New Powers for Davis Urged
Roosevelt outlined steps to ease farm labor shortages by releasing older farm workers from the Army, drafting conscientious objectors, and aligning workers with farming. A land army of students and volunteers would aid harvesting, plus importing workers from the Bahamas Jamaica and Mexico. Farm groups urged granting Davis full price authority, but no commitment was made.
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Bahamas
Jamaica
Mexico
Chester C. Davis
Wickard
Washington
Roosevelt
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Preliminary Hearing in Slaying Delayed
Tulsa report says Mrs. Ella B. Howard charged with murder of socialite Mrs. T. K. Simmons. Hearing postponed from Tuesday to Friday amid protests by Howard's attorneys who demand Wednesday as scheduled and immediate bail.
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Tulsa
Okla
U.P
Ella B. Howard
T. K. Simmons
Fort Worth
Texas
Flood Damage Delays Ore Flow to Anaconda
Torrential flood in Durant canyon west of Butte halts copper ore shipments to Anaconda Reduction works. Bridge damage blocks B A & P rail line, closing the Anaconda concentrator and idling the refinery. Northern Pacific trains resume after six hour holds as crews work to clear the canyon.
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Durant Canyon
Silver Bow
Butte
Anaconda
Concentrator Department
Northern Pacific
Canyon
Silver Bow Creek
Durant
Continued cool forecast with showers midweek
The report notes slightly cooler conditions for Wednesday and Wednesday evening with showers likely Wednesday afternoon. Tuesday’s temperatures recorded a high of 37 and a low of 25.
Committees Named to Run Butte Democratic Campaign
Joseph Keane announces appointment of city Democratic campaign committees for the April 5 general election. Ed Foley is secretary. Chairmen include Catherine Harrington publicity William Donnelly finance and Dr T J B Shanley executive with many members listed for Publicity Finance and Executive panels. Mayor Barry O Leary will address the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Keane
Ed.Foley
Catherine Harrington
William P. (Wreck) Donnelly
T. J. B. Shanley
Keane
Barry O'Leary
Madge O’connor
B. J. Keenan
Boris D. Gershevsky
Bill Lecos
J. D. Newman
William Meyer
John B. Kelly
Peter Bonino
O. B. Ashford
C. S. Renouard
Harlow Pease
Frank Reardon
Joe Burns
Dan Holland
Robert Nelson
Milk Fund Drive Gets Support In Butte
The Rotana club milk fund drive aims for 4000 to aid needy school children with milk. Campaigners report hearty city support and proceed to a first drive returns tally at the Butte Chamber of Commerce offices. A donation booth opens at 12 o clock in Chamber rooms.
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Butte Rotana Club
Butte Chamber of Commerce
West Broadway
Veronica O'Sullivan
Rotana Club
Anaconda Student Wins District Legion Oratorical Contest
Anaconda high school senior George Remington won the district oratorical contest of the American Legion held at Christian Brothers high school auditorium. Other contestants were Pauline Herzog of Girls' Central high school and Frank Gonzales of Helena high school. Remington advances to a zone contest on April 2 in Missoula, with state finals at Bozeman to follow.
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George Remington
Anaconda
West
Fourth Avenue
American Legion
Christian Brothers’ High School
J. L. Scott
Butte Business College
George I. Martin
Missoula
Bozeman
House Rejects Tax Measure Defeat of pay-as-you-go bills
The House rejected all pending tax bills including the Rums pay-as-you-go proposal and the administration plan. It ordered the Ways and Means Committee to draft a new overall substitute, signaling a start from scratch and uncertain chances for a compromise bill with pay-as-you-go and forgiveness features. Representative Frank Carlson pledged continued efforts.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Administration
Frank Carlson
R-Kans
Governor Vivian Wins Draft Deferment Battle for Farmers
Governor John C. Vivian announced victory in Colorado’s draft dispute as state headquarters issued a farm experience draft deferment plan. He called a memorandum to local boards an ultimatum against farm labor inducements and said the move completed blanket deferment for farmers to ensure food production quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
U.P
John C. Vivian
Colorado
Selective Service
German Attack at Berlin Repelled By Red Guardsmen
Red army guardsmen repelled a mass German tank assault on the Donets river front. About 300 German tanks, heavy artillery and planes were met by counterattacks, leaving 10 tanks destroyed and 32 disabled plus 18 planes. 500 German dead were left in no man's land. On Smolensk front, Russians reportedly breached two defense centers in Tuesday fighting.
