War Heroes Visit Butte for Bond Show Featuring Kelly and Childers
World War II heroes Commando Kelly and Lt. Ernest Childers will arrive in Butte this week to headline a bond drive gala at the Fox theater Friday night hosted by the Victory Labor Management Production committee. The tour, described as a significant community event by local union representative Bert Riley, aims to boost support for the war bond effort during a cross country swing highlighting key cities.
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Butte
Ernest Childers
Tulsa
Okla
Tech
Charles E
Commando
Kelly
Pittsburgh
Fox
Victory Labor Management Production Committee
United States
Fox Theater
St. Childers
Sgt. Kelly
Bert Riley
Butte Miners Union
War Bond Group to Reorganize in Silver Bow County
Stunned by the sudden death of R. L. Ruhle the Silver Bow county war finance chairman and Fifth War Loan campaign head the committee plans a two week intensive concluding drive. Members will reorganize this week to carry out Ruhle’s plans and press Silver Bow county and Butte to finish as he believed. A. T. Hibbard in Helena offered a tribute.
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R. L. Ruhle
Silver Bow County War Finance
Ruhle
Silver Bow County
Butte
Helena
A. T. Hibbard
Bridges Writ Plea Denied by Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal district court ruling denying Harry Bridges habeas corpus relief in connection with a government deportation order. Bridges attorneys said they will seek Supreme Court review to challenge the order.
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San Francisco
U.P
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Californian Favored as Dewey Running Mate at GOP Convention
Gov Earl Warren of California named as top running mate prospect at the 1944 Republican national convention in Chicago. Warren urged delegates to press toward victory and peace as balloting nears. Dewey led on first ballot with 779 votes, needing 529 to secure the nomination. Bricker and Stassen also shown with delegate counts.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Republic
Earl Warren
California
Thomas E. Dewey
Warren
Dewey
America
United Press
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Gov Earl Warren Keynote Address Abstract Preview
Abstract of Governor Earl Warren's keynote speech will appear on page 3, outlining policy priorities and leadership themes.
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Gov. Earl Warren
Carnival Atmosphere Fits War Era Page 3 Continuation
Fragments describe a carnival like event slowed by World War II, noting trimmings and a typical festive mood yet tempered by wartime realities. The text indicates continuation on page 3 column 2 and references ongoing coverage.
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Ners
Allied Fifth Army captures Piombino port in Italy
American Fifth Army troops seized Piombino, the important supply port, without firing a shot and moved beyond the town to within 38 miles of Leghorn. Other Allied forces advanced toward Florence and Ateno, with French and British units pushing near Siena and the Adriatic coast as operations continued across central Italy.
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Rome
U.P
Fifth Army
Piombino
Leghorn
Florence
Follonica
Italy
Siena
Eighth Army
Lake Trasimeno
Foligno
Ancona
Adriatic
Chienti
Monticiano
Boccheggiano
Boceggiano
Ombrone
Castiglione
Finnish Parliament Sits in Secret Session Says BBC
The British Broadcasting Company, citing German sources, reported that Finland’s parliament held a secret session on Monday. NBC recorded the broadcast.
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New York
British Broadcasting Company
NBC
Guatemala City Quieted After Weekend Disorder
Government troops and police restored order in Guatemala City after weekend disorders that left several dead or injured. Troops used rifles and tear gas bombs. casualty figures were not released.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Soviet Armies Rout German Lines in White Russia Victory
Soviet forces ripped through the German fatherland line in White Russia seizing Vitebsk and Zhlobin as part of a rapid offensive. Stalin announced two major victories with troops advancing toward Orsha and Mogilev while Borisov fell near Minsk and more than 1,700 towns were captured west and southwest of Vitebsk.
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London
U.P
White Russia
Vitebsk
Zhlobin
Josef Stalin
Orsha
Mogilev
Zholobin
Moscow
Borisov
Minsk
East Prussia
Poland
Berlin
Red
Bobruisk
Ivan C. Bagramian
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Japanese Death Toll in Maffin Bay Fighting Rises
Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea reports 475 Japanese dead in recent actions in the Maffin bay area, part of a broader clearance of pockets between Hollandia Sarmi Biak and Wakde airbase. Total Sarmi Maffin area dead reach 2386. Noemfoor bombardments and air base actions are noted as Allied progress. Lt Gen George C Kenney reassigned to head a new Far Eastern air force combining Fifth and Thirteenth forces.
