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Mali
Montana
Mos. Mos. Mo
Canada
Silver Bow County
Associated Press
Butte
Congress
Details of the Invasion Day Shifts Public Mood
Americans hunger for precise news as invasion plans unfold. Churchill and Roosevelt display calm, while Eisenhower's communiques offer minimal details. Weather and air superiority influence early progress, with air forces expected to protect troops and, if Hitler intervenes, possibly ease tasks for Allied forces.
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Churchill
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Reich
Hitler
America
Legal short cuts and the use of legal technicalities
The article notes growing use of legal technicalities to bypass Congress and extend wartime expediency. It cites deals and the digging up of old statutes for targeted ends, with scholars questioning such extra legal methods.
Legal Technicalities and Threats in South Carolina and Texas
The piece argues that Democrats in South Carolina and Texas may use legal technicalities in the electoral college to block a fourth term. It warns that such legal maneuvers risk backfiring and could provoke violence as the solid South breaks with the New Deal.
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South Carolina
Texas
Democratic Party
Electorial College
South
Sweden's Difficult Position Amid World War II Pressures
Sweden faces a tough wartime stance with Allied sympathy while aiding Norway and Denmark. German intimidation via maps and air bases tests Sweden as it seeks to curb ball bearing shipments and avoid provoking reprisals. Editor Oste notes uncertainty about the next day’s course and Sweden’s cautious neutrality.
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Sweden
Norway
Germany
Denmark
Alfred Oste
Svenska Dabladet
Stockholm
Oste
United States
Butte
Anaconda
Montana
Mr. Oste
Scandinavian Countries
Hitler
Germans Make Capital of Our National Blemishes
An article discusses Nazi propaganda highlighting American social flaws to weaken morale. It urges Americans to expose Nazi tactics while also addressing U.S. issues such as poverty, crime, and youth culture to improve national character.
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Thomas Kernan
Saturday Evening Post
Joseph Goebbels
Washington
Europe
News Behind the News on Words and Power in Postwar Era
A columnist critiques shifting language in postwar policy debates. Dutch minister resists domination while Hull pledges equal sovereignty. He warns that labels like democracy or socialism mask hard realities of empire, fascism, and competing ideologies in Spain France and Russia.
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Washington
Netherlands
Hull
Stuart Chase
New Deal
Holland
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Europe
Spain
French Committee of Liberation
New York
de Gaulle
France
London
North
Africa
Fact Over Words, A Call to Stand for Truth
Paul Mallon argues that liberalism preserves individual freedom but disputes rely on words over facts. He warns pressure groups mislead briefly and praises the obstinate dominance of truth. Newspapering is bound by vocabulary, not reality, and small minds craft verbal tricks to deceive the public.
Gemini Horoscope for June 8 1944
The Gemini forecast notes bright mental power and potential with double nature traits. It warns not an important planetary day but stresses routine matters and war news may be unsatisfactory. It urges service over selfishness and cautions on national weariness and future crises.
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Uncle Sam
United Nations
Zodiac Birthday Signs of Expanding Prospects
Persons born today are predicted to have expanding interests and changing prospects. General success is forecast, with luck and industriousness for those born on this day. They should pursue careers of real usefulness and significance.
After the War Americans Embrace Travel Revival
Postwar optimism foretells a surge in civilian travel led by widespread car use and growing air travel. The piece notes ample gasoline and tires, highways crowded with vacationers, and engineers refining safe fast air carriers. It contrasts modern mobility with earlier era patterns and echoes the era’s “Let’s go!” spirit.
Our Children by Angelo Patri on truancy and spring mood
Miss Martha mocks two truants Tony and Tom caught in the park at 8 in the morning. The piece contrasts playground temptation with duty, praising childhood forgiveness and the pull of Godly duty as daffodils bloom and students strive for a perfect attendance record.
