Japanese Fleet Rides Time For Attack on Americans
The Japanese radio in Tokyo claimed U S fleet task forces prowled the Marianas as Japan delays any big strike. Naval experts argued Japan lacks air power to strike effectively yet intends to assess fleet strength before action. Counter moves at Saipan Guam and Tinian show heavy fighting with casualties reported on both sides as MacArthur reports renewed Japanese probes near Aitape New Guinea.
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Associated Press Radio
Tokyo
Guam
Tinian
New Guinea
U. S
Marianas
Japan
Masanori Ito
Ito
Marianas Sea
Adm
Chster W. Nimitz
Rota Island
Rota
Saipan
Nimitz
Oroté
Douglas MacArthur
Aitape
Axis Yields Ground on Italian Front Near Florence
Allied forces push within 10 miles of Florence and gain limited ground elsewhere as German defenses pull back along the Arno. Fifth and Eighth Army units drive the enemy in a southwest to southeast arc around Florence while fighting continues near San Miniato and along the coast.
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Rome
Florence
Arno
San Miniato
Fifth Army
Fifth
Eighth Army
Ofani
Pescafa
Ancona
Trucks and Buses Seek Tires for War Transport
Washington reports truck and bus tires are critically scarce threatening civilian transport. The War Production Board plans a plan to divert about 145000 large tires to truck and bus operators from the army export quotas and new-vehicle supplies, aiming to free August ration adjustments.
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Washington
WPB
Army
Foreign Economic Administration
Office of Price Administration
Cornell Suffers Injury From Apricot Ladder Fall
Boise report states John W. Cornell public utilities commissioner and former U S Senate candidate fractured his shoulder after a ladder fall while picking apricots. No further details provided.
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Boise
John W. Cornell
United States
Former Idaho professor Charlton Laird's wife dies in Reno
Word reached here that Mrs Charlton G Laird former Idaho Southern University instructor died in Reno Nevada last week. Officials believe carbon monoxide from her automobile caused the death. She was a Spanish and English instructor and wife of Charlton G Laird journalism and English professor, who left here in June 1943.
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Charlton G. Laird
Idaho Southern University
Reno
Nev
Pocatellan Appointed to Idaho Public Health Staff
Viola Vreeland, former Pocatello public health nurse in charge of eastern Idaho counties, is named to the supervisory staff of Idaho public health, announced L. J. Peterson, administrative director.
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Boise
Viola Vreeland
Pocatello
Idaho
State Department of Public Health
L. J. Peterson
Japanese Tough in Opinion of AP War Correspondent
AP war correspondent Leif Erickson says the Europe war may not last long but fighting Japan is still in early stages. He calls Japan a hard foe and notes no major bases yet to strike from in China. He attributes Marianas tempo to heavy U S bombardments at Guam and Tinian after Saipan.
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Salt Lake City
Leif Erickson
Associated Press
Europe
Japan
Erickson
Pacific
Germany
China
Marianas
United States
Guam
Washington
Ernest J. King
Navy
Tojo
King
Historic Normandy Towns and Port Brest in Wartime Scene
The article surveys Rouen Chartres Angers Lisieux Evreux Brest and other Norman towns as enduring targets of invasion and war. It notes Rouen's history Joan of Arc and William the Conqueror, Chartres Notre Dame and sacked pasts, Brest as a WWI era port and naval center.
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New York
France
Rouen
Normandy
Paris
Seine
Joan of Arc
William the Conqueror
Chartres
Eure-et-Loir
Beauce
Notre Dame
St. Pierre
St.Martin-au- Val
Henry IV
Argentan
Orne
St. Martin
St Germain
Alencon
Department
le Mans
Sarthe
Briante
William of Normandy
Lisieu
la Touques
Lisieux
Brest
Richelieu
Annapolis
Department of Finisterre
Goering Granted Power to Lead Total War Effort
London reports Adolf Hitler appoints Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering as council chairman for defense of the Reich and orders total mobilization of Germany and occupied territories. Joseph Goebbels named total war commissioner, Himmler to command the home army as bomb plot fallout widens.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Council For Defense of the Reich
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Heinrich Himmler
Home Army
Hitler
DNB
Goering
Berlin
Warsaw
German Silesia
East Prussia
France
Italy
Pocatello Gun Plant Wins $5.61 Million Expansion Approval
Navy approves 5.61 million dollars for new construction at the Pocatello Idaho gun refining plant. Two storehouses, boiler plant, 6300 feet of railroad, Waves quarters, roads, and services planned for expansion alongside the 22.5 million dollar facility operating since 1943. Capt. Walter E. Brown unavailable for comment. A separate AP dispatch notes Germans driven from most of Lwow with Polish resistance and street fighting reported.
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Washington
Navy
Poca
Idaho
Dworshak
Pocatello
Arco Desert
Bureau Plans Sale for Sixth World War Loan
Washington reports the sixth war loan may run from November 11 to December 7 to mark armistice and Pearl Harbor anniversaries. Treasury says dates discussed with state chairmen but no decision final. The fifth loan ended July 8 with figures pending while sales surpassed the 16 billion dollar goal.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Treasury
Local Boys Graduate From Naval Hospital Corps School
Pocatello men Paul M. Lish and Harry G. Hicks graduate from the U. S. Navy Hospital Corps School here. Also among the graduates is Henry E. Jenkins of Montpelier, marking a notable local class.
