Tuesday Sky Says Summer Hints at Warm Return
By W.E.M. Tuesday observers note cobalt blue skies and questions if Summer has slipped back from Winter in disguise as signs like lady bugs and dragonflies appear.
01 Jul 1942
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1942
Page
1
By W.E.M. Tuesday observers note cobalt blue skies and questions if Summer has slipped back from Winter in disguise as signs like lady bugs and dragonflies appear.
The forecast calls for continued rising temperatures after a high of 87 and a low of 46 with a mean near 66. Sunrise is 5 55 and sunset 9 13 on Thursday. Moon rises at 11 45 in desert splendor.
Britain’s war production ministers defend output amid Libyan losses as Churchill’s critics press a no confidence motion. Lords discuss aircraft shortages and dive bombers while Tobruk’s fall is cited as a major shock.
The U S aircraft carrier Wasp carried reinforcement aircraft to Malta in several ferry trips through the mid Mediterranean. The missions, completed without damage to the Wasp or escort vessels, occurred a few weeks earlier amid Axis supply efforts to Africa.
Boise obituary notes funeral Friday for Harriet Augusta Downs 54 who died after a prolonged illness. Downs born Chicago taught at Moody Bible Institute and served 16 years as a Presbyterian missionary in India.
Senator Byrd estimates a cash balance of 160 billion dollars unspent for military purposes. He says army navy and agencies can draw on the treasury to sustain war efforts at high speed for about 24 years, with reports of several defense measures and farm outlays pending approval.
A large converted air liner crashed and burned in the West Virginia mountains near Premier, killing at least ten people. Troopers said eight bodies were recovered initially, then two more, all burned beyond recognition, with many believed to be army men. Witnesses reported a roar as the plane neared hilltops and a wing separating before the dive.
In Detroit federal court, Margaretta Bertelmann described German luftwaffe defector Hans Peter Krug as a ragged hunted man who sought help after crossing the Detroit River in a rowboat on April 18. He met Max Stephan, the restaurant owner charged with aiding Krug's escape, with no charges yet filed against Bertelmann.
Rep. Compton I. White, a Democrat, will seek another term in Congress where he has served since 1933. He filed Tuesday as one of three candidates for the nomination. Others include former Mayor John Knox Coe of Coeur d'Alene and Mayor Fred Vieh of Salmon. Attorney General Bert H. Miller and Treasurer Myrtle P. Enking, both Democrats, also filed seeking reelection. Miller seeks a fourth term and Mrs. Enking a sixth.
Gen. Boselaw Wieniawa Dlugoszewski 65, Polish ambassador to Italy before the 1939 invasion, fell or leaped from a Riverside Drive building today. Detective William Mansfield said the general recently received an appointment to a new post in the government in exile.
Allied air and ground actions across the Pacific Are reported with strikes on New Britain New Guinea Lae and Salamaua. Japanese bases at Rabaul and potential offensives in Manchukuo are noted. MacArthur headquarters report 60 Japanese casualties at Salamaua and US air forces emphasize long range bomber operations as decisive.
American League results show Washington defeating Boston in two games with multiple runs in key innings. Second AL game lists Washington and Boston pitchers. Chicago hosts Cleveland in a day game while St. Louis hosts Detroit in twilight. National League reports Pittsburgh at St Louis with low scores. Several scheduled night or postponed games noted.
The Pocatello district CCC headquarters and 29 camps continued normal operations on Wednesday as officials had not been directed to close or abandon camps. Camps have been on war time basis with focus on military reservations and forest protection. Enlistees aged 17 and 18 were being trained for future armed service, but the general order abolishing the Civilian Conservation Corps took effect at midnight Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Ammon Benson announce the birth of a son on Tuesday naming him Blackfoot.
A Senate Finance subcommittee heard witnesses urge approval of a bill to compensate civilians injured or killed by enemy action. The proposed payments would range from 30 to 85 dollars monthly. James Landis noted seven civilian defense workers killed and 32 injured.
Allied bomber forces attacked Japanese bases in New Britain and New Guinea before dawn Tuesday in a large raid described by airmen. Rabaul suffered fires in wharf installations while Lae received bombing despite heavy haze and moonlight limiting observation.
Cairo bulletin reports the main axis and British forces in a gigantic fight west of El Alamein seventy miles from Alexandria as both sides brace for a decisive strike in the desert. A separate Riverside item notes a March Field bomber crash killed all aboard, with nine dead and crew still unnamed.
Berlin reports on German radio that in June one hundred fifty enemy ships totaling 886000 tons were sunk. The figures reflect wartime claims and are part of broadcasts from Berlin via Fromerman Broad.
German high command claimed Sevastopol fell while Rommel's forces pressed toward El Alamein as British defenses stiffened near Alexandria. Auchinleck vowed the battle would continue as Malta received American air reinforcements and Soviet fronts reported heavy Axis gains around Sevastopol, Kharkov, Kursk, and Balaklava in a global struggle unfolding across Africa and Europe.
A Bonneville county coroner's jury examined witnesses to uncover the cause of a crash last Friday that killed three people when a light sedan collided with a freight train at a crossing north of Idaho Falls. Victims named include Mrs Irene Young Donaldson and Miss Ruby Lees of Idaho Falls and William Wesley Jackman of Fairfield Missouri. fourth occupant Hugh LeRoy Willis remains hospitalized.
The sinking of a Panamanian cargo ship by an axis submarine off the Atlantic coast raises western Atlantic losses to 328, with 1 dead and 6 of 30 survivors from a Canadian merchant ship after two torpedoes. In three latest sinkings 67 lives were lost, including two stewardesses aboard a Malta bombing last February.
Denver report says ten million U S adults are functionally illiterate, unable to read newspapers or follow simple directions, hampering roles as soldiers and workers. John W Studebaker warns the problem is perilous and outlines a federal plan awaiting congress approval.
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