Five War Dead Severest Blow to Butte
Butte lists five more war dead in the severest single day casualty tally since U.S. entered World War II. Capt. John J. Kalen, 25, Marine, killed Feb 19 at Iwo Jima. Corp. John L. Angelous, 21, killed Mar 4 at Iwo Jima. S/Sgt. Michael J. Evankovich, 22, killed Mar 18 in Germany. Pfc. Thomas E. Van Hamm, wounds from Germany, died Mar 14. Lt. Walter Cluett Lambert, 29, killed Jan 31 1943 in a training plane crash.
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War and Navy Departments
Butte
John J. Kalen
Marine Corps
Tinian
Saipan
Bronze Star
Iwo Jima
Dan Kalen
Fox Theater
Corp
John L. Angelous
Louis Angelous
South Washington
Michael J. Evankovich
Marko Evankovich
East Galena
Germany
Thomas E. van Hamm
Mary van Hamm
South Montana
Walter Cluett Lambert
W. C. Lambert
West Silver
United Press Re
Red Cross Drive Totals 37090 in Butte Campaign
The annual Butte chapter Red Cross drive raised 37090 in receipts led by drive chairman A J Davis Jr The advance gifts unit reported 62550 from School district No 1 teachers and employees The list of donors included Butte Engineers union No 83 Lebanon Peace Society St Mark guild and several local clubs and associations with workers named.
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Butte
American Red Cross
A. J. Davis, Jr
Davis
Anna O’brien
Mary M. Sullivan
West Broadway
Red Cross
Butte Engineers Union No
the Lebanon Peace Society
St. Mark Guild
Treasure State Santha No
Nomads of Avudka
Emerson School Parent-Teacher Association
Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Advance Gifts
Harold McGrath
Matt Christy
E. J. Nash, Jr
Adele Sharpe
John G. Brown
Henry Young
R. R. Redlich
J. W. Fitzpatrick
F. W. Strandberg
Walter T. Ballard
Charles Amos
Four Boys Cited Over Building Theft Near Central Point
In Central Point Oregon on March 28 four juvenile suspects were cited for stealing a small building. The group attached the structure to a car and used a second vehicle to push it along two and a half miles before the exhaust ignited the building causing it to burn. The building is not available as evidence.
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Central Point
Ore
Major Action on Italian Front Is Likely Soon
General Mark W. Clark ordered northern Italian patriots to be ready at a moment's notice to aid Allied armies. Patriots in the Brenner pass and along rail lines north of Bologna were told to prepare for sabotaging German escape routes, with no new recruits and no political discord.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
Italy
15Th Army
Clark
Brenner Pass
Bologna
Captain of 1938 State Grid Champions Dies on Iwo Jima
Marine Pfc. Richard B. Schiltz, 23, captain of the 1938 Billings high school football champions, was killed in action on Iwo Jima March 4. He graduated from Notre Dame in 1943 and served in the Marine corps. survivors include his parents, three sisters, one brother, and Capt. John Schiltz of the Marine corps.
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Billings
U.P
Richard
Schiltz
Iwo Jima
John B. Schilts
War Department
Marine Corps
Notre Dame University
John Schiltz
Pan American Constellation Sets LA Miami Speed Record
Pan American Airways announced that a Lockheed Constellation crew flew from Los Angeles to Miami in 8 hours 5 minutes on a Wednesday, breaking the existing air speed record by 38 minutes. The improvement follows the same model's earlier performance set February 20.
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Los Angeles
Pan-American Airways
Miami
Here
Florida
British Soldiers Open Season on Hitler Says Eden
London march 28 British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that if British troops capture Adolf Hitler they may decide to shoot him on the spot or bring him back alive. Eden noted Hitler is a major war criminal as Nazi leadership flees to the Bavarian Alps amid unchecked Allied advances.
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London
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Anthony Eden
Stockholm
Germany
Bavarian
Eden
House of Commons
Reich
Hitler
Ivor Thomas
Labor
Ration values for pork and fats rise under new OPA plan
The Office of Price Administration boosts points for pork, sausage, lard, shortening, margarine and oil for the coming month. Center pork chops move from 10 to 12 points per pound, end chops from 6 to 7, ham slices 10 to 12, loin roasts 7 to 8, with lard and shortening at 4 to 6 and margarine 5 to 8. Bacon climbs 2 points.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
Miles City Boy Loses Thumb In Cap Explosion
Miles City authorities appealed to children to surrender dynamite caps found after a teen boy lost a thumb and a finger in an explosion. Sheriff Charles M. Allen reported more than twenty caps were taken from a local construction company office. The injured boy was Edward Beres who found and played with a cap.
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Miles City
Charles M. Allen
Edward Beres
City of Cebu Captured by American Troops
Cebu city fell to the Americal division after a two front encircle push from Maj. Gen. William H. Arnold. Japanese demolitions damaged the harbor but the port remained largely intact. The 182nd regiment cleared the southern outskirts at Pardo and light American losses were reported. MacArthur announced the capture after Japanese midget submarine actions near the beachhead.
