Congress to Step Up Activities Before Summer Recess
Congress plans a month long recess starting Saturday as it moves to clear 11 appropriation bills and major measures. Key fights include extending the price control act and debates over war contracts termination, WASPS incorporation, and insurance trade limits.
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Washington
Congress
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House
Far Employment Practices Committee
FEPC
War Department
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Agriculture Department
Legislative and Judiciary
Interior Department
Labor and Federal Security
District of Columbia
Office of Price Administration
Senate House
WASPS
G. O. P. Platform Battle Looms
Chicago hosts the opening of the 1944 Republican platform talks as farm policy and foreign policy spark disagreements. Iowa Governor Bourke Hickenlooper will convene the agriculture group to reconcile subsidies and reciprocal treaties with party lines. Senators Wherry and Vandenberg shape the farm and foreign planks amid Dewey and Bricker's differing peace and sovereignty views.
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Chicago
U.P
Bourke E. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Agriculture Committee
Mackinac
Resolutions Committee
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
East
Midwest
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Two Pythian Lodges Schedule Meetings
Camon lodge No. 1 will hold its regular meeting at the Pythian castle Monday evening at 8 o'clock. There will be a rehearsal at the time for those taking part in memorial services. Howard Bennetts will be in charge. Calanthe lodge No. 40 will meet at the Son of St. George hall in Centerville Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Regular business will be transacted, followed by a rehear sal for memorial services.
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Camon Lodge No. 1
Pythian Castle
Calanthe Lodge No. 40
Son of St. George Hall
Centerville
Three Chinese Cities Fall as Japanese Advance Mid June
Chinese high command reports major Japanese gains in Hunan and Ronan provinces. Chuchow and Liangtan captured, Liuyang attacked near Changsha, suburbs under heavy fighting. Hengyang rail junction threatened. Kio shan retaken in Henan as Chinese push near Sinyang and Shanhsien in efforts on Lunghai line.
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Hunan
Ronan
Peiping-Hankow
Changsha
Chuchow
Hengyang
Liangtan
Liang River
Liuyang
Chiang Kai-shek
Hengang
Kwangsi
Kwangtung
Henan
Kioshan
Chenghsien
Sinyang
High Command
Yellow River
Shanhsien
Shensi
Tungkwan
War Department in direct contact with battle fronts
The War department said ultra high speed radio channels keep the Army high command in Washington and London in instantaneous contact with combat on Saipan, the French beaches, and Italy. Communications coordination allows orders to reach ships, planes, and front line brigades immediately.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Army High Command
London
Saipan
France
Italy
Military officer named to lead Seventh ferrying group
Commander Reesor M. Lawrence, ferr ying division engineering officer in Cincinnati, appointed new commander of the Seventh ferrying group at Gorefield. He replaces Lt. Col. Harry B. Johansen, who will take command of the Sixth ferrying group at Long Beach California.
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Great Falls
Reesor M. Lawrence
Cincinnati
Gorefield
Harry B. Johansen
Johansen
Long Beach
Calif
Funeral services for Helena resident Robert A Luke
Funeral services for the late Robert A Luke 96 former Helena resident will be held at 2 oclock Tuesday afternoon at the Opp and Conrad chapel. Burial will be in Forestvale cemetery. He died Thursday at Gaston Oregon.
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Helena
Robert A. Luke
Gaston
Ore
Opp and Conrad
Forestvale Cemetery
Steele Son Noted In Enemy Broadcast Report
Paradise residents Mr and Mrs Howard Steele received a FCC message from Washington DC stating their son Private First Class Richard Steele was named in an enemy broadcast as a Japanese prisoner and the Army is verifying the claim.
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Paradise
Howard Steele
Federal Communications Commission
Washington D. C
Pfc
Richard Steele
Sheriff reports body of missing Liberty county resident found
Chester records say Sheriff Dodds Keith announced Merle Bathke who had been missing since June 8 was located. The discovery closes a missing person case tied to Liberty County.
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Chester
Dodds Keith
Merle Bathke
Liberty County
Wildlife Group Opens Its Annual Meeting in Montana
Helena June 18. The Montana Wildlife federation opened its eighth annual convention with leaders urging to keep the state fish and game commission out of politics. Governor Ford praised the move and projected Montana as a sportsmen’s paradise with wildlife resources as a key future industry.
