British Forces Move to Forestall Madagascar Occupation
The State Department reports President Roosevelt informed of British occupation steps in Madagascar to forestall Axis use. The U S will defend Madagascar if needed, holding the island in trust for France and pledging restoration after the war.
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Washington
State Department
Roosevelt
Madagastar
Department
United States
Madagascar
United Nations
Japan
France
Great Britain
Troops Arrive Off Strategic Madagascar Island
British forces have arrived off the French island of Madagascar to forestall a Japanese occupation and to guard vital supply lines to the Middle East. The State Department confirmed occupation, while the admiralty and war office note only that forces were off the island at dawn.
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Madagascar
Middle East
United States
London
State Department
Washington
Admiralty
War Office
Aerial Raids Hit Three German Naval Bases
The Royal Air Force launched a pre-dawn strike along a 900 mile front hitting Hamburg St Nazaire and Kristiansand. Boston bombers aided by RAF fighters conducted a daylight raid on Le Havre. RAF fighters claimed five German aircraft shot down and three RAF planes were lost. The three main targets remained burning.
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London
Royal Air Force
North Atlantic
Hamburg
St. Nazaire
France
United States
Kristiansand
Russia
Boston
Douglas
le Havre
Harold
Two Scouts to Receive Eagle Emblems Tonight
Melvin F. Harris and Don H. Bartlett of Troop 15 will receive Eagle emblems at the May court of Honor in Judge J. J. Lynch's courtroom at 8 p.m. Thirteen other Butte Scouts will be promoted. 17 merit badges will be awarded including two more promotions.
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Melvin F. Harris
Don H. Bartlett
Boy Scouts of America
May Court of Honor
J. J. Lynch
Young Harris
Jenny Harris
East Mercury Street
Bartlett Boy
John R. Bartlett
West Diamond Street
Butte
Eugene Johnson
Robert Bishop
Johnny Pearson
Bill Galpin
Arthur Pascoe
Edgar Price
Edward Williams
Jack Cole
Paul Erler
Jim Diestal
Allan Rowe
Eddie Shelton
Troop 3
Billy Dix
Soviets claim gains as their spring drive begins
Moscow reports the Red army waged offensive battles on several fronts. The midnight communiqué cites improved Soviet positions and 264 German planes destroyed May 2, with Soviet losses at 71. Ukraine guerrilla urging civilians to back liberation drive and disrupt German lines.
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Moscow
Red Army
Hitler
Thefuehrer
Kuibyshev
Leningrad
Ukraine
Semeon Timoshenko
Pastors Deny Red Cross Free Beer for Soldiers
The Red Cross told Rev. A. C. Caton the organization never considered serving free beer to soldiers and has no plans to do so. The denial came after a East Coast newspaper report prompted ministerial protests. The Silver Bow ministers discussed the Lord's Prayer translation study by Rev. L. E. Jones and will meet again May 18 to close the season.
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Red Cross
The
American Red Cross
A. C. Caton
Silver Bow Ministerial Association
East
L. E. Jones
Invasion of China India Threatened by Japanese Forces
Three powerful Japanese columns pushed Allied armies within 150 miles of India and 25 miles of China in swift offensives that threatened invasions of both nations. Stilwell’s forces fought the Burma road advance from Lashio toward Kutkai through the night as the enemy closed in on Chinese positions near Kutkai.
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Chungking
India
China
Burma
Lashio
Kutkai
Joseph W. Stilwell
Yunnan Province
Camp operator Sam Taylor jailed after fatal shooting
Sam Taylor, 64, Forks Cabin camp operator, held in Clallam county jail after coroner's jury found him unjustified in shooting Floyd Whitney, 39, in an argument over Whitney's daughter Verne. Prosecutor Max Church said Taylor claimed self defense. Five shots were fired, three hit Whitney.
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Port Angeles
Wash
U.P
Sam Taylor
Forks
Clallam County
Floyd Whitney
Whitney
Verne
Max Church
Taylor
U S Shipyards Set April Record in Merchant Shipbuilding
Washington May 4 American shipyards completed and delivered 167 merchant vessels in April exceeding the one a day target and pushing four month 1942 totals to 106 ships placed in war service of the United Nations through the Maritime Commission announcement on Monday
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Washington
Maritime Commission
United Nations
Japs End Threat Against Outpost
Allied dispatches from Australia report a second Japanese incursion up the Markham valley toward Nadzab near Port Moresby ended in withdrawal within 24 hours. No contact with Allied forces occurred and guerrilla numbers were deemed insufficient to threaten airfield plans.
