Butte July Fourth celebration updates and Stalin warning
Butte prepares to celebrate its Fourth of July as Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin declared Nazi forces occupied parts of Lithuania Latvia White Russia and Ukraine in a broadcast. He warned Hitler's army would be beaten and noted fierce fighting near Borisov as German and Soviet troops clash, while fascist aviation expands its strike zone on coastal and inland cities.
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Lithuania
Latvia
White Russia
Ukraine
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Hesala
Worps Nada
Borisov
Red Army
Murmansk
Orsha
Mogilev
Smolensk
Kiev
Odessa
Sevastopol
Napoleon
Butte Fourth of July Festivities Spark Citywide Parade
Butte hosts a multi day Fourth of July celebration featuring a comic parade at 7 30 PM led by Mayor Barry O’Leary and parade entries from local businesses. Dozens of states banners, street decorations, and a street dance follow, with musicians touring the city to join in the festivities. The parade forms at Park and Washington, travels Park to Gaylord and Broadway to Montana before disbanding.
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Butte
Barry O'Leary
Thither
Eddie Price
Park
Washington Streets
Park Street
Gaylord
Arizona
Broadway
Montana Street
Montana
Knudsen Urges Greater Toil for Freedom and Defense
William S. Knudsen urged the nation to intensify labor, sacrifice, and production to safeguard liberty and prevent despotism. He warned that German victory in Russia would secure vital materials, boost arms supplies, and threaten the Western Hemisphere, urging faster defense efforts.
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Washington
William
Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Holland
Belgium
France
Britain
Russia
Germany
British See Confidence Grow in War Effort Against Germany
London reports a cautious British assessment that the Red army can defeat German blitzkrieg in Russia. Russian staff officers told the British mission that Soviet forces are counterattacking around Moscow Kiev and Leningrad, challenging German spearheads while supply lines strain under fuel food and ammunition shortages.
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France
Russia
F. N. Mason McFarlane
Blitzkrieg
Moscow
Kiev
Leningrad
Red Army
William T Bray Dies After Fall From Horse
William Thomas Bray 47 of Whitehall was found dead after an all night search by Jefferson County citizens sheriff officers and CCC boys near his ranch home. He had left about 3:30 pm to tend cattle on Pipestone bench and likely fell from his horse into a gopher hole. The death appears instantaneous and he had lived in the area most of his life.
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William Thomas
Schilly) Bray
Whitehall
Jefferson County
CCC
Bray
Quinn
Frank Lawrence
Mr. Bray
Centerville
Rains Declared Timely for Winter Wheat in Helena Field
Montana reports indicate recent rains and cooler weather mitigated heat damage from late June. Winter wheat is favored, though shearings and haying lag, with spring grains nearing fill, fruit and sugar beet conditions bright, and some insect issues noted as harvest approaches.
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Helena
Ral Agricultural Marketing Service and Weather Bureau
Montana
Americas urged to accept policy of practical cooperation
The United States urged the American republics to adopt a policy of constructive and practical cooperation in defense of the Americas. The Uruguayan plan would bind 21 nations to avoid treating any American country at war as a belligerent. Sumner Welles emphasized unity to preserve liberties for future generations amid European aggression.
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Washington
United States
Americas
Uruguay
Sumner Welles
Europe
Wendell Johnson Installed as Legion Commander
Wendell Johnson was installed as commander of Silver Bow post No. 1 of the American Legion at annual exercises in Legion hall. E. J. Keeley became vice commander, Art Bacon second vice commander, with Howard Rich as finance officer Eli Boucher historian Archie Hatherall chaplain Norman Harver sergeant at arms. Executives include Hugo Kenck retiring commander Paul Rooney Joe Knuckey Sidney Bray. Delegates to the Red Lodge state convention July 16 to 19 elected last night are Fred Lehn Hugo Kenck Earl Genzberger and H. R. Doyle. Retiring Commander Kenck installed the new officers.
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Wendell Johnson
Silver Bow Post
American Legion
Legion
House Ways and Means Backs 3.5 Billion Defense Tax Bill
Washington July 2 The House Ways and Means committee completed a tentative draft of a 3.5 billion defense revenue bill to raise taxes on individuals and corporations. Treasury reports show 1941 spending reached 12.71 billion with a 5.10 billion deficit, boosting the public debt to 48.96 billion.
