Yanks Fight in Cherbourg Streets Carrier Planes Blast Japanese Fleet
American carrier planes attacked the Japanese navy in a major Pacific showdown as the Fifth Fleet under Admiral Spruance closed in on the imperial grand fleet between Luzon and Saipan. reconnaissance pilots located the fleet east of the Philippines and contacted it before dusk Monday in the vast Pacific expanse.
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Cherbourg
Pearl Harbor
U.P
United States Fifth Fleet
Marianas
Philippines
Pacific Ocean
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Fifth Fleet
Raymond A. Spruance
Imperial Grand Fleet
Luzon
Saipan
Admiral Nimitz
No Man’s Ocean
J. E. Corette Jr Named to Key Montana Power Post
J E Corette Jr a well known Butte lawyer was named vice president and assistant general manager of Montana Power by the board at the annual organization meeting Weds at the Power building in Butte Frank W Bird president and general manager announced the officers all re elected except the new VP Corette Also listed were M E Buck John C Ryan now in service S P Hogan J R Thomas J R Sullivan and C J Commons as officers and a slate of directors including C J Baldwin Frank W Bird R F Clary R B Durnin Norman B Holter W H Hoover W L Murphy E J Parkin Peter Pauly Taylor B Weir and J E Woodard Corette has served as Montana Power counsel for ten years and is a native of Butte Continued on Page 10 Col 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Corette, Jr
Butte
Montana Power Company
Frank W. Bird
East Broadway
Mr. Corette
M. E. Buck
John C. Ryan
S. P. Hogan
J. R. Thomas
J. R. Sullivan
C. J. Commons
C. J. Baldwin
R. F. Clary
R. B. Durnin
Norman B. Holter
W. H. Hoover
W. L. Murphy
E. J. Parkin
Peter Pauly
Taylor B. Weir
J. E. Woodard
G O P Foreign Policy plank Seen for 1944 Convention
CHICAGO June 21 A foreign policy plank allowing an international police force to secure postwar peace pending universal judicial processes will be offered to the Republican resolutions committee. The convention opens June 26 with state delegates to draft the platform after eight committee reports from Mackinac Island. Senator Robert A Taft was elected permanent chairman, Miss Mary H Donlon vice chairman, and Mrs Ernest Griffin secretary. O L Sprague spoke on opening topics.
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Chicago
Republican Resolutions Committee
Mackinac Island
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Mary H. Donlon
New York
Ernest Griffin
Illinois
O. L. Sprague
Milwaukee
Congress Passes OPA Price Control Extension
Congress approved a 12 month extension of the price control stabilization program, with a modified form. The bill includes a cotton price compromise, a halt to subsidy payments after July 1 1945 unless renewed, and allows adjustments or removal of certain price controls in areas deemed unnecessary. The measure awaits President Roosevelt's signature.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Roosevelt
John H. Bankhead
D-Ala
OPA
8th Army Captures Grottammare in Adriatic Advance
Allied forces drive along the Adriatic coast surpassing 60 miles in 12 days to seize Grottammare 98 miles southeast of Rimini. British troops advance north of Perguia, French gains south of Lake Trasimeno, and American troops take Monte Pescali near Grosseto as Kesselring’s forces pay heavy cost.
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Rome
U.P
Adriatic
Grottammare
Rimini
Tyrrhenian
Perguia
Oliver Leese
Eighth
Grottammarg
Enocchio
Gossigiano
Ascoli Piceno
Belgian Partisans Urged to Watch for New Invasion
London dispatch reports the Free Belgian radio urging partisans to watch for signs of a new Allied invasion. Unconfirmed Swedish reports say Eisenhower sent Leclerc to lead patriot forces behind German lines to disrupt reinforcements and supplies. Belgians are told to hide when invasion signs appear and railway workers are ordered to speed sabotage of lines feeding the Normandy front.
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London
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jacques Leclerc
Normandy
Liberators Hit Two Isles on Truk Atoll
Allied heavy bombers struck Dublin and Eton islands on Truk atoll in the Carolines dropping 108 tons of bombs in the largest land based attack yet against the Japanese base. MacArthur says no enemy air opposition occurred as the operation continued a five day run and 18th time this month.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Dublin
Eton Islands
Truk Atoll
Carolines
Douglas MacArthur
Admiralty Island
MacArthur
Truk
Japan
Caroline Islands
Marianas
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
Sixth Army
Mokmer
Borokoe
Sorido
Senearttue
Senate boosts infantry pay with 5 to 10 dollar raise
The Senate approved an Army backed bill increasing pay for expert infantrymen by five to ten dollars a month. A five dollar raise applies to standard proficiency or satisfactory combat performance, while ten dollars rewards exemplary conduct in action or duty in a major operation, with the measure sent to the House.
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Washington
Senate
House
Russian German Losses Set at 13 100 000 Men
On the Russo German war's third anniversary the Soviet information bureau reports Russia 5 3 million killed captured or missing on the eastern front and Germany 7 8 million losses. Moscow adds German losses include 70 000 tanks 60 000 planes and 90 000 cannon.
