Double Homicide On Ballard Ranch In Idaho Territory
Jean Cutler Michelsen and former husband Eugene Clark, both 33, are dead in a murder suicide on the Ballard ranch near Buffalo Lodge on the Fort Hall Indian reservation. Sheriff’s officials say no witnesses were present and an inquest will not be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Cutler Michelsen
Eugene Clark
Idaho Refining Company
Ray Reynolds
Johnny Ballard
Buffalo Lodge
Fort Hall
Michelsen
Clark
Alma Marley
Pocatello
Arthur W. Hall
Ballard Place
Sorenson
Sheriff's Office
Nazi Officer Dies in Boston Prison
Nazi air force Lt. Gen Ulrich Kessler and a civilian passenger were aboard U-234 when it arrived at Portsmouth NH. Capt Fritz Steinhoff, commander of U-783, killed himself in a Boston jail cell with an eyeglass shard. Steinhoff died at Massachusetts General Hospital after being found wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H
Ulrich Kessler
Air
Navy
Fritz Steinhoff
Charles Street
Steinhoff
Greenland
Japan
Massachusetts General Hospital
Bourbons to Hold Jefferson Dinners in Idaho
Boise reports Jefferson day dinners planned in Idaho in early June with Coeur d'Alene hosting the northern dinner and southern Idaho cities to follow. Democratic State Chairman Dave Bush aims to bring U S Senator Glen H Taylor as speaker for Coeur d'Alene while he attends a Senate subcommittee grazing hearing next month. The events were postponed nationwide after President Roosevelt's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Dave Bush
Bush
Coeur d'Alene
Jefferson
Roosevelt
Idahoan’s Mother Dies in Independence Missouri
Mrs. Lydia Naegle Romney aged 66 wife of Dr. Thomas C. Romney president of the Latter Day Saints central states mission died in Independence Missouri from pneumonia. She was mother of Mrs. Lucille Painter of Idaho Falls Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Independence, Mo
Lydia Naegle Romney
Thomas C. Romney
Latter-Day Saints Church
Central States Mission
Lucille Painter
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Amphibious signal unit redeployed from Europe to Pacific
An amphibious assault signal company with D-day veterans arrived in Hawaii. The unit is the first complete force transferred from Europe to the Pacific and began training immediately for operations against Japan.
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Honolulu
Normandy
Pacific Theater
Hawaii
WPB Allows Reopened Production of 1940s Refrigerators
The War Production Board announced postwar reconversion of the appliance industry, permitting 530,000 new refrigerators this year with production starting July 1 after a three year shutdown. Output will aid hospitals and essential needs, with early output added to stockpiles while civilian lamps also gain clearance and steel copper aluminum access is eased. Prices will be tied to March 1942 levels with allowances for wage and material cost changes.
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Ashington Tion
WPB
WPB S
OPA
Franklin District Studies Projects
Franklin County officials and Reclamation representatives completed a three day survey of potential and active irrigation projects in southeastern Idaho. Investigations covered three proposed water conservation programs near Cub River Worm Creek and Cottonwood above Cleveland requiring additional water storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Southeastern Idaho Irrigation Projects Association
Franklin County
Cub River
Worm Creek
Cottonwood
Cleveland
Cave-In Claims Life in Pasco Sewer Work
A sewer excavation collapse in Pasco burying workers killed George Thompson 47 of Seattle and injuring Morton Johnson 67. Authorities say the men were seized by dirt when the trench gave way on Saturday at a city project site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasco, Wash
George Thompson
Seattle
Morton Johnson
Youth receives term after beating man in Spokane
Superior Judge Louis F. Bunge sentenced 11 year old Francis Babbitt to no more than 10 years in the state reformatory after a guilty plea to second degree assault. Prosecutor Leslie M. Carroll said Babbitt attacked 70 year old George Hinkle, who is in serious condition with a broken hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Louis F. Bunge
Francis Babbitt
State Reformatory
Leslie M. Carroll
George Hinkle
Hinkle
Carroll
Babbitt
East Without Meat Shocks Nation As Stores Run Dry
An Associated Press survey shows widespread meat shortages across regions. New England faces improvement soon, Boston limits eggs, New York hundreds of butcher shops close, and New Jersey urges government purchase schemes. Members in West Virginia refuse work over no meat, while Alabama and West Coast markets ration eggs and warn of ongoing scarcity.
