Tobruk Patrols and Allied Raids Reported Front Activity
The British Middle East command says Tobruk remains active with offensive patrols as new thrusts against Axis forces at Salam and around Tobruk are repelled. British warplanes hit Messina Sicily causing civilian harm, while German and Italian sources report losses and bombings across Suez Hull Bremen Hannover Rotterdam and England with several fires and casualties.
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Tobruk
Middle East
Egyptain
Salam
Egypt
Sybia
Itallian High Command
Messina
Sicily
High Command
Reich
Suez
St George’s Channel
Hull
England
Bremen
Hannover
Rotterdam
Germany
London
Axis Consuls Leave U S on Transatlantic Voyage
The 27000 ton liner America renamed West Point sails from New York for Lisbon with nearly 500 passengers including German and Italian consular officials and others expelled by the United States. Departure delayed for 16 German representatives, led by Hans Borchers and Fritz Wiedemann, who missed their earlier sail. The ship is to reach Lisbon seven days later and carry about 500 American and axis nationals to safety.
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New York
Lisbon
United States
State Department
America
West Point
San Francisco
Hans Borchers
Fritz Wiedemann
Japan
Pocatellans Attend Eastern Idaho Chamber Meeting
C. C. Meeting drew attendees including S. E. Brady William Dean Boyle and Paul Nash from Pocatello and featured C J Strike of Boise Idaho Power Company speaking on agricultural chemistry at Malad Monday night.
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S.E. Brady
William Dean Boyle
Paul Nash
Eastern Idaho Chamber of Commerce
Malad
C. J. Strike of
Boise
Idaho Power Company
Eire Seeks U S Permission to Buy More Ships
The Eire government asked the United States for permission to buy additional ships to move thousands of tons of goods piled on New York docks. The request comes amid mounting wartime supply pressures and aims to relieve congestion and improve ocean transport.
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Washington
Eire
United States
New York
Britain Loses 79 Vessels in June Maritime Losses
Admiralty reports 79 ships totaling 329,296 tons lost in June across British allied and neutral vessels, the lowest monthly total since 1940 except December and January. British losses totaled 52 ships 228,284 tons with allied 19 ships and neutrals eight ships. Since wartime start, Britain reports 1,078 merchant vessels 4,605,132 tons. allied 334 ships 1,498,047 tons. neutrals 326 ships 1,014,913 tons. overall 1,738 vessels 7,118,092 tons.
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London
Admiralty
Toll climbs to four in Carbon county traffic deaths
Utah Toll Mounts Utah July 15 Four people have died in Carbon county road crashes this year matching the entire 1940 toll. The latest victim is 25 year old Rulon Jensen of Price who died yesterday from injuries after a car overturned. Three others escaped serious injuries.
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Price
Utah
Carbon County
Rulon Jensen
Roosevelt Sees Yearly Tax Bill Needed Despite No New Plan
President Roosevelt said a tax bill will be needed each year though he has not discussed raising the pending measure to 3.5 billion dollars with congressional leaders. Canada bans gasoline and oil sales to motorists 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekdays and Sundays. The German Reich is named as a co conspirator in a 33 person espionage indictment. Judge John S. McClelland elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks at their annual convention.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional
New York
German Reich
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Philadelphia
John S. McClelland
Atlanta
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Army Assigns Men to Training Camps From Fort Douglas
Selective service registrants today were assigned to army training camps from the Fort Douglas reception center. Idaho boards include Rigby Seoil W. Jones Menan Harry F. Marty Terreton Robert A. Scott Loren z and Benjamin F. Sykes Terreton. Rupert Loral H Beeler and Carmelo Garatea Rupert. Gooding Virgil N Christensen Donald A Brown Parley J Christensen Gooding. Jerome Robert W Jerry Jerome Kenneth Roy Worsham Hazelton Carl J Winterhalter Jerome. St Anthony James David Rinehart St Anthony Harry B Long Twin Falls.
