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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1941

Page

5

U S Moves to Give Britain More Aid in Middle East

The United States plans expanded aid to Britain amid wartime logistics. Convert merchant ships into escort aircraft carriers, boost exports of planes and munitions, and advance the St Lawrence waterway project. President cites rising aid and production, with 1941 output surpassing 1940 benchmarks.

U.S Britain Middle East Office of Production Management William 3. Knudeen O.P M United States O.P.M Knudsen St. Lawrence Waterway Congress

Stringent Economy For Counties is Recommended

County and city budgets face pressure from postwar recession and rising relief demands. The report urges economies in defense non essentials while urging reductions in local expenditures. readers are encouraged to join budget hearings and public cooperation. The note cites a 10 percent cut could leave about $30 for the average Montana family.

Publi Montana

Pope Pius Will Speak Over Air June 26

Pope Pius will address the national eucharistic congress via CBS network from Vatican City. The broadcast is scheduled for June 26 with Italian from HVJ and immediate English translation. The address will reach St. Paul and Minneapolis areas through CBS radio.

Pope Pius New York Pope Hill Columbia Broadcasting System Network miliLh National St. Paul Minneapolis C.B Vatican City HVJ

Teton Commissioner New President State Organization

Teton County leaders endorse relief and welfare funding changes. They seek faster grants from the general relief fund after July 1 to cut poor fund warrants and keep individual aid payments within available funds. They back extending WPA leeway for emergency county road repairs and urge inclusion of county employees under unemployment compensation. They support Montana tourism ads and a state clerks and recorders group.

Public Welfare Department General Relief Fund W.P.A Montanans, Inc

Three Are Injured In Northern Pacific Train Collision

Three Northern Pacific railway workers were injured when an eastbound freight crashed into a work train ten miles east of Forsyth. Two Forsyth men suffered the most serious injuries. track damage delayed traffic seven and a half hours. The engineer escaped injury while several hundred feet of track were torn up and the locomotive and cars damaged.

Northern Pacific Railway Here Forsyth R. L. Mee iBride C.C. Clements R. D. Krogh Billings Krogh A. Lind

Churchill Warns Against Overconfidence In Middle East War

Prime Minister Churchill cautions Britain not to overestimate Allied gains in Syria and Lebanon. He warns that German and Italian forces, likely from Libya via Matruh, may renew attacks and that invasion of Egypt could become the next major battleground. General Wavell assesses western reinforcement needs as Libyan fronts threaten Syria and Crete diversions shift power in the region.

Churchill Levant Wavell Libya Egypt Matruh Mediterranean Crete Syria Sicily North Africa Vichy Weygand Petain Luftwaffe

Senate Tackles Subversive Labor Elements in Defense Strikes

Sec Knox condemns labor subversion as contrary to public policy while Byrd negotiates language to confine condemnation to cases of failed arbitration or mediation. Vandenberg joins, calling saboteurs and fifth column elements a threat to the defense effort. LaFollette urges balancing condemnations with censure of employer practices.

Byrd Maloney Conn Vandenberg Mich Panzer Division Merch LaFollette Wis Senate

Nazi Admit Losses in Bombing of German Regions

British bombers attacked the Rhineland and Westphalian industrial zones last night causing property damage and casualties. Two raiders were reported shot down. The report notes Allied actions against Palestine and Egypt and discusses potential effects of British Free French control of Lebanon and Syria on defending lines.

Berlin Rhineland Westphalian Germany Palestine Egypt Lebanon Syria

Frontline Rail Link Reaches Kamechie Across Turkish Border

War dispatches report Baghdad to Aleppo railway reaching Kamechie near the Turkish frontier. Kamechie serves as Seziheh district capital and hosts Assyrians, German colonists, Kurds, and Bedouins per League of Nations settlements. Haifa air raid alert reports unidentified planes and antiaircraft fire with a plane shot down near the Sea of Galilee and crew of three.

Baghdad-Aleppo Syria Iraq Kamechie Kamechiie Seziheh League of Nations Haifa Palestine Galilee

Ruhr Hit by Sudden Heavy Bombing Incident

London reports a sudden heavy bombing incident in Germany's Ruhr area last night. British bombers conducted an attack on industrial facilities, with authorities confirming the event today.

London Germany Ruby

Archbishop Accuses U S of Profoundly Stupid

The Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, archbishop of Baltimore and Washington, attacked the government in Emmitsburg Maryland declaring it profoundly stupid and urging reforms during a public address on June 11.

U. S Emmitsburg Michael J. Curley Baltimore Washington

Catholic teacher cites anti American factions in government

A Mt. St. Marys College commencement speaker denounced anti American factions within the government as responsible for unhealthy conditions in the country. He referenced a woman government official blamed for much of the coddling. The text notes a separate point about odor from heated fox fur samples.

Mt. St. Mary's College

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