Yankee Fleet Reappears At Makassar
Gen. Douglas MacArthur disclosed that an American fleet has returned to the Makassar straits east of Borneo for the first time since January 1942. Allied air blows continue across East Indies and Japanese bases, with U S Seventh Fleet ships likely involved. In the Philippines Luzon campaign actions persist as Mindanao gains and guerrilla activity aid coastal advance. Marine bombers hit remaining targets as operations widen.
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Manila
Makassar
Borneo
Douglas Mac Arthur
Balikpapan
MacArthur
Makassar Streits
East Indies
U. S. Seventh Fleet
British North Borneo
Labuan
Brunei Bay
Beaufort
Jesselton
North Borneo
Melbourne Radio
Miri
Melbourne
Tarakan
U. S
Fifth
13Th Air Forces
Royal Australian Air Forces
Balik- Poapan
Pontianak
Philippines
Luzon
Kiangan
Ilocos
Mindanao
U. S. 24Th Dvision
Davao River
Truman Urges Senate Quick Ratification of UN Charter
President Truman worked on a message urging prompt senate ratification of the United Nations charter. He told reporters the message will take about five minutes to read and pressed the senate to ratify first to secure world peace.
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Kansas City
Truman
Senate
United Nations
University of Kansas City
Law School
San Francisco
United States
Willkie
Republic of World
Verdict Holds Woman in Sailor's Death
Bridgeport coroner Theodore E. Steiber found Mrs. Imogene Stevens 24 criminally responsible for the death of Albert Kovacs 19 a submarine sailor. He noted the intoxicated state of both parties and described an illicit relationship with Mr Milton that led to a party night of drinking and property damage before the shooting.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Theodore E. Steiber
Imogene Stevens
Albert Kovacs
New Canaan
Stevens
Tax Stamp Due For Auto Use In 1945
Internal Revenue Collector John R. Wiley warns motorists that the $5 federal auto use stamps must be displayed on windshields by July 1, 1945. The deadline falls on Sunday and penalties apply for those who do not obtain the stamps from post offices or IRS offices.
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Boise
Internal Revenue
John R. Wiley
West Faces Change in Reconversion Effects
Lars Carlson, regional manager of the committee for economic development, warns Boise business men reconversion will create many jobs through expansion, development, and new markets. He projects 20 million job seekers nationwide after the war, with seven to ten million more jobs and a 20 percent national increase, 35 percent in the Pacific Northwest.
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Boise
Pacific Northwest
Lars Carlson
Committee For Economic Development
Idahoan Asks Short Week For Federal Government
Rep. Dworshak of Idaho urges the budget director to shrink the federal work week from 48 to 40 hours starting July 1. He argues a 40-hour basic week can operate with fewer overtime costs and requests justification for maintaining longer hours amid veterans and job seekers.
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Washington
Dworshak
Idaho
Smith
Fall Kills Woman in Chester Home Accident
Mrs. Eliza Munk Williams aged 79 of Chester died from injuries after a basement stair fall at her home on June 21. She was a Logan Utah native and had lived in Chester for many years.
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ST. Anthony
Eliza Munk Williams
Chester
Logan
Utah
Latter-Day Saints Hold Weekend Stake Conferences Preston Event
EAST LAKE CITY conference weekend includes a Preston session with Marion G. Romney representing general authorities as the last series of stake conferences until August 19. Local church members anticipate guidance and community planning from church leaders.
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East Lake City
Latter-Day Saints Church
Preston
Marion G. Romney
Rail Workers To Receive Army Leaves
Washington reports the War Department will furlough 4,000 soldiers for 30 days to work on U S railroads. They will serve as brakemen engineers boilermakers electricians and mechanics to ease a critical labor shortage during redeployment to the Pacific. Undersecretary Patterson says this step is a last resort to maintain fast troop movement for the war against Japan.
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Washington
War Department
U. S
Pacific
Patterson
Japan
Anthony Picciano Missing in Action
Lt. Anthony Picciano a B 29 navigator is reported missing on a mission over Tokyo June 5 parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Picciano north of the city say he is a Pocatello high school graduate active in music and sang at public appearances.
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Anthony Picciano
Tokyo
Thomas Picciano
Picciano
Pocatello High School
Patients Transfer from Farragut to Sun Valley Navy Hospital
Two hundred convalescent patients were moved from Farragut naval hospital to Sun Valley naval hospital yesterday. The group consisted of ambulatory sailors and Marines, according to navy officials.
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Farragut
Sun Valley Naval Hospital
Farragut Naval Hospital
Navy
Bombers Attack Formosa and Asian Coasts
In Manila Gen Douglas Mac Arthur reports new air strikes against Formosa and the Asiatic coast. Black Widow fighters dropped jellied gasoline bombs on Ensuiki refinery Formosa starting fires visible for miles. Liberators hit Tanshi refinery on Formosas west coast. Seventh fleet planes destroyed two coastal freighters and oil tanks at Kuantan and hit Wampoa docks Canton and fuel stores at Nanking China.
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Associated Press
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Asiatic
Black Widow
Ensuiki
Tanshi
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Wampoa
Canton
Nanking
China
Kuantan
Malaya
Estate Fight Over Will Draws Cross Examination
In district court Mrs Gertrude Walter Johnson and her sister Mrs Jenny Wilder face cross examination as stepson M W Johnson seeks control of the $200000 estate of C F Johnson. The trial probes alleged undue influence and the elder man's competence at the time of a codicil. Judge Guy Stevens presides in Blackfoot.
