Russians claim heavy Soviet gains in Orel Kursk Belgorod front
Moscow reports two towns near Belgorod fallen as Soviet artillery claims 1271 German tanks destroyed and 314 planes shot down in two days of fighting. German losses exceed 10 000 with 586 tanks claimed early, then raised by 152 and 423 in later communiques.
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Moscow
Orel-Kursk-Belgorod
Belgorod
Red Army
Soviet Information Bureau
Orel-Kursk
Berlin
Chiang Fixes End of War At Two Years
Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek pledges victory over Japan within two years while warning that the present marks the start of the greatest trials. The Allied road to victory will be the hardest stretch, a note aimed at restraining over confidence among China’s allies.
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Chiang
Dewitt Mackenzie
Chiang Kaiehek
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Death rate slight among wounded in North Africa
Robert T. Merrill of Haynes Montana told New York VFW leaders during a three day conference in Utica that the death rate from disease and wounds in North Africa is about two per cent thanks to sulpha drugs and blood plasma. He praised artillery accuracy, precision bombing and medical care. He cited a base sector where 16 000 American and British casualties were evacuated without a single fatality from stretcher to base hospital.
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Utica
N. Y
North Africa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Robert T. Merrill
Haynes
Mont
New York
VFW
Merrill
Axis Sending Troops to Island
London reports say Germany has dispatched fresh troops to the Dodecanese islands seen as potential stepping stones to a Balkans invasion Berlin claims Yugoslav and Greek guerrillas are largely wiped out though authorities in London dispute these claims and pledge stronger resistance The Allies face a cautious assessment of invasion prospects in the Mediterranean as Axis defenses tighten across southern Europe
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Algiers
Dodecanese
Balkans
Berlin
Draja Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Greece
Europe
DNB
Mediterranean
France
Italy
Plea for Diapers And Pins Reaches Floor of Congress
Washington lawmakers heard a plea from Rep. Frances Bolton for diapers and safety pins essential for babies amid wartime shortages. Bolton cited a letter from a mother anticipating a second child in August who could not obtain diapers or pins in her town or nearby city.
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Congress
Washington
Frances P. Bolton
OPA
Hoffman
Michigan
Bolton
Boise Adopts Curfew Reform
Boise City Council approved a curfew ordinance to take effect July 18. Parents may be fined up to 100 dollars if children under 16 are seen in public after 11 pm without an adult or an approved excuse.
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Boise
Cafes Receive 20 Percent Coffee Bonus for Sept Oct
The Office of Price Administration authorized a 20 percent coffee bonus for restaurants hotels large boarding houses and other institutions. The bonus applies to September October allotments and reflects improved shipping allowing green coffee stocks to reach the highest levels since rationing began.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Bombs Smash At Sicily Air Defenses
Allied forces hammer Gerbini air base in southern Sicily with hundreds of tons of bombs. Flying Fortresses from North Africa and Liberators from the Middle East target administration buildings hangars and runways, destroying fighters and setting large fires as the siege nears collapse.
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Allied
North Africa
Middle East
Gerbini
Sicily
Northwest African Command
Strike Stops Publication In Providence Journal Plant
Providence Typographical union members walked out Wednesday over a contract dispute at the Providence Journal company plant. A picket line formed and the Evening Bulletin will be suspended, risking 114 years of continuous Providence publication. Alfred Whittle accuses the company of underpaying top compositors, while the Journal claims over-the-scale wages followed a long standing policy.
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Providence
R. I
Providence Typographical Union No. 33
Providence Journal Company
Evening Bulletin
Alfred Whittle
Journal Company
Utah Copper Mills Idle as Labor Dispute Halts Ore Train
About one third of the nation's copper output halted as the Utah Copper company closed its Arthur and Magna mills near Bingham Utah after ore transport from the Bingham open cut stopped when 125 railroad workers walked out. Spokesman Bert H Richardson of the Order of Railway Conductors AFL said workers were railroad employees not copper company staff and left due to failing to classify them for railroad retirement benefits. The stoppage idled several thousand mill workers.
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Bingham
Utah
Utah Copper Company
D. D. Moffat
Arthur and
Magna Mills
Bingham Open Cut
Bert H. Richardson
The
Order of Railway Conductors’ Union
AFL
Copper
Richardson
Bingham and Garfield Railroad
Copper Company
Scott D Lowe Gets Slapped by State Superintendent Roberts
Idaho state superintendent C E Roberts attacked Scott D Lowe Bannock county superintendent for ignoring facts in Lowe’s charges about the Albion conference. Roberts defended war effort reporting and education scope from first through eighth grade, noting no commando drills for elementary students.
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Twin Falls
C. E. Roberts
Scott D. Lowe
Bannock
Pocatello
Idaho
Lowe
Roberts
Albion
Elevator strike strands 28 000 at Rockefeller Center
About 28 000 office workers and visitors were stranded as 225 elevator operators walked out for 55 minutes. Some waited, others used stairs, including 200 people in the RCA building observation tower who descended 75 flights in 30 minutes led by Rio City guide Bob Sestera. Officials blamed the walkout on union demands and technical disputes.