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Mafia Bay
Dutch New Guinea
MacArthur
New Guinea
Maffin Bay
Hollandia
Biak
Wakde Island
Sarmi
Sarmi- Maffin Bay
Noemfoor Island
Noemfoor
Biak Island
Manokwari
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Kenney
Southwest Pacific
Far Eastern
Yanks Gain Ground On Saipan In Heavy Fighting
United States assault forces reach the southern outskirts of Garapan and seize Mount Tapotchau as Marines push toward Tapotchau summit. About 20,000 Japanese defense remain trapped. the campaign enters its 11th day with continued American gains on both shores.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Tapotchau
Aslito
Kagman Peninsula
Allied Forces Expand Occupation of Northern Burma Stronghold
Allied troops announced they hold more than half of Mogaung in northern Burma as Chinese units push the southern half. In Manipur Hills British forces mop up Japanese remnants east of the Kohima Imphal road. American and Chinese forces close in on Myitkyina, aiming to link in the town along the Irrawaddy.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Mogaung
Kamaung
Myitkyina
Joseph W. Stillwell
Irrawaddy River
School Board Adopts Preliminary Budget for District 1
Trustees adopt a 969287.14 budget with 743477 for operations in the 1944 45 year and a 182066.74 reserve required by law. Eight new teachers hired and gas heating conversions approved for 16 schools along with resignations from two teachers.
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Board of Trustees of
Butte High School
Cherbourg Falls to American Forces in Normandy Port Capture
Supreme Headquarters announces Cherbourg has fallen to U S troops, a pivotal port opening for Allied offensives in France. Street by street clearing continues, as Germans defend the arsenal and Cap de la Hague remains contested. The 21 day Normandy campaign has exacted heavy German losses.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.P
Gestapo
France
Spain
Annecy
Haute Savoy
Lambesc
Marseille
Montpellier
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
United States
Normandy
Cherbourg Falls
W. W. Chaplin
Larry le Seur
U. S
Wae House
Britain
Cap de la Hague
Pennine
Three Army Men Marooned In Grand Canyon Rescue Under Way
Three Army flyers parachuted from a B-24 are stranded on the Tonto plateau after near dawn last Wednesday. Signal flares indicate they are safe with medical supplies water and warmth dropped by Kingman Army Airfield planes as a ground party moves along the canyon wall hoping for a Friday rescue. The men are 2nd Lt. Charles Goldblum Flight Officer Maurice Ickshank Jr and Cpl Roy Embanks.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Tonto Plateau
Kingman Army Airfield
Charles Goldblum
Pittscom
Maurice Ickshank, Jr
Lawa Mass
Roy W. Embanks
First Ave
East
Kalispell
Mont
Weather Forecast for Montana West of Divide
Montana west of the continental divide sees partly cloudy and warmer conditions on Tuesday. East of the divide a north area reports light rains ending Tuesday morning while the southern portion continues to see occasional rain until late afternoon. Temperatures rise in the northwest on Tuesday.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Divide
Allied Bombers Hit Vienna Refineries and Rail Hub
A force of 500 to 780 U.S. heavy bombers struck six Vienna area oil refineries and a rail yard, with Liberator bombers targeting power stations feeding German launchers in Pas de Calais. About 3,000 Allied planes were reported in action, while Berlin claimed heavy losses among American planes over Vienna.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
London
U.S
Alps
Vienna
Britain
Normandy Battlefront
Pas de Calais
France
Hitler
Europe
Berlin
Mornenberg
Mossbierbaum
Liberators
Floridsdorfer
Schwecht
Carpathians
Italy
Russia
Destroyer Escort Fechteler Sunk by Enemy Action
The 1,300 ton U.S. destroyer escort Fechteler was sunk last month in the Mediterranean by enemy action. It was the second destroyer escort lost in the war, bringing American naval losses to 161 since Pearl Harbor. The communiqués did not indicate crew losses, though the ship's crew normally numbers about 125.
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Washington
U.S
Fechteler
Mediterranean
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Japanese Drive Targets Hengyang Airfield in China
Reports from Chungking say Japanese forces opened attacks on the Allied airfield outside Hengyang as part of a broader effort to seize the city at the Hankow Canton and Hunan Kwangsi rail junction. Hengyang’s air installations were reportedly removed or destroyed. Civilianswere evacuated as the frontline moved from Changsha.
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China
Chungking
U.P
Hunan Province
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
Changsha
Daily
Hengshan
Yuhsien
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Labor Management Unit
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James M. Long
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