House Passes G I Bill of Rights by Overwhelming Vote
Washington reports an overwhelming House approval sending the compromise G I bill to the White House. The measure authorizes unemployment pay of 20 dollars weekly for 52 weeks, government financed education up to 500 dollars plus subsistence, 50 percent loan guarantees up to 4000 dollars, and four percent interest on loans with future deductions from bonuses. Estimated cost ranges from 3 billion to 6.5 billion. The bill also provides a four year college option for eligible veterans.
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Washington
House
White House
Senate
United States Employment Service
Prisoners of Japan Look to Civilians for Freedom
Russell Brines writes from War time camps in Asia about American civilians and soldiers enduring Japanese captivity. Prisoners sustain hope on Allied victory, witness news fragments at night, and recall economic mistakes that hurt early war efforts.
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Japan
Asia
Manchuria
Russell Brines
Sant Tomas University
Manila
United States
AP Bureau
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Kobe
Yokohama
Sailor Saved After Ship Founders Near Farallon Islands
South Pacific veteran Roudet O. Turner believed luck favored him after his ship foundered off San Francisco's Farallon Islands last month. Though he lost his wallet and $1,040, his wallet and cash washed ashore 25 miles from the wreck were recovered and returned to him.
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San Francisco
Roudet O. Turner
Farallon Islands
Turner
Puzzle Clue List Reflects Mixed Crossword Fill
A scrambled crossword puzzle page presents scattered clues and partial answers. Multiple numbered hints reference nouns verbs and adjectives across geography science and everyday objects, with partial word fragments and stray letters interleaved.
Pocatello Plans Campaign On Gasoline Black Market
Pocatellans meet at Bannock hotel to map a three month newspaper ad and publicity campaign to counter the gasoline black market. Reade M. Young to preside as officials outline public education and upcoming public meetings in Idaho towns.
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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 Man Dies In European Area
Three Idaho soldiers killed in action announced by the war department. Second Lt. Anton L. Harris of Salmon married to Virginia G Harris is killed in the European area. Sgt. Lewis M. Fine of Gooding and Pvt. William R. Hoyle of Gooding are killed in the Mediterranean area.
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Washington
Idaho
War Department
Anton L. Harris
Virginia G. Harris
Salmon
Lewis M. Fine
Ozellia Fine
Mediterranean
William R. Hoyle
Edna P. Hoyle
Gooding
Japanese Prisoners Fear Americans
Seabee Nels Langsather of Helena Montana reports that 35 Japanese prisoners aboard a transport, 15 seriously wounded, feared mistreatment during the trip home from the South Pacific. He noted they were fed the same as U S personnel and enjoyed ice cream, with one English speaking prisoner conveying the fear to Langsather.
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Nels Langsather
Seabee
Helena
Mont
United States
South Pacific
Langsather
Edna Service
USO
Prisoners’ kindness from Americans fosters calm response
Langfather notes that the prisoners were helped by Japanese speakers and given needed items after being posted. The men, treated well by Americans, grew friendlier and did not attempt to escape.
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Langfather
Mass Medal Ceremony Honors 350 Troop Carrier Command Wing
Brig. Gen. War ren EF Carter awarded decorations to 350 members of the same wing for valor in the southwest Pacific. Among honorees were Sgt. Francis M. Workman of Rigby and S/Sgt. Herbert Fell Jr. of Idaho Falls. In May the unit airlifted 2,000 loads totaling about 10 million pounds to Hollandia and Wakde airstrips in Dutch New Guinea.
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Fifth Air Force Advanced Headquarters
New Guinea
Troop Carrier Command
Warren EF. 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 chamber of commerce board on Monday endorsed HR 2241 Barrett bill requiring congressional and state approval for national monuments. It also supported the current city administration’s plan to build a municipal swimming pool and urged sound business operation.
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Chamber of Commerce
House
Congress
Idaho
Wyoming
Jack Hole National Monument
Freedom and Bread Nazi Slogan Promoted by Reich
New York AP correspondent Larry Allen, after twenty months in Italian and German prison camps, says in a Statue of Liberty interview that the Nazi slogan Freiheit und Brot means Freedom and Bread. He notes Germans lack both now while Allied bombings disrupt transport.
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New York
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Grand Central Station
Statue of Liberty
Allen
Photo reconnaissance maps reveal true Reich damage
British and American planes dropped thousands of aerial photographs over the Reich after a Nazi air raid described as slight. The United States used about 1,000 tons of bismuth in 1943. A bismuth mercury amalgam is used to silver mirrors.
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Reich
United States
Delegates Attend Federated Women’s Clubs Convention
Mrs. R. E. Schmidt Mrs. C. P. Tucker and Mrs. Stanley H. Leeney attended the district convention of Federated Women’s clubs as delegates from the Pocatello Women’s club. The event took place last Tuesday and Wednesday in Blackfoot with Mrs. Leeney serving as local group president.
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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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