Red Army Workers Arm For Stalingrad Defense Amid German Push
Nazi forces threaten Stalingrad as German tanks breach Don and Volga lines. Thousands of Stalingrad workers rally to arm for the defense alongside the Red Army, while fighting rages near the city and in the Caucasus. The war in the Pacific and broader strategic stakes amplify the crisis.
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Stalingrad
Associated Press
Don
Volga
Red Army
Leningrad
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Great Volga
Steel City
Red Star
Stalin
Don River
Or von Bock
Caucasus
Bird Shooting Opens Soon in Idaho Gem State
Idaho fish and game director James O. Beck says upland bird shooting will be exceptionally good this year due to the one hen law adoption and strong hatch. About 23,000 pheasants were raised this year at Jerome and Lapwai. Doves, Hungarian partridge, and blue and ruffed grouse seasons and bag limits are outlined for multiple counties with specific dates and restrictions.
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Boise
Gem State
James O. Beck
Idaho Fish and Game
Jerome
Lapwai
Gem
Payette
Washington
Elmore
Adams County
Meadows Valley
Ada County
New York Canal
Mora Canal
Adams
Butte
Twin Falls
Gooding
Valley
Lemhi
Clark
Fremont
Jefferson
Madison
Bonneville
Bingham
Bannock
Power
Caribou
Bear Lake
Oneida
Teton
Clearwater
Lewis
Nez Perce
Latah
Benewah
Kootenai
Shoone
Bonner
Boundary
Idaho
Franklin
Russian armies press counter offensive on Kalinin and western fronts
A Soviet communique reports a heavy counter assault driving Germans back 25 to 30 miles and killing 45,000 on Kalinin and western fronts. Fierce fighting continues near Rzhev, 130 miles northwest of Moscow, where reinforced German defenses hold.
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Kalinin
Rzhev
Moscow
Body identified in Brigham City truck death
The man found in a parked truck by Chief of Police Howard Call was identified as Sherman Dunn 28 of Montpelier Idaho. A Brigham City defense worker who had breakfast with Dunn earlier said he acted scared weeks before.
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Brigham City
Howard Call
Sherman Dunn
Montpelier
Idaho
Brigham City Defense
Dunn
War Review Section commemorates three years of war
The Sunday Tribune Journal publishes a special August 30 edition titled War Review to mark the third anniversary of the war. It covers three years of conflict with pictures maps and text from Poland's invasion to the approaching second front and urges reservations for extra copies for historical reference.
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The
Sunday Tribune-Journal
Poland
King's Brother Dies On Wartime Mission
London reports the Duke of Kent, 39, youngest son of Queen Mary, died in a Sunderland flying boat crash while en route to Iceland for the RAF. An air ministry probe is underway. The tragedy follows a wartime string of losses as Britain mourns.
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Duke and Duchess of Kent
Michael George Charles Franklin
Roosevelt
Alexandra
Edward
London
Britain
Duke of Kent
George
Sunderland
Iceland
R.A.F
Scotland
Aew Strutt
Lord Belper
Elle Prazer
Joseph
Washington
Detroit
Wall Street
Air Ministry
Takei
RAF
George V
Car Demolished in Highway Crash Near Bannock County Line
A Tuesday evening collision on Highway 3 north of the city near the Bannock county line left one sedan demolished and a coupe with minor damage. Robert Hobson, 35, pleaded guilty to reckless driving, paid a $25 fine and $5.40 costs, and agreed to cover about $75 in Rudd vehicle damages. Elgin Rudd, 20, of Idaho Motor Court, was in the opposing car. State Officer Tom Aldbaugh investigated.
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Highway 3
Bannock County
Robert Hobson
Ruby
Tom Aldbaugh
Hobson
Rudd
Borrow
Ryan
Rudd Ca
Chicago Gang Adds Victim
In New York a gun car killed Salvator Maggio, 36, a Brooklyn suit presser, as blackout conditions and a police siren test created cover. The killers fled in a sedan during a brownout night that overlapped with a simulated air raid alert.
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New York
Salvator Maggio
Suit Presser
Brooklyn
Allies Secret Weapon Aims To Surprise Axis Armies
London report quotes Gen G M Barnes head of the U S army ordnance mission saying Britain and the United States are producing a secret weapon expected to surprise the Germans. He notes women are increasingly used in munitions work and that American production is ample for a full sized army.
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London
United States Army Ordnance Mission
U. S. War Department
America
United States
Ie Ministry of Supply
Choir Reopens Practice In Third Ward Church
The Third ward L D S choir resumes sessions starting Thursday at 7 p m at the ward church. All choir members are requested to attend.
