New York Democratic Confrontation Roils Gubernatorial Race
In New York the feud pits James M. Mead and John J. Bennett Jr. for the governorship as Franklin D. Roosevelt and James A. Farley back different camps. Bennett leads with Farley backing, Mead gains from Lehman Wagner and Flynn in a high stakes contest ahead of next Wednesday’s party convention.
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New York
New York State
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James M. Mead
U. S
Buffalo
John J. Bennett, Jr
Brooklyn
Mead and Bennett
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Bennett
Farley
Mead
Herbert Lehman
Robert Wagner
Edward J. Flynn
White House
Jim Mead
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Saratoga
American Labor Party
Gov
Lehman
Dewey
German Alien Under Arrest
German alien Hartmann, 37, described by Twin Falls police as in violation of enemy alien restrictions, escaped from Twin Falls jail Saturday and was captured by Jerome officers after a general alarm. FBI said an enemy alien hearing board would likely be convened. Hartmann claimed Denver as his home.
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Twin Falls
Arthur Edward Hartmann
Howard Gillette
Jerome
Hartmann
FBI
John A. Carver
Boise
United States
Denver
Colo
Gas Card Holders Cited by OPA in Boston
The OPA ordered 276 Massachusetts motorists with gasoline ration cards to show cause why they should not be prosecuted for frequent visits to Rockingham tracks in their cars during the horse racing meet. Surveyed from Salem New Hampshire to Salem shows cars taxis and trucks with ration cards and a Suffolk county assistant district attorney given extra fuel. Henry Parkman Jr state OPA director announced results of the survey.
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Boston
OPA
Massachusetts
Rockingham
Salem
N. H
Suffolk County
Henry Parkman, Jr
Actor Lew Ayres Completes Army Medical Training
Private Lew Ayres finished basic training at Camp Barkley’s medical replacement center and received high praise from Brigadier General Roy C. Hetlebower who called him an excellent soldier. An officer praised him, and Ayres expressed eagerness to help wounded soldiers and continue useful service.
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Abilene, Tex
Lew Ayres
Camp Barkley
Ayres
Roy C. Hetlebower
Idaho Sheep Industry Faces Severe Labor Shortage
The Idaho Wool Growers bulletin reports a dire labor problem as workers flee to war industries. It notes few employable sheep workers exist, with many qualified hands lost to high paid plants, causing inefficient operations and costly losses across the industry.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Wool Growers Bulletin
Denver murder suicide duo found dead in car near creek
A missing Denver electrician aged 48, John Kline, and a 17 year old girl Margie Bolton were found dead from gunshot wounds in the rear seat of Kline's car beside Chicago creek seven miles south of Idaho Springs. Coroner George Hamlick and detective captain O A Carter described the case as murder and death by own action.
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Denver
Mountain Creek
Margie Bolton
John Kline
O. A. Carter
George Hamlick
Clear Creek County
Kline
Chicago Creek
Idaho Springs
Funds Set Aside to Build Nine Roads
Salt Lake City. R. H. Rutledge, director of the U S grazing service, says $10,000,000 in federal funds are available for constructing access roads to strategic mineral deposits. He asks miners with tungsten, manganese, vanadium, copper, chrome or other needed metals to apply to the grazing service, forest service, Indian service, Bureau of Mines, Geological Survey, or Public Roads Administration for road access information.
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Salt Lake City
R H Rutledge
U. S Grazing Service
Grazing Service
The
Forest Service
Indian Service
Bureau of Mines
Geological Survey
Public Roads Administration
Cards Defeat Boise Pilots in Idaho City Games
Twin Falls at Salt Lake and Ogden at Idaho Falls schedule with pitchers and records. Green faces Lamanske in Boise while Faria battles Cvitnaich and Flynn meets Bullwinkel in other night contests.
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Lamanske
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Cvitnaich
Ogden
Idaho Falls
Flynn
Bullwinkel
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Pocatello Cardinals defeat Boise Pilots 4 0 on Saturday night
Pocatello Cardinals beat Boise Pilots 4 to 0 to move within a game of first place in the Pioneer League. In the fourth, Bob Williams doubled, Manny Vargas scored on a double, George Valine added a run with an RBI single, and Williams scored on a balk to cap the scoring.
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Pocatello Cardinals
Boise
Boise Pilots
Pilots
Waders
Pocatello
Bob Williams
Morril Brown
Manny Vargas
Williams
Doug Williams
George Valine
Brown
Vargas
Axis Power May Reach Crest by Fall
British officials warned the Axis powers could peak this fall as World War II nears its third anniversary. Oliver Lyttleton and Bernard Newman said the next eighty days would determine if Britain and Egypt hold, with fears Hitler’s forces face a turning point before winter changes the front.
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Oliver Lyttleton
Brutster
Bernard Newman
Ministry of Informa
Canada
Egypt
Ments
Hitr
Ner
Russia
Caucasus
Isia
City Band to Play In Marines Honor
The Pocatello city band dedicates its Sunday concert at Ross Park to the United States Marines. It will begin at 7:30 PM. Under Guy Gates the program includes Washington Post overture William Tell Hungarian Dances 5 and 6 Ponderosa Celebrated Minuet Patrol Comique Sons of Veterans Maytime Marines Hymn.
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Pocatello
Sons of Veterans
Rotary district assembly convenes in Logan Utah
Dr. R. A Pearse of Brigham City Utah will preside Monday as the annual assembly of the Utah Idaho district of Rotary International meets in Logan Delegates from all clubs in the district will attend The Pocatello club will be represented by President T R Neilson and Secretary Pinis Benecy.
