Allied Forces Press Normandy Advance as Germans Put Up Fierce Defense
Allied forces push into La Haye du Puits and surrounding areas in Normandy with heavy artillery pounding resistance pockets. Canadian taps hold Carpiquet despite German counterattacks as tanks and infantry clash near Caen. In the Pacific, U S forces seize Kornasoren airfield on Noemfoor as MacArthur reports a two mile advance from Piefori village.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
la Haye du Puits
la Haye
Mont Castre Forest
Carpiquet
Caen
Vicker
Southwest Pacific
Noemfoor
Dutch New Guinea
Kornasoren
Royal Australian Air Force
Kamiri
Douglas MacArthur
Piefori
Komasoren
Allied forces report over 50 thousand German prisoners since D-day
Allied Supreme Headquarters says more than 50,090 German troops have fallen into Allied hands in France since D-day. The American First Army accounted for over 43,000 prisoners while the British Second Army held about 7,000.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
France
Hengyang Battle in Hunan Takes Heavy Toll on Japanese
Chinese high command says Hengyang defenders in Hunan have withstood ten days of heavy fighting, reporting over 6000 Japanese killed. P H Chang cites stiff Chinese resolve amid air and artillery support. American air force notes massive ammunition drops and fighter bomber sweeps over Hengyang fronts.
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Chungking
Hunan Province
Hengyang
P. H. Chang
Fourteenth Air Force
Congress to Resume After Labor Day Schedule
House Majority Whip Ramspeck said Congress will not resume major work until after Labor Day. Leaders plan to return August 1 and may adjourn again or take three day recesses unless an emergency arises.
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Congress
Washington
Bee
House
Ramspeck
Georgia
Atanta
Roosevelt Signs Pay Rise for Ex Infantry Aides
President Roosevelt signed a law boosting pay for ex infantry soldiers. Foot soldiers not in combat areas receive a $5 monthly increase while those in combat groups get $10, provided they meet War Department qualifications. Qualified personnel will also receive a special medal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Flying Bombs Wreck British Nursery Home
London reports German V1 and other bombs striking southern England in a deadly Friday barrage. A rural nursery home housing twenty six babies and twelve nurses suffered severe damage with five babies and three nurses missing while five babies and five staff were rescued.
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London
Hitler
England
Rescue Airmen From Grand Canyon After Nine Days
Nine days after parachuting into the Grand Canyon depths, three army airmen were rescued by two veteran climbers who descended the north rim. The group faced swollen river and sheer walls as three other rescue parties failed to reach them. The Flyers were Second Lieutenant Charlies Goldblum of Pittsburgh, Flight Officer Maurice J. Cruikshank Jr. of Lawrence and Corporal Roy W. Embanks of Kalispell. They underwent medical checks before an Army meal at the park entrance.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Mile Abyss
Colorado River
Great Gorge
Charlies Goldblum
Pittsburgh
Maurice J. Cruickshank Jr
Lawrence
Mass
Roy W. Embanks
Kalispell
Mont
The
National Park
Signs Legislation to Withdraw Citizenship
President Roosevelt signed a measure to strip citizenship from Japanese born in the United States who show loyalty to Japan. Attorney General Biddle said the plan targets 300 to 1,000 Japanese at Tule Lake relocation center who seek to renounce U S citizenship and be recognized as Japanese nationals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Biddle
Tulelake Relocation Center
Japan
United States
Congress
Dewey Unveils Campaign Strategy At World News Conference
Governor Thomas E. Dewey invites Republicans nationwide to join him in shaping the campaign and endorses the party platform as his own. He rejects cabinet speculation, defends foreign policy limits, and signals a broad inner-circle approach with state chairs and leaders while dodging talk of a third term.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Oew
John W. Bricker
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Pdabe
Tional
Dent Herbert Hofhere
Harrison 6
Herbert Brownell Jr
Dewey
World Court
Sweet Grass Fails to Reach Bond Quota in Two Days
Sweet Grass county faces a shortfall of about $19,000 of the $116,000 quota for war bonds E F and G as the three day drive ends July 8. Mrs. Janice Allman reported $18,031.64 in cash from Melville with three prospects, while one rancher and a lumber camp worker purchased sizable amounts. The Spokane land bank has allotted $8,000 to Sweet Grass, part of a $2,000,000 regional bond investment. Service members in Montana have bought $439,000 so far. Two days remain. WE MUST NOT FAIL.
