Army May Preside With Hitler to Stay as Figurehead
Madrid dispatch says Berlin reports claim Reichsmarshal Goering and top Nazi leaders back an army governed regime with Hitler as nominal head. The army would direct press, production, rationing, civil affairs, and transport while using the Nazi party as a facade to avoid internal upheaval.
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Hitler
Madrid
Spain
Berlin
Reichsmarshal Ng
Adolf Hitler
Reegyelggenderg
Germany
Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Karl Doenitz
Navy
Coun
Giant Killers Sink Four Enemy Ships
Art Burgess reports from the flagship of a U.S. naval task force that the light force nicknamed Jack the Giant Killers sank at least four Japanese warships in Vella Gulf Solomons. A cruiser and three destroyers were destroyed with no American losses. The press embed describes torpedo blows and spectacular explosions as ships burned and sank within 80 minutes.
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Art Burgess
Jack
United States
Vella Gulf
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Kolombangara
Vella Lavella
Munda
New Georgia Island
U. S
MacArthur
Boy 14 Admits Killing Neighbor in Pa. Shooting
A 14 year old boy confessed to killing 17 year old Frederick R. Buckingham of Castenea township. Buckingham was shot in the head on his front lawn Saturday night as he sat on a bench. The youth is held without charge for investigation as Attorney Burritt L. Haag stated the admission.
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Lock Haven
Burritt L. Haag
Haag
Frederick R. Buckingham
Castenea Township
Convict Returned After Walla Walla Escape
Robert Kress one of six convicts who escaped from the state penitentiary last week was recaptured near Walla Walla Washington while hitchiking toward the city. He was brought back to Boise by Prison Guards Merritt Lavender and Forrest Leeper Saturday following his capture on Thursday.
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Boise
Robert Kress
State Penitentiary
Walla
Wash
Walla Walla
Merritt Lavender
Forrest Leeper
Baseball Scores No games scheduled
A brief listing notes no baseball games are on the schedule today. This placeholder entry records the absence of events and confirms no matchups or results to report.
President Roosevelt Returns From Canadian Fishing Trip
President Roosevelt came back to the capital after a weeklong fishing holiday on Manitoulin Island in Ontario. He traveled by a 10 car private train through Ontario to Birch Island and fished on his first afternoon, catching five black bass with a light trout rod.
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McGregor
Whitefish Bays
Lake Huron
Roosevelt
Capital
Hull
George C. Marshall
Little Current
Ontario
Manitoulin Island
Canada
Campobello
N. B
United States
Birch Island
Georgian Bay Area
Leaders May Meet To Decide Europe War Strategy
Allied victories in Russia Sicily and air battles over Germany push Roosevelt and Churchill to arrange a rapid conference. They last met in Washington in May and may plan another talks in Washington Casablanca or aboard ship to shape a European victory campaign and accelerate the Pacific war.
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Washington
Russia
Sicily
Germany
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hitler
European
Casablanca
Europe
Pacific
Normandie Salvage Reaches Key Float Milestone
Salvage engineers raise the former Normandie to a 49 degree angle at the North River pier, declaring the hull afloat and ready for refit. Navy notes total costs at about 3.05 million dollars with another 750 thousand needed before reconditioning as a transport.
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New York
Lafayette
Normandie
North River
B. E. Man
Navy
Hudson River Pier
Allied gains push toward Messina as Sicily drive advances
Allied forces in North Africa report major progress in Sicily with San Fratello and San Agata fell, Rom to Messina within 42 miles by air. British and American units push from Catania toward Randazzo and Etna while air strikes target railways and bridges. Americans land near San Agata in a Tyrrhenian amphibious move, taking 300 German troops.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Randazzo
Mount Etna
Cesaro
Eighth Army
Acireale
Messina
Catania
San Maria de Licadia
Associated Press
Joseph Morton
Torrenova
San Agata
Italy
Sicily
Messina Strait
San Fratello
Cesare, Bronte
Adrano
San Maria di Licodia
Tyrrhenian Sea
San Stefano
Sheriff Plans Guard at Victory Gardens After Theft Reports
Sheriff Alma Marley announced a guard will be stationed at the Victory Gardens north of the city after reports to President Alfred C. Corden of the Pocatello Victory Garden association that vegetables were stolen during the night. The sheriff pledges full protection from vandals and warns trespassers will be severely punished.
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Alma Marley
Victory Gardens
Alfred C. Corden
Pocatello Victory Garden Association
Victory
Soviet Fights With New Axis Reserves Near Kharkov
Russian tank forces push toward Kharkov from the north but meet stubborn German reserves near Dolzhik fifteen miles northwest of Kharkov. Soviet infantry reportedly advances through wreckage and mops up positions as battles continue.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Dolzhik
Ukraine
Office Silent On Rations
Washington reports say the Office of Price Administration has not ordered changes to gasoline rations though rumors of an east west equalization circulate. Officials expect a nationwide plan after a Byrnes report on supply and after which agencies will coordinate a final decision.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Rocky Mountains
OPA
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Prentiss Brown
Detroit
Russians claim advance toward Bryansk in special communique
AP dispatch reports Soviet troops allegedly advanced four to seven miles toward Bryansk and captured 80 populated places. In Idaho, James Stanger 74 and his wife Ann Barton Stanger 72 died from injuries after a motor car collision near Kimberly, with James dying in Twin Falls County General Hospital and Ann minutes after.
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London
Bryansk
Twin Falls
Kimberly
James Stanger
Hansen Rancher
Twin Falls County General Hospital
Ann Barton Stanger
LDS Leaders Name Five Assistants for Armed Forces
The first presidency of the Latter Day Saints announces five men named to assist in spiritual needs of church members in the armed forces. John Longden and Harry Clarke for Salt Lake area W Aira MacDonald for San Francisco Leo J Muir for Los Angeles and Willard L Kimball for San Diego.
