Idaho Voters Go to Polls Today for Nominees
Idaho voters head to polls for a primary featuring Senator D Worth Clark seeking the Democratic nomination and a wide Republican and Democratic contest for governor’s chair vacated by C A Bottolfsen. Polls open at noon and close at 8 pm local time with 58 candidates vying for 13 state, congressional and judicial positions.
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Boise
Idaho
D. Worth Clark
C. A. Bottolfsen
Canan
Clark
Taylor
Pocatello
John
Oasis
Commandlent
Bottolf
Ben John Preston
E State
Compton I. White
Clark Fork
Henry C. Dworshak
Burley
Lloyd A. Fenn
Kooskia
Fielden L
Japan Plans For European Invasion Lessons
Japanese leaders study Allied amphibious landings from European campaigns to reform Pacific tactics. Off icers, not lower ranks, would be chosen to endure brutal training for potential D day style operations in the Philippines or China coast, with submarine routes keeping combatants connected.
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Associated Press
France
Japan
Russel Brines AP
Philippines
China Coast
Pacific
Tokyo
Germany
Finland May Be Out of War by July
Helsinki reports indicate Finland may be knocked out of the war by the end of July as Moscow announces continued Finnish resistance from prepared positions yet fails to stop the Soviet offensive. News from Stockholm and Berlin cites evacuations of Viipuri and surrounding areas amid the Karelian fight.
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Finland
Helsinki
London
Moscow
Red Army
Raivola
Viipuri
Kivennapa
Stockholm
CBS
Karelian Isthmus
Stalin
Romania
Balkan
Hitler
Red
Berlin
State official outlines four paths to farm progress
Idaho Agriculture Commissioner R. H. Young urged Lewiston grain growers cooperative to boost production methods, expand processing and by-product use, improve transport by land water and air, and increase consumption of locally produced goods to keep agriculture from a complacent peasant state.
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Lewiston
Idaho
R. H. Young
Lewiston Grain Growers Cooperative
Pilot escapes after Wyoming crash near Little America
Lt. Col. John L. Eaton reported a fighter plane from Pocatello field crashed and burned 10 miles south of Little America Wyoming at 3 30 p m Monday. The pilot bailed out uninjured and a board of army officers investigates the incident.
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John L. Eaton
Pocatello Army Airfield
Pocatello Field
Little America
Wyo
Nation Opens Drive for New Billions
Texarkana report notes the fifth war loan drive launching at 16 billion dollars, inspired by President Roosevelt’s pledge to press Japanese surrender or national suicide with accelerated force. He warned a long road to Tokyo remains, guiding a Germany-first strategy before full Pacific effort.
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Texarkana
U.S.A
Roosevelt
Tokyo
United Nations
Germany
Pacific
Range conditions improve for Boise area livestock
U S department statisticians report mountain ranges show improved prospects after recent rains. Lower range feed matures slowly but livestock remain in good condition though lambs in the south and southwest show lack of finish from earlier poor feed. Overall range conditions are slightly above last June but below the June average of 1923 to 1942.
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Boise
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ickes Frees Mines in Five States
Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes orders private operators to resume control of coal mines in Montana Wyoming Arkansas eastern Oklahoma and Idaho. The action frees 40 companies in the Arkansas Oklahoma region 11 in Wyoming and Idaho and 8 in Montana and requires immediate wage agreements with the United Mine Workers of America.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Montana
Wyoming
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Idaho
Arkansas-Oklahoma
United Mine Workers of America
Forces Unite To Smash Jap Holdings
Allied forces report a coordinated surge against Japanese fortifications across the Pacific theater. Nimitz and MacArthur airmen attack Guam Tinian Saipan Palau and Truk from land bases and carriers while Biak Bougainville and Dutch New Guinea come under renewed pressure. In Burma Chinese and Allied units push toward Myitkyina and Kohima as Changsha comes under threat from a three sided Japanese assault.
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Philippines
China
Nimitz-MacArthur
Palau
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Truk
MacArthur
Biak
Bougainville
Dutch New Guinea
Burma
Kohima
Myitkyina
Myikyina
Salween River
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Town Over Top in Bond Drive for General Bradley
Moberly residents celebrated the start of the fifth war loan drive for Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley and his forces in Cherbourg. Six hours into the campaign the town surpassed its $620,000 goal with $644,000 in sales as cheers rang out and sirens marked the moment.
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Moberly
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Mercury
Tax Deadline Near for Second Instalment 1943 Taxes
County treasurer Laura Berg announced the last day to pay the second instalment without penalty is Saturday June 24. The treasurer's office in the county courthouse will be open all day on June 17 and June 24.
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Laura Berg
Allied Air Power Ramps Up Strikes Across Germany and France
U S bombers from Italy hit targets in Germany while hundreds of warplanes on the western front backed American advances toward Cherbourg. Italy based bombers struck Munich and Innsbruck. 7 000 sorties were flown from England and the Normandy beachhead. Fifteenth air force hit Munich area again with railyards and oil plants targeted near Innsbruck and Porto Marghera. Lightnings and Thunderbolts supported Mediterranean operations.
