Dutch troops land in Balikpapan bay drive on Borneo oil hub
Dutch colonial forces led by Netherlands officers and Indonesian volunteers landed on the east coast of Telaktebang peninsula and crossed the Soember river to seize Kabango peninsula. The operation extends Allied control of Balikpapan bay, a key oil outlet, as Australian and American air forces support the advance against Japanese defenses in Borneo.
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Manila
Balikpapan Bay
Dutch Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
West Indies
Telaktebang
Soember
Kabango
Balikpapan
Borneo
Manggar
United States 13Th Air Force
Aussies
Sepinggan
Sespempore
British Borneo
Jesselton
Halsey's Airmen Over Capital in Strong Force
More than 1,000 carrier planes from Adm. William F. Halsey's Third Fleet pounded Tokyo in a bold carrier strike. Nimitz announced the attack, detailing ships including Lexington Essex Independence San Jacinto and battleships Indiana Massachusetts South Dakota Iowa with fourteen destroyers in support. The strike came as waves of fighter torpedo and dive bombers swept from Honshu coast.
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Guam
Adm
William F. Halsey
U.S
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
America
Honshu
U. S
Japan
Nimitz
Lexington
Lex
Coral Sea
Essex
Independence
San Jacinto
Indiana
Massachusetts
South Dakota
Iowa
Chicago
San Juan
Springfield
Atlanta
Silver Star Awarded to Dillon Man for Valor in Luzon
Sgt. Henry F. Hignight of Dillon, husband of Mrs. Auburn Hignight, received the Silver Star and Bronze Star from Lt. Gen. O N Griswold for gallantry in the Cabaruan hills of Luzon. He returned to a disabled tank to rescue an infantryman, was wounded, and earlier aided another tank under heavy fire, keeping the vehicle operational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Henry F. Hignight
Auburn Hignight
O. N. Griswold
14Th Army Corps
Cabaruan
Luzon
Hignight
German prisoners of war escape from Stockton camp
The FBI announced that three former German storm troopers escaped from the Bouldin island branch camp at the Stockton ordnance depot prisoners of war camp near San Francisco on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bouldin Island
Stockton
Truman and Byrnes Head to Big Three Meeting
President Truman sails from Norfolk to the Big Three conference near Berlin with James Byrnes and key aides. They aim to plan for the European Peace conference and discuss Russia's entry into the war against Japan.
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Washington
Truman
Berlin
Norfolk
Josef Stalin
Winston Churchill
White House
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Roosevelt
James Dunn
Charles Bohlen
Russia
Japan
Mr. Truman
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Hendaye
France
Europe
Lonon
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Guard Kills German POWs in Salina Shooting Rampage
Pvt. Clarence V. Bertucci of New Orleans fired on sleeping German prisoners at a branch P W camp near Salina Utah killing eight and wounding twenty. He told investigators he was not sorry and that he simply did not like Germans. Col Arthur Ericsson said Bertucci planned a mass murder for some time and showed no remorse during questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Utah
U.P
Clarence V. Bertucci
New Orleans
Tower Guard
Here
Arthur J. Ericsson
Ogden
Bertucci
Ericsson
Pasvolsky
World Organization
Robert M. LaFollette
Security Council
General Assembly
San Francisco
LaFollette
Chinese Drive Japs Out of Vital Air Base
Chinese forces recaptured the air base at Tanchuk in south China, the fourth major airstrip retaken from Japan in months. The communique also reports capture of Chennamek pass toward Indo China and clearance of southern Kwangsi. Tengyun and Misun are reclaimed, redrawing lines to Tsangwu along the Si river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vital Air Base
Chungking
Tanchuk
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chennankwan
Indo-China
Hanoi
Kwangsi
Tengyun
Misun
Kiangsi
Tsangwu
Wuchow
Si River
Butte Soldier Killed in Action on Okinawa
Pfc. Vincent M. Basich 18 of Butte died June 2 from wounds on Okinawa while with the Tenth Army's 96th division. Born August 8, 1926, he lived in Butte before moving to Los Angeles. Survived by parents, three brothers, two sisters, and several in-laws and nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent M. Basich
Butte
Okinawa
Tenth Army
96Th Division
Pfc
Basich
Marko Basich
Los Angeles
St. Joseph
Boys Central High School
Underwood - Elliott - Fisher Company
Motor
Army
Marco Basich
Frank Basich
John Basich
South Pacific
Sam Weitzel
John T. Figoni
Louise Basich
SC 1
John LaMuth
Navy
Linda Kay Figoni
Carl Ann Weitzel
Eastern Educator Will Head Billings Normal
Dr A G Peterson 47 will lead Eastern Montana Normal School in Billings with a salary of 6500 dollars per year. He has served as director of training at New York State Teachers College Plattsburg since 1936 and will take over within two months. The board also plans a special August session to name an executive officer for the University of Montana system and a new president for the Montana State University at Missoula. Governor Ford heads the panel reviewing three vacancies with six out-of-state candidates appearing.
