Axis leaders meet in Salzburg on war plans and home discipline
Bern dispatch says Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a two day Salzburg conference to boost Axis troops for the Russian front and enforce home discipline in Germany and Italy. Observers believe Japan may join the war against Russia by summer while the meeting signals possible major political and military events this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Salzburg
Germany
Italy
Axis
Berlin
Hiroshi Oshima
Japan
Oshima
Hitler
Mussolini
Russia
Council of Ministers
Plane Carrying 18 Perished in Utah Crash Near Salt Lake City
A United Air Lines mainliner with 15 aboard including two infants crashed and burned on Ensign Peak near the Utah state capitol late Friday night. One survivor was reported injured but not seriously. the plane had been coming from San Francisco and was due in Salt Lake City at 9 50 p m. The Wasatch range handled several fatal crashes in the area over recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Waited Air Lines
Ensign Peak
Utah State Capitol
Robert Pearson
Pearson
San Francisco
United Air Lines
Bountiful Peak
Wasatches
Salt Lake Valley
Japanese push nears China's border in Burma drive
Free China battles to halt Japanese columns advancing from Lashio through Hsenwi toward Yunnan. Chinese reinforcements reach Hsenwi as Japan aims to cut the Burma road and threaten the India China route, with speculation of a broader drive into China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
Burma
Lashio
Mandalay
Hsenwi
Yunnan
India
India-China
Assam- Sikang
Legion Demands Total Draft
The American Legion in Indianapolis on May 1 urged drafting all wartime resources including profits capital and labor. Its executive committee called for immediate legislation to ensure equal sacrifice between armed forces and civilian national defense workers to prevent postwar chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
U.P
American Legion
Legion
Legionnaires
Allies Claim Sidelined 33 Japanese Planes in Raid
Australian and American air forces announced the destruction of 33 Japanese planes in air operations northeast of Australia. The report noted intensified enemy activity near the region and hinted at a possible Allied counteroffensive to protect outposts and supply lines from America.
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MacArthur
Melbourne
Australia
Thomas Blamey
America
United States
New Guinea
Lae
Salamaua
Port Moresby
Horne Island
Cape York
Tulagi
64 Students Graduate At Girls Central High School
Sixty four students are candidates for graduation with the class of 1942 announced by Rev. John F. Sheehan. Exercises occur May 29 at the Fox theater with Most Rev. J C Willging delivering the principal address. Diplomas will be presented by Most Rev. Joseph M. Gilmore as a program of entertainment includes glee club numbers orchestra selections and dramatic club performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls Central High School
John F. Sheehan
Fox Theater
Father Sheehan
J. C. Willging
Pueblo
Pueblo, Colo
Immaculate Conception
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Vasile Angelous
Dorothy Appel
Catherine Barovic
Veronica Bolton
Theresa Boulder
Margaret Bourquin
Agnes Boyle
Frances Boyle
Lucille Brett
Catherine Carney
LaVerne Carroll
Betty Claire
Kathryn Combe
Bernice Connell
Cote
U S Ambassador Leahy Leaves Vichy for Washington
U S Ambassador William D Leahy departs Vichy by special train amid a silent crowd as the ambassador heads home for consultation. Also on the train is the body of Leahy's wife who died shortly after orders arrived.
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Vichy
France
U. S
William D. Leahy
Vichy Station
Leahy
Washington
Dillon loses E L Poindexter prominent Dillon figure
Eugene L Poindexter 61 longtime Dillon businessman and brother of Hawaii governor Joseph B Poindexter died Friday at his home after a lingering illness Born in Canyon City Oregon in 1880 he moved to Dillon in 1881 and held posts including postmaster from 1912 to 1919 He is survived by his widow two brothers and a sister in law with arrangements pending at Brundage funeral home.
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Dillon
Eugene L. Poindexter
Joseph B. Poindexter
Hawaii
West Reeder Street
Thomas
Margaret Poindexter
Beaverhead County
Helena
St. Louis
Montana Normal College
Dillon Electric Power and Light Company
Dillon Examiner
Sadie Graeter
Dillon Lodge
A. F
A. M
Royal Arch Masons
Philip Poindexter
Los Angeles
Helen Poindexter
Honolulu
J. C. Moore
Merrill Edson
Harlowton
Margaret Tello
Columbus
Sam Kinder
Bruce Kurtz
Pasadena
Calif
E. G. Poindexter
New York
Harold Poindexter
San Diego
Brundage Funeral Home
House Group Approves Tax Program
The House ways and means committee approved a new corporation tax plan featuring a flat levy on excess profits and higher rates to curb profits from war contracts. The proposal would raise about 2.5 billion dollars, with provisions for 95 percent of 1936 to 1939 earnings or an 8 to 5 percent tier on capital, and leaves the 24 percent tax on normal profits over 25 thousand dollars.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-N. C
Randolph Paul
Morgenthau
Rep. Cooper
D-Tenn
Paul
Harlem Youth Receives Distinguished Service Cross
A War department communique lists 101 Americans and Filipinos honored with the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in the Philippines since December 7. Included are Lieut. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright and others previously reported, with next of kin details such as Private Charles Ball and his father William Ball of Harlem, Mont.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Islands
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Charles Ball
William Ball
Harlem
Mont
Eight Women Die in McKeesport Signal Plant Blast
Eight women employed at the Central Railway Signal Company in McKeesport Pa were killed and at least 15 others injured when an explosion wrecked a building of the railroad signal equipment manufacturer on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mckeesport
Central Railway Signal Company
Fate of Liguras Still Undecided
A twelve juror panel in district court remains deadlocked after three days of testimony in the murder case of Nick Zaros. Judge J. J. Lynch presided as deliberations extended into a second day, with Liguras facing possible second degree murder or manslaughter verdicts and potential prison terms tied to the verdict.
