Yanks Reach Cecina and Near to Siena on Italian Front
Allied HQ reports American forces pushing along the west coast toward Livorno and Pisa after breaking German resistance. Americans reach within 1,500 yards of Cecina while armored units move within seven miles of Siena, as French troops seize Castiglione del Lago area near Lake Trasimeno. German depots and bridges damaged by allied aerial raids, with rail and vehicle losses heavy.
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Rome
Italy
Cecina
Livorno
Leghorn
Siena
Florence
Trasimeno
Castilglione del Lago
Albert Kesselring
Pisa
Bibbona
Frosini
Poggio Siena Vecchia
Forlani Rimini
Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Boise Bomber Burns in Air
An army Liberator bomber from Gowen field burst into flames during flight and crashed near the floating feather airport eight miles west of Boise. The crash killed many aboard and caused extensive fires, damaging hangars, cars, planes, brushland, and a vacant house as responders worked to control the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Feather
Bill Woods
Gowen Field
Woods
Floating Feather Airport
Here
Wood
Child Drowns in Garfield Canal
Garfield Utah authorities report six year old Warren Shakespear wandered from his mother and fell into the Garfield canal. Fifteen minutes later the boy was found drowned downstream. Mrs. D Shakespear called him away but he did not heed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield, Utah
Dewey Bricker Groomed as Man of the Hour in Prankfort
In Prankfort Indiana Dewey Bricker emerges as the man of the hour amid local attention. The lively scene centers on Bricker as townspeople react to his popularity and unfolding status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prankfort, Ind
Prankfort
Six Idahoans Listed Among Missing
Six Idaho soldiers are reported missing in action by the war department. In the Asiatic area are Second Lt. William R. Lyon of Lewiston, Tech Sgt. Cecil L. Olson of Blackfoot, and Second Lt. Alfred B. Clumpner of Moscow. In the Mediterranean area are Sgt. Marcus E. Hornel of Moscow and Tech Sgt. James W. Nystrom of Bonners Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Idaho
War Department
Asiatic
William R. Lyon
Nora H. Lyon
Lewiston
Tech
Cecil L. Olson
Emily W. Olson
Blackfoot
Alfred B. Clumpner
Evelyn M. Clumpner
Moscow
Mediterranean
Marcus E. Hornel
Alta M. Hornel
James W. Nystrom
Bonners Ferry
Allies Facing Uphill Fight In China Area
Allied forces struggle as Japanese entities gain control of the Hankow to Canton rail segment and threaten Hengyang. Loss of the rail junction could strain Chinese supply lines while American air bases near Hengyang face Japanese pressure. Myitkyina’s fall remains pivotal for safer air routes and larger India payloads. The overall contest at Hengyang, Kunming, and Myitkyina marks continued uphill fights for Allies in the China-Burma-India theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Grover
Associated Press
Idaho
DeWitt MacKenzie
China
Hengyang
Hankow
Canton
Hongkong
Myitkyina
Shanghai
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louis
Saipan
Philippines
Kunming
Kweilin
Burma
Stilwell
Ledo
India
Nominations Filed by Socialist and Prohibitionist Parties
Certificates filed in Idaho for two minor parties on June 13. Socialist slate lists presidential electors Gwendolyn Krause Copeland J L Cummins Nampa A L Adams Caldwell Clifford Higby Boise. Prohibitionist slate names James Dunbar Greenleaf lieutenant governor E E Taylor Nampa secretary of state A J Finkbeiner Nampa state superintendent George H Bauerle Nampa T H Darrow Caldwell F L Logston Nampa B W Crandall Boise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Gwendolyn Krause
Copeland
J. L. Cummins
Nampa
A. L. Adams
Caldwell
Clifford Higby
James A. Dunbar
Greenleaf
E. E. Taylor
Eisenhower Bans Fishing Along French Coast Extended
General Eisenhower extends fishing ban for European waters to July 6 1944 at 8 p.m. The no fishing order covers coastal waters from Bayonne to the West Frisian Islands and tightens the wartime restriction. A spokesman stated the requirement remains to halt fishing activities along the coastline for another week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Supreme Commander
Bayonne
West Frisian Islands
Dewey Maps War Campaign Strategy With GOP Leaders
Governor Dewey of New York meets with Republican leaders in Chicago to choose a national committee chairman and tailor campaign lines to the war's course. Advisors urge a reduced train tour if Europe nears victory, while Dewey may adapt appeals to Roosevelt's pace and possible overseas appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
National Committee
Dewey
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Europe
Roosevelt
Hastings
Churchill
Stalin
Ration Point Holiday Ends Asparagus Tomatoes Back on List
The ration point holiday ends at midnight tomorrow for canned tomatoes peas and asparagus. From next Sunday through July 29 processed food point values are announced with peas and tomatoes at five points per standard can and asparagus at ten points. Bowles notes zero value stocks sold fast and warns of smaller vegetable supply in the new pack year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
OPA
Diver Seeks Car Believed Missing in Arrowrock Reservoir
