Argentina Labeled Pro Axis by Neighbor Powers
The United States denounces Argentina for open aid to the Axis and non-cooperation in continental defense since Pearl Harbor. President Edelmiro Farrell's regime is criticized, with Peluffo denying Nazi elements and arguing Argentina pursues its own course. Navicert misuse prompts review of future shipments.
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Washington
Argentina
United States
State Department
U. S
Edelmiro Farrell
Parrell
Pearl Harbor
Orlando Peluffo
Peluffo
Buenos Aires
Casualty totals climb as war losses exceed World War I figures
Washington reports U S battle casualties surpass 311000 with more than 63000 deaths. Army totals through July include 207283 casualties with 37237 killed and 39711 missing, while Navy adds 50496 casualties with 21433 killed and 4699 prisoners. Local Norwest fighting adds 24162 casualties with 3082 killed.
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Washington
United States
Army
Navy
Normandy
Saipan
Guam
Norway
Innve
St. Lo
Store manager promises day off upon surrender
Salt Lake City reports department store manager R. W. Madsen told his employer workers will have the day off when surrender occurs. If surrender is at night they need not come to work the next day. if during the day doors will be locked and business suspended.
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Salt Lake City
R. W. Madsen
Allied Vessels and Planes Smash Japanese in Indian Ocean
Allied ships and aircraft attacked Sabang docks as Mountbatten reported damage to harbor works, a freighter sunk, jetties and workshops wrecked, and area left aflame while U.S. forces tightened hold on Saipan and Guam. American troops pressed on Tinian and New Guinea as Chinese operations targeted Hengyang and Hankow Canton railway efforts continued.
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Indian Ocean
Sabang
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Southeast Asia
Louis Mountbatten
Tokyo
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Ushi
Pacific
U.S
Philippines
China
Sumay Town
Apra Harbor
Rembert James
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
U.S. 14Th Air Force
Hengyang
Yochow
Chungking
Hankow- Canton
Chennault
India
Myitkyina
Palau
Mindanao
Yap Island
Marianas
War Veteran Returns Home of Eagle Squadron Captain
Captain Richard E. McHan of the Royal Air Force, a three year veteran, and Mrs. McHan arrived this morning to visit Captain McHan’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. McHan. He expects discharge within twenty days and may pursue flying training. He walks with a cane after Malta flight. formerly with the Eagle squadron of American fliers in British service. He attended Pocatello schools and has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Richard E. McHan
Royal Air Force
America
Pocatello
Power Men Elect Vice Presidents Named From West
Power Men chose vice presidents including C. J. Strike of Boise and W. A. Huckins of Salt Lake City.
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C. J. Strike
Boise
W. A. Huckins
Salt Lake City
Armies Stage Hard Battle For Florence
Allied forces press the defense of Florence with the eighth army repelling fierce German counterattacks eight miles from the historic center. Indications point to Pisa as a forthcoming battle zone as Germans arm barricades and observation posts along the Arno. Fifth army guns pound the lower Arno, destroying railway cannon and enemy armor while pushing southwest of Florence toward the city.
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Rome
Florence
Eighth
Pisa
Arno
Fifth Army
San Romano
Horseshoe
Eith
Guns Echoing At Warsaw Polish Capital
Red Army forces stormed the Vistula river barrier and captured Bialystok and Stanislawow amid reports of Brest Litovsk advance. Stalin announced the falls as the central front edges toward Warsaw, with a major tank battle planned near bridgeheads on the Vistula.
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London
Vistula River
German Silesia
Bialystok
Stanislawow
Moscow
Red
Brest Litovsk
Bug River
Warsaw
Stalin
Czech
Vistula
Silesia
Berlin
General Lesley McNair Dies On Front Line in Normandy
Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, former commanding general of the army ground forces, was killed by enemy fire while observing front line action in the recent offensive in Normandy. He was 61 and credited with training ground troops now overseas, praised as one of the army’s brilliant officers.
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Ludwig Beck
Friedrich Olbright
Eastern Front
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Erich Hoepner
Washington
Lessey J. McNair
Army Ground Forces
Norman
War Department
McNair
Ben Lear
McNay
S&s
Arn
Ger George C. Marshall
Aff
General Headquarters i
Germans Fear New Landing Back of Their Gothic Line
London dispatch reports Berlin radio claiming allied forces massing in the Tyrrhenian coast near La Spezia and Genoa for a possible new Italian landing. The claim notes ships and divisions concentrated to flank the Gothic line behind the German defenses near Pisa and Florence, threatening retreating German forces.
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Berlin
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
la Spezia
Genoa
Pisa
Fifth
Italian
Florence
Rimini
Adriatic
Cassino
Rome
Visiting Ensign Blaine Gasser Returns Home
Ensign Blaine Gasser son of Mr and Mrs Ivan Gasser arrives from Norfolk Va where he trained six weeks. He plans to stay until August 6 then return to Norfolk for further assignment. He entered the navy April 1943 and trained at Northwestern Evans ton Illinois and Hollywood Beach Fla before serving on a destroyer.
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Ensign Blaine Gasser
Ivan Gasser
South Seventh
Norfolk
Navy
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ensign Gasser
Tactical
Hollywood Beach
Fla
Dewey Proposes 15 Points for Governors Conference
Albany announces a 15 point program for Republican governors conference in St. Louis. Dewey and Bricker align on campaign issues including federal state local conflict and governance, covering public expenditures health unemployment insurance and national land use.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
St. Louis
Bricker
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
National Guard
Tanks Break Through to Split Defense
Allied forces advanced through central German defenses in Normandy with a major tank breakthrough. U S troops seized Periers and Lessay, pushed toward Coutances, and widened gaps in the German center as armor and infantry wrote a rapid advance from St. Lo toward Brittany.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Periers
Lessay
France
Fallen Marigny
Coutances
St. Lo
Avranches
Normandy
Brittany
Canisy
Lassney
Quibou
St. Gilles
Vire
le Mesnil Herman
Caneisy
St. Lo Percy
Cherbourg
Arigny
St. Lo-Coutances
Caumont
Mouffet
Berigny
Caumont-St
Weather forecast for Pocatello and vicinity
Scattered clouds today tonight and Friday with local thunderstorms in the south portion Friday. Little temperature change expected. High 88 low 50 mean 69. Precipitation 0. Total this month 111 versus normal 43. Sunset 8 58 sunset 6 14 sunrise.
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Pocatello
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Flyer Wins Distinguished Flying Cross
Capt. Er nest H Skinner of Caldwell Idaho received the Distinguished Flying Cross from the War Department. He serves with the Eighth Air Force as part of the air fame unit.
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Washington
Ernest H. Skinner
Route 2
Caldwell
Idaho
War Department
Aig Fama
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