Crop Outlook Improves Through May Weather
Unusually favorable May weather boosts winter wheat prospects by 52 million bushels, lifting total anticipated wheat production this year to 1,034,785,000 bushels. The June indicators forecast winter wheat at 714,148,000 and spring wheat at 320,637,000 bushels with peach production at 67,427,000. Idaho and Utah show notable yields for winter and spring wheat, oats, and barley.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Idaho
Utah
Rigby Soldier Awarded Air Medal for Meritorious Achievement
Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney announces the Air Medal award for T/Sgt. Steven M. Baker of route 1 Rigby for meritorious achievement in the southwest Pacific theater.
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New Guinea
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Steven M. Baker
Rigby
Allied leaders survey Normandy front in France visit
Prime Minister Churchill and General Eisenhower conducted inspections across American held sectors. Accompanying Eisenhower were General Marshall Admiral King General Arnold Lt. General Bradley and Rear Admirals Kirk and Hall. Churchill traveled aboard HMS Kelvin and joined Field Marshal Smuts and General Brooke on the mission.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Churchill
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
U. S
Ernest King
Sir Alan Brooke
Supreme General Staff
Bicycle Rider Hurt In Crash With Car
Robert Fingerlos twenty six of 221 Taft avenue suffered a fractured leg and facial lacerations when a car driven by Ted Jenkins of 1036 South Main struck the bicycle Fingerlos rode at East Oak and North Eleventh He was employed by M and M Cyclery and was taken to St Anthony hospital by Jenkins before police arrived A bicycle at the scene had been moved prior to report so measurements could not be recorded
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Robert Fingerlos
Taft Avenue
Ted Jenkins
South Main
Fingerlos
East Oak
North Eleventh
M & M Cyclery
St. Anthony Hospital
Jenkins
Ex Governor Moore in Fair Condition in Salt Lake Hospital
Ex governor C. C. Moore of Idaho is reported in fair condition at Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake City after weeks of treatment. He had been in critical condition earlier and arrived from St. Anthony for medical care.
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Salt Lake City
C. C. Moore
Idaho
Holy Cross Hospital
St. Anthony
Railroad Veterans Gather On Reunion Tour
Forty four years after leaving railroading Victor Mouritsen of Montpelier returned to his old job as a railroad switch engine fireman. He reported at Pocatello where he teamed with Yard Engineer James Kinnersley of 586 West Maple who had been engineer and fireman at Kemmerer until 1904 and later moved to Pocatello as yard engineer since November 11 of that year.
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Victor Mouritser
Montpelier
Kemmerer
Wyo
James Kinnersley
Pocatello
Mouritsen
West Maple
Railroad Accident Kills Two Men in Nevada
Officials in Elko Nevada investigate a fatal collision after a motor car with John Stewart Ogden and J M Reddy Montello Nevada is struck by the engine of train No 39 in rainy wind. Both men were on the car and thrown clear as it was demolished.
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Ogden
Salt Lake
Southern Pacific Railroad
Elko
Nev
John
Jack) Stewart
J. M. Reddy
Montello
Nevada
Ed Waltermeyer
Western Flyer
Reddy
Stewart
Hawkins Named Naval Reserve Lieutenant at Democratic Convention
Prose cutting Attorney William Hawkins, the keynoter at the Idaho Democratic convention, disclosed he was commissioned lieutenant junior grade in the naval reserve. He seeks renomination as prosecutor at Tuesday's election.
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Coeur D'Alene
William S. Hawkins
Idaho
Naval Reserve
Churchill in Rome Visits Raised Yugoslav Contact
NEW YORK reports Maj. Randolph Churchill son of the British prime minister has gone to Rome as a British liaison officer with the Yugoslav partisans. The delegation cited Tito's radio as the source of the update.
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New York
Marshal Tito
Free
Randolph Churchill
Rome
Chamber of Commerce Forum To Feature Baptism of Fire Film
The Pocatello chamber of commerce will host a noon luncheon in the Pioneer room of the Bannock hotel on Wednesday. F. D. Hilliard, military affairs committee chair, leads the program and an official war action film Baptism of Fire will be shown. Five air force recruiters led by Lieutenant Rita Cohan will attend as guests.
