Allies Warn of Invasion as Italy Faces Pounding
Allied broadcasts from Algiers told Italians land forces would soon invade the mainland after resumed aerial offensives. The message urged unconditional surrender, denounced Mussolini and Badoglio, and noted intensified air raids on Italian targets as civilians fled coastal and metropolitan areas.
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Associated Press
Algiers
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
U. S
Naples
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mussolini
Madrid
Rome
Vatican
Badoglio
London
Red Army Drives Nazis From 100 Villages Near Orel
Soviet forces pounded the Orel area with advances from five to 74 miles and forced the Nazis from 100 villages and 40 more to the north and northwest. German losses ran high as Red Army engineers cleared 4,000 mines and captured war material amid continued pressure around Orel and the central front.
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Moscow
Orel
Orel-Bryansk
Red Army
Orel Sems
Lewis Waits For Action on UMW Readmission
Washington report suggests John L. Lewis may withdraw the United Mine Workers readmission bid if no AFL approval comes before the October AFL convention. Allies note he will not split District 50 of mixed-goods workers to gain re affiliation, a move that could trigger a fight over jurisdiction with AFL unions. District 50 includes gas, coke and chemical workers plus railway, dairy, and construction staff.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Friends of
SMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Associates
UMW
AFL
Idaho license sales reach record pace for 1943
Idaho sportsmen buy 1943 fishing licenses in record numbers. Allen N. Miller reports sales from April 1 to August 1 at 60,569, down from last year’s 62,630 but above two years ago’s 57,203. July sales totaled 16,149, slightly below last year.
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Boise
Idaho
Allen N. Miller
State Fish and Game Department
US Air Power Surges as 7000 Planes Monthly Hit Factories
Washington reports U S aircraft production now exceeds 7000 planes each month with 4500 to the Army Air Force, surpassing Axis output. Since Pearl Harbor, 73132 planes delivered. 1944 aim 95000 planes including bombers fighters transports and trainers.
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U. S
Army Air Force
Axis
Germany
Japan
Italy
Russia
Britain
Pearl Harbor
O. P. Echols
Air
USAAF
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Utah Thug Attack Reported in Salt Lake City
F. W. Sundall of Ogden told police two men overpowered him on South State Street and stole his wallet containing $35. The incident was reported in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
F. W. Sundall
Ogden
South State Street
Sundall
Bombs Strike Ploesti Oil Fields In Major Raid
United States Ninth Air Force Liberator bombers conducted a 2400 mile round trip dropping 300 tons on seven refineries near Ploesti Romania. Brereton said the raid the biggest low level mass attack in history left the target area in flames and damaged axis fuel supply.
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Cairo
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Ploesti
Romania
Lewis H. Brereton
Middle East Air Command
High Command
Bucharest
Brereton
Victor H. Strahm
President of China Dies at 81 in Chungking
Lin Sen, 81 year old Chinese republic president, died after a long illness in Chungking. Chiang Kai Shek named acting president. He was with Lin Sen at death were H. H. Kung and Ho Ying Chin. Lin Sen became president in 1992 after Chiang Kai Shek resigned to focus on war prep. Born in Foochow, he studied in California before returning after the 1911 revolution.
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Chungking
Lin Sen
Chinese Republic
Chiang Kai Shek
Koomintang Central Committee
H. H. Kung
Ho Ying Chin
China
Japan
Foochow
Pukien
California
United States
Glider Crash in St Louis Kills Ten During Demonstration
A military glider with its right wing missing crashed near Lambert Field during the army's first public glider demonstration in St Louis. Ten people died including Ma William B Robertson mayor William Dee Becker and Thomas N Dysart. Other victims listed include Max Doyne Charles Cunningham Henry Mueller and Harold Kreuger.
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Army
J. R. Johnston
Army Air Forces
Robertson
Becker and Dysart
Max H. Doyne
St. Louis
Harold A. Kreuger
Robertson Aircraft Corporation
Paul H. Hazelton
Hearing Set for Three in Idaho Truck Theft Case
Wilbert Steele on parole from Idaho state prison faces arraignment with Richard Hack and Alma Weed before Justice of the Peace William J. Ryan on a grand larceny charge. The trio allegedly stole a truck from the Idaho Egg Producers association on Friday afternoon in the 100 block of South Second.
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Wilbert Steele
Idaho
Richard Hack
Alma Weed
William J. Ryan
Idaho Egg Producers Association
South Second
Residents Flee Berlin as Hamburg Bombing Shocks Nation
Berlin braces for a major air assault as Hamburg lies in ruins and leaflets urge nonessential civilians to evacuate. Berliners dig trenches and prepare air raid shelters while authorities warn of a new phase in the bombing war and trains carry wounded and homeless through the capital.
