Taft Praises Butte Mines For Strategic Metals
C. P. Taft, special assistant to the State Department, praised the mines of Butte and other regions for outstanding production of strategic metals. He cited manpower shortages and other challenges in ore reduction and metal fabrication. Taft spoke at a joint civic club luncheon at the Finlen hotel in Butte and then traveled to Helena.
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State Department
Butte
Rotary
Kiwanis
Exchange
Active
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Charles P. Taft
Department of State
Washington, D. C
Department
Finlen Hotel
Taft
George B. Schotte
Mr. Taft
A. J. Knievel
G. H. Ludendorff
Floyd C. Fluent
John P. Cooney
William C. Clayton
William Howard Taft
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Portland
Helena
Butte Hill
Taft Address Recalls Civic Club Roots in Butte
Mr Taft spoke before Butte civic clubs on page six, detailing themes of public service and community unity. He emphasized local engagement and urged continued collaboration among business leaders, residents, and officials to foster civic development.
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Mr. Taft
Butte Civic Clubs
Taft Visits Butte Mining Interests in Montana
President Taft visits A. C. M. company properties in Butte accompanied by D. M. Kelly R. H. Glover and J. J. Carrigan. He praises the visit and expresses desire to return to Montana to see more of its mining industry during a western tour to explain national issues.
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A. C. M. Company
D. M. Kelly
Western
R. H. Glover
J. J. Carrigan
Butte
Mr. Taft
Montana
Taft
Department of State
Japs Close On Laohokow U S Air Base In China
Japanese mechanized forces broke through to within five miles of Laohokow an American air base town in north central China according to a 14th Airbase communique. Allied pilots bombed concentrations near Laohokow, increasing concern over the town’s vital role as a communications hub and gateway to Hupeh’s wheat region.
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Chungking
U.P
Laohokow
China
Claire Chennault
15Th Air Force
Hupeh
Red Cross Drive Nearing Close In Butte Chapter
The Butte American Red Cross drive will close Saturday evening as the campaign nears its end. A. J. Davis Jr. says belated reports may extend to a week beyond, with the headquarters at 62 West Broadway staying open. Contributions total $39,090 as of Thursday night.
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Butte
American Red Cross
A. J. Davis, Jr
West Broadway
Davis
Red Cross
H. V. Club
Trinity Methodist Church of
Centerville
German Guards Turn Guns Over to Captive Americans
German guards voluntarily surrendered their arms as American First Army liberated a prisoner of war camp at Wetzlar. Captive airmen manned machine guns to deter enemy removal while other American troops freed men captured in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge and held at Giessen.
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Don Whitehead
First Army
Wetzler
Belgium
Giessen
Limburg
Wetzlar
Hollywood
Harold Siegman
Court Invalidates Part Of Beef Price Ceilings
The emergency court of appeals ruled that the OPA price ceiling on fresh beef processors cannot break even under wholesale ceilings, while the wholesale ceiling for processing packers remains in force. The decision affects non processing firms using 85 percent of beef but does not immediately change consumer prices.
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Washington
OPA
Emergency Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Food Shortages to Be Studied by House Committee
A House special committee led by Rep. Anderson will study U.S. food procurement, stockpiling, and foreign feeding commitments to address shortages. The probe will cover war agencies and target commodities such as meats dairy fats oils and canned fruits. Meanwhile OPA raised points for peas and asparagus and cut tomato juice values, signaling tighter rationing ahead.
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Washington
House
Anderson
D-N. M
OPA
Rampaging Reds Reach the Austrian Border
British and American readers report a major Red Army advance toward Vienna as forces reach the Austrian frontier from Hungary. Soviet units seize Koszeg and Kapuvar, with expectations of invasion supported by Tolbukhin and Stalin.
