Conscripts to Register About Sept 1
Registration under the pending conscription program is set tentatively for about September 1 with the first 400,000 conscripts to begin training a month later. The plan covers males 18 to 64 for registration and 21 to 45 for active service, with training and deferred status rules outlined.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
War Department
Sparkman
Alabama
Shedd
Senate Military Committee
Thomason
Texas
Senate
Sheppard
Tex
Army
National Guard
Army High Command
Navy
Marine Corps
Dutch Place 55,000 Unemployed in Holland Reconstruction
Major Breunese, head of the Dutch restoration service, announced that fifty five thousand unemployed have been placed in reconstruction work in German-occupied Holland. Weather notes report partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with scattered thundershowers and a slight cooling trend.
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Hague
The
Netherlands
Berlin
Holland
Major Breunese
Dutch Restoration Service
Utah
Pocatellans Hold Jobs In Boys State
At Boise barracks the third day of the American Legion Boys State session named Tommie Uberuaga of Emmett as governor. The day explored elective state official duties as Idaho Secretary of State George Curtis prepared to speak.
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Boise
Tommie Uberuaga
Emmett
Boys’ State
American Legion
Boise Barracks
Norman B. Adkison
Darwin Craner
Harold Hulbert
Lewiston
Milo Hansen
Pocatello
Bill Harris Weiser
Jack Nelson
Buhl
Blaine Evans
St. Anthony
Wayne Smith
Mackay
John Hart
Patrick Day
Twin Falls
Bob Watson
Fred Dalton
Paul Taber
Supreme Court
Warren Shrader
Burley
Glenn Barker
Gooding
Bill Overbaugh
Robert Jones
Jim Evans
Jerome Journey
American Falls
Walter B. Henry
Jerome
Douglas Kramer
Fairfield
Richard Shoup
Salmon
Dale Neilson
Rigby
Don Hazelbraker
Grangeville
Frank Church
Bill Harris
Weiser
Howard Deeds
Richfield
Gene Conner
George Howard
Robert Watson
George Curtis
Idaho
Lords Meet In Secret Over Churchill Foreign Policy
London reports a secret session of the House of Lords discussing Churchill's foreign policy. Dominions Secretary Viscount Caldescote moved for the session amid Labourite Baron Addison's protests. The dispute centers on Parliament’s access to policy details and the controversial Burma Road agreement with Japan.
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London
House of Lords
Churchill
House
Dominions
Viscount Caldescote
Baron Addison
Laborite
Japan
Burma Road
Addison
Weary CCC Crews Battle Forest Fires in Wyoming and Idaho
More than 200 CCC enrollees fought a 400 acre blaze in Grey's River area Wyoming. Camp foreman George Clark said the fire is partly under control but still threatens to widen. Officials suspect a discarded cigarette started it. In Idaho at Dubois CCC crews fought a second fire of about 40 acres in Stoddard canyon three miles south with help from townspeople.
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Afton
Wyo
CCC
Grey's River
George Clark
Little Grey's Rivers
Camp Alpine
Baseball Scores National League At Boston
Chicago and Boston played a doubleheader with scoring by innings and late runs. Passeau Hartnett Erricksson Berres powered Chicago while Boston benefited from late hitting to win the night game. Cincinnati played Brooklyn in a night contest while St. Louis hosted Philadelphia.
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Boston
R. H. E. Chicago
Passeau
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
County Orders 500 New Car Plates
Bannock county motorists have passed all records this year with the purchase of 8,000 license plates which necessitated the ordering of 500 additional passenger plates. Mark Manley, Bannock county assessor reported today. Manley said that in 1939 a total of 7,800 passenger plates were sold, and that the sale of 8,000 during the first six months of 1940 indicate that at least 8,500 plates will be sold before the end of the year.
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Bannock County
Mark Manley
Bannock County Assessor
Manley
Heat Wave Grimly Persists Across Nation
The nation endures extreme heat with temperatures soaring nationwide and a rising death toll from heat and drowning. Pierre South Dakota recorded 115 degrees while other cities hit triple digits, and Salt Lake City traffic officers measured asphalt at 128 degrees on a sunny day.
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Seaboard
Great Plains
Pierre
S. D
Mercury
Pipestone
Minn
Phoenix
Ariz
Huron
Wendover
Utah
Mules City
Mont
North Platte Neb
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Federal Debt Surges to Record Near Limit
The federal debt rose overnight by $652,078,374 to $43,712,951,948 after Treasury bond sales to replenish cash. The jump narrows the gap to the $45 billion ceiling previously, now raised to $49 billion for the defense program.
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Washington
Treasury
France Aims to Preserve Ties to Colonies
A semi official source in Vichy says France plans to maintain ties uniting its colonies with the mother country following reports that the United States proposed at the Pan American conference in Havana the creation of an inter-American mandate over European possessions in the hemisphere.
