War Production Chief Nelson cites record June output in 1942
Nelson reports six month war munitions production near one and a half times all of 1941 with aircraft output in early 1942 surpassing 1941 totals. Ship deliveries up 133 percent, anti aircraft gun output triple 1941, and tanks greatly expanded. He warns of raw material shortages and salvage needs while urging continued effort.
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Washington
Donald Nelson
Nation
Nelson
Democracy
War department awards 65 construction contracts listing sites
The engineer corps announces 65 construction contracts including electrical street lighting in Bannock county Idaho and frame hospital buildings in Salt Lake City Utah. The Bannock county contract covers installations at the army air base west of Pocatello.
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Washington
War Department
Engineer Corps
City Electric Co
Pendleton
Ore
Bannock County
Idaho
Portland
E.O. R. H. Parr
Los Angeles
Cal
OPA Appeals To Landlords In Utah and Idaho
Salt Lake City office urged landlords in Utah and Idaho to keep rents nominal in non control areas. Paul A. Porter warned of further federal action if cooperation fails. Rent control starts Aug 1 in several Utah counties. additional areas named but not yet under control.
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Salt Lake City
Office of Price Administration
Utah
Idaho
Paul A. Porter
Salt Lake
Davis
Weber
Morgan
Tooele
Gabe
Box Eider
Uttah
Bingham
Bonneville
Power and Bannock
Porter
Early Work Near Completion On Army Air Base
Preliminary work toward the U S Army air base west of Pocatello airport nears completion and actual construction will begin immediately. Lieut Colonel W Gerald Hines says the project will form a small city with about 325 buildings including barracks halls offices hospital theater church and school. Four contractors Morrison Knudsen J W Brennan Vernon Brothers and W E Herschberger handle the government contracts. if materials stay available the base could be finished by late fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army Air Base
Pocatello Airport
W. Gerald Hines
Colonel Hines
Morrison-Knudsen and
J. W. Brennan Company
Morrison - Knudsen and Triangle Construction Company
Vernon Brothers Company
W. E. Herschberger
Hines
60 Car Tank Trains Carry Oil East
Washington officials say 60 car tank trains now move oil from southwestern fields to eastern destinations. Loaded cars are assembled near producing centers in Louisiana Mississippi Texas and Oklahoma then moved as a solid block to terminals near ultimate consumers without intermediate switching. The plan aims to cut turnaround time and free more cars for oil hauling.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
ODT
Naturalized Aliens Must Prove Citizenship for War Jobs
A. L. Oliver says naturalized aliens seeking war jobs must show evidence of naturalization. Derivative naturalization through parents requires original papers or equivalent proof for eligibility.
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A. L. Oliver
Army Engineers
Pocatello
Watch stolen from James Haslin in east side beer halls
Police report a watch valued at 60 dollars and a leather purse valued at 10 dollars were taken from James Haslin of the Pocatello House Friday while he visited east side beer halls.
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James Haslin
Pocatello House
East Side
Local Girl to Wed in Salt Lake City Match
A marriage license was granted Saturday by the county clerk to James E. Green 22 of Salt Lake City and Aston Egan 20 of Pocatello for a forthcoming wedding in the area.
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James E. Green
Salt Lake City
Aston Egan
Pocatello
Close Race in Texas Vote Shaping Runoff
In Texas Democratic primary action Senator W Lee O'Daniel leads with 43.45 percent of 125 006 counted votes as of 10 p m, with Former Governor James V Allred and fiery Dan Moody in pursuit. If no candidate clears a majority the race heads to a runoff, a first for O'Daniel whose career includes governorships and a Senate seat.
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Dallas
Tex
W Lee O’daniel
James V. Allred
Allred
O’daniel
Texas Election Bureau
Allred and Moody
O'Daniel
Texas
Senate
Morris Sheppard
Moody
Remodel of East Center Store Room Converts to Denver Bar
A section of the 300 block East Center store room formerly occupied by American Food company is under renovation and will be occupied by the Denver Bar, now located in the?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Center
American Food Company
Denver Bar
FBI seeks three saboteurs painted as German spies
The FBI issued a broad alert for three nazis trained in sabotage thought to be at large in the United States. Hundreds of thousands of wanted circulars with photos and descriptions were distributed nationwide. J Edgar Hoover did not confirm their presence in the present day.
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Washington
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Cowboys Win From Cards By 4-3 Score
Twin Falls defeats Poestello Cardinals 4-3 after a looping infield hit and bases loaded single. E Harri man clears with a two run double after Sunsers reached on luck. Boise Pilots win 3-2 tying Twin Falls for first with Ogden Reds' tenth straight loss.
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Twin Falls
Poestello Cardinals
Boise Pilots
Ogden Reds
Sunsers
E. Harriman
Cardinals
Members Go Home But Refuse to Vote Adjournment
Senate leader Barkley notes lawmakers have left Washington and many members wish to adjourn but refuse to vote on adjournment. He says some would adjourn without a vote and, if recalled to vote, would still oppose adjournment, making the session status unclear.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
Milady Doffs Socks As Mercury Climbs
Weather notes and playful verse on stockings contrast with a forecast of continued high temperatures. Saturday peaked at 34 with a 46 low, while last year reached 82 and 60. Sunrise 6 14, sunset 8 58.
