Pioneer resident Mrs. Sonnenkalb Dies in Pocatello
Mrs. Matilda Jane Caldwell Sonnenkalb, 83, a Pocatello resident since 1889, died after months of illness in her South Arthur apartment. Born in 1860 in Monmouth Illinois, she married Oscar Sonnenkalb in 1883 and helped build the city’s first house on North Garfield. She was active in the Women’s Study League, Art and Travel Club, First Pilgrim Congregational Church, and the YWCA, with a paralytic stroke in May ending her speech. Burial is in Mountain View Cemetery with pallbearers named.
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Oscar Sonnenkalb
Pocatello
South Arthur
Women’s Study League
Art and Travel Club
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Sonnenkalb
Matilda Jane Caldwell
Monmouth
Til
Oxford
Idaho
A. F. Caldwell
Germany
Sonnenkalbs
North Garfield
North Main
Europe
Sonne
Fred Caldwell
Jello
Will
James Caldwell
Maud
Ae Cgnekalb
Mr. Caldwell
Mountainview Cemetery
Theo, Turner, Jr
E. J. Merrill
Arthur Kirkpatrick
Fredi W. H. Cleare
Nicholas
Mosquito raids shake Berlin amid third night of attacks
RAF Mosquitos kept Berlin awake in a third raid in as many nights. The air ministry noted a missing raider while mines were laid in enemy waters. A Stockholm dispatch said Berlin’s death toll would have been huge if evacuees had not left, with residents mobilized for fire and rescue as fires glowed from heavy bombers.
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London
Berlin
Stockholm
Tidmingen
Earth tremors felt across Salt Lake County
Slight earthquakes were reported in Salt Lake City area and Magna with signals from the air base and copper community.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Magna
Pacific War Hero Visits Local Base With Heroic Feats
Captain Ernest Lee Reid Jr a South Pacific bomber pilot visits the area on temporary duty at Mountain Home base while stationed at Pocatello. He earned the Airmen's Medal Oak Leaf Cluster Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary service during aerial missions over New Guinea and the South Pacific and was commended by Lieutenant General George C Kenney. Reid and his wife and 13 month old son reside at 421 South Third Pocatello with ties to New Haven Conn and his father and brother also serve in the armed forces.
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Pocatello
Mountain Home
Ernest Lee Reid, Jr
South Pacific
Reid
Air Service
Pearl Harbor
Australia
New Guinea
David Reid
Armed Forces
USO
George C. Kenney
Fifth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Polio Outbreak Worsens In Chicago With New Cases
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen says the last 24 hours were the worst in Chicago's polio crisis, reporting 34 new infantile paralysis cases and four deaths. City totals reach 260 cases and 27 deaths since July 1, with 91 cases and 9 deaths in the county. The outbreak trends northward as 16 new cases occur in the northern area.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Board of Health
Bundesen
Senator George's Son Listed MIA in Navy Records
Lt. Joseph Marcus George, U S naval reserve and son of Senator Walter F. George and Mrs. George of Georgia, was officially listed as missing in action on navy records.
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Washington
Joseph Marcus George
U. S. Naval Reserve
Walter F. George
Georgia
Navy
Mountbatten Named Allied Commander in Southeast Asia
The appointment of Lord Louis Mountbatten as supreme allied commander in southeastern Asia signals potential land, sea, and air campaigns against Japan in Burma. He would coordinate with General Douglas MacArthur’s operations, with possible offensives from India or Ceylon.
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Associated Press
Louis Mountbatten
Asia
Burma
China
Japan
Mountbatten
Douglas MacArthur
India
Ceylon
MacArthur
Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
New
Solomons
U. S
14Th Air Force
Hankow
Wushan
Tokyo
Hongkong
Chinese High Command
Fuyang
Chekiang Province
Hangchow
Chungking
Losses Small At Sicily Invasion Details
Coventry England reports Allied sea losses from the Sicily invasion were under 85 000 tons for the June 10 to August 17 period. A V Alexander states 80 000 men 7 000 vehicles 300 tanks and 700 guns landed within 48 hours of the first landing. British fleet fired over 20 000 shells as the invasion moved thousands of tanks aircraft and endless vehicles.
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England
Sicily
A. V. Alexander
Alexander
North Africa
Reds Break Through in Ukraine Moving Toward Kiev
Soviet forces cut deep toward Kiev from Kharkov region as Red Star reports a 85 mile westward advance and a river crossing near Zenkov. German positions at Zenkov and Akhtyrka fall after heavy fighting while Donets breaches widen and supply lines risk severance.
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Red Army
Ukraine
Kharkov
Kiev
Zenkov
Red Star
Poltava
Dnieper
Red
Oposhnya
Akhtyrka
Donets
Voroshilovgrad
Lezovaya
Axis Destroys Swedish Fishing Boats Near Denmark
Three German destroyers reportedly sank two Swedish boats in the North Sea off Denmarks northwest coast. The incident, part of a series of German actions since the Ulven submarine sinking, drew Swedish government caution with reports of up to 12 fishermen dead. The boats were Swedish-flagged with blue and gold insignia and were operating in international waters.
