25 Nazi Tanks Are Knocked Out Near Caen
Allied forces reported 25 German tanks destroyed southwest of Caen as Second Army repelled multiple counterattacks. American troops on the Cherbourg peninsula captured 5,000 Germans in 48 hours, boosting total Allied captures and deaths on the Cherbourg front to over 46,000. Rommel reportedly took field command after Dollmann's death, with German efforts focusing on the Odon bridgehead and flank counterattacks.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Britain
Caen
Cherbourg
Paris
Erwin Rommel
Odon River
Esquay
Odon
Cheux
Grainville-Sur-Odon
Esqua
U. S
Rommel
Friedrich Dollmann
Germans Use New Type Robot Bombs
In southern England residents heard the drone of German vengeance bombs striking hospitals schools and towns. Seven patients died at a hospital wreckage and many more were killed or trapped. Observers say a second type with 18 foot wingspan glides after engine cutout and offers a shorter warning. Berlin radio claims pilotless V-2 weapons with greater explosive charges may be deployed.
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England
Engeland
Germany
Channel
Zurich
News Chronicle
Berlin
United Press
New York
Yanks Steadily Consolidate Saipan Gains
American Marines and doughboys push to seal pockets of Japanese holdouts on Saipan. Adm Nimitz reports small gains and ongoing clearance of caves, while Japanese raids and aerial attacks continue. Navy bombs Kurile targets and Formosa shipping centers as offensives spread across the region.
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Letf Erickson U
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian Island
Rota Island
Kuriles
Kurile Islands
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Formosa
Philippines
China
Takao
Joseph W. Stillwel
Dewey Addresses Cheering Crowd at New York Capitol
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican presidential nominee, told a large Albany crowd on the capitol steps that the United States will prove during the coming campaign it is the most united nation in the world. He said America can argue over issues while fighting the war and that risking an election during war shows strength and unity.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
State Capitol
United States
New York
Dewey
Capitol
War Department urges stronger controls by WPB
The War Department said its monthly goals for war goods deliveries are not being met and urged the War Production Board to avoid any relaxation in production controls. It called for more vigorous efforts to increase weapons manufacture, warning that delays could cost lives and prolong the struggle. The appeal targeted both management and labor.
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Washington
War Department
War Production Board
Chiefs of Staff
War Bond Drive Strives to Reach Halfway Mark in Silver Bow
Silver Bow county nears the halfway goal in its Fifth War Loan with seven days left to reach a $2,650,000 quota. Individual sales totaled $35,831 Saturday, lifting the county’s grand total to $1,316,311 while corporations added to the drive. County chairman C. H. Gallagher urged residents to invest as a show of support for fighting men and pledged confidence in meeting the goal. The state report lists leading counties with high subscription rates, and Shell Oil, Texas Company, Pittsburgh Plate Glass, and California companies committed new funds to the campaign.
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Silver Bow County
C. H. Gallagher
Gallagher
Daniels County
Prairie County
Wibaux
Park
Cascade
Chouteau
Sanders
Pondera
Bow County
Shell Oil Company
Texas Company
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
California Company
John Hample
Shell Company
J. H. Rowe
Prudential Federal Savings Association
Savings Depositors Find War Bonds to Fit Their Needs
Savings depositors are advised on war bonds Series E G and F with different yields and terms. Series E pays 2.90 percent over 10 years with a 75 dollar price per 100 dollar bond and 25 dollars interest at maturity. Series G offers 2 percent for 12 years with semiannual interest checks. Series F yields 2.35 percent for 12 years. Other issues include coupon bearer bonds. Consult your banker for suitability.
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Savings
United States
Japanese Take Terrific Pasting in June
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS reports June saw the destruction of 247 Japanese planes five destroyers 14 merchantmen and 95 barges in the southwest Pacific. The blows supported the Biak invasion where MacArthur’s forces now have airfields in range of the Philippines. A heavy aerial strike 60 miles west of Biak hit the enemy air base Noemfoor on Friday and a Liberator sank a small Jap merchantman off Palau.
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Quartrs
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Biak
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Noemfoor
Carolines
Palau
Butte Eagles Initiate 43 at Pre-Convention Event
Forty three men were inducted into the Butte aerie of Eagles during a pre-convention social on Saturday night. The unofficial opening marked the eve of the Montana aerie’s forty second annual state convention. Roy Barnett of Hamilton will preside at the official session Sunday morning. More than 350 members and guests attended, with a dance and social in Eagles hall and a parade by drill teams from Great Falls Helena and Butte teams.
