Byrd Blames Slow Lease Aid Shipments on Production
Sen. Harry F. Byrd asserts that only a tiny portion of lease lend equipment has left the United States since Congress approved the 7 billion dollar British aid appropriation. He cites Maj. Gen. Burns noting production bottlenecks and strikes hampering shipments to Britain, urging leadership to speed the program.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Great Britain
Congress
Virginia
J. H. Burns
Harry Hopkins
Burns
Ickes Named Gasoline And Oil Czar
Secretary Ickes was named petroleum coordinator for national defense with veto power over anti trust negotiations against 22 major oil companies. President Roosevelt ordered immediate action and Ickes will coordinate with federal agencies, industry, and states to secure reserves, curb cross hauling, balance refining, and eliminate unnecessary drilling.
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Washington
Ickes
Justice Department
Jackson
National Defense
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Warns Against Political Control Over Doctors
Dr. O A Meredith of Nampa warned at Hayden Lake that health and defense worker programs must include safeguards to prevent political or third party control of doctor patient relationships. He chairs Idaho public welfare for the American Osteopathic association. Dr R C McCaughan of Chicago urged reform of laws on physical dominations and selective service care to remove injustices to draftees and ensure fitness for peacetime progress and national emergency.
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Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
O. A. Meredith
Nampa
Idaho Osteopathic Association
Hayden Lake
R. C. McCaughan
Chicago
American Osteopathic Association
Winant Visit Signals New Aid Plan for Britain
Ambassador John G. Winant briefed President Roosevelt from New York on three months of war conditions in Britain and will deliver a formal report later. Roosevelt and Morgenthau spoke by phone on defense bond sales described as very satisfactory and Roosevelt named Ickes petroleum coordinator for national defense to secure oil and products for civilian and military needs. The president spent the weekend at Hyde Park with family as Washington sources say Winant’s trip aims to relay critical secret information to London, following Roosevelt’s Atlantic policy remarks.
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N. Y
John G. Winant
New York
Roosevelt
Britain
Morgenthau
White House
Ickes
National Defense
Hudson
John
Ann Roosevelt
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Mayrant
Franklin
Ethel
Washington
London
England
Atlantic
Van Eaton Named Assistant Telegraph Superintendent
C. R. Van Eaton, manager of the Las Vegas Utah office of Union Pacific, is appointed assistant superintendent of telegraph. He will be based in Salt Lake City with telegraph supervision across Utah Idaho Montana Oregon Washington and Nevada, succeeding retirement of John E. McCarty.
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Salt Lake City
C. R. van Eaton
Las Vegas
Nev
Union Pacific Railroad
van Eaton
Salt Lake
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
John E. McCarty
Golfers Plan Event at Pocatello Course
Ladies day observed Thursday night at Pocatello golf course with a pitch and putt contest at 5. Supper served at 7 in Ross park. All golfers invited. Beginning today Sunday play will be in foursomes over the local course.
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Pocatello Golf Course
Ross Park
Japs Attack Far East Policy of U S
Tokyo dispatch from June 1 reports The Times Advertiser under Japanese control attacking U S policy in the Far East. Editorials flag Dutch and Philippines trade, urging exchange of rubber oil tin and quinine within the co prosperity sphere and criticizing export controls as provocative.
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Tokyo
Times
Foreign Office
United States
Netherlands Fast Indies
London
Britain
East Indies
East Asia
The
Times Advertiser
Philippines
Kaiser II Recovers From Illness at Doorn
Berlin reports former Kaiser Wilhelm II, aged 82, is rallying from an obscure intestinal disorder after a period of illness in exile at Doorn Holland. Estate administrators say his life is not in immediate danger.
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Berlin
Hohenzollern
Doorn
Holland
Utah Weather Update Shows Partly Cloudy Weekend
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly north of the west area. Little temperature change expected as conditions shift through the weekend.
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Utah
West Pera
Walpole Improves After Severe Heart Attack
London report states English novelist Hugh Walpole was “slightly improved” today after a severe heart attack at his home. Medical updates indicated his condition had shown modest improvement since the crisis.
