Red Bombers Attack Rail Centers Across Ukraine Fronts
London reports Soviet air forces struck Bryansk Kremenchug and Dniepropetrovsk along the Dnieper with rail and ammunition dumps hit. One plane missing. The Moscow radio communique notes 370 German planes downed that week and Allied actions including silencing batteries and destroying trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Musel
London
U.P
Red Army
Bryansk
Kremenchug
Dniepropetrovsk
Dnieper River
Moscow
Radio
Kuban
Novorossisk
Montana Funeral Directors Meet One Day Convention
The Montana Funeral Directors association holds a one day meeting in Helena Monday with Maynard Weller of Chicago as keynote speaker. Sam White Jr. of Butte leads the group with sessions at Finlen hotel starting 10 a m. luncheon at noon and a banquet at 7 30 p m with L F Smith of Strain Brothers as speaker. Officers including C M Clayton and Ralph Conrad are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Weller
Chicago
National Funeral Directors’ Association
Montana Funeral Directors’ Association
Sam White, Jr
Butte
Finen Hotel
Barry O'Leary
H. M. Brundage
Dillon
State Association
White
Finlen
Weller
The
L. F. Smith
Strain Brothers
Mr. White
C. M. Clayton
Wolf Point
Ralph Conrad
Helena
London Reports Italy May Be Offered a Separate Peace
The London Sunday Dispatch reports that Roosevelt and Churchill may offer Italy a separate peace or face repercussions for Germany and Japan. A New York dispatch says a peace offer to Italy plus an ultimatum to surrender could be among early Washington outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Italy
U.P
London Sunday Dispatch
Roosevelt
Churchill
Germany
Japan
New York
Don Sdedon
America
United Nations
Weather Outlook: Warmer Monday with Scattered Showers
A slightly warmer Monday with widely scattered showers. Sunday’s high reaches 43 degrees and a low near 32 degrees.
Lewis defies WLB as 15 day miners strike looms
John L. Lewis rejected the War Labor Board order for direct negotiations with bituminous operators under WLB supervision. He argued the board lacks jurisdiction and said UMW committees would wait in New York for government agents or Ickes to negotiate, leaving the strike truce expiration Tuesday midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
New York
WLB
Solid Fuels
Harold L. Ickes
Lewis
Ickes
William H. Davis
Nazi Planes Raid London Twice
German bombers attacked London early Monday guided by a bomber moon. A heavy anti aircraft barrage fractured as planes struck the Thames area and a London locality suffered damage and casualties. Other aircraft hit a location in the home counties.
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London
Thames
American Losses Reported At 150 Men Daily
Col A Robert Ginsburgh of the War department said American losses exceed 150 men daily through dead wounded and captured while the enemy loses four times that many. He spoke at a C I O Retail Wholesale and Chain Store Food employes union conference in New York and warned the Mediterranean campaign is only the opening phase of Europe’s broader war with tougher battles ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. Robert Ginsburgh
War Department
Industrial Services Division
Union
Ginsburgh
Europe
Fifteen Japanese Planes Shot Down Near Kunming
American air headquarters at Kunming China reports a battle against a Japanese air raid. Fifteen Japanese planes were shot down and ten more probably destroyed from a fleet of sixty one. American losses included one grounded aircraft. No air field damage. some civilian casualties and minimal distant destruction of Chinese homes.
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Kunming
China
U.P
Japan
14Th Air Force
OPA eases supplemental food rules for restaurants
The Office of Price Administration announced new allowances for supplemental food to restaurants and institutions. Any establishment with over a 10 percent rise in business will qualify for extra allotments, down from prior requirements. Prisons and mental hospitals still require growth in fed persons, while dining cars and restaurants previously needed 20 percent increases in customers and revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Soldiers Guard Delegates at Food Conference Opening Tuesday
About 200 soldiers guard the Homestead hotel in Hot Springs Virginia where 43 nations will convene for the first United Nations food conference. Nineteen delegates and staff occupy 139 of the hotel’s 600 rooms as plenary sessions are planned with reporters barred from the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Homestead
United Nations
League of
Geneva
League
Allegheny Mountains
Navy Silent on Attu Battle Amid Pacific Front News
Washington notes confidence as American troops storm Attu last Tuesday while the Navy withholds details. On the Solomons, American torpedo planes and bombers damaged ships and bases in six raids, with light losses to U S installations and multiple air strikes against Kahill Ballale and Buin area ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Attu
North Pacific
Navy
Frank Knox
Jone
Tokyo
Solomons
Pacific
Guadalcanal
United States
Buin
Kahill
Ballale
Lull in Aerial War Spreads Across the Mediterranean
Allied headquarters report a lull in both air and ground combat across the Mediterranean between Tunisia and the next campaign phase. A Friday night assault on Palermo by British bombers sparked fires in docks and industry while Malta Intruder patrols targeted Mussolini's trains and stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Palermo
Sicily
Malta
Italy
Mussolini
Metaponto
Gulf of Taranto
Middle East
Aegean
Aegian Islands
Tornadoes Claim Boy's Life in Oklahoma and Kansas
Rescue workers cleared debris from storms that swept through northeastern Oklahoma and central Kansas on Saturday. One death was reported: Leroy Dill, three, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Dill of Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma, died Sunday in an Okmulgee hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unstea Press
