Patton Seeks Pacific Theater After European Victory
Gen George Patton Jr returning to the United States from Europe hopes to fight the Japanese and reach the Pacific. He spoke to newsmen in Boston after a massive welcome, saying his ambition is to get to the Pacific, possibly visiting his sister in Los Angeles and St Gabriel's church. He praised Massachusetts for the reception and recalled troops who fought with him as 400 wounded veterans watched his remarks.
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George
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Denver
Pacific
Los Angeles
St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church
Massachusetts
Third Army
North
Africa
Europe
War Casualties Top One Million As Week Adds 9 162
Army and navy combat deaths and injuries rise with wartime losses reaching 1 012 049 overall. Army totals through May 30 show 895 834 casualties, while navy losses hit 116 215 as fighting in the Pacific intensifies. Figures break down killed wounded missing and prisoners for both services with shifts from missing to prisoners.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Germany
Pacific
War Stimson
Stimson
Idaho Methodist Session Names New District Secretary
The Rev. Leonard Clark of Wendell became secretary of the Idaho Eastern Oregon Methodist church district as the 62nd district conference met. Rev. Roy H. Walker of Nampa was named reporter. Memorial tributes honored Rev. J. E. Garber of Welser and Ruth Hill Sebig.
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Forrest Werts
Boise
Floyd White
la Grande
Ore
C. M. Donaldson
Namba
G. G. Roseberry
Twin Falls
J. A. Green
Nashville
C. M. McConnell
Boston University School of Theology
Government sees small rise in meat supplies next fall
Washington reports the promised fall increase in meat supplies may total about 36 ounces per civilian for the October December period. The gain would affect public eating places and butcher shops and would be barely noticeable spread over 90 days, assuming demand stays near current levels.
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Washington
Russia Drops Position on Veto Question at UN Conference
Russia reverses its veto stance allowing discussion of any UN Security Council case before the five permanent members. Premier Stalin, Harry Hopkins, and Secretary of State Stettinius influence the shift to unanimity. Ambassadors Gromyko and Stettinius announce the development to all delegations amid applause.
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World Security Council
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Stalin
Harry Hopkins
Moscow
Stettinius
Truman
Hopkins
Andrei Gromyko
Britain
China
France
Six Alarm Fire Destroys Army Warehouse in Oakland
A six alarm fire at an Oakland army warehouse destroyed military food supplies and sent smoke high into the air. Three or four workers were slightly injured as 15 engine companies battled the blaze. Army officials early denied the fire involved munitions. In Washington, the House tentatively voted to cut off all funds for the office of economic stabilization by 87 to 69, with reconsideration possible. Rep. Wigglesworth said the agency is useless since its duties moved to war mobilization and reconversion.
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Calif
Oakland Fire Department
Washington
House
Office of Economic Stabilization
Wigglesworth
Mass
Office of War Mobilization
Parrot Draws Attention With Self-Assured Hello
A double-note whistle drew three women’s glances as they passed a Lewiston scene. A self-confident voice cried hello and they spotted a parrot perched on a window sill above them.
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Lewiston
Chinese Push Cuts Off 200000 Japs Near Liuchow
Chinese high command said troops entered the northern suburbs of Liuchow and signaled likely recapture of the former U S air base site in Kwangsi. It also suggested Kweilin may fall and that about 200,000 Japanese soldiers in Burma Thailand Indo China and Malaya were effectively cut off. Further attacks pressed Futing in Pukien near Foochow.
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Kwangsi Province
Kweilin
Burma
Thailand
Indo-China
Malaya
Kwangsi
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Pukien
Futing
Foochow
Chekiang Province
Wenchow
Truman Opens Discussion on Higher Congress Salaries
President Truman signals support for a straight salary increase to 15000 or 25000 for members of Congress, while rejecting veto of a 2500 expense allowance. Senate reaction is cautious with McKellar and Cannon expressing reservations. He says a study of wages and prices will proceed and continues wage formula reviews amid labor leaders urging faster relief.
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Congress
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Senate
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D.-Tenn
Cannon
D.-Mo
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Senators Seek Big Pay Raise From Congress
Responding to President Truman and urging lawmakers’ pay, Senators Overton of Louisiana and Bridges of New Hampshire introduced a bill to raise compensation from 10 000 to 20 000 dollars a year for lawmakers. It also would lift the vice president’s pay to 25 000 and cabinet officers to 20 000. The speaker of the house and the president pro tempore would rise to 25 000 if enacted.
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Truman
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D.-La
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Jet Inventor In Custody
Paris announces Heinrich Bernhard Oelerich, a leading German aircraft inventor, surrendered to U.S. authorities and offered jet plane secrets and designs. He designed the ME-262 and improved the ME-109 ME-110 and FW-190 for the Luftwaffe.
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Heinrich Bernhard Oelerich
Supreme Headquarters
Oelerich
U.S
Headquarters
Luftwaffe
Alexander de Seversky
France
de Seversky
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Carl A. Spaatz
Germians
Caldwell Marine Receives Air Medal for 75 Missions
First Lt. Charles G. Greenfield of Caldwell route 4 Idaho earned the air medal for 75 bombing and strafing missions against Japanese positions in the western Caroline islands. He was decorated at an American air base in the Palau group.
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Boise
Charles G. Greenfield
Route 4
Caldwell
Caroline Islands
Marine Corps
Greenfield
Palaus
Bradley Picked to Run Veterans Affairs in Truman Plan
President Truman named Omar N. Bradley to head the Veterans Administration succeeding Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines who resigns. Bradley, 52, commanded the 12th Army Group in Europe and is from Moberly Missouri. Hines has led VA since 1923 and Bradley will run postwar veterans affairs. other Western and Midwestern appointments followed.
