Mutinous German Navy Rumors Stir World War II Headlines
London and Stockholm report German officers and generals arrested or gone underground amid a widespread conspiracy against Adolf Hitler. Hitler rumored under arrest in Berlin while battles and executions unfold across cities. Reports cite mass arrests by the Gestapo, martial law in Berlin, and claims of a continuing revolt led by disaffected officers.
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New York
Max Hill
Ankara
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Berlin
Hill
Hitler
London
Stockholm
Germany
Sweden
East Prussia
Gestapo
Alex Singleton
Walther von Brauchitsch
Karllerd von Rudstedt
Sigmund Wilhelm List
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Switzerland
Frankfurt
Army Group of Resistance
Count Claus von Stauffenberg
Stauffenberg
Missourian Is Winner on Second Ballot
Harry S. Truman won the Democratic vice presidential nomination on the second ballot at the Chicago convention. He defeated Henry A. Wallace as the running mate for Franklin D. Roosevelt's bid for a fourth term. Final tally: Truman 1,100. Wallace 66. Douglas 4. Absent 6.
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Missouri
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Truman
Douglas
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Harry S. Truman
Chicago
Waste Paper Drive Urges Scouts to Boost War Material
War Production Board chairman Don ald M. Nelson says waste paper remains the top war material shortage as the campaign culminates in a July 30 curb pickup. He calls on Boy Scouts to participate fully in collecting waste paper to reach 667000 tons per month for military and civilian needs.
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Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
August Grunert
America
Boy Scouts
These Days by George E. Sokolsky Coming to Montana Standard
The Montana Standard will carry These Days by George E. Sokolsky on its editorial page starting Sunday. Sokolsky, an acclaimed author and lecturer, has decades of experience in Europe and the Far East and a firsthand view of Communism from Russia.
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George E. Sokolsky
Montana Standard
Standard
Sokolsky
Europe
Far East
Russia
Orders Sent to Turkish Ships to Return Home
London reports all Turkish ships abroad have been ordered to sail at once to the nearest Turkish port. Announcement came Friday in Ankara via a broadcast from Algiers.
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London
U.P
Ankara
Algiers
Wallace Sees Liberal Cause Advancing at Democratic Convention
Vice President Wallace told reporters in Chicago that developments at the Democratic convention have furthered the liberal cause. He spoke Friday night highlighting party progress and the convention's impact on liberal goals.
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Chicago
Wallace
Wallace telegram to Truman from convention HQ
Vice President Henry Wallace sent a telegram of congratulations to Senator Harry S. Truman on his selection as Roosevelt's running mate. Wallace affirmed joint efforts to help the President and the people and pledged to do their maximum for Roosevelt and his program.
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Chicago
U.P
Henry Wallace
Sen
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
Wallace backs Roosevelt Truman ticket after VP defeat
Weary but upbeat Wallace announced wholehearted support for the Roosevelt Truman ticket after learning Senator Harry S. Truman won the vice presidential nomination. He said defeat did not falter liberalism and praised Roosevelt as the voice of liberalism amid war and peace.
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Wallace
Montana Weekend Forecast Promises Fair Skies
Fair weather dominates Montana through the weekend with no major temperature changes. A few light and widely scattered evening thundershowers are possible.
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Montana
Allies Smash Back Nazi Counterattack near Caen
Allied infantry cemented positions below Caen to five miles depth and repulsed a heavy German counterattack amid rain and mud. St Martin De Fontenay and St Andre Sur Orne fell to Allied forces as German advances waned. Monts and nearby areas moved under Allied control while Evrecy remained contested. Armor fought for the Dives river strong point at Troarn as Rommel’s screen limited a southeast drive toward Vimont.
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James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Paris
St. Martin de Fontenay
St. Andre-Sur-Orne
Elbow Room
Sir Edward L. Montgomery
Monts
Villers-Bocage
Noyers
Shaef
Evrecy
Dives River
Troarn
Erwin Rommel
Vimont
Allied Raiders Hit Jap Staging Camp
Allied raiders struck the Japanese staging camp at Meiring in Meiping Meiring 26 miles south of Ukhrul seizing equipment and inflicting sharp casualties. The operation supported Mountbatten's command in Southeast Asia as Japanese withdrawal from Manipur State continued amid monsoon conditions.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Meiing
Louis Mountbatten
Meiring
Ukhrul
Manipur
Butte and Anaconda Golfers Medalists in Tourney Opener
Butte Country club veteran Gene Jones three time state amateur champion led the men with a 70 in the opening 18 holes of the 27th Montana state golf tournament. Mrs H J Sannan of Anaconda led the women with 84, with Edean Anderson of Helena just one behind.
