Hess Mystery Clouds War News From Europe
The Hess flight sparks debate over Hitler loyalist motives while a British Axis sea clash in the eastern Mediterranean shows British power thwarting Axis torpedo planes. A Vatican censorship order on all outgoing telegraphs and letters is imposed to block leaks.
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Associated Press
Hess
London
Berlin
Duke of Hamilton
Europe
Hitler
Mediterranean
Larry Allen
Rome- Berlin
Britain
Allen
Taranto
Rome
Vatican City
Vatican
Axis Partners See U.S. Entering War Prospects Are Discussed at Conference
Rome reports a Axis conference within days focusing on possible U.S. involvement in the war. Virginio Gayda quotes debate in the Japanese Diet and asserts the United States plans to force Japan out of Asia if Axis powers fall in Europe. Fascist editors argue the U.S. coolly prepares for war and seek a super federation with Britain and other Anglo-Saxon nations.
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Rome
United States
Britain
Japan
Yosuke Matsuuka
Berlin
Axis
Russia
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale d'Italia
Matsuoka
Yosimiti Kuboy
China
Europe
Gayda
Germany
Italy
U. S
Lavoro Fascista
Wendell Willkie
Washington
British
England
Roosevelt
London
Turks Reassured by Nazi Envoy von Papen Visits Ankara
German Ambassador Baron Franz von Papen, returning from Berlin, told President Ismet Inonu that Turkey has nothing to fear from Germany. Von Papen met Inonu at the Çankaya residence after warnings Germany might use Syria via Turkish territory. British and Turkish officials held high level talks amid concerns over a German push toward Syria and the Suez canal.
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Ankara
Baron Franz von Papen
Berlin
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Germany
von Papen
Inonu
Chankaya
Syria
Britain
Hughe Knatchbull- Hugessen
Sukru Saracoglu
von Papan
Saracoglu
Rewfik Saydam
Yeni Sabah
Suez Canal
Mines Seniors Juniors to Start Annual Trips Next Week
About 100 Montana School of Mines students, half seniors half juniors, begin annual inspection trips to industrial plants. Seniors depart May 20 for the Pacific coast returning June 1, while about 50 juniors head May 24 for Montana and return June 2.
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Montana School of Mines
Pacific Coast
Montana
Z. &. Perry
Francis A. Thomson
S. R. B. Cooke
Star Mill
Hecla Mining Company
Kellogg
Idaho
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Company
Spokane
Arive
Seattle
School of Mines
Aeronautical Laboratories
University of Washington
American Smelting
Tacoma
Portland
Redding
Calif
Shasta Dam
San Francisco
Selby
Yuba
United States Mint
Treasure Island
Pan- American Airways
Grass Valley
Salt Lake City
Tooele Mill
Bingham Pit
Magna
United States Bureau of Mines Quarters, Laboratories
University of Utah Geology Museum
Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company
Senate Likely to Delay Convoy Vote
The Senate may postpone a vote on the convoy measure until after President Roosevelt's May 27 fireside chat. The plan would speed passage of a House approved bill authorizing the President to requisition 84 idle foreign vessels in U S waters. Senator Tobey floated an amendment to ban convoy use but signaled no immediate move.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
United States
Charles W. Tobey
R-N. H
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Great Britain
Highway Bid Openings Planned Across Montana
The Montana highway commission will open bids Friday for 13 road and bridge projects across the state. The list includes surfacing 11 miles of Helena Canyon Creek road, grading and bridges on Scobey-Opheim and Wisdom-Divide routes, paving on South Montana street in Butte, and repainting the Buckhouse bridge in Missoula. The estimated costs were not announced.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Howard W. Holmes
The
Highway Commission
Highway Patrol Board
Helena Canyon Creek
Avon-Helmville
Boulder-Cardwell
Wisdom-Divide
Kalispell-Libby
Big Horn River
Big Horn County
Montana Street
Butte
Little Blackfoot River
Grass Range
Malta
Buckhouse
Missoula
Navy flips heraldic eagles facing right on uniforms
The Navy announced new regulations requiring eagles on the front or rear of uniforms to face the right and eagles on sleeves or shoulders to face forward. The change corrects a long standing reverse orientation in officer insignia, explaining that heraldry now dictates the proper direction.
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Washington
Navy
Trade relations discussed in U S Soviet talks
The Soviet ambassador Constantine Oumansky asked Secretary Hull whether the United States still wants to trade with the Soviet Union. Hull reportedly gave no new concessions on export licenses for machine tools and defense materials, signaling limited Russian purchases amid lingering embargoes.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Hull
Constantine Oumansky
Oumansky
Sumner Wells
Moscow
Japan
German Warning to American Ships Widely Broadcast
Berlin reports on May 15 4 Germany issued a warning for American ships to avoid the Red sea or face destruction The warning was spread by press and radio with commentators saying danger will be shown to American war-mongers by Red sea and Atlantic developments The Wilhelmstrasse labeled the northern Red sea a war zone after Roosevelt opened the route to American shipping noting that harm in the region carries no basis for complaint
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Berlin
Germany
Red Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Wilhelmstrasse
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Collaboration Approved by the French in World War II Pact
In Vichy France on May 14 the government backed the Hitler Darlan talks, signaling a warning to the United States to stay out of the war. Diplomats view the approval as a fait accompli aimed at deterring U.S. involvement, with France potentially shifted to an unoccupied position as Berlin expands influence.
