First Montana Draftees Pass Through Butte Center
Old West atmosphere marked the start of Montana draftees entering the new district Army recruiting and induction center in Butte. The first contingent from eastern plains wore 10 gallon hats and frontier shirts as they journeyed toward Salt Lake City for assignment from Fort Douglas, led by Master Sergeant Jenning D. Lowman. The initial group hailed from Blaine and Choteau.
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Butte
Montana
Plains
District Army
Salt Lake City
Utah
Fort Douglas
Jenning D. Lowman
Blaine
Choteau
Welcome to Butte for new soldiers heading overseas
To men going into the armed forces welcome to Butte enjoy your short stay in the mining city. A pamphlet available at the induction center lists hotels cafes amusements and communication facilities. Your identification tag in the pamphlet is your passport and includes a downtown map.
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Butte
Induction Center
Draftees Inducted From Montana Counties Start Roll
Draftees from Cascade Broadwater and Carbon counties were inducted Monday afternoon with another large group expected Tuesday from Bighorn Garfield Custer Carter and Daniels counties. Sergeant Lowman notes 80 to 90 percent have taken the optional 14 day furlough before service since June 15. About half of local board selections have been rejected in recent contingents. John B. Barclay Jr. of Shelby enlisted as an aviation cadet for the Army Air Corps and was placed on the reserve list awaiting call.
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Beaverhead
Cascade
Broadwater
Carbon
Bighorn
Garfield
Custer
Carter
Daniels
Lowman
John B. Barclay, Jr
Shelby
Army Air Corps
Barclay
Americans Lead Attack on Japanese in China
Chinese press reports credit the newly formed United States air force in China with sinking a Japanese gunboat destroying more than 25 invading planes and smashing cantonments hangars and runways in a 30 000 square mile arc. Americans then knocked down six more planes repelling raids on Chinese air dromes and dispersed a night attack on Hengland. The note to the first communique hinted daily bulletins from the 23rd United States pursuit squadron.
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Chungking
United States Air Force
China
Hengland
23Rd
United States Pursuit Squadron
Hankow
Yangtze
Yank Tanks Prove Their Worth in Battle and Victory
American armored unit under Major Henry Cabot Lodge engages German tanks in a Western Desert clash on June 12. The U S force, though small, claims at least nine German tanks destroyed with minimal losses. The dispatch notes the event was announced by the War Department and describes brief combat conditions and post-battle arrangements.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Boston
War Department
Major Lodge
Massachusetts
Washington
Kennedy
Lodge
Royal Tank Regiment
el Adem
Libya
There Can Be No Peace Without Power Lodge Sinead Cr
John P. Roderick reports on Lodge rhetoric urging power as prerequisite to peace and explores political implications and community responses. The piece analyzes the role of leadership, public sentiment, and potential policy shifts in the debate.
Lodge Returns to Senate with War Powers Stance
Senator Lodge reports from Libyan desert where American units fought a tank engagement and he observed combat conditions. He asserts that there can be no peace without power and plans a secret Senate military affairs briefing with his Libya observations.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
United States Senate
Massachusetts
Egypt
Major Lodge
United States
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Washington
Lodge
R-Mass
Senate
Capitol
General Staff
Armored Force Board
Fort Knox
Libya
Lbya
Salvage drives push total metal scrap toward 290,000 pounds
Crews added about 36,000 pounds of general salvage to push the Meaderville collection to 290,000 pounds. Of this 277,000 pounds were metal, 9,000 rope and rags, and 4,000 rubber. Rubber drive totals reach 630,000 pounds locally with a meeting in Helena on July 11 to plan shipment.
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Eugene W
Meaderville
Egyptian Battle Is Well in Hand
British headquarters in Egypt reports Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck showing control of the Egyptian battle and halting Rommel temporarily. The front lines stretch inland from El Alamein, with Allied forces to the east and south. Germans use feints and 88 mm guns to foil British armor as both sides endure heavy losses and fatigue.
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Egypt
Claude Auchinleck
Erwin Rommel
Libya
el Alamein
Sub Marines Sink Three Japanese Destroyers in Aleutians
U S submarines torpedoed four enemy destroyers during a surprise Fourth of July attack in the Aleutians. Three were sunk at Kiska Island, the fourth at Agattu. one vessel was seen burning. The Navy release notes intensified northern Pacific operations and reports civilian evacuations from western Aleutians near Dutch Harbor.
