Navy Shells Guam Reveals Deaths of Two Japanese Admirals
The Associated Press reports U S Navy bombardment of Guam intensifies as Saipan losses unfold. Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo and Rear Admiral Yano die on Saipan, while U S forces seize Maniagassa in the Treasures of the Marianas. Japanese defenses and carrier activity are described as the conflict continues.
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Associated Press
U. S
Guam
Japan
Saipan
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Chuichi No
Central Pacific
Marianas
Yano
New Guinea
Aitape
Dutch New Guinea
Nagano
Tokyo Radio
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Nimitz
Saipan Island
California
Maniagassa
Tanapag Harbor
Radio Tokyo
South Seas
Roosevelt Jr. Dies in Normandy Heart Attack
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. dies of a heart attack after a front line tour in Normandy. He will be buried with full military honors in an American cemetery, attended by high ranking officers and his son Quentin. Surviving are Eleanor Roosevelt and three sons, a daughter, and other family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Teddy
Roosevelt
Omar N. Bradley
First Army
Joseph Lawton Collins
Cherbourg
U. S. Seventh Corps
Quentin
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Eleanor Alexander Roosevelt
Theodore 3Rd
Us.n.r
Cornelius van Shlack
William McMillan
Baltimore
Archibald Roosevelt
Biak Island
Maj
Kermit Roosevelt
Alaska
Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Derby
Oyster Bay
Nicholas Longworth
Washington
Veterans protest Deed of G A R Hall at Boise
In Gem county Probate court the Boise camp of the United Spanish war veterans protests the will of Albert Jones who deeded the Grand Army of the Republic hall to the state. The Boise U S W V argues the hall was leased since 1938 for 45 years and that Jones was not the last member. Governor Bottolfsen said the state will be represented by counsel at the protest hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett
Grand Army of the Republic
Boise
Gem County
United Spanish War Veterans
Albert Jones
Phil Sheridan
Japs Lose Admiral Hasegawa in Saipan Action
Berlin radio reports Vice Admiral Kiichi Hasegawa of the Japanese navy killed in action. He served on the fleet air arm technical staff since 1942 and may have died in the Saipan Marians engagement where Japanese air units from fleet carriers faced a decisive defeat.
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London
Kiichi Hasegawa
Berlin
Yokosuka
Hasegawa
Fleet Air Arm
Saipan
Marianas
Germans Order Cut In Reserve Units
Acting Secretary of War Patterson cites a captured German order showing Vienna Rome and Berlin reducing reserve and rear units for a three front war. It notes a 20 percent cut in combat rear echelon 25 percent in supply units and moving men under 30 into front lines with no rear replacements.
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Washington
Patterson
Italy
Idaho Purebred Sheep Sale Entries Due July 15
Idaho Falls hosts the second annual Idaho purebred sheep sale on September 5. Idaho breeders may enter rams or ewes with entry blanks through county extension agents or at 346 Idaho Falls. Registration required for stud rams and all ewes. pens of rams need not register. Only Idaho breeders may enter.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
B. D. Murdoch
Florence Emerges as Cultural Heart Amid War’s Italian Front
Florence the eighth largest city in Italy stands as a major art and cultural center on the road to Germany. It is a strategic rail and industrial hub near bombed freight yards with 300 000 residents and a silk industry base while facing potential German defense lines and Allied air attacks.
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Florence
Italy
Germany
Brenner Pass
Po River
Europe
Michelangelo
Giotto
Bandinelli
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Coreggio
Botticelli
Benvenuto Cellini
Duomo
Arnol
Fo di Cambio
Flovence
Rome
Arno
Prison Board Grants Conditional Release for Fleming
James J. Fleming a former state penitentiary clerk now serving a one to ten year term for embezzling prison funds was given a one year conditional release by the Idaho pardons board to take effect after his minimum term ends November 7 1944 Fleming once preached at the Blackfoot Methodist church He entered prison last December after pleading guilty The board also denied most petitions and recessed pending further calls while granting other convicts conditional release including William Hix and Fred T Darling with set dates in August and September.
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Boise
James J. Fleming
At State Penitentiary
Idaho Pardons Board
Fleming
Blackfoot, Methodist Church
Pardons Board
Daniel Williams
Twin Falls County
Rudolph Goldsmith
Bannock County
Waldo Petty
Gooding County
Eugene White
Billy Riley
Bonneville
William Hix
Elmore County
Fred T. Darling
Coast Guard Reports Total Personnel by State
The coast guard lists 170 670 total personnel as of March 31. New York has the most with 19 946, followed by Pennsylvania 12 274 and Massachusetts 11 783. Idaho 561, Montana 788, Nevada 81, Oregon 1 848, Utah 0, Washington 3 878, Wyoming 226.
