Butte and Anaconda Workers Plan National War Day Parade
Labor groups from Butte and Anaconda commit to a Tuesday parade and night program honoring war workers and air heroes Lt. Com. Edward H. O’Hare and Capt. Hewitt H. Wireless. Delegates foresee one of the city’s largest crowds and national newsreel coverage for the event.
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Building and Metal Trades Council of
Butte and
Anaconda
Butte
Edward H. O’hare
Hewitt H. Wireless
Butte High School
Butte Mihers’ Union
J. F. O’brien
America
J. J. Carrigan
Mines
Harry T Simms Listed Missing in Action
Harry T Simms 20, son of Mrs Anna Simms of 853 South Main street, is listed missing in action after the Corregidor surrender. He enlisted May 28, 1941, served as a radar operator in the Army Air Corps, trained at March Field California, and last wrote from Australia before going to the Philippines.
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Harry T. Simms
Anna Simms
South Main Street
Corregidor
War Department
Army Air Corps
March Field
California
Air Corps
Italian Submarine Surrenders to Brazilian Officers
A Italian submarine arrived at Port of Natal and surrendered to Brazilian authorities. Natal lies near Brazil's northeastern bulge, about 1,600 miles from Dakar in Vichy controlled French West Africa.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
Natal
Dakar
French West Africa
67 Graduate From Boys' Central High
Rev Norbert C Hoff delivered the principal address to the 1942 graduating class at Christian Brothers High School. He warned that expediency menaces freedom and urged graduates to work for a just world order and moral standards. Gifts and diplomas were presented by Rev M J Sheehan and Brother P W Reed.
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Norbert C. Hoff
Immaculate Conception
Carroll College
Helena
Christian Brothers’ High Ool
Hoff
Christian Brothers’ School
Joseph M. Gilmore
M. 8. Tuohy
M. J. Sheehan
St. Mary’s Parish
P. W. Reed
Francis H. Conklin
Thomas L. Doran
Bishop Gilmore
Jeremiah E. Smyth
Bausch & Lamb
Edward A. Crunch
Robert J. Pascoe
Camacho Address Broadcast From NBC on Thursday
President Avila Camacho will address the Mexican congress about declaring war on the Axis. The talk will be aired Thursday from 11 to 11 30 a m mountain war time on NBC Red with English interpolation. NBCs international division will offer the speech to Latin American stations with short wave rebroadcasts Thursday night.
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New York
Avila Camacho
NBC Red
Nbcs International
Dr Butler Warns of Sabotage Danger From Enemies
Missoula May 27 state veterinarian Dr W J Butler warned that disease introduction could cripple a nation by destroying its food supply. He cited a German army officer who said the country that develops the most virulent microbe and best vaccine will win.
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Dr. Butler
Missoula
W. J. Butler
Montana
Chinese Smash Second Major Japanese Assault Near Kinhwa
Chinese forces in Chekiang province repelled a major Japanese offensive against Kinhwa bombing and mines, with about 1 500 enemy killed and 1 300 wounded. The Chekiang tally reached at least 10 500 Japanese casualties in under two weeks as Chinese action widened to Lanchi and surrounding areas. American volunteers reported Japanese armored concentrations near Wanting guarding the Burma road, raising fears of a push toward Yunnan and Kumming. Allied air units blasted enemy positions on the Salween front, destroying trucks and silencing batteries amid ongoing battles with Japanese forces.
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Chungking
U.R
China
Chekiang
Kinhwa
Lanchi
Chiang Kai-shek
Burma
Yunnan
Burma-Yunnan
Salween
Kumming
Burma Road
Lunling
Tengyuem
AVG
Labor in War Industries to Be Frozen
War Manpower Commission orders a freezing of essential workers in critical war industries to their present jobs to stop labor pirating. The United States Employment Service becomes the sole hiring agency for critical skills, with effect as directives are drafted. The policy could affect hundreds of thousands or millions of workers and may be enforced through war contracts.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
Commission
Pean
United States Emsewage A
Weather forecast shows showers and cool spell
Occasional showers are expected Thursday with a continued cool spell. Wednesday’s maximum temperature is predicted around 37 with a high of 453 noted in the forecast.
Germans Launch Drive in Libya As Rommel Opens Offense
Axis forces push to flank Tobruk Ain El Gazala as British armor counters. British communiques report fierce night action around Bir Hacheim with tanks and anti tank fire clashing near the coast. RAF sorties strike at German air bases and supply routes amid evolving forward thrusts.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Ain el Gazala
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Imperial Command
GHQ
Bir Hachiem
el Gazala
Bir Hacheim
Royal Air Force
Tmimi
Martuba
Red Army
Kharkov
Moscow
United States
Graduation Exercises for 329 Students Planned
Graduation exercises for 329 pupils across 15 city elementary schools are set this afternoon to close the 1941 42 school year. Principals and teachers announced programs at Lincoln Blaine Longfellow Monroe Emerson Franklin Garfield Grant Greeley Harrison Hawthorne McKinley Sherman Webster and Whittier inviting parents and friends to attend.
