Fall Cherbourg Expected Today Battle With German Fleet in Pacific
Allied forces pressed Cherbourg toward a fall as German rear guards withdrew to defend Cape de la Hague. An ultimatum broadcast to surrender by 9 am British time was issued. In Berlin, 1,000 US bombers hit the city in the war's largest raid, with substantial losses. Nimitz announced a major Pacific invasion fleet moving toward the Philippines and Marianas. Rembert James reported hundreds of ships and thousands of troops poised for action.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
Cherbourg
Cape de la Hague
Normandy
London Daily Sketch
United States
Ender Berlin
Philippines
Marianas Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Rembert James
Associated Press
United States Carrier Action Report From Pearl Harbor
United States Pacific Headquarters at Pearl Harbor reports carrier movements on June 21 as part of ongoing naval operations in the Pacific theater. Details remain limited in the brief filed from headquarters.
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United States Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Loss of Submarine Grayback Announced
The Navy announced the loss of submarine Grayback presumed lost in the Pacific. The 1457 ton sub carried about 65 crew and was commanded by Commander John Anderson Moore listed as missing in action. Moore's wife Mrs Virginia S Moore resides in Memphis Tennessee.
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Washington
Far Pacific
Navy
John Anderson Moore
Moore
Virginia S. Moore
Memphis
Tenn
Atlantic Ocean
Four B 29 Bombers Lost on Japan Raid
Washington reports four B 29s lost in yesterday's raid on Yawata. Two crashed in accidents, one was lost over the target, and a fourth remains missing. The target was the Imperial iron and steel works at Yawata, Kyushu.
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Washington
America
Yawata
Pittsburgh
20Th Bomber Command
20Th Air Force Communique No. 2
Imperial Iron and Steel Works
Japan
Kyushu
Black Market Prices In Rome Rise Again
Allied officials limit relief food for civilians in Rome triggering a surge in black market prices. Thirty truckloads arrived at the Vatican from Anzio, with two Spanish ships docking to supply the papal state. Part of the shipment will reach Rome’s poor.
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Rome
Fifth
Vatican
Anzio
Papal State
Rev N A Eller Dies in Burbank
Rev. N A Eller died in Burbank California where he had recently become superintendent of the Pacific Evangelical Home for Old People. A daughter Carolyn Eller Waldbillig writes that he fell from a second floor while cleaning windows and suffered a fractured hip and internal injuries. He was hospitalized in critical condition and delirious for much of the time. The church he led built in 1925 during his tenure. local members may contribute at the morning service next Sunday.
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H. S. Tool
N. A. Eller
Burbank
Calif
Pacific Evangelical Home For
Eller
Carolyn Eller Waldbillig
Tool
Mrs Herbert Wick Drowns in Oklahoma
Mrs Herbert Wick died by drowning June 5 near Luther Oklahoma during a family swim on their father s farm. Her sister and a niece aged about 12 also drowned while the niece cramp dragged the sister under. Herbert Wick stationed at Cherry Point North Carolina returned after the burials.
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James H. Wick
Herbert Wick
Luther
Okla
Wick
Herbert
Cherry Point
N. C
Governor seeks 30 day delay in railroad abandonment hearing
Governor Ford and Paul T. Smith of the Montana railroad and public service commission asked for a 30 day postponement of an interstate commerce commission hearing on the abandonment of the White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park railway. The hearing was set for June 27. Ford said more time is needed to prepare arguments against the abandonment.
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Helena
Ford
Paul T. Smith
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
White Sulphur Springs
Yellowstone Park
U S Soldiers Told to Respect Jap Women on Saipan
Delayed dispatch notes American forces invading Saipan were ordered to wipe out Japanese troops but to respect Japanese women and children. Soldiers were told there would be no reprisals as the Japanese had harmed Chinese.
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U. S
United States
Saipan
Five Million American Soldiers Set for Overseas Duty
Lieutenant General Joseph T. McNarney testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee that the United States will field an overseas fighting force of five million by year’s end and that the movement will stay vigorous through 1945. He said the war can end only with the minimum time and casualties, praised the Army’s size and readiness, and noted efforts to keep draftees out of overseas infantry until age 19. He could not predict when Europe would be liberated or the Pacific victory, but asserted confidence in final victory.