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London
Red Army
Donets River
Russia
Donets
Moscow
Red Line
No Man's Land
Smolensk
Germany
High Command
Night bombardment over Berlin signals invasion fear
London reports Berlin again hit by RAF raids with 21 bombers lost, as Germany warns the air offensive may mark the invasion of Europe. Britain prepares coastal defenses and targets Bochum in the Ruhr while weather and defenses challenge RAF crews.
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London
Berlin
Britain
Hitler
Europe
Krom
Ruhr Valley
Stockholm
House of Commons
Home Security
Herbert Morrison
England
Bochum
Ruhr
Essen
Classes in Care of Gardens to Be Offered in Butte
Slaughter permits must be obtained today as the last chance to slaughter or sell meat without a national meat management permit expires at midnight. W. R. Rathke, Silver Bow war board chairman, warns operators including small farmers and butchers of legal action if they continue without a valid permit. Many applications were filed Tuesday afternoon as the deadline neared and more were expected by evening.
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W. R. Rathke
Silver Bow
Lowell W. Johnson Announces Course for Adults
Lowell W. Johnson announces a free evening gardening course for adults 16 and over as part of the public school vocational program. The five two hour lessons, led by Butte gardener Vincent Barengo, aim to boost home gardening and help prevent winter food shortages. The federal funded program, under the vocational education department, is overseen by A. W. Johnson of Bozeman and approved by the state supervisor. The time and location will be announced as details solidify.
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Butte
Lowell W. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Vocational Educational Department
A. W. Johnson
Bozeman
Johnson
Vincent Barengo
Europe
W. A. Clark
Barengo
Columbia Gardens
19-Year-Old Latshaw Confesses Slaying Five Kin
Amos Latshaw, 19, told police he shot and killed his father, stepmother, grandparents and younger brother on a northern California ranch after a family quarrel. He fled in their car with $114, later explaining he killed to cover up the abuse. He was captured in Los Angeles after being識recognized by a traffic officer.
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Los Angeles
California
Amos Raymond Latshaw
Latshaw
Sacramento
C. E. Clark
Allied bombers sink Japanese destroyer near New Guinea
Allied heavy bombers probably sank a Japanese destroyer Tuesday while repelling an enemy destroyer convoy off Finshaven on the northeast New Guinea coast. The convoy aimed to land supplies but failed, and reports say a direct stern hit likely sank the ship.
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M'Arthur
Australia
Finschaven
New Guinea
Finshaven
Huor Penins
Lae
Buna
Douglas MacArthur
Kaimana
Cape van den Bosch
Dutch New Guinea
Kavieng
Finscaven
Rottock Bay
Cape Gloucester
New Britain Island
Pat O'Brien Says Censor Cut Call To Wife Five Times
New York dispatch reports Pat O'Brien on a Caribbean base tour claimed a censor halted a telephone call home five times with the line All you can say down there is Hello I love you. He spoke from New York and noted the censorship interruption.
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New York
Pat O'Brien
Caribbean
Hollywood
British Drive Ahead as Enemy Flees
Allied forces push north in Tunisia as British Eight Army seizes Gabes and Hamma on the east coast. Rommel orders Sfax harbor destruction while radio reports claim disembarkations at Sfax and advancing columns near El Guettar.
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London
Daily Express
Cairo
Algiers
Tunisia
Jurgen von Arnim
Madrid
U.P
Erwin Rommel
Sfax
Allied
North Africa
Gabes
Hamma
Sir B. L. Montgomery
el Guettar
DNB International Information Bureau
Foreign Office
el Hamma
DNB
Brewin Rommel
War Writer Lanius Visits Butte for Copper War Story
Charles H. Lanius, noted war writer and radio commentator, is in Butte to gather material for a Saturday Evening Post piece on Butte and copper in wartime. He was born in the South and is a former Montanan who studied at the University of Montana and worked for the Helena Independent before joining the press.
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Charles H. Lanius
Butte
Saturday Evening Post
Copper
Mr. Lanius
South
University of Montana At
Missoula
Helena Independent
Independent
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