Air Push Advances in Pacific as MacArthur Clears Path
Allied air forces push toward the Philippines as Japanese defenses retreat on approaches to the islands and in the south. In two heavy raids on Davao 41 Japanese planes were destroyed with two American Liberators lost. fires raged at Davao harbor and airfields. Tokyo warned of large future operations against the Philippines and other targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
Davao
Will
Palau
Tokyo
Formosa
China
Bonin Islands
Nippon
Curtis Campaigns For Glen Taylor
Secretary of State George H. Curtis attacked Bottolfsen’s campaign speech, calling Bottolfsen’s four thousand word address on world peace insufficient. Curtis, a supporter of Glen H. Taylor Poce tello for the senate, criticized Bottolfsen as isolationist and likely to back a treaty wrecking bloc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
George H. Curtis
Bottolfsen
Curtis
Glen H. Taylor
Pocetello
Senate
McDermott Visits Cpl Jack L McDermott on Furlough
Cpl Jack L McDermott arrived Sunday from Harrisburg Pennsylvania for a two week furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs P J McDermott of 341 South Ninth He is a member of the 746th railroad operative battalion and entered service in March 1944 Before joining the service he was a fireman with the Union Pacific railroad
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Jack L. McDermott
Harrisburg
P. J. McDermott
South Ninth
746Th Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Airmen Wait On Weather Amid Mass Allied Bombing
Air weather kept crews grounded as Allied airmen logged nearly five thousand sorties Sunday including a 1700 ton American strike on Brest. British and American heavy bombers hit targets in Germany Holland and France while Belgrade faced pressure from Yugoslav frontlines. Over Boulogne Ostend Brussels Antwerp US fighters wiped out two bridges ten buildings and damaged 54 locomotives and 74 rail cars. Five heavy bombers and three fighters were lost in daylight operations. nine German planes were shot down.
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London
Brest
Germany
Holland
France
Italy
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Romania
Netherlands
Gilzerijen
Volkel
Venlo
Eindhoven
Soesterberg
Deelan
Ludwigshafen
Rhine
Boulogne- Ostend - Brussels - Antwerp
U. S
Belgium
Weather Outlook for Pocatello and Vicinity
The 24 hour period ending noon September 4 shows a clear and warmer day with a high of 73 and a low of 40. Mean temperature 56, normal 64, with 0.01 inches of precipitation this month to date and 0.08 inches normal for the month. Sunset 8 00, sunrise 6 59.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Allies Push 100 Miles Through Jungle in Burma Campaign
Allied ground forces advanced toward Tiddim in southwest Burma after a 100 mile monsoon sprint from Imphal India. British positions stretched along the Chindwin west bank as Chinese troops move 35 miles into a central valley from Mogaung toward Hopin. In China, Japanese reinforcements reached Lungling as a new drive nears the US air base within 50 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiddim
Burma
Imphal
India
Chindwin
Mogaung
Hopin
China
Lungling
More Stamps Valid for Meats Canned Fish and Dairy
Washington announces three additional red-point stamps in ration book four become valid Sunday for meats canned fish and dairy products. They are valid indefinitely and no more red stamps will be validated before October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Dog Attacks Child During Hollywood Incident
Actress Joan Blondel reports her six year old daughter Ellen bitten by a police dog in Hollywood. Seventeen stitches were needed for facial wounds and plastic surgery is planned to minimize scarring. Surgeon Dr. Harry Singer provided the medical assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywoo
Joan Blondel
Ellen
Harry Singer
Troops Clash Near Lyon as Allies Advance in France
Allied forces report progress across German withdrawal routes northeast of Lyon with American and French patrols entering Lyon from three directions. Fierce clashes persist near Montrevel and Bourg en Bresse as German troops retreat amid air attacks on pockets of resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Villefranche
Lyon
Montrevel
France
Bourg-en-Bresse
Cartines
Bourg
Ceyzerrat
French Wine Packs Harrowing Wallop
Captain Carver of Boise in France discovered a German HQ room with a wine bottle wired to four pounds of TNT and six hand grenades. The bottle contained gasoline and high explosive powder scattered around the room, risked detonation if moved. Engineers warned lifting the bottle would have triggered the arsenal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Air Defense Command
Basf
France
Carver
Boise
Ickes Takes Mines In Pennsylvania Under Federal Order
President Roosevelt authorized Secretary Ickes to take possession of coal mines in Pennsylvania where operations are interrupted by strikes or threats. The order directs federal agencies including the War Manpower Commission and Selective Service, War Department, and Justice to cooperate fully with Interior.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
Pennsylvania
War Manpower Commission
National Selective Service System
War Department
Department of Justice
Secretary of the Interior
Russians Prepare New Offensive On Hitler Front
Moscow reports eight Russian armies massed from the Carpathians to the Baltic ready for another all out push on the eastern front. Malinovsky's second Ukrainian army drives toward the Transylvanian Alps near Ploesti and Brasov while Rasvada falls beyond the oil fields.
