Fifth War Loan Nears Top as Campaign Ends
Mining city residents wrapped up the Fifth War Loan drive with strong sums in Silver Bow county totaling 4,847,255 toward a five million goal. Friday and Saturday brought a surge of investor purchases, with individuals adding 479,126 in government securities on Saturday and 8,071 earlier, lifting the county to over 90 percent of its target. Leaders warned the campaign is not finished as July sales will still count toward the county's totals, and urged continued public support.
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Silver Bow County
Butte
C. H. Gallagher
Japanese Supply Lines Pulverized
American airmen intensified attacks on Japanese supply routes across Hunan as Chinese forces recaptured Liling and pressed a broad counter offensive. Reports say Hengyang siege may be broken while raids target Liang river craft and supplies, with strategists noting fragile Japanese lines and possible regroupment. Major General Claire L. Chennault commands Fourteenth Air Force operating from Yangtze to Canton.
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Chungking
Hunan
Liling
Canton- Hankow
Heng“ang
Hengyang
Liang River
Bengyang
Liang
Claire L. Chennault
Fourteenth Air Force
Yangtze River
Canton
Retailers Climax War Bond Drive in Butte
Butte retailers wrapped up a four week drive for the Fifth War Loan program by selling 458 808 25 dollars in government securities. J S Cohen head of the program praised city clerks for over subscribing their 300 dollar quota with Hennessys leading at 87895 and Symons store totaling 72475. Penneys store ranked third with 31770 60. Prizes will be awarded for top performances as sales continued.
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Butte
Third Army
J.S. Cohen
Fifth War Loan
Cohen
Hennessy
Symons
Penney’s
Two Towns Fall to Americans in Italian Front Push
Rome July 8 Allied troops pressed toward Livorno as U S forces seized Rosignano and Castellina after a three day battle firing 78567 shells in 24 hours. The advance covered ranges east and toward Poggbionsi and Arezzo while Indian and Polish units secured Isimo and Ancona areas in coordinated operations.
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Rome
Livorno
Leghorn
U. S
Florence
Pisa
Rosignano
Belore Livorono
Castellina
Volterra
Colle di Val d’Esse
Poggibonsi
Areazzo
Tiber Valley
Umbertide
Montone
Carpini
Adriatic
Isimo
Ancona
Montana Weather Forecast Sunday
Montana Sunday forecast shows partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon thundershowers in the west and south portions. Temperature is not expected to change significantly.
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Montana
Reds Capture Fortress of Baranowicze
The Red army seized Baranowicze, a key fortress on the route to Warsaw, fought into Wilno streets, and cut the Wilno Daugavpils railway, aiding deep offensives toward east Prussia and the Baltic states. Moscow and Berlin reports noted large German losses and rapid advances across occupied Poland and White Russia.
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London
Red Army
Baranowicze
Warsaw
Wilno
Wilno-Daugavpils
East Prussia
Baltic States
Moscow
Minsk
Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukov
First Ukraine
Old Poland
Kowel
Lwow
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Latvia
Carpathian
Zhukov
Marshal K. K. Rokossovsky
Brest Litovsk
Bug River
Russia
Rokossovsky
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Monitor
Ivan Bagramian
Stalin
Bialystok
Germany
White Russia
C I O Political Action Group Has Big Campaign Fund
Washington July 8 The Senate Campaign Expenditures committee considers how to handle the C I O Political Action committee led by Sidney Hillman with a fund around 670000. Hillman says the group is not violating the corrupt practices act as there is no current campaign and primaries are excluded. The committee probes whether Smith Connally act bans apply to labor union funding. Hillman and counsel John Abt argue posters do not count as contributions.
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Washington
C. I. O. Political Action Committee
Congress
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Sidney Hillman
Acts of Congress
Roosevelt
Hitler Reported Takes Command on Western Front
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler has taken over directing western operations after Rundstedt’s removal. Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge named front leader. Rundstedt allegedly under house arrest. Germans debate manpower needs and possible withdrawal from Norway and the Balkans to bolster homeland defense. reserves may be sent to Normandy.
