Raiders Bomb Principal Oil Refinery in Japan Mission
US Army Air Forces report a massive raid by the Marianas Superfortress fleet on the Otsube river oil refinery near Yokkaichi, 18 miles from Nagoya, as part of a sweeping 14 hour campaign that also hit 10 plants and damaged aircraft facilities across Honshu. Tokyo claimed losses while Allied crews reported extensive bomb hits and ongoing attacks on industrial targets.
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Guam
Marianas
Japan
Otsube River
Yokkaichi
Nagoya
Hokkaido
Tokugawa
Otake
Honshu
Utsube
Mitsubishi Aircraft Company
Kagamigahara
Gifu
Kawasaki Aircraft Company
Akashi
Sumitomo Light Metals
Osaka
Thunderbolts
Avengers
Army
Navy
Marine
Pacific
Fleet Air Wing One
Yellow Sea
Ryukyus
Kuriles
Boy Dies After Being Struck By Car In Ogden
Three year old Chris T. Eddy, son of Mr and Mrs Chris E Eddy, died at a local hospital after being hit by a speeding car around 6 PM Tuesday in Ogden. Driver Lowell C Shaw 19 and of RFD No 3 said he was traveling north at 40 miles an hour and could not stop after the boy darted from the east side of Washington Street.
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Ogden
Chris T. Eddy
Chris E. Eddy
Ogden Police Department
Lowell C. Shaw
R.F.D. No. 3
Shaw
Washington
Two 16-year olds face court charge in Rexburg crash
Two Rexburg youths aged 16 were arraigned before Judge Daniel Ricks on charges of juvenile delinquency involving malicious destruction of property after a May 15 plane crash near Rexburg. No pleas entered and the case continued to July 9 while both boys remain under court supervision.
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Rexburg
Daniel Ricks
Madison County
Western Jobs Get Funds
The 1946 interior department bill allocates construction funds for western projects totaling 17 275 000 with authorizations for the Palisades Idaho 500 000 Hungry Horse Montana 200 000 Provo River Utah 2 000 000 Boise Anderson Ranch Idaho 3 041 000 Columbia Basin Washington 8 332 000 Yakima Roza Washington 325 000 awaiting final senate and house approval.
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Washington
Idaho
Utah
Interior Department
House-Senate
Senate
House
Palisades
Hungry Horse
Montana
Provo River
Boise
Anderson Ranch
Columbia Basin
Yakima Project
Roza Division
Wash
Striker Total Near 100 000 As Labor Strife Grows
The nationwide idle workforce due to strikes neared 100 000 with Washington agencies worried by mounting stoppages. Detroit saw over 50 000 idle workers amid labor disputes described as tragic folly by a CIO official. Chicago truck drivers ended an 11 day walkout returning to work after wage hikes and government seizure of lines.
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Associated Press
Washington
Detroit
CIO
Motor City
Europe
Chicago
Chicago Truck Drivers Union
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
War Labor Board
Peace Plan Moves Toward Quick Ratification by Nations
President Truman urged rapid approval of the United Nations charter at the San Francisco conference. Delegates from 50 nations discuss immediate ratification as Stettinius and top officials prepare Senate testimony and a London headquarters site.
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Gan Francisco
Truman
Washington
Independence
Senate
Associated Press
Eee
Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Stettinius
State Department
World Organization
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Leo Pasvolsky
United Nations Organization
United Nations Preparatory Commission
London
United States
San Francisco
Red and Gold Opera House
Truman Heads Home From Utah With Major Announcement
President Truman left Salt Lake City for Independence Missouri in a C-24 aircraft after an overnight rest stop. A 3 p.m. press conference in Memorial Hall will reveal a major domestic or international declaration, as Secretary Ross withheld specifics while urging swift action on the peace charter’s ratification.
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Salt Lake City
Truman
Utah
Independence
Army Air Field
Here
Charles G Ross
Ross
Memorial Hall
Washington
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Australian aid drops sea shells currency to Shangri La valley
At Mount Hagen Station New Guinea 40 pounds of shell currency from Australia is dropped to WAC corps and three stranded women including Margaret Hastings of Oswego N Y They warn inflation could follow and glider teams arrive on Biak Island for rescue tests and future extraction efforts.
