U S Navy Sinks Japanese Cruiser and Two Destroyers
Allied dispatch reports a night action in the Solomons near Vila and Vella gulf in which American forces sank one Japanese cruiser and two destroyers and probably a third destroyer while suffering no losses. The engagement followed an air and sea raid on Rendova and Bairoko, with extensive bombing of Japanese positions and the Munda airstrip in American hands.
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Southwest Pacific
Vila
Kolombangara Island
MacArthur
Vella Gulf
Vella Lavella
Kolombangara Islands
Solomons
Munda
New Georgia
Kula Gulf
Bairoko Harbor
Bairoko
Vela Gulf
South Kolombangara
Renova Island
United States
Russians Near Kharkov in Speedy Drive
Russian troops advancing behind Kharkov swept through 70 towns and villages, driving toward the city. Moscow said mobile forces reached within 16 miles of Kharkov, with pincer-like offensives from the Chuguev area threatening the Nazi defense.
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London
U.P
Kharkov
Graivoron
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Berlin
Chuguev
Kharkov-Bryansk
Borisovka
Belgorod
Zolochev
Orel
Bryansk
Screening Tests Waived for Draftees
Selective Service HQs empower local draft boards to waive the usual screening examination for 1-A registrants now living elsewhere. A spokesman said the change aims to speed classification in communities lacking feasible screening facilities.
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Washington
Selective Service
Plane crash kills 14 as RAF plane hits buildings
A Royal Air Force aircraft crashed into two public buildings and four cottages in Winslow England on August 7. The accident killed 14 civilians and the entire crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
England
U.P
Royal Air Force
Admiral King Foresees Powerful Crippling Blows at Japan
In a Washington interview Admiral Ernest J. King outlines allied Pacific strategy. He says Japan will face powerful setbacks while China remains crucial to victory, likening China’s role to Russia’s in Europe and stressing China must stay in the war for overall success. continuous discussion continues on page 5 column 4.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Pacific
Japan
China
Russia
Germany
King
Allied High Command
Navy Department
Guadalcanal
Europe
Catholic Leaders Meet in Butte for 22nd Diocesan Convention
Western Montana hosts the 22nd annual National Council of Catholic Women convention in Butte from today through Tuesday. Bishop Joseph M. Gilmore will address delegates twice. Mrs. F A Angelo and Mrs. Thomas M. Robinson arrive from York and Helena. A solemn Pontifical Mass opens at Sacred Heart church with theme Catholic Women on the Home Front. Delegates register at Finlen Hotel Sunday afternoon.
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Butte
Montana
National Council of Catholic Women
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
F. A. Angelo
York
Thomas M. Robinson
Sacred Heart Church
Mary Darragh
Finlen
W. P. Joyce
Michael McCormack
M. M. English
John J. O'Connor
FDR Churchill and Stalin Believed in Conference
The German DNB news agency said it was likely that President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin are meeting or about to meet. It cited Stockholm sources and suggested Stalin’s move to the front camouflages his absence from Moscow.
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London
U.P
DNB
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Stockholm
Stalin
American Air Forces to Blast Japan in Pacific Offensive
Allied forces in Australia near Munda prepare to join a intensified southwest Pacific drive toward Japan. Admiral Halsey praises progress and vows to push forward to destroy the enemy as plans for airstrip use advance near Bairoko harbor and New Georgia.
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Allied
Australia
U.P
Munda
William T. Halsey
Japan
U. S
New Georgia
Bairoko Harbor
Solomons
Admiral Halsey
South Pacific
French Patriots and Nazis clash in Paris streets
In Paris heavy street fighting erupts as French patriots battle German forces. German casualties, Nazi cautions, and raids on St Cloud and Le Vallois are reported. unrest spreads to Greece Albania and the Italo-German frontier with Yugoslav and Greek leaders directing hit-and-run actions.
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London
Paris
Balkans
Europe
French Committee of Liberation
Algiers
France
le Vallois
St. Cloud
Greece
Albania
Draja Mikhailovitch
M. Douras
American Troops Press On In Sicily Hill Action
At American colonel’s HQ troops push from boulder to boulder against German dugouts on a Sicily hill. Anti aircraft fire and machine guns cut the field as front lines stay pinned, while artillery and gunners adapt under the sun and camouflage nets.
