China Blocks Enemy in Kweilin Area
Chinese troops bombard a village northwest of Lingchwan near Kweilin and block a road 41 miles northeast of Kweilin. Japanese rail cars were destroyed and prisoners taken as Chinese forces close on the Hongkong Hankow corridor with units moving toward Liuyang and Lingchwan.
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China
Kweilin
Chungking
Kwangsi
Hunan
Lingchwan
U.S. 14Th Air Force Base
High Command
Hongkong-Hankow
Changsha
Liuyang
Party Starts Trip Down Salmon River
A party of eight coast and geodetic survey men with two Salmon City boatmen began a down river prelim work on the Salmon River the so called river of no return in Idaho. Lt Commander A Newton Stewart leads four survey parties to set preliminary data for comprehensive canalie. The eight foot beam boats drift with current using sweeps and have outboard motors for whirlpools. The main party will explore 50 miles from the Middle Fork mouth toward Riggins and will be joined by a 30 man ground survey party split from Weiser camp soon.
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Weiser
Salmon City
Salmon River
A. Newton Stewart
Idaho
Salmon
Stewart
Middle Fork
Riggins
J. C. Tribble
Grangeville
Weiser Camp
C. A. George
Lexington
State Police Plan Hookup With Cars
Idaho Law Enforcement Commissioner Boise Riggs called for bids on shortwave gear to link 20 state police cars in south Idaho with Boise Twin Falls Pocatello and Idaho Falls stations. Sealed bids open July 30 by Purchasing Agent George R. Jones.
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Boise
Idaho
Boise Rigss
Twin Falls
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
George R. Jones
Fighters Fight Fire Front Across Tillamook Burn Area
More than 2,800 fighters including soldiers and sailors battled the Tillamook forest fire as wind and low humidity threatened new spread. A separate Lane county outbreak covered 80 acres and destroyed a sawmill while the Polk county fire scorched 10,000 acres of timber but stopped advancing. Additional crews and smoke jumpers were being deployed to Idaho and Oregon fronts as control continued.
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Portland
Tillamook
Lane County
Ore
Polk County
Meadow Creek
Nez Perce National Forest
Idaho
John Fallman
Grangeville
Pendleton
Missoula
Whitman
Lington
Idahoans in Fifth Infantry Get 30 Day Leave
Fort Douglas Utah scene records redeployment furloughs for Idaho soldiers Sgt Elden Anderson of Cleveland Sgt Alan McPherson of Pocatello and Staff Sgt Theo Nelson of Montpelier all in the Red Devil division within the fifth infantry yesterday at the post sustained by the unit during the war effort and training operations.
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Fort Douglas
Utah
Woman's National Open Golf Tourney Cancelled in Spokane
The first women's national open golf tournament set for Spokane August 5 through 12 was cancelled due to transportation problems beyond sponsor control, announced by the Spokane Athletic Round Table.
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Spokane
Spokane Athletic Round Table
Return Trip for Miss Edwards and Mother From Portland
Miss Margaret Ruth Edwards children's librarian at the public library and her mother Mrs. Margaret Edwards return tonight from Portland where they visited Mrs Edwards's son Melancton Edwards in the wholesale business.
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Margaret Ruth Edwards
Public Library
Margaret Edwards
Portland
Edward
Melancton Edwards
Reynaud Describes Plans For Franco British Union
Former French premier Paul Reynaud testified that a Franco British union was an ideal that could be realized one day He recalled Churchill's proposal during France's 1940 collapse and said he opposed armistice terms while wishing to move the government to French Africa Petain faces trial for treason and war collaboration as Reynaud recounts key cabinet debates and U S warnings to Petain
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Marshal Petain
France
Great Britain
Churchill
Petain
Palace of Justice
Ter
Reynaud
Camille Chautemps
Chautemps
Albert LeBrun
Truman Wins Points in Russian Talk
The big three plan a one day recess Thursday as Churchill may travel to London for the British election results. Eden and Attlee join talks at Potsdam, with Truman and Stalin flying out Thursday as plans for Friday resume at a Hohenzollern palace.
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Potsdam
Churchill
London
Anthony Eden
Clement R. Attlee
Truman
Stalin
Hohenzollern
Eden
Attlee
Deer Hunters Kill Girl in Vermont Melon Patch
Sheriff Patrick J. O'Keefe said a 19-year-old girl, Dorothy Barnes, was killed and her 17-year-old sister, Margaret Barnes, critically wounded when three youths mistook them for deer while shooting at a damaged melon patch near Westminster. The boys, who had permission to shoot, were detained for questioning.
