Army Renews Fight On Russian Line
The A P reports that German invasion forces renewed the offensive along the entire Soviet front with no decisive gains. Soviet bulletins claim heavy fighting in five sectors near Moscow Leningrad and Kiev while Red Army forces annihilated an entire German infantry division near Smolensk and Moscow air defenses repelled a fourth night of raids.
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A. P
London
Adolf Hitler
Prozavodsk
Leningrad
Porkhov
Polotsk-Nevel
Smolensk
Moscow
Zhitomir
Kiev
Red Army
Soviet Union
Euice
Paris
Father Bravely Douses Blaze to Save Four Children
Harold R. Bennett a 33 year old Union Pacific railroad clerk rushed into his burning four room home at 547 South Eleventh in Pocatello about 430 yesterday morning to rescue four of his five children while his wife called for help. He first carried out 9 month old Harold then retrieved Sally Ann 7 Nancy Jean 4 and Jimmy Joe as fire reached its peak. Dwina May 9 was visiting a grandmother. Repair cost is about 1000 alarmed by Fire Chief A A Girard and the home was insured. Bennett suspects spontaneous combustion of oily rags behind the house though officials have not yet stated a cause.
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Pocatello
Harold R. Bennett
Union Pacific Railroad
South Eleventh
Dwina May
Harold
Sally Ann
Nancy Jean
Jimmy Joe
Bennett
A. A. Girard
Fumes Cause Manhole Havoc In Pasadena Streets
In Pasadena California on July 25 a transformer shorted sending hot fumes through conduits. Manhole covers popped up and one struck Melvin Grant’s car and ricocheted into a bus. Elks club members and pedestrians scattered as officials explained the release from the shorted transformer.
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Pasadena
Calif
Melvin B. Grant
Elks Club
Light and Power Department
Car Thief Captured After Chase Near Brigham City
Deputy Sheriffs George Pugmire and Bert Empey pursued Archie Chandler who allegedly stole a new Chevrolet sedan from the Intermountain Chevrolet lot at Center and Hayes at 11 30 a m. Chandler, recently released from Bannock county jail after a jewelry store robbery, reportedly wrecked the stolen car near Brigham City as he was taken into custody.
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George Pugmire
Bert Empey
Brigham City
Archie Chandler
Intermountain Chevrolet Company
Center and
Hayes
Chandler
Bannock County
Molinelli Jewelery
Search for missing fighter cadet continues in California
Ten planes and ground parties search for Lowell C. Redfield, 23, who disappeared during a night training flight over northern California. Redfield is the son of Mrs. Silvia Rogerson of Ogden Utah.
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Stockton
Calif
California
Lowell C. Redfield
Silvia Rogerson
Ogden
Utah
Idaho names Knox boxing coach on one year contract
Robert D. Knox, a University of Oregon graduate and former boxing coach there, is appointed boxing coach at the University of Idaho under a one year contract announced by President Harrison C. Dale at Twin Falls.
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Twin Falls
Robert D. Knox
University of Oregon
University of Idaho
Harrison C. Dale
Army girl sells air rifle to Illinois unit for hogs
Louise Sherman aided the defense drive by selling an air rifle to the 124th Illinois field artillery at Camp Forrest Tennessee. The BB gun bought for 1 dollar was said by a captain to be used to chase razorback hogs and cows from in front of tanks on mountain roads.
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Chicago
Louise Sherman
Army
124Th Illinois Field Artillery
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Miss Sherman
Wreck Kills 15 in Spanish Rail Crash near Leon
Fifteen people died and seventeen were injured when the Oviedo Madrid express collided with a switching engine and derailed near Pola De Gordon in Leon province. The south bound train struck head on causing the fatal derailment. Local authorities investigated the high speed impact and rescue crews worked at the site.
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Leon
Spain
Oviedo
Madrid
Pola de Gordon
Tugwell Resigns Chair of New York City Planning Commission
Rexford Guy Tugwell resigns as chairman of the New York City Planning Commission to take the post of chancellor at the University of Puerto Rico. The announcement was made in New York on July 25.
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New York
Comei
Japan
Moscow
Napoleon
Rexford Guy Tugwell
City Planning Commission
University of Puerto Rico
Utah Weather: Cloudy Skies and Rain Likely Friday Night
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain over Friday night and Saturday. Temperature is expected to remain nearly steady with little change.
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Utah
RAF Pilots Set Fires In Nazi Bases
RAF pilots reported fires at Kiel and Emden during night raids and attacked Wilhelms haven Rotterdam and airfields in occupied France. Mussolini’s command said Italian forces sunk ships in the Mediterranean while RAF fighters claimed to down Junkers 87s.
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Kiel
Emden
Wilhelmshaven
Rotterdam
France
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Middle East
RAF
Trapani
Sicily
Tobruk
British
Air Ministry
English Channel
Scores and standings from today's major league games
American League results list New York beating Chicago 8 to 0 with strong pitching and hits. Cleveland defeated Boston 6 to 10 in a high scoring affair. Detroit edged Philadelphia 11 to 5 as Tebbetts and Hadley contributed offensively. St. Louis prevailed over Washington in a late-night interleague matchup. National League games feature New York beating Chicago 5 to 1 in Chicago. Brooklyn split a doubleheader with Pittsburgh 9 to 8 and 8 to 4. Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 3 to 0 while Boston defeated St. Louis 3 to 1 in a night game.
