British Policy in War Plans Shapes North Africa Action
In a DeWitt MacKenzie feature written by Fred Vanderschmidt, Britainոր new war plan leads a north Africa assault near the Egyptian border as Tobruk resists. The piece weighs German Russian pressure, Italy credit freezes, and Nazi strategy amid a global conflict outlook.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
North Africa
Britain
Winston Churchill
Suez
Tobruk
East Africa
Credit Union Reelects Idaho League Leaders
H B Yearsley of Pocatello was reelected to head the Idaho Credit Union league for another year at the fifth annual meeting. James R Hall Boise Ralph S Boal Ogden Idaho Falls and George J Keller Idaho Falls were returned as officers. New directors include James S Best Cecil M Prost Harrison C Jones Frances Melgquist and H M Bates. Holdovers are Hall Boal Anderson Yearsley and Keller. Fall session in Caldwell October with Sun Valley as potential for next annual meeting.
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Idaho Falls
H. B. Yearsley
Pocatello
Idaho Credit Union League
James R. Hall
Boise
Ralph S. Boal
Ogden
George J. Keller
James S. Best
Caldwell
Cecil M. Prost
Meridian
Harrison C. Jones
Frances Melgquist
H. M. Bates
Hall
Boal
Archie T. Anderson
Twin Falls
Yearsley
Keller
Sun Valley
Major League Baseball Schedule and Results Note
National New York beat Cincinnati 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. Lehrman and Danning, Vander Meer, Thompson, Moore, Beggs and Lombardi listed. Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 Chicago 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 Grissom, Crouch and Warren cited. Boston at Pittsburgh postponed due to rain. American Cleveland 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 New York 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Milnar and Helmsley. Gomez, Murphy and Rosar. Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 1 2 0 Newsom, McKain and Tebbetts. Chase and Early. Only games scheduled.
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New York
Cincinnati
Lehrman and
Danning
Vander Meer
Thompson, Moore, Beggs
Lombardi
West
Cleveland
Milnar and
Helmsley
Gomez, Murphy and
Rosar
Italy Freezes US Property in Italy After Mussolini Action
Rome reports the Italian government froze American bank accounts in Italy as reprisal for similar American moves against Italian holdings. Banks blocked withdrawals preventing replenishment of cash while registrations determine holdings, with Americans said to own shares in about 60 Italian companies valued around 142 million dollars. Il Popolo di Roma labeled Washington’s measures as insane stupidity and allied Britain.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
United States
Bank of Italy
Washington Dispatches
Il Popolo di Roma
Washington
England
Railway Mail Official Dies in Seattle
Orange Lemon 63 former Boise and Pocatello resident and Railway Mail Service chief clerk in 1922 died in Seattle. Survived by three daughters and a son-in-law, funeral planned in Pocatello. Born March 8 1878 in St Jacobs Tl he joined the mail service in 1904 and served as district chief clerk from 1922 until his transfer to Seattle in 1938.
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Boise
Seattle
Orange Lemon
Boise and
Pocatello
Lemon
Railway Mail Service
Florence Atkinson
Picabo
Oscar Kline
Hailey
Ruth Winter
Ogden
Utah
Henry Hulse
Railway
St Jacobs
Baker
Oregon
Idahoan's Father Bath Dies at 74 in Salt Lake City
Simon Richard Bath aged 74 died in Salt Lake City after an extended illness. He was the father of Laurence Bath of American Falls Idaho.
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Salt Lake City
Simon Richard Bath
Laurence Bath
American Falls
Idaho
Tag Day Aims to Fund UPB C Chorus Trip
Ladies auxiliary of the Union Pacific Boosters announce a Tag Day event on Tuesday to raise funds for sending the UPB C male chorus to Los Angeles on June 19 for the National Federation of Music Clubs meet.
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Union Pacific Boosters’ Club
Los Angeles
National Federation of Music Clubs
Postoffice Picketed By Indians
Cheyenne Indians withdraw from their picket line after officials promise to remedy alleged indignities from the postoffice mural. Chief Red Bird, 71, calls off uprising after a peace pipe conference with the postmaster. Edith Mahier earned 560 dollars for the mural critiqued as unflattering to Cheyennes.
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Watonga
Oklo
Postoffice
Red Bird
A. F E. Goerke
Survivors of Robin Moor Land Safely at Capetown
Thirty five survivors from the American freighter Robin Moor landed at Capetown after a rescue from a British ship. The group includes the chief officer and crewmen who went into lifeboats before the torpedo attack. Eleven survivors from Recife were due to sail home today.
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Robin Moor
Capetown
Union of South Africa
Legation
Recife
Brazil
mid-Atlantic
United States
Ozorio
Boise Search Expands For Two Missing Teens
Sheriff Don Headrick mobilized southern Idaho officers to find 15 year old Delors Bussart and 14 year old Carrel Trent reported missing from Boise homes. A third girl was freed by deputies after saying she did not know the others location but that they planned to leave town.