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Richard Kasichke
London
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Hitler
Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Ger
Rundstedt
Yakov Viktorov
Pravda
Gen
Guenther von Kluge
von Rundstedt
Tass
Germany
Normandy Front
France
One-Man Army From Alder Cleans Italian Hillside of Nazi Soldiers
Pfc. Leo J. Powers 37, of Alder, single-handedly neutralized three enemy pillboxes on a Cassino hill. He killed five, wounded about 12, and induced 13 to surrender while under heavy fire, advancing to toss grenades into pillboxes and clearing the hill for his company. First Lt. Dennis F. Neal witnessed the raid.
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Alder
Cassino
Italy
Leo J. Powers
Fifth Army
Pfc. Powers
34Th Infantry Division
Powers
Dennis F. Neal
Villisca
Iowa
Montana
Every Type Plane Hurled at Nazis
Allied air power dominated the western front Saturday, with Lancasters dropping six ton bombs on robot bomb caves near Paris and American heavy bombers striking launch ramps. British and American aircraft pounded Caen while Gen Montgomery’s troops advanced, as a rare lull in southern England ended with renewed raids after nightfall.
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London
West
Montgomery
Caen
Normandy
England
Lancasters
St. Leo d'Esserent
Paris
Erwin Rommel
Sir B. L Montgomery
U. S
Desperate Japs Counterattack on Saipan
Japanese troops cornered on the northwestern Saipan rim counterattacked U S forces before dawn, gaining rough 0.75 mile in hours of bloody fighting with about 1,500 Japanese killed and numerous American casualties. Marines and soldiers fell back 2,000 yards then regrouped to reclaim 800 yards as the drive pressed the American left flank near Tanapag town and Isely air field.
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Pearl Harbor
Saipan
U. S
Tanapag Town
Isely
Tinian Island
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Chichi
Hah Islands
Bonins
Tokyo
United States
Japanese Casualties on Noemfoor Reach 410
ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS NEW GUINEA says Japanese casualties on Noemfoor island totaled 410 as the Americans captured the island after a five day campaign. Noemfoor’s three airdromes were seized with Namber falling on July 6 and 144 Java prisoners were liberated.
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New Guinea
Noemfoor Island
North Dutch New Guinea
Java
Noemfoor
Namber
Christie Cited for Bougainville Battle Action
Lt Comdr Gerald Louis Christie U S N of Butte received the Bronze Star Medal from Rear Adm Carleton H Wright in San Francisco on July 1 for meritorious service as executive officer of a destroyer during the Bougainville operation near Koiarim in the British Solomon Islands on November 29, 1943. He is an instructor at the damaged control school in San Francisco and lives in Oakland with his wife and daughter Sheila Ann.
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Bougainville
Gerald Louis Christie
Butte
Carleton H. Wright
Twelfth Naval District
San Francisco
Comdr
Christie
William S. Christie
South Pacific
Sheila Ann
Oakland
Calif
Koiarim
British Solomon Islands
British Smash Into Center of Vital City
Allied report from London says British forces breached Caen’s outskirts on Saturday, driving into 12 suburban forts within half a mile of the city center. American troops advanced along the La Haye Du Puits front and linked spearheads toward Pont-Herbert, as Berlin warned German lines might withdraw beyond Caen.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
Suneday
U.P
Caen
Berlin
Paris
Sir B. L. Montgomery
la Haye du Puits
St. Jean de Caye
Cherbourg
France
Orne
la Haye
St. Jean
Carentan
Pont-Herbert
Governors Meeting May Be Rescheduled Over River Projects
A meeting of governors from nine Missouri valley states, originally slated for July 24, may be moved to avoid clashing with a concurrent session of chief executives in New Orleans. Governor Vivian said the conference, to discuss Missouri river development projects, will be held in Denver or Omaha.
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Denver
Missouri Valley
New Orleans
Vivian
Omaha
Missouri River
Great Falls Captain Killed in Action in Sicily
War department reports Captain Lawrence P. Johnson 286 has been killed in action in Sicily. Parents Mr and Mrs Parker S J Johnson of Great Falls are notified.
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Great Falls
Lawrence P. Johnson
Sicily
War Department
Parker S. J.johnson
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