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Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer Room
Bannock Hotel
F. D. Hilliard
Air Wac
Rita Cohan
Yugoslav King recalls ambassador Fotich from Washington
King Peter II reportedly recalled Constantin Fotich 45 as ambassador to Washington a post he has held since 1935. Fotich, seen as a supporter of Gen. Draja Mihailovic, is linked by Tito's partisans to collaboration with Germany. Ambassador Fetich in Washington declined comment and said a statement would follow tomorrow.
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London
Peter II of
Yugoslavia
Constantin Fotich
Washington
Fotich
Draja Mihailovic
Marshal Tito
Germany
Fetich
Stalin Praises Western Front Achievement
Moscow dispatch says Premier Stalin paid tribute to the western front, calling the undertaking broad in conception grandiose in scale and masterly in execution. Marshal of the Red Army added that history will take note of this achievement. Stalin spoke to foreign correspondents at the Soviet press department.
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Moscow
Stalin
Red Army
Nazis Recall Books From German Bookshops
A Tass dispatch from Zurich quotes neutral arrivals saying books pamphlets and pictures of the Atlantic wall have vanished from German bookshops and newsstands since the Allied Normandy invasion. They were reportedly withdrawn under instructions of the propaganda ministry.
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Moscow
Tass
Zurich
Switzerland
Germany
Normandy
Propaganda Ministry
Card of Thanks for Loss of Son and Brother
We extend heartfelt thanks to all who assisted and offered sympathy at the death of our beloved son and brother. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hall and Family.
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Byron Hall
Army Bases Vie In Bond Contest
Pocatello army airfield challenged Mountain Home Gowen and Wendover to a per capita bond sale contest by August 4. Capt. Ben Rogers announced the drive with progress updates set for June 19 and each Monday thereafter.
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Pocatello Army Airfield
Mountain Home
Gowen
Wendover Fields
Ben Rogers
Rogers
Birthday on D-Day Birthday marks Robert Kimber’s 19th
D-Day invasion date marked the 19th birthday of Robert Ray, son of Mr and Mrs George W Kimber of 235 North. The fragment notes the celebrant’s family context amid wartime events.
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D-day
Robert Ray
George W. Kimber
North
Birthday Tribute To Seaman Tenth In South Pacific
Robert Tenth, a machinist mate 2/c now serving in the South Pacific, has completed one year in the Navy after graduating from Pocatello high school. His mother, Mrs. Kimber, gave a birthday cake at the USO hut in his honor.
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South Pacific
Robert
Navy
Pocatello High School
Kimber
USO
Pioneer of Malad Dies on Coast
Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca B. Jardine 88 were held in Malad Idaho. She died Wednesday at the home of her daughter Alice Turner in Martinez California. Born Willard Utah October 4 1855 she married William Jardine in 1871. Jardine died in 1912. The Jardines were early Malad valley settlers. Surviving relatives include three children.
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Malad
Rebecca B. Jardine
LDS Stake Tabernacle
Alice Turner
Martinez
Calif
Jardine
Willard
Utah
William Jardine
Malad Valley
Notable Jardine Family Names Listed Across Nations
The excerpt lists William M. Jardine of Wichita Kansas, former president of the local university and secretary of agriculture, along with James T. Jardine of Washington DC, Dudley Jardine of Grant Idaho, and Mrs. Mary Stuart of Butte Montana and Mrs. Alice Turner of Martinez California, reflecting a family with varied public roles.
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William M. Jardine
Wichita, Kans
Coolidge
Turkey
James T. Jardine
Washington, D. C
Dudley Jardine
Grant
Idaho
Mary Stuart
Butte
Mont
Alice Turner
Martinez
Calif
Molotov Bread Basket as Seven-Bomb Device Described
Army ordnance terminology notes a Molotov Bread Basket as a single bomb that fragments into seven smaller bombs before impact. The description emphasizes its dispersal pattern and airborne fragmentation characteristics.
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Army Ordnance
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Patersens
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