Rumanians Bow to Russian Demands on Territorial Cessions
London reports claim France may not surrender under armistice terms with Germany and Italy. French fleets rally under British direction in North Africa with Nogues, moving from Gibraltar to Casablanca and Algiers. Britain builds a million-strong island defense and arms civilians while planning continued resistance.
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London
Petain
Germany
Italy
Auguste Nogues
North Africa
Gibraltar
Casablanca
Atlantic
Algeciras
Algiers
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Britain
War Office
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
France
New Zealand
Une 27
Jibuti
Reuters
Aden
Gulf of Aden
Bordeaux
Rotary Club Inducts New Officers in Pocatello
A. L. Baker was inducted as president of the Pocatello Rotary Club at a luncheon, succeeding H. L. MacCosham. The meeting honored past president MacCosham, noted guests including W. H. Guild and Wallace Bennett, and listed the new officers and committee chairs for the upcoming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Baker
Swift & Company
Pocatello Rotary Club
Baker
H. L. MacCosham
Pocatello Rotary
F. E. MacKenzie
W. H. Guild
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Omaha
Wallace Bennett
W. P. Whitaker
Southern States
L.D.S. Church
Howard Liston
Pocatello CCC
Leavenworth
Kansas
Finis Bentley
The
Pocatello Club
Nazis Deny Sensational Overtures for Peace
A string of global dispatches reports on wartime events. W. N. Burkhardt, editor of the San Francisco News, died by suicide above the Bay Bridge. Roosevelt signs large defense and labor bills. Romania-Italy tensions and Franco mediation circulate. De Gaulle resists at Indo China. rumors of German peace overtures surface amid Allied mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
W. N. Burkhardt
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Grass Fire Near Pocatello Brought Under Control
CCC crews battled through the night and contained a brush and grass fire south of Pocatello that burned about 640 acres. Wind helped fan the blaze as 40 enrollees from Rockland and Mirway camps fought along the Yellowstone highway from Black Rock to Chinks Peak. Fire chief F H Miller warned motorists about tossing cigarettes, citing tinder-like conditions along the highway.
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CCC
Pocatello
Russell Evans
Bannock
Yellowstone Highway
Rockland
Mirway
Blackfoot
Blackrock
Chinks Peak
F. H. Miller
Idaho District Grazing Service
Miller
Evans
Miner Finds Body in Idaho River Death
The body of Charles Robinson aged 66 who drowned May 3 in the South Fork of the Salmon river was returned to New Paris Indiana for burial. Prospector Cc. B. Hicks found the body six miles below the bridge where the drowning occurred wearing heavy garments boots a pack and a belt ax and received a $10 reward.
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Cascade
Idaho
Charles Robinson
South Fork
Salmon River
New Paris
Ind
Cc. B. Hicks
Robinson
Officers Hunt Trio After Riverdale Man’s Felonious Death
Sheriff's officers intensified search for three transients and a missing .38 revolver after a coroner's jury ruled Steve Valdez a victim of felonious shooting at Riverdale on Sunday June 23 1940.
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Ogden
Steve Valdez
Riverdale
Dewey Leads After Second Ballot in Republican Convention
In Philadelphia on June 27, after the second ballot at the Republican nominating convention, Tom Dewey led with 342 votes, Taft 203, and Willkie 171. 501 votes needed for nomination.
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Philadelphia
Tom Dewey
Taft
Willkie
City Sees Relief as Heat Eases from Pocatello
After over two weeks of highs above ninety, Pocatello records a 79 degree noon high and a 59 degree low overnight. Forecasters predict only slightly cooler conditions tonight as the heat wave eases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Weather Bureau
Berlin Press Demands Punishment for British Bombing
Berlin newspapers and official sources condemn nightly Allied raids on Germany. They accuse Britain of aimless bombing, killing civilians, and damaging nonmilitary targets while praising German defenses and denouncing any peace talk as propaganda.
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Berlin
England
Germany
DNB
Helder
London
Santa Drops Parachutes On Caldwell In Warm Weather Raids
Caldwell residents plan to ease war and heat talk by flying in Santa Claus to drop miniature parachutes over the town. Wiley Dodds leads the effort as locals joke about Santa’s clothing in the blistering sun. The scene features Christmas trees and tourists puzzled by the unusual visit.
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Caldwell
Santa Claus
Wiley Dodds
Santa
Baseball Scores American League Detroit at St. Louis night game
National League at Brooklyn Chicago 4 9 0 Brooklyn 5 9 0 Lee Todd Carleton Tamulis and Phelps Mancuso. New York Philadelphia night game. Only games.
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American League
Detroit
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Chicago
Lee
Todd
Carleton
Tamulis
Phelps
Mancuso
New York
Philadelphia
Rifle accident injures Salt Lake girl during vacation prep
Donna Dillden, 9, was hospitalized in Salt Lake City with a gunshot wound to the left arm and side. The injury occurred when a rifle her brothers Edward, 11, and Eliot, 12, were cleaning before a family trip to northern Utah. Hospital attendants described her condition as fairly good.
