Raiders Circle Mainz in RAF Heavy Raid Flames Engulf Nazi River Centre
Picked RAF bomber crews described a 46 minute Luftwaffe strike over Mainz as they dropped more than 50 000 incendiaries and hundreds of tons of bombs. Observers reported a 15 000 foot smoke column and fires raging in key river port and grain hub on the Rhine Mainz area. Squadron Leader G L Cheshire said a flare signal began the attack with multiple aircraft dropping bombs before circling to end.
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Rhine- Mainz
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Education Board to Meet Sept 14 on Montana State College presidency
Montana Board of Education will discuss selecting a successor to Dr. A L Strand as president of Montana State College Bozeman at its September 14 meeting Gov Sam C Ford said Wednesday Strand resigned to head Oregon State College and will stay until mid October to ease transition Dr Strand succeeded Dr Alfred Atkinson as Montana State College president August 1 1937 Atkinson is now president of the University of Arizona
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Montana Board of Education
A. L. Strand
Montana State College
Bozeman
Sam C. Ford
Strand
Oregon State College
Ford
State College
Strand Beore
Alfred Atkinson
Atkinson
University of Arizona
Clarification of Traffic Laws to Be Proposed
Helena August 12 state highway patrol will seek a 1943 legislature bill to modernize traffic laws and remove conflicts. Col Charles L Sheridan patrol supervisor said the measure aims to simplify the code not enact drastic changes. He cites three penalties for drunken drivers as an example of items to clarify.
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Helena
State Highway Patrol
Charles L. Sheridan
Mrs Roosevelt Asks Questions On Second Front
At a Hunter College forum Eleanor Roosevelt faced audience queries about delaying a second front. She noted she was not a military expert but pressed for knowledge on distances ships ammunition and supplies to support a Dunkirk scale operation.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hunter College
War Financing Plan Presented to Congress by Chamber
A five year war financing plan was laid before Congress by United States Chamber of Commerce representatives. It proposes current income taxes a 10 percent sales levy and a 5 percent withholding tax plus a daylight savings method for tax collection. Alvord urged five year ahead planning and the temporary purchase of non interest bearing government bonds. Heavier emphasis on current income tax collections could raise billions beyond the House proposal.
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Frank Bird
W. Bird
Montana Power Company
Anaconda Copper
Weather Forecast Continues Cool With Mild Wednesday
Continued cool conditions expected with Wednesday’s high near 79 and low around 44. Thursday remains similarly mild with daytime warmth and cooler nights, sparking light clouds and a breeze.
Railroads Vow to Meet Wartime Transport Demands
Burlington president Ralph Budd said American railroads will continue to meet war transportation needs as long as materials permit repairs to tracks and equipment. He spoke during a visit by Budd and seven Burlington officials to Billings and the rail territory, departing for Alliance, Nebraska via Sheridan, Wyoming.
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Neb
Sheridan
Wyo
Soviet Forces Driven Back by Nazi Troops
Soviet troops fell back deeper into the Caucasus around Cherkessk as German armored forces pushed toward Mikoyan Shakhar, 150 miles above the Turkish frontier. The Red Army claimed successful counterattacks near Kotelnikovski and heavy fighting near an unidentified river on the Krasnodar front.
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Kletskaya
Kikoyan Shakhar
Strategcc
Rostov
Japanese Premier Tojo Hurt in Attack Behind Hospital
Kilsoo Haan said a Korean nationalist, Park Soowon, 31, wounded former Premier Koki Hirota and slightly injured Gen. Hideki Tojo outside Tokyo's War Ministry. Police fatally shot Soowon after he fired again. 92 Korean suspects were later arrested.
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Kilsoo Haan
Park Soowon
Buridan
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Yokohama
Osaka
War Ministry
Haan
Tojo
Hirota
Dormitories Swept by Flames in Bremerton
Fire swept through a federal dormitory project at a Navy yard city in Bremerton Washington destroying seven buildings in the first half hour. The complex housed 500 men and 100 women and was about a mile from the yard. Fire crews from the city and Navy yard fought the blaze as investigators searched for a cause.
