Churchill Pledges Aid to Americas War Efforts
In a televised speech to Congress Prime Minister Churchill pledged Britain to fight side by side with the United States against Japan and Germany. He forecast strikes on Tokyo and promised meeting with Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek while urging immediate aid to China and warning of the risks of prolonging the war.
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Washington
Churchill
Britain
America
Japan
Stalin
Russia
Chiang
China
Germany
Italy
United Nations
Hitler
Allied Planes Pound Pantelleria and Trapani Bases
United States air forces launched the heaviest raid yet on Pantelleria, 45 miles from Tunisia, and struck Trapani Sicily. Warhawks Lightnings Mitchells and Marauders dropped 100 tons of bombs, hitting six merchant vessels and the harbor, docks, warehouse district, and airdrome. fires and aircraft losses were reported.
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Associated Press
Pantelleria
Cap Bon
Tunisia
Trapani
Spuds Attract Hungry Mob In Rockefeller Center Barbershop
In New York a heap of 157 bags weighing about 16 000 pounds of potatoes was brought into a barbershop near Rockefeller Center. Police impounded the haul, closed the shop, and charged owner Benjamin Caplan and barbershop owner Charles Falcone with related offenses. Caplan bought the tubers for 343 75 dollars, paying 120 to a trucker, while officials cited food bag marking and structural concerns.
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New York
New
Benjamin Caplan
Chateaugay
N. Y
Charles Falcone
Caplan
Henry Mandelbaum
Markets Department
Bureau of Combustibles
Falcone
Indians Meet At Fort Hall Fort Hall tribal meeting and feed planned
Bannock and Shoshone leaders from Bingham, Bannock and Power counties gathered at the Fort Hall reservation agency for the annual meeting. Willie George, chairman, would report on the year as elections set to fill expiring council terms.
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Fort Hall
Bannock
Bingham, Bannock
Power Counties
Willie George
C. Loo
Graves
Allied bombers strike Kiel and Flensburg targets
London reports Flying Fortresses of the eighth U S air force hit Kiel submarine yards and the Flensburg power station in flames. Algiers says French forces occupied La Galite island off Cap Sebrat north of Tunis with no Axis resistance observed. In Rigby a 14 year old, Don Ray Benson, died of a heart attack at Helse Hot Springs. In Nampa a seed beans incident ends after a farmer returns a bag treated with sporgone fungi and two suspects fled after a second truck loaded the bag.
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London
Eighth U. S. Air Force
Kiel
Flensburg
Algiers
la Galite
Cap Sebrat
Tunisian
Rigby
Don Ray Benson
Comfort Benson
Helse Hot Springs
Here
Nampa (Ap
Associated Seed Company
Nampa
Chase Produce Company
Owyhee County
Worst Floods in 30 Years Evict Thousands in Five States
Thousands of families fled homes across Indiana Missouri Illinois Arkansas and Oklahoma as rivers and streams surged. Four drowned in Indiana and three in Missouri with widespread crop and property damage reported. Evacuations occurred in St Charles as the Missouri neared 36.3 feet, the highest since 1903. Lifeboats were ferried from Lake Michigan and river patrols increased 50 percent.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Indiana
Missouri
Illinois
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Wabash
Mississenewa
Coast Guard
Army
St. Charles
Lake Michigan
Army Engineers
Wage dispute rests with new three man panel
The nations soft coal wage dispute sits with a three man War Labor Board fact finding panel. Its report is due this week ahead of a full board decision by May 31, the contract expiry under the extended truce. John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers remain opposed to board involvement.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U.M.W
Lewis
Pocatello School Opens August 23 With Harvest Vacation
Independent district No. 1 in Pocatello will start the fall semester on Monday August 23 under Superintendent E Norman Vaughan. A harvest vacation will be observed in the fall causing the opening to occur two weeks earlier than usual. The exact vacation period will be set after the start and depend on weather. Last year students worked well despite weather during part of the vacation.
