Syria, French Troops Clash as Hama Firing Intensifies
Acting Syrian premier Jamil Mardam Bey said French troops fired on Hama on the Damascus to Aleppo road, sparking street fighting and fear of a general clash. Reports say British and American diplomats urged calm while British troops in training may intervene if violence broadens.
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Damascus
Jamil Mardam Bey
Syria
Hama
Aleppo
Homs
U. S
George Wadsworth
Gerald Young
Paris
Ninth Army
Beyrouth
Lebanon
Island Battle Costs Japs 378,427 Dead
Manila reports Gen. Douglas MacArthur cites 378,427 Japanese killed in the Philippines campaign with 8,101 added in the past week. American casualties near 50,000 as clashes unfold on Luzon fronts near Marikina road Wawa dam Santa Fe and Balete pass.
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Manila
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
38Th Division
Marikina Road
Wawa Dam
Wawa
Sierra Madre
Shimbu Line
Highway Five
Villa Verde Trail
Santa Fe
Charles L. Mullins
Balete Pass
Richard Bergholz
Sayre
Malaybalay
Davao
MacArthur
Plane Search Under Way Over Missing Ontario Flight
CASCADE Valley county Sheriff Merlin Francis said a four passenger Cessna with two Ontatio men aboard went missing after leaving Yellowpike airport for Ontario Oregon at 5 p m yesterday. Frank van Patten owner pilot and Charles P Flegel passenger both from Ontario. Civil air patrol planes from Boise joined the search as forest service men reported hearing the plane 18 miles west of Yellowpine shortly after departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Valley County
Merlin Francis
Yellowpike
Ontario
Ore
Francis
Frank van Patten
Charles P. Flegel
Flegel
Penn Stohr
Idaho
Johnson Flying Service
Civil Air Patrol
Boise
Forest Service
Yellowpine
Idaho Knights of Columbus Convention Opens in Moscow
Wartime restrictions limit attendees to fewer than 50 outside delegates for the 28th annual Idaho council session. John Gaiser of Moscow presides as state deputy. The Idaho council of Catholic women also convenes this morning with 35 delegates. A class of 15 candidates is initiated to begin the convention, with principal sessions set for tomorrow.
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Moscow
Idaho Council
Knights of Columbus
St. Mary's Church
John Gaiser
Idaho Council of Catholic Women
Knights
OPA fixes time limits for auto repair work
The Office of Price Administration will cap labor hours charged by repair shops for 56 common passenger car jobs. District Director C C Anderson said charts set specific ceilings effective June 14 and must be posted for customers. Time allowances align with manufacturers’ flat rate schedules used in March 1942.
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Boise
Office of Price Administration
C. C. Anderson
Anderson
OPA
Nimitz Reveals Heavy Japanese Shipping Losses
Fleet Adm Nimitz reported U S submarines sunk 1119 Japanese ships totaling 4 500 000 tons to 14 submarine officers during valor awards He said 126 combat ships and 933 merchant vessels were sunk and that submarines helped sever lines connecting Japan to stolen possessions Nearly half the tonnage sank in the past year was 2000 tons
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Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Nimitz
Mountain Electric Company Incorporation In Idaho
Boise report states The Mountain Electric Company of Pocatello filed articles incorporating for 250 shares at par value 100 each totaling 25000 dollars. Incorporators listed are A R Woolley R H Wells and Claude Bistline all of Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Mountain Electric Company of Pocatello
A. R. Woolley
R. H. Wells
Claude Bistline
Pocatello
Nazi Puncher Seeks to Remain in Army After Court Martial
Pvt. Joe McGee, convicted of assaults on nine German prisoners near a stockade in France, seeks to stay in the Army despite a two year sentence. Relieved by Under Secretary Patterson, he is assigned at Fort Devens and recalls his actions as justified. He earned a Silver Star for his wartime actions and awaits his wife’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Pvt
Joe McGee
Robert P. Patterson
McGee
Rep. McCormack
D-Mass
Fort Devens
H. M. Estes
Aaian
le Mans
France
Joe
Eileen
John
England
Danbury
Liege
Belgium
4-H Area Gathering Announces 1943 Fair Highlights
The 4-H area gathering in Pocatello will be held at 7 30 p m on Thursday May 31 at the Idaho Power auditorium. Bannock county club agent announces leadership pins certificates of achievement and other awards. The program includes technicolor movies of the 1941 Lava Hot Springs county fair and the 1943 Gem Valley Black and White fair at Grace in August.
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Pocatello Area
Idaho Power Company
Sterling Show
Bannock County
Lava Hot Springs
Gem Valley
Grace
Property Sold in 300 Block West Center Street
Lord Mayor C. D. Moore disposed of his property in the 300 block on West Center street where his tailor shop was formerly located to Dr. R. O. Young. The property includes a building housing a barber shop and tailor shop with a 20 foot frontage on Center Street and a depth of 70 feet.
