Russians and Finns clash as Karelia offensive opens
The German and Finnish communiques say the Russians launched a general offensive on the Karelian isthmus above Leningrad with heavy artillery and air support. Russian air losses were reported, while Finnish forces claim Russian tanks destroyed and enemy planes downed as fighting continues. Berlin experts warn the strike could signal a wider eastern front push or a diversionary maneuver.
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London
Leningrad
Berlin
Karelia
Moscow
Karelian
Transocean
von Osberg
Pskov
Ostrov
Russians Get Lend Lease Of 5 Billions
Moscow broadcast Tass tallies lend lease aid to Russia through April 30. U.S., Britain, and Canada supplied arms, materiel, food totaling 5.357 billion dollars, with 4.612 billion arriving in the Soviet Union and 8.5 million tons shipped, including thousands of aircraft and tanks and millions of shells and cartridges.
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New York
Moscow
Tass
Russia
United States
Britain
Canada
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Planes Bomb Ploesti Refineries as RAF Strikes Trieste Heavies
Lightning bombers from the Mediterranean dive bomb the Romana-Americana refinery at Ploesti amid smoke. Up to 500 heavy bombers hit a refinery near Trieste after RAF night attacks. Over France the German air effort appears reduced with fewer than 50 enemy aircraft. British heavies bomb four airfields and hit Etampes railway junction near Paris as Mosquitos head to Berlin. Eight heavy bombers were missing.
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Mediterranean
Balkans
Ploesti
Trieste
France
Etampes
Paris
Berlin
Marsing Man Wounded in Navy Reserve Fireman First Class
Lee Charles Linden of Marsing Idaho, a fireman first class in the naval reserve, was wounded, according to the Navy Department. He is the son of Mrs. Callie Lee Benson of Marsing.
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Washington
Lee Charles Linden
Marsing
Idaho
Navy Department
Naval Reserve
Callie Lee Benson
Voters May Cast Absentee Ballot Sunday Afternoon
Bannock residents unable to vote in the primary may cast absentee ballots Sunday between 1 and 3 p.m. at the county clerk office in the courthouse. County Clerk Anna Keefe noted Saturday registration closed at 9 p.m. Polls will open Tuesday 12 to 8 p.m.
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Bannock
Court House
Anna Keefe
Injuries Kill Farmer in Idaho Falls Area Farm Accident
Monteview farmer Leo J. Rasmussen, 30, died Saturday at a local hospital from injuries believed to come from a runaway accident on his farm last Monday. His wife, returning from Utah, found Rasmussen unconscious and authorities think he sustained skull fractures when a team hooked to the Fresno he was using. He never regained consciousness.
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Idaho Falls
Leo J. Rasmussen
Monteview
Utah
Rasmussen
Fresno
Underground Resistance Grows Against Nazis Across France
Allied reports say French resistance expands sabotage and insurrection, with villages offering aid to allied forces. Front lines and dispatches cite increasing blow strikes behind German lines, including pitched battles in the Vosges with over 2,000 Germans engaged and more than 300 Nazis captured.
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London
France
Reich
Netherlands
Italy
Germany
Normandy
Vosge
Bourg
Retreating Germans Halt For New Defense Stand
Allied observers in Italy report Nazi forces retreating northward mounted a stubborn stand near a village northeast of Witterbo as Fifth Army gains slowed by German 88mm guns. George Tucker cites tanks, infantry, and artillery shifting the battle into a sizable clash, with Mackensen’s 14th Army routed but not shattered and towns such as Orsogna and Miglionico falling to advancing Allied units.
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Allied
Italy
Witterbo
Ahava Dama
Yvvitu Avenue
George Tucker
Associated Press
Fifth Army
Tucker
Rome
Eberhard von Mackensen
14Th Army
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Orsogna
Guardiagrele
Miglionico
Filetto
Foro
Tenth Army
Bond Auction Opens Drive Monday Night
Bannock county launches the fifth war loan drive with a $1,800,000 quota. A 7:30 p.m. bond rally and auction occurs Monday in front of the South Arthur street post office, led by John R. Taylor with local helpers.
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Bannock County
Arthur Street
Pocatello
John R. Taylor
Pocatello Business District
John Taylor
Pocatello Minute Maids
Pocatello Army Air Field Band
Pythians Elect Boise Leaders at Grand Lodge Session
Boise delegate D R Barnes chosen supreme representative of the Knights of Pythias grand lodge for a four year term. John W Rathman of Boise named supreme representative for an unexpired two year term. D Harvey Cook of Twin Falls elected outer guard with other officers.
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Boise
D. R. Barnes
Culdesac
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Dover Straits Weather Improves For Invasion Landing
Weather over the Dover straits and invasion beaches grew better Saturday night as barometer rose and visibility stayed fair. A light northwesterly wind increased after dark while seas remained calm on the British side and only slightly choppy off France. The sky stayed overcast but high and light with the French coast briefly visible across the channel in the afternoon.
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London
Dover Strait
France
Channel
Change Eliminates Call On Dads in Draft System
Selective Service announced that after July 1 inductees will enter a common pool and be drawn by needs of the services. Local boards may still choose volunteers and non fathers ahead of fathers, with induction order following law. After July 1 all registrants will report to an induction station and be assigned to army or navy and inducted with at least 21 days after pre induction exam.
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Washinngton
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Selective Service Headquarters
Armed Forces
Yanks Chase Jap Destroyers In Engagement Off Guinea
Allied naval gunfire routed Japanese destroyer forces in a brief night engagement off northwestern New Guinea. U S and Australian ships pursued for 90 minutes, possibly damaging one destroyer. Japanese barges were abandoned by their escort as U S ships wiped them out. MacArthur reported multiple destroyer sinkings and wider air attacks in the Pacific theater.