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Manila
Cebu City
Philippines
William H. Arnold
Pardo
Boston
Mass
Cebu
Douglas MacArthur
Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
Soviets Break Rada River Line Near Vienna and Danube
Russian Second and Third Ukraine armies drive through Hungary breaching the Rada defences to within 10 miles of the Austrian border. They capture Gyor and Komarom, seize Csorna and Sarvar, and push toward Vienna while advancing along the Danube and Danube valley strongpoints.
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London
Hungary
Rada River
Vienna
Moscow
Gyor
Komarom
Danube
Bratislava
Gdynia
Danzig
Ukraine
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Rada
Csorna
Sarvar
Szombathely
Second Ukraine
Komarno
Vah
Danube Valley
Nine Generals Are Promoted to Full General Rank
The Senate approved unanimously the promotion of nine lieutenant generals to full general. Recommended by Gen. George C. Marshall, the promotion adds four-star rank to Joseph T. MacNarney Omar N. Bradley Carl Spaatz George C. Kenney Mark W. Clark Walter Krueger Brehon B. Somervell Jacob L. Devers and Thomas T. Handy.
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Washington
Senate
George C. Marshall
Joseph T. MacNarney
Omar N. Bradley
Carl Spaatz
George C. Kenney
Mark W. Clark
Walter Krueger
Brehon B. Somervell
Jacob L. Devers
Thomas T. Handy
First and Third Armies Drive Near Giessen in Major German Breakthrough
Armored columns of the American First and Third armies joined near Giessen and moved toward Kassel as they press north toward Berlin. The advance, powered by tanks, saw Hodges and Patton leading forces across central Germany with rapid gains and several key towns falling to Allied forces.
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Paris
U.P
Germany
Giessen
Kassel
Berlin
Reich
Bellnhausen
Second Army
Muenster
United States
Aschaffenburg
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Fourth Armored
George S. Patton
Third Army
Hanau
Frankfurt
Ger
Berlin Armament Plants Targeted in Fifth Major Daylight Raid
Four hundred United States Flying Fortresses struck Berlin in the fifth major daylight assault this year as evacuation orders spread. The raid hit plants in the Spanndau district and Falkensee while about 500 U.S. planes attacked Hannover. Continent-based aircraft flew over 2,300 missions with several hundred vehicles crippled and six aircraft lost.
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London
United States
Berlin
Reich
Hannover
Spandau District
Falkensee
Ninth Air Force
Maine Ae
Giessen
Battleships and Carrier Planes Hit Ryukyus for Sixth Day
U S battleships and carrier planes bombarded the Ryukyus for a sixth straight day, with Nimitz noting damage to submarine pens and installations on Okinawa and other bases. Japanese broadcasts claimed attacks on allied fleets and fierce fighting near Kerama islands.
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Ryukyus
Guam
U.S
Fleet
Ches
Ter W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Okinawa Island
Ryukyu Chain
Tokyo
Kerama
Okinawa
Marc A. Mitscher
Mikayo Group
Tanega Island
Miyako Islands
Kyushu
Germans Admit Hitler's Cause Is Lost and Appeal for Sympathy
German broadcasts Wednesday admitted Hitler's cause was lost and urged Allied front line troops to feel sympathy for the German people. The announcer Hans argued the war should end and questioned whether Germans are blameworthy while noting the Reich faces food shortages and continued Allied advances. Berlin also reported intensified food rationing and new plans to evacuate bombed areas as women were warned.
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Hitler
Richard Kasischke
London
Hans
Arnhem
Reich
Berlin
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Butte Forecast Sees Light Snow and Cloudy Thursday
Butte area predicts cloudy skies with light snow on Thursday and a slight temperature change. Wednesday reports a high of 38 and a low of 25. Montana east and west of the divide show mixed rain and snow with highs 35 to 55 and brief showers. Friday looks warmer with fair conditions in parts of the region.
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Butte
Montana
Divide
Roosevelt renews plea for manpower control legislation
President Roosevelt urges Senate action on the manpower bill with jail and fine enforcement. McNutt reports positive employment betterment and says more workers must shift from non essential to war production for the Feb 15 to Aug 15 period to meet schedules.
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Washington
Roosevelt
McNutt
Senate
Thomas (Dutah
Senate Military Committee
House
Office of War Information
Manpower Commission
Thomas
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John J. Angelous
M. J. Evankovich
Walter C. Lambert
Yankees
NAVY
U. S
Rhine River
U. S. Army Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
Gen. Clark
Patriots
By Lynn Heinzerling
By James Hutcheson
By Romney Wheeler
The
U. S. Third Army
Gemuenden
Neisse River
U. S. Seventh Army
U. S. First Army
U. S. Ninth Army
Essen
Oder River
Borken
Charles Chamberlain
San Francisco
Kure
Honshu Island
Japan
By Frank Tremaine
George Schroeder
Transocean Agency
Heinrich Himmler
Tapo
Schroeder
East
Goebbels
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