Reds Capture Ukraine Stronghold Amid War Urgency
Butte Miners union No 1 and unions of Butte Stationary Engineers No 83 and Great Falls Mill and Smeltermen authorize members to work through vacations to maintain war metals output. Notice served on Anaconda company and announced by D M Kelly. Workers to receive vacation pay plus regular pay for time worked. Kelly commends unions for foregoing vacations during the emergency to support troops abroad.
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Butte Miners’ Union No. 1
Butte Stationary Engineers’ Union No. 83
Great Falls
Anaconda
D. M. Kelly
Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Butte
Solons to Confer on Peace Plan
Washington March 25 state department work on an American version of an international peace organization has progressed to the point Hull has asked congressional committees to be prepared to sit in soon on conferences to draw up a working plan. Connally said he was not advised of details but reports say the plan contemplates an international organization similar to the League of Nations but with more power to prevent aggression. The Moscow agreement called for a general organization based on sovereign equality and participation by large and small nations. Senator Ball expressed hope the American proposal would guide toward forceful international action for future peace.
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Washington
State Department
Hull
Connally
D.-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League of Nations
Moscow
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
Ball
R.-Minn
House Members Balk at Senate Move
House members balked Saturday night at a Senate move to require senatorial confirmation for all federal job-holders earning 4500 dollars or more. The provision was added to an independent offices appropriation bill along with a TVA funding amendment. Proponents argued it would weed out disloyal workers, but critics warned it could delay many agencies. TVA would face turning over receipts to the Treasury to justify annual operating funds. Final action on the bill is not expected until after Easter recess.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Woodrum
D.-Va
TVA
Treasury
Yankees Cut Off Japanese Threat
Merrill's marauders and the Chinese 38th division captured Shadurup in north Burma, cutting off the Japanese threat along the Mogaung valley. Fighting continued along the Tamu Imphal road as Allied forces press Mexican? No, press attacks toward Imphal while the main Japanese offensive toward India persists.
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New Delhi
Merrill
Burma
Shadurup
Mogaung
Imphal
India
Southeast Asia Command
Frank Merrill
38Th Division
Shaduzup
Myitkyina- Mandalay
Jambu Bum
Hukawng
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Tamu-Imphal
Somra
Ukhrul
Americans Bomb Japanese Bases Shine on 115 Tons of Bombs
American bomber waves attacked Japanese Pacific bases from Wake Island to Ponape and Ant islands in the Carolines, dropping about 115 tons of bombs. B 24s of the Seventh air force hit Wake Island in a 16th pounding, with barracks and oil tanks struck. B 25s hit Ponape and Ant on successive days, while Ventura and Dauntless aircraft targeted four eastern Marshall atolls. all planes reportedly returned.
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Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Ponape
Ant Islands
Carolines
Seventh Air Force
Wake
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Antistad
Marshall Islands
Ventura
Fleet Air Wings
Dauntless
Churchill Poised for Pre Invasion Pep Talk
London March 25 Prime Minister Churchill is expected to deliver a pre invasion pep talk via a British American radio hook up. The address aims to unite the United Nations and reassure Americans of Britain’s resolve to fight Japan with all resources if Germany collapses first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
United Nations
Britain
Japan
Germany
Hell's Angels Bomber Exhibition Draws Wide Interest
The Flying Fortress Hell's Angels, with 48 bombing missions over Germany, will be on public display Tuesday in Mansfield Ohio. Ground crew chief Master Sergeant Fabian S Folmer earned the Legion of Merit for its record and the aircraft, once named D for Dog, earned its famous moniker after a mid mission name change following a 30 minute dogfight.
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Hell's Angels
Flying Fortress
Eighth Army Air Force
Germany
Fabian S. Folmer
Mansfield
Ohio
Kellogg Field
Michigan
Hell’s Angels
Nazis Pin Down New Zealanders at Cassino Front
Allied reports say New Zealand troops continuing westward push at Cassino were pinned down Saturday by German parachutists ordered to hold at all costs in the rubble strewn town. German tanks fought Allies around the Continental hotel and Hotel Des Roses as heavy shelling reached rear positions.
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Naples
Cassino
Hotel Des Roses
Verdun-like
Richard Heindrich
Abbey Hill
Italians kill 32 Nazi Policemen in Rome attack
The Bern radio, cited by CBS, reported that 32 German policemen were killed and many wounded in an assault by Italian patriots in Rome on Thursday. Nazi authorities decreed ten hostages would be shot for each German killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bern
Rome
CBS
Army Band to Perform at Butte Program With Security Awards
The 550th Army band from Great Falls Army Air Base travels to Butte for a public meeting at the American Legion hall Monday night. Gov. Sam C. Ford will speak on behalf of the Montana War Council, with Eugene W. Savage as master of ceremonies. The event honors three Anaconda Copper Mining departments and Montana Power plants with National Security awards, includes band performances, and invites all to attend at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Montana War Council
Eugene W. Savage
Butte
Montana
Ford
R A F Blasts Berlin in Heaviest Raid
British air force bombers nearly 1,009 strong attacked Berlin on Friday night delivering more than 2,800 tons of bombs amid fierce German defenses. The raid caused heavy losses to RAF crews, with 73 planes reported downed, and extended the bombing to Kiel Leipzig and Weimar as other targets. Meanwhile German raids hit London in the longest attack in over a year, about 100 bombers returning fire.
