Yankees Drive Swiftly for 14 Miles
American troops of the 40th Infantry division land on Negros in the Philippines and move northeast for 14 miles after landing at Bago and Pulupandan. They capture the Bacolod airdrome and reach the outskirts of Bacolod city while another force moves 11 miles to Pontevedra and advances inland along the Bago river. Japanese units remain on only one major island, Bohol, as guerillas and air support press on Cebu and surrounding Visayan islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
U.P
40Th Infantry Division
Negros
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Guimaras Strait
Panay
Guimaras Island
40Th Division
Bago
Pulupandan
Bacolod
Bacolod City
Pontevedra
Santa Aniceta
Col
Absede
Bohol
Cebu Island
Americal
Mandaue
Manda
Cebu City
Cebu
Col. Cushing
Visayan Islands
MacArthur
Signal Corps
Allied Armies Break Through German Defenses Across Rhine Fronts
Allied forces drove across the Rhine toward Berlin with five armies, at least 18 armored divisions, and rapid advances north and west. U S Ninth and First armies shattered German positions near Paderborn and the Ruhr while the Eder Dam fell swiftly to American forces. Civilians in Schweinheim and Schaffenberg offered resistance as US troops crossed the Main and fought house to house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Muir, JR
U.S. Seventh Army
Seventh Army
Germany
Schweinheim
Main
45Th Division
Schaffenberg
U. S. Third Army
Paris
U. S
Eder
Berlin
Ruhr
Rhine
Eisenhower
Third Army
U. S. First Army
U. S. Ninth Army
Hemfurt
First Army
Paderborn
Ninth Army
Red Cross Campaign Totals Reach Forty-Seven Thousand
The annual financial drive of the Butte Red Cross reports receipts of 47 257.14 dollars. A Davis Jr chaired the effort urging late contributors to visit headquarters at 62 Broadway to support distress relief, with notable gifts including J M McMillan now in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
American Red Cross
A. Davis, Jr
Nounced
Davis
Red Ass
Butte Active Club
O. 1
Anna O’brien
Ed Cross
Anther
United Congregational Guild
T. L. Doran
Clara East
Jennie Mae Bickell
Stewart Iker
Vernie Cronin
Danny Re
Joe Braces
William Fitzphens
John O'Donnell
Patrick Shafer
E. W. Lamar
W. B. Eltt
U S Submarines Sink Large Japanese Carrier in Recent Attacks
U S submarines reportedly sank a large Japanese aircraft carrier along with ten other ships in recent strikes. A Navy communique noted two destroyers two escort vessels and six merchantmen sunk, bringing total Japanese ships sunk by U S submarines to 1 083 including 122 combat ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
U. S
Lenten period ends today in Butte churches
Holy Saturday closes the Lenten season with Catholic and Protestant services. Catholics bless the new fire, grains of incense and the paschal candle as Mass and vespers flow to conclude Holy Saturday rites. Good Friday observances left Mining City quiet with businesses closed and offices shuttered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Hitler Rumor Circulates Among German Front Lines
Canadian prisoners along the northern Allied flank report a rumor that Adolf Hitler has disappeared and may commit suicide before the Reich falls. They say Heinrich Himmler is trying to manage the western front crisis as German troops brace for defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmerich
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Butte Man Earns Soldier's Medal for Heroic Aid
Corp James L. Lorimer Jr. of Butte Montana received the Soldier's Medal at Fort Logan for bravery in India on Thanksgiving Day 1943. He aided a surviving plane crewman amid fire and explosions after a crash, while serving with the Seventh Bombardment Group at an air base in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Corp
James L. Lorimer, Jr
Butte
Mont
Fort Logan Convalescent Hospital
India
Robert M. Graham
Lorimer
Government May Pause Beef Subsidy Cut
Washington March 30 The government may suspend a scheduled cut in beef subsidies after an emergency court ruling that OPA price ceilings for non-processor packers are invalid The cut would reduce a special premium for fresh beef slaughterers from 80 to 30 cents per hundred pounds Non-processor slaughterers though most numerous account for about 15 percent of the national beef kill The OPA may seek a stay until a court or appeals decision clarifies whether the 80 cent subsidy lets non-processors break even
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
William H. Davis
Gala Jamboree to Be Tonight in Hotel Finlen
The Junior league of Butte, Inc. hosts a gala Jamboree from 5 to midnight at the Hotel Finlen in the Roundup Gold and Treasure State rooms to support community welfare programs. Proceeds fund hospital pediatric ward equipment, library needs, gifts for hospital Christmas parties, and health and educational projects in Butte. Tickets cost $1.20 and are sold by league members or at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finlen
Junior League of Butte, Inc
Butte
Soviet Troops Smash Into Austria and Danzig Seizure
Soviet forces crossed into Austria on Friday with new advances along the Vienna and Italy fronts. Red Army units captured Danzig hoisting the Polish flag, symbolizing Polish claims to the city. Advances spread south into Slovakia and along the Drava frontier near Hungary and Yugoslavia as forces approached Italy.
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London
Austria
Vienna
Italy
Red Army
Baltic
Danzig
Free City
Europe
Slovakia
Bratislava
Drava
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Feodor I
Tolbukhin
Greater Reich
Koszeg
Great Port
League of Nations
Butte Weather Forecast Weekend Outlook
Weather notes for Butte and Montana divisions show mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers Saturday and Saturday night. Temperatures range from mid thirties to mid forties with highs near 40 to 55 across regions and little overall change into Sunday.
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Butte
Montana
Divide
Fourth Armored Division Paces Attacks
United States Fourth Armored Division under Brig. Gen. William Hodge drives deep into Vogelsberg Germany, reaching 150 miles behind the front. Tankmen show confidence after successful drives, as German civilians watch the advancing force with mixed emotions while the landscape bears the impact of the war.
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MORED
Fourth Armored Division
Germany
Vogels Berg
William Hodge
Marine Describes Steam Heated Foxholes on Iwo Jima
Estel Roley of the Marine Corps writes from Iwo Jima describing steam heated foxholes as the only modern feature on the rock. Marines on the northern end dug into sandy soil heated by near surface sulphur springs. They slept on blankets to stay cool as they dug deeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Marine Corp
Estel Roley
Iwo Jima
Roley
Nimitz Silent On Reported Okinawa Landings
Guam dispatch reports heavy bombardment of the Ryukyus by U S Pacific fleet and carrier planes for a eighth straight day. A Japanese counterattack against Adm Spruance’s force was repulsed as seventeen enemy planes were shot down and four torpedo boats destroyed. Nimitz announced no confirmation of reports of American landings on Aka Jima and Tokashiki in the Kerama group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
U. S
Ryukyu Island
Ryukyus
Japan
Unten
Kerama Islands
Adrn
Nimitz
Guam
U. S. Pacific
Raymond A. Spruance
Chester W. Nimitz
Aka Jima
Tokashiki
Kerama Rhetto
Okinawa
Spruance
Spruance’s Ships, Or Any of Vice Adm
Mare A. Mitscher
Honshu
Spruance- Mitscher
Tokyo
Nimitz Priday
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Eder River
Philippines Island
Yankees
H. D. Quigg
Reich
By Austin Bealmear
Red Cross
U.S
J. L. Lorimer, JR
By Romney Wheeler
By Robert Meyer
Marine
Iwo
Aguni
Zamami
Eos
Chine Seo
Maye
Nakagusuku
Naha
Naha Airfield
Itoman
Katena
Motobu
Sesoko
Tare Chamu
Kimmu Boy Go Taka
Syonabaru
Heianza
Hedo
Morrie Landsberg
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