Russians Reach Rostov Front as Berlin Faces Setbacks
Soviet forces push toward Rostov on the Lower Don with tanks and air support, threatening the Caucasus gateway and cutting German supply lines. Berlin acknowledges reverses while German units conduct defensive actions on the Caucasus Don and Stalingrad fronts.
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Russia
Rostov
Don
Berlin
Caucasus
Rzhev
Moscow
Ursgay
Gal River
Bolshaya Orlovka
Hitler
Stalingrad
Planes Active Over Calais In Channel Attacks
Allied fighter formations were seen over the channel and aimed at targets in northern France after Thursday night raids on the Ruhr. Calais district was a focus with a formation returning at 20,000 feet as weather improved, while British bombers safely returned from the Ruhr raid, the third since the year began.
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London
France
Ruhr
Calais
Channel
Air Ministry
Missing Man Safe Seaman Preston Lewis Confirmed Safe
The Navy reported that Seaman Second Class Preston James Lewis of Delta Utah, listed as missing on September 17, is now reported safe. His father is Price H. Lewis of Delta.
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Washington
Navy
Preston James Lewis
Delta
Utah
Price H. Lewis
Lindbergh to Split Time Between Ford Plant and Hartford Research
Charles A. Lindbergh will divide his time between the Ford Willow Run airplane plant and a Hartford research role for United Aircraft corporation, announced president Eugene B. Wilson.
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Hartford, Conn
Ford
Salt Lake City Reports 27 Rape Cases in 1942
A 27 year old man was arrested after a six year old girl identified him as the assailant near a Salt Lake City school. Detectives quoted the victim and Bill Catmull, son of a policeman, as contributing to the arrest. Police note 27 actual or attempted rapes were reported in 1942, with only six suspects brought to trial.
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Salt Lake City
Bill Catmull
Jeffers Seeks Priority for Rubber Plant Expansion
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers urged quick approval of 65 to 70 percent of plant construction for the synthetic rubber program to prevent a disaster in military and industrial transport. He questioned extending the east coast pleasure driving ban nationwide but expected voluntary cooperation to reduce tire wear.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Convoy Beats Off German Naval Assault North of Norway
British destroyers repelled four German attacks against a North Cape convoy aiding Russia. A pocket battleship or similar German unit, plus cruiser and destroyers, fled to Norwegian bases as stronger British forces intervened. Casualties included the destroyer Achates sunk and Onslow damaged.
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London
Russia
North Cape
Admiralty
Admiral Scheer
Luetzow
Norway
Achates
H. M
Onslow
Minneapolis Girl Seeks Room Faints In Ogden Hotel Lobby
A Minneapolis girl arrived to enter a defense school in Ogden and tried every method to find a room in the crowded community. Unable to locate shelter she walked into a hotel lobby and fainted. A hotel occupant offered a room.
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Ogden
Minneapolis
Pension Act May Cause Most Trouble
Idaho lawmakers anticipate a bitter session clash over the senior citizens grant act with estimates from four to seven million dollars yearly to fund $40 monthly benefits for needy over 65. The governor signed several appropriation bills including 700000 for public assistance, 55000 for legislative salaries, and 32040 for other expenses. A further measure would appoint a trustee for absentee estates, and another would allow contracting firms to pay overtime and bonuses to workers on Pacific island bases captured by Japan, affecting about 400 Idaho prisoners. The senate also moved a bill to return funds from state dining halls to the general fund.
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Barlow
Cassia
Senate Finance Committee
Rep. Moffatt
Idaho
Senate
Four Sets of Triplets? No Four Sons Born in City Families
Four sons arrived in two days to local families. Leonard Jachau and wife at 1430 North First welcomed a son at St. Anthony hospital, as did James Faulkner and wife at 746 South Tenth. Howard Bloxham and A. J. Stewart also had sons, with Bloxham a Lava Hot Springs farmer and Stewart a Bonneville school janitor.
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Leonard Jachau
North First
James Faulkner
South Tenth
St. Anthony Hospital
Howard Bloxham
Lava Hot Springs
A. J. Stewart
Randolph
General Hospital
Bloxham
Stewart
Bonneville School
Jachau
Faulkner
Truckers to Appear Before Idaho Utilities Panel
Thirteen Idaho trucking firms are scheduled to appear before the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to show cause why their P U C I permits should not be revoked. They are the remaining 13 of a 26 cited for failure to file 1941 annual reports. the other 13 have filed since citations were issued.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Commission
Weather Unseasonably Warmth For Pocatello
Balmy conditions persist in Pocatello with a low ceiling and mild temperatures. The forecast calls for little temperature change, a sun return expected, and normal daytime highs around 22 to 26 degrees with a 29 degree high recorded on Thursday.
Labor Board Considers Local Appeal
The National Labor Relations Board hears Idaho Refining Co. case from Pocatello on whether driver layoffs stemmed from insurance policy pressures or union activity. Attorneys cite truck accidents and insurance cancellations. side claims on union involvement are contested.
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Labor Board
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Idaho Refining Company of Pocatello
A. L. Merrill
H. S. Thatcher
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Merrill
Thatcher
Governor to Curb Idaho Liquor Sales
Governor Bottolfsen will seek a bill to cap daily liquor purchases and on hand amounts for individuals. He argues current regulation gaps could allow abuse and says there will be no wholesale distribution of liquor by state stores during his administration.
