Operations in Aleutians Move Ahead in Severe Weather
Washington reports American Army and Navy aviation pressing the Aleutians campaign as weather permits to eject Japan from the remote island chain. Attu saw a small Japanese landing while Kiska harbor reported enemy ships. Analysts deem the Attu action not alarming, though some note value in a Japanese position there.
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Washington
Aleutian
Alaska
Navy
Attu
Kiska
Rat Island
Lonely Attu
Nippon
Pacific
Japan
Midway
Alisha
John H. Towers
Bureau of Aeronautics
Baltimore
Helena to Observe Flag Day Ceremonies Tonight
Helena observes Flag Day with an 8 o'clock ceremony in Hill park featuring an address by Helena attorney William A. Brown, a concert by the State Capital band, and a flag pageant. Sponsored by Helena lodge 193 Elks with Hugh Adair as chairman, the event moves to the Civic center if weather turns. Earl K. Huger will recite flag history, bands directed by Robert C. Clark.
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William A A. Brown
Helena
Helena Lodge No. 193
B. P. C. Elks
Hugh Adair
Civic Center
The
Elks Lodge
Earl K. Huger
Elks
Robert C. Clark
Adair
Herbert, Kibler
John J. Holmes
Russell H. Hart
Dr. C. F. Jump
Flying fortress hero led intercepter at Midway
Lt. Col. Walter C. Sweeney Jr of San Francisco commanded bombers that struck enemy carriers near Hawaii. He led a U S Army squadron that disrupted the Japanese fleet at Midway. He is linked to Helena via family ties to Miss Anne McConnell, sister of Odell W. McConnell, longtime local attorney.
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Walter C. Sweeney
San Francisco
Hawaii
U. S. Army
Midway
Sweeney
Helena
Anne McConnell
Odell W. McConnell
W. C. Sweeney
Fort Lewis
Heartbreaking end of Lexington told by its commander
San Diego, June 13. Rear Admiral Frederick Sherman described the sinking of the USS Lexington after fires, explosions, and torpedoes from a Japanese air attack during the Coral Sea engagement. Sherman tied the loss to a broader U.S. victory as carrier battles marked a turning point in naval aviation.
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U.S
Lexington
Coral Sea
Australia
Sherman
San Diego
Calif
Frederick GC. Sherman
United States
Lesington
Butte Miners Observe Union Day With Full Blast
Butte miners celebrated Miners Union day by working at full blast to keep copper production flowing for the war effort. A national radio program from Washington featured Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board. Local leaders D. M. Kelly and Reid Robinson urged maximum output and unity between labor and management amid a broad production drive.
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Butte
Miners Union
Ninera
Western Federation of Miners
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Washington
War Department
Nelson
D. M. Kelly
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Western
Reid Robinson
Denver
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
C. I
Chinese Bitterly Contest Jap Drive on Chekiang Railroad
Chinese soldiers fiercely resist Japan as both sides clash along the Chekiang Kiangsi rail line. The Chinese high command reports heavy fighting near Tsungjen Kiangshan and Chuhsien with Chinese casualties and Japanese troop advances claimed from Kiangshan into Kiangsi.
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Chungking
China
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Tsungjen
Chechiang
Nanchang
Tsungten
Kiang
Kiangsi
Nancheng
Kinki
Little Helena Girl Bets on Victory With V Mark
Patricia Magill a three year old girl in Kenwood displays a red birthmark shaped like a V which her family calls a sign of victory. Her father Joseph Magill serves as a master sergeant with the U S Army in Australia and formerly with the Montana National Guard. The family and friends believe the Allies will push the Axis back and restore victory.
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Patricia Magill
Kenwood
Patricia
Joseph Magill
U.S. Army
Australia
Montana National Guards
Japs Hit Darwin With 27 Bombers
Allied Headquarters reported twenty seven Japanese bombers escorted by fighters raided Darwin but caused only slight damage. One enemy plane and one Allied plane were lost in the raid as MacArthur Day celebrations continued in Australia.
