American Bombers Strike Leghorn and Foggia In Major Italy Raid
Allied air forces concentrated a two wave assault with 100 Fortresses and Liberator bombers targeting Leghorn oil refineries and Foggia airfield. The strike, covering about 900 miles round trip from North Africa, hit ships and rail yards while suffering no losses.
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Allied
North Africa
U.P
Italy
Leghorn
Middle East
Foggia
Rome
Liberators
Sicily
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Europe
Grosseto
June 7 Call Draws Large Army Induction List
Board No. 1 notified about one fourth of its selectees to report for examinations on June 7 with many volunteers among them. Names include Clarence E. Watling and Alfred B. Lane, plus others from cities such as Helena and Placer. Board No. 2 and Board No. 3 schedule calls on June 7 and June 14 respectively.
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Board No. 1
Board No. 2
Army Recruiting and Induction Center
Board 3
Clarence E. Watling
South Gaylord Street
Evan J. Nevin
Madison
Alfred B. Lane
Elm
Jay D. Kelly
Silver Bow Homes
Ernest Hicks
South Clark
Robert D. Maguire
Martin W. Walsh
Princeton
John P. Lynch
Silver Bow
Jack S. Smith
Amherst
James J. Allen
Clark
State Director Halts Draft of Fathers Without Washington Authority
Helena May 29 Lt Col S H Mitchell Montana state selective service director says no father will be inducted until proper Washington authority is received and only if the father has children born on or before Sept 14 1942. He notes fathers in non deferrable jobs reclassified 1 A face induction after single and childless married men are exhausted, and stepchildren in the household count as dependent.
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Helena
S. H. Mitchell
Selective Service
Armed Forces
Washington
Byrnes Will Speak Monday Evening on Victory Effort
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes will address the nation Monday from 7 to 7 30 p m over the Blue network on America Mobilizes for Victory. The speech ties to the Textiles Go to War celebration in Spartanburg South Carolina, Byrnes home town, following indications it will mark an important production pronouncement.
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Washington
Office of War Information
James F. Byrnes
America
E.W.T
Byrnes
Spartanburg
8. C
White House
Meat for Miners Campaign Sent From Butte Committee
The Meat for Copper Production committee in Butte urges the public to press Congress for more meat for copper workers. It cites reduced rations, miner needs, and likely war production impact, listing ten points on meat supply, digging into weekly rations, canteens, boarding houses, and transfers while warning of union withdrawals.
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Butte
Butte Miners’ Union
Hearing on Lake Plan Set For Tuesday In Helena
Gov. Sam C. Ford pledges to press Bonneville dam officials to define and detail the Flathead lake elevation proposal. A hearing with the governor and Montana water board members is planned for next Tuesday in Helena, with protests noted from Missoula Butte Kalispell Polson Great Falls and Montanans Inc. Opposition centers on a possible 17 foot rise that could flood towns and alter communities for more power.
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Montana Water
Washington
Bonneville Dam Authority
Flathead Lake
Grand Coulee
Montana
Polson Bay
Flathead River
Helena
Sam C. Ford
State Water Conservation Board
Ford
Flathead Valley
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Kalispell
Missoula
Butte
Polson
Great Falls
Bonneville
Meat for Copper Production Committee Seeks More Meat
Butte labor management and community leaders back a meat drive for miners. J. J. Harrington says headquarters open at 112 Hamilton Street with a campaign to urge Congressmen to increase meat allotments. Residents urged to write to Washington. ten reasoned points support the request.
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J. J. Harrington
Meat For Copper Production Committee
Butte
Meat For
Copper Commando
Hamilton Street
Washington
Harrington
Attu Battle Nearing End as Japanese Hold Dwindles
American forces push remaining Japanese into a three to four square mile area on Attu as heavy fighting on Fish Hook ridge nears completion. The fight began mid week and is seen as the start of the island’s final conquest with Kiska next.
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Washington
Attu Island
Navy
Chichagof Harbor
Fishhook
Kiska
Attu
Japan
Kiska Island
Fish-Hook Ridge
Hull Has No Reports Standley Will Quit
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said he had no information confirming rumors that Admiral William H. Standley plans to resign as ambassador to the Soviet Union. White House secretary Stephen Early echoed Hull noting both would know if Standley sent official messages. officials remain cautious about unofficial chatter.
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Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
William H. Standley
United States
Soviet Union
Hull
White House
Stephen T. Early
Early
Standley
Roosevelt
Allied Bombers Hit Jap Bases
Allied Liberators from Australia conducted long range raids against Japanese air bases and shipping. Two bombs hit Soembawa and Bima on Soemba while another targeted the Lambang airdrome near Bali, extending Gen. MacArthur's strategic margin in the southwest Pacific.
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Allied
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Sumatra
Borneo
Java
Soembawa
Darwin
Bima
Lombok
Bali
Rambang
Waingapoe
Soemba Island
Nazis May Plan Violation of Swiss Neutrality
London observers raised the possibility that the Axis would violate Switzerland neutrality to speed Axis comunicaciones as Allies prepare to invade Europe. The warning from General Henri Guisan to keep hands off Swiss passes sparked puzzlement among observers about Switzerland’s wartime restraint.
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London
U.P
Switzerland
Europe
Henri Guisan
Guisan
Eisenhower Declines Decoration Until France Is Free
In Algiers General Henri Giraud placed the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who, in return, said he would not wear any decoration until France is fully liberated.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
Legion of Honor
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied Forces
France
Raid Declared Heaviest Made by Yanks
London dispatch reports the largest American heavy bomber raid from Britain hitting St Nazaire Rennes and La Pallice in France. U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators dropped 2000 pound bombs in strong daylight strikes as RAF forces followed across the channel into the invasion focused week. The exact count was not released but the force was described as a record with significant bullseye results.
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London
Britain
France
U. S
St. Nazaire
Rennes
la Pallice
Europe
Axis
Germans Hint at Retreat in Caucasus Fortifications
London dispatch reports German radio noting a Soviet battering ram forced Kuban forces to employ elastic warfare. It marks possible Red Army gains near Novorossisk and the Taman peninsula, though Moscow gave no progress updates and a midnight Soviet communique said fighting continued northeast of Novorossisk.
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London
Russia
Caucasus
Red Army
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Taman Peninsula
Temyruk
Moscow
Kuban River
Montana Wheat Output Seen Half of 1942 Level
Montana 1943 wheat production is expected to drop well below the 1930s average and far under 1942, with weather and war effects. No acreage restrictions next year will allow farmers to plant as much as possible, while the government contemplates paying bonuses for producing wheat rather than not growing it.
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Montana
U. S
United States
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Dayton
Yellow Bay
Blue Bay
Soldiers of
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Philipsburg
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Billings
Vern Haugland
Eisenhower
Rice Yahner
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