Baltic tensions rise as Soviet troops advance
Baltic states face Russian troop concentrations with Latvia and Estonia occupied centers. Moscow denounces alleged Latvia Estonia Lithuania pact as dangerous threatening Soviet security. Estonian agency says troops to enter to uphold nonaggression accord as Berlin reports.
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Russia
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France abandons Maginot Line as Nazis push front
German armies drive deeper into France along the entire front from the English Channel to the Swiss border. Victories claim the Maginot line is broken with French troops retreating to a new line Belfort to Langres to Troyes. Submarine successes and torpedoed ships are also reported by the high command.
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Basel
Belfort
Langres Plateau
Troyes
Seine River
France names Petain premier as Nazi advance presses in
Bordeaux June 16 France chose 84 year old Marshal Henri Philippe Petain as premier as Britain bombs and German legions threaten the country. The Reynaud cabinet fell after talks on Churchill’s message and Roosevelt aid offers. The German advance across France continues from the sea to the Swiss border, Maginot line largely abandoned.
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France
Henri Philippe Petain
Paul Reynaud
Germany
Basel
Switzerland
Reynaud
Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Roosevelt
United States
Butte Miner Killed by Automobile Near Victor
Waino Maki a 28 year old Butte miner was killed instantly when struck by a Great Falls car on U S highway 93 about a mile south of Victor. Maki had stepped from a stalled car to assist repairs as headlight glare was blamed. This marks Montana’s 54th automobile death this year.
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Sylvester Graham
Great Falls
Victor
Associated Press
James Oliva
Press Association
Maki
Ted Suomi
Stevensville
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Maki’s
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Butte
Stevens
British declare will fight Hitler to finish amid rumors of peace
London reports decry ill informed peace rumors as Britain vows to continue the war. Churchill era statement says Germany exhausted its resources and must be defeated, France's navy strong, and Allied fleet capable of enforcing a blockade. News notes British forces in Normandy with limited details.
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Bordeaux
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United States
Britain
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Admiralty
Half Million Defenders Secretly Withdraw From Maginot Line
Basel dispatch reports France pulled most of the Maginot Line’s 500000 troops from fortifications. German forces advancing from Verdun found the line nearly bare as Werhgand's army regrouped to form a new westward defense.
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Maginot
Weygand
Verdun
Jack-Knife Saving Man Hit By Bullet At Nine Mile Ranch
George Lee 21 credited a jack-knife carried in his trousers pocket with deflecting a near spent bullet that pierced his trousers and bruised his thigh at the Nine Mile ranch. George Kimm 16, witnessed the incident and heard the shot from the east. Sheriff Al McLeod reported no other injuries.
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Toston
George Kimm
C. H. Kimm
Nine Mile
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George
al McLeod
Joe Boric Former Undersheriff Dies in Milwaukee
Joe Boric a well known Butte resident and former undersheriff of Silver Bow county died suddenly in Milwaukee yesterday after a period of ill health. He had recently traveled to Rochester Minnesota for a check up then to visit his sister in Milwaukee where his wife and daughter Marie were with him. Born in Yugoslavia he came to the United States as a youth and worked as a mechanic in San Francisco and other cities.
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Silver Bow County
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Minn
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Wisconsin
Yugoslavia
United States
San Francisco
France installs new cabinet with Petain as premier
The French cabinet led by Premier Paul Reynaud resigned last night. Marshal Henri Petain, Verdun hero, becomes the new premier. General Weygand is named vice premier for national defense as Reynaud and his cabinet depart after insisting on continuing the struggle against Germany.
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Henri Petain
Verdun
Maxime Weygand
Reynaud
French Council of Ministers
Germany
Bourbons Hope for Adjournment by Next Saturday
Democratic leaders expressed hope Congress could adjourn by the next weekend amid mixed sentiment to stay in session. Senate Leader Barkley said enough must action could be packed in six days, while House leaders eyed a sine die adjournment around midweek if votes align. The defense tax bill and emergency defense appropriation block final adjournment, with possible extended recess if adjournment fails.
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Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
House
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Butteren to Be Arraigned on Tax Charges Tomorrow
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn and former Silver Bow sheriff Larry Weir face arraignment in Helena federal court on income tax evasion counts. Dr. Leo McIltee, a Butte dentist, also awaits a third trial. Jury ditched twice for no verdict. government may seek transfer to another district. Freebourn faces two counts for $960 evaded on $11 000 income in 1937. Weir is charged with $8 235.66 evasion across five of eight years as sheriff. Judge James H. Baldwin to preside. grand jury in Helena convenes today.
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H. J. Freebourn
Larry Weir
Silver Bow County
Helena
Leo McIintee
Butte
Freebourn
Weir
Silver Bow
U. S
James H. Baldwin
Forecast for Montana Turns Cloudy With Modest Temps
A forecast for Montana shows partly cloudy conditions on Monday and Tuesday with little change in temperatures. Breezy afternoons may bring light winds and dry conditions across most regions.
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Montana
French Premier Reynaud narrowly escapes bombing attack
War dispatches from Bordeaux report Premier Paul Reynaud narrowly escaping a German bombing in a central France village square. The attack killed and wounded 98, including members of Reynaud's military staff, as German planes swept over the Somme. Other reports say Reynaud resigned and consideration of a move to the United States followed.
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France
U.P
Paul Reynaud
Reynaud
Somme
Rome
Stefani
Halian
Berne
Switzerland
United States
Golfers Meet Wednesday in Pre Tournament Session
Montana State Golf association prepares for its annual turnament at the Butte Country club July 24 to 28. About 60 visiting members from Anaconda Deer Lodge Dillon Missoula Bozeman Helena Livingston and Highland View will join with Butte Country Club members for a stag dinner led by Arthur Merkle. The event promotes the state tournament with regular Wednesday matches to precede it.
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Arthur Merkle
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Dillon
Missoula
Bozeman
Helena
Livingston
Highland View Club
Butte
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