Oklahoma
Kansas
Leroy Dill
H. J. Dill
Pumpkin Center
Okla
Okmulgee
Allies Hit at Europe in Pre Invasion Offensive
Allied high command reports describe air and ground actions across New Guinea and surrounding areas. Ten Japanese planes were shot down on the ground at Lae, with additional bombings at Vunakanau, Gasmata, Cape Gloucester, and Finschhafen. Kendari and Waria river actions are noted with minimal Allied losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Allied
Australia
Lae
Allied High Command
Cap Ward Hunt
New Guinea
Vunakanau
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
Bridge
Kumul
Madang
Finschhafen
Huon Gulf
Norwegian Airmen Declare Active War Effort
Norwegian pilots with Allied air forces report higher bomb tonnage against Germany than Germany dropped on Norway in 1940. Norwegian torpedo boats claim 25,000 tons of enemy shipping sunk. Norsk Timen reports 72 German planes shot down with 26 possibly destroyed and 85 damaged. Violence reported in France with killings linked to collaborationist movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Germany
Norway
Norsk Timend
France
Pierre Fitte
Jacques Doriot
French Popular Party
Poitiers
Rene Guerin
Bern
Antoine Delfosse
Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Belgium
Eden Delfosse
Anthony Eden
Britain
Roosevelt Hopes Allied Offensive in Asia With Chiang Kai-shek
President Roosevelt, in a message to General Chiang Kai-shek, expresses hope that Allied forces and Chinese troops will launch an offensive in Asia soon. The note replies to Chiang's congratulations on the Tunisian victory, per a Chungking dispatch reported by Reuters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
Asia
Reuters
Chungking
Chiang
Davies Arrives in Iran as Roosevelt Envoy
Joseph E. Davies former U S ambassador to Moscow lands in Teheran on his mission to Russia as Roosevelt’s personal representative. He will confer with Russian Ambassador Smirnov U S Minister Dreyfus Jr and Maj Gen Connolly and deliver a letter to Premier Stalin. He expects a brief stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Iran
Joseph E. Davies
U. S
Moscow
Russia
Roosevelt
Davies
Andreya Smirnov
U.S
Louis Dreyfus, Jr
Donald D. Connolly
Persian Gulf Service Command
Joseph Stalin
Hitler May Abandon Italy in Axis Split
London papers report Hitler preparing to abandon Italy to its fate with possible German withdrawal from Italy and defenses at Brenner Pass. Goebbels warns Italy to bear full responsibility for defending its mainland as the Axis partner faces drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hitler
Italy
Daily Mail
Germany
Brenner Pass
Mussolini
Rommel
Africa
Daily Herald
Europe
Goebbels
Black market potatoes rife under OPA noses in Washington
The Washington Post reports a massive underground potato trade operating in plain sight, ignoring price ceilings and rationing while OPA enforcement officials look on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Washington Post
OPA
Activians Elect New Officers in Wartime District Meeting
Bennett MacIntyre of Anaconda was named governor of District No. 5, Active International, at a Sunday session in the Finlen hotel. He succeeds himself. a new lieutenant governor, Robert E. Dussault of Butte, was elected. Mainard Larsen explained streamlining international conferences as clubs discussed The Alaskan Frontier wartime project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett MacIntyre
Anaconda
Active International
Finlen Hotel
Montana
Mr. MacIntyre
Activians
Butte
Robert E. Dussault
Mainard Larsen
Missoula
Alaska
MacIntyre
Butte Country Club
District No. 5
Helena
E. G. Leipheimer
Montana Standard
Axis commander in chief von Arnim arrives in Britain
May 16 report states Col Gen Jorge von Arnim the former German commander in chief of Axis forces in Tunisia arrived in Britain by plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Jorge von Arnim
Tunisia
I Am an American Day Observed in Butte
Citizens gather at the American Legion hall for a program observing I Am an American Day sponsored by the A. G. T. club of Silver Bow post. Lt. Gray P. Minor reviews the Bill of Rights and discusses patriotism and citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Legion
American Legion Hall
A. G. T. Club
Silver Bow Post
American Legion
Frank L. Harrington
Gray P. Minor
Marine Recruiting Center
Roosevelt
British RAF Raids Berlin and Western Europe in Night Bombing
British Mosquito bombers hit Berlin and other targets while Allied fighters, including American Thunderbolts, attacked Atlantic wall positions and rail hubs in western Germany, France, Holland and Belgium. RAF bombers struck Caen and Moreliaix, and Typhoons targeted Eu railway yards. One Thunderbolt failed to return. two enemy planes shot down in separate sweeps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hawkins
London
Berlin
Hitler
United States Army Air Force
U.S
Associated Press
France
Air Ministry
Germany
Holland
Belgium
Italian King Victor Emmanuel May Abdicate to Humbert
Reports circulated that King Victor Emmanuel of Italy would abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Humbert. Radio dispatches claimed abdication had occurred or would soon occur, with officials like Count Dino Grandi and Marshal Pietro Badoglio to run Italian affairs. No confirmation came from major sources, while Mussolini’s unpopularity and potential cabinet resignations were noted amid Allied invasion threats.
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London
U.P
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Prince Humbert
Morocco
Bern
Dino Grandi
Pietro Badoglio
Algiers
Benito Mussolini
Humbert
CBS
Dakar
Il Duce
Gerran
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Radio
Victor
Muscsolini
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