Sea Air Forces Combine To Strike Jap Defenses
Allied forces mount a joint sea and air assault aimed at crushing Japan's wartime defenses as Saipan invasion continues. A fifth of Japan's steel production reportedly knocked out in a historic raid from a western China base.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pacific
Clyde Farnsworth
China
U. S
Saipan
Tokyo
Bonin Islands
Korea
Asiatic
Navy
Bonin
Central Pacific
Agingam Point
Garapan
Taylor Tops 84 Precincts in Idaho Primary Fight
Idaho voters struggle in a tight Democratic Senate race as Glen Taylor leads by 47 votes over D Worth Clark with 761 of 845 precincts reporting. Unofficial tallies show Taylor 10,314 Clark 10,267 Hawley 9,247 and Cornell 1,828, as official canvass looms with June 24 deadline.
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Boise
Glen Taylor
Idaho
D. Worth Clark
Blaine
Taylor
Clark
Hawley
Cornell
Roosevelt Whie Clark
C. A. Bottolfsen
Bottolfsen
Ben Johnson
Prestor
James W. Keating
Harrison
Myrtle R. Davis-Wicks
William Hendrix
Ada County
Keating
Davis-Wicks
Hendrix
Ruth Moon
Pocatello
Cora E. Stevens
Twin Falls
Cora Stevens
Frank Langley
Coeur d'Alene
E. G. Elliott
Langley
Elliott
Bert H. Miller
Idaho Supreme Court
Miller
Supreme Court
Antelope on Jerome farm Bears Twin Births
Jerome game farm reports a rising population trend per Supt. William Gnemi as the farm’s lady antelope has given birth to twins.
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Boise
Jerome
William Gnemi
B29s Hit Steel Plants In Jap Homeland With New Bombers
Washington reports two B 29s lost in accidents during the first mass use of the superfortress. The raid targeted Yawata on Kyushu, with a bomber task force operating from China bases. Initial communique notes accurate bombing and large fires, while one crew survived.
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Department
20Th Air Force
China
20Th Bomber Command
Yawata
Kyushu
Pearl Harbor
Roy Porter
Navy Bill Passes With Historic Authorization Totals
Washington reports passage of the largest navy appropriation in history totaling 27.569 billion dollars in cash and 5 billion in contract authorizations. The measure moves to the White House as war endurance remains uncertain for America’s naval forces.
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Washington
White House
America
Missing Pocatellan Returns to Safety
Salt Lake City Idaho native Lt. Raymond Oviatt an air force veteran who spent 18 days behind enemy lines and returned to his parents for a 21 day furlough after service in North Africa and Italy plans to visit Pocatello prior to resuming duties.
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Salt Lake City
Idaho
Raymond Oviatt
Air Force
W. L. Oviatt
Italy
Oviatt
University of Idaho Southern
Pocatello
Bannock Officials Continue Canvassing of Votes
Bannock County commissioners H Earl Lewis John Aljers and Clegg Raymond with deputy clerk Nema Ashton continue canvassing votes from 43 precincts. They expect a full return count for state county officers and the nonpartisan judicial race by Saturday. The full vote tally will be printed in the Sunday Tribune.
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Bannock County
H. Earl Lewis
John Aljers
Clegg Raymond
Nema Ashton
Sunday Tribune
Holden to Assist Idaho Falls Leader at National GOP
William 8 Holden of Idaho Falls the east Idaho district Republican chairman is named first assistant secretary of the national Republican convention in Chicago. Holden who has attended four conventions will leave June 20 for Chicago. announcement comes from Harold W Mason secretary of the convention.
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Idaho Falls
William 8. Holden
Idaho
Chicago
Harold W. Mason
Holden
Writer Tells Details of Raid on Japan
Thoburn Giant aboard a Superfortress near Yawata Japan describes the mission as the start of a sustained strike on Japan's steel industry. He quotes Col Leonard Harman and mentions Lt Col Warren Wilkinson and Capt Dean Delafield as leaders guiding the plane through darkness and storms toward the objective.
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Japan
Leonard
Jake) Harman
Boise
Idaho
Billy Mitchell
Warren Wilkinson
Lincolnton
N. C
Dean Delafield
Omaha
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Nazis Launch Secret Weapon In Pilotless Rocket Plane
London reports describe flame spitting pilotless craft striking southern England and London area. The self destroying planes reportedly fly at high speed with bright lights and fiery exhausts possibly jet or rocket propelled. British authorities warn civilians to avoid the aircraft as explosions occur shortly after landing.