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Boise
Bortolfsen
Bottolfsen
Berlin Radio Reacts to President Roosevelt Speech
New York Transocean radio dispatches purporting to show Berlin reaction to Roosevelt's congress address outline four propaganda claims. The broadcasts, recorded by the FCC, say the speech was meant to dispel doubts, call production figures fantastic, claim U S correction, and threaten stronger German air retaliation against Britain and Ireland.
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New York
Transocean
Berlin
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Communications Commissions
United States
Governor Confers on Bills Ahead of 27th Legislature
Governor Bottolfsen met Friday with members of the state affairs committees from both houses to outline administrative bills for the 27th session. The measures include a constitutional amendment on labor commissioner powers, higher income tax exemptions, stricter liquor law enforcement, and wartime emergency powers for the governor.
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Boise
Bottolfsen
House
Senate
Republican Party
Pocatello
Office of Commissioner of Labor
ISU to Open Navy Flight Training for Cadets
Idaho Southern University will start a naval aviation cadet program replacing CPT. Enlisted naval cadets arrive January 14 to train as combat pilots with pay as navy privates and subsistence. A naval officer will oversee discipline and military courses on campus.
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Idaho Southern University
O. D. Garrison
CPT
Civil Aeronauticand Mibleliation War Training Service
Army
Navy Air Corps
Naval Aviation
Idaho Southern
Navy Cadet Corps
Navy Aviation Cadet Board
Navy
John B. Mifflin
Civil Aeronautics Administration Flight Training Service
John Peaberthy
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
President Roosevelt backs pay-as-you-go tax plan with limits
President Roosevelt endorsed pay-as-you-go tax ideas at a press conference but warned the plan hinges on whether current taxes can be forgiven. He cautioned that canceling taxes would shift treasury losses over time, likely spanning the lifetimes of existing taxpayers.
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Washington
Presiden Roosevelt
Treasury
Roosevelt
USO Aid Praised by Canadian Soldiers in Idaho
Two Canadian soldiers stranded by funds praised the USO in southeastern Idaho after a failed attempt to cash Canadian government paychecks. They avoided a 30 percent local bank deduction and found help from Terence Moran, the new Pocatello USO director, who cashed their checks.
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Idaho
USO
Pocatello
Terence Moran
Pocatello Uso
Worker gets year in prison for bomb at Kearny plant
Bernard J. O'Donnell, 21, was sentenced to one year in prison and a $100 fine after he assembled a bomb at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company plant in Kearny and declared he had found it.
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Newark
N. J
Bernard J. O'Donnell
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
New German Supply Tankers Extend U-boat Patrols
Berlin reports describe new type supply ships for submarines that tow underwater depots to sea lanes. The tankers, weighing 3500 to 4000 tons, carry oil medicine provisions and repair parts enabling U boots to stay at sea for months rather than about ten weeks, according to Svenska Dagbladet in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Svenska Dagbladet
Abs
Aerial Route Gives China Material Aid
Chungking reports describe the aerial link as a fragile lifeline between China and the outside world. Harsh weather and enemy shadows threaten the route, yet Allied relief and material support depend on its continuity to sustain China and public morale.
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China
DeWitt Mackenzie Chungking
India
Chuneking
Burma
Gotham Quiet Under OPA
Old Man Knickerbocker steps out with confidence as the OPA order calms Manhattan traffic. Motor pleasured of prior years fade. people shift to subways trains and buses. In Times Square and Herald Square, parking and horns dwindle as pedestrians return and a horse and wagon passes Sixth Avenue.
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OPA
East Side
West Side
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Park
Madison Avenues
Broadway
Manhattan
Times Square
Theater District
Herald Square
Sixth Avenue
Montpelier Schools Add Two Teachers Amid Workload
Supt. A J Winters reports two new teachers join the Montpelier system to ease the teaching load. Lois Helsley is assigned to Washington school and Eunice Eschler to Lincoln. Marian White resigns from Lincoln to marry in Tonopah Nev with a successor unnamed.
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Montpelier
A. J. Winters
Lois Helsley
Washington School
Eunice Eschler
Lincoln
Marian White
Tonopah
Nev
Victory claimed in Papuan campaign as Japanese army destroyed
MacArthur's headquarters announced near completion of the Papuan campaign with the annihilation of a Japanese army once totaling 15,000 troops. Allied air forces hit Kiska Munda and a Japanese convoy off the New Guinea coast as heavy air and sea attacks continued.
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Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
New Gaines
Navy
Washington
U. S. Army
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Munda
New Georgia
Solomon Islands
MacArthur
Sanananda Point
Tomatore Horii
Horii
Port
Fire traps twelve miners in Morgantown area mine
Fire in a Pursglove No 15 mine motor near Morgantown trapped twelve miners Friday. Sheriff Clarence E Johnson said about 60 workers were in the section and all but twelve escaped. Rescue teams from Monongalia and Marion counties rushed to the scene amid uncertainty about the miners fate.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Clarence E. Johnson
Monongalia
Marion
Writer Joins Idaho Fish and Game Post
Cedric d'Easum of Blackfoot resigns after 11 years on the Idaho Daily Statesman staff to become supervisor of information services for the state fish and game department. He previously worked in Idaho Paris Coeur dAlene Moscow and Spokane newspapers before reporting to his new role.
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Boise
Cedric d'Easum
Blackfoot
Idaho Daily Statesman
State Fish and Game Department
D'Easum
Idaho Paris
Coeur d'Alene
Moscow
Spokane
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Alske
Skropotring
Protelnikovsk
Voroshilovsk
Alnye
Yody
Prokhladnenski
Nalchir
Hertzastrakhan
Mozdok
Caspian
Grozny
Makmach
U. S
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ISU
United Nations
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Knickerbocker
Priday
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