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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1944
Page
6
Floods wash out main north south tracks near Lima Montana halting the Butte special from Salt Lake City. Repair crews work to resume to Butte overnight while earlier flood stranded passengers at Idaho Falls. Heavy rains forecast keep highways and rail transport hazardous officials say.
A moral tale where Chatterer the Red Squirrel plots to steal beech nuts from cousins Happy Jack and Sammy Jay. He spies, hides, and plots revenge after being snubbed by neighbors, only to face the futility of crime as his plans unfold.
Chatterer steals looks for nuts and shadows Happy Jack’s routine. He trails him to a large tree and watches as Happy Jack climbs into a limb hollow and briefly disappears before returning to the beech trees. Chatterer grins as the scene unfolds.
Second Lieut. Lamond J. Bailey of Pocatello Idaho promoted to first lieutenant by Lt. General James H. Doolittle. He is a bombardier with an American Flying Fortress group in the European theater and has earned the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross for combat over Germany and enemy territory. Bailey has flown over 20 daylight bombing missions this year and his group has bombed Berlin five times in daylight during the RAF AAF offensive. Previously a service manager at Idaho Tire and Battery, he is a 1940 graduate of Pocatello High School.
Brig. Gen. James Hodges announced that former movie star Jimmy Stewart has been promoted from major to lieutenant colonel at a U S liberator station in England.
Seventy five Japanese students from the Minidoka school have been requested by William C. Boyle to thin the sugar beet crop in the Pocatello area. The call follows a prior request for 50 students and comes as heavy rains worsen the beet problem. Sixty Mexicans have also been employed to work in the beet fields. This is an emergency, Boyle said, urging anyone who can work in the beet fields to apply at the county extension agent’s office.
Quentin Floyd Sorensen son of John Floyd Sorensen and Merrill Hall Lield son of Henry Hassam Lloyd enlisted in the navy at the U S recruiting station in Pocatello on D Day. They will be sent to Farragut for boat training.
Glenn Mason Anderson seven month old son of Ray and Renee Anderson drowned Friday at the family home in a bathtub. The mother left the house for a few minutes and returned to find the baby dead. Born Tremonton November 10 1943. Survived by parents and sister Ruth.
Mr and Mrs Joseph H Strong announce their son Ensign Joseph E Strong has been promoted to lieutenant junior grade He trained at Columbia University and Ohio State University and graduated from the University of Minnesota He is affiliated with Sigma Nu fraternity
County Agent William C. Boyle reports in Pocatello that heavy rains rot potato seeds in the area. He says rotting stems from hauling too much seed to the field at once and advises cutting seeds in cellars and planting soon after cutting. He warns against cutting potatoes in wind and sun.
Swiss telegraph agency reports a state of siege in Rouen with great fires ravaging the city inland from Le Havre. The alert underscores widespread destruction and emergency conditions across the area.
The Office of Price Administration filed suit in U S district court in Boise against L W Osborne of Meridian and Clarence B Jackson of Homedale for selling vehicles above the ceiling last fall. Osborne allegedly priced a pickup $242.85 over the limit and Jackson $270.15 over. The Interior Department reports 1943 mineral value at 8.03 billion dollars, about 500 million higher than 1942.
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