Leaders Plan Tri-Party Talks After Quebec War Conference
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill closed the Quebec talks with notes of future trilateral discussions including Soviet Russia. They announced more reports to the Russian government and said a new conference may occur before year’s end. Japan and France matters were also touched on.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Russia
Britain
United States
Europe
Japan
French Committee For National Liberation
Pacific
Allies Agree To Request Rome Open City
A Rome dispatch to Basler Nachrichten reports Vatican circles saying Britain and the United States favor declaring Rome an open city. The replies, conditional on a Vatican guarantee and a Swiss commission, were not acknowledged by Italian authorities or press. Rome residents were urged to stay in shelters as Allied leaflets and flares reappeared over the city.
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Bern
Switzerland
Rome
Basler
Billet Office Opens to Aid Civilians at Base
At Pocatello army air base the base quartermaster establishes a billeting office listing available accommodations. Lt Myles W Romney oversees the office where several families have already found homes. Landlords cooperation urged. Civilians seek housing should register or call 3404 extension 237.
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Pocatello Army Air Base
Myles W. Romney
Romney
Weather swings as cold air creeps in after warm spell
A weather update notes a cool spell arriving after a warm period. Sunday saw a rapid drop as maximums stayed near 80, Monday peaked at 89, with expectations of more colds ahead. Highs and lows recorded 89 and 58 yesterday, mean 74, normal 67. sun set 8:19, rise 6:46. Temperature at 1:30 was 76. Forecast calls for slightly colder conditions.
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Penguin
Arctic Circle
Antarctic
Waring Attacks WRA Over Internees Handling
Idaho Falls coverage shows Roane War ing of Memphis urging the army to resume control of Japanese internees from the war relocation authority. He cites WRA mismanagement, disloyalty among internees, and FBI background checks, while Rep. Henry Dworshak backs Legion aims to aid veterans. Kenneth Logan criticizes underpaid teachers and rising juvenile delinquency amid wartime strain.
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Idaho Falls
War Relocation Authority
Roane Waring
Memphis
Idaho American Legion
American Legion
Army
WRA
Legion
FBI
Henry Dworshak
I-Rep
Kenneth
Logan
Butte
Idaho
Montana
Death of Italian air ace Ettore Muti reported
London dispatch says Stefani via Reuters reports the death of Lt Col Ettore Muti once secretary of the fascist party and noted Italian air ace. No further details were provided by the agency.
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London
Stefani
Reuters Today
Ettore Muti
Italy
Fascist Party
Russ Pursue Germans in Flight South
The Red Army advanced west and south from Kharkov driving retreating German forces from the recaptured city. Germans torched Kharkov and demolished buildings as they left. Russians pressed the offense from a new Kharkov base and moved toward Poltava, with Donets basin activity and a momentum shift after taking Donetsko-.
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Moscow
Red
Kharkov
Ukraine
Red Army
Poltava
Charles XII
Sweden
Donets
Donetsko
Two Victories Brighten Allied War Fronts Kharkov and Kiska
The article notes the Red Army’s Kharkov victory as a major breakthrough adding risk to Hitler’s front and hints at a looming Donets advance. It also reports the puzzling Kiska garrison disappearance in the Aleutians as American and Canadian forces observed an empty base amid fog and mystery. Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt called the events highlights of the war effort.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Kharkov
Kiska
Red Army
Hitler
Russia
Dnieper
Donets River
Western Europe
Stalingrad
Lower Caucasus
Aleutians
Hirohito
John L. DeWitt
Western Defense Command
October draft call to mirror September totals in Boise
Lt. Col. Norman B. Adkison announces Boise October draft call will be nearly the same size as September. The plan divides the pool into 20 percent single men, 20 percent married with wives only, and 60 percent married with children, matching a prior mix where September had 60 percent married with wives only and 40 percent single men.
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Boise
Idaho
Norman B. Adkison
Selective Service Executive
Berlin Fire Attacks Reported Amid Censorship
Berlin withheld confirmation on last night’s bombardment as RAF strikes caused fires and destruction. Aftonbladet cites quick rescue and calm civilians near Bayerischerplatz while Templehof and Potsdam stations lie nearby. Swedish legation staff evacuated. Danes move remaining staff nightly.
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Stockholm
RAF
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Bayerischerplatz
Potsdam
Templehof
Allehanda
Condition Improves for Young Paul Gledhill
Paul Gledhill underwent an emergency appendectomy Friday at General hospital and is reported to be doing nicely. He is the young son of Mr and Mrs Elwood Gledhill who reside south of Pocatello near Ross Park.