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Washington
Coast Guard
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho Power Declares Dividend and Preferred Redemption
Boise Idaho Power Co declares a quarterly 40 cent per share dividend on common stock payable August 21 to record holders of July 25. Earlier dividends were paid in February and May. A 6 7 percent preferred stock dividend is payable August 1 as part of redeeming that issue for new 4 percent preferred stock.
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Boise
Idaho Power Company
Scouts to be Awarded Eagles at Camp Tenday Court
Wesley Skidmore of Boy Scout troop 2 Charles Cullen Robert Ivey and John Roberts of troop 15 will receive eagle awards at the court of honor Saturday night in Camp Tenday. Sixty other awards will be given to Po catello Boy Scouts with parents and friends invited to attend at the camp sixteen miles from the city on the east fork of Mink creek.
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Wesley Skidmore
Charles Cullen
Robert Ivey
John Roberts
Camp
Tenday
Pocatello Boy Scouts
Mink Creek
Diabolic German booby traps surprise wartime experts
The army reports German booby traps include a candy with thermite in its center that melts, burning the throat. Experts at a Patterson news conference outlined devices using soap dispensers filled with acid to burn hands and explosive cake soap that detonates after wear.
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Washington
Patterson
Calendar found in WWII German POWs effects at Fort Riley
Lt. Col. Loyd Shafer reports a calendar ending in October 1944 was found among a German prisoner of war detainee’s effects at Fort Riley Kansas. The last marked date bore the note end of the war. The prisoner declined to name the favored winner.
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Kansas City
Loyd Shafer
Fort Riley
Kans
Grazing Service Becomes Bureau
Interior announces the Grazing Service is elevated to the Bureau of Grazing within the Interior Department. Harold L. Ickes says the bureau, headed by Clarence L. Forsling in Salt Lake City, now governs 142 million acres of public range lands across 10 western states.
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Washington
Grazing Service
Bureau of Grazing
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary
Bureau of the Interior Department
Clarence L. Forsling
Salt Lake City
Yankees Break German Lines in Italy Advance on Livorno Area
American troops led by the 442nd regimental combat team pierced German defenses near Livorno advancing past Pastina toward San Luce and San Donato. French forces on the right wing captured San Gimignano and La Casette proving a wider push toward the Arno near Empoli. British forces seized additional heights in the upper Tiber valley as Indian units moved northeast near Colle Dei Orci.
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Rome
Pastina
Livorno
Leghorn
San Luce
Era
Eighth Army
Tiber Valley
Cita di Castello
Santa Lucia
Colle Dei Orci
Herders to Receive Extra Sugar Ration
Washington announces a new allowance granting sheep herders an extra pound and a half of sugar per month in addition to their standard ration. The OPA explains the increase helps herders using more cereals outdoors due to lack of kitchen facilities.
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Washington
OPA
Rodeo Opens Tonight Crowned Queen at Bannock County Fair
Governor Bottolfsen will crown rodeo queen Katie Tranmer during the second annual Victory Rodeo at Bannock County Fairgrounds. Nightly military-themed shows include performances by Homer Holcomb Park Yor Karkos and Slim Pickens. Sixty three entries compete across bareback calf roping bronc riding and more with $1500 prize money over three days.
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Bannock County Fair Grounds
T. B. le Bailly
C. A. Bottolfsen
Katie Tranmer
Sylvia Elliot
Jennie Chedsey
Venice Sward
Margaret Barrett
Jack Oakey
Homer Holcomb
Cowboy Clowt
Park Yor Karkos
Carol Henry
Dick Griffith
Lady Chet
Slim Pickens
Bob Rooker
Bantock Indians
Pocatello Army Air Field
Crocker Baxter
Warrint Office
Americans Advance Toward St Lo As German Defenses Hold
Allied reporters describe American infantry and tanks moving toward St Lo from the Lessay axis while German artillery shell approaches. British and Canadian forces stall near Caen. Bradley’s units push along the Cherbourg peninsula toward St German Sur Ay as fights tighten across the Cotentin.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Lo
Normandy
Lessay
Carentan
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Auxais
le Champs de Losque
Es- Aubris
la Vincenterie
Pont Hebert
Lessay-St Lo
Havre de St. Germain
Lesay
St. Honorine
Colombelles
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
St. German-Sur-Ay
la Haye du Puits
Beauvais
St. Jean de Daye
Tribehou
Gournay
le Hommet d'Athenay
Bois de Hommet
Les Champs 4 d'Losque
Peace Enforcement Officers to Meet in Idaho Falls
Idaho peace officers will meet in Idaho Falls on August 7 and 8. Commissioner Charles Spoor said invitations were sent to all peace officers in Idaho and adjoining states. Topics include law enforcement, proposed work of the next legislature, and juvenile delinquency. An inspection tour of the L D 5 temple will be featured for delegates, with Harry Meppen, Bonneville county sheriff, serving as conference chairman.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Charles Spoor
L. D
Temple
Harry Meppen
Bonneville
Fall Kills Girl at Snake River Promontory
Eleanor Leland, 15, fell to her death yesterday from a Snake River promontory near Shoshone Falls while on a picnic with her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Leland of Twin Falls.
