Scouts Attend Two Camps West of Fairview Wyoming
Boy Scout camps ran June 19 to 24 at Lanes Creek and Elks Valley. Ninety eight scouts and eleven leaders attended Lanes Creek with troops from Etna Freedom and Auburn Wyoming, while 111 scouts and 21 leaders attended Elk Valley camp. Leaders included LeRoy Jones Delbert Hanks Raymond Maughan A J Winters and many others. Activities covered rope making rope splicing tent pitching ditching bed making fishing and hikes with six leaders at each site reporting high success and self reliance gains.
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Lanes Creek
Fairview
Wyo
Idaho State Line
Elks Valley
LeRoy Jones
Delbert R. Hanks
Council
Eld
Raymond Maughan
Bancroft
A. J. Winters
Etna
Freedom
Auburn
General Lane
Elk Valley
Jesse Draney
Delbert Argyle
Heber Johnson
Frank Whitworth
Elmer Smith
Heber Lau
Ralph Harrison
Wendell Jenkins
Jim Robinson
Elkis Valley
George Kunz
Delmar Kunz
Robert Schmid
Jex Rowland
Elmer Burgoyne
G. W. Staker
Lloyd Smith
Max Haddock
Frank Miller
Dale Call
Junior Brown
Jay Hodges
Jones
Wells Family Mourning Death Of Ella Wells In Seattle
Mrs. Ella Dawley Wells 77 died Wednesday night after a heart attack. Her son Chester G. Wells of Pocatello and daughter Mrs Pred Fridy of Seattle survive. Funeral set for Saturday at 1 pm. She led Washington DAR chapters and was born in Mankato Minnesota.
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Chester G. Wells
Pocatello
Rotary Club
Seattle
Ella Dawley Wells
Wells
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Pred Fridy
Mankato, Minn
Air Medal Awarded to Homer Nielson of Idaho
Homer L. Nielson 22 of Cleveland Idaho waist gunner with the Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress group led by Col. William B. David has won the Air Medal for meritorious bombing attacks on pre invasion targets in Nazi Europe. He is the son of Mrs. Catherine B. Nielson and formerly worked on the John W. Smith farm before joining the RAF in 1942. His wife, Mrs. Marion J. Nielson, resides in Gates Tennessee.
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England
Homer L. Nielson
Cleveland
Idaho
Eighth
AAF Flying Fortress
William B. David
Calhoun
Europe
Flyer
Catherine B. Nielson
John W. Smith
RAF
Marion J. Nielson
Gates
Tenn
French Assignats: Paper Money of the Revolution Era
The assignats were currency issued in France in the late 18th century during the revolutionary period. They originated as bonds secured by confiscated church lands and evolved into a wide monetary system amid political upheaval and inflation.
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France
Summons Issued in Bannock County Idaho Case
In the Justice Court of the Pocatello Precinct Bannock County Idaho A L Chilton plaintiff versus J M Cash defendant the State of Idaho sends greetings You are summoned to appear within five days if served in county or twenty days otherwise to plead in the court This action seeks 26 50 for merchandise purchased on open account Witnessed by Justice Charles W Hyde dated Pune 1 1944 Attorney for the plaintiff Idaho
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Justice Court of the
Pune
Perrish Represents West at Meeting
Laurence Perrish of East Idaho Brewing Co was the sole western member of a small brewers committee that met in New York City on June 6 to pick the president's merit award winner. Perrish notes the Florida winner sold 200000 in war bonds and gave notable industry service.
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Laurence Perrish
East Idaho Brewing Company
New York City
Pocatello
Perrish
Florida
Jerome Man Wounded in Action in the Mediterranean
Tech. Sgt. Newell H. Bingham husband of Mrs. Twila L. Bingham Jerome has been wounded in action in the Mediterranean area the war department disclosed.
