Controversies Delay New Tax Bill Is Feared
Congressional leaders warned debate over proposed levies may push final passage of the tax bill into late summer or fall. House hearings run to mid April, with Sen George predicting Senate action could begin in June and the measure not signed until after widespread revenue losses and non retroactive tax gaps.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Ways and Means Committee
Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Treasury
Congress
Sixty one Citizenship Papers Granted in Two Sessions
Sixty one aliens from Butte and vicinity were granted citizenship papers in a two day federal session before Judge James H. Baldwin, with 18 state court petitions added by Judge J. J. Lynch, totaling 79 naturalizations in Butte last week. G. L. Owens of Spokane supervised both courts, and Judge Baldwin praised WPA citizenship classes run by an American Legion program. Names include Pela Cvipanovich and Ethel Julia Dean among others. several petitioners changed names.
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Butte
Vicinity
James H. Baldwin
J. J. Lynch
G. L. Owens
Spokane
Judge Baldwin
American Legion
WPA
Pela Cvipanovich
East Agate Street
Ethel Julia Dean
North Main Street
Djouro Nick Yovetich
George Yovetich
East Granite Street
Anna Lydia Newman
Norris
Lydia Ann Newman
Oscar Hakkinen
East Broadway
Milan Dosenovich
Gallatin Avenue
Milan Dosen
Popular Actress to Get Divorce
Beverly Hills Calif March 28 Myrna Loy announced she had separated from her husband Movie Producer Arthur Hornblow Jr and would start divorce proceedings soon They separated last fall for several months but reconcilia tion followed Loy returned Friday from New York where she did Navy relief work Arthur and I are still the best of friends but after talking it over we both have decided to continue our respective careers apart
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Myrna Loy
Arthur Hornblow, Jr
Miss Loy
New York
Arthur
Rudolph Fahl Arrested in Billings on Loyalty Charge
The FBI and Billings police arrested Rudolph Fahl of Denver on a charge of attempting to impair military morale. Fahl admitted his identity after a search spanning federal and local authorities. The case followed authorization by Attorney General Biddle and relates to a January 31 remark about soldiers at Lowry field in Denver.
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FBI
Rudolph Fahl
Denver
Billings
Fahl
Biddle
Washington
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lowry Field
Montana Cities Favorable for War Industry Sites
Senator Wheeler released a letter from Edwin M. Martin of the War Production Board noting that two Montana cities are classed as particularly favorable for new war industries. Martin did not name the cities but said an active effort is under way to give Montana an early opportunity to begin war production work.
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Washington
Montana
War Production Board
B. K. Wheeler
D.-Mont
Edwin M. Martin
Martin
Wheeler
Palm Sunday Services Begin Holy Week Citywide
Thousands attend Palm Sunday services as Catholics and Protestants mark the start of Holy Week. Churches host augmented choirs baptisms and palm distributions while offices close Friday noon to 3 pm for the crucifixion period observances.
Nazis Attack Soviets Desperately in Northern Drills
Moscow dispatch details the Soviet winter offensive pushing Germans into open-field counter-attacks while Reds hold the initiative. Allies urged to open a second front to deliver a knockout blow this year. Observers favor a northern Allied drive through Norway and Finland to strike at the German rear.
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Moscow
Red Army
Red Star
Hach
Russia
Norway
Finland
Union
Murmansk
Arctic Circle
Britain
United States
Soldier recalls Owl bus ride from Camp Roberts
The last special bus for Camp Roberts left San Francisco just after midnight taking soldiers who invade the Bay Area each weekend. The seven hour trip included many civilians and carried passengers bound for intervening towns. The bus pass by Mission Street marked the end of a Bay Area weekend crowd returning to training and formation.
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ED Chouinard
Camp Roberts
Calif
San Francisco
Bay Area
Roberts
Mission Street
Los
Louis Untermeyer to address Inland Empire educators meet
SPOKANE March 28 Louis Untermeyer poet editor and lecturer was added to the list of speakers for the Inland Empire Education association forty fourth annual convention April 8 10 Attendance at the meeting is about 3000 with educators from Idaho Oregon Washington and Montana The president to be named April 10 will be an Idahoan and the vice president a Montanan Other headline speakers include Dr Ernest O Melby president of Montana State University
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Spokane
Louis Untermeyer
Elizabethtown
N. Y
Inland Empire Education Association
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Ernest 0. Melby
Montana State University
Six Workers Missing After Armaments Plant Explosion
Bridgeport Conn March 28 Six persons missing after an explosion and fire tore through a Remington Arms plant building. A company official said no bodies had been recovered seven and a half hours after the blast but a check found none of the six workers, three women and three men, at their homes or in hospitals.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms Company
United Nations May Attain Air Superiority This Year
United Nations stand a good chance to gain air superiority over Axis powers this year and perhaps before summer. While optimistic, experts caution air power alone won t guarantee ongoing offensives. material shortages threaten American aircraft output and production capacity.
