Million Men Fight In Kharkov Battle Raiders Blast Japs
Receiving marriage licenses today were Raymond P. O'Conner of Missoula Montana and Erma Marie Boyack of Arco Idaho Lyman Wayne Curtis and Fun ice Mouser both of Mountain Home Myrl Dean Chaffins of Sandpoint and Betty Jo Donna Morgan of Boise.
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Kharkov
Boise
Raymond P. O'Conner
Missoula
Mont
Erma Marie Boyack
Arco
Lyman Wayne Curtis
Funice Mouser
Mountain Home
Myrl Dean Chaffins
Sandpoint
Betty Jo Donna Morgan
Baccalaureate service for 296 Pocatello seniors at 2 p m
High school in Pocatello hosts 296 graduates for a Sunday baccalaureate at 2 p m in the auditorium with a World War II era theme. Rev Paul Mortimore delivers the sermon For Such a Time As This. Commencement set for Wednesday at 8 pm with Judge William Morgan as speaker. Two women share valedictory honors Dorothy Booth and Margaret Briggs both with perfect four year averages.
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Pocatello High School
Paul Mortimore
First Christian Church
William M. Morgan
Supreme Court of Idaho
Dorothy Booth
Margaret Briggs
E. T. Ferry
First Presbyterian Church
Rollo C. Speer
First Baptist Church
Estrelita
Alice Lindgren
Joyce Gordon
Franklin Welch
J. G. Jensen
Sixth Ward
L.ds
Paul de F. Mortimore
Max Golightly
Connie Almond
Walue
Gene Burton
J. C. Gardner
Benediction
R. P. Snider
First Congregational Church
Mexico Puts Nation on War Footing
General Salvador Sanchez, chief of the Mexican army, said measures are taken to meet a war crisis and place the nation on a full war footing after the government declared war on the axis. The navy controls lighthouses, troops patrol cities, and the army handles public order as President Avila Camacho plans further actions.
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Mexico City
Salvador Sanchez
Mexican Army
Navy Department
Sanchez
Manuel Avila Camacho
Bees Rally to Beat Idaho Falls for Fourth Place
George Petersen limited Idaho Falls Russets to three hits as the Salt Lake City Bees won 4 to 2 in a rain‑shortened Pioneer league game. Reeves and Kerr contributed RBIs, while Klisura took the loss. Salt Lake climbs to fourth, with makeups on Sunday and Monday at nearby sites.
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Idaho Falls
George Petersen
Idaho Falls Russets
Salt Lake City
Russets
Petersen
Mel Reeves
Hernandez
Bob Paterson
Reeves
Tony Klisura
Kerr
Klisura
Charles Beauchamp
Salt Lake
Stagg
Elisura
Beauchamp
Mulcahey
Crash Kills 5 Airmen at McChord Field
Five airmen died when an army bomber crashed on McChord field during a routine flight. The incident raises this month’s Pacific Northwest bomber losses to six and thirty total deaths. Names listed: Lieut. Col. Eugene Nall, 30. First Lieut. Charles E. Daly, Tacoma. Master Sgt. Delana A. Shephard, 5, McCordfield. Corp. Guinn N. Murdock, 19, Denton, Texas. Pvt. Walter F. Rudden, 20, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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Tacoma
McChord Field
Air Corps
Pacific Northwest
Army
Eugene Nall
Charles E. Daly
Wash
Delana A. Shephard
McCordfield
Plans Go Awry in McKeesport Name Choice
Mrs. Hutchison hopes her AEF husband Henry Hutchison will approve a name for their one day old daughter. The mother, expecting a boy, asked if Harriet would be suitable to reflect his nickname Harry, while he serves in Australia.
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Mckeesport
Henry Hutchison
A.E.F
Australia
Island Viewpoint on Martinique Not a Naval Threat
United States Navy on St. Lucia says Martinique fears are unfounded for axis submarine bases. Navy patrols and checks deter such use while rumors of German troops are denied as fantasies. A US naval observer and consular staff monitor Martinique for information.
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United States
ST. Lucia
Caribbean
Martinique
United States Navy
Fort de France
Jesse Gay
Navy
Marcel Etienne Malige
Robert Sheehan
al Goothart
State Department
Oracle Forecast Warns Little Temperature Change
The forecast predicts little temperature change for Sunday. Recent forecasts mention rain wind sun and varied conditions. High Friday reached 84 and month precipitation totals 1.92 inches. Sun rises 6 58 and sets 8 55 with Oklahoma City reaching 88 and Duluth 42.
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Oklahoma City
Duluth
Japan Fights Stiff Chinese Push After Doolittle Raid
Chinese reports describe Japan's mop-up campaign in eastern China as logical after the Doolittle raid. Despite grim confidence, Chinese spokesmen urge more Anglo American aid as Japanese ground forces in the four-pronged offensive appear smaller than the task.
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Doolittle
Japan
China
Burma
Great Eastern
Tokyo
Chungking
State Starts Oiling of Local Stretch
District highway engineer C S Kelley says oiling has begun on South Main street extension for five miles from the south city limits and that maintenance work will expand when oils are available. A five mile farm to market road between Blackfoot and Groveland was awarded to Nick Burggraf of Idaho Falls, with war department delays noted but local units allowed to proceed if materials are available. Crews near completion on a 11 mile Birch Creek route segment between Idaho Falls and Salmon and have poured a three mile oil mat from Power county line to McDougall airport on U S 30.
