Flyers Attack Site of Rocket Bases
Allied air forces conducted a large scale strike over Pas de Calais and Normandy as German pilotless bombs continued to reach southern England. RAF heavy bombers and fighters supported invasion troops while nine of thirteen rail bridges on the Seine were knocked down and many Loire and highway bridges damaged or destroyed.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
England
Berlin
Reich
Pas de Calais
France
Air Ministry
Normandy
RAF
Schleswig - Holstein
Mecklenburg
Seine
Oise
Loire
Stockholm
London
Rouen
Pas-de-Calais
Channel
Army Air Forces Assign Bennett to Radio School
Pvt. Vern O. Bennett son of Mr and Mrs Orville P Bennett of 334 North Thirteenth has been assigned to the AAF training command radio school at Louis Falls S and. Graduating from Pocatello High School in 1943 he was inducted and sent to San Antonio Texas. He was a corporal in the state guard before joining the air forces.
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Pvt
Vern O. Bennett
Orville P. Bennett
North Thirteenth
AAF Training Command Radio School
Louix Falls
Army Air Field
Pocatello High Schol
Bennett
San Antonio
Texas
State Guard
Air Forces
Elba falls to French forces as warfront tightens
French troops seize Elba Island with Gen. Jean De Lattre De Tassigny in command. Allied forces press toward Pisa Florence Rimini line as American and British units air and sea support the landings. American casualties in France reported at 3,283 dead and 12,600 wounded in first 11 days of invasion.
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Rome
Elba
Pianosa
Pisa-Florence-Rimini
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Porto Ferraro
Marino di Campo
Porto Longone
Eighth Army
Orvieto
Monteleone
Grosseto
Todi
Perugia
France
Omar N. Bradley
Firing Squad to Exact Life Of Ogden Killer on Monday
Austin Cox 38 will face a firing squad at dawn in the Utah state prison yard after the Board of Pardons denied commutation. He chose the rifle death over the gallows as five marksmen will shoot from 30 feet, one blank, for the July 23 Pioneer Day rampage that killed five others including District Judge Lewis Trueman. Cox, described as tall with a black beard, has a history of violence on Death Row and resisted reporters, saying he would enter the world silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Austin Cox
Utah
Cox
State Board of Pardons
Herbert B. Maw
Lewis V. Trueman
Trueman
Naval Depot
Nelson
Knapp Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in War Office Move
Second Lt. Nathan Edward Tolbert of Twin Falls advances to first sergeant as part of a sequence of promotions in Washington. The action involves Lt. Col. Knapp and signals ongoing officer advancement at the war department with assignments tied to the 416 South Ninth Avenue, Pocatello address.
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Washington
South Ninth Avenue
Pocatello
Nathan Edward Tolbert
Twin Falls
Tank Production Surges as Allied Armor Demand Rises
Washington reports an extremely heavy rise in tank production after invasion beach head losses spurred orders from military high command. U S plants halted months ago must reopen while steel, large-tonnage needs rise. heavy truck output also must accelerate to replace France's ruined rail network.
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Washington
Erwin Rommel
United States
North Africa
Baylor to Return to Southwest Conference in 1945
Baylor University will return to the Southwest Conference in 1945, announced by President Pat M. Neff. The move marks a reunion with a conference affiliation that the university held previously.
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Waco, Tex
Baylor University
Pat M. Neff
Direct Route Open to Finnish City
Russian forces closed in within 25 miles of Viipuri from two directions after capturing Perkjarvi and Kuolemajary on key rail lines. Govorov’s troops held more than 120 towns as the front widened to over 65 miles, while Viipuri awaited evacuation and Finnish forces regrouped east of the Aland islands amid censorship considerations and psychological pressures from the Helsinki front.
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London
Viipuri
Perkjarvi
Karelian Isthmus
Kuolemajary
Moscow
Finland
Leonid A. Govorov
Kuolemajarvi
Stockholm
Red Army
Raasuli
Bogens Nyheter
Navenanmae
Aland
Gulf of Bothnia
United States
Hjalmar Procope
U. S
Grant to Head Elks Lodges
E N Grant of Lewiston was elected president of the Idaho Elks association at the state convention. New officers include R Baum of Pocatello as first vice president, R E Sorensen of Wallace as second vice president, A T Klink of Boise as third vice president, K Kline of Moscow as fourth, A E Varnadoe of Nampa as fifth, Coy Barnes of Lewiston as secretary, Ed Yates of St. Maries as chaplain, and trustees Ed Baird Boise J O Melvin Boise A L Barnes Lewiston Harold C Hinckley Pocatello W C Rullman Wallace.
