Japanese Massing 280000 Troops in China Centered at Hankow Canton Rail Line
The Japanese have concentrated 280000 troops to pry Chinese forces from the Hankow-Canton railroad and clear the way for new blows elsewhere in China. Chungking reports warn that Japan may intensify pressure as Allied actions increase in the Pacific and central China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hankow-Canton
China
Chungking
Wwe Een
Tseng
Japan
Central Pacific
U.S
Kuriles
Wake
Guam
Caroline Islands
Ponape
Truk
Changsha
Hankow
Canton
Coroner Jury Identifies Crash Victims Near Pocatello
A coroner's jury identified two women who died and a third who was injured after a Portneuf hill crash on Highway Six near Pocatello. Three army captains also injured were hospitalized. the driver Captain G D Moore of Monroe Louisiana is named. The jury may reconvene after witnesses recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portneuf
Pocatello
Pocatello Army Air Field
T. FE. Langan
W. H. Reynolds
Chas. Pizer
H. K. Higson
D. D. Neelan
C. N. Shelton
T. J. Waltman
W. A. Fife
E. T. Stains
M. A. Richmond
Roseanna Bangs
G. F Huffman
Downard Mortuary
Arthur W. Hall
Bette Johnson
Texas
Edward L. Rathbun
Oakland
Calif
Air Field Hospital
Flyers Hit Europe In May Bombing Campaign
US strategic air forces in Europe dropped over 63 000 tons of bombs on Nazi held territory in May and destroyed 1 268 enemy aircraft in the air. Britain and Italy combined 49 811 sorties included 30 106 by bombers and 19 705 by fighters with 481 heavy bombers and 235 fighters lost, ratio 1.59 and 1.09 percent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Strategic Airforce
Europe
Balkans
Britain
Italy
Uss.a.f.e
15Th Airforce
Mediterranean
Allied Airforce
12Th Airforce Section
R.A.P
Petty Hearing Opens In Two Suits In Utah Polygamy Case
Hearings began in district court before Judge L E Glennon on two suits by Faith Geneal Petty and Leslie Gardner Petty minors seeking support through guardian Mary Maguer ite Ford Petty. The actions target Gardner Petty his wife Iva and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
L. E. Glennon
Faith Geneal Petty
Leslie Gardner Petty
Mary Maguerite
Ford Petty
Gardner Petty
Iva
Reclamation Meeting On Northwest Surveys Set
Engineers and executives from the regional office of the U S bureau of reclamation will meet in Boise on June 21 to map surveys for proposed reclamation projects in the Northwest and determine which will be completed before the end of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Northwest
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Socialists in Convention in Reading Eyes 1940 Nominees
The Socialist party national convention opened in Reading with secretary Harry Flesichman accusing Roosevelt of a steady retreat toward reaction since the Little Steel strike remark. Norman Thomas and Maynard Krueger are favored for renomination. Thomas would seek a fifth straight bid despite historic low support. Flesichman cited favorable objective conditions and expected increased Socialist vote this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Socialist Party
Harry Filesichman
Roosevelt
Norman Thomas
Maynard C. Krueger
University of Chicago
Thomas
Flesichman
Battle in Limoges region grips central France
French advices report a three day battle in the Limoges district with 7 000 patriots defending a Paris Toulouse main line town against about 5 000 Vichy militiamen. Fighting began May 27 and subsided last Tuesday when Vichy reinforcements drove patriots from the besieged town. renewed fighting was reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
Limoges
France
Paris-Toulouse
Ammunition Train Explosion Hits East Anglia Town
An ammunition train exploded in an east Anglia market town today injuring several people. Roofs were blown off nearby houses and the railroad station was left in ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
East Anglia
Veterans care bill tops two billion a year by 1946
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans affairs, predicted that care for U S war veterans will cost about 2 billion dollars annually by 1946. He said 200000 additional hospital beds will be needed and many can be found by converting existing facilities. The program will be maintained by the army and navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Army
Navy
Germans announce collaboration by Bulgarian officials
