Gallagher Heads Third Army Bond Drive Push
C H Gallagher reports Silver Bow county advancing in the Fifth War Loan drive with a total of 1 215 210 50 toward a 2 650 000 quota. Third Army retailers sold 8 484 10 in bonds as daily results boost the grand total to 360 160 70. Local stores and firms list varied contributions along with Western Life Insurance placing a 240 000 war bond allocation and a Montana plan to reach three million dollars to state quota. Ecuador produced 1 958 859 in gold in 1943.
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Silver Bow County
Third Army
Amos Brothers
Hennessy's
Ed Marans
Symons
Woolworth
Grand Silver
Strain’s
Hughes
Cannon
Wein's
Paxson and Rockefeller
Butte Floral
S. and
Safeway
Emil Marans
Jensens
Western Life Insurance Company
Frank Venable
Lady Esther Face Powder Promises a Baby Texture Look
An advertisement promotes Lady Esther Face Powder offering a smoother finer texture that hides blemishes and provides a lasting soft flawless look. It claims the powder uses hurricane-force blowing to achieve a delicate baby fine surface and notes nine shade options with Chicago Illinois as the address.
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Lady Esther
65Th St
Chicago
Ill
Allied push tightens Caen encirclement as Cherbourg holds
Allied forces continued the Cherbourg and Caen campaign with major tank battles west of Caen. British and American troops breached surrounding lines, isolating Caen, advancing eight miles from Tilly and seizing villages including Tourville Onchy and Rauray while Maupertus air field fell east of Cherbourg. German defenses remained stubborn near Evrecy and the outer Cherbourg mole, though harbor works suffered damage and improvized unloading persisted.
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Oaen
Caen- Evrecy
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Odon
Cherbourg
Maupertus
Cotentin Peninsula
Tilly
Seulles
Orne
Germans Show Signs of Abandoning Italian Peninsula
Reports from Bern say Germans plan to abandon the Italian peninsula as Italian Fascist officials flee and partisans rise causing chaos in 44 German-occupied provinces. Military traffic between Germany and Italy slows. Brenner pass supply flow dwindles. Swiss press notes 90 percent of Italy_based air force recalled to fronts.
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Bern
U.P
Germany
Italy
Brenner Pass
British Officer Declares War Nearing End
Field Marshal Lord Ironside, former head of Britain's defense staff, told a Bury St. Edmunds meeting that the war is nearly over as German front lines have been broken on multiple theaters and the enemy refuses to fight back. He cited broken lines in Italy and the East and recalled an armistice after a 1940 July breakthrough.
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London
Lord Ironside
Imperial Defense Staff
Bury St. Edmunds
Italy
Mogilev Falls as Soviet Offensive Pushes West
The Red Army seized Mogilev and Osipovichi on day six of a summer offensive, forcing the Dnieper line on a 75 mile front. Zakharov’s Second White Army captured Skhov and Bykhov, with massive German losses and a rout described by Moscow dispatches. Ilya Ehrenburg called the aim Berlin.
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Adolf Hitler
Mogilev
Osipovichi
Red Army
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Dnepr
Matvei Zakharov
Zakharov
Minsk
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Ilya Ehrenburg
Berlin
Butte Hosts War Heroes Visit and Bond Show
War department officers and Lt John Dempsey arrive in Butte from Washington DC to attend events at Finlen hotel and Anaconda venues. The trip features a bond sale for admittance to a premiere of The Eve of St Mark and a program by local entertainers before the Spokane departure Friday night.
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Hamilton Street
Granite
Broadway
Washington, D. C
John Dempsey
War Department
Finlen Hotel
Anaconda
Anaconda Victory Labor Management Production Committee
Montana Hotel
Butte
Spokane
Childers
Kelly
St. Mark
Maxwell Anderson
Metals Bank
Hennessy, Symons and Penney
Rialto Theater
A. C. M. Bond Department
Fleet Attacks Kuriles and Pacific Front Advances Reported
Nimitz disclosed close air support from Aslito and ground advances around Saipan and Tinian as carrier based aircraft hit Guam Rota and Japanese positions. Attacks against Kuriles and Paramu shiru Shimushu include multiple bombings with returns and limited damage. Mexican government mobilizes 62 tank cars to speed fuel relief trains to Torreon area.
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Nafutan
Nimitz
U. S
Aslito
Tinian
Saipan
Marianas
Guam
Rota
Apra
Aota
Kuriles
Fleet Air Wing
Navy
Ventura
Paramushiru
Truk
Hall Islands
Marshalls
Torreon
Americans Capture 28 849 Nazis in France
Cherbourg report shows 28 849 German troops captured by American forces in France from D-Day June 6 through Tuesday night. 9 381 were taken on June 26, and 8 592 on Tuesday.
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Cherbourg
France
D-Day
New Zealand Leaders Face Postwar Labor Dilemma
Industrial leaders in New Zealand weigh options for a large pool of veteran workers and families who currently earn high wages but may be displaced when returning soldiers rejoin the workforce. The issue centers on maintaining employment while planning for postwar reconstruction and reemployment.
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New Zealand
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