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Stockholm
Hamburg
Berlin
Germany
Aftonbladet
Dagens Nyheter
Ruhr
Burg
Reich
Ouster of fascist regime signals shifts in Europe
The essay argues that the downfall of the Axis leader will shake morale in allied and Axis countries, with Germany Bulgaria Romania Hungary Finland and the Balkans unsettled as fascism weakens. It notes Romania's dictatorship and predicts collapses aiding Allied influence in postwar governance.
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Mussiolini
Rue
Germany
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hungary
Finland
Balkans
Axis
Black Sea
Italy
United Nations
Europe
Boy Falls In River But Saved By Rock
Dale Larsen age 44, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Larsen of 746 North Johnson, wandered to fish after watching relatives load cars with tackle. He tied a wire to a large safety pin, dropped his line into the Portneuf, fell in, and was saved by a protruding rock. He later said he just thought about it.
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Dale Larsen
M. C. Larsen
North Johnson
Dale
Portneuf
VFW Officer Refutes Pardon Letter From Twin Falls Post
Gene Helms, commander of Twin Falls VFW, repudiates a pardon letter endorsing Duncan M. Johnston. He says the signatory message did not reflect the post’s views and notes only about six of fifty members attended the referenced meeting. He stresses the VFW is a veterans group, not a pardon body, and will not influence legal processes.
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Twin Falls
Twin Falls Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Duncan M. Johnston
Gene Helms
Helms
State
Johnston
Post
George Olson
Salt Lake City
Pardon Board
Ilness
V.F.W
Hospital Ship Rescues Downed Airmen Off Kiska
Six American fliers shot down by Japanese anti aircraft fire on Kiska were saved when a Navy flying hospital Catalina, piloted by Lt. Jessie B. Jolley, landed beside the crashed Mitchell. The crew included Lt. Everett N. Henrickson and Sgt. Lloyd H. Galloway.
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Adak
Alaska
Kiska
Navy
Everett N. Henrickson
Chicago
Jessie B. Jolley
Turlock
Calif
Henrickson
Lloyd H
Galloway
Myrtle
Idaho
Allied forces push in Sicily as Naples heavy bombing begins
Allied headquarters report an offensive across Sicily with U S troops seizing San Stefano and advancing toward Catania. Flying Fortresses bomb Naples dock areas while warships strike Italian coastal positions and disrupt railway lines near the Etna line. Patton's Seventh Army advances past Mistretta as French and German radios acknowledge attacks.
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North Africa
Sicily
U. S
San Stefano
Taxis
Eighth Army
Catania
Messina
Naples
Italy
Etna
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery
Odichine Air Field
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pietro Badoglio
Crotone
Seventh Army
Dance Closes At Sunrise
Eagle lodge hosts the Bannock and Shoshone sun dance on the second day under a hot August sun. Brav es sweat and fast through the three day ritual to seek health and crops, with the ceremony beginning at sunset and ending at dawn.
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Eagle Lodge
Willow and Cottonwood Lodge
Bannock Creek
Preston Names Queen at Night Rodeo Celebration
Preston selects Carma Oliver as queen for the annual Preston night rodeo and celebration on August 7. Attendants Maxine Condie and Edythe Lindhardt named by a committee led by Ha Swift of Preston.
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Preston
Carma Oliver
Maxine Condie
Edythe Lindhardt
Ha Swift
Harlem Quiet After Night Of Outbreaks
New York May 7 mayor Fiorella LaGuardia said Harlem disorders were under control after a night of outbreaks that left six Negroes dead and about 185 persons injured, 40 police officers hurt, and more than 380 arrested amid looting. Police and fire units held the area as traffic stopped and stores were looted.
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New York
Fiorella LaGuardia
Harlem
Two Questioned as To Theft of Jeep
Two civilian employees at the Pocatello army air base George Wood and Danny Rose were questioned in the theft of a jeep from the base center. A group of six youths aged 16 and 17 were treated for bruises and fractures after driving the jeep 16 miles toward the base and attempting to return it. The jeep was allegedly taken by the men on Thursday afternoon and abandoned near Inkom after a 16 mile drive while the youths found it parked at the Highway Inn in Inkom with the motor running and lights on.
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Pocatello Army Air Base
George Wood
Danny Rose
Inkom
Invere Lgating
Highway Inn
Will
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Pacific
Utah
Palermo
Army Air Base
Steele
Hack
Weed
Bingham County
Fort Hall
Idaho Egg Producers Machine
Nazi City
Duce
By Dewitt Mackenzie
VFW
Mistretta
George & Patton, Jr
Sicilian
Queen
Interborough
Independent
123Rd
Poli
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