Naval Task Forces Attack Objectives 3000 Miles Apart
Allied naval forces attacked Palau in the western Pacific and Sabang in the Dutch East Indies, Japanese radio said. A U S carrier force struck Palau, two of 30 attacking lanes were shot down, and Sabang was raided with two allied destroyers and a submarine sunk.
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Associated Press
Palau
Pacific
Sabang
Dutch East Indies
U. S
Tokyo
Sumatra
Guam
Tinian
Marianas
Japan
Philippines
Mindanao
Hollandia
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
U.S
Carolines
Saipan
Orote Peninsula
Apra Harbor
Roy Geiger
Orote
Agana
MacArthur
Secretary Stimson Sees No Early Axis Collapse
Washington reports Secretary Stimson warned that no German collapse is apparent despite fighting fronts and urged full domestic effort. He said Germany and Japan are shaken but not broken and stressed a single strategy: mobilize all resources for a relentless land sea and air assault until enemy collapse is evident at their doorsteps.
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Washington
Stimson
Italy
Normandy
Germany
Stimgon
Japan
United States Leads Western Nations in Argentina Recognition Policy
The United States and 19 American Republics issue a coordinated statement accusing Argentina of deserting the common cause. The note groups condemn Buenos Aires and pledges continued diplomatic isolation until Argentina shows pro Allied changes and conclusive acts toward the United Nations.
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Washington
United States
Buenos Aires
Americas
United Nations
Argentina
Weather forecast for Pocatello and vicinity
Tiered clouds Thursday with scattered thunderstorms over the Elm Mountains. Rising temperatures. Data from the United States Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport for the 24 hour period ending noon July 26 shows highs and lows with means, year ago comparisons, and precipitation totals. Sunsets at 8 58 and sunrise at 6 14.
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Pocatello
Elm Mountains
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Child Drowns In Canal At Teton City Farm
Allen Pullmer five son of Mr and Mrs Guy Pullmer of Teton drowned in the Teton canal near the family farm. He was missing from a yard group and found about a half mile from home after the canal was drained. The body likely was in the water three hours. Born May 28 1939 this is Fremont county July third drowning and adds to two prior July deaths Carol Beir 11 on July 19 Tetonia and Richard Campbell one year old on July 2 Egin bench.
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Teton City
Allen Pullmer
Guy Pullmer
Teton
Teton Canal
Fremont County
Carol June Beir
Tetonia
Richard Lee Campbell
Egin Bench
California Pacific to buy Western States Utilities for 534000
California Pacific will acquire Western States Utilities with a $534000 purchase price. The deal includes electrical systems in Winnemucca Nevada Malad Idaho and Cokeville Wyoming while Cal Pacific runs gas electric and water networks across California Oregon Nevada Washington Arizona and Idaho communities.
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San Francisco
California Pacific Utilities
Western States Utilities Company
Winnemucen
Nev
Malad
Idaho
Cokeville
Wyo
California Pacific
California
Oregon
Nevada
Washington
Arizona
Construction May Start Soon On Addition to Gun Plant
The Navy plans a 5.61 million expansion to the naval ordnance plant two miles north of Pocatello pending awards and a Sept. 1 start. New warehouses, a boiler plant, 6300 feet of railroad, Wave barracks, and utilities will accompany the gun refining facility, expanding a 100 acre site. Captain Walter E. Brown noted contracts not yet awarded and a firm start date undecided.
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Naval Ordnance Plant
Walter E. Brown
Navy
Dworshak
Pocatello
Pole Line
Gate
Gate City
Fighting Near Pisa as Allied Forces Advance toward Florence
Allied troops push along a 30 mile front as eighth army nears Florence outskirts and fifth army closes on Pisa area. In bitter engagements near San Miniato and San Romano snipers are eliminated while Caprona remains under heavy American artillery fire south of the Arno.
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Rome
Pisa
Arno River
Eighth Army
Florence
Fifth Army
Arno
San Casciano
San Miniato
San Romano
Caprona
First Presidency urges LDS members to limit travel
The first presidency of the Latter-Day Saints asks church members to avoid bus and railroad travel unless necessary. They note military authorities urge civilian cooperation to free rail and bus lines for sick and wounded returning to hospitals for care.
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Salt Lake City
Latter-Day Saints Church
First Pres
First Presidency
Flyer Dies in Plane Crash
Second Lieut. Walter L. Lord aged 21 was killed Tuesday when his fighter plane crashed near Aberdeen seven miles north of the Pocatello army air field during combat training. Lieut. Lord, son of Austin L. Lord of Portland, was killed as an Army Air Forces board investigates. next of kin notified.
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Walter L. Lord
John L. Eaton
Pocatello Army Air Field
Lord
Austin L. Lord
East Ninety - Sixth Street
Portland
Aberdeen
Army Air Force
Downey Teen Enlists in Naval Reserve Training
Downey man Norman Mickelsen Brown son of Ivan A Brown joined twenty other 17 year olds at the U S navy recruiting station to become an apprentice seaman in the naval reserve and begin training at Farragut Naval Training Center.
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Norman Mickelsen Brown
Ivan A. Brown
Downey
U. S. Navy
Brown
U. S. Naval Reserve
U.S. Naval Training Center
Farragut
Allies Break German Defense Line To Five Mile Gap
Allied forces pierced German defenses creating a five mile gap while Russians reached the east bank of the Vistula near Pulawy and closed on Lwow. U S planes aided the assault as Cossacks moved toward Warsaw and lines advanced from Kiev toward the Polish capital.
