Silver Bow County Tops War Bond Goal by Big Margin
Silver Bow county is $232,677 over its Second War Loan goal with two days remaining to tabulate. A Helena Federal Reserve bank statement Monday night shows the county at $2,872,677.50, exceeding the $2,640,000 target. Montana’s statewide total stands at $23,874,272.75, 3012 percent over the $18,300,000 quota. The drive ran April 12 through April 30, with Silver Bow hitting its quota two days before the end.
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Silver Bow County
Federal Reserve Bank
Helena
Montana
Five killed as bomber crashes near Sprague Washington
PORTLAND Ore May 9 Five crew members of a medium bomber were killed shortly after noon Monday when their plane crashed near Sprague Washington.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Sprague
Wash
Exemption Plans in 48 Hour Week Are Being Drafted
War Man Power Chief Paul V. McNutt announced that the War Manpower Commission is drafting exemptions under the 48 hour week in the steel industry. The plan follows reports that Executive WMC Director Lawrence A. Appley was pushing exemptions that could weaken the original order amid resignations of two top officials and industry concerns over universal application.
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Washington
U.P
Paul V. McNutt
WMC
Lawrence A. Appley
Nazi leaders to defend Italy reported traveling to Rome
A Moscow broadcast cited by the Soviet monitor claims Field Marshal Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler are en route to Rome to take over Italy's defense. The report ties to Italy's wartime situation as World War II raged.
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London
Moscow
Hermann Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Secret Police
Rome
Italy
Russia girds for decisive spring attack on axis
London says Russia declares martial law for marine and river transport and continues a heavy air offensive against German rail targets. Moscow reports raids on Bryansk junction and curves of Kharkov Moscow line, with 43 German planes shot down and four Russian pilots downed.
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London
Russia
Kuban
Mikahil I. Kalinin
Moscow Radio
Kharkov - Belgorod
Orel
Glazomovka
Orel-Mtensk
Kharkov-Moscow
Lozovaya - Kramatorsk
Donets Basin
Vitebsk- Novosokolniki
Leningrad-Kiev
Red Army
Caucasus Army
Novorossisk
Rostov-Bataisk
Rostov
Caucasus
Rommel Leaves Africa Due to Ill Health
German officers say Col. Gen. Jorgen von Arnim remains in Africa in command of Axis forces, while Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has been ill in Germany for at least two months and left Africa. Borowietz places Rommel’s illness time frame accurately as two months. Von Arnim is reportedly somewhere in Tunisia and still supervising operations.
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Tunisia
Jorgen von Arnim
Africa
Erwin Rommel
von Arnim
Willibald Borowietz
Rommel
Germany
Europe
Africa Corps
Weather forecast: cold with snow and showers
Continued cold with snow on Tuesday, then snow showers in the afternoon. Monday highs near 42 degrees with a low around 26.
Aircraft Industry Making Progress
ST. LOUIS May 10. Lieutenant General William S. Knudsen director of production for the War department said the aircraft industry has made encouraging progress with morale good and absenteeism decreasing. He noted absenteeism is a winter phenomenon and begins to decline in spring. He added that a busy shop is the best morale builder.
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ST. Louis
William 8. Knudsen
War Department
Knudsen
Allied Planes Pound Babo in New Guinea Raid
Allied medium bombers pounded Babo on Sunday causing widespread destruction. Three grounded enemy planes were destroyed, fires visible for 80 miles, and hits scored on the oil tanks waterfront. Catalina flying boats backed the raid, with Beaufighters, Liberators, and Spitfires engaging targets at Aroe and Tanimbar islands and Millingimbi.
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MacArthur
Australia
Babo
Catalina
Dutch New Guinea
Aroe Islands
Tanimbar Island
Millingimbi
Darwin
Talasea
Cape Gloucester
Finschhafen
Lae
Labu Lagoon
Milne Bay
FBI chief says woman confessed to writing threats to Hershey
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced that Mrs. Carl Horlacher of Nanticoke Pennsylvania confessed to writing a series of threatening letters to Maj. Gen. Lewis B Hershey national selective service director. She also threatened War Manpower Commissioner Paul V McNutt Secretary of War Henry L Stimson and Rep. Paul J Kilday.
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Washington
U.P
FBI
J. Edgar J. Hoover
Carl Horlacher
Nanticoke
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Hoover
Paul V. McNutt
Henry L. Stimson
Paul J. Kilday
Texas
War Production Board Prohibits Certain Fashion Hosiery
Washington May 10 The War Production Board barred the manufacture of full fashion rayon hosiery using very fine cotton yarns. The order aims to remove hosiery that has not proven serviceable or durable.
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Washington
War Production Board
Yank Fighting Ability Shocks Nazis
In Bern on May 10 a Berlin dispatch reported Germans at home stunned by Allied North Africa successes and surprised by American fighting power. Neutral papers praised Allied leadership and discussed resistance in occupied France as Eisenhower’s victory opened a springboard to Europe. The piece notes German propaganda kept hopes alive and warns of greater Axis impact after Tunis and Bizerte losses.
