Board Calls 46 Men for Army Duty in Pocatello Area
Local board No. 2 lists 46 men called for army duty as of Friday June 30 including Lovell Hale Henry Theodore Bicker Jr Parley Parker Pratt Jr Donald Clyde Rupp and others. Transfers from other boards include Frederick Bergendorf Homer Davis and Tom Nomura with inductees Clinton Ostrander Jr and Clarence Edmiston. Navy call last Saturday lists William Eckersley Evan Chivers Howard Carlyle Edwin Kase and others with transfers named and LeRoy Jones inducted June 8.
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Pocatello City
Evan D. Chivers
Howard Carlyle
Edwin Frederick Kase
Earl Harry Minshew
Jack Clayton Triplett
Eldon Robert Ulmer
Howard Jefferson Franklin
Rulon Barrett Perkins
Bruce B. Hall
Herbert Russell Sonneborn
Argoy
Glen Deatley
Frederick L. Parke
Jarvis Wayne Henderson
Melvin Vernon Bird
Thomas H4ward Aiey
George R. Cobban
LeRoy Earl Jones
Bannock County Car Licenses Show 1944 Decline From 1943
County figures released by assessor Mark Manley show 1944 total auto licenses fell short of 1943 by 1,199 dollars in sales, with 7,561 passenger cars and shifts among truck and motorcycle licenses. Motorcycle licenses rose by 20 from 1943 to 1944 while wreckers dropped to zero.
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Mark Manley
Bannock County
Japs Surround Hengyang and Pacific Raids Reported
Allied forces press the Saipan operation as U S marines and infantry contest rugged garrisons on the island while MacArthur’s air arm strikes Yap Palau and other targets in the Southwest Pacific The Burma theater sees Stilwell troops and Chinese forces push to recapture Lungling and Namti Mogaung changes hands amid heavy fighting
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Japan
Saipan
U.S
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Guam-Rota
Yap
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Palau
Carolines
Myitkyina
Stilwell
Burma
Lungling
Mogaung
Namti
GOP Plank Pushes World Peace and Farm Relief
The GOP adopts a platform promising world peace, freeing farmers from heavy government manipulation, and maintaining a fair protective tariff to protect living standards. It pledges cooperation with nations to remove trade barriers, aid to small business, tax relief, a genuine Western Hemisphere policy, strict economy, extended social security, and anti monopoly enforcement.
Soviet Red Armies Capture Mogilev Minsk Approaches
Stalin announced that Mogilev guarding the Minsk approaches has fallen to advancing Red forces. Shklov and Byzhov also came under Russian control as three powers push toward the Reich, splitting the fatherland front. Dewey departs Albany for Chicago where he will deliver his acceptance speech to Republican delegates.
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Mogilev
Minsk
Stalin
Shklov
Byzhov
Mozgilev
Reich
Fatherland
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
Dewey
British Front Offensive Near Maltot Presses German Line
On the British front General Sir Bernard Montgomery's offensive closed to within two and a half miles of the river Orne near Maltot. German defenders were described as in complete turmoil along the Caen sector as Allied thrusts continued.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Orne
Maltot
Caen
Get Relief Grants Rise in May Amid Higher Total
Boise report shows 37 more May recipients than April for public assistance. May grants totaled $380,885.30 with an average of $31.99 to 12,250 persons, while April granted $82,939.90 to 12,213 recipients averaging $31.36. Old age assistance grants were listed.
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Boise
Department of Public Assistance
May grants rise to 100 more persons than April
Payments to dependent children totaled 55 919 dollars while bling aid reached 7 332 and direct assistance grants 11 521.30. The average payments shifted from 31 17 in April to 30 84 in May. Mention of Eugenie A. Giraud Rupert army nurse corps and Fred Ernest Hoefer Nampa sir corpa. Tibet is described as the highest country with table lands at 16 000 feet.
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Eugenie A. Giraud
Rupert
Army Nurse Corps
Fred Ernest Hoefer
Nampa
Sir Corpa
Tibet
Highway 30 Reopens After Bridge Repairs
Highway 30 between Twin Falls and Kimberly has reopened after state repairs to the Perrine coulee bridge. A several mile detour was required during the work.
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Twin Falls
Kimberly
Here
Perrine Coulee
State
Three Get Promotions From Idaho Officers
The War Department announced temporary promotions from second lieutenant to first lieutenant for three Idaho officers. The names listed include Adrian Abraham Walters and Rex Burr, with wings attributed to their corps.
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Washington
Idaho
War Department
Adrian Abraham Walters
Rex‘burr
Alr
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