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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
2
A continuation of the group life policy outlines a minimum coverage raise from 1250 to 1500 and details benefits for employees in military service. Since February 1, 1942 458 Western group members entered service triggering costly premium arrangements with Prudential and government insurance options.
Reported plans show greater Berlin split into four zones under the control council while Vienna hosts Allied missions. Tass maps align north south through central Germany with a western bulge toward Thuringia. UK signals move troops toward their zones and Kiel base may be British HQ near Hamburg. Borneo noted as the world’s third largest island.
Anaconda Copper Mining Company outlines acceptance steps for the revised group life insurance plan effective July 1 1945. Eligible employees may enroll without medical exam. those 55 or older face reductions at 65 or 1955 and may convert reductions to individual policies.
A three cent postage stamp honoring the Iwo Jima flag raising by Associated Press Photographer Joe Rosenthal will be issued next month. Postmaster General Walker announced the stamp goes on sale in Washington July 11 and at post offices nationwide as distribution allows.
Brazil declared war on Japan on a Wednesday in June signaling a rupture of relations begun January 28, 1942. President Getulio Vargas stated the move rests on inter American mutual defense and assistance pacts active as the United States focuses its war effort in the Pacific.
Front dispatches report the Seventh and 96th divisions driving toward junctures on Okinawa as U S Marines seize the Naha air field and push from Croku and Chinen peninsulas. Heavy rain and mud hamper supplies while air and naval power pound Japanese positions.
Adm. Nimitz reports U S fleet air wing sunk 94 405 tons and damaged 91 205 tons of Japanese shipping since the Okinawa operations began highlighting the naval air effort in the campaign.
Monthly meeting of Butte local No. 681 National Federation of Federal Employes to be held in civil service examining room third floor post office building at 7 30 pm. Plans include a picnic and an overtime and salary legislation report with focus on possible return to a forty hour work week. Allen Swift Bureau of Internal Revenue deputy collector will preside.
Reliable sources said the United Nations war crimes commission would decide if Japanese responsible for sending balloon bombs to the United States should be labeled war criminals.
The office of Strategic Services and other agencies said six will be brought before U S commissioners in Washington and New York on charges of conspiring to illegally possess or transmit national defense data. FBI details show data removed from confidential files was turned over to Jaffe at meetings in two cities. Amerasia magazine, founded in 1937 to study Pacific affairs, operated from New York.
Paris reports the first anniversary of the Allied landings on Normandy beaches observed as a simple memorial holiday. The victorious Allies marked the date with quiet remembrance and continued military and diplomatic efforts.
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