Japan Claims Mandalay Captured Red Army Tanks
Red army tanks drive deeper wedges between German hedgehog positions at Bryansk Orel and Kursk as tactics firm on firming ground. Stockholm dispatches said Saturday from London dateline May 2.
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London
Bryansk
Orel
Kursk
Stockholm
Moscow
Ukraine
Patezh
Kharkov
Caucasus
Poltava
Dnieperopetrovsk
Red
Soviet Information Bureau
Leningrad
Sugar Beets and Sugar Policy Stir Montana Mood
Sugar beets sustain Montana farmers with over 5 million dollars yearly while the nation eyes sugar rationing from 103 to 26 pounds per person. Montanans feel irony over political meddling despite no shortage and the chance of U S self sufficiency in recent years.
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Billings
Montana
United States
Irvin Cobb meets a Butte soldier at Camp Roberts
A piece from Camp Roberts California introduces Corporal Irvin Cobb a new roommate who explains his name origins and Army drill call hup tup thrup frup Cobb’s deep voice and chuckle mark a lively training scene with trainees taking drill seriously.
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Camp Roberts
Calif
Irvin &. Cobb
Paducah
Mr. Cobb
Texas
Irving
Cobb
Corporal Cobb
Train wreck in occupied France claimed many German lives
New York reports say between 40 and 50 Germans were killed in a wreck near Rouen in occupied France. German authorities retaliated by arresting a large number of hostages after a prior crash nearby a week earlier, where many soldiers died and 30 French hostages were executed.
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Hitler
Poland
London
France
Greece
Norway
Denmark
New York
Acee
Coo
Rouen
Foreign correspondents return to Moscow for indefinite stay
Moscow reports that foreign newspaper correspondents and diplomats have returned from Kuibyshev to Moscow for an indefinite stay. Their move followed the German threats to the city last year and signals rising Russian confidence amid Axis talk of a summer offensive in Russia.
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Moscow
U.P
Kuibyshev
Russia
Butte A W V S Canteen Service Earns Soldier Praise
Soldiers and sailors passing through Butte thank the American Women's Voluntary Services canteen for daily distribution of cigarettes magazines candies and notes of appreciation. Volunteers including many high school girls staff the depots and rail stations.
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Charles Tatsude
American Women's Voluntary Services
Uncle Sam
Butte
Bill Campbell
John J. Crowe
James A. Gillespie
North Meridian
Indianapolis
Ind
Navy Relief Dance Opens Tonight in Silver Bow County
Navy relief campaign for sailors families begins with a benefit dance Sunday night at the Butte Miners union hall. J. C. Burns says proceeds aid families of sailors killed missing in action or casualties. Miners union provides hall, Musicians union donates music. public invited. Continued on Page 15.
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Navy
Silver Bow
Butte Miners’ Union
J. C. Burns
Citizens’ Auxiliary
Burns
Miners’ Union
Butte Musicians’ Union
Navy Relief Society
Veteran Butte Post foreman Robert D Green dies at 55
Robert Daniel Bert Green 55 foreman of the mailing department for the Butte Daily Post died Saturday after a month long illness at Colonial hospital Rochester Minnesota. Born in 1887 at Wickes he later moved with family to Helena then settled in Butte in 1891. He left for the Minnesota hospital ten days ago with his wife present at his passing.
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Robert Daniel
Bert) Green
Butte Daily Post
Colonial Hospital
Rochester
Mann
Butte
Minnesota Hospital
Mr. Green
Wickes
Helena
Robert H. Green
Swansea
Wales
Jap Invasion Threat Feared by Allied Forces at Townsville
Allied headquarters report two suspicious Japanese planes over Townsville at 30 000 feet prompting air defense and anti-aircraft response. Australian commander Sir Thomas Blamey warned increased enemy activity and port Moresby crews faced heavy odds as reinforcements and air power bolster defenses in New Guinea and New Britain.