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Logan
Utah
R. A Pearse
Brigham City
Utah-Idaho
Rotary International
Toronto
Canada
Rotary
Pocatello Club
T. R. Neilson
Pinis Benecy
Odessa Saunders Aims To Be Sailor Despite Rescue
Four year old Odessa Saunders insisted on obeying orders and was taken in a dory on Bass River by four older children. The rescue came when Lieut. Commdr. George D. Martin of the U S Navy, on leave and fishing, saved her after she jumped overboard. Odessa reaffirmed her wish to become a sailor.
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Beverly
Mass.p
Odessa Saunders
Navy
Odessa
Bass River
George D. Martin
U.S.N
Private Taylor on furlough visits family in Long Beach
Home on furlough Private Howard R. Taylor of the 78th Coast Artillery A A, stationed in Long Beach California, is visiting his mother Mrs Grace Taylor and his grandparents Mr and Mrs L W Morris of 138 Wayne Road.
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Howard R. Taylor
78Th Coast Artillery
A.A
Long Beach, Calif
Grace Taylor
L. W. Morris
Wayne
Illness Brings Grace Taylor and Son Bill to Morris Residence
From California, Mrs Grace Taylor and her son Bill were summoned to the bedside of Mrs L W Morris at 138 Wayne as she endures multiple strokes.
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Grace Taylor
Bill
California
Taylor
L. W. Morris
Wayne
City Rises on Idaho's Desert Plains
The Minidoka war relocation project near Eden Idaho is rapidly forming into a large settlement to house up to 10 000 Japanese evacuees from the Pacific coast. Construction crews complete 35 blocks of barracks each designed for about 300 people per block with self contained living units, sanitation and recreational facilities. Japanese residents will largely staff and maintain the camp which will grow to include a store cemetery school 200 bed hospital and 68 000 acres of farming area with grass planting and crop production planned.
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Eden
Idaho
Minidoka
Minidoka War Relocation Project
Pacific Coast
Eisenhower Urges Intensive Training For Second Front
U S Army General Dwight D Eisenhower told a London press conference that the time is short and US soldiers must endure intensive training for the most rigorous operations. He urged forming the best army the United States has ever fielded to execute future tasks while Britain and the US seek a timely second front. The RAF named Sir William Welsh to special duties amid speculation of new axis actions.
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London
United States
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Air Ministry
William Welsh
Flying Training Command
RAF
Banned From Bars in Cook County and City
Women were barred from standing or being served in Chicago bars as midnight struck on Saturday. City and county orders forbade serving liquor to any woman not seated at a table away from counters and shelves. The edicts targeted public drinking spaces with officials hoping for strict enforcement.
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Chicago
Cook County
Marines Engage in Bitter Fighting in Solomon Islands
War report notes intense combat in the Solomon Islands with Marines in heavy action. The article mixes weather asides and editor commentary, mentioning predictions and political hints alongside the wartime fighting description.
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Solomon Islands
Taylor Sees Long Campaign Ahead After Idaho Victory
Idaho Senatorial winner Taylor says the November race will be long with many campaign battles. He rails against financiers and super corporations sabotaging war effort and urges people to own production. he thanks supporters for a larger margin than two years ago.
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Taylor
Idaho
Wall Street
Passengers Stricken on Southern Pacific Daylight Limited
About 30 passengers on the Southern Pacific daylight limited fell ill near San Francisco Saturday night. Dr J C Geiger the city health director said mild food poisoning suspected with seven treated at the SP hospital and others at city hospitals. Samples of diner food were taken for analysis. More than 450 passengers used the diner at lunch.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
J. C. Geiger
Southern Pacific Hospital
Soldiers Eligible To Cast Ballots
The War Department announced that service members may vote in any election they are eligible for, as long as duties allow. Officers and men will receive guidance in completing absentee ballot requests. Voters must seek state-by-state absentee voting information themselves by writing their home state secretaries.
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Washington
War Department
Soviet Army Faces New Reverses in World War II Theater
Allied and German dispatches describe renewed Soviet setbacks as German forces push toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus. In the Pacific, British and U.S. reports note pressure on Port Moresby and possible coastal bases seized on Solomons while Japan claims limited gains.
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Rhodes
Richard McMurray
Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
Sun
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Solomons
United States
Timor
Russia
Red Army
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Astrakhan
Volga
Caspian Sea
Averman
Kotelnikovski
Don
Kletskaya
Moscow
Dutch Executions Stir Europe Over Nazi Reprisal
Five Dutchmen were executed by firing squad after the Netherlands government in exile reported the act in reprisal for the Rotterdam sabotage. Gen. Chrietiansen said the perpetrators were cowardly and 1,600 hostages had been declared forfeit. Premier Gerbrandy vowed justice in time.
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London
Netherlands
Friedrich Chrietiansen
Pieter §. Gerbrandy
Europe
Warsaw
Sugar Stamp No 8 Extends Five Pound Sugar Bonus
The Office of Price Administration announced that Sugar Ration Stamp No 8 will be good for five pounds of sugar from August 23 to October 31. This maintains the basic one half pound per person per week ration while allowing larger purchases to move sold quantities of five ten and 25 pound packages. Stamps Nos 6 and 7, for two pounds of sugar, remain usable until August 22, with Stamp No 7 providing a two pound bonus.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
New Restrictions Limit War Materials in Army Construction
Washington reports drastic controls on critical war materials for the army s 7.5 billion construction program. A revised official list of prohibited items for construction work targets chromium magnesium and nickel, with existing limits already in place.
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Washington
War Department
Eee
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