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Salt Lake City
Fort Douglas
Idaho
Rigby
Seoil W. Jones
Menan
Harry F. Marty
Terreton
Robert A. Scott
Lorenz
Benjamin F. Sykes
Rupert Loral H. Beeler
Carmelo Garatea
Rupert. Gooding
Virgil N. Christensen
Donald A. Brown
Parley J. Christensen
Gooding
Jerome
Robert W
Eastern Idaho farmers seek joint committee on freight rate bias
At the eastern Idaho chamber of commerce meeting a agriculture committee report urged forming a joint farmer business industry committee to probe charges of freight rate discrimination against eastern Idaho farmers. Milling and railroad reps argued interstate commerce rules set rates and other factors offset pricing.
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Malad
Idaho
Eastern Idaho Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Free Tennis Classes Offered by Tribune Journal
The Tribune Journal company offers free tennis instruction for local youths. Classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at university courts, with 8 to 9 am for beginners and 12:30 to 1:30 pm for advanced players. Register with the sports departments of the Pocatello Tribune or Idaho State Journal. Marion and Marjory McQuillan are among the first to sign up. Instructor R J Russell from the Children's Institute led the Northwestern junior Davis cup team in 1937 38.
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Tribune - Journal Company
The
Pocatello Tribune
Idaho State Journal
Marion
Marjory McQuillan
R. J. Russell
Children’s Institute
Northwestern Association
Officer Ace Nelson Improves After Sunday Heart Attack
Condition improves for Officer Ace Nelson who suffered a heart attack Sunday. He is reportedly resting at St. Anthony hospital, not General hospital as earlier announced.
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Ace Nelson
St. Anthony Hospital
General Hospital
Navy to Spend 31 Million on Ten Shore Stations
President Roosevelt signed a bill authorizing the Navy Department to spend about 31 million dollars for the development of ten shore stations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Department
India Seen as Key Figure in War Plans
DeWitt MacKenzie reports London circles expect an important announcement on a maximum war effort by India. The piece notes India already acts as a major Arsenal and may host exchanges with the United States to coordinate supply for Britain and the Soviet Union, including possible troop support and bases in Turkestan if the war with Germany drags on.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
London
India
Yankee Slugger DiMaggio Extends Hit Streak to 55
Joe DiMaggio stretched his hitting streak to 55 straight games by singling off Edgar Smith in the third inning of the Yankee White Sox game in Chicago. The two teams traded rivals and late runs as New York and Chicago produced a scoreful day in American League action across multiple venues.
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Chicago
Joe DiMaggio
Edgar Smith
Yankee White Sox
Smith
Joe
Yankee Stadium
Utah Boys Confess Theft of 14 Cars
Four parolees from the state industrial school at Ogden aged 15 to 17 faced court action after confessing to 14 automobile thefts and several burglaries. Police said three were caught in Brigham City with a stolen car, the fourth named by the others. FBI and city county state officers cooperated on a crime list.
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Salt Lake City
Ogden
Brigham City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clark Speaks At Lava Springs Meet
Governor Chase A Clark addresses delegates at Lava Springs vacation camp praising American heritage and unity. Pioneer merchant W H Cleare adds notes on life and sacrifice. Over 800 people from eight southeastern Idaho counties attend the three day camp.
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Lava Hot Springs
Chase A. Clark
America
Clark
Thorugh
God
Sweet Land of Liberty
W. H. Leare
Pocatello
Jesus
Socrates
Pasteur
Lincoln
Mr. Cleare
Idaho
Mildred Haberly
Ben W. Henderson
Arimo
Idaho Pioneer Dies in Salt Lake City
Mrs Mary Mourtsen Jensen age 92 died in Salt Lake City after a life spanning Utah pioneer history. Born in Denmark she joined the Latter Day Saints church and traveled west in 1856 with her family. Survivors include sons Lorenzo Jensen Rexburg Idaho and Moroni Jensen Ogden, and sister Mrs Jane Miles Smithfield. Funeral services are planned in Salt Lake City with burial at Weston Idaho.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mary Mourtsen Jensen
West
Denmark
Latter Day Saints Church
Jane Miles
Smithfield
Weston
Weather Outlook for East and Mountain Regions
Weather bulletins indicate thunderstorms and unsettled skies in the east portion beginning Tuesday night into Wednesday. Expect scattered showers to continue over the mountains and across the state with periods of unsettled conditions.