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Farragut
Pocatello
U. S. Naval Hospital Corps School
Paul M. Lish
Harry G. Hicks
Henry E. Jenkins
Montpelier
Forecast for Pocatello Area with Thunderstorms and Cooler Temps
Forecast for Pocatello and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms in the southeast portion and cooler conditions on Wednesday. Data from the United States Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport covers the 24 hour period ending noon. July 25 recorded a high of 74 and a low of 56 with a mean of 65. The 24 hour precipitation was 0 and total month precipitation stands at 1. Sunsets are at 8 59 and sunrise at 6 14.
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Pocatello
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Eieus
Russian advance nears Warsaw as Lub lin and Lukow fall
Russian columns backed by tanks and planes push toward Warsaw from Lub lin and Lukow as they reach 40 miles in 24 hours. Soviet forces near Siedlce and the Wisla threaten the capital’s southern flank while Silesia lies about 150 miles away. Red pilots report panic around Warsaw as a broad 50 mile front drives on the city.
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Moscow
Warsaw
Poland
Lublin
Lukow
Red Army
Siedlce
Wisla
Vistula
Germany
German Silesia
San River
Red
Argentina recalls ambassador over disagreements with U S
Argentina announces recall of ambassador Adrian Escobar to Washington amid statements reportedly by Secretary Hull on U.S. policy toward Argentina. The communique says such statements would impair Argentina's dignity, with a full foreign ministry statement due tomorrow. The move follows earlier recalls of Norman Armour and Sir David Kelly.
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Buenos Aires
Washington
Adrian Escobar
Argentina
United States
Hull
State Department
Pocatellan Hurt During Invasion
Kenneth K Hadley husband of Mrs. Kenneth K Hadley of Shoshone and son of Mrs. F J Windsor of 341 South Fifth was injured July 7 during the invasion in France. He enlisted April 13 1941 and is with the 186th field artillery. He went overseas December 1943. Two brothers serving overseas include T/Sgt Robert Hadley in the signal corps in Burma and Boatswain Mate Russell Hadley on his fourth overseas trip.
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Kenneth K. Hadley
Shoshone
F J. Windsor
341
South Fifth
France
War Department
186Th Field Artillery
T/Set
Robert Hadley
Signal Corps
Burma
Russell Hadley
Gubbio cleared as hostages fate unclear amid town action
Eighth Army patrols report Gubbio and the Saint Ubaldo monastery on Mount Inquino behind the town cleared of the enemy. It remains unclear what happened to 231 civilians held as hostages under threat of death if the monastery was attacked.
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Eighth Army IN
Italy
Eighth Army
Gubbio
Saint Ubaldo
Mount Inquino
Allied air and ground offensive drives from Normandy front
Allied forces unleash about 4000 warplanes and large ground units in a coordinated push at the 100 mile Normandy front. U S and British-Canadian advances break a four day stalemate, seize several towns near Caen and Falaise, with heavy air support and fierce German resistance.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
U. S
Reds Outline Policy for Future Poland
The soviet backed Polish National Liberation Council declares itself the sole lawful authority in Poland and calls the London government an impostor. It pledges a postwar line of alliance with the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, cooperation with democratic nations, and opposition to the London exile leadership.
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Moscow
Poland
East Prussia
Pomerania
Germany
National Council of
London
Chelm
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
United States
France
Britain
Liberation Committee
Bullet Injures Girl in Kimball Home
A .22 caliber bullet wounded four year old Rose Marie Jolley as she played at home in Kimball. Deputies say a 17 year old youth shooting at birds fired the shot, leaving a flesh wound in the left arm.
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Firth
Rose Marie Jolley
Arnold Jolley
Kimball
W. G. Jones
Zimmerly Air Transport inaugurates Idaho intercity service
Zimmerly Air Transport launched Idaho’s first intra state air link with a 7 30 a m inaugural flight from Pocatello to Lewiston and Boise and ceremonies planned for 6 30 p m. Attending officials included Mayo C D Moore William Skinner and O R Baum chamber leader Ralph Comstock and other civic leaders. Mayor E W Fanning and King of the Bonneville hotel joined in the reception and officials predicted broad business benefits and potential transcontinental routes. Tom Croson announced the line’s formal operations.
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Pocatellans
Zimmerly Air Transport
Lewiston
Boise
Idaho
Mayo
C. D. Moore
William Skinner
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Comstock
O. R. Baum
Bert Brady
Roy Miller
Paul Nash
Pocatellos
Moore
Tom Croson
Zimmerly
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Washington, D. C
Walter E. Brown
Arco
Lwow
Bulletins
Cincinnati
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Roosevelt
Lockland
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Jurt Dittmar
High Command
Eberhard von Mackensen
August von Mackensen
Gestapo
Hans Thomsen
Sweden
Juzo Nishio
Kwantung Army Clique
Federal Communications Commission
United States First Army
Fallen St. Lo
Lessay
Omar N. Bradley
Bernard L. Montgomery
Falaise
May-Sur-Orne
Reds
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