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Martha
Tony
Tom
Miss Martha
Tin
Japan’s wartime naval strategy eyed by U N forces
The piece argues Japan aims to avoid direct clashes with United Nations fleets while building a strong carrier and battleship fleet. Tokyo seeks to lure American task forces into traps as the Allies wait for a decisive sea test to curb Tokyo’s plans and ensure victory for the Rising Sun is not assured.
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Helena
United Nations
Tokyo
Depths and Deaths: Atlantic Trench, Pigeons Lifespan, War Casualties
The ocean trench depth near Puerto Rico reaches 30 246 feet. U S Army homing pigeons live about eight or nine years. Overseas troops’ annual death rate now 1 in 2000 versus World War I 15 6 per 1000. Wounded in World War II death rate 3 7 per cent, lower than World War I 6 1 per cent.
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Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico
U. S
Southern Democrat Faces Revolt Over Roosevelt Coalition
A New York analysis argues that southern Democrats feel bound by tradition to back a party nominee aligned with Eastern reformers and COI pressure, while CIO leaders push for coercive union power. The piece paints southerners as distrustful of foreigners and resistant to carpetbagger influence, warning of a clash if a fourth Roosevelt term advances labor coercion and socialist aims, with Hillman and Dubinsky cited as key figures.
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New York
Roosevelt
South
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
David Dubinsky
Garment Workers
New Liberal Party
Sidney Hillman
Mr. Hillman
Mr. Dubinsky
Democratic Party
Europe
Russia
America
Dubinsky
Vito Marcantonio
Carpetbaggers
Jesse Jones
Tom Connally
Texas
Bailey
South Carolina
Byrd
Virginia
Notable Montanan Travels and Local Appointments
T A Marlow Helena banker visits Butte. Miss Mary Cherry heads maternity ward at St James hospital notes MS Nurses association Havre meeting. Vivian Quinn returns from Creighton Omaha to summer with Quinn family. A J Poser former Butte mining engineer visits from San Diego. Dr John A Donovan departs for Chicago for AMA meeting. Butte Knights of Pythias elect chancellors Damon lodge L E Downs Oswego lodge Willis Berryman Calanthe lodge Charles Campbell. Memorial services at Mount Moriah cemetery by Woodmen of the World led by state senator Fred Whiteside and James H Baldwin. Martin Meyer and son Martin return from Europe. Mrs Meyer to follow.
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T. A. Marlow
Helena
Butte
Mary Cherry
St. James Hospital
Montana State Nurses’ Association
Havre
Vivian Quinn
Omaha
Creighton University
Hugh Quinn
A. J. Poser
San Diego
Calif
John A. Donovan
Chicago
American Medical Association
Butte Knights of Pythias Lodge
Damon Lodge
L. E. Downs
Oswego
Willis Berryman
Calanthe Lodge
Charles Campbell
Fred Whiteside
Kalispellis
James H. Baldwin
Butte Camp
Woodmen of the World
Mount Moriah
Martin Meyer
Butte Capitalist
Martin
Europe
Man petitions to correct spelling of name in Kansas City
Charles Rush Kewitz complained about his name being misspelled as Ruskewitz by the court clerk. After a local petition, he was legally changed to Rush, removing the mispronounced and miswritten form.
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Kansas City
Kan
U.P
Charles Rushkewitz
Ruskewitz
Rushkewitz
Rush
College Leave Policy For Portland City Workers
Public Administration Clearing House reports Portland city employees may receive leave of absence to attend college if they have served the city for a substantial period of time. The policy applies to workers in Chicago and other areas under the clearing house’s notice.
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Chicago
WUP
The
Public Administration Clearing House
Portland
Ore
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Standard Publishing Company
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Gulf of Bothnia
Scott
R. J. Scott
Marie Antoinette
Kcrapp
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King Features Syndicate
Napoleon
Corsica
Maly
Frank
Paul Mallon
Fred Neher
Gemini
Billings Gazette
St. Benedict
By Angelo Patri
Tojo
Manhattan
U. S. Maritime Service
By Westbrook Pegler
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