Navy Strikes Japs in Solomon and Aleutian Islands
United States forces push to dislodge Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands and Aleutians as Admiral Nimitz reports progress in the Tulagi area and attacks on Kiska. General MacArthur confirms naval and air strikes on Salamiana Lae Rabaul and other targets as part of a broader Pacific offensive.
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John H. Martin
Associated Press
United States
Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
Australia
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific
Admiral Nimitz
Navy Department
Washington
United States Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
Tulagi
Kiska
Aleutians
Nimitz
MacArthur
Solomons
Salamiana
Lae
New Guinea
Gandhi Arrests Signal Indian Civil Disobedience Push
In Bombay the arrest of Mohandas K Gandhi and other leaders followed the All-India Congress approving a mass civil disobedience campaign for immediate Indian independence. In Ahmedabad seventeen arrests were reported as authorities ban gatherings of more than five people.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
all-India Congress Party
Byston Grover
Idaho
Iece
India
Congress
Ahmedabad
India Nationalist Movement
Ahmadaabad
Congress Committee
Navy Probing Bid Frauds At Cramp Shipyard
The Federal Trade Commission filed nine complaints charging collusion and fraudulent bidding on Navy contracts for materials used to rehabilitate Cramp shipyard in Philadelphia. Central figure Charles Rohleder appears in all complaints. response time is twenty days and a cease and desist could follow if substantiated. A federal grand jury in Philadelphia has been investigating the yard amid Senate testimony.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Navy Department
Cramp
Philadelphia
FTC
Charles F. Rohieder
Cramp Ship Building Company
Rohleder
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Senate
President Nominates Idaho Postmasters
President Roosevelt sends to the Senate postmaster nominations in Idaho. Names include St. Anthony Wanda J. Andra sen Grace Lowell H. Merriam Kooskia Edward T. Gilroy Meridian John B. Cato Montpelier Fred L. Cruikshank Rathdrum Henry G. Reiniger Spirit Lake Rost J. Hamacher.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Idaho
St. Anthony
Wanda J. Andrasen
Grace
Lowell H. Merriam
Kooskia
Edward T. Gilroy
Meridian
John B. Cato
Montpelier
Fred L. Cruikshank
Utah Silver Queen Leaves Estate to Business Manager
Princess Engalitcheff known as Utah's Silver Queen reportedly left her fortune about 4 million dollars to her business manager Culve Sherrill. The Utah socialite born Susanne Bransford built wealth around the Silver King mine and traded marriages with A B Emery Edwin L Holmes and Radovan Delitch.
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New York
Nicholas Engalitcheff
Utah
Sherrill
the Mirror
Susanne Bransford
Kentucky
Princess Engalitcheff
West
Silver King Mine
A. B. Emery
Key Imbedded in Childs Larynx
Four year old Sharon Bell of Vancouver B C traveled 2500 miles by air and train to reach Temple University clinic in Philadelphia where surgeon Dr Chevalier Jackson prepared to remove a key imbedded in her larynx. The girl was accompanied by her aunt Eileen Murchison.
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Philadelphia
Sharon Bell
Vancouver
B. C
Chevalier Jackson
Temple University
Eileen Murchison
Sharon
New York
trans-Canada Airlines
Gordon Bell
County Sends Men to Army in Bannock County
Bannock county youths leaving for army service Saturday morning were given a send-off sponsored by Pocatello Masonic organizations. Myron Porges chaired the program. Finis Ben’s spoke and gifts including cigarettes were given. Martial music played as the farewell occurred at the Union Pacific depot. Similar ceremonies are planned for each group leaving under selective service. Everyone in Pocatello is urged to attend. The events are organized by Masonic groups, Pocatello Elks Lodge No. 674, and the Labor Council members.
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Bannock County
Pocatello Masonic Organizations
Myron Porges
Finis Ben’ S
Covs
Union Pacific Railroad
Smilar
Seective
Pocatello
Pocatello Elks Lodge No
Pocatello Labor Council
Pilots Sweep In 12 Inning Victory Over Cardinals
Boise defeats Pocatello 11 to 8 in 12 innings in a back and forth series tilt at home. Boise ties in the ninth with two runs then seals it with three in the twelfth. Carl McConnell to start for local mound duty Sunday night.
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Pocatello
Cardinals
Boise
Carl McConnell
Circus Man Dies Near Circus Grounds
GeorgeSingleton, 64 year old lot manager for Cole Brothers combined circus, died suddenly Saturday from a heart ailment while walking with his crew near the circus grounds. Mrs Singleton of Baldwin Park California was en route to Salt Lake City to meet him. Singleton began in the circus as a bill poster about four decades ago.
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George Singleton
Cole Brothers Combined Circus
Singleton
Baldwin Park Calif
Salt Lake City
Idaho Campaign Nears End For Primaries On Tuesday
Idaho candidates scramble as an apathetic turnout looms for Tuesdays nominating election. Senatorial hopeful Taylor trots Idaho on horseback seeking the Democratic nomination while facing rivals Francis M. Bistline James R. Bothwell Charles Gossett and Owen Stratton. Republican contenders include former Gov C A Bottolfsen William Detweiler and Thomas McDougall with incumbent congressmen seeking renomination.
