German Troops in East Are Demoralized
Soviet spring offensive pushes through Poland and into German lines. Lublin near Warsaw falls under heavy attack as Red armies advance toward Silesia and the Wisla river. Red forces also threaten Riga and push toward Jaroslaw and Lwow cutting German rail escape routes.
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London
Poland
Lublin
Visla
Vistula
Germany
San River
Silesia
Moscow
Pskov
Estonia
Riga
Baltic Sea
Baltic States
Red
Carpathian
Warsaw
Parczew
Upper
Bug River
Wisla
Adolf Hitler
Jaroslaw
Shishkov
Lwow
Krakow
German Silesia
Vyazovnitza
Surokhov
Vyssotzko
CAA to Recommend $1 Billion Airport Expansion Plan
William A. M. Burden says the Civil Aeronautics Administration will urge Congress to approve a billion dollar program to build 3,000 airports, mostly small field sites for private flying. He notes 3,086 airports exist now and 1,625 will be improved, urging communities to plan aviation futures with state aid legislation pending.
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Washington
William A. M. Burden
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Congress
Burden
CBS
CAA
Baby Girl Abandoned Found In Portland Restroom
A 3-week-old baby girl with black hair was found abandoned in a Portland water closet early Sunday, police reported. The incident was discovered in the city and authorities are investigating the matter.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Japs Nearly Driven Out of India From Burma Border Push
Allied forces have pushed the battered Japanese invaders within 40 miles of the Burma border in Manipur state and were nearing Imphal on the Tiddim road. Japanese retreat shows reluctance to pause as British forces pursue.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Burma
Manipur
Tiddim Road
Imphal
Polish exile government repudiated by new Polish council
A new Polish national liberation council formed from underground Poland and Polish refugees in Russia repudiates the London based Polish government in exile. It proclaims a united Polish army and high command, with executives led by M Morawski and Mme Wanda Waslievaska, and dates its proclamation at Chelm near the Curzon line.
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London
U.P
Polish Council For National Liberation
Poland
Russia
Moscow
Polish People's Army
Che
Chelm
Curzon Line
National Committee
M. Morawski
Polish National Council
Mme
Wanda Waslievaska
Union of
Department of Agriculture
Andrzejwitos
Paper Collection Begins Today In Butte War Drive
Silver Bow county residents start an all out roundup of waste paper and old rags to feed the nation’s mills. The drive is backed by local officials and civic groups and will culminate with door to door curb pickup Sunday July 30 led by Boy Scouts and Cub packs.
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Silver Bow
Butte
August Grunert
Drive
Boy Scouts
German unrest hits Nazi troops at the front
British reporter cites talks with German prisoners to say morale among front line troops is shaken after the Hitler assassination attempt and ensuing blood baths. SS guards show despondency. nearly all prisoners admit they have lost the war. defections would rise if possible.
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Richard D. McMillan
Second Army
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Wehrmacht
Schutzstaffel
Greece
Africa
Italy
Caen
Churchill Sees Grave Signs of Weakness in Germany
Prime Minister Churchill warned of grave signs of weakness in Germany that could end the war earlier. He spoke to RAF personnel in Normandy as Nazi purges of generals spread from Berlin to fronts in Russia and France, signaling turmoil within the German military and potential early conclusion to the conflict.
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Churchill
Germany
London
Adolf Hitler
Reich
England
Hitler
France
Russia
Italy
Eastern Front
Berlin
Stockholm
Belgrade
Jones captures fourth Montana state amateur golf title
Gene Jones of the Butte Country club won his fourth state amateur golf championship with a 279 total after 72 holes, finishing one under par with rounds of 70 66 74 69. Edean Anderson of Helena claimed the women's title with 247, finishing two strokes ahead of the runner-up.
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Gene Jones
Butte Country Club
Edean Anderson
Helena
Montana State Golf Association
Jones
J. J. Kirby
Steve Seman
Dr. Kirby
Seman
Bill Quigley
Dave Fitzgerald
Livingston
Tom Mulholland
Young Miss Anderson
George R. Miller
Miss Anderson
Miller
F. B. Ross
Kalispell
P. F. Fitzgerald
Commander Killed With Army Forces on Sai Pan
Lt. Col. Harold S. Mizong, a top combat commander, was killed in action June 28 on the eastern slope of Mt. Tapotchau while setting up an advance command post near Sai Pan. The announcement notes his leadership and frontline service.
American Legion Convention opens in Helena
Retiring Commander Chauncey Biffle opened the 26th Montana department convention urging stronger veteran services for World War II veterans and recommending an assistant adjutant liaison for families and benefit guidance. FBI official Lee R. Pennington praised the Legion’s role in espionage and subversive activity cases and warned against peace groups.