Berlin shows Bulgaria as a German puppet state after last night’s broadcast Transocean dispatch. Ivan Bagrianov leads a new Sofia government replacing Dobri Bojilov under Berlin pressure to raise war contribution. Bulgaria reportedly at peace with Russia as German troops are integrated into the Bulgarian army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sofia
Berlin
Bulgaria
Transocean
Ivan Bagrianov
Germany
Bagrianov
Dobri Bojilov
Moscow
Russia
Bosilov
Idaho Dental Association Elects New Officers
Dr W F Gigray of Caldwell became president succeeding Dr W D Lyons of Pocatello at the annual meeting. Dr W F Gilbert of Lewiston was elected president elect to assume the presidency at the New Year's convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
W. F. Gigray
Caldwell
Idaho State Dental Association
W. D. Lyons
Pocatello
W. F. Gilbert
Lewiston
Merle Kirkpatrick
Ray E. Blickenstaff
Nampa
Stewart Barkdull
Blackfoot
American Dental Association
Gigray
J. F. Johnston
Twin Falls
R. G. Joset
H. B. Colver
Boise
Association
J. E. Bennett
Tito Escapes to Mountains As Germans Press Yugoslav Front
Bulletin from Bari reports Marshal Tito and Maj. Randolph Churchill fled to the mountains after German paratroopers and glider borne infantry captured the Bosnian headquarters of the Yugoslav partisan leader on May 25. Rommel was said to have directed the attack as Fifth Army advances widen from the Alban foothills to the Tiburtina corridor. About 20,000 prisoners have been taken since May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bari
Italy
Marshal Tito
Maj
Randolph Churchill
Erwin Rommel
Fifth Army
Alban
Highway Six
Highway Five
Tiburtina
Lepini
Daniel de Luce
Navy planes raid Shumushu in pre-dawn Pacific attack
Washington reports Navy search planes raided Shumushu in the Kurile Islands near the air field. Several fires were started near the field and moderate anti-aircraft fire was met before the planes returned to base. This was the third raid in as many days on the North Pacific islands, according to a Pacific fleet press release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington — Navy
Shumushu
North Pacific
Kurile Islands
North Pacific Islands
Pacific Fleet
Balkans front hinted as prelude to Western invasion
A Berlin transocean broadcast cited by the Associated Press suggested that a Balkan front may precede Western Europe invasion. The report quoted dispatches from Syria and Lebanon via Ankara saying Anglo American forces have concentrated troops in the Near East in recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A_ transocean
Berlin
Europe
Balkan
Associated Press
Syria
Lebanon
Ankara
Near East
Nails spotted on Victoria Avenue cause two tire flats
Patrolman Tommy Gomez slammed on his brakes after a service station operator reported a street strewn with roofing nails along Victoria avenue. He found two flats on his patrol car tires after traveling that route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Leandro
Calif
Tommy Gomez
Victoria Avenue
Gomez
Americans Strike Heaviest Blow Of War at French Invasion Coast
Allied forces report rapid German retreat as Fifth Army seizes Velletri and Valmontone near Rome, cutting the Via Casilina and threatening German withdrawal. Eighth Army advances into Ferentino and Veroli, widening a ring around Rome while weather forecasts note scattered showers in Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Rome
Fifth Army
Velletri
Valmontone
Via Casilina
Alban Hills
Hermann Goering
Eighth Army
Ferentino
Pocatello
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Johnson Raps Opponent in Idaho Falls Primary
Ben Johnson, U.S. Senate GOP candidate, accuses Gov. Bottolfsen of inconsistency on river issues and open river rights in Lewiston and Washington.Johnson plans to travel to Rexburg. Bottolfsen due to speak at a Bonneville County Republican Women dinner tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Ben Johnson
U.S. Senate
C. A. Bottolfsen
Lewiston
Preston
Bortolfsen
Washington, D. C
Congress
Johnson
Rexburo
Bottolfsen
Bonneville County Republican Women's Organization
House Approves 1945 Budget for Lend-Lease and UNRRA
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed the 1945 budget requests for the lend-lease program at 3.45 billion dollars and UNRRA at 450 million dollars. It proposed authority to transfer up to 350 million dollars in lend-lease funds to UNRRA if not needed immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
New World Relief Setup
UNRRA
House
