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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
4
The piece presents a Bible verse from Psalm 68 30 about conquering nations, mentioning China and Israel. It is included amid newspaper masthead material and legal notice references for the Pocatello Idaho publication.
The four victors plan a Berlin based high council led by General Eisenhower to occupy former German lands. U S gains Baden Württemberg Bavaria Saxony while Russia takes East Prussia and lands west of Poland. Britain receives northwest Germany and coastlines. France gets the Saar Platz Hess Rhine.
Look magazine estimates Hitler’s war cost the world about 740 billion dollars with Axis 300 America 240 Russia 100 each and Britain 100 ships loss. war dead reach 8.9 million Germans and 6.7 million Allies. Wounded and homeless numbers are vast and reconstruction will take generations.
A Europe report cites Stalin’s note that attacks on occupation forces or harm to Russian soldiers will lead to executions of the perpetrators and 50 others. A Pacific dispatch recounts Japanese beheadings of eleven missionaries in the Philippines. An American airman’s death in Germany is noted and a New York state textbook mischaracterizes the Japanese as friendly and intelligent.
A brief note reports that several Nazi war criminals killed themselves to avoid prosecution, a act described as perhaps the only compliment paid to American criminal justice in modern times.
Fire department reports a growing shortage of staff across units. Officials warn response times may lengthen if recruitment and overtime controls fail, stressing communities rely on volunteers and paid crews to meet emergency demand.
A new Lewiston chapter of the Song of the American Revolution names itself after Colonel William Craig, Idaho pioneer and early Nez Perce interpreter. Craig, a famed mountain man and first permanent white settler in Idaho, helped Lewiston’s founders secure a treaty lease in 1861 and served on Governor Stevens’ staff before dying in 1869.
A fire at the Loren H. Miller ranch southwest of Twin Falls last Saturday destroyed a brooderhouse and a barn. Two horses perished, two were rescued, with losses estimated at $1,000. Also notes on memorial grove proposal, Idaho traffic committee hire, and other brief items.
Lightfoot the Deer hides and listens as the hunter with terrible guns nears. Sam Jay and Blacky the Crow notice his fear and changes in behavior. The once carefree animal waits, watching for danger from shadows and foliage until the story moves forward. Next story: Sammy Jay Brings Lightfoot Word.
President Truman denounces the house appropriations committee for cutting funds for the Fair Employment Practice Committee in the war agencies bill. He urges the rules committee to allow quick consideration of a permanent FEPC bill and warns the cut would abolish the committee and end its work without a house vote.
In Aurora Illinois farmer Robert Friebele spotted a fox he believed killed 29 chickens. He shot but did not claim the $5 bounty, choosing to fatten the animal for winter fur market instead.
Angelo Patri explains why forcing a bashful child to eat is harmful and offers gentler feeding strategies. He advocates substitutes for disliked foods, consulting a diet specialist, and creating simple meals that nourish body and soul to support a child’s health and growth.
Wilson announces a late month or July meeting of the Idaho board of education to review an occupational guidance program funded by a $25,000 appropriation. A program director may be appointed next session as the educational survey commission, headed by Wilson, plans to meet June 20 with Peabody college observers. The legislature has appropriated $50,000 for the survey.
Wilson said officials discussed the guidance program at Moscow over the weekend but reached no conclusions.
Washington officials report mail volume reaching a record high at the White House. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross says the office is snowed under yet continues to run. Maurice Latta notes never before seen influx since Truman took office.
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