Submarine Stops U S Liner But Permits It to Leave
The US liner Washington with 1 020 passengers was stopped early today by an unidentified submarine which first ordered abandonment then allowed it to proceed. The crew and 570 passengers were ordered to lifeboats but the ship continued after the sub’s order to go on. Capt. Manning relayed the incident to New York as belligerent governments were informed.
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U. S
Washington
State Department
United States
Europe
Lisbon
Galway
Ireland
Harry Manning
U. S. Lines
New York
Peace Theme Of Meeting
Members of the Idaho Order of Eastern Star arrive in Boise from 70 local chapters for the 38th annual convention focusing on the theme Peace. W Wade Wilson of Kamiah is principal opening day speaker with other leaders from Masonry and OES taking part.
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Boise
Idaho Order of Eastern Star
Magda Stocker
Pocatello
W. Wade Wilson
Kamiah
Idaho
Victor Peterson
Grangeville
Anna Smalley
Roundup
Mont
O.E.S
G. Ray Nead
Sandpoint
Nora J. Blake
Caldwell
Otto P. Moebel
Arco
Louis Carpenter
Salmon
Stein Phinney
Coeur d'Alene
Agnes Andemeon
Parma
Wine‘te Hansen
Winchesm
Tess
Robert Tolson
Mullan
Grand Sentinel
Wind Dries Idaho Ranges As Drought Presses Pasture
Wind and warm weather have parched Idaho ranges and moisture is needed, the federal agricultural marketing service reported today. Grass and weeds on low ranges are dry and unpalatable, with intermediate ranges feeding ripening too fast. Some lambs sold earlier to crowd onto higher ranges. cattle condition has not yet suffered.
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Boise
Idaho
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Richard C. Ross
Ross
Quarrel Ends In Shooting Near Osgood
Idaho Falls June 11 Two neighboring farmers were critically wounded in a water rights dispute near Osgood Bonneville county sheriff deputies reported Joe Parr was shot in the abdomen and Nick Konen shot himself after firing on Parr witnesses say Konen threatened bystanders before the exchange An officer said Konen’s bullet passed through Parr’s body and through Konen’s skull Willard Lynn tried to intervene but was ordered away then returned with officers to find Parr dying.
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Idaho Falls
Bonneville County
Osgood
Joe Parr
Nick Konen
Bryan Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Konen
Parr
Willard Lynn
Governor appoints three to Turner cemetery board
Governor Bottolfsen names Hyrum Larsen Mrs David Revoir and Sam Smith all of Grace as commissioners of the Turner cemetery maintenance district in Bannock county Boise June 11.
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Boise
Bottolfsen
Hyrum Larsen
David Revoir
Sam Smith
Grace
Turner Cemetery
Bannock County
Italy Enters War and French Morale at a Turning Point
The piece analyzes Italy’s declaration of war and its possible effects on French morale and defense. It weighs whether Italy will strike France directly or target Anglo French bases in the Mediterranean, and what countermeasures Paris and London may deploy. It also considers Greece, Turkey, and Switzerland reactions and the broader eastern flank.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Italy
France
Mediterranean
Paris
London
Greece
Turkey
Switzerland
Eastern Sea
Mussolini
Hitler
British
Berlin
Duce
Germany
Axis Powers Lacking Naval Strength Despite Aviation Preeminence
An Associated Press analysis notes Italy's declaration boosting air power but confirms Axis seas remain weaker than Britain and France. It cites Italian tonnage near one million with new battleships, German air losses and replacements, and Allied totals of fighting ships and planes, including Beaverbrook's figures on German aircraft.
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Italy
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
Germany
Lord Beaverbrook
Low Countries
Maginot Guns Open Fire Amid French Frontline Action
Paris reports the Maginot line guns firing fiercely to hinder advancing German regiments near the Swiss frontier. The main battle line extended through Compiegne forest, the historic site of the 1918 armistice signing in Marshal Fochs railway car.
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Paris
Maginot Line
France
Compiegne Forest
Marshal Foch
Japanese Troops Enter Ichang in Yangtze Region
Japanese dispatches report forces entered Ichang on the Yangtze between Hankow and Chungking, marking Japan s major Chinese victory since last autumn s Kw angsi operations.
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Hong Kong
Ichang
Yangtze
Hankow
Chungking
Japan
China
Kwangsi
Paris high command orders transfer of resistance south of the Marne
From Paris to Haifa and Washington, reports detail French divisions ordered to shift resistance south of the Marne on the east side of Paris. Roosevelt endorses aiding the Allies to stop Hitler. The Felce sequestered in Haifa harbor by British authorities. Paris Herald Tribune suspends publication in Europe. Nogues warns French African Italian communities of severe punishment. Paris governor orders all unmobilized French men aged 17 and older to leave Paris.
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Paris
Marne
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Hitler
Haifa
Palestine
Italians Ordered to Report to Police Stations in Britain
All Italians in Britain were ordered to report immediately to the nearest police station tonight prompting a nationwide security alert and official guidance from authorities.
