Roosevelt Calls for Higher Food and Industrial Output
President Roosevelt urged increases in food production tied to stronger industrial output, purchasing power, and measures on trade and finance. He spoke to the U.N. Food Conference at the White House about a postwar world with freedom from want and fear, stressing unity among 44 nations and the aim for a permanent U.N. to handle food issues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations Food Conference
Hot , Va
White House
United Nations
United Nations Organization
Invasion Strategy Rumors Rise as U S Air Force Arrives
The eighth U S Army Air Force arrives in Britain boosting airpower as invasion speculation grows. Churchill nears North Africa talks with Marshall and Brooke while German defenses bolster Bergen port and coastal areas in Europe.
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U. S. Army Air Force
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North Africa
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Mediterranean
Daily Mail
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Daily Herald
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U. S. Army
Daily Express
Marshall
Alan Brooke
United Nations
Mark W. Clark
Bergen
Hague
Holland
Morocco
Gibraltar
Nazis Losing Many Planes In Russian Front Fight
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Air Force downed 752 German planes from May 30 to June 5 while Russia lost 212 aircraft in the same week. Soviet brief says air battles added to German losses in five weeks, with bombers active near the Donets front and Gorki raiding. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Ray Deavile of 247 South Hayes at St Anthony's Hospital.
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Lishchansk
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Berlin
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Gorki
Middle Volga
Sevsk
Kharkov
Ray Deavile
South Hayes
St. Anthony's Hospital
Nazis Boast Of Strength Of Land Army
Berlin claims the axis continental armies with millions of trained troops cannot be defeated by Allied landings in southern Europe. The German army organ Die Wehrmacht is cited, arguing invaders would face a formidable, worn but still powerful land force, while Allies face a daunting task.
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Berlin
Associated Press
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Bodie
June Days Return By A V W
Continued on page eight a reflective note on June weather and brides with April like air and cotton cloud illusions. The piece mentions returning collegians and a forecast of rising temperatures as yesterday’s high reached 61 and a low of 38.
Action Stirs In Pacific War Theater
A large body of American troops arrived in New Zealand for intensive training with Guadalcanal veterans as preparations for a combat push. Rear Admiral Theodore Wilkinson announced the move while Admiral Chester W. Nimintz returned to the United States for a global strategy conference. He pledged continued Pacific air and sea superiority, noting planes and ships are being produced faster than Japan can absorb.
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Guadalcanal
Theodore Wilkinson
South Pacific
Chester W. Nimintz
Pacific Fleet
Hawaii
Berkeley
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Pacific
Solomons
Draft Boards Call Many for July Inductions
Idaho July draft calls predict the largest monthly induction in over a year with Boise Pocatello and Spokane postings. Lt Col Norman B Adkison notes Boise July 14 17 Pocatello July 19 22 Spokane July 23 26. McNutt warns boards overstepping rules on deferment for fathers and urges appeals where applicable.
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Idaho
Norman B. Adkison
Pocatello
Spokane
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Preston Man Wins Flying Cross for W P A Service
The War Department announced on Monday that the Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to Idaho servicemen for extraordinary achievement in the southwest Pacific area. Staff Sgt. Jesse D. Bergquist of Preston and Staff Sgt. Clarence G. Higgins of Boise are among the recipients.
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Southwest Pacific
Idaho
War Department
Jesse D. Bergquist
Preston
Clarence G. Higgins
Woodlawn Avenue
Boise
Roosevelt Grandson in Gun Accident Claims Boy Friend
Ten year old William Donner Roosevelt tripped over a .22 rifle at home causing it to discharge and kill his friend Lewis Hutchinson 11. Hutchinson son of a prominent Ardmore broker died at Bryn Mawr hospital. Coroner W J Rushong said an inquest will be held. Billy was released to his mother Elizabeth Donner Winsor.
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William Donner Roosevelt
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Lewis Hutchinson
W. J. Rushong
Young Hutchinson
Ardmore, Pa
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Elizabeth Donner Winsor
Billy
James Hagan
Flyers Sweep Over Japs in Hupeh Area
American bombers and fighters aid central Chinese forces on the Hupeh front sweeping the Yangtze from Tchang to Shasi. They damaged a large boat and strafed a gunboat. Chiang Kai-shek’s troops press toward Hwajung, south of Ichang, to ease the Yangtze threat.
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Hupeh
Joseph W. Stilwell
Yangtze
Tchang
Shasi
Chiang Kai-shek
Hwa
Ketchum Prepares For Boom as Navy Takes Resort
Ketchum warms to a new boom as the Navy moves to convert the Sun Valley resort into a convalescent hospital. More than 20 former Sun Valley staff return, and initial Navy personnel arrive to prepare facilities. Many local homes are leased to Navy personnel assigned to the postwar facility.
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Baseball National Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Night Game
Brooklyn faces Pittsburgh in the only scheduled American League game of the night. No other games are on the slate today.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Allied air blitz hits Italian fronts from Messina to Pantelleria
Allied air forces strike rail and ferry targets on both sides of the Messina Strait and Pantelleria as U S and British aircraft pound railway sidings and oil facilities. Cairo reports eight of about 30 interrupter planes shot down while RAF claims two Z-1007 bombers destroyed with continued attacks through Sunday.
