Idaho Democrats Split Into Two Factions Backing Taylor and Gossett
Idaho Democrats gather for their state platform convention in Boise amid private factional splits. Charles C. Gossett of Nampa campaigns as governor hopeful with old-line leaders while Glen Taylor, liberal ally and 1964 senate nominee, backs reform planks and a constitutional change to curb legislative repudiation of voters. Ben Davis of Pocatello to give keynote as roll call opens.
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Idaho
Glen Taylor
Charles Gossett
Boise
Charles C. Gossett
Nampa
Gossett
Taylor
D. Worth Clark
Asher B. Wilson
Twin Fails
James Newport
Ben Davis
Pocatello
Allied air offensive hits four German aircraft plants
Upwards of 1,000 Allied bombers and escorts attacked German Reich air centers including Leipzig Oschersleben Aschersleben and Fallersleben along with a Bohlsen refinery in a 12 hour offensive. RAF Halifaxes struck rail yards near Metz and Mosquito aircraft hit Searbrucken Feoby and Sesen with lighter losses for the Allies. Mediterranean forces struck Giurgiu Bucharest and Karlovo amid about 1,200 sorties with 23 enemy aircraft destroyed and six Allied planes missing.
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London
Germany
Reich
Leipzig
Oschersleben
Aschersleben
Fallersleben
Bohlsen
Europe
Oschersieben
Axhersieben
Berlin
Fallersieben
Hannover
Metz
Verdun
Searbrucken
Feo
Sesen
Rohr
Danube
Giurgiu
Yester
Bucharest
Karlovo
Bulgaria
Mediterranean
Meat Ration Returns to Old Schedule
The Office of Price Administration restores rationing for lamb chops steaks and roasts with points set from three to ten per pound. Beef supply falls 12 percent in July while housewives retain a 40 point monthly limit for meats and fats. Pork veal and the cheaper beef and lamb stay ration free. Butter and margarine remain at 12 and two points per pound.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Former Czech Prime Minister Mian Hodsa Dies in Florida
Former prime minister of Czechoslovakia Mian Hodsa died in a Clearwater hospital Tuesday night. The report notes his tenure and death location but lacks full biographical details in the readable text.
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Clearwater, Fla
Mian Hodsa
Czechoslovakia
Idaho GOP to Miss Presidential Electors in 1944 Vote
Secretary of State George Curtis said Idaho will not have presidential electors on the 1944 ballot as Republicans delay naming electors. Laws require names be certified by July 8, but the state party plans its platform convention for July 15 in Twin Falls. The ballot provides a single square for four electors, not individual candidates.
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Boise
George Curtis
Thomas E. Dewey
Idaho
State Central Committee
Curtis
Twin Falls
Reilly Atkinson
Chicago
Dog Flak Joins Family After Air Base Flight
A black cocker spaniel named Flak travels from England to Indiana with approval from Gen. H. H. Arnold. The dog belonged to Sgt. Robert K. Bell who was killed in a Lib erator crash last December. Bell’s parents in near Denver, Indiana, planned the dog’s return to console them as a living link to their son.
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Chicago
England
Indiana
H. H. Arnold
United States Army Air Forces
Filak
Robert K. Bell
Germany
Bell
Jesse Bell
Denver
Ind
Mariette
Arnold
Flair
Bob
Pink
Japs Capture U S Air Field in China and Battle in Normandy
Allied reports say Allied forces repelled nine German counterattacks around Caen while Montgomery widened a bridgehead over the Odon. German losses included 60 tanks destroyed in three days. British air and ground superiority limited German moves as Rommel’s reserves mobilized for Normandy.