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Shoshone
Eleanor Leland
Snake River
Shoshone Falls
H. D. Leland
Twin Falls
Roosevelt favored in national odds and state bets
Betting commissioner James J. Carroll set Roosevelt at 1 to 3 to win re election and Dewey at 24 to 1. Michigan shows Dewey 1 to 2 while Roosevelt is 3 to 2. Missouri New York Pennsylvania and Illinois odds splitRoosevelt 3 to 5 Dewey ? California favors Dewey 2 to 1 and Roosevelt 2 to 5.
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ST. Louis
James J. Carroll
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Carroll
Dewey
Michigan
Missouri
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
California
Induction Drafts Set Across Idaho and Spokane Regions
The selective service headquarters announced July induction calls totaling about 500 registrants, down from 1,100 in June. Inductions will occur July 18 in Pocatello, July 22 in Boise, and July 20 in Spokane at area stations rather than Fort Douglas. Pre-induction exams for about 300 men occur the day before, with calls 61 days after exams. ages under 26 remain targeted, with volunteers and delinquents from other ages included. Counts by area list registrants from Bannock, Pocatello, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, and other counties.
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Boise
Idaho
Selective Service
Pocatello
Spokane
Fort Douglas
Utah
Pocatello Area
Bannock County No. 1
Pocatello City Board No. 2
Bear Lake County
Bingham
Bonneville
Butte
Caribou
Veterans Observe Rites For Charles Rieger
Veterans conduct military rites for Charles Rieger 62 a West veteran who died Tuesday in Salt Lake City funeral services set for Saturday at 3 p m in the Downard chapel with Santa Ana camp No 3 and the Pocatello army air field band. Born in New York City he enlisted in 1903 served in Cuba and the Philippines and later moved to Idaho where he farmed and owned the Ow club. He is survived by his widow and two daughters Mrs Ethel Wincheater and Mrs Nora Nickels. Interment at Mountain View cemetery with FOE No 119 conducting graveside services and military rites.
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Charles Rieger
Salt Lake City
Downard Chapel
Santa Ana Camp No. 3
Pocatello Army Air Field Band
John M Shuler
New York City
Rieger
Frank and
Anna Rieger
U.S. Army
New York
104Th Coast Guard Artillery
Cuba
Philippine Islands
McKinley
Reiger
West
Arbon Valley
Pocatello
Alice Averett
Ethel Wincheater
Los Angeles
Nora Nickels
Denver
Santa Anna Camp No
James Byrd
George Seeles
Francis Bacon
J. 8. Worth
Irving Beardsley
O. B. Parrott
Leland
Russians Push Front Across East Prussia and Poland
NBC reports Russian armies entered Rozanka in East Prussia while Stalin announced the fall of Pinsk and Wilno to Soviet forces. The fronts extend from the Baltic toward Warsaw with advances near Brest Litovsk and Kaunas as German defenses retreat.
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New York
NBC Today
Rozanka
East Prussia
Old Poland
Rug River
Brest Litovsk
London
Pinsk
Pripyat
Warsaw
Red Army
Stalin
Constantin K. Rokossovsky
Yaselda
Berlin
Grodno
Suwalki
German Silesia
Baltic Sea
Moscow
Kaunas
Lithuania
Bug River
East Prussia-Riga
Baltic States
Wilno
Lithuanian Republic
Liberty Utah forgets to hold village election
A Utah town in Weber County failed to conduct a village election. Liberty village did not report any results on election night. Clerk Malan finally learned the village had forgotten the vote, and 59 registered voters must wait until the next election day.
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Ogden
Liberty
Utah
Weber County
Lawrence M. Malan
Shaw
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