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London
Britain
British Bomb Libya Raid and Malta Air Attacks
The Royal Air Force Middle East Command said main Italian bases in Libya were bombed early this morning with airfields in eastern Libya and Asmara, Eritrea hit. Italian planes destroyed on the ground. gasoline dumps set afire. Malta was raided by enemy aircraft, a key Mediterranean base. British fighters attacked German formations, losing 12 planes while claiming several enemy losses.
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Egypt
Royal Air Force
Middle East Command
Libya
Asmara
Eritrea
Red Sea
London
Air Ministry
France
Germany
Norway
Ensign Heads Committee for Idaho Insurance Reform
Fred Ensign of Boise was elected chairman of the Idaho state insurance committee named by Governor Bortolfsen to review and recommend changes to 1941 insurance laws. T. M. Walrath was chosen secretary with members B. W. Oppenheim Z. Reed Millar D. Ford Crandall W. E. Babcock and Foster Farrell. Walrath called the code outmoded and urged broader supervision.
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Boise
Fred Ensign
State Insurance Committee
Bortolfsen
Idaho
T. M. Walrath
B. W. Oppenheim
Z. Reed Millar
D. Ford Crandall
W. E. Babcock
Gold Imports Hit Record $532 Million Last Week
Washington reports the commerce department announced a record gold import total of 532,477,333 dollars for the previous week. The figure sets a new high for weekly gold inflows and highlights strong demand.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Dutch Princess Juliana and family flee to Canada
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and her two infant children Beatrix and Irene arrived in Halifax from England, refugee from war. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced their safe arrival. The party travels by warship and may visit Ottawa after Governor General Athlone arrives.
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Juliana
Netherlands
Europe
Halifax
England
W. L. Mackenzie King
Beatrix
Irene
Atlantic Ocean
Lord Athlone
Canada
Government House
Duchess to Die in San Quentin Gas Chamber
Sacramento reports Mrs. Juanita Spinelli dubbed the Duchess was sentenced to death in the San Quentin gas chamber after a Superior Court jury convicted her and three gang associates of fatally shooting Robert Sherrard, 19, to silence him from informing on a prior San Francisco holdup. The defendant collapsed as the sentence was announced. governors intervention remains possible.
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Sacramento
Juanita
Turkey Calls Reservists Amid War Watch in Europe
Ankara reports large numbers of reservists mobilized as Turkey weighs joining the Allies against Italy. Soviet Russia’s stance is viewed as pivotal for Ankara’s mutual aid pact with Britain and France, with censorship masking wartime preparations. Hungary and Balkan nations brace, citizens ration goods, and Istanbul signals a war footing should Italy advance.
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Turkey
Europe
Russia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Mediterranean
Ulus
Budapest
Hungary
Balkans
Istanbul
Aegean
Baseball Scores From Washington Philadelphia New York and Brooklyn
Baseball results across multiple parks show St Louis at Washington and Chicago at Philadelphia night games with Kennedy Swift and other pitchers. Detroit and New York split a doubleheader in New York. Cleveland powers past Boston with Feller and Desautels. New York and Chicago play two games with Lehrman Danning and Dean O'Dea in the lineups. Postponements include Boston at St Louis and Brooklyn at Pittsburgh due to rain.
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New York
Chicago
Lehrman
Danning
Lee
Root
Collins
Dean and
O'Dea
Passeau
Todd
Storm Impeding Bombers And Tanks Near Paris
Front dispatches report General Weygand's armies opposed the German drive toward Paris with heavy fighting northeast of the capital. Thunderstorms slowed dive bombers and tanks as the center clashes in the Oureq valley intensified. Paris tightens under siege as oil and supplies strain. refugees fill streets while air defenses fire on raids.
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Seine
Paris
Oureq
Argonne
Berlin
Hitler
Marne
Malta
Mediterranean
French Weygand
Soissons-Rethel
U. S
Washington
Lisbon
Galway
Ireland
Somme
Builders Get Millions in Home Loans Rise in First Quarter
Sun Valley Idaho June 11 American families borrowed 228000000 dollars from savings and loan associations in the first three months of the year to buy or build homes Paul Applegate Chicago declared this was 22 percent above the same period last year He said more new money is being invested in these institutions than in any similar period in the last nine years Ben Hazen of Portland Ore presided over a forum on business problems.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Savings and
Paul Applegate
Chicago
Applegate
United States Savings and Loan League
Pacific Northwest Conference of Savings and Loan Associations
Ben H. Hazen
The
Benjamin Franklin Savings and Loan Association of
Portland, Ore
Neutral Switzerland Maintains Calm Amid War Surroundings
Switzerland kept a calm stance in Bern as nations wage war, believing neutrality benefits France Germany and Italy. The country cites its mobilized citizen army and strong fortifications as reasons for staying out of conflict while weather in Utah forecasts wintry conditions tonight and Wednesday.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Germany
Italy
Air Force Greatest Danger To Come From Mussolini
DeWitt MacKenzie argues Mussolini’s entry may not end the French conflict but poses a grave immediate threat. He notes Italy and Germany share limits in resources and that the Italian air force could prove France’s most dangerous factor, while warning against assuming any single straw will break the camel.
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Mussolini
DeWitt MacKenzie
Italy
France
Corsica
Comtre
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