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C.S. Kelley
South Main Street
South Main
Pocatello
Mink Creek
Vicross Park
Kelley
Blackfoot
Groveland
Nick Burggraf
Idaho Falls
War Department
Wich
Mr. Kelley
Birch Creek
Salmon
Power County
McDougall Airport
U. S. 30
Frost Hits Prunes in Boise Valley Estimated Damages
The U S department of agriculture estimates late April freezes damaged prunes in the upper Boise valley but Idaho prune production this year will be average or larger.
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Boise
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Boise Valley
Idaho
Committeemen Agree on 542 Minimum For War Service
Washington reports a joint senate house committee agreed on a 42 dollar monthly minimum pay for war service, doubling the 21 dollar entry level. The measure, backed by the senate, awaits house approval and potential presidential signing to take effect after one month.
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Washington
Senate
House
May
Miitary Committee
Joint Committee
Roosevelt
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Johnson
Armed Services
Senate-House
Navy
Coast Guard
Federal emergency warehouse plan to use idle buildings
The Office of Defense Transportation announced creation of federal emergency warehouse associations in 40 cities to store government goods. Idle buildings from closed small manufacturers will be used where possible at fair and reasonable rentals.
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Washington
Federal Emergency Warehouse Associations
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Clark Seeks Mass Expulsion of Japanese in Idaho
Idaho Governor Clark urged the Grangeville Lions to evacuate Japanese residents, proposing they be sent to Japan and the islands sunk. He opposed land purchases by Japanese and rejected their transfer to Idaho universities, noting Moscow dorms must be for local graduates.
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Grangeville
Clark
Idaho
Moscow
Japan
Mdaho
Floods Claim 20 Lives in Honesdale Area
In eastern Pennsylvania a rapid flood surge killed at least 20 people and left 17 missing as storms battered Wayne County and nearby towns. Damage to homes and plants along the Susquehanna and Schuylkill rivers runs into millions while rivers remained swollen despite receding streams.
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Honesdale
Pennsylvania
Wayne County
Vincent McNulty
State Motor Police
Susquehanna
Schuylkill
Doolittle Wins Prize For Tokyo Vase
Mrs. James Doolittle will soon receive a fine Chinese vase as a memento of her husband’s Tokyo raid. Sam Wong a Chinese restaurant owner originally offered the vase and $1500 to the first American aviator who dropped a bomb on Tokyo. Wong ordered the vase to the wife of the brigadier general who led the raid after learning army rules barred civilian prizes.
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Quincy
James Doolittle
Tokyo
Sam Wong
Army
Wong
Rubber supply to stay tight through 1943 warns industry team
Akron leaders of the national Production for Victory tour say there will be no rubber relaxation through 1942 and all of 1943. Firestone's Harvey Firestone Jr., Goodyear’s P W Litchfield, Goodrich’s Thornton Graham, and General Rubber’s William O’Neil caution wartime shortages will persist as the industry reallocates material for victory and defense needs.
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Akron
Ohio
America
National Association of Manufacturers
Tour of War Industries
Harvey Firestone, Jr
Fireston
Thornton G. Graham
Goodrich
P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear
William O'Neil
General
Washington
Tax on Sales Gains Favor in House Committe
Washington reports strong sentiment in the house ways and means committee to keep current personal income tax exemptions. Members foresee revising earlier cuts as the new tax bill nears approval. The panel may vote Monday on Morgenthalu's withheld tax proposal and a 6 percent top rate.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Idaho Senator Thomas Considers 194? Renomination
Senator John Thomas of Idaho, elected in 1940 to finish William Borah’s term, declined Saturday to state if he will seek renomination in August. He said he might announce upon his return to Washington as he arrived in Twin Falls to attend to business matters.
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Twin Falls
John Thomas
Idaho
Thomas
William E. Borah
Washington
World War II Battle Swirls Around Kharkov As Kerch Falls
News reports describe a massive clash on the Kharkov front with both Hitler’s forces and the Red Army claiming gains while Soviet forces withdraw from the Kerch peninsula. Allied air power strikes Japanese bases at Amboina and airfields in New Guinea, while Kharkov battles intensify and Sevastopol comes under pressure.
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Associated Press
Kharkov
Russia
Red Army
Kerch
Southwest
Pacific
United Nations
MacArthur
Amboina
Dutch East Indies
Lae
New Guinea
Rman
Eed
Sevastopol
Crimea
Navy Reveals Loss of Patrol Ships in Pacific Action
In a Washington release the Navy recounts Patrol Bombers from Patwing 10 based in the Philippines and Australia. Six of seven crew survived while Patwing 10 was disbanded. Freddie T. Bond of Ogden Utah and crew faced heavy anti aircraft fire as planes dove and men jumped.
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Washington
Philippines
Australia
Navy
Freddie T. Bond
Ogden
Utah
Maine Looks For Spies In Coast Landings
August All quiet along the Maine coast amid reports of German spy landings. Maine civilian defense director Francis H Farnum says authorities have accurate information on suspected spies including women and men seeking shipping details and convoy information.
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Augusta
Maine
Francis H. Farnum
Army
Cliveilian Defense
Farnum
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Mexico
Bees
By W. E. M
By Kirke L. Simpson
Frost Hits Prunes
FDR
Admiral Hart
Thomas (. Hart
Frank Knox
Ernest J. King
U. S. Fleet
Thomas Silent
Semeon Timoshenko
Caucasus
Chuanshih
Min River
Fukien
Berlin
Mediterranean
RAF
Europe
St Nazaire
India
Akyab
Africa
France
Greece
Reich
Bond
C. J. Bannowsky
Menare, Tex
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