Japs Move South in China But Abandon 20 000 Men
The Japanese press the Hankow Canton line toward Hengyang as Chinese civilians flee. In Saipan the U S forces push inland while the Japanese navy abandons 20 000 troops to their fate. Task Force 58, led by Vice Admiral Mitscher, reports heavy air and sea operations across the Pacific.
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China
Marianas
Associated Press
Hankow- Canton
Hengyang
Fthine
U.S
Saipan
Pacific
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Kandy
Ceylon
Tokyo
Magicienne Bayshore
Philippines
Arthur W. Radford
Air
Submarine Sink Latest Losses Hit Japanese Fleet
American submarines claim 16 more enemy vessels sunk in the Pacific. Secrecy preserved, operations near Japanese shores and supply lines noted. Since war start, submarines have destroyed 623 ships sunk, 36 probables and 115 damaged. New tally includes 11 medium cargo ships and four small cargo ships plus one naval auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific
Navy
Forrestal
Philippines
Idahoans Back Dewey Campaign Leaders List
J Russel Sprague, New York national committeeman and head of the draft Dewey movement, announced Idaho party leaders who volunteered support including Thado W Lloyd Adams as delegate and Mrs Rose Mayes as vice chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. Russel Sprague
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Thado—W. Lloyd Adams
Rose Mayes
Spectacles Club Grows as Sox Pitcher Joins Club
Chicago White Sox reliever Gordon Maltzberger joins the Spectacle club along with Bill Dietrich and Thurman Tucker. Maltzberger has appeared in 23 of the Sox 53 games and has seven wins and one loss, and will wear glasses while pitching to read signals more clearly.
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Chicago
Gordon Maltzberger
Chicago White Sox
Maltsberger
Sox
Bill Dietrich
Thurman Tucker
Premium Gasoline Cut Ordered By Government
Secretary Ickes announced an immediate reduction in civilian premium gasoline to about 40 percent of June levels for July and possibly longer. Refineries may boost regular gasoline production to offset the premium shortfall, with regular grades capped at 72 octane.
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Washington
Ickes
Task Force 58 Sweeps Pacific Toward Japan
The navy disclosed Task Force 58, a massive carrier fleet under Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher, has dominated the Pacific for six months. It blasted Truk Palau Yap Saipan Marcus Wake and Volcano and Bonin islands, and its raids push toward Japan with a fuelled supply train and extensive air combat.
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U.S
Task Force 58
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Adm. A. Mitscher
Pearl Harbor
58Th
Radford
Truk
South Pacific
Palau
Yap
Russians Open Offensive on Nazi Anniversary
German reports claim the red army launched a broad summer offensive on the eastern front three years after Hitler’s invasion. Moscow acknowledged triple Russian spearheads driving deeper against the Finns, with heavy tank and air support and advances north and south of key rail lines.
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London
Red Army
Hitler
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Pripyat
Warsaw
France
Italy
Mobilev
Vitebsk
Tarnopol
Lwow
Poland
Finland
Black Sea
Baltic
Lake Onezhskoe
Onega
Lake Ostero
Leningrad-Murmansk
8Vir
Podporozhyve
Leningrad Remn
Sabotage Fears Rise As Germans Face Internal Threats
Madrid dispatch reports German workers and press in occupied Europe noting growing defiance to Nazi control. German newspapers recount assaults by foreign workers, executions of saboteurs, and heightened security as post invasion unrest spreads from Germany to Spain and beyond.
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Madrid
Berlin
Spain
Reich
Essener National Seitung
Hitler Youth
Adelshausen
Voelkischer Beobachter
Germany
Essener National Zeitung
Cologne
France
Two Local Pilots Die in Collision Near Aberdeen Idaho
Two fighter pilots were killed yesterday when their planes collided and crashed near the Aberdeen Idaho bombing range. Lt. Col. John L. Eaton of the Pocatello army air base identified the dead as Second Lt. Orville J. Morrison 26 of Fresno California and his wife who resides here and Second Lt. Raymond A. Jergensen 22 of Lovelock Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Idaho
John L. Eaton
Pocatello Army Air Base
Orville J. Morrison
Fresno
Calif
Morrison
Raymond A. Jergensen
Lovelock
Nev
Kiwanis Elects Chicago Leader as International President
Kiwanis International elected Ben Dean of Grand Rapids Michigan as president on Thursday, succeeding Donald B. Rice of Oakland California. The biographical note places Dean as the new head of the service organization.
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Chicago
Ben Dean
Grand Rapids
Mich
Thursday
Kiwanis International
Donald B. Rice
Oakland
Calif
Senate OKs Bill for Pay of Missing Army Navy Personnel
The senate passed and sent to the White House a bill enabling pay and allowances for missing army and navy personnel until a death report or evidence is received by the war and navy departments.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Army
Fleeing Axis Army May Try to Stand
Allied forces in Italy report progress in coastal sectors and a planned German stand between Lake Trasimeno and Lake Chiusi north of Perugia. The Eighth Army faces strong resistance north of Perugia, with several German counterattacks repulsed. Ancona's approaching Adriatic push continues toward the Chienti river, while the Fifth Army advances toward Falonica along Highway One. Allied air forces fly 2,300 sorties, claiming two German planes destroyed and ten Allied aircraft missing.