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Salt Lake City
Donna Dillden
Salt Lake
Edward
Eliot
Utah
E. M. Willden
Senator Clark’s Daughter Nancy Clark Undergoes Appendectomy
Nancy Clark thirteen year old daughter of Senator Clark of Idaho underwent an appendectomy at Emergency hospital after a hurried trip from Akron Ohio. Aides said she was getting along nicely. Mrs Clark with Nancy and two other daughters Helen and Dorothy were traveling from Washington to Idaho with secretary Miss Lu Shanks when Nancy became ill at Wooster Ohio.
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Washington
Nancy Clark
Clark
Idaho
Akron
Ohio
Nancy
Helen
Dorothy
Lu Shanks
Wooster
Idaho and Utah Weather Tonight and Friday
Idaho has fair weather tonight and Friday with slightly cooler conditions in the extreme north area. Utah reports generally fair weather tonight and Friday with little temperature change across the state.
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Idaho
Utah
Romania Surrenders Large Territory After Soviet Ultimatum
King Carol II yields to a Soviet ultimatum as Romania accepts major cessions while massing forces in Transylvania near the Hungarian border. Hungary claims Transylvania and Dobruja. Bulgaria also asserts claims. Rome hints Italy may back a German offensive against Britain.
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Associated Press
Carol II of
Rumania
Transylvania
Bucharest
Hungary
Red Army
Bulgaria
Carol
Dobruja
Danube River
Black Sea
Budapest
Teleki
Adolf Hitler
Rome
British Isles
Caesar
Hoover Flies Trial Balloon Delegates Exchange Blows In GOP
At the Republican national convention in Philadelphia on June 27 delegates vote on the first ballot for the presidential nomination. Dewey led with 360 votes, Taft 189, Wilkie 295, with other candidates split among remaining ballots. Idaho cast eight for Dewey and Utah split eight among five candidates including Dewey Taft Vandenberg Wilkie and Gannett.
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Hoover
Convention Hall
Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Wendell Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Taft
Wilkies
Vandenberg
James
Gannett
AcNicer
Martin
Bridges
Capper
McNary
Bushfield
Idaho
New York
Utah
Wilkie
Herbert Hoover
Convention Wall Activity Signals Hoover Hedging At 1940 Nomination
Delegates at the Philadelphia convention hear Hoover may resist public office but could accept the nomination if offered. Ten candidates exist in the pot as first ballots loom. Willkie supporters push for quick nomination amid boos and cheers, with Taft Dewey and Gannett making campaigns during a six hour session. Dewey’s nomination trigger erupts in a loud celebratory moment.
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Hoover
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Taft
Samuel Pryor
Connecticut
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Dewey
Frank Gannett
New York
John Lord O'Brian
Roosevelt signs relief bill funding eight months starting July
President Roosevelt signed a 1.157 billion relief bill to fund at least eight months from July 1 with a 975 million annual base, plus 25 million for national defense, 50 million for European war refugees, and new restrictions on aliens on relief rolls. The act also allows eight month use and retains the 18 month relief termination rule. It trains CCC enrollees for noncombatant work such as cooking and engineering.
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Washington
Roosevelt
WPA
Congress
CCC
Presbyterian hill service at Cherry Springs on Mink Creek
The Hills Presbyterian Church holds an annual service on Sunday June 30 at Cherry Springs Mink Creek led by Rev E T Ferry. Attendees meet at Seventh and Lewis at 10 a m and bring personal dining ware. Dinner by the Men's Club follows the service with afternoon games for all ages. members and friends are invited.
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Presbyterian Church
Cherry Springs
Mink Creek
E. T. Ferry
Seventh and
Lewis
Dog Likes Coffee Nightcap Story in Santa Maria
In Santa Maria California on June 27 a shepherd dog named Shep is fed three cups of coffee nightly by partner Pete Johnson. The dog drinks the hot beverage with sugar and cream then lies down to sleep like a log.
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Santa Maria
Calif
Pete Johnson
Shep
Johnson
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S. D. Sanford
Nicholas Ifftines
D. C. Brown
M. E. Toliver
L. C. Johnson
Claude Bistline
Paul Nash
R. J. Cruse
R. D. Leach
Stacy Smith
W. S. Cady
Rotary Education
H. L. McHan
R. D. Merrill
W. N. McCarthy
A. M. Petersen
T. R. Neilson
H. H. Fletcher
C. G. Billmeyer
Mayme I. Neilson
C. E. Stephenson
Ray J. Davis
Bird Finlayson
A. H. McGuire
George L. Smith
R. H. Wells
Charles Bohrer
Grant Dougall
R. C. Killian
G. Nicholas Ifft
John R. Nichols
Ralph Aspeland
Isaac McDougal
J. B. Bistline
Ralph Titus
Paul Roberts
Ralph Moon
Rae P. Stratford
W. H. Cleare
W. S. Hill
E. W. Kirk
Horace Fereday
W. H. Musselman
E. P. Calph
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Egypt
Hithdas
War and Navy Departments
Balkan
Romania
Russia
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Social Security Board
Red Cross
Une
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Joseph P. Kennedy
U.S
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Catroux
Europe
Suez Canal
Herbert Morrison
Empire
Morrison
Hicks
Chungking
Chuneling
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