Half Year of War Ends With U S Victory At Midway
Six months of fighting in World War II concluded with a U S victory at Midway, following Pearl Harbor's disaster. The piece notes early losses, later American resistance, and a massive shift to production. It highlights DooLittle raids, naval battles, and transportation bottlenecks while praising soldiers and sailors.
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Washington
United States
mid-Pacific
America
Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
Midway
Coral Sea
Japan
Engand
Russia
Australia
Northern Ireland
Pupils and businessmen may join sugar beet fields this year
Great Falls reports that pupils and businessmen may work the sugar beet fields to ease a labor shortage. DC H Kohl of the employment service says enough labor could be available if growers hire unskilled workers for thinning. Some farmers risk plowing beets without thinning labor. In Chinook, about a hundred Japanese evacuees from the Pacific coast head to northern Montana beet fields for work, according to manager Hatter Gearhart of the Idaho Idah Sugar company local refinery.
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United States Employment Service Office
DC. H. Kohl
Chinook
Pacific Coast
Hatter Gearhart
Dtah- Idah
Sugar Company
Tragic Plight of Athens Told By A P Writer
Refugees report Athens is starving under German and Italian occupation with public soup kitchens feeding most of the population. Observers say the puppet government deserts Greeks while relief aid from the United States is urged. Famine deaths, blocked food, and mutilated livelihoods define daily life as relief groups, under harsh conditions, strive to reach 600000 people with minimal calories and scarce soap.
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Richard G. Mastock
Associated Priod Wide World Bureau
Rome
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United Sale
Drettninspa
Richard G. Maslock
New York
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Isvlakoglou
United States
Drottningholm
Germany
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Stromnes Files For State Senate from Cascade County
Great Falls June 6 E J Stromnes speaker of the Montana house for the 1941 session has filed as a candidate for the state senate from Cascade county Stromnes is a Great Falls lawyer and has served in the house for four sessions
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E. J. Stromnes
Montana
House of Representatives
State Senate
Cascade County
Stromnes
Gas Attack Rules San Francisco Sounding Warnings
The ninth regional U S office of civilian defense issued specific instructions to west coast cities about warning sirens in a gas attack, explained in telegrams to defense council heads. Dr Leroy A King 65 president of Indiana State Teachers college died suddenly at the college in Indiana Pa.
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U. S. Office of Civilian Defense
Defense Council
Indiana
Leroy A. King
Indiana State Teachers College
Army lacks buglers in updated trumpet call list
Washington June 6 The Army reports it has no buglers, only trumpet ers who use trumpets for morning blasts. Officials released a list of 41 regulation trumpet calls, with fewer than twenty used daily on military reservations.
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Washington
Army
Towns or Broadwater teaching changes and deaths in area
June notes list Mrs. Gene McCarthy to teach Latin chemistry and mathematics at Broadwater county high school next year and attend Montana State University summer session. A logging accident in Mill City Oregon claimed Gordon Cruson, husband of a local resident, with his family planning to escort the body to Victor. An estate hearing for Amelia Daggett is set for June 9. Legion auxiliary meets in Canton valley with planned 1:30 gathering. Local visitors include Bill Davidson and Larry Shinn from Long Beach California. Additional notes cover visits by John Allen Don Allen Orlando Allen Bud Johnson and others, plus Eastern Star past matrons event and Luella Watson’s return.
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Missoula
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John Allen
Don Allen
Butte
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Bud Johnson
Cut Bank
Hattie Johnson
Order of Eastern Star
Roy Brishin
G. P. Keene
Luella Watson
Watzon
John Deadmond
Grest Falls
Theatres Schedule Promises Laughs and Star Acts
At the theatres patrons find Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in lively comedies alongside Rio Rita with Kathryn Grayson and John Carroll. Laraine Day and Basil Rathbone headline newsreels and a U.S.O. short Mr Gardenia Jones. Wednesday bargain night features the Gay Show with stage entertainment and slides. The program includes Swanee River with Don Ameche and Al Jolson, Charlie's Aunt with Jack Benny, As American Gift Reve, Larceny Incorporated on screen with Edward G. Robinson and Jane Wyman, and a World Today short. Saturday spotlights Bob Hope in My Favorite Blonde, Wild Bill Hickok Rides with Constance Bennett, plus war news and an advance screening The Pioneer Woman with Joel McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck. Noon and midnight shows, dancing and cartoons complete the week.
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Bud Abbott
Low Costello
Rio
Swanee River
Don Ameche
Andree Leeds
al Jolson
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Madeliene Carrol
Bill Hickok
Constance Bennett
Bruce Cabot
Pioncer Woman
Joel McCrea
Barbara Stanwick
New Auto Tax Stamps Set For June 10 Sale
Washington reports five dollar federal automobile use tax stamps will go on sale June 10 at post offices and Internal Revenue Collector offices. Commissioner Guy T. Helvering said possession of the stamp will be required for gasoline rationing identification in affected areas. The stamp, valid for the fiscal year starting July 1, replaces the earlier two dollar nine cent issue and will be serially numbered with spaces to record vehicle make model serial and state license. The stamp is to be displayed on the windshield without conflicting with state rules.
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Post
Internal Revenue Collector
Internal Revenue
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Office of Price Administration
Bureau For Internal Revenue
Mexico Joins United Nations Reflecting Atlantic Charter
Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla announces Mexico’s formal adhesion to the United Nations through a diplomatic message. He says the move aligns with the Atlantic Charter and Mexico’s national policy aimed at social justice, reaffirming support for Roosevelt and Churchill’s war program.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United Nations
Washington
Ezequiel Padilla
Roosevelt
Churchill
New RFC Rule Aims to Boost Small West Mines
Senator Murray says a new Reconstruction Finance Corporation rule should spark tremendous development of small mines in the West. The rule provides loans up to 3000 dollars for initial work when RFC determines the spend will reveal sufficient mineral showings to warrant a development mining loan.
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Murray
D., Mont
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
West
R.F.C
Will Be Prepared Mules Fort Youth Scrap Lumber
Civilian defense note reports Kenneth Ketchum eight and Frankie Miller six visiting a lumber yard to take scrap lumber. They left with a plan to build a large fort explaining their purpose.
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Kenneth Ketchum
Frankie Miller
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