U S Submarines Sinker Three Japanese Destroyers in Aleutians
U S submarines torpedoed four Japanese destroyers in the Aleutians on July 4, with two sunk at Kiska and a third burning fiercely. A fourth destroyer was torpedoed at Agattu on July 2 as U S Army bombers attacked enemy transports. The patrols mark the first report of substantial Japanese warship strength in the Aleutians and push Japanese losses to five ships plus nine damaged to date.
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Navy
U. S
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Agattu
Aleutians
Attu Island
Kiska
U.S
Alaska War
Japan
All Idaho Judges Seek Re election in 11th Hour filings
All sixteen Idaho incumbent district judges filed for re election with Secretary of State George H Curtis on Monday. No opposition had appeared yet for any non partisan four year terms. The list includes Albert H Featherstone in Shoshone, Albert L Morgan in Clearwater and Latah, Charles F Koelsch and Charles E Winstead in Ada Boise Elmore and Owyhee, Doran H Sutphen in Blaine Camas Gooding and Lincoln, and others across Bannock Bear Lake Caribou Franklin Oneida Power Bingham Butte Custer Lemhi Adams Canyon Gem Payette Valley Washington Benewah Bonner Boundary Kootenai Bonneville Clark Fremont Jefferson Madison Teton Idaho Lewis Nez Perce Cassia Jerome Minidoka Twin Falls.
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Boise
Idaho
George H. Curtis
Shoshone
Albert H. Featherstone
Clearwater
Latah
Albert L. Morgan
Moscow
Ada
Elmore
Owyhee
Charles F. Koelsch
Charles E. Winstead
Blaine
Camas
Gooding
Lincoln
Doran H. Sutphen
Bannock
Bear Lake
Caribou
Franklin
Oneida
Power
Jay L. Downing
Isaac McDougall
Bingham
Butte
Custer
Lemhi
Guy Stevens
Adams
Canyon
Gem
Payette
Valley
Washington
Thomas E. Buckner
A. O. Sutton
Benewah
Bonner
Boundary
Kootena
Bert A. Reed
Ed S. Elder
Bonneville
Clark
Fremont
Jefferson
Madison
Teton
GC. J. Taylor
Lewis and Nez Perce
Miles S. Johnson
Cassia
Jerome
Minidoka
Twin Falls
T Bailey Lee
James W. Porter
Bund Leader Under Arrest In Federal Draft Violation
Gerhard Kunze the former leader of the German American Bund was held on $50,000 bail on a federal charge for violating the Selective Service Act. He was arraigned by Federal Judge George C. Sweeney after being returned from Mexico and accused of failing to notify his local draft board of his whereabouts.
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Bund
New York
Gerhardunze
Fuehrer
Kunze
Mexico
George C. Sweeney
Italians Execute 800 Croat and Slovene Peasants
A Yugoslav government spokesman said 800 Croat and Slovene peasants were executed by Italian forces near the region facing Fiume in northeastern Italy. Six villages were razed as retaliation for aiding guerrillas, with reports of 12 shot and 20 houses burned near Split on the Dalmatian coast.
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London
Yugoslavia
Fiume
Italy
Split
Dalmatian
Air Unit Pounds at Jap Quarters in China
United States air force in China reports a gunboat sunk on the Yangtze while offensive strikes hit Hankow Canton and Nanchang airfields. Unofficial reports claim over 25 Japanese planes destroyed on the Hankow Canton lines during July raids.
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Chungking
United States Air Force
China
Yangtze River
Hankow
Canton
United States
Nanchang
Wuchang
Idaho Heat Wave Sees Mercury Near 98 Across Regions
The weather note records Pocatello reaching 98 degrees with Boise at 97 and other cities such as Dallas Chicago New Orleans New York City and Sheridan Wyoming posting 88 to 111 degrees. It forecasts continued warm temperatures with showers in eastern Idaho and notes a cooler day with a 55-degree low and a sunset at 9 11 p m.
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W.E.M. Pocatello
Mercury
Idaho
U S to Exchange Aid for Supplies
The War Department sets a system where American troops overseas can obtain needed supplies directly from foreign governments in exchange for lend-lease credits. This aims to speed deliveries by cutting private contractor negotiations, effectively creating a large scale charter system for military services and supplies.
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Washington
United Nations
United States
War Department
Boise Plans Land Buy for Army Flight School
Boise Mayor Austin A. Walker announced plans to seek council approval to immediately purchase land for an auxiliary city airport. He said Gowen Field’s expansion into a training base would require it and prompt private flying to relocate from the area.
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Boise
Austin A. Walker
Gowen Field
Bond quota figures and local sales optimism reported
Deputy state war bond administrator George Fugmire spent the weekend with his family here and will return to Poca tello next week. Idaho’s July bond and stamp quota is $3,375,000 and Twin Falls County may be the only county in the state to exceed $300,000 in stamp and bond sales for June and July, earning a bomber named in its honor.
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George Fugmire
Pocatello
Idaho
Pugmire
Twin Falls County
Travel Decline Hits Yellowstone Visitors in Spring
Marie Howard of the chamber of commerce travel bureau notes Yellowstone officials report an 60 percent drop in April and May, and a 61.6 percent fall in June versus 1941. All U S states plus Canada Mexico Hawaii Alaska are represented this year, but no European visitors. Bosquet says Los Angeles area tourists are being told gasoline is rationed in Idaho.