M F Devine of Portland made three dives into Arrowrock reservoir mud from a raft but failed to locate an automobile believed to hold the bodies of an elderly man and three children. Sheriff Bert Bybee supervised a grappling crew during a two day effort before the diver arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho City
Idaho
M. F. Devine
Portland
Ore
Gap
Candidates Wish Each Other Good Luck In Boise Meeting
Democrat Glen H. Taylor and Republican Gov C A Bottolsen met on a Boise street. When asked what happened Taylor said they exchanged amities and wished each other luck like a couple of liars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Glen H. Taylor
C. A. Bottolfsen
United States Senate
Taylor
Idaho Traffic Toll Drops in Wartime Period
Wartime traffic fatalities in the United States reached 9,400 lives lost in the first five months of 1944, up 11 percent from 1943. Idaho reduced its toll by four percent while motor travel rose six percent in early 1944. Col. John Stilwell warned the peak fatality season begins around the Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Idaho
Council
John Stilwell
Highway Resurfacing Bid Plans for Twin Falls to Hansen
State Highway Commissioner Joe D. Wood announced bids will be advertised in about 10 days for the resurfacing of the Twin Falls Hansen highway. The federal aid project has gained federal approval, information relayed by Rep. Dworshak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Twin Falls- Hansen
Joe D. Wood
Wood
Dworshak
Idaho
DAV Meet in Nampa outlines fund raising methods
7 Don Walker of Newport Oregon district national committeeman for the Disabled Veterans of America outlined fundraising methods to aid disabled men and their dependents at the state convention in Nampa Idaho. Walker said $300000 was raised last year. Officers of the DAV and the auxiliary will be elected today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nampa
Idaho
Don Walker
Newport
Ore
Disabled Veterans of America
Walker
D.A.V
Auxiliary
Man Gored By Bull in Idaho Incident
William Holman president of the Ada County Agrarian club and director of the Federal Reserve bank was gored by a bull last night. The incident occurred in Eagle Idaho and details of injuries and outcome were not immediately available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle, Idaho
William Holman
Ada County Agrarian Club
Federal Reserve Bank
Executed Nevada Killer Ray Plunkett Dies in Gas Chamber
Carson City reports Ray mond Plunkett 31 of Ely was executed in the state prison gas chamber for the December 10, 1942 murder of his five month old son. He entered at 5 30 and was pronounced dead a minute later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Nev
Raymond Plunkett
Ely
Nevada State Prison
Plunkett
Campaign in China Threat To Air Plans
The story reports Japanese radio claims that Lishui in Chekiang province and Hengyang area bases have fallen, signaling a push to deny allied air power near the Chinese coast. It notes American Marines advancing north of Mt Tapotchau on Saipan amid rugged terrain as the broader theater unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo Radio Today
China
Saipan
Mt Tapotchau
Garapan
Lishui
Chuchow
Chekiang
East China Sea
Hengyang
U. S. Air Force
Japan
Claire Chennault
Idaho Power Issues Stock Exchange Offer and Redemption
Idaho Power announces the exchange offer of new four percent preferred stock at $102 per share replacing seven percent stock. Holders may swap 1 for 1 plus $8 cash and final dividend by July 22. non exchanges redeem at $110 plus final dividend. Underwriting by Blyth and Company Lazard Freres Wegener Daly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
C. J. Strike
Idaho Power Company
Blyth and Company, Inc
Lazard Freres and Company
New York City
Wegener and Daly, Inc
Dewey nomination fails to impress Idaho Democrat
Taylor of Pocatello Idaho says Dewey’s nomination at the Republican convention offered little new. He notes Dewey appears similar to Hoover and discusses with Governor Gossett and other Democratic leaders ahead of the platform convention tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Glen H. Taylor
Pocatello
Idaho
U.S
New Dealer
Dewey
Hoover
Taylor
Charles C. Gossett
Nampa
Taylor Spends $471.50 to Win Nomination
Glen H. Taylor reported to the secretary of state that he spent $471.50 to win the Democratic nomination for United States senator. He defeated incumbent D. Worth Clark who spent $3,176.38 and two other candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Glen H. Taylor
Secretary of State
United States
D. Worth Clark
Argentina Urged to Prepare for War
War Minister Juan Peron urged Argentina to ready for an inevitable war in a June 10 speech at La Plata. The State Department released the message as Ambassador Norman Armour prepared to return from Buenos Aires with a report on conditions, a move seen as signaling dissatisfaction with the Argentine regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Juan Peron
Argentina
Norman Armour
Buenos Aires
Peron
la Plata
State Department
Armour
Indictments Hit Ogden Officials in Gambling Case
Weber county grand jury indicts former Ogden Mayor Harmon Perry and former Police Chief Rial Moore for conspiring to commit acts injurious to public morals. Perry allegedly ran the old mill resort with gambling devices and Moore allowed them. A third indictment charges Police Detective Henry Allred with a detestable crime. Details on the Bramwell-Bramwell case noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Harmon W. Perry