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C. D. Moore
West Center Street
R. O. Young
Chinese Push Deeply Into Jap Corridor
Chinese troops push deep into the overland corridor toward Indo China, reaching Yingjiang near Nanning. Nanning recaptured, lifting a major counteroffensive as Chang Fah-Kwei leads forces in southeast China. Foochow and Ningteh area advances also reported with Liuchow and Shaoyang targets.
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Chungking
Indo- China
Yingjiang
Nanning
Yungning
Changsha
Kweilin
Hengyang
Chang Fah-Kwei
Ironsides
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shaoyang
Paoching
Hunan
Liuchow
Ewangsi
Two Die In Idaho Falls Intersection Crash
Delmar Mangum aged 27 of Woodville and Mrs Joseph Clevenger 15 of Idaho Falls were killed when a car driven by Mrs Frank Mangum collided with an oil tanker and trailer driven by Paul H Jones of Salt Lake City. The oil truck ran into the car after losing its trailer. Jones was absolved of blame by a coroner's jury. Mrs Mangum remained in the LDS hospital in resting condition.
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Idaho Falls
Delmar Mangum
Woodville
Joseph Clevenger
Frank Mangum
L.ds
Mangum
Paul H. Jones
Salt Lake City
Leo Williams
Bonneville County
Corporal Escapes From Mass Grave
Corporal Fernand Cron of the French colonial infantry recounts surviving a mass grave collapse after Japanese executioners toppled 54 soldiers at Dongdang on the French Indo China border. He bears a four and a half inch neck scar from a sword slash and escaped into a slit trench while the group was left for dead.
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Kunming
China
Fernand Cron
Dongdang
Indo-China
Returns From Ogden Pioneer Heads to Bancroft on Memorial Day
George H. Fisher, a Bancroft pioneer and Ogden Arsenal field service employee, is visiting Bancroft and plans to spend Memorial Day there. He arrived from Ogden and will enjoy the holiday in his hometown.
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George H. Fisher
Bancroft
Ogden
Ogden Arsenal
Fisher
Stettinius to Detail Work for UN Role
President Truman and Secretary Stettinius outline a decisive shift in U.S. foreign policy at the United Nations conference. Stettinius will deliver a major speech from his San Francisco penthouse headquarters tonight, previewing security conference work and White House outreach to London and Moscow as Washington eyes renewed leadership and support for dependent peoples and minority rights.
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San Francisco
Truman
Stettinius
White House
London
Moscow
Stalin
Churchill
United States
Yalta
Washington
Russia
Rate Protests Shape Bonneville Power Discussion
Washington reporters note divergent views on Bonneville dam power rates as the Senate appropriations subcommittee advances a 1946 interior appropriation bill. The full committee will act tomorrow with a large testimony volume and undisclosed subcommittee changes. Republican Reps. Jones of Ohio and Dworshak of Idaho attack the low rate of 17.50 dollars per kilowatt year as lacking sound justification.
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Washington
Bonneville Dam
Senate Appropriations
House
Jones
Ohio
Dworshak
Idaho
Bonneville
Escapee in Tow Heads to Kellogg for Robbery Charges
Frank Morrow identified by Sheriff F O Burrell as one of six escapees from Multnomah County jail on April 29 was bound for Kellogg Idaho to face robbery charges. He was captured in Bitter Root valley Montana with a teenage bride who fled Kellogg. Morrow reportedly married her shortly after escaping federal custody in Oregon and is charged with robbing the Malone Oregon post office last March and cashing a stolen $500 check.
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Hamilton
Mont
F. O. Burrell
Frank Morrow
Multnomah
Ore
Kellogg
Idaho
Burrell
Morrow
Montana
Bitter Root
Oregon
Malino, Ore
Trials of Germans for war crimes to start soon
Justice Robert H. Jackson said trials of Germans charged with offenses against American troops under the laws of war could begin within weeks. He noted that principal Nazi leaders would await final international tribunal details agreed by the Allies. American cases like the Malmedy killings and execution of captured airmen proceed as court martial.
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Paris
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Britain
Soviet
Russia
France
International Military Tribunal
Jackson
Supreme Court
Truman
Judge Adverste General's Office
Quints 11 Today Wear First Long Gowns Tonight
Dionne quintuplets Annette Cecile Emilie Marie and Yvonne turn eleven in Callander Ontario as Olivia Dionne family plans a birthday mass and luncheon. Tonight at 8 p.m. twelve Dionne children perform a concert with gifts including three bicycles amid wartime shortages.