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London
Hugh Walpole
Boat Accident Drowns Six Off Morro Bay
Six people drown when a disabled motor boat overturned a mile off Morro Bay California. Five others are rescued. Victims include Dorothy Miller and Keneath Miller of Fresno Opal Chilcot of San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay residents Jack Roberts R B Fanning Buddy Fanning. Survivors Fay Miller Blanche Sherman Sarabelle Deklage Freida Fanning Claude Miller. Carburator fouling caused the craft to drift in heavy swells. Survivors were saved by Buddy and Otis Bevera. Miss Chilcote a Camp San Luis Obispo cook and Miss Sherman and Miss Deklage nurses at the camp.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Morro Bay
Dorothy Miller
Keneath Miller
Fresno
Opal Chilcot
Jack Roberts
R. B. Fanning
Buddy Fanning
Fay Miller
Blanche Sherman
Sarabelle Deklage
Freida Fanning
Claude Miller
Buddy
Otis Bevera
Holiday Toll Reaches 279
The Associated Press reports 279 deaths over the Memorial Day weekend with 186 from traffic crashes and 42 drownings. California led states with 46 fatalities, including a family murder and self-inflicted death. Kalamazoo Michigan saw six killed in a three car collision. others died in Connecticut Pennsylvania Idaho and Utah incidents.
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Associated Press
California
Morro Bay
Kalamazoo
Mich
Connecticut
Housatonic River
Waynesburg
National Safety Council
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Utah
Orden Yards
Springville
Farmers approve wheat marketing quotas in county vote
Bannock county A A A secretary Clark Davis reports a 95 percent yes tally with 757 to 38 in the local wheat referendum. District results include Downey 186 14 Bancroft 184 10 Pocatello 63 1 McCammon 166 5 Grace 158 8. National returns show a 117 800 for 48 743 against the quota proposal as of May 31.
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Bannock County
Clark Davis
A.A.A
Downey
Bancroft
Pocatello
McCammon
Grace
Washington
Agriculture Department
Three California youths held by Bannock County Sheriff
Sheriff D A McNichols reports three California youths named Thomas Atkins 18 Bill McManners 16 and Eugene H Tate 15 are in custody in Pocatello for questioning in a San Bernardino burglary. They waived extradition and will be returned once California officials arrive, after their coupe matched a San Bernardino bulletin.
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Bannock County
D. A. McNichols
California
San Bernardino
Calif
MccNichols
Pocatello
Thomas Atkins
Bill McManners
Eugene H. Tate
MacNichols
Emmett L. Shay
Canal Break Floods Land North of Pocatello
Flooding from a break in the Fort Hall irrigation canal north of Pocatello blocked the old high line road and endangered the Yellowstone highway. Eight acres of Velvan barley owned by Joe Griffith and potatoes owned by A. H. McGuire were ruined as water flowed for over an hour through a 10 by 7 foot cut. The bank failed where a new gate had been installed due to faulty soil packing. Car owner passengers were stranded when the old road became impassable and the vehicle was left in flood waters.
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Fort Hall
Pocatello
Highline
Yellowstone Highway
Joe Griffith
A. H. McGuire
McGuire Ranch
Weather outlook for mountains region weekend
Partly cloudy with scattered showers near the mountains Sunday and Monday turning fair and warmer.
Axis advance in Iraq and Crete tensions escalate in Middle East war
Strategic island theaters shift as Britain seeks to consolidate in the Middle East. British forces in Iraq accept an armistice after Rashid Ali Al Gailani flees to Iran while Crete remains contested, threatening Suez and Alexandria. Axis air power looms over Syria and Turkey as Mediterranean tensions rise.
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Associated Press
Crete
Britain
Iraq
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Baghdad
Rashid Ali
Iran
Palestine
Germany
Syria
Airo
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Midle East
Middle East
Suez
Italian North Africa
Libya
Egypt
Malta
Cyprus
Heinkels
R.af
Turkey
Vichy
France
Tunisian
Sfax
Fire Strikes Heavily at Jersey Docks
A spectacular Jersey City blaze at the Erie railroad yards destroyed two grain elevators, locom equipment and merchandise with estimated losses over 3.5 million dollars. Coast Guard said control was achieved at 9 20 p m local time after more than four hours.
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Jersey City
N. J
Erie
U. S. Coast Guard
New York
Arthur Madin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Coast Guard
mid-Hudson
Utah Senator Addressed LU AC Commencement
Senator Elbert D. Thomas spoke to 540 Utah State Agricultural College graduates about developing agriculture in Utah. The event runs through Sunday with Elder David O. McKay delivering the baccalaureate sermon.
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Logan
Utah
Elbert D. Thomas
Dutah
Utah State Agricultural College
Sen. Thomas
David O. McKay
Latter-Day Saints Church
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