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New York
Rockefeller Center
R.C.A
Bob Sestera
Radio City
A.F.L
Maas pushes bill to force WPB openness on newsprint
Rep Maas warns the War Production Board is censoring the press through newsprint quotas and secrecy. He plans legislation requiring public WPB decisions on white paper requests and monthly reports detailing appeals and rulings to prevent abuse of rationing and protect press freedom.
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Washington
Maas
Minnesota
War Production Board
House
WPB
Star Chamber
Men from Pocatello to report for induction at Fort Douglas
Ten men from Pocatello and eight from nearby Bannock county communities depart Thursday morning for the Fort Douglas induction center. They report at 8 30 a.m. to selective service headquarters in the Dietrich building then attend a brief ceremony at the Elks temple under Pocatello lodge No 674 BPO Elks. Parents and friends are invited to attend.
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Pocatello
Bannock County
Fort Douglas
Selective Service
Dietrich Building
Elks Temple
Pocatello Lodge No. 674
BPO Elks
Yankees Hurl Shells at Kiska Island
A U S naval task force bombarded Kiska Island last night in a coordinated action with the South Pacific offensive. The Helena light cruiser was lost in Kala Gulf on July 6, while Japanese ships suffered heavy damage or were sunk as American air power pounded South Pacific bases.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Navy
United States
South Pacific
North Pacific
Kala Gulf
Helena
Charles Purcell Cecil
Louisville
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Kiska
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Japan
Tokyo Claims Sea Victory
The Imperial Japanese communiqué via Berlin radio claimed sinking one enemy cruiser and setting another afire in Kula gulf Sunday night, with torpedo boats allegedly sinking three war vessels next morning. It also admitted allied landings on New Georgia and reported ten Japanese planes shot down over Kula gulf Monday.
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Associated Press
Kula Gulf
Berlin
Washington
New Georgia
Japan
Tragic Drowning of 2 Year Old in Tremonton Ditch
Isabella Martinez two year old daughter of Albert and Rita Martinez of Tremonton drowned Tuesday afternoon in an irrigation ditch at Elwood. She was left in care of an older child while parents worked in the fields.
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Tremonton
Utah
Isabella Martinez
Albert
Rita Rebeteran Martinez
Elwood
Secretary Knox Tours Idaho Navy Gun Refining Plant
Secretary of the Navy Knox inspected the $22,500,000 gun refining plant at Pocatello and the Arco proving grounds in eastern Idaho. He stayed overnight at the ordnance plant, declined to meet reporters, and was accompanied by Rear Admiral Blandy and aides. He planned to depart early to continue his tour.
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Knox
Idaho
Navy
Pocatello
Arco
Walter E. Brown
Navy Ordnance Plant
Arco Proving Grounds
Blandy
Bureau of Ordnance
Senate Reverses on Price Policies Amid CCC Debate
In a rapid shift, the Senate backed subsidy restrictions to block the administration plan for rolling back retail food prices. Conference talks aim to reconcile Senate and House positions while CCC remains funded to 1944, with lending authority rising to 3.0 billion. The measure would invalidate the current subsidy rollback on meats and butter.
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Washington
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
House
Roosevelt
CCC
Weather drift in Mercury with possible late storm
Today in Mercury the temperature reached 90 degrees at 2 30 pm with a high near yesterday’s 04. Readings yesterday ranged from 59 to 76 with a mean of 76 and normal 68. A delayed storm may cool the air. sun sets at 9 11 and rises at 5 59. Forecast calls for little temperature change.
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Sameer
U S Triumph In South Pacific Battle
Allied forces reported a U S victory in the Kula gulf action above New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. Navy planes sank or damaged several Japanese ships, including a destroyer, while U S troops proceeded with operations on Rendova and southern New Georgia as reinforcements arrived.
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Washington
Kula Gulf
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Solomons
United States
Rendova Island
New Georgia
Ceremony at Ball Park for Waves enlistment in Navy week
Women of southeastern Idaho accepted for enlistment in the Waves will be sworn in tonight during a baseball game at Halliwell park in Pocatello as part of Navy Recruiting Week. Lieut. G A Hebert will administer the oath and deliver a brief talk.
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Idaho
Halliwell Park
Navy
Pocatello
Alt Heidelberg
Navy Ordnance Plant
Wave
G. A. Hebert
Boise
Comdr
Bluene
C. D. Moore
Nicholas Ifft
Pocatello Tribune
Elks Lodge
O. R. Baum
Train kills 18 in Bezwada to Guntakal crash
Eighteen persons died and 44 were injured in a train collision on the Madras and Southern Maratha railway between Bezwada and Guntakal.
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Bombay
Bezwada
Guntakal
Madras and Southern Mahratte
Axis Reports Sinkings In Berlin Radio Claim
German marines reportedly sank nine ships totaling 63 000 tons in a hundred days, according to a Berlin radio bulletin cited today. The report provides figures but omits details on when the sinkings occurred.
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London
Berlin
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