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Warsaw
Lublin
Siedice
Lwow
Jaroslaw
Wisla
Moscow
Visla
Vistula
U. S
Pulawy
Berlin
German Silesia
U.S
15Th Air Force
Russia
Kiev
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Stanislawow
Planes Blaze Trail for Ground Force Across France
U S Marauders and fighter-bombers again support the American first army as dawn attacks press south of the Periers St Lo road. Allied air forces report 133 German planes down to 51 Allied losses with around 4 500 tactical sorties supporting infantry and a 10 mile square breach prepared for the thrust.
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London
U. S
First Army
Periers-St. Lo
Normandy
RAF
Germany
Stuttgart
Berlin
Bremen
Mannheim
Wanne-Eickel
Reich
Mediterranean
Austria
France
Ruhr
St. Lo
Party Names Committee Chooses Idaho Democratic Leaders
Boise state chairman Davie L. Bush announced an executive committee to aid campaign planning. Appointees include C. Ben Ross Parma former governor. Kathryn Marsh Moscow. George W. Hunt Pocatello. Margaret Rigby Idaho Falls. Howard Dryden New Meadows. James Halley Boise. R. G. McPhail Wallace. Tish Erb Lewiston. W. G. Moody Sandpoint. Dan Cavanaugh Twin Falls. Seth Kelsey Montpelier. John Porter Rexburg. John Hackney Burley. Joe Dollard Boise named state finance chair and Helen Wood named secretary over new state headquarters.
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Boise
Davie L. Bush
Democratic Party
C. Ben Ross
Parma
Kathryn Marsh
Moscow
George W. Hunt
Pocatello
Margaret Rigby
Idaho Falls
Howard Dryden
New Meadows
James Halley
R. G. McPhail
Wallace
Tish Erb
Lewiston
W. G. Moody
Sand
Idaho Statesman Marks 80th Anniversary
The Idaho Daily Statesman celebrates its 80th anniversary. Founded July 26, 1864 as the Idaho Tri weekly Statesman, it grew to Idaho's largest newspaper. The first issue appeared in a log cabin near Main Street. Calvin Cobb bought the paper in 1889 and formed the Statesman Printing Company. Margaret Cobb Airshie is the current publisher.
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Boise
Idaho Daily Statesman
Idaho Tri-weekly Statesman
Statesman
Calvin Cobb
Statesman Printing Company
Margaret Cobb Airshie
The
Associated Press
Cotton Smith Trails in Political Race
Cotton Ed Smith, veteran senator from South Carolina, trails in the Democratic primary behind Gov. Olin D. Johnston as Arkansas’ Hattie Caraway lags in renomination efforts. Rep. J. W. Fulbright leads in Arkansas, with runoff likely on August 8 if no outright majority emerges. Smith, 79, longtime dean of the Senate and cotton farmer ally, opposes tariffs and New Deal policies.
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Senate
Rep
J. W. Fulbright
Congress
Fulbright
Ozark Mountain
Pulbright
Johnston
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Arkansas
Caraway
Smith
Agriculture Committee
Turkey Outlook for 1943 Civilian and Military Supplies
Alice R. Peppers of the War Food Administration dairy and poultry branch says about 3 pounds of turkey will be available per civilian this year about 2% pound less than last year. Military needs are set at about 44 pounds per service member. She forecasts total turkey slaughter around 480 million pounds versus 466 million last year noting favorable growing conditions and a larger spring batch.
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Chicago
Alice R. Peppers
Dairy and Poultry Branch
War Food Administration
National Turkey Federation
Big Four to Act Under Hitler Orders
Hitler consolidates power with Goering Goebbels and Himmler forming a four member leadership. Berlin announces total mobilization plans to free manpower for the army and arms industry while officials say occupied Europe will be drafted without age or sex limits.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Europe
Madrid
Foreign Office
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Berlin
Goebbels
Reichmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Ministerial Council
Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Barcelona
Nazi Parachutists Surrender After American Air Assault
An American air raid in Normandy flushed a group of German parachutists who sobbed that the war was criminal. Interpretor Sgt. Ernest Gunzburg and Pvt. John Baer secured the surrender as the prisoners, aged 19 to 40, cited hunger and fatigue after days without water and meals, dwindling to canteen rations.
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Normandy
Ernest Gunzburg
Miami
Fla
Key Highway Towns Fall To Americans
Allied forces in Normandy breached German lines in their first major armored thrust, seizing Marigny and St Gilles near St Lo and several villages. American doughboys rode atop tanks, outflanking Nazi positions, with heavy damage to the 353rd Infantry and third parachute division. Additional advances occurred near Carentan and Lessay as bombers supported the push.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
St. Lo
Marigny
St. Gilles
Gilles
Coutances
Third Parachute
Carentan
Lessay
Six Flee at Wendover Captured Near Grantsville
Six guardhouse prisoners and a guard fled Wendover Field Utah in a commandeered garbage truck seizing rifles at 7 p.m. They were pursued by Utah highway patrols and police and captured near Grantsville thirty miles east of Salt Lake City after a near 100 mile chase. A seventh soldier who drove the truck was tied to a post en route.
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Wendover Field
Utah
Utah Desert
Grantsville
Salt Lake City
Wendover Public Relations Office
Salt Lake Area
Wendover
Car Kills Girl In Highway 91 Accident
Barbara Jackson 15 died at St Mark's hospital from injuries after being struck by a car while crossing Highway 91 near Woods Cross. Officers say the auto was driven by James F Odle of Layton.
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Salt Lake City
Barbara Jackson
J. M. Jackson
Woods Cross
St. Mark's Hospital
James F. Odle
Layton
Roosevelt to Speak at Farragut Camp Rumor
Rumor at Farragut naval training center claimed President Roosevelt would address a camp. Officials traced the story to a single officer who mentioned expecting a special guest, and the tale quickly spread among sailors before being debunked.
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Farragut
Farragut Naval Training Center
Roosevelt
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