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Westminster
Patrick J. O'Keefe
Dorothy Barnes
Margaret Barnes
Rockingham Hospital
Bellows Falls
Barnes
O'Keefe
Dorothy
Margaret
Morgenthau resigns as secretary of the treasury
Former Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr says President Truman asked for his resignation and that his departure was not of his choosing. Other items note British troop transport charges around $100 per soldier on Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, Agriculture Secretary Anderson denying soap rationing plans while allowing a 10 percent rise in certain soap products, and a 200000 acre brush fire burning near Dietrich and Minidoka with 90 firefighters and Mexican workers involved.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Truman
Treasury
London
Ministry of War Transport
United States
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Hot spell continues with 94 degree day in Pocatello
Temperatures stayed at 94 for a third straight day in Pocatello with the heat exceeding the July high earlier in the month. Residents await cooler conditions as a forecaster calls for cloudy weather Wednesday.
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Pocatello
Pocatellans
Tattooing Artist Gets Jail Term
Elkhart Indiana reports Jesse O Banion aged 58 admitted tattooing nude figures on the forearms of 16 boys aged 12 to 16. He received 60 days on the penal farm and a £35 fine for assault and battery in city court. Prosecutor D Russell Bontrager argued permanent marks on a minor without parental consent constitute assault. One mother forced the artist to trace a dress on a nude figure on her boy s arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
Jesse O'Banion
D. Russell Bontrager
O’banion
Army Orders Probe of Camp Report
Manila reports say Maj. Gen. Basilio J Valdes ordered an immediate inquiry into rumors that Filipino prisoners at Camp O Donnell hoarded food and medicine and profited from fellow captives during World War II The investigation will seek testimony from surviving officers and men with no known determination on whether any principal offenders survived
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Manila
O'Donnell
Basilio J. Valdes
Philippine Army
Valdes
Associated Press
Bataan
Japanese Americans to be moved by 111car train from Rohwer
An 111 car train with 425 Japanese Americans will depart Rohwer Arkansas relocation center on Thursday. About 125 families, including 100 children under 15, will return to California homes. Some will stop at Pueblo Ogden and Salt Lake City, then proceed to resettle in mountain states or rural California towns.
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San Francisco
California
Rohwer
Ark
War Relocation Center
WRA
Pueblo
Colo
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Kiwanians Hear On Dehydrated Foods Role In War
Harold Ory, manager of the Ralston Purina plant at Pocatello, spoke to Kiwanians on how dehydrated foods aid the war effort and prospects for postwar use. Ray Merman led the program with guests Loren Basler of Boise, John S. Miller of Ypsilanti, and Les Rogers of Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Ory
Ralston Purina
Pocatello
Kiwanians
Ray Merman
Loren Basler
Boise
O. D. Garrison
Idaho Southern University
John S. Miller
Ypsilanti
Mich
Les Rogers
Salt Lake City
Texaco Company
Patterson Opposes Miner Discharge Policy Debate
Undersecretary of War Patterson testified before the Senate Military Committee opposing a Kilgore resolution to release 30 000 soft coal miners from the armed forces to avert a fuel shortage next winter. He warned such a move would destroy the point system of discharge and open the way for broader civilian discharges across industries. Chairman Thomas emphasized easing selective service calls in coal mining areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patterson
Senate Military Committee
Kilgore
W. Va
Thomas ‘D. Utah
Jap May Ask Surrender
In Salzburg Austria American guards report Japanese diplomatic staff saying Hiroshi Oshima will urge unconditional surrender. The prisoners were held since May by the U.S. Third Infantry Division and are to leave Austria for Le Havre then travel to the United States. An advance group from Berlin had sailed earlier. Proceedings suggest possible exchange for Lt. Gen. Wainwright and other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzburg
Austria
U.S
Hiroshi Oshima
Berlin
U.S. Third Infantry Division
le Havre
United States
U.S. State Department
Oshima
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Weather Summary for Pocatello and Vicinity
Forecast for Pocatello and vicinity calls for clear tonight and partly cloudy Wednesday. Nearby stations report Idaho Falls 91 58 Burley 68 56 Salt Lake 0 0. July 25 readings show high 94 low 62 mean 78, with 0.06 inches precipitation this month to date 0.54 inches normal. Sunset 9 00 pm sunrise 6 14 am.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Se.s
Burley
MOBG
Butte
Salt. Lake
Returning to Duty Pfc Curtis Hall Leaves for Camp Gruber
Pfc Curtis Hall son of Mr and Mrs Arthur W Hall departs after a 30 day furlough with his parents. He heads to Fort Douglas and then to Camp Gruber Oklahoma to resume duty.
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Pfc
Curtis Hall
Arthur W. Hall
Ft. Douglas
Camp Gruber
Okla
No Newspaper Substitutes New York Survey Reveals
Fact Finders Associates report two cross section surveys during the 11 day newspaper delivery strike. The studies show a growing belief that there is no adequate substitute for newspapers as radio becomes the main news source for many readers.
