Allies Close on Mokmer Airfield Biak Island
Allied forces on Biak Island advanced toward Mokmer airfield within a mile and a half as Gen. MacArthur reported ground troops nearing cliff positions overlooking airstrips. Liberators bombed rear-area gun positions while patrols reported fresh enemy dead and 33 new prisoners.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Sixth Army
Mokmer
Biak Island
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Bosnek
Maffin-Sarmi
Hollandia
Aitape
Boston
Cape Sarabaran
Manokwari
Nazis, Dazed by Tornado of Fire, Lose Touch With Forward Command
Allied invasion forces landed on the Normandy coast and entered Caen within hours. German reports claimed inland progress on a wide front as weather and mine obstacles slowed the push. High command reports and unconfirmed tips circulated about German leadership and new tactics.
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Edward W. Beattie
Allied Expeditionary Force
Great Britain
French
Normandy
Caen
London
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Gerd von Runstedt
Erwin Rommel
Adolf Hitler
Ayers Enters Democratic Governor Nomination in Montana
Former Governor Roy E. Ayers of Lewis town filed his petition for the Democratic nomination for governor in Helena. A veteran campaigner, Ayers served as governor in 1936 and 1937, later ranched in Fergus since 1940, and pledged to restore Montana to leadership in agriculture and industry while aiding returning veterans in postwar jobs.
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Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Lewistown
Montana
Ayers
Fergus
Sam C. Ford
Congress
President Roosevelt Signs Hungry Horse Dam Bill
Representative Mike Mansfield announced in a telegram that President Roosevelt has signed the Hungry Horse dam bill. The measure authorizes a storage dam on the Flathead River in northwestern Montana, with Mansfield having introduced and championed the bill in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Ernest T. Eaton
Roosevelt
Flathead River
Montana
Mansfield
Congress
Cadet John Eisenhower Graduates at West Point
United States Military Academy ceremonies at West Point pause for loud applause as Cadet John Eisenhower son of the invasion chief receives his diploma from Major General Francis B Wilby. Eisenhower is commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry and assigned to Fort Benning Georgia for transition training.
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West Point
N. Y
United State Military Academy
John Eisenhower
Francis B. Wilby
Eisenhower
Fort Benning
Allied forces advance on 70 mile Italian front
Allied troops push along a 70 mile front from the mouth of the Tiber to the central Apennines as American units breach beyond Rome and French Moroccans seize Tivoli junction. Churchill praises Clark and notes heavy air activity with 2,400 Allied sorties targeting rail yards and bridges.
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Rome
U.P
Tiber
Tivoli Junction
Eternal City
Churchill
House of Commons
Italy
Mark W. Clark
U. S
Littorio
Vatican City
Appenines
Palena
Mediterranean
Bologno
Russians Await Major East Push After France Invasion
Moscow reports the Allies invaded France and the Red Army masses for a strong eastern strike. German commentators foresee multiple assaults as Soviet forces repulse Nazi pressure near Iasi Romania and bombers hit the city.
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Red Army
London
Ernst von Hammer
Berlin
Dnestr
Iasi
Romania
Butte Clerks Set June 13 Workday Then July 3 Holiday
Butte Clerks union and Silver Bow Employers association announced a mutual agreement. Clerks will work June 13 Miners union day and take July 3 off instead. They will also be off Sunday July 2 and Tuesday July 4, creating a three day holiday.
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Butte
Butte Clerks Union
Silver Bow Employers Association
Clerks
Miners Union
Weather Outlook for Butte Montana and Surrounding Areas
Weather forecast indicates showers and cloudy conditions across Butte with little temperature change on Wednesday. West of the continental divide expect mostly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with scattered afternoon showers. East of the divide forecast partly cloudy and warmer with scattered showers in the southwest sector.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Germans Bewildered by Allied Landings Say Propaganda Misled
German public reacts with surprise and anger as reports confirm Allied landings in France were successful at points. Censorship tightens abroad while Volkischer Beobachter calls for duty and asserts Hitler directs operations in Berlin, with Rome withdrawal deemed secondary.
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Aldo Forte
Bern
U?p
High Command
France
West Wall
The
Reich
Germany
Volkischer Beobachter
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Invasion at a Glance Across Normandy Coast
Landings stretch along 100 miles of the Cherbourg to Le Havre coast. Allied advance reports say beachhead about 15 miles long and several kilometers deep near Le Havre with paratroops in Caen and Rouen. Churchill Montgomery Roosevelt praise progress as beaches show light casualties and weather slightly hindering operations.