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Moscow
Carpathians
Poland
Estonia
Baltics
Hitler
Romania
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Transylvanian Alps
Ploesti
Brasov
Rasvada
Marshal Tito
Bucharest
Danube
Bulgaria
Oltentia
Giurgiu
Malinovsky
Ukraine
Feodor I. Tolbukhim
Berlin
Red Army
Wyszkow
Turkeys Rise in Idaho Production in 1944
Richard C. Ross, federal agricultural statistician, said Idaho’s indicated 1944 turkey production will reach 262,000 birds, a 20 percent increase from 1943’s 218,000. The figure trails the 1942 record of 273,000 but surpasses the five year average of 232,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Richard C. Ross
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Mexicans En Route To Idaho Farm Camps
The last group of 245 Mexican national farm workers arrived in the area. Of them 120 left by bus to Emmett and eight to Pocatello this morning, announced Rulon H. Moss, manager of the WFA farm labor camp. The rest remain at Twin Falls, Filer and Hazelton camps.
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Twin Falls
Emmett
Pocatello
Rulon H. Moss
WFA
Filer
Hazelton
Finland and Germany halt war ties as troops withdrew
A Finnish cease fire order under President Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim signals breaking with Germany. Finland will disarm or intern remaining German forces after Sept. 15, while Tass criticizes Helsinki’s stance. Reports say seven Nazi troops in northern Finland and troops moving south in northern Norway amid the withdrawal.
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Baron Carl Gustav Mannerheim
Germany
Finland
Tass
Hanti Hackzell
Pinland
Hackzell
Russia
Stockholm
Norway
Helsinki
Berlin
Helsingin Sanomat
Hitler
Moscow
Reich
Europe
Fuehrer
Woman Admits Guilt on Bad Check Charge
Bessie Lee Driskell admitted guilt to passing a bad check in Bonneville county. Judge G W Charlesworth suspended a 30 day jail sentence and released her to Twin Falls authorities on a felony charge, turning Mrs Driskell over for further custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Bessie Lee Driskell
Bonneville County
G. W. Charlesworth
Twin Falls
Charlesworth
Mrs. Driskell
Allies Break German Line In Blitz To Brussels
London reports Supreme Headquarters declares Brussels liberated as Allied troops advance north and east. Americans reach near Antwerp and press toward Namur, Cologne, and Dusseldorf while German retreat tightens along the Boulogne Calais Dunkerque corridor.
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London
Supreme Headquarters
Brussels
Antwerp
France
Belgium
Reich
Calais
Dunkerque
Namur
Cologne
Dunseldorf
Duisburg
Berlin
Charleroi
Aachen
Adolf Hitler
Low Countries
Liege
Albert Canal
Boulogne-Calais-Dunkerque Strif
England
Finland Joins Soviet Armistice Amid German Withdrawals
Finland agrees to a Soviet armistice effective immediately as German troops withdraw toward Norway. Berlin admits strains as Nazi forces race to shore up western defenses, while Helsinki expects reparations and territorial concessions.
Poles Pulling Away From Their Capital
Polish resistance reports say Warsaw withdrawal underway after 34 days of fighting due to food and weapon shortages. General Bor allegedly abandoned the city sections while claiming no surrender and vowing to regroup as an underground force outside the capital.
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London
Warsaw
Bor
Sadbga
Vistula
Red Army
Moscow
Italy
Russia
Pocatellan Advances At A Twelfth AAF Base
Kenneth G. Carter of 1640 Garfield Pocatello has been promoted to staff sergeant. An engineer gunner, he served two months overseas with the 12th AAF B 26 Marauder group and has flown 13 combat missions. He wears the Distinguished Unit Badge with oak leaf cluster for two unit citations in the Mediterranean.
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Kenneth G. Carter
Garfield, Pocatello
Carter
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
Rome
Florence
Bellhop Admits Car Wreck In Salt Lake City
A 16 year old hotel bellhop confessed to wrecking a car owned by Carrie M. Armes of Filer Idaho. The teen said he planned a ride after being asked to take the car to a garage at Eighth West and Ninth North. The case was referred to Juvenile Court.
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Salt Lake City
Belhop
Carrie M. Armes
Filer
Idaho
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Labor
Political Action Committee
National Labor Board
WLB
Moluccas
U. S. Command
Hongkong
Bonin Group
Glen Taylor
Wie
Bottolf
McDermott
Perland
Turkeys
DeWitt MacKenzie
Pocatellan Advances
Bellhop
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