Japs Pressing Land Attack But Nurse Severe Wounds In Damaging Fight at Sea
Allied actions in Saipan and the Marianas intensified with U S forces expanding control while Japanese ground pushes threatened to engulf Chinese city targets Hengyang and Changsha. U S Navy box score reports vast losses for Japan and continued Allied air superiority across the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Saipan
Marianas Island
Japan
Garapan
U.S
Mt. Tapotchau
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
Changsha
Chungking
China
Hongkong
Peiping
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Britain
Navy
Pacific
Sorong
New Guinea
Manokwari
Palau
Woleai
Truk
Rabaul
Biak
MacArthur
Burma
Mogaung
Myitkyina
India
Assam-Bengal
Allied Air Activity Presses Axis From Britain to Home Front
RAF Mosquito bombers and Allied aircraft maintained pressure across France and Germany. Mosquitos attacked railways and troop concentrations near the front, while bombers hit Budapest and German targets east of the Rhine. In all, about 3,500 warplanes took part, with 43 Allied aircraft lost and 59 German planes shot down.
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London
Britain
Normandy
Italy
Budapest
Hungary
Rman
France
Homberg
Duisberg
Bretonne
Seine
Evrecy
Crea
Laigle
Argentan
Blaze Hits Yellowstone Hotel Elevator Shaft Fire
Patrons fled into the street in night clothing as a basement motor room fire spread through the elevator shaft of the Yellowstone hotel. Firefighters fought for two hours, keeping damage largely to the motor room despite heavy smoke throughout the building.
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Yellowstone Hotel
A. A. Girard
Girard
Idaho Officers Receive Temporary Promotions in War Department
Two Idaho officers have been advanced from second lieutenant to first lieutenant in temporary promotions, as announced by the War Department. The officers are Joe Tillman Beck of Caldwell and Howard McLean, listed at the U.S. Naval Hospital Farragut in the Air Corps.
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Washington
Idaho
War Department
Joe Tillman Beck
Caldwell
Ord
Department
Cil
Howard McLean
N. H. McLean
U. SS. Naval Hospital
Farragut
Air Corps
Idaho Seaman Craddock Fatally Killed in Navy Plane Crash
Seaman Elvin C. Craddock of Council Idaho was killed when a navy plane crashed into the Atlantic 90 miles offshore last Wednesday the navy disclosed. His father Robert C. Craddock resides in Council Idaho.
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Fort Lauderdale, Frs
Elvin C. Craddock
Robert C. Craddock
Council, Idaho
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Tornado Toll Reaches 147 Across Three States
Red Cross relief efforts continue for thousands made homeless in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland after violent tornadoes killed 147 and injured more than 1000. West Virginia 102 dead Pennsylvania 42 Maryland 3. Disaster units feed victims and provide shelter as rebuilding begins. Shinnston WV reports 58 killed with shelter arrangements at armory and church basement.
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Pittsburgh
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Jerry Wakefield
The
Clarksburg
W. Va
Tri-State
Waynesburg
McKeesport
Shinnston
State Armory
Methodist Church
Red army traps 45000 Nazis at Vitebsk siege push
Soviet dispatches report five German divisions encircled in Vitebsk as Red Army forces drive through western Dvina toward the city center. The offensive shifts on a 250 mile front with a new Russian army entering the Ostrov sector, part of a wider push toward Berlin with Allied support expected.
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Moscow
Red Army
Vitebsk
Dvina
Transocean
White Russia
Russia
Germany
Ostrov
Finland
Berlin
Orsha
Yankees Gain Advanced Supply Point As Italy Offensive Advances
Allied forces seized Piombino to secure a west coast supply base while American and French units pressed toward Siena. German troops retreated on multiple fronts as Allied forces encircled and captured 24,000 prisoners since the offensive began.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Piombino
Italy
Siena
Suvereto
Leghorn
Elba
Torniella
Scalgala
Monticiano
Ambrone River
Castigliona Dorcia
Rocca Dorcia
Tyrrhenian
Massa Maritima
Montieri
Massa
Mark Clark
Eighth Army
Three Idahoans Hurt in Mediterranean Action
The war department reported three Idaho soldiers in action in the Mediterranean theater today. Capt. Glen H. Erickson of Genesee, Tech. 5th Grade Lester D. Scheline of Donnelly, and Pfc. James A. Sipe of Midvale are named as wounded or in action in the same dispatch.
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Washington
Idaho
Mediterranean
War Department
Glen H. Erickson
George W. Erickson
Genesee. Tech
Lester D. Scheline
Louise P. Scheline
Donnelly
James A. Sipe
Lydia A. Sipe
Midvale
Churchmen to Meet for 45th Idaho Convention
Christian churches of southern Idaho will convene in Weiser July 4 to 6 for their 45th annual convention. Rev. C. C. Curtis of Weiser estimated about 400 delegates from Idaho Falls to eastern Oregon would attend.
