Bonds Boosted in Store Windows
Twelve Butte firms earned honorable mention from the Fifth War Loan campaign for patriotic window displays promoting war bond sales. Each shop showcased themed scenes and slogans, with prizes planned for the best displays and a retailer committee led by Arnold Jacobson, Rudolph Popish, Russell Lane and Moe Schwartz.
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Butte
Stratford’s
Japan
Penney’s
Silver Bow
Symons
Grand
Emil Marans
Uncle Sam
Weinberg’s
Shiners
Arnold Jacobson
Rudolph Popish
Russell Lane
Moe Schwartz
J. S. Cohen
Retailers’ General
War bond drive boosted by retailers in Butte
Retailers' war bond drive in Butte praised after Symons store led by going over the top. Bond sales totaled over 21 thousand dollars with Mabel Mitchell and Cora Williams each selling over five thousand to earn three star general rank in the Third Army campaign, bringing total local sales to over 114 thousand. A list of store contributions follows. In Great Falls a liquor theft was reported from the Swiss bar with a suspect detained carrying eight quarts.
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Butte
Symons
Mabel Mitchell
Cora Wil
Liams
Third Army
Cannon
Emil Marans
Florsheim
Grand Silver
Hechtman’s
Hughes
Investors’ Syndicate
Jim Spier
J. C. Penney
Keene's
Montgomery Ward
Oechsli's
Safeway
Strain’s
Stratford
Wein’s
Woolworth
Zubick’s
Great Falls
Hotels Promote War Bonds in Fifth War Loan Drive
Butte hotels aim to sell a 500 dollar bond for each guest room as part of the Fifth War Loan drive. Max Dean, Butte American Hotel association chair, cites Ted Gamble’s goal of 300 million dollars in bonds. Hotels will host lobby booths for day and night subscriptions to support war materials and broader public oversubscription. Actress Mimi Chandler, 17, wed Maj. John Kennedy Cabell in Beverly Hills.
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WAVE
DRIVE
Judith Eccles
The
WAVES
Butte High School
Martha Misevic Nyquist
Butte
Max Dean
American Hotel Association
Ted R. Gamble
War Finance Committee
U. S. Treasury
Hotel Men of
Hotel Men
Gamble
Beverly Hills, Calif
Mildred
Mimi) Chandler
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
John Kennedy Cabell
James Branch Cabell
Two Men Found Alive After Cannon Flattened French Town
Allied forces swept through Tilly-sur-Seulles near Caen on June 15 finding the town a smoldering ruin after a Monty barrage. Canadian patrols reported two men alive in the streets one Frenchman and one German, the German relieved to be saved from the Frenchman's wrath.
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Normandy
Tilly-Sur- Seulles
Tilly
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Alexandria
Montgomery
St. Lo
Bayeux
France
Rommel
Philip of
Oklahoma Governor Chosen as Democratic National Convention Keynote
Governor Robert S Kerr of Oklahoma was unanimously selected to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. He was the sole nominee offered by the planning committee and will speak when the event opens in Chicago on July 19.
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Chicago
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Raid By Enemy Planes Over Southern England
London dispatch reports enemy aircraft raided southern England Thursday night. The raiders crossed the coast, went inland, and faced a fierce anti-aircraft barrage. Searchlights tracked several targets as gunfire rained down.
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London
England
Author Charles Gilman Norris in Serious Condition
In New York on June 18 Charles Gilman Norris, noted author, is reported in serious condition at Doctors' hospital by his wife Kathleen Norris. The illness details were not disclosed.
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New York
Charles Gilman Norris
Doctors’ Hospital
Kathleen Norris
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