Two Outlaw Seekers Killed in Broadus Plane Crash
Broadus Montana June 26 AP Clem Spencer a 36 year old Billings pilot and Undersheriff Ed ODonnell 50 both of Billings were killed when their airplane crashed while aiding a posse of 150 peace officers in a search for two men wanted for a string of filling station robberies and car thefts near Biddle. The crash occurred about 2 30 PM and there were no eye witnesses. Sheriff Claude Anderson said the men may have been surrounded in Powder River breaks near the W Bar ranch seven miles from Broadus. The hunt for the pair continued as officers pressed the search after another exchange of fire near the Mallett ranch earlier in the day.
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Mont
Clem Spencer
Billings
Ed O'Donnell
Biddle
Here
Marvin Amick
Powter River
Spencer
Claude Anderson
Washington
Anderson
Powder River
W-Bar
C. A. Mallett
Montana
Amick
Mallett Ranch
Carl Russell
Sheriff Anderson
Bombing of Leningrad Reported by German Press
Berlin reports Luftwaffe bombs hit the Russian city of Leningrad for two days. DNB says the industrial center is a vital explosives and manufacturing hub. Military leaders claim ground operations progress, but no city captures are named. Germany seeks broad support for its war.
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Leningrad
DNB
Luftwaffe
President Seeks $300 Million More for Housing Defense
President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize an additional 300 million dollars for defense housing, doubling the prior approval from last October. In a special message he urged early consideration, citing the urgency of the matter.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Soviet tanks press Nazi lines in Poland and Belarus
Soviet reports claim huge tank battles in southeast central Poland with a manifest advantage for Red forces. Moscow says German attempts to cross the Prut river are repulsed and counterattacks are driving Nazi units back toward Minsk as Red troops raid and capture prisoners along the front. The dispatch notes raids on Bucharest and Constanta, and alleges Romanian oil targets at Ploesti were hit while parachutists and Serbian actions are reported in the broader theater.
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Rumania
Black Sea
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Constanta
Ploesti
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Minsk
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Prut
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Romania
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Cernauli
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Finland at War Again After Silent Pact Ends
Helsinki reports renewed war with Russia as President proclaims wartime defense. Soviet air force launches 12 raids by about 100 planes targeting Turku and other Finnish cities including Helsinki, with heavy bombing of the capital after 8 pm.
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Russia
Red Air Force
Turku
Abo
Soviet air raids in Hungary kill six in two villages
Casualties reported from Budapest on June 26 as Soviet planes were officially said to have killed six people and wounded several others in attacks on Kassa and Raho, with an air raid alarm in the capital when two Soviet planes approached within 50 miles.
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Hungary
Kassa
Raho
Italy Forms Expeditionary Force Plans and Japan Hint
Italy announced forming an expeditionary force to fight Russia while suggestions Japan may join the war to counter U.S. moves. Giornale d Italia cites Admiral Gino Ducci predicting Japan could seize Sakhalin and Petropavlovsk to block Allied air bases. Duce piloted a plane to inspect the first division with Gen. Ugo Cavallero, Gen. Von Rintelen, and Gen. Francisco Princolo aboard.
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Japan
Rusela
United States
Giornale D'italia
Gino Ducci
Sakhalin Island
Russia
Petropavlovsk
Kamchatka Peninsia
Italean
General von Rintelen
Francisco Princolo
Air Force
British Send Military Mission to Moscow in WWI Effort
London reports a British military mission is en route to Moscow to work with the Soviet high command on aid against Germany. U S Ambassador Winant discusses aid questions with British and Russian officials as Britain and the United States weigh a formal alliance and a pledge against separate peace with Germany.
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Aussia
Britain
Moscow
Middle East
Russia
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High Command
Germany
U. S
John G. Winant
Soviet Union
Wig Pack
Witter
Poland
United States
Advisory Group to Meet July 1 on Call of Gov Ford
Gov Sam C Ford called a meeting of the Montana preparedness and advisory commission for July 1. The agenda includes a heavy schedule of business, with the En Route to Camp group considering surveys across the state for national defense. County commissioners will gather factual material for the state group to interrogate and forward to the national defense council.
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Gov. Ford
Sam C. Ford
Montana Preparedness and Advisory Commission
Helena
Camp Considered
Designa
National Defense Council
Japanese Operations in China Said to Be at Standstill
German radio report cited by NBC New York says Japanese military actions against China have halted since the German Russian war began. Provisional Chinese capital Chungking was said to report quiet fronts with Chinese counterattacks meeting little opposition, attributed to Japan's strategic uncertainty.
