U S Flyers See First Combat Roles in Europe Battle
U S Army fighter pilots scored 31 sorties with Royal Air Force support over France and the English Channel, aiding the Mainz raid while American Eagles joined in limited numbers. German raids struck East Anglia and southeast Scotland with casualties and damage reported.
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London
Europe
Mainz
R. A. F. Fields
France
England
Luftwaffe
Rhine
U. S
Eagle Squadron
U.S
West
Eagles
East Anglia
Greater London
Scotland
Thousands See Selectees Leave For Fort Douglas Utah
Thousands of relatives and friends packed the Union Pacific depot as selectees from Silver Bow county draft board No 1 boarded a train to Fort Douglas Utah for Army induction. The 14 day optional period before training was taken by the draftees amid a large farewell crowd.
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Tokyo
Butte
Fort Douglas
Utah
United States Army
Union Pacific
Silver Bow
Army
Cargo Planes Accelerate War Supply Effort at Douglas
Douglas Aircraft president Donald W. Douglas announced that long range cargo planes are in mass production, with monthly outputs nearing total world airline production over seven years. He said C-54s and DC-3 variants are expanding supply lines to the Burma road and to the 4 300 mile route to Egypt, stressing air power to defeat the Axis.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Douglas Aircraft Company
Donald W. Douglas
Douglas
World Airlines
United States
Luftwaffe
Burma
Egypt
Near East
Arctic
South Seas
Axis
Army
Empire Hotel Becomes Government Offices in San Francisco
The 30 story Empire hotel in San Francisco was converted to government offices on Thursday. About $300,000 worth of hotel furnishings will be sold at auction. The building was purchased by the Treasury department for $1,800,000 to house federal agencies.
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San Francisco
Empire
Treasury Department
Unavoidable Accident Verdict in Couture Death
The coroner ruled Peter Couture 65 died from injuries after an unavoidable auto accident. He suffered brain hemorrhage, facial abrasion, broken legs, and shock following being struck at South Main and Silver streets. Witnesses included driver Charles Christman and Dr. Kane among others at the inquest in Silver Bow county.
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Peter Couture
South Main
Silver Streets
Don Sheehy
Silver Bow
Charles Christman
Couture
P. E. ,Kane
John Geary
J. E. Mooney
Elmer Powell
Raymond C. Carlson
Charles Thurston
Edwin J. Couch
Sheehy
eSeen
Thomas F. O’connell Schedlnx
Main Street
Main
Navy Ordered to Take Over Bayonne Plant
President Roosevelt ordered the Navy to take over the General Cable Bayonne plant in New Jersey after nearly 1000 workers refused to end an unauthorized strike that shut the factory. The move aims to resume production of vital wire and cable products for the war effort. The workers, part of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, had defied a War Labor Board appeal to resume work for the sake of the troops. Roosevelt signed the executive order placing Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox in control.
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Washington
U.P
Navy
Roosevelt
Bayonne
N. J
General Cable Corporation
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
War Labor Board
Solomon Islands
WLB
Mr. Roosevelt
Reduction Made in State Levies
Helena August 13. Mill levies for state purposes for the current year will be two and one half mills less than last year with an estimated saving of about $846000. The Montana board of equalization announced the levy this year will be four mills three and a half for the Greater University system and half a mill for bonds for the state hospital at Warm Springs. The board eliminated the two mill general school levy and the half mill for capitol building, and half a mill for livestock agencies was removed.
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Helena
Montana Board of Equalization
Capitol Building
University
Warm Springs
State Livestock Commission
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Weather forecast for continued cool temperatures
Continued cool weather with Thursday and Friday forecasts. Daytime highs near 70 degrees and overnight lows around 34 degrees. Stronger chill possible in mornings with light winds and dry conditions ahead.
Nazis Drive on Red Oil Fields Near Caucasus
Moscow reports German advances along the Rostov to Baku railway reaching Mineralnye Vody and Cherkessk zones as Red Army fights back with tanks and dive bombers. High command says fierce battles occur around Kletskaya, Kransnodar, Maikop, and Stalingrad defenses hold amid heavy casualties.
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Moscow
U.P
Rostov - Baku
Caucasus Mountains
Mineralnye Vody
Grozny
High Command
Nevinnomysskaya
Caucasus
Cherkessk
Armavir
Kletskaya
Kotelnikovo
Kransnodar
Maikop
Stalingrad
Elitsa
Kalmuck
Repu
Rostov
Astrakhan
Volga Delta
Caspian Sea
Red Army
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Fedor von Bock
Mexico to Call In All U S Currency
The Treasury announced Mexico will recall all United States currency used there to curb Axis agents handling looted money. Six dollar bills are exempt due to cross-border trade and scarce exposure to Axis hands.