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Mount Hagen
New Guinea
Commonwealth of Australia
Shangri-La
WAC
George Greathead
Air Force
Wac Corp
Margaret Hastings
Oswego
N. Y
Hastings
Biak Island
Gag Rule Test Ahead for Detroit Mayor Hubbard
Mayor Orville L. Hubbard of Dearborn faces a July 6 trial for violating Detroit’s gag ordinance by speaking to groups of in ductees. He stood mute at arraignment before Municipal Judge George Belding. Councilman Ray F. Parker filed the complaint to challenge the ordinance as a political maneuver and a free speech infringement.
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Detroit
Orville L. Hubbard
Dearborn
Hubbard
George Belding
Ray F. Parker
Japanese Generals Ushijima and Cho Die in Harakiri on Okinawa
On Okinawa the bodies of Lt Gen Mitsuru Ushijima and Lt Gen Isamu Cho were found in rock graves near a cave on hill 89 after performing harakiri. A Japanese prisoner, once a cook for Ushijima, described the ritual and scene as U.S. troops held foxholes nearby.
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Tenth Army
Okinawa
Cecil W. Nist
Salem
Ore
24Th Army Corps
Mitsuru Ushijima
32Nd
Isamu Cho
Ushijima
Cho
Hill
10Th Army
Army
Cho Isamu
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
U. S. 10Th Army
Congressman's Son Sentenced To Short Jail Term
Charles L. Dworshak, 26, son of Congressmen Henry Dworshak, was sentenced to 15 days in county jail after pleading guilty to passing a worthless $12 check. Earlier he received a suspended 30 day sentence for a $30.40 check tied to a disturbance case with his wife. He wired his father for funds and was briefly released before additional checks led to the jail term.
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Twin Falls
Charles L. Dworshak
Henry Dworshak
Justice of the Peace
James O. Pumphrey
Dworshak
C. A. Bailey
Solon
Pumphreyz
Kloepfer Named Chairman of Idaho GOP Veterans Division
Boise four Dean Kloepfer of Burley has been named chairman of the veterans division of the Idaho Republican central committee. The discharged veteran and former secretary was named by state chairman Reilly Atkinson and will attend a Chicago meeting of state chairmen on July 2 and 3.
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Boise 4
Dean Kloepfer
Burley
Veterans’ Division
Republican State Central Committee
Central Committee
Reilly Atkinson
Kloepfer
Party
Chicago
Truman accepts Stettinius resigns as Secretary of State
President Truman announced the resignation of Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as secretary of State and named him American representative on the postwar security council and chair of the U.S. delegation to its general assembly. A separate note reports Belgian communist leader predicted King Leopold would abdicate soon. Portland item notes a 20-year-old woman arrested in Dallas on a federal mail fraud indictment involving servicemen families.
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Independence
Truman
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Postwar
Security Council
United States
General Assembly
Portland
Ore
U.S
Atorney
Rose Marie Moore
Dallas
Texas
Truman Makes First Missouri Stop as President
President Truman arrived at Fairfax airport in Kansas City Missouri for a brief visit en route to Washington. He planned to present the national charter text to the Senate for ratification, then proceed to Independence five minutes after landing.
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Kansas City
Truman
Missouri
Washington
Senate
Fairfax
Kans
Independence
Planes Aid Crops in Frost Prevention at MSU
Paul M. Harmer, Michigan State College muck soils research specialist, predicted that helicopters flown at low levels over fields would stir air to prevent frost and protect crops. He suggested lifting crates with slings to move crops from wet muck to drier ground as lifting power improves.
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East Lansing
Mich
Paul M. Harmer
Michigan State College
Muck
Harmer
Japs Predict Landing on China's Coast
Radio Tokyo reported an allied landing near Kume island 50 miles west of Okinawa and speculated about a China coast attack as preparatory to invasion of Japan. Tokyo cited Maj. Gen Masori Tto saying no immediate invasion and Okinawa unsuitable for major operations. Prisoner totals rose to 9,498 with 111,351 Nipponese losses. Ushijima and chief of staff found dead by harakiri. Anti-aircraft batteries and night fighters claimed 12 enemy planes down Monday night.
