Americans Repulse Japs in Great Southwest Pacific Naval Battle
Allied warships crushed a Japanese invasion armada off northeastern Australia after a six day battle. The Communique reported 11 Japanese ships sunk and several damaged with no confirmed Allied losses. This decisive sea fight may determine Australia’s fate as MacArthur’s forces press on.
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United States
Australia
General MacArthur
Coral Sea
MacArthur
Washington
Reuters
Jutland
Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
Girl Scout Area Conference Winds Down With Banquet
A three day Girl Scout regional conference drawing 200 plus leaders from Montana Idaho Wyoming Utah and Nevada ends tonight with a banquet at the Finlen hotel. National president Mrs Alan H Means will address the gathering with national honorary VP Mrs Herbert Hoover also speaking.
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Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
Rocky Mountain
Girl Scouts of America
Finlen Hotel
Alan H. Means
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Means
Herbert Hoover
Juliette Low
American Girl Scout Program
Butte Girl Scout Council
Hoover
Mrs Herbert Hoover Praises Community Concert Mission
Mrs Herbert Hoover honorary vice president of the Girl Scouts of America, visiting Butte for a regional conference, voiced support for community concerts as a morale booster. She cited her Palo Alto experiences and noted confidence in such associations’ value to welfare.
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Herbert Hoover
Girl Scouts of America
Hoover
Butte
Palo Alto
School of Mines Sends 51 Into World at War
At Montana's School of Mines 51 graduates leave classrooms for wartime duty as Chief Justice Howard A. Johnson, Gov. Sam C. Ford and mining leaders witness the ceremony in a new auditorium. Johnson urges enlistment for national defense and eventual return to peaceful life.
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Montana School of Mines
Donald LaVelle
Arman Frederickson
John E. Blixt
Lester J. Hartzell
Justice Howard Johnson
A. E. Adams
Joseph Fowells
William Tretheway
Wilfred Fitzgerald
John Facincani
John Worsdell
Wilbur Guay
James Egan
John Stentz
James King
Frank Carr
James Piquette
Lynn Wilson
Dan Winans
William Slosson
Ray Kujawa
Robert Frazer
Carolle Ward
Frank Randall
Elliott Coldwater
Elmer Polson
George Dunn
Paul Ripley
Emery Turner
John White
Donald Berg
William Maguire
Robert Moreen
William Opie
Walter Campbell
Albert Campbell
Ben Alexander
Millard Reyner
Ben Mills
Wright Harris
Edwin Bride
Edmund Fern
Howard Anderson
Jack Fitzgerald
John Fitzpatrick
William Harkins
William Boam
Edward Zecula
Robert Larson
Robert Holliday
James McMahon
Fred Lines
School of Mines
Chief Justice Johnson
Axis
Supreme Court
Howard A. Johnson
America
Sam C. Ford
Forsyth Man Elected President Of Montana Dental Association
Dr. H. 8. Degnafijof Forsyth was elected president of the Montana State Dental association at the closing session of the 39th annual convention. Officers include Dr. J. A. Herzog of Butte as president elect and Dr. T. T. Ryder of Missoula as secretary treasurer. Retiring president is Dr. F. W. Adams of Billings. Highlights feature talks on dentistry, acrylics, denture repair, and a Montana unit of the American Society of Dentistry for Children.
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Degnafijof Forsyth
Montana State Dental Association
Degnan
J. A. Herzog
Butte
T. T. Ryder
Missoula
B. T. Asbury
Warm Springs
R. C. Hall
Great Falls
F. W. Adams
Billings
Montana
F. E. Laing
Yellowstone Dental Society
L. S. Bugbee
Kalispell
F. G. Dratz
W. W. Cloyd
Livingston
T. B. Asbury
Anaconda
Vincents
R. Leach
Malta
American Society of Dentistry
Montanatal Association
J. A. Wright
Havre
Frank Bell
H. 8. Degnan
Forsyth
Eden Appeals to Germans to Overthrow Hitler
In Edinburgh on May 8 Anthony Eden urged the German people to topple the Hitler regime and warned that longer support increases their direct responsibility for global damage. He said a return to a law abiding state requires active steps to rid themselves of the present regime.
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Edinburgh
Hitler
Labor Situation Tied to Beet Pile Shortage in Montana
Montana beet growers face an acute labor shortage hindering the 1942 sugar program. Kruse reports only 175,857 acres planted so far of the 86,000 targeted, with 11,363 acres unseeded due to scarce workers. Schools and white collar workers are being asked to help to meet production goals.
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Helena
Montana
Albert H. Kruse
Kruse
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Butte to Get New Mn manganese purchasing station
The War Production Board approved establishing a manganese purchasing station near Butte to buy and stockpile manganese. Carl J. Trauerman of the Mining Association of Montana says the move has long been advocated by Montana mining men. He also noted a desire for a chrome ore office.
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War Production Board
Washington, D. C
Butte
United Press
Carl J. Trauerman
Mining Association of Montana
Montana
Cnt
Associa
Murmansk Under Heavy Nazi Finnish Air Assault
Pravda reports a sustained air offensive on Murmansk by German and Finnish planes aiming to sever Soviet Arctic supply routes. Soviet flyers, aided by US and British planes, claim 64 enemy planes shot down over Murmansk with raids also hitting Finland and Norway railways and bridges.
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Moscow
U.S
Murmansk
Arctic
Pravda
United States
Britain
Finland
Norway
Montana Firemen Set 1942 Convention Dates in Local City
President James Osborn of Glendive announced the Montana State Firemen association will hold its 1942 convention July 23 24 and 25 in this city with events lined up for members and visitors.
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Hamilton
Montana State Firemen’s Association
James Osborn
Glendive
Wallace Forecasts Axis Strike From Alaska to Latin America
President Wallace warned in New York that the Axis plans a major attack this summer, including a Japanese strike on Alaska and the Northwest coast and a German uprising in Latin America aided by governments at peace with the United States. He said the plan would involve a fifth column network and urged vigilance as production strengthens Allied resolve.
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Alaska
New York
Wallace
United State
Latin-America
Free World Association
United States
Latin America
Hitler
Japan
Dakar
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