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Pocatello Independent District No. 1
E. Norman Vaughan
Board of Trustees
County Farm Labor Committee
Vaughn
Allied air and sea offensives widen in Pacific war
Allied and Japanese forces clash across the southwest Pacific with heavy raids on Wau Salamaua and surrounding bases in New Guinea. MacArthur reports 102 Japanese sorties against Wau, 25 with bombs, plus 64 against Bobdubi near Balamaua. RAF strikes target Rabaul Lae Finschhafen and other sites. In Burma, British forces push back and disrupt Japanese transport along the coast. Centaur sinking toll revised to 268 dead, 64 survivors.
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Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
Wau
Douglas MacArthur
Bobdubi
Balamaua
MacArthur
Rabaul
Gasmata
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Lae
Finschhafen
Lorengau
Admiralty Islands
Burma
Bay of Bengal
Mayu River
Sandoway
India
Burma-India Frontier
Queensland
Aus
Centaur
Attu Retreat Cited as Last Stand As War Poses
Idaho WPB district manager Raymond J. Briggs urged auto repair shops to stop using solders with more than 30 percent tin. He said violations have been noted and those shops must file stock inventories with the WPB redistribution division to receive help in disposing of supplies to authorized users.
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Boise
Idaho
Raymond J. Briggs
WPB
Soviet Flyers Land Blows on Axis Front
Soviet airmen have damaged or destroyed 930 enemy planes in the week ending May 28 and 370 planes from May 9 to May 15, with 25 German planes downed over the front in the last three days. German raids on Russian lines behind the Svesk front were ineffective as Kuban and Líshansk fronts see renewed activity and counterattacks near Novorossisk.
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Red Star
Svesk
Kuban
Lishhansk
Novorossisk
Trio plead not guilty in reckless driving case near McCammon
Mike Luker 17 Calvin McKinley 18 and Walter Stratton 18 plead not guilty to a reckless driving complaint filed by C M Cook of Blackfoot. His son Robert Cook, a Blackfoot high school student, was seriously injured when the car he drove overturned two miles east of McCammon after being forced off the road by a car in which the trio allegedly rode. Justice Hyde says none admits to driving the car.
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Mike Luker
Calvin McKinley
Walter Stratton
C. M. Cook
Blackfoot
Robert Cook
McCammon
Cook
Luker
McKinley
Stratton
Justice Hyde
Alumnus Milton Zener to Give Pocatello High School Commencement Address
Milton Zener a Pocatello attorney and high school alumnus will deliver the commencement address to the 8 p.m. June 1 ceremony in the high school auditorium. Superintendent E Norman Vaughn notes this may be the first time an alumnus is invited to speak. Zener is Kiwanis president, a former BPO Elks exalted ruler, and ex prosecuting attorney for Bannock County.
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Board of Trustees
Pocatello Independent School District No. 1
Milton Zener
Pocatello
Pocatello High School
E. Norman Vaughn
Joseph H. Peterson
Zener
Kiwanis Club
Pocatello Lodge 674
BPO Elks
Bannock County
Fire destroys Victory Theater in Salt Lake City
Three firefighters died and several were wounded when the Victory Theater in downtown Salt Lake City burned. Firemen Melvin Hatch and Harry Christenson died at hospitals after debris crushing them, with Theron Johnston’s body recovered. Injured included Assistant Chief Lloyd Egan and Capt. A R Ward as damage reached $75,000 to $100,000. Spectators heard screams as roof sections collapsed amid searing flames between Main and State.
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Salt Lake City
Victory Theater
Melvin H. Hatch
Ireman Harry Christenson
Theron Johnston
Lloyd B. Egan
A. R. Ward
M. A. Proud
F. E McKinnon
Wiliam A. Limb
Main
Hitler Builds Tight Wall and Atlantic Fortifications
Stockholm reports that Hitler and advisers shifted to the Maginot line concept, building a vast Atlantic wall from Norway to southern France. German war reporters call it the greatest defense, with Speer in constant contact on progress as fortifications rise. Swedes note British air reconnaissance into western measures and German claims of lessons from the east shaping the fortress.
