Rome Dismisses 3750 Fascists in Allied purge
Lt. Col. Charles Poletti announced a broad purge in Rome dismissing 3,750 Fascists from public agencies and arresting 198 with 500 to 600 more anticipated. Among the arrestees were Prince Gabriele d Annunzio and other officials. most dismissed were policemen including 1700 from the Polizia Africana Italiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bria
Rome
Charles Poletti
Poletti
Prince Gabriele d’Annunzio
Vincenzo Azzolini
Bank of Italy
Elizabeth Koke
Capt
Koch
Presti
Polizia Africania Italiania
Coletti
Polizia Africana Italiania
d’Annunzio
Gabrielliano d’Annunzio
Allies Drive on Myitkyina in Burma Campaign
Allied forces press toward Myitkyina from Mogaung as Chindit units and Chinese troops push the Japanese strong point. American fighter bombers clear the way for a swift fall of Mogaung, 35 miles west, with retreating Japanese abandoning stores and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Mogaung
China
Canal of Ae
Joseph W. Sonee
Burma
Kamaung
Butte Briefs A list of local notices and births
A girl born Monday at St James hospital to Mr and Mrs Ivan Briggs 1910 Elm. A public social by the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary at 830 pm at Ten p Veterans hall on South Arizon. A special meeting of Henry W Lawton camp United Spanish War Veterans at 8 pm Thursday night at Patriotic hall courthouse before summer vacation. In hospital patients admitted Tuesday at St James hospital were James McGrath 1721 Florence and Aletha Hicox Drummond. Dismissed were James Sullivan 204 South Main Mrs Charles Tallon 64 Missoula Mrs William Leddra and daughter 3034 Carter Mrs Stuart Trevena and son 2705 George Margaret Winninghoff Philipsburg William Boyer 2921 Edwards. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs John Foote 2018 Garrison Tuesday at St James hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Hospital
Ivan Briggs
Henry W. Lawton
United Spanish War Veterans
Patriotic Hall
William I. Gay
James McGrath
Florence
Aletha Hicox
Drummond
James Sullivan
South Main
Charles Tallon
Missoula
William Leddra
Carter
Stuart Trevena
George
Margaret Winninghoff
Philipsburg
William Boyer
Edwards
John Foote
Garrison
Montana Bond Sales Near Halfway Mark in Fifth War Loan
Montana's Fifth War Loan progress shows bond sales at 50.2 percent of the $12 million state quota, with corporation sales boosting totals to 54.7 percent of all issues. Eight counties lag behind the Fourth War Loan pace, while A. T. Hibbard notes $6,024,800 in state bonds sold and corporate purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Flathead
Lake
Missoula
Daniels
Valley
Cascade
Meagher
Powell
A. T. Hibbard
War Finance Committee
Hibbard
Youth Wounded by Police During Robbery Attempt
A 15 year old White Sulphur Springs youth was shot in the left forearm by Helena police after midnight Monday night during a suspected break in at a gas station. He fled, was found at the Y M C A, and hospitalized late Tuesday with a non fatal wound and a tendon injury. No charges had been filed against the alleged burglar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Parsons
Hail Damages Crops in Four Montana Counties
E K Bowman chairman of the Montana hail insurance board reported mid June hail damaged Golden Valley Musselshell Yellowstone and Dawson counties. Some areas were several miles wide with fields stripped. Damage could threaten winter wheat if July turns hot and dry. Overall fields were soaking and showed good second growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
E. K. Bowman
Montana Hail Insurance Board
Golden Valley
Musselshell
Yellowstone
Dawson
Bowman
Montana
Mansfield Plans Tour of State
Representative Mike Mansfield arrives in Missoula from Washington and will tour Montana for three weeks to gauge public opinion and consult with constituents on irrigation issues. He is a former Montana State University instructor and Missoula resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
U.P
Mike Mansfield
D.mont
Washington, D. C
Mansfield
Montana
Montana State University
Hauser Construction Company Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation for the Hauser Construction company of Portland Oregon were filed Tuesday with a capital of $100,000. E O Gunkel of Missoula is the Montana representative with offices at Dixon. Portugal has been an independent state since the twelfth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Hauser Construction Company
Portland
Ore
E. O. Gunkel
Missoula
Montana
Dixon
Portugal
Germanys Flying Bomb Threat to Peace Makers
London reports a new problem for peacemakers as Germanys flying bomb shows potential for large scale civilian targets. An American radar expert notes it could be tightly controlled postwar by an international body and warns of rapid mass production and political risk. The device, cheap to build and hard to intercept, hinges on radar guidance, with its main flaw being inaccuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
England
Europe
Cherbourg
Helena writer plans August completion of Helena novel
Clyde F. Murphy, Los Angeles attorney and former Great Falls resident, will complete a collection of historical material for a Helena novel in August. His book about Butte, The Glittering Hill, has an October deadline. Murphy won the Lewis and Clark Northwest contest for best Northwest manuscript and will receive 1500 dollars. He is the son of the late Charles F. Murphy, former Great Falls mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Clyde F. Murphy