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Butte Aerie of Eagles
Montana Aerie of Eagles
Roy Barnett
Hamilton
Order
Eagles Hall
Great Falls
Helena
Butteneries
Allied Flags Fly Over Copenhagen Riots
In Copenhagen 15,000 Danish patriots clashed with 3,000 German troops as a general strike paralyzed the city. Flags from the United States Britain and Russia flew above barricades while shops were smashed and transportation halted. Reports said up to 700 killed or wounded. ambulances and milk trucks ferried the injured as German forces fortified the garrison.
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Copenhagen
Robert N. Studevant
Stockholm
Ieland
United States
Aftonbladet
Demonstra
Tors
Malmo
Sweden
Oro Sound
Free Danish Press Service
Schalburg Korps
Soviets Close Grip Tighter Around Minsk
Soviet forces drive westward into White Russia gaining up to 70 miles on Minsk’s flanks and capture Borisov a major rail hub. Moscow says three Russian armies near Minsk unite for final assault. District centers Goml Pleshchenitsy also fall as Rokossovsky and Cherniakovsky advance toward Minsk with dozens of towns seized and heavy German losses.
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London
Minsk
Borisov
Moscow
Unite Armies
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
Russia
Great
Warsaw
Berlin
Goml
Pleshchenitsy
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Slutsk
Kopyl
Krasnaya Sloboda
Gresk
Ivan Cherniakovsky
Orsha
Berezina
Nazis Fall Back on Italian Front
Rome July 1 German lines yielded along the 165 mile Italian front as Fifth and Eighth armies pressed toward Livorno Florence and Ancona. Allied forces crossed rivers and moved against Cecina Siena near Florence and Pivorno while air forces bombed north of Florence. In Utah two teens died in a rollover near St George.
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John F. Chester
Rome
Livorno
Leghorn
Florence
Ancona
Fifth
Cecina
Tyrrhenian Sea
Siena
Lake Trasimeno
Chinti River
Musone River
U. S
Pivorno
Albert Kesselring
Mediterranean
Allied Air Force
Last Germans in Cherbourg Area Surrender
American troops accepted the surrender of the last organized German units northwest of Cherbourg near Cap de la Hague at 11 10 p m Saturday. In the prior 48 hours US forces bagged 5 000 prisoners and total prisoners in the peninsula surpassed 42 000. Some prisoners were drunk after being cornered in pillboxes as officers ordered a last stand.
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Cap de la Hague
Cherbourg
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Mueller
Kiehl
Cherbourg Peninsula
Don Whitehead
Peninsula
Five Bomber Crew Killed in Colorado Crash
Sterling Colorado July 1 five crew members of a Lowry Field Liberator bomber were killed when the plane crash landed and burned in Logan county about 30 miles northwest of Sterling Sheriff Frank L Long said three others were seriously injured and taken to a Sterling hospital One survivor said the crew noted engine trouble before the order for a crash landing the craft landed on its wheels then nosed over crushing the front portion
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Sterling
Colo
Lowry Field Liberator
Logan County
Frank L. Long
Colorful July Fourth Parade in Three Divisions
Butte will stage a four day Fourth of July observance starting Tuesday at 10 am with a parade in three divisions. The lineup and divisions were set at a recent committee meeting led by Myles Newcomb. State and local officials including Assistant Chief Jack Duggan Chief Bart Riley and Assistant Fire Chief John Seitz plus aides and volunteers prepared the parade plan and details to be announced Monday. The observance opened with a serenading orchestra in the business district under Billy Hamilton and continued with a Pioneers club dance party and greyhound racing at local clubs. Mayor Barry O Leary urged a safe sane holiday and personal responsibility to prevent accidents as part of a nationwide safety campaign.
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Butte
Myles Newcomb
Jack Duggan
Bart J. Riley
John C. Seitz
Joe Brnnig
Roland Jobe
William Reeme
Arnold Jacobsen
R. E. Dodge
Buster Froelich
Emmett Keyser
Harry Bennett
Billy Hamilton
Butte Pioneers’ Club
Pioneers’ Hall
Montana Kennel Club
Safe Fourth
Barry O'Leary
O'Leary
New War Manpower Order Aims to Add 200000 Workers
The Associated Press reports the War Manpower Commission urges voluntary compliance to channel hiring through the U S Employment Service and move 200000 workers into war industries. Chicago opposition cited as concern grows over potential obstacles to production. LA director notes resignation among nonpriority employers as military leaders warn war is not yet won.
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United States
War Man Power Commission
Chicago
WMC
Los Angeles
United States Employment Service
M. Gen. Arnold
Adm. King
War Bonds Appeal Echoes Bataan Sacrifice
A wartime appeal urges continued support for War Bonds citing sacrifices of American troops and the memory of Bataan. The message emphasizes national duty and urges readers to contribute within their means to aid the war effort.
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America
Bataan
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