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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1941
Page
1
Washington June 28 Congress gave final passage to the era’s largest army appropriation totaling 10,384,821,624 dollars, surpassing the 1919 bill by about a billion. The Senate sent the measure to the White House as calendars closed for the fiscal year.
The House Military Committee faulted defense progress citing major failures and delays causing a serious lack of strategic materials. It blamed absence of clear authority and a focus on social reform over security, urging urgent stockpiling and streamlined agency power.
By Kirke L. Simpson. Hitler assigns a dual task to Nazi armies and to Goebbels propaganda chiefs. The aim is to recast the appearance of Russia alliance as camouflage, claiming the lamb was a wolf in disguise while the true target remains oil and grain. Seven days of fighting along a 1,500 mile front shows unclear outcomes.
District Judge Jay L. Downing adjourned the trial of G V Taysom vs G D Katsilometes to 10 a m Monday with six jurors to be drawn. Plaintiff A L Merrill seeks 10000 in damages over an alleged July 22 1940 larceny charge.
President Roosevelt plans a brief address at 4 p m on July 4 as he calls for a nationwide Independence Day rededication to liberty. The location may be the White House south portico and he will urge all Americans to recite the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Britain presses for coordinated army navy raids on occupied European coasts as RAF air assaults continue. General J F C Fuller urges hit and run amphibian tank supported attacks, while a massive Luftwaffe plant at Comines Lille area is hit and five German planes are shot down.
Partly cloudy skies give way to scattered showers Sunday and Monday. Temperatures rise slightly, making it a warmer end to the weekend.
Senator D. Worth Clark of Idaho attacked U S war policies at a Salt Lake City America First meeting. He claimed speeches insult powerful nations and warned that continued antiwar sentiment is needed to keep the United States out of the European conflict.
Ogden nears a comeback win as Twin Falls Cowboys squander a 2 1 lead in the ninth. Cliff Meierhofer and Tommy Canavan spark the rally with key hits as George Godlew drives in the decisive runs. The series concludes with a doubleheader tomorrow in Ogden.
The Borah memorial campaign in Boise is postponed due to war pressures and defense fund drives. O. O. Haga says funds from other quarters are busy and a statue in Statuary Hall was not funded after a 1941 bill failed.
Public Assistance Commissioner Albert Lee reports Idaho relief costs for May totaled 325794 dollars, down 8272 from April but up 12823 from May 1940. A total of 14023 grants were issued, down 734 from April and 250 from last year, with 13507 unduplicated households receiving aid and an average May grant of 23.38 dollars.
Two youths captured after a 47 day crime spree through northwestern states pleaded guilty to robbery charges in Montana. Elmer Frederick McEkinney eighteen from near Seattle and Walter Weston twenty one of Mexico Missouri received fifty year sentences in the Montana penitentiary after arraignment before District Judge Guy C Derry. The men were captured near Broadus Mont after a plane crash killed two posse members during the pursuit.
Fresno releases Don Galindo, sensational second baseman for the Pocatello Cardinals last year, due to inconsistent hitting as reported officially.
Po catello hosts meetings with Donald A. Fareed Willard F. Walter and E A Haggerty to launch the food stamp program in eight southern Idaho counties by August 1. About 1 245 families totaling 3 848 people in Bannock county may be eligible with an estimated $70 000 annual blue stamp subsidy. One of Idaho's three stamp offices will be in Pocatello with Ray B Schwartz coordinating dealer contacts.
Dayton reports a civilian test pilot Bob Fausel of Curtiss Wright achieve a record 661 miles per hour in a ship over Wright field on April 7 1940. Details remain confidential but officials confirm the speed surpasses the prior unofficial record by Andy McDonough.
Idaho Falls defeated Boise 6 to 2 in a Pioneer League game, extending Boise’s struggle after two early runs. The Russets have won three straight over the Pilots, with the five game set continuing tomorrow featuring two daytime and nighttime contests.
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with scattered showers north portion Sunday. Warm temperatures expected Monday.
Helsinki reports Marshal Mannerheim calls Finns to join a crusade with Germany’s armed forces while Soviet planes strike 11 towns. He accuses Russia of subversion as Lutherans urge defense of Christian faith. casualties cited as four civilians and two attackers destroyed. Moscow reports huge tank battles with 4,000 tanks clashing along the front and claims German advances halted in Minsk region.
In Dallas the Texas special senatorial race narrowed as late rural returns reduced Lyndon Johnson's lead to 5 664 votes while W Lee ODaniel surged. Johnson held 125 630 of 410 892 ballots. ODaniel 120 066. Gerald C Mann 106 207. Martin Dies 57 929. The winner serves the remainder of Shepard’s term until January 1943.
Moscow reports 4000 German and Russian tanks in a fierce battle on the southern front as Hitler’s main drives are claimed halted. German accounts are sparse while the conflict looms toward a possible full-scale clash on the northern front near Murmansk with 1,000,000 Russians massed for a push.
Salt Lake County marriage license bureau set a new June record with 522 licenses, surpassing 517 from June 1937. Clerk John A. Harter cited improved economy, war and draft, and Utah's upcoming pre marriage examination law as factors. A license was issued to Burgess Octavius Gudmundsen of Salt Lake City and Imogene Ruth Harris of McCammon Idaho.
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