City Will Honor War Dead at Ceremony Today
Butte plans a Memorial Day parade and graveside services honoring American war dead across four conflicts. The program opens with a service men and veterans parade at 9:30 AM from the courthouse. motorists are asked to avoid parking on Granite Street and Broadway during the procession.
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Veterans’ Organizations
Butte
Jack Duggan
Bart J. Riley
Granite Street
Montana
Main
Idaho
Allies Destroy Five U-Boats
British and Australian bombers and sea planes destroyed five German submarines between Iceland and the Bay of Biscay during a recent 10 day period of intensive U boat activity. Some other U boats were possibly sunk though no conclusive evidence was cited.
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London
U.P
Atlantic
Iceland
Bay of Biscay
Air Ministry
Admiralty
Berlin
Railway Worker Shot in Attempt to Wreck Fast Train
Fort William Ontario May 30 A railway section man Andrew Kosluk 50 was shot while replacing spikes after saboteurs removed them on the Montreal Vancouver Flyer line. He was wounded in the left shoulder and taken to hospital as police began investigations. The incident occurred near Pawtek ten miles west of Fort William with the train flagged down.
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Fort William Ontario
Canadian Pacific Railway
Andrew Kosluk
Kosliuk
Pawtek
Here
Fort William
Kaministiquia River
Montana Standard to Press Early
The Montana Standard published early Sunday night to observe the Memorial Day holiday. Inside, comprehensive news coverage is condensed into abbreviated form for readers.
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Montana Standard
Generals Hold Conference At Gibraltar Meeting
Madrid May 30 A La Linea dispatch says General Dwight D Eisenhower Allied commander in chief North Africa met Saturday night at Gibraltar with Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery deputy commander Gen Sir Bernard Alexander head of the British Eighth Army Gen Georges Catroux a Fighting French executive and two other generals not identified
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Madrid
German raid devastates English coast church and hotel
On May 30 Nazi planes struck a southwestern English coastal town injuring and killing many. A bombed church and a hotel were hit as 15 Focke-Wulf fighters raided, killing 21 children aged 9 to 15 and injuring others. Four raiders were shot down, one crashed in the street. Night raids followed along two East Anglian towns causing further casualties. A Catholic church nearby also suffered a direct hit.
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London
Focke-Wulf
De Gaulle Arrives in Algiers for Unity Talks
Gen Charles De Gaulle reached Algiers to meet Gen Henri Giraud for final unity discussions. He announced a new executive committee to govern France would meet at 9 30 a m Monday, with ministries headed by members of a provisional government. De Gaulle said conversations show agreement between London and Algiers and urged immediate unity of the French empire.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
DeGaulle
Giraud
French National Committee
London
de Gaulle
North Africa
Soviet Airmen Smash 456 German Planes
London report says Russian airmen and gunners destroyed 456 German planes last week, bringing the monthly total to 2,069. The Moscow bulletin noted continued air and land engagements from Kuban to Leningrad, with 118 Soviet planes lost that week, 518 for the month, while long range raids hit rear German rail hubs.
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London
Moscow
Kuban
Leningrad
Kerch Strait
Crimea
Gomel
Dniepper River
Bryansk
Karachev
Orel
Red Air Force
Chinese Retake Yuyangkwan in major clash near Chungking
Chinese troops recaptured Yuyangkwan, termed a key gateway to Chungking, after a smashing attack that cost the Japanese about 2,000 casualties. Northeast of Ichang Chinese forces advanced, while riverbank fighting along the Yangtze raged as Japanese thrusts were checked and retreat ordered toward Itu.
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Chungking
Yuyangkwan
Yangtze
Ichang
Itu
Changyang
13Th Imperial Division
Yuhsiho
Former Legion Commander Dies
James A. Crain, 72, a former national commander of the American Legion and an American officer who helped shape tank warfare strategy, died Sunday in Washington.
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Washington
James A. Crain
American Legion
Attu Island Conquered by American Troops
Memorial Day marked the U S seizure of Attu island after twenty days of brutal fighting in snow and fog. The Japanese base on Attu was reported fallen and the last large enemy force on the island annihilated by naval and ground actions. The War Department and Navy announcements framed Attu as a decisive Allied victory with the final enemy counterattack crushed in the Chichagof valley. Tokyo broadcasts argued differently, claiming a last attack and bows to the emperor.
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Washington
Attu Island
Navy
Aleutians
Chichagof
Attu
R. Ernest Dupuy
War Department
Battle of
Berlin
Tokyo Radio
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Japanese invasion plan warned for Crescent City coast
Washington representative Kilsoo K Haan claimed Japan would attack the American mainland between June and October. He said 60 percent of the Japanese Navy would be used and described a potent submarine fleet with troops and armaments, targeting Crescent City California as a beachhead backed by forest incendiaries and inland protection.
