Soviet Forces Fall Back on Kursk Front
Soviet troops report new positions on a Kursk sector after stubborn fighting while other fronts endure heavy engagements. The 100 mile front remains volatile as Red Army counterattacks and Axis offensives unfold across Belgorod Kharkov Kalinin and Ukraine areas.
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Kursk
Moscow
Red Army
Soviet Bureau of Information
Belgorod
Volchansk
Kharkov
Kalinin
Ukraine
Hitler
Army camps spar over which post has prettiest girls
At Camp San Luis Obispo Fort Ord and Camp Roberts a playful dispute erupts over which post employs the most beautiful women. The camps nickname their female staff rather than reveal a single standard name, with Roberts Roses and Morale Boosters at Ord. San Luis uses playful labels and features a weekly photo caption of a camp lass.
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Sgt
ED Chouinard
San Luis Obispo
Cal
Fort Ord
Camp Roberts
San Luis
Butte Ends Patriotic Demonstration With War Bond Drive
Butte closes its two day patriotic celebration as residents vow to sustain the war effort. A massive parade through the mining city drew thousands from Montana and the region under blue skies and strong patriotism urging buy more war bonds.
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Frank Quinn
Butte
Tay
Montana
Treasure State
Corestone
Army Navy Flyers Blast at Japs in Aleutians
Brig. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter said U S Army and Navy air forces had severely damaged Japanese ships air and shore installations in the invaded Aleutians. He noted weather hampered operations but said bombers carried the fight to the enemy whenever feasible.
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Washington
North Pacific
Army
Navy
Aleutians
Laurences. Kuter
Army Air Staff
Aleutian War Zone
War Department
Kiska
Luter
Pacific
Midway Island
Hawaii
Aleutian
United States Navy
Dutch Harbor
Prize Winners in Comic and Patriotic Parades
Prize winners for the patriotic and comic parades were chosen by judges Saturday night. The winning floats and individual and group winners include: Most beautiful patriotic float first prize Butte Brewing Company, second Baby Bunting float, third Race Track Fire Department. Most original or unique float first prize Navy Mothers, second The It Club Rocker, third Eclipse store. Most beautifully decorated car first prize Serbian Sisters, second Texaco, third Butte BPOE. Most unique animal entry winner boy and girl in buggy drawn by Shetland pony.
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Butte Brewing Company
Race Track Fire Department
Navy Mothers
Rocker
Eclipse Store
Serbian Sisters
Texaco
Butte B. P. O. E
Higgins to Head Montana Elks in 1943
James F. Higgins of Helena was elected Montana State Elks president at the three day convention closing session in Missoula. More than 12 000 Elk families attended events with 12 814 registered the largest state convention in Montana history.
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James F. Higgins
Helena
Montana State Elks Association
Missoula
Frank Venable
Elks
Montana
Higgins
Helena Lodge No. 193
Frank R. Venable
Butte
Venable
Joel J. Steiner
Lewistown No
Robert E. Lee
Cut Bank
Arthur Trenerry
Billings
Arthur J. Baker
Lewistown
C. Manley Holbert
Virginia City
J. D. Walsh
Glendive
William H. Reif
Bozeman Lodge No. 463
Reif
Lodge
The
American Legion
Bozeman Lodge
O'Leary
Harry
Elkhom
Elks’ Lodge
James C. Walsh
Americans Set Off Fireworks Over Germany
U S Army Air Forces launched their first western Europe raids on the Fourth of July against German airfields, ships, and installations in Holland, with 12 Douglas bombers and mixed crews. Captain Charles O C Kegelman of El Reno Oklahoma earned the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery after his single-engine plane landed on Nazi soil and escaped. One American aircraft was missing and another shot down. a British plane also failed to return. The strikes, described as hedge hopping, marked the opening of a series against the Luftwaffe front.
