Allied Planes Batter Rabaul Harbor
Allied air forces dropped fifty four tons of bombs on Rabaul New Britain in a raid described as the third heaviest on the Japanese base. The attack targeted 250 airfields and installations at Lakunai Vunakanau and Rapopo with fires reported across the runways and dispersal areas.
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Allied
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
High Command
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Lakunai
Vunakanau
Rapopo
Douglas MacArthur
War Production Board outlines controlled materials plan
Dr. Thomas C. Adams, WPB training specialist, announced a countrywide tentative start date of April 1 for the controlled materials plan. About 50 attendees from manufacturing, retailing and service sectors, including Oscar A. Baarson, attended a conference at the Finlen hotel to hear the plan’s development and features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Adams
Salt Lake City
War Production Board
Finlen Hotel
Montana
Oscar A. Baarson
Helena
Adams
War Production Problem Blamed on Manpower Use
R J Thomas president of the United Automobile Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America told the Senate military committee that manpower is not the issue but the use of available workers. He warned large scale dismissals loom due to material shortages and called for a national production program to ensure smooth flow of materials contracts and optimal use of machinery and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Military Committee
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Thomas
Livestock Losses Reported Heavy in Western South Dakota
Severe losses in western South Dakota from the blizzard a week earlier exceed a decade. Reports indicate thousands of sheep and many cattle killed, with Harding county reporting two losses up to 1000 head of sheep each. The open range in the northwest bore the worst impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
South Dakota
Harding County
Huge Bombers Hit St Nazaire in Forty Fifth Raid
Britain’s raid on St Nazaire used almost 300 bombers in the forty fifth attack on the French U-boat base. R A F Mosquitoes hit Mantes locomotive works, while one British plane was lost. Radio reports claim 60 percent of St Nazaire buildings razed and 20 percent habitable. Berlin’s reply highlighted Wilhelmshaven raids and Hartlepool actions.
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London
U.P
Britain
St. Nazaire
Air Ministry
St. Joseph
Mantes
France
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Brittany
Radio
Vichy
Berlin
Habor
Hartlepool
Submarine Pack Sinks American Merchant Ship
A U S Navy report says a lone submarine within an enemy packed group fired a lucky shot that sank an American merchantman whose escort ship was then driven off. Four crewmen were lost, 61 survivors afterward. Time and location of the attack were not disclosed.
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San Juan
Pr. R
Navy
Butte Housewives Train as Nurses Aides in Wartime
In Butte a growing nurse shortage sees mining city women training as nurses aides to relieve less technical duties. The photo shows Mildred Sculley and Elsie Peterson, both housewives, taking their training at Murray hospital with patient Edgar Kinman observed as Scully takes his temperature and Peterson assists.
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Butte
Tak
Mildred Sculley
Floral Boulevard
Elsie Peterson
Utah Avenue
Edgar Kinman
Murray Hospital
Scully
Mr. Kinman
Peterson
Kisses His Hostess
British and American air forces cooperate closely as Sir Arthur Harris praises ties with Maj. Gen. Ira C. Eaker. Harris quips that Eaker kisses his wife at Harris home, a remark echoed by Mrs. Ira C. Eaker who questions if the joke appeared in print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Arthur Harris
R. A. F. Bomber Command
U.S
Harris
Ira C. Eaker
Eighth U.S. Army Air Force
Eaker
Senate Votes to Scrap Salary Ceilings
The Senate approved 74 to 3 to repeal Roosevelt's $25,000 after taxes salary cap, with the House having passed a different version. The pair will be reconciled in a joint committee as the administration measure lifts the debt limit to 210 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Bone
D-Wash
Downey
D-Calif
Langer
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Congress
Farm Bloc Faces Push for Higher Parity Prices
Washington reports March 23 farm bloc leaders vow to press for higher parity prices despite War Labor Board warnings that price legislation could trigger an inflation spiral by raising the Little Steel wage ceiling. President Roosevelt says he will study any bill affecting living costs and is expected to veto two measures adjusting labor costs in parity calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
War Labor Board
WLB
Roosevelt
White House
Russian Troops Advance Toward Smolensk and Dukhovshchina
Soviet forces pushed north of Dukhovshchina toward Yartsevo and Smolensk as German resistance thickened with tanks and artillery. In the Belgorod area east of Kharkov, Russians countered a German push across the Donets, recapturing a village and inflicting heavy losses before the line shift toward Kursk and Orel.
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London
U.P
Dukhovichina
Smolesk
Yartsevo
Russia
Durovo
Smolensk
Moscow-Warsaw
Dnieper River
Dukhovschina
Red Army
Bely
Dukhovshchina
Belgorod
Kharkov
Donets
Kursk
Orel
Kharkov-Moscow
Trustees Name Ninety Six Election Judges for School Vote
Trustees of School District No 1 appointed ninety six judges of election at a Tuesday meeting. The judges will oversee the April 3 school election when two trustees are to be chosen. The McKee Printing Co was awarded the high school diplomas print job. A special session is planned for April 13 to discuss matters including disposal of the old West Park Street high school building. Precincts list judges at local schools and the court house.
