Idaho primary draws 70 000 voters amid quiet campaign
Idaho’s state primary drew limited attention with eleven nominees set before voting. Incumbents Compton White Henry Dworshak and John Thomas faced criticism from opponents over defense records and other issues. Polls opened at noon and were to close at 8 p m with Glen Taylor riding horseback to boost Democratic hopes.
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Boise
Idaho
Congress
Compton I. White
Clarks Fork
Henry C. Dworshak
Burley
John Thomas
White
Thomas
Dworshak
Glen Taylor
Pocatello
William E. Borah
Washington
John C. Sanborn
Gooding
Presley F. Horne
Caldwell
Tylor
James R. Bothwell
Five Die In Milwaukee Brewery Warehouse Collapse
Rescue workers recovered five of twelve trapped workers in a Milwaukee area brewery warehouse collapse. The incident occurred as a floor cracked at 2 p m causing a 30 foot mound of beer bottles and bricks to bury laborers. Police and district attorney investigated the cause while survivors were treated and others escaped.
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Milwaukee
Herbert J. Steffes
Louis Wrasse
Wauwatosa
Joe Hayes
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co
Thousand Workers Strike for Raise at General Cable
About 1,000 General Cable workers in Bayonne New Jersey walked out Tuesday to demand wage increases and paid vacations. Strike chair Michael Petrakian said the action is independent of Local 868 IBEW AFL, with lines forming at the gates at midnight. Workers seek ten cents an hour more and two weeks paid vacation after two years.
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Bayonne
N. J
General Cable Corporation
War Labor Board
Micahel Petrakian
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Petrakian
Government freeze limits civilian fruit supplies
The army navy and lend lease needs governed 1942 dried fruit production with a government freeze order by the War Production Board. It covers ap ples apricots peaches pears prunes and grapes and requires carryover from 1941. Only supplies not bought by the government will be released for civilians.
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Washington
Army
Navy
War Production Board
Nazis Tighten Repression as Allied Second Front Looms
Nazi forces execute 93 French and at least six Czechs amid authorities clamping down in occupied Europe. Laval reportedly calls up police and troops in Vichy France while Aneta cites German hostage seizures in the Netherlands to deter anti-Nazi resistance ahead of a potential Allied invasion.
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Europe
Paris
Aneta
Netherlands
Holland
Bern
Switzerland
France
Germany
Desert Battle Rages as Auchinleck Holds Rommel Front
In Egypt the Eighth Army under Gen. Auchinleck keeps Rommel at bay along the El Alamein line 75 miles from Alexandria. RAF bombers strike enemy camps transports and ships while the Italian high command reports a submarine missing. In East Anglia a German air raid kills patients and staff at a mental hospital with emergency crews working through the night to recover bodies. German phosphorus bombs scatter near the district but cause no additional casualties.
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Egypt
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Erwin Rommel
el Alamein
Alexandria
East Anglia
England
Scores Roundup From Today’s Baseball Action
National League results include New York at Boston and Cincinnati at Pittsburgh with score details. Mungo and Danning supported by Tobin and Lombardi, while Thompson and West along with Gornick and Lopez contributed in key pairings. St Louis and Chicago played to blank lines as schedules show only games.
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Pittsburgh
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West
Gornick
Lopez
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Chicago
Lanier
Cooper
Olsen
McCullough
Bombay Clashes Raise Toll as Troops Fire on Crowds
British troops and police fired on mobs across Bombay during Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaign. Thirteen more killed and 30 injured, raising the casualty total to 28 dead and over 200 injured since disturbances began. Police and troops patrolled disturbed areas as governors vowed to restore order.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
Indi
Roger Lumley
Orde
Calcutta
Mohandas K. Gand
Parliamentarian Explains Remark by Lady Astor
Lady Astor clarifies her Aug. 1 speech saying Russians fight for themselves not us. She defends wartime stance, calls current misinterpretation world wide and asserts all nations fight Nazism while Britain aids the Russian cause. She labels critics as mad for attacking Russia amid peril.
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London
Lady Astor
Southport
Russia
America
Poland
China
Hitler
Britain
Oil Group to Confer on Public Lands Development
Senator Hatch announces a special senate committee on oil development for public lands. Led by Senator O Mahoney the group will hold hearings in the west, meeting in Casper Wyoming on August 19.
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Washington
Hatch
N. M
Senate
West
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Casper
Nazi U boat blitz sinks ships and a destroyer
A German naval communique claims U boats sank 13 vessels totaling 48 000 tons and a destroyer in three days. It reports 10 more merchant ships damaged, with attacks against convoys to England and ships traveling from America to Egypt and off American and West African coasts.
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England
America
Egypt
Rabaul
New Britain
Timor
Perseid Meteor Shower Visible Tonight Over City
The naval observatory says a Perseid meteor display will be visible late Tuesday night with best viewing around 11 p.m. mountain war time. Observers may see 30 or more meteors per hour where city lights do not create glare.