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New York
Kilsoo K. Haan
Washington
Korea
Japan
Crescent City
Calif
Haan
United States
Hawaii
Philippines
California
Frenchmen Drafted to Work in Germany
An official Berlin radio broadcast recorded in New York by the Associated Press says all Frenchmen born in 1922 are drafted for work in Germany with no exceptions. It notes that young people on farms and in other key trades will also be drafted.
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Germany
Berlin
New York
Associated Press
Allied Planes Batter Wewak In Heavy Raid on Airdromes
Allied heavy bombers raided Wewak in NE New Guinea, hitting the Boram and Wewak airfields with 13 tons of fragmentation and incendiary bombs. The attack started fires and damaged dispersal, revetment, storage, and aircraft. an ammunition dump near the airfield was detonated. Weather was poor, and defences noted Jap barges active along coasts with night movement.
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Boram
Wewak
Rabaul
Gloucester
Madang
Liberators
Kendari
Cape Gloucester
Catalina
Beaufort
Talasea
Admiralty Islands
Rambuto Island
Manus Island
Americans Target Italian Islands In Unopposed Air Siege
Allied air forces reported continued bombardment of Sardinia and Pantelleria by Mitchells Marauders and Lightning fighters with no fighter opposition. Bombing focused on docks airfields and railway yards as two Junkers 88 bombers were shot down. Reconnaissance over Leghorn showed major fire damage at an oil refinery and several ships damaged or set afire.
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Kuban
Leningrad
Barents Sea
Smolensk
Donets Basin
Allied
North Africa
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Mediterranean
Benito Mussolni
Malta
Porto Ponte di Romano
Italy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisian
Leghorn
Rome
Air Force
Increase in Point Values of Beef Expected for June
The OPA plans a monthly revision of red stamp point values likely raising beef points in June. Expect higher values for most beef cuts, reducing red coupon purchasing power. Pork lamb and veal adjustments expected but less drastic. Blue stamp values for canned goods may also be revised. Beefs hindquarters cuts anticipated to rise by one to two points per pound.
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Washington
OPA
Lieutenant Watt Missing in Aleutians
Pittsburgh May 30 Lieut Col James Richard Watt aged 30 commander of pursuit planes in Alaska has been missing since Sunday May 23 in the Aleutians his wife was informed by the War department
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Pittsburgh
James Richard Watt
Alaska
Aleutians
War Department
Tokyo Radio Claims 13 U. S. Cargo Ships Sunk
The Toyo radio on Sunday claimed 13 American ships totaling 111400 tons were sunk by Japanese submarines and aircraft between May 5 and May 20 and that 17 American submarines have been destroyed since April 3. A Japanese imperial headquarters communique heard by the United Press said sinkings indicate the supply line to Australia has virtually been cut to pieces and that the fate of American submarine warfare has been completely sealed.
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San Francisco
U.P
Toyo Radio
Imperial Headquarters
United Press
Australia
Montana Fights Plan to Raise Flathead Lake Level
Governor Samuel C. Ford calls it Montana last ditch fight against a Bonneville dam plan to raise Flathead lake level for power and irrigation. A public conference will be opened Tuesday in Helena, with a Kalispell hearing Thursday. Local groups and several associations oppose the proposal and plan protests to federal officials. Delegations from Kalispell, Polson, Missoula, Great Falls, and Butte will discuss the plan.
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Montana
Flathead
Helena
Sam C. Ford
Flathead Lake
Columbia River
Bonneville Administration
Paul J. Raver
Army Engineers
Kalispell
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Montana Stockgrowers Association
Western Montana Fish and Game Association of
R A F Bombs Key Nazi Arsenal City Wuppertal Raid
London reports that over 1,500 tons of bombs were dropped on Wuppertal in a heavy RAF raid described as among the heaviest of its kind. The attack, part of a week of intense bombing on Germany, hit the Ruhr city between Essen and Duesseldorf, with fires breaking out at chemical plants. Sixty? three RAF planes were lost as German defenses lit up the night sky, though Wuppertal itself was found largely undefended.
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London
Wuppertal
Hitler
Ruhr
Essen
Duesseldorf
Air Ministry
Ceremany
Dortmund
Ruhr Valley
French Warships Join Allies in Alexandria Banner
French warships at Alexandria reportedly shift to the Allied banner after three years of immobilization since France fell. The fleet, led by Lorraine battleship and including Duquesne Tourville Suffren Duguay Trouin Fortun Basque Forbin Protee, would sail to New York to join Richelieu for refitting.
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London
Alexandria
France
Berlin
Duquesne
Tourville
Suffren
Duguay Tourin
Fortune
Basque
Forbin
Paris
New York
Richelieu
Dakar
Rene Emileet
Omander
Godfroy
Henri Petain
Alli
Giraud
Charles de G
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Legion
Attu Isle
U.S
New Guinea
Daniel DE Luce
U. S
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