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Sunday Visiting Day Observed in Idaho Hospitals
Boise Idaho governor C A Bottolfsen urged Idahoans to mark Sunday as Shut In Day by visiting military personnel and civilians confined to hospitals highlighting civic duty and public service in a statewide appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Gov
C. A. Bottolfsen
American First Armored Division Under Harmon With Fifth Army
Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon commanding the American first armored division operating with the fifth army. Harmon, Tunisian campaign veteran who led the division to victory last year, is among 18 American generals honored with British decorations by order of King George VI for meritorious action in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Ernest N. Harmon
Fifth Army
Harmon
George VI
Mediterranean
Strike Ends in St. Louis Transit Shutdown
Striking St Louis Public Service Company operators voted 630 to 399 to return to work ending a two day transport tie up that affected about 600 000 residents. AFL leaders hoped buses and trolleys would be back by rush hour as 3 500 workers faced reclassification in Tampa 175 street car workers stayed away shutting most lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Public Service Company
AFL
Roads bill halves postwar highway funding
Washington The House Roads Committee approved a bill by Chairman Robinson to spend 1.5 billion dollars for a postwar highway program, cutting the prior 3 billion allocation. The plan shifts the matching formula to a sliding scale of 60-40 the first year and 50-50 thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Roads Committee
Robinson
Dutah
Flyers Ambushed by Border Guards Near Spain
Reports from Andorra say 34 American and allied airmen were ambushed by German border guards while being guided to the Spanish frontier. Only two Americans and one French aviator escaped into Spain after shelter with French families. the others were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Spain
Andora
Pyrenees
France
Local Men Graduate From Farragut Naval Station
Fifteen Idaho men appear in this morning's Farragut graduating class. Notables include Homer G. Lemons of Pocatello as seaman first class and Wesley E. Carlson of Pocatello as seaman second class in the gunnery school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farragut
Idaho
Farragut Naval Training Station
Homer G. Lemons
Pocatello
Wesley E. Carlson
Gas Escape Fells 1000 in Brooklyn Area
About 1500 people remained hospitalized as authorities investigated a chlorine gas release from a 220 pound cylinder on a delivery truck in downtown Brooklyn. No deaths were reported though crowds suffered choking and vomiting. exposed subway riders were affected as gas entered two stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Hun
WMC to Fill Labor Needs
The War Manpower Commission orders sweeping controls to shift all available male labor to high production war plants. By July 1 every job-seeking man must apply to the United States Employment Service for assignment, and employers may hire only men referred by the USES. Paul V. McNutt says the plan channels labor to critical war work nationwide, expanding a prior voluntary program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Manpower Commission
America
United States Employment Service
Paul V. McNutt
WMC
Planes Hit Convoy Off Norway Coast
British carrier aircraft attacked a heavily escorted German convoy off Stadtlandet on the west coast of Norway. All three supply ships were hit and four escorting anti aircraft vessels damaged. Two naval freighters were reported lost in the engagement, the sixth successful strike in two months against Nazi shipping along the Norwegian coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stadtlandet
Norway
Admiralty
Norwegian
Oil Pipeline Plan Blocked by Petroleum Administration
The Petroleum Administration for War refused today an application to build a 20 inch oil pipeline from Texas to the west coast. It found insufficient crude oil at the source and insufficient west coast refinery capacity to handle the volume of oil the line would carry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Petroleum Administration For War
Texas
West Coast
Presidents Roosevelt Gift to Infantile Paralysis Fund
The White House Correspondents Association presented President Roosevelt with a $1,000 check for the infantile paralysis fund of the president's birthday committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
