Spaatz to Command Bombing of Japan With New Air Force
The United States forms a new Pacific air force under Gen. Carl A. Spaatz to direct bombing Japan, with Lt. Gen. James Doolittle and Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay leading major strategic units. Tokyo reports 1,000-plane attack forecasts as American raids continue on Kyushu and Honshu, targeting manufacturing, shipping, and air power. The navy confirms the submarine Trigger loss with 80 crewmen.
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Spaatz
Japan
New Air Force
Associated Press
U. S. Army Air Force
Pacific
Carl A. Spaatz
Germany
Washington
Tokyo Radio
Tananase
S ii Oey UG Veu
Robert P. Patterson
Spats
Eighth H Air Force
James Doolittle
20Th Aaf
Nippon
Curtis E. Lemay
Tokyo
U. S
Iwo Jima
Kyushu
Bombing Sets Stage for Jap Invasion
Foreigner analyst notes Allied aerial bombardment and blockade may cripple Japan before any invasion. Mentions Tokyo admits 4.9 million killed or displaced and Gen. LeMay's claim of war production disruption. Warns capitulation may not end continental fighting and questions invasion feasibility.
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DeWitt Mackensie
Associated Foreign Affairs
Japan
Nippon
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
Osaka
Yokohama
Nagoya
Knife Wound Kill Bride in Seattle Tragedy
A 19-year-old bride, Wilma Margaret Ross of Tennessee, was found stabbed to death near a railroad box car in Seattle. Detective Capt. James Lawrence said Charles Ray Ross of Knoxville confessed to the murder citing insane jealousy.
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Seattle
M. C. Pease
R. H. Freese
Wilma Margaret Ross
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Tennessee
Charles Ray Ross
Knoxville
Tenn
Ross
Eailors
James Lawrence
Lawrence
Los Angeles
Otto Stephen Wilson
San Quentin Gas Chamber
Virginia Lee Griffin
Lillian Johnson
Wilson
Five Idaho Vets Return to Madigan for Reconditioning
Five overseas veterans from Idaho have arrived at Madigan convalescent hospital at Fort Lewis. After furloughs of up to 90 days at home they will return to the hospital for reconditioning. The five are Arthur J. May of Boise, Thomas R. Pratt of Caldwell, James C. Raymond of Meridian, Hershel... of Priest River.
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Tacoma
Idaho
Madigan
Fort Lewis
Boise
Arthur J. May
R. FD
Caldwell
Thomas R. Pratt
R.F.D
Meridian
James C. Raynod
Po. Box
Priest River
Hershelane
Bureau Fixes River Plan for Columbia Basin Development
The U S Bureau of Reclamation completed a draft framework for a broad Columbia River basin development plan covering seven western states. R J Newell says the outline lists potential irrigation and multi purpose projects and notes migratory fish preservation and future study before construction.
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Boise
Bureau of Reclamation
Great Columbia River
Washington, D. C
R. J. Newell
Reclamation Bureau
Columbia River
United States
Weather Summary for Pocatello July 5
The U S Weather Bureau reports for Pocatello Airport a high of 86 and a low of 49 with mean 68. Normal high 68. No precipitation this period or month. Sunset 9 12, sunrise 5 57. Nearby stations show varied highs and lows including Idaho Falls and Salt Lake City with multiple figures.
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Pocatello
Cear
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake
Planet mistaken for balloon over Pocatello July 4
Reports from Sheriff Alma Marley and weather observer Harlan Smith note a suspected Japanese balloon over Pocatello on July 4 turned out to be a planet or star. FBI agent Wallace Mosely and local official Bob Carter offered differing color observations, but consensus favored a bright star or planet.
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Pocatello
Alma Marley
Harlan Smith
Wallace Mosely
F.B.I
the Tribune
Bob Carter
Mosely
Big Three to Bar Press From Berlin Conference
The White House said newsmen will not cover actual sessions of the Berlin area big three talks. Press Secretary Ross said coverage will be by official communiques issued as decided, with no date announced for the meeting of Truman Churchill and Stalin.
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Washington
White House
Berlin
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Europe
Venus in Sight Over Spokane Prompts Balloon Remarks
Downtown Spokane witnesses report Venus visible in daylight near the moon. Curious newcomers asked if it was a Japanese balloon. The sight sparked excitement as residents observed the planet in clear daytime air.
