Butte Readies Fifth War Loan Drive Across County
Butte mobilizes for a five million dollar Fifth War Loan as three major gatherings organize retail clerks block lenders and investors for a month long drive. The campaign runs from Monday to July 8 with a county wide mobilization including a pep rally a Black leaders rally and a large Flag day program. The quota totals 4 999 000 with 980 000 from E bond sales 1 670 000 from individuals and 2 349 000 from corporations. R L Ruhle warns all groups are ready for the drive led by the Fifth War Loan committee.
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Europe
Third Army of War
R. L. Ruhle
General War Finance
Fifth War Loan Committee
Butte’s
Allies Reach One Third Across Normandy Beachhead
Allied troops push roughly 50 miles from Caen to Montebourg, seizing Isigny and Trevieres as heavy fighting continues around Caen. Air forces attack German fields while sea and ground forces strike inland to seal Cherbourg's path.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Fense
Caen
Montebourg
Bayeux
Allied Ships Rout Five Jap Destroyers
Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific routed five Japanese destroyers northwest of Biak Island after a night pursuit. The action followed Allied bombers sinking and damaging several destroyers in Geelvink Bay. Biak garrison relief efforts continued as Mokmer air field operations expanded.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Biak Island
Biak
Douglas MacArthur
Geelvink Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Manokwari Harbor
Truk
Palau
Mokmer
Sorido
Borokoe
Mokmer Field
Boston
Butte Volunteers Ordered to Report for Navy Induction
Ten men from Board 3 volunteer for Navy enlistment in Helena on Monday after local selective service induction. Forty eight more men are ordered to Army centers for pre induction physicals. Names and addresses of volunteers listed along with those for pre induction exams.
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Butte
Helena
Navy
Selective Service Board
Army
Harold W. Edwards
South Main
Marshall F. Pale
East Granite
Lawrence M. Sandretto
Red Lodge
Gene W. Daly
West Galena
James L. Searle
Walter M. Dodge
Jefferson
East Broadway
Donald L. Hills
Stanley Marks, Jr
Washington, D. C
Robert A. Ashby
Roberts
Irving Lindeen
Hickory
Gustave Schuller
John J. Savage
Charles R. Raymond
Argyle
Emil A. Jacobson
East Park
George W. Bradbury
Missouri
Advertisers Devote Space to War Bonds in Butte Montana
Retail stores in Butte devote their entire advertising schedule in the Montana Standard to the Fifth War Loan campaign opening Monday. No local ads appear. readers see stirring messages on the importance of war bond investments to back the invasion of Europe. Each bond purchased now will hasten victory.
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Butte
Europe
Marine Planes to Fly Over District Sunday
A squadron of Marine F4U Corsair fighters led by Major William A. Millington arrives in Butte and will perform a 12 to 1 pm city flight Sunday after a 10 to 1 pm public viewing at the airport. The unit from Mojave California will also fly over Columbia Gardens in tribute to Butte Miners Union members during their field day.
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William A. Millington
Butte
Columbia Gardens
Butte Miners Union
Mojave
Calif
Meaderville
Millington
Fifth War Loan Calendar June public rallies in Montana
The calendar lists a merchant clerk rally at the Montana theater Monday at 9 with stores opening at 10 30. On Wednesday June 14 block leaders rally at Butte high auditorium at 7 and an open air Flag Day program at Butte high stadium at 8 in the evening.
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Merchant Clerk
Montana Theater
Butte High Auditorium
Butte High Stadium
New Floods Hit Dillon Area
Rising Beaverhead river flood waters threaten the Dillon area as heavy rains renew floods. Montana highway crews report a temporary fill near Lima that only supports light cars and advise against travel. Union Pacific repairs on 1500 feet of track limit movement between Butte and Idaho.
