Axis Powers Attack Roosevelt Deal Over Destroyer Exchange
The United States trades 50 destroyers to Britain for base rights in Western Hemisphere possessions. Britain calls it a victory for goodwill. Rome and Berlin denounce it as a move toward liquidating the British empire. Willkie and Knox offer cautious approval, amid concerns over secrecy and defense implications.
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Great Britain
Western Hemisphere
United States
London
Roosevelt
Britain
America
London News Chronicle
Rome
Virginio Gayda
Gayda
Germany
Berlin
Esau
Wendell L. Willkie
Knox
Local Man to Face Charge in Car Thefts
Detective Chief Jarvis Roubidoux says William W. Woodburg, held on a warrant from Justice C. W. Hyde, is suspected of stealing at least three cars from Pocatello used car lots. He allegedly took keys by day and returned at night for joy riding and not to dispose of the vehicles. He faces a charge of depriving owners of the use of their autos.
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Jarvis Roubidoux
Pocatello
William W. Woodburg
Justice C. W. Hyde
Roubidoux
Woodburg
Murdock Wins Utah Senate Race Over King in Primary
In Salt Lake City on September 4, Abe Murdock won the Democratic primary for United States senator with a large plurality over Senator William H. King and Delbert M. Draper. Final tabulations show Murdock with 31,396 votes, King 10,680, and Draper 6,185 among 539 of 835 districts. Republican results list Carlson 7,471 and Farnsworth Jr. 1,979 among others.
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Salt Lake City
Abe Murdock
Ardent New Dealer
Democratic Party
United States
Murdock
William H. King
Delbert M. Draper
King
Senate
House
Draper
Oscar W. Carlson
Philo T. Farnsworth, Jr
John Arie Webster
George W. Worthern
Newell Hawes Barn
Ora Bundy
Ira A. Huggins
Herbert B. Maw
Oscar W. McConkie
Henry D. Moyle
Don B. Colton
J. Braken Lee
William J. Lowe
Reed Stevens
Otto A. Wiesley
Hitler breaks silence vows to erase British cities in air war
Adolf Hitler, after weeks of silence, warned that Germany’s air force would erase Britain’s cities if Royal Air Force raids continue. He predicted England would crack up and quipped that he would set the hour for the war to end, insisting he would come at the appointed time.
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Hitler
England
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Royal Air Force
Germany
Aeperemy Hitler
Winter
Teachers to Meet Here Sept. 26 27 in joint Idaho districts
About 1 500 teachers from Idaho districts five and six will convene in Pocatello September 26 and 27 for joint sessions. Al Morgan and Wilford W. Christensen will set speakers. sessions will be held at Pocatello High School with adjoining halls used for panel discussions. The Gate City chamber of commerce and local business leaders back the event with programs and attendance prizes.
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Idaho
Pocatello
al Morgan
Blackfoot
Wilford W. Christensen
Idaho Falls
Pocatello High School
S. E. Brady
Gate City Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Brady
Grant Dougall
Fred S. Bidwell
D. J. Elrod
George F. Girard
Martha E. High
H. C. Hinckley
W. H. Musselman
Stanley B. Pitchford
C. S. Bosquet
Gordon Stedtfeld
W. J. Wilson
Bannock
Bear Lake
Caribou
Oneida
Bingham
Franklin
Power
Fremont, Clark
Jefferson
Madison
Teton
Bonneville
Utah hunter pays fine for killing five sagehens
H W Daly of Clarkston Utah pleaded guilty to killing five sagehens and was fined 100 dollars plus costs by Justice T W Horsley. State conservation officer John Delo confiscated his gun.
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Soda Springs
Ida
H. W. Daly
Clarkston
Utah
Justice of the Peace
T. W. Horsley
John Delo
Hitler vows nightly bombing as Britons mocked
Adolf Hitler told 25,000 Berlin workers that Nazi bombs will fall on England nightly in retaliation for what he called nuisance raids. Some observers saw the speech as signaling a full blitz against Britain with thousands of bombers and fighters prepared, with Germany's first line air strength estimated as high as 18,000 planes.
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Nazifuehrer
Berlin
Germany
England
Hitler
Thefuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Britain
American Legion to Install Officers in Pocatello
New officers of Pocatello post No. 4 American Legion will be installed at 8 p m Thursday per post commander Harvey Rice. Appointees include Roy Christensen as commander and Paul Mortimore as chaplain, with Harvey Rice district executive committeeman and Volney C Watts finance officer among listed officers.
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Pocatello
American Legion
Harvey Rice
Roy Christensen
William Dohse
George Boyes
Hugh Ivy
Fred Tydeman
R. J. Jensen
H. C. McMullen
Guy Knowlton
Paul Mortimore
Rains Bring Modest Total Across Local Area
Rain totals rise to .55 inch since Sunday night as Portneuf river valley farmers celebrate and Pocatello residents hope for sun. Weather observer notes cloudy conditions with possible showers and temperatures from 48 early to a high of 57, daily amounts break down to .14 Sunday .32 Monday and today's .08 toward a monthly .81 average.
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Portneuf River Valley
Pocatello
Five Minor Crashes Reported In Gate City Subway
Police reports say wet streets caused five minor traffic accidents in Gate City Tuesday with three in the Center Street subway. At 4:52 p.m. a city bus struck Walter Titus’s car, then hit E W Cutler’s vehicle. Other rear end and backing collisions followed near North Tenth, Eleventh, Center and Sixth streets.