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Spokane
Venus
Fatal Cycle Accident Claims Salt Lake City Youth
James Dimond Smith aged 17 of Salt Lake City died from injuries after a motorcycle crash. It marked the 56th traffic death in Utah in 1945 with the toll rising in the latest period.
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Salt Lake City
James Dimond Smith
Utah
Robert L. Judd Dies Prominent Salt Lake City Attorney
Robert L. Judd 60 longtime Salt Lake City attorney and general counsel of the LDS Church since 1934 died of a heart ailment Tuesday. He held key posts including vice chairman of welfare, chairman of finance, and president of the Cooperative Security Corp. Survived by his widow Mary Grant and six children. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Saturday in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Satterday Saints Church
Robert L. Judd
Judd
General Church Welfare Committee
General Finance Committee
Cooperative Security Corporation
The
Desert News
Desert Book Company
Mary Grant
Heber J. Grant
Church
War official denies German prisoners rode Pullman cars
Under secretary of War Robert Patterson said the claim that German POWs rode Pullmans while American veterans rode day coaches is false. He noted 500 veterans had poor accommodations on a Boston to San Francisco trip, but German POWs rode Pullmans only in rare medical cases. Patterson blamed railroads and the transportation office for slow improvements and urged action.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
Boston
San Francisco
England
California
Pws
Pullman
War Department
Office of Defense Transportation
Pullmans
Tornado Kills Six Near Rising City Nebraska
A tornado roared through areas north and west of Rising City Nebraska killing six people and injuring at least 12. Three victims died in a Columbus hospital and three were killed at the scene. The same storm also damaged a Seward fireworks crowd stand driving spectators to scatter as the roof was torn away.
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Rising City
Neb
Columbus
Seward
Grandstand
AMG
U. S
Linick
Murphy
Truman Signs Three Year Extension of Trade Act
President Truman signed a three year extension of the reciprocal trade program granting broad executive power to cut tariffs. The act allows tariff reductions up to 50 percent from 1945 levels and up to 75 percent on items already cut, aiming to shield essential American industries while expanding global trade.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
State Department
Buffalo Rats Show Clever Tricks During Budget Talk
Buffalo council hears anecdotal claims that city rats open peanut butter jars and fish in the Buffalo River. Councillor Vandercoy pushes a $5,000 increase to the rat control fund while a colleague questions whether the tops are replaced after eating.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Buffalo
Theodore P. Vandercoy
Buffalo River
Common Council
Rat Control Fund
Vandercog
Charles A. Flanagan
Inductees Arrive Barefoot From Train in Missoula
Four barefoot Selective Service inductees stepped off a train in Missoula Montana for a look see. One said going barefoot is the only comfortable way to travel.
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Missoula
Mont
Selective Service
Woman Admits Killing 211 In Nazi Starvation Camp
American authorities disclose a Nazi starvation station near Kaufbeuren in Bavaria where four German doctors and three attendants were arrested. A nurse confessed to poisoning or killing 211 minors for a monthly bonus while the site held 1,578 people and a nearby branch housed 468.
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Munich
Bavaria
AMG
Kaufbeuren
Public Sanatorium
Austria
Marvin Linick
New York City
Loyal Murphy
Memphis
Senator Hill Calls for Wise Sugar Program Leadership
Representative Hill urges a skilled administrator to manage the U S sugar program and warns that without a clear plan beet sugar production could fall further. He calls for a supported price for beets an early announced program and reliable labor supplies to restore US beet sugar output from about 1 82 million tons in 1938 to higher levels.
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Washington (P
Hil
Colo
Hill
Agriculture Anderson
United States
Secret Inquiry Targets Columbia River Authority Plan
Secretary Ickes leads a personal probe into charges that reclamation bureau employees disrupted efforts to form a Columbia River authority. Also in brief news wire items Justice Roberts resigns from the Supreme Court and FEPC funding faces House cuts.
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Washington
Reclamation Bureau
Columbia River
Ickes
CAB Okays Routes Across North Atlantic
The civil aeronautics board authorized three U S air carriers Pan American Airways American Export Lines and Transcontinental and Western Air to operate routes across the north Atlantic. The board also approved the acquisition of American Export Airlines by American Airlines Inc The certificates run seven years for periodic review.
