Peace Challenge Faces Congress Returning to Washington
Washington July 29 The Peace challenge faces Congress as lawmakers return for a session on postwar demobilization and transition. Officials warn of 10 to 20 million job shifts, disposal of 75 billion dollars in government plants and equipment, and urgent action on unemployment and stabilization legislation. Byrnes warns that German collapse could hasten demobilization needs, urging preparedness. Senate leaders debate the scope and authority of a postwar agency and how to finance terminated war contracts while reconversion plans move forward.
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Washington
Germany
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Texas
House
Reynolds
D.-N.c
Capitol Bill
Senate
James F. Byrnes
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Kilgore
Office of War Mobilization and Adjustment
Allied drive in Normandy breaks German counterattacks
U S Army offensive in Normandy smashes German counterattacks in numerous tank battles and pushes 11 miles below Coutances and 13 beyond St Lo, threatening to disrupt Nazi defenses. The thrusts aim toward Brehal with artillery targeting the Berhal junction as Berlin radio speaks of wholesale withdrawals.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Coutances
St. Lo
Normandy
Brehal
Berhal Road
Tessy-Sur-Vire
Caen
Bombers Hit German Oil Refineries And Air Bases
Allied air forces struck Merseburg and Bremen oil facilities with about 3,000 tons of bombs, targeting Germany's synthetic fuel output and related plants, while RAF and American efforts hit Stuttgart, Hamburg, and French targets. Casualties included several dozen planes shot down. German air defenses were largely unable to contest the raids.
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London
U.P
Germany
Leuna Syntectic
Merseburg
Bremen
Stuttgart
Hamburg
Channel
France
Eighth Air Force
Normandy
Luftwaffe
Scrigmac
Brest
Orote Peninsula Captured as Guam Invasion Continues
U S Marines and Navy units seized the Orote peninsula on Guam after a hard fight, taking Sumay and the airfield, with Apra harbor now patrolled. Adm. Nimitz reported heavy enemy losses including tanks and field guns, as Tinian and Saipan offensives progress nearby.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
W.P
Orote
Guam
First
Provisional Marine Brigade
U. S. Light Fleet
Apra Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Marine Brigade
Sumay
V U. S. Marine Station
Peninsula
Tinian Island
Mass Salvage Curb Pickup Starts at 9 A M In Butte
Butte residents begin mass salvage curb pickup at 9 o clock with 250 volunteer workers and 100 trucks collecting waste paper and rags for loading at Milwaukee yards. more than 250000 pounds target set to support the war effort, and citizens expect to go over the top.
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Butte
J. A. Borzick
1813 Wilson
Bill Jim Borzick
Jack Kennedy
Dan Kennedy
Larry Whelan
Robert Auer
Nita Borzick
Rita Borzick
Francis Auer
Billy Webb King
Walkerville
Meaderville
McQueen
Milwaukee
Moose Select Butte of 1945 Sessions
Livingston Montana July 29 William Hughey of Deer Lodge was elected president of the Montana association of Moose at its 19th annual state convention. Other officers include R. J. Anderson of Helena as vice president W Bundtrock of Great Falls as second vice president Charles E. King of Bozeman re elected treasurer and Ira McRoberts of Glendive as trustee Butte named 1945 convention city The event ended with banquet conferences and officer elections.
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Livingston
Illiam Hughey
Deer Lodge
Montana Association of Moose
R. J. ‘Anderson
Helena
W. Bundtrock
Great Falls
Econd
Charles E. King
Bozeman
Ira McRoberts
Glendive
Butte
Montana G O P Convention Set
Montana Republicans will hold a state convention at Lewistown August 21 to prepare for the general election campaign and organize county political and finance groups. The meeting in Helena named attendees and set the convention site and dates.
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Helena
Montana
Lewistown
Dan Maddox
Hardin
Maddox
Republican Party
Republican Central Committee
Battle Opens for Florence Final Amid Fierce Fighting
The final phase of the Florence battle began violently as New Zealanders of the Eighth Army drove toward the city from Cerbaia, five miles south of Florence, while German forces countered with Tiger tanks. The front along the Arno narrowed to about 30 miles, with German troops pushed to flee as enemy counterattacks targeted the last ridge near the approach to Florence.
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Rome
Florence
Eighth Army
Arno
Cerbaia
Elsa River
Montelupo
Africa
Pesa
Empoli
Greve
Impruneta
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
45 Jap Planes Destroyed In Halmahera Raid
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports a large Liberator Mitchell force destroyed 45 Japanese planes and damaged air fields in the first major raid on Halmahera island. More than 50 Liberators with fighters and Mitchell bombers attacked, dropping over 80 tons of bombs on three northern air dromes. two Liberators were lost.
