Nazi Armored Spearhead Is Encircled
Soviet dispatches report a Nazi armored spearhead northwest of Stalingrad fighting for its life against encircling Soviet mortar and anti tank units. The Red army advances west of Moscow and overrun several localities around the Rzhev-Vyazma-Gzhatsk triangle as heavy tank battles and air attacks continue along the Stalingrad front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Rzhev
Caucasus
Baltic
Black Sea
Don River
Volga River
Kotelnikovski
Prokhladnenski - Mozdok
Krasnodar
Tass
Greater Germany
Fight For Lives
Four Army Men Promoted at Local Induction Center
Announcement from Ninth Corps area headquarters lists promotions of four local servicemen. Technical Sgt Cecil C Gibbons Texline Texas commissioned second lieutenant in military police to transfer Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. Sgt Addis A Wolff Glendive and Sgt Dean Hart Darby named officer candidates to train at Camp Davis North Carolina. Sgt Clifford W Klawinder named master sergeant remaining on recruiting duty at Butte headquarters. Seven men enrolled in CPT Reardon Anaconda Paul W Snyder Kalispell Phillip H Spear Sheridan Wyo Paul V Manni Billings Carl R Redding Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Recruiting and Induction Center
Ninth Corps
Cecil C. Gibbons
Texline
Texas
Military Police
Fort Oglethorpe
Addis A. Wolff
Glendive
Dean Hart
Darby
Camp Davis
N. C
Clifford W. Klawinder
Butte
CPT
Reardon
Anaconda
Paul W. Snyder
Kalispell
Phillip H. Spear
Sheridan
Wyo
Paul V. Manni
Billings
Carl R. Redding
State Contributes to Navy Relief Since May
Helena Montana contributions to the Navy Relief society total $12,250 since May, nearing the 1942 goal. The state committee reported funds came from major sports events in cities and smaller fundraisers such as card parties dances and box socials across communities. Virginia OConnell was elected assistant treasurer as the group meets in Governor Ford's office with members including Chief Justice Howard A. Johnson and Joe Markham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Navy Relief Society
State Navy Relief Society Committee
State Committee
Sam C. Ford
Virginia O’connell
War Analysis: Nazi Drive Through Caucasus Heads Toward Caspian
Edward E. Bomar reports four Nazi columns pressing toward Stalingrad and the Caspian. A northern thrust reaches toward Astrakhan from the Volga delta while a southern column advances 500 miles toward Grozny oil fields. A third force seeks Klukhov pass aiming to flank Russian troops along Sukhum and Ossetian routes.
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Edward E. Bomar
Stalingrad
North Caucasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Great Mountain
Baku
Caucasus
Red Star
Volga
Astrakhan
Great River
Caspian Sea
Elista
Volga and
Caspian
Caucasus Barrier
Grozny
Maikop
Berlin
Mount
Elboros
Klukhov Pass
Sukhum
Weekend Shower Outlook With Mild Temps
Forecasters expect widely scattered light showers Saturday afternoon and evening with little temperature change. Friday’s high reaches 59 degrees and the low near 34 degrees.
Six Highland DeMolay Members to Receive Chevalier Degree
Six members of Highland chapter of the Order of DeMolay will be awarded the Chevalier degree at a Tuesday evening meeting in the Masonic temple. Honorees include Holsey Clark Johnson Frank Ladendorff Joseph Henry Trethewey Jr William Mitchell Jr and Howard Russell Windom for outstanding service to the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Holsey Clark Johnson
Ps Eece Frank Ladendorff
Joseph Henry
Chinese forces recapture Chuhsien in major victory
Chinese troops retook Chuhsien after heavy fighting and killed over 1,000 Japanese. The Central News Agency said three shock columns occupied the walled city and its vast airfield, as Li Shui and nearby towns fell in a six week southern China offensive. The push also reached Lishui and Sungyang with reports of further Allied airbase gains and Japanese withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
U.P
Chuhsien
Lishui
China
U. S
Central News Agency
Chiang Kai-shek
Central China
Kiangsi
Chekiang
Sungyang
Lishut
Kingwa
Tokyo
Suichang
Giangsi
Lientang
Nanchang
Tuchang
Lake Poyang
Kwangtung Province
Yuntam
Canton-Hankow
Treasury Honors Anaconda Plant for War Bond Signups
Anaconda Re duction department celebrates 95.1 percent of employees, 3 198 subscribers, signing up for War Savings Bonds. The United States Treasury awards Minute Man flags to units with 90 percent or more participation, with many departments at or near 100 percent. The score reflects broad employee effort alongside copper production during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Minute Man
United States
W. E. Mitchell
United States Treasury Department
Sendomaer Wae
Smashing Air Attacks Made on Reich
American Flying Fortresses and RAF heavy bombers struck targets across German-held Europe. Allied blows hit Gdynia in the Baltic, Calais to the Seine coast, and Meaulte near Albert in France. The raid on Meaulte hit a major aircraft plant rebuilt under German control. sixth raid with no Fortresses lost. Rotterdam harbor damage reported from Thursday’s raid.
