Admiral Kimmel Reveals Death Threats After Pearl Harbor
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel told a senate house committee he received death threats upon returning from Pearl Harbor. He presented a Feb 22, 1942 letter to Admiral Harold Stark criticizing the Navy for inflaming public opinion and noted an imminent retirement. He said threats from across the country continue as he faces possible discipline.
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Washington
E. Kimmel
Senate House Committee
Harold R. Stark
Navy
Knox
Chinese Fire After Truce Reported In North China
Reports of clashes in North China violate a government-Communist truce. Chang Chung and En Lai expressed worry over continued fighting. A three man committee to reorganize the army was formed, with plans to cut forces and use demobilized troops for infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
Chang Chung Chou En-Lai
Chang
Lin Wei
Yenan
Chiang Kai -Shek
Legion to Dine in Pocatello Meet at Memorial Hall
The American Legion in Pocatello will hold an 8 p m meeting Thursday at Memorial hall. Volney Watts said a special business session will be followed by a lunch prepared by Charles Hall, the chef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello American Legion
Memorial Hall
Volney Watts
Charles Hall
Churchill Heads to Florida for Vacation in Miami
Winston Churchill and Mrs. Churchill arrived in Miami on the Havana special and left the station for a private reunion. They were met by Col. Frank Clarke, a Canadian industrialist, who will host them at his Biscayne Bay residence after a ride across the causeway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fila
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Havana
Florida East Coast Railway Station
Biscayne Bay
Col
Frank Clarke
Canadian Steamship and Woodpulp Executive
Draft law may end May 15 threatening demobilization
Washington reports the fate of the selective service law remains uncertain as lawmakers debate extending the draft past May 15. Army shortages in monthly inductions push focus to regular enlistment while Eisenhower orders rapid out-processing for those with two years service or 40 points by June 30. Senators press to accelerate civilian return for about 2 million veterans amid push for universal training proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
Congress
Army
G.I
Dwight D. Eisenhower
War Department
Dain Universal Tibu
PFE to Purchase 2000 New Refrigerator Cars
Pacific Fruit Express was authorized by its joint owners Union Pacific and Southern Pacific to buy 2000 new railroad refrigerator cars at an estimated 12 million dollars. Last year the company received 1000 new cars costing about 5.3 million dollars amid builder difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Pacific Fruit Express Co
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railroads
K. V. Plummer
Pacific Fruit Express
Planner
Blackfoot Sponsors Youth Welfare Concert by Orchestra
The Southern Idaho University sponsored orchestra gave a Tuesday evening concert in Blackfoot High School Auditorium under Youth Welfare council sponsorship. Community Concert Association president Ed Cunningham noted the group is a southeastern Idaho organization serving all communities. Blackfoot residents Bob Robbins Norma Osga thorpe and Virginia Osga thorpe are members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Southern Symphony Orchestra
Blackfoot
Youth Welfare Council
Ed Cunningham
Community Concert Association
Idaho Southern University
Food and fuel scarcities drive Spaniards to cave shelters
Madrid report describes hundreds of families living in caves carved into sand hills on the outskirts of the city as a result of war induced shortages. The noted correspondent cautions that cave life reflects a local hardship, not a general Spanish condition, with further details promised on page nine.
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Old City
Upward Blast Spares Lives Of 253 Men
A deadly mine explosion at Havaco mine No 9 in Welch West Virginia killed 14 workers and burned Clarence Hale 24 at Grace hospital while 253 miners escaped alive. State Mines Inspector E L Chatfield said 12 bodies were removed near the shaft base and no more victims likely. General manager Kerr attributed the blast to a cause near the 400 foot shaft and noted the upward force saved over 200 underground workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havaco
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
P. P. Kerr
Iran Eyes Immediate UN Security Council Appeal
London dispatch says Iran plans an immediate appeal to the United Nations Security Council over its feud with the Soviet Union on Azerbaijan autonomy. Hassan Taquizadeh and Nasrullah Entezam push for UN action while Bevin is expected to outline trusteeship moves for British mandates.
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London
Iran
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Azerbaijan
UNO
Hassan Taquizadeh
Ura
Tehran
General Assembly
Nasrullah Entezam
Security Council
Andrei Vishinsky
Entezam
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United Nations
Girl Troop Advances Tender Foot Test At Lincoln School
Lincoln school hosted a Wednesday meeting for the Girl Scout troop in place of the usual Friday session to conduct the tender foot test. Members listed include Annette Gibson Suz ann Lane Rosie Mestaz Jane ann Holt Mary Thornack Jean M Snyder Joyce Hamerick Barbara Ann Hill Ann Hardman Mamie Haskett Ruth Allen Geraldine Parker Norma Lou Gibson. Leader is Mrs. R W Stratton with assistant Mrs Maurice Lane. Regular meetings resume Fridays at 3 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Annette Gibson
Suzanne Lane
Rosie Mestaz
Janeanne Holt
Mary Thornack
Jean M. Snyder
Joyce Hamerick
Barbara Ann Hill
Ann Hardman
Mamie Haskett
Ruth Allen
Geraldine Parker
Norma Lou Gibson
R. W. Stratton
Maurice Lane
Taylor En Route to Washington by Train Tour
Senator Glen Taylor said he and his family would leave Boise tomorrow morning for Pocatello to board a train Saturday for Washington D.C. Mrs Taylor and their sons stay in Boise during his state tour.
