Air power and sea power clash as Axis claim successes
Nazi high command says German ships broke Britain's blockade and captured merchantmen. Italy reports two blows in the Mediterranean reducing Malta’s threat and scattering the Mediterranean fleet. British losses include 12 German planes shot down. Britain increases conscription as invasion fears rise.
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Virginio Gayda
High Command
London
Democrats Rally To Draft Roosevelt In Chicago Convention
Delegates and key party figures converge on Chicago as Roosevelt’s possible nomination becomes the talk of the city. Supporters wear Just Roosevelt buttons while veterans of Washington politics mingle in the hotel lobbies ahead of the national convention.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Washington
Fergus Man Is Named to Head Eagles
Stewart McConochie of Lewistown was elected president of the Montana Fraternal Order of Eagles at the state convention closing session. He succeeds H. H. Hartz of Helena. Billings will host the 1941 convention. Other officers named include William Trudeau Havre vice president E J Neville Helena chaplain W J Thompson Lewistown secretary Charles Krause Billings treasurer Ernest Davidson Great Falls conductor Roy Barnett Hamilton inside guard Herman Day Miles City outer guard Louis A Buckley Butte trustee. Visitors toured the Lakes district west of Anaconda and a Mountainview park picnic is planned with a grand ball at Washoe park pavilion tonight.
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Stewart McConochie
Lewistown
Montana
Billings
Ernest Davidson
Great Falls
Roy Barnett
Hamilton
Herman Day
Miles City
Louis A. Buckley
Butte
Lakes District
Mountainview Park
Washoe Park Pavilion
Electors Ballot in Presidential-Year Primary This Week
Silver Bow county voters will go to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in a presidential-year primary. The nonpartisan and partisan races include U S senator two U S representatives governor lieutenant governor and many state and local offices as well as two district judgeships.
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Silver Bow County
Stork Delays Murder Trial in Shoshone Hearing
In Shoshone Idaho a preliminary hearing paused when Prosecuting Attorney Charles G Shaw was summoned to the hospital for the birth of his son a 7 pound boy The case concerns George and Joseph Sanders their sister Mrs Flosie Phillips and her husband accused of moving their father Charles Sanders to a desert area hog tying him and leaving him to die
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Shoshone
Idaho
Stork
Charles G Shaw
Howard E. Adkins
Shaw
Jerome
George
Joseph Sanders
Flosie Phillips
Charles Sanders
Here
Cuban Voters Name President in Election Today
Cuba is holding a presidential election with Col. Fulgenio Batista and Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin as main contenders. Laredo Bru leads Batista supporters. Grau promotes Cuba for Cubans while Batista pledges cooperation with the United States. The vote shapes hemisphere defense plans due to Cuba's strategic Panama Canal role and a U.S. Caribbean base. Two million voters can cast ballots amid tense expectations.
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Cuba
United States
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Fulgencio Batista
Ramon Grau San Martin
Batista
Laredo Bru
Grau
United States Navy
Reinaldo Marquez Camacho
Grau San Martin
ABC Secret Society
ABC
Communist Party
Quiet yet hard Montana primary to climax Tuesday
Helena July 13. After a quiet campaign in Montana, the primary election will end Tuesday as voters choose party candidates for 15 state offices in November. About 29 candidates are likely to be chosen, with a possible rise to 30 if write ins affect Chief Justice Howard A. Johnson who is unopposed on the non partisan judicial ballot.
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Helena
Montana
Howard A. Johnson
United States removes quota limits on refugee children
The United States ended monthly refugee entry quotas for children from European war zones. Visas and travel papers will be issued to children under 16, with assurances of care by American citizens. The plan seeks to evacuate children regardless of finances, mainly English, under emergency rules with affidavits and a $50 trust fund per child to guarantee care and departure.
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Washington
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Europe
America
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United States Committee For the Welfare of
Golden import surge completes without loss in WWI era
New York reports the wartime gold import wave reached 3 billion dollars with no bar or mint loss. Net imports peaked at 1.16 billion last month as gold traveled under convoy to safety in the Atlantic and via Canada, with secrecy surrounding shipments and praise for the Mormacsea captain’s safeguards.
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Canada
New York Federal Reserve Bank
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Trondheim
Norway
Great Falls Man Heads Legion Unit
GLASGOW July 13. Frank E. McDonnell of Great Falls was elected grand chef de gare of the Montana 40 and 8 American Legion fun group.
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Glasgow
Frank E. McDonnell
Great Falls
Montana
American Legion
Flying club instructor and student die in Brandon crash
A Brandon flying club instructor Simon Roseman and student pilot Private Ferguson Hunter were killed when their plane crashed into a ploughed field near Brandon Manitoba today. The accident occurred as the aircraft was airborne over the field.
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Brandon, Man
UPR
Flying Club
Simon Roseman
Brandon Flying Club
Ferguson Hunter
Chiropractor Sought in Theft of Skeleton in College Class
In San Francisco on July 13 police sought the sole male student from a chiropractic college class on a case filed by 30 female students who allege he absconded with Billy Bones the skeleton they purchased with their own money.
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San Francisco
Chiropractic College
Billy Bones
Wheeler Seeks Nation's Vote With Antiwar Pledge
Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana arrives at the Democratic national convention with a victory in pledging the party to a peace program. Once seen as Roosevelt successor material, Wheeler now emphasizes an antiwar plank as key to the party platform.
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Wheeler
Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Cowboys Shine In Brilliant Butte Rodeo Performance
The third night of the annual Butte rodeo drew the largest crowd as Cowboys roped, rode, and bronc rode with flair. Gov. congratulates city on successful event while Alvin Gordon wins first day money in bron e riding during the matinee.
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Rodeo
Jimmie Nesbit
Guy
Roy E. Ayers
Mining City
Alice Listy
Alvin Gordon
Parachutes Prove Effective In Forest Fire Fighting
In Hamilton Montana area on July 13 1933 parachute troops aided Bitter Root National Forest crews by parachuting to small fires near Moose Creek and extinguishing them before they spread. Two trained foresters jumped from a Dick Johnson piloted plane to tackle fires, marking the first use of parachute attacks in the region as ten small blazes were contained. Water bombs from planes remain experimental as a supplementary tactic.
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T. M. Brandborg
Bitter Root National Forest
Hamilton Area
Moose Creek
Dick Johnson
Missoula
Bitter Root
Brandborg
Rocky Mountain
Forest Service
Peasants Ordered Back to Farms by Romanian Officials
July 13. Romania shifts toward Axis alignment as hundreds of thousands of peasant soldiers are sent back to farms for the wheat harvest. German experts may assist, and technicians are released from military service to boost food and materials production. Iron Guardists press for a pure nationalist government amid cabinet disunity.
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Gigurtu
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