Two-Way Air Attacks Renew Allied Bombardment
Allied heavy bombers based in Italy and Britain struck Munich Innsbruck and other targets while RAF forces hit the Gelsenkirchen oil complex. Up to 750 Flying Fortresses and Liberators faced heavy flak and German fighters over the Alps.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
U. S
Munich
Innsbruck
Gelsenkirchen
Allied
Montana
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Alps
U.S
Fifteenth Air Force
Venice
Rome
Montana Supreme Court Reverses District Court Ruling
The Montana Supreme Court reversed a Madison county district court decision in favor of Clarence E. Stenner in a $1,657 back wages suit against the Colorado Montana Mines Association. The high court ruled the district court erred by denying the motion to vacate after claims were awarded without notice of a changed hearing date.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Madison County District Court
Clarence E. Stenner
Colorado Montana Mines Association
Mining Association
High Court
Stenner
G I Bill of Rights Sent to President Roosevelt
The G I bill of rights to ease World War II veterans financial readjustment cleared Congress and was sent to President Roosevelt for signature. The House approved the conference report unamiously, following Senate approval a day earlier.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Campbell forecasts smooth war contract terminations
Austin H. Campbell a contract termination specialist for the Smaller War Plants corporation told a Helena chamber of commerce gathering Tuesday that no difficulties would result from ending war contracts in the region. He stated the outlook was favorable and orderly transitions are expected.
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Helena
Austin H. Campbell
War Plants Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
South Africa Plans $120 Million Railways and Harbors Postwar
South Africa reveals a postwar program to spend 120 million dollars on railways and harbor improvements. The plan targets major lines and port facilities to bolster transport and trade after the conflict.
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South Africa
Montana Faces Out in Funds
Montana's post war highway fund allocation under H. R. 4915 would cut primary highway money by about one half while boosting secondary funds sixfold from pre war levels. The plan, set at 1.5 billion for three years, faces western-state protests over fund division and matching requirements.
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Helena
Montana
House Committee On
Howard W. Holmes
Holmes
House
Montanans, Inc
State Highway Department
Aviation Meet Set in Helena to chart postwar airport plans
Helena June 13. The state aviation committee will formulate a broad program for aviation development Friday and Saturday. Secretary W G Ferguson says topics include reports from Civil Aeronautics board talks, proposals for a Montana aviation commission, feeder lines applications, and post war airport projects by cities and towns.
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Helena
State Aviation Committee
W. G. Ferguson
Civil Aeronautics Board
Montana Aviation Commission
Anaconda Soldier Killed in Pacific Theater
Pvt. William Kenneth Gallagher 28 known Anaconda youth killed in action May 25 in the Southwest Pacific. He enlisted June 11, 1941, left Fort Lewis March 17, 1942, served 26 months in the Pacific with the Army Signal Corps. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. John J. Gallagher and siblings. Iodine extraction note appears as a separate line.
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Anaconda
William Kenneth
Red) Gallagher
Army Signal Corps
War Department
John J. Gallagher
Cherry Street
Gallagher
Army
Fort Lewis
Wash
Pacific
Jana Power Company
Phil Gallagher
England
Olympia
John Gallagher
Elver Peterson
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Attend Anaconda Encampment
Delegations from Deer Lodge will travel to Anaconda for the state encampment June 16 to 18. A large public memorial service is planned for Friday evening with attendees from town including Tom Elliott, Noel H. Boyer, Art Thompson, O. H. Hartley and Charles Coker. Auxiliary leaders will be Mrs. Ethel Elliott, Mrs. Betty Bover, Mrs. Beth Campbell, Mrs. Besse Dennis, Mrs. Maude Perlman, Mrs. Johanna Mellen, and Mrs. Amelia Jane Coker.
