Willkie Seeks Immediate Conscription Action
Willkie urged senate house conferees to strike the Fish amendment delaying the draft for 60 days and to put the selective service program into effect at once. Henry A. Wallace campaigned in drought stricken Nebraska urging support for continued farm programs and crop insurance. Senator Charles L. McNary called Maine election victories a hopeful sign for Republicans.
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Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate-House
House
Senate
Willkie
Hastings
Neb
Henry A. Wallace
Nebraska
Eastern Idaho chamber seeks Yellowstone stamp and advertising funds
The eastern Idaho chamber of commerce asked the post office general for a Yellowstone park stamp issue and Boise officials for a 1941 tourist advertising appropriation. At the Riverside hotel meeting about 30 eastern Idaho representatives approved a highway sign protection law proposal and a gasoline tax use amendment. Francis C. Gillette of Victor joined the highway committee, chaired by Forde Johnson of Idaho Falls, with William Hansen of Ashton presiding. No date was set for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Anthony
Eastern
Idaho Southern, Inc
Francis C. Gillette
Victor
Forde Johnson
Idaho Falls
William Hansen
Ashton
Chamber
Bottolfsen Denounces Democrats as Corporals of Confusion
Governor C A Bottolfsen, seeking re election, addressed a Blackfoot campaign kickoff. He attacked Democratic state administrators as corporals of confusion and urged a 100 percent Republican government to restore Idaho to its entitled governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bottolfsen
Blackfoot
C. A. Bottolfsen
Idaho
Republican Party
Bertolfsen
Legisla
London Bombers Target London As Morale Test
London endures heavy bombing as German raids strike heart of the metropolis. The attack touches landmarks including Guildhall and St Paul’s while British defences and RAF actions around Berlin are noted. Weather conditions and night skies are discussed as potential factors in the raid outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thames River
New York
Dewitt MacKenzie
Guild Hall
St. Paul's
St. Mary-Le-Bow
England
Heavy Storm Strikes Yakima Area Killing One
A severe electrical rain and wind storm in Yakima and the upper Yakima valley killed W. J. Paige, 34, and badly injured L. A. Gans. Lightning caused seven fires, widespread outages, and heavy damage to hops and fruits. Power lines, transformers, trees, and signboards were toppled across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima, Wash
Yakima
Yakima Valley
W. J. Paige
L. A. Gans
Baseball scores and rain delays across leagues
National League games show Pittsburgh defeating Philadelphia and a second win for Philadelphia in close scoring. Chicago at Brooklyn and St. Louis at New York were postponed by rain. American League notes Detroit and Boston splits with Grove Foxx Newsom Tebbetts pitching. Washington at Chicago and Philadelphia at St. Louis night game. Idaho weather mostly fair with scattered mountain thunderstorms.
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St. Louis
New York
American League
Cleveland
Detroit
RHE
Boston
Grove and
Foxx
Newsom and Tebbetts
Germany Charges England Using Destructive Leaves
Berlin reports claim British fliers dropped self igniting leaves that burn sheds houses and forests but not munitions plants. The sheets weigh about a foot square with phosphorus backing and ignite when warmed. Thousands were scattered on grain fields and civilians suffered burns from misosturned souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Utah sugar crop suffers in hot drought and pests
Utah officials report the intermountain sugar beet crop as the worst in years due to drought curly top and white fly. Yield forecasts drop to 60 70 percent of normal with total output down about 200 000 tons from last year and per acre yields slipping to 8 10 tons in Davis and Salt Lake counties.
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Salt Lake City
Intermountain
J. R. Rawlins
U'ah
Wv. E. Martinen
Salt Lake County
Utah
Boxelder
Davis
Salt Lake
Cash in Circulation Rises in August to New High
The Treasury reports a $1.28 increase in cash per person in August bringing the average to 59.63 dollars. Total currency and coin in circulation was 8,057,566,697 dollars as of August 31, a new all time record except for the 1933 banking holiday.
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Washington
United States
The
Treasury
Large Wheat And Potato Output Looms
The agriculture department forecasts this year’s crop totals from Sept 1 conditions. Corn at 2,297,186,000 bushels and total wheat at 783,560,000 bushels, with oats at 1,206,901,000 and potatoes at 383,172,000. Last year’s corn was 2,619,137,000 and wheat 754,971,000. ten year averages shown. State yields listed for Montana Idaho Oregon and others.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Chapman Leads Play at Winged Foot National Amateur
Dick Chapman of Greenwich Conn won medal honors in the qualifying round for the 44th national amateur golf championship at Winged Foot G C. He fired a second-round 69 for a total 140, six strokes ahead of George Dawson Chicago Maurice McCarthy Jr Cincinnati and Tom Whiteway Cleveland as many players remained.
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Mamoroneck
N. Y
Dick Chapman
Greenwich
Maurice McCarthy, Jr
Cincinnati
Tom Whiteway
Cleveland
Church Seeks Grain for Latter Day Saints Relief
Idaho Falls news reports church relief organizers call for wheat donations under guidance of Elias S. Woodruff from Salt Lake City. Shortages were noted in some areas while canned vegetables, peaches, potatoes, cheese, meat, and sugar beets were received and stored at the regional warehouse.