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Washington
Truman
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
12Th Army Group
Europe
Moberly
Frank T. Hines
Salt Lake City
Hines
Veterans Administration
West
Midwest
John B. Hutson
Kentucky
W. Stuart Symington
Enemy Fears More Raids By Superforts
Japanese reports say carrier planes raided southern Japan and B-29s mined Tokyo inland sea while Osaka endured a 450-bomber strike. Tokyo warned of increased Superfortress missions targeting both large and local cities as skies over Kyushu, Osaka, and Yokohama remained smoke-blanketed. Mustangs escorted the raids from Iwo Jima, meeting minimal resistance.
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Guam
Japan
Tokyo
Kyushu
Okinawa
Osaka
Nagoya
Yokohama
Kobe
Iwo Jima
Mine Cuts Operation Kellogg at Sunshine Silver Mine
Sunshine mine at Big Creek runs on one shift as workers fall 75 percent from prewar levels. General manager R. D. Leisk cites reduced staff as the reason for the curtailment and ongoing operation.
California jurymen indict composer of chain letter
U S Attorney says David Tatum 35 a Hermosa Beach structural engineer indicted for using the mails to defraud in a chain letter scheme. Ten thousand letters on USO stationery list 10 wounded service members with rented-room addresses replacing some addresses. Recipients are asked to mail a dollar to the first serviceman and forward the letter to 10 friends.
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Los Angeles
David Tatum
Hermosa Beach
U.S
Charles H. Carr
Tatum
Carr
USO
Weather outlook for Pocatello area Saturday showers
Weather bureau data reports scattered afternoon showers in Pocatello and nearby areas with little temperature change. High near 59, low around 46, date specifics from the 24 hour period ending noon June 8. Sun set and sunrise times are noted.
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Pocatello
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Senate Defers Extra Tariff Cuts in Trade Extension Vote
Senate Finance Committee rejected a proposed extra 50 percent tariff cut but reports the bill favorably. The 10 to 9 vote split along party lines with seven Republicans for it and eight Democrats plus La Follette voting against. Chairman George intends to seek reinsertion of the authority when the bill reaches the Senate, likely next Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
LaFollette
Wis
George
Senate
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Fewer Carloads Shipped March 1945 Versus 1944
Idaho shipments fell 12 percent in March 1945 with 16 151 carloads versus 18 364 in March 1944. Tonnage likely similar as cars carried heavier loads. Potatoes dropped from 5 387 to 3 687. declines also in alfalfa hogs logs poles and posts while wheat canned foods cattle and lumber rose.
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Boise
Idaho
Public Utilities Commission
J. L. Fox
Anderson appeals to beet growers to plant maximum acreage
Representative Anderson of New Mexico, newly appointed secretary of agriculture, urges sugar beet growers to plant maximum acreage to boost beet production. He says reduced sugar supplies and wartime needs make full planting and contract fulfillment a crucial contribution to the war effort.
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Washington
Anderson
N.M
Secretary of Agriculture
Arabs Warn France to Withdraw Troops From Syria Lebanon
The Arab League council informed France that Arab states will meet force with force in the Levant and demanded immediate evacuation of French troops from Syria and Lebanon. The communique blamed France for aggression and cited attacks on Syria. Britain and Japan are noted in context of wider war efforts.
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Council of the Arab League
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Truman
OPA May Allow Maximum Sugar In Southern Idaho
The Office of Price Administration plans to resume issuing canning sugar certificates in southern Idaho within about a week. The current allotment per person, after reductions in several states, is expected to remain at or near 10 pounds with no immediate plan to cut further. Local boards continue to accept applications while awaiting a supplies survey.
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Boise
Idaho
Price Administration
Utah
North
Boise Stage Line Sold to Four Local Investors
Four Boise men purchase the Boise-Winne mucca stage line for a considerable sum. The business has operated since 1935 between Boise and the Nevada city along the Idaho Oregon Nevada highway. New owners are J. B. Dollard general manager Ray Trask operations manager E. D. Baird treasurer and R. B. Kading secretary.
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Boise
Chairman Saves Day at Burnt Hill War Bond Auction
In Jonesboro Arkansas rain reduced attendance to a single bidder at the Burnt Hill community war bond auction. The sole purchaser, Asbury Fletcher, who chairs the district's seventh war loan, helped raise the $2,250 quota.
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Ark
Burnt Hill
Asbury Fletcher — District Seventh Warloan
Remnants of Jap Force In Two Units
American troops press toward Okinawa final battle with expected hand to hand fighting and flame throwers. Japanese remnants in two clusters defend Naha Shuri Yonabaru line, cut off Oroku peninsula, and hold Yaeju Dake escarpment while Nipponese radios claim island fate pending.
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Japan
Naha - Shuri- Yonabaru
Itoman Town
Oroku Peninsula
Yaeju-Dake Heights
Itoman
Hanagusuku
Otoku Penins
Tokyo
Fleet
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Jinx Falkenburg Plans Sudden Wedding in New York
Actress Jinx Falkenburg rushes to marry Lt. Col. John R. McCrary in New York with their four year romance. McCrary awaits with a ring as public excitement fuels a rapid wedding plan. The bride to be’s mother vows to attend, even by unlikely travel, for this first and only marriage.
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Jinx Falkenburg
New York
John R
Tex) McCrary
Jinx
McCrary
Europe
Tex
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