Russian Assault Troops Surge Across Western Hungary
Russian tanks and infantry smashed deep into western Hungary driving 43 miles on a 62 mile front toward the Austrian border and southern Germany. Tolbukhin’s Third Ukrainian army captured Veszprem and more than 350 towns as 76,000 Germans were said killed or captured recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Austria
Vienna
Hungary
Stalin
Moscow
Germany
Berlin
Red Army
Oder Rver
Upper Silesia
Neisse
Loebschuetz
Silesia
Brno
Prague
Hitler
Baltic
Danzig
Gdynia
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Veszprem
Tolbukhin
Heavy Bombers Bomb Formosa and Cebu in Allied Raids
Heavy bombers dropped 145 tons on Formosa airfields and a naval air base and hit Cebu with 116 tons. Gen Douglas MacArthur said Liberators continued destroying the Formosa air force and hit the Taiwan airfield and Okayama base. Planes silenced gun emplacements and fires were seen in hangars and warehouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Schedler
Manila
Formosa
Cebu Island
Philippines
China
Sulu
Douglas MacArthur
Taiwan
Okayama Naval Air Base
Cebu
Ungraded Eggs Sold on an F.O.B Basis
Washington March 24. The OPA ruled un graded eggs may be sold on an f o b basis to encourage free movement despite a short supply. The measure applies generally and aims to facilitate distribution amid tight egg stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
U S Carrier Planes Hit Okinawa In Pacific Action
U S carrier planes and fast battleships of the Pacific fleet bombed four Ryukyu islands south of Japan in a follow up to earlier strikes. Nimitz reported attacks on Kyushu Shikoku and Honshu with carrier planes targeting Japanese air forces and shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
U.S
United States Pacific Fleet
Ryukyu Chain
Japan
Fifth Fleet
Okinawa
Guardian
Ryukyus
Chester W. Nimitz
Kyushu
Shikoku
Honshu
Pacific
Nimitz
Ryukyu
Four U S Generals Jump With Airborne Troops
Paris dispatch reports four American generals parachuted with airborne units behind German lines near Wesel. Brig Gen Floyd Parks, chief of staff of the airborne division, disclosed that one had never jumped before and two joined for the thrill. He said no planes, gliders, or men were lost to Luftwaffe fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Wesel
Floyd Parks
Airborne
Supreme Headquarters
United States
B 29s Hit Nagoya Mitsubishi Aircraft Plant In Raid
U P reports over 225 B 29 Superforts attacked Nagoya Japan early Sunday. The raid aimed to cripple engine production at Mitsubishi plants, bombing from low altitude with a large tonnage of bombs. Flames and multiple fires rose at the target, with crews noting a growing blaze before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
U.P
Japan
Mitsubishi Aircraft
Nagoya
Tokyo
Osaka
Kobe
Far East
Mitsubishi
American Home Front Told Not to Ease Up
A wartime outlook notes continued U keep in home front effort as Europe nears victory. It lists ten points on soldiers returning, manpower for Japan, sustained munitions output, ongoing drafts and taxes, possible lifting of minor restrictions, wage battles with unions, gradual civilian production, and emphasis on international cooperation as Europe tests foreign relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Europe
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Associated Press
Rhine
War Production Board
Byrnes
11000 Planes Join in Rhine Assault
London dispatch reports 11000 Allied aircraft participating in the Rhine assault as 11,000 planes converge from England and continental bases to support ground troops. American fighters claimed numerous German air victories while losses included 26 heavy bombers and 14 fighters. 20 bombers were missing from a Liberator group delivering supplies to airborne forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Rhine
The
Reich
England
Luftwaffe
United States Eighth Air Force
Seven Butte Men Listed as War Casualties
Seven Butte men were reported as casualties in various war theaters. Five were wounded, one injured, and one captured by Germans. Wounded are Corp Ralph Hocking in Germany, Pte Leonard DeDeppo in Germany, Pfc Rudolph Fortune on Iwo Jima, Pfc Robert Appel on Luzon, Pvt Paul Jordan on Leyte. Sgt John D McLellan injured in France. Pvt John P Jones reported missing December 17 is a German prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
DaDeppo
Fortune
Appel
Jordan
McLellan
John P. Jones