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Milady Doffs
Mercury
Pioneer Day Celebration Draws Notable Attendance
Deputy Banyard reports a fine turnout at Bancroft Priday for the pioneer day celebration. He notes a noteworthy rodeo featuring Gem Valley and Caribou county riders with strong participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. MacNichols
Art Banyard
Jack Marshall
Bancroft Priday
Banyard
Gem Valley
Caribou County
Communists push for second front as Benes predicts early German strain
In London the British Communist Party campaigns for a Western front with demonstrations in Trafalgar Square and mass leaflet drops. Eduard Benes says Germany could be exhausted by spring if Russians hold out, and predicts a channel crossing by Allies may occur soon.
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London
Communist Party of
Great Britain
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Trafalgar Square
Benes
Germany
U. S
Russia
Britain
Japs Raid on Australia and New Guinea Fronts
The communique reports no casualties or major damage from a Townsville raid and light hits near Lae and Gona Buna. Allied airmen press attacks on Japanese positions in New Guinea as a reconnaissance unit claims a Zero downed and two damaged after facing 15 fighters.
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General Macarthurs
Australia
Coral
Townsville
Buna
New Guinea
Darwin
Gona-Buna
Lae
Rabaul
New Britain
Gona
Co Ind
Solomon Isla
Port Moresby
Malaya
Singapore
MacArthur
U. S
Candidate Withdraws in Pocatello Precinct Five
County clerk Anna Keefe reports Mrs. Gertie Myers filed as a Republican precinct committee member candidate for Pocatello precinct No 5 and has requested withdrawal. Keefe notes withdrawals require a written application and must be immediate as ballots are with the printer.
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Anna Keefe
Gertie Myers
Pocatello
Keefe
Child Fatally Burns in Playmate Match Incident
Cherie Farnsworth two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Delia Farnsworth died tonight from burns after a playmate touched a match to her dress this morning causing a rapid blaze. First and second degree burns covered her face neck chest arms and legs as investigators described.
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Salt Lake City
Cherie Farnsworth
Delia Farnsworth
Cherie
Mystery Shrouds Bossy in Well in Cromwell Conn
In Cromwell Connecticut a cow named Bossy was found struggling in 12 feet of water at a well bottom. Superintendent Joseph Broman of a Swedish orphanage found her and she was hoisted out with a chain and rope sling. The iron cover opening was too small for her to pass through. A tractor removed the cover, solving one problem but not how the animal ended up in the well.
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Cromwell, Conn
Joseph Broman
Yank Subs Take Toll 84 Jap Ships
American submarines sank a large Japanese destroyer and four other ships in western Pacific waters. A sixth vessel was damaged and probably sunk. The periscope photo captured the destroyer heeled to port with Rising Sun insignia visible. Navy totals list 55 sunk 15 probably sunk 14 damaged, 84 vessels overall.
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Washington
Western Pacific
Navy
John Long
Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy Department
Aleutians
U.S
Kiska Island
Allied Ships Toll Reaches 398 in Western Atlantic Losses
The navy announced the torpedoing of another U S merchant vessel hundreds of miles off the Atlantic coast. All 123 aboard were rescued shortly after the ship sank. Survivors, unharmed, crowded two lifeboats sighted by an American patrol craft. The loss brings AP’s unofficial tally to 398 allied and neutral ships since December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Navy
United States
Atlantic
Soldier Involved In Fatal Stabbing
A Fort Warren soldier is being held for questioning after a fatal stabbing in Cheyenne Wyoming. Russell Rufenacht 21 a private from Lodgepole Nebraska surrendered after his wife Evelyn about 20 died during a quarrel. Mrs Rufenacht was mother to a small child.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Fort Warren
George Carroll
Carroll
Russell Rufenacht
Lodgepole
Neb
Evelyn
Rufenacht
Bombers Clash as Soviet Fronts Hold Rostov Line
Russian and British sources described heavy fighting around Rostov as German forces pressed the Don front toward Novocherkassk and Tsimlyansk while Soviets reported breaches in Rostov defenses. Allied air actions targeted Axis ports and shipping from Tobruk to Crete as Japan battles in the Pacific continue.
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Tsimlyansk
Voronezh
Berlin
Rostov
Don River
Caucasus
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Sea
Richard McMurray
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Novocherkassk
Rosto
Lower
Middle Don
Staling
Voronez
Red Sia
Levin
U. S
Tobouk
Beneasi
Suda Bay
Crete
RAF
el Daba
Alexandria
Soviet Fights Alone In Grave Danger
The article warns that in July Russia faces grave peril as Nazi forces push from the Don valley toward Moscow and Rostov, threatening Ukrainian breadbasket and Caucasus oil while Japan menaces Siberia. It notes resilience after a year of disaster and doubts Hitler can force surrender.
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Russia
Istory
Baltis
Caspian
Don Valley
Caucasus
Don
Moscow
Rostov
Siberia
China
Philippines
Malaya
Dutch Indies
Hitler
Senator Norris Seeks Postwar Disarmament Plan
Senator Norris argues for postwar disarmament of Germany Italy and Japan without occupying troops. In a letter to an Omaha constituent he says total disarmament would destroy weapons and factories enabling conquest. He adds no army of occupation would be necessary and a monitoring committee could enforce the program.
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Washington
Norris
Ind
Germany
Italy
Japan
Omaha
United States
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