Big Three Debate Ways to Aid Germany in Economic Crises
Washington reports the Big Three are discussing how to avert European economic collapse next winter amid shortages of coal fuel food clothing and housing. Officials say only partial success is likely and coal is the urgent shortfall. Berlin is seen as the arena for broad solutions with Russia possibly supplying coal from Silesia and 6 million tons slated for Europe by January 1, though army opposition may curb shipments.
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Washington
Europe
State Department
Truman
Russia
Ruhr
Saar
Silesian
Don River
Berlin
Adm
Emory S. Land
Ickes
United States
Rainfall Lifts Hope Against Northwest Oregon Fires
Rain falls on a 70 square mile blaze region in northwest Oregon as 2,000 firefighters fight Roundup mountain and nearby blazes. Officials say continued rain could slow or halt the fires, with 8,000 acres burned in the Willamette valley and uncertain total acreage on the Tillamook burn.
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Portland
Oregon
Cochran
Pacific Coast
James Hamilton
Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association
Glenwood
Tillamook
Willamette Valley
Forest Service
Postmasters Elect Idaho National Postmasters Officers
Boise leaders chose Payette postmaster Logan M Bowman as president of the Idaho chapter of the National Postmasters Association at today s meeting He succeeds acting president Harry Yost of Boise. Other officers include Caldwell C E Bales Amer ican Falls Ed Cronkhite Donnelly Maude Howe Plummer Marie McCarty Yost and Bruce Hersey Lenore as national directors.
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Boise
Logan M. Bowman
Payette
Idaho
National Postmasters Association
Harry Yost
C. E. Bales
Caldwell
Ed Cronkhite
American Falls
Maude Howe
Donnelly
Marie McCarty
Plummer
Yost
Bruce Hersey
Lenore
Idaho Forest On Fire Near Meadow Creek In Nez Perce
The Nez Perce National Forest area in northeast Idaho remains out of control as a wildfire torches about 200 acres of timber. The U S Forest Service reinforces with 92 paratroopers and smokejumpers. eight more jumpers dropped in Saturday. 100 ground troops arrived and 100 Mexican nationals begin a 24 hour hike through remote mountains. Firefighter Earl Cooney said the blaze burns so hot it cannot be controlled.
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Missoula
Mont
U. S. Forest Service
Nez Perce National Forest
Idaho
Army
Forest Service
Meadow Creek
Earl Cooney
Skunks Parade Across Busy Omaha Street
Traffic stalled on Spring Lake Boulevard as six skunks cross in single file, drawing patient waits from motorists observed by Police Court Clerk Frank Elias.
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Omaha
Nebr
Spring Lake Boulevard
Frank Elias
US urges Japan to surrender unconditionally
Washington reports the United States government told Japanese leaders that only unconditional surrender can save Japan. Capt E C Zacharias USN spoke as an official spokesman, outlining two paths with a dictated peace as the alternative to surrender. The Atlantic Charter terms if peace is achieved were cited by OWI.
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Washington
Japan
United States
E. C. Zacharias
USN
Office of War Information
Zacharias
Chinese encircling drive nears Kweilin in new push
Chinese forces say they have fought to within eight miles north of Kweilin in a renewed encirclement of the Japanese air base. Japanese counterattacks were repelled as Chinese troops pressed along the Kweilin-Hengyang rail line, closing toward the city and its western approaches.
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China
Yunsiao
Amoy
Swatow
Puchiang
Kweilin
Tinpak
Chungking
South China
Ining
Chaishu
Hengyang
Chiang Kai- Shek
Paishou
Petain details Laval arrest to block French troop seizure
Paris notes Marshal Petain testified he ordered Pierre Laval arrested on December 13 1940 to prevent Laval from using French troops to seize African colonies allied with De Gaulle. Laval remains detained in Spain while Peyrouton faces related charges at Fort Demontrouge.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Laval
Charles de Gaulle
Free French
Britain
France
Spain
Marcel Peyrouton
Interior
Vichy
Peyrouten
Lifting of Points Fails to Satisfy
Portland report notes the state agriculture head Ervin L. Peterson criticizes the OPA ration point list for lamb as partial and says only lower grades on the point-free list harms marketing of top grades. Livestockmen argue removal should cover Puget Sound and western Oregon to boost demand.
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Portland
OPA
Ervin L. Peterson
Puget Sound
Oregon
MacArthur reports Borneo toll and mopping up gains
Allied losses in Borneo now 386 killed 12 missing and 1,351 wounded with Japanese dead to Allied dead over 11 to 1. Air forces continue bombing rear areas fuel dumps and lines as Dutch and Australian troops push near Sambodja Balikpapan and Tarakan. Sepinggang airfield extended to 7000 feet for close air support.
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Borneo
Tarakan
Brunei Bay
Balikpapan
MacArthur
U. S. Army
13Th Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Sambodja
Bambodja
Sepinggang
Weather data for Pocatello and vicinity report
United States Weather Bureau data for the Pocatello Municipal Airport covers the 24 hours ending 6 p m July 21 with high 90, low 53, mean 71, normal 72 and month to date 0 6 inches. Forecast calls for scattered showers Sunday and nearby stations record varied highs and lows including Salt Lake 97 70.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Idaho
Dubois Oe
Butte
BuYey' Os Vitventee
Boies i
Ckvx Veaeae Oa
Salt Lake
Cities Wither Under Heavy Plane Attacks
The week long Anglo American air assault on Japan continued as cities across coastal and interior regions suffered extensive bomb blasts and fires. Allied carrier planes struck near Tokyo and Yokohama with anti aircraft defenses responding, while enemy ships hid at Yokosuka and drew sporadic air attacks. Big Three talks in Potsdam remained unclear on wartime strategy for Japan.