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London
Berlin
Germany
R.A. F
Baltic Sea
Kiel
Leipzig
Weimar
U.S
Allied Planes Hit Rabaul for 49th Time
Allied air units pressed the attack on Rabaul New Britain for a 49th day despite bad weather. A 23 ton raid and a Friday Pityilu island bombardment by American destroyers targeted Japanese positions, coastal guns and supply stores. Bougainville and Empress Augusta Bay saw further air strikes as Liberators and fighters joined the effort, while Japanese losses mounted due to self-inflicted attacks and attrition on the large island.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Rabaul
New Britain
Pityilu Island
Admiralties
Douglas MacArthur
Manus Island
Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville Island
Montana Power 1943 Report Highlights War Driven Growth
Montana Power Company annual report for 1943 emphasizes war related production and territory from its Montana service area. It notes gross earnings of 21,679,106 with a net operating income of 6,653,053 after taxes, while taxes totaled 7,528,855. Dividends paid reached 3,439,199 and accumulated earned surplus stood at 12,045,308. President F W Bird discusses Federal Power Commission actions in an accompanying statement.
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Montana Power Company
Charlie Russell
Missouri River
F. W. Bird
Butte
Federal Power Committee
Commission
Federal Power Commission
Bird
Federal Commission
Glacier
Montana
Fort Peck
United States
Utah Power and Light Company
Utah
American Power & Light Co
American
River Inundates Glendive Area
The Yellowstone river ice jam flooded more than 8,000 acres around Glendive driving at least a dozen farms from homes. Ice chunks moved down after air bombing released a gorge at Miles City. Army Air Force aid sought from Peterson Field and Rapid City base. A smaller gorge near the Missouri junction at Fairview inundated about 2,000 acres.
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Glendive
Yellowstone
Savage
Here
G. A. Hicks
Dawson County Board of Commissioners
Miles City
Army Air Force
Peterson Field
Colorado Springs
Colo
Richard Ezzard
Rapid City
S. D
Missouri
Fairview
Mont
Britain suspends civil air mail to European area
The postmaster general announced that seven civil air mail services between Britain and over a dozen European countries have been suspended for operational reasons. Civil and military air mail to Gibraltar is halted, with Portugal, Spain, the Azores, Switzerland, Cape Verde, Madeira, Canary Islands, French and Spanish Morocco, Tangier, Algeria, Tunisia, and Corsica affected. air mail to prisoners of war and internees in Europe also suspended except to Sweden.
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London
Britain
Europe
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Gibraltar
Portugal
Spain
Azores
Switzerland
Cape Verde Islands
Madeira
Canary Islands
Morocco
Tangier
Algeria
Tunisia
Corsica
Sweden
Men Under 25 Are Nearer Army Service
Speeded-up draft machinery pushes men 25 and under toward Army service while keeping induction pace for older eligibles. Local boards review younger men first, but those over 25 with deferments move ahead when deferments expire. McNutt orders agencies to gather deferment data by March 29 to mobilize young workers. Nelson notes essential industries will face strain.
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Washington
Selective Service
Man Power
Paul V. McNutt
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Office of Defense Transportation
McNutt
Donald Nelson
Fulbright Dark
Nelson
Roof Collapses Kill 21 as Vesuvius Eruption Rages
Naples reports 21 deaths from roofs collapsing under ash and dust from Mount Vesuvius. Officials say total deaths reach 26 with the eruption intensifying after a two hour lull. Lava flows have largely ceased while damage totals are estimated up to ten million dollars.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Imbro
Royal Italian Observatory
Vesuvius
San Giuseppe Vesuviano
Ter
Germans destroy famous Casino on French Riviera
MADRID March 25 The Germans have begun the destruction of the famous Casino of Nice known to thousands of American tourists who visited the French Riviera before the war a Vichy dispatch to the Spanish press said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Nice
French Riviera
Soviets Reach Edge of Czernowitz After Dniester Breakthrough
Soviet dispatches say Red Army pushed within eight miles of Romania’s eastern border and carved a 50 mile invasion bridgehead on the Dniester near Czernowitz. The drive ranged from Proskurov to Nikolaev with heavy German losses as Warsaw reports a broad advance from Tarnopol toward the Danube and rail routes.
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London
Red Army
Romania
Dniester
Czernowitz
Bucovina
Balkans
Moscow
Carpathian Mountains
Hitler
Bucharest-Lwow
West Ukraine
Proskurov
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Prosokurov
Old Poland
Tarnopol
Poland
Bessarabia
Danube
Slobodzega
Odessa
Come Munique
Mogilev Podolski
Kaemenets Podolsk
Proskuro
Czerenowitz
Rumania
Hull appoints U S conferees for London education talks
Secretary of State Hull names a five member American delegation to the Allied ministers of education conference in London. Leading the group is Representative Fulbright of Arkansas, a former Rhodes scholar and ex University of Arkansas president. The list includes Archibald MacLeish, John W Studebaker, Grayson Keefauver, and Ralph Turner. Delegates sail by Army bomber next week and return around August 10.
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Washington
Hull
Allied Ministers of Education
London
State Department
Fulbright
Rhodes
University of Arkansas
Congress
Archibald MacLeish
John W. Studebaker
Des Moines
Iowa
U. S
Grayson N. Keefauver
Stanford University
Department of State
Ralph E. Turner
Division of
Science, Education
Art
Pulbright
Weather forecast for Montana region Sunday and Saturday
Temperatures remain steady with cloudy skies and scattered snow flurries. Saturday highs near 26 and lows around 19. West of the continental divide should stay mild, while east remains partly to mostly cloudy with occasional light snow in the mountains and little temperature change.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
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Carroceto
Cisterna
Allied Headquarters
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Leghorn
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