American Planes Smash at Kuriles In New Raid
American Liberators and Flying Fortresses flew from Aleutian bases to attack the northern Kurile section near Japan. Tokyo cited it as a prelude to further northern raids, while Japanese radio warned more enemy planes would appear from the north.
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Associated Press
Kurile Island
Tokyo
United States
Japan
New York
Federal Communication
Domei
North America
Paramushiru
Attu Island
Attu
Kiska
Aleutian Island
Public Lands Group to Meet Locally
Idaho officials announce a congressional subcommittee hearing on public lands may visit Pocatello for a 90 minute session with the Idaho tax commission. Governor Bottolfsen cites federal and public agencies owning 80 percent of Idaho lands, leaving 20 percent for state tax income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Lands Group
Eugene, Ore
J. Hardin Peterson
Boise
Idaho
Gem State
Bottolfsen
Rene Tee
House of Representatives Public Lands Committee
Pocatello
Oregon
Compton I. White
Robert Coulter
James Spofford
Roscoe Rich
Burley
Idaho Wool Growers Association
Ray Swanson
Idaho Cattlemen's Association
Axis Confers On Problems Across War Powers
Tokyo dispatch says Japanese Foreign Minister Shigemitsu German Ambassador Stahmer and Italian Ambassador Indelli held a conference on current war situation. Axis leaders Ribbentrop Keitel Guariglia and van Vice were named in U S monitors report. Tokyo reports the sessions were held with a northern Italy meeting of Axis chiefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Tokyo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Heinrich Stahmer
Mario Indelli
Tokyo Radio
Joachi von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Raffaele Guargilla
Pietro Badoglio
Vittorio van
Germany
Central
South America
Italy
Three Die in Axe Murder
Memphis police hunt for Mildred Davidson after three children, Jean Parkey age 15, Robert L Davidson age 7, and Peggy Ann Davidson age 3 months, were found slain in a duplex while the father slept. An axe lay bloodstained near a fireplace as the mother reportedly fled.
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Memphis
Pete Weibenga
Weibenga
Homicide Bureau
Mildred Davidson
Robert Davidson
Jean Parkey
Davidson
Robert L. Davidson
Peggy Ann Davidson
Sugar Official Moves to Washington Beet Sugar Post
Fred G. Taylor, longtime vice president of Utah-Idaho Sugar since 1936, departed Salt Lake City for Washington to assume the vice presidency of the United States Beet Sugar association. He has been granted indefinite leave by his employer and began his industry career with Amalgamated Sugar at Ogden.
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Salt Lake City
Fred G. Taylor
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Washington
United States Beet Sugar Association
Taylor
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Ogden
Pocatello School Trustees Plan Opening and Election
The Pocatello board of education met August 9 to finalize opening plans for the new term and to continue a cooperative vocational scheme with the university. They announced a 1943-44 teaching staff, scheduled the September 7 school election for two board seats, and appointed election judges and clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education of the Pocatello Public Schools
University
Henry L. Slater
Eagles Plan Picnic For Lodge Members And Families
Eagles lodge members and families will hold their annual picnic at 2 p m Sunday on the Ross park beachland. Children may enjoy games and prizes while the lodge furnishes ice cream and watermelon. No speakers are planned. Final arrangements are set for 8 p m today by committee members Phil Cox George Christensen C B Cooper Mamie Russell Ella Ahlmstrom and Dorothy Depep.
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Eagles Lodge
Ross Park
Phil Cox
George Christensen
C. B Cooper
Mamie Russell
Ella Ahlmstrom
Dorothy Depep
Minimum Draft of Fathers Looms Under New Policy
War manpower commission officials prepare a Sunday announcement likely to steer fathers away from draft by offering incentives to switch into vital war production. The plan is described as their near final move short of a general labor draft amid a Senate push to exempt family heads until all other eligible men are drafted.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission - Selective Service
WMC
Davis
Pennsylvania
Congress
Knife Wound Kills Utahn
Salt Lake City reports a 26 year old man James Alexander Jones was stabbed to death with a seven inch blade knife. His wife Vera Jones 29 was questioned by detectives. The knife pierced the heart through the left arm according to Dr. Clarence Openshaw. Neighbors say William Hosking tried to stop bleeding by pouring flour on the wound. Mrs Jones showed distress during questioning.
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Salt Lake City
James Alexander Jones
Vera
Clarence R. Openshaw
Jones
William R. Hosking
Weather Keeps Warm With Near 90 Degree Day
The piece notes warm conditions with a high around 87, a low near 57, and a mean near 72. It references a sunlit day and adds a quirky tale about a rhino-tractor-worm turning into a Cecropia butterfly in fall, courtesy of state horticulturist BE R Bennett.
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BE. R. Bennett
Soviet Drive On Kharkov Tightens Red Stranglehold
Russian troops neared Kharkov within seven and a half miles from the northeast and severed the Poltava Kharkov railway over a 10 mile stretch west of the city. British radio quoted a CBS front transmission reporting Kharkov under fire as Soviet armor and infantry envelop the area.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Red Army
Poltava-Kharkov
C.B.S
Brvyansk
Red Star
Bryansk
Ore
Karachev
Karachevy
Belgorod
Orel
Lions Club Luncheon to Feature Astronomy Lecture
President Roy Miller urges a large attendance at Friday noon luncheon at the Bannock hotel. Prof. Harry G. Johnson of the Brown Foundation Whitman College Whitman College will lecture on astronomy. Brown was a visitor two years ago for a series of lectures on astronomy.