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Stockholm
North Sea
Denmark
Gothenburg
Foreign Office
Germany
Ulven
Manville romance ends seven hours after wedding
Tommy Manville announced he separated from his seventh wife Macie Marie Sunny Ainsworth, whom he wed yesterday. He plans to seek an annulment after the breakup occurred last night seven hours and 45 minutes after the ceremony.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Macie Marie
Sunny Ainsworth
Bone flour linked to dental immunity in warm Worcester study
Dr. 8 G Harootian reports a nine month trial using bone flour from beef bones to boost calcium and phosphorus intake. Worcester State Hospital patients showed reduced caries while Deaf Smith county residents exhibited natural resistance due to soil and local produce rich in minerals.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Dental Association
G. Harootian
Worcester
Mass
Worcester State Hospital
Harootian
Deaf Smith County
Tex
Dr. Harootian
Mountbatten to lead Allied forces in Southeast Asia
Washington reports Lord Louis Mountbatten named supreme allied commander in Southeast Asia. His plan emphasizes a sea air land push to reopen the Burma road, strike Rangoon, and boost Lend‑Lease support to China while coordinating American Chinese British Canadian and Indian units.
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Washington
Japan
Burma
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Doughty Mountbatten
Britain
George VI
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Mounthbatten
Rangoon
Arakan
Workers Return From Nashville Plant Walkout
Workers at Consolidated Vultee in Nashville return to work after a two day walkout over supervisor appointments. An arbitration agreement ends the dispute as Governor Cooper activated draft deferment measures to resolve the strike and avert wider stoppages.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Consolidated Vultee, Inc
Prentice Cooper
Army Officer Speaks On Africa Combat at Portneuf Lodge
Captain Roe, stationed at the army air base, will recount combat experiences in North Africa at a Portneuf Orange No. 229 meeting. The event is set for 9 p.m. Friday at the K of P hall in the 100 block on South Garfield, per W. P. Havenor.
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Roe
Army Air Base
North Africa
Portneuf
Berlin in Panic as Allied Raids Drive Evacuation
Berlin residents flee to forests amid heavy air raids and Goebbels propaganda warnings. NBC reports German government offices dispersing nationwide as Berlin endures intensified bombing and fear.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Die Nation
N.B.C
John MacVane
London
Germany
MacVane
Mercury Climate Jumps Defy Easy Forecasts
The forecast notes erratic temperature swings with a 44 degree low last night and 86 degrees at 2 30 pm today. Highs near 80 yesterday and a 44 degree low again tonight. mean 62 versus normal 66. Sunset 8 16, sunrise 6 49. Slight warming expected today with little change tonight.
Schedule Change Brings Four Teams to Eastern Idaho Softball Tourney
Norman Roberts of the YMCA announces a Friday night shift in the eastern Idaho softball tournament. At 7 30 p m the Whacky Rabbits face Empire of Blackfoot, and at 8 45 p m the Pocatello Bombers meet Heyburn replacing Idaho Falls. No games Saturday, Sunday starts at 1 30 p m and 7 p m.
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Idaho
Norman Roberts
YMCA
Whacky Rabbits
Empire
Blackfoot
Pocatello Bombers
Heyburn
Idaho Falls
Kansan to Skip General-Fund Property Tax Next Year
Kansas will levy no general-fund property tax in the upcoming year marking the first such omission in 82 years. Tax commission experts estimate taxpayers will save about 3.203 million dollars in relief.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansan
Tax Commission
Allied Air Snatches Foggia Target With Low Level Lightning Blitz
Allied Lightning fighters flew 440 miles from Sicily at tree top height to strike Foggia and rail yards near Taranto. The raid destroyed ground defenses and parked planes as Liberators and Fortresses followed, with 26 enemy planes shot down and heavy damage at Taranto and Crotone rail hubs. Ground crews fled as formations pressed home their attacks.
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North Africa
Italy
Foggia
Naples
Adriatic
Middle East
Crotone
Gulf of Taranto
Sicily
Plan to shape MISSOULA water program gains cross state support
Governors Bertolfsen of Idaho and Ford of Montana report broad backing for a long range water resources plan for the Columbia river basin. The advisory committee will draft an overall plan at future meetings, with hearings to begin in Kalispell, Montana, as the House irrigation committee opens.
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Missoula
Mont
Columbia River Basin
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Wyoming
Montana
C. A. Bertolfsen
Sam C. Ford
House Committee On Irrigation and Reclamation
Kalispell
Recall petition drive targets Idaho governor over oath breach
George Luker of the Pocatello Independent Voters league says petitions to recall Governor C A Bottolfsen are circulating in Tyhee and Pocatello. He claims sufficient signatures exist to assure a recall election and warns on illegal signatures and multiple filings.
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George Luker
Pocatello
Independent Voters League
League
C. A. Bottolfsen
Luker
Germans Move to Quell Danish Revolt in Occupied Denmark
German troops and gestapo push into Denmark as general strikes spread to Helsingfora Vejle and Roskilde crippling shipbuilding. Reports say gunfire in Copenhagen and sabotage disrupts Burmeister works. casualty estimates rise amid food shortages and talk of military control.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Copenhagen
Stocksholm
Aftonbladet
Gestapo
Helsingfora
Vejle
Roskilde
Raadhusepladsen
Malmo
Fredericia
Allehanda
Christian
Judge invites OPA action in tool sale case
Detroit Circuit Judge Guy A. Miller directed the receiver of Leisner Manufacturing to ignore OPA price ceilings and accept bids for tools and machinery at any figure. He said no statute grants OPA jurisdiction over sales of property in court hands and warned that federal overreach could erode state rights.
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Detroit
Guy A. Miller
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Leisner Manufacturing Company
Jorge Miller
Congress
Miller
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