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Allied
Australia
Darwin
MacArthurs
Britain
Rabeul
Thecht
Tornado Kills 30 In Oklahoma City Suburb
A southwest Oklahoma City tornado killed 30 people and injured many as 256 homeless victims received Red Cross aid. Army troops from Will Rogers field moved 400 soldiers and 30 trucks to rescue survivors, aided by wreckers and floodlights.
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Oklahoma City
Red Cross
G. J. Prince
Will Rogers Field
Army
Col
Earl IR Deford
Will
Rogers Air Base
Fogarty Named Montana Chair for Scrap Rubber Drive
Frank C. Fogarty of Great Falls is appointed Montana chair man of the scrap rubber drive by W. H Ferguson of Denver the western chairman of the oil industry's war coordination committee.
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Denver
Frank C. Fogarty
Great Falls
Montana
W. H H. Ferguson
Western
Oil Industry
Extension of Unrestricted Sub Warfare Is Nazi Answer to Second Front
German radio announced a June 26 1942 start to an expanded unrestricted submarine war across the north Atlantic to the US coast. The Berlin line defines the zone from the Belgian coast north through the North Sea to Iceland Greenland and along the Canadian US shores to the West Indies. The broadcast says the plan is more than a paper pledge and cites submarine success in American waters as proof. It argues a second front in Europe this year is unlikely and notes shared hopes among democracies and Bolsheviks, and possible German reception to any Allied offensive.
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New York
Germany
North Atlantic
CBS
Berlin
North Sea
Iceland
Greenland
U.S
West Indies
London
Washington
Mate Ter
Europe
Moscow
Thousands of U S Troops Arrive in Ireland in Largest Convoy
Thousands of heavily armed U S troops arrived in northern Ireland from the Atlantic crossing in what Allied planners hailed as the greatest convoy yet. The force includes soldiers from nine states with 28 ton tanks and other heavy equipment, aiding supply efforts and potential second front plans.
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U.S
Ireland
Northern
United States
Northern Ireland
Atlantic
Germany
Arrest by Duncan May Clear Up O'Rourke Assault
Helena detectives may solve the six month old beating of prominent businessman H George O Rourke after Lt Arnold Craddy, held in Portland on grand larceny charges, was returned to Helena by Deputy Sheriff Rolla Duncan. Craddy reportedly signed a statement about the December 10 incident on Davis Street before his extradition waivers. The death of O Rourke weeks later was not attributed to the beating.
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Portland
Ore
Arnold Elmer Craddy
Rolla Duncan
Helena
H. George O'Rourke
Craddy
Ricinily
Dancan
Croddy
O'Rowke
Davis Street
St. John’s Hospital
Atest
New Torpedo Bomber Avengers Surprise at Midway
The Navy disclosed a new torpedo bomber design the Grumman Avenger known as the TBF with a top speed of 270 mph. It arrived in the Pacific fleet weeks ahead of schedule, four months after production began, offering much greater range and 23 percent faster performance than existing torpedo bombers.
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Washington
Navy
Midway Island
Grumman
Terrific Losses Inflicted on German Hordes
Soviet reports claim massive German losses on the Kharkov front as Red Army units repulse Nazi tank and infantry assaults in a brutal day of fighting. Additional Soviet successes include Sevastopol defense, 900 German casualties on the Kalinin front, sinking of a 6,000 ton enemy ship near Odessa, and substantial air and railway damage.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Soviet Bureau of Information
Red Army
Jong Front
Sevastopol
Kalinin
Blatk
Odessa
Stormovik
War in Russia Tests Hitler as a Year Nears Anniversary
Kerke Simpson notes Hitler lurches between bravado and peril as the Russian campaign bites back. A year after launching the eastern crusade, Hitler faces threats from the Russian Bear and mounting British-American pressure, with Napoleon’s fate looming as a cautionary parallel.
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Germany
Hitler
Russia
Fogo
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