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Gate City
Center Street
Walter Titus
East Wyeth
E. W Cutler
Titus
Cutler
Herbert H. Febert
North Tenth
A. C. Cordon
Rosa M. Enke
South Eleventh
Jack Lombard
East Lander
Joseph Crump
North Ninth
Chris Lonehurst
South Fifth
W. J. Wright
South Fourth
Wright Machine
Center and
Sixth
Allan liner Hesperian torpedoed and sunk
Twenty five years ago on September 4 1915 the Allan liner Hesperian was torpedoed and sunk in wartime waters. The attack underscored the dangers of sea travel during the First World War.
Naval Pledge Shifts U S Focus To Pacific Defense
Washington dispatches report Britain will not surrender or scuttle its fleet. The pledge plus the 50 destroyers traded to Britain reassures U S leaders they will not be forced to move from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The aim is to deter Japan in the Far East under a greater East Asia policy.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Pacific
Hull
Lord Lothian
Great Britain
Atlantic
Far East
Japan
Baseball scores adjust schedule after morning rain
Weather disrupted play with only one game possible tonight. start times moved to 8 15 p m Two games now slated for Thursday at 7 p m if conditions allow. Matches include Chicago at St Louis Philadelphia at Boston and Brooklyn at Philadelphia with others listed as night games.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Pocatello Schools Report Mixed Enrollment Increases
Unofficial second day enrollments show Pocatello High School at 1586 students, matching 1939 figures. Other district schools tally rises: Irving 12 to 448, Franklin 5 to 413, and Roosevelt 6 to 532, among others, with total elementary and junior high gains 79 and high school gain 63 per Superintendent E Norman Vaught.
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Pocatello Public Schools
Emerson
Jefferson
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Tyhee
Washington
Whittier
E. Norman Vaught
Paper returns note to Funderburk after beach detour
W. K. Funderburk in Charlotte discovers his afternoon paper two days late in his yard with a penciled message saying the paper had been to Wrightsville Beach and back. The note thanks someone for the errand, illustrating a humorous misdelivery.
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Charlotte
N. C
W. K. Funderburk
Wrightsville Beach
Britain Gains Protection Of Isles Through Lease Of Bases to United States
Dewitt MacKenzie outlines the Anglo American naval base and destroyer deal as a turning point. Eight bases would give the United States air and sea dominance in the Atlantic and Caribbean, aiding Panama Canal protection and oil fields, while allowing Britain to reduce forces in the hemisphere and focus on Europe and the Far East.
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Britain
Isles
United States
Dewitt MacKenzie
Deal
England
North America
South America
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Venezuela
Africa
Hemisphere
Europe
Far East
Auto Injury Fatal in Idaho Falls Auto Crash
Mrs. Annie Jephson a 73 year old Idaho Falls resident died in a local hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile crash on August 13. Police said Roscoe Quinton of Idaho Falls drove the other car after striking her at the Yellowstone highway railroad subway. Quinton was not detained and Coroner Fred Porter investigated.
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Idaho Falls
Annie Jephson
Jephson
Yellowstone Highway Railroad
Roscoe Quinton
Idaho
Bert Hansen
Jack Hayward
C. A. Carlson
Quinton
Fred Porter
Gridiron Club Elects Cady as President in Pocatello
The Pocatello Gridiron club completed its organizing today with William S. Cady, Tribune-Journal general manager, elected president. H. C. Hinckley is vice president and Bryan Blackhurst secretary treasurer. Directors include Tom West Guy Wicks W. S. Berger C. R. Petersen Ivan Gasser E. F. Stites and Mark Jorgensen. A rally before the Armistice Day Idaho Southern Montana State game is planned.
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Pocatello Gridiron Club
William S. Cady
The
Tribune-Journal
H. C. Hinckley
Bryan Blackhurst
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce University Athletic Committee
Tom West
Guy Wicks
W. S. Berger
C. R. Petersen
Ivan Gasser
E. F. Stites
Barge Olympic Sinks Off Los Angeles After Collision
Two killed and five or six missing as the 320 foot fishing barge Olympic II sank two miles off the harbor after a freighter rammed it. Eleven rescued. missing include Roy Mayo 15 Los Angeles Jack Greenwood Redondo barge master Joe Colp bait boy and several unidentified youths.
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Los Angeles
Olympic
Joseph Karch
Curtiss Johnson
Roy Mayo
Jack Greenwood
Redondo
Joe Colp
San Pedro
John Montgomery
Leonard Smith
Richard Juhre
Border tensions rise as Carol tightens grip amid Nazi pressures
Romanian King Carol II faces an assassination bid by the Iron Guard as Premier Ion Gigurti resigns. Gen Ion Antonescu is asked to form a military cabinet while martial law is imposed. German troops reportedly align to bolster Romania's border. Britain warns of nerve war as Berlin endures air alarms.
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Romania
Carol II
Iron Guard
Ion Gigurti
Ion Antonescu
Bucharest
Russia
Moscow
Bolshevik
Red Army
France
Carol
Transylvania
Iran
Hungary
Germany
Budapest
Foreign Office
U S to Keep 197 Destroyers After Brit Transfer
Washington reports the United States navy will retain 197 destroyers after the transfer to Great Britain. An additional 57 are under construction and 74 more are funded in defense bills. Of on hand ships, 119 are overage, 78 built since 1934 underage, and 46 overage hulls repurposed for mines and support tasks. The total value of the transferred destroyers is listed at 85 million dollars.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States Navy
Navy
Congress
Britain
Ritain
Tour group finalizes plans for annual goodwill trip
Paul V. Nash secretary announces dates September 10 and 11 for the Eatelle Chamber of Commerce goodwill tour through Salmon and Lost River areas with Blackfoot Chamber members joining the local group at a noon luncheon meeting today.
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Eatelle Chamber of Comme
Salmon
Lost River
Rea
Paul V. Nash
Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce
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