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Washington
Naval Observatory
Weather Cooler on Tuesday Afternoon
The article notes heat up to 98 degrees and a cool down to 60 overnight. It details Tuesday noon at 90 fading to 80 by 1 30 p m with a thunder shower near 2 30 p m. Forecast calls for local thunder showers and cooler conditions.
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Hollywood
Jupiter Ixquid
Kiwanis Club Plans District Conference in Idaho
Kiwanis members discussed the Idaho and Utah district conference set for September 6 and 7 at Sun Valley with Pocatello as host. District Governor Willard Bowen of Pocatello will preside as Ford Crandall of Metropolitan Life was welcomed, and James F. Shine presented a talking picture on conservation. Dale Strong will lead next week’s program under President Spencer Ford.
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Idaho
Utah
Sun Valley
Pocatello
Willard Bowen
Ford Crandall
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
James F. Shine
Firestone
China Gains In Confidence As America Sends Bombers
The United States sends bombers to China and raids Tokyo as China rallies in the war effort. Chinese leaders gain faith in long range strategy, while puppets waver and cooperate with Americans for survival. Chinese war industries hidden in villages expand production and lift living standards.
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China
America
Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Tokyo
Japan
Three States Vote Today In Primaries
Primary balloting Tuesday tests presidential influence and pre war foreign policy as New York voters pick delegates and candidates for governor. Idaho Ohio and Nebraska vote on congressional and gubernatorial races while Arkansas holds a run off between two senatorial hopefuls. In New York the Mead Bennett struggle shapes the Democratic convention fate.
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Idaho
Ohio
Nebraska
Arkansas
President Roosevelt
James M. Mead
John J. Bennett
Mead
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Bennett
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert H. Lehman
Hamilton Fish
Fish
Eagle sinks in western Mediterranean claimed by German radio
Bulletin reports the British aircraft carrier Eagle sunk by a German submarine on Tuesday after four torpedoes struck. Also in a series of notices, Idaho Falls police say new evidence changes the O Neil death case pending coroner inquest. Maj Rudolf Pfalnz reported killed in France. Queen Wilhelmina arrives in Ottawa. California deer districts closed to prevent fires. body of William Galloway recovered after disappearing Saturday near Shelley. coroner cites possible convulsions as cause of death while he stood near a headgate.
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Eagle
Mediterranean
Idaho Falls
Harry Meppen
J. E. O'Neil
O'Neil
Sacramento
Olson
California
J. L. DeWitt
William Galloway
Shelley Farmer
Cedar Point Canal
Here
J. C. Sandberg
Blackfoot
Bingham County
Galloway
Two Boys Drown in Strawberry Lake Utah
Calvin J. Long nine and his brother J Roland Long eight drowned on a camping trip with their parents near Sandy Utah. Their bodies were recovered from Strawberry Lake after they apparently climbed into a drifting boat and jumped overboard while the parents fished.
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Heber
Utah
Calvin J. Long
J. Roland Long, Jr
Strawberry Lake
J. R. Long
Sandy
Charles McPhie
Destructive Solomons Attacks Pressured by Japanese Counterattack
Allied land, air and sea invasion of the Solomon Islands faces strong Japanese counterattacks. Curtin says allies hold their own as King notes heavy enemy losses and significant initial gains. Timor and Rabaul operations reported with Australian air and naval support.
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Marthur
Australia
Solomon Islands
John Curtin
Curtin
Ernest J. King
Washington
King
Tulagi
Solomons
MacArthur
Robert L. Ghormley
South Pacific
United States
North
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Berlin
U. S
Navy
America Must Wait For Final Results
Public note emphasizes patience while reporting on the Solomon Islands engagement. Curtin and Admiral King stress restraint, no flag waving, and that fighting continues with heavy enemy resistance as Allied forces push the first major offensive.
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Solomon Islands
Uncle Sam
John Curtin
Ernest A
Uni States Fleet
King
U.S. Bombers Strike Hankow and Indo china Targets
A.F. bombers escorted by fighters attacked Hankow and nearby warehouses with incendiary and high explosive bombs. The raid reported no air opposition and started several fires as part of a broader series of strikes in Indo china and southeast Asia amid the broader Pacific war and anti-British protests in India.
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War Bulletin
Haiphong
Indo-China
Thailand
Burma
Saigon
India
Yunnan Province
China
Formosa
Pukien
Far Pacific
United Nations
Newspaperman John P. Lally Dies in Chicago
John Patrick Lally aged 49, veteran newspaperman and fiction editor for the Chicago Daily News since 1932, died Tuesday after an extended illness. He authored the novel Ann Herrick, published in 1933.
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Chicago
John Patrick Lally
Chicago Daily News
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