Britain Germany clash in renewed Battle of England raids
German air raids last night killed six civilians and injured about sixty as aircraft struck wide areas including England and Scotland. Royal Air Force retaliated by bombing military targets in the Ruhr Rhineland and western Germany amid ongoing air combat.
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Germany
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London
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Ministry of Home Security
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Ruhr
Rhineland
West Germany
Senate approves defense revenue bill with two drastic changes
The Senate passed the defense revenue bill after adding an excess profits levy to raise up to 0.5 billion annually and a war profits tax auto-activated upon a congressional war declaration. The final vote was 75 to 5 with four Republicans and one Farmer-Laborite dissenting.
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Defense Revenue
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Connally
Texas
Austin
Gurney
Hale
Taft
Ohio
Lundeen
Minn
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
Senator Bone
D-Wash
Emissaries to Hear Terms Named Amid French Retreat
Reports from Bordeaux said President Lebrun and other leaders planned to go to Algiers to negotiate peace terms with Germany as German forces advanced across France. The Paris government faced possible surrender while De Gaulle urged continued resistance and a French British union, a policy rejected by interior minister Pomaret.
Britain Creates Military Zone Along Coast
London reports Britain has formed a 20 mile wide coastal defense zone evacuating civilians as thousands of volunteers dig in along a 375 mile stretch from near Brighton to Lincolnshire in response to Hitler’s invasion threat. Citizens demand weapons in hand to meet invaders amid the first major English air raid with 40 reported casualties.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
British Isles
Brighton
Portsmouth Naval Base
Lincolnshire
Germany
England
Alfred Duff Cooper
Insurrection in Corsica Reported in Geneva Dispatch
War bulletins note Corsica rising reported by the official news agency via a Geneva date line as Italy seeks advantage in the war. Other items mention Russian troop shifts from Bessarabia toward the German-Russian border and German columns moving to East Prussia.
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Today
Geneva
Corsica
Italy
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Slovakia
East Prussia
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Russia
British Say Europe to Be Hit by Famine
A British spokesman warned that famine will spread across Europe within four months and that Germany will appeal to the United States and the Vatican for food after November due to the British blockade. He compared Germany’s current food position to March 1918, during which Germany faced severe shortages.
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Europe
London
Germany
United States
Vatican
Hot winds deplete Montana topsoil moisture this week
Montana farmers face depleted topsoil moisture from hot dry winds with needed rainfall. The Weather Bureau and Agricultural Marketing Service say winter wheat heads. spring grains and alfalfa cuttings progress well. Grasshoppers threaten Blaine county. control measures active in Hill Chouteau and Pondera counties.
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Montana
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Weather Bureau
Blaine
Hill
Chouteau
Pondera
Missoula
Butte
United States Warns Germany and Italy on Western Hemisphere
Washington cautioned Berlin and Rome to keep hands off British French and Dutch possessions in the western hemisphere. Secretary Hull sent notes to Berlin and Rome asserting opposition to any transfer of possessions to non Americans and reaffirming the Monroe Doctrine as Congress weighs related resolution.
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Italy
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United States
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Benito Mussolini
France
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Berlin
Rome
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Lewis Attacks Roosevelt Plan as Fantastic Sayings Reach Convention
John L. Lewis denounces Roosevelt's compulsory national service as a fantastic suggestion. He speaks before the Republican resolutions committee as policy leaders outline the party platform. William Green, AFL president, and others push for aid to European democracies without entry into war while the Manufacturers' association cites labor unrest as a major obstacle.
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John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Republican Resolutions Committee
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William Green
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National Association of Manufacturers
Green
A. F. of L. Favors
Manufacturers’ Association
Montana Forecast Says Partly Cloudy Thursday and Friday
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Montana on Thursday and Friday with little change in temperature. Expected calm winds and no precipitation specified.
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Montana
Nazi Armies Push Forward as French Decision Awaited
Berlin reports a vast German pursuit of France’s shattered forces as Berlin and Rome await Paris on the axis terms. German offensives seize Cherbourg Nancy Rennes Lyon Strasbourg Toul Lunéville and other Maginot line fortresses as threat to Marseille and the Mediterranean grows.
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Luneville
Severe Wind Storm Ravages Butte Gardens
A second severe windstorm in two days tore through Butte this afternoon, snapping trees and damaging flower beds in Floral Park and west Butte. Temperatures hit 90 degrees tying a yearly high as dust invasion and haillike impacts damaged yards and vegetables.
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Floral Park
Butte
Aldermen Hire Two Attorneys In Wage Action
City aldermen employ two special attorneys to represent City Treasurer Holland in a wage suit by Joe MacKenzie, former policeman, over payment for April and May. Judge Lynch orders Holland to show cause at district court today why MacKenzie should be paid. MacKenzie was hired in January by Mayor Hauswirth, whose appointment he challenges as political.
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Bernard FE
Holland
Joe MacKenzie
J. J. Lynch
MacKenzie
Charles A. Hauswirth
Hauswirth
French leaders reportedly consider continuing fight as peace terms rejected
From Bordeaux on June 19 reports claim Germany's peace terms are unacceptable to France and that President Lebrun, with leaders of the chamber and senate, may travel to Algiers to preserve a fighting government. Officials say negotiators have been named and await Germany's reply.
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France
Germany
Lebrun
Algiers
Africa
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Edouard Herriot
Julez Jeanneney
Mrs Margaret Claxton of Butte Dies After Illness
Mrs. Margaret Claxton widow of John K. Claxton prominent Butte attorney died after a month of illness in a local hospital. Born Margaret Driscoll she was active in church and civic affairs. Survived by husband two sons Robert and Dennis and several relatives including John Corette Jr and Joseph Callahan. Body in Shamrock room Duggan Merrill mortuary awaiting funeral arrangements.
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John K. Claxton
Butte
Claxton
Margaret Driscoll
Dennis Driscoll
Walkerville
Robert
Dennis Claxton
John Corette
Dennis Driscoll Jr
Chicago
C. P. Callahan
John E. Corette Jr
Robert Corette
Joseph Callahan
Ensign C. P. Callahan
U. S
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