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Third Ward L.ds
Japs Lose Heavily In Solomon Fight As Yankees Score
Little hope was expressed for the recovery of William Wallin a 76 year old retired Pocatello newspaper publisher and community pioneer in the General Hospital after a Sunday attack in his North Main apartment. His surviving brother Gus Wallin arrived from Omaha and sisters Lou Emma Lindstrom Ogden Dana N Wood Pocatello were at his bedside. Wallin recently returned from his Buffalo River summer cabin and is described as comatose after a severe influenza illness. He has long been a prominent state and national figure in Masonic and B P O Elk circles and was a charter member of the Pocatello Rotary club.
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William Wallin
Pocatello
General Hospital
North Main
Gus Wallin
Omaha
Lou Emma Lindstrom
Ogden
Dana N. Wood
Pred Lund
Salt Lake City
Wallin
Buffalo River
Masonic
B. P. O. Elk
Pocatello Rotary Club
Machines Involved In Pole Line Crash
State Officer Tom Albaugh investigated a collision on Pole Line road Highway 91 between machines driven by Bill Hall 21 of Tyhee in a coupe and Clarence Bodkin 30 of 726 East Bridger in a truck going in opposite directions. The coupe was demolished no injuries reported.
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Tom Albaugh
Pole Line
Bill Hall
George L. Burback
Willard Avenue
Bodkin
Carl Jones
Tyhee
Albaugh
President to Hit Costs Addresses Set on Youth and Navy Center
President Roosevelt announced two major speeches soon, one on Sept 3 directed to world youth and another Aug 31 at the dedication of the Navy medical center in Bethesda Maryland. He also indicated a Labor Day talk on spiraling living costs and inflation and discussed plans to stabilize wages and farm prices. He invited CIO head Philip Murray and AFL leader William Green to review the cost of living with him.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Medical Center
Bethesda
Navy
Bureau of Medicine
White House
Philip Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
Navy Damages Six More Japanese Warships in Solomon Battle
The U S Navy announced damage to six more Japanese ships in the Solomon Islands engagement. Two destroyers and four miscellaneous vessels were reported left burning after air strikes near Guadalcanal on August 24, with earlier reports noting a burning cruiser and hit transport. The communique called the results encouraging and noted reinforcements and continued fighting in the Guadalcanal area as American ships hold positions against Japanese thrusts.
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Gripsholm
New York Harbor
Pacific
Solomon Islands
Washington
America
Great Sea
Navy
Guadalcanal
United States
Tulagi
Solomons
Australia
Night Baseball Scores From National League and More
National League action featured New York beating Chicago 3 to 1 in a twilight game with Dietrich Haynes Tresh and Borowy contributing for New York. Boston Dodgers fell to Cleveland 13 to 1 as Harder Eisenstat and Heving Desautels led the Cleveland attack. Detroit visited Philadelphia for a twilight doubleheader, with Detroit and Philadelphia in the mix for the twin bill.
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Chicago
New York
Dietrich
Haynes
Tresh
Borowy
Donald
Dickey
Condition Critical R. D. Leach
R. D. Leach known Pocatello accountant, recently back from Texas where he worked in the army auditing department, suffered another severe heart attack. His condition is listed as serious. he has long been a resident of Pocatello and previously confined at home by heart trouble.
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R. D. Leach
North Hayes
Pocatello
Texas
Department of the Army
Mr. Leach
Bomber Crash Near Shreveport Daly Residence
A B 26 bomber from Barksdale field crashed into a residence at Lucas six miles south of Shreveport this afternoon. The number of people injured or the exact cause were not yet determined. authorities investigated the accident scene.
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Shreveport
Barksdale Field
Lucas
Gentaa
British Press Urges Churchill to Show War Progress
London editors from Daily Herald Daily Mail and Times demand concrete results from Churchill's Moscow and Middle East trips. They warn public apathy threatens morale and call for a clear plan, stronger home front leadership, and immediate moves to bolster the war effort.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Moscow
Middle East
the Herald
Daily Mail
The
Dieppe
Germany
the Times
Army airbase work advances near Pocatello
Lt. Col W. Gerald Hines describes a small detachment being stationed at the Michaud flats west of Pocatello airport. Construction continues on housing and mess facilities, runways, streets, and utilities with delays from material shortages but overall progress on schedule for base completion.
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W. Gerald Hines
Army Airbase
Pocatello
Army Air Base
Michaud Flats
Pocatello Airport
Patriotic pageant to open Sixth Ward LDS primary
A patriotic pageant is presented by the Sixth Ward LDS primary at 6 18. The event details are supplied in the readable portion of the page.
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Orient
Hitler
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Dillon, Mont
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Leroy Temple
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Blackfoot
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Danning
Riddle
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Shoun
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Lakeman
Philaia
Hughes
Livingston
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McCullough
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