Russians Push Deep Into German Lands In Large Offensive
Russian forces under Marshal Ivan S. Konev widen an offensive west and south of Breslau driving toward Neustadt and Oppeln. They cut through seven enemy strongholds and seize the Neustadt area while encircling a large German group in the Tillowitz forest, with tens of thousands killed or captured.
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London
Upper
Silesia
Neustadt
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Breslau
Ivan S. Konev
Strehlen
Munsterberg
Niesse
Loebschuetz
Ratibor
Gdynia
Danzig
Tatra
Hron
Banska Bystrica
Konev
Stettin
Hungary
Berlin
Budapest
Vienna
Oder River
Oppeln
Germany
Grottkau
Oder
Krappitz
Zuelz
Tillowitz
Schelitz
Stalin
Neu
Veterans Survey to Be Started in Butte Area
The Butte Veterans Bureau will begin a community wide survey early next week to contact all employers and determine employment opportunities for returning servicemen. Walter Barnard says the goal is to record places where veterans may find work, including on the job training and shifts from pre war occupations.
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Butte
Butte Veterans’ Bureau
Walter Barnard
Barnard
Veterans’ Bureau
Armed Services
Calls May Drop 31 Percent After July Draft
Washington report notes draft calls may fall about 31 percent after July 1 as the White House seeks $54.5 million to fund Selective Service for another year. President Roosevelt says average calls would be 93,000 monthly, down from 135,000 through June. Army generals urge continued replacement inductions. debate over training and combat timing looms as the bill heads to a House vote.
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Washington
White House
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Selective Service
Stephen Henry
House Committee
House
Army
Idwal Edwards
Danes Ordered to Evacuate East Coast Cities
German forces order Danish authorities to evacuate several eastern Jutland cities by April 15. Aalborg must move 55,000 people while a core 5,000 remain to run railways and utilities.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Jutland
Free Danish Press
Aalborg
Junior League to Present Sparkling Program at Finlen
The Butte Junior League hosts a jam boree on March 31 at Hotel Finlen in Butte open to the public. Funds support community projects while committees finalize plans for the Treasure State Gold and Roundup rooms event and announce features later.
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Finlen
Butte
Hotel
Yankees Near Baguio in North Luzon
American forces in the Philippines push toward Baguio as 33rd division reaches Naguiban river near the city with outflanking moves. Guimaras island falls to Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush's 40th division from Troilo harbor, while 43rd and 6th divisions advance toward Manila. MacArthur cites 214 tons of bombs dropped near Cebu and air strikes on Negros as aerial activity intensifies.
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Manila
U.P
Baguio
Philippines
Naguibian
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
33Rd Division
Bauang
Lingayen Gulf
Naguiban
Hanford MacNider
Cuenca
Lake Taal
Visayan Islands
Panay
MacArthur
Cebu
Negros Island
Palawan
Superfortresses Hit Rangoon in Burma Raid
A force of B 29 Superfortresses from India bases attacked Rangoon area targets including supply dumps near Lake Victoria and Mingaladon air field. They reported good to excellent results with no losses as Allied ground forces push from Mandalay towards the Irrawaddy pocket.
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Calcutta
India
Rangoon
U. S. Bomber Command
Mandalay
Burma
Lake Victoria
Mingaladon
Irrawaddy River
Meiktila
Myingyan-Irrawaddy
Weather Forecast Across Divide
West of the continental divide shows cloudy skies with scattered showers Friday and partly cloudy Saturday. East of the divide expects partly cloudy conditions Friday and Saturday with widely scattered mountain showers. Warmth continues with highs Friday 50 to 60 and Saturday 60 to 70.
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Continental Divide
Divide
Butte Red Cross Drive Reaches $18 570 in Funds
The Butte chapter of the American Red Cross reports $18 570 in receipts from its annual financial campaign. A J Davis Jr campaign chairman urged advance gifts workers to report by 5 pm at 62 West Broadway and asked residents to contribute or drop by headquarters. He noted manpower shortages and praised public support for Red Cross humanitarian work with civilians and service members.