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Helena
Chauncey Bifflen
Montana Department of the American Legion
Legion
Biffle
Montana
American Legion
Lee R. Pennington
FBI
The
Pennington
Americans Drive Into Pisa Amid Night Attacks
American forces pushed through knee-deep swampland into southern Pisa and threatened to encircle remaining German units around the Leaning Tower as they held the Arno’s southern bank. British Eighth Army seized Citta Di Castello and pressed east toward Arezzo amid grim fighting. Polish and Italian troops neared Senigallia on the Adriatic front while British forces advanced toward Greve south of Florence and faced stubborn German resistance at Castelfiorentino.
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Rome
U.P
Pisa
Arno
Doughboys
Tyrrhenian Sea
Ponderera
Tiber River
Citta di Castello
Arezzo
Misa
Senigallia
Monte San Michele
Greve
Florence
Castelfiorentino
Elsa River
Allied Troops Resume Push in Normandy
Allied forces press into Normandy after a rain pause, capturing Emieville from German troops and fending off counterattacks. British, Canadian, and American units reclaim Maltot, Seves, and nearby areas as Allied casualties and prison numbers rise in Rommel's campaign losses.
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Normandy
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Emieville
Paris
Yanks Blast Oil Fields on Sorong
Allied reports say Billy Mitchell medium bombers struck Sorong oil fields in Dutch New Guinea, blasting derricks and fuel dumps and inflicting heavy Japanese losses. Liberators sank a Japanese freighter near Mindanao, while attacks targeted Yap and the Driniumor river area in New Guinea.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Pacific
Driniumor River
New Guinea
Yap
Halahera
Dutch East Indies
Aitape
Eighteenth Army
Driniumor
Rayburn Maintains Lead in Texas Primary
In the Texas primary Rayburn leads G C Morris by about 3500 votes across the Fourth District with only two counties counted. Rayburn tallies 19071 to Morris 15610 and Black 792. In the First District Patman leads with 20662 over Beck 7111 and Mays 6724. Dallas County reports Sumners 26351, Wilson 18152, Davis 1953.
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Dallas
Texas
UPI
Sam Rayburn
D.texas
G. C. Morris
Texas @section bureau
Rayburn
George T. Black
W. Patman
Harold Beck
Abe Mays
Dallas County
Hatton W. Sumners
Frank Wilson
Cyclone Davis
Yank Flyers Hit Nazi Airdromes
Allied air power strikes across Germany and France in a night of heavy bombing. Up to 1,000 heavy bombers hit Kiel naval base while Mosquitos bombed Berlin. Fifteenth Air Force and RAF sorties targeted Ploesti airfields and northern France installations. US fighters claimed 41 air kills on the ground, plus destruction of fuel dumps and rail targets.
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London
Kiel
Allied Supreme Headquarters
U.P
United States
Fifteenth Air Force
France
Reich
Germany
Hannover
Brunswick
Ploesti
Soviet Union
Eastern Command
United States Tactical Air Force
Third Island in Marianas Under Attack
United States Marines stormed Tinian Island two and a half miles from Saipan amid light opposition. Carrier and land based aircraft plus Saipan artillery supported the Second and Fourth Marine divisions as they secured the beach head. The operation follows recent Marianas landings and signals changes in command of fleet marine forces Pacific.
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Frank Tremaine
Pearl Harbor
United States
Tinian Island
Saipan
Adm
Nimitz
Tinian
Marianas
Guam
Holland M. Smith
Seale
Ala
Fleet Marine Forces
Pacific
Harry Schmidt
Stapleton
Neb
Fifth Amphibious Corps
Harry W. Hill
Oakland
Calif
United States Army
Piti
Cabras
Orote Peninsula
Montana Forecast For Monday Showers West Central
Weather view for Montana calls for fair conditions statewide Monday with afternoon or evening showers likely in western and central portions. Winds turn breezy in central areas as warm conditions persist through the day.
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Montana
Raid Destroys Simi Garrison Near Rhodes
British Greek commandos struck Simi island on July 13-14 wiping out the entire garrison, killing about 15 Germans and Italians and capturing more than 150. The raid destroyed all military installations and equipment and escaped with light losses, signaling fearsome disruption in the German held Aegean.
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Cairo
Ang Bt
Iron Ring
Aegean Islands
Simi Island
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Simi
Turkey
Germany
Aegean
Italy
Dodecanese
Aes
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Nya Dagligt Allenhanda
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
von Falkenhorst
Big Gallery
Owen
Roy Owen
Sai
Reynolds Packard
By James M. Long
Ernieville
Maltot
Seves
Periers
Erwin Rommell
By Walter Cronkite
Third Island
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