US Submarines Sink 16 More Ships in Pacific Drive
Allied air successes bolster New Guinea and central Pacific offensives as U S submarines add 16 ships to Japan's dwindling merchant fleet for a total of 589 sunk. Chinese defenses slow Japanese advance toward Changsha while Mountbatten reports gains in North Burma.
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New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Hurtle Islands
North Pacific
Truk
Central Pacific
United States
Japan
Navy
Washington
Lates Bay
Navy Department
Pacific
Far East
Chine
Changsha
Hunan
India-Burma
Louis Mountbatten
Myitkyina
Burma
Mamsun
Tokyo
Ansiang
Yochow
Honan
Hitler Tries To Deceive World Again
Associated Press war analysis notes the ejecting of Nazi vandals from Rome as a strong Allied signal ahead of D day. The piece argues Hitler’s defeat is evident as German forces retreat northward and propaganda loses credibility. It frames the event as a turning point in World War II and a moral blow to Nazi leadership.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
China
DeWitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Europe
der Fuhrer
Germany
Rome
Italian King Yields Rule to Italian Government
King Vittorio Emanuele signed a decree relinquishing his powers and turning authority over to the Italian government. At 174 he has ruled for nearly 44 years since July 29, 1990, aligning with a plan announced last April 12 to retire with allied troops entering Rome. He designated Prince Umberto as lieutenant general, facilitating a wartime cabinet under Marshal Pietro Badoglio.
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Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Rome
Umberto
Pietro Badoglio
Benito Mussolini
Marie-Jose
Belgium
Coroner to Inquire After Fatal Auto Crash
The county coroner says a inquest will be held soon into the mobile accident last week that killed two people. Mrs Nora Powers is reported in good condition at General Hospital and three army officers are injured though no official Army update has been released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Powers
Army
Arthur W. Hall
Lieutenant Colonel Jones Dies at 58 in Utah
Lt Col Daniel F Jones 58, director of the Ninth Service Command Army Specialized Training Division, died Sunday from a kidney ailment. Born March 26, 1886 in Kansas, he lived in St Louis before receiving his commission in 1915 and served in France in World War I. He directed the specialized training division since December 1943 and previously led ROTC at Ogden High School. Public funeral Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Salt Lake City Masonic temple. interment at Arlington National Cemetery. Survived by widow Hezel Holton Jones and daughter Doris Johnson of Corvallis Oregon.
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Fort Douglas
Utah
Daniel F. Jones
Ninth Service Command
Army
Kansas
St. Louis
France
Ogden
Masonic Temple
Salt Lake City
Arlington, Va
National Cemetery
Hezel Holton Jones
Doris Johnson
Corvallis
Ore
President Nominates Georgia Official for Farm Credit Post
President Roosevelt nominates Ivy William Duggan of Georgia, director of the southern division of the agriculture adjustment agency, to be governor of the Farm Credit administration.
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Washington
Ivy William Duggan
Georgia
Southern Division
The
Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Roosevelt
Farm Credit Administration
Utah farmer kills wife and sister in bluffdale double murder suicide
Maynard Nielson, 38, shot and killed his divorced wife Clara Nielson 29 and her sister Evelyn Schalang 32 in their Bluffdale home, then killed himself. The couple’s two sons, aged 10 and 8, were unharmed. Police say Nielson forced Spencer to drive away with the boys after the shootings.
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Salt Lake City
Maynard Nielson
George Beckstead
Nielson
George Spencer
Bluffdale
Clara S. Nielson
Evelyn Schalang
Los Angeles
Mye Nielson
Beckstead
Spencer
Progress at Simplot phosphate plant in Idaho
Excavations and site grading for the half million dollar J. R. Simplot fertilizer plant near Caldwell are finished. Contractor Frank P. Kloepfer said foundation forms will begin, with operation expected by fall to process rock phosphate from southeastern Idaho beds into farm fertilizer.
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J. R. Simplot
Frank P. Kloepfer
Idaho
Caldwell
Kloepfer
Salt Lake City
Minor Crime Wave Sweeps Pocatello Over Weekend
A spate of burglaries hit Pocatello last weekend with reports from homes, a high school, and a laundry. Kenneth H. Mathews reported stolen items from steel lockers between May 12 and June 2. Troy Parisian Laundry suffered broken windows but no theft. Two electric power saws were taken from Fred L. Bidwell’s residence.