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Beaverhead
Montana
Butte
Idaho
Lima
Dillon
Fred Quinnell, Jr
Montana Highway Department
Lee M. Layne
Union Pacific Railroad
Idaho Falls
Quinnell
Montana Forecast Fair to Partly Cloudy With Thunder South
The Montana forecast shows fair to partly cloudy weather with scattered thunder showers in the southern portion. Warmer conditions expected in the west and central areas on Sunday.
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Montana
Allies Finally Catch Retreating Foe
Allied forces in Italy reported pursuing Nazi troops northward as they halted around a village northeast of Viterbo. Fifth Army units pressed the chase at about 15 miles daily, trading fire with German 11 mm guns and anti tank weapons while advancing toward Col Gen Eberhard von Mackensen’s 14th Army. The British Eighth Army also pushed along the Adriatic front capturing Orsogna and several other towns as they crossed the Foro river.
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Italy
Viterbo
Rome
George Tucker
Associated Press
Fifth Army
Tucker
Eberhard von Mackensen
14Th
Tuscania
Tarquinia
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Orsogna
Guardiagrele
Miglionico
Filetto
Foro
America’s First Two Airborne Divisions Lead Invasion
The 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were identified as leading the Normandy invasion. The 82nd, the third assault unit, previously spearheaded Sicily and Salerno attacks after U S Army expansion in 1942, was reactivated in March under Gen. Omar N. Bradley.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
America
82Nd
101St
Normandy
Geronimo
Sicily
Salerno
United States Army
Omar N. Bradley
Crucial Naval Struggle Expected Soon
London reports German channel forces concentrate submarine power against Allied routes as American officers foresee a decisive German naval effort within days. British and Allied ships probe, sinking four trawlers in Holland but weather hampers operations amid escalating air and sea combat near the Seine bay and Channel.
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London
Holland
French
Seine Bay
Channel
Seine
Alan G. Kirk
Augusta
Bernard L. Montgomery
U. S. Navy
Berlin
Five Navy Crewmembers Die in Hillsboro Plane Crash
Five Navy personnel were reported killed in a Friday plane crash near Hillsboro Texas six miles east of the town. Details on the aircraft or mission were sparse, with investigators examining the wreckage and notifying next of kin.
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Hillsboro
Texas
Navy
Hills
Airmen Smash at German Troops Tanks
Allied air power resumed over France after the invasion with nearly 2,000 U S fighter planes in the sky. Liberators and Marauders targeted German troop concentrations, rail and highway lines, and air bases as Normandy and Brittany came under bombardment. The Eighth and Ninth Air Forces reported enemy losses and American aircraft missing while night raids continued and reading from Paris and Berlin warned of ongoing operations.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
U. S
Liberators
Normandy
Brittany
Paris
Berlin
Germany
Federal Communications Commission
Eighth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
U.S
Democrats Hold Victory Dinner in Helena
A capacity crowd of more than 400 Montana Democrats gathered at the Finlen hotel for a Victory dinner. Lester Loble urged a 1944 election victory and postwar planning while Arthur F. Lamey and local officials welcomed guests. The program featured speeches, music, and a display of United Nations flags with a portrait of President Roosevelt.
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Lester Loble
Helena
South Side
Democratic Club
Finlen Hotel
Montana
Butte
Democratic Party
Loble
J. J. McNamara
A. W. Drynan
Minnie Cummins
Fritz Lenz
Margaret McHale
Kathleen Harris O'Keefe
United Nations
Roosevelt
Los Angeles man killed in B-17 fire at Yuma air field
Jeff H. Williams of Los Angeles was killed Friday when a B-17 fire he was pumping exploded at the Yuma Army air field. The incident was announced Saturday.
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Yuma, Ariz
Jeff H. Williams
Los Angeles
Yuma Army Air Field
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Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Allied Ground Forces
Romania
Ploesti
Karelian Isthmus
Leningrad
By James M. Long
Isigny
Trevieres
Carentan
Valognes
Don Caswell
Dillon Area
By Noland Norgaard
Eisenhower
Ramsey
Montgomery
U.S. Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
Gladwin Hill
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