Marshall Promises Invasion of Europe by U S Forces
Gen. George C. Marshall told West Point graduates that American troops are landing in England and will land in France as the army grows to nearly 4.5 million by year’s end. He urged unwavering effort to defeat Germany and Japan and cited global deployments from the Pacific to Britain.
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West Point
N. Y
George C. Marshall
Army
England
France
Germany
Japan
London
Marshall
RAF
Europe
Roosevelt
United Nations
Russia
Congress
Italy
Africa
Far East
Siberia
Pacific
Burma
China
India
Pearl Marbor
Associated Press
Axis
U. S. Army
Robert P. Patterson
America
U.S. Makes Gains in Battle Against Nazi Submarines
Washington reports that despite heavy losses to American coastal shipping, naval experts say the United States is slowly winning the Atlantic campaign. They stress the need for more defensive craft and increased ship production while noting 30 or more U boats may have been sunk and crews suffered the greatest losses.
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Washington
United States
British Isles
Russia
Africa
Asia
Australia
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Mexico Advances Toward War Against Axis
Mexico moves toward a formal declaration of war as President Manuel Avila Camacho seeks congressional authorization to declare a state of war and suspend constitutional guarantees while military preparations continue. The chamber committees met to report to the full Congress ahead of a senate session and a forthcoming war declaration.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Axis
Manuel Avial Camacho
Congress
Chamber of Deputies
Priday
Senate
Germans order Norwegian workers conscripted for fortifications
Oslo advices say Germany has issued orders in occupied Norway for an immediate 25 000 Norwegian workers to be used first for fortifications in Vestlandet. The 25 000 are the first levy with a next call planned for 70 000. Oslo reports large enterprises must surrender one third of employees aged 16 to 45.
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Stockholm
Norway
Vestlandet
Oslo
Ricks College Will Remain a Church School
Rexburg Idaho authorities report Ricks College will stay a church school and not be handed to the state. J Reuben Clark of the LDS First Presidency addressed 77 graduates during commencement exercises. Fred G Taylor of Utah Idaho Sugar Co urged defending the country.
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Rexburg
Ida
Ricks College
J. Reuben Clark
Latter - Day Saints Church
Fred G. Taylor
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Salt Lake City
Alteration and Repair Co Tops Los Angeles Directory Listing
The Los Angeles telephone directory debut shows the leading listing to be Alteration and Repair Co with a twelve A’s entry. Its main rival is another A firm, highlighting the stiff competition for the first listing in the new issue.
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Los Angeles
Alteration and Repair Co
Itive A's
ISU Journalists Take Charge Of Tribune Issue
Idaho Southern University journalism students and staff seize newsroom duties at the Pocatello Tribune in a rain soaked field exercise. Instructors warn and students publish headlines read proofs and report beats with Dorothy Johnston Angelina Thiros Perry Swisher Ruth Wilson John Averill Ruth Roberts Jayson Holladay Schoonover and others drawing headlines and copy.
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Harry Swisher
Idaho Southern University
Pocatello Tribune
Charlton G. Laird
Cubs
Bengal
Dorothy ‘‘Bumps
Johnston
Dorothy
Bumps
Angelina Thiros
Perry Swisher
Ruth Wilson
John Averill
Ruth Roberts
Jayson Holladay
James ‘‘Scoopy
Schoonover
Dorothy Craig
Joy South
Frank Smith
Barbara Cronkhite
Dorothy Hendrickson
Harold Foss
Enid Bennet
Search Continues For Morgan Slayer In Swan Valley
Sheriff’s office reports a wide manhunt in the Swan Valley area for Willard Wright, the Bannock county first degree murder suspect in the fatal shooting of Weldon Morgan of Inkom. A prior suspect held in Rock Springs, Wyoming was released on FBI data.
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Sheriff's Office
Swan Valley
Willard Wright
Bannock County
Weldon Morgan
Inkom
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Mike Yokel
Jackson
Wyo
Wilson
Yokel
Wright
Idaho Portland Cement Co
Morgan
Patterson predicts over 50000 planes this year
Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson told a New York dinner that U S airplane production will exceed 50000 this year, despite skepticism about the plan. He spoke honoring Maj. Gen. Charles M. Wesson who retires as chief of ordnance.
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New York
Robert P. Patterson
United States
Roosevelt
Patterson
Charlies M. Wesson
Ordnance
Planes Engage Submarine Pack Off St Lucia
United States planes attacked a group of axis submarines about a mile off Port Castries St Lucia as the destroyer Blakeley limped 20 miles from Martinique after a torpedo blast. Hundreds watched as oil slicks suggested sinking subs after a 15 minute air and depth charge strike. No official word on sinkings was issued.
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ST. Lucia
British West Indies
United States
Port Castries
U. S
Blakeley
Vichy Prench
Martinique
Aid Sought from Roosevelt to Save Sugar Beet Crop
Blackfoot Idaho beet growers appealed to President Roosevelt asking for emergency action to allow 12 year olds to work in beets for 30 days. The request cites 825 eligible children in Bingham county and a need for 500 workers to save the crop. The telegram was signed by H. M. Wray and Lester Belnap and sent also to Senator D Worth Clark.