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Bremerton
Wash
Navy Yard
Pooch in Disgrace in Jerseyville
Bobbie the stray dog once praised for helping dispose of moles at the plant lawn in Jerseyville tears up flower beds. Manager Elzy Pickerel Jr says the dog faces temporary exile to the country as punishment.
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Jerseyville
Bobbie
Elzy Pickerel, Jr
Nominations Won by Commentator and Radio Singer
United Press notes two states tabulated primaries electing a commentator and a radio singer to senatorial nominations. Idaho frontrunner Glen Taylor faces incumbent John Thomas as Charles Cossett backs the race. Nebraska's Foster May secures the Democratic line against Kenneth Wherry, while Ohio’s Martin Sweeney loses his bid.
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Charles C. Cossett
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John Thomas
Compton Kite
Harry B. Coffee
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Omaha
May
Kenneth Wherry
Sen
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Martin L. Sweeney
Death Toll Rises in India Clashes With British Forces
Rioting spreads across India with deaths reported in Wardha Madras and Madura amid Gandhi led mass struggle for independence. British troops and police faced deadly clashes as the State Department warned American forces to avoid involvement in India’s internal politics.
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India
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Madura
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India Office
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Peace Officers to Meet in November in Butte
The Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association will hold its annual meeting in Butte on November 21 22 and 23 with Sheriff Al McLeod as host. The date was moved from August due to the November 3 election determining sheriffs for the next four years.
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al McLeod
War News Outlook On Solomon Islands And Soviet Fronts
The Solomon Islands push at Tulagi looks stronger despite losses, but victory would not remove broader war concerns. Southern Russia battles decide crucial outcomes shaping the Pacific offensive, with high costs and limited near term gains.
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Solomon Islands
Russia
Formosa Island Bombed by Allied Forces
Allied bombers blasted Formosa, now Taiwan, in a raid off the China coast with reports noting Japanese garrisons and airfields. Chinese communiques said Japanese reinforcements crossed into Chekiang and fighting raged near Nanchang and Linchuan as Tokyo claimed heavy Japanese casualties in July battles.
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Flyer Is Killed as Planes Collide Near Phoenix
Two Army training planes collided about 20 miles east of Phoenix killing First Lieut. John D. Busiek 26 of the flying instructors. Lt. Col. Claude L. Brignall parachuted to safety after the crash authorities said. Dr. Marcellus H. Stow of the War Production Board mining branch inspected Montana offices during an inspection tour.
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Arizona
U.P
Lake Field
John D. Busiek
Claude L. Brignall
Helena
Marcellus H. Stow
The
War Production Board
Montana
Wilbur A. Nelson
Washington
MacArthur reports heavy damage to Japanese ships at Rabaul
United States Flying Fortresses heavily damaged four Japanese ships at Rabaul on New Britain in a daylight raid. One 15,000 ton vessel was left burning, another large ship was sinking, two medium ships were set afire and listing, and one Japanese Zero fighter was shot down. All Allied planes returned safely.
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United States
Rabaul
New Britain
State Highway Commission to Maintain Airfields
Gov. Sam C. Ford authorized Montana to maintain auxiliary Army air fields under a War department agreement. Routine maintenance snow removal and repairs will be done by highway personnel under joint Army and state supervision. The state will be reimbursed by the federal government. The department will not maintain primary bases at Great Falls.
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Sam C. Ford
Montana Highway Commission
Montana
War Department
Army
Highway Commission
Ford
Howard W. Holmes
Great Falls
Allies plan wider Pacific offensive toward Philippines
Pearl Harbor reports say Allies consolidate Solomons beach-heads for larger push to retake New Britain and New Guinea north coast and possibly advance to the Philippines. Officials note reinforced Japanese garrisons and readiness for a sustained drive, with MacArthur and Nimitz linked to the campaign but no official progress details.
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Kiska Island
Draft Board No 2 Sends Fighting Men Off to War
A large contingent of Silver Bow county draftees from Draft Board No 2 left Butte Thursday evening on the Union Pacific train to Fort Douglas Utah for United States Army service. The departure drew thousands of relatives and friends at the depot as the group, accepted July 24 at the local induction center, began a 14 day optional furlough before shipment.
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