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London
United States
Italy
Germany
Cherbourg
Normandy
Munich
Innsbruck
Austria
England
France
Allied Expeditionary Force
15Th Air Force
Porto Marghera
Venice
Allied Forces Reports Early Campaign Achievements King Leopold Exiled
Eisenhower lauded seven days of campaign progress as Allied forces surge toward Cherbourg and Carentan. Nimitz reports carrier task forces sink 13 ships and destroy 141 Japanese planes in three days. Pierlot claims King Leopold was taken to Germany in captivity as Nazis tighten control. Churchill urges unity on United Nations Day.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Marianas
Tokyo
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
LON. ON
Hubert Pierlot
Leopold
Germany
Pierlot
Normandy
Brussels
London
Churchill
Rommel May Be Out As Commander of Axis Units in West
Unconfirmed reports say Marshal Erwin Rommel has been removed from command of the German seventh and fifteenth mobile armies. Officials note Rommel and von Rundstedt clashed over defense plans as Rommel urged aggressive counterattacks while Rundstedt favored holding. Dispatches from Montgomery's HQ echoed the claim that Rommel is not in command.
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Rommel
West
Allied Expeditionary Force
Erwin Rommel
Karl von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
France
Low Countries
North Africa
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Bernard Montgomery
Crebourg Peninsula
Leslie Randall
London Evening Standard
Montgomery
Romme
Bannock Officials Predict Heavy Vote in Primaries
Bannock County officials expected a heavy turnout in the 1944 primary with 237 more absentee ballots than 1942. In Pocatello polling from noon to 8 pm, 35 Republicans and 48 Democrats contested, with several offices unopposed. Reports from the Democratic senator race noted hotly contested vibes and straw votes between Clark and Taylor.
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Bannock
Pocatello
Bannock County
Justice of the Peace
United States
D. Worth Clark
Glen Taylor
Carlyle
Clark
Taylor
Pocatello Tribune
Idaho
Associated Press Bureau
Boise
Buffalo Seen in Idaho Near Medicine Lodge and Indian Creek
State Conservation Officer Albert Dickson reported two buffalo sighted between Medicine Lodge creek and Indian creek northwest of here. The animals likely wandered about 150 miles from Yellowstone Park. A 1960 sighting of ten buffalo at the Lemhi River head remains the last confirmed report.
Clark's Army Breaks Axis Lines Near Rome
Allied forces drive along Lake Bolsena with western shore gains and advance toward Latera and Orvieto. American troops on the Tyrrhenian coast seize dug-in positions east of Orbetello, capturing 142 prisoners and killing 100. Adriatic sector sees eight army troops cross the Saline River near Pescara.
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Rome
Lake Bolsena
Fifth Army
Orbetello
Valentano
Latera
Orvelloras
Bagno Regio
Turcoman
Idaho OES Opens 42nd Annual Session in Payette
The 42nd annual Idaho grand chapter Order of Eastern Star convened in Payette with Worthy Grand Matron Lillian J. Barton presiding. Lorraine chapter hosts as degree work and officer reports proceed, with Dr. Noel M. Leavitt presenting his report and George E. Bacheller attending as master of Idaho grand lodge of Masons.
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Payette
Idaho
Order of Eastern Star
Lillian J. Barton
Wendell
Lorraine Chapter
Noel M. Leavitt
Genesse
George E. Bacheller
Idaho Grand Lodge of Masons
Sturgeon on Display at Southern Idaho Fairs
Kyle McGrady operating the mail boat between Lewiston and Johnson's Bar on the Snake River has a live sturgeon in a tank. State fish and game plans to exhibit the fish at southern Idaho fairs this summer if it survives. The four foot juvenile was caught in Hell's canyon and could reach 1200 pounds when full grown.
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Lewiston
Kyle McGrady
Here
Johnson's Bar
Snake River
State Fish and Game Department
Idaho
McGrady
Hell's Canyon
Allied Forces Break Into Cherbourg Frontwide Advance Near Port
Supreme Headquarters reports a broad Normandy push as Americans seize Cherbourg defenses and reach within ten miles of the port. British drive caenward capturing Troarn while U S forces topple Montebourg and press toward Cherbourg peninsula objectives. Airborne landings and encirclement efforts accompany the rapid advance.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Cherbourg
Caen
Troarn
U. S
Balleroy
Bayeux
Montebourg
Ste. Mere Eglise
Pont L’abe
West Coast
Carentan
le Ham
Miles
France
Cape
Nazis Try to Salvage Face in English Bombing Run
The Luftwaffe sent a few aircraft over southern and eastern England with one plane reaching London for the first time since April 27. Casualties occurred as civilians were trapped in a building hit by a high explosive bomb. The RAF reported heavy German losses and Allied successes in night operations, including destruction of enemy bombers and fighters. Mosquito missions disrupted German transport as Typhoons damaged ammunition trucks and military targets.
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Luftwaffe
Normandy
England
London
RAF
France
Gelsenkirchen
Cologne
Britain
Schaef
Victory Rose Blooms After D-Day in Bristol Garden
Shortly after D day a yellow rose bush in the yard of the Rev Setiimio Crudele in Bristol produced eight blooms described as solid yellow. The plant is noted as the finest ever seen by locals.
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Bristol
Conn
Setiimio Crudele
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U.S
Jap Holdings
Bulletins
Valognes
Don Whitehead
D-day
Nema Ashton
Buffalo
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Bolsena
OES
Ammy
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