Soviets Press Westward Into East Prussia and Lithuania
Soviet tanks and infantry drove 16 miles toward East Prussia while pushing near Wilno and expanding wedges between Daugavpils and Kaunas. Red armies freed 400 towns, seized Suojaervi station in Finland, and moved along a 500 mile front toward Pripet. Chernyakhovsky’s 3rd White Russian army struck toward Suvalki and advanced 10 to 16 miles in several sectors near Wilno and Grodno, with Suwalki a key rail junction and civilian authorities in East Prussia reported replaced by military law.
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London
Wu.p
East Prussia
Wilno
Daugavpils
Kaunas
Wolkowysk
Bialystok
Pinsk
Finland
Red
Suojaervi
Petrozavodsk
Wilno-Grodno- Warsaw
Cheryakhovsky
Rudzishki
Olkeniki
Eishishi
Suvalki
Suwalki
Grodno
Konigsberg
Maishigola
Doctor Vanguard Arrives for Montana Medical Convention
The Montana State Medical Association begins its sixty sixth annual state convention in Butte with arrivals of guest speakers delegates and members. The board of counselors meets at Finlen hotel at 8 oclock tonight to start proceedings followed by convention sessions and a banquet at the Butte Country club with Sen. E G Toomey delivering the principal address and Dr Pat Kane as toastmaster. J C Shields of Butte will be installed as president during Thursday morning sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Medical Association
Butte
Treasure State
Association
Finlen
Women’s Auxiliary
State Association
Finlen Hotel
Butte Country Club
E. G. Toomey
Helena
Pat Kane
J. C. Shields
Liberators Drop 30 Tons of Bombs on Yap Airdrome
Allied sources report Liberator bombers of the Far Eastern Air Force dropped 30 tons of explosives on Yap island airdrome and township area. The raid, the eighth this month against the Carolines base, destroyed parked planes and started fires while weather hampered operations. Five enemy fighters were shot down as Liberators attacked Palau Woleai Sorol and Sensoral islands in related strikes.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Far Eastern Air Force
Yap Island
Carolines Island
Douglas’ MacArthur
Yap
Palau
Woleai
Sorol
Sensoral Islands
Carolines
Inner Defenses of Japan Being Blasted
American forces report new blows on Japan's outer island defenses in the Western Pacific. Shore based fighters attacked Pagan island with no interception. Isley field in Saipan is in operation and observed by Tokyo broadcasts.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Pacific
Saipan Island
Navy
Pagan Island
Marianas
Pagan
Saipan
Aslito
Isley
Isley Field
Tokyo Radio
Comei
Chester W. Nimitz
Civilian Production Program Ordered to Start Saturday
The War Production Board announced that Chairman Donald Nelsons full civilian production program will begin Saturday despite military opposition. The plan includes staggered dates with some parts delayed to August 15 as interagency debate continues over diverting labor from arms to civilian production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Donald Nelson
Army
Navy
Nelson
War and Navy Departments
War Man Power Commission
Roosevelt Accepts Fourth Term Nomination
President Roosevelt announced at a White House news conference that he would accept a fourth term if nominated and elected, saying he would serve reluctantly but as a good soldier. He stressed he would retire if the people did not command him to continue and read his letters to Democratic Chairman Hannegan detailing the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Robert E. Hannegan
Oval Office
Hannegan
Willkie
John A. Danaher
Dewey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Connecticut
Raymond E. Baldwin
Luce
Mr. Roosevelt
Mixed Reactions to Roosevelt Fourth Term News
President Roosevelt's fourth term statement drew mixed reactions with supporters praising the move and Republicans predicting failure to win re election. Wendell Willkie called it newsless while First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt said she was surprised. Labor leaders and party figures offered varied responses as commentary noted.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Mrs. Roosevelt
Dayton
Ohio
Eugene Connolly
New York
American Labor Party
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Claude Pepper
Montana Leads U S War Production Says WPB Director
David Winton of Minneapolis regional War Production Board says Montana tops the nation in farm production raw materials and salvage. He notes 35000 tons of industrial salvage in five months and 9000000 pounds of waste paper salvage in six months, with per person average over 18 pounds. He praises farms and industries for exceeding normal capacity and heads to Butte after visiting Great Falls properties.
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WPB
Montana
United States
David Winton
Minneapolis
War Production Board
Region No. 12
Winton
Butte
Great Falls
Tom McDonald
Montana Miner Killed in Biak Battle During World War II
Staff Sergeant William L. Van Alstine, 37, a former Montana School of Mines student and Butte miner, was killed in action on Biak Island on June 16. He served since 1941 after training at Fort Lewis and overseas duty began in 1943. Surviving relatives include his parents, two brothers, a sister, and in-laws in Minnesota and Virginia.
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William L. van Alstine
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Biak Island
South Pacific
Charles L. van Alstine
Speculator
William A. van Alstine
Brainerd
Minn
War Department
Sgt
van Alstine
School of Mines
Army Engineers
Fort Lewis
James N. van Alstine
Virginia
T. N. Johnson
St. Paul
Clara van Alstine
Rochester
Unsettled Weather With Thunder Showers in Montana
Montana forecast calls for widely scattered thundershowers in the west and south central areas Wednesday afternoon, with fair conditions elsewhere. Temperatures warm up in the south portion east of the continental divide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Continental
Bombers Hit Three Nazi Targets In Coordinated Strike
About 4 000 bombers and fighters pounded the Munich area Toulon and northern France attack sites as weather cleared. American heavy bombers from Britain and Italy struck Munich and Toulon while Marauders and Harvards targeted coast bus-bomb sites and rail lines behind the front. More than 3 000 tons of explosives were dropped on southern Germany as 750 escort fighters flew with 1 100 plus Fortresses and Liberators.
