Flying Fortresses Hit Emden and Berlin Raids Report
British daylight bombing using American built four motor bombers strikes Emden and Brest with heavy armor piercing bombs. Berlin and Hamburg raids follow, signaling increasing use of flying fortresses in both day and night operations.
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London
U.P
Emden
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Britain
Brest
Gneisenau
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Hanover
War News Reassesses Nazi Six-Week Moscow Claim
The piece argues it is premature to declare Hitler’s East invasion a failure and notes German propaganda overestimated the six weeks to Moscow. It contrasts with the Red Army’s manpower, Russian tenacity, and improved staff work after earlier setbacks like the Russo-Finnish war, which Finland ultimately lost.
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Hitler
Russia
Moscow
Nazi High Command
Red Army
Karelian Isthmus
Finland
The
Red
Ecuador Accepts Measures to End Border Fighting
Ecuador's Foreign Minister said Quito would accept decorous measures to stop clashes with Peru. A military spokesman reported hostilities ceased at 6 p m in the border area as Argentina Brazil and the United States proposed a truce. Dispatches also noted censorship and continued fighting in Macara region amid reports of an earthquake and heavy rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecuador
United States
Quito
Julio Tobar Donoso
Peru
Guayaquil
Foreign Office
Ecquador
Washington
Argentina
Brazil
Macara
Buenos Aires
Ruiz Quinazu
Lima
Ruis Guinazu
Montana preps visual education program for 75 000 pupils
Helena Montana July 26 a two part program to bring visual education to schools with and without motion picture projectors is being developed by the state visual education division. The plan includes 50 films at cost 2250 plus school film contributions to form a 40 reel library serving about 30000 pupils this year and 1800 elementary and 200 high schools overall.
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Montana
Helena
Harry A. Norton
Norton
Elizabeth Ireland
Public Instruction
State Library of Visual Education
County Office of Public Instruction
State Office
Visual Education Office
County to Levy Special Tax in Silver Bow
Silver Bow county commissioners approve a one mill levy to raise about 24,876 dollars for the state welfare department. The debt of 68,909 dollars accrued over years due to welfare funds above the state contribution. Levy to be added to the county levy for the 1941 42 fiscal year, per county clerk Addis A. McGrath.
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Silver Bow
State Welfare Department
Addis A. McGrath
Silver Bow Couny
McGrath
Laval to Return as Foreign Minister in Vichy Cabinet
Unconfirmed reports from Vichy say Pierre Laval, former vice premier and ally of Petain, may resume a government post as minister of foreign affairs. Laval has demanded powers before rejoining the cabinet, and was ousted by Petain last spring.
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Vichy
U.P
Pierre Laval
Henri Philippe Petain
Laval
Great Britain
Germany
Petain
Lawyers and Ladies Expected for State Bar Convention
Plans for the 55th Montana Bar association convention call for 400 lawyers and their spouses from the Treasure state and beyond. The event runs Thursday to Saturday with a Legal Institute, addresses by prominent Montana and out-of-state lawyers, including Elias A. Wright and Dean Mason Ladd. Robert D. Corette announced details. Rotary president Tom J. Davis chairs the local unit.
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State Bar Convention
Montana R Association
Legal Institute
Montana
Elias A. Wright
Seattle
David H. Elton
K. C
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
Dean Mason Ladd
University of Iowa Law School
Robert D. Corette
General Arrangements Committee
Tom J. Davis
Rotary International
Triplets Born to Whitehall Couple in Anaconda
In Anaconda at St Ann hospital Mr and Mrs Clark Stoddard of Whitehall welcomed triplets two girls and a boy born Saturday night weighing two pounds seven and a half ounces two pounds thirteen and a half ounces and three pounds eight and a half ounces all in good condition after oxygen. This is the first triplets in Anaconda in over ten years and the couple’s first children. The father is a Whitehall CCC camp official.
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Anaconda
St. Ann Hospital
Clark Stoddard
Whitehall
Madison Street
CCC
State plans two part Montana public works program
The Montana planning board proposes a two phase public works program funded from state sources to meet urgent needs and prepare for a future federal program. The six year first phase totals 2 000 800 dollars and the second phase for later completion is about 38 480 608 dollars. The plan aims to curb new demand while prioritizing acute projects and guiding legislative action.
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Helena
Montana
Sam C. Ford
State Planning Board
Planning Board
Mines Graduates Are in Demand in Mining Industry
Sixty Montana School of Mines graduates posted June jobs or offers. Professor O A Dingman reports none remain unemployed. firms seek metallurgists, including a South American company seeking three at 250 dollars monthly. Some graduates join the Army or Navy and Turkish students tour western camps before defense work in Turkey.
