Quiet Independence Day Observance Across Aberdeen Helena
Aberdeen and Helena mark the 163rd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with quiet observances. Many residents travel or stay indoors as weather remains partly to mostly cloudy with possible thunder showers. Local offices close for a three day holiday while stores and state offices stay open. Self Tourney Golf hosts an 18 hole handicap Independence Day event at Welena Town and Country Club plus a flag tournament and a fireworks display. Rodeo at Lincoln runs three days. Officials urge safe driving amid heavy weekend traffic. Governor Ford appeals to Montanans to honor the occasion by avoiding unnecessary car fatalities this year.
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Helena
Welena Town and Country Club
Lincoln
G. Ford
Montanane
Highway Patrol
Stone Takes Oaths Of Office In Mountain Retreat
Harlan Fiske Stone was sworn in as the 12th chief justice of the United States in a Wind River cabin, with Wayne Hackett administering the oath and a small gathering of park officials and friends. Roosevelt signed his commission earlier, and Stone planned a nationwide radio pledge the next day. The scene, in a quiet Colorado mountain setting, included Mrs. Stone and visitors from Estes Park.
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Mountain Retreat
Rocky Mountain Park
Colo
Rocky Mountains
Harlan Fiske Stone
United States
Wayne Hackett
Rocky Mountain National Park
Roosevelt
Btone
M.S.T
Eanae
New Hampshire
Wind River
Estes Park Village
U S Warns Japan Over Pacific Peace Faceoff
Washington July 3 AP The United States warned Japan that European war spread to the Pacific would force a vital U S interest in maintaining peace. Acting Secretary of State Wells said the goal was peace in the Pacific and Japan should avoid actions detrimental to that aim while Tokyo kept its policy secret. Reports noted possible Japanese neutrality or decisive moves such as a Vladivostok blockade tied to axis recognition and support for Wang Ching-wei.
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United States
Japan
Pacific
Tokyo
Sumner Weiles
Weltes
Yosuke Matsuoke
East Asia
Welles
Ara
Wang, Ching-Wei
Nanking
Vladivostok
Marshall's Request To Send Troops Away Stirs Storm
WashingtonJuly 3 AP A request by the army high command for power to send draftees and national guardsmen outside the Western Hemisphere stirred controversy in congress today as Gen George C Marshall urged longer service terms and possible overseas duty The administration faced claims of expansion and fears of rapid war spread while Marshall noted new hostilities could affect areas once considered safe and called for removal of certain limits to ensure readiness and rapid response to threats
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Army High Command
Western Hemisphere
Congress
Wheeler
Mont
Iceland
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Philippines
Americas
Hemisphere
Marshall
Germany
Russia
Proclamation Orders Cattle and Goods Shipped to Russia
A Tallinn radio order directed all cattle, corn and machinery from Estonia be sent to Russia immediately with public assistance for loading. Destruction of goods was forbidden until further orders, though immovable items would be burned. The move aligns with Stalin's scorched earth policy as German forces advance.
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Stockholm
Iwy
Tallinn
Estonia
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Fierce Air Duels Over Helsinki Reported
Dispatches from Helsinki claim Soviet and defense planes fought over Finland's capital. Russian forces reportedly attacked six times in the past 24 hours as Finnish authorities announced the capture of important enemy strongholds at several points.
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Stockholm
Finland
Helsinki
Strikes Averted By US Defense Board Mediation
The AFL chemical workers union and Western Cartridge factory reached a midafternoon agreement to avert a strike planned for July 9 at the smokeless powder division in Alton Illinois. The mediated accord delays walkout while negotiations begin tomorrow, with the federal conciliation service confirming the deal pending ratification. The dispute centered on recognition as the bargaining agent for 550 smokeless powder workers and potentially the 6,500 workers at the plant, which holds government contracts worth millions.
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A.F.L
Chemical
Defense Mediation Boardiers
Western Cartridge Compowder
Pany, Alton, II
Agement
High A.P.L. Officizils
Federaily
Connecticut
American Brass Company
International Union of Mining, Mill and Smelter Workers
H.S
Labor Board
Welfare Board allocates 250000 to 23 Montana counties
The Montana board of public welfare designated 23 counties to receive supplements to their county poor funds from a 250000 appropriation. Distribution uses inverse per capita value and future relief needs, with apportionment to be finalized by the department of public welfare. Counties named include Big Horn Blaine Cascade Custer Daniels Dawson Deer Lodge Fergus Flathead Ravalli Roosevelt Sheridan Valley Gallatin and others. Continued on page 2.
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Montana
Legislative Assembly
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Ara
Big Horn
Blaine
Carbon
Carter
Cascade
Custer
Daniels
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fergus
Flathead
Gar- Held
Hill, Lake
Lincoln
McCone
Madison
Missouri
Musselshell
Phillips
Powder «River
Ravalli
Richland
Roosevelt
Sheridan
Bilver Bow
Valley
Feviewstone
Rancher Found Dead Of Gunshot Wound
Emery Wilson, 71, was found dead of a gunshot wound at his Sleeping Child ranch southeast of Hamilton. Sheriff James Oliva and Coroner John Dowling were summoned by ranch worker S Craddock who said he found the locked ranch home and saw the body through a window. A .22 caliber pistol lay near the body.
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Hamilton
Emery Wilson
James Oliva
John Dowling
S. Craddock
Wilson Ranch
Oliva
Weather Outlook for Montana: Partly Cloudy to Rain
Montana forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions on Friday and Saturday with showers and thunderstorms mainly east of the Continental Divide. Temperatures hover with little change across the period.
