President Urges Senate Ratification of UN Charter
President Truman appeared in the Senate to urge prompt ratification of the United Nations Charter as the path to enduring peace. He cited global expectations, stressed peaceful means, universal human rights, and urged action to join the world in a future of security and justice. He noted prior resolutions supporting an international peace organization and planned a follow up conference with Churchill and Stalin near Berlin.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Avaantiva
Waerwerst Sc
San Francisco
United States
R. Ks
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Berlin
MacArthur Survives Sniper Fire At Mount Malang Stand
General MacArthur atop a forward command post near Mount Malang faces eight sniper shots while inspecting Pacific campaign progress. He and an Australian brigadier assess casualty figures and map developments four hours into the operation, greeting troops along the way.
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Balikpapan
MacArthur
Pacific
Mount Malang
Boise Prosecutor Seeks Halt on Community Charities Incorporation
Prosecuting Attorney Robert E. McFarland asked Boise's Law Enforcement Commissioner to stop filing of Community Charities Inc. incorporation papers. Secretary Ira H. Masters said the papers were filed and his office has no discretion, while the Sandpoint group incorporated as a non profit to receive funds and issue receipts to clubs licensed under the 1945 slot machine law. The act requires a $100 annual license per machine and at least $250 yearly donation per machine to a charity.
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Boise
Robert E. McFarland
Bonner County
Boise G. Riggs
Community Charities, Inc
Riggs
Ira H. Masters
Community Charities of
Sandpoint
Glenn E. Bandelin
D-Benker
Refinery Taken Over After Truman Order In Texas
The Texas oil plant in Port Arthur, a major producer of 100 octane gasoline and navy fuel, was placed under government supervision after President Truman ordered end to a walkout by 250 black workers. A. P. Frame and Harry King directed PAW oversight with Frank L. Wallace continuing as manager as 22 workers were suspended earlier for alleged pay discrimination.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Texas Company
Truman
A. P. Frame
Petroleum Administration For War
Harry King
Frank L. Wallace
PAW
Tangier International Zone to be Restored After War
The state department announced Tangier, seized by Spain in 1940 to preserve neutrality, will be restored to its former international status. Britain, the United States and France will discuss steps in Paris after the European war, noting no justification remains for Spanish occupation. Tangier covers 147 square miles along Africa's northwest coast near Gibraltar, vital for the Mediterranean.
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Washington
Tangier
Spain
Britain
United States
France
State Department
Africa
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Paris
Parma Man Hurt Navy Wounded Moore Arthur Blake Pic USMC Parma
Parma residents report several service members injured in the Pacific regions. Dale E. Allen and Hershel R. Burnham are listed as Pfc. in Marine units. Devor Twin Hampton Pryt and Franklin are also identified with military designations.
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Navy
Moore
Arthur Blake
Pic
USMC
Parma
Rmy
Pacific
Allen
Dale E
A Burnham
Hershel
R. E
Pfc
Priest River
Billy
Pryt
Twin Hampton
Devor
Franklin
Police Obtain Description of Car Driver
Pocatello police link the abandoned 1937 Packard murder sedan to the man who stole Margaret Golob's Oldsmobile on the Yellowstone Highway before 1:30 PM. The Packard is tied to David O. Martin of Wichita Kansas, reportedly murdered on Highway 30 near Schuyler Nebraska. Officers describe the driver as a man 30 to 35 in a dark suit and shirt, with authorities in Nebraska seeking a 24 year old Fort Worth Texas carnival worker as a suspect.
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Pocatello
Ross Park
Margaret Golob
Yellowstone Highway
Rhoads
Kearney
Neb
David O. Martin
Wichita
Kan
Schyler
R. J. Roubidoux
Ben Peterson
Peterson
F. L
Packard
Golob
Ray Reynolds
Nebraska
Fort Worth
Orange
Texas
Martin
Tire Makers Idle as Goodyear Ford Firestone Picket
About 33 000 United Rubber Workers remain idle in the tire capital as pickets patrol Firestone plants and five Goodyear divisions. Goodyear workers, after a 16 day strike, voted again to continue the walkout despite a War Labor Board threat to rescind union contract rights and reclassify workers by draft officials.
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AERON
Ohio
United Rubber
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear
War Labor Board
Two Local Firms Complete Filing
Eight organizations filed incorporation papers in the secretary of state's office today. Mackenzie Auto Equipment of Burley, Inc., lists Pocatello as its principal place of business with 25000 capitalization, incorporators F. E. Mackenzie of Pocatello, A. H. Leeds of Burley, R. C. Helfrecht and E. R. Kearsley of Pocatello. Bannock Sales, Inc., of Pocatello, a tobacco beer and candy wholesaler, capitalization 5000, incorporators Laurence M. Perrish Morris Rosauer and M. H. McGlone, all of Pocatello.