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U.S
China
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Odon
Associated Press
Roger Greene
Rommel
Germany
France
Normandy
Former Official G P Mix Dies in Moscow Id
G P Mix 67 a former Idaho lieutenant governor for two terms under C Ben Ross died after an illness that began Sunday He graduated in 1901 as the first agricultural student from the University of Idaho a pioneer farmer in Latah county Mix was a 1936 U S Senate candidate who lost to D Worth Clark He left a widow and four sons including Jack Mix of Boise and Capt Gail Mix now with the armed forces in Europe
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Moscow
Idaho
G. P. Mix
C. Ben Ross
Mix
University of Idaho
Latah County
D. Worth Clark
United States
Jack Mix
Boise
Capt
Gail Mix
Armed Forces
Europe
Local Woman Hurt In Collision Near Center Street
Mrs Grace Bistline of 1111 East Center was injured when her car collided with a vehicle driven by Jay E Steffens of Phoenix Ariz traveling with the Liebrand circus. The crash occurred about 815 am at North Eighth and East Center after Steffen failed to stop at a sign. Reckless driving charges were filed against Steffen in police court and he is held in Bannock county jail with 500 bond on a drunken driving complaint.
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Grace Bistline
1111
East Center
Jay E. Steffens
Phoenix
Ariz
Liebrand Circus
North Eighth
Bistline
Center
Steffen
Eighth
Bannock County
Soviet Clears Rail Route To Leningrad
Soviet armies near Minsk push 37 miles to the White Russian capital as they drive Germans back toward Warsaw and Berlin. Mogilev opens a rail link from Leningrad to Odessa, enabling force transfer along the front as four-fifths of the rail already works. A Russian general calls this defeat a historic blow, with 25,000 square miles reclaimed in less than a week.
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Minsk
Warsaw
Berlin
Napoleon
Red Army
I 4
Mogilev
Leningrad
Odessa
Nikolai Akimov
Vitebsk
Orsha
Zhlobin
Smolensk- Warsaw
Byhov- Minsk
Berezina
Gomel-Minsk
Red Star
Peter Pavlenko
Hitler
Bobru
Dewey Opens Campaign Against One-Man Rule
Dewey accepts the Republican presidential nomination in Chicago promising to end one-man government. He pledges a unified, organized campaign with Gov. Bricker as running mate and a cabinet of capable, youthful leaders to achieve peace and strong governance. First Lt. Norris N. Nelson of Blackfoot was killed in action over England, with his wife Inez Latimer Nelson informed. He served as acting squadron leader and completed more than 20 combat missions. Nelson was born December 29, 1920, and survived by his brother Carroll Nelson of Pocatello.
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Boise
Norris N. Nelson
Carl V. Nelson
Blackfoot
England
Inez Latimer Nelson
Nelson
Blackfoot High School
University of Idaho
Carroll Nelson
Pocatello
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
America
Albany
National Committee
John E. Bricker
Ohio
Convention Stadium
Clyde Reed
Kansas
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Laborers Move Out Twin Falls Camps
E. E. Scannell, manager of the Twin Falls camp, announced tentative plans to evacuate nearly 200 Japanese-American farm laborers from Twin Falls Rupert and Burley migratory labor camps. He cited young men facing early army induction and a two week surplus of labor as reasons. most contracts expire July 1 and laborers are leaving at their own request.
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Twin Falls
Rupert
Burley
E. E. Scannell
Fifth Seizes Important Lateral Route in Italian Offensive
Fifth Army forces advance along Italy's west coast seize Castagneto and Monticiano on Highway 73 within 12 miles of Siena as French gains push southeast of Siena. Allied HQ reports over 32,000 prisoners taken since the seven week offensive began with heavy enemy resistance and strategic road denial efforts.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Italy
Castagneto
Livorno
Leghorn
Secon
Siena
Pisa
Florence
Monticiano
Montalcinello
Monticchiello
Pienza
Montalcino
Eighth Army
Lake Trasimeno
Perugia
Casella
Frattavecchia
Lafoce
Break With Finland Appears Likely
Secretary Hull indicated the question of a break with Finland is under full consideration in Washington. He could not say at the noon briefing whether any announcement would be made later. Edmund Gullion remains as the American charge d affaires in Helsinki.