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Montana
Roosevelt to address nation from Hyde Park home on July Fourth
President Roosevelt will broadcast at 2 p.m. M.S.T. from Hyde Park as part of Independence Day observances by civilian defense. He may remain out of Washington for a time and has used leisure moments on drives and in a pool between duties and congress’s fiscal-year finalization.
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Roosevelt
Office of Civilian Defense
Washington
Congress
Detroit
Civil Service
Jos Louis
Chicago
Germans Admit Weather Delays Major Eastern Push
Berlin reports bad weather and Russian stubborn resistance slow German operations on the eastern front. Snow in Sagow region and a wide drive along a 2000 mile front toward Kiev Moscow and Leningrad is noted despite Soviet counteractions at the Berezina river near Borigov.
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Sagow
Poland
DNB
Black Sea
Arctic Ocean
Russia
Ukraine
Hitler
Kiev
Moscow
Leningrad
Germany
Napoleon
Berezina
Borigov
Danish Government Seeks Removal of All U S Consuls
Washington reports that the Danish government asked the United States to withdraw all American consuls in Denmark by July 15. The move aligns with actions by Germany Italy occupied territories and other Axis allies as Nazi rule expands in Europe. Three American consuls in Vorpenhagen are expected to depart for Lisbon and return to the United States on an American steamship with other consular officials.
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United States
Denmark
State Department
Germany
Italy
France
Netherlands
Belgiast
Luxembourg
Yugoslavia
Greece
Vorpenhagen
Lisbon
Army draftee’s death sparks frantic search and odd rescue tale
A draftee in camp Tobinson Ark forgets to settle a board bill and vanishes during induction. His landlady collects the debt, while reports place him in a full scale search. Private Watts of De Leon Texas aids in a dramatic nighttime rescue after a rattlesnake threatens a tent, highlighting wartime confusion and small town peril.
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Warren
Nation
White Comfort
Texas
House
War Department
Second Army
B. H.Q
Seventh Corps
H. Watts
Deleon
Tess
H.Q
138Th Infantry
H. Q
Willkie Says U S Navy Will Be Used Soon To Aid Great Britain
Wendell L. Willkie told NBC that the great force of the American navy will soon be brought into play to deliver supplies to Great Britain. The 1941 speech recorded at NBC studios will air tomorrow in multiple languages for Independence Day observances. Willkie warned liberty could fall if Britain loses and urged united support to sustain Britain’s fight. He praised democracy and urged cutting false resources to denounce totalitarianism worldwide.
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U.S. Navy
Great Britain
New York
Wendell L. Wilkie
N.B.C
Republian
Presidentia
Europe
Britain
Asia
America
Droft Reports 3 248 New Montana Selective Registrants
State selective service said 3 248 Montana youths who turned 21 after Oct 16 1940 registered July 1 for U S Army. Officials cautioned totals are preliminary with small adjustments possible and noted Roosevelt county not yet reported. County totals list numerous counties with varying registrants.
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U. S. Army
Roosevelt County
Beaverhead
Big Horn
Blaine
Broadwater
Carlon
Carter
Cascade
Chateau
Custer
Daniels
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Falcon
Worgus
Flathead
Gallatin
Garfield
Glacier
Golden Valley
Granite
Hill
Jefferson
Judith Basin
Lake
Lewis and Clark
Liberty
Lincoln
Madison
Mee Cone
Meagher
Mineral
Missoula
Musselshell
Park
Petroleum
Phillips
Pondera
Powder River
Powell
Prairie
Revalli
Richland
Rosebud
Sanders
Sheridan
Silver How
Silver Bow
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Teton
Toole
Treasure
Valeley
Wheatland
Wibaux
Yellowstone
Two U S Fliers Die in Training Crashes at Hamilton and Pensacola
At Hamilton Field California Second Lieutenant Gerald W. Martin 25 of the 21st squadron 25th group was killed when his P-47 crashed into San Francisco Bay He had trained at Kelly and Randolph Fields Texas and joined the unit in May 1941 In Pensacola Aviation Cadet George Winsel Baker 22 Ames Iowa died in a midair collision during practice landings The other trainee Cadet Elvin Mason Burns was uninjured after bailing out near the crash site
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Celit
Gerald W. Martin
San Francisco Bay
Here
Marlin
Kelly
Randolph Fields
Texas
Pensacola
Fla
George Winsel Baker
Ames
Iowa
Elvin Mason Burnea
St. Francis
Bayonets Used to Stem Drive Toward Moscow
Soviet and German forces clash along the Berezina and Dvina rivers as Red troops claim to have repelled bayonet charges and halted a Nazi push east of Minsk toward Moscow. ак
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Berezina
Minsk
Soviet Information Bureau
Ecommunigus
Latvia
Dvina
Rei
Jekabpils
Dvinsk
Riga
Jekabpilsy
U S Acts to Stop Jap Seizure of War Material
Manila July 8 Officials moved quickly to curb Tokyo’s capture of strategic cargoes. An export control inspection order targeted Nipponese vessels, following the Kyusyu Maru seizure en route to the United States with chrome ore hemp and coconut oil. Cargoes discharged at owners’ risk, fears of Tokyo claiming shipments if unloading costs rise.
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Manila
Costume Bureau
Japan
Tokyo
Philippines
United States
Tabacalera Company
Kohe
Finland claims capture of Russian strongholds in fighting
Finland reports penetration of Soviet territory with the seizure of important enemy strongholds and the sinking of a Russian submarine in mine fields. Finnish forces claim destruction of 48 Red aircraft through July 2 and say German and Finnish units crossed the eastern frontier toward Murmansk as open warfare began.
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Felsinki
Vridayy
Russia
Mur-mansk
Murmansk-Lenin-grad
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