Strength of Reich Offensive Is Reported Dwindling
Moscow reports the German blitzkrieg waning as the Red Army holds the line near Moscow Leningrad and Kiev. Soviet officials claim air power destroyed 104 Nazi planes and sunk several vessels Saturday while noting ongoing battles around Smolensk Nevel and Zhitomir with further details promised later.
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Reich
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Leningrad
Kiev
Soviet Information Bureau
Smolensk
Nevel
Zhitomir
Verdun
S. A. Lozovsky
Foreign Affairs
German advance nears Leningrad as Moscow air raids described
Berlin reports via DNB that German forces moved to within 45 miles of Leningrad near Volosovo while massive air raids struck Moscow with incendiaries and demolition. Other dispatches note British coast artillery repelling eight ships off Dieppe as operations on the eastern front continue.
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Maxis
Leningrad
Berlin
DNB
Moscow
Murmansk
Arctic
Suez
Africa
England
Dieppe
France
Russia
High Command
Volosovo
Baltic
U S C Campaigners Urged to Deliver Funds by Friday
Workers from United Service Organizations in Mining City urge donors to complete contributions by Friday for the national drive. Four thousand dollars of a six thousand dollar goal has been collected. Donations support home away from home centers for U S armed forces, with headquarters at the Phoenix building. The effort aims to fund recreation facilities at national defense sites. CHEMIST DIES BALTIMORE July 27 Dr Ford Sellers a 30 year old chemist died at University Hospital from gas inhalation during an anesthetic experiment for military use.
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United Services Organizations
United States
Werelso
Baltimore
Ith Ford Sellers
University Hospital
Butte Scouts Lead Final Aluminum Drive on South Side
A scrap aluminum collection push led by Boy Scouts from Camp Lowlands aims to finish Tuesday in Butte with four trucks manned by scouts in the South Side enderville and the McQueen ad Clark Venico guiding the effort. Aluminum gathered is hauled to the city corral, with a large total set aside for national defense production at a Park and Main street bin. Residents are asked to donate only nonfunctional metal.
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Butte
Barry Leary
Lowlands
Enderville
McQueen
Clark Venico
Park
Main Streets
Country Club Opens Tourney with qualifying rounds
First rounds set for the annual club championship at Butte Country Club after weekend play on the 18-hole grass course. Gene Jones led qualifying with 70 while Roy Owen set a new course best of 66. Sue Jeanne Granley led the women with 76.
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Butte Country Club
Gene Jones
Tom Mulholland
Roy Owen
Sue Jeanne Granley
Butte
F. J. Sten
Joe Kane
Jack Thompson
Japan Plans New Move Threat to Thailand or Russia
Chinese intelligence reports say Japan prepares for an opportunistic move in two directions south into Thailand or north into Russia's Siberia. Tokyo drafts up to a quarter million men and strengthens Manchoukuo and Korea to 17 divisions, aiming for bases in Indo China and possible strikes against Malaya Singapore Burma or the Burma road.
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Chungking
China
Japan
Thailand
Russia
Siberia
Chinese Intelligence Service
French Indo-China
New Order
East Asia
National Military Council
Manchoukuo
Korea
Laos
Cambodia
Malaya
Singapore
Burma
Heatwave triggers dozens of deaths across eastern U S
Heat and drowning deaths rise to at least 44 and 34 respectively as a blistering heat wave grips the nation. Temperatures hit 104 in Cincinnati as showers briefly offer relief, with gusts and lightning damaging structures and injuring three in Iowa.
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Associated Press
Plains States
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Toledo
Charleston
W. Va
Louisville
Washington
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bismarck
N. C
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Mercury
Joan Kilkeary
Iowa
Nebraska
Republican River
Two Men Die When Plane Crashes Near Dixie Valley Mine
A private plane crashed Sunday on the plains near the Dixie Valley Com stock mine eighty miles east of Fallon. Coroner Hal Elinger identified the two occupants as Franklin Stewart of Fallon and Philip King of Battle Mountain Nevada both described as in their early twenties.
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Fallon
U.P
Dixie Valley Comstock
Hal Elinger
Churchill County
Franklin Stewart
Philip King
Battle Mountain
Nev
Housewife Fends Off Burglar With Rolling Pin
In Long Beach California on Sunday a housewife, Dorothy Mae Kessinger, attacked an intruder with a rolling pin, knocked him unconscious, bound him with ropes, and fled to her neighbor’s house. The burglar later revived, freed himself, and escaped.
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Long Beach
Calif
Dorothy Mae Kessinger
Opposition to Extending Service Lessons
Senate debate on extending draftee service grows tense as war in the Far East influences votes. Some lawmakers reserve judgment amid Japan's Indo China move, while others insist on opposition. House rushes a tax bill as it plans a closed session for its version of military service legislation.
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Washington
Far East
Senate
Japan
Indo- China
Reynolds
DN. C
Senate Military Committee
Congress
United States
Russia
Great Britain
House
Ways and Means Committee
Turkey Expects Crisis With Germany if Red Armies Collapse
An Ankara official warned a crisis with Germany could follow if Soviet resistance collapses by mid September. He noted German plans shifted due to fierce Far East fighting and said Turkey might again be targeted depending on German army exhaustion.
