Invasion chief likely American general for Europe
British sources say a United States general could lead the Allied invasion of Europe. Gen George C Marshall is prominently discussed as commander in chief with British officials ready to accept him or any top American officer.
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London
United States
Europe
Britain
George C. Marshall
United Nations
Roosevelt
Marshall
Archibald P. Wavell
Pacific
Union Dispute Ends After Arbitration Pact
A clash between C I O and A F L efforts to organize grocery clerks halted two war plants in Pontiac Michigan. Gov Murray D Van Wagoner announced a settlement to arbitrate with both unions withdrawing pickets and allowing food deliveries. The dispute risked statewide truck transport disruption and drew GM head E C Wilson's call for federal action.
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Pontiac
Mich
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
Detroit
A. F. L. and
Co. I. O
War Labor Board
van Wagoner
C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corporation
Weekend Showers With Cooler Temperatures Expected
A forecast shows scattered showers Saturday afternoon and evening with a cooler regime. Friday is expected to reach a high of 78 degrees and a low around 45 degrees as conditions shift.
Germans Continue Attempts to Discourage Allies
London reports mounting Allied offensive prep and high level strategy meetings suggest a Western push with Soviet aid. Russian leaders reportedly pressed for a Western diversion as Japan concentrates 400000 troops on the Manchukuo-Soviet frontier.
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Robert Bunnelle
London
Europe
Murmansk
Red Army
Quintuplets Born to Irish Couple in Ireland
The British Press Association reports five babies were born Friday to Mrs. Thomas Leyden near Sligo Ireland. Two girls died at birth while the remaining child and two boys were reported doing fine by physicians. The Leydens had lived in the United States for several years.
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London
British Press Association
Thomas Leyden
Breaghwy
Sligoon
Ireland
Leydens
United States
Navy Says Air Survey Fails to Locate Japs on Pribilofs
A Navy spokesman stated about 10,000 Japanese are in the western Aleutians but air reconnaissance found no evidence of any in the Pribilofs. He added the Navy has conducted direct investigations by air and seen only 10 Japanese.
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Navy
Washington
Aleutians
Allied Planes Bombard Tobruk in Fourth Raid This Week
A force of U S Army air force and Royal Air Force bombers attacked Axis held Tobruk for the fourth time in a week. The raid was described as in force with reported good results. The attack followed Axis bombing raids on Alexandria and reports of alarms in Cairo and Suez.
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Cairo
U.S
U. S. Army Air Force
Tobruk
U. S
Matruh
Egyptian Desert Front
Egypt
el Alamein
Alexandria
Rome
Winston Churchill
London
Military Trial Declared Legal by US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled that Nazi saboteurs must face tribunal by a military commission and denied habeas corpus relief. It allowed wartime detention and maintained that the military court proceeding can continue unless the President revokes it. The justices reserved power to review the President’s wartime actions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Military Patrols Increase on Florida Coasts
Florida defense officials say armed patrols along the 1200 mile shoreline have been boosted to deter enemy espionage and saboteurs. Brig. Gen. E A Evans urges civilians to avoid beaches at night while allowing daytime access for bathers. He notes guards operate from dusk to dawn for protection.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
E. A. Evans
Florida Gulf
Miami Beach
Evans
Butte Keeps Up War Bond Push With Record Friday Sales
Butte merchants wrap up retailers for victory drive reporting on Friday a leap toward the $150,000 target for July. Silver Bow county neared the goal as last day totals ran high, with many firms contributing substantial sums to the war bond and stamp campaign.
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Butte
Tokyo
Silver Bow County
Jimmy Doolittle
Hon
Hirohito
Washington
James H. Rowe
Rowe
Amos Bros. Grocery
Montgomery Ward
Toggery
Hughes
Eclipse Inc
Zircon Shop
Baby Bunting Shop
Save More Grocery
Emil Marans
5 & S&s Jewelers
Weinbergs
Supreme Market
Florshiem Shoes
Ed Marans
Safeway Stores
Trafford Grocery
Bishop Grocery
Strains
Ellis Paint
Veins Clothes
Symons
Hennessys
Colorado Cash
Shiners
Cannons
Towles
Hubert's
Keene’s
Spillum
Paxson & Rockefeller
Knieval Tire Service
Truscott’s
Legion aims to collect 14 thousand more old records
About 3 500 records were gathered Friday at the American Legion reception center in Butte bringing total collected since Monday to 6 000. Walter Barnard says 14 000 more are needed and a delivery truck will operate Saturday to collect records at the center or by phone. Damaged records accepted to replace with new for servicemen.
