War News Warns Against Premature Victory Cheers in Middle East
Prime Minister Churchill cautions against jubilation over Allied gains in Syria and Lebanon as Axis bombing hits Matruh Egypt. Axis forces aim to push from Libya into Egypt, with Wavell reinforcing the western front before a possible invasion of the French Levant.
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Churchill
Syria
Lebanon
Matruh
Egypt
Cyrenaica
Middle East
Britain
Wavell
Levant
Libya
Mediterranean
Crete
Sicily
Sicilian
North
Africa
Vichy
Weygand
Palestine
Dodecanese Islands
Flooded Creeks Ravage Crops in Broadus Area
Broadus Montana reports widespread flood damage as creeks like Baking Powder and Cache rise to nine feet and wash out fences and millet fields. Oat crops suffer hail damage but may salvage for feed while ranchers fear lasting pasture loss. Meadows may become slough if rains continue. reservoirs overflow and two bridges on the Broadus Miles City road washed out.
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Broadus
Montana
Cache Creek
Coalwood
E. Lee Wilson
Volberg
Broadus- Miles City
Wyoming Line
Raiders Driven Off Madrid Battle Over Gibraltar Airfront
Reports from Seville say bombing planes approached Gibraltar on Wednesday night, met by British fighters. One defense plane fell into the sea and another was damaged as raiders dropped their bombs into the sea.
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Madrid
U.P
Seville
Gibraltar
Six Air Raid Alarms Hit Valetta Base
British base in the Mediterranean reported six air raid alarms in Valetta, Malta, by 5 p.m. Wednesday as the crisis continued.
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Valetta
Malta
U.P
Mediterranean
Knox Warns Subversive Elements In United States
Secretary of the Navy Knox declares that a small minority abusing labor union activity to hinder defense will be treated as public enemies. He told aviation industry representatives that recent California events target those who use collective bargaining as a cloak to attack American freedom. The Senate debated defense strike policy, with Byrd modifying proposals to include lockouts and arbitration failures, while Vandenberg backed the measure as a curb on subversive activity.
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Washington
National Defense
Navy
Knox
California
United States
Senate
War Department
Byrd
D.-Va
Maloney
D-Conn
U S Envoy Harriman Heads to Middle East for Armament Deals
W Averell Harriman travels from London to the Middle East to arrange for American military equipment deliveries as Roosevelt reports lease lend exports total $75 million. The White House says the trip supports Britain in the Mediterranean. three aides accompany Harriman. Navy officials mention converting merchant ships to small aircraft carriers for Atlantic patrols.
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Washington
Britain
Mediterranean
W. Averell Harriman
London
Middle East
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Harriman
England
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Ralph Royce
G. A. Green
R. P. Meiklejohn
Navy
Nazis Lend Cautious Aerial Support in Syrian Fighting
Reporting from Vichy on June 11 describes De Gaulle’s Free French forces advancing near Damascus backed by British tanks as they face heavy combat along the Kissone to Damacus corridor. Australian forces push north from Litani and British naval actions affect the Syrian front with new deployments near Hasbaya and Abou Kemal.
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Vichy
France
de Gaullists
Damascus
Syria
Kissone
Litani
Palestine
Beirut
Merdjayoun
Mount Hermon
Hasbaya
Iraq
Abou Kemal
Dier Ez Zor
Euphrates
Reuters
Associated Press
Berlin
London
Middle East
Wreckage Found of U S Army Bomber in Panama Jungle
In Panama the wreckage of a U S Army bomber that crashed while追 searching for a missing observer plane was found with four of seven crew dead. Staff Sergeant Aldo Napolitano survived with minor injuries. The observer plane remains missing with three crew unaccounted. The search, from Rio Hato base, located the bomber in El Valle and the observer craft two miles northwest of El Valle.
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Panama
Panama Jungle
Aldo Napolitano
Hyde Park
Mass
el Valle
Canal Zone
Robert M. Walton
Live Oak
Calif
Ott Ernst, Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
William Benson
Ricking
Silvio Nieri
Continental Court
Glen Cove
N. Y
Rio Hato
France Field
U. S. Canal Zone Base
Boy Scouts to Assist Foresters in Fire Prevention
The Deer Lodge National Forest and Boy Scout officials announce a joint training program for about 30 scoutmasters and Scouts aged 17 and older at Camp Lowlands north of Butte. The course covers smoke-chasing fire prevention and crew organization with first aid, aiming to reduce man caused forest fires.
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Boy Scout Organization
Boy Scout
Deer Lodge National Forest
Pacific Northwest
Camp Lowlands
Butte
Charles A. Joy
Percy Frazier
Northwest
Philipsburg
Joy
L. M. Stewart
Frazier
Court Takes Appeal Under Advisement
Montana Supreme Court took the appeal of R. C. Parmenter under advisement. Parmenter, former Hamilton city treasurer, contends double jeopardy after pleading guilty to one embezzlement charge before his conviction and probation in the first case.