Los Angeles
Great Falls
Butte
Glittering Hill
Murphy
E. P. Dutton and Company
4-H Camps Scheduled Across Montana This Summer
Montana 4-H club members will attend 15 county and district camps with 11 counties represented. Ray E. Cameron notes programs include leadership recreation nature study handicraft and vocational activities aided by Montana State College extension staff. Camps run from June to August at sites in Red Lodge Beehive Neihart Glacier Park Bears Paw Lame Deer Brush Lake and Seeley Lake among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Montana
Red Lodge
Stillwater County
Park and
Gallatin Counties
Pine Creek
Cascade County
Rotary
Neihart
Chateau and Meagher
Flathead County
Glacier Park
Fergus County
Judith Mountains
Blaine County
Kiwanis Camp
Bears Paw Mountains
Hill County
Glacier County
Missoula County
Seeley Lake
Rosebud County
Lame Deer
Sheridan
Daniels
Brush Lake
Fallon
Carter
Ekalaka
Berger seeks rehearing after Montana Supreme Court deed ruling
Adolph Berger of Great Falls petitioned the Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday for a rehearing of its recent decision validating his deed to county property. The filing comes as the state high court reviews the case and potential implications for property ownership and county records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Adolph Berger
Great Falls
Montana Supreme Court
Fierce Fighting Rages at Cheux During Normandy Battle
Reporter describes heavy combat near Cheux as British forces push toward the Caen Villers Bocage road. British tanks advance, German counterattacks are repelled, and ambulances ferry wounded past a shelled village with shattered buildings and mud and blood in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Clark
Cheux
U.P
Normandy
Caen- Villers Bocage
Caen-Villers Bocage
Missing Lt. Michaely recalled for wartime heroics
The article notes Lt. W. D. Michaely, a Butte native and Montana School of Mines alumnus, enlisted in 1942 and became a P-38 fighter pilot. He earned wings at Luke Field Arizona and flew with a Mustang squadron in England, credited with at least two German aircraft, including a Focke Wulf 190. His family, from British Columbia, visited the Butte home as his sisters support lend-lease efforts in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tember
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Army Air Forces
Santa Ana
California
Luke Field
Arizona
Wyoming
England
Michaely
Europe
Gotha
Germany
British Columbia
C. R. Walters
Cedarville
B. C
Cleo Michaely
Washington, D. C
Republicans Edge Toward Bricker as Willkie Silence Grows
The GOP debate on Wendell Willkie's resistance to the platform opens a path for Ohio's John W. Bricker to seek the vice presidency amid backers' push and Ferguson Austin musings. Hoover and Luce challenge the New Deal as Warren Austin cautions Willkie bolt risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Bricker
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Ferguson
Warren Austin
Vermont
Warren
Wendell L. Willkie
Herbert Hoover
Clare Boothe Luce
Hoover
America
Luce
Connecticut
Congress
Roosevelt
Robert A. Taft
Bond Show Draws Crowd in Anaconda Smelter City
Labor management committee hosts a Friday bond show in Butte area with Lt. Childers and Sgt. Kelly due to arrive Thursday. A seven piece orchestra from the Musicians' union, Stage Employer's union services, and local acts will perform. Admission is a war bond with a free ticket. tickets available at Rialto theater and multiple local banks and Anaconda company bond department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Labor Management Committee
Lt. Childers
Sgt. Kelly
Butte
Musicians’ Union
Rialto Theater
Prudential Federal Savings Bank
Miners National Bank
Metals Bank
First National Bank
Anaconda Company
Warden Brings Escaped Killer Back After 20 Years
Denver reports Warden Joseph Ragen of Joliet prison arrived to return Albert Huth aged 47 who escaped twenty years ago during a life sentence for a triple murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Joseph Ragen
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Albert Huth
Kentucky Democrats Back Roosevelt Delegates in 24 Vote Slate
Louisville June 27 Kentucky Democrats with 24 votes in the Democratic national convention named delegates instructed to support President Roosevelt for a fourth term and also endorsed Sen. Alben W Barkley for re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
U.P
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Major War Bond Drive Showcases Retail Leaders
A war bond fundraising push notes three holidays this week as citizens are urged to large efforts. Tuesday totals show individual investments at 32155 dollars with Third Army retail drive reaching 351,666.60 in bonds. Symons and Hennessy stores top lists with leaders and ranks named, including officers and sales figures for multiple outlets.
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Third Army
Symons and
Hennessy’s
Symons Group
Hennessy
Mayme Dolan
Marian Noonan
Grace Ford
Alice Lorenz
Yugoslav Exile Leaders Announce Unified Cabinet Plan
In Bari Italy King Peter of Yugoslavia and Marshal Tito agree on a joint cabinet with Tito directing military forces. Ivan Subasic would lead, Tito to hold two portfolios including war minister. Mihailovic not consulted. Warships and gold deposits to support allied war effort. Formal London confirmation pending.
