Allied Break German Defenses In Italy Capture Saladeto
Fifth Army troops broke through toward the Arno valley near Livorno and captured Saladeto after heavy combat in the upper era valley. French forces seized San Donato southwest of Florence while pushing Hill 218 area repelling counterattacks. In the Pacific, a large Japanese force attempted to break out of the New Guinea trap, as Saipan casualty figures rose to record levels for both sides.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Era
Italy
Livorno
Saladeo
Arnoiver
Po River
San Donato
Florence
Hill 218
Poggibonsi
Saipan
New Guinea
Altape
Wewak
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Woman Dies From Poison in Idaho Home
Mrs. Esther Curl, 27, wife of John Curl Jr a Union Pacific fireman, was found dead at her home in Pocatello. Police say the death may be accidental or deliberate from poison capsules and ant killer poison found near the body. The case remains under investigation with funeral plans to be announced.
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Esther Curl
John Curl, Jr
Union Pacific
North Thirteenth
Pocatello
Curl
Miss Gibbs
Mary Breedslove
Hazel Gibbs
Beth Orr
Curls
R. R. Merrill
Mr. Curl
Henan
American Falls
Pocatello General Hospital
John Cur
Farmington
Utah
John Robert
James Franklin
Dora Nachtigal
William Nachtigal
John Zimmerman
Aberdeen
Marc Saucy
Salem
Ore
Charles Jensen
Richmond
Calif
E. J. Aschenbeimer
Grant’s Pass
Hall Mortuary
Idaho Official Resigns. Groom Named New Bureau Director
Boise brief reports Dr. H R Groom of Twin Falls succeeds Dr R S Brown of Weiser as director of the bureau of animal industries in the Idaho department of agriculture. Brown resigns to become veterinarian for the Idaho sheep commission.
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Boise
H. R. Groom
Twin Falls
R.S. Brown
Weiser
Bureau of Animal Industries
State Department of Agriculture
R. H. Young
Brown
Idaho Sheep Commission
Horses Jump 400 Miles Into Ocean Claim
The New York office of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals asked Oregon officials to verify reports that 2,000 wild horses captured in eastern Oregon were driven over cliffs into the ocean. The officer replied no horses were captured, they all escaped, and the eastern Oregon roundup area is 400 miles from the ocean.
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Portland
New York
The
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Oregon Humane Officer
Oregon
Nazi radio broadcast warns of total war across Europe
London reports quote a Nazi military radio broadcast claiming terror grips Germans and that the fight for life is on. It threatens a maelstrom of destruction across the continent and calls for every able body to join a Holy War to defeat the Russian advance and defend homeland.
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London
Germany
London Evening News
Europe
Navy Approves $516000 Arco Storage Construction
The navy approves $516,000 for open air storage facilities at Arco proving grounds Idaho with Senator Thomas notified. Capt Walter E Brown reports the funds cover storage for ordnance as maintenance buildings proceed from February funding. The test firing range near Pocatello has operated since 1942.
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Washington
Navy
the Proving Grounds
Arco
Idaho
Thomas
Walter E. Brown
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
Arco Proving Grounds
Proving Grounds
Fail of St Lo Imminent Under Yankee Pressure
London reports German withdrawal along the Poland border and Soviet advances near Suwalki as Russian troops push toward East Prussia. NBC from Sweden says Russians near East Prussia. Berlin hints at broader withdrawals as battlefield gains surge.
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Poland
Moscow
East Prussia
Old Poland
Lithuania
Suwalki
Kaunas
Baltic
Estonia
Latvia
Sweden
Grodno
Germany
Bialystok
Warsaw
Brest Litovsk
Bug
Pripyat
Daugavpils
Baltic Sea
Riga
Wilno
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Latvian
Ivan Bagramian
Yeremenko
Crimea
Velikie Luki-Riga
Berlin
Crash Kills One as Bomber Crashes at Army Air Field
A heavy bomber crash at an Army air field killed one officer, Robert O. Quaintance of Des Moines, Iowa, and left ten others hospitalized with 35 in critical condition. The accident occurred yesterday, according to military sources.
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Boise
Corp
Robert O. Quaintance
Lillian Quaintance
Des Moines
Iowa
Goven Amy Air Field
Army of All
Hitler Seen As Indirect Aid To Allied War Effort
The Times polled 100 men on the street about who helps the allied war effort most. Eisenhower led with the most votes, and G Joe received some support, but one respondent asserted Hitler, with his screwy intuitions, hasn’t been hurting our cause.