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Beth Campbell
Besse Dennis
Maude Perlman
Johanna Mellen
Amelia Jane Coker
Allies tighten grip on Cherbourg escape routes in Normandy
In the Cherbourg peninsula advance, Allied forces squeeze Nazi escape corridors as St Lo lies within artillery range and Caen’s defense stiffens. The push threatens to cut La Haye Lessay and Bayeux routes, with Montgomery shifting to offensive actions beyond the beaches.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Cherbourg
St. Lo
Normandy
Bayeux- Coutances
Cerisy
la Haye
Lessay
Eisenhower
Bayeux
Caen
Seine
Rouen
Montgomery
France
The
Siene
le Havre
la Havre
Seine Estuary
Denver to Open Regional Ration Coupon Center
A regional verification center will examine ration coupons from six Rocky Mountain states for validity. Banks in Colorado Utah New Mexico Wyoming Montana and Idaho will forward coupons including gasoline food sugar and shoe stamps to Denver starting June 15. The center will join eight such facilities nationwide to detect counterfeit or stolen coupons and report invalid ones to district enforcement officers.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
R. Y. Batterton
OPA
Batterton
Butte Briefs Hospital Admissions and Discharges
In hospital news at St James hospital patients admitted include Cecil Becknell Howard Carlyon Mrs Larry Duggan Allen Hinkle Harry Tredeer John Spritzer Ray Calderwood and Richard Penaluna. Discharges include Robert Way Kalispell Mrs Anthony Mathovick and daughter and Mrs Frank McAuliffe and daughter.
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Patieffis
St. James Hospital
Cecil Becknell
West Park
Howard Carlyon
West Center
Larry Duggan
East Copper
Allen Hinkle
East Park
Harry Tredeer
Rose Street
Walkerville
John Spritzer
Diamond
Ray Calderwood
North Main
Richard Penaluna
Ottawa
Robert Way
Kalispell
Anthony Mathovick
Colorado
Frank McAuliffe
West Quartz
Ida Bowls Dies In Missoula Hospital at 80
Mrs. Ida Bowls longtime Flint Creek Valley resident died today in a Missoula hospital. Born December 10, 1872 in Williamstown Missouri she later moved to Montana. Survived by daughter Edna Fickler and son Arthur Bowls of Drummond with seven grandchildren. Services Thursday at 2 PM in Drummond church Rev Paul Adams officiating. Burial in Valley Cemetery New Chicago. Pallbearers named Dee Corlette H O Kelley William Inman Ruben Carron Chester Hoover Ed Wells.
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Drummond
Paul Adams
Valley Cemetery
New Chicago
Dee Corlette
H. O. Kelley
William Inman
Ruben Carron
Chester Hoover
Ed Wells
Powell County rushes fifth war bond drive pledges
June 13 in Deer Lodge The Fifth War Bond drive moves quickly as the people of Powell County send in pledges to buy bonds to the limit. Everyone in Powell County is asked to buy that extra bond.
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Deer Lodge
Powell County
Hospital notes from Deer Lodge report births and admissions
Ernest Bressette of Helmville admitted to hospital. Mrs Harold Arneson and infant son dismissed. Mr and Mrs Howard Denton welcomed a son born this morning at St Josephs hospital.
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Deer Lodge
Ernest Bressette
Helmville
Harold Arneson
Howard Denton
St. Joseph's Hospital
Presidential Politics Crescendo as Conclave Nears
The Associated Press reports rising tension in presidential politics as conventions approach. Senate clashes include Hatch suggesting Roosevelt might retire for unity on peace, while Bridges and Vandenberg trade sharp words. Indiana delegates favored Dewey in a secret ballot, and Robert W. Lyons resigned as Indiana national committeeman amid Klan-tinged criticism.
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Senate
Hatch
D-N. M
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Bridges
R-N. H
Association of Nations
Vandenberg
R-Mich
New Mexico
Bricker
Ohio
John Koehler
Wisconsin
General MacArthur
Indiana
Thomas E. Dewey
Ralph W. Gates
Last Rites Set for Mrs Delma S Martineau
Funeral services for 81 year old Mrs Delma S Martineau are planned for Thursday at 10 AM with high mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Deer Lodge. Rev Father T F Landy will officiate. The body arrives in Deer Lodge Wednesday afternoon from Butte.
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Deer Lodge
Delma S. Martineau
Percy Barney
Nevada Avenue
Butte
Church of the Immaculate Conception
T. F. Landy
Boxing show awards robe to most colorful fighter
The Mississippi athletic department honors the weekly boxing card by presenting a robe to the most colorful fighter. The article notes Edgar M. Haliburton of Taylorsville, North Carolina as the first American captured in World War I after the declaration of war.
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Kessler
Miss
America
Edgar M. Halyburton
Taylorsville, N. C
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