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Roy Miller
Lions Club
Bannock Hotel
Harry G. Johnson
Brown Foundation
Whitman College
Walla Walla
Brown
Army Relief Talk at Pocatello Base Show Tonight
An evening program at 9:30 at the Pocatello Army Air Base will focus on the Army emergency relief fund. Army wife discusses benefits while Set. Russell Cushing adds details on the film This is the Army opening Saturday at Chief theater. Warrant Officer Crockett Baxter shares career sidelights. guests include singer Julie Cordon and swing pianist Louis Ginsberg.
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Army
Pocatello Army Air Base
Russell Cushing
Crockett Baxter
Julie Cordon
Louis Ginsberg
Bill Seeks Death Penalty for Sabotage Acts
Rep Hobbs of Alabama urges a new measure to penaltize the delivery of defective materials to the armed forces as treason and to impose the death penalty under the sabotage act. The bill, supported by the war and justice departments, would extend liability to stockholders under certain circumstances.
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Washington
Rep
Hobbs
D-Ala
Congress
Alabamian
Judiciary Committee
War and Justice Departments
Idaho to Have Antifreeze
The war production board announced an ample supply of permanent radiator antifreeze for next winter. An order releases permanent type fluids to residents of 12 western high altitude states including Idaho and Washington. Forty five million gallons of ethyl alcohol are allocated for civilian antifreeze use, with adequate supply projected for the 36 other states.
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Washington
War Production Board
Idaho
Arizona
California
Colorado
Montana
North
South Dakota
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
WPB
Eaton Receives New Post and Heads East by Motor
Lieut. Col. John R. Eaton and Mrs. Eaton left Pocatello for Sioux Falls Iowa on their way to his new assignment. They had been at Great Falls Montana before the transfer and arrived at their present location Tuesday evening.
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John R. Eaton
Great Falls
Mont
Pocatello Army Air Base
Pocatello
Eaton
Sioux Falls
Iowa
Graves Commissioned Army Captain at Fort Hall Agency
C L Graves superintendent at Fort Hall Indian agency has been commissioned a captain and ordered to report for duty August 23 at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Graves succeeded F A Gross as agency superintendent several years ago.
Please Share Your Tribune Please Share Your Tribune
A lobbying plea notes two newsprint restrictions now in effect have reduced sales to newsstands and sellers across many cities. Newspapers predict further curtailment in fall as they urge readers to buy only needed papers and, where possible, share subscriptions to avoid a full circulation freeze.
Evacuation of German Troops From Sicily under Heavy Fire
German evacuation of forces and equipment from Sicily to the Italian mainland continued with at least 80 vessels moving through the Messina strait under intense antiaircraft fire. German rearguards and demolitions slowed Allied advance toward Messina as troops carried arms to secure passage. British patrols along the east coast faced a strong enemy line with heavy mortar fire and up to sixteen 88 mm guns on difficult mountain roads.
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Sicily
Messina
Randazzo
U. S
Eighth Army
Messina Strait
Italy
American troops land behind German lines in Sicily near Cape Orlando
U S Seventh Army forces in northern Sicily landed by assault boats for a second time in three days and fought through the night to connect with their main body near Cape Orlando. Allied dispatches from North Africa report some contact had not yet been made, as infantry and tanks swept ashore before dawn, secured prisoners, and repelled three counterattacks while closing a seven mile gap against German forces.
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Seventh Army
Sicily
Eieneut
Cape Orlando
Allied
North Africa
Local Notes Lieutenant Biggins Delayed Visit
En route to Frisco Lieut Arthur Biggins son of Mr and Mrs A L Biggins 235 West Lewis making a short visit here with his parents. He has been in training in Boston Massachusetts and is en route to San Francisco.
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Arthur Biggins
A. L. Biggins
West Lewis
Lieutenant Biggins
Boston
Mass
San Francisco
Condition Improves for Boy Burned in Gasoline Fire
Devon Hansen a 13 year old who suffered third degree burns on his clothing Tuesday from ignited gasoline is reported to be improving by his attending physician Dr W L Olsen. Hansen is staying at St Anthony s hospital for treatment and observation.
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Devon Hansen
W. L. Olsen
Hansen
St. Anthony's Hospital
Soviet Union To Emerge As Big Power
A column argues the forthcoming Roosevelt Churchill conference will likely address postwar cooperation among the United States Britain and Russia. It predicts the Soviet Union could become a dominant force in Europe and possibly Asia, stressing the need for a united Western and Allied strategy to prevent World War III.
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Messrs
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States
Russia
Britain
Europe
Orient
Wallace
Anthony Eden
The
Yorkshire Post
Joseph Stalin
United Nations
Pin Machines dismantled at university raid
Sheriff Alma Marley led a Wednesday dismantling of thirteen pinball machines near the university mechanics building under a court order. Money collected totaled 87.60, with newspapers stuffed into pay slots, while electrical equipment valued around 2,000 was salvaged for student use.
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Alma Marley
Mechanics
University
Marley
I. N. Davis
Ray Reynolds
Ammon Hatch
Roy Christensen
G,. Arnold
The
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Albany, Ore
Catherine Wright
Albany
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Bill
Col. Eaton
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Frisco
Soviet Union
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