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Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
France
Atlantic Wall
Norway
Hitler
Albert Speer
West Wall
Berlin
Lowell Dick Reports From New Guinea
Lowell Dick son of Mr and Mrs M L Dick of 224 West Sublette writes from somewhere in New Guinea The letter arrives after a long gap since February and before Mother's Day and the couple's thirtieth wedding anniversary He says he is well and strong and lists his schooling at Pocatello High School Idaho Southern University of Oregon and as a former employee of The Pocatello Tribune
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Lowell Dick
M. L. Dick
West Sublette
New Guinea
Lowell
Pocatello High School
Idaho Southern
University of Oregon
Pocatello Tribune
Summer Here Again By W. E. M.
Wednesday sunrise brings little aurora prep and mid day clouds with a fluorescent glow. Dandelions resemble Hollywood platinum blondes and a childhood wish game blooms seeds into a neighbor's garden. Forecast notes minor temperature changes. Tuesday highs 62, lows 30, mean 45. Sunset 6 02, sunrise 8 50.
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Hollywood
Italy Warns Of Rising Allied Threat
Italian military writers warned the people about a possible invasion while noting the difficulties of such an operation. Berlin radio cited Il Popolo d Italia saying the Allies must cross the Mediterranean where shipping could be attacked from the air. Corriere della Sera argued wrecking of an enemy cruiser and freighter showed unresolved Mediterranean shipping problems. Virginio Gayda said leaflets over Rome urged peace, hinting at terms that could destroy Italy’s nation and future. Former Propaganda Minister Alessandro Pavolini...
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Associated Press
Berlin
Il Popolo d'Italia
United Nations
Africa
Mediterranean
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Virginio Gayda
Bern
Rome
Gayda
Alessandro Pavolini
Planes Blast Over Europe In Allied Air War
London reports a large Allied air sweep over the English Channel driven by British and U.S. forces. Targets included rail and water facilities on the Axis transport network with bombers and fighters striking Boulogne Cap Gris Nez St Fenger Port Fraton Saumur Angers Nantes and more.
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London
English Channel
Europe
R.A
Straits
Boulogne
Cap Gris Nez
Air Ministry
St. Fenger
Port Fraton
Saumur
Angers
Nantes
Les Andelys
Seine
Eighth U. S. Air Force
Belgium
Abbeville
France
Poix
Associated Press
Europa
Trap Closing Effectively Against Japs At Attu Island
Navy communique No. 383 reports U S forces closing around Japanese positions on Attu island with enemy retreat toward a last-ditch stand. Forces inland from Holtz bay hold high ridge while Massacre bay troops advance northward and clear a pass toward Holtz bay. Snipers remain near Chichagof harbor as several 3 inch anti aircraft guns are captured and repurposed.
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Attu Island
Navy
North Pacific
United States
Holtz Bay
Holts Bay
Massacre Bay
Masesacre Bay
Chichagof Harbor
South Pacific
Japs Sending No Help In Attu Battle Nears Climax
The report says Japan’s defense on Attu grows desperate as U S troops tighten the trap at Holtz Bay and look for a possible enemy face saving thrust elsewhere. Eight days after U S forces landed to clear the Aleutians there was no sign of reinforcements to Attu. Washington notes possible reinforcement via Kiska though risking a naval clash with American ships. Observers say Japan's losses in Guadalcanal and New Guinea may push a repeat effort in the Aleutians.
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Associated Press
Japan
Attu Island
U. S
Holtz Bay
Pacific
Attu
Aleutians
Washington
Kiska
Guadalcanal
Papuan
New Guinea
Convict Hawkins Found With Knife In Prison Quarters
Warden Sam Pearch told the state pardon board he discovered a six inch butcher knife with a price tag under James Hawkins's mattress while investigating a report of beer smuggling. Hawkins, 36, serving a forgery sentence from Lincoln county, had his pardon denied. his trusty privileges were revoked. Hawkins began serving a seven year sentence on July 7, 1940.
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Boise
Sam Pearch
State Pardon Board
James Hawkins
Lincoln County
Hawkins
Poarch
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