Soviet Army Clings to Unbreached Battle Positions
Moscow reports the Red Army holds unbreached battle positions after 33 days of German assault. Fresh German infantry in Smolensk wiped out, while western fighting continues. Night raids on Moscow by 150 German planes yield no military damage claimed. US ambassador residence damage minor and unrewarded.
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Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Here
Soviet Information Bureau
Smolensk Theater
United States
Laurence Steinhardt
Spasso
Joseph E. Davies
Polotsk-Nevel- Smolensk
Porkhov
Leningrad
Zhumok
Kiev
Five American ambulance drivers escape German custody in occupied France
Five U S ambulance drivers seized after the Zam Zam sinking flee German custody in occupied France. Stewart and O Reenough escape June 29 from a guarded train near St Jean de Luz and reach the Excalibur while three others depart from Lisbon aboard West Point after slipping from a camp at Lure on July 8.
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Washington
Geran
France
Exlibur
Lisbon
Portugal
West Point
Ong
Excalibur
Stewart
Thomas Oreenough
Aly
Rman
St. Jean de Luz
Lure
Erman
St.an de Luz
Poitiers
Reenough
Cloudburst Dumps Mud Rocks on City Streets
A sudden rainstorm hit Thursday night causing mud and rocks to flood streets and reefs in parts of the town. Property damage was reported by residents though the storm largely spared the flat south Butte. Temperatures ranged around the mid forties with forecasts of continued unsettled, partly cloudy weather and possible showers.
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South Butte
Intervention means war will be unloaded on U S
Los Angeles July 24. Robert E Wood president of Roebuck and Co and America First warns public that intervention in the European conflict would trigger a U S war effort. He claims the United States would hire an expeditionary force of 1 000 to 2 225 000 men to end the war and avert economic ruin.
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Los Angeles
Robert E. Wood
Rs. Roebuck and Company
America First Commit
United States
Trains Collide Killing Three In New Westminster
A head on collision between two passenger trains near New Westminster British Columbia killed three railway workers and injured 22. The dead were Almiron Hager H H Mills and H H Krinks, all Vancouver area staff on the northbound Great Northern and Canadian National trains. Two others were seriously hurt. 17 passengers were treated and none in critical condition. The CN train had right of way and officials planned investigations.
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New Westminster
B.C
British Columbia
Almiron Hager
Seattle
Vancouver
Great Northern
John Carey
J. Lynam
Canadian National
Plea for More Volunteers in Campaign for Defense Centers
Kelly, chairman of the drive to raise 6000 dollars for men in defense training camps, urges immediate help from volunteers to solicit individuals and firms. He defends the fund as sound but says the campaign should end soon. About 3000 dollars has been raised so far.
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Kelly
War Secretary Calls Wheeler Card Drive Near Subversive Line
Secretary of War Stimson said Senator Wheeler sent postage free cards to Army men asking them to urge the President against entering the European war. He called the act very near subversive activities, possibly treason, after Army officers forwarded two Wheeler cards to the War department for examination.
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Wheeler
Stimson
Washington
D.-Mont
Roosevelt
United States
War Department
Frank
Montana Elks Open Sessions State Convention in Helena
Helena hosts the Montana Elks thirty-ninth annual State convention with Missoula and Butte bidding for next year. The opening included welcomes from Mayor Jack Haytin and ex lieutenant governor Hugh R. Adair, with Jess Angstman of Havre presiding. Committees named and a torchlight parade by the Butte drum corps highlighted the evening, as Friday features an address by Helena attorney E G Toomey.
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Helena
Montana
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Lodge 193
Jack Haytin
Hugh R. Adair
Jess Angstman
Havre
Frank Venable
Butte
T. W. Midkiff
Great Falls
A. T. Peterson
Billings
Joseph Steiner
Lewistown
Joseph Sullivan
Anaconda
E. (Pop) Johnson
Missoula
L. P. Schmid
Bill Hart
Livingston
Carl Nyman
E. G. Toomey
American Planes Lead Attack on German Ships at Brest
Four motor Boeing flying fortresses bombed the German battleship Gneisenau in Brest, France, from a height described as fantastically high, the British air ministry reported. The raid formed part of widespread attacks along the German coast, with the Scharnhorst also struck and moved 240 miles south along the coast. The Fortresses flew daylight missions, were iced and sweat froze, and the pilots noted Brest appeared tiny from their altitude.
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London
Gneisenau
Brest
France
British
Air Ministry
Scharnhorst
la Pallice
Espionage Arrests Target Axis Spies in Havana
Police and espionage investigators arrested three Germans and a Swiss in Havana on charges of gathering information for totalitarian powers to invade Cuban territory. Accused had false passports and links to Nazi propaganda. A New York resident was cited in incriminating correspondence. In parallel a U S official noted regulatory limits on Japanese fishermen in coastal waters affecting about 500.