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Vichy
France
United States
Havana
Britain rushes reinforcements to Gibraltar amid German threat
British dispatches report German troops possibly crossing into Spain to strike Gibraltar from behind as Canadian and Australian forces land at the fortress. Anti aircraft guns, planes, and supplies are ferried to bolster the rock's garrison, while a major Mediterranean phase appears looming.
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Associated Press
Britain
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Empire
Spain
British Isles
Italy
Commentator Sees Risk of Nazi Invasion of Britain
Dewitt MacKenzie weighs the likelihood of a German invasion as Britain resists Hitler's peace terms. He notes the blitzkrieg threat and the need to bomb England into helplessness before any cross-Channel assault, while acknowledging experts differ on its feasibility.
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Britain
Hitler
England
le Petit Daughinois
Grenoble
von Brauchitsch
English Channel
Children Join Red Cross Swimming Classes in Lava Hot Springs
Bannock county chapter of American Red Cross sponsors a state pool week August 12 to 23 for a free learn to swim program. N B Grossman announces instructors including Faustine Leach Kathryn Riddle and Margaret Cleare. About 250 county youths expected. J K Vanderhoff of Logan serves as licensed examiner. transportation costs estimated at six dollars.
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Lava Hot Springs
Bannock County
American Red Cross
N. B. Grossman
Faustine Leach
Kathryn Riddle
Margaret Cleare
Pocatello
Red Cross
Grossman
J. K. Vanderhoff
Logan
Schi
Burke forms group to oppose Roosevelt third term
Senator Burke of Nebraska announced the creation of an organization to oppose a third term for President Roosevelt. He stressed the body would focus on issues, not party, and would not align with any third party or bolt movement.
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Washington
Burke
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Railroads Estab Military Transportation Section
The Association of American Railroads formed a military transportation section to coordinate with U S armed forces. Headquarters will be in Washington at the quartermaster general’s office with field reps at key points nationwide.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Quartermaster General of the Army
Mine Approach To N Y Harbor
The army plans to mine the approach to New York harbor after maneuvers end. Soldiers at Fort Hancock New Jersey mock mines during dummy sweeps through August. Areas around Sandy Hook will be mined with electrically controlled devices not exploding on contact.
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New York
Army
New York Harbor
52Nd Coast Artillery
Army Information Service
Fort Hancock
N. J
Sandy Hook
France Opens Probe Into Cause of War
Vichy authorities order Edouard Daladier held in Marseille for investigation and possible punishment over France’s entry into the war. Other ex-leaders and MPs tied to the regime arrive from French Morocco as Petain Laval government signals stricter action against those deemed responsible. A new decree allows stripping citizenship and confiscating property from Frenchmen who left the country between May 10 and June 30, including figures like General Charles de Gaulle who sought asylum abroad.
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Vichy
France
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Marseille
Petain-Laval
Prance
Iso
Daladier
Morocco
Dalauier
Marshal Philippe Petain
Pierre Laval
London
Canada
United States
Sees Husband Blown Up At Sea Homecoming
Mrs Tess Johnston waited on a quay for her husband and son in law aboard the naval trawler Campina. From shore she waved as the ship neared. A mine explosion killed Johnston and his son in law, ending the homecoming.
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London
Tess Johnston
Campina
Labor Party decries rationing hardship for poor families
London July 24 The British Labour Party warned that resentment will grow if only poorer households bear real sacrifices in wartime food rationing. The executive committee urged curbing luxurious and unnecessary food expenditure while well-to-do families can buy more.
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London
British Labor Party
Willkie Tours Utah as Pioneer Day Rally Highlights Visit
Republican nominee Wendell L. Willkie spoke in Salt Lake City and Cheyenne praising Democrats who back him and railing against big government. He toured Salt Lake City in an open car, attended Pioneer Day events, and planned an August 17 acceptance speech at Elwood Indiana.
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Salt Lake City
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Willkie
Alabama
Joe Martin
Republican National Committee
Elwood
Ind
Salt Lake Basin
Intermountain West
Gren
Ogden
Utah
New York City
Cheyenne
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Wyoming
The
Mercury
Ambassadorship Assigned to Eugenio Espinosa de los Monteros
In Madrid on July 24, division General Eugenio Espinosa de los Monteros was appointed ambassador to Berlin succeeding the Marquis de Magas, who is assigned to Buenos Aires. This transfer places Espinosa de los Monteros in Berlin as Magas moves to Buenos Aires.
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Madrid
Spain
Eugenio Espinosa de Los Monteros
Berlin
Marquis de Magas
Vulletin
de Magaz
Buenos Aires
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