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Laurence M. Perrish
Morris Rosauer
M. H. McGlone
Pocatello
States Oppose Controls But Want Aid
Governors at Mackinac Island press conference argue against federal regulation after the war while seeking federal aid. Governor Herbert Maw of Utah chairs the meeting, stressing state competency in postwar reconversion and noninterference from Washington. Maurice Tobin of Massachusetts warns federal encroachment on tax fields and cites looming city funding problems as war revenues decline. Commander Harold E. Stassen is expected to report on the San Francisco World Security Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackinac Island
Mich
Herbert L. Maw
Uta
Maw
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
San Francisco
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Tobin
Weather summary for Pocatello area July 2
The U S weather bureau reports 24 hour ending noon July 2 at Pocatello airport high 78 low 40 mean 59. Normal 67 with no precipitation. Tonight mostly clear and Tuesday. Nearby stations show varied temps and zero precipitation.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Burley
Bose
Butte Eee
WLB Orders Paper Workers to Return to Work
The War Labor Board ordered striking New York newspaper delivery workers to return by tomorrow or appear Wednesday to show cause for continuing the strike. The union’s stoppage has paralyzed delivery of 11 New York City papers since Saturday. the board’s back-to-work order was unanimous.
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Washington
War Labor Board
New York
Independent Newspaper and Mail Delivers
New York City
Byrnes Confirmed as Secretary of State in Unanimous Vote
Senate confirmation of James F. Byrnes as Secretary of State was unanimous. The vote followed a rapid process after a White House nomination and suspension of hearings and layover rules. Byrnes, a former Supreme Court associate justice and wartime official, sets up succession for the presidency if Truman fails to complete his term.
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Washington
James PF. Byrnes
Senate
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
White House
Supreme Court
Byrnes
Truman
Kansas City
Roosevelt
House
South Carolina
High
Stettinius
World Security Council
United Nations
Five Waiting Air Rescue in New Guinea Valley
Five paratroopers remain awaiting rescue in a hidden New Guinea valley as investigators probe a May 13 transport crash that killed 20 of 23 aboard. Three survivors were removed by glider and aircraft last week and say the wreck lacked flares possibly delaying discovery. The rescue party includes Capt. Cecil E. Walters and several sergeants with ties to Los Angeles Sacramento and Chicago.
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Hollandia
New Guinea
Oranje Mountains
Cecil E. Walters
Santiago Abrenecia
Los Angeles
Sets
Roque Velasco
San. Francisco
H. E. Capile
Sacramento
Cal
Alfred Baylon
Chicago
Submarine Kete Missing with 80 to 85 Aboard
Washington reports the submarine Kete is overdue from patrol and presumed lost with 80 to 85 crewmen. The vessel was commissioned July 31 and commanded by Lt. Commander Edward Acker man of Cincinnati.
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Washington
Navy
Kete
Edward Ackerman
Cincinnati
President Regrets Missing Governors Conference Attendance
President Truman will not attend the governors conference at Mackinac Island Michigan because of a heavy workload. White House secretary Charles G Ross said he regrets he cannot go but has too much work in Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Mackinac Island
Mich
White House
Charles G. Ross
Chinese Fall Back Under Jop Pressure
Chinese forces withdrawing from Indo China after a Japanese counterattack as fierce fighting rages near Trung Khahn Phu. Gen Chang Fah Kwei’s troops had seized Trung Khahin Phu but were driven back, with reinforcements from Caobang. Chinese actions in Kiangsi and Chekiang noted amid ongoing high command briefings.
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Chungking
Indo- China
Trung Khahn Phu
Chang Fah- Kwei
Trung Khahin Phu
Caobang
Chang
Malungchai
Indo-China
Hagiang
Kiangsi
Tankiang
Kanhsien
Chekiang
Fenghwa
Four Men to Serve Vets in Idaho Cities
Homer Hudelson announces selection of four men to aid World War II veterans through contact units to be set up by Oct. 1 in Twin Falls Idaho Falls Coeur d'Alene Lewiston and Moscow. Verne Ayers Don Utley Willis F Strode and Wallace H Hanson chosen. they will train three months in Boise before opening contract offices in the listed cities.