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Washington
Tech
Newell H. Bingham
Twila L. Bingham
Jerome
Mediterranean
War Department
Revenue Increases for Idaho Public Transport 1944
Law Enforcement Commissioner C. E. Spoor reports 1944 revenue from Idaho public carriers shows a net gain of $9,202 versus 1943. Trucks earned $25,620 vs $26,530, trailers $18,760 vs $17,550.50, and buses $62,896.50 vs $53,993.96.
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Boise
Idaho
C. E. Spoor
Idaho Lettuce Ships 600 Cars as Harvest Nears End
More than 600 cars of lettuce have been shipped from western Idaho and harvesting is nearly complete. Agriculture Commissioner R. H. Young reported that a late spring could have caused serious crop damage but recent cool weather allowed harvesting with little to no loss. Normally most lettuce is moved by June 15.
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Boise
Idaho
R. H. Young
Legion Auxiliary Elects Officers For Coming Year
The American Legion auxiliary held its regular meeting in Memorial hall electing officers for the coming year led by Mrs. Bryan Blackhurst as president and naming a full slate of vice presidents, secretary treasurer historian and an executive committee. Delegates and alternates to the department convention were chosen, and reports noted cookie jar charity and community service efforts including a USO cookie campaign.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Hall
D. D. Parke
Bryan Blackhurst
R. H. Hunter
Vern Atwood
H. A. Burton
H. J. Swanson
Fergus Ferguson
C. G. Billmeyer
Walter Hail
C. H. Bond
Department
W. B. Harris
James C. Bangs
R. J. Hunter
Harold Bates
J. W Allred
Peter S. McDermott
H. F. Budenholzer
Elmer Smith
H. B. Criswell
USO Hut
Local Youth Returns From New Guinea
Pfc. James Harold O Connor nephew of Mr and Mrs Oren W Johns of north Pocatello landed in San Francisco Tuesday after two years in the New Guinea area He is a member of an engineer s group O Connor attended Pocatello high school.
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Pfc
James Harold O'Connor
Oren W. Johns
North Pocatello
San Francisco
New Guinea
O'Connor
Pocatello High School
Prison Camps Stocked
Washington reports three months of Red Cross standard food packages set aside for American prisoners of war in virtually all German camps. Reserve clothing has also been supplied as the war effort expands in Europe. Supplies were shipped by the American Red Cross through the international Red Cross committee in Geneva.
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Washington, D. C
Pocatello
Red Cross
Germany
American Red Cross
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Switzerland
Beet Thinners Win Higher Wages in Bannock County
At a Bannock county farm labor committee meeting led by Wm. Dean Boyle wages for beet thinning rose to 8.25 to 11 per acre from May 9 to June 26 due to higher field needs. First hoeing paid 3.50 per acre. general farm work 90 to 110 monthly. married men with families 110 to 125 with housing and milk. General farm wage cited as 60 cents per hour. Committee includes DeKay Sorensen Johnson Burrup Hubbard.
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Bannock County Farm Labor Committee
Wm. Dean Boyle
Bannock County
Boyle
Edwin DeKay
Ephraim Sorensen
S. O. Johnson
Tyhee
Ed Burrup
Downey
Wesley Hubbard
Grace
Former Pocatello Resident Dies
Salt Lake City reports funeral services for Charles Leech Richards a former Pocatello resident and longtime executive at National Biscuit. Richards died Monday at age with roots in Parowan Utah and life in Salt Lake City before serving as Idaho and Utah biscuit company manager and later moving to Salt Lake City in 1930.
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Salt Lake City
Charles Leech Richards
National Biscuit Company
Idaho
Parowan
Utah
Richards
The
Biscuit Company
Pocatello
Military Honors Mark Rites for Major Ernest Mann
The body of Major Ernest Mann a 36 year old Pocatello airman was laid to rest with full military honors at Mountainview cemetery a plane droned overhead. He died June 23 in a takeoff accident at Laughlin Field Texas where he directed flying. The Elks lodge and airfield officers conducted services with tributes from Exalted Ruler J P Halliwell and others. The 26 piece air field glee club sang and Rev J A Jentges gave the elegy. Chaplain W R Grennan presented the flag to Mrs Mann as military rites continued at the graveside. Mrs Mann his wife accompanied by her brother Marine Pvt Robert A Leute and Capt S S Pidgeon of Laughlin field attended the service.