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Normandy
Cherbourg
le Havre
Caen
Rouen
Churchill
Bernard L. Montgomery
Roosevelt
Supreme Command
France
West Wall
United States
Nevada
Rome
Roosevelt says invasion on schedule but warns against overconfidence
President Roosevelt reports Western Europe invasion operations are on schedule and urges the nation to avoid overconfidence. He notes naval losses of two destroyers and one landing ship with light aircraft losses, after consulting Marshall King Arnold and Stimson. He recalls Tehran decisions with Churchill and Stalin and explains weather and craft readiness governed timing.
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F.D.R
Europe
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Western
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
U. S
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
King
White House
Republican Wins New York Race
The Eleventh district seat goes to Ellsworth Buck over Thomas Cantwell 14269 to 10764 after the death of Rep. OLeary. Rooney wins Brooklyn fourth district for Democrats with 4860 to 1850 for Nolan.
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Associated Press
Congress
New York
Staten Island
Lower Manhattan
Ellsworth B. Buck
Thomas W. Cantwell
James A. O'Leary
O'Leary
John J. Rooney
American Labor Party
Brooklyn
William G. Nolan
New York City
Thomas J. Curran
New York County Republican Committee
Buck
Washington
Harrison E. Spangler
Chicago
Dirksen
R-Nl
Idaho
Roosevelt
Wallace
Divorce granted for Helen Guest in Florida
Mrs Helen McCann Guest of Miami, cousin of Barbara Hutton Cary Grant's wife, was granted a divorce May 6 from Marine Lt Winston Churchill Guest polo player and cousin of Britain's prime minister. She charged desertion according to court records released Tuesday.
Columbus editor dies in action in European theater
Lt. Comdr. Arthur C. Johnson Jr., 37, former city editor of the Columbus Dispatch, was killed in action in Europe. The Navy informed his father A C Johnson Sr, editor of the Dispatch. Details were not available.
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Columbus
Ohio
Arthur C. Johnson, Jr
Columbus Dispatch
Navy
A.C. Johnson
Dispatch
German Broadcast Claims Tank Attacks East of Cherbourg
A Tuesday night broadcast claimed heavy German tank assaults against the Allied beachhead east of Cherbourg. It asserted bayonet losses at Bayeux and Isigny near Caen. Transocean quoted Churchill remarks as false and denied German penetrations into Caen. A strong RAF bomber force reportedly headed south from Britain's east coast, with no target given.
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Blue Network
Cherboug
United States
Bayeux
Caen
Isigny
London
Britain
Air forces strike over 1,000 mile front blasting Truk and Marshalls
Army Navy and Marine air units attacked Truk Ponape Nauru and the Marshalls in a seven raid sweep across a thousand mile front. Interceptions were scarce with light anti aircraft fire as Liberators Mitchells Venturas Cosairs Dauntlesses and Hellcats bombed air fields gun positions and bases in the central Pacific.
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Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Marine
Central Pacific
Truk
Ponape
Nauru
Marshalls
Pacific Fleet
Moen
Param Islands
Flack
Carolines Atoll
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Langer Island
Mitchells
Venturas
Fleet Air Wing Two
Cosairs
Dauntlesses
Hellcats
Weather Delays D-Day Operations Amid Strong Winds
London reports 24 hour postponement due to northeast gale. High seas and whitecaps battered Dover strait as troops faced seasickness and air raids continued at low altitude. Weather worsened than Sicily landing, hindering reinforcements but not stopping the invasion plan.
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London
Supreme Headquarters
Alelied
Dover Strait
Sicily
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
New York
Atlantic
Channel
Invason
Allied
Butte Flyer Missing in Action Over Germany
Second Lt. James A. Stevenson a Butte native and bombardier with the Eighth Air Force is reported missing in action since a May 24 mission over Germany. He has been overseas about two months from a base in England. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stevenson of 1009 Silver Bow Homes were informed by War Department message with no further details.
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James A. Stevenson
Butte
Eighth Air Force
War Department
Alex Stevenson
Silver Bow Homes
Stevenson
Germany
Lt. Stevenson
England
Emerson
Butte High School
Shanty
Johnson Motor Company
Army Air Forces
Victorville
Calif
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Stockholm
Dieppe
Orne River
Bill
Hungry Horse Dam
Reynolds Packard
Reds
Moscow
Henry L. Stimson
Tehran
Josef Stalin
Winston Churchill
Bulletins
Transocean
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