General Praises Ralph Fry and Intermountain Air Men
Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce lauded intermountain air officers including Maj. Ralph L. Fry of Pocatello Idaho and Maj. William Lewis Jr of Salt Lake City. He praised Lt Col Ray Elsmore of Salt Lake and Maj. William Mooney as a superb troubleshooter amid Pacific war progress.
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Salt Lake City
Ralph Royce
Air Force
Pacific
Intermountain
Ralph L. Fry
Pocatello
Idaho
William Lewis, Jr
Ray T. Elsmore
Salt Lake
Maj
William H. Mooney
Tokyo Admits Ship Loss in Solomon Islands Battle
Imperial headquarters announced Japan lost one destroyer and a small aircraft carrier, with U S losses including a new type heavy carrier heavily damaged, another smaller carrier damaged, and a Pennsylvania class battleship damaged, in the air sea clash east of the Solomon Islands. The Japanese press framed the engagement as an American defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Milne Bay
MacArthur
Port Moresby
Tulagi - Guadalcanal
Tokyo
Jap Radio
Japan
Solomon Islands
Imperial Headquarters
United States
Comcis Unique
Nichi Nichi
Tokyo Daily
East Asia
Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
Largest Ship Down Ways at Brooklyn Navy Yard
The 45000 ton battleship Iowa, the nation’s largest battleship, slid down the Brooklyn yard’s ways. Ralph A. Bard praised its speed and noted its historical lineage, while Mrs. Ilo Browne Wallace christened the 880 foot ship named after the Hawk-Eye state. Rear Admiral E J Marquare called Iowa the heaviest ship ever launched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Ralph A. Bard
Brooklyn Yard
Santiago Bay
Mills describes brutal interrogation of American in Shanghai
Hal P Mills a 44 year old Shanghai newspaper publisher described 25 days of questioning by Japanese interrogators aboard the Grips holm. He said guards beat him across the neck with a bamboo pole and confined him with 17 other foreigners and Chinese. He noted the guards lingering hostility the day Doolittle visited Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Hal P. Mills
Shanghai
Gripsholm
Doolittle
Japan
Fall Kills Farmer in Ashley Valley Hay Load Incident
Thomas J. Jenkins 61 a pioneer farmer of Ashley valley was killed Wednesday in a fall from a hay load. He toppled backward from the hay wagon and broke his neck in Vernal Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal
Uah
Thomas J. Jenkins
Ashley Valley
Jenkins
Japs Retreat East Under Strong Attack in China
Japanese forces retreat eastward from Chuhsien under Chinese assaults near the big air field complex in Chekiang province. Chinese units push from the west and southwest, with fires in the city center and continued bombers based in China. Lashio and the Burma road supply line are noted, while Japanese withdrawals from Sungyand and Lishui are reported.
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Chungking
Chuhsien
China
Chekiang Province
Japan
Kian
United States
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwer
Lashio
Rangoon
Mandalay
Sungyand
Lishui
Rotary Committee Chairs Address Luncheon in Pocatello
Rotary members heard three committee chairmen Hugh MacCosham on fellowship John R Nichols on community service and Arthur Petersen on club service. Guests included naval ordnance plant staffer J Vernon Otter and Lieut R W Hooper along with several regional officials and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh MacCosham
John R. Nichols
Arthur Petersen
Dean Nichols
Pocatello
J. Vernon Otter
Naval Ordnance Plant
Lieut
R. W. Hooper
Naval Plant
Portmouth
N. H
G. R. Smith
Blackfoot
David L. McKay
Salt Lake
Robert Myers
Bremerton
O. A. Pield
San Francisco
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Stanley Brown
Willard Bowen
Idaho-Utah
Kiwanis
Milton Zener
Pocatello ‘Kiwanis Club
Harry Brady
Roy Miller
Pocatello Lions Club
Neil Jordan
Fergus Briggs
Paul Nash
Season Nears End By W. E. M
The maximum slipped to 84 Wednesday with a low of 55 indicating a cooler spell. Blankets, fall garments and school supplies show the season’s end while a summer with no spring yielded a bountiful harvest. Temperatures at noon Thursday were noted and the forecast calls for cooler conditions tonight. The sun will rise at 6 50 and set at 8 12.
Pedro Cusano Dies at Age 60
Pedro Cusano 60 of 730 North Main died Wednesday at a local hospital after a lingering illness. He was born December 13, 1881 in Italy and moved to Canada in 1907, then to Pocatello in 1910 where he stayed. Survived by widow Rose Zaccardi and one daughter Mrs. Howard Ball of Pocatello. Funeral arrangements announced by Downard mortuary.
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P Edro Cusano
North
Canada
Pocatello
Union Pacific
Catholic Church
U. P. Old Timers Club
Order of Railroad Clerks
Howard Ball Pocatello
Downard Mortuary
Former Idahoan Arthur Hibbard Dies in Salt Lake City
Arthur E. Hibbard 72 a former Idaho legislator who represented Canyon county from 1932 to 1936 died in a Salt Lake City hospital Wednesday. He farmed near Caldwell before retiring and is survived by his widow a daughter Esther Marie Ramsey of Marsing Idaho three sons Augustus Forest W. Hibbard of Salt Lake City and George H. Hibbard of Thayer Iowa five brothers and two sisters including James Hibbard of Pocatello.