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Washington
Joseph T. McNarney
McNarney
Senate
War Department
Europe
Pacific
United States
Army
Montana Taxpayers Face Heavy Load for New Fiscal Year
Helena report notes Montana taxpayers will shoulder $85,000,060 in taxes starting July 1 with federal taxes at $50 million and war bond quotas near $150 million. Budgets by city, county, schools total about $32 million with $22.5 million from property taxes, plus $15 million in state expenditures.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Taxpayer
Montana Taxeste Association
Tuesay
War Bond Agency
United States Treasury
Died Suddenly in Fargo W J Knapp Buried Here
William J. Knapp 77 died in Fargo North Dakota after a heart attack. His body was brought to Livingston for burial at Mountain View beside his wife. The funeral was conducted at the Lutheran church with Rev. Axel Anderson officiating and Masonic rites. Pallbearers included Charles C Nicholson and others. He lived in several states, including Minnesota and Washington, and worked as a railway engineer and later ran a tire shop and garage with his son-in-law Karl Bryan. He leaves two children Orville Knapp and Lilyan Bryan, plus grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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William J. Knapp
Lillian Mangold
Fargo
N. D
Clair Knapp
Then
Axel Anderson
E. O. Overland
Charles C. Nicholson
C. W. Haas
C. E. Davis
Devils Lake
Glasgow
Livingston
Burris Ranch
West Boul
Goodland
Kans
Orville Knapp
Land
Karl Bryan
San Pedro
Calif
Lisbon
Dana Knapp
Scobey
Mont
E. B. Knapp
German Robot Planes Hit Southern England At Night
Germany dispatched explosive robot planes across the English Channel as weather limited Allied air activity. The attacks caused several deaths and many injuries, including a direct hit on a nurses' home at a hospital. Rescuers feared missing people, and a shop wreck trapped four in a cellar for six hours amid fires.
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London
Germany
English Channel
England
Miller Named Prohibition Party Governor Candidate
Charles R. Miller of Hamilton was chosen as the Prohibition party candidate for governor at the Montana state convention in Great Falls. Delegates from five counties attended, and Vernon Lewis of Fort Benton was nominated for lieutenant governor. Presidential electors named include Rev. Edwin Dover Polson Rev. Bruce Mills Great Falls Mrs. Cora Marsh Preston and Mrs. Carolyn Byrd Billings.
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Great Falls
Charles R. Miller
Hamilton
Prohibition Party
Montana
Chouteau, Hill, Ravalli
Toole
Cascade
Vernon Lewis
Fort Benton
Edwin Dover
Polson
Bruce Mills
Cora Marsh
Preston
Carolyn Byrd
Billings
Game Commission Fur Auction Nets $21,565 Auction in Montana
Helena June 17 Montan a fur dealers paid 21 565 65 dollars for several hundred furs at an auction run by the state fish and game department Dr J S McFarland warden said about 750 beaver pelts brought 20 017 dollars and 422 muskrat skins plus smaller numbers of otter marten fox and mink pelts were sold
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Helena
Montana
Montana Fishing Game Department
J. S. McFarland
Montgomery Visits Normandy Front With Allied Leaders
Supreme Headquarters announced that June 16 General Dwight D Eisenhower and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder met with General Bernard Montgomery on the eastern sectors of the Normandy beachhead while Montgomery led ground forces in the invasion.
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Montgomery
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Tedder
Bernard L. Montgomery
Normandy
Stable Hand among 32 Horses Dead in Fire at Michigan Fair
A three alarm fire at the Michigan state fair grounds destroyed two barns and 32 race horses. A 56 year old stable hand named David Scott, residing at the track, was burned to death likely while asleep in his quarters as the blaze began.
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Detroit
Michigan State Fair Grounds
David Scott
Scott
Wallace Arrives in Chinese Capital to Urge Closer Ties
Vice President Wallace arrived in Chungking as Franklin D Roosevelt's personal rep and urged stronger Sino Siberian relations. He cited Dr. Hu Shih's remark that the Siberia China boundary should resemble the US Canada frontier, a joint rather than separating border.
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Chungking
Wallace
China
Frident
Roosevelt
Siberia
Hu Shih
United States
Canada
Germans Imprisoned On Historic Elba
Rome dispatch reports French colonial troops stack arms on Elba and guard about 1,900 German prisoners. Allied forces slog through a 30 hour downpour on the Italian mainland, pressing toward the Pisa Florence Rimini defense line and pushing the Nazis on the run.
