Naval Battle In Southwest Pacific Claimed By U S Navy
The U S Navy reports a great naval and air action in the southwest Pacific with American forces sinking eight Japanese ships and damaging four while losing only three planes. Submarines added three more Japanese ships as the Solomons clash unfolds.
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MacArthur
Melbourne
U.P
Southwest Pacific
Washington
Australia
United States
Solomon Islands
New Caledonia
New Hebrides Islands
U. S
Western Pacific
Solomons
United Nations
Java Sea
Japanese Race Up Burma Road to China
Japanese armies sweeping into China on the Burma road pressed forward with artillery and air support to break Chinese defenses near Chefang and Wanting. Analysts see a possible northeast push through Yunnan toward Chungking, with broader offensives from Shansi Henan and Hupeh fronts. Akyab is reported occupied and Paoshan bombed as a potential base foraircraft staging.
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Burma
China
Chungking
Free China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chefang
Wanting
Yunnan
Japan
Yuannan
Shansi
Henan
Hupeh
Chiang
Deliveries of Seven Spices Ordered Cut
War Production board imposed restrictions on deliveries of seven spices causing a 50 percent cut in retail sales. Effective Friday the rules affect white pepper allspice cinnamon cloves ginger nutmeg and mace and reflect uncertain future supplies. Black pepper deliveries remain at last year’s rate with a two year supply in the United States.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPS
51 to Receive School of Mines Degrees
In one of the most colorful ceremonies of the year fifty one Montana School of Mines students will receive degrees in commencement exercises Friday night. Governor Sam C. Ford and Chief Justice Howard ve Johnson are expected to attend and take prominent parts.
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Montana School of Mines
Sam C. Ford
Howard Ve Johnson
President Invites Residents to Attend Exercises
All citizens of Butte and Montana are invited to the 40th annual commencement of Montana School of Mines on Friday evening May 8 at Museum hall. General admission is free, with reserved seats for the graduating class, their families, faculty, and alumni. doors close at 8 o'clock, arrive by 7:45 p.m. signed Francis A. Thomson, President.
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Butte
Montana School of Mines
At & O
Museum Hall
Francis A. Thomson
Rites Planned in Library Museum Building
The annual exercises list graduates and the complete program was released by President Francis A. Thomson. The state Supreme Court chief justice will deliver the main address titled Looking Forward and receive a doctor of laws honorary degree from Governor Ford. Prof Lester James Hartzell will receive a doctor of science honorary degree.
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Francis A. Thomson
Supreme Court of
Ford
Lester James Hartzell
Butte Weather Forecast Cooler Friday With Showers
A forecast for Butte calls for cooler conditions Friday with scattered mountain showers. Thursday is expected to reach a high of 65 and a low of 28.
Junior Leagues to Carry On Greater War Effort Report
Delegates at the 22nd annual conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America in Kansas City adopt a program of greater war effort. More than 350 delegates from 154 leagues attend as speakers including Herbert Agar and Charles Taft address wartime outreach, bonds, health and recreation.
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Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc
Kansas City
Butte
Mining City
James T. Finlen, Jr
Harold Joesting
United States
Herbert Agar
Louisville Courier Journal
Dorothy Atkinson
Treasury Department
Charles Taft
President Taft
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
Charlotte Charpenning
Children’s Theater
British Take Possession of French Base at Madagascar
British troops and warships seized Diego Suarez harbor in Madagascar after two days of fighting and began negotiations for surrender terms. Churchill reported the brief occupation, noting losses around 1,000 British, and urged French readers to consider the episode as part of liberation from the German yoke.
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London
Madagascar
Diego Suarez
Churchill
Alsace-Lorraine
Armand Annet
Paris
Laval
Deliber
Drastic Changes in Income Tax Law Asked
Secretary Morgenthau proposed a drastic lowering of individual income tax exemptions to raise new tax proceeds. He urged reducing single exemption from 750 to 500, married exemption from 1500 to 1200, and dependent exemption from 400 to 300. The plan would add about 1.19 billion dollars in new taxes and affect roughly 9 million new filers and 23 million current filers.
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Washington
Congress
Morgenthau
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Selens
Doughton
D.-C
Roe Coperage Imac Et
British Lose Cruiser in Nazi Attacks
The British cruiser Edinburg, 106000 tons, was lost last week after German submarine surface and air attacks on Arctic convoys to Russia. Despite heavy assaults, Britain delivered about 90 percent of their cargo. One German destroyer was sunk and another damaged. three Nazi bombers were destroyed. Casualties aboard the Edinburg were reported.
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London
Edinburg
Arctic
Russia
Admiralty
Dentists Elect Officers at Todays Session
The Montana State Dental association opened at the Finlen hotel with about 200 dentists and guests. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected this afternoon, followed by a banquet at seven in the Treasure State room.
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Montana State Dental Association
Finlen Hotel
Treasure State
F.¥. Adams
Billings
Association
N. F. Gerrie
Helena
Direc
Search Started for Larry Weir
A wide search began Thursday for Lawrence Larry Weir 43 former sheriff of Silver Bow county after his mysterious disappearance April 20 his wife says The Butte police broadcast a disappearance report to Northwest law enforcement He last saw him at 9 AM April 20 when he left home to Helena with attorney J Frank Sullivan They returned by 2 15 PM He is believed to have left Sullivan's office and vanished driving the family car.
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Lawrence
Larry) Weir
Silver Bow County
Weir
Helena
J. Frank Sullivan
Butte
Sullivan
Country Club to Host 1942 Butte Golf Event
Butte Country club announces the spring inaugural golf day on Saturday with team dinner and social program. R D Corette, sports chair, released pairings and schedules as members compete under Daly and Thompson as team captains for the day.
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Butte Country Club
R. D. Corette
W. B. Daly
W. 8. Thompson
Mr. Daly
Soviets Drive Wedge Into German Lines
Moscow reports the Red Army launched its strongest attack in weeks to break the siege of Leningrad. A junction point cutting the northern and southern besieging forces was captured, a German detachment encircled, and several pillboxes taken as floods and reinforcements shaped the ground fighting. Air losses for Germany were heavy, with seven planes destroyed by a Soviet unit.
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Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Russia
Krasnogvardeisk
Red Star
Red Air Force
Report on Japanese Surrender Demand in Philippines War
War department stated an unofficial report claimed Japan demanded surrender of small American Filipino units in the Philippines as a condition to end attacks on Manila bay forts. It cited a Manila radio broadcast and noted about 11,500 men surrendered at the forts, totaling over 50,000 prisoners in the Philippines.
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Washington
Manila Bay
War Department
Department
Manila
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Philippines
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Rocky Mountain
Alan H. Means
San Luis Obispo
Calif
C. Bintz
Salt Lake City
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
G. B. McConnell
R. O. Kerr
Thomas N. McFarland
Mary Jane Littlefield
Robert Callaway
India
Berlin
Tokyo
Paletwa
Chittangong
Calcutta
Akyab
Paoshan
A. E. Adams
Montana Society of Engineers
School of Mines
Library Museum
Missouri
Hitler
Vichy
Girl Scout Leaders of
Mountain Area
Girl Scout Organization
Margaret Murray
Girl Scouts, Inc
Girl Scout
Miss Murray
Butte Girl Scouts
E. P. Dawes
Butte Girl Scout Leaders’ Association
Montana
Hugo Kenck
Finlen
C. C. Bintz
Thomas N. McParland
Idaho
Wyoming
Nevada
Utah
Girl Scouts
Larry Weir
Wainwright
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