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Boise
Homer Hudelson
Veterans’ Administration
Twin Falls
Idaho Falls
Coeur d'Alene
Lewiston
Moscow
Verne Ayers
U.S. Employment Service
Pocatello
Don Utley
Rogers
Willis F. Strode
Wallace H. Hanson
Shelley
Idaho
Destroyer USS Ingraham Set for Return to Sea Duty
The destroyer USS Ingraham, damaged off Okinawa with 15 dead and 30 wounded, is in Hunter's Point drydock San Francisco for repairs. Despite the direct kamikaze hit, the 2200 ton ship returned under her own power and is slated to fight again. The vessel helped sink three enemy ships and faced intense air attack by 70 to 80 Japanese planes.
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San Francisco
Ingraham
Hunter's Point
Okinawa
12Th Naval District
Infantry Dedicates Pyle Monument
Soldiers of the 77th infantry division dedicated a concrete monument on the spot where Ernie Pyle was killed by a Japanese sniper on April 18 1945. The brass plaques use shell casings and the division patch, erected by a combat engineer group.
Capitol Soil Sent From Lawn For Homesick Hill
The Philippines based navy and coast guard base requests a thimbleful of earth from the Capitol lawn. Lt Gov Arnold Williams of Rexburg says the soil was mailed. Lt Commander Joseph E B Shaner says soil is sought from all 48 states to form Homesick Hill with a sign noting guests of your state.
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Boise
Navy
Coast Guard
Philippines
Capitol
Arnold Williams
Rexburg
Joseph EB. Shaner
Diggers Gain Oil Rich Balikpapan In Pacific Drive
General MacArthur declares the Balikpapan victory opens a major oil base in Borneo and splits the East Indies, threatening Nippon with a secure Southwest Pacific supply by exploiting pure petroleum wells. Aussie troops led landings at Balikpapan, Tarakan, and Brunei Bay as Borneo becomes central to Allied logistics.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
MacArthur
Borneo
Balikpapan
East Indies
Southwest Pacific
Japan
America
Pacific
Persian Gulf
Indian Ocean
Nippon
Indonesia
Sumatra
Java
Midas
Tarakan
Brunei Bay
Greenland
New Guinea
Australia
Indo-China
Celebes
Philippines
British Sink Jap Cruiser in Southwest Pacific
The navy reports a Japanese Haguro class cruiser was sunk by a British submarine under American control in the southwest Pacific. U S submarines also claim ten more enemy vessels sunk in Far Eastern waters, including four merchant ships and two tankers, with the Trenchant named as the sinking submarine.
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Washington
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Far
Jones’ Fighting Ships
Navy
United States
Idaho Peace Officers to Hold Convention in Moscow
Moscow will host the Idaho Peace Officers association annual convention on August 6 and 7. W. W. Hays of Lewiston Nez Perce county sheriff and association president announced the plan today.
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Moscow
Idaho Peace Officers Association
W. W. Hays
Lewiston
Nez Perce County
Record Run On Homeland by Raiders in Philippines and Japan
In the Philippines American and Filipino guerrilla forces push against scattered Japanese units. MacArthur reports 419,035 enemy losses, 9,774 prisoners, and retreats from Luzon strongholds near Baguio. In a separate report, U S forces count 11,715 killed and 1,131 missing. American bombers strike Shimet su plants near Osaka at night from the Marianas.
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Manila
Ippines
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Baguio
Bontoc
Mankayan
Kiangan
Cagayan Valley
War Department
Albert L. Warner
Philippines
Philippine
Washington
Japan
Empire
Shiematsu
Osaka
Honshu
Marianas
20Th Air Force
Japanese snipers target MacArthur again
The Associated Press reports that Japanese snipers attempted another strike at General Douglas MacArthur, with details continued on Page Five.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Truman Signs One Year OPA Extension Bill
President Truman signed a bill extending office of price administration controls for a year delaying expiration. The fast overnight act preserves price and rationing powers during reconversion and inflation battle while granting new veto authority over food price orders to the agriculture secretary.
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Washington
Truman
Kansas City
OPA
Mr. Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Clinton P. Anderson
Board Rejects Ten Applicants for State Director Post
The state board of education executive committee today cut ten candidates from the pool for the new state director of occupational guidance position created in 1946. G C Sullivan said seven applications remain and a selection will occur at the July 10 and 11 meeting at Ferncroft resort near here. Also on the session were Mrs A Steele of Parma and Asher B s son of Twin Falls.
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Boise
State Board of Education
G. C. Sullivan
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Siz
Ferncroft Resort
Here
A. Steele
Parma
Asher B
Twin Falls
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M’arthur
Island of
McFarland
North America
WLB
Infantry
Pyle
Raiders
Third Borneo
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