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Turkey
Germany
Ankara
Far East
Germany Plans to Partition Russia and Offer British Peace
Istanbul dispatch reports a detailed Axis-backed plan to split European Russia at the Urals if Germany conquers the region. A satellite diplomat described a "painless peace" scheme, with Ukraine under a German governor and the rest allotted to Romania, Turkey, and Poland as part of a quick peace before U.S. entry deepens.
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Germany
Russia
Preston Grover
Istanbul
Turkey
Moscow
United States
Urals
Ukraine
Rumania
Poland
Pact to Defend Dakar Is Sought by Nazis
VICHY France July 27 The Paris press urged a military accord between France and Germany to defend Dakar and other French African possessions from possible American attack. Jean Luchaire argued for a cabinet shakeup to enable such a policy, warning that Dakar could be dangerously threatened if the Atlantic war widens.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Germany
Dakar
Jean Luchaire
Les Nouveaux Temps
Atlantic
West Africa
Africa
Recife
Brazil
Iceland
Luchaire
United States
Roosevelt
Antilles
Guiana
Europe
Japanese Ships Held at Sea Seized by Tokyo Outside U S Waters
San Francisco July 27 The Japanese government held a $15 million passenger liner and at least eight smaller ships in the open sea outside Pacific coast ports fearing seizure if entering U S waters. The Ta tuta Maru carried 270 aboard, 100 Americans, and a $3 million silk cargo. The Florida Maru sailed for Japan after Canadian freezing of Japanese credits.
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San Francisco
U.P
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
B. C
Roosevelt
United States
Florida
Japan
Ottawa
NYK
Golden Gate
Tokyo
Weather Outlook For Butte and Montana
Butte forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change. Montana regions expect mostly cloudy conditions with scattered thundershowers and cooler air in eastern and central areas Monday.
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Butte
Montana
Montanan Held Captive by Bear Three Days
MISSOULA July 27 Victor Scott of Superior was held three days in a forest lookout by a hungry bear. After three days he called the Powell district ranger and a rifle-armed rescuer arrived to drive off the bear. The next morning the bear returned, and Scott shot and killed it, ending the siege.
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Missoula
Victor Scott
Superior
Scott
Powell District
Mr. Bear
Japan Eyes Easing Freezing Order On U S Assets
Tokyo reports the finance ministry will ease the U S asset freeze in Japan as conditions allow. Domei notes Manchukuo has frozen American and British assets in retaliation. The order labels 30 American firms as juridical persons with American nationality and signals American Express may withdraw.
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Tokyo
U.P
Finance Ministry
United States
Japan
Domei
Manchukuo
American Express Company
Britain
Heavy Rain and Hail Reported in Mining City Butte
A severe shower drenched parts of Butte on Sunday with hail and mud deposits on sidewalks. No major damage seen though mud and rock slides occurred on Woodville hill road north of the city. Lightning caused a minor fire and a home wiring strike at 417 North Alabama. The Weather Bureau recorded .32 inch of precipitation, peak between 4 and 4:30 pm. Temperatures ranged from 51 to 74 degrees.
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Butte
Woodville Hill
North Alabama Street
Federal Weather Bureau
Hopkins pledges aid to Britain and foes Germany Russia and China
American aid to the Allies extends beyond Britain as Hopkins pledges immediate help to Russia in its war with Germany and links Russia with China. He notes U S aircraft tanks ships and supplies already sent and emphasizes joint naval patrols to safeguard Atlantic lifelines.
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London
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
North Atlantic
Hopkins
U. SS
Iceland
Congress
United States
Russia
Germany
America
China
Britain
Hitler
Rehe
Atlantic
U. S
London Suffers Raid Damage
London reports its first air raid in 31 days, blamed on Nazi retaliation for the Berlin raid. German planes dropped a few high explosives and oil bombs in a city section, causing slight damage with no full blitz. Initial arrivals came at great height, then lower as anti aircraft fire engaged.
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London
U.P
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Great Heights
Awards Presented to Boy Scouts at Lowlands Court of Honor
Thirteen advancements in rank and 62 merit badges were awarded to the Silver Bow Area council scouts at Camp Lowlands during a Saturday night court of honor. Tenderfoot to Life ranks were recognized, with two eagle palms and a Bureau of Mines certificate among the awards.
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Lowlands Court of
Boy Scouts
Silver Bow Area
Bureau of Mines
Percy Frazier
Gilbert Purdy
Jack Burgess
Truxton Connor
Duncan McDonald
Clark Veatch
S. L. Keyser
Tenderfoot
Raymond Branch
Noa Sl
C ~ Harris
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Thitomir
Porkhov
Lozovsky
Soviet Union
Appar
Rive
Country Club
U.S
American
Honolulu
Hawaii
San Pedro
Valparaiso
Chile
Mining City
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