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Rome
Italy
Lake Trasimeno
Lake Chiusi
Perugia
Eighth Army
Algiers
Adriatic
Ancona
Chienti
Fifth Army
Livorno
Pisa
Falonica
Pias
Associated Press
Sid Peder
Giancarico
Highway One
Grosseto
Mediterranean Air Force
Thle
Albania
Yugoslavia
James B. Garrett Wins Air Medal
James S. Garrett, 21, son of John Garrett of Pocatello, Idaho, has been awarded the Air Medal by the Fifteenth Army Air Force. The citation notes meritorious achievement in aerial flight during sustained operations against the enemy in Europe, while serving as an engineer with a Liberator group in Italy. Garrett trained at Keesler Field and has served since January 18, 1943.
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Fifteenth Army Air Force
Set
Jamess. Garrett
John Garrett
Pocatello High School
Union Pacific Railroad
Garrett
Keesler Field
Miss
Senate confirms Idaho postmaster nominations
The Senate has confirmed the nominations for postmaster of Lawrence A. Gillett in Declo Idaho and Jessie W. Wilson of Weippe Idaho.
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Washington
Senate
Lawrence A. Gillett
Declo
Idaho
Jessie W. Wilson
Weippe
Allied Air Armada Deluges Pas de Calais Coast
Allied forces press a eighth straight day of round the clock attacks on the rocket coast in Pas-de-Calais with up to 250 American liberators and Fortresses leading the effort. RAF raids hit rail yards near Reims Laon and targets across northern France as 6,000 Allied planes bombed from Cherbourg to Paris.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Pas-de-Calais
England
Herbert S. Morrison
RAF Heavies
Reims
Laon
Paris
Germany
Lisieux
Dreux
Fyreux
France
Cherbourg
Sofia
Berlin
Air Wac Tabor Serves as Inspector at Stockton School
Air Wac Frances Tabor, daughter of Mr and Mrs E J Tabor, is a member of the aircraft inspection section of production line maintenance at the Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School in Stockton California. Before this spring she worked as an aircraft mechanic at La Junta Army Air Field Colorado. A graduate of Pocatello High School and former student at Idaho Southern University she is stationed away from home while her brother Norris Tabor serves at Bradley Field Connecticut.
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Air Wac
Frances Tabor
E. J. Tabor
RFC No. 1
Air Corps Advanced Flying School
Stockton
Calif
Tabor
la Junta Army Air Field
Colo
Pocatello High School
Idaho Southern University
Norris Tabor
Bradley Field
Conn
War loan drive urges intensified sales after invasion hopes
War Finance Director Ted R. Gamble cautioned against overconfidence in the fifth war loan drive. Individuals had bought $1.081 billion by Tuesday, the eighth day, toward a $6 billion subquota of the $16 billion overall goal.
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Washington
Ted R. Gamble
War Finance
Two Enlist in Navy from Southeastern Idaho
Boise reports two Southeastern Idaho men were inducted into the navy yesterday. Vene B. Kunz of Moreland and Richard D. Lallatin of Soda Springs joined the service.
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Navy
Boise
Southeastern Idaho
Vene B. Kunz
Moreland
Richard D. Lallatin
Soda Springs
Waves May Ship Washington Navy Bill Move Approved
The House Naval Affairs Committee approved legislation allowing the navy to deploy Waves abroad, signaling a potential expansion of shipboard personnel and overseas operations.
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Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
Dewey Attacks Administration in Platform Message
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey criticized the national administration as a sprawling overlapping bureaucracy and urged a regime with tighter Congress‑executive cooperation to raise federal service efficiency. His remarks accompanied platform debates as Taft and committees considered postwar tax reforms and a peace‑forces foreign plank.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Republican Platform
Congress
Dewey
Platform Committee
Vandenberg
Mich
Advisory Committee On Government Reform
Cherbourg Siege Push Nets Large Heights in Normandy
Allied forces led by Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley stormed a fortified peak near Cherbourg as part of a prolonged push to seize the port. American troops gained a height at Tourlaville while battles raged for Nouainville and La Marga Canards. German units, including naval forces, resisted fiercely as air support was constrained.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Tourlaville
France
Nouainville
la Marga Canards
Maupertus
U.S
Winter Details US Victory Over Japanese Fleet Units In Stirring Pacific Battle
US Fifth Fleet reports a two phase carrier battle off Guam and Rota that routed the Japanese grand fleet without ship loss. Japanese aviation losses topped 350 aircraft with widespread destruction. a carrier was possibly blown up and another badly damaged. Allied losses were moderate with many airmen rescued after night landings at sea.
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Winter
Pacific
Wiliam L. Worden
US Fifth Fleet
Philippine Islands
Guam
Carriers
Phillippines
Saipan
Adm
Raymond Ames
Spruance
Rota
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Spectacles
Arsenal
Docks
Pelee
Kiwanis
James B. Garrett
Rocket Coast
Interior
Air Wac Tabor
Marc A. Mitscher
U. S
Fifth Fleet
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Platform Group
Finance Committee
Caen
Normandy
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