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Helena
State Board of Education
A. G. Peterson
Plattsburg, N. Y
State Teachers’ College
Eastern Montana Normal School
Billings
L. B. McMullen
University of Montana System
State University
Missoula
Sam C. Ford
Ford
Elizabeth Ireland
Emmet J. Riley
Carroll College
John Q. Zuck
Wolf Point
Billings Institution
New York State Teachers’ College
Plattsburg
Michigan
Stambaugh, Mich
Michigan State Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Teachers’ College
Peterson
Stettinius Urges Ratification of World Charter
Former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr urged Senate ratification of the world security Charter before the Foreign Relations Committee, arguing the United States has the greatest stake in permanent world peace. He faced little resistance as the panel signaled careful consideration rather than a railroaded vote, with Dr Leo Pasvolsky detailing treaty mechanics and potential withdrawal procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Leo Pasvolsky
State Department
Svevanius
American Conference
United Nations
San Francisco
Congress Warns Germany Stronger To Fight Than In 1918
A Senate military subcommittee urged 15 years of vigilant German disarmament tracking. It called for annual and quarterly reports on Germany’s war potential, warned that defeat left a stronger industrial power, and stressed the cartel, money, and leadership networks behind the Nazi era as key threats to world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Germany
Washington
Senate
United States Congress
Allied Control Council
Kilgore
D-W.va
Junker
Peace Officers Meeting Here in Butte
Officers and directors of the Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers association met in executive session in Butte to plan next year activities. President George Burns led the session with W L Dalling as secretary treasurer, discussing the annual magazine and a state law enforcement officers shootout.
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Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association
Butte
George Burns
Forsyth
W. L. Dalling
Jack Steiner
Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers
Paul Lisenby
Des Moines
Iowa
C. M. Allen
Miles City
Robert MacLean
Missoula
J. H. Cosgriff
Alcohol Tax Unit
Andy Loberg
Great Falls
Mike Bergen
White Sulphur Springs
L. E. Black
Montana Highway Patrol
Albert Nicholson
Lewistown
al McLeod
Overseas Duty Is Ordered For All Qualified Troops
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson ordered overseas duty for all qualified officers and enlisted men who have not logged six months overseas. Replacements will be returning veterans, with a deadline by May 1. Special emphasis targets men under 35, about 400,000 affected.
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Washington
Henry L. Stinson
Girl wears employer’s pearls to church and steals watch
COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO July 9 A 15 year old girl was held in jail after wearing a necklace valued at 13000 dollars belonging to her employer to church and taking a wrist watch valued at 1000 dollars Police Chief I B Bruce reported
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Colorado Springs
Colo
I. B. Bruce
Butte Weather Forecast Tuesday Outlook
Butte expects a partly cloudy to clearing Tuesday with a cooler forenoon. Highs near 75 to 80, dipping from Monday’s 83 with a 44 degree low. Montana west of divide stays clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change. East of divide also partly cloudy with minimal change.
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Butte
Montana
Divide
Massive B-29 Raid Across Honshu Strikes Five Cities
Picture page notes a fleet of 500 to 550 Superfortress bombers dropping 3,500 tons of bombs along a 425 mile stretch of Honshu. Sendai was attacked 80 miles deeper into Japan than ever before, with additional blows aimed at Gifu Sakai Wakamaya and Yokkaichi. Other missions hit Kyushu airfields while Tokyo reported hundreds of hits in the capital and surrounding areas.
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Honshu
Sendai
Gifu
Sakai
Wakamaya
Yokkaichi
Kyushu
Tokyo
French Election Set Oct 14
Paris July 9 Gen De Gaulle and his council of ministers set a national election for October 14 to form a new national assembly. The assembly would draft a new constitution and submit it to a national referendum. If voters reject, the assembly would elect a chamber of deputies and a senate under 1875 rules. The move shifts to voters the form of government. De Gaulle had earlier promised elections before year’s end.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Japan Admits War Production Lag Despite Underground Factories
San Francisco July 9 Japan admitted as an undeniable fact that American B 29 raids crippled urgently needed aircraft production. Tokyo radio quoted a correspondent claiming factories under Kyushu are renewing work underground and increasing output of latest planes. Domei said Tokyo raids on Kyushu and Honshu involved 180 bombers and fighters from Iwo Jima and Okinawa and that Japan awaits an Allied invasion with entrenched coastal defenses.
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San Francisco
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Kyushu
Honshu
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Domei
Tokyo
Omura
Omura Bay
Naga
Lightning Fire Kills 13 On Pueblo B-29 Flight
In Pueblo Colorado a B 29 Superfortress exploded shortly after takeoff from the Pueblo Army Air base possibly struck by lightning. All 13 crew perished. Witnesses A A Gilmore and his son Harry guided rescuers to the wreck about 1.5 miles south of Dotson Lake, 20 miles southeast of Pueblo.
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Pueblo
Colo
Pueblo Army Air Base
Nepesta
A. A. Gilmore
Harry
Dotson Lake
Government plan to boost slaughtering set in motion
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson launched a plan to expand slaughtering via clean local packing houses to add meat to the national supply. The program aims to ease distribution and curb the black market, with effects expected in the fall as heavier slaughtering begins. Certification rules for non federally inspected plants will soon be issued.
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Washington
Anderson
Agriculture Department
Rep
Patman
D-Tex
Congress
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Harvey Natchees
Pacific
Halsey
Edward L. Thomas
Silver Star
By Carl Westi
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Stettinius
Senate Foreign Committee
By James C. Austin
Tom Connally
Texas
Hiram Johnson
Calif
League of Nations
Senator Johnson
Aircraft Arsenal
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