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Havana
U.P
Cuba
Groudo
Colombia
Panama
Groucho
New York City
Fritzsche
Karl Hoffman
Legation
State Department
Tokyo
Yomiuri
Japan
Seattle Packing Plant Hosts Frye Art Collection
The $250,000 Frye art collection, bequeathed to Seattle, was unpacked at a major packing house with little chance of immediate escape. Executor Greathouse noted protection from aromas, and the Seattle art museum declined a temporary home. When the estate is settled, funds may create a $100,000 gallery.
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Seattle
Charles H. Frye
Frye
Greathouse
Packer
Bourgereau
Seattle Art Museum
Argentine deputies prepare pistol duel over U S blacklist
In Buenos Aires two deputies named seconds for a pistol duel following a clash over the U S economic blacklist. Daniel Videla Dorna accused Emir Mercader of probing Argentine firms amid pressures cited by U S Commercial Attache Thomas Hughes who called the accusations based on a mistaken questionnaire long ago used by the State Department.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Thomas L. Hughes
Daniel Videla Dorna
Emir Mercader
Mercader
House of Deputies
Hughes
Videla Dorna
State Department
Solon Forecasts Draft Extension by Texas Congressman
Rep Hatton W Sumners of Texas predicts Congress may extend the draftee training period beyond a year though he calls it his personal opinion. He cites the President and Army chief of staff and notes public war sentiment while traveling through Montana and awaiting a Mt Rainier convention. He warns preparedness and hints Britain aid could invite Axis retaliation.
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United States Congress
Hatton W. Sumners
Texas
Army
Congress
Sumners
Butte
Spokane
Northwest Airlines
Montana
Billings
Washington
Washington Bar Association
Mt. Rainier
United States
Far East
Britain
Jap Warships Reported at Saigon Bay
Japanese warships were seen off Cape St. Jacques at Saigon entrance as negotiations for a Japanese occupation of French Indo China proceeded. Reports said large and small vessels were in Camranh bay and Saigon port resumed loading after evacuation fears eased. In Rio Vargas ordered an air base at Recife with funds for preliminary work.
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Saigon
U.P
Cape St. Jacques
Saigon Bay
Indo-China
Continental
Japan
Camranh Bay
Singapore
Indo- China
Vichy
Hanoi
Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Pernambuco
Recife
Warns Tokyo of Strong Counter Action
The United States warns Japan that its French Indo China move threatens American security and signals possible strong counter measures. President Roosevelt cites past oil policy as successful and hints at a full embargo on Japan, while Sumner Welles accuses Japan of pursuing conquest and endangering Pacific defenses and Philippine safety.
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French Indo- China
United States
Japan
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Indo-China
China
Burma
Washington
East Indies
Pacific
South Pacific
Sumner Welles
Welles
French
U. S
Philippine Islands
Kichisaburo Nomura
Rome Claims Four British Ships Sunk by Bombers
Rome reports four British ships sunk in a heavy Mediterranean attack by Italian bombers and motor torpedo boats. The convoy, allegedly carrying supplies for the Nile front, faced dawn to night assault with a destroyer and an unidentified ship among the losses.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Crete
High Command
Partly cloudy forecast for Friday and Saturday
Partly cloudy conditions prevail Friday and Saturday with thunderstorms on Friday afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms are expected east of the divide, with slightly cooler temperatures in the extreme southeast and warmer briefly east of the divide on Friday.
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Montana
Divide
Ecuador Charges Japs Aid Peru War
Ecuador accused Peru of enlisting over 3000 Japanese officers in its front lines a claim dismissed by a Peruvian official as laughable and contemptible The report notes confusion over whether these troops were Peruvian or Japanese nationals amid rising U S Japanese tensions over Japan’s moves in Indo China and potential Thailand involvement
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Associated Press
Ecuador
Peru
Japan
Thailand
Siam
Ceron
Butte Tackles Aluminum Drive Halfway Mark in Campaign
Mayor Barry O’Leary said Butte’s drive for scrap aluminum is midway through its time and area goals. Scouts led two truckloads collected from Galena to Main and Montana streets, dumping one load at Park and Main and the other at the city corral as Silver Bow County leads in both total and speed of collections.
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Butte
Barry O'Leary
Ben Hardin
County Defense Commission
Silver Bow County
8. E. Keyser
Galena Street
Main
Montana Street
Park
Main Streets
Defense Commission
Pat McCarthy
Catholic Reyection
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J.S. Ambulance
Germany
Ays
Dayton
Ohio
W.p— Army
Patterson Field
Air Corps Base
Herbert Rish
Kenton
U.S. C
Hainan
Borneo
Mingpo
Philippine
Indies
Pacific Ocean
Miles
Nye
Elks
U.S
George Groudo
Otto Walther Fritzgsche
Alfred Fischer
Julio Otto Ott
Solon
Rep
Cholon
Chungking
Decrees Air Base
Lima
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