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American Legion Reception Center
West Broadway
Walter Barnard
Legionnaire
Barnard
Butte
Mining City
Allied Planes Attack Jap Cruiser and bases in New Guinea
Allied air units attacked and probably hit a Japanese cruiser south of Amboina in the Dutch East Indies while bombers shelled Japanese bases at Gona and Buna in New Guinea. Guadalcanal and Kokoda operations were also reported with fires near Kukum and a large offshore ship hit. A lone Japanese plane dropped a bomb near Mossman Queensland.
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M’arthur
Australia
Amboina Island
Dutch East Indies
Gona Mission
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Kukum
Gona
Buna
Kokoda
Mossman
Queensland
Townsville
French Report Ship Halted by British Is Freed
The admiralty said a French destroyer and several naval planes freed the French freighter Mitidja after a British submarine halted it in the Mediterranean. The ship, carrying cereals wines and ores from Oran to Marseilles, reached port without further incident.
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Vichy
Admiralty
Mitidja
Mediterranean
Oran
Marseilles
101 Year Old Indian Fisherman Drowns in Lake
POLSON July date: Louie Finley, a 101 year old Selish Indian from Finley Point near Polson, drowns while fishing at Turtle Lake. He spent most of his life fishing and witnessed many regional changes. His wife Louise, 112, is reputedly the oldest Selish Indian and now is blind.
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Louie Finley
Finley Point
Turtle
Russians Stand Firm as Nazi Push Faces Territorial Threat
War report notes Stalin urging no retreat as Russian forces hold along the Don from Voronezh to the Don bend while Berlin claims a major Nazi bulge toward the Caucasus. Kushchevka fell, Salsk under attack, and Rostov–Kushchevka–Yelsk lines threaten the Russian left flank amid possible sea-route disruption.
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Stalin
Don
Voronezh
Moscow
Berlin
Caucasus
Kushchevka
Bataisk
Rostov-Baku
Salsk
Krasnodar-Stalingrad
Salsk Junction
Viesk
Azov
Rostov
Velsk
Rostov - Kushchevka - Yelsk
Sea of Azov
Taganrog
Air duels over France as RAF and Luftwaffe clash
Hundreds of British and German fighters clashed over northern France in a massive dogfight involving Spitfires Messerschmitts and Focke-Wulf 190s. Eleven German planes were shot down while the British lost eight Spitfires. Allied raids on Abbeville and St Malo caused damage with no British losses in the later strikes. Meanwhile German attacks on the English coast caused homes to topple and several casualties.
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London
Messerschmitts
France
Abbeville
St. Malo
Focke-Wulf
Eagle Squadron
R. Edner
San Jose
Calif
Barry Mahon
Santa Barbara
Channel
Malo
Brittany
England
Manchester
Soviet Halt Nazi Drive in Caucasus and Don Front
Soviet lines slowed a major Nazi push in the Kletskaya area 80 miles northwest of Stalingrad while Don River clashes at Tsimlyansk yielded German losses exceeding 1,000. The Baltic and Leningrad fronts reported repelling attacks as Russians pressed with armor and artillery.
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Kletskaya
Tsimlyansk
Moscow
Red
Caucasus
Bataisk
Stalingrad
Don River
Rostov
Don
Leningrad
Voronezh
Upper
Barents Sea
Genghis Khan
Letskaya
Red Army
Lightning kills four gardeners on Dupont estate
Four gardeners died when a lightning bolt struck them as they sat under a stone arch on Alfred J. Dupont’s estate in Wilmington during a severe wind and electrical storm on a Friday. A fifth man, Anthony Caruso, was injured.
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Wilmington
Del
Alfred J. Dupont
John Doherty
Frank Lefore
Louis Durso
Edward O’donnell
Anthony Caruso
Mrs Patsy O Flynn Dutcher Dies Widely Known Butte Resident
Mrs Patsy O Flynn Dutcher a former Butte resident dies in Pasadena. Services in Butte at Daly Shea mortuary then burial in Holy Cross cemetery. Widow of Dr John Dutcher she led Pasadena public library and worked in Seattle and Butte libraries. Survived by sisters and nephews in California.
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Patsy O’flynn Dutcher
Butte
Pasadena
Patsy O'Flynn Dutcher
Dutcher
Daly-Shea
Holy Cross Cemetery
John Dutcher
O'Flynn
Butted
The
State University
Public Library
Seattle
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Women's Rotary Club of
California
California Fine Arts Music Club
California Literary
Angeles
Fort Harrison Ve . Hospital
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Itler
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Poe
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Kirke L. Simpson
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