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British Empire
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la Spezia
Middle East
San Giovanni
Reggio Calabria
Messina
Cairo
R.A.F
Miners Return Under Fourth Truce in Coal War Talks
John L. Lewis leads about a half million coal miners back to work under a renewed truce as dissension crops up among southern operators. Negotiators met briefly with operators then recessed for an operators caucus. The War Labor Board was silent and no formal restart order was issued. A sub committee resumed talks with Lewis and Tetlow joining O Neil and Burke.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
War Labor Board
WLB
Charles O'Neil
Edward Burke
Lewis and
Percy Tetlow
Victim Improves After High Voltage Truck Accident
Leo Swogger 28 a truck driver injured when a truck top with a tripod touched high tension lines at Glenns Ferry has shown improvement per hospital attaches. The 2300 volt electric shock seriously burned him last week.
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Boise
Leo Swogger
Glenns Ferry
Rawson Steps Out As President of Argentine Republic
Idaho Falls and Blackfoot sugar factories will be operated this fall by Utah Idaho Sugar. Sugar City and Shelley will close.
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Argentine Republic
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot
Idaho
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Paul Scalley
Sugar City
Shelley
Clark Proposes Bill to Aid Basques in Idaho Sheep Industry
Senator Clark of Idaho introduces a bill to allow 11 Basque arrivals who came without passports to be treated as lawfully admitted. The measure seeks immigration service recognition to permit them to remain permanently, citing their contribution to Idaho’s sheep industry.
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Washington
Idaho
Clark
Congress
Immigration Service
Utah Miners Return to Work After Short Walkout
Utah coal miners resumed full crews today after a week of the no contract no work strike by the United Mine Workers. Carbon county miners met at Helper and voted to resume production after rejecting a proposal to stay idle while contract talks continue.
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Washington
Senator Connally
Texas
Price
Utah
United Mine Workers
Carbon County
Helper
Military conspiracy rumors top Mussolini reports in Italy
A Tass dispatch from Geneva quotes unconfirmed reports alleging a military conspiracy against Premier Mussolini. It says sensational arrests were made among former army officers.
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Moscow
Tass
Geneva
Mussolini
Italy
Boise attorney seeks insanity appeal for prisoner Behler
William Behler, condemned to die July 2 at Idaho state prison, may have an insanity appeal filed in Grangeville district court. Boise lawyer Jack W. Musser plans to mail papers Tuesday and hire Idaho’s top psychiatrist to test Behler’s mental fitness after Ferdinand killing of grocer John P. Gilbertz on March 8.
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Jack W. Musser
William Behler
Idaho State Prison
Musser
Johnson
Miles 8. Johnson
Grangeville
Behler
Idaho
John P. Gilbertz
Ferdinand
North
Argentine provisional cabinet crisis prompts resignations
Diplomatic circles report four ultra conservative Argentine cabinet members resigned amid foreign policy disputes. Jose Maria RoseHorace CalderonGen Juan PistariniGen Domingo Martinez were named as stepping down after a weekend in office. Gen Arturo Rawson then resigned as head of the new government accusing Gen Ramirez of forming a rival regime following failed cabinet talks.
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Argentina
Jose Maria Rose
Horace Calderon
Juan Pistarini
Buenos Aires
Arturo Rawson
Pedro Ramirez
Dominog Martinez
Ramirez
Castillo
Railway Unions Seek 30 Percent Wage Increase
Edward J. Flynn for five railway brotherhoods urged a 30 percent raise with retroactive effect to March 1, saying no strike threats are being made. He cited profits and unrest among workers while stressing a strong no strike during this emergency doctrine. The unions named are the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Switchmen's Union of North America Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Order of Railroad Conductors.
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Edward J. Flynn
Flynn
Democratic National Committee
National Railway Panel
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The
Switchmen's Union of North America
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Order of Railroad Conductors
Judge Allows Immediate Marriage Of Lt Milton J Jones
Lieutenant Milton J Jones, set to depart soon, sought to wed Mil dred Burden of Blair Oklahoma. Idaho premarital law required a blood test and three days’ wait for a license. District Judge Charles Koelsch issued a special order permitting an immediate ceremony.
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Milton J. Jones
Mildred Burden
Blair
Oklo
Tdaho
Charles Koelsch
Navy approves Farragut station building changes for restaurant
Washington reports Representative White of Idaho says the Navy approves relocation and alteration of Farragut naval station at Sandpoint to provide a restaurant at a cost of 30000 dollars and authorizes 14412 dollars for new firefighting equipment at the same station.
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White
Idaho
Navy Department
Farragut Naval Station
Sandpoint
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Pareragut Station
Ship Collision Kills 84 Off East Coast
A tanker and an armed freighter collided off the U S east coast killing 84 sailors. The freighter lost 66 of 69 aboard and the tanker 18 of 82. Debris hit a nearby coast guard ship as explosions and fires raged. survivors were rescued by coast guard and naval ships. The navy opened an investigation into the disaster.
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Norfolk, Va
United States
Navy
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Naval
Silver Paying Good Profit from Government Gold and Silver
Representative White argues the silver purchase program yielded over 800 million dollars in profit and enabled more than 1.9 billion dollars in interest-free money. He cites Lincoln era notes and a Federal Reserve compilation to show the growing value of money from 1879 to 1942.
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Representative White
Idaho
White
Congressional Record
House
Abraham Lincoln
Treasury
Greenbacks
Federal Reserve Bank
Grangeville Officers Probe Double Deaths
In Grangeville Idaho Clyde Morrow 49 a Boles stockman and Mrs Mabel Meade 50 were found shot to death in a city apartment. Meade held a 22 caliber rifle as her daughter Joyce Frances 12 and friend Jimmie Benedict 12 witnessed the scene. Coroner Glenn Aller said a coroner's inquest would seek today to determine if the deaths were self inflicted or the result of foul play.
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Idaho
Clyde Morrow
Boles
Mabel Meade
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