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Pocatello
Kenneth H. Mathews
North Sixth
Pocatello High School
Troy
West Center
Fred L. Bidwell
South Fifth
Utah Woman Shoots Spouse in Stomach
In Ogden police report, Viola Whitford, 53, shot her husband Claude Whitford, 49, a railroad switchman, in the stomach Saturday evening as he approached her. He is in critical condition at Dee Memorial hospital. She claimed fear of beating. taxi driver Ray Dickison alerted authorities and she is held on an open charge pending investigation.
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Ogden
the Dee Memorial Hospital
Claude Whitford
Lincoln Avenue
Viola Whitford
T. R. Johnson
D. B. Ballantyne
George Theobald
Whitford
Ray T. Dickinson
Invasion Weather Clears as Rain Lifts Dover Straits
Clouds over the Dover strait broke at dawn allowing sunshine to raise temperatures into the 70s by 9 a m. The report notes improving conditions and a return to sunny weather after earlier rain.
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London
Dover Strait
Agent Issues Call For 159 Beet Thinning Workers
William D. Boyle county extension agent urged 159 high school youths in the Pocatello area to thin beets to prevent losses. Those interested should apply at the county extension office in the courthouse.
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Pocatello
William D. Boyle
Boyle
Court House
Fight Raging Beyond Rome
German high command reported bitter street fighting as U S tanks entered central Rome after Hitler acknowledged the fall of the city. German broadcasts noted delaying actions near the Tiber and spared historic buildings while asserting Rome has limited strategic value beyond tourism.
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London
Rome
Adolf Hitler
United States
Tiber
Army Induction Team to Visit Pocatello and Boise
The army induction team will tour Pocatello from June 12 to 16 and Boise from June 19 to 23 to enlist qualified reserve corps members. The visit aims to recruit 17 year olds who have completed specialized training programs.
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Fort Douglas
Utah
Pocatello
Boise
Army
Ninth Service Command
Judge to Vacation. Boise State District Judge to Be Absent
Governor Bottolfsen grants Sixth Judicial District Judge Guy Stevens of Blackfoot permission to be out of Idaho from June 17 to July 15 with possible extension. The vacation could exceed a month if no other judge is available to cover duties.
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Boise
Bottolfsen
Sixth Judicial District
Guy Stevens
Blackfoot
Utah men charged in dynamiting of dirt-fill dam near Cedar City
Salt Lake City. Charles Harmon Esplin and Eliel Winder are in custody on federal charges for dynamiting a dirt-fill dam at Lake Navajo in Dixie National Forest near Cedar City last month. The $25,000 structure stored upper-lake water to protect fish during low water. Esplin said the act aimed to deprive him of water rights. Winder reportedly admitted assisting.
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Salt Lake City
Charles Harmon Esplin
Cedar City
Eliel Winder
Springdale
Utah
Jay C. Newman
FBI
Lake Navajo
Dixie National Forest
Esplin
Newman
Winder
Pocatellan in Race For Party Choice
At Lewiston Idaho Democrats convene with Roosevelt favored for a fourth term. Asher B. Wilson backs Francis M. Bistline of Pocatello for national committeeman with support from a Big Four south Idaho counties. No contest appears for national committeewoman Mrs Simons. The convention proceeds to select delegates and officers.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Franklin Roosevelt
Asher B. Wilson
Twin Falls County
Democratic Central Committee
Francis M. Bistline
Pocatello
Carl Brown
McCall
Bistline
Wilson
North
Congress
Brown
Compton I. White
Clarks Fork
South Idaho
P. J. Evans
Preston
Henry C. Dworshak
Burley
Ada
Bannock
Canyon
Twin Falls
Car crash injures two in city vicinity
Miss Kay Allen, 19, and Mrs. C. H. Barbre sustained minor injuries after a collision on the road between Second and Fifth streets near Weller’s gas station. Allen’s car, owned by Chauncey Lane of American Falls, struck Barbre’s 1933 sedan, causing about $50 in damage. Barbre suffered wrist and hand injuries, Allen a skinned knee.
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C. H. Barbre
City
Kay Allen
North
Garfield
Miss Allen
Barbre
Second
Fifth Streets
Weller's
Marley
Chauncey Lane
American Falls
Barbie
Two Under Arrest in Death of 14 From Poison Alcohol
George Kristinias 50 and wife Sophie 31 of Brooklyn were held on homicide charges with bonds set at 10000 and 5000 as Magistrate D Joseph D Andrea adjourned the hearing to June 12. The deaths stem from poison alcohol affecting 14 people.
