Idaho voters set party nominees in statewide primary
Idaho voters head to the polls to choose nominees for state, congressional, judicial, and county offices. The race includes Sen. D Worth Clark seeking the Democratic Senate nomination and a large Republican and Democratic field for the governor’s chair. Polls open at noon and close at 8 pm local wartime time with 58 candidates contesting13 state, congressional and judicial posts.
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Boise
Idaho
D. Worth Clark
C. A. Bottolfsen
Japan Seeks German Tactics From Prisoners In France
AP reports indicate Japan aims to study Allied amphibious methods from front line fighters rather than observers. Tokyo seeks to train for Pacific D day style landings with seasoned officers and volunteers, possibly using submarine routes to move personnel to Europe and back.
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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
London reports quoted by observers that Finland could be knocked out of World War II by month’s end as Soviet forces press the Karelia front. Moscow announces Finnish detachments hold at prepared positions yet fail to halt the Red Army advance toward Raivola and Kivennapa near Viipuri.
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Finland
London
Hee
CBS
Viipuri
Soviet Karelian Isthmus
Stalin
Romania
Balkan
Hitler
Moscow
Red
State Ag Chief Outlines 4 Keys for Lewiston Farmers
Idaho Agriculture Commissioner R. H. Young urged Lewiston grain growers to boost production, use by products, improve transportation by land sea and air, and spur consumption of locally produced articles to keep the industry in a prominent place.
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Lewiston
Idaho
R. H. Young
Lewiston Grain Growers Cooperative
Pilot Escapes Crash Near Little America Wyoming
Lt. Col. John L. Eaton announced a fighter plane on a combat training mission from Pocatello Army Airfield crashed and burned ten miles south of Little America Wyoming. The pilot bailed out unharmed 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
Text quotes President Roosevelt announcing the fifth war loan drive aims at 16 billion dollars. He asserts Japan can be forced to surrender or disaster, and notes the campaign centers in Texarkana with the United Nations pursuing Germany first before shifting to the Pacific.
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Texarkana
U.S.A
Roosevelt
Tokyo
United Nations
Germany
Pacific
Range conditions improve in Idaho mountains
U S department of agriculture statisticians report mountain ranges near Boise show better summer range prospects due to recent rains though water reserves remain uneven. Lower ranges mature with small size, livestock generally in good condition, but southern lambs show lack of finish from earlier poor feed. Overall range status slightly above last June but below the 1923 42 June average.
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Boise
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ickes Frees Mines in Several States
Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes orders private operators to run 40 coal mines in Arkansas and Oklahoma, 11 in Wyoming and Idaho, and eight in Montana. Companies must immediately implement wage deals 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 reports say American sea air and ground forces batter Japanese fortresses as Nimitz and MacArthur lead strikes from Palau to the Marianas and New Guinea. In Burma and China, forces push toward Kohima Myitkyina and Changsha while Japanese drives aim to trap eastern China.
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Associated Press
Philippines
China
Nimitz-MacArthur
Palau
Marianas
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
In Moberly Missouri residents honored Lt General Omar N Bradley and his men with a bond drive salute for Cherbourg. On the first day of the fifth war loan campaign sales reached 644000 dollars, surpassing the 620000 dollar goal as a cheering crowd sounded with whistles bells and sirens.
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Moberly
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Mercury
Tax deadline set for second instalment in 1943 taxes
Mrs Laura Berg county treasurer announced the last day for paying the second instalment without penalty is Saturday June 24. The treasurer's office in the county courthouse will be open all day Tuesday June 17 and Saturday June 24.
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Laura Berg
County Court House
Bombers Sweep German Targets as Allied Forces Press Cherbourg
Allied air forces from Italy and England strike Munich and Innsbruck targets behind German lines while heavy and light bombers sustain the Normandy beachhead campaign. Five landing strips are reported in use as Enland sorties total over 7000 yesterday. Airborne reinforcements reach the beachhead with strategic strikes widening the theatre.
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London
United States
Italy
Germany
Western Front
Cherbourg
Normandy
Munich
Innsbruck
Austria
England
France
Allied Expeditionary Force
Enkrland
Suh Air Force
Porto Marghera
Venice
Allied forces praise early campaign gains in Europe
Eisenhower says the seven day campaign exceeded expectations. Nimitz reports carrier raids near Tokyo sank 13 ships damaged 16 and shot down 141 planes in three days. Pierlot announces King Leopold removed to Germany as Nazis prepare for liberation armies.