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Bern
Switzerland
North
Africa
Berlin
France
Europe
Bern der Bund
der Bund
Gazette de Lausanne
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Tribune de Geneve
Tunis
Bizerte
Stalingrad
Civilian Supply Bill Passes in Senate Heads to House
The Senate voted 44 to 29 to approve a bill creating an independent civilian supply office with authority to manage home front needs and allocate critical materials. It would grant civilians a voice in allocations, a setback for War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson who opposed the measure and had set up a civilian requirements office within the WPB.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Arthur Whiteside
Sheriff McLeod Named Co-ordinator of Forest Fire Fighters Unit
Sheriff Al McLeod was named co ordinator of the Forest Fire Fighters service for urban Butte by W J Derrick state coordinator of the F F F S The appointment was approved unanimously by local agencies and McLeod will work with J N Templer Deer Lodge National Forest Eugene Savage OCD county commander the Butte fire department and suburban volunteers Civilian defense leaders will aid in recruiting volunteers in Butte The F F F S aims to cut fire numbers which totaled 2074 in 1940 and have declined since
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al McLeod Monday
Office of Civilian Defense
Butte
W. J. Derrick
Billings
McLeod
J. N. Templer
Deer Lodge National Forest
Eugene Savage
OCD
Butte Fire Department
Plane Crashes Into Marine Hut Area at San Diego Base
An airplane crashed into the recruit hut area of the U S Marine Corps base in San Diego on Monday and caught fire. Navy officials confirmed the crash on the military reservation. Rescue crews pulled men from the structures as a seven aboard crew was believed aboard the craft with casualties not yet announced.
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San Diego
Calif
U. S. Marine Corps
Navy
Marine Public Relations Office
Tax Bill Will Boost Revenue and Abate Taxes
Senate Finance Committee leaders say the proposed tax bill would raise at least 1.8 billion dollars in new revenue and abate taxes for more citizens than the House measure. A 20 percent withholding on wages would fund pay-as-you-go tax collection, with windfall provisions boosting Treasury receipts beyond current law.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
Senate
Congressional
Michigan
George
D.-Ga
Peninsular Siege Deepens as Axis Farms Fight to Escape
Allied forces battle to seal the Cap Bon neck on the Tunisian peninsula as 80,000 Axis troops on land sea and air try to break out toward Sicily. German efforts to delay collapse include pillbox fighting and fuelless sorties while British and French units close the net from Hamman Lif to Pont Du Fahs amid mounting surrender talks and renewed mountain defense in the Massif.
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Cap Bon
Sicily
Africa
Mediterranean
London
New York
CBS
Algiers
Bizerte
Hamman Lif
Gulf of Tunis
Zaghouan
Enfidaville
Bell of Mankind United Sentenced for Sedition
Arthur L. Bell of San Francisco known as The Voice and five other members of Mankind United were sentenced to five years in federal penitentiary on sedition charges in Los Angeles on May 10.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Arthur L. Bell
San Francisco
Mankind United
the Voice
Monday
Meeting Tonight For About 100 Tire and Gas Dealers
About 100 tire and gasoline retailers from Butte will meet at 8 o'clock tonight in Judge Lynch's courtroom to hear rationing regulation explanations and enforcement details. Officials from multiple agencies will direct discussion, answer questions, and outline directives for tire and gas businesses. The Silver Bow County rationing board and union committees are also invited to attend for about a 90 minute session.
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Butte Tire
Wv. J. Lynch
E. W. Johns
Ing
Herbert Rapp
Montana Petroleum
E. G. Leipheimer, Jr
E. R. Smith
Office of Price Administration Legal Department
Silver Bow County Rationing Board
L. S. Waite
Teamsters
Clerks’ Unions
Butte Chamber of Commerce elects new board directors
With a 20 percent heavier vote than last year the Butte Chamber of Commerce announced Monday night the results of its annual board election. Arthur Lochrie, the ballot chair, said the new directors will meet May 17 to set plans for officer elections. Newly elected directors include Charles Amos O R Ashford J J Burke Fred Decker T L Doran Louis Dreibelbis Martin Fleming C H Gallagher George A Hill E G Leipheimer R J MacDonald Roy Murray J D Newman James H Rowe E L Samsel F J Sten Daniel True and C S Youlden Hold over directors are Kenneth Christie J E Corette A J Davis T J Davis J H Dickey Jr Dr H H James A J Knievel Dan J Mooney N L Richmond Ray Ruhle George N Short J R Thomas Dr F A Thomson and J W Uncles. Leading the balloting committee were J D Newman R L Thomas and H J Fennimore.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Lochrie
Charles Amos
O. R. Ashford
J. J. Burke
Fred Decker
T. L. Doran
Louis Dreibelbis
Martin Fleming
C. H. Gallagher
A. J. Knievel
Dan J. Mooney
N. L. Richmond
Ray Ruhle
George N. Short
J. R. Thomas
F. A. Thomson
J. W. Uncles
Mr. Lochrie
J. D. Newman
R. L. Thomas
H. J. Fennimore
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Associated Press
United States Signal Corps
First Army
United States
T. V. Soong
Roosevelt
Great Bryansk
Radio Moscow
Bryansk
Sheriff McLeod
Derrick
Peninsula
North Africa
Eighth Army
Pont du Fahs
Djebel Oust
Depienne-Tunis
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