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Bari
Italy
Peter
Tito
National Committee of Liberation
Lubasic
London
Yugoslavia
Cherbourg Returns to French Control in Liberation Ceremony
In Cherbourg France on June 27 Major Gen. J Lawton Collins presented a tricolor made from parachute silk to Mayor Paul Reynaud as the city formally returned to French control less than 12 hours after German resistance was crushed. Civilians cheered and Allied planes roared overhead while flags flew from windows in a moment of liberated joy.
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Cherbourg
France
Place de la Republique
J. Lawton Collins
Seventh Corps
Paul Reynaud
Collins
Faces Murder Charge Against Sgt James Horn
Bakersfield California June 28 a formal murder charge was filed against Sgt James Horn veteran of Guadalcanal accused of murdering his wife Billie whose battered body was found in their apartment bedroom on April 4.
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Bakersfield
Calif
U.P
James Horn
Guadalcanal
Billie
Allied air offensive strikes Japanese targets across Southwest Pacific
Liberator bombers bombed Dutch New Guinea and Caroline island airdromes and seasaw targets in the Moluccas and East Indies. Cargo ships were sunk or damaged including a 3,500 ton freighter off Boeroe island. Yap, Sorol and Woleai airdromes faced heavy raids while Emirau reported fires after PT boats burned during fueling.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Far Eastern Air Force
Dutch New Guinea
Caroline Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Boeroe Island
Dutch East Indies
East Indies
Moluccas
MacArthur
Noemfoor Island
Biak Island
Geelvink Bay
Ransiki
Manokwari
Peleliu
Palau
Truk
Wewak
New Guinea
Emirau Island
New Ireland
Colorful Parade Promises Bands Horses and Civic Events
A four color parade will feature 150 horses and three bands with no political ads. A 10 member orchestra will play at the street dance on West Granite. After the parade, Clark Park hosts a baseball game and a mass sports program at Butte High with prizes over 100 dollars and a drill team contest inviting Anaconda entries. Mayor O Leary may face a foot race challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Froelich
Northwest
Jack Duggan
William Pickthall
West Granite
Montana
Idaho
Chuck
Clark Park
Butte High School
Pickthall
O'Leary
Anaconda
Warren Warren Declines VP Nomination Amid Oregon Push
Gov Earl Warren rejects a vice presidential bid despite Oregon delegates pressing him after his keynote, citing commitments to California and a duty to support the national ticket. Bricker remains focused on the presidency as debates continue. Japanese bridge work near Harbin is noted in dispatches.
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Bricker
Ditto
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dewey
Albany
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren
Hoover
Roosevelt
America
Wilson
Martin
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
White House
Oregon
California
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Byron Hanna
Los Angeles
Hanna
John Phillips
John
David O. Selznick
Hollywood
Phillips
Dirksen
Everett L
Republican Party
Sondiieten
U.P
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Earl Warren
Thomas Dewey
County Claims Due By 5 P M Wednesday
County claims must be on file with Clerk and Recorder Albert S Baker by 5 oclock Wednesday afternoon to be considered in this months business by the county commissioners. Patients admitted Tuesday at Murray hospital include Victor Lash Melville Hoar Patrick Leary Mamie Anderson Wisdom Louise Huttula Fritz Chapman Millicent Herndon Salmon Idaho Henry Wirth Cleora Kelly Lydia Dyer Mildred Novick Baby Warneche and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Albert S. Baker
Murray
Murray Hospital
Victor Lash
Cherry
Melville Hoar
Cottonwood
Patrick Leary
Nevada
Mamie Anderson
Wisdom
Louise Huttula
East Granite
Fritz Chapman
Princeton
Millicent Herndon
Salmon
Idaho
Henry Wirth
Floral
Cleora Kelly
Apex Hotel
Lydia Dyer
North Alabama
Mildred Novick
East Mercury
Ben Plummer
West Park
Baby Warneche
Warren
Dismissals From Murray Hospital List Residents
Patients released Tuesday from Murray hospital include Mrs Henry Manning of 218 South Arizona Mrs AdolphGrefig 661 Placer Mrs Helen Meager 702 East Broadway Angus McKay Grant and Dwight Lohn Warm Springs.
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Murray Hospital
Henry Manning
South Arizona
Adolph Grefig
Placer
Helen Meager
East Broadway
Angus McKay
Grant
Dwight Lohn
Warm Springs
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Veterans Hall
South
Arizon
Treasure State News
By Wes Gallagher
W. D. Michaely
Wendell Willkie
Plank Willkie
Willkie
Taft
Platform Committee
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Austin
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Archbishop Spellman
Mrs. Luce
Joe Martin
Franklin Roosevelt
King Peter
Joseph Morton
By Don Whitehead
Russia
Kazakhstan
Don Caswell
Sungar
Yungshi
Manchuria
Harbin
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