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Vichy
France
United States
Jean Darlan
Fuehrer
America
Petain
Paris Mondial
Havas
Gibraltar
Germany
Paris
Hitler
Darlan
Berchtesgaden
Highway Signs Placed at Railroad Crossings in Montana
Montana preparations to install reflector warning signs at 123 primary and 23 secondary railroad crossings begin under a 1941 act. Highway patrol enforces the stop rule with fines from 10 to 25 dollars. Signs will be set 500 feet from crossings. railroads must erect stop signs 25 feet from tracks.
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Helena
Montana
Howard W. Holmes
Montana Highway Patrol
Holmes
Highway Department
Hess’s Peace Flight Key Talks With British Officials
Rudolf Hess handed over information to Ivone Kirkpatrick and met the Duke of Hamilton after landing near Glasgow. He began planning the flight three months earlier and urged negotiations to end the war. Hess speaks of German distress and Britain’s intensified bombing, while under guard in a secret hospital.
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Rudolf Hess
London
U.P
Daily Mail
Ivone Kirkpatrick
British Foreign Office
Glasgow
Duke of Hamilton
Britain
Reich
Fuehrer
George VI
Hess
Germany
Authoritative
Press Association
Hess Declared Political Incompetent
Berlin reports on Rudolf Hess, labeled a political incompetent who flew to Britain under a Messiah complex. Nazi sources dispute treachery, claim no state secrets, and note his parachute landing near a Scottish estate while seeking the Duke of Hamilton.
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Berlin
Fuehrer
Rudolf Hess
Britain
Germany
England
House Rejects Economy Pleas in $177 Million Interior Bill
The House passed a $177,027,078 Interior Department appropriation bill after defeating a bid to cut roughly $21.5 million. The measure, fewers than the budget bureau recommended, includes $78.9 million for western reclamation projects and other budgets for Indian affairs, Park Service, coal division, Bonneville Power, Geological Survey, Mines Bureau, Fish and Wildlife, and territorial administration.
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Washington
House
Interior Department
Senate
Jones
Ohio
Rayburn
Budget Bureau
California Central Valley
Sun River
Montana
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Park Service
Bituminous Coal Division
Bonneville Power Administration
Geological Survey
Mines Bureau
Fish and Wild Life Service
Butte and Montana Weather Outlook With Light Showers
Partly cloudy conditions expected Thursday and Friday in Butte with light afternoon showers and warmer Friday. Montana forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered light showers Thursday and Friday and slightly warmer conditions on Friday.
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Butte
Montana
Churchill to address Hess flight in Commons statement
London reports Churchill will brief the House of Commons on Rudolf Hess's flight to Britain. Informed sources say he will note Hess's remarks and indicate the government’s view of their significance and impact.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Rudolf Hess
Britain
Hess
Churchill
Duke of Hamilton Reveals Hess Peace Flight Plans
The Duke of Hamilton claimed Hess sought to hand over information on Hitler’s rise to the Reich and Britain’s chance to topple Nazi tyranny. Hamilton said Hess disclosed long preparations for a so called peace flight from Augsburg to Scotland and that he passed valuable details to the British government.
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Hitler
Germany
Reich
Hess
Augsburg
Bavaria
Duke of Hamilton
the Daily Herald
Winston Churchill
Hamilton
R. A. FP
Scotland
Duke
Nazis Explain Hess Flight In Official Campaign
Berlin May 14 The Nazi party under Adolf Hitler moved to calm the population after Rudolf Hess fled to Scotland. The party pledged step by step reassurance reaching every district as it contends the shock will be met without panic and the press stopped reporting disturbing Hess related stories.
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Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Scotland
Rudolf Hess
Fuehrer
Hitler
Democrats to Attend Jackson Dinner in Helena
A large Butte delegation joins Democrats from all 56 Montana counties for the Jackson day dinner in Helena at the Shrine Consistory Temple starting at 7 pm. Hugh Adair will preside as toastmaster with Cal Rawlins of Salt Lake City as principal speaker. W. T. McCarthy leads the Silver Bow county group, attendance expected in the hundreds.
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Butte
Montana
Helena
Shrine
Hugh Adair
Cal Rawlins
Salt Lake City
W. T. McCarthy
Silver Bow County
Democratic Central Committee
Fire destroys Tolchester steamer in Baltimore blaze
A six alarm fire in Baltimore destroyed the Tolchester steamer tied at the Telchester Line pier just before midnight. The flames threatened adjacent piers of the Old Bay Line and Chesapeake Line in downtown Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Tolchester
Telchester Line
Old Bay Line
Chesapeake Line
Grace Moore to headline Butte Community Concert season
Grace Moore, renowned soprano from film radio and opera, will be the season headliner for the Butte Community Concert association next year. Three other artists will complete the program, with the drive for membership ongoing at Hotel Finlen and Chamber of Commerce offices.
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Grace Moore
Butte Community Concert Association
Miss Moore
Hotel Finlen
Chamber of Commerce
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By Kirke L. Simpson
U.S
Tondo
Manila
P. I
Corrigan
Uncle Sam
British Press Association
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