War Bond Show Brings Heroes Kelly and Childers to Butte
Commando Kelly and Chief Childers, Medal of Honor recipients, urged Butte audiences to back the Fifth War Loan with full home-front support. They described tough Italian mountain fighting and stressed that victory hinges on civilians supplying food, ammunition, and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Raff
Kelly
Childers
G. I. Doughboys
Charles E. Kelly
Ernest Whilders
Butte
Worlds
Hilders
Oken Arrow
Okla
Northwest Airlines
Italy
Lt. Childers
Outstanding Fox Theater event features war heroes and Bond drive
A gala show at the Fox Theater 8 p m presents Lt Ernest Childers and Tech Sgt Charles E Kelly MOH recipients. The program supports Silver Bow county Fifth War Loan bond sales with Maxwell Anderson's The Eve of St Mark premiering locally and a notable lineup including five year old accordionist Joanne Gianino. Proceeds aid bond purchases as Labor Management committee organizers report a near sellout and tickets remain available for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Childers
Charles E
Commando
Commando) Kelly
Fox Theater
Victory Labor - Management Committee
Silver Bow County
Butte
Maxwell Anderson
St. Mark
William Eythe
Anne Baxter
Labor Management Group
Joanne Gianino
Fox and Rialto Theaters
Labor Management Committee
Theatrical Stage
Bond
Tottering Vichy Cabinet Meets in Extraordinary Session
Allied and Axis dispatches describe fierce Maquis fighting three sectors into France as the Vichy government, alarmed by the rising revolt, convened in a tense extraordinary meeting. Rome reports underground coordination between French and Italian groups on border-front partisan actions against German forces. A Transocean broadcast said the gathering, led by Pierre Laval, included all ministers and state secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Parris
London
U.P
France
Vichy
Sesson
Rome
Transocean
Pierre Laval
War Bond Sales Hit 79 Per Cent of Quota
War bond sales in the Fifth War Loan drive total $12.605 billion through Wednesday, reaching 78 per cent of the $16 billion quota. Ted R. Gamble, War Finance director, reported the daily increase of $2.271 billion, with individuals contributing $2.869 billion and non banking investors $9.738 billion toward their respective quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ted R. Gamble
Liberators Bombard Caroline Isles In Major Pacific Raid
Allied announcements report Liberator bombers of the Far Eastern Air Force attacked Yap Palau and Sorol island in the Carolines Tuesday night. Other bombers swept Japanese bases in New Guinea, destroying or damaging 22 barges. Four enemy barges were damaged at Kairiru island and 16 barges at Mushhu island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Far Eastern Air Force
Yap
Palau
Sorol Islands
Carolines
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Sorol
Peleliu
Mushhu Island
Wewak
Kairiru Island
Possible
Russians Drive Deep as 125000 Nazis Fall or Surrender
Soviet forces in White Russia report more than 125000 Germans killed or captured in the first week of summer operations. Bobruisk falls as Minsk tightens. Petrozavodsk is seized and the Leningrad Murmansk line cleared. Over 177000 Germans reported killed or captured in four days, and 1050 towns seized in rapid advance toward Warsaw and Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
White Russia
Bobruisk
Minsk
Petrozavodsk
Republic
Leningrad- Murmansk
Russia
Moscow
Polotsk
Vilnius
Vilna
Lithuania
Warsaw
Berlin
Orsha
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Poland
Reich
Mogilev
Soviet Information Bureau
Dewey Endorses G O P Platform in World News Conference
Gov Thomas E Dewey outlines joint decisions with Gov John W Bricker and welcomes Wendell Willkie input as he endorses the Republican platform. He begins broad intra party conferences with national committee members state chairmen and leaders including Herbert Hoover. He will decide major policy with Bricker and moves to plan the national committee leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Dewey
Bricker
Columbus
National Committee
Harrison E. Spangler
Germans Say Paris Residents Try to Lynch Americans
Berlin radio quotes a Paris dispatch claiming Paris residents tried to lynch American prisoners as they were marched through the city. The report says nearly 1,000 Allied prisoners were moved from Gare Du Nord to Gare De Lest amid crowd trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London
Berlin
Gare du Nord
Gare de Lest
Americans Reach Near Leghorn as Fifth Army Advances in Italy
