Bulgaria weighs moves on Romania without decision
Sofia reports no definite action after a seven hour cabinet session on June 28. Bulgaria kept in touch with Germany Italy and Russia as Rome and Berlin urged caution and no encouragement was given by Moscow. Officials say Bulgaria will not press its Dobrudja claim now and the Balkans peace is being preserved for the moment.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
U.P
Romania
Dobrudja
Russia
United Press
Rome
Berlin
Balkans
Otets Paissyai
V. M. Molotov
Willkie Promises A Fighting Campaign Against Nazis
German bombing and machine gunning kill 23 in Guernsey and six in Jersey with many injured as the Channel Islands are declared demilitarized. The raids extend to the British mainland, including Wales, with anti-aircraft defenses in action.
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Willkie
British Channel Islands
London
U P
Home Office
Jersey
Guernsey
Channel Islands
British Isles
Alderney
Channel Group
Britain
England
Wales
Break in Red Nazi Relations Threatens Balkans
Military clashes flared in Cernauti as Soviet troops advanced past ceded territories, prompting fears of a broader German Soviet rupture. News notes deadly street fighting in Bessarabia and Bucovina while Germany bombed the British Isles and Hungary massed on the Romanian frontier with German Italian backing.
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Associated Press
Cernauti
Rumania
Russia
Balkans
Germany
British Isles
Channel Islands
French
Europe
Bessarabia
Red Army
Bucovina
Tass
Moscow Radio
Outra
Prut River
Hungary
Budapest
Joseph Stalin
Butte youth killed in accidental rifle discharge
Robert Strike, 17, of 1168 Evans Avenue, died near Deer Lodge when a .22 rifle slipped from a rock and discharged on a fishing trip at Rock Creek Lake. Sheriff Vals ton and Acting Coroner William Lintz said the weapon struck him near the heart. The body lies at Ross mortuary in Deer Lodge. He is survived by his mother, sisters, brothers in law, and other relatives in Butte and Utah.
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Robert Strike
Evans Avenue
Deer Lodge
Fred Valston
William Lintz
Powell County
Young Strike
Douglas Smith
Butte
Rock Creek Lake
Ross Mortuary
E. L. Strike
Galen
Donald
Utah
Butte Boy Fights Bear on Glacier Road
Denny Lodders, a Butte paper carrier, punched a mother bear biting his arm on Glacier National Park's Going to the Sun highway. The bear released, he received stitches and returned to his paper route the next day.
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Denny Lodders
Montana
Denny
Glacier National Park
Wilson Avenue
Forest Fire Protection To Be Strengthened In Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge national forest to boost fire protection next week with four additional lookout guards and enforcement of shovel axe bucket rule. Supervisor Charles A Joy says fire danger is 4.2 points, with dry ground materials igniting easily. Beginning July 1 visitors entering the forest must carry shovel axe and bucket to guard against and suppress small fires.
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Deer Lodge National Forest
Charles A. Joy
Train strikes car. two escape death near Butte crossing
A Butte area collision left Mark Gornick and his daughter Ann injured after a North Coast Limited locomotive struck their westbound sedan at a Columbia Gardens crossing. The car was shoved about 300 feet along the tracks with the right side crushed. both occupants were treated at Murray hospital for suspected rib injuries and a dislocated elbow respectively. An NP roundhouse worker rushed to the scene as the train began its climb over the continental divide.
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Butteman
Mark Gornick
Ann
Galena Street
Gornicks
Columbia Gardens
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Butte Yards
Continental Divide
Gornick
N. P. Roundhouse
East Butte
Police Warn Firecrackers Banned Until July 3
Chief of Police W. H. Breen warned that firecrackers are taboo until July 3 with only small package types allowed after. He said officers will arrest anyone endangering others and cited incidents of lighted firecrackers thrown at open store doors or moving cars.
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W. H. Breen
Ships barred from leaving U S without permission
President Roosevelt and Henry Morgenthau announce sweeping orders restricting U S ships from departing ports on foreign voyages without explicit authorization. New office of merchant ship movements to oversee vessel control. powers to search ships and seize cargo and personnel within U S waters.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
United States
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Herbert E Gaston
New York
U. S
Lewis Compton
Willkie Urges Trade Stimulation and Strong Defenses
Philadelphia dispatch reports 1940 Republican nominee Wendell L. Willkie urging trade stimulation, noninvolvement in war, Allied aid, and strengthened U S defenses. He links industrial defense to national unity and cites Fortune statements on the global outlook and avoiding involvement in others' wars.
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Willkie
Philadelphia
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Fortune Magazine
Willkie Clinches GOP Nomination at Philadelphia Convention
Wendell Willkie, without a delegate badge, accepts the Republican presidential nomination at the convention in Philadelphia. He pledges a crusading campaign to unite labor and capital, agriculture and manufacturing, and all classes to preserve freedom amid democracy’s test. McNary nominated for vice president.
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Philadelphia
Wendell Willkie
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
America
McNary Accepts VP Nomination to Stay in Senate
Senator Charles L. McNary reluctantly accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination but said he would campaign by staying on the job in the Senate. He urged convention leaders not to nominate him, yet agreed after delegates insisted. He has never met Wendell L. Wilkie but praised the ticket and platform and said Congress should remain in session as he remains in the Senate.
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Washington
Charles L. McNary
Senate
Oregon
McNary
Wendell L. Wilkie
Wilkie
Congress
Montana Weekend Forecast Shows Fair Skies
Montana forecast predicts generally fair conditions for Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change..Light winds expected and no precipitation anticipated across the state.
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Montana
Romania Orders General Mobilization As Threat Grows
Romania declared general mobilization of its armed forces after Russia occupied Bessarabia and northern Bukovina. A government spokesman said Romania would fight to prevent further territorial loss as Bulgaria and Hungary moved to reclaim former lands. Army strength already near 1.5 million was concentrated on the Bulgaria and Hungary fronts amid fast-moving developments. Russia's advance occupied about one sixth of Romanian territory and 100 Russian divisions were reported in control by nightfall.
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Donald M. Nelson
Sears Roebuck Co
Nelson
Treasury
Roosevelt
Daniel J. Tobin
American Federation of Labor
Teamsters’ Union
Tobin
Washington
Advisory Defense Council
William &. Knudsen
General Motors
Edward 8. Stettinius
A. 8. Steel
Bucharest
Rumania
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Council of Ministers
Sofia
Moscow
Russia
Hungarian Troops March to Romanian Frontier
Budapest reports Hungarian troops advancing to the Romanian frontier with full Axis support from Germany and Italy if the Russian occupation moves toward the Carpathians. Officials say Russia’s advance into Bessarabia and northern Bukovina could shift Hungary’s previously cautious stance.
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Budapest
Hungary
Germany
Italy
Carpathian Mountains
Old Rumania
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Wastin
Willkie Nomination Draws Pro Allied Cheer in Britain
British circles welcomed Wendell L. Willkie as the Republican presidential candidate calling him the most pro Allied among contenders. Officials were silent but the move was read as signaling a shift in U S opinion away from isolationism. The news arrived too late for morning editorials.
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London
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
WPA RUSHES TO REMOVE ALL REDS FROM ROLLS BY JULY 1
Montana state officials announced affidavits were sent to all WPA districts requiring employees to certify United States citizenship and nonmembership in the Communist party or Nazi Bund. Anyone found to be an alien or linked to those groups would not be paid after July 1, with the Emergency Relief Appropriation act of 1941 driving the action.
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WPA
United States
Communist Party
Nazi Bund
Work Projects Administration
Montana
State Office
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