Japs Produce Improved Combat Plane
Lu zon Colonel Ernest K. Warburton, test pilot for captured Nippon aircraft, says Japan has produced several good combat planes with fighters rivaling American designs. He notes two new high speed fighters improve maneuverability, based on German design with Japanese refinements, but safety suffers from weight and factory skill limits. Bombers are good but not on par with American heavies.
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Fifth Air Force
Luzon
Ernest K. Warburton
United States
Husky
Westboro
Mass
Nippon
Warburton
Japan
Unit of Bancroft Sergeant Cited With 321st Bomb Group
The 321st Bomb Group of the 12th Air Force earned its second War Department citation for a Toulon harbor attack three days after the southern France invasion. Sgt. Denver E. Kelly, finance clerk and Bancroft native, is among those cited. From March 1943 to V-E, the unit flew 897 missions totaling over 18 000 Mitchell sorties across Tunisia, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, France and Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
12Th Air Force
War Department
Denver E. Kelly
Kelly
Marie Kellyy Bancroft
Washington
Toulon
France
Strasbourg
321St
Tunisia
Mediterranean Islands
Balkans
Austria
Jury Selection Begins for Oregon Man in Idaho Slaying
Prospective jurors are being interviewed in Vale Oregon in a murder case against 26 year old Kenneth Bailey of Klamath Falls. District Attorney E Otis Smith accuses Bailey of shooting a Oregon state police sergeant during a gun battle at Weiser Idaho on April 29. A Bengal caste practice involves binding amattled couples to trees with thread.
Birthday Cakes Honor Service Members at the Hut
Arthur R. Shreve and family marked his May 26 birthday at the Hut with a cake for servicemen. The note details Shreve’s Oklahoma roots, Idaho refining work, and June 1944 deployment with Patton’s engineers in Germany. Also referenced are Lt. Bob Tydeman and other local service members sharing thanks and memories.
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Arthur R. Shreve
Maxine Croft Shreve
Arthur R. Shreve Jr
E. Sherman
Arthur
Covington
Oklahoma
Idaho Refining Company
Combat Engineers
Patton
Germany
R. E
Bob) Tydeman
F. E. Tydeman
East Center
Bob
Pocatello High School
P Club
Hi-Y
Idaho Southern
Air Corps
Lincoln
Neb
Santa Ana
Santa Maria
Calif
Williams Field
Ariz
New Guinea
Philippines
Phyllis Weaverling
Saxton
Tydeman
Sailor Pete recalls life aboard a Pacific cruiser
Pete, seaman second class and Pocatello High School alumnus, shares his first impressions of naval life aboard a Pacific cruiser. He describes the ship as alive with a breathing heartbeat, learning to walk sea-legs, and notes his service with the Third Army in Germany and current duties in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid'n
Kent Blackhurst
J. Bryan Blackhurst
West Benton
Hoyt
Dennis
Kent
Pocatello
Idaho Southern
RFC
Washington, D.C
George Washington University
Naval Reserve
University of Utah
San Diego
Los Angeles
Pacific
Navy
St. Peter, Minn
Harvard
USO
Jose- Lee Priest Hopkins
Richard E. Hopkins
Pete
Pocatello High School
Pacific Fruit Company
Garrett Transportation Company
Brent
Sgt Donald M. Olsen Awaits Reassignment
Santa Ana California report states Staff Sergeant Donald M. Olsen age nineteen, son of Mrs. M. N. Kinney of Yellowstone Highway, Pocatello, is presently assigned to the AAF redistribution station awaiting reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald M. Olsen
Santa Ana
Calif
M. N. Kinney
Yellowstone Highway
Pocatello
Air Medal Honors Earned by B-17 Gunner Olsen
Staff Sgt. Olsen a B-17 gunner with the Eighth Air Force in England entered service in 1944 and went overseas in October 1944. He is entitled to wear the air medal with five oak leaf clusters and the European theater ribbon. At the redistribution station combat returnees receive medical exams, classification interviews and reassignment to domestic stations of the Army Air Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Olsen
Eighth Air Force
England
AAF
Army Air Forces
Village of North Pocatello Planned by County Board
County commissioners chairman W. H. Jensen said no action yet but plans aim to approve a petition for creating the village of North Pocatello. The proposal covers districts along Pole Line road and the Yellowstone highway north of Alameda with no protests filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Jensen
Board of County Commissioners
North Pocatello
Mr. Jensen
Pole Line Road
Yellowstone Highway
Alameda
Annexation Debate Mentioned for Pocatello or Alameda
Discussion in a regional council surfaced the idea of annexing the territory to either Pocatello or Alameda to avoid binding to Alameda. The notion was later denied with officials stating that annexation to neither city was contemplated.
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Alameda
Pocatello
Mrs Keith Prank Entertains Guests at North Thirteenth Home
Mrs Prank hosted out of town guests at her residence 154 North Thirteenth. The visitors included Mrs Albert Hodgins of Mullan and other attendees from distant areas.
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Keith Prank
North Thirteenth
Albert Hodgins
Mullan
Idaho Guests Attend Social With Treasure Hunt and Pinochle
Idaho and Mrs Alfred Oman of Spokane guests of Mrs Ida M Eldred enjoyed a treasure hunt and pinochle with honors to Mrs Hodgins high Mr Gus Bollschweiler all cut and Mr Glen Wagner booby. A late luncheon followed for Mrs Albert Hodgins Mrs Alfred Oman Mr and Mrs G Ball Mrs Dorothy Brown Mrs Ida M Eldred Mr and Mrs Glen Wagner and Mrs Keith Prank.
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Idaho
Alfred Oman
Spokane
Wash
Ida M. Eldred
Hodgins
Gustav Bollschweiler
Glen Wagner
Albert Hodgins
G. Ball
Dorothy Brown
Ida M
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Bancroft
Bengal
Guam
USQ
Arthur Wingert
Company
America
Lindell L. Turner
Lindell Turner
West Clark
Glen C. Cooper
USMC
W. H. Cooper
South Ninth
Glen
Marine Corps
Pearl Harbor
Naval Supply
Oakland
Maurice H. Brown
Corpus Christi
C. A. Mayer
Pauline Bethke
Hulta Schwarz
American Falls
Herbert Gordon
Irene Gordon
Sandra Jene
Garry Allen
H. Lamar Christensen
H. H. Christensen
South Eighth
Okinawa
Lamar
Kentucky
Ogtrlies Preducts Corporation
Farragul
Port Huemene
Seattle
Reliance Oil Company
George J. Matthews
Harry Matthews
George
Third Army
Vancouver
Riya
Goodyear
MR. Earl C. Spahr
HE Courthouse
Weingers
Henriksen
FARGO
Ioes
Studebaker
de Soto
Newtop
Plymouth
Earl J. King
Mrs. Keith Frank
Cpl
Foot Flattery
Mecca
Fargo- Wilson- Wells
Fino Seong Chong
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