Japanese Drive to Encircle Changsha and Pacific Raids
Allied reports describe Japan closing in on Changsha while Pacific operations target Palau and the Mariana bases. Chinese forces defend the Hankow Canton railway link as Japanese pressure mounts from multiple directions. American air and naval actions strike Palau, Guam, and surrounding areas as Stilwell’s and Chennault’s commands push on in Burma and the Salween front.
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Changsha
China
Palau Island
Hankow Canton
Hankow
Hunan
Canton- Hankow
Liuyang
Chungking
Canton
Claire L. Chennault
Japan
Chester Nimitz
Guam
Mariana Chain of Islands
Philippines
Palau
Carolines
Marianas
Philippine Islands
Myitkyina
Burma
Burma-China Road
Joseph Stilwell
Lungling
Upper Burma
Geelvink Bay
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Biak
Red Army Attacks Finland On 25 Mile Front Near Leningrad
Soviet forces launched a major offensive along a 25 mile front on the Karelian Isthmus above Leningrad after breaking Finnish lines. The communique says troops advanced 12 to 25 miles in several sectors as allied operations link with Tehran strategy. Terijoki rail hub captured. 82 towns reported taken. Baltic fleet gunfire and air support ongoing.
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Moscow
Finland
Red Army
Leningrad
France
Tehran
Leonid Govorov
Sevastopoli
Terijoki
Helsinki
Revolt Grows in Texas over Democratic Primary Electors
The Associated Press reports rising dissension in Texas as administration forces seek to place fourth term electors on the July 22 Democratic primary ballot. The state party meets in Dallas to purge filings while Roosevelt supporters demand listing of 23 electors from a separate convention alongside regular picks. Regular anti administration factions insist their slate represents the final choice, risking court challenges whichever side prevails.
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Associated Press
Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee
Dallas
Roosevelt
Bus Overturns Near Boise Hospitalizes One Passenger
A Union Pacific stage overturned 12 miles east of Boise early today. John C. King of Lamesa Texas was injured but not seriously. Several others were treated for minor bruises and released. Ada County sheriff's officers and state police did not investigate the accident.
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Boise
Here
St. Luke’s Hospital
John C. King
Lamesa
Texas
Ada County
Republicans Recall Idaho Bond With Southern University
A political ad urges Republicans to remember a bipartisan bond with Idaho Southern University, framing it as a key factor in future support and friendship in state politics.
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Idaho Southern University
Roosevelt Reports Nazis Continue Extinction of Jews
President Roosevelt told Congress that as Nazi defeat nears the fury to wipe out the Jewish race in Europe persists. He outlined arrangements to admit about 1,000 refugees to a military camp near Oswego New York for temporary housing, with plans to return them after the war.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Europe
Hitler
Oswego
Bond Drive Opens Today With Prizes for Buyers
The opening of the fifth war loan drive in Pocatello features a parade of United Nations flags and anthems. A 90 millimeter anti aircraft gun display, a war band concert, and a bond auction led by John Taylor accompany prize merchandise for top bond buyers. Bannock county’s quota is 1,800,000 dollars, twenty thousand more than the previous drive.
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Pocatello
United Nations
John Eaton
U. S. Army
Crockett Baxter
Walter E. Brown
Navy Ordnance Plant
Marine Corps
John Smith
John Taylor
Bannock County
F. M. Bistline
Pocatello City
Don Brown
Stibnite Leads Idaho In War Bond Quotas
The mining town of Stibnite surpasses both individual and corporate quotas in Idaho's fifth war loan drive, becoming the first town in the state to do so. Individual sales total $39,287.50 and Bradley Mining Co. adds $50,000, boosted by a rally last Friday that spurred early success.
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Stibnite
Idaho
Bradley Mining Co
Ben Manhoney
Ben Johnson Targets Canyon County Primary Meet
Caldwell TM Ben Johnson of Preston, Republican senatorial candidate, greeted attendees at a Canyon County Republican Women’s club meeting. He introduced himself to a woman who did not recognize him. Mrs Bottolfsen, wife of Idaho’s governor, opposed Johnson in tomorrow’s primary and introduced him to her four nieces.
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Caldwell
Ben Johnson
Preston
U. S. Senate
Canyon County
Republican Women’s Club
Bottolfsen
Idaho
Johnson
Senate
Earth Shocks Hit Wide Coastal Area
A series of earthquakes struck southern California early today with no damage reported. The first quake at 3 46 a m was felt in Pasadena and Laguna Beach, followed by a 4 17 a m quake in Los Angeles Pasadena Long Beach and other areas. Seismologists say the shocks originated about 80 miles east of Pasadena likely in the San Bernardino mountains and San Diego also shook with a loud roar as a landslide on Roosevelt highway buried about 30000 square yards of earth.
