Kobe Mass of Smoke After Massive Bomber Raid
Approximately 450 B-29s attacked Kobe with 3,000 tons of incendiaries transforming the port city into a mass of smoke. The crews reported excellent results with fires burning in Kobe and nearby towns Mikagemachi and Ashiya. Japanese losses included several fighters and bombers, while weather hampered escort and antiaircraft fire ranged from meager to intense.
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Kobe
Guam
Jjapan
20Th Air Force
Washington
Yokohama
Nippon
Japan
Tokyo
Mikagemachi
Ashiya
Osaka Bay
Osaka
Domei
Three youths arraigned in $4,000 burglary case
In Hinsdale Montana and Spokane Washington, Robert Gaasch 19 and James Morse 17 faced arraignment for burglary as part of a four thousand dollar theft from Carroll R Petersen’s home on May 23. Wallace Culver 17 was arrested in Spokane and held on related charges.
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Court of Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
Robert Gaasch
Hinsdale
Mont
James Morse
Spokane
Wash
Carrol R. Petersen
Guy Nelson
Pocatello Bureau of Detectives
Ray Reynolds
Glasgow
Pocatello
Nelson
Petersen
Culver
A. L. Oliver
Washington State Industrial School
Morse
Washington
Gausch
Justice of the Peace
Hyde
Gaasch
Hyde's Court
Children Play With Bombs From Japanese Balloons
Spokane reports children handled two bombs from Japanese balloons that drifted over the western United States. They were found by woodsmen and later tampered with by kids who removed the arming device from a fragmentation bomb. A prior incident near Lakeview, Oregon, killed five children and a woman when a balloon exploded. An airplane interception program sometimes responded to balloon sightings.
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Spokane
United States
The
Chronicle
Lakeview
Ore
Farmers Get AA-2 Rating for Farm Supply Access
The WPB awarded farmers an AA-2 preference rating to aid purchasing necessary farm supplies. The agency said farmers will be treated like other war supporting industries and will have first call on hundreds of items from hoses and pails to axes and air compressors.
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Washington
WPB
W&r
Yanks Press on Mindanao Front in World War II Drive
U.S. 24th and 31st divisions push on Mindanao island advancing toward Davao gulf. Units break two Japanese resistance centers and trap remnants while Maj. Gen. Clarence Martin’s 31st splits toward Ka bawe and Pulangi river fights. Air forces drop hundreds of tons on targets across Borneo and Formosa.
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U.S
Mindanao
Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
Ula
Davao Gulf
Davao
31St
Clarence Martin
Kabawe-Talomo
Kabawe
Pulangi River
Formosa
13Th Air Force
7Th Fleet Airwing
Royal Australian Air Force
Borneo
British North Borneo
Brunei Bay
Weather summary for Pocatello and vicinity
U S weather bureau data show 24 hour period ending noon June with high 60 low 46 mean 83. Forecast calls for partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers and little temperature change. Nearby stations report varied readings including Idaho Falls 46 8 and Salt Lake 65 46 89.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Boise Ree
Butte
Legion Calls For Draft In Peacetime
The American Legion urged immediate enactment of a peacetime draft as the best means to secure national safety. John Thomas Taylor testified that a year of military training for 18 year olds would reassure the world and link youths to national responsibilities, with service in the reserve and possible recall only by Congress during emergencies.
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Washington
American Legion
John Thomas Taylor
The
Legion
America
Taylor
House
Congress
Truman Seeks 4.38 Billion Lend Lease for Pacific Victory
President Truman proposed a total lend lease package of 4.375 billion dollars including 1.975 billion in new funds and 2.4 billion from unused current year balances. He said the aid would speed victory over Japan and support redeployment of troops or control of enemy areas. France Belgium and the Netherlands loans would be financed under the program, with Russia not addressed.
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Congress
Truman
Europe
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Russia
OPA Reports May Refunds Totaling 4338.16 in Boise
Marl Jeppesen enforcement attorney said the office of price administration collected fines and refunds in May totaling 4338.16. The cases covered clover and alfalfa seed growers used car dealers and hotel and tourist court proprietors.
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Boise
Office of Price Administration
Marl Jeppesen
Yanks Fight for Last Okinawa Airfield Control
American Marines press to seize the Naha airfield on Okinawa as Sixth Division paratroopers and raiders overrun part of the airstrip from the southern shore. Tenth Army advances reach the island's southern coast amid muddy supply delays while Adm. Nimitz hails rapid progress and predicts quick conclusion.
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Guam
Okinawa
Oroku Peninsula
Naha
Naha Bay
Tenth Army
Chester W. Nimitz
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Tokyo
Domei
Lemuel Shepherd
Japan
Associated Press
al Copking
Fourth Marine Regiment
US Prisoners Come Home From War
The provost marshal's office in Europe said virtually all American POWs including those in Russian occupied areas have been recovered. More than two thirds have departed for the United States with 89,776 recovered prisoners en route or awaiting transport. About 64,000 have been shipped home and only 3,000 to 4,000 remain to be processed. Lt. Col. W. P. Schweitzer said all are expected en route home before month’s end.
