Australia Defies Japan To Invade as Chinese Fall Back
The Australian prime minister John Curtin challenged Japan to attempt an invasion while Chinese forces face intensified Japanese offensives. Reports describe fierce fighting south of Nanchang in Kiangsi, Japanese thrusts toward Chekiang, and Chinese counterattacks recapturing towns as rail lines become focal points of the war. A Japanese landing party seized Tulagi in the Solomon Islands as the wider theater remains volatile.
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Associated Press
John Curtain
Japan
China
Curtin
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Chekiang Province
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Chekiang
Chuhsien
Kinhwa
Hangcheor
Tulagi Island
Solomon Islands
Tokyo
British Axis Clash Deepens Desert Battle Near Tobruk
British and Axis forces fought along the North African front around El Mvaleb 49 miles southwest of Tobruk as Rommel’s offensive stalled. Churchill said Rommel’s plans have gone awry while a German communiqué claimed 3,000 prisoners and Axis losses rose. British estimates put over half of Rommel’s armored units destroyed with 260 tanks lost. Front reports noted a shift in Rommel’s tactics and potential desperate regrouping behind a 50 mile British line from Ain El Gazala to Bir El Hacheim.
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Tobruk
London
Churchill
Erwin Rommel
High Command
Rommel
Claude Auchinleck
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Bir el Hacheim Oasis
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Pocatellans Win 200 Straight At Del Monte Trap Championship
Del Monte California saw Ollie Fine of La Grange win the 1942 state trapshoot title with a perfect 200. Four Idaho shooters were defeated as officials noted the first perfect score since nine years. The Pocatello group totals were Joe Cotant 282, J. L. Bean 274, John Cotant 270, Ralph Clevenger 258 of 300.
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Calif
Ollie Fine
la Grange
Idaho
Pocatello
Joe Cotant
J. L. Bean
John Cotant
Ralph Clevenger
WPB Eases Wool Use Limits for Non Military Textiles
The War Production Board ends its ban on wool in carpets draperies and upholstery for non military use allowing up to 25 percent of 1941 levels for coarse carpet wool mohair alpaca and related fibers. It also relaxes limits on wool content in non military blankets when made from used paper makers wool felts and used processing wool felts.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
USO War Fund Drive Surges in Idaho Counties
Idaho counties report strong progress in the USO war fund campaign with Power Nez Perce and Butte at or above quota. Fourteen counties total have contributed $13 047 14 to state treasurer Mrs Myrtle P Enking as momentum grows toward a full statewide drive by next week.
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Boise
Idaho
Myrtle P. Enking
USO
Enking
Power County
Nez Perce
Butte County
Bonner
Boundary
Clearwater
Elmore
Lemhi
Lincoln
Minidoka
Owyhee
Washington
Eaking
Navy Seeks Record Recruits in Idaho Drive
Boise officials announce a Navy recruitment surge aiming to enlist the largest number since Pearl Harbor six months ago. Lt G A Herbert says the oath will be given at 12 25 pm mountain time next Sunday as staff members fan out from Boise to Lewiston Twin Falls and Idaho Falls to sign up men using papers and radio appeals.
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Boise
Idaho
Pearl Harbor
G. A. Herbert
Navy
Hebert
Lewiston
Twin Falls
Idaho Falls
Posse kills suspect in Pa farmhouse gun battle
A posse trapped Henry Hartzell, 42, accused of killing his father, in an abandoned Sumneytown farmhouse Monday night. Hartzell was killed during a gun battle as he tried to flee.
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Henry Hartzell
RAF Raiders Hit Essen With 1 036 Bombers
On the Russian front Soviet dispatches report a German drive to retake ground near Kharkov and Tami lovska, while the Red Army claims a lull. In Britain, Churchill announces 1 036 RAF bombers struck Essen amid broader raids on Ruhr targets with allied American air support expected.
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Essen
Water pours over Grand Coulee dam in massive test
Water cascaded over the concrete face of Grand Coulee dam as engineers activated valves and spillways. The project, eight years in construction and nearly a third of a mile wide, stands 31 stories tall and will feed 108,000 kilowatts of output as turbines begin full operation.
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Wash
North America
Mammoth Grand Coulee Dam
Niagara Falls
Great Power and Reclamation Project
Operator Saves 24 As Crane Falls
Sterling Wanda, 45, of Richmond California died after saving 24 coworkers at a shipyard. He was operating a crane when the load buckled and began to topple. he chose to stay with the crane to shield others, sacrificing his life.
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Calif
Sterling Wanda
Wanda
San Francisco
Cattle Groups Get Advice At 70th Wyoming Meet
Charles A. Myers president of the Wyoming Stock Growers association urged cattlemen at the 70th annual convention to use their own judgment in meeting a government request for a 20 percent rise in cattle marketed this year. He warned against over selling to avoid price drops and forest rights losses, noting Wyoming and mountain states are 20 to 23 percent below normal supplies. He also remarked a price ceiling for cattle is likely but not seen as unreasonably low.