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Allied
Australia
Markham
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Nadzab
Japs Pound Savagely at Corregidor in Five Hour Assault
The Corregidor fortress and nearby Manila Bay forts endured a five hour artillery barrage and 13 air attacks as Japan intensified efforts to knock out the Gibraltar of the Philippines. Navy reports Mindanao, a 560 ton river gun boat, was sunk with no loss of life. Mindanao had served on the Yangtze and Chinese coast. Continues on Page 3 Col 4.
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Corregidor
Washington
U.P
Corregidor Fortress
Manila Bay
Philippines
War Department
Navy Department
Mindanao
Navy
United States
Finch
Yangtze River
Graduation Week Events Start With Luncheon At Pinson
Montana School of Mines seniors begin Graduation Week with the Anderson Carlisle Technical society luncheon at Hotel Pinson this noon. Officers for the coming year will be elected. Candidates include Earl Roberts Paul Leary Homer Trussell Wilbur Crisswell Virgil Bilyeu Clifford Barker. Willard Boam serves as master of ceremonies.
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Montana School of Mines
Anderson- Carlisle Technical Society
Pinson
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Future Engineers
Brown's Gulch
Butte Country Club
Anderson-Carlisle
Earl Roberts
Butte
Paul Leary
Twin Falls
Idaho
Homer Trussell
Hardin
Wilbur Crisswell
Lewistown
Virgil Bilyeu
Wolf Point
Clifford Barker
Silver Star
Willard Boam
George Dunn
Ban on Iron and Steel in 400 Civilian Goods Ordered
The War Production Board ordered a halt to iron and steel use in over 400 civilian items within 90 days. Bathtubs mail boxes fountain pens pie plates cash registers cigarette lighters house numbers auto parts theater marquees fly traps tool boxes boats mop wringers and street light standards are banned. Only gold or silver may be used as substitutes to conserve critical metals for war.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Three From This Area Listed as Navy's War Dead
Eighteen Montana men were among 2,991 Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard fatalities since the war began. From the Butte area three, two from Butte and one from Philipsburg are named. Lowell Bruce Jackson and Harold H. Scilley died at Pearl Harbor, while Joseph Henry Marling is the Philipsburg casualty. Jackson born in Butte April 13 1915, enlisted December 10 1940 after WPA work.
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Montana
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Associated Press
Butte
Philipsburg
Lowell Bruce Jackson
Myrtle Jackson
Hugh Scilley
Scilley
Joliet
Schilley
Joseph Henry Marling
Hazel M. Flansburg
Jackson
Weather Forecast for Butte Tuesday Showers Likely
The forecast calls for occasional showers in Butte on Tuesday with a temperate day. Monday expected high near 45 and low around 32 degrees, with cooler conditions ahead.
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Butte
Butte Concert Campaign Opens for 1942 43 Memberships
A campaign to recruit members for the 1942 43 season of the Butte Community Concert Association opens today. Mrs. G. E. Mill will run the headquarters at the Butte Chamber of Commerce 62 West Broadway. A 50 member volunteer corps will seek renewals and new memberships in Butte with separate crews in Anaconda Deer Lodge and Dillon.
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Butte Community Concert Association
Ben
Butte Chamber of Commerce
West Broadway
G. E. Mill
Butte
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Dillon
Soldier’s Death Probed in Louisville Rooming House
Homicide squad investigators in Louisville began probing the death of Private William C Plansoen 20 Cornelius Oregon found on a downtown sidewalk near a rooming house with a fractured skull. Plansoen was stationed at Fort Knox. Footprints on the roof were the only possible clue found.
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Louisville
U.P
William C. Plansoen
Cornelius
Ore
Plansoen
Fort Knox
Sixteen Chamber Directors Re-elected by Butte Chamber
Sixteen members of the Butte Chamber of Commerce board were re-elected at the annual election closing Monday at 2 pm. The 16 holdovers will join new and continuing directors including Charles Amos J J Burke John Corette A J Davis Jr Tom Davis Pred Decker Louis Dretbelbis and others. The board will meet at the hotel next Friday noon for formation and election.
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Chamber of Commerce
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Roscoe L. Thomas
A. J. Lochrie
H. J. Fennimore
J. D. Newman
Charles Amos
O. R. Ashford
J. J. Burke
Kenneth Christie
John E. Corette
A. J. Davis
Tom J. Davis
Decker
J. H
Louis Dretbelbis
Martin Fleming
Charles H. Aenan
Harry A. Gallwey
Ben FP. Hardin
George A. Hill
H. H. James
A. J. Knievel
E. G. Leipheimer
Ray J. MacDonlad
Dan J. Mooney
Roy Murray
N. L. Richmond
J. H. Rowe
Ray L. Ruhle
John C. Ryan
Ray Schilling
George N. Short
J. R. Thom Francis A. Thomson
James W. Uncles
Youlden
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