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Washington
Associated Press
New England
OPA
Massachusetts
Boston
New York
New Jersey
West Virginia
Atlanta
Birmingham
Little Rock
Ff Arkansans
Midwest
Iowa
Chicago
Kansas City
West
San Francisco
Montana
Colorado
Utah
Oregon
New Mexico
Idaho
Six Idahoans Die In War Service
A list of Idahoans who died or were wounded in World War II service. Names include LeRoy J. Aschenbrener Sandpoint and Arvil S. Johnson Idaho Falls among the Navy and Army dead. others listed with ranks and hometowns across Idaho and Pacific or European regions. The notice notes liberated POWs and prisoners in Germany with several families identified.
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Aschenbrener
LeRoy J
USMCR
Sandpoint
Johnson
Arvil S
Idaho Falls
Pagoaga
Albert P
Boise
Truscott
Watanabe
Theodore H
Coeur d'Alene
Pacific
Chisham
Paul P
Buhl
McIntier
Milton D
Lewisville
Stevens
Donald W
Gooding
Williams
Milton M
Black
John D
Meridian
Christopher
Frank A
Clements
Ruben
Lorenzo Stokes
Merl W
Wilford Stokes
Franklin
Davis
Ronald D
Post Falls
Germany
Montgomery
Earle J
Elmer Montgomery
Filer
Nagle
Edward C
Opal E. Nagle
14Th Street
Passey
Lloyd J
Gwen R. Passey
Paris
Car Hits Train at Main Street Crossing
William Fletcher of Hill City collided with a standing train at the Main street crossing in Gooding but escaped injury. City Marshal Sam Rosenbaum reported no serious harm.
Midwest and South Win Out in Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders unified rail freight class rates across regions as schedules are prepared. The change eliminates territorial divisions east of the Rockies, raising eastern class rates and lowering western ones. Only class rates are affected for manufactured goods like shoes and watches versus commodity rates for coal, lumber, grain, and similar bulk shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Interstate Commerce Commission
Far Eastern
Rockies
Far West
Soviet Draft Defense Plan Aligned With Self Defense
In San Francisco the Soviet Union presented a draft proposal at the UN conference that accepts self defense action under a world organization. It mirrors the American plan in substance, urging immediate action by nations if the security council fails to preserve peace. US delegates support a Canadian idea giving host nations a voice in using armed force. The session opened at the War Memorial Opera House with a UN court of justice committee hearing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Russia
Security Council
U. S
World Organization
United States
War Memorial Opera House
International Court of Justice
Curfew Ordinance Bans Teens on Streets at Night
The city council adopted a curfew restricting children under 16 from public streets from 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Oct 1 to Apr 1 and 10:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Apr 1 to Oct 1. Exceptions require written parental consent or proof of a legitimate errand or business activity.
Stalin Sets Polish Issue View in Public Statement
Stalin reaffirmed the Polish provisional government as the basis for any expanded unity and tied the stance to Crimean agreements with Churchill and Roosevelt. He denied inviting the 16 arrested Polish leaders to negotiations and criticized Gen Okulicki as a saboteur, noting arrests under a law akin to the defense of the realm act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Ralph Parker
London Times
Warsaw
Boleslaw Bierut
Eduard Osubka - Morawski
Gen
Okulicki
Prison guards foil Boise escape attempt at Idaho penitentiary
Guards in tower gunfire thwarted an escape by two prisoners Daniel Joseph Salem of Kootenai county and Melvin Joseph Moxley of Ada county from the Idaho penitentiary near Boise. They escaped the wall after dinner but were warned by firing shots and captured by Turnkey Mott Lavender near the heating plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Penitentiary
Paris O'Neil
Daniel Joseph Salem
Kootenai County
Melvin Joseph Moxley
Ada County
Turnkey Mott Lavender
Meat and Poultry Disappear as U S Goes on Simple Fare
The war forces Americans to endure a plain unsavory diet with scarce meat and butter, rationing limits, and rationed fats and sugar. AP surveys show meat and poultry vanish nationwide, eggs strained, stores closing, while many European nations face deeper shortages and aid is required.
