Britain Loses 21 Boats In Two Weeks
London reports 21 British ships sunk in the first two weeks of the war totaling 122 843 tons. The Admiralty increases convoy use and Royal Navy planes patrol seas while authorities claim some U boats destroyed. Britain accuses Germany of mine or torpedo attack on the Belgian motorship Alex Van Opstal and cites violation of international law.
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Britain
London
Royal
United Kingdom
Germany
Alex van Opstal
Weymouth
Brussels
New Champs Win 16-10 in Twin Falls Series
Twin Falls clinched the Pioneer League title with a 16-10 win over Pocatello Cardins at home. Escar Burnett Clarence Beers and manager Tom Robello homered, Ken Myers added a fourth inning homer, and Pocatello rallied late to reach 10 runs. Final game set for tomorrow at 2 30 P M.
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Twin Falls
Patello Cardinal
Cowboys
Pocatello
Redbirds
Ogden
Escar Burnett
Clarence Beers
Tom Robello
Ken Myers
M. Pocatello
Berndt
Nelson
Owens
Beers
Malone
Kendall and Myers
Court Drops Case Against Attorney
Idaho Supreme Court dismissed a state bar commission disbarment order against Moscow attorney James H. Felton. The decision held the commission relied chiefly on incompetent evidence and testimony from Abe Goff about client A. E. Randall allegedly being told to offer false testimony.
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Boise
Idaho Supreme Court
State Bar Commission
James H. Felton
Moscow
Alfred Budge
Felton
Abe Goff
A. E. Randall
Utah Weather Sees Fair, Warmer Sunday
The forecast calls for fair conditions with rising temperatures on Sunday in Utah. Monday will be partly cloudy with continued mild weather across the region.
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Utah
Local U P Railroad Shops Share in Car Building
Union Pacific plans 2000 lightweight box cars with Salt Lake City and other shops sharing the work. The program, costing about 6 million dollars, aims for cars weighing 40 000 pounds and similar to 3400 lightweight cars already authorized.
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U. P
Union Pacific Railroad
W. H. Guild
Salt Lake City
South Central
Portland
Omaha
Los Angeles
Guild
William M. Jeffers
Local youths involved in multiple Saturday incidents
Police arrested Dick Mayne 17 on disturbing the peace and issued a $10 bond for Monday court. Mayne and Herbert Roubidoux allegedly took a case of Coca Cola from a Chaffee Bottling Works truck at the Green Lantern cafe, returning the case but with two bottles broken. Jesse L. Stine faced two bad checks charges at the Del Rio club. Johnny Sigmondson and Jack Calvert were jailed for intoxication. Minor traffic violations were recorded for Marguerite Cheney John Dudenake Mrs Laurena Duffin John Wallin and Paul Clark.
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Dick Mayne
Mayne
Herbert Roubidoux
Green Lantern Cafe
Jesse L. Stine
del Rio Club
Johnny Sigmondson
Jack Calvert
Marguerite Cheney
John Dudenake
Laurena Duffin
John Wallin
Paul Clark
Pins in Stomach From Daily Paper Clips Found in Miss Tracy
Miss Genevieve Tracy, a department store employee in Kansas City, went to a hospital for chest pains and was found to have a pin in her lung. An x ray revealed 13 additional pins and a paper clip in her stomach, all from her routine use of pins to fasten papers at work.
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Kansas City
Genevieve Tracy
Tracy
Treasury Undersecretary Sees Recovery Coming Out of Storm Cellar
John W. Hanes, undersecretary of the treasury, said money is coming out of the storm cellar and expressed extreme hope that business recovery will absorb the majority of unemployment. The comment was made in Washington on September 16.
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Washington
John W. Hanes
the Treasury
US Liners Idle as Sailors Strike Over War Zone Bonuses
Nine American liners sit idle at New York piers as seamen strike for extra pay for sailing in war zones. The stoppage halts imminent return of U S citizens from Europe and involves union actions across major ports.
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New York
Europe
United States
Cowboys to Play Spokane Team
Spokane Indians manager Eddie Leishman said he would start mound ace Ira Scribner against the Twin Falls Cowboys in a best three of five post season series in Spokane. Spokane finished fourth in the Western International league and was eliminated by Tacoma. receipts go to the Spokane milk fund.
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Spokane
Wash
Eddie Leishman
Spokane Indians
Ira Scribner
Twin Falls Cowboys
Leishman
Twin Falls
Tacoma
Indians
Cowboys
Spokane Milk Fund
Objector Dies as Germany Executes First Conscientious Objector
Berlin reports the execution of August Dickman of Dinslaken by firing squad for refusing military service. Paul Mueller of Halle was also shot, convicted of arson and sabotage in the same era.
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Berlin
Germany
August Dickman
Dinslaken
Paul Mueller
Halle
Baruch Urges Strong Armed Forces to Keep U.S. Out of War
Bernard Baruch argued the United States should immediately build a large army navy and air force to deter any combination of powers from attacking. He said the nation is seriously unprepared and warned enemies could strike on oceans, urging decisive defense expansion.
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New York
United States
Europe
Asia
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Washington
Roosevelt
War Industries Board
America
Pershing
Drum
Nation's Loss Estimated At 200 Billion In Depression Era
The National Resources Committee places the loss from idle labor and machinery during depression years at 200 billion dollars. The report argues open markets gave way to price and production controls and imagines what could have been built if waste had been redirected to housing and industrial capacity. It notes a long, gradual path to a solution through combined effort and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Resources Committee
Gardiner C. Means
Boise Pilots Clinch Third With 9-8 Win Over Lewiston
Damon Hayes led Lewiston with a pair of home runs as Boise Pilots beat Lewiston 9-8 to clinch third place in the Pioneer League. Marv Rickert homered for Boise in the sixth amid a string of scoring marks while Lewiston produced limited offense.