Armistice Allows British Control of Syria Lebanon War Assets
Vichy France cedes to Britain all planes and ships in the mandate area and certain war materials under the Acre armistice. French troops may return home or stay on duty in sections. Free French forces join the Allied cause. Hostage terms and prisoner exchanges outlined. arms and vehicles placed under British control despite promises of no punitive actions toward local citizens.
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Vichy
France
Syria
Lebannon
Mandate
Acre
General de Gaulle
Palestine
Fd Dutr
Britain
Idaho sterilization order targets feeble minded and other groups
Boise July 15 Attorney General Bert H. Miller states that any person found by the state board of eugenics to be feeble minded insane epileptic habitual criminal moral degenerate or sexual pervert and deemed likely to menace society must undergo sterilization under Idaho law. He warns constitutional rights may be violated by any procedural flaw and offers no opinion on private vasectomy by noninstitutional individuals.
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Boise
State Board of Eugenics
Idaho
Bert H. Miller
Lewis Williams
Department of Charitable Institutions
Miller
Jury Indicts 33 As Spies In Espionage Probe
A federal grand jury indicted 33 people in a spy hunt, charging conspiracy to transmit information to a foreign government. Six others were charged but at large abroad, including in Germany and Portugal. A second count involves acting as foreign agents without registration.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U S
Harold Kennedy
Germany
Portugal
Anc
State Department
Searchers Find Body in Sagehen Reservoir North of Emmett
Funeral services will be held tonight for Lloyd F. Linder, 46, whose body was recovered from Sagehen Reservoir north of Emmett yesterday after he drowned while fishing. He was a veteran.
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Payette
Puneral Services
Lloyd F. Linder
Sagehen Reservoir
Emmett
Linder Drowne
Soviet Hopes For Victory Over Germans
The report notes Soviet forces claim a 19 mile pushback of German invaders along the Dnepr front and a major westward drive toward Minsk and Kiev. It cites recaptured Rogachev and intensified fighting on central and northern fronts while German sources report advances around Novgorod and strikes toward Leningrad, with air and rail targets damaged.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Dnepr
Red
Smolensk
Moscow
Kiev
Ukraine
Novogorod
Leningrad
Russia
DNB
Red Army
Dvina
Salin
Izvestia
Rogachev
Minsk
Joseph Stalin
Rome
Hitler
Berlin
Ane
Stalin Line
Vitebsk
Minsk-Moscow Motor Highway
Churchill calls British Russian wartime pact an alliance
In the House of Commons Churchill announces a new British Russian agreement as an alliance for joint action against Germany. He says British and Russian peoples are allies and that Syria and Lebanon armistice with Free French is a sign of cordial Franco British relations.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Ceremany
Syria
Lebanon
Britain
Germany
Kiwanis Hear Stamp Plan Expansion in Bannock
The Kiwanis club met at the Bannock hotel to hear Ray B. Schwertz describe the surplus marketing administration stamp plan, opening in Bannock county August 1. The program aims to boost purchasing power for low income brackets and is active in 43 states.
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Kiwanis Club
Bannock Hotel
Ray B. Schwertz
Boise
Surplus Marketing Administration
Tom Dolman
Dolman
E. A. Hagegerty
Department of Public Assistance
Schwartz
Bannock County
Walter T. Lockwood
Office of Government Reports
Utah
Idaho
Elmer Carlson
Kingsburg
Calif
C. G. Garris
Milton Zener
Provo
R. O. Craven
W. S. Bowen
Dale Strong
Albert Lee
Bowen
Idaho Weather Summary: North Part Partly Cloudy
A Idaho weather bulletin notes fair conditions in the north with partly cloudy skies and the south region remaining mostly sunny while temperatures run above normal across the state.
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