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Ernest Mann
Pocatello
Mountainview
Mann
Lauglinfield
del Rio
Texas
F. D. Hilliard
H. H. Zimmerli
Milton Zener
Spencer Ford
Pocatello Air Field
Glee Club
Crockett Baxter
Joseph Larkin
W. R. Grennan
Poccatello
Catherine Leute
Marine Pvt
Robert A. Leute
S. S. Pidgeon
Laughlin Field
Key Identified as Star Spangled Banner Author Months Later
The article notes that Francis Scott Key was not identified as the author of the Star Spangled Banner until several months after its initial appearance, indicating a delayed attribution despite the work's prominence.
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Francis Scott Key
Allied Air Attacks Push Nazis Back
Supreme Headquarters reports Allied air forces have disabled or destroyed 282 German tanks in Normandy since D-day. Incomplete reports show at least 44 German aircraft shot down today over France and Germany as enemy fighter bases supporting the battle area are driven back about 100 miles by Allied air attacks.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Allied Command
Normandy
France
Germany
Protestant Starts Hunger Strike in Political Showdown
Chester Lake, field representative for the rural electrification administration, began a hunger strike in St. Louis on Monday, saying he will continue until REA is removed from political control and made independent. His $5,800 job was abolished effective Saturday. he last ate a chicken dish and pie, weighing 200 pounds. His wife will push fruit juices if he weakens.
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ST. Louis
Chester Lake
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Lake
Harry Slattery
Trucking Fatality in Ogden Involving Waterfall Construction Driver
Lester A. Gibson 26, a Waterfall Construction truck driver of Ogden, died in a hospital after his truck backed off a hill near the gravel pit entrance Monday. No witnesses known. He was born July 9, 1917 in Idaho Falls, married Irene Levin Feb 17, 1937, and is survived by his widow, two sons, a daughter, his mother, and a sister.
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Ogden
Lester A. Gibson
Waterfall Construction Company
Gibson
Idahoalls
James A
Corrine Caldwell
Red Cross Provides Cartons for Prisoner Packages
Bannock county chapter of the American Red Cross will distribute reinforced cardboard cartons at no charge early in July to help families send two month prisoner parcels. The exact pickup date at the chapter house will be announced later. The program aims to speed delivery of personal parcels to servicemen and civilians held by enemy countries and reduce repacking delays at censorship.
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Walter Hall
Community Service
James C. Bangs
Red Cross
W. B. Harris
H. B. Criswell
Bannock County
American Red Cross
E. M. South
United States
Octopuses Hunt Food At Night In Coastal Hunts
Nightly foraging octopuses raid shores for snails and crabs, seizing armsfuls of prey during quiet tidal hours at coastal cameras.
Romans Capture Paris in Early Celtic Era
In the second century BCE Romans conquered Paris then known as Lutelia Pariscrium, establishing Gallic control before later transformations in the region.
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B. C
Paris
Lutelia Pariscrium
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Charles W. Hyde
Attorney For the Plain
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West Benton
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Idaho Lettuce
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W. D. Service
R. E. Shaw
Raymond Siglin
Eugene Smith
Chris Sorgatz
Harriet St. Marie
Morris Stacy
Rae Stratford
Bert A. Strom
A. E. Trimming
F. R. Tydeman
Harper Uhland
Norman Vaughn
Fred Linck
Klei
USO
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Fargo-Wilson-Wells
Elks Lodge
J. P. Halliwell
J. A. Jentges
St. Anthony Catholic Church
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Zenith
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Reader's Digest
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Pocatello Drug CO
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