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London
Vienna
Hungary
Italy
Bratislava
Neusiedler See
Sea of Vienna
Danube
Koszeg
Szombathely
Free
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Burgenland
Austrian
Freedom Front
Hitler
Greater
Germany
Red Army
Kapuvar
Stalin
Alexander M. Asilevsky
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Danzig
Superfortresses Hit Singapore For Third Time This Month
India-based B 29 aircraft struck Singapore again on March 29, about 40 planes from the 20th Air Force headquarters in Washington reported. The raid targets oil supplies at the strategic crossroads of the Japanese empire, with previous attacks on March 2 and March 12. Results await operational reports.
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Washington
Singapore
20Th Air Force
Yankees Invade Two Islands in Philippines
Manila dispatch reports Maj. Gen. William H. Arnold's Americal division landings on Mastan and Cauit islands near Cebu. MacArthur says Opon secured and Cebu north and south pockets taken including Lahug airfield and Naga. Luzon sees continued mop up with 1338 dead. Legaspi bombed. Mindanao activity noted.
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Manila
William H. Arnold
Americal
Cebu City
Cebu
Mastan Island
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Cauit
Cebu Harbor
MacArthur
Opon
Mactan
Lahug
Naga
Luzon
Legaspi
Mindanao
Jolo
Tawi Tawi
Sulu
Montana West and East Forecast Mostly warm, showers possible
The forecast says west of the divide will be partly cloudy with scattered showers and higher temps reaching 40 to 50 on Friday. East of the divide will be partly cloudy with warmer highs 45 to 55 and showers over the mountains on Friday and Saturday.
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Montana
Divide
British Task Force Hits Ryukyu Isles
The United States Pacific fleet and a powerful British battleship carrier task force attacked the Ryukyu islands for the seventh straight day, with carrier planes and gunfire targeting Sakishina air fields. Nimitz reported American forces suffered no damage while Japanese planes and torpedo boats countered Tuesday night.
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Guam
United States Pacific Fleet
Ryukyus
Tokyo
Okinawa
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S. Pacific
Central Pacific
Ryukyu Islands
Sakishina Group
Ruhr Basin All But Cut From Rest of Germany
Paris dispatch reports U S First Army driving 55 miles toward Berlin and nearing 186 miles west of the capital while the British Second Army presses east of the Rhine. The U S Third Army advances 20 miles into Germany with 14 000 prisoners, capturing Mannheim Duisburg and Frankfurt as western cities fall to Allied forces.
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Germany
Reich
Ruhr
Hitler
U. S. Third Army
Giessen
Berlin
U. S. First Army
Marburg
Paderborn
Montgomery
Muenster
Paris
First Army
Rhine
U. S
Third Army
Frankfurt
Ninth Army
Duisburg
Europe
U.S
Mannheim
Russia and U S Seek Three Votes in UN Assembly
The White House announced that Russia and the United States will seek three votes each in the United Nations assembly at the San Francisco security conference next month, a move tied to a Yalta agreement. The plan could split the American delegation and provoke opposition from small nations against big power dominance.
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Washington
Yalta
Russia
United States
United Nations Assembly
San Francisco
White House
Carnes Dies of Wounds in Germany Feb 10
Landis K. Jack Carnes, a former Butte area ranch worker, died of wounds sustained in action in Germany on February 10. He had served overseas with an Army machine gun battalion since last October after enlisting in March 1944 while employed near Polson. He previously worked on ranches near Butte for several years.
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Landis K
Jack) Carnes
Butte
Germany
Carnes
Polson
Butte Marine Recovers After Being Buried On Iwo Jima
Corp. Frederick Dale Hansen 23 son of Mr and Mrs M K Hansen 1118 California avenue is reported fast recovering in a Pacific theater hospital after a shell buried him four feet under ash on Iwo Jima. He was unconscious when rescued and revived by corpsmen after artificial respiration.
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Butte Marine, Corp
Frederick Dale Hansen
M. K. Hansen
California Avenue
Iwo Jima
Butte
Corp. Hansen
Pacific War Theater
Iwo
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