and dentists as well. Taft also voiced opposition while Milliken joked about the man with a razor on his neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Chester Bowles
Sen
Taylor
Idaho
Taft
Ohio
Negotiations Reach Critical Point Between UMW and Operators
In Washington on March 21 a pivotal moment in talks between the United Mine Workers and soft coal operators occurred as main conferences recessed for informal discussions between John L. Lewis and leading operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Jap Resistance on Panay Said Crushed
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced that the 40th Infantry Division captured Iloilo on Panay within 60 hours of the landing. Guerrillas helped clear the coast, pockets remained only in isolated areas as docks and harbor remained intact. In Luzon, the 33rd and 6th divisions drove to ridges and hills near Manila, seizing 256 vehicles and large stockpiles as the Wawa Antipolo line collapsed.
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Manila
U.P
Iloilo
Panay
Philippine
Douglas MacArthur
Gaub
Tabucan
Santa Barbara
San Sebastian
Pavia
MacArthur
Macario Peralta, Jr
Philippines
Luzon
Pantay
Mt. Baytangan
A C M Company Secretary Dies In Garden City NY
James Dickson aged 63 longtime secretary and treasurer of Anaconda Copper Mining Co and also of Butte Anaconda and Pacific Railway and Butte Water Co died Tuesday night at his Garden City Long Island home from a heart ailment. Funeral at Pairchilds Chapel Garden City 8:30 Thursday evening burial Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn Friday morning. Authorities in Butte expressed shock and ordered company flags lowered in his memory. Continued on page 5 column 6.
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James Dickson
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Company
Butte Water Company
Garden City
Long Island
N. Y
Pairchild
Frankford Avenue
12Th Street
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Dickson
Butte
Anaconda Company
Mead Announces Alcan Highway Investigation Start
Chairman Mead announces that the war investigating committee has begun an inquiry into the Alcan highway. The immediate aim is to determine future War department plans for the Alaskan roadway built originally as a military project.
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Washington
Mead
D-N. Y
War Investigating Committee
War ‘Department
Butte Red Cross Drive Receipts Reach 14210
The Butte chapter of the American Red Cross reports 14210 in advance gifts as the 1945 drive proceeds. A. J. Davis Jr. urges 10 contacts per worker reports due soon and calls for at least a 30 percent donation increase over 1944. Advance gift totals include F M Boehme K B McKeen J H Rowe and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
American Red Cross
West Broadway
A. J. Davis, Jr
National American Red Cross
Red Cross
Davis
National Organization
Advance Gifts Unit
F M. Boehme
K. B. McKeen
J. H. Rowe
W. A. O'Kelly
Harry O. Budd
A. F. Rice
Fred A. Grefig
C. Sweet
W. T. Sweet
C. H. Stack
L. W. Johnson
Ralph Butterworth
J. H. Bolitho
L. S., Pusey
R. E. Crangle
Earthquakes in Anatolian Turkey Kill 26 in Tuesday Quake
At least 26 people died and hundreds were injured as a series of earthquakes struck Anatolia on Tuesday. The Ceyhan river district faced the heaviest damage and widespread destruction was reported across the region.
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Ankara
Turkey
Anatolian Turkey
Ceynan River
Administration Officials Warn on US Food Shortage
Officials tried to dampen complaints about food shortages as meat packers and Republicans pressed for relief. War Food Administrator Marvin Jones said the armed forces would stay well fed and civilians would have plenty, while Price Administrator Bowles insisted civilian meat would be scarcer due to war needs. Senators taft, Hickenlooper, and Reed cited packers losing money. the American Meat Institute defended price controls and noted profits in 1944 despite losses in pork. Chairman Thomas announced a Senate subcommittee probe into the situation.
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Washington
America
Marvin Jones
Chester Bowles
Senate Banking Committee
Bowles
Taft
Ohio
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Reed
Akans
OPA
American Meat Institute
Meat Institute
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Jones
Status of copper workers clarified by WPB
War Production Board confirms deferment plan for copper industry workers in 26 to 29 age group. D. L. Forrester directs Anaconda Copper Mining staff to keep workers on the job, noting any quitters face immediate induction and stressing copper is essential for ammunition and the war effort.