Rial Moore
Weber County
Grand Jury
Perry
Utah
Ernest B. Irwin
Salt Lake City
Peery
Moore
Old Mill
Henry Allred
Young Kent S. Bramwell
U.S. Army
J. C. Meyers
Bramwell
Meyers
National labor market edict sparks sharp opposition
Washington reports that a nationwide hiring control goes into effect tomorrow under War Manpower Commissioner Paul McNutt. Nebraskan Rep Buffett calls it a black day for liberty, labeling the plan a move toward slave labor battalions as he objects to mandatory use of the U S employment service for hiring workers including women. Both sides note appeals from local War Manpower Commission decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul McNutt
Nebraska
United States
America
McNutt
Representative Buffett
R. Neb
Congressional
Buffett
Congress
U. S
War Manpower Commission
Bert Houde Listed at Overseas Replacement Depot
Cpl Bert E Houde 37 of Pocatello Idaho is now stationed at an overseas replacement depot in Kearns Utah Public relations notes say he joined the army air forces on September 18 1942 and was previously at Lake Pieki Arizona Depot No 2 serves AAP command under Col Weldon W
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearns
Utah
Bert E Houde
Benton Street
Pocatello
Edward G. Houde
Army Air Forces
Lake Pieki
Ariz
Weldon W
AAP Command
Yanks Drive Toward St Lo As Cherbourg Dock Work Begins
Allied forces press toward the St Lo road junction in the Caen area while Cherbourg dock facilities begin work. Rommel shifts fresh reserves into Normandy as Dempsey’s British Second Army commits to sweeping advances near Caen and the Odon and Orne lines, with heavy German losses reported in counterattacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanks
St. Lo
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
Caen
Miles C. Dempsey
Second Army
France
Rommel
Odon
Orne
Dempsey
Gever von Schweppenberg
London
Marcelet
Bernard L. Montgomery
Maupertus
Omar N. Bradley
Price Man to Head District Rotary International
Gomer P. Peacock of Price Utah, ex Price Trading manager, becomes governor of Rotary district 110. He will assist 31 Utah Idaho Wyoming clubs on service and administration. Rotary reports show 5 210 clubs with about 250 000 members in 50 plus countries. Peacock, a former Price councilman, BYU alumnus, chairs water and hospital committees and leads local commerce groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gomer P. Peacock
Price
Utah
Price Trading Company
Hiawatha
Latuda
Rotary International
Rotary
Idaho
Wyoming
Peacock
Manti
Brigham Young University
Price Chamber of Commerce
Carbon Courty Rationing Board
Utah Retail Grocers’ Association
Carbon County Retail Merchants’ Association
Idaho County Superintendents Elect Officers at Five Day Meeting
Miss Nel lie Buckles of Lewiston is named president of the Idaho county Superintendents association at the five day conference in Albion. Andrew H. Johnson of Blackfoot elected vice president and Miss Mary Ellen McLeod of Nez Perce named secretary. The group endorsement in service programs for teachers and cooperation with health and education departments on standardization and healthful school plant maintenance. Outgoing secretary, Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Idaho
Nellie Buckles
Lewiston
Nez Perce
Idaho County Superintendents Association
Andrew H. Johnson
Blackfoot
Bingham County
Lewis County
Mary Ellen McLeod
State Departments of Health and Education
Salt Lake City Business Leader William J Halloran Dies
William J Halloran a prominent Salt Lake City businessman and former president of the chamber of commerce died Thursday at his residence. His death ends a long career in local commerce and civic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
William J. Halloran
Chamber of Commerce
Ogden Jury Details Graft Probe and Horror Chamber Find
Weber county grand jury condemns horror chamber in Ogden municipal building and malnourished inmates. Recommends abolition of confinement room and jail reforms, with the county to feed inmates. Calls for council accountability, banning political graft, protections for police, and strengthened anti corruption laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Weber County Grand Jury
Horror Chamber
Weber Grand Jury
Sheriff's Office
Ogden City
G O P Elects Chairman In Dewey Campaign
Herbert Brownell Jr., a 40 year old New York lawyer, was unanimously chosen chairman of the Republican National Committee to direct Gov. Thomas E. Dewey’s presidential drive. Dewey urged party unity, saying divisive efforts would fail. Brownell succeeds Harrison E. Spangler, who becomes general counsel. Spangler had taken the post after Joseph W. Martin Jr.’s resignation. Brownell, a Nebraskan by birth, was educated at the University of Nebraska and Yale Law School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert Brownell, Jr
New York
Republican National Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Republican Party
Brownell
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Spangler
Henry Fletcher
Peru
Nebr
University of Nebraska
Yale Law School
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Dewey Bricker
GOP
John W. Bricker
G.O.P
DAV
Tokyo
Guam
Idaho Power Issues
Bert Houde
G_O.P
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