News of D Day at Pocatello Air Field Sparks Mixed Reactions
Soldiers and staff at the Pocatello army air field reacted with relief and excitement as news of the Allied invasion in Europe arrived. Swing shift crews received the report late Monday, sparking discussions, prayers, and reflections on the long campaign ahead.
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Pocatello Army Air Field
Europe
John M. Schuler
Vincent R. Grumman
Pocatello
Crockett Baxter
Berlin
Chester Sprinkle
Ruth Stevic
Wac
Stevic
Catholic Body Elects Staff at Idaho Women’s Council Session
Four north Idaho women were named to direct the Idaho Council of Catholic Women for its 26th year during the silver jubilee celebration at St Edward's church. Delegates heard Rev Fr Cody of Pocatello speak. 130 attended a luncheon at Hunt relocation center. Moscow hosts 1945 convention. Bishop Kelly gave keynote address on Papacy and Peace.
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Twin Falls
North Idaho
Idaho Council of Catholic Women
St. Edward’s Catholic Church
Theodore J. Goeckner
E. R. Cody
Pocatello
Hunt Relocation Center
Edward J. Kelly
Lindsay and Wells to Address Idaho Southern University Class
Rev Marcus E Lindsey of Boiserian church and Richard Wells local businessman and Rotary president will speak at the eighteenth annual baccalaureate and commencement at Idaho Southern University. The services are scheduled for June 18 and 19.
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Marcus E. Lindsey
Boiserian Church
Richard Wells
The
International Rotary
Idaho Southern University
Fort Hall Seaman Reported Missing
Richard Pogue of Fort Hall a second class seaman in the naval reserve is missing the Navy Department announced his wife Frances Bagley Pogue lives at Fort Hall.
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Washington
Richard Pogue
Fort Hall
Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Frances Bagley Pogue
Twenty Postwar Idaho Jobs May Total 168 Millions
Postwar construction of 20 projects in Idaho at an estimated cost of 168.9 million dollars at 1940 prices is proposed by the reclamation bureau. The plan would add 307,550 acres to cultivation and 1,709,260 more acres would receive supplemental water, with 220,000 kilowatts of hydroelectric power.
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Washington
Idaho
Reclamation Bureau
Congress
Boise Anderson Ranch
Rathdrum Prairie Post Falls
Mann Creek
Palisades
Boise Payette Division
Boise
Anderson Ranch
WPB
Boise - Payette Division
Rathdrum Prairie
Post Falls
Spokane River
Snake River
Mountain Home
Lewiston
Sweetwater Creek
Cabinet Gorge
Clark Fork
Albeni Falls
Pend Oreille
Challis
Saloma River
Devil Creek
Medicine
Montpelier
Bear River
Paris
Oneida
Mills College Grants Degrees to Two Alumni
Mrs. John McMahon formerly Margaret Ann Cleare and Miss Helen Carolyn Wells received degrees at Mills College graduation ceremonies on June 4. McMahon earned a B A in February, majoring in child development, daughter of Mrs. Stanley J. Cleare of 422 West Fremont and a Pocatello High School alum. Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Wells of 710 North Gamfield, studied economics and led student groups including Bit and Sput and Ethel Moorehall, with her brother Fargo in attendance at the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McMahon
Margaret Ann Cleare
Stanley J. Cleare
Mills College
Helen Carolyn Wells
McMahon
West Fremont
Pocatello High School
Mills
C. G. Wells
North Gamfield
Chevy Chase High
Bit
Sput
Ethel Moorehall
Fargo
House Rejects Longer Immunity Window for Pearl Harbor Officers
The House, by a 164 to 135 vote, refused to extend beyond three months the period during which army and navy officers remain immune from prosecution for negligence tied to the Pearl Harbor attack. Only Rep. Wadsworth supported the Democratic amendment to lengthen the statute to one year. A roll-call vote may follow after other actions. There are more than 3,000,000 bicycles in Sweden.
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Washington
House
Pearl Harbor
Wadsworth
New York
Army
Navy
Chains Facing Prosecution
Thirteen chains of small loan companies in the south and west, involving 40 corporations and 75 individuals, were indicted for conspiring to fix interest rates. The grand jury in San Antonio alleges rates from 69 to 1000 percent per year on loans of 5 to 60 dollars, with many loans at 120 to 240 percent. The defendants operate in 23 states from the Carolinas to the Pacific coast.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
San Antonio
Texas
Carolinas
Pacific Coast
Party Leader Visits City on Western Swing
National Democratic party chairman Robert Hannegan spoke in Pocatello on a 30 state tour as he warned against a return to pre war prosperity after World War I. He praised war time service as strengthening the party and noted Idaho's population and politics while visiting the USO hut. Birthday tributes were paid to several service members including Pvt Orvil D Tetz and Mel and Budd Morgan with cakes at the USO hut.
