Enemy Attacks Task Force in Marianas
U P reports showcase the Pacific air battle over Saipan as American warships and planes destroy more than 300 Japanese planes during the Saipan campaign. Admiral Nimitz notes minimal surface damage to one American ship and unspecified plane losses, with Japanese carrier based diversions and shuttle attacks.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.P
United States
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Aslito
Magicienne Bay
Ashito
Tokyo
Rota
Guam
I O O F to Open Meeting Today
The fifty ninth annual session of the Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows opens this morning at Fidelity hall West Broadway. W C Wells of Hamilton presides and officers from Bozeman Butte and Polson attend. A banquet and entertainments follow at the Finlen hotel with Verne Burgess presiding.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Fidelity Hall
West Broadway
W. C. Wells
Hamilton
John H. Aakjer
Bozeman
B. M. Crenshaw
Earl
Finlen Hotel
Verne E. Burgess
Martha Ball
Butte
Laura Abendschein
Whitefish
Department Council
James E. Measom
Stevensville
Department Association
Association
James M. Dennis
Deer Lodge
S. Farrell
Polson
Samuel Hazelton
Billings
A. E. Westlake
Emily Lyman
Lucile Bennett
Ester Harris
William Coe
Jessie
Russian Foresees Japan's Inevitable Defeat
Moscow reports that writer Klementi Popov in War and the Working Class predicts an outright Japanese defeat for the first time in a critique of Japanese imperialism. He says Japan allied with the Hitlerite coalition and is doomed to defeat, noting no change in Soviet Japanese relations.
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Moscow
Japan
Klementi Popov
Asia
Montana Weather Forecast for Tuesday
Generally fair conditions in Montana with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers mostly in the west. Continued warmth expected across the state.
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Montana
West Portion
Fall of Cherbourg Predicted Within 48 Hours
Silver Bow county residents increase Fifth War Loan investments, placing total at 382 240.25 toward a 2 650 000 quota. Monday's purchases of 59 671 75 open the week as leaders urge daily averages of 130 000 to reach the goal.
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Cherbourg
Silver Bow County
R. L. Ruhle
Fifth War Loan
Allied Supreme Headquarters reports drive to Cherbourg nears
American forces with hurricane speed close to Cherbourg within seven miles on Monday dissolving German resistance across the Cotentin peninsula. Lt Gen Omar Bradley’s columns capture Bricquebec and push toward Valognes and Montebourg as Cherbourg looms.
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Edward W. Beattif
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
Cherbourg
Cotentin
Omar I Bradley
Bricquebec
Valognes
Montebourg
St. Sauveur
Public Campfire Opens Montana Veterans Encampment
Governor Sam C. Ford addressed a capacity crowd at the American Legion hall as the opening program of the Montana department encampment of the United Danish War Veterans and its auxiliary units. R. G. Laferty of Spokane responded to Ford while C. M. Chenoweth gave the invocation and William I. Gay of Butte chaired. Ford urged readiness and a strong America after Pearl Harbor, warning Japan could devastate the Pacific coast otherwise.
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Sam C. Ford
American Legion Hall
Montana Department
United Danish War Veterans
William I. Gay
Butte
America
C. M. Chenoweth
R. G. Laferty
Spokane
Ford
Japan
United States
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Coast
Seven Seas
Finland Faces Likely Viipuri Fall Amid Russian Drive
Finnish quarters predicted Viipuri would fall within 48 hours as Russian forces pressed along the Karelian isthmus. Moscow dispatches said Finns fled in panic while Red Army tanks and infantry breached the Mannerheim line and captured rail stations near Viipuri.
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Stockholm
U.P
Viipuri
Karelian
United Press Helsinki
Finland
Koivisto
London
Mannerheim
Moscow
Invisible Robots Aiding Germans Reportclaims
A British broadcast cited by NBC via United Press quoted a captured German captain saying invisible robot planes aid German troops in Normandy. He noted Germans cannot see these planes though their leader insists they are helping in France.
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United Press
NBC
Normandy
England
France
American Troops Capture Ridge on Biak Island
Allied reports say American infantry with medium tanks seized a key ridge 2,500 yards north of Mokmer airdrome on Biak Island after heavy fighting. Japanese losses reached 165 in the engagement, with total Biak fatalities at least 1,820 since May 27. MacArthur’s communique confirmed the assault and progress toward Hill sector positions.
