House Passes G. I. Bill With Wide Provisions
Congress sends the compromise G I Bill of Rights to the White House after near unanimous House approval. Key points include unemployment pay of 20 dollars weekly for 52 weeks, government funded education up to 500 dollars tuition, 50 percent loan guarantees up to 4000 dollars, and blended benefits offset by any future bonus. The bill totals an estimated cost between 3 and 6.5 billion dollars.
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Washington
House
White House
Senate
United States Employment Service
Prisoners of Japan Hold Fast to Civilians for Freedom
Russell Brines reports from Santo Tomas and various camps as American prisoners believe Allied victory will come at high cost. They endure hunger and hard labor in Manila Kobe Yokohama docks and war plants while news of success sustains them. They trust Americans will sacrifice more to win.
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Asia
Manchuria
Japan
Russell Brines
Santo Tomas University
Manila
United States
AP Bureau
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Kobe
Yokohama
Farallon Rescue Returns Wallet and Cash to Seaman Turner
San Francisco wartime sailor Roudet O. Turner, a South Pacific veteran, was rescued after his ship foundered near the Farallon Islands. His wallet and $1,040 in currency were recovered from a beach about 25 miles from the wreck site and returned to him, preserving his savings.
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San Francisco
Roudet O. Turner
Farallon Islands
Buton Turner
Pocatello Plans Campaign On Gasoline Black Market
Pocatellans will meet at Bannock hotel Wednesday at 8 p m to plan a three month newspaper ad campaign to curb the gasoline black market. Reade M Young chairs the meeting with officials from Idaho Refining and Utah Oil outlining public education efforts and June meetings in several towns to discuss counterfeit coupons.
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Pocatellans
Bannock
Reade M. Young
Idaho Refining Company
Boise
R. J. Schwendiman
Utah Oil Company
Gilbert Moyle
Pocatello
Malad
St. Anthony
Preston
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot
Montpelier
Mackay
Petroleum Industry Committee
Idaho
Lee Farnsworth
Salmon Soldier Casualties From World War II Reported
The War Department announced three Idaho soldiers killed in action in Europe and the Mediterranean. Second Lt. Anton L. Harris of Salmon, Lewis M. Fine of Salmon, and Pvt. William R. Hoyle of Gooding are named in the casualty list.
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Washington
Idaho
War Department
Anton L. Harris
Virginia G. Harris
Salmon
Set
Lewis M. Fine
Ozellia Fine
Mediterranean
William R. Hoyle
Edna P. Hoyle
Gooding
Japanese Prisoners Fear Americans
Nels Langsather a Helena Montana Seabee writes of a transport from the South Pacific carrying 35 Japanese prisoners with 15 seriously wounded. He recalls a Japanese prisoner speaking English saying they feared mistreatment and death on the voyage while noting they received the same rations and favored ice cream.
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Nels Langsather
Helena
Mont
United States
South Pacific
Langsather
Edna Service
USO
Prisoners Treated Kindly by Americans Win Trust
Langfather notes prisoners received aid and English speaking Japanese helped, after which they were posted and given necessities. The men responded with friendliness and did not attempt escape.
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Langfather
Two Idahoans Among 350 Honored in Mass Air Service Awards
Brig. Gen. Warren F. Carter awarded decorations to 350 members of the troop carrier command in a sweeping ceremony in New Guinea. Among the honorees were Sgt. Francis M. Workman of Rigby and S Sgt. Herbert Fell Jr. of Idaho Falls, each receiving the air medal and distinguished flying cross with oak leaf cluster. The May operations moved 2,000 plane loads of troops and supplies to Dutch New Guinea airstrips at Hollandia and Wakde, amid muddy airfields and ongoing repair work.
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Fifth Air Force Advanced Headquarters
New Guinea
Troop Carrier Command
Warren F. Carter
Southwest Pacific
Idaho
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Wakde Island
Francis M. Workman
Rigby
Herbert Fell, Jr
Idaho Falls
Chamber backs Barrett bill and city pool plan
The board of directors of the chamber of commerce voiced support for HR 2241 Barrett bill requiring congressional and state approval for lands set aside as national monuments. They urged safeguarding Idaho and Wyoming citizens rights in the Jack Hole monument area and approved the municipal swimming pool plan with procedures to run it on sound business lines.
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Chamber of Commerce
House
Congress
Idaho
Wyoming
Jack Hole National Monument
Freedom and Bread Key Nazi Slogan Reported
Associated Press correspondent Larry Allen, repatriated after twenty months in prison camps, described German trains as running on time despite bombings. From the Statue of Liberty interview amid the fifth war loan drive he quoted the Nazi slogan Freiheit und Brot as freedom and bread, noting Germany lacks both.
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New York
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Grand Central Station
Statue of Liberty
Allen
War raid photos reveal true Reich damage
Allied air crews dropped thousands of aerial photographs over Germany to document actual destruction after a raid that the Nazis claimed caused little damage. US usage of bismuth totaled about 1,000 tons in 1943 and a mercury bismuth amalgam is used to silver mirrors.
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Reich
United States
Pocatello Women Attend Federated Club Convention
Delegates from the Pocatello Women's club Mrs. R. E. Schmidt Mrs. C. P Tucker and Mrs. Stanley H. Lee ney attended the district convention in Blackfoot held last Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Leeney presided over the local group.
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R. E. Schmidt
C. P Tucker
Stanley H. Leeney
Federated Women’s Clubs
Pocatello Women's Club
Blackfoot
Leeney
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