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Devon Francis
Wide World Aviation
York
United Nations
Netherlands East Indies
Germany
Italy
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
United States
Far East
Berlin
Rising Tide of Help Reaches Allies
Bill Boni reports on humanitarian aid deliveries expanding to allied nations as relief convoys reach frontline partners. Coordinated efforts from international agencies and local networks push aid to refugees and affected communities amid ongoing regional crises.
Reinforcements Boost Allied Push in War Theaters
AP reports new Allied reinforcements flowing to Australia Burma and the Dutch East Indies as MacArthur leads New Zealanders and a Dutch division joins Bris bane. In the Philippines Wainwright’s forces raid Japanese positions and Corregidor guns keep up a heavy anti aircraft barrage.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Tokyo
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Philippines
Jonathan Wainwright
Wainwright
Bataan
Mindana
Corregidor
Manila Bay
House Approves Omnibus War Funding With 6 Percent Profit Cap
The House passed an $18,301,961,345 appropriation bill funding Army and Navy needs by a 70 to 3 vote. An amendment by Rep. Case set a 6 percent ceiling on profits for contracts, delaying final payments until cost certificates and renegotiation agreements are filed. The measure moves to the Senate as calls for higher war material output intensify.
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Washington
House
Army
Representative Case
Rs.c
House Naval Committee
Case
Senate
Island strongholds Aimed at Axis conquest hampering routes
War analyst notes Malta and Corregidor as persistent thorn in Axis plans. Malta endures near daily bombing while Valletta Harbor remains in use by British forces. Corregidor batteries harass Japanese airpower and block Manila Bay flank. High altitude raids risk heavy losses as attackers must fly low into AAA range.
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Kirkel
Simpson
Maita
Mediterranean
Japan
Manila Bay
Bataan
Tokyo
Malta
Axis
Valletta
Italy
Corregidor
Brest
Seven-Point Plan to Boost Montana Crop Labor
The Montana state subcommittee on farm labor outlines a seven point program to ensure farm labor for planting and harvest. It calls for a state farm placement supervisor and district farm placement officers, local farm labor committees, a statewide monthly labor needs survey, universal registration of capable workers, rapid labor mobilization, and cross state clearance to move surplus workers into Montana when needed. Continued on page 10, col. 7.
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James H. Rowe
Montanan’s, Inc
Montana
Rowe
Montanans, Inc
America
Employment Service
State
Fighting Intensifies in Burmese Area
New Delhi March 28 British forces in central Burma widened and straightened lines around Prome after Japanese pressure. Chinese defenders near Toungoo halted a push on the Allied left, with fighting described as fiercer and costly for Chinese troops.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Prome
Toungoo
Yenangguang
Rangoon
Butte Campaign Nears Goal for Crippled Children
The Butte Auxiliary for the Rehabilitation of Crippled Children reported $5,992 raised toward a $6,500 goal as the campaign closed. Chairman Robert D. Corette urged follow-up outreach to secure remaining small gifts, while Mayor Barry O Leary encouraged continued support to reach the target.
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Butte
Robert D. Corette
Drive
Pilea
Barry O'Leary
Destruction at St Nazaire by Ex-US Destroyer Raid
Britain’s commandos and airmen used a former U S destroyer as a giant time bomb to blow the main gate of the St Nazaire submarine base. The Campbel town carried five tons of explosives and delivered a heavy blast after dawn. German reports claim the ship exploded en route. British communique notes some casualties. The raid aimed to disable Europe’s Atlantic coast dock capable of hosting the Tirpitz.
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London
Britain
United States
St. Nazaire
Atlantic
Berlin
Camtown
U. S
Buchanan
Campbeltown
Tirpitz
War Book Maps In Standard Aid War Coverage
The Montana Standard offers a 20 page War Book supplement with Associated Press maps of Pacific Mid East Russian fronts. Frontispiece features General Douglas MacArthur. Sponsored by Butte advertisers, readers are urged to save the issue as a vital reference to follow World War II.
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Montana Standard
Douglas MacArthur
Butte Advertisers
Associated Press
Pacific
Europe
National Head of Nile Daughters Calls War Effort Priority
Mrs Henrietta Sheasley supreme queen of the Daughters of the Nile says temples in the United States Canada and Hawaii focus on aiding the war effort and supporting Shriners hospitals for crippled children. She lists visits in Butte and Aberdeen and notes former supreme queen Laura McGregor hosted her. The order’s temples remain active across regions.
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Nile Daughters
Temples of the Daughters of the Nile
United States
Canada
Hawaiian Islands
Shriners
Henrietta Sheasley
Pittsburgh
Daughters of the Nile
Butte
Sheesley
The
Aberdeen
Aurora Temple
City
Sheasley
Laura McGregor
West Mercury Street
International Order
McGregor
the Nile Daughters
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Southwest
Melbourne
Crippled Children Project
U.S
Mrs. Sheasley
Mining City
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