Japan and Russia Sign Peace
Moscow reports that Soviet Russia and Japan reached an armistice in their undeclared war over Manchukuo and Mongolia with hopes for a non aggression pact. Key figures Shigenori Togo and Vyacheslav Molotov were said to attend a meeting to announce immediate cessation of hostilities.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
Shigenori Togo
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Germany
Tokyo
Far East
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Outer Mongolia
Manchoukuo
Pocatello Weather Nears Normal
Pocatello expert W. P. reports Thursday rain of 0.18 inch, plus 0.01 on Wednesday and 0.02 for earlier days, totaling 0.21 inch for September so far. Normal for the month is 0.81 inch. With a forecast of fair and warmer days ahead, he expects rain to end, though past accuracy has varied. Highest Friday 61, low 34, comparison to 1938 values 84 and 45.
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Pocatello
W. P
United States Weather Bureau
William P
Oakley Exploration Set With Governors Hatting City of Rocks
Invitations go to ten state governors for September 24 exploring City of Rocks near Oakley. Idaho’s Bortolfsen and Utah’s Blood are expected to attend, with other notables likely. Byrd Trego and Barzilla Clark, prize winners, are also anticipated to participate in the event and related gatherings.
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City of Rocks
Oakley
Bortolfsen
Idaho
Henry C. Blood
Utah
Byrd Trego
Alma Creek
Barzilla W. Clark
Idaho Falls
Commissioner of Reclamation Pages
Trego
Clark
Armour & Company Chief Resigns in Chicago
Robert H. Cabell, president of Armour & Company, quits his post in Chicago. Executive Vice President George A. Eastwood is named his successor.
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Armour
Chicago
Robert H. Cabell
Armour & Company
George A. Eastwood
Borah Opposes President on Neutrality Act Repeal
President Roosevelt signaled focus on neutrality law revision at the special session and rejected anti profiteering or war risk legislation requests. He offered no plans for deficiency funding and emphasized no war abroad, while Borah leads opposition to repeal amid tense Senate dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
Senate
Supreme Court
Howell Named Assistant Manager at Pocatello Bank
R. J. Comstock Jr of Pocatello announces Horace Howell as assistant manager of the Pocatello branch after returning from Boise where he attended a First Security bank board meeting. Horace Howell has 20 years with the bank in loan and discount work and is active in the business community. R. P. MacNamara of Idaho Falls is elected to the executive committee of the Idaho Falls branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Comstock, Jr
Pocatello
First Security Bank of Idaho
Boise
Horace Howell
R. P. MacNamara
Idaho Falls
Howell
Pocatello Bank
MacNamara
Duke to Get War Appointment
The Duke of Windsor visited the War Office for 45 minutes with civilian gas mask, accompanying arrival by War Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha. He announced he would undertake a war appointment after returning this week from exile in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Windsor
War Office
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Britain
France
Utah Weather Outlook Warm On Saturday
The forecast indicates a general fall tonight with cooler conditions in the extreme southwest. Saturday brings warmer weather across the state with variance by region and no significant precipitation expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Salvage of Squalus Cost Estimated at 250000
Unofficial navy yard sources in Portsmouth New Hampshire estimate the 4 million submarine Squalus salvage cost at about 250000 dollars. The highest expense noted was materials including hose lines totaling about 13900 feet replaced five times.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Warmer Weather Brings Record Crowds to Bannock County Fair
Warm temperatures lift attendance after rain delayed Thursday events. Officials predict record turnout tonight with Wild Bill Calhorn death riders and Colburn Sorenson Rodeo drawing large crowds. Saturday's schedule lists grounds open at 9 a.m. and an 8 p.m. fireworks display "Dewey at Manila."
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Bannock County Fair
Wild Bill Calhorn
Carnival Company
Gate City Band
Dewey
Manila
Bird migrates south by transport plane tale from Rockport
In Rockport Massachusetts on September 15 a humming bird, saved by jewelry craftsman Lewis F. Whitney after its beak was tarred, will be released on a transport plane to fly south. Salem Audubon Society warned it may not survive. Whitney plans to release it over the Carolinas from New York.
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Rockport
Mass
Lewis F. Whitney
Salem Audubon Society
Whitney
New York
Carolinas
Idaho Woman Dies in Boston Hospital
Mrs. Ann Walker McMurray 25, daughter-in-law of Idaho politics figure John McMurray, died in Boston from peritonitis after an appendectomy. Funeral in Weiser next Monday. Survived by Idaho Falls and Boise sisters, Boise foster mother and Idaho foster brother. Senate aide during 1937 session.
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Idaho
Boston Hospital
Boston
Ann Walker McMurray
John McMurray
Oakley
Boise
Weiser
Robert St. Clair
Idaho Falls
E. A. Baylor
Fred Walker
Berkeley
Calif
Homedale
William Walker
MacMurray
State Senate
Collision injures driver as CCC enrollee turns into driveway
J R Cordon of Inkom struck a Bannock CCC camp truck driven by Lawrence Oppice while Oppice attempted a left turn into the camp driveway. Both autos traveled south. Cordon’s car sustained about 100 dollars in damage to the right headlight fender and doors, while Oppice’s truck remained undamaged, State Officer James Bowns reported.
