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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1944
Page
2
American forces broaden their beachhead in the Pacific, repelling renewed Japanese assaults as Allied operations push deeper toward strategic objectives. The advance marks a notable expansion of control amid ongoing battles across coastal fronts and island targets.
Boise report shows Glen Taylor’s lead over D Worth Clark dropping to 201 votes with 811 precincts in, 34 unreported statewide. Clark 10,500 Taylor 10,701 Hawley 9,345 Cornell 1,711. countiles to finish as county canvasses conclude and state board compiles official result.
The wind rose swiftly in the Strait of Dover and by noon blew a gale from the north northeast with gusts to 60 miles an hour. Sea conditions in mid channel were very bad with high broken waves, while sunny intervals offered brief visibility. temperatures stayed low.
President Roosevelt nominates Ralph A. Bard currently assistant secretary of the navy to be under secretary. The nomination follows James V. Forrestal moving up to replace the late Frank Knox. Forrestal recommended Bard earlier, and Early noted Roosevelt will await Forrestal’s recommendation before filling the assistant secretary position.
The executive committee of the Poca retail merchants seeks wage stabilization clearance from the War Labor director for a July 3 retail holiday. A secret ballot showed 73 in favor and 16 against, per Paul Nash, chamber of commerce secretary.
Forty Mexicans and 43 Japanese workers start in the Pocatello area beet fields this week per County Extension Agent W. Dean Boyle. The Japanese come from Minidoka, Mexicans from western Idaho, housed at Fort Hall camps and Pocatello farm houses. Weather had threatened losses, but 83 workers improve prospects for saving much of the crop.
Bannock county ballots in the 1944 primary election were delayed as three precincts failed to forward returns. Officials must complete canvass of 43 precincts by the regulatory deadline today, with county commissioners awaiting precinct books and sheriff collecting missed records.
Morrison-Knudsen company of Boise was low bidder at 39,957.85 dollars to oil 5112 miles of U S Highway 93 near Arco and sea coat 19161 miles of the same route between Arco and Craters of the Moon in Butte county.
Two year old Bert Lee Palmer Jr. died after falling into the Portneuf river near Black Rock. Sheriff Alma Marley recovered the body about 10 a.m. Monday after dragging since Sunday evening. The Army sergeant father is overseas. survivors include mother Theda Palmer brother Sammy Jason sisters Judy Irene and two grandmothers. Funeral plans are handled by Hall mortuary with Judge Charles Hyde acting coroner.
Soviet field dispatches report the red army breaking the Mannerheim line and capturing Koivisto fortress at Vyborg Bay with advances on the Karelia isthmus and Lake Ladoga flank. Finnish premier Linkomies acknowledged progress but urged continued resistance.
Kate Mayhew 91, longtime leading actress with 500 roles in stage and film, died Friday night at her New York home. Her career began at age four on Indianapolis stage, she acted with John Drew and Maurice Barrymore, originated M liss in 1878, and left the stage to marry Henry J. Widmer before returning after his death.
Two typhoid fever cases in south central Idaho and one Rocky Mountain spotted fever case in Bannock county were reported to the state health department. Dr L J Lull urged Idahoans to get typhoid vaccine describing it as nearly 100 percent effective.
The season's first carload of cherries from the Lewiston Clarkston fruit belt was en route today to Minneapolis.
Prime Minister Churchill, in a speech at the Mexican embassy, said this summer may bring full success to the freedom cause. He noted Normandy invasion as a German surprise and warned that events in coming months could signal relief from the German curse. He pledged Britain and America will not falter regardless of defeat timing.
Utah condemned killer Austin Cox was executed by firing squad at dawn in the state prison. He refused last rites, shoved Sheriff Watson, and spoke nothing after being strapped in. Five rifles fired, with one blank. two center hits reported, one near edge, one off target. The execution occurred for Weber county killings.
London readers laugh at German propaganda on pilotless planes and rockets as bizarre names like buzzbomb winged comet and hell hound spread. British officials and commentators discuss invasion timing and the theory that rocket planes were a last measure to panic civilians.
Allied heavy bombers struck Pas de Calais rocket launch sites and German air bases in southwestern France while fighter bombers supported invasion forces. Another wave hit northern Cherbourg peninsula and routes to slow Nazi reinforcements near Tilly Caen. Reports note weather hampering operations and occasional jet rocket incursions over England.
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr was named commander of the third fleet to lead a strike against the Japanese in the Pacific. Nimitz said the move reflects organizational needs amid quiet areas, with Halsey to operate similarly to Spence’s Fifth Fleet as battles continue in the theater.
United Spanish war veterans of Idaho schedule their seventeenth annual state encampment in Boise from Tuesday to Thursday. Gov. C A Bottolfsen will speak Wednesday night. Adjutant Quartermaster J C Armstrong notes about 450 Idaho veterans, average age 71.
A group of wounded American soldiers from the Normandy invasion coast is due to arrive at Bushnell General Hospital this week. Col. R. M. Hardaway said they may reach by tomorrow or Wednesday and will be moved by air transport to Ogden Hillfield for transfer to motorized ambulances.
Jewell Chapman of Pocatello about 28 drowned Saturday evening in Hebgen Lake after becoming frightened and jumping from a motorboat during a fishing trip with three companions. Sheriff’s crew and West Yellowstone workers searched the lake as her body remained missing.
The North Idaho Chamber of Commerce, at its annual convention in Grangeville, endorses an international money standard based on gold and silver. It calls Idaho Legislature to establish a scientific research institute for mining conditions, fully develop the Columbia River basin, and implement a readjustment program using mining premium funds to replace depleted reserves.
President Roosevelt sent greetings to Sveinn Bjornson celebrating Iceland becoming an independent republic. Secretary Hull also congratulated Vilhjalmur Thor, Icelandic minister of foreign affairs, on the milestone.
Allied troops under Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley pressed within eight miles of Cherbourg and shelled the port after repelling a German breakout attempt. The push widened the cordon and captured Bricquebec, 11 miles south of Cherbourg, with as many as 50 000 Germans believed trapped.
French colonial battalions seized Portoferraio and control most of Elba with hundreds of prisoners including senior officers as Elba operations continue. In Italy, Allied forces push toward Perugia and Rimini line while gaining ground on both flanks and in the center, with Assisi captured.
Frank Eden Parshall, 20, was found dead after a hunting trip in Bonners Ferry. His father Frank Parshall and Capt. Charles Parshall of Ogden said he dropped his revolver while bending to pick up a gopher, leading to an accidental shooting. Authorities noted no foul play was suspected.
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