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New York
NUO
Chungking
Japan
Interned German Seamen Transferred Through Helena
German sailors 88 men strong were moved from eastern U S ports to Fort Lincoln North Dakota after detouring 10 000 miles and passing Helena yesterday. They head to Fort Lincoln for internment for the war duration while Japan declines custody leaving Americans to handle the prisoners. Fifty seven Italian internees from ships in American waters were left at Misola for internment.
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Feahrer
Soviet Russia
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Uncle Sam
Fort Lincoln
N. D
Bismarck
Misesola
RAF Continues Heavy Raids On Nazi Targets
The Royal Air Force reports its 16th straight night of raids against German targets on the Western Front and along the invasion coast. Nine German fighters destroyed, three British fighters lost. In 19 days ending June 25, RAF claimed 161 German warplanes down versus 6 losses, while Luftwaffe suffered 108 losses in six days and 16 RAF pilots. An Aeroplane Magazine piece lauds RAF dominance, noting morale impact and prospects for extending air superiority with longer range fighters or new methods.
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Royal Air Force
Western Front
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France
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Luftwaffe
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RAF
Two Army Fliers Die In Plane Crash Near San Jose
Two Army training aircraft aviators perished when their plane crashed near San Jose airport during approach. Deputy Coroner Harry Ryder identified the victims as Lieut. W. C. Senner of Kansas City and Cadet Waldo E. MacIntosh of Miami, Oklahoma.
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San Jose
Calif
Harry Ryder
W. C. Senner
Kansas City
Waldo E. MacIntosh
Miami, Ok
Weather review for Montana shows cloudy Friday and Saturday
The forecast notes partly cloudy conditions across Montana on Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. No city or time specifics are provided.
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Montana
Russian Radio Challenges Nazis With Sarcastic Broadcast
New York June 26 The Russian radio mocked Germany in a broadcast heard via NBC promising baffling revelations from Berlin. The announcer said Germans had announced only generalities and that no miracles would be reported, challenging Nazis to produce specifics.
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New York
Germany
Berlin
Thea World
N.B.C
Spain Recruiting Volunteers to Fight for Hitler
Falangist party announces open offices to enlist Spanish volunteers to fight Russia alongside Germany. Jose Luis De Arreso Magrez, Falange secretary general, orders provincial chiefs to establish recruitment HQs for a legion of combatants. No figure given on how many volunteers will be sent. The move comes after days of Falangist demonstrations demanding intervention.
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Madrid
Spain
Falangist Party
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Jose Luis de Arreso Magrez
Falange Party
Subway Workers Vote to Strike in New York
A rally of subway employees estimated at 8,000 voted to strike July 1 unless an agreement is reached with the city board of transportation and the Transit Workers Union. The vote followed a four-meeting push by International President Michael J. Quill to authorize the 32,000 subway workers for possible action, as transit officials prepared for a strike threatening millions of riders.
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New York
Subway
City Board of Transportation
Transport Workers Union
Michael J. Quill
T.W.U
Government Moves to Fix Tire Prices at June Level
Washington officials, led by Leon Henderson, announced the government plans to set price schedules for tires and tubes. A schedule would apply nationwide, with talks to involve manufacturers to prevent pre schedule price hikes. Officials noted power to commandeer plants or divert materials, but favor simpler direct controls over harsher methods.
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Washington
Dans
Chrysler Corporation
Shaw
Dtc
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Y Fon
German Drive Against Russia Promises Success Amid Europe Front
Berlin reports the German army pressing east toward Russia with claimed progress while diplomacy seeks to rally others to its cause. Official bulletins claim land and air operations on schedule and favorable border battles, with unconfirmed reports of bombardment of Russian Black Sea naval bases and large munitions explosions.
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JAMAN
Berlin
Russia
Reich
England
Adolf Hitler
High Command
Deelsiong
Soviet Union
D.N.B
Black Sea
Heavy Earthquake Near East Indies Recorded in Pasadena
The California Institute of Technology seismograph logged one of the heaviest earthquakes in years. Seismologist Dr. Reno Gutenberg said shocks began at 4 08 a m Pacific standard time and lasted for hours. He estimated the quake was about 8 506 miles southwest of Pasadena, near the East Indies or Burma, predicting property damage and loss of life.
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Pasadena
Calif
Funes
California Institute of Technology
Reno Gutenberg
Bagen
Here
Burma
Dr. Gutenberg
Senator Houston of Texas Succumbs at Johns Hopkins
Washington reports Senator Andrew Jackson Houston of Texas died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after an operation for a stomach ailment. His secretary D R Potter announced that Houston died around 7 8 10 p m. His two daughters Marie and Marguerite were with him at the time.
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Andrew Jackson Houston
Texas
Ian Houston
Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Potter
Houston
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Marguriete
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