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Aleutians
U. S
Navy
Alaska
Kiska Island
Agattu Island
Agattu
Pacific
Dutch Harbor
Attu
Kiska
Pribilof
Bering Sea
William Zimmerman, Jr
Juneau
Brazilian Coffee Crop Damaged by Cold Wave
Rio de Janeiro July 6 Heavy damage to Brazil's coffee crop reported from a cold wave bringing the lowest temperatures in 25 winters to the southern states. Buyers with warehouses full of unsold coffee see smaller future crops as a partial remedy since shipping space remains the key. Losses may reach 25 million dollars as forecasts warn of three more days of frigid weather. the impact will affect future crops, not the current mature harvest.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
United States
North America
Store Counter Army War Bond Rally Tonight
The mercantile force of Butte prepares to march at 7:30 PM for a Commando Bond for Victory rally with $3,000 in prizes for top bond and stamp sellers. About 40 firms have raised nearly $15,000 in six days. leaders listed include Weinberg's and Emil Marans.
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Montana
Butte
Weinberg’s
Emil Marans
Woolworth
Bake-Rite
Christie Furniture
Medlin Drug
Eclipse Markets
Howards
Hughes
Zircon Shop
Baby Bunting
Transportation men to meet on war effort and efficiency
Northwest freight receivers, railroad officials and other transport agents are invited to a Wednesday noon luncheon to discuss aiding the national war effort while solving their own problems. The Dutch treat meal costs 75 cents per plate. W. P. Coughlin, chairman, will outline regulations and methods to reduce congested freight yards that hinder the war effort.
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Northwest
Northwest Shippers’ Advisory Board
W. P. Coughlin
Transportation Committee of the
War Board Weds Scrap Rule For Auto Parts
The War Production Board ordered motorists to turn in worn auto parts after July 15 to gain new ones and restricted sales of parts that can be restored. The blanket rule affects 400 makers and aims to stockpile scrap metal while keeping essential motor transport on the road during the war.
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War Board
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Copper Mining Program to Be Broadcast in Butte Tonight
A radio program titled Three Thirds of the Nation about copper mining and featuring Butte will air on KGIR tonight July 7 between 7 and 5 30 oclock. The broadcast is a local transcription of a June 24 NBC program. Herbert Heasley of the War Production Board arranged the broadcast.
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Butte
KGIR
National Broadcasting Company
Victory Labor Management Production Committee
Herbert Heasley
War Production Board
Temperature Reaches 90 Degrees Before Showers Cool Heat Threat
Sudden showers halted the day’s warmup in Butte on Monday after a 90 degree maximum at the government weather observatory near the airport. The reading was two degrees below Sunday’s record, with 69 degrees reported at 2 12 pm as expectations rose for a new seasonal high.
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United States Government
Butte
Weather forecast for Butte with possible storms
Butte area expects occasional thunder showers with little temperature change. Monday’s high near 90 and low around 49 degrees.
Germans Push From Kursk in Bitter Voronezh Drive
Moscow dispatch reports a heavy German offensive from Kursk pushing 120 miles toward the Don and Voronezh, with Red Army counterattacks and evacuations cited. The battle area west of Voronezh and southwest of Staro Oskol sees fierce fighting as Germans threaten the Moscow railway hub and oil regions, raising concerns of a northern push toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus.
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Kursk
Don River
Voronezh
Staro Oskol
Don
Berlin
Semeon Timoshenko
Moscowov
Caspian
Black Seas
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Daniel Willard Dies Longtime Baltimore & Ohio President
Daniel Willard, Rail Head, Dies at 81 in Union Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He led the Baltimore & Ohio for three decades, the longest tenure in its 115 year history, and became first board chairman after retirement. Survived by wife and daughter-in-law. two sons predeceased him. Born January 28, 1861 in Vermont.
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Baltimore
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Union Memorial Hospital
Western Union
Roy Barton White
Baltimore & Ohio
Willard
North
Hartland, Vt
Vermont Central Railroad
Daniel Willard, Jr
Harold
Daniel, Jr
Forest protection crew of 27 listed for summer service
L M Stewart of the Deer Lodge National Forest announced a summer forest protection crew of 27 men. He warned a critical fire season with high danger from warm days and noted July 4 lightning sparked two fires before being extinguished. He urged strict adherence to fire laws, permits for burning and use of prepared ground for campfires.
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L. M. Stewart
Deer Lodge National Forest
Stewart
Forest Service
Randel Bowers
Fee
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Frank McCoy
John T. Lewis
Walter 8. Grant
John T. Kennedy
The
War Production Board Today
Cassius M. Dowell
Army
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