Yankees Bay 19 Zeros in Island Battle
U S fighter planes claim victory near the Russell Islands in the Solomons as 19 Japanese Zero fighters are shot down and six damaged. Seven American planes are lost with three pilots saved. North Pacific reports eight more enemy dead on Attu and several captured or killed in Chichagof valley. The action follows a prior raid on Bougainville and includes sinking a destroyer and burning a corvette and cargo ship.
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U. S
North Pacific
Attu Island
Chichagof
Russell Islands
Guadalcanal
Bougainville Island
Italy Reports Failure of British Landing on Lampedusa
Rome radio said allied forces tried to land on Lampedusa off Tunisian coast but were repulsed by Italian defenses. Berlin and London reports varied, with Berlin claiming a five-company raid and sinking craft, while Italian communique praised defenses and noted repeated aerial attacks on the island.
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London
Rome
Lampedusa
Sousse
Tunisian
Berlin
Associated Press
High Command
Mediterranean
Convict Dies In Break At Kansas Penitentiary
In Lansing Kansas guards killed one convict and wounded two others during an attempted escape from a mine shaft. The slain inmate was Max Landreth serving a burglary term and pit boss Steve Atkinson received minor knife wounds. Warden Milton F Amrine reported guards opened fire when the convicts refused to surrender at the shaft top.
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Lansing
Kans
Kansas Penitentiary
Milton F. Amrine
Max Landreth
Steve Atkinson
Atkinson
John Heslop
Armine
Nazis Ready With Subs to Counter Allied Invasion
Berlin military circles say officers meet hourly on invasion plans and rely on a powerful submarine fleet to wreck landing ops. Sources cited expect attacks from the Mediterranean with three well drilled allied armies and French reserves ready for action.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Bancroft Soldier among 252 Held by Japanese
Washington reports two Idahoans identified by the war department as prisoners of the Japanese. Pfc. Ralf R. Mabey of Bancroft and Pfc. Alvin Amera of Ferdinand are among 252 Americans captured. The internment camp is not specified.
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Washington
Soldiers Learn About Girls And Stay-at-Home Fellows
A wartime comical exchange in a Quonset reveals Marines lamenting isolation from women as USO girls are restricted and long-distance romances unfold. Private banter touches on furloughs, engagements, and the lure of home amid patrols and distant ports.
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Eugene Berns
Kiska
Dutch Harbor
USO
Chain of Islands
Dame
Air Strength Cuts Threat in China Front
The Ichang Yangtze battle shows Chinese air power turning back a Japanese offensive. American and Chinese air forces press the attack, with Churchill affirming air bombing will wear down foes as Burma aid remains blocked.
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United Nations
China
Burma
Churchill
House of Commons
Chile reorganizes cabinet after governance crisis
Vice Admiral Julio Allard Pinto became interior minister and Gen. Oscar Escudero took defense as President Juan Antonio Rios names a new cabinet after Paul Morales resigned amid intra party attacks. Five ministers were kept, four new faces, signaling a shift while stresses on democracy and Americanism were emphasized.
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Santiago
Chile
Julio Allard Pinto
Juan Antonio Rios
Washington
Oscar Escudero
Paul Morales
Interior
Rios
United States
Morales
Radical
Poles Kill Three Gestapo Agents in Warsaw
The Polish government in exile quoted SWIT saying three Gestapo agents were killed in Warsaw on May 22 by Polish underground in reprisal for 500 Poles shot at Pawask prison. Nazis shot in a crowded dancehall. authorities report growing unrest and arrests in Poland as a reaction to a forced labor draft boycott.
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London
SWIT
Gestapo
Warsaw
iPolsh
Pawask
Poland
Ben Tandy dies in ball game at Rainey Park
Ben G. Tandy collapsed at home plate after colliding with catcher Sgt. Elmo Niccolai during a charity softball game between the Kiwanians and an air base team at Rainey Park. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph official, 34, was a longtime Pocatello civic leader and YMCA director. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Baptist church with McHan's funeral home handling arrangements.
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Ben G. Tandy
Rainey Park
Ben Tandy
Tandy
Elmo Niccolai
Niccolai
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Fort Worth
Texas
George Edward
Margaret Teinan Ty
Lucille May Morrison
Worcester
Mass
Alpha Sigma Phi
Sigma Tau
University of Colorado
Pocatello
The
Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
Gideon Association
Keystone Lodge 81
Af.&a.m
Y.M.C.A
Riley Ben Tandy
Ridgeway
L. C. Farrell, Jr
Boulder, Colo
Louis H
Giles J. Tandy
Remberg H. Brown
8. H. Allison
Pilot Hubert P. Hampton Identified In Idaho Plane Crash
Army flier Second Lieutenant Hubert P. Hampton, 24, was identified as the crash victim. The wreckage of a two engined plane was found 15 miles northwest of St. Anthony, Idaho. Hampton's widow resides in Los Angeles and was visiting his parents in Kansas. He was born in Sparta, Tennessee.
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Los Angeles
Army
St. Anthony
Idaho
Hubert P. Hampton
Ferrying Command
Will Hampton
Ulysses
Kansas
Hampton
Sparta
Tenn
Fathers Honor General Eisenhower as Outstanding Father of 1943
New York reports General Dwight Eisenhower will be honored as the outstanding father of 1943 on Father’s Day June 20. The national Father’s Day committee cabled the allied leader in North Africa that he was selected for his sterling leadership and inspiration to youth. Eisenhower has a son John who is a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy.
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New York
Dwight Eisenhower
North Africa
John
U. S. Military Academy
Germans raid Gorki as air war widens near Moscow
Official disclosures confirm two night raids on Gorki by the German air force near Moscow. Berlin says a third raid added fires with 500 tons of explosives and 100000 incendiaries. Russians strike at German lines from Bryansk to Gomel as air battles surge with 752 Nazi planes destroyed and 212 Russian aircraft lost in the week ending Saturday.