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Paul Gledhill
Elwood Gledhill
Pocatello
Ross Park
General Hospital
Legion Calls On Allies to Destroy Axis
Roane Waring, national commander of the American Legion, urged 500 attendees at the Idaho Falls banquet to pursue a total victory over the Axis. He warned victory is far off, praised Allied gains as tactical, and called for relentless effort to defeat Germany and Japan while praising Russia’s role. He condemned any sentimentality toward the Axis and emphasized sacrifices in blood and money are required.
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Idaho Falls
Roane Waring
Memphis
Idaho American Legion
Elks Temple
Waring
Axis
North Africa
Sicily
Solomons
Germany
Japan
Russia
Japan Loses 147 Warships In Under Two Years
New York dispatch reports that since Pearl Harbor the Japanese fleet has lost 147 cruisers and destroyers, with 96 ships sunk in the South Pacific and Aleutians. Allied raids and convoy attacks reduced Japan’s naval strength as it relied on smaller vessels to sustain island outposts.
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Japan
New York
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate
Kiska
Aleutians
South Pacific
Solomon
Bismarck Sea
Pacific
Australian Troops Near Salamaua Move Toward Airstrip
Allied forces push from the Francisco river valley within two miles of Salamaua air drome as Japanese defenses waver. Naval bombardment accompanies ground action with destroyers shelling Finschhafen while long range Liberators raid Kendari in Dutch Celebes.
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Southwest Pacific
Francisco River
Salamaua
New Guinea
Ccomunique
Douglas MacArthur
Old Bobdubia
Dampier Strait
Finschhafen
Huon Peninsula
Bayern Bay
George Kenney
Kendari
Dutch Celebes
Draft Boards To Take Aging Fathers
Washington reports that Congress may stop inductions of pre Pearl Harbor fathers while Selective Service prepares to meet high year end quotas. Hershey says 907000 men to be inducted in last three months of 1943, with 446000 coming from the father group to reach 1,873,000 for the half year. He urges boards to prioritize those sent to war, promising responsibility to the armed forces.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Congress
Senate
Westway Club to Meet at Mrs Weston Residence
Westway club will gather with Mrs. Harry Weston of 442 South Arthur on Thursday at 2 p.m. The meeting is to discuss club matters and plan upcoming activities.
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W.B.A. Westway Club
Harry Weston
South Arthur
London says heavy RAF raid on Berlin shatters power
London reports a night raid on Berlin by large RAF formations that dropped over 1,800 long tons of explosives and incendiaries, the heaviest on any capital, with 58 bombers lost to German defenses. The attack, described as twice as heavy as any prior city strike, signaled a major offensive against Hitler’s seat of power.
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London
RAF
Berlin
United States
Hamburg
Hitler
Air Ministry
Dover Strait
France
Aged Conductor Surman Injured in Boise Fall
The 96 year old George W. Surman, claimed as the oldest retired railroad conductor in the United States, fell in Boise and is hospitalized. He is the father of Mrs. John Q. Hoag of 435 South Grant, who is with him in Boise, and formerly lived in Pocatello before moving to Boise after leaving the railroad in 1905 and receiving a 1921 pension.
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George W. Surman
United States
Boise
John Q. Hoagland
South Grant
Mr. Surman
Pocatello
Bombers Strike Airfield in Occupied France and Kharkov News
AP reports daylight bomber attack on an airfield in occupied France. Russian forces push southwest and south of Kharkov, taking several settlements near Izyum and south of Voroshilovgrad. German evacuation plans for children in bomb areas discussed. Kharkov collapse shocks Axis, especially Germany.
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London
France
U. S. Army Air Headquarters
Paris
Kharkov
Izyum
Voroshilovgrad
Moscow Radio
Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Neuze Zuercher Zeitung
Italy Sends No Ships to Defend Cities in North Africa
Allied bombers hit two key rail points near Naples and Bari on the southeastern coast as Liberators from the Middle East sweep over Sardinia and Cagliari. RAF Wellingtons strike Bagnoli while ground defenses appear minimal. French light cruisers La Fantasque and Le Terrible operate with allied forces in the Mediterranean, with Le Terrible recording 45 knots on trials.
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North Africa
Naples
Middle East
Bari
Battipaglia
Bagno
Lindos
Rhodes
Mediterranean
North African
le Terrible
Sheepmen Elect Rambouillet Association Leaders
Winn y S. Hansen of Colliston Utah was elected president of the American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Association at the 55th annual convention. Victor I. Pierce of Ozona Texas became vice president Virgil Powell of Sam Texas named second officer L. D. White of Port Brockton Texas chosen treasurer.
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Salt Lake City
Winny S. Hansen
Colliston
Utah
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