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Marie Howard
Chamber of Commerce
Yellowstone Park
The
Park
Union
Canada
Mexico
Hawaii
Alaska
Los Angeles
Idaho
Japan Loses 303 Ships in Pacific Toll Rises
Attacks on Hankow by the Chinese air force and a US Navy release on Midway losses push Japan's ship toll since Pearl Harbor to about 303 vessels. The tally comes from official United Nations and Japanese statements, listing totals and known tonnage where available.
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Hankow
United States Navy
Battle of Midway
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
Fines for Drunk Driving and Public Intoxication
Victor Ranstrum, 28 of 1001 South Harrison, was fined $100 for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. Carl Ranstrum, a passenger, was fined $30 for intoxication in public, and Fred Harrison was fined $30 for public intoxication by Justice of the Peace Charles W. Hyde.
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Victor Ranstrum
South Harrison
Chas. W. Hyde
Carl Ranstrum
Fred Harrison
The
Justice
Truck Supply Low
The nation faces a severe shortage of new heavy trucks with monthly sales cut from 1600 to 500. Only 6000 two ton plus trucks remain in the civilian pool, as the Office of Defense Transportation urges operators to conserve. The War Production Board halted truck trailer production as of June 30 and has now amended to cover passenger trailers.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
War Production Board
Bicycle Accident Fatal to Woman in Logan
Sheriff Jeff Stowell said an 85 year old woman, Matilda Erickson, died after a bicycle ridden by a 12 year old boy struck her Friday night. Two boys found her by the road and took her to a hospital, where she died hours later. The collision was not a hit and run.
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Logan
Jeff Stowell
Matilda Erickson
Pocatello Boy Wounded in Air Operations
A telegram to Mrs. H L McHan of 217 South Arthur Avenue reports her son Flying Officer Richard Emmett McHan admitted to general hospital Imtaria Malta on July 3 1942 with ankle and face injuries from air operations against the enemy. Injuries are slight. McHan enlisted in the Royal Air Force in March 1941 after training in Canada and service in Malta and Egypt for four months.
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H. L. McHan
South
Arthur Avenue
Washington
Richard Emmett McHan
General Hospital
Imtaria
F. W. Trott
Malta
McHan
Royal Air Force
Canada
England
Egypt
Flames Consume 6000 Acres on Fort Hall Reservation
The first two summer range fires burned about 6000 acres of vital cattle grazing lands on the Fort Hall Indian reservation. Superintendent C. L. Graves reports flames at Gibson and Juniper Hill near the Snake River bottoms. With many young Indian men in the army, fighters had trouble assembling help. Indian CCC boys formed the largest firefighting group.
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Fort Hall
C. L. Graves
Gibson
Juniper Hill
Snake River
American Tanks in Libya Battle Dominate Two Days
The War Department said American crews manned American-made medium tanks on June 11 and 12 in Libya. Commanded by Captain Charles C. Stelling of Augusta, Georgia, the tanks knocked out several German tanks, with no serious damage or battle casualties to the crew.
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Washington
War Department
Libya
Charles C. Stelling
Augusta
Haying Progress Reported Amid Dry Weather Hope
Turner county commissioner reports haying operations in the Gem Valley area. He notes dry land grain needs rain and urges a few showers to help crops. Board of commissioners reviews tax rolls. Chairman W. H. Jensen announces a national scrap harvest after the rubber drive ends.
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Jack Assets
Turner
Gem Valley Seaion
Board of Commissioners
W. H. Jensen
Kiwanis Club to Hold Regular Luncheon Meeting
Kiwanis will hold its regular luncheon meeting Tuesday at the Bannock. No formal program has been arranged.
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Kiwanis
Bannock
Hitler Opens Movement to Seize Rich Oil
British sources report a major German offensive in the Kursk region aimed at securing routes to the Caucasus. German forces, including 1,500 first line aircraft and 10 divisions, push eastward, with Voronezh and the Moscow Rostov railway as focal points. Egypt fronts show British and Empire troops advancing against Rommel, with heavy fighting and potential Rommel retreat toward Matruh.
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Associated Press
Germany
United Nations
Kursk
Kharkov
London
Voronezh
Moscow-Rostov
Berlin
Imperial General Headquarters
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
New York Times
Rommel
Matruh
Ship Sinkings Total 340
Unofficial AP tally of merchant ship losses in the western Atlantic reaches 340 since Pearl Harbor. New sinkings include a large American vessel with survivors, a smaller U.S. ship, and 19 UN ships landed in Canada. Totals by region: U.S. east coast 143, Caribbean 109, Gulf of Mexico 28, off South America 22, Canadian waters 35.
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Associated
Atlantic
Associated Press
United and
Neutral Nations
Pearl Harbor
South America
Dominican Republic
United Nations
U. S
U.S
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Canadian
Aged Boisean Lucy Stephenson Dies After Prolonged Illness
Services set for Tuesday for Lucy Ann Stephenson 88 a Boise resident for 31 years who died Sunday born in Indiana and mother of Mrs John Baxter of Idaho City and Mrs Bert Means of Boise.
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Boise
Lucy Ann Stephenson
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Guy V. Henry
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Ugo Cavallero
Paris
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