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London
Soviet Information Bureau
Moscow
Robots Reacted: Allied Capture of German Launch Platforms
Allied forces in Cherbourg sector captured several German robot launching platforms intact as bombers hit the area, with eight reported seized by American troops. Technical experts begin examining the platforms to uncover secrets of the pilotless weapon. Invasion prevented deployment from Normandy, officials say.
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Philault
London
U.P
Cherbourg
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Southampton
Normandy
Air Ministry
Butte War Bond Drive Surges With Fifth Loan Participation
Spurred by Allied news and war effort, Butte residents pledge and purchase bonds totaling 87 791 for the Fifth War Loan. Bank reports show individual purchases at 511 937 75, Silver Bow County toward a 2 650 000 quota, retailers adding 26 677 55 taking total Retailers for Victory to 250 588 50. Block leaders urge completion of districts and transfer of pledges to headquarters amid ongoing drives.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
For Victory
Wallace Sees Hope for Japan Defeat in All Fronts 1945
Vice President Henry A. Wallace told a Chungking dinner that there is good reason to hope Japan will be defeated on all fronts by next summer. He urged de militarization and open paths to self government while warning against a balance of power and calling for strong four power collaboration in the Pacific. Wallace pledged China’s return of seized lands and support for Korea independence and Thai sovereignty with postwar self government.
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Wallace
Japan
Chungking
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Far East
Pacific
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Britain
Russia
China
Soviet Union
British Commonwealth
Chiang
Thursday Weather Forecast Sees Warmer, Scattered Showers
Thursday forecast calls for generally fair skies and warmer temperatures with a few afternoon showers concentrated in the southern portion. The outlook suggests mild evening conditions with light winds and no major weather events anticipated.
2000 Yankee Bombers Shatter Berlin
Allied air forces attacked Berlin with more than 2000 U S heavy bombers and long range fighters in a daylight raid described as the greatest armada ever hurled at a single city. Missing crews reported, while American and allied pilots claimed numerous enemy planes downed and bombers landed in Sweden on the same day.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
U. S
Berlin
National Broadcasting Company
U.S
Japs Capture Two Important Cities in China
Chinese communique reports Japanese forces in three columns capturing Lukow and Liling near Changsha and advancing toward Liangjiang. Additional fighting around Yencheng continues as Chengyang falls at a major highway junction northeast of Sinyang.
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Chungking
Changsha
Lukow
Hengyang
Liling
Liangjiang
Lien River
Henan
Chouchiakow
Yencheng
Chengyang
Sinyang
Expect Capture of Prize Port by Noon
Allied troops drive toward Cherbourg in fierce street fighting as German rear guards withdraw. American forces breach defenses at Sideville and Octeville while Germans destroy ships and moorings. Eisenhower appeals to Cherbourg workers to safeguard equipment for liberation.
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Edward W. Beattie
Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
Cherbourg
Cap de la Hague
Radio France
Sideville
d'Octeville
du Roule
Quai de France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Labor Board Hearing on Utah mining cases set in Washington
A National War Labor Board hearing for the Utah block of mining disputes is scheduled in Washington on June 28. Notice has been sent by William Berg Jr. to all parties. Companies involved include Anaconda Copper, American Smelting and Refining, Shattuck-Den, Empire Zinc, Peru Mining, Black Hawk Consolidated Mines, U S Smelting, Kennecott, Castle Dome, and Phelps Dodge. Unions named include the Miners' Union of Butte and Mill and Smelter Workers of Anaconda and Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Rocky Mountain
National War Labor Board
Washington
William Berg, Jr
Anaconda Copper
Russians Open New Attacks North and South of Lake Onega
Russian forces launched a double offensive across the Leningrad Murmansk railroad corridor. Govorov’s Leningrad army advanced near Viipuri and Medvezhegorsk, seizing towns and rail nodes as the Soviets linked the Onega and Ladoga basins and established bridgeheads.
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London
Finland
Lake Onega
Leningrad-Murmansk
Russia
Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningard
Piins
Viipuri
Lake Oem
Reday
Soutsk Medvezhegorsk
Belmonorsk
Murmansk
Urals
Medvezi Megorsk
Red
Povenets
Onega
Vichka
Marshal Govorov
Aunus
Leningrad
Svir
Ladoga
Govorov
Soviet Karelia
Navy Planes Raid Kuriles and Pacific Outposts
Navy planes bombed Paramushiro and Shumushu in the Kuriles in pre dawn raids, with Ventura search planes striking Shumushu and setting fires near the airfield. Liberators joined raids on Paramushiro, Truk, Ponape, and Marshall Islands targets Mille, Maloelap, and Wotje, with minimal air opposition and little anti aircraft fire.
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Washington
Navy
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Kuriles
Japan
Aire Field
Truk
Ponape Island
Carolines
Mille
Maleclap
Wotje Atolls
Marshalls
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Nimitz
J. E. Corette, Jr
Montana Power
Dewey
Reynolds Packard
Don Caswell
Battle News
R. L. Ruhle
Fifth War Loan
D. J. McGonigle
Korea
Thailand
Fastern Command
United States Strategic Air Force
By Walter Cronkite
London Daily Sketch
BBC
NBC
Octeville
Fort d’Octeville
Labor Board
Butte Case
Future of
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