Congress begins recess as new bills loom
Washington reports Congress, having cleaned up must legislation, begins a week long recess amid expectations that major measures will follow. A $14.54 billion defense budget, universal training in industry, and a billion dollar munitions plant program loom as priorities.
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Naval Operations
Answers on universal military training bill
Washington briefs outline the proposed compulsory training measure. It would require all male citizens and resident aliens aged 18 to 65 to register and undergo training with differing duties by age, in peacetime eight months, with reserve obligations and possible extensions during emergencies.
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United States
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Legion Officer to Be Installed in Deer Lodge
Installation of officers for Powell post No. 10 will be held by the American Legion Tuesday evening in the courthouse Patriotic room. Frank Gallagher to be commander, with Ralph Latham Elliston as first vice commander, Mike McCormick Helmville as second vice, William Reed adjutant, Joe Grenier finance officer, Nick Canell sergeant at arms, O. H. Hartley chairman, and Ole Berg historian. Sam Harris retires as commander. visitors from neighboring cities expected.
Prisoner Who Fled Jail Is Captured In Sidney
John Ulrich a 29 year old prisoner who escaped Sterling Colorado jail after wounding an undersheriff was captured in a Sidney apartment today. He reportedly shot himself in the head as officers closed in and was taken to a hospital where doctors feared for his life.
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Deer Lodge golfers to vie in state golf tourney
A group of Deer Lodge players will compete in the state golf tournament set for Butte July 24 to 28. Preparations include playing on nearby courses to practice various hazards, with reservations overseen by secretary Fred Pascoe within a week.
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Fred Pascoe
Illness Report for Clark C. Cutler in Anaconda Hospital
Word reaches relatives that Clark C. Cutler son of Mr and Mrs Clark L Cutler is ill with pneumonia in an Anaconda hospital. Mrs Cutler and children Lillian and Bill visited the patient there yesterday.
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Clark C. Cutler
Clark L. Cutler
Anaconda Hospital
Phelps Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Rev. F. C. Phelps has returned to Deer Lodge from Butte where he was a hospital patient for several weeks. He is much improved in health. Mrs. Phelps accompanied him during his time away.
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Butte
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Armistice Terms Describe French Surrender at Compiegne
British and Allied observers describe the Compiegne armistice as total capitulation for France with occupation north of a line from Geneva to Tours and the coast, demobilization, internment of most of the fleet, and surrender of equipment. Paris faces German control and a suffering government. France’s colonies pledge support as Britain vows to restore metropolitan and overseas territories.
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United Spanish War Veterans Meet in Billings Encampment
More than 200 attend the joint encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans their auxiliary and the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic in Billings. George A. Eberly and Frances M. Haskell are honored guests with a parade, campfire program and a full three day schedule including induction into the Crow tribe and a banquet and dance.
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George A. Eberly
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Neb
Frances M. Haskell
Tacoma
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Yellowstone
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Sima updates Romania on new party plan
Bucharest June 23. Trun Guard Leader Horia Sima urged comrades to join King Carol's new political party tonight claiming the world is tearing apart and predicting a new arrangement of nations. He said Romania may face misfortune but the king's party would help them face the future.
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Tron
Horia Sima
Carol
Port Taken By Nazi Troops In France
German forces seized the strategic port area and its steel works and blast furnaces. The communique omitted details on two 35,000 ton battleships underway and listed large numbers of prisoners from multiple French armies. Coastal operations near La Rochelle continued with motorized advances and Allied shipping losses reported along the Atlantic coast.
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Foreign policy plank drafted by GOP isolationists
Delegates draft a foreign policy plank aimed to avoid direct intervention, pledging to keep war away from America while backing the Monroe Doctrine in the hemisphere. Vandenberg advocates a twofold approach opposing European war yet supporting unambiguous regional defense. Taft, Fish, and Western states back isolationist, noninterventionist lines ahead of the platform committee vote.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
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Springfield
Mass
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New Deal
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Idaho
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Thomas
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Europe
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Senate
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Vermont
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New York
Fish
French air force reports losses north of Bordeaux
The high command said 49 airplanes were destroyed including six shot down in combat. Four German planes were reported missing. Rochefort airport saw ten planes set on fire and twenty destroyed by bombs in low flying attacks.
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Rochefort
Flight of French Planes Continues Southward
In Mahon Minorca on June 23 observers reported the French planes flying south toward Africa in squadron formations. Earlier many single aircraft were sighted crossing the Mediterranean, likely en route to the Tunisian protectorate.
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