Japanese Intensify Activity Against American Airmen and Soviet Offing
Allied reports indicate Japan is expanding operations toward Australia and may attack Soviet Russia. Gen. Yama shio is said to have moved toward Manchukuo possibly to command for an Siberia invasion. In New Guinea, Buna garrison and Kokoda supply dumps are targeted as Allies press air and ground operations.
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Siberia
Associated Press
Australia
Soviet
Russia
Chungking
Japan
Tomoyuki Yamashio
Malaya
Manchukuo
Buna
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
New Guinea Jungles Midways
Port Foresby
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Lae
MacArthur
Salmaua
Banda Sea
United States Army
Union Chiefs Seek Unity
Pittsburgh report notes CIO President Murray proposed renewal of peace talks with AFL President Green. A three member CIO peace committee would be formed and an AFL equivalent invited to discuss organic unity. Murray urged a joint CIO AFL committee with an arbitrator to handle jurisdictional disputes to curb work stoppages.
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Pittsburgh
Congress of Industrial Organ- Pets
American Federaion of Labor
C.I.0
Philip Murray
Murray
William Green
AFL
Green
A.P.L
A.P.L.C.I
Beer Revenue Drops in Idaho July Report
Idaho beer tax revenue fell slightly from July last year. July 1942 beer sales totaled 576 261 gallons vs 583 376 in 1941. Tax returns were 28 813 compared with 29 168 a year ago. Beer license revenue declined from 430 to 175.
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Boise
Idaho
Beer Revenue Division
Department of Law Enforcement
Bureau
Raiders Fire On Crowds
German air raids hit English seaside towns and inland venues during August holiday crowds. Bombing caused scattered damage with minor casualties and no fatalities reported as rescues searched debris. A Spitfire pursued raiders above the coast.
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London
England
North Midlands
Gandhi warns Britain as India faces tough path to independence
Mohandas K Gandhi in Hari jan warns that British refusal to grant independence may drive Indians toward welcoming a Japanese invasion. He calls for urgent concessions and says India seeks freedom without hindering the UN war effort. Rash Behari Bose broadcast claims Japanese troops near India’s eastern border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Harijan
British Broadcasting Corporation
Ramaswami Mudaliar
Imperial War Cabinet
London
United Nations
Gandhi
Britain
United States
All-India Congress Party
Congress
Balkrishma Sharma
Bangkok
Rash Behari Bose
Bose
Sugar quotas extended for July August to October
The Office of Price Administration extended increased sugar allotments for industrial and institutional users through September and October. Consumers receive 80 percent of normal supply and institutions 75 percent. The four month total adds about 160000 tons. Applications for the September-October period accepted after August 7.
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Washington (P
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Turkeys Save Local Crops Near Downey
Downey Nebraska area reports 4000 turkeys freed in wheat fields to curb grasshopper swarms. Victor Meyers AAA secretary says turkeys proved effective, reducing pest outbreaks after poison bait helped earlier. Birds were moved to infested fields, avoiding baited zones, and saved farmers thousands in potential losses.
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Downey
Victor Meyers
Bannock County
J. W. Steed
Arimo
Meyers
Arimo High to Operate Despite Teacher Shortage
Arimo High will operate with full staffing and needed equipment for the coming school year, says Arimo school board member O. E. Henderson. Henderson commented in response to county superintendent Scott D. Lowe’s report that the state urges temporary consolidations due to teacher shortages. Consolidations affecting Banock county would include McCammon and Aruno districts and neighbors Thatcher and Gia¢ districts.
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O. E. Henderson
Arimo
Tribune-Journal
Henderson
Scott D. Lowe
State Department of Education
Lowe
Banock County
McCammon
Aruno
Gia
Thatcher
Woman Motorist Dies After Car Strikes Building
Mrs Essie Moronda Moore a 53 year old Idaho Falls nurse and transient camp staffer died after her coupe veered toward center street striking the northwest corner of the municipal building at Center and First avenues. She died about 8 50 am at General hospital ten minutes after arrival. Witnesses say no one saw the crash and evidence shows the car hit hard enough to bend the steering wheel and smash the fend. Moore had lived in Pocatello and was connected with the federal transient camp service. She was to transfer to Driggs in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essie Moronda Moore
Seventh Street
Idaho Falls
Federal
Fair Grounds
Pocatello
Center
First Avenue
Moor
Poccatello Avenue
Rks
Nelson
Vincent Hospital
Idaho Fas
Moore
Tansient
Driggs
McConnell
Temperatures Rise as Summer Heat Persists
The article notes 13 days of low 90s with a Monday high near 91 and a forecast of rising temperatures. It mentions dry conditions stressing crops and widespread pests like Japanese beetles affecting honeysuckle. Sunrise and sunset times are listed as 6 23 and 8 49.
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Mercury
Coop Picnic At Ross Park Draws 296 Attendees
Port neuf Cooperative association held a Sunday picnic at Ross Park with 296 in attendance. Activities included races games and refreshments. Manager Clinton Keasling presented the financial report showing a net worth of 310000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portneuf Cooperative Association
Ross Park
Clinton Keasling
Brooklyn New York Twilight Scores Night Update
National Brooklyn in New York twilight reports no games scheduled and mentions Amérian as the only entry with no schedule listed.
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National
Brooklyn
New York Twilight
Amérian
Wounds Prove Fatal for Stanley Kobusz
New York reports the death of 19 year old Stanley Kobusz of Holyoke Massachusetts after a July 14 stabbing by three men. He endured seven stitches and a delicate operation aided by a transplant using his own blood before succumbing to double pneumonia and heart failure.