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London
Munich
Toulon
Mediterranean
France
Britain
Italy
Germany
Dubendorf
Altenrhein
Switzerland
Berlin
Paris
Seine River
Tobin Captures Massachusetts Democratic Nomination
Boston’s Mayor Maurice J. Tobin won the Massachusetts Democratic nomination for governor backed by the CIO, defeating State Treasurer Francis X. Hurley as the Roosevelt fourth-term issue dominated the campaign. Early returns show Tobin ahead 51 280 to 34 229 with 702 precincts reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Maurice J. Tobin
Boston
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
Michigan
Washington
Tobin
Horace T. Cahill
Edward J. Fry
Harry F. Kelly
Elmer Thomas
Wesley Disney
James E. Barrey
Disney
Robert O. Blood
Charles M. Dale
Portsmouth
Charles W. Robey
Foster Tearns
Hurley
Americans Press Toward St Lo in Major Normandy Battle
Allied reports say American tanks and infantry closed to within two miles of St Lo as Rommel shifts Panzer units from Caen front. Heavy air and artillery support, including Thunderbolts, aided the push with gains near Lessay and Pickers, while British and Canadian forces regain ground southwest of Caen and near Hottot-Les-Dagues.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
mid-Normandy
St. Lo
Erwin Rommel
Caen
Fallen Caen
Hottot-Les-Dagues
Tilly
Dewey Seen as Inevitable Man for U S in 1940
Albany dispatch reports Governor Thomas E. Dewey after talks with congressional leaders hailed by Rep. Clare Boothe Luce as the inevitable man for the U S. The story notes Luce’s comments after a luncheon with Connecticut lawmakers and outlines ongoing Republican strategic discussions at the national level.
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Dewey
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Clare Boothe Luce
R.-Conn
U. S
Allies Down 1,067 Enemy and Lose 1,284 Planes Since Invasion
London dispatch reports Allied air forces in the first month of the invasion flew about 158,000 sorties from Britain and France bases and destroyed 1,067 enemy planes in the air while losing 1,284 Allied aircraft. Breakdown shows Ninth Air Force 38,000 sorties with 207 downed and 317 lost. Second Tactical Air Force 36,000 with 245 downed and 269 lost. air defense GB 21,000 with 134 downed and 49 lost. Bomber Command 10,500 with 109 downed and 216 lost. Eighth Air Force 53,000 with 372 downed and 433 lost. Total 158,500 sorties and 1,284 enemy planes downed.
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London
Supreme Headquarters
Normandy
R. A. F. Coastal Command
Ninth Air Force
R. A. F. Second Tactical Air Force
Great Britain
R. A. F. Bomber Command
Eighth Air Force
French Troops Close In On Florence Amid Italian Front Battles
Allied forces push toward Florence as Fifth Army French units with American tanks approach within 20 miles of the city. Eighth Army fights along three valleys toward the Arno while Germans shell high ground and resist west to the Ligurian coast. French Goumiers seize Hill 380 near Ranza as operations unfold from the Elsa to Tiber valleys.
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Rome
Fifth
Florence
Mark W. Clark
Arno
Oliver Leese
Arezzo
Lake Trasimeno
Castel di Groglio
San Regolo
Italy
Eighth Army
Pesa River
City
Brazzaville
United Press
Algiers
Poggiobonsi
Elsa
Era
Fifth Army
Livorno
Lajatico
Livorni
Casale
Castellina
Valeterra
Elsa Valley
Goumiers
Ranza
Volterra
Tiber Valley
Carepini
Umbertide
Adriatic
Erickson Radio Speech Marks Montana Campaign Stop
Leif Erickson returned to Helena after Yellowstone County talks with the Progressive Political Action Council. He spoke on postwar water and highway planning and recalled his service on the Montana Supreme Court bench and with the National Railroad Adjustment Board at the National Mediation Board invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Leif Erickson
Yellowstone County
Monetana Supreme Court
National Railroad Adjustment Board
National Mediation Board
Former Butte Miner Wounded in Action
Master Sgt. Thomas J. Satterley, a former Butte miner, was wounded in the European theater and is hospitalized at Baxter Hospital in Spokane. In a call to Mrs. Mary Walsh, he said he was wounded in the back but that the injuries are not serious. He had served with the Army Engineers in Europe for about a year and was previously treated at Hampstead Army Hospital in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Satterley
Butte
Baxter Hospital
Spokane
Mary Walsh
East Center Street
Satterley
Walsh
Army Engineers
Hampstead
N. Y
Timber Fire Near Fort Collins Controlled
A timber blaze in northwestern Laramie County had burned an estimated 200 to 250 acres since Sunday and was reported tonight to be definitely under control.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Laramie County
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Doctor Vanguard
Eugene Burns
D. Harold Oliver
Biak
Sky Fleets
By Austin Bealmear
Charles H. Palmer
St Lo
Thunderbolt
Lehr
la Meauffe
Omar N. Bradley
Orne River
Faubourg de Vaucelles
Orne
Bretton Woods
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
International Monetary Fund
By Lewis Hawkins
Reynolds Packard
Erickson
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