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Twin Falls
Gertrude Walter Johnson
Idaho
Johnson
Jenny Wren Wilder
Gooding
M. W. Johnson
Pocatello
C. F. Johnson
Twin
Guy Stevens
Blackfoot
Philippines Base To Play Role in Knockout of Japan
President Truman said a powerful base will be formed in the liberated Philippines to take part in a vital knockout blow against Japan. In a message to General Douglas MacArthur after Luzon, he praised the campaign and pledged continued support to the loyal Filipino people. He also announced the formal transfer of War Food Administration duties to Agriculture Secretary Clinton P. Anderson under prior plans.
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Kansas City
Truman
Philippines
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Charles G. Ross
War Food Administration
Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Newspapers Feel Public Urge for War News After Germany Surrender
The American Newspaper Publishers Association reports readers turned to newspapers with unusual eagerness after Germany's surrender. Publishers rushed extra copies using scarce newsprint, often reducing page size and cutting advertising to meet demand.
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New York
Germany
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Europe
Chinese forces seize Liuchow airfield and rail hub in Kwangsi
Chinese troops claimed control of the main Liuchow airfield and the south railway station after heavy fighting. They reported Liuchow burning since June and the city center compromised, with fewer than 1,000 Japanese likely remaining. Nearby Kweilin and surrounding areas saw ongoing clashes as Chinese columns closed in.
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Chungking
Liuchow
Claire Chennault
14Th Air Force
Kwangsi Province
Kweilin
U. S
Kweichow-Kwangs
Pingsiang
Liuchow-Dongdang
Indo-China
Kweiping
West River
Storm Over OPA Food Powers Sparks House Drive
A Republican bloc in the House seeks to restore strong food powers for the agriculture secretary by opposing a Senate approved compromise on price control extension. They argue the deal weakens oversight, as the bill previously required secretary approval for food orders and limited rationing authority. The Senate backed the compromise 40 to 8.
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Washington
OPA
House
Andresen
Minn
Supreme Food Powers
Clinton P. Anderson
Agriculture
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Idaho Liquor Dispensary Allocates May Funds
The Idaho liquor dispensary designates 3790.60 dollars to the liquor law enforcement fund and 2194.42 dollars to the narcotics research fund for May.
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Boise
Idaho Liquor Dispensary
Liquor Law Enforcement Fund
Narcotics Research Fund
Mountain Home Base Surpasses War Bond Quota
Mountain Home army air base aims to exceed its seventh war loan by 50 000 dollars and surpassed the 125 000 assignment by 5 000 dollars in yesterday’s drive.
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Mountain Home
Mountain Home Army Air Base
Americans Hang 3 German Civilians
In Rheinbach Germany three German civilians were hanged by American army executioners for killing an American airman who parachuted from a flamesphere bomber last August 15. The condemned were Peter Back Peter Kolin and Matthias Gierens convicted of shooting clubbing and hammering an unknown flyer to death. Matthias Krein was sentenced to death but commuted to life imprisonment by Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow.
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Rheinbach
Germany
Peter Back
Peter Kolin
Mathias Gierens
Matthias Krein
Leonard T. Gerow
15Th Army
Driver Faces Charges in Death of Malad Principal and Children
A coroner's jury found Mrs. LaVina Anderson 18 guilty of reckless driving in a head on collision west of Inkom that killed George Stanger 37 and his two children Mollie Dee 6 and George Byron 10 months. The involuntary manslaughter charge, filed by Deputy R. J. Reynolds, follows critical injuries to Stanger and injuries to other victims.
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LaVina Anderson
South Fifth
Inkom
George Stanger
Mollie Dee Stanger
George Byron Stanger
R. J. Reynolds
Court of Justice
Charles Hyde
Stanger
Pocatello General Hospital
Riley Dixon
West Langer
Marie Fiest
Anderson
Dixon
Miss Fiest
Local youths enlist in navy from Idaho
Boise reports 17 year old Idaho youths enlist in the navy yesterday with six locals in the group. James Earle Poole Jr and John Howard Read lead the list joined by Richard Del Slaughter Richard Louis Smith from Pocatello and John Jay Cherry Glenn Howe from Blackfoot for the boat training program.
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Boise
Idaho
Navy
James Earle Poole, Jr
John Howard Read
Richard del Slaughter
Richard Louis Smith
Pocatello
John Jay Cherry
Glenn Howe
Blackfoot
Weather summary for Pocatello region
The Weather Bureau reports 24 hour period ending noon June 29 with a high of 63 and a low of 48 degrees. Forecasts call for mostly cloudy conditions with scattered light showers today, becoming partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with light mountain showers and little temperature change. Nearby stations show varying highs and lows including Idaho Falls 67/44 and Salt Lake 84/54.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Aecessees
Pocatello
Tdaho Falls
Dubois
Burley
Uw. Boi
Butte
Ganema Ee
Salt Lake Sessevces
Oil Reserves Hit Again By Big Planes
In a wave of precision air strikes, American B-29s hit Nippon oil facilities at Kudamatsu near Kudamatsu and Sasebo on Honshu and Kyushu targets, part of a weeklong campaign that neared 1100 bomber sorties. No Japanese fighter intercepts were reported.
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Washington
Fukuyama
Honshu
Kyushu
Home Islands
Okayama
Guam
Kudumatsu
Nippon Oil Company
Japan
Sasebo
Kuduematsu
Bomber Command
Kudamatsu
Nippon
Tokuyama
Ameri
Natives Lose Face With Initials on Trousers
In Okinawa a civilian leaders group pressed Americans to stop stamping MG on the seat area of trousers worn by Okinawans. They argued branding near the belt line would prevent loss of face while still addressing theft and misuse by soldiers.
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Okinawa
Child Drowns in Ditch Near Woods Cross
A boy named Karen Joy Green, age two, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ross Green, drowned yesterday in a ditch near Woods Cross. Authorities investigated the accident and notified the family.
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Woods Cross
Aoe
Karen Joy ‘Green
Mrs. Ross
Green
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