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Theodore A. Liguras
Veniremen
J. J. Lynch
Liguras
Nick Zaros
Deer Lodge
Battle near Yenangyaung marks one of war's fiercest clashes
Darrell Berrigan reports from Yenangyaung Burma where a weary British imperial army barely escaped a death trap during a violent battle in the oil fields. The dispatch recalls a months long retreat through rugged terrain and describes the destruction of oil facilities as part of a wider frontier war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Darrell Berrigan
Yakima, Wash
Bakersfield
Calif
Berrigan
Yenangguang
Jack Belden
United Press
China
Reggie Edwards
Ministry of Information
Australia
Moulmein
Rangoon
Prome
Magwe
Yenangyaung
Saboteurs Sought as Fires Rage in Western Rhode Island
An Army airmen FBI agents and state police searched for saboteurs as a 2.5 million fire raged through about 50 square miles of pine woods in western Rhode Island. Three towns were under martial law with 3,000 plus volunteers fighting a four hour battle along a 10 mile front. Gov McGrath said martial law would stay until fire danger lessened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Greenwich
R. I
U.P
FBI
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
J. Howard McGrath
Coventry
Scituate
Explosion wipes out Nazi gas factory at Tessenderloo
A massive blast destroyed the Societe Anonyme des Products Chimiques plant in Tessenderloo Belgium killing about 250 and injuring 1000 plus. Rescue teams and German authorities clamped order as the area suffered extensive damage to a technical school and local telephony while Sabotage rumors swirled and Belgian patriots allegedly struck back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tessenderloo
Belgium
White Brigade
Low Countries
Societe Anonyme Des Products Chimiques
Berlin
Kempenland
Belgian Limbourg
Antwerp
Nazi Overture Rejected by English Air War Grows
London reports a major British air offensive over the Nazi coast with fighter escorted Bomber and Hurricane raids on St Omer Calais and other targets. Eight British fighters missing one German plane destroyed. UK Home Secretary Morrison denounces Nazi propaganda and vows continued bombing with 100 percent effort. Overnight weather limited action to reconnaissance as 11 Nazi bombers were destroyed over England and France.
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London
Germany
Britain
Air Ministry
St. Omer
Callais
Berlin
de Geneve
London Daily Mail
Morrison
England
France
Russians Claim New Soviet Victories On May Day
Soviet reports boast of land and sea wins against Nazi forces on May Day. Red Star praises Red Army gains while Baltic Fleet claims sinking of a German battleship and 58,000 German casualties in April. Soviet airmen down 1,721 enemy planes as central front reports 300 Germans killed and trophies captured.
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Kuibyshev
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Red Star
Hitler
Moscow Radio
Red Navy
Moscow
Barents Sea
Leningrad
Kalinin
Germany
Baltic
Soviet Information Bureau
Service Stickers Popular With Butte Families
Butte residents with relatives in the service rushed to pick up 350 window stickers showing support for Uncle Sam. A new supply is due mid next week, after 2,000 were ordered but only 350 received. The next shipment will be announced by American Legion officers. Stickers are available at the Legion hall above the library building.
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Butte
Uncle Sam
American Legion
Legion
Legion Hall
Catholic Women Retreat Opens at Boys Central High
More than 200 Butte women attended the opening of the sixth annual Catholic women’s retreat at Boys’ Central High School auditorium. The event runs through Sunday evening, sponsored by Our Lady of Victory circle of the Daughters of Isabella with Father James Aceis of Stevensville as retreat master.
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Butte
Boys’ Central High School
Our Lady of Victory Circle
the Daughters of Isabella
James J.ace
Stevensville
Pather Sheerin
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Girls’ Central High
E. L. Poindexter
House Group
By Darrell Berrigan
Holland
By Russell Landstrom
Herbert Morrison
MacDuff
Shoreditch
Catholic Women’s Retreat
James Sheerin
Daughters of Isabella
St. Patrick's
Chateau
Hare
Kathryn Avage
Eee of
Isabella
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