Seventh War Loan Dinner And Show In Butte
Larry Smith arrives in Butte for the Seventh War Loan dinner at Finlen hotel and the Mighty Seventh War Loan show at the Montana theater tonight. D M Kelly of Anaconda Copper will speak and Smith will headline with an auction of mining lodes. Max Dean will preside. Tickets remain at Chamber of Commerce, $1.25, and must be bought Monday.
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Butte
Larry Smith
Pearl Harbor
Finlen Hotel
Montana Theater
Chamber of Commerce
Kelly
Hitler
Japan
Silver Bow
Henry A. Scovil
Montana Power Company
Smith
Silver Bow County
Prominent Butte Merchant H A Gordon Dies at 50
H A Gordon 50 prominent Butte businessman owner of Gordon Jewelry Store 113 North Main died suddenly at 2 45 Sunday afternoon in a local hospital where he had been a patient since Friday He lived at 425 South Arizona and was a World War I veteran with 18 months overseas duty Born in Philadelphia September 20 1894 he came to Butte in 1902 with his parents and later studied at Garfield school Butte High School and Butte Business College He was an optician trained in Chicago and practiced in Tulsa and Kansas City before returning to Butte in 1922 (Continued on Page 2 Col 4).
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H. A. Gordon
Butte
Gordon Jewelry
North Main
Gordon
Mr. Gordon
South
Arizona
89Th
France
Germany
Philadelphia
Anne Gordon
Abraham Gordon
Garfield School
Butte Business College
Chicago
Tulsa
Okla
Kansas City
Soldier Escapes Harm as Helmet Deflects Bullet
Manila report says Pfc. Joseph Montanez of Pasadena California wore his helmet backward and a Japanese bullet struck the rim but lost its force. The helmet, worn low on the back, saved his forehead while Montanez continued fighting all night as his company killed 51 Japanese.
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Manila
Joseph Montanez
Pasadena
Calif
Montanez
Truman Seeks Reorganization Powers Hit Congressional Snag
President Truman’s push for permanent authority to reorganize executive agencies faces early resistance in Congress. House Expenditures Chairman Manasco introduced a bill exempting 22 agencies and requiring a majority in both houses to approve, signaling a cautious path forward despite urgency.
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Truman
Manasco
D-Ala
House Expenditures Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Department of Commerce
Henry Wallace
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Labor Department
Big Four To Explain Yalta Voting Formula For Security Council
In San Francisco on May 27 the Big Four prepared a joint statement on the Yalta security council voting formula. Drafting experts refined wording after 22 questions from small powers, with Stettinius set to speak Monday night on progress. France remains sidelined though slated as a permanent member with veto power.
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U.P
Little Nations
Yalta
Security Council
World Organization
Big Four
France
Russia
United Kingdom
China
United States
Stettinius
Fairmont
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Nazi Field Marshal Von Greim Dies By Own Hand
Paris May 27 Field Marshal Robert Ritter von Greim last chief of the German air force committed death by his own action in a Salzburg hospital. The 53 year old swallowed poison used by Himmler and von Friedeburg after being in Allied hands. He had succeeded Goering April 26 and was found May 9 with a minor flak wound in a Luftwaffe hospital at Kitzbuehel. A small empty vial lay beside his bed as coffee and sandwiches were found.
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Robert Ritter von Greim
Salzburg
Supreme Headquarters
von Greim
Heinrich Himmiler
Adm
Hans-George von Friedeburg
Hermann Goering
Kitzbuehel
Austrian Tyrol
Luftwaffe
Berlin
Himmler
Heavy Guns of U.S. Fleet Units Team With Land and Carrier Planes
U.S. fleet units coordinate with land and carrier based aircraft to bombard Japanese heavy guns. reports indicate heavy losses in the Philippines with casualties numbering in the hundreds of thousands, highlighting intense combat in this theater.
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U.S
MacArthur cites 378427 Japanese dead and captives in Philippines drive
General Douglas MacArthur announced steady progress in the Philippines campaign on Luzon and Mindanao with 8,100 enemy dead and 508 prisoners taken in the week ending Saturday. American losses were 389 killed 15 missing and 1002 wounded. Total tank casualties reached 48044 as bombers delivered 426 tons supporting ground operations.
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Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Mindanao
MacArthur
Davao
China Sea
Indo-China
East Indies
Kudat
Borneo
Two Troy Soldiers Earn Medal of Honor for Saipan Heroism
In Troy New York on May 27 two members of the same regiment Lt Col William J O Brien 44 and Sgt Thomas Baker 28 were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism on Saipan. They refused evacuation and held their lines despite severe wounds as Japanese attacked in July. Baker remained at his post until ammunition ran out and was carried to the rear by a wounded comrade.
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Troy
N. Y
Saipan
Patterson
William J. O’brien
Thomas Baker
Baker
Strong Patrols Probe Lines in Shuri Area
Guam May 28. Heavy ships and air power shell and bomb near Shuri as Japanese forces withdraw from caves. Sixth Marine division holds the Asato river area in Naha amid continued rain and tough fighting on Okinawa's southern tip. Front dispatches report the Shuri defenses as the strongest encountered to date with cave after cave burned to deny use.
