Invasion of Europe May Come at Once
The Associated Press reports Gen. George Marshall in North Africa with Prime Minister Churchill as plans for a rapid Axis defeat solidify. Churchill calls cabinet sessions after talks with Roosevelt while Italy awaits a likely Allied strike amid zero hour predictions.
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Associated Press
Europe
George Marshall
United States Army
North
Africa
America
Washington
Winston Churchill
Churchill
London
Roosevelt
Italy
Indians Hold Ceremony For Governor At Fort Hall
Fort Hall reservation to host a large ceremony and dance Tuesday evening June 15 honoring Governor 0 A Bottolfsen and Mrs Nellie Cline Steenson for backing Idaho Indian Day. Major White and Captain Brown to present service flags to Indian families with service members. Lieut Commander Scoville also invited. About 500 Indians expected. Willie George to MC. Mayors and chamber officials on guest list.
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A. Bottolfsen
Nellie Cline Steenson
Bannock County
Fort Hall
Buffalo Lodge
C. L. Graves
Pocatello
Graves
John Scoville
Navy Gun Pliant
Blackfoot
American Falls
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Willie George
Joe Youngren
Gable Producing War Films at U S Bomber Station in England
Captain Clark Gable former star is making training films in England for the U.S. Army Air Forces with a six man crew. He travels to American air stations in England to interview and film returning crews and wounded, under the orders of Brig. Gen. Luther S. Smith. He may return to the United States after filming to show material to trainees.
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U. S
England
Clark Gable
U. S. Army Air Forces
Army
Gable
Luther S. Smith
Hollywood
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Fortress of Ball
William R. Calhoun
Birmingham
Ala
Antwerp
United States
Salmon Man Dies In Island Camp
Notification from Mr and Mrs Hubert Prosser of Salmon that their son Hubert Prosser died May 18 in a prison camp in the Philippines. He was taken prisoner in the peninsula.
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Hubert Prosser
Philippines
Salmon
Poca
Peninsula
Army Plane Crashes Near St. Anthony Region
A plane crash 15 miles northwest of St. Anthony was reported late Saturday. The craft, from the Sixth Ferrying Group at Long Beach California, reportedly landed at Pocatello for fuel. The ship was demolished, details and crew numbers unknown, with information to be released after next of kin are notified.
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St. Anthony
Long Beach
Calif
Pocatello
Giraud Heads French Army to Lead North Africa Unity
Paris sources report Gen. Henri Giraud will remain commander in chief of the French North African army after talks with Gen. Charles de Gaulle. A compromise allows Giraud to stay in command if he does not lead in the field, while De Gaulle gains a merged army corps overseen by Gen. Alphonse Juin.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Giraud
French Committee For National Liberation
Cochairman
Alphonse Juin
Idaho Progressive Society of the Blind Holds War Work Talks
Delegates to Idaho’s ninth annual Progressive Society of the Blind met in Boise Saturday and heard reports on war plant work in Salt Lake City and Ogden Utah. Miss Aldine Gartin reviewed the Idaho Utah interstate society convention held in Ogden last week. Loyal West and William Nichol of Ogden discussed defense work by the sightless. The meeting ends tomorrow with a lunch basket picnic.
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Boise
Idaho
Progressive Society of the Blind
Utah
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Aldine Gartin
State Department of Public Assistance
Loyal West
William Nichol
ISU Reaches Navy Cadet Training Agreement
Dr. E. J. Baldwin announces completion of contracts for 450 naval cadets to train at Idaho Southern University in Pocatello starting July 1. Cadets will enroll in three 16 week terms with physicals and dormitory housing, dining hall construction, and seaman’s pay of 50 dollars monthly.
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E. J. Baldwin
Idaho Southern University
Pocatello
Naval
Graveley Hall
Baldwin
Major Kermit Roosevelt Dies in North Front
Major Kermit Roosevelt, 53, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, died on an army assignment in Alaska. Officials said death not necessarily due to enemy action. He previously served with British and Finnish forces before joining American forces at Pearl Harbor. He was the second of the 26th president’s four sons to die in service.
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Washington
Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Alaska
War Department
Alaskan Command
Roosevelt
Germany
Poland
Egypt
Russia
Finland
England
Pearl Harbor
Quentin
France
Theodore, Jr
Archibald
Pacific
Africa
Girl Struck by Car in Center Street Incident
Ten year old Joan Reese, daughter of Harold and Mrs. Reese, was struck and bruised in the 300 block on East Center at 4 56 P M Saturday by a coupe driven by Mrs. K W Purtell. She was taken to St Anthonys hospital for examination. Police say she stepped from in front of a parked car. No serious injury reported. Earlier, a collision occurred in the 300 block on East Clark involving H T Bieker and Vennan E Sims.
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Joan Reese
Harold Reese
North Third
East Center
K. W. Purtell
Washington
St. Anthony’s Hospital
R. B. Hegsted
Purtell
H. T. Bieker
East Benton
Vennan E. Sims
East Clark
Pocatello Officers Return Sailor To Answer Charge
Governor Maw granted Idaho’s extradition request for James Fredrick Moore from Salt Lake City. Moore, 20, is charged with grand larceny in Bannock county after posing as a sailor and allegedly stealing a gun and other items from a local family. He was returned to Pocatello Saturday evening.
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Salt Lake City
Maw
Bortolfsen
Idaho
James Fredrick Moore
Moore
Bannock County
Pocatello
C. C. Evans
Co. V. Boyatt
Navy
American Bombers Sink Italian Battleships at Spezia Harbor
American Fortresses attacked Spezia harbor in Italy during a major raid, damaging three battleships, a heavy cruiser and a merchant vessel. Near misses and 2 000 pound bombs caused heavy damage as Liberator bombers hit Grottaglie airdrome and allied planes struck Italian targets along the Mediterranean coast.
