Russians encircle Lwow fortress as Warsaw advance nears
Soviet forces under Marshal Konev trap the Nazi fortress of Lwow after fierce street fighting as horsemen sweep toward Warsaw. Other units reach 26 miles from East Prussia, capturing Lipsk near Grodno and severing rail routes, with German commander Hauffe and staff surrendering in the Lwow area. Maslennikov’s Baltic army advances from Pskov, taking over 40 towns as the war terus toward the Baltic region.
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London
U.P
Ivan S. Konev
Lwow
Warsaw
East Prussia
Lipsk
Grodno
Suvalki
Konev
Rudki
Carpathians
Hauffe
Thirteenth
Wehrmacht
Bialystok
Latvia
Daugavpils
Dvinik
Daugavpils-Riga
Ivan I. Maslennikov
Baltic Army
Pskov
Allied air raids blast German lines and Linz tank works
Allied air forces pound Normandy trenches and German war industries with massive bomb loads. More than 1,500 heavy bombers and equal fighter craft strike German positions fronting the Normandy offensive, blasting Linz tank works and nearby rail facilities as raids extend from Italy into Austria and Hungary.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
Normandy
Reich
France
Linz
Austria
Carl A. Spaatz
Lewis H. Brereton
Italy
Goering
Vienna
Villach
East Prussia
Budapest
Hitler Mobilizes All German Resources In Total War Decree
Adolf Hitler ordered total mobilization of every resource in Germany and occupied areas, naming Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering as mobilization dictator. Goebbels becomes plenipotentiary for total war as censorship tightens. broadcasts hint sweeping changes in life, while public speech is banned at readings of Wehrmacht communiqués.
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London
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Austria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Occupied Territories
Hitler
Goering
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Martin Bormann
Greater
Jap Assaults Thrown Back In New Guinea Hard Fought Front
Allied forces say the trapped Japanese Eighteenth Army near the Driniumor river in northern New Guinea has been repulsed in two weeks of attempts to crack U S lines. MacArthur reports the enemy withdrawing south of Afua with about 45 000 men toil under air and sea bombardment, while Allied patrols force a 1000 ton vessel aground near Halmahera.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
New Guinea
U. S
Driniumor River
Afua
Douglas MacArthur
Biak
Geelvink Bay
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
German Field Marshal Kesselring Slightly Wounded on Front Tour
German radio in English said Field Marshal Albert Kesselring commander in chief of German forces in Italy was slightly wounded during a front line tour but continued the visit. The report was recorded for the Federal Communications Commission.
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New York
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Federal Communications Commission
200 Men Needed to Load Trucks in Paper Drive Here on Sunday
A city wide paper drive appeals for 200 volunteers of many professions to load waste paper and old rags into trucks Sunday. F W Strandberg leads the effort with 43 donated trucks and many local firms supplying vehicles. Volunteers should call 6580 at Citizens' Defense HQ or report to the Chamber of Commerce at 9 am Sunday for assignments. August Grunert urges turning in old books to aid the collection.
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Civic Club
F. W. Strandberg
Butte
Defense Headquarters
Butte Chamber of Commerce
William G. Rowe
Transportation Committee
Butte Teamsters’ Union
August Grunert
Butte Sergeant Edgar A Parker Dies in Normandy Action
Sergeant Edgar A Parker husband of Cecilia Parker 815 West Park was killed in action on the Normandy invasion front July 1. He had been overseas since January serving with an Army Coast Artillery unit and went in with the first troops on D-day. Details were not released. He worked four years for Pioneer Roofing before entering service August 6, 1942, and had trained in California Tennessee and North Carolina. Survived by wife parents Ted and Mrs Parker Glasgow two brothers Montey and Ted Parker Glasgow and a sister Maralee in California.
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Edgar A. Parker
Ceclia M. Parker
West Park
Normandy
France
War Department
Parker
Army
Coast Artillery
D-day
Cecilia Hanson
Ruth
West Mercury
Small Business in U S 'Gone to Pot' Wherry Charges
Sen Kenneth S Wherry told a Kalispell audience that small business has gone to pot due to red tape and material allocation failures. He cited 554000 fewer firms since 1941 and 16000 family sawmills out of business, based on committee hearings and Commerce data. The West Coast hearings continued in Seattle.