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Boise
Glen Taylor
Pocatello
Washington, D.C
January Temperature Notes From Local Weather Desk
The article notes an unseasonably warm January day with a high near 33 and a low around 5 above zero. It compares to a normal high of 22 and last year’s 37/29, and lists nearby towns with their highs and lows, plus tonight and tomorrow’s partly cloudy forecast and sunset and sunrise times.
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Weather Bureau
Nerby
Boise
Burley
Butte
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Malad
Salt Lake City
Plans to import slaves revealed at Nuremberg trial
The international tribunal heard that Hitler aimed to create a 250 million German speaking nation within a century and ordered 500000 Ukrainian women as domestic workers. Fritz Sauckel's secret Sept 4 1942 meeting details efforts to import women aged 15 to 35 and to suspend bans on illegal domestic labor. The record quotes Nazi officials declaring slaves would work for the masters with little care for their welfare and education.
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Mernburg
Germany
International Military Tribunal
Hitler
Ukraine
Fritz Sauckel
Ministry For
Occupied Eastern Territories
Sauckel
Martin Bormann
Berlin
Gooding Residents Speak Against Hospital Move
At a Gooding chamber meeting residents criticized an Idaho Medical Association recommendation to abandon the unused state tuberculosis hospital. The group argued remodeling costs would be wasted if the facility closes and urged maintaining a hospital in Gooding on Idaho’s main line.
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Gooding
Idaho Medical Association
Gooding Chamber of Commerce
The
Medical Association
Idaho State Planning Board
E. B. Bolte
Gooding Chamber
Gooding Methodist Episcopal College
J. Wesley Miller
Idaho
Secret Top Level Probe In Passau Murder Case
A ten day old inquiry into the torch slaying of three U S military officers in Passau is labeled top secret. Officials say they cannot explain why reports were sent to theatre headquarters with highest security. Rumors of an arrest circulate but no comment. An officer suggests the case may be an intra army scandal with an American officer under suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Passau
U S Workers Hit By Strikes Amid Meatless Diet Fears
News summary reports widespread labor unrest as meat packers strike, Flint schools shut with 27,000 pupils on vacation, 6,000 miners in Panther Valley refuse work, and 200,000 electrical workers strike at General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors plants. The CIO union notes women among strikers. government fact finder considered.
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Flint
Mich
Robert Lomasney
Panther Valley
Lansford
Pittsburgh
A. W. Robertson
Westinghouse Electric Corp
General Electric
General Motors
Westinghouse
CID
General Motors Electrical Division
Chicago
CIO United Electrical Workers Union
Blaze Rages Through Midwest Refinery In Findlay
A fire at Midwest Refineries in Findlay Ohio after an explosion killed two workers Carl Cramer 35 and Harold McRill 46 and injured two others critically. Four asphalt tanks exploded and three more petroleum tanks followed as flames threatened 50 tanks and high octane gasoline stored on site. Fire crews battled the blaze as wind pushed fire toward volatile tanks containing 50 000 gallons each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Ohio
Midwest Refineries, Inc
Carl Cramer
Harold McRill
Veterans honored at Inkom high school program
A January 1 program at Inkom High School honors Lava Hot Springs veterans. Leslie Byington Post No. 88 and Auxiliary hosted with William Barkdull delivering the welcome. Participants included Mrs. Burrup and family, Willis Richards, Jay Pond, and others. Jay Pond's orchestra provided music for dancing and refreshments followed.
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Inkom High School
Leslie Byington
American Legion and Auxiliary
Lava Hot Springs
Bill Vaughn
William Barkdull
Burrup
Willis Richards
Jay Pond
Olive Rae Woodland
Tommy Wakley
Clark Sisters
Evelyn Jones
Kathryn Fagnant
Nurman
Assistant Resigns as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
President Truman accepted H Struve Hensels resignation as assistant secretary of the navy. W John Kenney will replace Hensel when the resignation becomes effective February 28. Kenney is a former Los Angeles lawyer and currently general counsel to the navy, having joined the government in 1937 with the Securities and Exchange Commission and worked on wartime Navy contract negotiations.
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Washington
Truman
H. Struve Hensel
Navy
W. John Kenney
Los Angeles
Hensel
Kenney
Securities Exchange Commission
Arrest Reported in Pocatello Club Shooting Case
Joe Hamilton 53, long time Black resident and operator of Porters and Waiters club at 122 South First, was arrested by Pocatello police on a manslaughter charge after the fatal shooting of Lee Wright Jr 26 of the Dearborn hotel. The incident occurred about 12 20 a m with Wright dying en route to General Hospital. Preliminary findings show a club brawl involving Hamilton Wright Sonny McCully and others with no stated motive.
