Nazis Report Soviets Are Retreating
German Rumanian and Hungarian forces push forward against Soviet defenders in Ukraine despite snow storms. Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung says important results expected as high command hints operations proceed. Reports of Soviet retreat and scorched earth tactics accompany weather and fierce resistance.
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Berlin
U.ap
Ukraine
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Dvina
High Command
Russia
Red
Lwow
Estonian Goods Ordered Sent to Russia
Stockholm reports a Russian proclamation on Italian radio ordering all Estonian cattle, corn and machinery shipped to Russia immediately. The public must aid loading. destruction is forbidden until further order, with unremovable goods to be burned. This aligns with Stalin’s scorched earth policy against the German advance.
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Stockholm
Estonia
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Finland reports penetrations of Soviet territory in war communique
Finland announced Friday the penetration of Soviet territory by Finnish troops and the capture of important enemy strongholds. The report notes the sinking of a Russian submarine in Finnish minefields and the destruction of 48 Red aircraft through July 2. It also mentions German and Finnish forces crossing the eastern frontier in the north toward Murmansk and the Murmansk Leningrad railroad.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Murmansk
Murmansk-Leningrad
$250 000 to Be Split Among 28 Montana Counties
Helena July 3 The Montana public welfare department will apportion 250000 among 28 counties in inverse proportion to the average taxable valuation per capita under the 1940 census. The funds are for county poor funds, supplemental to six mill levies and other revenues.
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Montana
Helena
Montana Public Welfare Department
Legislative Assembly
Great Battle Believed Favoring Reds
London observers on July 3 noted signals from Soviet communiques suggesting the war front from the Baltic to the Ukraine 200 miles deep may be tilting toward the Russians. German advances toward Moscow Kiev and Leningrad seemed stalled near Borisov as a Russian pincer closed, with tank clashes and air cover feeding a fight that shifts hour by hour. Stalin’s call to fight with utter destruction was seen as a hopeful sign for the Soviet side.
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London
U.P
Baltic
Ukraine
Moscow
Kiev
Leningrad
Red
Borisov
Minsk
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Stalin
Denmark asks U S to withdraw consuls from Denmark
The State department said Denmark has asked the United States to close its consular offices there by July 15 matching the Axis order for ending consular services in Axis and Axis-occupied areas.
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Washington
U.S
State Department
Denmark
United States
Heavy Argentina quake kills at least three
An unusually strong earthquake struck western Argentina early Thursday, killing at least three people and leaving hundreds homeless. San Juan Mendoza San Luis and La Rioja provinces reported the heaviest damage as homes and buildings were levelled. The first shock hit around 3 15 a m according to the Buenos Aires seismographic observatory.
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Mendoza
Argentina
San Juan
San Luis
la Rioja
Buenos Aires
Nazi Planes Shot Down in Northern France Air Battle
Eighteen German and British aircraft were shot down in daylight raids over northern France as RAF sweeps hit air bases. Eleven Messerschmitts were lost along with six British fighters and a British bomber. The American Eagle squadron joined a cross-channel raid, with pilot William Hall reported missing after the engagement.
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London
U.P
Messerschmitts
France
Bremen
Cologne
Duisburg
Air Ministry
Messerschmitt
Hazebrouck
Saint Omer
Eagle
William Hall
Springfield
Eagle Squadron
Hall
McKenzie Airlines
Canada
Reds Inflict Crushing Blows on Nazis
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet forces delivering crushing blows to German troops on multiple sectors along the 1800 mile front. The battle near the Berezina river west of Moscow yields thousands of German dead, burning tanks, and wrecked planes as Soviet air and armored units gain air and ground superiority. German forces push toward Leningrad and the Dvina river sector sees some advance at Jacobstadt despite Red army defense.
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Moscow
U.P
Russia
Berezina River
Dvinsk
Leningrad
Berezina
Tarnopol
Ukraine
Red Army
Dvyina
Dvina River
Jacobstadt
Latvia
Vinsk
Dvina
Firemen and Policemen Clash in Tug of War at Butte Event
In a friendly municipal rivalry a tug of war between Butte firemen and police is set for Saturday at the Butte high school stadium. Mayor Barry O'Leary approved the match as part of a city celebration. Police captain Bart Riley warned they will pull the other team through the water stream, while Maurice Mulcahy retorted.
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Butte
Butte High School
Barry O'Leary
Police
Bart Riley
Maurice Mulcahy
Butte Plans Patriotic Parade
Hyde Park dispatch reports President Roosevelt will deliver a brief Independence Day message at 2 p.m. Friday, broadcast worldwide under Civilian Defense sponsorship. Chief Justice Stone will participate in the brief program, signaling a national pledge of Americanism.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Roosevelt
America
Office of Civilian Defense
United States
Harlan Fiske Stone
National unity radio program schedule announced
Washington reports a 10 minute national unity broadcast set for 2 p m eastern on Friday. President Roosevelt delivers a five minute speech followed by Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone leading the pledge to the flag. The program features the audience singing The Star Spangled Banner with Songstress Lucy Monroe guiding.