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London
United States Army Air Forces
Europe
Holland
T Yo Teen
Charles OC. Kegelman
el Reno
Okla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Air Ministry
al Alamein
Desert
United States Army
Merchants to Hold War Bond Rally in Butte
Merchants gather at Hotel Finlen mezzanine Tuesday at 7 30 p m to learn how to boost war bond and stamp sales in Silver Bow county and the state. The Retailers for Victory committee offers guidance plus a $3000 prize for the best Commando unit and notes Uncle Sam aims to sell $609 000 in county stamps and bonds, $3 222 000 in Montana, and $1 000 000 000 nationwide. The meeting promises entertainment and a salute to the colors by the American Legion.
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Butte
America
Silver Bow
Uncle Sam
Finlen
Hennessus
Retailers-for- Victory
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Greg Rice to headline Butte stadium charity event
Greg Rice, world record holder in two and three mile runs, appears at the Butte high school stadium at 2 pm for a Navy Relief Society benefit. Proceeds aid widows and orphans of U S Navy personnel. Frank Stafford and Bill Chittick arrange the program with other events and parades featuring local bands and school track competitors.
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Butte
Montana
Indehere
Gregory Rice
Butte High School
Silver Bow County Navy Relief Society
U. S. Navy
Dc. J
Doc” Burns
Missoula High School
Notre Dame University
New York Athletic Club
Frank Stafford
University of Wisconsin
Bill Chittick
Belt, Mont
Rice
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Butte Mines Band
Sam Treloar
Anchors Aweigh
Butte Mines
Katherine Derringer
Anselmo
Mountain Con
Walter Myers
Emmett Murphy
Albert Smythe
Harry Martyn
Bernard Tippett
James Hart
Douglas Estabrook
Fred Mogus
Edmund Beauchamp
Fran Conquigrami
Peter Yerkich
Raymond Belanger
Lloyd Noctor
Patrick Sullivan
Melvin Fisher
Arthur Bigley
Betty Lorenz
Anaconda
Montana State University
Butte High
Montana Standard Goes to Press Early on Fourth
The Montana Standard went to press early July 4 to let its employees join fellow citizens in Independence Day celebrations. The paper covered world, domestic and local events, though in an abbreviated form.
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Montana Standard
Ths
Allied Aerial Attacks Strike Rommel Forces West of Alexandria
Cairo July 4. Six hundred Rommel Nazis captured by British as the biggest Middle East aerial assault rocked 65 miles west of Alexandria. The British Eighth Army pressed the foe in the El Alamein area with air and artillery, seizing many guns and tanks. The battle included 28 Axis planes destroyed, 13 Luftwaffe dive-bombers downed by South African fighters, and bold RAF US air support.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Middle East
Alexandria
Suez
Rommel
Eighth Army
el Alamein
Lsted
Whissiel Wins Jallopy Jamboree Wheat Class
Robert Whissiel wins the 12 inch wheat class at the Jallopy Jamboree on West Park Street near the YMCA. He leads the finals, finishes about three yards ahead of Roger Holmes with Albert Jobbes third. Jimmy Cramer takes the 10 inch wheel prize. Fifteen youths competed.
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Robert Whissiel
West Park Street
Active Club
Whissies
High K. Potter
Jimmy Cramer
John Notti
Whissiel
Roger Holmes
Albert Jobbes
Sig Miller
American Legion Convention to Draw 500 Visitors to Mining City
For the first time since 1928 the American Legion in Montana will hold its department convention in the mining city. About 500 visitors are expected with memorial services set for July 12 at Butte high school stadium and an open house at the American Legion hall featuring entertainment and dancing. National commander Lynn A. Stambaugh of Fargo will arrive Sunday evening and speak Monday afternoon at the Montana theater outlining the league's plans for the state.
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American Legion
Montana
Mining
Butte High School
American Legion Hall
Lynn A. Stambaugh
Fargo
N. D
the Legion
Montana Theater
of the
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Treasure
Folorias
James Higgins
Elks Organisation
Germany
U. S
Veterans In Fight For Democracy
Lead Butte
Freedom
Robert L. Brown
Ee of
Foreign Wars
al Bartle
Frank Otis
United Spanish War Veterans
Color Bearers
Patrick Salonen
Color Guard
Greg Rice
Mining City
Butte Stadium
Lynn Stambaugh
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