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Kirke S. Simpson
Associated Press
Potsdam
Japan
Tokyo Bay
Yokosuka
Tokyo
Yokohama
Idle Workers Top 50 000 Stoppages Spread Across States
The Associated Press reports Detroit and two Ohio cities accounted for over half of the nation s idle workers Saturday as total striking workers rose above 50 000. Detroit halted 24 600 in tires and steel and lumberyard jobs. Ohio idled about 5 000 affecting Warren and Cincinnati services. New stoppages included 4 500 aeronautical workers in Cincinnati and 4 000 at Joseph E Seagram and Sons plants in Louisville Baltimore and Lawrenceburg. Fort Wayne saw 1 750 in International Harvester machining. CIO United Rubber Workers totaling 6 000 in Detroit refused to return. Fourteen thousand lumberyard workers urged to return due to crate shortages affecting armed forces.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Ohio
Warren
Aeronautical
Cincinnati
Joseph E. Seagram and Sons Listillery
Louisville
Baltimore
Lawrenceburg
Ind
International Harvester Company
Ft. Wayne
Cio-United Rubber
Motor City
Army and War Department
Mderyard
Japanese Continue Passive Resistance To Confuse Yanks
An elderly man and his two Russian Shepherd dogs were credited with locating a private aircraft that carried two Oregon men to their deaths in Idaho. The wreck was found near Yellow Pine after weeks of search efforts by forest service personnel, private pilots, and volunteers including John Black and his dogs.
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McCall
Oregon
Idaho
Slim Vassar
Payette National Forest Service
Frank van Petten
Ontario
Ore
Yellow Pine
Collision Injures Two At Pocatello Avenue Intersection
Mrs. B. M. Schnook aged 81 and Mrs. D. E. Harris, wife of Dr. Harris, were hurt when Dr. Harris’s car was hit by Glen Harold Burton’s car at the Pocatello avenue Yellowstone highway junction. Burton, from Provo Utah, allegedly ran a stop sign and faces charges of intoxicated operation and driving without a permit.
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B. M. Schnook
South
Garfield
D. E. Harris
Harris
Pocatello Avenue
Yellowstone Highway
Dr. Harris
Glen Harold Burton
Provo
Utah
Burton
Dragged by Horse Fatal Runaway Injures Youth at Fairfield
Robert Kilbourn, age unknown, was dragged about a quarter mile by a runaway horse along a gravel road near Fairfield. He suffered severe skin loss on hands and forearms and multiple cuts. He was rushed to St Valentine’s hospital where he endured great pain before a sedative eased his agony.
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Wendell
St. Valentine's Hospital
Robert Kilbourn
Fairfield
Kilbourn
St. Valentine’s Hospital
Train Blocks Getaway Foiled at Glenns Ferry
Albert Nowell 43 of Salt Lake City attempted a $100 theft plus a morphine vial from a Glenns Ferry hospital. A train blocked the highway, forcing him to retreat. nurse Helen Sullivan scared him away, and he was captured nearby. The money was recovered, morphine vial missing.
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Glenns Ferry
Union Pacific
Elmore County
Bob Love
Albert Nowell
Salt Lake City
Love
Nowell
Helen Sullivan
Willam Shrum
Pigeon Halts Grain Pit Trading At Chicago Board
A pigeon entered an open window in a 40 foot high room at the Board of Trade, circled the pit area, and perched above the trading desks. The bird disrupted activity briefly while traders watched, then left as offerings for corn wheat and oats continued without change.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Ailshie Attacks Atkinson On GOP Trade Stand
Idaho attorney general candidate Robert Ailshie faults Idaho GOP chairman Reilly Atkinson for opposing reciprocal trade policies at a Salt Lake City meeting. Ailshie argues GOP leaders support reciprocal trade and international policy measures to secure peace and world unity despite domestic cost.
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Atkinson
Ailshie
Grover Cleveland
Dewey
G.O.P
Bretton Woods
San Francisco
Woman Solves Problem With Third Floor Removal
Mrs. Bess D. McConnell of Northampton Massachusetts solved a fuel shortage by contracting a firm to shear off the third floor of her brick house and drop the roof to the second floor, switching from oil to coal years ago. The project, costing about 2500 dollars, removes the need for heating the third story.
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Northampton
Mass
Bess D. McConnell
Editorials Hit at Failure To Correct Old Situation
Associated Press reports editorials from Idaho newspapers condemn Blackfoot state hospital abuses. Editors urge non partisan control of institutions and prompt action, including a possible special legislative session to fund reforms and a commission to review state facilities. The Idaho Falls Post-Register calls for humane treatment of patients and accountability beyond party lines. The Twin Falls Times News teaser notes continuation on Page Two.
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Idaho
Blackfoot
Idaho Falls Post-Register
Special Commission
State Hospital
Twin Falls
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