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Weiser
Christian Churches
Idaho
C. C. Curtis
Idaho Falls
Oregon
Idaho Delegation Backs Dewey on First Ballot
Idaho's undivided delegation pledges support for Thomas E. Dewey for the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot and until released. They defer a vice presidential choice. Senator John Thomas, the delegation chair, prefers Governor Earl Warren, while Ed Gaffney backs William L. Hutcheson for consideration.
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Chicago
Idaho
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John Thomas
Earl Warren
California
Ed Gaffney
Orofino
William L. Hutcheson
Indianapolis
International Association of Carpenters and Joiners
AFL
Dusters Plan Wide SALMON TM Dusting Strips for Crickets
Dusters will build landing strips 100 feet wide and about three quarters of a mile long in the Dubois area for planes that scatter poison dust to kill newly hatched Mormon crickets. About 60 000 acres are to be treated.
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Dubois
Swimmer Cronin Missing Near Great Salt Lake
A. L. Cronin, 54, presumed missing after going swimming yesterday afternoon in Great Salt Lake. His wife resides in Great Falls, Montana, and sheriff's officers announced the disappearance today.
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Salt Lake City
A. L. Cronin
Great Falls
Mont
Great Salt Lake
Delegates Eye Early Nomination at 23rd Republican Convention
At Chicago Stadium the Dewey surge nears a first ballot nomination with 539 pledged votes and 159 additional supporters. Talks turn to vice presidential prospects with Gov. Earl Warren headlining possible picks while Gov. Dwight Griswold plans to nominate Dewey on Wednesday.
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New York Young Republican Club
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Chicago
Florence A. Murphy
Joel Mencher
Mary G. Krone
Joseph Gogerty
New York State
Chicago Stadium
Ers
Dency
Earl Warren
California
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Dewey
Griswold
Idaho 1942 primary canvass shows Taylor victory by 216
Official canvass confirms Taylor's 216 vote win over Clark after a statewide count from 845 precincts. Eight days post election, Taylor leads Clark by 216 on AP tabulation as primary results favor Miller and Holden for supreme court seats. Republican turnout exceeds Democratic by about 8,333.
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Idaho
Taylor
Clark
Associated Press
C. A. Bottolfsen
Senate
Bottolfsen
George Curtis
Bert H. Miller
Miller
Holden
Justice S. Ben Dunlap
Caldwell
Hoyt Ray
Idaho Falls
Charles Koelsch
Boise
Idaho FHA Marks 10th Anniversary Of Home Lending
The Federal Housing Administration in Idaho says its insured private lending has aided 31,700 families since creation ten years ago. State director Harry Whittier notes the 10th anniversary on June 27, 1934, with loans since 1934 totaling 26,600 for alterations and improvements valued at 9,700,000 and 5,100 for buying or building homes and rental housing totaling 17,050,000.
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Boise
Federal Housing Administration
Idaho
Harry Whittier
PHA
Idaho Life Underwriters Elect New Boise Officers
New officers of the Idaho Life Underwriters association were named at the annual convention. L. D. Greenwood of Idaho Falls was elected president with C. L. Thomas of Boise as vice president and Gradie S. Evans of Idaho Falls as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Life Underwriters Association
L. D. Greenwood
Idaho Falls
C. L. Thomas c. Boise
Gradie S. Evans
Dworshak to Visit Idaho About July 1
Rep. Dworshak Idaho Republican will travel from Washington to Idaho after attending the Chicago Republican convention final session with his wife and son Cal. The Dworshak family plans to arrive in Idaho around July 1 after Lt Henry Dworshak’s assignment in England and Cal’s drill awards at George Washington High.
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Washington
Dworshak
Idaho
Ward
Uvalde
Texas
Cal
Chicago
Henry Dworshak
England
George Washington High
Rescue teams pursue two missing aviator in Grand Canyon canyon
Four rangers and pack animals trek 40 miles along Grand Canyon walls toward Tonto plateau to reach an army airman stranded 500 feet above the Colorado River. A coast guard man prepares a boat and equipment. rescuers plan to span the river with a rope line and reassemble a downed rescue craft opposite the plateau.
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Kingman, Ariz
Kingman Army Air Field
Tonto
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Colorado River
Great Chasm
U.S. Coast
Mounted Park Service
John M. Davis
Grand Canyon National Park
Seaman
Cherbourg Falls As Allies Reach Docks Amid Fierce Fighting
Allied forces report Cherbourg largely cleared with American troops holding about one third of the city and pushing toward the water front. German shells still strike from Cap de la Hague as Montgomery and American units seal off pockets and bombard harbor defenses. over 20,000 prisoners taken since D day, with 3,400 in Cherbourg in 24 hours.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Cape
Normandy
Tilly - Sure Seulles
U. S
France
Cap de la Hague
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Brettevillette
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Tessel-Bretville
Tilly
Fontenay Lepresnel
Caen
Doughboys
Maupertus
Maii
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Whitehead
Hazi
Bernard L. Montgomery
Paris
Berlin
DNB
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Idahoan
Yankees
Dwight Green Ofllinois
John W. Bricker
Ohio
FHA
River Canyon
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