Carrier Planes Smash Japan as Okinawa Defense Ring Cracks
United States air forces launched daylight precision raids on Honshu damaging five Japanese industrial plants and bases including Hitachi Chiba plant Tomioka plant Sukagawa and Kasumigaura seaplane base. Escorts targeted Tokyo area sites while weather limited some attacks. The Nagoya Naruo and Akashi plants also sustained heavy damage in reconnaissance postures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Okinawa
Leif Erickson
Guam
Honshu
Tokyo
Hitachi Aircraft Co
Chiba
Japan Aircraft Co
Tomioka
Yokohama
Hitachi Engineering
Sukagawa
Kasimagaura
Kasimaga Lake
21St Bomber Command
Tachikawa Army Air Depot
Army Air Force
Hitachi Co
Tokyo Bay
Hitachi
Bomber Command
Koriyama
Hitachi Engineering Co
Kashimagaura
Nagoya
Naruo
Akashi
Swanishi Aircraft Co
U S Fighters Hit Japan Home Islands in Coordinated Assaults
U S carrier aircraft from Admiral William F Halseys Third Fleet and long range Army fighters struck Kanoya on Kyushu and Kamaigahara near Nagoya along with a three way B 29 assault on Nagoya Osaka and Kobe. Ground and air losses were reported but full results awaited as fires and explosions swept through the Kanoya area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Tyree
Guam
U.P
William F. Halsey
Japan
Kyushu
Honshu
Nagoya
Osaka
Kobe
Kanoya
Kamaigahara
Halsey
Third Fleet
Pacific
U. S
Miners Union Day in Columbia Gardens Postponed
Weather and wet grounds force postponement of Miners Union day sports program and baseball game in Columbia Gardens. Chairman Michael Orlich said field remains mud covered. no rescheduling plans set. Dance at Gardens pavilion likely to proceed as scheduled. In separate item, the Canada Victory ship was sunk near Okinawa by a Japanese bomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miners Union
Columbia Gardens
Michael Orlich
Orlich
Jack Healy
Gardens Pavilion
San Francisco
U.P
Pacific
Okinawa
War Shipping Administration
Butte Forecast: Mostly Cloudy With Showers This Weekend
Butte area predicts a mostly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night with occasional showers and little temperature change. Sunday highs near 57, Saturday 58 with 34 low. Montana remains partly cloudy with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms, high 60 to 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Six Montana Priests Elevated to Domestic Prelates
Pope Pius XII elevates six western Montana priests to domestic prelates with the title of Monsignor. The appointees include William P Joyce Emmet Joseph Riley James Grover Tougas John B Pirnat Francis X O Farrell and Denis P Meade with ceremonies planned as part of ongoing growth in the Helena diocese and its Catholic clergy leadership. The move increases Montana’s monsignor count to seven, alongside Victor Day and J C Willging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope Pius XII
Montana
William P Joyce
Butte
John B. Pirnat
St. Peter
Anaconda
Francis X. O'Farrell
Kalispéll
Helena
St. Mary Mission
Bitter Root
Msgr
Victor Day
J. C. Willging
Pueblo, Colo
Immaculate Conception
Labuan Island Invasion Report From Tokyo and Allied Raids
Tokyo reports Allied invasion of Labuan island off Borneo’s northwest coast. MacArthur cites heavy air raids across Labuan Brunei bay area and allied strikes on Ranau Jesselton Sandakan Kudat Keningau plus damaged Pados river bridge. Firebombs hit Taihoku Formosa and a Woosung dock explosion near Shanghai China as raids continue.
