Japanese Bomb Darwin by Allied Air and Submarine Offense
A far ranging Allied campaign against Japanese ships and shipping was disclosed in United Nations statements. Gen. MacArthur's Liberators and Flying Fortresses sunk 27 500 tons of Japanese shipping and damaged 65 800 tons in April, totaling 93 300 tons with no heavy bombers lost in combat.
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Associated Press
Australia
United Nations
Darwin
Southwest Pacific
Douglass MacArthur
Washington
U. S
Japan
North African
Tunisian
Berlin
MacArthur
Kai Island
Koepang
Timor
Burma
Mayu Ridge
R.A.F. Blenheims
Chindwin River
Bengal
India
Hitler Seeks 300000 to 500000 From Captured Russians
German high command aims to form an army of 300000 to 500000 from captured Russian soldiers and civilians in the occupied Baltic states, relying on those deemed reliable. Reports note Germany’s manpower drive lags behind expectations as stores and small shops close.
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Stockholm
Baltic States
Reich
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Pension Club Threatens To Withdraw From Townsend Move
James W. Johnson of Exnmett tells Boise Townsend club No 2 that recall of Governor Bortolfsen and 68 Idaho lawmakers would bring a new governor and legislature and a new senior citizens grant act. The Boise club votes to withdraw unless Orland A. Scott is removed.
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Boise
Bortolfsen
Idaho
James W. Johnson
Exnmett
Boise Townsend Club
Boise Club
Townsend
Orland A. Scott
Coeur d’Alene
Scott
Johnson
Townsend Club
Lewis Williams
High Court Rules Against Draftee Conscientious Objector
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that a draft registrant denied CO status must report for induction. Chief Justice Stone wrote the opinion in a case involving Whitney Bowles of Newfoundland New Jersey who argued a family WWII remnant shaped his anti military stance. Bowles received a three year sentence for failure to appear for induction.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Stone
Whitney Bowles
Newfoundland
N. J
Bowles
Federal District Court For
New Jersey
Court Lifts Ban On Bible Work
The Supreme Court, in a five to four decision led by Chief Justice Stone, vacated the June eight ruling and reversed state court judgments upholding municipal ordinances imposing a license tax on religious literature sales. Justices Reed, Roberts, Frankfurter, and Jackson dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Stone
Reed
Roberts
Frankfurter
Jackson
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
Officers Seek Mother After Baby Found Dead in Creek
Canyon county officers search for the mother of a baby found dead in Indian Creek near Nampa. Coroner William Talley said the autopsy showed the child lived briefly after birth but was dead when placed in the creek about ten days ago.
Miners Resume Work Under 15 Day Truce
The coal mining crisis eased as nearly 500000 miners prepared to return to work under a 15 day truce. Harold Ickes and John L. Lewis led efforts to settle wage contracts while President Roosevelt urged immediate resumption to fuel war production.
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Washington
America
Harold L. Ickes
Sam
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
British motor torpedo boats raid Tunis Gulf coastal waters
A flotilla of British MTBs operated in daylight along the Tunisian coast from Ras Mahmur to Zembretta, sinking a 3,000-ton merchant ship and two Italian minesweepers and a German Rboat. The action cost MTB leader Stewart Gould his life as he directed torpedo launches on the ship off Cape Bon.
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Tunisan
Ras Mahmur
Zembretta Island
Gulf of Tunis
Kebilia Roadstead
Cape Bon
Tunis
Mediterranean
Stewart Gould
Royal Navy
Gould
Cape Bon Peninsula
Soldiers 15 Miles From Naval Base
New York report on a coal wage dispute with miners seeking higher pay. Hard coal diggers earn $5.08 daily with overtime after 36 hours weekly. Advertisements claim average miner wages around $1.06 per hour. Workers demand a $2 daily boost. soft coal fields show a similar request for higher pay with overtime after 35 hours.
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New York
Challis May Have Bank Facilities
Application to establish a bank in Challis was received by the Idaho Department of Finance. Otto P. Herber Arco banker said capital stock would be 25000 dollars with 12500 cash surplus, to be named the Custer County Bank serving local residents for the first time since the 1930s closure. Opening date pending equipment arrival.
