War History Charges in 3 Year Period
AP recounts World War II events from 1941 to 1943, detailing Pearl Harbor damage, battles in Guadalcanal and New Guinea, Tarawa conquest, and advances across the Central and South Pacific including Saipan, Guam, and the Palau group as U.S. forces push toward Tokyo. The narrative highlights key dates and distances, noting McArthur's campaigns and the progression toward the Philippines.
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Pearl Harbor
Hickam Field
Guam
Guadalcanal
Solomons
U. S
New Guinea
Douglas McArthur
Port Moresby
Buna-Gona
Tarawa
Central Pacific
Gilberts
Bougainville
Philippines
Kiska
Hollandia
Schouten Islands
Morotai
Halmaheras
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Tokyo
Carolines
Tinian
Palau
Strike Up the Band and Fox Hole Varieties Hit War Bond Drive
Military announces new band show series at Pocatello airfield to promote the sixth war loan drive. The program includes air field band music and skits by band personnel, with Eddie Gayeski as writer and Lt. Poffenroth as sponsor and Lt. Van Buren as PR officer. Admission via bond purchase tickets.
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Pocatello Army Airfield
Preston
Downey
Fox Hole
Pocatello
Pfe
Eddie Gayeski
Glee Club
Albert Poffenroth
Walter van Buren
England’s Bachelor Taxed 1695 to 1706
The record notes a bachelor tax in England spanning from 1695 through 1706, detailing its implementation period and historical context within that era. The summary situates the levy as a fiscal measure affecting single men during late 17th and early 18th century policy.
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England
Mentally Deficient Youth Charged in Davenport Child Death
Davenport Iowa police report 20 year old Robert Schlimmer admitted killing 2 year old Jean Joyce Lastmeter by stepping on her in his home. Authorities say the suspect, described as mentally deficient, held the girl in custody while the aunt was away.
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Davenport
Iowa
Robert Schlimmer
Reed Phillips
Schlimmer
Jean Joyce Lastmeter
Phillips
Former Girl Scout Member Writes About Girl Guides
Lieut. Margaret Mines, now in England as a U S army dietitian, describes British Girl Guides to Mrs. Earl Rainey in Pocatello. She notes 800 guides, ranks such as captains and sixer, uniforms navy blue with red or gold trefoils, and Guides International Service aiding Serbia Greece and Yugoslavia.
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Earl Rainey
Pocatello
Margaret Mines
Miss Mines
Pocatello Girl Scout Council
England
U. S. Army
Girl Guides
Girl Scouts
Miss Iines
States
Rangers
Guides International Service
Serbia
Greece
Yugoslavia
ATS
Army
Army Territorial Service
Pocatello Girl Scouts
Kittleman Promoted In Fifteenth AAF In Italy
Albert B. Kittleman of 730 North Arthur Pocatello an automobile mechanic in a B 24 Liberator group led by Colonel Philip R Hawes Pearl River N Y has been promoted to corporal He entered the AAP August 16 1942 and arrived overseas in February Before the army he farmed near Pocatello His wife Lois and their eight month old son Albert Jr live at the Pocatello address His parents Mr and Mrs Oswald Kittleman reside in Alliance Nebraska
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Fifteenth Aaf
Italy
Albert B. Kittleman
North Arthur
Pocatello
Philip R. Hawes
Pearl River
N. Y
Kittleman
AAP
Lois Kittleman
Albert
Idaho Man Clif ford H Colyer Graduates At Tyndall Field
Pvt Clif ford H Colyer of Three Creeks Idaho has graduated from the army air forces flexible gunnery school at Tyndall field Florida, receiving silver wings signifying readiness to join an RAF bomber combat crew.
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Panama City
Fla
Clifford H. Colyer
Army Air Forces
Tyndall Field
Army Air Forces Training Command
G. Colyer
Three Creeks
Idaho
Armor plate saves flyer from Japanese bomb during Guam fight
Marine Lts. Rolland E. Marker and Lowell E. Wilkerson relate how a piece of armor plating from a junked plane protected Marker in a Corsair during a Guam engagement. A fanatical attacker hid nine hours behind Marker’s seat after exploding twice, and Wilkerson’s earlier ship-killing shot earned him credit.