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New York
Stanley Kobusz
Holyoke
Mass
Edward Finestone
Stanley
Records Drive Aims to Swap Phonographs for War Records
The final drive in the Records for Our Fighting Men campaign runs this week led by the American Legion in Pocatello. Volunteers and organizations including Red Cross, Boy and Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, Moose Lodge, and Service Mothers collect usable records to exchange for modern ones for armed forces members. Donors may leave records at Red Cross headquarters, city hall, or local boxes. call 3062 to arrange pickup.
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American Legion
Bill Dohse
Pocatello
Red Cross
Edmund R. Cody
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion
Malcolm Martin
Legion Committee
Moose Lodge
Fort Hall
Tyhee
Inkom
Dietrich Building
City Hall
Rome Radio Fables On Coney Island Bathing Scene
A London listening post relays a Rome radio report claiming oil spills and bodies washing ashore at Coney Island. The New York bu reau of the Office of War Information counters with no bodies seen and about 900000 bathers present despite the suntan oil comment.
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New York
Coney Island
Rome Radio
Office of War Information
London
Atlantic
Navy Recruits 378 In Salt Lake City Record July
Lt. Richard W. Schiecht, in charge of the Salt Lake naval recruiting station, announced 378 men enlisted in the navy through his office in July marking an all time high for the area.
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Salt Lake City
Richard W. Schiecht
Salt Lake Naval
Navy
Confessed Slayer To Face Court In Denver Case
Detective Captain James E. Childers said all angles in the Philip Peters case were cleared and announced a murder charge would be filed Tuesday against Theodore E. Coneys the confessed phantom slayer. Coneys in jail called himself a damaged fool and described hiding for 10 months in a garret cubbyhole in Peters home.
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Denver
James E. Childers
Philip Peters
Theodore E. Coneys
Coneys
Spy Sabotage Case Reaches President for Review
A military commission that tried eight alleged Nazi saboteurs sent its findings to President Roosevelt. The president will review the case before any public disclosure of judgment or possible death penalties, with a decision expected after thorough review.
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Washington
Frank R. McCoy
White House
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Gunman Kills 2 Gamblers Near Times Square Bridge Club
In New York a masked gunman shot dead two gamblers at the White House Bridge Association club rooms near Times Square. Victims were Robert B. Greene 40 and Norris Wolenski 44. Police quote club manager Sam Adelman.
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New York
White House Bridge Association
Times Square
Arnold Rotshtein
Rothstein
Robert B. Greene
Sam Boston
Meyer Boston
Norris Wolenski
Broadway
New York City
Conrad Rothengast
Sam Adelman
Truck Fire In Center Street Subway Block
Portello fire department reports a 2 32 p m fire in the 200 block on West Center as a pickup exiting the subway burst into flames. The driver unloaded and watched the sacks and boxes burn with no damage beyond the truck’s contents. Cause unknown. driver’s name not learned.
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Portello
West Center
Piremen
Condition Improves for Local Postal Employee Sorensen
George H. Sorensen of 1509 North Garfield, a postal employee form Canal street area, was seriously ill at St. Anthony hospital. On Monday he was reported slightly improved though his condition remains serious.
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George H. Sorensen
North Garfield
St. Anthony Hospital
Russian Forces Counter Attack To Check Nazis
Soviet forces mounted counterattacks along the Don bend and near Kushchevka Salsk and Tsimiransk as German columns pressed on Rostov and the Caucasus front. Pravda reported Cossacks halting large German pushes with bombers aid while Russian rear guards withdrew south toward Taganrog Bay. The Berlin bulletin claimed German forces pushed Russians back near the Don and Sal rivers as the fight intensified.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Don Bend
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Red Army
Kletskaya
Kushchevka
Rostov
Don
Salsk
North Caucasus
Communist Party
Pravda
Gushchevka
Kuban
Elborus
Europe
Black Sea
Strait of Kerch
Yega
Taganroe Bay
Sea of Azov
Berlin
Tsimiransk
Sal
Tsimansk
Bond Buyers Set Mark for War Bonds inJuly
Americans bought 900.9 million in war bonds last month making it the second highest month. About 18 million workers had wage deductions and 110 thousand firms ran payroll savings plans. Over 8 thousand bonds of 25 denomination sold in July. Treasury gauges 20 million holders and Morgenthau set August target at 615 million.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Treasury
The
Nazis Move To Shield Norway With Second Front Plans
Berlin and Swiss press report extensive German maneuvers along the Norwegian coast to deter Allied invasion. Oslo fjords see suspended traffic and new minefields with long range guns at coastal bases. Pierre Laval ban on demonstrations tied to second front rhetoric, signaling caution for possible operation areas.
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Bern
Switzerland
Norway
Germany
Stockholm
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
Kristiansund
Trondheim
Ottero
Alesund
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Paris
Camas County Fights to Save Rail Line
Citizens in Camas Prairie say they are prepared to fight to keep the Union Pacific branch into Fairfield area after reports the railroad may seek ICC permission to lift rails from Fairfield to Hill City and Richfield to Fairfield. Local editor James S. Hartshorn warns no formal ICC application yet filed but urges collecting testimony on transportation losses. County growers insist rail loss would cripple farming and livestock, pledging a fight to preserve rail service.
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Fairfield
Camas Prairie Country
Union Pacific Railroad Company
ICC
Hill City
Richfield
James S. Hartshorn
Camas County
Hartshorn
Government raises set for thousands of workers
President Roosevelt signed legislation boosting pay for federal staff, mainly lower-paid workers. The minimum for full time adults rises from 1030 to 1200 dollars annually, with the budget bureau estimating total increases around 15.8 million dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
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Great Britain
Turkeys
Arimo High To
Royal Canadian Navy
By W. E. M
Rome
Center Street
Northern
Red Arms
Voronezh
Moscow War Bulletin
Morgenthau
Second Front
Camas
Rails
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