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Southwest Pacific
Mokmer
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
U. S. Sixth Army
Douglas MacArthur
Key Ridge
Soviets Seek Billions in U S Goods on Mutual Terms
In Moscow on June 19 Eric Johnston president of the U S Chamber of Commerce said Foreign Trade Commissar Anastasya Nikoyan authorized him to announce that the Soviet Union desires to buy many billions of dollars worth of American goods on mutually advantageous terms. He added the Russians would pay on agreement and time purchases and would pay in full.
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Moscow
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Anastasya Nikoyan
Soviet Union
Nelson Warns of Critical War Production Window
War Production Board chief Donald M. Nelson warned Congress that the next three months will be highly critical for war output and urged moving 200,000 workers to produce badly needed war materials. He pressed plans to restore civilian production and outlined regional labor shifts, with Detroit singled out as most in need, and called for quick retooling and working models to speed reconversion.
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Nelson
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Senate
Senate War Investigating Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Detroit
French Capture Portoferraio and Elba Occupied
French troops have captured Portoferraio the capital of Elba and cleared Germans from much of the island. On the Italian mainland Allied forces advanced taking many prisoners despite heavy resistance and rain. Elba reported fully occupied by French troops according to radio France.
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Rome
U.P
Portoferraio
Elba
France
Algiers
London
Obituary Notice for Bozeman Postmaster Harry H. Howard
Bozeman memorial announces the death of Harry H. Howard aged 67 a long time community leader. Howard served as postmaster since 1937 co publisher of the Bozeman Chronicle and led the Bozeman volunteer fire department for 36 years. He also was city alderman eight years and in 1937 became president of the Montana Press association. He is survived by his wife two daughters and three brothers.
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Bozeman
Harry H. Howard
Bozeman Chamber of Commerce
Churchill predicts Allied victory in Europe this summer
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told a gathering at the Mexican embassy in London that the Allies may win complete victory in Europe this summer. He said 1,000,000 Allied troops may be fighting in Normandy after the invasion broke with tactical surprise and noted plans from Teheran were not yet fully executed. Further surprises to the German side were implied as the invasion moves forward.
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London
U.P
Europe
Winston Churchill
Normandy
United States
Churchill
Teheran
House Approves O'Connor Debt Adjustment Bill
The House passed a measure by Rep. O'Connor to let the Interior secretary adjust or cancel uncollectible debts owed by Indians and to accept Indian lands in settlement of debts tied to tribal funds. The bill authorizes debt relief at the secretary's discretion.
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Washington
Rep. O'Connor
D.-Mont
Interior Secretary
House
Major Burma drive setback offsets gains in other sectors
Chinese forces evacuated the Lungling stronghold to avoid encirclement by Japanese by counterattacks from Tengchung and Mangshih. Reinforcements and new Chinese positions followed, with further activity near Hsiangta and Shweli river valley as Gen. Sung Hsi-Lien reshapes the front in western Yunnan.
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Chungking
U.P
Burma
Lungling
Salween River
Tengchung
Yunnan
United Press
Albert V. Ravenholt
Sung Hsi-Lien
11Th Army
Mangshih
Sung
Hsiangta
Shweli River
Ku Tung Kai
Shweli
Ku Tung
Yanks Join Fight on Nazi Robots
London reports jet propelled Nazi flying torpedoes over southern England as American fighter pilots enter the battle against Hitler’s new weapons. The air ministry says the pilotless planes are armed with one ton warheads and launched from a ramp with a takeoff rocket.
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London
England
Britain
Hitler
Air Ministry
U. S
Death Toll From Flood Increases In Montana Towns
In Glendive on Monday six year old Jerry Kimball drowned in Graveyard coulee amid a sequence of flood deaths. Earlier near Burns eight miles west, a three month old and a 16 month old girl were swept away. the older child remains missing. Heavy rains filled gullies and creeks, hampering rescue efforts.
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Glendive
Jerry Kimball
Jennie Kimball
Graveyard Coulee
Leonard Sturgis
Savage
Burns
Kimball
Yellowstone River
Roosevelt envoy Myron Taylor returns to Vatican post
Rome reports Myron Taylor, President Roosevelt's special representative to the Vatican, arrived Monday night. He last served in Italy in November 1942 and was asked by the President to resume his former role after Rome's liberation.
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Rome
Myron Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Italy
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William F. Tyree
Carentan
Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
Tilly
Seulles
Handler
Gulf of Finland
Johannes
Rokkala
Italian
Joseph W. Grigg
O'Connor
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