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Gillette
Wyo
Charles A. Myers
Wyoming Stock Growers Association
Myers
Wyoming
Franston
Blackfoot Bulletin Publishers Sell to California Publisher
Blackfoot Daily Bulletin publishers John L. Rider and E. H. Payson sold the paper to W. R. Twining of the Crocket Signal. Twining will reside in Blackfoot to take ownership and management, while Payson and Rider stay on staff for now.
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Blackfoot
John L. Rider
E. H. Payson
Daily Bulletin
W. R. Twining
Crocket Calif. Signal
Twining
Paysen
Rider
Hitler Loses Former Ability In Gauging Public Opinion
Louis P. Lochner reports that Adolf Hitler, once a master at reading mass sentiment, shows signs of failing to fathom public opinion. The April 26 Reichstag speech and skepticism from Germans abroad suggest the masses may be weary of further winters of war and harsher burdens.
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Hitler
New York
Adolf Hitler
Bridges Surrenders Over Deportation Warrant
Harry Bridges, west coast CIO leader, surrendered to immigration authorities on a deportation warrant to Australia. An immediate habeas corpus hearing was ordered by Judge St Sure for next Monday, with $3,000 bail set. The move pits Bridges’ lawyers against the government over evidence cited to label him a communist.
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Harry Bridges
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CIO
Australia
Earl A. Cushing
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A. F. St. Sure
Martin I. Welsh
Board of Immigration Appeals
CIC
Washington
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Immigration Department
Naval Patrol Ship Crashes Near Half Moon Bay
A naval patrol plane from Alameda crash lands about 25 miles south of San Francisco near Half Moon Bay during a patrol, with seven aboard. one survivor walked into Half Moon Bay reporting the wreckage not yet found and severe burns hampering details. Poor visibility slows search efforts.
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Half Moon Bay
Here
Twelfth Naval District
Navy
Alameda Naval Air Station
California
War Material Gets Quick Clearance
Twenty one states adopted minimum trucking and reciprocal license regulations to speed war material movement. Secretary Jesse Jones said changes were made in about two thirds of states under emergency powers after a federal list of desirable regulations. Reciprocal license agreements let trucks marked war material travel across borders without paying state license plates.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Summer Not Enthusiastic By W. E. M.
Weather note reports a subdued summer mood with sun up on schedule and shadows visible. It lists temperatures including 72 high and 44 low on Monday, notes Pocatello’s record low, and forecasts slightly cooler weather with scattered showers for southeastern Idaho.
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Pocatello
U. S
Dallas
Memphis
Idaho
Allied Air and Ground Forces Attack Axis Across Front
Allied forces struck with overwhelming force Tuesday as RAF planes bombed Essen and bases in Fran con front lines report heavy damage to German mechanical assets. In North Africa Axis forces were harried and many units mopped up while Russia claimed local victories along a 2000 mile front. A large convoy reached a northern Russian port and Britain said German Afrika Korps, boxed east of the line, faced continued pressure. The Royal Navy repelled an axis sea borne assault.
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Cologne
Ruhr
Associated Press
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Fran
Cairo
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Britain
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Vessels Face Prolonged Luftwaffe Assault in Arctic Convoy
London reports a large convoy of freighters reached a north Russian port after five days of continuous attacks by German bombers and U boat patrols. The admiralty says German claims of 18 sunk were grossly exaggerated, with six or seven ships likely lost, while German announcements claimed 17 ships totaling 114000 tons.
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London
Admiralty
High Command
Baseball Scores From National and American League Games
National League games featured Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia at Cincinnati, with scoreless innings at Cincinnati and a run by Brooklyn noted. Chicago hosted New York, while Pittsburgh had a one run edge and other games showed tied lines. American League play included Boston hosting Cleveland with a run sequence, and a night game in Detroit at Philadelphia with St Louis at Washington postponed in part.
Nazi Hitler Regime Alarmed by Heydrich Attack in Prague
News reports describe consternation at Reinhard Heydrich's assassination attempt in Czechoslovakia and warn that German security forces face renewed pressure from occupied Europe. British air raids are noted as boosting resistance morale and heightening nerves in German cities like Cologne and Essen.
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Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Cologne
Essen
Heydrich
Prague
Honker
Europe
Japs Arriving In Idaho
Ninety five West Coast Japanese farm workers arrived in Idaho Falls from the Santa Anita California reception center. They were assigned to farms for sugar beet thinning in Bonneville county. Idaho Sugar company manager Paul Scalley called for more workers, saying 150 additional hands are needed to save the crop.
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Idaho Falls
Santa Anita
Calif
Paul Scalley
Idaho
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Bonneville County
Youth Kills Infant in Marquette County Case
A 16 year old boy is jailed in Marquette County on suspicion of killing baby Gloria Jean Nault. The infant’s nude and bruised body was found Sunday night, and Sgt. Charles W. Engle helped lead the investigation after the slain child’s body was discovered in a truck.
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Marquette, Mich
Marquette County
Gloria Jean Nault
Charles W. Engle
Marquette State Police Post
Gloria Jean
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