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U.S
Washington
Japan
Europe
America
Associated Press
Federal Agriculture Department
Far West
Germany
Balkans
Holland
Norway
Finland
Italy
Spain
Egypt
Denmark
Sweden
Canada
Agriculture Department
Tito Responds To Alexander On Trieste Row
Marshal Tito disputes claims of force to back Yugoslavia for Trieste and northern Istria. He says the accusation is enemy rhetoric and vows cooperation with the allies while protecting Yugoslav rights. In Trieste area, Yugoslav decrees dissolve fascist groups and divide occupied zones as British destroyers watch from the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Harold Alexander
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Italy
Austria
Hitler
Mussolini
Japan
Tilo
Trieste
Belgrade
Tito
Meat Subsidies Seen Raising Beef Supply by August
Government subsidies are expected to boost beef supply and quality for consumers by August, said Wilbur La Roe Jr of the Independent Meat Packers Association. War Mobilization Director Vinson cautioned it will take time for effects to appear and pork gains may be slower. The OPA tightened controls by denying slaughtering quotas to non federally inspected packers with three months of noncompliance since January 1, 1944, effectively closing violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilbur la Roe, Jr
National Independent Meat Packer's Association
Fred M. Vinson
OPA
Bond Drive Sales Reach 23 Percent of Quota
The seventh war loan drive total reached 1.613 billion dollars by Saturday, about 23 percent of the individual purchase quota for May 14 to June 30. Of this, 1.154 billion came from E bonds, 29 percent of the 4 billion E bond allotment, with 7 billion of the 14 billion overall for individuals and 7 billion for corporations. Corporate sales begin June 18. The treasury also announced open house by the air transport command on Sunday May 27 to showcase secret operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Air Transport Command
Pocatello Auxiliary Posts $1210 Poppy Sale Total
The Auxiliary to Pocatello post No. 4 of the American Legion reports selling over 9000 poppies for 1210.93 dollars. Mrs. Bryan Blackhurst, president, notes Mrs. H M Bates as Poppy Day chairwoman and thanks the Tribune Carnes Music Co. and local citizens for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello Post No. 4
American Legion
Bryan Blackhurst
Auxiliary
H. M. Bates
Blackhurst
Pocatello Tribune and Carnes Music Company
Pocatello Artist Illustrates Book for Library
A juvenile publication titled Polo Pals by May Hall Thompson was added to the Pocatello public library. Local artist Franklin Hess, long-time Pocatello resident and ex serviceman now with Union Pacific, provides illustrations focused on western cowboy and Indian themes typical of his boyhood on ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pocatello Public Library
Franklin Hess
May Hall Thompson
Coxon Printers
Caldwell
Hess
Pocatello
Union Pacific
Anti-Russian Crusader Taken in Hunt
British reports say Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi anti Russian crusader and director of philosophic outlook, was captured in Flensburg during house clearing of Grand Admiral Doenitz headquarters. He was hospitalized with a sprained ankle. The hunt for Himmler continues as Allied forces arrest other suspected war criminals.
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London
Alfred Rosenberg
Germany
Second Army Front
Rosenberg
Hitler
Europe
Flensburg
Heinrich Himmler
United States
Britain
Russia
Karl Doenitz
Rudolf Beran
Czechoslovakia
Kulis Randa
Florence
Peter Koch
Rome
Toulon
Weather Summary for Pocatello and Vicinity
The U S weather bureau reports for the 24 hour period ending 6 30 PM Saturday high 56 low 38 mean 47. Normal 54. Precipitation 0 86 month to date 99 normal. Sunset 8 50 PM sunrise 6 02 AM. Forecast mostly clear and slightly warmer. Nearby stations Idaho Falls Burley and Salt Lake City report varying max min and precip totals.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Bute
CAL Burley
Salt Lake City
U P Faces Suit Over Rail Safety Violations in Pocatello
U S District Attorney John A. Carver filed a federal lawsuit against Union Pacific alleging nine interstate safety rule violations in the Pocatello yards. The action seeks $900 in damages for breaches covering brakes and railings on the railroad’s cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
U. S
John A. Carver Friday
Union Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pocatello
Okinawa Toll Rises as Nimitz Reports Casualties
Admiral Nimitz announced American casualties in the Okinawa campaign reached 30,596 soldiers sailors and marines over two months with 8,310 American fatalities and 48,103 Japanese deaths. Fighting along the Okinawa line continued as Sugar Loaf hill changed hands and key ports and cities faced renewed bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Sugar Loaf Hill
Naha
Foochow
China
Philippines
Radio Tokyo
Hamamatsu
Nagoya
Tokyo
21St Bomber Command
Guam
Davao
Mindanao
Philipspines
Luzon
Manila
43Rd
Sierra Madre
New Guinea
Wewak Harebor
Boram Bay
Cape Boram
Borneo
Formosa
East Indies
China Sea
Japan
Soviet Union
Moscow
Pacific
Office of War Information
OWI
Chung King
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Ballard Ranch
Luftwaffe
Aaner
Idahoan
Franklin District Studies
South
Alexander
Sale Nets
U. P
Nimitz
Wana Town
Shuri Fortress
Sixth Marine Division
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