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Calais
Seine
Meaulte
Albert
France
Rotterdam
United States
Butte Youth’s Part in Epic of Midway Island Told
A Butte man recalls the Midway battle where Marines Navy men and Army airmen earned fame. His son Robert Bruce Miles 29 died in the fight. Miles ranch west of Butte near Miles Crossing figures in the story as one of 15 Navy pilots who took off on June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bruce Miles
Midway Island
Butte
Fred Miles
Miles Ranch
Miles Crossing
Ramsay
Young Miles
Navy
German Raiders Blast England in Severe Coastal Attacks
German bombers struck the northeast coast of England in a late Friday to Saturday raid, hitting a town in East Anglia. Four people were killed and six were trapped under debris as high explosives and fires raged, underscoring the larger Allied air campaign against Hitler's forces.
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London
Hitler
North Sea
England
East Anglia
United States
Bravely Silent Tanks of the Pacific Airmen
A wartime caption recalls ten planes and their crews in the Pacific. One airman survived to tell the tale while 14 went down with torpedoes aimed at Japanese waters. The story honors the fallen and recalls a time of peril and duty.
Marines land in Solomons in Pacific campaign epic
United Press correspondent aboard a Marine landing party reports the first Japanese held territory retaken by the United Nations in the Solomons. Marines, with fleet and Allied support, seize Tulagi Tanambodo Mbamba and parts of Guadalcanal and Florida islands after heavy resistance and significant Japanese casualties.
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Solomons
U. S
Solomon Islands
United Press
Guadalcanal
United Nations
Japan
Navy
Army
Ais
Tulagi
Tanambodo
Mbamba
Makemee
Florida Islands
The
Earthquake Kills 43 in Albania
A Rome broadcast from Tirana reports 43 dead and 110 injured after a violent earthquake in Northern Albania. More than 1,000 people are homeless as the quake shakes the region around Tirana, the capital.
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Rome
Albania
Tirana
Ford Proclaims Two Special Elections In Roosevelt Lake Counties
Helena August 28 Gov Sam C Ford proclaimed a November 3 special election in Roosevelt county to fill the vacancy from the resignation of State Senator L M Clayton A separate special election was ordered for Lake county after the resignation of State Senator Howard K Hazelbaker Both races aim to fill legislative seats for the upcoming term
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
Roosevelt County
L. M. Clayton
Lake County
Howard K. Hazelbaker
Stilwell Confers Silver Stars for Burma Valor
Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell awarded the Silver Star to Col. George W. Sliney of Thermopolis Wyoming and San Francisco and Capt. L. Laybourne of Windsor Colorado for gallantry in the Burma campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
U. S
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
George W. Sliney
Thermopolis
Wyo
San Francisco
L. Laybourne
Windsor
Colo
Burma
Americans to Play Lead in Desert War
In the Alamein front, American regular Army units in General Grant tanks prepare for action against Rommel. U.S. tank troops, seasoned for desert combat, await the next offensive with optimism and confidence in a decisive clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamein Front
Egypt
U.P
Erwin Rommel
Nile Delta
Middle East
Death of Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria At 70
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria, commander on the Russian and Italian fronts in World War I, died Friday. He was 70 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria
Third Phase of Solomons Battle Opens
General MacArthur reports heavy combat in Milne Bay in southeastern New Guinea as Allied ground forces engage Japanese troops who landed Wednesday night from a small convoy. Allied air strikes began two days of bombing and ground reinforcements may be underway to drive the invaders from the area.
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General MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Milne Bay
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Port Moresby
Milne
Ship Is Launched in Record Time
Henry J. Kaiser completed the world’s fastest ship launch with the 10,500 ton Liberty cargo vessel John Fitch in 24 days from keel laying at Richmond No. 2 yard. The sponsor Kaiser’s wife missed the ship as champagne bottle broke on the prow while Henry J. Kaiser Jr. delivered the bottle in a football pass. About a thousand workers cheered as the ship slid into the water amid celebration. Kaiser said he will return to Washington, D. C., soon to discuss plans for giant cargo planes with government officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
John Fitch
Liberty
Kaiser
Richmond Shipyard No. 2
Henry J. Kaiser, Jr
Young Kaiser
Stanford University
W D. C
Eight Butte Draftees Board Train for Fort Douglas
Eight Butte men formerly in deferred status due to defects have now been classified 1-A and left Friday night aboard the Union Pacific for the Fort Douglas induction center in Utah. Local boards sent representatives, with relatives bidding farewell as a late-arriving train delayed departure. Names include William R. Heikkinen, Matson, Latsch, George J. Rutledge, Herbert A. Burgan, William P. Hughes, and John F. P. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Fort Douglas
Union Pacific
Utah
Selective Service Board
Washington, D. C
William R. Heikkinen
Street
Mier Matson
Nine Mile
Latsch
Galena Street
George J. Rutledge
Wisdom
Herbert A. Burgan
Maryland Avenue
William P. Hughes
Porphyry Street
John FP. Smith
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Induction Center
the War News
Highland Chapter
Treasury
U.S.S. Iowa
Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Sherman Kennedy
Navy Yards
Henry Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Gydnia
Kassel
By Wes Gallagher
Reich
Gdynia
Poland
Kasse
Pacific
Robert C. Miller
Rommel
Nile
Henry T. Gorrell
Don Caswell
Washington
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