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Idaho Falls
Latter-Day Saints
Elias S. Woodruff
Salt Lake City
Six Horse Spill Shakes Narragansett Park Officials
In Narragansett Park's first race six horses fell injuring two jockeys. Elbert Suttle of Oklahoma and Del Castillo of the Canal Zone were admitted to Notre Dame hospital in Central Falls. Remaining riders Joe Renick Robert Howell Johnny Mearle and Eddie Robart suffered severe shakings-up.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Narragansett Park
New Fneland
Elbert Suttle
Oklahoma
del Castillo
Canal Zone
Notre Dame Hospital
Central Falls
Joe Renick
Robert Howell
Johnny Mearle
Eddie Robart
Cyclist Hurt in Fall in Ogden
E. J Spence, 65, who had not ridden in about a decade, bought a bicycle Monday and rode. He collapsed from overexertion, hit his head on the pavement, and is listed in critical condition at Dee Hospital. X ray results awaited later today.
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Ogden
E. J Spence
Dee Hospital
Weather Brief Notes Scattered Storms Southeast
The report indicates scattered thundershowers in the southeast with little change in temperature. Forecasters expect unsettled conditions to persist across the region with brief showers and limited cooling.
Mackay hosts sixth annual barbecue celebration
Mackay Idaho will welcome hundreds of visitors on Saturday September 14 for the sixth annual barbecue and celebration. Governor Bortolfsen is expected to attend and Mayor Robert M Terrell of Pocatello will serve as principal speaker and master of ceremonies.
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Mackay
Idaho
Bortolfsen
Robert M. Terrell
Pocatello
Maine Votes For GOP In Primaries
Maine Republicans won a string of statewide primary victories electing a U S senator governor and three House members. leaders hailed the results as a sign of national GOP strength for November with Rep Joe Martin predicting Wendell Willkie and a Republican House majority. Democrats urged caution noting Maine’s results do not prove national trends. Alaska voters went to the polls today as eight states held primaries for Senate and House seats and gubernatorial bids.
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Maine
United States
House of Representatives
Joe Martin
Wendell Willkie
McNary
Roosevelt
Alaska
Senate
Louisiana
Arizona
Colorado
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Vermont
Washington
Georgia
New Mexico
France Faces Food Cut in Occupied Zone
Paris report from Sept 10 cites German military officials foreseeing a winter food shortage in occupied France due to military operations and mass exodus of 8 to 10 million people. Wheat flour is exported to the Reich in exchange for army bread flour, with sugar beets crops expected at only 20 to 25 percent of normal in the north.
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Paris
Berlin
France
Germany
Reich
Mount Aso Eruption Threatens 13 Villages in Kyushu
An eruption of Mount Aso in Kyushu caused farm destruction and threatened 13 nearby villages. No immediate word on casualties was available.
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Kumamoto
Japan
Aso
Kyushu
Fires Continue Amid London Bombing and RAF Skirmishes
German daylight raids punctured London with a 25 minute noon alarm as fires raged near St Pauls and in the City. RAF pursuit planes repelled a recon squadron above Buckingham Palace, while bombers struck Berlin and other targets as London endured a nine hour night assault.
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Associated Press
London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Wall Street
Royal Air Force
Buckingham Palace
Hitler
Reich
London Air Ministry
Berlin
Brmen
Hamburg
Essen
Barnstrof
Ostend
Calais
Boulogne
Nazifuehrer
Dover
Gibraltar
Bank of England
Guildhall
General Post Office
London Bridge
Fleet Street
Inns of Court
RAF
Britain
Luftwaffe
Bannock County Plans Tax Levy Reductions for 1941
Bannock county commissioners lower the general state levy from 2.58 to 2.45 mills and cut the dependent aged levy from 2.28 to 2.17 mills. Total state payments to 1939 levels with minor changes across public assistance, predatory animal, cattle TB and abortion eradication taxes. Mrs. Harlie Wilkins noted the state payments of 178 512 67 in 1939 vs 160 073 35 requested this year.
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Bannock
Harlie Wilkins
Idaho Power seeks 88.5 mile line extension to Shelley
Idaho Power asks the state public utilities commission to approve a transmission line extension of 88.5 miles from the Montana Idaho border to a point five miles south of Shelley. The project, costing 500000 to 600000 dollars, is part of a 277 mile grid to link power programs across five northwest states.
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Boise
Idaho Power Company
State Public Utilities Commission
Montana-Idaho
Shelley
Feed Company Head Opens Work on Pocatello Plant
William H. Danforth founder of Ralston Purina starts site work on a new Pocatello feed plant. Officials plan water and railroad connections, with a two acre site and 100 carload monthly capacity. A banquet honored Danforth with Bannock tribal gifts as Mayor Terrell welcomed guests.
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Feed Company
Pocatello
Ralston-Purina
William H. Danforth
Danforth
Robert M. Terrell
Lions Club and
Chamber of Commerce
Bannock
Pole Line Road
Walnut Avenue
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Salem
Ore
Indianapolis
Yakima District
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Bowman
Lopez
Mulcahy
Small
Atwood
Sewell
Frye
Wilson
Warren
Chicago
Brooklyn
Chase
Chapman
Church
Brussels
Deal
Channel
Denver
Paul V. Nash
KE. Brady
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