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Rome
Elba
Pisa- Florence-Rimini
Italy
Harry H. Howard Dies in Bozeman at 67
Funeral services for Harry H. Howard 67 Bozeman postmaster and co publisher of the Bozeman Chronicle are set for Thursday. He died Monday at his home and was a past president of the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce and long prominent in civic affairs.
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Bozeman
Harry H. Howard
Bozeman Chronicle
Howard
Bozeman Chamber of Commerce
Lone
Body of Drowning Victim Recovered Near Hebgen Lake
Bozeman reports the body of Miss Jewel Chapman 27 of Aberdeen Idaho recovered Tuesday after a boat capsized during a Hebgen Lake drowning incident Saturday. Sheriff Lovitt I Westlake said three others in the party swam to safety after crews searched all day.
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Bozeman
Jewel Chapman
Aberdeen
Idaho
Hebgen Lake
Lovitt I. Westlake
Westlake
Bond Sales Reach 18 Percent of War Loan Quota
Bond sales to individuals reached 1.081 billion dollars through Tuesday the eighth day of the fifth war loan, the treasury reported. The total hit nearly 18 percent of the 6 billion dollar individual quota toward a 16 billion dollar overall goal.
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Washington
Treasury
General de Gaulle Returns to Algiers
General Charles de Gaulle returns to the seat of the French provisional government in Algiers after sending Normandy instructions to his representatives for full collaboration with the military. London fears about future British American French relations accompany the move.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
Normandy
Melville War Bond Auction Draws Community Support
Melville invites residents to a Saturday night war bond sale in Melville hall to meet their $19,000 quota through a dance and a unique drawing. Couples admit with a bond, individuals with a bond or dollar stamp, and entrants’ names are placed in a hat for the grand prize after each item bid. Proceeds fund victory bonds as families enjoy a supper and entertainment, with bonds issued by mail next week.
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Melville
Melville Hall
Berlin
Tokyo
Home Nursing Class Instruction Available
Mrs. Dick Armstrong, Red Cross home nursing chairman, announces a 30 hour course led by Lois Williams, nurse. Enrollment target is 25, first come, first served. Call Mrs Armstrong or Miss Williams. A library meeting Friday at 8:00 p.m. will set the schedule.
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Dick Armstrong
The
Red Cross
Lois Williams
Armstrong
Miss Williams
Finnish Delegation Given Passports Ordered to Leave
Finnish Minister Hjalmar J. Procope and three counselors were handed passports and asked to depart the United States for activities inimical to U S interests. State Department said the move does not rupture diplomatic relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hjalmar J. Procope
United States
State Department
Finland
Pilgeram Loses Injury Suit Over 1942 Crash
William P. Pilgeram former Helena legislator and Democratic candidate for state treasurer lost a $47,500 personal injury suit in district court at Jordan. He sued Frank J. Haas of Great Falls and Austin Tayer of Lewistown over the loss of his left arm in a May 25 1942 auto collision near Jordan.
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Jordan
William P. Pilgeram
Helena
Pilgeram
Frank J. Haas
Great Falls
Austin Tayer
Lewistown
Tayer
American Casualties Run High At Opening Western Front
The Allied invasion of Normandy reports 3,283 killed and 12,600 wounded in the first 11 days, with 15,883 total casualties through midnight. Omar N. Bradley praised doughboy courage and noted higher losses on the central beachhead while western peninsula casualties were lower. He said the beachhead is secure and 8,500 prisoners have been captured or evacuated.
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France
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Peninsula
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Oklahoma
W. J. Knapp
Miller
Game Commission
Fur Auction
Harry Howard
General de Gaulle
Leif Anderson
Pennock Miller
J. C. Reynolds
Johnson’s Store
Dot S
Dot Ranch
Adolph Tronrud
Spike van Cleve
Lloyd Rein
Otto Fischer
Kermit Anderson
John Johnson
Louise McMahon
Broddie Green
Anton Tronrud
W. F. Schallock
F. G
St. Joseph's Church
Barbara Helen van Cleve
Robert Edgar Forster
John Cosgriff
William Cosgriff
Ronald Widdicombe
Paul L. van Cleve
William Barto Conwell
John Patrick Hager
Marvin Kinsey
Ann Marie Kinsey
Robert
Walter Wagner
Father Wolframski
Leo Gilroy
Mary Edmund
Anne Patrice
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