15 Sep 1940
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1940
Page
1
Congress approves a peace-time draft bill to raise a 900000 man conscript army with ages 21 to 35 required to register. The measure, sent to the president for signature, aims to call 75009 draftees by mid November and reach 400000 by early 1941 and 900000 by spring 1941.
The draft bill requires 16 500 000 men aged 21 to 35 to register on a date set by the president, likely in October. It projects 75 000 to be mustered in November for a year of training and 400 000 in January 1941, with a 900 000 cap on active conscripts. Exemptions include dependents ministers students essential workers officers aliens the physically unfit and conscientious objectors. Draftees receive 21 a month for four months then 30 with possible raises. Industries failing to fill orders may be taken over on a retail basis.
British observers warn of intense danger to England within 48 hours as Berlin intensifies invasion threats. Air operations focus on the channel front with moonlit nights and high tides complicating defenses while American analysts note weeks of good flying weather despite looming cold.
Generals of the Pocatello Community Chest will meet with Campaign Chairman O A Myhre Tuesday to plan the 1940 drive. Captains to direct solicitatons in divisions will be selected Tuesday and attend meetings with their generals. Completion of the advanced gifts drive is expected by next Thursday. Kickoff dinner set for Sept 23 at 6 30 p m in Bannock hotel. 150 window posters already distributed with another 150 to follow in stores.
The Senate confirmed Jesse H. Jones as secretary of commerce to succeed Harry Hopkins who resigned. Congress had approved Jones taking the cabinet post while retaining his role as federal loan administrator.
Saturday arrests listed Darrell D. Cramer and Chas M. Lambert on vagrancy charges and Jack Richards Sessions for running a stop sign at First and Center. Fulton Griggs, Mrs. Pearl Roberts, Mrs. John Nielsen, and Golda A. Rowland were tagged for illegal parking.
Milo Hansen of 1746 South Fourth and Ira Hunt of 854 North Arthur reported bicycle thefts on Friday. Hansen’s bike was taken from a rack in the 200 block of West Clark, while Hunt’s bike disappeared from Jefferson School.
Idaho State Potato Growers' Association directors condemned University of Idaho administration for perceived indifference to major potato industry problems. Secretary F L Hansen of Idaho Falls was authorized to send a telegram to officials.
Washington dispatch reports administration economists urging immediate expansion of rail freight cars steel and machine tool facilities to avert costly bottlenecks and a price spiral as defense programs and employment rise. They foresee 2.5 to 3.75 million new jobs and warn shortages in armor plate steel by January.
A nine state Democratic meeting to map general election plans will be held in Boise on September 21. Former Wyoming Governor Leslie A. Miller, regional campaign director, called the gathering and telephoned Robert Coulter, Idaho Democratic state chairman, from San Francisco. Attendees are expected from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and Utah. The national committee is shifting duties to regional groups with closer campaign insight.
The forecast calls for slightly warmer conditions across Utah on Sunday and Monday. Highs rise modestly with mild, dry air and light winds expected statewide.
War experts foresee deadly phosgene as a near term gas weapon in Britain and Europe. Reports claim Germany would employ gas to panick civilians, relying on its invisibility and air-dropped delivery while Britain stocks 30 million gas masks and builds gas shelters.
Speaker William B Bankhead of Alabama died at 1 35 a m in a naval hospital after a ruptured artery in the abdomen. The Democratic leader, 66, had been unconscious for four hours and had fainted last Tuesday in Baltimore while addressing a gathering.
Ogden's Harold Erickson pitched a two hit shutout to beat Boise 8 to 0 in game two of the Shaughnessy playoff finals. Erickson struck out 12 of 29 faced, with Boise’s only baserunner advancing to second. The Reds lead the best-of-five series and could seal the cup with a win Sunday in Boise.
Slightly injured Larry S Stieben treated for a minor forehead cut after a collision at Third and Clark involving Mrs Marietta Stieben of Holsington Kansas staying at Weller Cabin camp and Henry Kaneko of route 1. A second collision at 11 14 a m on South Arthur involved Lorin A Winger route 2 Preston and Myron L Western. At 9 p m Maple and Yellowstone park highway, William W Shiflett and Carroll Ferguson sustained minor damages.
Berlin reports assign blame to London authorities for the heavy RAF bombing of London as German air raids continue. The spokesman says London is a major military objective and warns of further destruction if Britain does not surrender. Ships, docks, and the Greenwich time center are targeted with incendiaries. four million pounds of bombs said dropped this week.
Italian forces drive into Sollum and Musaid amid British air attacks as Graziani expands forces in Bardia. British C-in-C calls it an advance, not a full assault, with the front also seeing armored cars and trucks moving troops.
A six year old in Columbia sulked as his mother balked at shaving a bare patch on his head to resemble his father. The scene occurred as the boy was being prepared for school.
Georgia Coleman once the world’s greatest diving champion died in a Los Angeles hospital at 28 from a liver ailment. She contracted infantile paralysis on Thanksgiving 1937 but continued to fight to health. Born in Saint Maries Idaho she learned to swim on Catalina Island. She competed in Amsterdam 1928 and Paris 1932 winning medals in springboard tower and three metre events. Survived by parents two brothers Gordon Norris and sisters Agnes Wilson and Eunice Knox.
Richard Penzen, 22, suffered a brain concussion and hemorrhage after his bicycle collided with another rider on a hill outside Caldwell. He was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition.
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