Russians Strike Deep as 125000 Nazis Are Reported Killed or Captured
Soviet forces drive toward Minsk and Slutsk with Rokossovsky’s First White Russian army outflanking Bobruisk. Reports say within 35 miles of Minsk and 40 miles northeast of it with Petrozavodsk fall opening rail routes. Stalin announced capture of Bobruisk and Petrozavodsk as part of a major summer offensive.
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Bobruisk
Warsaw
Berlin
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Bobruisk-Minsk
Red Army
Minsk
Slutsk
Moscow
Rokossovsky
Nakhovsky
Leningrad-Odessa
Petrozavodsk
Karelian Republic
Kondapoga
Leningrad-Murmansk
Russia
Karelia
Anaconda Man Benjamin Daniels Dies After Long Illness
Anaconda resident Benjamin Daniels, born in Wales, died after a long illness. He came to Anaconda more than 50 years ago and worked in the Sunny Side poultry business for 12 years. Funeral services set for 2:30 Friday at the Pony Chapel with L. Van Brocken officiating. burial to follow in Hill Cemetery.
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Anaconda
Benjamin (En Daniels
Wales
Sunnyside
Daniels
L. van Brocken
Hill Ceme
Vichy Cabinet Meets as Resistance Rises Across France
The Vichy cabinet holds morning sessions amid reports of assassination of Propaganda Minister Philip Hen riot and widespread fighting. Maquis clashes and heavy sabotage surge in the east near the Swiss frontier central Massif and Pyrenees with German losses numbered around six hundred and Maquis losses about two hundred twenty.
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Vichy
Philip Henriot
France
Massif
Pyrenees
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Interior
Indre
Normandy Battle Line
Ain Department
Switzerland
Doubs
Jura
Haute-Savole
Germans Ramp Up Reinforcements in Normandy Battle
Allied air and sea operations press the German forces as British and American troops push across the Caen area. Casualties, tank counts, and prison totals are updated amid heavy hedgerow fighting and Allied aerial dominance.
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Ile Pelee
Cherbourg
Cap de la Hague
Britain
Charles Hunter Gerhardt
Clarence R. Huebner
Caen
Montgomery
Odon
St. Lo
Normandy
Dewey Endorses G O P Platform in Western Campaign
Dewey backs the GOP platform as Herbert Brownell Jr directs the national show. He meets with party leaders, questions the platform's foreign policy, approves a world court, and reiterates support for the 13th through 15th amendments while discussing civil rights and the SEC. He opposes an international police force and defends state insurance regulation and postwar economic aid.
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Herbert Brownell, Jr
Spangler
Dewey
Alf M. Landon
Edgar Brown
National Negro Council
Washington, D. C
National Committee
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Hull
Americans Strike Deep in Germany Across Regions
Allied air forces hit multiple German targets including four air bases in France and Bulgaria and five rail centers in France Germany and Romania. RAF Halifaxes aided the campaign while Mosquito bombers struck Saarbrucken and an Essen oil plant. Ninth Air Force fighters damaged freight cars and locomotives in central France and shot down seven German fighters.
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Romania
France
Bulgaria
Germany
Saarbrucken
Essen
Ruhr
Mediterranean Air Force
Danube
Giurgiu
Leipzig
Cap de la Hague
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Dreux-Argentan- Chartres
Nantes
Rennes
St. Nazaire
Vitres
Rites Held for Former Mayor in Anaconda
Funeral services for Ralph E. Thorson former mayor and prominent businessman of Anaconda were held at the Elks temple and First Presbyterian church. Rev George L Van Bockern led the services with vocal solos by Mrs Lindblad and Mrs Glen Dyer. Burial followed in Hill cemetery with Acacia lodge officers conducting graveside rites. Pallbearers included Ira Gnose Jr Barney Larsen William R Taylor William Forsman James Ferkin and Charles Lagergren.
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Anaconda
Ralph E. Thorson
Elks Temple
The
Elks Lodge
Arthur Lindblad
Lindblad
George L. van Bockern
First Presbyterian Church
Glen Dyer
Missoula
Hill Cemetery
Acacia Lodge No. 33
A. F
A. M
Ira Gnose, Jr
Barney Larsen
William R. Taylor
William Forsman
James Ferkin
Charles Lagergren
Posthumous Purple Heart Awarded to Pvt Donald Eldridge
The War Department awarded the Purple Heart posthumously to Pvt Donald W. Eldridge who had served in the Philippines. The citation was sent to his mother Mrs W B Eldridge formerly of Arlee.
Liberators Hit Caroline Isles in Far Pacific Offensive
Allied air and sea operations in the Geelvink bay Biak area report ongoing mopup of Japanese forces. PT boats destroy two ammunition barges as Far Eastern Air Force bombers strike from Admiralty bases in a long-range raid. MacArthur notes 90 ton raid on Rabaul and 80th consecutive bombing day. Noemfoor airfields wrecked. Japanese forces isolated along Aitape Wewak coast. January 1941 merchant fleet totals cited.
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Geelvink Bay
Biak Island
Far Eastern Air Force
Admiralty Islands
Caroline Island
MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomons
New Guinea
U. S
Dutch New Guinea
Aitape-Wewak
Noemfoor Island
Noemfoor
Stubborn Jap Garrison Is Wiped Out In Marianas Fight
The report notes Japanese raids near US areas with two raiders shot down by anti-aircraft fire. American air superiority persists over the Marianas as ground forces advance, trapping Garapan and neutralizing Tinian positions while Liberators strike Truk and raids target Marshalls and Carolines bases.
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United States
Nimitz
Marianas
Saipan
Central Pacific
A. A. F. Liberators
Truk Atoll
Marshalls
Carolines
Garapan
Tinian
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Reich
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Zemo
Dijon
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Paris
G.O.P
Nature
Dean
Alo Symons I
Tierney Bros
Peterman
Liberators
Caroline Isles
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Navy
Hennessy’s Paint Center
MaGrearot
Magicolor
Magicolor A. P.C. Cz
Magicolor Enamel
Dahd Aarc
Wearcote
Ats
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