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Allied
Australia
Townsville
Douglas MacArthur
Sir Thomas Blamey
Jaluit
Marshall Islands
New Guinea
New Guinea-New Britain
Port Moresby
Melbourne Herald
Lee
Salarman
Rabaul
Gasmata
Mission Doctor Receives Navy Cross for Java Service
Lieutenant Commander Corydon Wassell, a former mission doctor in China, was awarded the Navy Cross by a senior U.S. naval officer for bravery in Java. He cared for wounded officers and men from the cruisers during the action.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
Corydon McAlimont Waseell
China
Java
Roosevelt
United States
Wassell
Tornado Toll Rises Across Oklahoma and Kansas
Savage spring tornadoes hit northeast Oklahoma and eastern Kansas on Saturday, killing or missing 21 people and injuring many. In Pawhuska a 12 block area saw three dead and up to 75 injured. Childsville near Okemah reported ten dead and about 40 injured. a mile wide path north of Tulsa left three children missing. Damage was widespread with homes wrecked and residents pulled from floodwaters by a Boy Scout.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Lynn Addition
Childsville
Okemah
Tulsa
Othal Spence
Bird Creek
Othal, Jr
Lucille
Francile
Tommy Dickinson
Ray Wagmago
Charles Miller
George Nichols
Dewey
Bartlesville
Anna Weese
Fisher
E. L. Hennesey
Mound City
George Dix
la Harpe
Marvin Schmidt
Fredonia
Little Opposition Noted in Wheat Referendum
Agriculture department officials reported little opposition in Saturdays referendum on continuing rigid federal control over wheat production and marketing. Early reports from eastern wheat states suggested easy passage of the two thirds majority as tabulation began after polls closed in 46 states. Officials expected results late Saturday night.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Parachute Drop Report Near Sarajevo In Yugoslav Area
An announcement from Belgrade reported that a number of high Yugoslav officials and British experts had parachuted into the vicinity of Sarajevo in Yugoslavia. The source noted the drop occurred Saturday night and involved German held Belgrade.
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Sarajevo
Ankara
Turkey
U.P
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U S Service Troops Grow Visible in Libya Front
Cairo reports United States service troops in steadily increasing numbers in support of the British desert forces against Rommel's Afrika Korps. Major Gen. Russell L. Maxwell confirms their presence, noting American uniforms and large trucks marked U G A seen in growing strength.
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Cairo
United States Service
Desert Army
Afrika Korps
Erwin Rommel
Russell L. Maxwell
Australia
Moscow
American Army Service
North
Africa
Burma
Hsenwi
China
Yunnan
Man Killed After Being Struck by Gondola at Missoula Coal Docks
Harry Hodges aged 46 a Northern Pacific railway employee died Friday evening after being struck by a gondola at the coal docks in Missoula Montana. The accident occurred at the railroad yard and Hodges succumbed to his injuries.
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Missoula
Harry Hodges
Northern Pacific Railway
Navy to honor three Connecticut plants with EB for Excellence
The U S Navy will award its EB for Excellence pennant on May 6 to three American Brass Company plants in Torrington Waterbury and Ansonia Connecticut. The awards recognize production achievement with Navy shields and E letters for 12 000 employees across the sites. Captain Robert Henderson will present the pennants as Governor Hurley and Representative Talbot join 50 year plus veterans in the ceremony.
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United States Navy
Connecticut
American Brass Company
Navy
Torrington
Waterbury
Ansonia
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Robert Henderson
Robert A. Hurley
Joseph E. Talbot
United States
Knox
Chinese and British in Dire Peril
Japanese invaders seize Mandalay and push toward the Burma frontier threatening free China and British defenses. Reinforcements rush to Burma as Japan weighs moves toward India and China to coil the war along the front.
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Associated Preas
Burma
Mandalay
Free China
Hirohito
China
India
United Nations
Axis
Sugar Rationing Setup Explained in Butte
More than 400 public school staff and volunteers from the American Women's Voluntary Services and Parent-Teacher groups will register residents for War Ration Book No. 1. Registration runs Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., at Silver Bow county rationing headquarters and local public schools. Each family may register one eligible member, ages 18 and over, to secure a book for all members. a folder with 28 stamps allows a fixed sugar allotment for a set period.
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Butte
American Women's Voluntary Services
Silver Bow
American Women’s Voluntary Services
For & War Board
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Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
Irvin Cobb
Marjorie Floyd
G. M. Cottrell
U. S. Navy
Seattle
Phyllis Rutledge
A. W.V.S
Navy Drive
Robert D. Green
Post
East Coast Guards
U. S
Libya
U.S. Navy
Rangoon
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