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Salt Lake City
Latter Day Saints
Mormon
John Longden
Harry Clarke
Salt Lake
W. Aira MacDonald
San Francisco
Leo J. Muir
Los Angeles
Willard L. Kimball
San Diego
Bomber Crashes Near Wendover Causing Train Derailment
An army bomber crash landed seven miles east of Wendover Utah on Western Pacific tracks. Ten more flyers were injured and 26 freight cars derailed, tearing up 200 feet of rail. Second Lt. Richard L. Blue of Rantoul Illinois was fatally injured.
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Wendover, Utah
Here
Richard L. Blue
Rantoul
Ill
Wendover Air Base
U. S
Otto Kelly
Salt Lake City
Blue
Air Base
Albert EB
Shelley
Detroit
Jean W. Schimmel
Evansville
Ind
Francis A
Fire Burns Ketchum Home Of Guide Austin Lightfoot
Guide Austin Lightfoot estimates losses of about 6000 after a fire destroyed his home and contents in Ketchum Idaho. His wife escaped in night clothes, neighbors saved some furniture, and nearby Mrs Venable's house received minor damage. Several firearms and fishing gear were ruined. the residence dated back to 1683.
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Ketchum
Idaho
Austin Lightfoot
Nine Airmen Killed in Four-Motored Bomber Crash
Public relations officers at the Pocatello air base released the names of the nine airmen killed when a four engine bomber crashed near Bieber California around midnight Thursday. The crew included 2nd Lt. John H Ballard 2nd Lt. Bruce E Wright 2nd Lt. Burton C Hermann Sgt Joseph F Caccavale Set Kenneth J Lovelace Sgt Joseph P De Francisci Sgt Robert G Larsen Sgt Louis J Marzie and Staff Sgt Elvin L Griffith. The plane was demolished and all crew members were killed.
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Pocatello Army Air Base
Bieber
Calif
Pocatello
Cago
Burton C. Hermann
Kingston
Joseph F. Caccavale
Ridgewood
N. Y
Kenneth J. Lovelace
Bonham
Texas
Joseph P. de Francisci
Long Island
Robert G. Larsen
Tacoma
Wash
Louis J. Marzie
Wilmington
Del
Elvin L. Griffith
Mound City
Industry Moves West In War Era Rail Trade Forecast
D C McCready executive from New York City and eastern traffic manager for Western Pacific railroad predicts a broad, lasting shift of industry to the western United States. He notes the westward movement will intensify as Pacific War tempo rises during his Salt Lake City visit.
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Salt Lake City
United States
D. C. McCready
New York City
Western Pacific Railroad
McCready
Boy Suffers Injuries In Idaho Runaway
Hailey Idaho reports 15 year old Bobbie Brockie son of Mr Mrs Robert Brockie of Rupert injured after a runaway at Laidlaw Bros ranch. He climbed onto a wagon tongue to untangle reins driving a team when horses bolted throwing him under the wheels.
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Hailey
Idaho
Bobbie Brockie
Robert Brockie
Rupert
Laidlaw Bros
Pacific War Turns Defensive After Munda Victory
Gen Douglas MacArthur described Japan as halted and on the defensive after American forces seized Munda air base in the Solomons and a string of Allied victories. Navy observers noted Halsey’s war games as Nippon’s fleet retreats continued, while reports from Vila and Kolombangara signaled renewed air and sea actions in the Solomons with significant losses on the Japanese side.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Munda
Solomons
Japan
South Pacific
William F. Halsey
General Rain and Warm Weather Forecast for Tetons Region
The report notes general rain due to cooling from melted snow near the Tetons. August looks hot with 88 degrees by mid afternoon and a forecast of little temperature change. A mowing anecdote adds light local color as High Sunday reached 86 and a low of 50 earlier with mean 68.
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Teton River
Tetons
Mercury
Daughters Born to Empey and Schnell Families
Two newborn daughters were born today at General hospital to Mr and Mrs Stirl L Empey of rural route and Mr and Mrs Walter H Schnell of Blackfoot. Empey is stationed as an aviation cadet at Santa Ana California. A son arrived Sunday to Mr and Mrs 2d Boyee of 204 North Johnson in the same hospital.
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General Hospital
Stirl L. Empey
Walter H. Schnell
Blackfoot
Empey
Santa Ana
Calif
2D Boyee
North Johnson
Prussian Militants Move Toward Ousting Hitler
A contested report claims German leaders plan to curtail Hitler's power with Field Marshal Hermann Goering acting as liaison while the Prussian military clique seeks a long defensive war. The piece warns that Nazism thrives on Prussianism and calls for extermination of Hitlerism and gangsterism.
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Italy
Fascist Party
Pietro Badoglio
Reich
Hitler
Hermann Goering
Fuehrer
Mussolini
Arkansas bank robber feigns escape from Alcoa Island prison
Ted Walters of Fort Smith Arkansas, serving a 30 year sentence for robbery and auto theft, attempted to escape from Alcoa federal prison on Saturday. Guards halted him at the island edge after he sneaked from the laundry building and climbed a barbed wire fence. No inmate is confirmed to have escaped since the facility became federal in 1934.
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San Francisco
Ted Walters
Arkansas Bank
Alcoa Federal Prison
J. A. Johnston Walters
Fort Smith
Ark
Butter case seeks seizure of mispackaged cartons
U S attorney filed a complaint in district court seeking seizure of 10 lots of butter each labeled as 30 cents tons shipped by Bear Valley Dairymen's Cooperative Association Paris Idaho to Morning Milk company Ville Utah. The suit alleges each carton did not contain one pound of butter.
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Salt Lake City
U.S. Attorney's Office
Bear Valley
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