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E. N. Grant
Lewiston
Idaho Elks Association
Moscow
Taylor Holding Lead of 188 With 45 Precincts Lacking
Idaho election results show Taylor ahead by 188 votes for the Democratic U S senate nomination with 8060 of 845 precincts reporting. Taylor leads over Clark as late tallies from eight counties adjust totals and Bonner county adds votes. The winner faces Gov Bottolsen in the general race. other races include Stevens over Moon for state treasurer and Langley over Elliott for attorney general.
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Boise
Glen Taylor
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
U. S. Senate
Pocatello
San Francisco
Senator Clark
Senate
Taylor
Clark
James Hawley
John Cornell
Bonner County
C. A. Bottolfsen
Ben Johnson
Preston
Ruth Moon
Cora Stevens
Twin Falls
Moon
Stevens
Frank Langley
Coeur d'Alene
E. G. Elliott
Langley
Elliott
James W. Keating
Harrison
Keating
Davis-Wicks
W. L
Japs Giving Ground As Yankees Expand Beachhead at Saipan
American forces widened the Saipan beachhead to over five miles along the west coast with inland progress to two miles and the edge of Ashito airdrome. U S bombers hit Sorong on New Guinea as Guam endured a heavy naval bombardment. Nimitz reported actions but gave few results.
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Yankees
Saipan
Guam
Japan
New Guinea
Pearl Harbor
Marianas Island
Tokyo
Ashito Airdrome
Sorong
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Central Pacific
China Coast
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S
Marianas
Asia
Saipan Island
Southeast Asia
Germans Use Robot Planes To Carry Explosive Loads
Allied reports describe Nazi winged bombs or robot planes crossing into southern England at night. The pilotless crafts are simple, mass produced, and carry about a ton of explosives. They fly low, are hard to aim, and cause damage and casualties despite limited accuracy.
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England
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Channel
Guns Cutting Off Escape For Germans
Allied forces broke German lines in Normandy with the 9th and 82nd Airborne divisions driving toward Cherbourg. The push reached within four miles of the west coast and cut the Cherbourg corridor, threatening a large German trap and potentially isolating Cherbourg harbor. General Omar N. Bradley led the rapid advance with heavy artillery support as front lines reported gains south of Isigny and along the Vire Et Vaute canal.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Bizerte
Tunisia
82Nd Airborne
Cherbourg
St. Sauveur
Don Whitehead
Associated Press
Omar N. Bradley
St. Lo-d'Ourville
Bradley
Whitehead
Assatch
Normandy
Port Lyautey
French Morocco
el Guetton
Cap Bon
St. Jacques- de Nehou
Vire-Et-Vaute
Isieny
Tilly-Sur-Seull
Baccalaureate and Commencement at ISU for 188 Graduates
Idaho Southern college holds its eighteenth annual commencement Monday at 10 a.m. with 188 Navy V-12 and civilian graduates. Baccalaureate tonight at 8 in Frazier hall features Rev. Marcus Lindsay and Rev. Ebenezer Ferry, with the Idaho Southern Symphony Orchestra and Acappella choir contributing. University President Harrison Dale will confer degrees and present certificates while note lists honor service by Armed Forces, including 1033 men and 37 women in active service, 10 KIA and 6 MIA.
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Idaho Southern
Frazier Hall
Marcus E. Lindsay
First Presbyterian Church of Boise
Ebenezer T. Ferry
Pocatello Presbyterian Church
University Acapella
Rudolph Goranson
Idaho Southern Symphony Orchestra
Gibson Walters
Richard Wells
Pocatello
Rotary International
Walters
University Orchestra
T. R. Neilson
Alvin L. Kleinfeldt
The
Pocatello Christian Church
Harrison C. Dale
University of Idaho
Idaho
College of Pharmacy
George Hideo Amemiya
Monty H. Nelson
Orland Reynolds
Norman Howell Ricks
Shizuko
Suzy
Toyota
Mary Rita Amos
Alton Lyndon Davidson
Clifford H. Harper
Peter Lowe Jensen
Fermin Lecumberry
Donald J. Miller
Edward John Novak
Junji Ozaki
Merrill L. Peterson
Edward Pratter
Alma Richie
Armand Paul Tomasini
Hare Edward Riley
Lew William Walake
Carl Edward Wenger
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Calais
Army Air Forces
Mongolia
Manchuria
China
Chungking
Woochina
Manila
Pacific Ocean
Emiwetok
GueeRt
Patmyea
U. S S
Exile Island
St. Sauveur - le- Vicomte
Carentan
Seventh Corps
Fifth Corps
Ogden
Knapp Adances
Baylor
Grant
Elks Lodges
Britain
ISU
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