Lions Elect New Head at New Orleans Convention
George R. Jordan of Dallas Texas was elected president of Lions International without opposition at the annual convention in New Orleans. A record 9500 registered and 2000 members of musical and marching groups attended. The body pledged support to defense efforts in the western hemisphere and urged laws to curb violence interfering with defense work.
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New Orleans
George R. Jordan
Dallas
Texas
Lions International
Additioo
Lions
United States
Western Hemisphere
Mrs Nathaniel Eldredge Visits Relatives in California
Mrs Nathaniel Eldredge of 1124 East Center has returned from southern California where she visited relatives.
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Nathaniel Eldredge
East Center
Southern
California
Refuted tale of girl solicitor in Pocatello
Mrs Marie Howard of the Pocatello chamber writes to Mrs Lillian Carse, Boise superintendent, denying any placement of a child named Osgood by the Children’s Home Finding and Aid Society of Idaho. The society says it has long opposed magazine solicitors and does not employ or endorse them.
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Pocatello
Children's Home Finding and Aid Society of Idaho
Marie Howard
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Lillian M Carse
Boise
Osgood
Idaho
Visits Mother in Seattle Man Here with Mrs Carter
A visitor staying with his mother Mrs R B Carter of 1106 East Center is in town. He is noted as visiting his mother during this stay.
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Bob Tschudy
Seattle
R. B. Carter
East Cente
Fund Manager John O'Meara Visits Idaho Hearings
John O'Meara, manager of the state insurance fund, arrives from Boise and conducts hearings in eastern Idaho counties today.
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John O'Meara
State Insurance Fund
Boise
Idaho
Construction Plan Complete For Vocational Building
The Idaho Southern vocational building, located between the NYA shop and current structures, spans 63 feet 4 inches by 164 feet 5 inches. Frank H. Paradice Jr. drews plans accepted by state boards. first floor houses a printing shop and machines, auto body area, paint shop, and tool rooms. second floor includes director’s office, toilets, three classrooms, and carpentry shop. Finishing date projected around November 15.
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Idaho Southern
John W. Brennan
NYA
John R. Nicho
Frank H. Paradice, Jr
State Board of Education
State Department of Public Works
Division of Vocational Education
Dean Nichols
Roosevelt Announces Retaliatory Moves This Weekend
Roosevelt declares Saturday as a day for retaliatory actions while Monday and Tuesday are set as national clean up days. Focal aluminum drive sponsors praise the campaign to collect scrap aluminum. Canvassing of streets by Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts is done, with calls to Scout HQ for remaining contributions.
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Focal Alumnum Drive
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Boy Scout Headquarters
Heat and storms sweep Utah and Midwest heat wave
Rains fell over northern Utah while the middlewest baked in 100 plus temperatures. Ogden logged just over a half inch, Salt Lake City about a tenth, while Pocatello saw a trace. Utah's high reached 102 as heat blanketed the central states with readings around 100 to 104 in several cities.
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Utah
Middlewest
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Idaho
Wendover
Enterprise
Coalville
Weather Moderate With Mercury Around 80
The piece notes Idaho weather near 80 for a sunny afternoon with a 60 degree low and a trace of precipitation. A Brewster New York dispatch mentions snow and playful traffic on a road, contrasting regional climates.
New light cruiser San Diego to be launched tomorrow
Quincy report notes the new light cruiser San Diego, touted as one of the fastest in its class, will be launched tomorrow in the U S Navy.
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Quincy
Mass
San Diego
U. S
Japan stains the Pacific as Indo China moves toward occupation
The Associated Press reports Japan mobilizing about 1,000,000 troops with ships silent at sea as Tokyo presses to set bases in southern Indo China. U S President Roosevelt vows action likely freezing Japanese assets while Britain and France respond, and Tokyo signals resolve to oppose any Western moves. Sumner Welles calls Japan's action aggression.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pacific
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
United States
Indo-China
Saigon
Camranh Bay
Singapore
Shangha
China
Hanoi
Netherlands East Indies
Berlin
Germany
Far East
Japan Times and Advertiser
Tokyo Foreign Office
Chungking
Indian
Burma
Malaya
Raishiro Sumita
London
Vichy
Washington
U. S
Sumner Welles
LDS Observe Anniversary in Chicago Remembrance
July 25 Chicago marked the 94 year anniversary of the Mormon trek from Nauvoo to Utah. Descendants and Utah Pioneers daughters joined in a historic observance with forties era costumes and songs led by Brigham Young era directions. A display of Mormon relics, second only to Salt Lake City, accompanied the ceremony.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Prairies
Utah
Nauvoo, Til
Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
William Clayton
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Joseph Smith
The
Nauvoo
Illinois
Smith
Hyrum
Salt Lake
Young Woman Hurt When Horse Bolts In Parade
Joan Kelly 18 Bancroft is hospitalized in Soda Springs with two broken ribs and internal injuries after her horse, in a Bancroft parade, bolted into a Grace car driven by Ervin McCann as police say the car was barely moving.
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Joan Kelly
Bancroft
Soda Springs
Ervin McCann
Grace
Elmer Terry
McCann
Idaho Weather Forecast Short and Partly Cloudy
The Idaho forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with normal temperatures. The outlook notes no significant rain and steady conditions across the region.
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Idaho
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Lucky) Johnson
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