Mindanao landings advance as Pacific war widens
MacArthur reports new landings on Mindanao as U S forces press north toward the Cagayan valley amid decreasing enemy resistance on the No 5 highway. Allied air forces drop hundreds of tons of explosives on Formosa, Borneo, and China coast targets while PT boats shell beach positions and Australian troops tally 1 184 Japanese killed in New Guinea Bougainville and New Britain actions.
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Arizao
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
MacArthur
No. 5
Philippines
Formosa
Takao
Formosan
China Sea
Yangtze River
China
Shanghai
Canton
Borneo
Java
Batavia
New Guinea
Bougainville
New Britain
Invasion of Jap Homeland Seen
The article notes a predicted direct invasion of the Japanese mainland imminent. Domei broadcasts urge civilians and soldiers to resist as air raids target Kyushu and Tokyo area cities including Osaka Kobe Nagoya and Yokohama. The Japanese government forms a reconstruction division for war ravaged areas.
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Domei
Aka Jima
Okinawa
U. S
Osami
Satsuma
Kyushu
Tokyo
Yokohama
Osaka
Kobe
Nagoya
Japan
Eisenhower and Montgomery Win Order of Victory
Moscow announced on Tuesday night that Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Marshal Sir Bernard L Montgomery were awarded the Order of Victory, Russia's top military honor, in recognition of their Allied World War II leadership.
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London
U.P
Moscow
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Russia
D Ewart Defeats Graybill in Montana Congressional Race
Montana voters elect D Ewart to succeed the late James F O Connor as U S representative. He tops Graybill and Yellowtail amid heavy rural returns and rain diminished turnout. Debenture issue for postwar highway bonds shows strong support at 33 598 to 6 954. D Ewart opposes Missouri Valley Authority and favors river basin development.
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Lester H. Loble
Helena
MVA
Graybill
Montana
Robert Yellowtail
Lodge Grass
E. Spriggs
Wyola
D’ewart
Yellowtail
Spriggs
James F. O'Connor
Livingston
Washington
Truman
House
Montana Reclamations Association
State Senate
Missouri Valley Authority
Great River Basin
Worcester
Mass
Gardiner
Shields River Valley
Wilsall
Park County
Wilsall Commercial Club
Park County Livestock Association
Local legislator candidate notes tax relief interest
D Ewart who studied at Washington State College said in 1939 he would seek tax relief in the Montana Legislature. Sanders County approved the state 12 million postwar highway debenture on Tuesday with 637 in favor and 56 against. The county also approved a 100 thousand courthouse bond 559 in favor 143 against.
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Washington State College
Montana
D'Ewart
Thompson Falls
Sanders County
Big Three Meet May Be Held In Russia or Other Region
The article discusses the looming Big Three meeting between Churchill Stalin and Roosevelt, noting Britain’s hesitance for a Russian soil conference, possible venues in the Middle East or Germany, and the stalled Reich occupation questions from Eisenhower Zhukov Montgomery and de Lattre. The Polish exile government and Poland’s fate loom as top agenda items.
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Churchill
Britain
Teheran
Yalta
Stalin
Washington
Mediterranean
Germany
Middle East
Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Hopkins
Berlin
Control Commission
Reich
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gregory Zhukov
Bernard L. Montgomery
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
London
England
Army transport plane with 18 WACs missing in Africa
An Army transport plane carrying 18 WACs and a three member crew has been missing since May 30 in Africa. The craft disappeared during a 766 mile flight from Accra in the Gold Coast to Roberts Field Liberia as announced by the War department on Wednesday.
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Washington
Africa
War Department
Accra
Gold Coast
British West Africa
Roberts Field
Liberia
Russians Rule Out Veto Break and Push to Big Three
The issue of veto rules moves to Truman Churchill and Stalin as Hopkins negotiates in Moscow. Delegates debate an incomplete charter and three possible paths for the conference: withdraw, fight it out, or delay signing while awaiting a later meeting to define veto scope. The matter is sent to a committee on Security Council functions.
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Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Harry Hopkins
Moscow
Security Council
Infantry Show Leader Promotes War Bond Demonstration
Ground Forces men selected for the Butte event will stage Here’s Your Infantry as the lead military contribution to the Mighty Seventh War Loan drive. The sham battle features a pillbox assault with BARs M1 Rifles machineguns mortars bazooka and flamethrower.
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Butte
America
U.S. Treasury Department
Rhodes
John F. Bird
Bird
John Cavanaugh
Bert Riley
Dave Reese
Butte Miners Union No. 1
Eugene Hogan
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Silver Bow County
Max Dean
County War Finance
A. T. Hibbard
State War Finance
Montana
Europe
Dean
Fort Benning
Georgia
Chaplin Denied New Trial in Paternity Case
Hollywood, June 6. Superior Judge Clarence L. Kincaid denied Charlie Chaplin’s motion for a new trial in Joan Barry’s paternity case. Attorney Charles E. Milli kan asked for a third trial after a hung jury and a second ruling making Chaplin the legally declared father and ordering $75 weekly support. Chaplin has 10 days to appeal.
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Chaplin
Hollywood
Clarence L. Kincaid
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Barry
Charles FE. Millikan
Gustin Rites Set Friday Morning
The body of Mrs. Nick Gustin died Monday in Rochester Minnesota arrived in Butte Wednesday afternoon and was taken to Duggan Merrill mortuary. Funeral services are set for Friday morning with a 9 o clock cortege to St John the Evangelist church for a 9 30 high mass. Interment will be Holy Cross cemetery.
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Nick Gustin
Rochester
Mann
Butte
Duggan Merrill
St. John the Evangelist Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
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