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McKee Printing Company
West Park Street
Sherman
Elsie Richards
North Main
Winnifred Biiney
Fifth Street
Kay McAllister
Broadway
Blaine
Elizabeth McCarthy
Ann Thompson
O'Neil
Abbie Harrington
East Quartz
St. Mary’s
Florence Reagan
Wyoming
Theresa Sullivan
Catherine Penney
North Emmett
Court House
Lillian Peese
North Emmet
Ellen Bennetts
Pennsylvania Block
Ida L. Aultman
West Quartz
Washington
Mary Sheehan
East Copper
Helen A. Krammer
Margaret LaForest
Kate S. Jackman
Caledonia
Mining City School Names Candidates For Board
Independent party candidates Thomas Hosty and Richard P. Donovan stand for seats on the Butte school board after a mass meeting in Carpenter hall. Incumbents Hosty and Dr. C. S. Renouard face expiring terms. John Crawford and FE C. Vawter were elected officials. A platform committee urged curricula aligned with economic needs and greater vocational guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hosty
Richard P. Donovan
Independent School Party
Butte
Carpenter Hall
Hosty
C. S Renouard
People's Party
John Crawford
FE. C. Vawter
Crawford
John Vickers
Henry Grabenstein
Charles Gardner
Ralph Carson
John J. Brennan
Catherine Penney
Arthur Lehwalder
Sir Edward Beatty Dies.CPR Leader 1918–42
Montreal reports the death of Sir Edward Beatty longtime president of Canadian Pacific Railway from 1918 to 1942. He died late Tuesday night in Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Sir Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Continued Mild Weather Forecast Through Wednesday
The forecast calls for continued mild conditions on Wednesday and Wednesday night. Tuesday’s temperatures show a high of 46 and a low of 4 degrees.
Yankees Push Ahead to Trap Nazi Forces
The British Eighth Army breached the Mareth line and advanced around the southern flank toward Maknassy. American troops recaptured territory toward the sea as they closed a potential trap on Axis Africa corps. Rommel and Arnim ordered to hold firm or die as fighting raged beyond Mareth and El Alamein.
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Eighth Army
Tunisia
Rommel
U. S
Gabes
Mahares
Mareth Line
Axis
Allied
North Africa
Maknassy
Algiers
Hitler
Marshal Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
Mareth
Zarat
Mareth Front
el Alamein
Ag ‘O
Bernard L. Montgomery
Student Engineers Host to Society on Mines Campus
The Anderson-Carlisle Technical society of the Montana School of Mines hosted the Montana section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers on the Mines campus Tuesday evening. Prof. A. E. Adams presided in place of ill Morgan H. Wright as Earl Roberts welcomed members. Three talks were presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson-Carlisle Technical Society
Montana School of Mines
Montana
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Mines College
Anderson-Carlisle Society
Monthly Waste Fats Collection Slated in Butte Area
The Civilian Defense council will supervise a Friday fat collection in Silver Bow county on March 26. Mrs. Gertrude Gilmore leads the effort with pupil volunteers from Butte high schools and parochial schools to gather kitchen fats for rendering, aiming to exceed monthly quotas.
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Silver Bow County
Civilian Defense Council
Gertrude Gilmore
Butte Teachers’ Union
Butte
Gilmore
R. G. Makinson
Camp Fire Guardians Association
Butte Supports A. W. V. S. Drive for Athletic Equipment
Butte residents donated sports gear and cash to the A. W. V. S. sponsored drive supporting Uncle Sam's fighting men. Items collected at seven depots included baseballs bats tennis racquets gloves basketballs golf balls puzzles and ping pong sets. A 10 year old boy donated a basketball saying his brother in a camp would like to play.
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Central
Kenneth Christie
Montana
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Rabaul Harbor
Pope Pius XII
Pius XII
Tranocean
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Red Cross
West Broadway
Nurses’ Recruitment Committee
American Red Cross Nursing Service
Hennessy
Ahras
Mediterranean Sea
Algeria
Mateur
Tunis
Cousseltia
Enfidaville
Sfax
Ksar Ahilane
Medenine
Sousse
Gulf of Gabes
J Foum
Tatahouine
Mining City
Richard Donovan
H. G. Farrell
Edmund Dolan
People’s Choice
H. G. Parrell
People's School Party
Ralph Dawson
Judge Downey
Ralph Butterworth
Mr. Dawson
Farrell
Milo C. Roberts
Dolan
W. D. Kyle
N. Scott Lyle
I. D. Hadzor
Dawson
Charles H. Gallagher
Joe D. Dyas
Society
On Mines
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