Fifth Army and French forces push north through western Italy toward Leghorn and Siena while Germans abandon roads and destroy villages to slow the advance. American units reach within 28 miles of Leghorn and 12 miles of Siena with gains around Castagneto and Monticiano. British Eighth Army also reports steady progress near Lake Trasimeno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Packard
Rome
Fifth Army
Leghorn
Florence
Siena Highway
Italy
Lake Trasimeno
Eighth Army
Win Highway
Castagneto
Siena
Monticiano
Rome- Florence
Montalcinello
River Secco
Orcia River
San Querico d’Orcia
Montalcino
Pienza
Monticchiello
Montana Forecast Mostly Clear With Afton Storm Risk
Montana weather outlook shows Friday mostly clear skies with a chance of local afternoon thunderstorms in the southwest. Continued warmth with high temperatures in the upper eighties across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Saipan Furor: Japanese Garrison Annihilated at Nafutan Point
After 13 days of fierce fighting on Saipan, U.S. ground troops wiped out a stubborn Japanese garrison at Nafutan Point. Adm. Nimitz reports 500 to 1,500 Japanese killed or captured as Marines push north toward Mount Tapotchau. Carrier strikes by Adm. Mitscher’s fleet hit Pagan and surrounding targets as air power clears the northern Marianas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Tyree
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Nafutan Point
Saipan
Chester W. Nimitz
Marc Mitscher
Pagan Island
Marianas
Truk Atoll
Adm
Nimitz
Narutan Point
Garapan
Mount Tapotchau
United Press
Richard Johnston
Tapotchau
Admiral Mitscher
Guam
Hengyang Holdout Amid Heavy Japanese Assault
Chinese garrison at Hengyang resists intensivified Japanese attack while the invaders seize the American airfield outside Hengyang. Reports say both sides suffer heavy losses as U S fighter-bombers strike targets around the city and airfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Hengyang
Hunan Province
Hankow-Canton
Hunan-Kwangsi
Chinese Central News Agency
Joseph W. Stilwell
Fourteenth A. S. Air Force
Claire L. Chennault
British Troops Land East Bank of Orne Estuary at Coupbourg
Paris radio reported by Reuters says Allied forces landed on the east bank of the Orne estuary and captured the port of Co Bourg. The broadcast credits British and Canadian troops with the landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Reuters
Orne Estuary
Cobourg
Americans Strike Deep in Germany
Allied forces push toward Caen area and expand the Odon river bridgehead as German reserves pour in from the south and east. U S air power targets rail centers, factories, and oil plants from Berlin to the Pas de Calais, with heavy bomber and fighter escorts losing planes but inflicting widespread damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Germany
Normandy
Odon River
Mondrainville
Tourville
Paris
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montfort-Sur-Aisle
Cherisy
St. Paul-Courtonne
Orleans
Ors
French
Orne River
London
U. S
Normandy Battle Field
Leipzig
Oschersleben
Aschersleben
Madgeburg
Bernberg
Wittenburg
Berlin
Pallersleben
Hannover
Bohlen
Celle Stendal
Urg
Pas-de-Calais
France
England
Channel
Europe
Cherbourg
Ninth Air Force
Bay of Biscay
Joint Chiefs of Staff Alarm Over Optimism in War
General Marshall Admiral King and General Arnold warned President Roosevelt that an optimistic mood could threaten victory. They urged Americans to stay at their posts, noting desertions at front and home would delay success while praising progress and U.S. war production toward final victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Army
Adm
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Normandy
German Efforts Not Successful On Normandy Front
On the Caen area front the German XVIII Army under von Rundstedt throws armor into a flank squeeze as Montgomery’s forces push across the Odon. Allied air power devastates German vehicles while German counterattacks near Grainville and Mouen meet strong British fire. British gains widen the corridor across the Odon and left flank holds most of the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger D. Greene
Normandy
Karl Ruedolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Odon River
Bernard L. Montgomery
Caen
Odon
Orne
von Rundstedt
Grainville
Caen-Tilly
Colleville
Mouen
Baron
Esquay
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Infantry
Liberators
Caroline Isles
G.O.P
Chiusi
Perugia
Gubbio
Vancouver
U.S
Pagan Isle
North Marianas
Pagan
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