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Helena
R. C. Parmenter
Hamilton
Montana Supreme Court
Parmenter
Nazi Bombers Heavily Attack Haifa in Mediterranean Raid
Berlin reports German bombers raided Haifa, a major British port in the Eastern Mediterranean defense triangle, with fires started and oil facilities targeted. The raid signals a warning amid Syria and Crete air operations, while Mussolini and Churchill headlines drew attention in Berlin.
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Berlin
Haifa
High Command
Syria
Mediterranean
Crete
France
Britain
Mussolini
Churchill
Jean Darlan
Vichy
Africa
Greece
Italy
Axis
Suez Canal
Germany
Gulf of Suez
Balkans
Weather forecast for Butte and surrounding areas
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Montana on Thursday and Friday with warmer temperatures. Skies should be sunny or mostly clear, with warmer readings especially in the south and east portions on Thursday.
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Butte
Montana
Motorcycle Patrol Expands Traffic Control In Butte
Butte introduces a motorcycle traffic patrol with Officer Joe Blewett riding a city owned “mechanical horse.” Acting Chief Jack Duggan says speed and mobility will aid during afternoon rush hours and in fighting reckless and drunken driving. Two shifts possible daily, exact hours to be set.
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Joe Blewett
Jack Duggan
Duggan
Death of Butte Police Court Judge Alex J. McGowan
Former Butte police court judge Alex J. McGowan died at his home after a lingering illness at 1042 Gaylord street. Born in Virginia City Nevada 73 years ago he moved to Butte in 1900 and helped found the Old Butte Newsboys club a predecessor of the Boy Scouts. Survived by wife Ella McGowan. Body at Daly-Shea mortuary Michael to be moved to Virginia City for family burial.
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Alex J. McGowan
Butte
Gaylord Street
Judge McGowan
Virginia City
Nev
West
Boy Scouts
Woodmen of the World
Ella McGowan
Daly-Shea Mortuary
Japanese Stage Another Raid on Chungking
Japanese planes raided suburbs west of Chungking for fourth time this month. Fifty three bombers took part in the assault. early reports say casualties were fairly heavy and total deaths and injuries across three prior raids exceed 1500 with many suffocated in a mountain cave air raid shelter.
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Chungking
U.P
Nazis Massing Troops Along Soviet Frontier Reported
London dispatches relay an authorized British statement that Nazi forces are massing along the entire Soviet border. Soviet ambassador Maisky reportedly said Moscow was not entering new ties with Germany, while Sir Stafford Cripps prepared for talks with Eden amid rising concern over potential German demands.
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London
U.P
Russia
Soviet
British Press Association
Ivan M. Maisky
Britain
Germany
Hitler
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Stafford
Eden
Berlin
Pope Pius XII to Broadcast to U.S. on June 26
The Vatican will deliver an address by Pope Pius XII to the Ninth National Eucharistic Congress in St. Paul and Minneapolis via the Columbia Broadcasting System network on June 26. The pope typically speaks Italian from Vatican City and an English translation follows.
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New York
Pius XII
Columbia Broadcasting System
St. Paul
Minneapolis
C. B
Vatican City
HVJ
Butte to Close Friday for Miners Union Day observance
Butte will close shops banks and offices Friday to honor Miners Union Day. The 63rd anniversary parade begins at 10 a.m. followed by sports and a grand ball at Columbia Gardens pavilion. Mines and mills will halt work and the Anaconda Copper Mining Company offices will also close.
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Butte
Miners Union
Butte Miners’ Union, No. 1
Columbia Gardens
Butte Hill
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Miners’ Union
Butte Miners’ Union
French Admit Grave Reversals in Middle East Mandates
The article reports Germany limiting aid in the Middle East to bombing and limited support, while France acknowledges grave reversals in Syria and Lebanon, signaling the British and Free French gains in the mandates. Berlin highlights Haifa air raid as a warning, with London observers noting possible Soviet oil and wheat concessions tied to Ukraine.
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Syria
Lebanon
Palestine
Berlin
Haifa
London
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Ukraine
Krakow
Poland
Romania
Moscow
Stafford Cripps
England
Britain
Middle East
Survivors Testify on Robin Moor Sinking Off Brazil
U S consul in Recife began testimony Wednesday from 11 survivors of the sunken Robin Moor to determine if a German submarine torpedoed the vessel. Ten crewmen and one passenger told of the May 21 incident about 100 miles south of Cape Verde.
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Recife
Brazil
U. S
U.S
Robin Moor
Ozorio
Rio de Janeiro
Waldemar Lucio Periera
Associated Press
Cape Verde Islands
South Atlantic
Roosevelt
W - Ton
New York
Capetown
South Africa
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