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Washington
Treasury
Mexico
United States
Marines Rehearse Solomons Landing for Allied Drive
U S Marines participate in landing exercise as part of the Allied assault on the Solomon Islands. Photos from a South Seas island show tractors driving from landing barges and leathernecks wading ashore, with Vice Admiral Robert Ghormley commanding the operation.
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United States
United Nations
Solomon Islands
U. S. Marine Corps
South Seas
Robert Ghormley
Germans Threaten to Wipe Out Serbia in Occupation
The Yugoslav government in London says Germany warned it will wipe out all of Serbia if unrest requires expanding the occupation force. Reports note hundreds of Serb boys sent to camps or deported to curb guerrilla activity amid Allied second front talks.
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London
Serbia
Balkan
Europe
Belgrade
War Secretary Stimson Reorganizes Army Publicity Unit
Secretary Henry Stimson announced a major shakeup of the Army publicity staff after a controversial fifth column air marker story. Maj. Gen. Alexander Surles will lead the reform to tighten accuracy, reduce Washington based officers, and shift about 75 of 100 public relations roles to troop assignments.
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Stimson
Washington
Army
Michelfield
New Jersey
Virginia
Alexander D. Surles
Army Publicity
Surle
Surles
Tax Proposal Seen as Threat to Boeing Aircraft Firm
H. E. Bowman of Boeing testified that excess profits tax provisions in the proposed revenue bill could destroy Boeing and other aircraft makers. He warned that 96.6 percent of Boeing’s net income would be taxed under the 90 percent excess profits tax, threatening the company’s survival amid pre war investment in new equipment.
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Washington
Aan
Boeing Aircraft Corp
H. E. Bowman
Seattle
Boeing Company
Senate Finance Committee
Bowman
Olson commutes sentence of 14 year old in youth justice transfer
Sacramento reports Gov. Culbert L. Olson commuted the prison term of 14 year old Barney Lee on Thursday night and transferred the youthful murderer from San Quentin to the jurisdiction of the youth correction authority.
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Sacramento
Culbert L. Olson
Barney Lee
San Quentin
Youth Correction Authority
Five Killed as Indian Rioting Flares Across East Coast
Police killed five people in a flare up of independence rioting along India's industrial east coast where mobs attacked a railway station and broke into a courtroom. Violence has subsided in Bombay and New Delhi, centers of a five day rebellion that has claimed 74 lives with fresh outbreaks reported in central provinces.
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Bombay
U.P
India
New Delhi
Vikaylaxmi Pandit
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
all-India Congress Party
Allahabad
Tenali
Calcutta
Madras
Laurel men drown in Tacoma incident during induction
Bernard Brobaugh, 25, of Laurel Montana, arrived to be inducted into the Army and drowned on Thursday. His companion Bud Edwards, 22, also from Laurel, was rescued by Rex Kelley, secretary of the Puyallup Chamber of Commerce.
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Tacoma
Bernard Brobaugh
Laurel
Mont
Bud Edwards
Rex Kelley
Resistance of Enemy Broken at Key Points
United States marines claim to have captured a Japanese airfield on Guadalcanal after fierce hand to hand fighting. They say Japanese resistance has been broken at key points on Tulagi and that Allied operations are consolidating gains under heavy bomber and fighter attack. Naval communiques offer no progress details while New Zealand observers call it a potential turning point in the Pacific war. The first wounded are arriving at advanced American bases.
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M’arthur
Australia
U.P
Solomon
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
Netherlands East Indies
U. S. Navy
Washington
Solomon Islands
New Zealand
Robert L. Ghormley
Solomons
Ameri
Essential Miners to Be Deferred
The War Production Board said Major General Lewis B. Hershey plans to defer from military service all workers deemed essential to copper production by local boards. July copper output could rise by 56 thousand tons if labor were available, with industry sources noting selective service has drawn up to 20 percent of mine labor.
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Washington
War Production Board
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
WPB
Copper Industry Advisory Board
Harry O. King
Camp Fire Girls Open Third Grease Campaign
Camp Fire Girls of Butte initiate their third house-to-house drive to collect grease and fats, aiming for 3000 pounds. Over 200 girls participate starting at 9 am, with WPA trucks transporting materials to grease depots for processing and delivery to Hansen Pack Company.
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Camp Fire Girls
Butte
WPA
Hansen Pack Company
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Kharkov
Astrakhai
Russia
Montanan
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