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Boise
Damon Hayes
Lewiston
Indians
Boise Pilots
Marv Rickert
Hurrie
Brig¢kson
Cole
Fields
Adis
Battle Of The Saar Under Way With Nazi Retreats
French and German forces clash along a 40 mile Saar front as the battle of the Saar unfolds. German losses and village burnings reported while reinforcements arrive. Warsaw pressure and Polish frontline fighting also noted. Japan launches central China offensive after a Russia Japan armistice. Prince Oskar of Prussia reported dead in Poland.
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Poland
Hitler
Warsaw
Saleszcyki
Associated Press
Western Front
Saar
Artilleries
Moselle
Saarbruecken
Germany
Kutno
Lwow
Przeysl
Kwow
Far East
China
Russia
Japan
Blast sinks mine layer and 100 men in Moroccan waters
Paris dispatch reports the French cruiser Pluton, a minelayer, destroyed by an explosion and fire off Casa Blanca Morocco. At least 100 sailors killed with possible toll reaching 200. Pluton carries 150 mines and operates from a crew of about 400. The ship, 4 773 tons, is 10 years old and was on a Moroccan expedition when the blast occurred.
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Paris
Pluton
France
Casa Blanca
French Morocco
Mackay Hosts Peace Plea At Fifth Annual Barbecue
In Mackay Idaho 3500 attendees heard Rep Compton White and Gov C A Bortolfsen pledge to use influence to keep the U S out of Europe’s war. White doubts Roosevelt can repeal the arms embargo and plans to oppose it. Bortolfsen warns against war to boost prices and urges avoiding entanglement while seeking prosperity.
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MacKay
America
Compton I. White
Clark's Fork
Boise
White
Roosevelt
C. A. Bortolfsen
Veterans
Atlantic
Frost Visits Pocatello This Weekend Warm Return Expected
A light frost touched Pocatello Saturday morning after a cool spell. Weatherman William P predicts a rapid warmup and a possible 77 degree high, with a frost yesterday and a rain total for the month around .21 inches compared to a normal .84.
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Pocatello
William P
W. P
Car Strikes City Bus at Oak and Fifth Intersection
A car driven by Harvey E. Yamashita collided with a city bus operated by Ray E. Schell at Oak and Fifth at 8:45 p m Saturday damaging the private vehicle and injuring no one.
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Harvey E. Yamashita
R. F. Dworth
Oak and
Fifth
Ray E. Schell
South Ninth
Clark Fights Lifting of War Embargo
Senator Clark of Idaho warned at Rexburg that repealing the neutralty act and lifting the arms embargo would drag the United States into war. He attacked cash and carry, urged against loaning to defaulting nations, and proposed removing the American flag from merchant ships in wartime. He planned to attend a Washington session as he left for Pocatello.
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Rexburg
Idaho
Clark
Q-Idaho
Pocatello
Washington
Congress
England
France
Doctors Ready to Aid in Forming Sane Health Plan
Doctors anticipate a form of socialized medicine and work toward a sane plan without creating a large Washington health bureaucracy. The American Medical Association backs citizen health as a government priority but opposes medical service distribution by the government. The Wagner bill is criticized for financial unsoundness and restricting patient choice of physician.
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Washington
R. G. Leland
Organized Medical Association
American Medical Association
Medical Public Relations Council
Idaho Weather Sees Temperature Change This Weekend
A pair of forecasts shows temperature shifts for Sunday and Monday in Idaho. No significant rain expected as highs rise and lows dip across several regions.
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Idaho
Soviet Troops Cross Polish Front in Early Morning Move
Soviet Russia plans a broad cross border invasion into eastern Poland with forces marching from Polotsk to Kamienets Podolsk. Berlin reports a Polish ambassador note confirming a 4 am start and Russian neutrality in the operation amid the collapse of the Polish state.
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Moscow
Russia
Ukraine
White Russia
Polish Ukraine
Polotzk
Kamanetz-Podolsk
Rumania
Bessarabia
Berlin
DNB
Poland
Polozk
Kamanez-Podolsk
Idahoan Dies In Crash Near Draper Crossroads
A hitchhiker identified as Harlan Kofoed Jr., about 25, of Weston Idaho, was killed when a truck rolled over near the Draper crossroads in South Salt Lake County. Driver Co H Chealey of Salt Lake City was questioned. three other passengers were injured including Donald Beck 9 Luther Curtis 18 and Leroy Rich 19. Witnesses said a passing automobile crowded the truck causing the rollover leaving Kofoed and others trapped under wreckage.
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Salt Lake City
Harlan Kofoed, Jr
Weston
Idaho
Draper Crossroads
Salt Lake County
Delmar Tr. Larson
Co. H. Chealey
Chealey
Donald Beck
B. D. Beck
Springfield
Luther M. Curtis
Salina C. C. C
Leroy Rich
Richmond
Kofoed
Young Beck
Curtis
Rich
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Brunn
Fuinv
East Prussia
Lithuania
Kbialystok
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The
Oskar
Prussia
Frost
Red Cross
Mme Jane Clauzel
Boston
Lisbon
Idahoan
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