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Guinea
Philippine
Associated Press
New Guinea
Biak
Mengne MacArthur
U.S
MacArthur
Manokwari
Biak Island
Sixth Army
Minor Party Conventions In Idaho Ahead Of Primary
Idaho's primary day brings two minor party conventions Socialists in Boise and Prohibitionists in Nampa both needing at least 200 members to certify nominees. Socialist speaker Prof Maynard Krieger of the University of Chicago is named as keynote for Boise, while Prohibitionists in Nampa plan to nominate candidates on other tickets where none exist. Party voting rules require sticking to one party column on the ballot or risk voiding the ballot.
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R. E. Hyslop
Nampa
Idaho
George Curtis
Allied raids and air actions reported across Europe
London says RAF bombers struck Berlin and targets behind invasion lines for a second night. NBC records a German general and staff captured in France. Berlin radio cites an allied airborne landing near Caen. Maj. Gregory Boyington's mother in Tacoma discusses reports of his survival on a southwest Pacific island.
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London
Berlin
RAF
New York
British Broadcasting Company
NBC
France
Canvon
Caen
Tacoma
Wash
Gregory Boyington
Marine Air
Southwest Pacific
Polish Premier Impresses U.S. Officials During Visit
Prime Minister Stanislaw Mikolajiczyk of Poland left a favorable impression on American officials during a weeklong visit. Hopes rose for reestablishment of relations between the Soviet union and the Polish exile government.
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Washington
Stanislaw Mikolajiczyk
Poland
Soviet Union
Cars Under Ceiling
Washington announces price ceilings for all used passenger automobiles, effective July 10, set near January 1944 levels. The regulation covers private sales and dealer transactions as prices had risen about ten percent since mid March after winter stability.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
Bowles
OPA
Brady Heads ACT MILES CITY Montana Convention Leader
E Brady of Pocatello will direct activities of the United Commercial Travelers in Utah Idaho and Montana for the coming year. He was chosen grand counselor at the tri state convention and named a delegate to the grand council meeting.
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Miles City
Mont
E. Brady
Pocatello
United Commercial Travelers
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Texas Honors Two War Heroes as Citizens at Dallas Luncheon
Gov Coke R Stevenson named S Sgt Charles E Kelly and Lt Ernest Childers honorary Texans during a Dallas event promoting the citys 75 million dollar fifth war loan. The Medal of Honor recipients spoke to campaign volunteers about battle fields and service.
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Dallas
Tex
Charles E
Commando) Kelly
Pittsburgh
Ernest Childers
Broken Arrow
Okla
Texas
Coke R. Stevenson
GI Bill of Rights Faces Approval by Congress
A joint committee approved a broad veterans benefits program, anticipated costs from 3 to 6.5 billion dollars. The bill guarantees unemployment pay, education support including college access, job placement help, and hospitalization through the Veterans Administration for returning service members.
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Washington
Federal Employment Service
Veterans’ Administration
Crash Injures Local Man Edward F. Bohrer
Pfc Edward F Bohrer of 506 South Seventh was injured in a South Pacific airplane crash. His parents Mr and Mrs Charles Bohrer of Pocatello Idaho were notified by the war department. Bohrer, ERC enlistee, entered the army in 1943 while a Northwestern Evanston student. He studied at a Pauling New York intelligence school and has been overseas since January. He attended Idaho Southern University two years and was active on the Bengal debate team. He would have earned a commerce degree in June 1943. His father reports letters have arrived regularly.
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Edward F. Bohrer
South Seventh
South Pacific
Charles Bohrer
War Department
Bohrer
Army
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Intelligence Service
Pauling
N. Y
Idaho Southern University
Bengal
School of Commerce
Northwestern
Pocatello Lumber Company
Pocatello School Board
Allied warships raid Toulon base reported by Vichy radio
Vichy radio said allied ships attacked Toulon, the major French naval base on the Mediterranean. The report claimed German coastal batteries sunk a gunboat. No landings were reported.
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London
Vichy
Toulon
Mediterrane
Allies cross halfway through Normandy drive toward Cherbourg
U S troops advanced a third of the way across the Normandy peninsula aiming to seal Cherbourg. They captured two towns and several villages under airfield aided assaults as Germans retreat to shortened lines. Front dispatches say Americans near Montebourg about 15 miles from Cherbourg with progress along a 50 mile beachhead.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Normandy
Cherbourg
France
Montebourg
Allied Headquarters
Caen
Car Crash Claims Two Teens Near Pocatello
A sedan carrying Don Boyce and Dee Wayne Webbs plunged into a canal bank one mile north of Pocatello on US 91. Boyce died. Webbs injured with head wounds and a severely fractured hand. Lowell Walker escaped injury. Police investigated at a nearby residence used as a temporary command site.
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Don Boyce
Dee Wayne Webbs
Fort Hall Canal
Pocatello
Boyce
Lowell Walker
Webbs
Walker
Pocatello General Hospital
Idaho couple obtains Salt Lake marriage license
Walter Curtis Jr. 18 and Betty Joyce Bailey 18, both of Idaho Falls, obtained a marriage license in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Walter Curtis, Jr
Betty Joyce Bailey
Idaho Falls
Allies Using French Fields 2000 Planes Hit Germany
Allied air forces revived operations in support of the invasion establishing bases on beachheads in France. U S fighter commands dispatched nearly 2000 planes, heavy bombers resumed raids across the channel, targeting German troop concentrations rail and highway transport and air dromes. Berlin and Paris broadcasts indicated ongoing night activity as aerial battles occurred. The eighth air force reported ten German planes shot down and 71 American aircraft missing with ninth air force noting several air engagements.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Allied Air Power
France
U. S
Paris
Berlin
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
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