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London
England
France
Greater London
Ministry of Home Security
Pilotless Nazi planes strike England in new assaults
Washington reports that the Nazi forces launched pilotless planes against England in a renewed attack. Details are continued on page eight.
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Washington
England
Allies Drive 100 Miles Beyond Rome
Allied forces push from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenian coast with advances up to 25 miles in 24 hours. Key gains include Acquapendente Narni and Terni while Todi falls as eight army leadership notes rapid German withdrawals and scattered resistance along a widening front.
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Rome
Adriatic
Tyrrhenian Sea
Acquapendente
Narni
Terni
Fifth Army
Lake Bolsena
Eighth Army
Orvieto
Tyrrhenian
Orbetello
Scansano
Grosseto
Four US bombers Lost in Hawata Raid on Japanese Steel Mills
Four B 29s failed to return from yesterday's mission to Hawata Kyushu. One lost to anti aircraft fire, two due to accidents with one crew safe. No enemy planes shot down and no casualties aboard returning aircraft. Wreckage of one bomber now possibly in enemy hands. Stock market highest since 1938 as industrial and rail shares rise. A young girl's body found in a rubbish strewn lot behind lower east side tenements. Elks lodge to convene in Idaho with 150 to 200 delegates expected. welcome address given by Mayor Earl J Miller.
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Washington
America
War Department
Hawata
Pittsburgh
Japan
20Th Air Force
Imperial Iron and Steel Works
Kyushio Island
20Th Bomber Command
New York
Lower East Side
AP Elks Lodge
Idaho
Bingham County
Ellis
Earl J. Miller
Ed D. Baird
Beise
Soviet Troops Break Through New Finnish Line
Moscow reports the Red Army smashed the new Mannerheim line near Viipuri after breaching four wall lines and a wide mine field. Soviet tanks and artillery advanced beyond the line while Finns manned trenches and shelters. Govorov’s breakthrough spans 25 miles in five days, gaining two thirds of the Karelian isthmus.
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Moscow
Red Army
Finland
Mannerheim
Viipuri
Red Star
Konstantin Shvankov
Shvankov
Gulf of Finland
Konstantin Simonov
Finnish Gulf
Leonid A. Govorov
Karelian
Blackfoot Airman Receives Medal for Meritorious Missions
Technician Third Grace Paul R. Jackson of Blackfoot Idaho received an air medal from Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney commander of allied air forces in the southwest Pacific. The citation notes meritorious achievement on sustained bombing missions against enemy airdromes installations and naval vessels with hostile contact probable.
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New Guinea
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Grace Paul R. Jackson
Box
Blackfoot
Ida
Constitutional Amendment Backed to Abolish Electoral College
A proposal to abolish the electoral college is submitted by Representative Celler of New York. The plan labels the current system as outworn and cumbersome and seeks a constitutional change through Congress.
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Washington
Rep. Celler
D.n.ys
Allies Drive Toward Cherbourg as D‑Day Battles Shift
Allied forces push inland around Cherbourg peninsula with U S battleships shelling deep inland. Bradley reports advances near St. Sauveur and Carentan as German resistance stiffens in Caen Caumont and surrounding areas amid worsening weather.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
St. Sauveur
Allied
Carentan
Reigneville
Bradley
Monteborg
Cherbourge
Caumont
Caen
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
D-day
U.S
Texas
Nevada
Augusta
la Hay du Puits
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
le Haye du Puits
Ste. Mere Eglise
Orne River
Quineville
Lenape River
Tilly Sur Soulles
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Heart of
Tanapagu
Saipan Harbor
Ushi Cape
Kurau
Mosorogu Cape
Tinian Islands
Marianas
Tokyo Radio
Saipan Island
United States
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Philippines
Kuriles
Truk
Nimitz
Bonins
Douglas MacArthur
Shanghai
Yangtze
Hong Kong
Claire Chennault
Changsha
Antelope
India-China-Burma
Home Islands
Pocatellan
Bannock
Thoburn
Yawta
Doolittle
High Command
Todi
Pisa-Rimini Line
Pisa
Florence
Rimini
Proceno
Acquapencente
Taok
Bulletins
Kenneth D. Wolfe
Riverside
Calif
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