American Mitchell bombs sink Japanese destroyers in Dutch New Guinea
Allied reports say American Mitchell medium bombers and Lightning fighters attacked a Japanese task force in Geelvink bay. Four destroyers were sunk and a fifth damaged. two ships escaped. The action followed earlier strikes that week, bringing total enemy ships sunk or damaged to eight.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Geelvink Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Manokwari
Biak
Allied Forces Break Through Toward Cherbourg Invasion
American parachutists and infantry capture Ste. Mere Eglise and push inland to cut main rail and highway lines to Cherbourg while fighting rages around Caen. Allied beachheads expand despite bad weather as Bayeux Formigny and other towns fall, with Cherbourg possibly within reach.
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Ste. Mere Eglise
Cherbourg
Caen
Bayeux
Brittany
Edward W. Beattie
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Cotentin Peninsula
Paris
Carentan
Valognes
Ite
Narrowac
PSSST
21St Army Group
Douve
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Formigny
Bernieres-Sur-Mer
Courseulles
St. Aubin
Lion
Hangrune
Luc
Quistreham
Cape
Democrats Will Dine Tonight In Butte
Democrats from Butte and surrounding areas gather for an On to Victory dinner at 8 PM in the Finlen hotel. M. D. O’Connell says reservations extend from Helena to Whitehall and nearby towns with all state office candidates, including the gubernatorial contenders, set to attend. Extra dining space arranged due to heavy Friday reservations in the grand ballroom basement.
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Butte
Finlen Hotel
M. D. O'Connell
South Side
Democratic Club
Helena
Deer Lodge
Anaconda
Boulder
Whitehall
O'Connell
Yugoslav Partisans Advance On Brac Island Strike
Marshal Tito's partisan forces gain ground in the drive to occupy Brac, the Dalmatian island off the Adriatic. Sveti Petar fortified town reportedly captured with 200 German casualties and substantial material seized.
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London
Marshal Tito
Brac
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Free Yugoslav
Ministry of Information
Sveti Petar
Montana Weekend Weather Forecast
West of the continental divide: partly cloudy and slightly warmer with scattered afternoon showers in the south region. East of the divide: mostly cloudy with occasional showers and no significant temperature changes on Saturday.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Japs Fall Back From Kohima in Southeast Asia Push
British imperial troops advance 14 miles on the Manipur road toward Kohima within 56 miles of linking with Imphal forces, aiming to break the siege of Imphal. Japanese retreat rapid on Kohima Imphal highway as Allied offensives unfold in Burma.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
U.P
Manipur
Kohima
Imphal
Kohima-Imphal
Southeast Asia Command
Kigwema
Kezoma
Imperials
Ukhrul
Burma
W. D. A. Lentaigne
Myitkyina
Irrawaddy
Maingna
Lentaigne
Burma Jungles
Mogaung
Joseph W. Stilwell
Nanyaseik
Kamaing
Fifth Army advances to take Viterbo in major Italian push
Allied Fifth Army troops drive 20 miles to capture Viterbo 45 miles north of Rome as another column seizes Tarquinia, 50 miles NW of the capital. The rapid advance clears over 600 square miles above Rome in five days while German 10th Army retreats north of Viterbo. Allied pilots pound fleeing columns and report gains toward Florence and the Adriatic frontier.
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Rome
Fifth
Viterbo
Vetralla
Tarquinia
Adriatic
Italy
Florence
Fifth Army
Tyrrhenian
U.P
Eternal City
10Th Army
Tollo
Pescara
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Civita Castellana
Miners Day Sports Event Set at Columbia Gardens
Miners Union day observance in Butte marks June 13 with a Sunday program at Columbia Gardens starting 1 PM. Activities include sports for all ages and a dance in the pavilion, with no parade this year and cooperation between the union committee led by Michael Orlich and the entertainment group.
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Columbia Gardens
Butte Hill
Columbia Gardens Pavilion
Michael Orlich
Billy Pickthall
Nick Hubber
Martin McGuinn
Pete Rebich
Ray Rashleigh
Edward Olson
Tony St. Peter
Nick Fabatz
Mike Koppo
Merchants and Labor Rally for County Fifth War Loan Drive
Merchants and labor groups in Silver Bow County align for the Fifth War Loan campaign opening June 12. The drive targets nearly five million dollars with joint programs by retailers and unions. Mayor Barry O Leary and Fourth of July organizers back the effort and will oversee flag displays in the business district.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
R. L. Ruhle
General War Finance
Europe
War Bond Committee
Barry O’leary
O'Leary
Third Army
Retail stores join Fifth War Loan drive opening
Butte merchants in cooperation with the Fifth War Loan plan to open at 10 30 Monday morning. A rally for merchants and clerks will be held at 9 o'clock that morning in the Montana theater.
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Butte
Fifth War Loan
Montana
Eisenhower Urges French Aid in Final Crushing Nazis
Supreme Allied Headquarters in London reports Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a proclamation to the French people calling for obedience and urging aid in the final crushing of Hitlerite Germany. The note, dropped over occupied territory and posted in liberated areas, signals a second summons similar to the D day message to western Europe and France.
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Supreme Allied Headquarters
London
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Eisenhower
Western
Europe
France
Conferees Near Agreement on GI Bill Unemployment Provisions
Senate and House conferees moved toward final terms on a GI Bill of Rights by resolving unemployment compensation gaps. Senator Clark said the compromise would grant up to 52 weeks of benefits at 20 dollars per week for unemployed veterans for two years after discharge from the present war.
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Washington
Senate
House
Clark
D.-Mo
Planes Spread Chaos Among German Troops
Allied air fleets pounded Munich area 500 miles across the Alps with 1500 heavy bombers and fighters based in Italy and North Africa joining raids. RAF Halifaxs and Lancasters struck rail yards and rail centers near Bayeux and in the Rennes Fougeres Alencon Mayen area.
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Supreme Allied Headquarters
London
U.P
U. S
Italy
Munich
Germany
Fifteenth Air Force
Alps
Balkans
Nis
Yugoslavia
France
Central Pacific Bombers Hit Truk and Ponape
Central Pacific bombers resumed two way land based attacks on Truk and joined MacArthur's forces in striking the atoll Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Liberators hit Ponape twice with additional raids on surrounding islands including Pakina and Nauru.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
Central Pacific
Truk
Douglas MacArthur
Atoll
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Ponape
Carolines
Liberators
Pakin
Navy
Ventura
Nauru
Two Nazi Destroyers Destroyed In Fierce Naval Battle Off France
Allied ships including British Canadian and Polish destroyers intercepted four German destroyers off the Brittany coast near Ushant. Two Nazi ships exploded or were set ablaze and grounded enemy craft were finished off later. The engagement, the most dramatic of three surface actions, cost the Allied ship Tartar minor damage and a few casualties.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
France
Tartar
Brittany
Ushant
Quessant
Eskimo
Javelin
Haida
Huron
Blyskawica
Piorun
Bay of Biscay
Battle Between American and German Paratroopers In France Woods
American and German paratroopers clash in a wooded French sector described as one of the fiercest battles of the Western Invasion. The correspondent reports paratroopers fighting from tree to tree, wounded airmen, and civilians observing as two towns fall to airborne troops.
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France
U.P
Robin Hood
Auto Use Tax Stamp Deadline Is July 7
Post master J. R. Wine reminded motorists that the federal automobile use tax stamps at $5 are on sale at post offices across the state with a July 7 deadline.
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Helena
J. R. Wine
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