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Sweet Grass County
Janice Allman
Melville
Federal Land Bank of Spo
Kane
Sweet Grass
M. B. Yates
South Central National Farm Loan Association
Land Bank
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
National Farm Loan Association
Office
Freshman Samuel Jackson to chair Democratic convention in Chicago
The Democratic National Committee named Samuel D. Jackson of Indiana as permanent chairman of the upcoming Chicago convention. At 49, he recently joined the Senate to fill the late Frederick Van Nuys’s term and will lead a new executive committee. Temporary Chairman Robert Kerr will also play a key role, with Roosevelt as probable presidential nominee.
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Sam Jackson
Indiana
Chicago
Washington
Samuel D. Jackson
Jackson
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Frederick van Nuys
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Thomas Walsh
Montana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Alban W. Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Dynamite Blast Shakes New England Area
A seven and a half ton dynamite explosion at a Bedford warehouse caused a massive blast that shattered windows within a 70 mile radius. Manchester reports over 25000 dollars in glass damage. The shock cracked walls in Nashua and drove residents from Fitchburg while Worcester also felt the concussion.
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Bedford
N. H
George E. McClintock
John B. Varreck Company
McClintock
Manchester
James F. O'Neil
Nashua
Fitchburg
Mass
Worchester
Point Values Restored for Canned Vegetables in Ration Program
The Office of Price Administration restored ration point values for No. 2 cans of peas and tomatoes at five points and asparagus at ten points. The move signals possible reintroduction of points for other ration-free vegetables. Changes through July 29 also reinstate brandied spiced and pickled fruits with standard point values and adjust sauces and vegetable juice values.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Wipes Out German Generation in France
An American staff officer reports five years of conflict have eliminated the cream of German youth, creating a missing generation of men aged 20 to 28 who form the backbone of any army. He notes more than 37,000 enemy troops have passed through prisoner cages since the Normandy invasion began 23 days ago.
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France
Germany
Normandy
Capitol Building Debt To Be Liquidated
Montana will retire the last 32224.75 in capitol bonds leaving the state debt free on its seat of government for the first time since 1897. State accountant William Hosking said funds were available a year but bond holders refused tax free bonds. The state will also retire 125000 in state hospital bonds.
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Helena
Montana
William Hosking
Services Held For Red Cross Chairman
Norman H. Davis, longtime American Red Cross chairman since 1938, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Hot Springs Virginia. A Tennessee native and former Cuban banker turned diplomat, he also served as ambassador at large and held posts under Wilson Hoover and Roosevelt, with earlier treasury and state department roles. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday in Alexandria Virginia.
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Alexandria
Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
Davis
Tennessee
Cuba
Hot Springs
Virginia
Red Cross
Woodrow Wilson
Hoover
Roosevelt
Wilson
the Treasury
Brownell Selected to Lead Dewey Campaign
Herbert Brownell Jr., a 40 year old New York lawyer, was unanimously elected chairman of the Republican National Committee to direct Governor Thomas E. Dewey's presidential campaign. He succeeds Harrison E. Spangler of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who becomes general counsel after resignations linked to prior chairmen. Brownell, longtime Dewey ally, hails from Peru Nebraska with degrees from the University of Nebraska and Yale Law School.
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Chicago
Herbert Brownell, Jr
New York
Republican National Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Brownell
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Spangler
Henry Fletcher
Dewey
Peru, Neb
University of Nebraska
Yale Law School
Nye Leads Opponent In North Dakota Race
In North Dakota Gerald P. Nye held a 456 vote lead over Lynn Stambaugh in the Republican U.S. Senate contest as 2,194 of 2,251 precincts reported. With 10,000 to 12,000 soldier ballots outstanding, total returns and the July 17 deadline loomed uncertain. Unofficial Friday totals had Nye at 38,140 to Stambaugh's 37,664.