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North Africa
Spezia
Italy
Genoa
RAF
Trieste
Gorizia
la Maddalena
Sardinia
Mussolini
Middle East
Grottalgio
Brindisi
Mediterranean
Grottalgie
Storms Halt Air Strikes in Pacific Raid Report
Allied communique says Langgoer on the Kai islands and Dobo on the Aroes were lightly raided Friday night but stormy weather shut down operations across the southwest Pacific. Medium bombers attacked Langgoer and Dobo with fires seen 40 miles away. Laha on Ambonia was bombed in a night raid.
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Allied
Australia
Langgoer
Kai Islands
Dobo
Aroes
Southwest Pacific
Aroe Islands
Darwin
Laha
Ambonia
Wewak
Lae
New Guinea
Taxicab Driver Faces Speeding Charge in City
Police report the arrest of Vern C. Fincher of 153 South Third a taxicab driver on a speeding charge. He allegedly drove 60 mph between Fifth and Halliday to the 1400 block on South Fifth, part of which was in a 20 mile zone.
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Vern C. Fincher
South Third
Fifth
Halliday
South Fifth
General Assumes Office As Castillo Resigns
John L. Lewis announced the coal miners back‑to‑work order remains in force for two weeks. Reports said the White House endorsed anti‑strike legislation to imprison those instigating strikes, amid the UMW’s telegram ordering a return to work from June 7 to June 20.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
White House
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
County Seeks Double Fee for Driver Licenses
County prosecutor Everett M. Sweeley said a supreme court ruling on driver license fees will be sought soon. He advised Sheriff Warren Lowery not to accept a deputy post to issue licenses without compensation and argued the sheriff must double current collections for license applications. About 400 applications paid 50 cents to the state. if a second fee is required, those applicants may owe an additional 50 cents and, for chauffer licenses, $2 for the license and $2 for the application receipt.
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Twin Falls
Supreme Court
Everett M. Sweeley
Sweeley
Warren Lowery
Department of Law Enforcement
Boise
Lowery
Charles Spoor
Father Dies in Boise After Illness of Percy May
Mrs. Ben Buskirk wife of a Boise police officer returned from Boise where she was summoned by illness and death of her father Percy May who died on Memorial Day and was buried last Tuesday.
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Ben Buskirk
Officer Buskirk
Police Department
Boise
Percy May
Soviet Flyers Smash at Nazis Trains
London reports Moscow radio says Soviet aircraft hit German trains at Bryansk and Karachev after heavy strikes on Orel. The midnight bulletin noted fires and explosions from direct hits and that Germans moved equipment after the Orel junction attack. No major land offensives were indicated.
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London
Bryansk
Karachey
Orel
Moscow
Karachev
Smolensk
Frost Threat Moves Out
The outdoor temperature climbs with sunny skies as frost danger recedes. Gardeners must decide on tomato protection with no responsibility assumed by the writers. Forecast calls for rising temperatures with highs around 57 yesterday.
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Old Sol
Victory Gardeners
Former Pocatello resident visits from California
Charles Chick Goransen once a familiar Pocatello figure now works with the U S border patrol and is employed at the Lockheed Aviation plant in Burbank California He is visiting his old hometown stages to renew old acquaintances.
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Charles
Chick) Goransen
U. S. Border Patrol Service
Lockheed Aviation Plaint
Burbank
Calif
Army and Navy Officers Dominate New Argentine Cabinet
General Arturo Rawson formed a 10 member government led by military chiefs with only two civilians, as he replaced President Ramon Castillo after a brief act of defiance aboard a warship. The change followed Friday's ouster of the Castillo government by army and naval leaders.
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Army
Navy
Buenos Aires
Arturo Rawson
Ramon Castillo
Rawson
Castillo
Argentina
Axis
Sabo Sueyro
Interior
Segundo Storni
Diego Mason
Domingo Martinez
Domingo Pistarini
Jose Maria Rosa
Benito Suerro
Horace Calderon
Pedro Ramirez
Rosa
Calderon
Miguel Calaciati
la Plata
Daniel Amadeo Y Videla
Montevideo
Uruguay
Federal Penitentiary
Government House
Drummond
Rio de la Plata
Associated Press
China Wins Upper Yangtze Clash Clears Way to Chungking
Reports say Chinese forces capture Ichang area outer defenses and Kungan south of Shasi, with major gains along the Yangtze. Chiang Kai-shek’s troops infiltrate Zh陵ang city causing disorder as bombardment and fires aid a southeast sweep. Critical supply lines to Hunan and Szechwan secured, boosting rice and goods flow.
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Chungking
Yangtze
Ichang
Kungan
Shasi
Meat price cuts ordered in second stage of roll back
The office of price administration announced a meat price reduction about three cents a pound below current retail quotes. The subsidy goes into effect June 21 for most cuts, July 5 for pork products, with butter subsidies already in place this week.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Husband Missing Near Ross Park Air Base
Mrs Eldin Crystal reports her 27 year old husband, an air base employee, failed to return home Friday night and is still missing near Ross park, prompting police to investigate as a missing person case.
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Eldin Crystal
Ross Park
Security Tax May Rise as Inflation Warps Policy
President Roosevelt urged higher social security contributions to curb inflation. He praised a local DC compensation bill but warned against tax cuts, saying the era calls for reducing spending and boosting reserves. He favored increasing contributions across all social security branches to absorb excess purchasing power, with the current 5 percent levy set to rise to 7 percent pending Congress action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Congress
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