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Butte
American Red Cross
A. J. Davis, Jr
West Broadway
Davis
Red Cross
Kendrick Smith
Fred Grefig
Ray J. MacDonald
Max Dean
E. H. Mester
John G. Degnan
Jerry Stafford
Emil Maraus
Ben Pitt
A. M. Abrahamson
Ralph Butterworth
J. H. Rowe
OPA Blamed for Nation's Meat Shortage Amid Policy Debate
Washington March 22. Congress heard farmers, packers, and officials fault OPA policy for the meat shortage as cattle numbers reach a record, Army food reserves dip, and consumers face tighter belts. Bowles announced a 50 cent per hundred pound subsidy rise to cattle slaughterers to increase meat supply.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Senate Banking Committee
Price
Chester Bowles
OPA
Butte Man Wins Second Bronze Star for Rescue in Philippines
Corp. Robert Lautman of Butte 21 earns a second Bronze Star for a dangerous mission behind Japanese lines on Luzon. He helped rescue American prisoners from the Cabantuan camp with the Sixth Rangers after previously landing on Leyte and Biak.
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Butte
Philippines
Luzon
Cabanatuan
Rangers
Corp
Robert Lautman
al Lautman
West
Galena
Pacific
Lautman
Biak
Leyte
MacArthur
Corp. Lautman
8 000 Planes Lash at Nazi Targets
Large Allied air strike of 8000 planes targets Ruhr Basin and Berlin area with 2000 U S and British heavies, Italy based bombers hit Ruhland refinery, Volcano bombs hit Nienburg bridge, 4000 sorties by tactical air forces, 63 enemy aircraft downed, significant rail and fuel damage reported, 24 American heavies missing.
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London
Germany
Rhine
Berlin
Hannover- Hildsheim
Muenster
Bavaria
U.S
Ruhland
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Austria
Hungary
Nienburg
Hannover
Bremen
U. S. Ninth Air Force
United
V Bomba Hit Factory and Nearby Areas in England
A German V bomb scored a direct hit on a southern England factory, turning it into a blazing inferno as American soldiers helped rescue trapped victims amid smoke and debris. A second bomb killed six in cottages, while thirteen more died and six were injured in other strikes including a hospital evacuation of 120 patients.
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London
England
U. S
Job of Registering Germans Begins in Rhineland
American troops start registration of conquered Germans in the Rhineland. Ten million registration blanks have been sent to military government detachments as authorities aim to fingerprint and register the population within weeks.
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Germany
Rhineland
Allied Armies Prepare Ruhr Offensive Across Rhine Front
Paris reports four Allied armies poised on both sides of the Rhine for a great assault on the Ruhr. American First Army is across the Rhine plain near Essen, with 27,000 planes bombing bridges and rail yards and targeting German command posts. Field Marshal Kesselring takes command of defense as the Allies press the last phase of the offensive.
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Paris
Rhine
Palatinate
Ruhr
George S. Patton
Reich
Bernard L. Montgomery
Wesel
U.P
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Germany
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Essen
Wehrmacht
Normandy
St. Lo
Kesselring
Japs Hint Yank Carriers Still on Prowl
U S Pacific Fleet headquarters Guam reports Vice Adm. Mitscher's carrier task force likely still on the move. Tokyo radio claimed it might raid the Ryukyus or Formosa while refuting enemy damage from Monday Inland Sea strikes.
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U. 8
S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Marco Mitscher
Tokyo
Ryukyus
Formosa
Japan
Fifth Fleet
Adm. Mitscher
Okinawa Islands
Okinawa
Ryukyu Chain
Streetcar Casanova Guilty of Bigamy
San Francisco reports Casanova a former streetcar conductor found guilty by a superior court jury on three counts of bigamy. The nine men and three women deliberated about ten minutes, convicting him of marrying 13 women without divorces, based on testimony from the last three wives.
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San Francisco
Uri
Francis van Wie
Superior Court
Butte Independent Merchants Protest OPA Meat Rules
A telegram signed by John P. Dineen president of the Butte Independent Merchants Association protests OPA meat rules. It cites unfair slaughtering regulations harming local independent packers and merchants and claims cattle losses of 10 to 20 dollars per head, with cattle shipments continuing from Butte. The message urges action from state OPA officials and senators.
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Butte
John P. Dineen
Butte Independent Merchants Association
OPA
B. K. Wheeler
James Murray
Mike Mansfield
LaGuardia argues for later curfew for New York City
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia used the Blue Network to defend New York's request to keep the city lively until 1 a m while other U S cities close at midnight. He denied political motives and said he does not attend night clubs or pressure from entertainment interests.
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New York
U.A
F. H. LaGuardia
United States
New York City
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Police Commission
City of
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Butte Red Cross
Rep
Barrett
D-Wyo
Sundstrom
R-N. J
A. L. Erickson
Arthur L. Winn
National Independent Meat Packers’ Association
Blow
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