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Bismarck
N.D
Gerald P. Nye
Lynn Stambaugh
Jereba
United States Senate
Nye
Stambaugh
President Roosevelts Sign War Department and Price Office Bills
President Roosevelt signed a group of appropriation bills including the 49,000,000,000 war department measure and a 179,000,000 deficiency for the Office of Price Administration. The total war department funding was raised to aid wartime costs since June.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Office of Price Administration
Cost of War Toll: U.S. Expenditures Reach Nearly 200 Billion
Treasury data show war outlays since July 1940 total about 199.94 billion with daily spending near 140.5 million. The year ending June 30 records 89.721 billion in war costs and 15.565 billion in interest, driving total expenditures to 93.744 billion. Receipts rose to 44.149 billion, yet a deficit of 49.595 billion left public debt at 202.625 trillion.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Wor Shipping Administration
Department of Agriculture
Kenneth Haugstad Air Group Cited for Exceptional Service
Staff Sergeant Kenneth L. Haugstad of Big Timber Montana serves with the Tiger Stripe Marauder group of the Ninth Air Force. The unit is cited for exceptional service over Europe receiving battle credit for the European air offensive and Haugstad is awarded the Bronze Star and European Theatre ribbon. He has been overseas a year with the Maurauders bombing France Holland and Belgium.
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U. S
Ninth Air Force
England
Kenneth L. Haugstad
Big Timber
Montana
Europe
Haugstad
France
Holland
Belgium
Five Die in Santa Fe Chief Train Wreck Near Flagstaff
Five persons were killed and 26 injured when the westbound Santa Fe Chief derailed 18 miles west of Flagstaff. Fireman John O. Edwards of Winslow was the only identified victim. four other dead were sleeping car passengers. The derailment followed the tender leaving the track on a down grade curve, dragging the engine and overturning the train.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Santa Fe
Here
John O. Edwards
Winslow
Court Dismisses Will James Case
Montana Supreme Court on stipulation dismissed a suit against the estate of Will James Billings cowboy author and illustrator by Lillian Blank his former secretary and housekeeper. Blank claimed $7990 and $3424.27 for services during James last illness and 1940 to 1942. She had won $3196 from Yellowstone County District Court on April 6 1943.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Will James
Billings
Lillian Blank
James
Yellowstone County District Court
Stimpson Arrives in Italy to Inspect Allied Front Installations
United States Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and nine accompanying officials landed in Italy at 4 05 p m Monday to inspect an Allied hospital and front line facilities amid wartime operations.
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Rome
United States
Henry L. Stimson
Italy
26 Japanese Vessels Sunk by Allied Subs
Washington reports 26 Japanese vessels destroyed by Allied submarines with 17 torpedoed by American subs including a light cruiser and a destroyer. British submarines add nine more sinkings, as Navy Secretary Forrestal notes undersea warfare progresses.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Japan
British Admiralty
London
Fewer Voters Registered for Montana 1940 Primary
Helena June 29 Registration for the July 18 primary is 203,767, about 50,000 fewer than the 1940 primary when 256,138 were registered. Declines appear across counties, with larger counties bearing the main losses, per Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell.
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Helena
Sam W. Mitchell
Japanese Planes Destroyed Reach Over Twelve Thousand
Washington reports that American airmen have destroyed more than 12 000 Japanese planes since the war began. Navy and Marine flyers have shot down 5 521 planes since the December 7 1941 attack on Hawaii, averaging more than one casualty every two hours.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Marine
Hawaii
Livingston Jaycees Ranch Hand Rodeo Winners Named
Livingston Enterprise reports the second annual ranch hand rodeo with champion bronc buster Bob Shelhamer of Clyde Park aboard Travertine Bar. Joe Hood Augusta Lionel Bunker Boulder Joe France Bozeman placed near top. France also won bareback titles both days. Others winning include Don Sturgeon Melville calf roping and Harold Grafton Wilsall cutting. Total prize pool around $1,200.
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Livingston
Bob Shelhamer
Clyde Park
Joe Hood
Augusta
Lional Bunker
Boulder
Joe France
Bozeman
France
Tim McHenry
Wilsall
Ray Taylor
Lionel Bunker
Don Sturgeon
Melville
Spike van Cleve
Bull Hicks
Wolf Creek
Dick Curtis
Bill Hicks
Edgar Brown
Russell Miller
George Strauser
Miller-Strauser
Harold Grafton
T. Davis
Walter Presley
Shirley Gustafson
T. Pinkerton
Jack McCormick
Donald Hoffman
Harold Shelhamer
Walter Meigs
Floyd Hicks
Lorin Brewer
Bob Strub
Allen Woosley
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China
Hengshan
Capitol Building
North Dakota
U.S
Kenneth Haugstad
Stimson
Livingston Jaycees
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