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Los Angeles
California
Pasadena
Laguna Beach
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
San Diego
Santa Barbara
Montrose
Municipal Power and Light Department
Owens Valley
Independence
Lone Pine
Boulder Dam
Seismological Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
San Bernardino Mountains
Roosevelt Highway
W. L. Fahey
Cal
Rain records fall as Idaho towns report heavy May June rainfall
Weather officials report Pocatello area total rainfall from May 30 to June 11 reached 2.87 inches, second only to 1905, with May and June totals below normal on five month trends. District watermaster Lynn Crandall says the 20 percent water shortage threat is now eliminated.
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Pocatello
Weather Bureau
Harlan Smith
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sta
Tistics
Smith
Idaho
Lynn Crandall
American Falls
Crandall
Voters May Ballot On Single Ticket
Last minute instructions from Secretary of State George Curtis require voters in tomorrow's primary to indicate party affiliation at the top of the combined ballot and vote only in that ticket. The ballot will be voided if affiliation is not marked or if voting across parties. cross ticket votes will not be counted.
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Boise
George Curtis
Curtis
Party Chiefs Urge Idaho Voters to Cast Ballots Tomorrow
Idaho political leaders urged an expected high turnout in the state primary. Republican chair Reilly Atkinson stressed selecting capable candidates for November and supporting troops abroad, while Democratic Chair Robert Coulter urged voters to back leaders who will govern in the postwar era. Both called on citizens to vote despite the war effort.
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Boise
Idaho
Reilly Atkinson
United States
Robert Coulter
Atkinson
France
Asia
Coulter
Elks Donate To War Commission Fund From Pocatello Lodge
The Elks war commission received a substantial donation from Pocatello lodge 674 B P O E with praise for exalted ruler J P Halliwell. Elks contributions exceed 600000 toward a million goal, funding wartime activities including 100 lodge centers in 31 states Alaska and Puerto Rico and providing cigarettes to service members overseas.
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New York, N. Y
The
Elks War Commission
War Commission
Pocatello Lodge 674
Pocatello Lodge
J. P. Halliwell
Elks
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Ellis State Associations
War Department
Navy
Aviation Cadets
Army Engineers
Navy Seabees
Air Corps
Allies Reach Deep Into Normandy Seizing Cerisy Forest
American forces pushed 18 miles inland in Normandy, capturing the Cerisy forest as they advance toward St Lo from the north and east. Allied troops threatened Cherbourg peninsula while reporting progress near Carentan and Montebourg with seaborne landings reported at St Vaast la Hogue.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Cerisy
Carentan
U. S
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Chebourg
Cape
Caen
Montebourg
Doudbours
Berlin
St. Vaast la Hogue
Balleroy
Cerisy Forest
Tilly Sur Suelles
Bayeux
Tilly
Hailstorm Destroys Cheyenne Homes and Businesses
Cheyenne residents faced a 20 minute barrage of hail from pea to baseball size that damaged windows, signs, and car tops in the business district and residential areas. Farmer Frank M. Hume brought in a sack of unusual hailstones, including a nine and a half inch long one and others about seven and a half inches wide. Two witnesses reported hail of about 10 inches in circumference.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
L. Disterdick
Federal
Frank M. Hume
Couple Delays Wedding as License Is Lost
In York Pennsylvania a bride and groom waited at the church while friends searched for their marriage license. The license was not found and a three day waiting period for a duplicate means the ceremony cannot proceed until it is obtained.
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York
Allies Push on Italian Front Hit Key Road Junction
Fifth army troops occupy Montefiascone near Lake Bolsena as columns along the Italian west coast near Orbetello. Eighth army advances on both Tiber sides toward Bigno Re and Rieti. Avezzano and nearby villages fall in the central sector while Germans are cleared from the Adriatic area south of the Pescara river. Allied lines extend 15 miles along the west coast despite a German counterattack near Nunziatello.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Montefiascone
Lake Bolsena
Orbetello
Eighth Army
Tiber
Bigno Re
Theeser
Rieti
Avezzano
Adriatic
Pescara River
Nunziatello
Two-Car Collision Near Layton Injures Thirteen
Thirteen people were hurt in a two car crash on U S highway 91 half a mile south of Layton. Six teens riding in a stalled car were struck by another vehicle. Lorna Doon 21 of Ogden drove the car that hit the stalled vehicle. Injuries ranged from skull fractures to chest injuries and lacerations.
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Layton
Utah
Ray Evans
Mason W. Hill
Lorna Doon
Ogden
Lawrence R. Woodbury, Jr
Miss Doon
Bruce Minnoch
Wayne Bingham
Doon Automobile
Carol Jean la Vevere
Earl Gardner
Hillrose
Colo
Beldon Aver
Gang War Flares As Silvers Held On Murder Probe
In New York Isuis The Babe Silvers, charged with homicide, grows ill with laryngitis as police press to question him about the slaying of Jake The Ox Finkel outside a Brooklyn cabaret. Finkel, a big-time bookmaker, died after a clash with rival underworld figures aiming to seize rackets once run by Louis Lepke Buchalter and Murder, Inc. hirelings.
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New York
Isuis
the Babe
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Murder, Inc
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New Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Sons of
Signal Corps
Cam
Mars
Carentan and
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