Terrific explosion rocks New Hampshire towns
A massive blast Monday night in Bedford New Hampshire caused houses to fall from foundations and cracked walls as far as Nashua Worcester and Fitchburg. The blast near Bedford powder dump at John Bedrick Hardware sparked panic in Manchester and at Grenier Field Air Base. Police later urged residents to return home while hospitals began reporting casualties.
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Manchester
N. H
Bedford
Nashua
Fitchburg
Mass
Worcester
John B. Bedrick Hardware Company
Grenier Field Air Base
Chester
Granier Field
Worchester
Butte Rouses Town With Fourth Parade and Events
Butte plans a Fourth of July parade and four day observance marking the Declaration of Independence. Bands from Butte Mines, Butte High, Montana State, plus local drum and bugle corps join a street dance, baseball games, and a 7 pm stadium sports program culminating in a women’s drill team contest and band concert.
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Butte Mines
Butte High School
Montana State
Butte
Butte Elks Lodge
Butte Aerie of Eagles
Butte Miners’ Union
Girls’ Central High School
West Granite
Montana
Idaho
Clark Park
Anaconda American Legion
McQueen Addition
Silver Bow Park
Miners’ Union
Eagles
William Pickthall
Line of March for Parade in Butte on Independence Day
Butte hosts a parade of colors at 10 am starting Washington and Granite, moving south to Broadway, east to Arizona, south to Park, west to Excelsior, counter-marching on Park to Washington, south to Silver, and east to Montana before disbanding.
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Butte
Washington
Granite Streets
Broadway
Arizona
Park
Excelsior
Silver
Montana
Retailers Plan Final Push for Bond Drive Windup
Third Army War Bond program retailers prepare for a four day finish Wednesday to Saturday aiming to exceed the initial $300 per clerk quota. J S Cohen leads a united effort as stores report daily sales and the drive totals reach $372,171 95 with hopes of going over the top.
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Third Army
Treasury Department
J. S. Cohen
Cost of War Revealed in Treasury Report
Washington reports the nation spent about 199.94 billion dollars on war efforts since July 1940, with 89.72 billion in the fiscal year ended June 30. Outlays and interest totaled 93.74 billion, receipts reached 44.15 billion, leaving a 49.60 billion deficit and public debt at 202.63 billion as of June 30.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
RFC
Minsk Falls as Red Armies Drive Germans From White Russia
Soviet forces capture Minsk, the last prewar White Russian city held by Germany, in a major offensive. Moscow reports German losses exceed 213000 in 11 days as 850 towns fall and raid into Polotsk unbows new pushes toward East Prussia.
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London
U.P
Minsk
Moscow
Reich
Red
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Josef Stalin
East Prussia
Polotsk
Latvia
Warsaw
Montana Weather Forecast Warmer Conditions Tuesday
The forecast calls for fair skies across Montana on Tuesday with warmer temperatures in the west and central portions. Strong sunlight is expected with no precipitation indicated.
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Montana
U S Must Bear Bulk of Lending by Proposed Reconstruction Bank
At the international monetary conference in Bretton Woods New Hampshire Lord Keynes warned the United States must bear the bulk of lending for the proposed bank for reconstruction and development. He said risks should not fall solely on US investors if they are the main funding source and urged the bank to aid postwar reconstruction and global development.
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United States
Bank For Reconstruction and Development
International Monetary and Financial Conference
Lord Keynes
Bank For Reconstruction
Keynes
Commission
Allies Grind on Nazi Defenses Near Italian Front
French Algerian troops captured Siena 30 miles south of Florence, cutting a major road. Eighth Army units neared Ancona on the Adriatic and penetrated Lake Trasimeno defenses as Allied forces pressed the Gothic line from Pisa to Rimini. German reinforcements flowed to halt General Mark Clark’s Fifth Army, facing about 10 German divisions.