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Gene Jones
Butte Country Club
H. J. Sannan
Anaconda
Lannan
Miss Anderson
Helena
George Miller
Falls Man Heads State Golfers
Frank Wallace of Great Falls was elected president of the Montana State Golf association at the annual meeting, succeeding J. D. Murphy of Butte. Sid Stewart of Anaconda was named vice president as directors were chosen and Polson and Roundup clubs gained or renewed membership. The group voted to host the 1945 tournament at Great Falls Meadowlark Country Club.
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Frank Wallace
Great Falls
Montana State Golf Association
J. D. Murphy
Butte
Sid Stewart
Anaconda
Ward Fanning
Ray Howard
Butte Highland View
H. M. Brundage
Dillon
O. M. Bryan
Deer Lodge
Frank Knight
F. S. Weimer
Walter Brutsch
Helena
George R. Miller
George Chaffee
Kalispell
Dave Fitzgerald
Livingston
Henry Shaw
White Sulphur
Butte Country Club
Koiso Named Japan Premier After Tojo Resignation
The Tokyo radio reports Gen. Kuniaki Koiso, former governor general of Korea, has been named premier of Japan replacing Gen. Hideki Tojo. The change follows Tojo's cabinet resignation after Japanese military setbacks. Koiso was summoned by Emperor Hirohito with Adm. Mitsumasa Yonai to form a new cabinet.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Gen
Kuniaki Koiso
Korea
Japan
Hideki Tojo
East Asia Press
Tojo
Koiso
Hirohito
Adm
Mitsumasa Yonai
Tourney Pairings in Second Round
The state golf tournament schedules the second 18 hole round with start times from 7 a.m. through 12:42 p.m. for men across multiple groups and flights. Women’s play begins at 1:30 p.m. as second round action continues for players in various score ranges.
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Leman
Hunthausen
Schile
Ashford
Shiner
Jones
Bishop
Young
Hall
Yorkich
Wallace
Venable
Merchant
Fanning
Hannah
Wilkinson
Patterson
Madison Jones
Walker
Porchevina
Lasswell
Art Peterson
Gunter
W. Smith
Blakeslee
J. J. Kane
Kirby
Stewart
Dempsey
Quigley
Abel
Barnett
Worden
McCaffery
Merhar
Wenham
Rotering
Joyner
Harry Swanson
O’kelly
Pothamus
Ackerman
San Filipo
Russians Smash Across Bug on 3-Mile Front
Russian troops crossed the Bug river on a front over 37 miles wide and pushed nine miles into German lines on the Lublin plain as part of a broader advance toward Warsaw. Moscow reported cutting the Brest Litovsk Chelm rail and highway, with additional gains near Lwow and Tarnopol and Kojev’s forces crossing the Bug near Sokal and Rawa Ruska.
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Bug
London
Bug River
Lublin
Warsaw
Visla
Vistula
Red Army
Brest Litovsk
Chelm
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Karelia
Ivan Komev
Sokal
Rawa Ruska
Yankees Push Inland on Guam Island
U S Pacific force reports additional landings on Guam with Marine and Army units moving inland under heavy support from battleships. Nimitz says Japanese artillery is now part of the stiffened defense as U S troops push from beachheads. Air and sea bombardment continues on surrounding islands in the Bonins as Saipan action persists.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Guam Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Roy S. Geiger
Nimitz
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Japan
Guam
Navy
Saipan
Haha Jima
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Naka) Jima
Chichi
Iwo
Central Pacific
Germans Urged to Revolt by Mysterious Broadcast Voice
A ghost voice interrupted a Berlin communique broadcast urging Germans to rise against Hitler. It claimed SS troops moved against the Wehrmacht, reported encirclements near Brody, and urged support for a new Reich government while noting Russian control of the Kaunas Dvinsk road.
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London
U.P
Berlin
Himmler
Wehrmacht
Germany
Brody
Hitler
Reich
Kaunas-Dvinsk
Kaunas
Dvinsk
German flying bombs resume raids on London and south England
German flying bombs returned to raid London and southern England as British Home Secretary Herbert Morrison warned civilians face mounting strain before the threat is finally removed.
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London
U.P
England
Herbert Morrison
Fifth Army crosses in Arno valley near Gothic line
American Fifth Army patrols pierced strong German defenses along the Arno River near the Gothic line Friday. They forced the river to the mountain fringe at one point, while artillery bombed Nazi positions north of the river from the south bank. Offshore, German artillery pounded Leghorn as the coast battles continued.
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Rome
U.p
Fifth Army
Lieverne
Leghorn
Monte Pisano
Pisa
Antifasseto Canal
Tyrrhenian
Arno
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General Koiso
Stalin
Ostrov
Third Baltic Army
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Lithuania
By Frank Tremaine
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Cassino
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