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Allied
New Guinea
Halmahera
Mindanao
Philippines
OPA Restores Canned Corn Ration Amid Shortages
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration reimposed rationing on canned corn effective Sunday at 12:01 am. Whole kernel vacuum packed corn now carries three points, other canned corn six points, while grape jam tomato preserves and tomato marmalades become ration free. Printing of next month’s processed food charts is delayed to August 13.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Price
Chester Bowles
Superfortresses Report Daylight Raid On Manchuria And China
American B 29s conducted a daylight raid from bases in China striking Anshan in Manchuria and Tangku in North China with heavy industrial targets hit and extremely light losses. The operation marked the third major strike by the B 29 fleet in six weeks and followed nighttime raids on Kyushu and Sasebo. The War Department noted the raid yielded good results at the steel center Anshan and emphasized that losses were minimal despite Japanese claims of a downed bomber.
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Washington
Anshan
Manchuria
Tangku
China
War Department
Japan
Kyushu
Steel Center
20Th Bomber Command
Mukden
Imperial Iron and Steel Works
Yawata
Sasebo
Detroit
Expect Directive in Miners Case
John McLeod recording secretary of Butte Miners union No 1 was notified by War Labor Board chairman William H. Davis that the board had concluded consideration of the miners and smeltermen wage case 111-4995-D. A copy of the board s directive order will be mailed within the next few days.
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John McLeod
Butte Miners’ Union No. 1
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Mr. Davis
Soviets Reach Warsaw as Baltic Offensive Advances
Soviet forces pressed toward Warsaw with artillery duels on the east bank of the Vistula while a northern drive pushed toward the Gulf of Riga, trapping German troops in Latvia and Estonia. The Bagramian-led Baltic Army groups claimed hundreds of villages captured, Kaunas near Kaunas, and Kaunas’ German defenses shrinking as Kaunas fell.
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London
Warsaw
Berlin
Baltic
East Bank
Gulf of Riga
Jelgava
George Lindemann
Riga
Estonia
Latvia
Ivan Bagramians
Zagare
Gulf
Moscow
Kaunas
Karmelava
Dies announces probe of C I O Political Action Committee
Washington July 29 The House un American activities committee chaired by Dies plans a subcommittee inquiry into the C I O Political Action Committee described as the New Deal’s political arm The plan follows a Dies report labeling the PAC the political arm and cites 72 telephone calls including some from PAC officials to the White House Hatch Act restrictions cited on federal officeholders and a telegram from Dies to Rep Eberharter requesting convening the committee
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Washington
Dies
D-Texas
House Committee On unAmerican Affairs
Dies Group
Dies Committee
White House
Jasper
Texas
Eberharter
D.-Pa
Rommel Reported Injured in Normandy Withdrawal
A captured German captain said Rommel, field marshal of the German armies in Normandy, was carried on a stretcher after leaping into a ditch to escape Allied planes near Lisseny on the road to Rouen. He reportedly attended a battle conference at Percy before this week’s U.S. offensive and was unconscious for six hours after the strafing.
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U. S S
Normandy
Erwin Rommel
Lisseny
Rouen
Rommel
Percy
United States
Americans Press Advance Across German Line In France
Frontline AP reporter Wes Gallagher describes a successful push by American forces through a German Seventh army line in France. He suggests the Americans may be in a decisive phase of the war and warns that Hitler could suffer irreparable damage to Wehrmacht morale if the offensive continues. Continued coverage noted in Saturday dispatches.
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Seventh Army
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Hitler
Wehrmacht
France
Political Tempo Up This Week
The week opens with servicemen casting ballots and marks renominations for Senator Bennet C. Clark of Missouri and Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York. Senate leader Alben W. Barkley seeks renomination as Democratic primary battles intensify, while Missouri sees 30,000+ sentry ballots and a tight Clark McKittrick race. South Carolina Democrats schedule a state convention midweek to address platform demands unresolved at the national level.
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Bennet C. Clark
Missouri
Hamilton Fish
New York
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Army
Navy
Clark
Roy McKittrick
U. S. Senate
South Carolina
McKittrick
Montana Weather Forecast for Sunday Thunderstorms
Montana forecast calls for scattered afternoon thunderstorms on Sunday with cooler air in the north portion east of the continental divide. Expect unsettled conditions, brief downpours, and relief from heat in northern regions.
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Montana
Continental Divide
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