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Salt Lake City
Idaho
Arthur E. Hibbard
Salt Lake Hospital
Canyon County
Caldwell
Esther Marie Ramsey
Marsing
Augustus
Forest W. Hibbard
George H. Hibbard
Thayer
Iowa
James Hibbard
Pocatello
Clark Polls High Vote In Primaries
In Idaho the Aug. 11 U S senate primary saw Glen Taylor of Pocatello lead Democratic rivals with 10 188 votes against Lt. Gov. Charles C. Gossett's 8 188 in Camas County final returns. Republican totals show John Thomas with 18 947 while John C. Sanborn received 5 582. Incumbent Henry C. Dworshak led in the second district Republican contest with 18 619. Tra Marrs topped the Democratic race in the first district with 9 756 to Arnold Williams 4 135. Governor Clark was unopposed with 29 962 votes. Overall Senate votes totaled 61 996 with 22 002 Democratic and 29 984 Republican. Some nonpartisan judicial totals remain pending due to a technicality.
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Obey
Camas
George H. Curtis
State Board of
John Thomas
John C. Sanborn
Hagerman
Henry C. Dworshak
Tra H. Marrs
Boise
Arnold Williams
Restvirg
Compton I. White
John Knox Oe
Coeur d'Alene
Clark
C. A. Bottolfsen
William Detweiler
Hidk
Curtis
Supreme Court
Camas County
U. S
Line
Pocateto
Rexburg
Charles Gossett
Nampa
Taylor
Tayior
Taylor Opposes Bob Coulter For Democratic Chairman
Boise report on the looming Democratic platform convention opens with incumbent Robert Coulter facing stiff opposition led by U S Senate nominee Glen Taylor. Four challengers named include Ross Haworth A B Wilson F M Bistline and Arnold Williams officials note Gossett won't seek the post.
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Taylor
Bob Coulter
Boise
Robert
Bob” Coulter
Glen Taylor
U.S
Coulter
Ross Haworth
A. B. ‘Wilson
Twin Falls
F. M. Bist
Draft Change To Place Boys in Draft
Washington report on 7 new draft measures to draft 18 and 19 year olds tops a late session plan by House Rules Chairman Sabato. He says Congress will likely approve the move as part of a push during the waning days of the 77th Congress.
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Washington
Sabato
House Rules Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Sabath
Senate
Bac
Rules Committee
Federal Communications Committee
Russian air raids hit Berlin and other German targets
Moscow based ep to Berlin Danzig and Koenigsberg with nine fires in Berlin and Danzig and ten in Koenigsberg explosions reported in Koenigsberg other eastern and central German towns attacked. Elwood Rip Gledhill agreed to coach Pocatello high school for next season at request of FE Norman Vaughn superintendent and George N Green principal. Gledhill will lead football and keep basketball and track duties. Senate finance panel cut 171 million in potential revenue by scrapping freight excise levy in the new tax bill. Chinese forces regain Tsinsien 25 miles toward Nanchang after advancing 35 miles from Kiangsi province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Berlin
Danzig
Koenigsberg
Germany
Elwood
Rip” Gledhill
Pocatello High School
Norman Vaughn
George N. Green
Gledhill
Pocatello
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
Dga
Chungking
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Tsinsien
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Baseball scores from AP national games
National New York and Cincinnati tied with scoreless halves while Boston and Pittsburgh also played to a draw. Brooklyn faced St. Louis in a twilight game. Cleveland beat Boston in a separate scheduled contest with a 1 run lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Soviet hopes to stop Axis in hills amidst Caucasus push
The piece discusses Red Star forecasts of halting the Nazi advance on the Caucasus mountain line and Moscow’s defenses. It notes a Red Army drive in the Rzhev area northwest of Moscow with claimed gains and large German losses, and analyzes strategic aims to relieve Stalingrad and deter a Moscow assault before winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Star
Cayasian
Caucasian Mountain
Rzhev
Moscow
Stalingrad
Hitler
Caucasus
War Review Section commemorates three years of war
Sunday Tribune-Journal presents a commemorative War Review for the third anniversary of the conflict. The edition surveys Poland's invasion through maps and text, detailing three years of war and signaling the approaching second front. Reserve copies now for historical reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Tribune-Journal
Poland
Russian Allies Press Through Nazi Lines Near Rzhev and Stalingrad
Soviet forces push toward the Rzhev-Vyazma rail line west of Moscow and engage in street fighting in Rzhev while a major push drives west on a 170 mile front. Reports say 45,000 German casualties and 610 villages recaptured as Zhukov's forces advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalingrad
Russia
Rzhev-Vyazma
Moscow
Rzhev
Volga
Gregory K. Zhukov
Azhev
Reuters
Order Delays Bird Shoot in Idaho Partridges and Doves
Idaho wildlife officials postponed the Hungarian partridge season to September 5–15 and delayed mourning dove seasons to September 5–10 in most counties while keeping Sept 1–10 in Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, Teton, Bingham, Bonneville, Power, Bannock, Caribou, Oneida, Franklin and Bear Lake. The new dates follow a Capitol hearing on fire hazards. U.S. Forest Service and other agencies participated. Bag limits remain 8 forHungarian partridges per federal rules prohibiting shipment after September 14.
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Boise
Idaho
James O. Beck
State Fish and Game Department
Capitol
Clark
Fremont
Jefferson
Madison
Teton
Bingham
Bonneville
Power
Bannock
Caribou
Oneida
Franklin
Bear Lake
U. S. Forest Service
The
Grazing Service
State Forester’s Office
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Washington, D. C
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Philippines
Royce
Pacific War Theater
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Terain
Ieland
Manila Bay
Brazil
Rotary
By W. E. M
Edro Cusano
Rose Zaccardi
Bulletins
Associated Press
National
Cincinnati
Feldman and
Danning
Starr
Lamanno
Boston
Pittsburgh
Tobin
Masi
Gornicki
Lopez
Cleveland
Bagby and Hogan
Hughson and Peacock
Diplomat Home
Harold Pease
Sacramento
Calif
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Timoshenko
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