Fighting Hits New Peak on Saipan Island
U P dispatch reports thundering bombardment aiding Marines and Army offensives across Saipan. Second and Fourth Marine divisions with the Twenty seventh Army division push to within five miles of the island’s northern tip. Forces seize Garapan overlook positions FlamTree hill Sugar Loaf mountain and Charan Tabute north of Mt Tapotchau.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
Garapan Town
Tanapag Harbor
Saipan Island
Marianas
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
United States
Garapan
Flamtree Hill
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Charan Tabute
Mt. Tapotchau
Lewistown Man Heads Eagles at 42nd Montana Convention
Dr. Jack E. Cox of Lewistown was elected president of the Montana Aerue of Eagles at the 42nd state convention in Eagles hall. Other officers include S. J. Kelly Bozeman vice president Ray Campbell Great Falls chaplain W. J. Thompson Lewistown secretary James J. Brett Butte treasurer Neil Fisher Missoula conductor Frank E. Blair Virginia City inside guard John Sheehan Kalispell outside guard J. J. Gillen Red Lodge trustee Hold-over trustees are Judge Louis Buckley Butte and E. C. Vial Miles City. Members pledged support for the war effort and postwar planning and approved using surplus funds to buy war bonds. Lester H. Loble Helena, national past president, spoke on Eagles in the war effort noting 115 000 Eagles in service and 230 000 new members initiated last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack E. Cox
Lewistown
Montana Aerue
Eagles
Eagles Hall
Roy E. Barnett
Hamilton
S. J. Kelly
Bozeman
Ray Campbell
Great Falls
W. J. Thompson
James J. Brett
Butte
Neil Fisher
Missoula
Frank E. Blair
Virginia City
John Sheehan
Kalispell
J. J. Gillen
Red Lodge
Louis Buckley
Buttle
E. C. Vial
Miles City
Order
Lester H. Loble
Helena
Independence Day Observed in Australia With War Charity Events
In Melbourne Australia on July 2 prayers in churches marked America's Independence Day. Americans also held sports meetings to raise funds for war charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
Congress to Delay Resuming Major Legislative Work
Washington July 2 Congress leaders plan to return August 1 but defer major work until after Labor Day. House Majority Whip Rampsack said no emergency requires action and McCormack won Republican agreement for extended adjournments or three day recesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ramspeck
D.-Ga
Atlanta
McCormack
D.-Mass
Finns Vow to Persist in War With Russia Amid German Backing
Premier Edwin J. Linkomies announced in a broad Finnish radio address that Finland would continue fighting Russia until Germany releases it. He defended Finland’s innocence in the U S break, said German aid shapes but does not dictate policy, and noted cabinet unity despite debate on political consequences. Aleksi Aaltonen and Paavo Hynninen were reported in Stockholm amid exchange of diplomatic figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dowson
London
Edwin J. Linkomies
Russia
Germany
Finland
United States
German Transocean
Stockholm
Aleksi Aaltonen
United Press
CBS
Paavo Hynninen
Moscow
Juho Elias Erkko
DNB
Linkomies
Cordell Hull
Social Democratic Party
Roslyn man kills wife after quarrel over car to Seattle
Prosecutor Henry Wager said Joe Chopp 33 of Roslyn shot and killed his wife with a shotgun in Ellensburg after she protested his driving their car to Seattle and took the ignition keys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellensburg
Wash
U.P
Henry Wager
Joe Chopp
Roslyn
Seattle
Air Group 15 Knocks Down 65 Jap Planes in One Day
Pearl Harbor reveals Air Group 15 set a Pacific fleet record by destroying 65 enemy planes in a single day during the June 19 Marianas battle. Comdr. David McCampbell of West Palm Beach tallied five kills, lifting his total to nine as the unit repelled the Japanese air attack with 43 planes shot down by his squadron and one loss.
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Air Group 15
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Marianas
Marcus Island
Air Group Nine
Rabaul
David McCampbell
West Palm Beach
Fla
Guam
United States
McCampbell
Russians Cut German Escape Routes
London dispatch reports Soviet forces encircling Minsk, severing major rail and road links. Gen Cherniakhovsky’s Third White Russian army advanced up to 37 miles in 24 hours, trapping an estimated 300,000 German troops with little hope of escape as Izvestia touts victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Minsk
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Sloboda
East Prussia
Germany
Izvestia
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Stalingrad
Mrs. Mary Finlen Dies at 68 in Butte Civic Leader
Mrs. Mary Finlen 68 wife of James T. Finlen Sr. died Sunday afternoon at 1301 West Platinum street after a long illness. A prominent pioneer family in Butte she contributed to Red Cross wartime relief and city development projects. An avid golfer at the Butte Country Club she remained active in civic life until illness halted her work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Finlen
James T. Finlen
Butte
West
Platinum Street
Red Cross
Butte Country Club
Finlen
Allied Air Forces Bomb Hungarian Yugoslav Targets
Allied air power pressed a major two way assault across western Europe with 500 to 750 Italy based U S bombers plus British heavy bombers striking nine targets in Hungary and Yugoslavia including four near Budapest. Additional formations hit the Pas de Calais coast as Lancasters and Spitfires joined the attack over the channel.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
URP
U. S
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Britain
Europe
Avis
15Th Air Force
Italy
Eighth Air Force
Pas de Calais
R. A. F. Bomber Command
Channel
Yankees Capture Cecina in Stiff Fighting
Fifth Army Americans seized Cecina, 17 miles from Leghorn, after one of the stiffest Fifth Army battles since Rome’s occupation. British Eighth Army push toward Ancona was within 13 miles as bridgeheads across the Potenza formed.
