Americans Chase Jap Flyers After Futile Darwin Raid
Allied air forces repelled a major Japanese Darwin raid with heavy losses to bombers and Zeros. Darwin defenders claimed no losses while several enemy planes were shot down, including a bomber and a Zero by a U S pilot who saw the enemy pilot’s face. Allied forces continued operations in the Solomons, striking Buka and Bougainville wharf areas as Marines mop up Tulagi vicinity.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
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North Australia War Zone
Chicago
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Tulagi
China
Two Builders To Make Cargo Planes
Kaiser and Hughes join to build 500 cargo airplanes to beat submarine warfare. Kaiser, a veteran shipbuilder, estimates 1,500 engines monthly and access to men and metals. Hughes, Hollywood producer and speed pilot, runs an aircraft factory in California and leads 800 engineers. They announce a joint plan on an equal basis for a major aviation program.
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Henry J. Kaiser
Howard Hughes
Kaiser
Washington
Hughes
Hollywood
California
Kaiser- Hughes
Senate Plans Higher Tax Exemption Change
Senate Finance Committee tentatively cut the dependent exemption from 400 to 300 dollars and kept married couples at 1200. The action, 12-6, would raise federal revenue by about 220 million as part of a 6.271 billion increase. A treasury link to raise personal exemptions for singles to 600 was rejected.
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Senate Finance Committee
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George
Treasury
Jessel Loses Young Wife in Divorce Case
18-year-old Lois Andrews testified that George Jessel was jealous and volatile, leading to her 1940 Detroit marriage and her mother Geraldine Gurley filing for divorce. She described Christmas 1940 as a turning point when Jessel refused to join family and threatened separation.
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Los Angeles
Lois Andrews
George Jessel
Geraldine Gurley
Miss Andrews
Jessel
Detroit
Churchill Returns to England After Russia and Middle East Trip
AP dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill back in England following his historic journey to Russia and the Middle East. Also from AP Brazil confiscated axis vessels and closed three large axis banks amid wartime actions. A US merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean. survivors lands at an east coast port. Brazil announced the sinking of tanker Louisiana en route to Rio de Janeiro with a cargo of oil.
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Churchill
England
Russia
Middle East
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Axis
Washington
United State
Indian Ocean
Louisiana
Blackfoot Bulletin Takes Over Tribune Press Printing
Tribune Press prints Blackfoot Bulletin on local presses after a Monday afternoon handover. Type set in Blackfoot, blocks cast and printed immediately after receipt here following a breakdown at Blackfoot that necessitated the transfer.
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Pocatello Tribune
Blackfoot Bulletin
Blackfoot
Actress Ailing on Location with Director Husband
Hollywood star Mureen O'Sullivan was hospitalized for diagnosis after illness while on location with screen director John Farrow. The incident occurred Monday in Victoria British Columbia where Farrow was directing.
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Victoria
B. C
John Farrow
Mureen O'Sullivan
Justice Hyde Improves After Hit and Run Injury
Chas. W. Hyde justice of the peace injured in a hit and run at Center and Arthur is slowly improving at General hospital. Mrs. Hyde says the judge can now receive visitors.
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Chas. W. Hyde
Argentina Grants Brazil Nonbelligerent Status In War
Buenos Aires reports say a decree to grant Brazil nonbelligerent status in the Germany and Italy war would go to a cabinet meeting and be signed by President Ramon Castillo. Argentina would keep ports closed to axis ships while allowing use by nonbelligerent nations, aligning with policy during U S entry.
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Brazil
Germany
Italy
Ramon Castillo
Argentina
United States
Idaho Board Sets Tax Levy of 2.75 Mills for 1942
The Idaho board of equalization set the 1942 ad valorem tax levy at 2.75 mills based on a $400,127,156.07 equalized valuation. The levy, the lowest in state history, compares with last year’s 5.7 mills on $393,234,561.45. The total includes real and personal property and utilities, with $1,100,350 raised for general and debt retirement plus $41,447.95 in special taxes.
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Boise
Idaho Board of Equalization
Idaho
Pullman Company
Calvin F Wright
Germans Kill 35 Natives in wartime executions
London reports 35 more Czechs Croats and Slovenes killed by German Italian forces with threats of broader hostilities. The Czech government cites two patriots Vladislav Brazda and Frantisek Janik executed for treason aiding enemy and sheltering in flats. Italians said to have executed 15 Slovene soldiers in Rome. A mobile tribunal in Croatia condemned 18 more at Karlovac Stara Praove.
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Croatia
Vladislav Brazda
Cersenice
Frantisek Janik
Preroy
Gestapo
Reuters
Rome
Havas
Budapest
Karlovac
Stara Praove
Canyon County car crash claims a child life
Geraldine Ball, 10, of Caldwell died at a local hospital after a vehicle collision. The incident marked the county’s fourth auto fatality of the year and the second in two weeks. Authorities continued investigation into the crash details.
