First U S Army Opens Assault on Siegfried Line Aachen
American First Army launches a full scale offensive across the Siegfried line and German frontier. Tanks and infantry push into Nazi territory along a 90 mile front. Aachen and border towns Hergenrath Gemmenich Forstebach are seized as engineers clear dragon's teeth defenses.
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U.S. Army
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Ruhr
Rhineland
U. S
Ninth Air Force
France
First
Hergenrath
Gemmenich
Forstebach
Football Season Opens Tonight in Butte Classic
The Purples of Butte High meet the Maroons of Butte Central at Naranche Stadium under lights at 8 pm opening the scholastic football season. Both squads seek a decisive championship win after last year’s scoreless tie as coaches Dahlberg and Sullivan prepare limited game experience.
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Butte
Butte High School
Butte Central
Naranche Stadium
Harry Dahlberg
The
Purples
P. J. Sullivan
Maroons
Weather forecast for Friday shows clouds and cool spell
Partly cloudy skies Friday with continued cool temperatures and scattered light showers.
Sheepmen Oppose C I O P A C Farm Labor Move
In Montana farmers and ranchers voice alarm at a C I O P A C drive to organize farm labor. George Mungas warns stockmen, Louis Andem calls out risks to sheepers with low prices, no floor in government policy, and markets that cap earnings while costs rise.
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C.I.O.P.A.C
Missoula
Montana
Montana Council For Progressive
George Mungas
Philipsburg
Montana Stockmen's Association
Louis M. Andem
Florence Sheepman
Andem
Russians Take Suburb of Warsaw
Russian and Polish forces seized the Praga suburb on the east bank of the Vistula and began a siege of Warsaw after an all night street battle. Rokossovsky and Berling led the advance with Polish patriots providing aid as bridgeheads on the river expanded. Meanwhile Zakharov’s Second White Russian army took Nowogrod near East Prussia, signaling a broad front movement.
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London
Warsaw
Praga
Vistula
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Zigmund Berling
Moscow
Germany
Oder
Rokossovsky
Berlin
Lomza
Narew River
G. F. Zakharov
Nowogrod
East Prussia
Allenstein
Dewey Attacks Roosevelt Over Prolonged Depression
Thomas E Dewey told a Sheridan crowd that one man caused the Depression lasting 11 years. He framed the election as a choice between continuing the New Deal regime or moving toward a free society with security and jobs for all.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Roosevelt
Thomas E Dewey
Candidate to Open Conferences in Billings Today
Thomas E. Dewey arrived in Billings and spoke of waging a first class fight to prove no indispensable man exists in government. He framed the campaign as a defense of free government and a total war effort.
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Billings
Thomas E. Dewey
America
Berlin
Tokyo
Dewey Campaign Promotes Nonpolitical Central Government
The article outlines a Dewey philosophy of government as an opposition to Roosevelt policy. It argues for reduced taxation, fewer bureaucratic controls, a break from federal wage and price controls, and state-led leadership to boost business and employment. It notes CIO influence and shifts in Roosevelt’s domestic strategy with Byrnes signaling realignment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dewey
Willkie
CIO Political Action Committee
Congress
Great Atlantic Hurricane Roars Through New England States
The hurricane struck Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts with winds over 80 mph flooding downtown Providence and Newport and submerging Cape Cod streets. A similar 1938 storm pattern caused extensive damage with unroofed homes and millions in crop losses as the storm moved toward Maine.
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New York
New England
Carolines
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Bangor
Atlantic Seaboard
Boston
Providence
R. I
Narragansett Bay
Newport
Island Park
Portsmouth
I. I
Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod
Yarmouth
Rhode Island State Guard
Camp Edwards
Newport County
Fort Adams
James
Japan Reports Yankee Attacks
Washington reports Japan claims giant B-34 Superliberator bombers attacked the Northern Kuriles for the first time and says heavy carrier air raids hit the Philippines. Transocean cites Japanese sources noting two bombers shot down and one damaged, with B-25 escorts.
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Washington
U.P
Japan
Kuriles Islands
Philippines
Transocean Agency
Tokyo
Kurile
Kamchatka Peninsula
Transocean
Lewis Partisans Crush Autonomy Move in U M W
In Cincinnati at the United Mine Workers convention on Thursday John L. Lewis supporters defeated an autonomy campaign. An overwhelming vote against changing district self-government rules drew boos as only about 100 of 2,500 delegates stood. The opposition failed to force a roll call.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Initial Losses Are Declared Unusually Light
U S forces land on Morotai in the Halmaheras 300 miles beyond New Guinea and rapidly overcome light Japanese resistance. MacArthur notes surprise landing and minimal early losses as air and naval bombardment supports the operation. The Morotai action opens a path toward Mindanao and strengthens the Philippines campaign.
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MacArthur
New Guinea
Morotai
Moluccas
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
U. S S
Mindanao
Davao
Halmaheras
Halmahera-Philippines
East Indies
Private Edward Sloan dies at Fort Harrison after war service
Pvt Edward B Sloan 35 native of Butte and veteran of the South Pacific Action died at Fort Harrison veterans hospital Helena after four months of hospitalization. He served 22 months in the southwest Pacific with the 162nd Infantry in the communications division and contracted malaria in New Guinea. He left Butte for the 1941 draft and trained at Fort Lewis. He was among the first to overseas duty after Pearl Harbor and volunteered to lead a six man comms crew during the New Guinea invasion.
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Edward B. Sloan
Butte
Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital
Helena
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Sloan
Sacred Heart
Fort Lewis
Wash
Pearl Harbor
162Nd
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Reich
Coblenz
By William F. Boni
Prum
Trier
Siegfried
Arras
Butte and Central
Gov. Ford
Seige
Poland
W. W. Hercher
Gardner Bridge
Dole
James F. Byrnes
William Dickinson
William L. Worden
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Sampans
South Pacific
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