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New York
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Yact Finders Associates
Official Urges Legislature To Cure Ills
Boise state official notes progress at Blackfoot state mental hospital but says reforms may require a legislative session. Commissioner Joel Jenifer cites funding and material access issues while Gov Gossett contemplates a special session to enact commission recommendations. Two hospital staff resigned. two remain under acting superintendent Lull.
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Boise
Blackfoot
Joel Jenifer
Charles C. Gossett
Jenifer
Whit Weldon
Marie Schlimigen
Fred B. Smith
C. N. Kendall
L. J. Lull
State Public Health Department
Senator Wherry Pushes Peace Feelers Move in Senate
Senator Wherry said he will seek a Senate discussion on whether Japan has sent genuine peace feelers. He cited a communication from a "high military source" handed to President Truman at Potsdam proposing terms including retention of the emperor and no occupation of Japan. The State Department denies any real peace offer has been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wherry
Senate
Japan
State Department
Truman
Potsdam
Nebraska
Probe Fixes Blame For Ohio Tragedy
Coroner Samul R. Gerber reports structural failure of East Ohio Gas storage tank caused the fire that killed 130 people on Oct 20 in Cleveland. Mayor Burke received findings detailing $6 million in damage across 20 acres of factories and homes.
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Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Company
Samul R. Gerber
Thomas A. Burke
Burke
Pittsburgh- Des Moines Steel Company
More Vets Return From War In New York Harbor
More than 500 troops arrived today aboard the Ward Hunt as the lead ship of a flotilla into New York harbor. In total 2,238 U S troops plus 323 navy personnel and 274 Dutch marines were landed with several transports following including the James W Riley and Mormac Moon. The LST group entering the harbor carried 26 repatriated war prisoners.
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New York
Ward Hunt
New York Harbor
James W. Riley
Mormaclark
Mormacmoon
Thomas Har
Benton
Frederick Ices
LST
Frenchman Blames Petain and Leopold in Treachery Trial
Paul Reynaud testified in the treason trial of Marshal Petain. He accused Petain and King Leopold of Belgium of treachery for surrendering to Germany. Reynaud urged a future French British union as an ideal. He said Churchill distrusted Adm. Darlan, prompting the 1940 attack on the French fleet in North Africa.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Marshal Petain
Leopold
Belgium
Germany
Luis Ife
North
Africa
Churchill
Jean Darlan
Petain
Wheeler to Fight on Use of Troops Over UN Charter Vote
Senator Wheeler pledges to back ratification of the United Nations charter as a moral pledge but vows a real fight over limits on using American troops. He criticizes allied control of Germany and warns the charter may curb U S voices on war and peace. A vote could come in days.
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Washington
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Montana
Senate
Barkley
New League
Germany
New World Organization
Europe
America
Foreign Relations Committee
John Foster Dulles
United States
Security Council
District Judge Ed S. Elder Dies at 65 in Coeur d'Alene
District Judge Ed S. Elder, 65, of Sandpoint, died Saturday in Coeur d'Alene. Elder was named to the eighth judicial district bench in 1937 to replace E. B. Hunt, who resigned.
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Sandpoint
Ed S. Elder
Coeur d'Alene
Elder
Eighth Judicial District
E. B. Hunt
Yanks Strike From Bases And Carriers On Japan
AP dispatches report 2000 American warplanes from carriers and land bases hammering Kure naval base and industrial Osaka Nagoya with 4000 tons of bombs. U S third fleet sorties 1000 to 1500 carrier planes over Honshu while anti air fire and fighter intercepts challenge the assault.
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Guam
Tokyo
Japan
Kure
Osaka
Nagoya
U. S
Honshu
Associated Press
James Lindseley
Richard O Malley
Marianas
Nagoya-Osaka
Idaho Cattlemen Face Hardship Claim Rejected
The OPA doubts Idaho cattle producers can prove hardship for subsidy eligibility. Idaho Falls Chamber says stockmen ship to Utah markets due to lower Utah minimum price. OPA notes Idaho cattle average price in Feb to Jun was about $1 per hundred pounds higher than Utah, acknowledging minor zone inequities but not serious hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Utah
Freedom of News Necessary to Complete Understanding
Editorial argues free press is essential to peace and understanding among nations. It urges relaxing wartime censorship, expanding access for American reporters in Europe, and broadening news flow to the postwar world, citing Truman and global regions. It cites Germany Italy Poland and the Balkans as examples of censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Europe
Middle East
Germany
Italy
Poland
Balkans
Hungarian Youth Leader Sentenced to Death in Moscow Dispatch
Tass reported from Budapest that Gen. Beldi Alaboth, head of the Hungarian youth organization, was sentenced to death for a criminal act, in a dispatch relayed to Moscow. The report notes the case involving the Hungarian clat youth group and a death sentence.
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Moscow
Beldi Alaboth
Clat
Tass
Teaay
Budapest
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