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Lincoln
Blaine
Longfellow
Monroe
Emerson
Franklin
Garfield
Grant
Greeley
Harrison
Hawthorne McKinley
Sherman
Webster and Whittier
Allied Chiefs Confer on Attack Plans
London dispatch reports two U S Army command chiefs met British counterparts to discuss invasion and air assault plans for Europe. Somervell's arrival and Eisenhower presence signal coordination of ground and air actions with aims toward a continent invasion and joint campaigns against Japan and Axis forces in Africa.
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London
U.S. Army
Germany
Brehon B. Somervell
Qpete
U. S. Oe Service of Supply
India
Africa
Somervell
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Lesley J. McNair
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mark W. Clark
Army Ground Forces
John H. Towers
Naval Aeronautics
Leroy Lutes
Charles P. Gross
William C. Lee
George C. Marshall
London Times and B B C Correspondent Tours Butte
Alistair Cooke special correspondent for the London Times and BBC visited Butte during a U S tour. He noted freedom does not grow on bushes and spoke with Butte residents about the mining city’s industry and miners. Cooke, on his eighth U S trip, aims to interpret America for Britain and Australia.
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Twen
Alistair Cooke
London Times
British Broadcasting Corporation
Butte
Cooke
United States
Great Britain
Australia
Miners Donate Over Six Thousand To Hospital Fund
Employees of Mines in Butte, mainly miners, contributed $6,040.75 from 15 Anaconda company units to support the St James hospital improvement payroll, raising the drive total to $18,394.53. Mountain Con mine led with $1,469, Emma followed with $1,030 as ten units surpassed the $100 mark.
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Butte
Anaconda Company
St. James Hospital Improvement Project
Mountain Con Tops
James J. Brett
D. M. Kelly
General Drive
Mountain Con
House Rebuffs Conference Plan on Service Pay Increase
The House voted 332 to 31 to reject a Senate compromise and back a $50 monthly service pay, aiming for June 1 implementation if conferees and the President agree by Sunday. Debate echoed politics and patriotism as Rankin pressed to stick with the House figure, while the military committee favored $42. Current pay is $30 for privates and apprentices after four months, with $21 for new entrants.
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Washington
House
Senate House Committee
Senate
Rankin
D.-Miss
Coffee
D.-Neb
Lewis
D.-Cole
May
D.ky
Glider Pilot Training Expanded Across 27 Schools
The War Department announced a broad expansion of glider pilot training for the Army air forces. Starting June 1, large numbers of students will be instructed at 27 schools, with light plane training at 18 Civil Aeronautics schools in the Midwest and glider training at nine Army schools.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
War Department
Civil Aeronautics
Middle West
Army
Union drives citywide donations for hospital modernization
St James hospital officials said communications were sent to all unions urging contributions to modernize facilities. The Butte Miners' union will vote Tuesday night on a union treasury donation, with no assessments on individuals. Members are being contacted at mines, offices, and union HQs.
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St. James Hospital
Butte Miners’ Union
Miners Contribute to $300,000 Hospital Drive
A list of donations is released for a hospital modernization campaign raising three hundred thousand dollars. Mountain Con leads with 1469 dollars followed by Emma 1030 and Belmont 860.75, with gifts from Anselmo 745.25, Badger 634.75, Steward 344.25, Travonia 197, Leonard 186.75, St. Lawrence 171, Original 76.75, Original garage 70.75, Central Drill 53.50, Miscellaneous 26, and the Orphan Girl 20. These sums are in addition to contributions from executives officials and others.
Soviet Forces Consolidate Kharkov Gains
Soviet forces report progress on the Kharkov Barvenkova fronts with gains before Kharkov and defeats of Nazi attacks in Izyum Barvenkova. German losses include 4,500 killed and 1,400 in Izyum direction, plus 2,100 killed behind lines and eighty two planes destroyed.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Barvenkova
Red Army
Izyum-Barvenkova
Izyum
Izyum-Barvenkova Aera
Nikolai Zhuravlev
Izyum- Barvenkova
Propaganda in War Cited From Axis Claims
The piece argues Nazi and Tojo statements are largely home front propaganda using hyperbole. It notes German rumors of German discontent and questions Tojo's threats against India and Australia. It suggests Tokyo aimed to bolster morale and provoke Australia rather than force UN surrender.
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Ukraine
Tojo
Coral Sea
Australia
Germany
Japan
General Tojo
India
United Nations
Butte High Students Named to National Thespians Honor
Thirteen Butte High School students were chosen as National Thespians, an elite honorary dramatics group. Selected were Art Bigley Lorraine Gibson Marceen Hoops Bernice Denniff George Hardisty Frederick Martinsen Dolores Nance Peter Priain Ruth McDonald. David Holland received a gold B for extemporaneous speech and George Hardisty earned a jeweled B for the second time in the state declamation contest.
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Butte High School
National Thespians
National Honorary Dramatics Group
Art Bigley
Lorraine Gibson
Marceen Hoops
Bernice Denniff
George Hardisty
Frederick Martinsen
Dolores Nance
Peter Priain
Ruth McDonald
Lorraine the National Thespians
David Holland
Hardisty
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