America Must Not Play Santa in Bottolfsen Opinion
Gov. C A Bottolfsen told Idaho BPW delegates he supports aiding postwar reconstruction with allies but rejects American sole policing of the world. He spoke during the Idaho BPW annual convention and regional conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Santa
Bottolfsen
Raids Shatter Germanys Rail Network
British air ministry summarized Allied bombing results as crippling German rail and bridge networks and forcing reliance on roads. It noted heavy May activity by the U S ninth air force with over 30 000 sorties and 20 090 tons of bombs across 100 targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Ministry
Seine River
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Band Opens Caldwell Park Concerts This Sunday
Poca telo municipal band director Guy Gates announces the first concert at Caldwell Park this Sunday at 6 30 p m. The full ensemble will perform instrumental and vocal soloists across twelve weekly concerts, with one move to Ross Park on the fourth Sunday. Program includes Sempre Fidelis and Washington Post March among others. Gibson Walters is band manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Gates
Pocatelo
Boise License Sales Rise With Year Start
Idaho fish and game licenses sold so far this year exceed April and May 1943 figures. Allen N. Miller notes 21,351 licenses sold since sales began in April, versus 19,362 in the first two months of last year, with a new annual sales record possible if current pace continues. The prior record stands at 108,000 resident licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Allen N. Miller
Fish and Game Department
Fontaine Wins Divorce From Brian Aherne In Cruelty Case
Actress Joan Fontaine, 26, secured a divorce from Brian Aherne, 41, on grounds of extreme cruelty. The couple, who wed four and a half years ago in Los Angeles, had been cited as a perfect pairing by Fontaine earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Joan Fontaine
Brian Aherne
Joan
Anherne
Armadas Bomb France and Allies Hit Hungarian Rail Yards
Allied air forces launched a massive strike against the French invasion coast with up to 1,500 American bombers and fighters. An Italian force of 500 to 700 four engined planes hit five railway yards in Hungary and Transylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Italy
Hungary
Transylvania
Mediterranean Air Force
Miskolec
Szolnock
Szeged
Cluj
Siberian
Germany
Carpathian
Pas-de-Calais
France
Scandinavia
Crete
Channel
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Department
French Interior
Two Men Hit In Gun Battle In City Apartment
Samuel Patrick Williams colored is jailed on assault with a deadly weapon after a Thursday night shooting at 540 East Fremont. Williams escaped serious injury when a bullet clipped his hat and grazed his face. Punchard colored was wounded in the hand. Audrey Turner colored, her mother, and Skinner Prichard colored were in the apartment during the incident. Detectives Thomas and Williams arrested Williams and probe the events surrounding four gunshots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Patrick Williams
Audrey Turner
Fremont
Wiliams
Williams
Turner
Skinner Prichard
Punchard
General Hospital
Prichard
R. C. Thomas
Herb Williams
The
Police Department
Reds Smash Nazis near Lasi in Romania
Moscow reports Red Army forces have repelled German attempts to pierce Russian lines north of Lasi Romania. The communique says 800 Nazis killed and 17 tanks knocked out along the Moldavian front as battles continue for a fourth day. Finnish reports add heavy Russian attacks on fronts near the Karelian isthmus and between Lakes Ladoga and Onega.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Lasi
Romania
Moscow
Moldavian
Finland
Karelian
Leningrad
Ladoga
Onega
Dog on Honor Roll Spotted in Rocky Hill
In Rocky Hill Connecticut a special honor roll slat lists local service members and includes a dog named Tipper Baike. Tipper, a German owned by Mr and Mrs Michael Blake, has served 14 months in the coast guard and is described as the area’s only canine in the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Hill, Conn.p
Rocky Hill
Tipper Baike
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Reclamation
Socialists In Convention
Bulletins
St. Louis
Caldwell Park
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