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U.P
House Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Legislative Drafting
Doughton
N. C
U.S
House
Germans Claim 160 000 Russians Are Captured
Soviet and German war reports on July 3 describe fierce fighting from Borisov to Minsk as German panzer columns push toward Moscow and Red forces counter with heavy resistance. The communiques note bombings, penetrations beyond Minsk, and major efforts around Borisov Slutsk and Bobruisk with Arctic front clashes near Murmansk.
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Minsk
Borisov
Bobruisk
Russia
Murmansk
Arctic
Karelian
Leningrad
Germany
White Russia
Slutsk
Dvinsk
Latvia
Sredny Peninsula
Red
Kulayarvi
Kuolajaervi
Delegates Named to Elks State Convention in Helena
Butte lodge of Elks named delegates for the state convention in Helena. Exalted Ruler James E. O'Neil presided and announced R. R. Schroeder H. R. Binney Dave Horn L. P. Schmid Carroll Fabian Ray Stannes H. J. Schaffer Thomas Meager and James E. O'Neil as delegates. The state convention runs July 24 to 26. O'Neil will depart July 7 for the national Elks convention in Philadelphia.
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Helena
Butte Lodge of Elks
James E. O'Neil
R. R. Schroeder
H. R. Binney
Dave Horn
L. P. Schmid
Carroll Fabian
Ray Stannes
H. J. Schaffer
Thomas Meager
O'Neil
Butte
Philadelphia
Butte Council Urges Residents Fight Magazine Solicitors
Butte city officials urged residents bothered by magazine salesmen to call the police. Alderman J. T. Sullivan led the attack calling fakirs crooks and warning women to dial 2205 for police help. The council, including Mayor Barry OLeary, supported running them out of town.
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Butte
Police Department
J. T. Sullivan
Sullivan
Barry O’leary
Japan Facing Super crisis in East Asia, Press Reports
Tokyo reports a secret imperial conference decision may redirect modern Asiatic development. Yomiuri cites a looming super crisis tied to Russo-German war and Southeast Asia, with Matsuoka urging watchful waiting and calm adherence to the sovereign's wishes.
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East Asia
Tokyo
U.P
Yomiuri
Hirohito
Shanghai
Indo-China
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Yosuke Matsuoka
Matsuoka
Drafted men wed in Judge Hourigan’s court over July 4th weekend
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Judge Andrew Hourigan waived the three day waiting period allowing 41 newly drafted men to marry this weekend. The court action blends love and patriotism as the nation marks Independence Day.
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Wilkes-Barre
Andrew Hourigan
Pennsylvania
Attorney Hartman Dies in Bozeman at 84
Walter Hartman, 84, longtime Bozeman attorney of 48 years, died at his home from a heart ailment. He was local counsel for the Northern Pacific railway and Montana Power, active in civic life, and noted for his Christmas cards. Funeral set for Thursday at 3 p.m. in Bozeman.
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Bozeman
Walter
Hartman
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana Power Company
Montana
Hitler declares vast Soviet collapse in 10 day blitz
Berlin reports an 10 day blitz in which 160000 Soviet troops are captured or killed and wounded many times that number. German forces claim decisive blows near Bialystok and rapid advances on Moscow Leningrad and Kiev with reinforcements from Romania Finland Hungary and Slovakia.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Bialystok
Germany
DNB
Red Army
Rumania
Finland
Hungary
Slovakia
Weather Outlook for Montana: Clouds and Showers
Butte reports partly cloudy conditions Thursday and Friday with thundershowers in the mountains. Southeast Montana will be slightly warmer with afternoon cloudiness and scattered mountain showers.
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Butte
Montana
Butte Students Lead Honor Roll at Montana School of Mines
Frank E. Jeniker, a freshman from 2303 Cottonwood Street, tops the Montana School of Mines honor roll for the second semester ending in June with a 2.89 index. James H. McMahon, 2.86, and Charles N. Dougherty, 2.78, follow, with five other Butte men and Walkerville’s Henry J. Roletto among those listed.
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Butte
Montana School of Mines
Frank E. Jeniker
Cottonwood Street
W. M. Brown
James H. McMahon
West Mercury Street
Charles N. Dougherty
Fresheman
Wyoming Street
Thomas A. Prater
West Park Street
Matthew P. Rowe
North Henry Street
John M. Fitzpatrick
Sampson Street
William R. Opie
South Washington Street
Aes W. Teipner
West Quartz Street
Henry J. Roletto
West Daly Street
Walkerville
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