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Montana School of Mines
O. A. Dingman
Butte
Dingman
Army
Navy
Turkey
Phillip L. Banfield
U. S. Naval Reserve
Clifford I. Beck
Round Butte
Ingersoll-Rand Company
Phillipsburg
N. J
Charles C. Carveth
Ingersoll-Rand
Country Club to Open Grass Course
The Butte Country Club plans a two day open house August 2 and 3 to officially open its 18 hole all grass course. Visitors from Montana clubs will join members for golf matches and a schedule of luncheon, dinner and dance events. Clubhouse facilities including tennis and swimming will be available.
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Butte Country Club
Montana Golf Association
Old Lake Avoca
Butte Club
Weekend Weather Outlook for Montana and Butte
Butte maps a Sunday and Monday of mostly cloudy skies with thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and mild temperatures. Montana shows partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change across the two days.
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Butte
Montana
Hospitals Offer Respite From Conscripts Labors
Camp Roberts California hosts an Army hospital as a relief from basic training. Doctors treat minor ailments on site while more serious cases are sent to the camp hospital. Sick call visits outline the day and soldiers return to duty when able.
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Camp Roberts
Calif
Dog Goes Astray and Dies After Drinking Whiskey
In Charleston Indiana on July 26 Mrs Al len Barnett reports her bulldog died after drunken exposure. The dog wandered home smelling of beer and later breathed a final alcoholic breath despite milk and raw eggs. A humane officer is asked to identify those who led him astray with whiskey.
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Charleston
Ind
Butte to Send 13 Selectees to Army August 4
Thirteen draft board selectees will depart for the Army on Monday, August 4. Board No. 2 lists Nelo Nels Hare of Beverly Washington Frank Max Kavran of Butte 2209 Spruce Street Clarence Krow Madsen of Ely Nevada and Robert Emmett as the first four named to leave. The Board No. 1 list is still being prepared with 114 registrants remaining in that board.
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Nelo Nels Hare
Beverly
Wash
Frank Max Kavran
Spruce Street
Butte
Clarence Krow Madsen
Ely
Nevada
Robert Emmett
Scrap Aluminum Campaign to Be Pushed Monday
Butte launches a major aluminum drive with a two day push starting Monday after a Sunday rest. Four trucks and many Boy Scouts will collect in South Butte Meaderville and McQueen addition, with outlying districts finishing Tuesday. Camp Fire Girls mobilized homes and businesses to feed the piles, under Mayor Barry O Leary and Clark Veatch.
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Butte
Camp Lowlands
Meaderville
McQueen
Clark Veatch
Barry O'Leary
Park and Main Street
South Butte
Veatch
Philippine Forces Mustered Into U S Service
President Roosevelt ordered the organized Philippine military forces into United States service as part of bolstering Far East defenses. About 150000 Filipinos will form the island’s military force with MacArthur named to command, under the Tydings McDuffie act framework.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Senate
Far East
Stimson
War Department
MacArthur
Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Philippine Islands
Butte U S O Campaign Nears Close
Four thousand dollars of a six thousand dollar goal for the Butte United Service Organization has been raised. Directors urge residents to contribute next week as the drive ends Friday. Contributions should be delivered to the Phoenix building campaign headquarters.
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Butte
Butte United Service Organization
Tom Kelly
Phoenix
Kelly
German Blitz Theory Gets Supreme Test
Soviet information bureau reports two German infantry divisions crushed in the Smolensk zone after 11 days of bloody combat as the Red army and air force hold the invaders. The 8th armored division was said to be smashed after a 72hour battle at a town in the region. Zones of major fighting include Porkhov Nevel Smolensk and Zhitomer with Moscow still menaced.
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Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Smolensk
Red Army
Porkhov
Nevel
Zhitomer
Leningrad
Kiev
Ukraine
Novograd-Voynski
Vitebsk
Japan Britain and US clash over asset freezes in Indo China moves
Japan defends its southward move into Indo China as the United States Great Britain and dominions respond with asset freezes and controls. London says treaties may be abrogated while Tokyo and Ottawa Canberra and Singapore report coordinated actions amid a mounting economic war.
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Tokyo
Japan
Indo-China
United States
Great Brition
Great Britain
Finance Ministry
Robert Leslie Craig
Teijiro Toyoda
India
Burma
Union of South
Butte Switchman Bill Cox Retires After Long Railroad Career
Butte resident Bill Cox, who grew up with John Nance Garner and spent decades as a switchman for the Northern Pacific, retires. His career began in 1895 with the Texas and Pacific, and he recalls uncoupling the train linked to Death Valley Scotty’s famed ride at Emporia, Kansas.
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Bill Cox
John Nance Garner
Northern Pacific Railroad
Butte
Mississippi
Death Valley Scotty
Cox
Emporia
Kan
The
Santa Fe
Texas
Young Garner
Garner
Railroads
Texas and Pacific
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By Kirke Simpson
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Gov. Ford
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Camranh Bay
Post-Standard
Ed Chouinard
Tom Wigal
California
Chouinard
Wigal
U. S
America
Toyoda
John Garner
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