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Caldwell
Geraldine Ball
Canyon County
Tragic Boat Capsize Kills Four in Snake River Area
Four die in a Sunday boat accident near Blue Lakes in the Snake River canyon. Lee Werts 35 and three children Donna 5 Duane 11 Neil 11 are dead. Joe Pharris swims to safety. mother survives. Coroner reports the mishap occurred near Twin Falls Jerome border. all bodies taken to Jerome.
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Snake River Canyon
Blue Lakes
Lee Werts
Jerome Transfer
Donna Werts
Duane Werts
Neil Pharris
Joe Pharris
Neil
Werts
J. R Wiley
Snake River
Twin Falls
Jerome Intercounty
Poison spray blamed for fawn deaths in Boise
In Boise two pet fawns named Jack and Jill died after exposure to poison insect spray at the home of H. W. Hurd. The animals had been tame favorites among neighborhood children after being captured near the Stibnite area.
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Boise
H. W. Hurd
Jack
Jill
Hurd
Stibnite
Thousands of Americans Reach Britain in Large Convoy
The arrival of another massive American convoy brings thousands of U S troops to Britain. Observers note front line readiness, air power, and dispersal to multiple ports as Churchill's Moscow mission and Dieppe talk frame the strategic outlook.
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Britain
London
United States
Churchill
Moscow
Dieppe
American planes complete long flyaway to South America
In a record mission the United States dispatched 44 new aircraft covering 49 000 miles from Hagerstown to Rio de Janeiro. The batch included 25 PT-19 trainers and 19 F-24 four place monoplanes built by Fairey Child. Brazilian attaché Col Armando de scholos in Washington disclosed the details.
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South America
Hagerstown
Miio
Rio de Janeiro
Repice
United Nations
Fairechild
Col
Armando 4 Shcbols
Brazil
Washington
Nine Companies Indicted in Cable Conspiracy Probe
The justice department charged nine firms and six officers with conspiring to defraud the government in the sale of more than 50 million dollars of insulated cable to the navy. Indictment filed in Newark, New Jersey, alleges contracts totaling about three million dollars返.
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New Haven
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Aoe
Newton
Hitler Faces Supreme Test in Drive Toward Stalingrad
The German assault across the Don and Volga corridor nears its peak as Soviet defenses bend near Stalingrad. German forces push 350 miles east in two months while Russians counter and strike to halt a key bridgehead south of the Don.
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Giants Battle Across Dover Straits In Dawn Exchange
British and German long range guns fired across the Dover Strait at dawn. German claims of sinking 17 merchant ships totalling 107000 tons were not corroborated. British ships reportedly damaged an axis supply vessel in the Mediterranean while raids continued on East Anglia and the Midlands.
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Brooklyn at St. Louis Nets Night Game
The lone scheduled contest sees Brooklyn and St. Louis facing off under night lights. No other games are on the national slate today.
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St. Louis
Night Fame
Giberson Visits Local Ties Former Pocatello Resident
Phil Giberson, once of Pocatello, now based in San Francisco, visits the area on business, meeting local contacts and outlining his plans for collaboration.
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Phil Giberson
Pocatelo
San Francisco
Pocatello's Second Hot Night Brings Low of 78
Sunday brought a blistering 96 daytime high and a cooler night with a low of 78 in Pocatello. The weather notes mention a calm early evening, wind and dust later, and a forecast of thunder storms and cooler. An upcoming total lunar eclipse is noted for Tuesday night with sunrise at 6 46 and sunset at 8 17.
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Pocatello
Pocatelians
Persia Likely Scene of Second Front
The article argues for a likely second front in the Middle East, with Britain forming a new Iran and Iraq command under Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson and Churchull visiting Egypt to reorganize. It contemplates Rommel in Egypt and a Dieppe commando show convincing civilians about a forthcoming front, amid war strategy debates.
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Middle East
Iran
Persia
Iraq
Henry Maitland Wilson
Churchill
Egypt
Rommel
Hitler
Europe
France
Dieppe
Ghost Pleads Innocent in Colorado Murder Case
Theodore E. Coneys 59, known as a gaunt phantom figure, pleads not guilty to first degree murder in the slaying of Philip Peters 73 last October. Judge Stanley H. Johnson sets September 8 for trial. A report by Dr. Bradford Murphey finds Coneys sane at the time of the bludgeoning but in poor physical condition from malnutrition.
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Denver
Theodore E. Coneys
Philip Peters
Stanley H. Johnson
Coneys
Peters
Johneson
Bradford Murphey
Murphey
Johnson
Poster Cline
Idaho draft quota to rise to October high
Boise Idaho Lt Col Norman Adkison says October draft quota will be the highest yet and inductions will accelerate for the rest of the year. The army medical induction board meets this week to exam and induct selectees. Ten percent of enlistees will come from 1-A this week and later from 1-B. after September 1 1-B will be eliminated and those classified 1-B will be reclassified.
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Idaho
Norman B. Adkison
Selective Service Executive
Army Medical Induction Board
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