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J. R. Cordon
Inkom
CCC
Lawrence Oppice
Bannock
James Bowns
Oppice
Cordon
Bowns
Agriculture department to hold cotton marketing quotas referendum
Secretary Wallace announced the agriculture department will hold a formal referendum on December 9 to decide on a proposal to invoke marketing quotas on the 1940 cotton crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Twenty Five Years Ago Today German Troops Advance
German troops push into Russia as Russians seize Czernowitz and Allied forces drive Austrians back across the Drina. The battle of the Aisne continues on the western front as of September 15, 1914.
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Russia
Czernowitz
Drina River
Aisne
British Sink A Number German Submarines
The British ministry of information said a number of U boats were destroyed by destroyers and aircraft. Survivors were rescued and captured where possible. The communique notes constant patrols over wide areas and many attacks. The second batch of British army conscripts under the spring conscription act was called up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Information
Southern Army Command
Convicts Drug Guards in Prison Break at Stateville
JOLIET ILL Sept 15 Forty eight convicts were held in solitary confinement as Warden Joseph E Ragen investigated a failed escape plot at Stateville penitentiary The plan used a chicken ladder and drugged guards to scale walls while eleven towers' guards were unconscious The lone conscious guard alerted surface guards and the escape was halted
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Ragen
Poland Poor Place For Yank Troops
German reports say Polish battlefields yield little for Allied troops as empty clips shells steel helmets and other metal are gathered for salvage. The army sets aside a special unit to collect and melt down scrap for raw material shortages in the Nazi war effort.
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Berlin
Poland
Germany
Fatal injuries after Hailey crash claims Cenarrufa
Hailey Idaho September 15 Juanita Cenarrufa 19 Bellevue died in a hospital from injuries after the automobile she rode in with June Kelley 16 Hailey plunged off the Hailey Carey highway Monday night The driver Kelley suffered a compound leg fracture a broken jaw and is in serious condition Cenarrufa suffered a fractured skull a fractured arm and internal injuries and never regained consciousness The accident occurred 20 miles south of Hailey as they were driving to Carey
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Hailey
Idaho
Juanita Cenarrufa
Bellevue
June Kelley
Hailey - Carey
Miss Cenarrufa
Miss Kelley
Carey
Nazi Pressing Into Polish Ukraine Push Fronts Across East
Britain and France report matched German gains on the eastern front with successes at sea and a push toward the Siegfried line. German operations say they advanced in Poland and into Polish Ukraine near Warsaw while French actions near Trier press toward Saarbruecken.
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Associated Press
Britain
France
Siegfried Line
Ministry of Information
Trier
Moselle
Saarbruecken
Schweig
Switzerland
Mundat
Wissembourg
War bulletins mix fronts and alarms from Sept 15
Paris reports German air fleet defeated over western front. Distress calls from an unidentified ship shelled by a submarine relayed to radio stations along the south Atlantic coast. Hitler extends amnesty cancellation. USSR drafts about 1,000,000 recruits under universal service. Budapest notes treaty denouncement and stance for neutrality. US embassy advises Americans to depart Soviet Russia. Berlin reports destruction of nine enemy armored cars east of Brest-Litovsk.
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Paris
Chatham
Mass
M.S
Radio Marine Station
Radio Marine
South Atlantic
Berlin
DNB
Koenigsberg
Brest- Litovsk
Brzeci Nad Bugiem
Poland
Baseball scores mix strong for several AL and NL games
Summary of a scattered baseball card listing American League and National League results including Detroit versus New York, Cleveland versus Boston, Chicago versus Philadelphia, and St. Louis versus Washington with varied box score details. Weather notes predict unsettled south and warmer north portions for Saturday.
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Detroit
New York
Rowe
Dietrich
Brown and Tresh
Nelson and
National League
Cincinnati
Lohrman
Salvo
Gorman
Danning
Vander Meer
Grissom
Thompson
Lombardi
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Hollingsworth
Hutchinson
Hartje
Mueller
Butcher
Berres
Philadelphia
Chicago
Higbe
Johnson
Davis
Dean
Russell
Lillard
Olsen
Hartnett
Garbark
Kerksieck
Warren
Page
Mancuso
Boston
St. Louis
Turner and
Lopez
Bowman
Padgett
Idaho
Half of Poland under Nazi control in swift blitz
Germany smashed into Poland from north south and west driving toward Warsaw and Lwow while splitting the country in half along the main highway. Casualties were high among soldiers and civilians as German forces held Zamosc and pressed attacks on Warsaw and Lwow amid disrupted Polish governance.
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Budaqest
Germany
Poland
Hitler
Contarrod
Warsaw
Zamosc
Lublin
Lwow
Hungary
Rumania
Latvia
87 Year Old Drafted as Reservist Surprises Regimental Depot
The ministry of information recounts a humorous incident at a Lancashire regiment depot. An 87 year old man with medals arrived by taxi and met the commanding officer claiming to have been drafted after 30 years out, saying he served with the CO's grandfather at Poona in 1886. It later emerged mobilization papers were meant for his grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Information
C. O
Poona
Heat wave grips Middle West with nine deaths
Chicago reports the worst September heat wave in history for a fourth day as cooling showers approach from the northwest. Northwestern Minnesota, South Dakota, and Nebraska are set to feel relief first while continued heat forces school closings and crops to suffer.
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Chicago
Middle West
Northwest
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
WPA Crew Starts Airport Work and Grounds Prep
City engineer Robert Hamilton reports WPA labor has begun preliminary work at the municipal airport for the east west runway. Ground around the administration building is being prepared for grass planting and cementing of apron areas.
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Robert Hamilton
WPA
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