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Callander
Dionne
Quints
Train kills child in Box Elder County
Three year old Brigham Chavez died Sunday evening in an Ogden hospital after being struck by an eastbound freight train near the Southern Pacific station in the Great Salt Lake area Box Elder county. She was born November 23 1942 in Pocatello to John and Dorothy Chavez. Her father worked as a section foreman for the Southern Pacific.
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Brigham Cyyy i
Flora Chavez
Teck
Southern Pacific
Great Salt Lake
Box Elder County
Ogden
John
Dorothy Cordova Chavez
Pocatello
S.P. Railroad
Gambling Charge Filed Against Cigar Store Operator
Sheriff Alma Marley files with Justice Charles W. Hyde a complaint charging Gust Karellas with operating at the American Cigar store on East Center street a house where gambling is permitted.
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Alma Marley
Charles W. Hyde
Justice of the Peace
Gust Karellas
East Center Street
Tirpitz Sunk After RAF Bombing Raid
About 1,000 German sailors died when British bombers sank the Tirpitz in Tromsofjord last November 13. The 35 40,000 ton battleship now lies bottom up with the superstructure embedded in mud and a 120 foot hole on the starboard side. RAF officers study the attack results.
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London
Tromsofjord
Air Ministry
RAF
Islands May Prove U S Air Strength
In Washington a vast aerial campaign against Japan looms as a test of air power. The blitz over Germany underscores allied supremacy and Tokyo’s ruin hints at a potential endgame. Yet analysts warn against assuming a quick capitulation across Asia.
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Hitler
Germany
Washington
Japan
Reich
Tokyo
Europe
Orient
Okinawa
Weather Summary for Pocatello and Vicinity
The U S weather bureau reports for Pocatello Municipal Airport for the 24 hours ending noon. High 71 low 40 mean 56. Precipitation 0.00. Normal high 56. Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Sun sets tonight at PTTE. Sun rises tomorrow at 5 55. Monthly departure 0.09. Year ago high 82 low 42.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Ssessee
Ceeeee
Nampa Man Dies from Injuries After Vehicle Collision
Nampa Parma resident Nels Hansen, 64, died today in a hospital from injuries sustained Thursday when his car was struck by a truck driven by Edgar O. Young on the highway between Nampa and Caldwell.
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Nampa
Nels Hansen
Parma
Edgar O. Young
Caldwell
Couple Receives Marriage License in Salt Lake City
A marriage license was issued today to Ted Lionel Weaver 23 of Idaho Falls and Sylvia Morey 20 of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Ted Lionel Weaver
Idaho Falls
Sylvia Morey
Yanks Break Japanese Defense At Okinawa Shuri
A 38 day defense of Shuri fortress ends as Japanese retreat appears likely. Seventh Division breakthroughs on the east coast threaten to cut Shuri from the rear while patrols push toward Chan two miles south. Nimitz confirms a Japanese concentration was wiped out in coordinated bombardment.
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Nanning
Chungking
High Command
Chang Fah- Kwei
Foochow
Ningteh
Siapu
Loyuan
Guam
Okinawa
Shuri
U. S. Seventh Infantry Division
Seventh Division
Chan
Chester W. Nimitz
Gisushi
Supreme Court to Hear Death Sentence Clause Case
The court postponed its summer recess to begin a term in October and will hear the constitutional challenge to the death sentence clause of the public utility holding company act. It also declined to revisit the Robinson kidnaping death sentence and ruled a lower court erred in reexamining a back pay award for lead and zinc workers. Additionally, New York hotels may not add service charges to interstate calls. Pending items include Harry Bridges deportation, Bund officials convictions, state labor laws on unions, antitrust in labor contracts, and the AP civil antitrust suit.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Public Utility Holding Company Act
Securities Exchange Commission
Thomas W. Robinson, Jr
Louisville Society
High
National Labor Relations Board
Missouri - Kansas - Oklahoma
New York
Harry Bridges
Bund
Associated Press
Taylor Criticism of Russia Sees Coordinated Plot
Sen. Taylor of Idaho, en route to Boise for a grazing hearing, says American critics of Russia are part of a coordinated national plot to antagonize the Soviets. He recalls fascist remnants in the country and notes post Roosevelt sentiment, arguing critics seek more control by the people.
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Sen
Taylor
Idaho
Boise
Russia
Washington
Senate
C. Ben Ross
Hitler
Roosevelt
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Catholics Meeting
Mahlon D. Carson, Jr
Concord
Kwangsi
Manchuria
Cron
Korea
Pacific Ocean
Tirpitz
Islands
U.S
Indonesia
Pocatello and Vicinity
Tdlaho Falls
Dubois
Yanks
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