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Washington
Hull
Finland
Edmund Gullion
Helsinki
Idaho County Reaches E Bond Quota in War Drive
Idaho County becomes second in the state to hit its E bond quota of 185000, with total EF bond sales reaching 209000. Fremont County has passed both E bond and general quotas, as Wegener notes the campaign is nearly halfway and the final push will be tougher. Idaho statewide E bond quota stands at 28000000.
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Boise
Idaho County
Theo H. Wegener
Idaho War Finance Committee
Fremont County
Wegener
Idaho
Musician Pheron Edel Dies by Suicide in Sunset Court
Pheron Humphrey Edel, 29, a trumpet player and native of Olean New York, was found hanged in his Sunset Motor court apartment bathroom. Described as despondent and unemployed, he is survived by his widow Margaret Edel 22 who works at Shamrock club. London report notes Soviet advances across White Russian and Finnish fronts with Bar Russia near Minsk and rail links to Murmansk.
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Pheron Humphrey Edel
Sunset Motor Court
South Fifth
Edel
Olean
New York
Margaret Edel
Shamrock Club
Doughboys Report Heavy German Losses in France
An American staff officer says U S forces in France have killed 5000 to 6000 German soldiers and captured 37333 since the landings in France, reflecting rapid early advances and mounting Allied pressure on German forces.
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France
Allied forces urge reserves to counter German defense in Normandy
Supreme Headquarters says heavy fighting continues at La Byude near Caen as German high command moves strategic reserves from Germany. In Arizona, a Grand Canyon rescue party reached three stranded Army flyers on the Tonto plateau reporting them well and uninjured after over a week isolation.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
la Byude
Caen
Normandy
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Kingman, Ariz
Grand Canyon
Tonto Plateau
Bancroft Voters Approve Two-Mill School Levy
In Bancroft School District 51 voters approved a two mill levy for the next fiscal year starting July 1. County Superintendent Scott D. Lowe reported the canvass showed ten votes in favor and none opposed, in addition to the existing levy for school support.
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Bancroft
Board of Trustees of
The
School Authority
Scott D. Lowe
Chinese City Hengyang Falls as Japanese Drive Advances
Japanese forces seize Hengyang, a crucial U S air base in China, as Chennaults 14th Air Force counters with heavy raids. The loss threatens the Y and Canton railway corridor while Saipan battles intensify with U S Marines pushing from Garapan and New Guinea actions ongoing.
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Associated Press
Hengyang
U. S. Air Force
China
Saipan
Pacific
Chungking
Caire Chennault
Hengyange
Yankow - Canton
Japan
Chennault
14Th
Saipan Island
Tinian
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Western Pacific
Garapan
Anafutan Peninsula
Wewak
New Guinea
Robbers Hit Boise Night Club In Early Morning Heist
Three men armed with pistols robbed a Boise night club, taking 450 from guests and a large sum from the club safe. Guests were tied with towels as the robbers forced money from patrons and then blew the safe lock with explosives before fleeing through a rear door. Co-owner A L McGill said the safe held a large amount. Police Capt C H Sherman reported.
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Boise
C. H. Sherman
Sherman
A. L. McGill
National Director To Speak Tonight At Baptist Church
Miss Lenadell Wiggins of Evans ton TI will address an 8 p m audience of Pocatello pastors Sunday school teachers public school teachers parents and leaders of children at the Baptist church Tonight Sponsored by the Women's Christian Temperance Union she spoke to city children this afternoon in the Christian church Wiggins a former teacher and long time national director of the Loyal Temperance Legion will spend four days in Idaho Attendees from surrounding towns are expected Mrs Blanche Hubbard Sixth district president will preside.
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Lenadell Wiggins
Evanston
Pocatello
Baptist Church
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Christian Church
Wiggins
Idaho
Loyal Temperance Legion
Blanche Hubbard
Sixthdistrict
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