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U. S
Wherry
John R. Ward Kalispell
Kenneth S. Wherry
Rneb
America
Senate
Nebraska
Chester Bowles
OPA
Department of Commerce
United States
South
Seattle
Butte Council Adopts 1944 45 City Budget With Change
A preliminary city budget of 730000 plus for 1944 45 was adopted at a special Butte city council meeting Tuesday evening. The total compares with the prior year’s 724714 and 637167 expended. One change was added after discussion: 26000 for continuing the 1 per day raise for firemen and policemen, approved after it was referred back to committee and modified.
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Butte
Ways and Means
John Lindquist
U S Casualties on Guam Listed
The U S casualties in the first five days of combat on Guam and Tinian were 3 018 including 443 killed 2 366 wounded and 209 missing Admiral Chester W Nimitz announced American forces reported 2 400 enemy dead buried on Guam and 1 324 on Tinian The report notes Marines and soldiers advancing on the Orote peninsula and contact between northern and southern beach heads with airfield progress under heavy bombardment.
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Teas
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Guam
Orote Peninsula
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian
Nimitz
Washington
Pacific
Marianas Islands
Adm
Pacific Fleet
Apra Harbor
British Gain in Bloody Battles on Italian Front
Allied forces push toward Florence from the south and American troops reach 18 miles west of the city along the Arno. Heavy fighting continues east of San Miniato as Nazi counterattacks are repulsed. Bridges over the Arno destroyed as German forces withdraw from Pisa and hold key positions on the river’s northern bank.
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Rome
Florence
Arno River
Great Art Center
Metropolitis
Albert Kesselring
Arno
Tyrrhenian Sea
Pisa
San Miniato
Mt. Pisano
Lane Sister Lola Lane Sues for Divorce From Henry Dunham
Hollywood July 25 Lola Lane one of the Lane Sisters filed suit for divorce from Henry Clay Dunham a wealthy aircraft executive.
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Hollywood
U.P
Lola Lane
Four Lane Sisters
Henry Clay Dunham
Weather Outlook for Montana and Missouri
Partly cloudy and cooler in Montana with Wednesday remaining fair to partly cloudy. Missouri headwaters see continued cool conditions with afternoon thunder showers.
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Montana
Missouri
British Advance as Powerful Drive Launched
Allied supreme headquarters reports a major Normandy offensive with 3,000 bombers and ground forces breaking through German defenses west of St Lo. British Second Army advances two miles east while Americans push on a 20 mile front near Amigny. Casualties and prisoners noted as the fight continues with stubborn German counterattacks and renewed bombing.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
Normandy
St. Lo
Second Army
Amigny
Falaise
Caen
St. Martin de Fontenay
Verrieres
Tilly-La Champagne
May
Orne
Teday
B. L. Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
Grinding Pressure of Superior Power Against Germany
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, amid a warfront tour in Italy and France, urged continued production and uninterrupted munitions flow to sustain Allied forces. He warned against over optimism, stressing that only sustained home-front effort and no strikes can prevent weakening the fighting spirit and secure victory over Germany and Japan.
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Germany
Stimson
Washington
U.P
Henry L. Stimson
Italy
France
United States
Japan
Flying Bombs Strike London in Night Attacks
German flying bombs hit London and southern England Tuesday night ending a lull. Parliament members met in a secret session while Home Security Minister Herbert Morrison and Henry Willink discussed anti Blitz defenses. Casualties reported in London and along bomb paths as rescue squads worked through rubble. a trench shelter collapsed and a 1000 pound bomb killed a boy caught in debris.
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London
England
Herbert Calvert
Beeneath
Struccture
Butte Lieutenant Killed in Action
Lt. Gerald Joseph Sullivan 28 bombardier with the Eighth Air Force was killed over England on July 13. His brother Cpl. Padreig P. Sullivan wrote July 17 that relatives would have been notified and that the Flyer was buried at a historic site in England. Sullivan, a Butte native, attended St Marys grade school and Boys Central High, worked at West Mayflower mine before enlisting February 21, 1943.
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Gerald Joseph Sullivan
Bombardier
England
Anna Sullivan
Anaconda Road
Cpl. Padreig P. Sullivan
Eighth Air Force
Britain
Sullivan
Cpl. Sullivan
Sullivan Brothers
St. Sullivan
Butte
St. Mary’s
Boys Central High School
Butte Business College
West Mayflower
Whitehall
The
Ana
Ner Son
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Herman Goering
Goebels Isaid
William Dickinson
Sgt
E. A. Parker
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Moore
Gerald J. Sullivan
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