British Units In Egypt Reinforced
Allied Eighth army in Egypt strengthening west of Matruh as Rommel drives toward Alexandria and Suez. Axis forces press with three mechanized divisions while Allied air power, including US B-24s, harasses advancing troops. Rumors of an imminent mechanized battle persist as Rommel seeks to breach 150 miles to the Nile.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Matruh
Avis
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Desert Army
Egypt
Nile Valley
Libya
Erwin Rommel
Nile
Mediterranean
Qattara
Rommell
United States Army
Vis
Governor Proclaims 40 MPH Speed Limit For Montana War Years
Governor Sam C. Ford proclaimed a statewide 40 mile per hour speed limit for all motor vehicles during the war. The order, urged by President Roosevelt, aims to conserve rubber gasoline and critical materials, protect highways and bridges, and preserve manpower for the war effort amid highway burdens and maintenance cutbacks. Ford noted safety and resource preservation as key reasons and said the 40 mph limit will be enforced despite federal allowances up to 45 mph.
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Sam C. Ford
Ford
Roosevelt
Montana
Highway Department
British liner Tongarlor sinks Japanese submarine
London reports that a 4719-ton British liner engaged a Japanese submarine at sea and destroyed it during a voyage home to Britain carrying Australian meat and wool. the encounter occurred in the trade routes near Britain.
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London
The
Admiralty
Tongarlor
Britain
Roosevelt Churchill promise stroke to divert Germans
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill pledged a major operation to divert German forces from the Soviet front. They praised improving victory prospects and noted heavy Atlantic U boat losses but rising ship production. The statement hinted at forthcoming operations discussed at Washington while avoiding specifics about a second front.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Germany
London
United Nations
Atlantic
Russia
Helena Boy Killed When Struck By Falling Tree
Kenneth Burnell 17 son of Caleb Burnell of Fort Harrison died yesterday afternoon from a skull fracture after a tree he was chopping in Elk Park fell on him. He was born Sept 1 1924 in Libby and lived in Butte and Helena. survived by his father, a Helena sister Mrs BE J Goodreau, a Butte half brother Sher vil Bagendorf, and aunt Mrs Leo McMahon. mother died in 1934. Body taken to White mortuary at Butte.
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Kenneth Burnell
Caleb Burnell
Fort Harrison
Elk Park
Hutte
Kenneth
Libby
Butte
Helena
Helena High School
BE. J. Goodreau
Shervill Bagendorf
Leo McMahon
Man Dies After Tick Burn Incident in Ouray
Ouray June 27 A wood tick embedded in Dowind Sighal's shoulder. While burning out the tick his clothing caught fire. He escaped his cabin but died shortly after, while some ticks carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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Ouray
Golo
Dowind Sighal
Neather in Helena By U. S Weather Bureau
Scattered showers Sunday afternoon and early Sunday night. Warmer.
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Helena
U. 8
Weather Bureau
Great Fleet of Small Boats Is Sought To Deal With Subs
The Navy, seeking to bolster anti submarine patrols off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, calls for owners of seaworthy small craft to volunteer vessels and crews. It hopes 1,000 additional boats join 1,200 others already patrolling, with relaxed requirements. Vice Admiral Waesche aims to form a yachtsmen reserve to operate these craft, noting physical standards are limited to immediate service ability.
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Washington
Atlantic
Gulf
Themeeles
Veo O
Tt. R. Waesche
Coast Guard
Navy
Big Infantry Training Post Inspected By British Minister
Prime Minister Churchill spent five and a half hours at Fort Jackson inspecting the largest infantry training post in the Army. He praised the thoroughness and precision of building a wartime U S Army, observing a live ammunition demonstration by parachute troops, infantry, tanks, and artillery under a blazing sun.
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Fort Jackson
8. C
Churchill
United States
Russians Hold Sevastopol as German Drive Stalls
AP dispatch reports Sevastopol defenses repel repeated German assaults on the 24th day of the siege. In Kharkov the German offensive is halted after heavy fighting, with Soviet air forces claiming crippling losses for the enemy. Pravda notes 31 air battles and 51 German planes destroyed in one day.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Itus Sians
Crimean
Kharkov
Timoshenko
Kharkov Tronn
Ukraine
Kupyansk
Pravda
Dutch Queen and family visit to Ottawa flight
National Capital awaits visit of Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands. The 11 year old queen's grandmotherly era crosses the Atlantic by air, arriving in Ottawa with daughter Crown Princess Juliana and two grandchildren Beatrix and Irene after a long separation, amid UN world attention.
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Washington
United Nations
Wihelmna
Netherlands
Britain
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Ottawa
Jujiang
Beathikx
Irene
Java
Big Vanguard of U S Air Force Prepares for Bombing Raids
London dispatch reports a large U S Army Air Forces vanguard in Britain preparing secret base operations to bomb Germany soon in coordination with the Royal Air Force. Aircraft and unit sizes remain secret, but plans include attacks on Bremen Cologne Essen Rostock and other targets as American bombers join RAF efforts.