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Manila
Labuan
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Brunei Bay
MacArthur
United States 13Th Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
United States
Seventh Fleet
East Indies
13Th Air Force
Brunei
Ranau
Jesselton
Sandakan
Kudat
Keningau
Pados River
Philippines
Tokyo
Brueni Bay
Taraka Island
Tarakan
Taihoku
Formosa
Woosung
Shanghai
China
Canton
Washington Plans for Visit by President Truman
Washington governor says President Truman will pause three days in the state during west coast trip. Proposals include Grand Coulee dam Bremerton Navy yard Mount Rainier and Puget Sound fishing or a quiet stay at the executive mansion in Olympia before continuing to San Francisco. The final UN conference outcome may shape the visit timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
U.P
Truman
West Coast
Washington State
Mon C. Wallgren
Wallgren
San Francisco
Grand Coluce Dam
Bremerton Navy Yard
Mount Rainier
Puget Sound
Mr. Truman
Executive Mansion
Silver Bow County Bonds Exceed Two Million in War Loan Drive
Silver Bow County reports 79.6 percent of its Seventh War Loan quota with 2 000 956 65 in individual bond sales. Banks agencies add 83 705 25 and local service by armed forces members adds 16 323, bringing the county total close to the 2 536 700 target for this phase. The overall county quota is 3 786 700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow County
Max Dean
County War Finance
Victory Labor Management Committee
The
Ana
Small Nations Plan Fight on Veto Issue
Australian Foreign Minister Herbert V Evatt said the fight is on as the United Nations conference nears a showdown over Big Five veto rights in the security council. The Big Five Russia China Britain France and the United States press veto at all levels to erase threats or prevent aggression. A subcommittee reviewed the interpretation and sent it to the parent committee for further study and debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Herbert V. Evatt
United Nations Conference
Security Council
World Organization
Evatt
Russia
China
Britain
France
United States
Postwar Planning Group Meets In Montana
Montana's postwar planning and construction commission will solicit detailed requests from all institutions before allocating its 4.5 million dollar peacetime construction reserve. The group will prioritize projects by feasibility, then select from engineering and architectural viewpoints for state benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Postwar Planning and Construction Commission
Sam C. Ford
United States Treasury
Wesley A. O’ewart
James F. O’connor
Livingston
Spanish Officials Deny Hitler in Spain
Madrid authorities rejected claims that Adolf Hitler is staying in Spain after Soviet commander Bezarin suggested the possibility. Officials say no sightings have been reported, even as 20,000 to 50,000 Germans are in Spain and Allies investigate Nazi identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Adolf Hitler
Spain
Nikolai Bezarin
Berlin
Hitler
Knights Templar elects Bardwell Grand Commander of Montana
Earl S. Bardwell of Great Falls was chosen grand commander at the Knights Templar Grand Commandery of Montana during the closing business session of the annual assembly in the Masonic temple. John T. Orr of Dillon presided as the assembly represented by delegates from all state commanderies.
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Earl S. Bardwell
Great Falls
Knights Templar
Montana
Order
Masonic Temple
John T. Orr
Dillon
Elsworth E. Lyman
Lewistown
Herbert L. Lange
Butte
Alonzo E. Crumley
Shelby
Francis L. Eakes
Livingston
Clarence J. McClellan
Billings
John Scott Harrison
Helena
Francis D. Jones
P.G.C
Luther T. Hauberg
Rev. C. Ellsworth Wilson
W. Fred Dodge
Missoula
Ralph N. Lodge
Japanese Diet Gives Powers to War Cabinet
Emperor Hirohito urged the diet to transfer virtually all powers to the war cabinet as Japan faces its most critical wartime period. Prime Minister Suzuki warned of a likely American invasion and shortages while pledging to fight to the last and calling for imperial unity in the emergency measures.
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Associated Press
Hirohito
War Cabinet
Kantaro Suzuki
Tokyo
Domei Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Suzuki
Japan
Diet
Ota
Fourth of July Plans Started in Butte
Butte prepares for Independence Day with tentative plans led by Mayor Barry O'Leary and committees headed by Tom Kelly and Mary McDonald. A meeting will invite labor and civic groups to join, with a future date to be announced, aiming to form a citywide unit for a victory celebration in the Mining City once Japan is defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Barry O'Leary
Tom Kelly
Mary McDonald
O'Leary
Japan
Yankees Rout Enemy in Vicious Fight on Okinawa
U P reports a veteran American infantry unit breached Yaeju Dake defenses on Okinawa. Japanese losses estimated at 67 703 as 71st day of battle blazes. Seventh division units press from north and south amid heavy bombardment by ships, artillery, and planes.
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Guam
U.P
Yaeju-Dake
Okinawa
United States Pacific
Tokyo
Seventh Division
Hanagusuku
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Butte Youth Pvt Dwyer Wounded on Okinawa
Timothy C. Dwyer Jr 18 of Butte writes to his parents Levy and Mrs Dwyer that he was hit by shrapnel in the jaw on Okinawa. He notes a brief hospitalization and quick return to duty with the 77th Infantry division after training at Camp Roberts. His brother Sgt John Dwyer 20 serves with the Seventh Army in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy C. Dwyer
Butte
Okinawa
Levy C. Dwyer
East Summit
Pvt
Dwyer
Armed Forces
Camp Roberts
Calif
77Th Infantry
Dvision
St. Mary School
Butte High School
Butte Business College
Sgt
John Dwyer
Seventh Army
Germany
Juicy Buffalo Steaks to Be Sold Ration Free This Fall
The National Bison Range in western Montana will slaughter and sell about 85,000 pounds of surplus dressed buffalo meat ration free this fall. Superintendent George E. Mushback said the surplus, about 140 to 85,000 pounds, will be distributed with a limit of one half an animal per family and at most two animals to retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moiese
George E. Mushback
National Bison Range
Montana
Mushbach
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Dutch New Guinea
WAC
Pope
Gilmore
Joyce
By Frank Quinn
Willging
of the Immaculate
Msgr. Joyce
Labuan Island
By Fred Hampson
Washington
Conda Copper Mining Company
Uncle Sam
Army
Naranche Memorial Stadium
Tunisia
Mountain Home
Idaho
Small Nations
Hitler iI
E.S. Bardwell
State Commandery
T.C. Dwyer
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