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Boise
Don Headrick
Idaho
Headrick
Delors
Carrel Trent
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Eldon Schenck
A daughter was born to Mr Eldon Schenck and Mrs Schenck of Weller ville last Saturday at General hospital.
Consulates Must Close Because of Activities
Weather is described as unpredictable with a dramatic Friday heat and light effects. Saturday wandered between storm and sun, Sunday was consistently stormy, and today starts clear but rains in the afternoon. High 83, low 48, mean 65, precipitation noted as variable and short-lived.
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J.D
Clark Speaks Against War at LaFollette Memorial
Senator D Worth Clark of Idaho tells 600 at the graveside memorial for Robert La Follette Sr that the European conflict remains not our affair The talk links La Follette’s antiwar stance to today’s concerns and notes his sons Robert Jr and Philip attended the ceremony in Madison Wisconsin
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Madison
Wis
Robert LaFollette
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
Clark
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Philip la
Johnson Family Reunion Held in Lava Springs
In Lava Springs on June 16 55 members of the Johnson Lances gathered for a reunion marking the first gathering in nine years. Attendees included 10 sons and daughters 35 grandchildren 5 great grandchildren and Mrs Minnie Hale of Salt Lake City with relatives from Coeur d Alene Boise Gooding Blackfoot Rexburg Seattle Ogden and Salt Lake City. The Johnsons were early Rockland valley settlers dating back to 1879 with William A Johnson born in Grantsville and Nettie Lance Johnson born in American Fork. William died 1915 in Idaho Falls and Nettie died 1937 in American Falls.
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C. C. Cavanah
Norman Johnson
William C. Jones
Fort Hall
Loren Edward MacNarlen
Salt Lake City
Idaho Falls
Lava Hot Springs
William A
Nettie Lance Johnson
Johnson
Minnie Hale
Coeur d'Alene
Boise
Gooding
Blackfoot
Rexburg
Seattle
Ogden
Mr. Johnson
Grantsville
American Fork
Lances
Rockland Valley
American Falls
Fighting Renewed in Desert as Allies Advance in Libya
In North Africa British forces push 40 miles into Libya in a fresh clash with Axis forces near the Suez route. A London source cites growing strain between Russo German relations and a possible pan European economic move or open conflict. In Idaho a drainage project near Boise and school grounds upgrade in McCammon receive W P A funding.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Libya
Suez Canal
London
Russia
Clark or Wheeler May Visit Boise
Boise officials and the America First Committee hope Senator Wheeler of Montana or Senator Clark of Idaho will address Boise during June. Clark plans to speak next Saturday if arrangements are finalized. Both senators are noted isolationists. Mrs. Paul C. Flory of Caldwell reported on a Washington D. C. meeting of the Boise valley group yesterday.
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Boise
Boise Valley America First Committee
Wheeler
Montana
Clark
Idaho
Paul C. Flory
Caldwell
America First Committee
Washington
D. C
Boise Valley Group
United States Orders German Consulates Closed by July 10
Washington announces closure of German consulates and related agencies in the United States by July 10 for activities deemed hostile to the welfare of the country. The action, not a break in diplomatic relations, targets the German library of information, railway bureau, and news service, with removal of nationals connected to them.
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Washington
United States
Sumner Welles
Germany
Wilhelm Fannenberg
Hans Thomsen
German Library of Information and Railway Tourist Bureau
German Transocean News Agency
Detroit
Newark
N. J
Pocatello Lions Meet Tonight at Bannock Hotel
The Pocatello Lions convene tonight in the Bannock hotel with no definite program announced yet. Emil Bilfast, the program director, confirms the lack of details as the session begins.
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Pocatello Lions
Bannock Hotel
Emil Bilfast
Dutch Reject Jap Demand in East Asia Proposal
In Batavia June 164 the governor general of the Dutch East Indies declared his government rejects any thought of inclusion in Japan’s proposed new order for East Asia. A. W. L. Tjarda Van Starkenborgh Stachouwer warned that an axis victory would destroy the Netherlands and vowed to guard raw materials from Germany.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Legislative People’s Council
A. W. L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
Japan
Kingdom of the Netherlands
East Indies
Germany
United States Takes Six Danish Freighters Into Service
Washington June 16 The United States took six Danish freighters onto the active service list under a new law enabling government operation of foreign vessels for just compensation. The action, part of a program to add 84 foreign ships, follows long idleness due to the European war and affects 28 Italian and two German ships as well.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Maritime Commission
Great Britain Commission
Normandie
German Consulates Closed Amid U S Action
Berlin reports indicate German sources were informed that American action closed German consulates. Officials would not comment further.
Idaho Weather Forecast Mixed Clouds With Light Temps
Partly cloudy conditions expected tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. The forecast notes mostly stable weather into early week with no significant precipitation or storms.
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Idaho
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