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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
Allied forces seize Cherbourg area as Germans counterattack near Carentan
Allied troops push to Cherbourg outskirts and seize three towns near Valognes while Germans launch their first major counterattack below Cherbourg toward Carentan. AP reports heavy shelling on Carentan as US gunfire holds, with Churchill urging unity as victory nears.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Cherbourg
Valognes
Carentan
Ton Whitehead
Associated Press
Rommel May Be Out As Commander of Axis Units in West
Unconfirmed reports say Marshal Erwin Rommel was removed from command of the seventh and 15th mobile armies in the west. Rommel and von Rundstedt clashed over defense plans as Allied landings began in France. Dispatches suggested Rommel may be absent from front lines since the invasion.
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Rommel
West
Erwin Rommel
Karl von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
France
Low Countries
North Africa
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Bernard Montgomery
Crebourg Peninsula
Bannock Officials Predict Heavy Vote in Primaries
Bannock county officials forecast heavier turnout than 1942 due to rising absentee ballots and sunny election day. In Pocatello 35 Republicans and 48 Democrats sought primaries with some unopposed races and rumors of write in campaigns. The Democratic U S senator race drew most interest while staff prepared to relay returns from seven Idaho counties.
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Bannock
Pocatello
Bannock County
D-day
Nema Ashton
Justice of the Peace
United States
D. Worth Clark
Glen Taylor
Carlyle Hotel
Clark
Taylor
Pocatello Tribune
Idaho
Associated Press Bureau
Boise
Buffalo Sightings Reported in Idaho Near Medicine Lodge Creek
State Conservation Officer Albert Dickson says two buffalo were seen between Medicine Lodge Creek and Indian Creek northwest of here, likely wandering about 150 miles from Yellowstone Park. Two years ago ten buffalo were reported at Lemhi River head, but have not been seen since.
Clark's Army Breaks Axis Lines Near Rome In Advancing Push
Allied forces drive along the Lake Bolsena sector breaking defense lines and seize Valentano while pushing toward Latera. American units on the Tyrrhenian coast engage dug in positions east of Orbetello and take 142 German 162nd Turcoman division prisoners and 100 enemy killed. Adriatic front gains include eight army troops crossing the Saline River near Pescara.
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Rome
Lake Bolsena
Fifth Army
Orbetello
Valentano
Latera
Adriatic
Saline River
Pescara
Idaho OES Holds 42nd Annual Session In Payette
The 42nd annual session of the Idaho Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, met in Payette with Mrs Lilian J Barton of Wendell as worthy grand matron presiding Lorraine chapter of Payette hosts the event. The group plans degree work and officer reports with Dr Noel M Leavitt presenting his report and George E Bacheller attending.
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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 Lewiston Fair
Kyle McGrady operating the mail boat between Lewiston and Johnson's Bar on the Snake River owns a live sturgeon planned for exhibition at southern Idaho fairs this summer if it survives. The four foot fish was caught in Hell's Canyon and brought to Lewiston in a tank. Fully grown specimens can reach about 1200 pounds.
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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 Reach Near Cherbourg in Multi-Front Push
Allied forces in Normandy explode forward with rapid gains near Cherbourg. Americans seize three towns and push patrols within ten miles of the port while Caen bastion falls to a deep thrust. British units secure Troarn and advance toward Caen as new air landings occur along the Cherbourg peninsula.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Cherbourg
Caen
Troarn
U. S
Balleroy
Bayeux
Montebourg
Cherbourg Penins
Ste Mere Eglise
Pont L’abe
West Coast Railway
Carentan
le Ham
France
Cape
Luftwaffe feigns resolve as raids meet stiff Allied response
Allied air forces report heavy losses on both sides after raids over England and France. RAF claims 23 heavy bombers destroyed in France and 17 more at Gelsenkirchen and Cologne, while 53 Germans shot down and 17 on the ground. Mosquitoes disrupt transport behind German lines, and rocket-armed Typhoons destroy ammunition and cause explosions at military targets.
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Luftwaffe
Normandy
England
London
RAF
France
Gelsenkirchen
Cologne
Britain
Schaef
Victory Rose Blooms in Bristol Garden After D-day
A yellow rose bush in Reverend Settimio V’s Bristol garden bloomed post D-day marking its first flowers beyond a solid yellow color, described as a notable bloom in the narrative.
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Bristol, Conn
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