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BOISE
Challis
Dade
State Department of Finance
Griff Denekins
Otto P. Herber Arco
Custe County
Custer County Bank
Custer County
Jenkins
Blackfoot Major Among Snorkers at North Africa Base
An informal airmen’s society called the Point Snorkers has formed at the army air base in North Africa. Major Marius P. Hanford of Blackfoot Idaho is a charter member of the group noted for its visible moustache at 100 feet.
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Army Air Base
North Africa
Point
Marius P. Hanford
Blackfoot
Idaho
Dry Soups Removed From Ration List In New OPA Order
The Office of Price Administration announced Sunday that dried or dehydrated soups are removed from the ration list. Juices including grape and citrus saw point reductions while pineapple juice rose to 17 points in No 24 size. Tomato juice and others faced lower values across sizes.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Pocatello Plans Patchwork With Oil For Streets
City official Counc ilman C A Carmack announced receipt of a priority permit for 30 000 gallons of oil to patch badly worn streets across all sections of Pocatello The federal supply had been curtailed since October and weather will govern patchwork as oil arrives Carmack noted last year about 15 blocks of new paving were laid prompting criticism of alley repairs over street work
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Pocatello
C. A. Carmack
Carmack
Bomber Crashes Near Gowen Field Territory
A four engine bomber believed from Gowen Field crashed about 1.25 miles east of Mountain Home Boise area early today, narrowly missing farm houses. Three airmen died. bodies found near the wreckage as witnesses reported the aircraft passing low at 2 55 am and exploding shortly after.
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Mountain Home
Gowen Field
Here
Boise
Morfield Farm
Gowenfield
James Beach
Beach
Night Club Fall Kills Ada County Man in Boise
Ada County Coroner William McBratney said no inquest would be held into the death of Chester M. Kerr about 53 who died from injuries after falling down steps at a Boise night club early Sunday morning as he left after playing the piano.
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Boise
Ada County
William McBratney
Chester M. Kerr
McBratney
Kerr
Americans Capture Mateur Advancing Toward Tunis and Bizerte
Allied forces report U S troops seized Mateur a key rail and road hub 18 miles southwest of Bizerte and 34 miles from Tunis after two weeks of fighting. French and American units pushed coastal advances to within 15 miles of the Bizerte naval base as the German defense collapsed in several sectors.
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North Africa
United States
Mateur
Bizerte
Matenr
Tunis
Cyirge
Mateus
Biverte
Weather Report From Unclear Locale
Stuffy day with shadowless skies followed by afternoon thunder and scattered rain. Pigeons died under church eaves during a storm. Temperatures ranged 71 high, 45 low, noon 62 with a mean of 58, forecast remains cool and normal 50.
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Lewis
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Lewis
Ickes Cancels Coal Freeze
Federal aide Ickes ends the coal shipments freeze prompting mixed restart reports from multiple states. Pennsylvania rushes to resume Gallitzin mine output while Fayette Countys Beehive Coke shifts up toward normal staffing.
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Washington — Fuels
Ickes
Thwarts Attempt to Widen Bridgehead on Caucasus Front
Moscow reports Red Army artillery battered German positions in Kuban and Caucasus as a six day drive failed and 70 Nazis were killed. Midday toll lists 200 more enemy dead. 16 artillery batteries silenced and ten German blockhouses destroyed. Soviet air forces battled to disrupt German offensives as no major front changes occurred. A German battalion reportedly tried to storm Soviet defenses south of Chuhuyev on the Don.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Caucasua
Aioy
Mifhe
Russian Front
Russian Communiqque
Chuguev
Don
RAF Bombs Dutch Port and St Nazaire Raid Invenge
Royal Air Force bombers and fighters engaged German air opposition to strike industrial targets in Ijmuiden and followed up a large American raid on St Nazaire. Mosquito bombers hit Thionville shops. American loss cited as seven aircraft. German claims touched by high weather and combat losses. Reporter notes praise for US bomber squadrons.
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London
Royal Air Force
Ijmuiden
St. Nazaire
France
Thionville
Lorraine
Paris
Brussels-Saarbuecken
St. Naezaire
Focke-Wulf
Colin Bedwall
London Daily Mail
United States
Europe
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UMW
Tunis Gulf
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Boisean
U. S. Second Army Corps
U.S
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