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Paris
United States
W. P. Schweitzer
Churchill refutes Syria interference charges and offers troop withdrawal
In the Commons, Prime Minister Churchill rejects Gen De Gaulle’s claim of British meddling in Syria. He states Britain will withdraw troops once a France Levant treaty is reached, stressing no ambition in the Levant and urging France, the United States, and Britain to negotiate. He notes no arms were issued before intervention but guns are now being issued to maintain order.
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Churchill
Syria
London
de Gaulle
Britain
France
Levant
United States
Russia
China
Commons
Paris
Beyrouth
Middle East
Eden
Teh House
Beynet
Idaho News Update on Seventh War Loan Progress
Boise report shows Idaho's seventh war loan sales at 10.45 million, reaching 36 percent of the 29 million quota. E bond sales total 5.84 million, 45 percent of the 13 million FE bond quota, with daily sales 850 thousand and E bonds 320 thousand. Executive director Wegener says Idaho trails national pace and the quota is not being reached quickly. The drive aims to end July 7.
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Boise
Idaho
State War Finance Committee
Theo H. Wegener
The
War Finance Committee
Idaho tax stamp sales rise after two cent levy goes into effect
The Idaho State Tax Commission reports selling 76,794.22 dollars in cigarette tax stamps since the new two cent per pack levy began just under a month ago. Dealers take seven percent for affixing stamps, leaving the state with 71,418.62 dollars. Commission Chairman E. D. Baird notes about 4,000,000 stamps sold.
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Boise
State Tax Commission
Idaho
Commission
E. D. Baird
Invasion of Jap Homeland Could Spur Earlier Peace Efforts
The piece argues that clearing towns along a 75 mile coast from Foochow to Siapu could revive talk of an American amphibious assault on Japan. It weighs the value of Formosa occupation and a direct invasion against prolonged battles in China, noting air-base shortages and the need for carrier air power to mount a decisive strike.
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Foochow
Siapu
Formosa
Japan
China
Train Kills Driver Jerome White Near Barrymore
Jerome White, an independent contractor for the Jerome Cooperative creamery based in Twin Falls, was killed Monday when his truck was struck by a Union Pacific passenger train one mile east of Barrymore. The truck was dragged about 200 feet along the tracks. White, a father of several children, died instantly.
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Jerome
Jack White
Twin Falls
Jerome Cooperative Creamery
Barrymore
Union Pacific
White
London Hunts Nazi Fugitive Ribbentrop Said to Be in City
Army investigators warned that Joachim von Ribbentrop, former Nazi foreign minister, may be seeking sanctuary in London. A responsible informant said G-2 had cautioned the possibility he is disguised and at large in the capital, where he once served as German ambassador.
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London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Frost Hits Central Midwest Crops Across Wide Area
Frost and cold air from the north damaged crops in the Midwest and along the East, with Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois reporting losses to tomatoes strawberries cabbage and other vegetables. Temperatures hit a record June 5 low in New York City and western states endured slow growth due to cool, wet weather with scattered showers forecast.
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Associated Press
Jack Frost
Aw.o.l
Midwest
New England
Continental Divide
Rockies
Tennessee
Arkansas
Chicago
Hudson Bay
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
New York City
Salt Lake City
Mitscher says Japanese death by own action threat shrinking
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, commander of the fast carrier task force in Okinawa operations, stated that the Japanese risk of self-destruct bombing is daily being reduced and that only about ten percent of our planes get through Pacific air defenses. He described the tactic as dive bombing with sacrifice and suggested improved ship equipment could nearly eliminate the threat.
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Washington
Marc A. Mitscher
Okinawa
Mitscher
Navy Department
Pacific
German Prisoners Help Work Sugar Beet Fields in Idaho
German prisoners of war from Rupert camp assist sugar beet field work in southeastern Idaho. About 250 prisoners housed at the eastern Idaho state fair grounds, guarded by Capt. Elgin O. Marshall and Capt. W. D. Ginnaven. Officials warned Bingham County that no contact with prisoners on farms or at the camp is allowed.
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Rupert
Idaho
Idaho State Fair Grounds
Elgin O. Marshall
W. D. Ginnaven
Bingham County
Allied Powers To Govern Five Districts
Allied nations announce four occupation zones for Germany after unconditional surrender. Zones are Soviet Union eastern, United Kingdom northwestern, United States southwestern, France western with greater Berlin under inter allied control. Eisenhower heads to Berlin for four power meeting as control council plans staff divisions and civilian participation.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
London
Paris
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Greater Berlin
United Fations
United Nations
Control Council
State Department
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frankfurt-on-Main
Berlin
SHAEF
Eisenhower
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