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Moscow
Gorki
Volga
Berlin
Ford
Bryansk
Gomel
Bombs Smash Pantelleria In Allied Raid Over Sicily
Allied Northwest African air forces unleashed a heavy bombing assault on Pantelleria, sending planes from Flying Fortresses to Warhawks. Eleven enemy aircraft fell, two Allied planes were lost, and smoke drifted toward Sicily as raids extended over Messina and Trapani.
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North Africa
Italy
Pantelleria
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Eisenhower
Messina
Trapani
Pocatello Seeks Twenty Teachers for New School Year
Pocatello superintendent E Norman Vaughn travels to Boise to recruit 20 teachers for the growing district. The plan calls for 11 primary teachers along with openings for elementary principal art music science Spanish English and mathematics. Minimum salary starts at 1200 dollars annually with a 180 dollar bonus for new hires.
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Boise
E. Norman Vaughn
Pocatello
Banker's release on parole in Idaho case
Robert Lee Carroll former assistant cashier at the Weiser branch of Idaho First National bank was paroled from McNeil Island Washington after serving 21 months of a five year sentence. He pled guilty to 10 counts of embezzlement totaling 13500 dollars in September 1941 in Boise under U S District Judge C C Cavanah.
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Boise
Robert Lee Carroll
Weiser
Idaho First National Bank
McNeil Island
Wash
U.S
Louis W. Thrailkill
Carroll
U. S
C. C. Cavanah
Plant to Produce Potato Alcohol in Idaho Falls Expansion
Commercial production of alcohol from potatoes will be undertaken after expansion of the potato alcohol experiment plant in Idaho Falls. Ralph Albaugh, attorney for Galsworth Inc of Newark NJ which recently bought the plant from the University of Idaho, said plans call for a $5,000 expansion to improve and enlarge the facility.
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Idaho Falls
Ralph Albaugh
Galsworth, Inc
Newark
N. J
University of Idaho
Naval Chiefs Confer On War Plans With Pacific Leaders
Admiral Ernest J. King met with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz on the west coast to discuss war plans. Secretary Knox disclosed Nimitz’s talks and noted regular conferences with Marshall and Eisenhower. No special significance attached to timing as reports from Roosevelt and Churchill’s meetings were being transmitted.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Chester W. Nimitz
North Africa
George C. Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Marshall
King
United States
Roosevelt
Churchill
Knox
Nimitz
Eisenhower
Argentina Swears in Ramirez Regime Pushes Neutral Policy
Buenos Aires reports President Pedro Ramirez pledges neutrality for the present and loyal cooperation with American nations. He succeeds Gen. Arturo Rawson after a brief coup, vows autonomy of states and rejects foreign influence while Congress remains dissolved. Argentina remains axis-related in diplomatic ties.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Americas
Ramirez
Arturo Rawson
Ramon S. Castillo
Republic of
Congress
Rawson
Axis
Idaho Falls Drys Demand Action
Aroused members of the Idaho Allied Civic Forces of Bonneville county call for stringent enforcement of state liquor and gambling laws after a mass meeting. Officials were praised for curbing vice conditions as the group vows to press the campaign until liquor and gambling traffic is eliminated in Idaho Falls.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Bonneville County
Churchill Signals Large Scale Allied Invasion Nears
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that a major invasion of Europe looms and that the Axis will be destroyed by air and allied actions. He noted amphibious operations are imminent and tied to broader war strategy. Italian claims of a landing on Lampedusa were denied by Rome radio.
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London
Churchill
Commons Today
Europe
Victory Tax Remains On Books With Adjustments
Washington reports the 5 per cent victory tax will be phased behind the scenes next month but stays on the books for next March 15. Taxpayers earning over 624 dollars yearly owe the tax, even if exempt from regular income tax, with a July change shifting the deduction to a 3 per cent check-off on wages.
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Washington
Congress
Youth Loses Legs in Evans ton Gravel Pit Accident
James Hornback 17 is in serious condition at Dee hospital after both legs were amputated following a fall between two gravel cars at the Union Pacific pit in Evanston. He was brought in by Dr. J H Holland and his parents Mr and Mrs John J Hornback of Evanston.
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Ogden
James Hornback
Dee Hospital
Union Pacific
Evanston
J. H. Holland
John J. Hornback
Chinese Push Japs Out Of Rice Bowl Victory Declared
Chungking reports Chiang Kai-shek’s counter offensive on the upper Yangtze ends in a major Chinese victory. Spokesmen say Japan failed to sever Hunan and Szechwan or destroy China’s rice supply, while Hwajung’s recapture would restore normal conditions and call for more air power tanks and artillery.
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Chungking
China
Japan
Hunan
Szechwan
Hwajung
Ichang
Mienpe
Tungting Lake
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Shirkers May Go to Army
Boise Idaho. Brig. Gen. M G McConnel, state director of selective service, says chronic absenteeism in farming, lumbering and mining may trigger immediate reclassification. Local draft boards are to issue an order warning that continued absence from essential industry can change a man’s status and lead to induction.
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Boise
Idaho
M. G. McConnel
Selective Service
Zoot Suit Rampage Prompted Military Crackdown in LA
Thousands of servicemen and civilians clashed in downtown Los Angeles as sailors and soldiers stripped wearers of zoot suits. Police arrested 24 civilians, 11 sailors and five soldiers on disruption charges. over 100 youths jailed on vagrancy counts. Police dispatched 1000 officers to quell the disorder and banned Main Street activity.
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Los Angeles
C. B. Horrall
Navy
Main Street
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