Butte
Corp
Ralph Hocking
North Main
Germany
Leonard DeDeppo
Walkerville
Rudolph F. Fortune
South Washington
Iwo Jima
Robert C. Appel
Lowell
Luzon
Paul S. Jordan
West Copper
Leyte
John D. McLellan
East Quartz
France
South
Idaho
Boxed soldier Ralph Hocking wounded in action in Germany
Ralph Hocking 29 a nation ally known boxer and former football end with Butte Ana conda Independent league was wounded in Germany according to a letter to his wife Mary Manza They report he was hit in the hand and back and is “all right” He has served 18 months overseas with an Army engineer unit and has two children Ralph eight and Mary Joy nineteen months His mother Flora Hocking resides in Portland Ore Capt Neil O Keefe of Butte visited him at base hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil O'Keefe
Butte
Walkerville Soldier Wounded in Germany March 1
Pfc Leonard DaDeppo of Walkerville serving with an armored division of the Ninth Army on the western front was slightly wounded in action in Germany March 1, according to War Department word received by relatives. His wife Frances and son Robert live in Seattle. his parents Silvio DaDeppo reside in Walkerville. An uncle and aunt, Joseph and Mrs Martina, are in Butte. Continued on Page 12, Col. 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard DaDeppo
Walkerville
Ninth Army
Germany
War Department
DaDeppo
Silvio DaDeppo
Frances DaDeppo
Robert
Seattle
Joseph Martina
Butte
Hitler plans to revive Nazism after Allied victory
London reports Adolf Hitler completed military and political plans to keep Nazism alive after Europe’s defeat, aiming for chaos and a new order. He is said to field 20,000 agents, fortify Berchtesgaden, and wage a long siege with underground factories and supplies, hoping postwar turmoil will seed a revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flitler
John A. Parris
London
Adolfitler
Europe
Germany
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Berchtes- Gaden-Salzburg
Russia
India
San Francisco
Butte Weather Forecast Weekend Warmth and Clouds
Butte region forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions Sunday into Sunday night. Highs near 48 expected with 35 this afternoon and 26 overnight. Montana area shows partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers and snow flurries in the south, diminishing wind. Monday looks fair in the east with increasing clouds and light showers in the west. Continued cool with Sunday highs near 40 to 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Allied armies pierce Rhine line big push toward final victory
Four Allied armies crossed the Rhine on a 30 mile front opening a bridgehead toward Wesel and Duisburg as Eisenhower's forces drive into the Ruhr. Naval landings and heavy air power fueled the assault with 10,000 plus planes in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Rhine
Ruhr
North German
Eisenhower
U.S
Second Army
First Army
First Airborne Army
Berlin
Wesel
U. S. Ninth Army
Duisburg
Europe
Normandy
U. S. First Army
U. S. Third Army
Teutonic
Montgomery
Ninth
State Department Official to Speak to Service Clubs Thursday
Charles Phelps Taft son of the late President Taft and special assistant to Assistant Secretary of State William L. Clayton will headline the Butte Rotary meeting at the Finlen hotel at 12 15 p m Thursday. He will speak on Economic Foundations for Peace and Rotary invites all local service clubs and business leaders to attend. Tickets are available at the Finlen clerk’s desk with reservations due by Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Rotary Club
Charles Phelps Taft
William Howard Taft
United States
William L. Clayton
Rotarians
Butte Chamber of Commerce and Business
Finlen
H. S. Root
Bonner
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Richard Kasischke
Red Cross Drive
Butte High
Butte Red Cross
Butte High School
Red Cross
H. J. Schiesser
Catholic Cemeteries Association
P. T. A. Central Council
Cristoforo Colombo Lodge
Golden West Club
Grant School
Henry W. Lawton
United Spanish War Veterans
Hardy Perennial
Jewish Women's Club
Little Norway Knitting Club
Marian White Arts and Crafts Club
Monroe School
Navy Mothers
Navy Moth
U. S
Notre Dame
Parks
United States Air Force
Mitsubishi Aircraft Plant
Lisle Shoemaker
By Henry B. Jameson
Berchtesgaden-Salzburg
Himmler
Bergoff
Alderhorstz
Bavaria
Salzburg
By Austin Bealmear
State Department
Charles P. Taft
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!