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Big Vanguard
U.S. Air Force
London
United States Army Air Corps
British Isles
Germany
Royal Air Force
Bremen
Cologne
Essen
Rostock
Yuebeck
United States
R.A
Atlantic
R.A.F
Chines
RAF
Hitler
Charge CC. Marshall
U. S
Britain
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
England
Marshall
Black Sea
Mediterranean
North Africa
Tobruk
Bens Rast
Ploesti
Mexican Tankers Torpedoed as War Steps Are Imposed
Two Mexican tankers were torpedoed about 50 miles off Mev ican coast this morning and war measures were imposed immediately with a blackout order. One vessel, the government tanker Tivoan formerly the 7,000 ton Italian Americano, was taken over by Mexico after seeking refuge at Tampico harbor. She was sent down off Lobos, about 88 miles south of Tampico.
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Tampico
Mexico
Tivoan
Americano
Ihe
Hiavh
Isin Lobos
Hicks to Leave Helena for Scottsbluff in Mont
The Reverend George Morrell, pastor of the Helena Methodist church for seven years, announced he will exchange pastorates with Reverend Laverne C Hicks, pastor of St. Paul’s Methodist in Teleta Montana. The exchange was approved at the Montana Methodist conference in Butte this week. Morrell and Mrs. Morrell plan to depart in about two weeks.
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Scottsbinil
Nell
George &. Morrell
Teve
Laverne C Hicks
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Teleta
Mont
Morrell
Butte
Tokyo Bombers Receive Decorations 23 Are Cited Including Billings Man
Washington June 27 An improvised 20 cent bombsight used by American fliers in the Tokyo raid helped earn 28 airmen the Distinguished Flying Crosses. Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle attended with Gen. Henry H. Arnold presenting the medals at Bolling Field. Among those praised was Billings Monts Sgt David J Thatcher, 21, a crewman who recalled seeing six Japanese planes and noted the striking against the refinery and factory targets.
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Tokyo
Billings
Washington
Henry WW. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Bollingfield
James J1. Doolittle
Roosevelt
United States
Tivrlove
David J. Thatcher
Mont
Airlines
Air Force
Model Planes Will Soar Today In State Contest
One hundred model airplanes are set to fly in Helena as 198 contestants compete in the state model plane contest hosted by the Exchange clubs of Montana. The event starts at 9 a.m. at Helena Balsa Worm airfield, about nine miles north near Lincoln road on U S highway 91. Helena builders include 16 entrants. Grand prize is a $180 war bond, with a $50 second prize. Exhibits include an Army pursuit plane built by Jim Sturrock of Great Falls, and chairman Bob Harper of the Helena Buncham Club.
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Helena
Exchange Clubs of
Montana
Helena Balsa
Lincoln Road
Bob Harper
Contegt
Whch
Jim Sturrock
Great Falls
Harper
Blurrock
Restricted Areas in Western States Abandoned by Army
Western states abandoned hundred of alien barred areas by order of Lieut. Gen. Dewitt. Aliens will remain barred from naval and military installations but thousands of Italian and German workers may now work in California fields and orchards within the regions. About 100 sites exist in California with others in Washington Oregon Montana Idaho Nevada Utah and Arizona.
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San Francisco
J. L. Dewitt
California
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Eight Arrested By F B I In Roundup
New York reported that eight German saboteurs landed in two groups on Long Island and near Jacksonville Florida. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover announced the eight men, trained in Berlin sabotage schools, were caught with explosives seized. Group I on Long Island included Dasch Burg er Heink and Quirin. Group II in Florida included Kenning Haupt Wer.
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New York
J. Edgar Hoover
F.B.I
Hoover
Long Island
New York City
Florida
Jacksonville
Fila
Anagansett Beach
L. 1
Berlin
George John Dasch
Ernest Peter Burger
Michigan National Guard
Heinrich Harm Heink
Robert Quirin
Edward John Kenning
Herbert Haupt
War grows in Egypt and Ukraine as Axis pressure mounts
The article notes a twin crisis for British and Russian forces as Axis offensives push toward Egypt and Kharkov. British imperials near Alexandria face a last-ditch stand, while German advances disrupt Timoshenko’s communications. Washington remains optimistic as Roosevelt and Churchill hint at future operations including a possible American second front in Europe.
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Hitler
Egypt
Ukraine
Alexandria
Russia
Marshal Timoshenko
Kharkov
Washington
Roosevelt - Churchill
Germany
United States
Afr
Europe
Euggests
Mb Bear
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L. C. Hicks
Scottsbluff
Tull
War Department
Charles R. Greening
Tacoma
Wash
Greening
Kirkel. Simpson
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