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San Diego
Calif
Rolland E. Marker
Kansas City
Lowell E. Wilkerson
Natus
Idaho
Guam
Marker
Wilkerson
Rabaul
Obituaries Goodman M Johnson and Scandino Omachevarria
Goodman M Johnson 66 of RF D 1 north died early today in a local hospital born September 4 1878 in Bergen Norway son of John and Hansine Hollaland employed 31 years as a Union Pacific car inspector retired January 28 1942 survived by two sons a daughter and a son in Norway plus nine grandchildren and a sister seven brothers in Norway funeral at Hail mortuary with time to be announced body taken to Salt Lake City for interment Sunset Mausoleum Scandino Omachevarria 64 of 337 North Hayes died Wednesday after a two week illness born 1880 Basque country Spain son of Emeterio Omachevarria came to Pocatello 42 years ago sheepman and rancher near Soda Springs survived by brother Florencio of Pocatello funeral Monday 10 am at St Josephs Church burial Mountainview Cemetery rosary Sunday 8 pm at Downard chapel
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Goodman M. Johnson
Rf.d. 1
North
Bergen
Norway
John
Hansine Knarick Hollaland
Union Pacific
Johnson
Idaho
Montana
Anna Karen Mjnseth
Pocatello
Jennie Christensen
Bertha Johnson
Grace Lutheran Church
R. A. Koch
John H. Johnson
Jack E. Johnson
Walter E. Dillon
Gudrun Johnson
Salt Lake City
Scundino Omachevarria
Scandino Omachevarria
North Hayes
Basque Country
Spain
Emeterio Omachevatria
Soda Springs
Florencio
St. Joseph's Church
Edmund R. Cody
Buria
Mountainview Cemetery
Downard Chapel
Smokers Pledge Aid for Vets in Denver Club
About 300 members of the Denver breakfast club sign pledges not to buy or smoke ready made cigarettes until military smoke supplies are ample. The group acts to support the armed forces and curb civilian consumption during wartime.
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Denver
Petrone concert aids Idaho Falls choir fund
The Petrone concert party held a benefit at the Christian church in Idaho Falls on Wednesday evening to start a fund for the newly formed choir directed by Mr Petone with Mrs Petrone as pianist. The choir aims to buy robes for its members. Participants include Vito Petrone director and dramatic tenor Mary Petrone pianist and reader Rex Eaton dramatic baritone Bethene Eaton coloratura soprano Helen West dramatic soprano and advanced students Mr and Mrs Eaton and Mrs West.
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Petrone
Idaho Falls
The
Christian Church
OPA Bans Tie-In Sales For War Bonds And Cigarettes
The OPA ruled that requiring customers to buy a war bond to obtain cigarettes constitutes a tie in sale and is forbidden. Dealers may give cigarettes away with war bonds, but if forced to buy both, the case could face legal action though the spokesman declined to comment.
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Washington (P
OPA
Potato Sales Start Suits Initiated by OPA Officials
The district office of price administration plans three or four lawsuits against potato growers for price violations. Suits likely to be filed in federal court Monday. Idaho dealers say midwestern buyers pay above ceiling prices and buy in cellar lots before grading, against OPA rules. Dealer groups convene a meeting to discuss the issue with state OPA officials invited.
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Boise
District Office of Price Administration
Karl Jeppesen
OPA
Jeppesen
Southcentral
Idaho
C. C. Anderson
Larry Quinn
Price
Lloyd Bell
Price Division
Boise Debates Compulsory Military Training Supporters Oppose
Boise residents debated compulsory military training with strong views on schools failing to teach physical education. Lt Col Norman B Adkison urged action while opponents warned of coercion and policy overreach.
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Boise
Norman B. Adkison
Funeral services for Scundino Omachevarria
Funeral services for Scundino Omachevarria aged 64 of 337 North Hayes are set for Monday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church with Rev. Edmund R. Cody officiating in Downard chapel. Burial will follow.
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Scundino Omachevarria
North Hayes
St. Joseph's Church
Edmund R. Cody
Downard Chapel
Mountainview Cemetery
Card of Thanks for loss of son and brother
We express sincere appreciation to all who assisted us during our bereavement. Special thanks to the commanding officer at Pocatello AAF and those who participated in the services, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Henderson and others.
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Pocatello Aaf
J. W. Henderson
School fitness push frames training as cheap defense
Zed L. Foy, superintendent of schools, argues that compulsory military training for young men costs less than half of army expenses and would provide moral fitness and protection for lives, homes, and property, while warning against policies seen in Japan and Germany.
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Zed L. Foy
Japan
Germany
Roosevelt Signs Pension Increases for Disabled Veterans
President Roosevelt signed a bill boosting wartime service disability pensions for veterans in peacetime. The extra monthly payment rises from 18.75 to 26.25 dollars for loss or use of an eye hand or foot, with similar increases previously enacted for other injuries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
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