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Hugh Baillie
United Press
Sicily
J.P
Immedi
Tunisia
Alphonsing
Gastoning
Montana property taxes hit record low for 1943
Helena reports Montana property taxes for all purposes will total about 22.3 million dollars for 1943, the lowest on record. State board members Sam D. Goza John A. Matthews and William E. Rae say preliminary county budgets point to a new county tax low with state, county and school levies averaging about 50 mills.
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Helena
Montana
Sam D. Goza
State Board of Equalization
Goza
John A. Matthews
William E. Rae
Gaza
Hitler Consults German Leaders
Adolf Hitler held a series of important conferences at his headquarters with Germany's political and military chiefs. German broadcasts say the talks, attended by figures such as Ribbentrop, Doenitz, and Himmler, aimed to shore up morale as Italy falters amid Allied bombing and possible political upheaval.
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London
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Italy
Daily Mail
Berlin
Hamburg
Reich
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Hitler
Hiroshi Oshima
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Luftwaffe
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Karl Doenitz
Erhard Milch
Girl Scouts Marooned as Bridge Goes Out
Camp Castle Rock in Butte faced a temporary supply cutoff when the Lower Basin creek bridge washed out after heavy rains. County Surveyor Jack Healy reported the wash-out as crews worked to repair the bridge, with expected passage by Sunday for the camp’s closing week and transport of the Girl Scouts.
Montana Pilot Dies in Action Over Sicily
Lieu tenant Eldon R. Garner of Brady was killed in action over Sicily on July 5. Garner served in the Army Air Force for two years, was married to Bernie Dowd of Hamilton, and their six week old daughter is with his wife's parents in Hamilton.
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Hamilton
Eldon R. Garner
Brady
Army Air Force
Sicily
War Department
Garner
Charles Garner
Bernie Dowd
Elks Lodge to Hold Parley in Helena
About 100 Elks officers and delegates from Montana lodges gather in Helena for a one day Montana Elks association meeting. Ritualistic teams from six lodges compete in the annual contest with finals tomorrow afternoon led by James F. Higgins of Helena.
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Helena
U.P
Elks
Montana
Montana Elks’ Association
Butte
Anaconda
Missoula
Virginia City
Kalispell
James F. Higgins
State Association
Pioneers Elect at Conference
Joe Larsen of Deer Lodge was re-elected president of the Montana Society of Pioneers as the annual conference concluded in Deer Lodge. Officers for the senior group include Mrs. Marion Trask vice president James Norris secretary Mrs. Jennie Chowning treasurer and trustees Mrs. Mary Valston William Orton John Miller. The Sons and Daughters elected Lester Loble Helena president John L Evans Judith Gap vice president Mrs. Cecelia Dick Missoula secretary Victor N. Kessler Helena treasurer Edith R Maxwell Great Falls historian Phil G Greenan Great Falls and Arthur Woods Missoula trustee.
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Deer Lodge
Joe Larsen
Montana Society of Piocers
Marion Trask
James Norris
Helena
Jennie Chowning
Ennis
Mary Valston
William Orton
Butte
John Miller
Helmville
Sons and Daughters of Pioneers
Lester Loble
John L. Evans
Judith Gap
Cecelia Dick
Missoula
Victor N. Kessler
Edith R
Maxwell
Great Falls
Phil G. Greenan
Arthur Woods
Phil Greenan
Tom Aspling
Martin Trask
Vital Troina Seized in Bitter Fight
Allied forces seized Troina in central Sicily and Bancavilla near Catania, tightening the Sicilian front to about 45 miles. American troops and British units pressed a pincer, with German remnants fleeing toward the Messina area as 125000 prisoners were reported.
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North Africa
Troina
Bancavilla
Messina
Sicilian
Terry Allen
15Th Armored
Hermann Goering
Mt Etna
Blancavilla
Catania
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bronte
Randdazzo
Mt. Etna
Straits of Messina
Come Munique
Dazzo
Cavilla
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U.S
Rendova Island
Rendova
U. S. Army Signal Corps
By John M. Hightower
N.C.C.W
F.D.R
Churchill
The
Equalization Board
Girl
Elks Lodge
Vital Troina
Biancavilla
Lugano
Switzerland
Lombardy
Milan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
By Daniel Deluce
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