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Washington
U.P
National Unity
Roosevelt
Harlan Fiske Stone
Lucy Monroe
Estes Park
Colo
Marine Band
White House
Senate
Germany
America
Independence Day address to be rebroadcast globally by KGEI
President Roosevelts Independence Day speech will be rebroadcast in English and Spanish from KGEI to half the world. The plan includes interruptions of base ball games and holiday events to maximize audience. English broadcast at 5 30 p m and Spanish at 6 p m with further rebroadcasts to Alaska Hawaii Asia Africa and Pacific islands and Orient broadcasts on Saturday morning.
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San Francisco
U.P
Roosevelt
KGEI
General Electric
Bucky Harris
Alaska
Hawaii
Antipodes
Asia
South Africa
Pacific Islands
Orient
Far Eastern
Navy seaplane tenders Barnegat and Biscayne christened here
In Bremerton Washington on July 3 7 the new type destroyer size seaplane tenders Barnegat and Biscayne were christened and commissioned in a single ceremony to accompany long range Navy patrol bombers.
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Bremerton
Wash
Barnegat
Bixcayne
Butte Montana Weekend Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Butte and Montana Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. Montana shows showers and thunderstorms east of the Divide Friday. regional skies remain unsettled with no major temperature swings.
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Butte
Montana
British Prepare to Celebrate Fourth of July
London pubs toast American independence as Britain plans to mark the Fourth of July in a rare joint celebration. British officials display the US flag and plan patriotic events in London and towns sharing American city names as American-made equipment speeds to Europe for use against Germany.
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London
U.P
United States
America
Britain
Atlantic
Washington
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Two From Butte Lose Lives In Patchy Collision
A coroner's jury found no blame in the Logan auto truck crash that killed Mrs. Carl B. Skoog and her son Bernard of Butte and injured two others, as Gallatin County records show. Carl Skoog, 46, remains in critical condition in Bozeman hospital after the Thursday morning crash near Logan. Mrs. Skoog was driving en route to Livingston for All Montana day celebrations.
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Carl B. Skoog
Bernard
Butte
Skoog
Logan
Associated Press
Gallatin
W. W. Lessley
Jefferson Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bozeman
Hershal McInnes
Kalispell
Bozeman Hospital
Martha Skoog
Charles Lyons
Mary Isabel
Kemper Avenue
Rod Kippen
Gallatin County
Montana
Lyons
Aviation Cadet Dies in Plane Collision Practice
Aviation Cadet George Winsel Baker 22 of Ames Iowa was killed and Cadet Elvin Mason Guinea from St Francis Missouri bailed out, escaping injury, when their planes collided at about 500 feet during landing practice near Pensacola Florida on Thursday.
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Pensacola
Fla
George Winsel Baker
Ames
Elvin Mason
Guinea
St. Francis
Fireworks Display to Be Set Off From Big Butte
Thousands of Butte residents packed the streets as the three day Fourth of July celebration began. The day features a mammoth street parade at 10, the Jallopy Jamboree at 2 30 and a Big Butte fireworks display at night, with a major sports program at Butte High School stadium in the afternoon. Businesses and many offices will close for the holiday, with law enforcement remaining open.
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Butte
Big Butte
Butte High School
National Defense
Stone Takes Oath as Chief Justice at Colorado Cabin
A.P. Harlan Fiske Stone, a New England Republican, was sworn in as Chief Justice in an informal ceremony at Sprague's lodge near Estes Park. U. S. Commissioner Wayne Hackett administered the oath in a log cabin with limited park officials, rangers, and newsmen present. Stone and Mrs. Stone planned to depart for Washington in a few days after vacationing in Colorado.
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Estes Park
Colo
A.P Harlan Fiske Stone
New England
United States
Colorado
Stone
U. S
Wayne Hackett
Park Service
Sprague’s Lodge
David Canfield
Rocky Mountain National Park
Washington, D. C
School District Refunding Bonds Cut Interest by 44000
School district No. 1 delivers $330000 refunding bonds to First National Bank and Trust Co to be sold to the syndicate. The bonds retire the remaining $440000 at 3 3/8 percent, vs the current 2 percent. Estimated savings run about $44000 in interest through retirement in 1957. Trustees save $11000 in interest by clipping coupons on unclaimed bonds. Sale contract was made with ten banks and bond companies three weeks ago.
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First National Bank and Trust Company
Minneapolis
Aretorneys
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DNB
State Board of Equalization
F.D.R
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