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Robert Hannegan
St. Louis
Democratic Party
Pocatello
Salt Lake City
West
Hannegan
Idaho
Chicago
Pvt
Orvil D. Tetz
Third Avenue
Twin Falls
Sheppard Field
Texas
G. Tetz
Pocatello Uso Hut
Mel Morgan
Budd Morgan
Nate Morgan
USO
Avon Park
Fla
Brookfield
Erosion Wears North American Surface One Foot in Ten Thousand
Geologists estimate that the continent’s surface erodes at a rate of about one foot every ten thousand years. This slow geological process shapes landscapes over vast timescales and informs studies of earth history and geography.
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North America
Bus Line Permit Request Considered in Idaho
The Idaho public utilities commission will review a permit for a bus line between Coeur d'Alene and Boise at Coeur d'Alene. Frank Mathews of St. Maries, manager of a stage line between Coeur d'Alene and Moscow, notes the proposal would run Coeur d'Alene to Lewiston Grangeville and connect in southern Idaho with a line into Vish.
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Moscow
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Boise
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Frank Mathews
St. Maries
Lewiston
Grangeville
Vish
Father of Pocatellan Dies At Heber Utah
Funeral services are set for Benjamin Willmore 83 of Logan Utah who died Sunday at a daughter’s home in Heber He was the father of Mrs Britt M Hargraves and Mrs John M Boyes both of Pocatelio Utah died at home of a daughter in Heber with services tomorrow
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Heber
Utah
Benjamin Willmore
Logan
Britt M. Hargraves
John M. Boyes
Pocatelio
Flying Fortresses Armament Has Minimum Thirteen .50 Caliber Guns
The statement notes that every Flying Fortress carries at least 13 .50 caliber machine guns. It emphasizes heavy defensive armament for the aircraft, underscoring the standard airpower posture of the era.
Ickes Proposes 236 Projects Worth About 3 Billion
Secretary Ickes submits an inventory of 236 irrigation reclamation and power projects for postwar building in 17 western states costing about 2.95 billion dollars based on 1940 prices. The plan would employ about 1.25 million workers for one year and expand western purchasing power while delivering hydroelectric capacity and water storage for tens of thousands of farms.
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Washington
Congress
Ickes
Harry W. Bashore
Army Surplus Sales at Ogden Prompt Disciplinary Action
Washington reports discipline followed surplus army property sales at Ogden Utah and Detroit Michigan. Paterson told the House Appropriations Committee officers were reclassified and disciplined after obsolete batteries sold for far less than cost and later resold. He warned the episode made officers timid and wary of potential misconduct charges.
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Washington
Ogden
Utah
Detroit
Robert P. Patterson
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Patterson
Miss Joanne Hunter Returns From Moscow
Miss Joanne Hunter daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Hunter 346 North Arthur has completed her junior year abroad returning Friday from Moscow.
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Joanne Hunter
Ray
Hunter
North Arthur
Moscow
Hotel Director Dies in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY T-Wallace M Bransford 63 director of the Utah Hotel company and Park Utah Consolidated Mining company died Tuesday from a heart ailment. A California native who arrived in Salt Lake City in 1898 he was prominent in real estate. His father John Bransford a former mayor, his widow a son Wallace Leonard Bransford in the south Pacific service and a sister Mrs Lewis A Evans survive.
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Salt Lake City
Wallace M. Bransford
Utah Hotel Company
Park Utah Consolidated Mining Company
California
John &. Bransford
Utah Capital City
Wallace Leonard Bransford
South Pacific
Lewis A. Evans
Officials Confer Over Pocatello Phosphate Plant Plans
Ed R. Prevol of J R Simplot and Walter B Christen sen of McClelland and Jones met in Salt Lake City to discuss construction matters for the Pocatello super phosphate plant. They expect to return Thursday.
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Ed R. Prevol
J. R. Simptot Company
Walter B. Christensen
McClelland and Jones Architectural Company
Jeft Tutsday
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Simplot Company
Trucker Plunges Cliff Killing Six Mexican Workers
A truck carrying 44 workers toppled from a 25 foot cliff near Puebla on Tuesday. Six men died and 38 were injured in the crash.
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Puebla
Mexico
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Union Pacific
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Neev
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Pocatellan
Heber, Utah
Canyon County
H. G. Peckham
Wilder
Mr. Peckham
H.g.peckham
Hart Landscape Nursery
South Third Avenue
Frank Langley
Democratic
Idaho Industrial Accident Board
ARROW
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Fargo-Wilson-Wells
Southeast Idaho Furniture CO
East Center
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