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Blackfoot
Bingham County
Roosevelt
Blackfoot Beet Growers’ Association
D. Worth Clark
H. M. Wray
Lester Belnap
Germans Use Red Army Uniforms in Kursk Mass Execution
Red Star claims German firing squad dressed in Red Army uniforms executed 400 civilians in Nazi occupied Kursk near Moscow. It says German cameramen photographed the scene reportedly for propaganda purposes.
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Moscow
Red Star
Kursk
Baseball Scores From Cities Tied To Recent Play
Tonight's games include Washington at New York and Detroit hosting Cleveland with results in several contests. Cincinnati at Chicago and Brooklyn at New York also on schedule before cancellation notice of Brigham vs Pocatello junior game.
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F. E. Tydeman
Pocatello American Legion
Brigham
Japs Get Setbacks at Flagstaff Shutdown
In Flagstaff Arizona a 7500 population endures a three day retailer shutdown protest against AFL organizers attempting to unionize city restaurants and buffets. Melvin Hutchinson of the Weekly Coconino Sun notes the lack of public complaints while residents cope by pooling travel for groceries and awaiting normal service returns. Those with home newspaper delivery keep service. newsstands and barbers face closures. drug stores only open for prescriptions.
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Plagstaff
Ariz
Allied Airmen Raid Base Northeast of Australia
Allied air forces report setbacks for Nippon on multiple fronts while Chinese troops defend Cherovince cities Kinhwa and Lanchi amid heavy rain. Japanese advances near Lungyu and Lungling are reportedly repelled and coastal Ichang outposts reportedly fallen as Chinese high command launches intensified counterattacks.
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Australia
China
Cherovince
Kinhwa
Lanchi
Ichang
Yangtze River
Hanko
Hupei
Chekiang
British Stop Nazi Tanks in Desert
Twenty eight survivors of thirty seven aboard a torpedoed Panamanian merchant ship were landed by Barnegat City coast guardsmen. Shore observers saw the torpedoing and sinking Monday afternoon as depth charges from aircraft attacked the submarine. The navy announced a medium sized US merchant vessel was torpedoed in the Atlantic and survivors landed at an east coast port.
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Bargenat
Washington
Navy
United States
Atlantic
Nazi Terror Sweeps Over Europe
London reports Hitler ordered reprisals after an attack on Reinhard Heydrich. Six executions in Prague were announced while German arrests target hundreds of officials and students. Heydrich remained gravely ill as Kurt Daluege took over protector duties and Himmler was rumored en route to oversee the inquiry and reprisals.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia and Moravia
Gestapo
Prague
Bohemia and
Moravia
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Istanbul
Fuehrer
Walther von Brauchitsch
Walther Daree
Stockholm
Sotra
Bergen
Norway
France
Heydrich
Kurt Daluege
Reichs
Heinrich Himmler
Europe
Two Appointments Sought For Pocatello Police Force
Mayor Terrell and the city council propose adding Harry Lawson and Ben Buskirk to the Pocatello police. The force lost one officer after Robert M. Pugmire transferred to the FBI and received FBI training last year. he is now stationed in South Dakota.
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Terrell
Harry Lawson
Ben Buskirk
Pocatello
Robert M. Pugmire
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pugmie
FBI
Washington
South Dakota
Germans Push Toward Tobruk in North Africa Drive
Allied reports sketch a large Axis push toward Tobruk as German forces pierce the outskirts of the Libyan fortress and clash with British and American air and ground units. British and American aircraft harry German columns while a costly desert battle unfolds near Tobruk and Kharkov remains contested on the Eastern Front.
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Germany
United States
North Africa
Kharkov
Russia
London Daily Mail
Berlin Radio
Fuehrer
Moscow
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Kerch
Gibraltar
Berlin
Tobruk
Student Crews Organized for Beet Thinning
Local officials, farmers and groups join Bannock county to appeal to youth ages 14 and up to report for beet thinning Monday at 8 am. Transportation provided, no experience needed, hoes required. Crews of 20 with a supervisor will be paid 9.50 per acre to save the beet crop.
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Angelina Thiros
Bannock County
Court House
S. A. Dunn
Eastern Idaho Production Credit Association
Chamber of Commerce
Bannock County Court House
Traffic Death Toll Drops in April and First Four Months
The National Safety Council reports a 14 percent drop in nationwide traffic deaths in April and a 7 percent drop for January through April 1942 compared with 1941. April added 2,280 deaths to a four month total of 10,610, ending a 41 month rise in travel. Providence Rhode Island tallied a perfect April record. Somerville Massachusetts led the 100,000 to 260,000 population group for the first four months.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Pacific
Washington
Oregon
Providence
R. I
Somerville
Mass
Two Men Watch Store Fire as Alarm Delay Draws Crowd
In Los Angeles, two witnesses timed the fire department's response to a large grocery store fire. They waited with a crowd until someone finally reported the blaze and firefighters arrived.
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Los Angeles
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