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Rome
U.P
Fifth Army
Cecina
Leghorn
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Ancona
Loreto
Riparbella
Wallace Leaves China for Home
Vice President Henry A. Wallace departed LANCHOW after a 12 day stay in China. He spoke on leaving that Chinese resolve to resist Japan remains strong despite economic difficulties and military reverses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanchow
China
Henry A. Wallace
Genghis Khan
Japan
Million-Dollar Push for Fifth War Loan in Silver Bow
Silver Bow county races to meet a 4 999 000 quota with more than 1 316 311 raised by individuals and 1 908 000 by corporations. Campaign chair C H Gallagher urges 100 percent resident participation before the July 8 close, praising strong corporate support and urging investors to consult bankers for suitable bonds. Retail merchants and clerks lead the Third Army program with 372 171 95 raised as it aims to triple its original quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow County
C. H. Gallagher
J. S. Cohen
Third Army
Fourth of July Parade in Butte All Set
Butte prepares a four day Fourth of July celebration with the Parade of Colors briefing participants to assemble by 9:30 AM. The route runs from Washington and Granite through downtown streets ending on Montana as Jack Duggan serves as parade marshal under Chief Bart J. Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Washington
Granite
Broadway
Arizona
Park
Silver
Montana
Myles Newcomb
Main
Jack Duggan
Bart J. Riley
Showdown on Saipan as Marines Move Toward Mount Tapotchau
Marines and Army troops push down Mount Tapotchau slopes as Japanese resistance stiffens. American forces anticipate a final, largest concentration of Japanese on Saipan near Garapan and Tanapag, with heavy bombardment also affecting nearby Tinian.
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Saipan
Navy
Junge
Mount Tapotchau
Pacific
Garapan
Marianas
Tanapag Harbor
Saipan Island
Tinian Island
Lewistown Flyer Wins Decoration
In France near a Ninth Air Force Mustang base a Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded to Lt. Robert Weldon of Lewistown Montana for outstanding aerial achievement in the European theater during the war. The decoration marked the first American flyer decorations received in France in this conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
France
Ninth Air Force
Robert Weldon
Lewistown
Mont
Reward Offered for Henriot Killers by Radio Vichy
Radio Vichy declares a reward of 20 million francs four million dollars at prewar exchange for information leading to the killers of Propaganda Minister Philippe Henriot. The German high command admits it diverted troops to battle the French forces of the interior after D-day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Radio
Vichy
Philippe Henriot
Rommel Suffers Bloody Crack in Caen Assault
Allied sources report German command threw 11 divisions including a Panzer corps into the Caen defense in western Normandy. Despite heavy RAF and ground fire, Rommel’s forces lost at least 40 tanks and hundreds of men in a single day of rainfall and violent counterattacks against Montgomery’s wedge southwest of Caen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Russia
Caen
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
Rommel
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Odon
Paris
Montgomery
Associated Press Front
Roger Greene
New Money Orders To Be Issued As Postal Notes
Washington reports Uncle Sam will issue Postal Notes in fixed 10 cent 50 cent and 1 dollar plus multiples of 50 cents. For amounts to 10 dollars odd cents will be covered by adhesive stamps. Congress approved the bill and President Roosevelt signed it. Post Office prepares for a rush business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sam
Congress
Roosevelt
Post Office Department
Unlodged visitors endure brief police lodging in Wildwood
Wildwood New Jersey on July 2 reports that holiday visitors without lodging were given one night in the police station but barred from returning. Recorder R L Byrne warned inmates to seek other lodgings or leave town to avoid loitering penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildwood
N. J
R. L. Byrne
Nurses Returned to German Lines in Cherbourg Incident
At Ballero y France July 2 7 American forces halted fighting for a quarter hour as eight German nurses captured at Cherbourg were escorted back to German lines near Caumont. Captains Roosevelt and Cherke accompanied the transfer, German officers saluted, and the guns resumed. No exchange occurred since Germans had no American nurses.
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Balleroy
France
No-Man's Land
Here
Cherbourg
Caumont
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Fred Chercke
Roosevelt
Montana-F Forecast Calls for Continued Cool Weather
A weather forecast indicates Montana-F will remain cool on Monday with lingering chilly conditions and light winds. The report notes a slow warming trend toward midweek as highs stay in the 60s and overnight lows dip into the 40s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Robot Bombing Dims as Brit Newspapers Demand German Reprisals
Southern England reports say Germany's robot vengeance blitz waned after 48 hours of attacks. A children's hospital sustained damage as winged projectiles struck. Editors urged obliterating undefended German towns in reprisal while Allied fighters downed several bombs en route to England.
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England
U.P
Germany
Air Ministry
Hitler
Britain
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Drive
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Lewistown Flyer
By James M. Long
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