Highway From Montana To Alaska Urged By Aviation Council
Northwest Aviation Planning council, meeting in Billings, urged a continental highway from Montana through Alberta into Alaska with parallel emergency landing fields for military defense. A Pacific coast route was supported. Over 150 delegates attended as talks on aviation mechanics and education were led by Ralph Kenck, William Fahrner, and A B Green. Spokane was named site for the 1941 conference.
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Billings
Montana
Alberta
Alaska
Northwest Aviation Planning Council
Billings, Commercial Club
Pacific Coast
Spokane
Congress
Northwest
William Mitchell
Canada
Council
Ralph Kenck
Bozeman
William H. Fahrner
Helena
A. B. Green
Billings High School
Mass British air attacks press German coast defenses
British air forces conducted a fifth raid in a week on German coastal positions. Several airdromes near St Omer and Bolengie were targeted, with fighters and bombers engaging. Luftwaffe losses included 11 Me 109s and multiple allied escorts reported, while Kiel suffered damage in Germany’s industrial air raids.
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St. Omer
Bolengie
Attempts to Reach Lost Sub May Rest in Sea
Deep sea rescue continued as U-9 and Falcon crews faced repair delays. Secre tary Knox stated the accident would not shift reliance on older undersea craft. Survivors William Isaacs and Allen C. Bryan, veterans of prior submarine tragedies, offered grim context amid the search.
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Knox
Navy
Falcon
William Isaacs
Washington, D. C
Allen C. Bryan
Greenville
S. C
Interpreting The War The Longest Days Of The Year
The article notes Britain’s night and day bombing ground in Luftwaffe targets and a lull over England. It discusses where Hitler will strike next, possible German air power focus in the West, and implications for Germany, Russia, and Turkey amid American aid to Britain.
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Hitler
Britain
Wagland
Norway
France
Germany
Channel
England
North
Africa
West
Inter
Turkey
Berlin-Rome
Musso+ Hai
United States
Reich
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Napoleon
Russia
105 Women Attend Annual Retreat Ends Today
A large gathering of 105 women attended a long running annual retreat with participants listed from multiple towns and churches including St. Marys Butte St Helena and Sacred Heart. The event concludes today with attendees from Anaconda Cut Bank Missoula Townsend Fairfield and other Montana communities.
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Anaconda
St Peters
Francis Staith
Cut Bank
Lester Brennan
Wilfred Nadeau
Harry Tuma
Missoula
Marie Bouchard
Townsend
Connors
Mary Whaley
Fairfield
Frank McLean
Butte
St. Helena
James Bertoglio
Joseph Cerino
Frank Matteucci
St. John
Harry Hitchcock
Nick Hubert
George Powers
Sacred Heart
Elizabeth O'Brien
St. Patrick
Lucile Hannifin
Tom A. Morgan
Anna O'Brien
Helen Riley
Margaret Shea
St. Joseph
Mra
W. C. Humphrey
Maggie McNamara
Rosa Mellick
St. Lawrence
Mre
J. Renuuard, Jr. Browning
Little Flower
Dore Blasy
Damascus Falls to British After 24 Hour Assault
Damascus, an ancient city with a 200000 population including 21000 Christians and 16000 Jews, was reported to be falling after a 24 hour assault as British forces approached and Vichy French positions shifted north toward Beirut. The dispatch notes the historic handover of Damascus to French control under the League mandate in 1920, with prior capture by Allied forces in 1918.
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Damascus
Wal
Beirut
Mandate
Syria
Marche
Damascia
Allexby
Spon
Aeague of Nations
Dallas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Associated Press
Sumateyene
Uke
Nebraska
Portland
Burlingtor
Bangor
Washington
Boston
Connecticut
New York City
Mercury
Coney Island
Jones Beach
Chicago
U. S
Hitler Moves at Dawn and Wider War Talks Roar
The report outlines Hitler asserting renewed WW II aims with Finland and Romania to stand with Germany as Moscow tensions escalate. It notes Molotov’s questions, Germany’s guarantees stance, and the push toward Balkans strategy alongside Axis allies. Also included are weather and heat-related briefs from the U S Midwest to New England with heat records and travel considerations.
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Germany
Finland
Balkans
England
Tians
Tram Narvik
Carpathians
Danube
Black Sea
Antonescu
Europe
Reich
War Front Reports Radio On German Soviet Hints
NBC cites telegrams from New York June 22 as radio in Rome and Berlin discuss Italy aiding Germany, troop movements denied by BBC, Ribbentrop defense measures, Soviet Britain accord, and German Baltic and Russian border troop redeployments as war tensions rise.
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New York
Rome
Russia
Germany
BBC
NBC
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Soviet Union
Great Britain
N.B.C
London
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph
Polar Sea
Black Sea
Baltic
Balkans
North Carolina battleship fire-control rated best yet
A new U S North Carolina fire-control apparatus is touted as extremely important and highly accurate, rated the best yet produced. The maximum life expectancy of a reptile is 175 years.
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U. S. North Carolina
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R.A.F
RAF
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NBA
Portsmouth
N. H
T. S
Howard J. Abbott
Morris P. Wangsness
U.S.N.R
Broadwater
Boulder Hot Springs
Gertrude Tangata
Thomas Tubin
Yvonne van Daele
Agnes ‘Wall
William F. Watters
St. Mary's
Annette Beatlein
Claude Coyle
Mary Belle Coyle
Esther Lordemann
Helens
Mary Golik
Nick Maronick
Margaret Multz
Perma
Margaret Malick
Roundup
Albert Murray
Helen Polich
Conrad
Louis Habers
Albert Koenig
Berna i Koenig
Eleanor Koenig
Roselia Koenig
Margaret Nagle
Simon Nigg
Leo Philipps
Alfred Ries
Stella Rychkin
Yaher
Walter Brophy
Ing Brophy
Eugens Egan
George Hayes
Andrew Widholm
Power
Harold Dreyer
Joseph Lehnert
Joseph Tavkes
Shelby
Richard Bingeman
Ann McCabe
George Nadeau
Willis Roark
Mary Sims
Dutton
T. G. Deheny
J. W. Lower
Gold Creek
Joseph Briggs Reman
David Hogan
Richard Hollenback
John Rogers
Bernard Sauber
Williams
Goemare Christians
C. B. Ghekiere
Joseph Hahets
Andre Babbe
Ostar van Deaele
Martha van Daele
Charlo
Mary Herak
Viola Sullivan
Sunburst
Revert Harvey
Ann Kimmatt
Ronan
Robert Sterling
Deer Lodge
Thomas Calline
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Poland
Cripps
Stafford Cripps
CBS
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Tiny
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Riason
Ilsly
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Sovietoreign Compmissar
RonTon
Baltic Sea
Neill Avenue
Diaiintilen
Clark Gable
Nelly Kelly
Heddy Lamar
Weiss
Zeb Melhorn
Ren‘nous Roth
Ed’s Food Shop
Broadway
ED Hamlin
Peter Pan
Mesas
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Jine
Starling
Bronoho
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