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D. M. Kelly
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
D. L. Forrester
War Production Board
Washington, D. C
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Butte, Mont
WPB
Washington
Attack Fulfils Navy's Promise
The U S Fifth fleet led a two day strike with over 1000 planes into the Japan inland sea crippling 15 to 17 enemy warships. Tokyo confirms Vice Admiral Mitscher unleashed his force 60 miles off Japan as task group flyers destroyed 475 enemy aircraft and damaged ships. The operation sank six freighters and wrecked shore arsenals while all American ships returned to port under their own power.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Gum
U. S. Fifth Fleet
Japan
Nippon
Tokyo
Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
Fifth Fleet
R. A. Spruance
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Armed services curb late amusement hours nationwide
U S armed forces orders require all personnel to leave amuse ment venues before midnight. The Navy and Army swiftly issued curfews, rolling back La Guardia’s one hour extension for New York City venues as service members faced a stricter federal directive.
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Washington
U.S
U. S
Navy
Army
War Department
New York City
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Japs Prepare for Battles on Home Islands
Washington dispatch reports Japan issued emergency measures to counter an anticipated American invasion. War Minister Sugiyama sought special military control over lands and buildings in whole districts as part of the plan. Premier Koiso mourned Iwo Jima loss and urged public resolve with a stark call to rising anger.
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Washington
U.P
Japan
Iwo Jima
Gen Sugiyama
Sugiyama
Kuniaki Koiso
United States
Night clubs in New York revert to midnight closing
Thirty five members of the Allied food and entertainment industries in Greater New York voted to ignore the mayor’s hour of tolerance and return to the midnight curfew. The action follows Army and Navy guidance for servicemen to observe 12 o’clock closing. The clubs praised Mayor La Guardia while noting possible Washington political pressure.
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New York
Allied Food and Entertainment Industries
Greater New York
la Guardia
New York City
Byrnes
Club and Restaurant Association
Washington
Butte Weather Forecast Turns Partly Cloudy Thursday
Butte expects partly cloudy skies Thursday and Thursday night with mild conditions. Highs around 56, with Wednesday's peak near 54 and a low around 26. Montana wide forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy Thursday and Friday with highs of 55 to 65.
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Butte
Montana
First Army reaches Rhine area in major push toward Ruhr
Allied forces press toward the Ruhr as Hodges First Army crosses three and a half miles of Rhine plain amid heavy bombings. Patton’s Third Army also breaks Ludwigshafen and advances toward Neustadt and Mannheim, with thousands of German prisoners.
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Rhine
Patton
Paris
U.P
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Ruhr
Rhine Plain
Germany
Berlin
B. L. Montgomery
Transocean
Hodges
Cologne-Frankfurt
George S. Patton
Third Army
Ludwigshafen
Neustadt
Seventh Army
Mannheim
Butte Navy Man Wounded in Action
John C. Abe O’Hern a famed Butte basketball star from Butte High and Montana School of Mines has been wounded in action. The Navy department notified his parents that no details were available yet and will send updates as received. O’Hern enlisted in 1942 and has served in the South Pacific and Philippines area.
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John C
Abe) O’hern
Butte High School
Montana School of Mines
Navy Department
Patrick J. O'Hern
West Quartz
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Butte
O’hern
Navy
School of Mines
South Pacific
Philippines
Quartermaster O’'Hern
Denver
RAF Slashes Berlin for 30th Night in a Row
London dispatch reports a massive Allied raid on Berlin marking the 30th consecutive night of bombardment. More than 7,000 Allied aircraft dropped about 12,000 tons of explosives, hitting 11 northwestern German airfields, rail yards, and industry near Munich and Vienna as U S Ninth Air Force and 19th tactical air force logged heavy sorties.
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London
Berlin
Reich
Ruhr
Rhine
Germany
Muenseter
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Rhine Front
U. S
Eighth Air Force
19Th Tactical Air Force
Neuberg
Munich
Civilians to receive similar sugar allotment in 1945
Washington reports civilians will get about the same sugar as 1944 with a tentative civilian allocation of 5,400,000 short tons. WPA sugar chief Bernhardt says total 1945 consumption may reach 7,175,000 tons, down from 7,461,000 in 1944, depending on drought and Cuba supply.
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Washington
House
Wednsday
S. R. Smith
War Food Administration
Joshua Bernhardt
WPA
United States
Bernhardt
Cuba
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Alcan
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Elmont Waste
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John C. O'Hern
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