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Los Angeles
the Times
Eisenhower
G Joe
Hitler
Munich Bombardment Hits Germany and Saarbrucken
Allied air offensive pounds Munich and Saarbrucken with large formations from England and Italy. Fortresses and Liberators strike Porto Marghera Trieste Brescia Verona Mestre Mantua railyards and Milan Venice rail lines. RAF and Mosquito bombing targets extend to central France and Kotka port in Finland.
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London
Munich
15Th Air Force
Italy
Saarbrucken
Germany
England
Porto Marghera
Trieste
Milan-Venice
Pinzano
Tagliamento
Rome
Brescia
Verona
Mestre
Mantua
France
Europe
Berlin
Kotka
Helsinki
Paris
Ruhr
Air Force
Normandy Front
The
Sky
Balkans
Atlantic
Japs Stab Chuck Hengyang Advance In China Burma Actions
Allied and Japanese forces reported moves across China and Burma as Japanese troops pushed toward Hengyang while Chinese divisions coordinated near Mogaung to guard the Ledo road. British patrols hunted disrupted bands and Tokyo claimed air raid success with disputed U S confirmations.
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China
Hankow-Canton
Hengyang
Yingtak
Burma
Mogaung
Yunnan
Tengchung
Chihkiang
Hunan
Dog Answers Phone in Lafayette Police Incident
Two women reported a dog in their car and refused to exit. Police Sgt. Cecil Baker found a tag for Alvin Fay and called him. Fay told the dog to come home, and the animal obediently headed to Fay's residence.
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Lafayette
Ind
Cecil Baker
Baker
Alvin Fay
Fay
Pat
Lord Vansittart Calls For Postwar Gestapo Punishment
In the house of Lords Lord Vansittart urged imprisoning 50,000 Gestapo members after the war until Allied decisions on executions or exile. He estimated 200,000 Gestapo members exist and proposed taking a quarter as the first installment.
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London
Lord Vansittart
House of Lords
Gestapo
Secret Police
Devil's Island
Foreign Office
Nazis Weigh Strategic Withdrawal On Eastern Front
The article notes German plans for a deep withdrawal to shorten a long front and transfer forces to the western front for a Normandy push. Berlin spokesmen frame it as strategic, while critics say it may fail as Allied beachheads stabilize. Montgomery observes the Allies are firmly established.
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Berlin
Normandy
Reich
Hitler
Marshal Rommel
Montgomery
Ida. philosopher C. W. Chenoweth dies at Idaho farm
C. W. Chenoweth long time head of the University of Idaho philosophy department was found dead in his bed on the Owyhee county farm near Homedale. His son in law Arthur Wilson reported the death. He had a known heart ailment and had been warned against heavy work. He was about 65 years old.
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Nampa
C. W. Chenoweth
University of Idaho
Moscow
Owyhee County
Homedale
Arthur Wilson
Loss of six destroyers and ships in France landings
American and British navies report fifteen vessels lost during the Normandy landings. The Susan B. Anthony and the minesweeper Tide along with escort Rich and tug Partridge were lost. British destroyers Boadicea Swift Swenner and frigates Mourne Blackwood Lawford plus trawler Lord Austin and auxiliary Minister also gone. Most troops were shielded, with survivors praised for rapid rescue efforts.
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London
France
U. S. Navy Department
British Admiralty
Santa Clara
Susan B. Anthony
Tide
Rich
Partridge
Corry
Glennon
Meredith
Roosevelt
Admiralty
Boadicea
Swift
Swenner
Mourne
Blackwood
Lawford
Lord Austin
W. H. Hutchison
Fhishing
N. Y
President Coolidge
South Pacific
Bombing of London Prompts Commons Debate on Secret Session
German winged bombs continue to strike London as parliamentary questions rise in the commons. Deputy PM Clement Atlee rejects claims of unpreparedness and nappping while Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden says a secret session is not sought and that discussion should continue in public.
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London
England
Commons
Clement R. Atlee
Atlee
Anthony Eden
Boiseau Questions BOISE After Idaho Quake
Idaho's minor earthquake sent newspapers into chaos as offices were flooded with calls. A Republican caller asked if President Roosevelt had changed his mind, highlighting political tensions in the aftermath.
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Boise
Idaho
Roosevelt
Meals in Rome Cost 3 to 10 Dollars Amid Occupation Aftermath
Rome under six weeks of allied occupation faces power shortages and damaged infrastructure. Public services lag while food costs range from three to ten dollars as soldiers dine, and black market activity persists. Dancing and cinema returns herald a fragile postwar scene for locals and off duty officers.
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Rome
Ivanoe Bonomi
Mediterranean
Cairo
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Baranowicze
Minsk
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Eardley
Itom
Don Whitehead
la Boulaye
St. Lo-Bayeaux Road
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