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New York
George Kristinias
Brooklyn
Sophie
D. Joseph D. Andrea
Supreme Court Reverses 74-Year Insurance Commerce Ruling
The U S Supreme Court in a 4 3 decision held that insurance business in interstate commerce falls under Sherman anti trust rules. Justice Black wrote the opinion with dissents by Justice Stone and a partial dissent by Justice Jackson. The case involved 196 stock life insurers and 27 individuals linked to the Southeastern Underwriters Association across Florida Alabama Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Black
Stone
Frankfurter
Jackson
Robers
Reed
Southeastern Underwriters Association
Florida
Alabama
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Justice Department
Federal District Court
Atlanta
Congress
British Subs Sink 31 Ships in Mediterranean and Aegean
British submarines sunk 31 ships in recent operations in the Mediterranean and Aegean, including 26 merchantmen and five naval auxiliaries, with seven more merchantmen damaged. American subs added 16 Japanese merchant ships sunk, totaling 589. The action also hit shore targets and sunk several supply vessels and a salvage vessel.
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London
Mediterranean
Aegean
Admiralty
U.S. Navy Department
Japanese surface ships seen near Truk in navy report
Washington reports Japanese patrol vessel probably sunk and auxiliary craft attacked near Truk last Friday and Saturday. Surface ships have been rare in Truk waters since earlier heavy raids, while air raids continue on the Kurile islands at Japan’s northern home island chain.
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Washington
Truk
Navy
Kurile Islands
Japan
Senate votes to delay Pearl Harbor court martial trials
The Senate approved by voice vote a one year extension delaying trials for Rear Adm. Husband F. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short over Pearl Harbor. Senator Hatch warned against forcing public court proceedings during wartime while Sen. Clark called statements about no delay hokum.
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Washington
Clark
D-Mo
Senate
Husband F. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Pearl Harbor
French Coast Rocks Under Raider Blasts
Allied air power pounds the Pas de Calais coast with 1250 American heavy bombers and fighters dropping over 2200 tons. RAF and US formations target Boulogne Calais Dieppe and Dunkerque as barbed defenses brace for invasion. Berlin reports Russian flights over Hungary as the raid continues into a fourth night.
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London
Boulogne
Calais
Pas de Calais
France
England
Cologne
Germany
English
English Channel
Paris
Berlin
Hungary
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Pas-de-Calais
Channel
Dieppe
Dunkerque
Allied Troops Enter Rome as Axis Retreats North
Allied forces push across the Tiber into Rome after heavy German withdrawals. Major German units 10th and 14th claimed destroyed by Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark. 500 American bombers hit retreat routes north of Rome. rail yards and airfields targeted in the Po valley. traffic along rail lines to France blocked. Crowds cheer liberation as Germans retreat.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Rome
Tiber
Mark W. Clark
Ferrara
Castel Maggiore
Bologna
Faenza
Forli
Venice
Rimini
Mediterranean
France
Warplane output tops May goal by two percent
Warplane production reached 8 901 aircraft in May with all bomber plants meeting or exceeding schedules. Three Liberator B 24 plants Fort Worth San Diego and Tulsa will shift focus to other work. B 24 production remains centered in Dallas North American and the Ford Willow Run plants for next year.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
War Production Board
Aircraft Production Board
Consolidated
Fort Worth
Texas
San Diego
Calif
Douglas
Tulsa
Okla
Dallas
Ford
Willow Run
Mich
Democrats Open Convention May Pledge For Roosevelt
Lewiston Idaho. William Hawkins a Coeur d Alene attorney accused the opposition of shotgun politics and urged renomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Idaho Democratic delegate convention. The keynoter urged delegates to instruct national delegates to back Roosevelt. He warned opponents would oppose Democratic gains as part of shotgun politics and noted ongoing soldier vote legislation concerns involving Gov. Dewey and Jim Farley. Continued on Page Two.
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Lewiston
William 8. Hawkins
Coeur d'Alene
Roosevelt
Idaho
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Hawkins
Jim Farley
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Simplot Plant
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Mussolini
Pocatellan
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Crete
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House
Hatch
Dn.m
French Coast
Raider
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