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U.P
Shurion
Okinawa
77Th
Shuri
Keye
Sixth Marine
Asato River
Naha
Little Hitler Foerster Captured by British in Hamburg
Albert Foerster once led Danzig Nazis and was known as the Little Hitler. He surrendered to a British lieutenant and sergeant at a Hamburg hotel without a fight, carrying a poison container like that used by Himmler. Foerster arrived in Hamburg May 15, regis tered under his own name, spoke with MPs during transport, and recalled meeting Churchill in 1938.
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Paris
U.P
Albert Foerster
Hitler
Danzig
Hamburg
United Press
Foerster
Heinrich Himmler
Luebeck
England
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Foerser
Chinese Troops Recapture Yungning Port
Chinese troops seize Yungning Port in the south, recapturing a major treaty port and cutting Japan's overland supply line to Indo-China and Singapore. The victory, described as China’s most important in months, follows the recapture of Foochow and advances toward Shaoyang, widening the counteroffensive.
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Yungning
Nanning
China
Japan
Indo-China
Singapore
High Command
14Th Air Force
Burma
Thailand
Malaya
Manchuria
Chiang Kai-shek
Kwangsi
Chinese Seaboard
Foochow
Ningteh
Siapu
United States
Shaoyang
Pao
Italians to freely circulate in most Italy from Monday
The Allied commission announced that Italian civilians may circulate freely through most of Italy starting Monday. Control will continue on merchandise as an economic measure to stop price soaring in northern Italy.
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Rome
Italy
Allied Commission
Wallace Public Magna Carta for the Small Business Man
Secretary Henry Wallace released a report by the small business advisory committee calling it a Magna Carta for the small businessman. It urges tax relief, management aid, and finance actions, including raising the excess profits exemption and long term government loan guarantees with bank participation.
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Wallace
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Henry Wallace
Department of Commerce
Japan
Tension Gains in Syria and Lebanon
London reports mounting crisis as Senegalese troops arrive in mandated Syria and Lebanon. French forces shell Aleppo hub while Damascus braces with sandbags and volunteers join a rising national guard. Syrians denounce French actions, call for Allied aid and independence safeguards.
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Damascus
Lebanon
Syria
Levant
Paris
Aleppo
Germany
Far East
Orient
Japs Call Urgent Cabinet Meeting Over Air Raid Damage
Premier Kantaro Suzuki summoned an extraordinary cabinet session to approve emergency measures after the Tokyo air raid disaster. Tokyo and Kobe and Osaka raids were reported, with broadcasts noting damage and a shift toward reconstruction efforts.
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San Francisco
Kantaro Suzuki
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
PCC
Kobe
Osaka
Japan
Associated Press
New York
Suzuki
Germany
FCC
Adolf Hitler
Four Garibaldi volunteers killed in Bari barracks bombing
Four members of the Garibaldi communist brigade in Trieste were killed and others wounded when two bombs exploded in their barracks on Saturday. The fighters backed Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia.
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Trieste
U.P
Garibaldi
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
U S Submarines Destroy Vast Japanese Shipping Totals
Admiral Nimitz announced in Guam that U S submarines have sunk 4 500 000 tons of Japanese shipping and 1 119 ships since Pearl Harbor. The figures cover warships and noncombatant vessels through May 5, with submarines nearly severing links between the Japanese homeland and its occupied territories.
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Guam
U.S
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Silent Service
Pearl Harbor
Apra Harbor
Ocean
Pacific
Reciprocal Trade Bill Faces Tough Senate Fight
Senator George of Georgia predicted a tough Senate fight over the reciprocal trade agreements bill. He will lead hearings starting Wednesday aiming to finish within a week and bring the measure to the floor. The bill grants 50 percent tariff cuts and extends the president’s authority for three years.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate
House
Okinawa cargo boom as supplies pour ashore
Okinawa supply officers expect monthly tonnage rival Honolulu as more than 1,000,000 tons of vital war cargo have been unloaded on the island since L day. Brig. Gen. Blanelock notes 200,000 gallons of aviation and motor gasoline and 33,000 gallons of diesel daily, with about 20,000 tons of cargo moved over the reefs daily. Since L day 19,600 casualties have been evacuated to rear areas.
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Honolulu
David HH. Blanelock
Washington, D. C
Blanelock
Florida
10Th Army
Montana Forecast West and East of Divide
Weather outlook for Montana shows west of divide partly cloudy Monday with scattered showers and afternoon thunderstorms and highs 60 to 70. East of divide, partly cloudy with scattered afternoon storms in Missouri headwaters and similar high temperatures, 60 to 70.
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Divide
Missouri
WPB Shifts to Industry Guided Reconversion Policy
Washington May 27 War Production Board promises to let business management guide industry into peacetime reconversion. Chairman J A Krug says remove regulations to lift initiative while ensuring munitions schedules are met. He notes some unemployment inevitable but warns against elaborate controls as economy adapts. He cites 6.6 million of 51.2 million civilian workers not directly harmed by armament reductions.
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War Production Board
J. A. Krug
WPB
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James F. King
Edward L. Thomas
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