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Rome
Siena
Florence
Pisa- Florence
Eighth Army
Ancona
Lake Trasimeno
Italy
Pisa
Rimini
Fifth Army
Leghorn
Cecina
Pisa-Florence
Mark W. Clark
F. D. R. Will Turn Down Nomination Predicted
J J Kramer New Orleans executive secretary of a Byrd draft campaign predicts Roosevelt will refuse a fourth term at the Democratic national convention and says Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia would be the logical nominee if Roosevelt declines. He tours western states to gauge southern support for Byrd who Kramer says has solid backing in states shifting away from the New Deal.
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Denver
U.Q
Roosevelt
J. J. Kramer
New Orleans
Harry Byrd
D.va
Kramer
Byrd
Kamiri Air Drome Taken in Speedy Action
Allied forces seized the Kamiri airfield on Noemfoor island off Dutch New Guinea after a swift amphibious landing Sunday. MacArthur reported minimal losses and noted the capture of 30 damaged Japanese planes, with operations advancing toward Namber and Kornasoren as beachhead lines were consolidated.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Noemfoor Island
Dutch New Guinea
Kamiri
Douglas MacArthur
United States
MacArthur
Namber
Kornasoren
218 Die in Accidents During Wartime Holiday
United Press survey finds 218 deaths in first three days of a four day weekend, with 97 killed in traffic accidents, 62 drowned, and 59 in other mishaps. Government pleas to cancel pleasure trips noted amid wartime Fourth of July travel.
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United Press
Marines and Infantry Close on Japs at Saipan
U S Pacific Fleet reports relentless pressure on Japanese defenders of Saipan as Marines and infantry trap them in the narrow northern neck. Garapan, the island’s capital on the western coast, has been razed, while Second Marine Division patrols search ruins for isolated pockets.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Marianas
Garapan
Second Marine Division
Young mother receives five years to life after drowning infant
Mildred Forsyth Skelton, 18, appeared before Judge Elmer Heald in El Centro California and pleaded guilty to drowning her 10 month old daughter in the Colorado River. She was sentenced to five years to life in Tehachapi women’s institution after waiving a delayed sentence.
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EL Centro
Calif
Mildred Forsyth Skelton
Elmer Heald
Tehachapi
Colorado River
Fighting Rages Along 40 Mile Front
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley spearhead a major assault on a 40 mile front in France driving three miles early Monday. The advance targets La Haye Du Puits and seizes St Jores, Baupte, and Ste Lo D Ourville while enduring rain and mud with limited air support.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
Omar N. Bradley
U. S. First Army
France
la Haye du Puits
St. Jores
Baupte
Cotentin Peninsula
Ste. Lo D’ourville
Lindberg Place
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Roosevelt Signs Law To Deny Citizenship To Japanese
President Roosevelt signed legislation to strip U.S. citizenship from Japanese born in the United States who are deemed loyal to Japan. Attorney General Biddle said the Tule Lake relocation center housing 300 to 1,000 Japanese would be able to renounce citizenship and be treated as alien enemies under the law.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Biddle
Tule Lake Relocation Center
Japan
United States
Congress
Axis Oil Lines Hit by Allied Bomber Swarm in Balkans
United States 15th and Eighth Air Forces, with Italian-based fighters, bombed Balkans oil facilities and transport routes from Bucharest to Southwest Romania. Strikes hit Bucharest refinery and Mogosoaia storage, Timisoara rail yards, and bridges near Craiova and Szeged. Bombers escorted by Mustangs faced weather and German reinforcements.
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Axis
Balkans
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
Italy
U. S
Britain
Bucharest
Romania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Budapest
Normandy
Bretagne
Brest
Vire
Caen
15Th Air Force
Arad
Eighth Air Force
Russia
Budapest-Ploesti
Eighth
15Th
Liberators
Prahova
Mogosoara
Malaxa Locomotive Works
Hiurgiu
Danube
Timisoara
Pastra
Craiova
Szeged
Tiseza
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