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Washington
Civil Arronautics Board
United States
North Atlantic
Pan American Airways, Inc
American Export Lines, Inc
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
American Export Airlines
American Air Lines, Inc
Navy seizes Goodyear plants. workers recalled to duty
The Navy took control of five Goodyear Tire plants in Akron by executive order of President Truman and ordered 16,700 U S C O workers back to work. Capt H K Clark USNR assumed command and ordered return to regular Friday shifts or face sanctions as production of tires for war needs resumes. The strike had halted output for 20 days and reduced tire production by about 16,000 tires daily.
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Akron, Ohio
Navy
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Truman
United Rubber
H. K. Clark
USNR
Clark
Goodyear
Armed Services
Washington
Australian Prime Minister Curtin Dies at 60 in Canberra
Prime Minister John Curtin, 60, died in Canberra after a long illness from a heart ailment with lung complications. Deputy Prime Minister Francis M. Forde acts as premier pending Labor Party selection. possible successors include Forde, Joseph B. Chifley, or Herbert V. Evatt. Curtin led Australia since 1941 and supported Allied efforts in World War II. a state service is planned tomorrow.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Parliamentary
Labor Party
Francis M. Forde
Joseph B. Chifley
Herbert V. Evatt
San Francisco
Forde
Curtin
Roosevelt
America
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
John
Doug
Pearl Harbor
United States
Navy Loses Two Destroyers Off Okinawa
Navy reports Japanese air strikes sank destroyers Twiggs and William D. Porter near Okinawa six days apart. Casualties totaled 244 with 183 on the Twiggs from a June 16 surprise attack that destroyed the bow. eight dead, 128 missing, 47 wounded on the Twiggs. Porter suffered 61 wounded from a June 10 attack ending in an enemy dive bombing incident.
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Washington
Twiggs
William D. Porter
Okinawa
Navy
Porter
Peepsight Peashooter Newest Development
A design for a pea shooter with modern sights was patented by Alvin G. Bloom of Los Angeles. The breach end fits in the mouth and the front sight bears cross bars like rifle cross hairs for elevation at different distances.
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Richmond
Alvin G. Bloom
Los Angeles
Four Die in War Area From Navy and Army Casualties
The list records Navy dead Hagler Charles David Pfc US MCR Caldwell and others from the USMC and US Army. Wounded standouts include Haag Eric Max Pryt Idaho Falls and Haws Garth R Newdale. Also notes liberated POWs Flick Donald A Boise and Larson Roy E Sagle.
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Navy
Hagler
Charles David
USMCR
Caldwell
Haag
Eric Max
Burley
Hanks
Melvin Carriel
Miller
Kenton Lee
Twin Falls
Army
Pacific
McCowan
Carl C
Idaho Falls
Whitsett
Robert F
Ellis
Williams
Jerry A
Meridian
Hall
Claude E
Haws
Garth R
Newdale
Hegstrom
Earl H
Kuna
Hinckley
Jay B
Rexburg
Littlefield
Elmo D
Bureley
McLeod
Leo N
Kellogg
Lanner
Galen W
Set
Buhl
Crawford
Glenn F
Eagle
Hill
William R
Elk River
Martin
Frenk E
Desmet
Sletager
Clarence H
Sandpoint
Stewart
Joseph O
Wright
Kenneth E
Filer
Germany
Flick, Donald A
Boise
Larson
Roy E
Pvt
Sagle
Shortcut Costly on Trestle In Martinsburg
Mrs. Mary Jackson, returning home from Hancock Maryland, slid along a railroad trestle on Horseback ridge in Morgan county. She heard a locomotive whistle, dropped groceries, and clambered over the edge hanging by a cross-tie. After the train passed she fell 40 feet to a ravine, was found unconscious and suffers a broken leg and bruises.
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Morgan County
Hancock, Md
Long Bridge
OPA Extends Farm Slaughter PermitDeadline
The OPA extended the national deadline for farm slaughter permit applications. Resident farmers who kill under 6000 pounds of meat annually must now file by October 14, rather than July 1.
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Chicago
OPA
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Pokil
Curtis Lemay
21St Bomber Command
Bureau Fixes River Plan
Newell
Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau Office
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Borneo
Tarakan
Planet
Deni
Bulletins
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Jerome
Sibyl Darlene Silver
George W. Silver, Jr
St. Valentine's Hospital
Wendell
Supreme Court
Owen H. Roberts
FEPC
National Unity
Warsaw
Rome
15Th Army Group
Mark W. Clark
Boise 7
Atty
W. C. Moffatt
Idaho House, of Representatives
Idaho Board of Pardons
Moffatt
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mary Jackson
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