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Carol Cross
Boise
Idaho
Taylor
Francis M. Bistline
Pocatello
House of Representatives
James R. Bothwell
Twin Falls
Charles G. Gossett
Owen T. Stratton
Salmon
John Thomas
Gooding
Tayior
William E. Boral
Presley Horne
Caldwell
John C. Sanborn
Hagerman
Tacoma stores close as wage talks fail amid war effort
Thirty Tacoma retail outlets including department stores and furniture shops shut after wage negotiations with AFL Retail Clerks collapsed. Employers cite defense job openings as reason, warning reopening uncertain for war duration. Clerks union denies a strike but confirms workers walked out after months of stalled talks. Wages sought ranged from 18.50 to 40 dollars weekly, vs current 15 to 31 dollars.
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Tacoma
Wash
AFL
United States Employment Office
Industrial Conference Board
Wace
Clerks
Verdict Says Childs Death Accidental at Inquest
In an inquest Saturday morning the jury ruled the death of five year old Larry Lloyd an unavoidable accident. The child was struck by a truck driven by Alfred A. Herman of Morris Knudsen Construction the trucker described the case as fatal. Survivors include his parents sister Maxine brother Jerry Lee and a grandparent. Panera services set for 2 pm Monday at Fifth Ward D. L. church with burial in Mountainview Cemetery.
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Larry Lloyd
Max FE. Lloyd
RFD 1
North
Arthur W Hall
Alfred A. Herman
Earl W. Spahr
Harry G. Shafer
J. G. Jensen
J K. Davis
H. H Locke
T. J. Waltman
W. H Wardell
John Jensen
Clive J Cooper
John Benolkin
James W Gregory
Henry C. Coffin
Morris-Knudsen Construction Company
Herman
N. Main
West Side
Bancroft
Idaho
Maxine
Jerry Lee
Lloyd
Union Pacific Railroad
Emery V. Lund
Boise Panera
Fifth Ward
D. 8
J. O. Anderson
Mountainview Cemetery
Mercury hits 95 Saturday and hot August forecast
Saturday saw a 95 degree high with a 52 degree low and a mean of 74 as heat continues. The August outlook shows little temperature change and voters face hot conditions with a push for turnout.
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Mercury
Potatello Municipal Band to Play Sunday Concert
The Potatello municipal band directed by Guy Gates performs a summer concert Sunday at 7 30 p m in Ross Park. Program includes Semper Fidelis, Il Guarany, El Capitán, Victor Herbert selections, Porter's Sal t ill na Band, National Emblem, Hungarian Fantasy and Stars and Stripes Forever.
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Potatello
Guy Gates
Ross Park
Tommy Terrell
Victor Herbert
Porter
Funeral services changed for Howard Jenkins Arimo
Funeral services for Howard Jenkins of Arimo, who died Friday, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, not Tuesday as announced. Burial will be from the Arimo school house.
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Howard Jenkins
Arimo
Buria
Allied and Axis Shipping Losses Reported in Mediterranean and Atlantic
American bombers damaged two Mediterranean convoys and torpedoed a U S merchant ship in the western Atlantic, bringing the Allied and neutral sinkings to 419 since December 7. A Japanese submarine shelled a medium passenger vessel off Australia with no damage.
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Mediterranean
United States
Atlantic
Thex Lin
U. SS
Alexapona
South American
Australia
United Nations
Nation Executes Six Nazi Saboteurs in War Crimes Case
President Roosevelt approved the military commission verdicts after the executions of Heinrich Heinck Richard Quirin Edward Ker ing Herbert Haupt Werner Thiel Hermann Neubauer. Ernest Burger and George Dasch received life and thirty year terms. The six were captured after Nazi sabotage attempts and their record remains sealed until after the war.
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District of Columbia
Heinrich Harm Heinck
Richard Quirin
Edward John Kering
Herbert Hans Haupt
Werner Thiel
Hermann Otto Neubauer
Ernest P. Burger
George John Dasch
White House
Roosevelt
Youth Fatally Hurt in Fall at Idaho High School
Preston Idaho report says 17 year old TM-Reid Maughan died after injuries from a fall while helping re roof the high school building where he worked. He was the son of Howard J. and Mrs. Maughan. Mrs Maughan is Idaho Congress of Parents and Teachers state president. He is survived by six siblings including Ray Maughan of the forest service and Helen Maughan of the farm security administration.
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Helen Maughan
Farm Security Administration
St. Anthony
Leaders to address war production needs on CBS broadcast
President Roosevelt and other war leaders will outline critical war production needs in a Sunday CBS program from 2 to 2 20 p m eastern wartime. Elmer Davis will read the president's message on the army navy production award initiative.
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Washington P
Roosevelt
CBS
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Europe Waits For Invasion
Europe remains tense as Nazi forces brace for possible allied invasion across the continent. Prague reports indicate fear in Bohemia and Moravia as workers are diverted to fortifications while aerial and ground defenses are readied behind front lines. Travelers via Istanbul describe German fears of a front from Norway to the Pyrenees and large airborne staging points. Ankara notes 150000 to 180000 Germans and Italians in Greece held briefly to avoid being redeployed. Stockholm reports Norway under alert since August 1 as Quisling’s party vows resistance against American and British forces.
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Bohemia
Moravia
Europe
Prague
Istanbul
Turkey
Ivasion
Norway
Pyrenees
Westphalia
Germany
Rhineland
Ankara
Greece
Africa
Stockholm
Reuters
Vidkun Quisling
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Maikop
Caucasian Mountains
Kuban
Armavir
Kurgannaya
Red Star
Kotelnikovski
Voronezh
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Kropotkin
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Kretskaya
Gandhi
Navy
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Silver Queen
Prince Engalitcheff
Chicago
Ivan the Terrible
Santa Barbara
Calif
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Red Cross
Robert T. Frederick
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