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Helena
State Fish and Game Commission
Montana Wildlife Federation
Sam C. Ford
Federaton
John N. Thielen
Great Falls
Federation
Montana
Thielen
W. F. Cashmore
Helena Wildlife Association
Ford
Fish and Game Commission
Cashmore
A. T. Peterson
Montanans, Inc
Peterson
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Infant Drowns in Montana Flash Flood Near Burns
In Montana's eastern agricultural belt a flash flood tore two infants from their parents near Burns. The 3 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Sturgis of Savage was recovered Sunday by neighbor Mike Ernster. the 16 month old sister remains missing. The family was awakened by a violent wind and swept into five foot deep waters near a trailer house on Friday night.
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Montana
Here
Martin Calberg
Leonard Sturgis
Savage
Mike Ernster
Calberg
Sturgis
Burns
Powder River Washes Out 11 Bridges
Heavy rain and swollen Powder River washed out eleven Powder River county bridges in the past week. Road Supervisor Tom Williams said four inches of rain in 12 hours caused overflows on Little Powder River and overflowed Willow and Hay creeks. The Broadus-Alzada highway was blocked by debris and a main Broadus bridge was endangered. A hail storm in First creek area caused additional damage.
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Broadus
Powder River
Powder River County
Tom Williams
Williams
First Creek
Alzada
Willow Creek
Hay Creek
Fire Destroys Helena Home of Ernie Danforth
In Helena on Sunday early morning a fire destroyed the home and belongings of Ernie Danforth, a chorea groom, with origin undetermined. Fire Chief Dick Coe said Danforth woke and escaped in his undergarments and one sock as neighbors alerted responders. Firefighters arrived at 6:50 am and saved adjacent property.
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Helena
Fairgrounds
Ernie Danforth
Dick Coe
Danforth
Northwestern Professor to Direct Montana Life Study This Fall
Northwestern University professor Baker Brownell will lead a Montana life and traditions study this fall funded by a Rockefeller Foundation grant of 25000 dollars. The Montana University system sponsors the project with six units and community groups assisting. Work begins September 1 with a coordinator named for each university unit.
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Northwestern
Montana
Helena
Rockefeller Foundation
E. O. Melby
Brownell
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Tribune
Dr. Melby
Kalispell Man Named Commander of W F W
ANACONDA June 18 Kalispell Vern Kelly was elected state commander of the Montana Veterans of Foreign Wars and named Kalispell 1945 convention city to conclude a three day encampment Sunday Other officers include Dr J J Huene Forsyth senior vice commander John Tomcheck Helena junior vice commander William Spady Great Falls quartermaster A J White Helena surgeon Dave Domke Great Falls judge advocate Art Kemp Kalispell sergeant at arms and Noel Boyer Deer Lodge chief of staff
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Anaconda
Montana
Noel Boyer
Deer Lodge
Woman Drowns in Hebgen Lake
A search party led by Sheriff Lovett I Westlake of Gallatin county dragged Hebgen Lake for a body of an unidentified Idaho woman about 28 believed to have drowned Saturday. No details reached the sheriff due to lack of telephone communication to the scene.
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Bozeman
Lovett I. Westlake
Gallatin County
Hebgen Lake
Idaho
Prohibitionists to Convene in Great Falls Tuesday
Montana prohibitionists plan their state convention in Great Falls on Tuesday to nominate four presidential electors and candidates for state and congressional offices.
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Great Falls
Montana
Nazi Bastions Are Captured
In Normandy on June 18 Reuters report Richard D. McMillan writes Allied Royal Marine commandos and engineers captured the Hindenburg and Bluecher Stellungs bastions after a heavy barrage and tank advance. One Marine killed as Germans surrendered after brutal fighting behind the frontline.
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Normandy
U.P
Douvres
Royal Marine Commandos
Hindenburg
Bluecher
Bombs ignite oil well as German troops advance
Flames and smoke burst from an oil well as German soldiers, dazed and bleeding, streamed from a cratered scene. A shouted warning triggered a chaotic retreat, one man carrying another who had died in his arms.
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Bluecher
Scobey Bankers Butte Visitor
Mr and Mrs P B Murphy longtime Scobey residents returned home Sunday after attending the Montana State Bankers association convention. Mr Murphy has led Daniels county war bond drives and topped campaigns in the Second War Bond drive and the current effort. Animal wheat consumption in the United States is about 500 million bushels annually.
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P. B. Murphy
Scobey
Montana State Bankers Association
Murphy
Daniels County
United States
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