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Guam
Radio
Tokyo
Kume Island
Okinawa
China
Japan
Kome
Ryukyu Islands
Masori Tto
Yomiuri Hoch
Kume
Ryukyu
Kerama Islands
Mitsuru Ushijima
Harakiri
Sakishima
Mindanao
Associated Press
Richard Berghols
Davao
Talomo - Davao River
Bergholz
Roscoe B. Woodruff
24Th
Mount Manoy
Tamogan
Davao City
Balikpapan
Borneo
Amercan
Coms
OKYO
Balikepapan
Ternate
Moluccas
Halmahera
Miri
North Borneo
Rotary Plans Objectives for Utah Idaho and Montana
Salt Lake City leaders outline four core goals for the coming Rotary year club service community service international service and vocational service with emphasis on international work to foster peace. Joseph E Cushman of Rexburg Idaho becomes district governor on July 1 succeeding Gomer P Peacock of Price Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Joseph E. Cushman
Rexburg
Cushman
Gomer P. Peacock
Price
Glenn W. Culp
LeRoy B. Young
Ogden Club
Allen Cannon
Blackfoot
Lee R. Cooke
Nampa
Hamaldous Dixon
David 8. Romney
Ogden
R. H. Snyder
Burley
Secretary Rules Boise
There was nobody on deck at the Idaho governor's office today but Mrs. Mary Alice Smith, a secretary, Gov. and Mrs. C. C. Gossett left yesterday for a governors conference at Mackinac Island Michigan taking Gossett's private secretary Miss Winifred La Fond of Caldwell with them, R. W. Beckwith executive secretary went to Montpelier to speak at an airport dedication, Lt. Gov. Arnold Williams of Rexburg expected to reach Boise today to take over.
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Boise
Idaho
Mary Alice Smith
C. C. Gossett
Mackinac Island
Mich
Gossett
Winifred la Fond
Caldwell
R. W. Beckwith
Montpelier
Arnold Williams
Rexbury
Weather Aids Crop Work
The weekly Idaho extension service report notes ideal weather in the past week aiding crop tasks. Haying continues full scale. potato planting and beet harvest near completion in the southeast. peak labor demand shifts to cherry picking and fresh pod peas in Canyon Gem and Nez Perce counties.
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Boise
University of Idaho Extension Service
Idaho
Canyon
Gem
Nez Perce
Payette
Gem County
Oregon
Washington
Lewiston
Turkey Seeks U S Britain View On Montreux Dardanelles
Ankara weighs reports of changes to the Montreux convention amid Turkish-Russian talks. Turks say the strait pact is internationally negotiated and could only be altered by multilateral agreement of the great powers, with Turkey awaiting Western reaction before the big three meeting.
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Ankara
Turkey
Dardanelles
United States
Washington
London
Moscow
Kars
Montreux
Soviet Union
Strait
Foe Weakens In Defense Of Lowlands
Manila ising reports say Japanese resistance in the Philippines nears collapse as American and Fiji forces close in on Luzon and Mindanao. Japanese withdraw majorly to Sierra Madre mountains while rear guards sow delaying actions, with Davao city conditions described as dishonored and under enemy occupation.
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Luzon
Sierra Madres
Idaho Farmers Eye Future Freezers In State Survey
Idaho farms show only one per cent currently own freezer units while 61 per cent plan to acquire farm freezers. University of Idaho professor Hobart Beresford of agricultural engineering reports 2,000 survey responses. About 75 per cent already use commercial frozen storage lockers and roughly half of Idaho’s 40,000 lockers are used by farm families.
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Moscow
Idaho
University of Idaho
Wey
Hobart Beresford
Departement of
Agricultural Engineering
Beresford
Truman and LDS Leader Chat During Visit in Utah
President Truman arrived in Salt Lake City after addressing a United Nations conference and met with Governor Maw and LDS Church President George Albert Smith. They reminisced about Independence Missouri and Brigham Young era tales including a mule wagon episode involving the army and a Mormon purchase. Charles G. Ross accompanied the president.
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Truman
LDS
Utah
Herebert B. Maw
George Albert Smith
Latter-Day Saints
Mormon) Church
Smith
Independence
Mormon Church
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Mormon Colnists
Charles G. Ross
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Tuguegaro
Cagayan Province
GOP
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Communist Party
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Rotary
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Pocatello
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Dubois
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Douglas MacArthur
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