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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1943
Page
1
The Idaho house passes the small loans bill restricting loans under 300 dollars to 3 percent monthly interest. The measure follows prior vetoes and aligns with a broader liquor control bill limiting possession to 12 quarts or one case.
U S heavy and medium bombers hit Sfax Tunisia in four waves in the largest North African raid to date. The attack targeted harbor facilities and rail lines, ignited fires, and downed six Axis planes. Italians confessed heavy damage as U S forces intensified pressure near Zuara and eastern Tunisia frontier.
Sheriff deputies prepare to return to Oregon with 20 year old Robert Folkes and a transcript of his oral confession in the killing of Mrs Martha James in a sleeping car berth. Folkes allegedly stabbed James in lower berth 13 and denied the motive, claiming he did not plan the crime.
Cleveland grocer and former Youngstown mayor George L. Oles was charged with violating OPA price ceilings. The case, filed by the Office of War Information, carries a potential one year license suspension and marks the first such federal action in the country. He advertised humorous promos including boneless liver and two policemen guarding his coffee while accused of overpricing fancy canned tomatoes bread prunes lard and dried lima beans.
Soviet forces drive steadily forward on the Plains west of Voronezh tearing into retreating German units. German counter attacks fail as Reds reach within about 75 miles of Kharkov and Kursk. Kastornoye falls after sharp north south assaults. 6,000 enemy troops captured overnight on the Voronezh front including three generals.
Gov. C A Bottolfsen warned Ada County Rural Republican club that Idaho's revenue is down and the state treasury holds little money. He predicted the legislature in session would trim the budget beyond his earlier recommendations.
Plans for a block system to organize Pocatello under civilian war service sponsorship were developed at meetings sponsored by the Bannock county civilian defense council. Maj. Paul De F. Mortimore presided and described the campaign to ensure total household coverage for civilian war activities. The report also notes Soviet advances in the Caucasus with Kastornoye and surrounding rail hubs, the Voronezh front, and enemy retreats as part of ongoing World War II coverage.
Tokyo dispatch notes Premier General Hideki Tojo announces the pending creation of an independent Burma and reaffirmation of the Philippines independence during a Japanese parliament broadcast. RAF fliers continue raids on Akyab island with night and day actions in western Burma in a British disclosure. Twin Falls cattle drive heads to aid 185 starving head via Sun Valley snowmobile as Stanley basin remains under heavy snow. Coal reaches Jackson Hole after seven days cut off by snow on isolated roads. Idaho Falls reports.
A lighthearted piece notes Idaho finances may be fragile while boasting rich weather. It imagines California bidding if bankruptcy occurs and Utah possibly annexing, then gives a brief forecast of a snowy, slightly warmer day with a 36 degree high and six thirty six sunset.
Idaho legislators debate trimming the 27th session from 60 days as budget pressures loom. Senate leaders eye February 15 adjournment if a repeal of senior citizens grants passes, while revenue declines threaten July 1 appropriations and possible income tax exemption changes.
New Delhi reports that the Roosevelt Churchill Casablanca conference lifts allied morale and signals a strong military push. The talks highlight united nations effort, initiative by leaders, and a strategy to press offensives to ease pressure on Russian fronts. China seeks broader allied focus beyond Hitler defeat.
The U S Navy reported a British merchant vessel was sunk in the south Atlantic off Africa in mid October by two torpedoes. Fifteen survivors reached land while 35 aboard were unaccounted for and two officers plus an apprentice seaman were killed. A German submarine surfaced and questioned the ship as it circled debris before departing. The first torpedo hit amidships and the second blew the boilers.
Horace D Taft brother of former President William Howard Taft died in Watertown Connecticut at 81 He founded the Taft school for boys in 1890 and led it for almost 50 years becoming headmaster emeritus in 1936 The school grew from a 10 pupil start to about 300 students from a former hotel origin to a small college style campus
Major James R. Barker of the OCD Eastern Sector warns that Pocatello Ogden and Salt Lake are strategic points and the west coast remains vulnerable to attack. He stresses public cooperation in civilian defense after a Thursday blackout test and notes the new CDC setup shows strong resident cooperation in the university and southeast sectors.
A wolfpack attack off the South American coast storms four American merchant ships. Twenty five sailors are dead and 28 missing from the four submarines. The assault raises UN and neutral ship losses in the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor to 608. It marks the first published western Atlantic wolfpack action acknowledged by U S naval authorities. Brazil and other authorities had hinted at convoy operations to South America.
SALT LAKE CITY 7 Leone Korth of Ogden and Betty M Reeves of Pocatello have been accepted as WAAC enlistees and have gone to Fort Des Moines Indiana for training, the local recruiting office announced.
In two days of Solomon Islands fighting, American forces damaged two Japanese cargo ships two destroyers and a tanker and destroyed 10 enemy planes while killing 36 Japanese troops and capturing a command post three Japanese were taken prisoner One damaged cargo ship probably sank and four U S planes were missing Naval communique No 265 reports January 27 ground gains at Guadalcanal plus aerial actions including nine Zeros destroyed and Kolombangara raids and Vella Gulf attacks on ships and destroyers
Blasting cleared the Portneuf river near Rainey park after Le Roy Bridges age 8 and Jackie Lee Wood age 5 were last seen about 3 p m. Police and volunteers under Roubidoux Cavanaugh and Marley pressed drag operations to recover the boys amid notes of a clairvoyant warning and a predicted hole north of the Halliday street bridge.
On his return from Africa Roosevelt pauses in Natal to meet Brazil’s President Getulio Vargas as Brazil marks one year since breaking with the Axis. The White House says the talks touched on hemispheric defense and Brazil's strategic role as American troops review continues.
Senator Van Nuys of Indiana urged Edward J. Flynn to withdraw his nomination as minister to Australia. He said the step would ease a bitter wartime confirmation fight and avoid Senate division, arguing Flynn is a Bronx Tammany pick not fit for the post.
Edward R. Stettinius told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that American lend-lease helped make the British Isles an impregnable base for offensives from North Africa to Madagascar. He urged continuation of aid to July 1944, noting end-December 1942 lend-lease total at 8.253 billion dollars and impact on allied supply and war effort.
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