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Joe Hamilton
Pocatello
Porters & Waiters Club
South First
Lee Wright, Jr
Dearborn
Hamilton
Clty
R. J. Roubidoux
Wright
General Hospital
Officers Elected By Local Chapter Of Ahepa In Pocatello
John V. Bettas was elected president of Pocatello chapter No. 238 of the Order of Ahepa at a meeting held last Monday at the Hellenic hall. He succeeds George Sakelaria, who becomes chairman of the board of governors. Installation is set for Jan. 26. Other officers include N. A. Binaris, vice president. Gus C. Contos, secretary. John Kalamiotis, treasurer. George Sakelaris, chairman. Peter Kordopatis and Nick Beno, board of governors. Angelo Katsianes, chaplain. Gus Manoukas, warden. Louis B. Karras, captain of the guard. and Peter Pappapavio, sentinel.
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John V. Bettas
Pocatello
Order of Ahepa
Hellenic Hall
Mr. Bettas
George Sakelaria
N. A. Binaris
Gus C. Contos
John Kalamiotis
George Sakelaris
Peter Kordopatis
Nick Beno
Angelo Katsianes
Gus Manoukas
Louis B. Karras
Peter Pappapavio
Sentinel
Forester Daugherty to Lead Targhee Forest Center
Charles I. Daugherty, longtime Salmon National Forest supervisor and former Sawtooth supervisor, will take charge of the Targhee forest with headquarters at St. Anthony on March 1. John G. Roach will succeed Daugherty at Salmon. The move aims to broaden administrative experience. Daugherty served in Sawtooth from 1931 to 1939.
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John G. Roach
Targhee
Daugherty
Salmon Forest
Rice
Sawtooth Forest
Truman Names Gibson as Assistant Secretary of Labor
President Truman appoints John W. Gibson of Michigan as second assistant secretary of labor.
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Washington
Truman
John W. Gibson
Michigan
Bannock County Teachers to Meet Thursday
Bannock county Teachers association will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. at Lava Hot Springs High School to discuss pay and retirement compensation with speakers Supt. George N. Green and Miss Himena Hoffman from Pocatello Schools.
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Bannock County Teachers Association
Lava Hot Springs High School
George N. Green
Himena Hoffman
Pocatello
AFL Meat Cutters cut wage demand to 15 cents
In Chicago the AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen reduced wage demands to 15 cents per hour, down from an original 25 cent CIO level. The move comes as part of a nationwide packing house strike context and labor negotiations.
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Chicago
AFL Amalgamated
CIO
Legion Seeks Quarters At Closed Relocation Center
Twin Falls reports the American Legion post seeks 12 apartments at the Hunt relocation center to house war veterans as part of a local housing project.
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Twin Falls
Hunt War Relocation Center
American Legion Post
Last Minute Effort Fails To Halt Meat Packing Strike
A nationwide walkout by 268000 union workers began at midnight with 193000 CIO members across 140 plants. AFL meat workers totaling 75000 plus 60000 AFL members, with orders to halt production and raise pay. Talks with Secretary Schwellenbach in Washington were planned, but unions said the late request prevented cancellation. Armor and Company and others reported significant outouts by midmorning.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
AF Amalgamated Meat Cutters
C.so
United Packinghouse
C.I.O
A.F.L
Scout Leader To Visit Here
Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell of New York City chief scout executive of the Boy Scouts of America will visit Pocatello on March 27 as guest of Tenday council. The visit was announced at Tenday council’s annual board meeting led by Pres. Claude Bistline with Donald F. Seaman and Lt. Willard E. Burke among attendees. The air scouting program for senior scouts will be explained at a 7:30 p.m. session in Science Hall at the university, per Tenday council executive C. R. Palmsworth.
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Elbert K. Fretwell
New York City
Boy Scouts of America
Pocatello
Tenday Council
Board of Directors
Pres
Claude Bistline
Donald F. Seaman
Portland
Region 2
Willard E. Burke
Army Air Force
San Francisco
Army
Boy Scouts
Science Hall
C. R. Palmsworth
Seaman
Pocatello to Receive Forty Young Elk
The Idaho fish and game department announced forty young bull elk will be moved from a federal refuge near Jackson Wyoming to the Pocatello game preserve. The transfer aims to improve the herd started in 1915 and the elk are expected to arrive in about three weeks.
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Boise
Jackson
Wyo
Pocatello
State Fish and Game Department
Magnuson urges U S to acquire British island bases
Senator Magnuson called for acquiring British owned island bases if the United States lends to England, extending current talks on American outposts across oceans. He spoke after President Truman pledged to retain Japanese islands under trusteeship pending postwar arrangements.
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Washington
Magnuson
D.-Wash
England
Rodent Truman
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