Ford to Give Wage Lift
Ford says he will raise wages as soon as government permits. He notes current average hourly pay around $1.25 and aims to pay the highest wages in the auto industry. The move follows calls from the War Labor Board for a national wage policy and reflects Ford’s past increases to $5 and $7 per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford News Bureau
Industralist
United States
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Washington
WLB
White House
Ford
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Davis
Grants Support Idaho USO Clubs Through 1944
Two Idaho communities received USO grants to continue services at the Hailey and Burley clubs until December 31, 1944. Hailey's council, chaired by Joseph W. Fuld, was funded at 1487.50 dollars for sailors and Marines at the Sun Valley Naval Convalescent hospital. Burley’s council, led by J. A. Hanzel, received 455 dollars. Lawrence A. Wheeler of Kansas City,USO regional executive, warned that victory in Europe wont end USO needs and that services must continue for wounded and veterans for years after the armistice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Idaho
Hailey
Burley
USO Council
Joseph W. Fuld
USO Club
Naval Convalescent Hospital
Sun Valley
J. A. Hanzel
Toley and Burley
Lawrence A. Wheeler
Kansas City
Missouri
Germany
Wheeler
Europe
USC
Red Cross
Pocatellan Medal for Bravery Awarded in England
Sergeant George L. Petty of Pocatello Idaho earned the Air Medal as a waist gunner on a B-17 flying fortress during sustained bomber missions over Germany and Nazi occupied Europe. Also noted are birthdays and honors for local servicemen including Sgt. Earnest Ecklund, Bud Loveland, Robert Roy Cooper, S/Sgt. Lawrence Link, and Sgt. Sam Burley as USO huts honor troops passing through Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Europe
Petty
United States
Lawrence Link
Columbus
Ohio
1742 North Main
Link
Italy
Dora Mae Demico
Pocatello
Sam Burley
South Fourth
Vera Burley
USO
Sam
Pocatello High School
Servicemen Birthdays Noted With Cakes at USO Hut
A parade of birthday honors unfolds as servicemen from Pocatello and surrounding areas celebrate milestones across England the South Pacific and Europe. Families send cakes and fruitcakes to the USO hut for those traveling or stationed abroad including Charlie Turner Robert Schehuber George Rehmer Ray Hamerick and Willard Lyon among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Charlie Turner
Field Artillery
Camp Roberts
Calif
Earl Hunt
North Ninth
Pocatello
Seaman
Robert L. Schehuber
South Pacific
USC
Pfc
Ray Hamerick
Joyce
USO
Ray
England
Convictions in Boise Draft Evasion Case Hit Four Defendants
In Boise federal court four defendants three Japanese Americans and one Caucasian were found guilty of draft evasion as the first week of trials ends. Of 43 indicted last week 20 Japanese Americans and six Caucasians remain to stand trial. Defendants listed include Frank T. Matsuzaki Masa yuki Kanako Shiro Pujihiro all of Seattle and Robert Reeves of Caldwell. Reeves received three years in prison and a $300 fine. others await sentencing on Oct. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Frank T. Matsuzaki
Masayuki Kanako
Shiro Pujihiro
Seattle
Robert Reuben Reeves
Caldwell
Reeves
Chase A. Clark
Grace pilot Verne Allen awarded the Flying Cross
The War Department announced the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant Vern S. Allen of Grace Idaho. Allen serves in the United States Army Seventh Air Force and is listed by the Pocatello Army Air Field in Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verne Allen
Grace
Pocatello Army Air Field
Idaho
War Department
Vern S. Allen
Allen
United States Army
Seventh Air Force
Ickes Replies To Dewey in Jeering Reply
Washington reports Governor Dewey warned he would drop Ickes from the cabinet if elected president. Ickes fired back with a sharp jibe about hair and a boner over the Jackson Hole monument, accusing Dewey of disrupting the campaign and seeking to halt war and peace deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Ickes
Jackson Hole Monument
Dewey
Quebec
Roosevelt
Pronunciation Notes on Garand and Junker Surnames
In this item, word usage explains Garand and Junker pronunciations with phonetic guidance. It notes John C. Garand born in 1888 at St. Remi Canada and naturalized in 1920. It also explains Junker as a German aristocrat term with von usage and a sample of von Papen. The Navajo belief about Shiprock is briefly mentioned.
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Garand
John C. Garand
St. Remi
Canada
Germany
Yoong-Ker
Von
Hitler
Himmler
Goebbels
Goehring
Rommel
Vahn
von Papen
Frank Colby
Family Army Tale: Wife Joins Wacs as Son Leads France
Wac Pvt Florence Greene of Tonawanda New York joins the Wacs with husband Pvt Albert A Greene at Camp Grant and son First Lt George F Couch serving in France. Greene trains at Ft Oglethorpe and works as teletype operator at Pocatello Army Airfield while her son earns the Presidential Unit Citation for D Day invasion duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wac
Florence Greene
Fillmore Avenue
Tonawanda
N. Y
Greene
Lockport
Wacs
Ft. Oglethorpe
Pocatello Army Airfield
Albert A. Greene
Camp Grant, Ill
George F. Couch
France
Couch
Ft. Lewis
Wash
New York Times
Winston Churchill
Dwight Eisenhower
England
Pocatello Field
Idaho Potatoes Contest Offers Quality and Quantity Prizes
The Idaho advertising commission will run two potato contests this season with a $25 war bond prize for the sender of the three most perfect 10-16 ounce spuds. Entries must be submitted before October 31.
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Boise 7
Idaho Advertising Commission
R. H. Young
Commission
Hitler seeks Japanese help for peace with Russia
A Stockholm sourced report cited Morgentidningen and Hiroshi Oshima as channels for Hitler to ask Japan to approach Russia about peace terms. The dispatch said Russia dominated discussions during a three day visit by the Japanese diplomat to Hitler's headquarters. It noted rumors German sources claimed Japan asked the Soviet Union to contact the United States for peace with Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Russia
Stockholm
Reuters
Morgentidningen
Bern
Hitler
Hiroshi Oshima
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Pershing Shows Further Improvement at Army Center
Gen. John J. Pershing, ill for several days, shows further improvement according to a war department bulletin. The 84 year old general of the armies remains at the army medical center in Washington where he makes his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Pershing
War Department
General of the Armies
Army Medical Center
Davis Enrolled in Technical School for Radio Mechanics
Madison Wis Cpl George R Davis son of Mr and Mrs Homer C Davis of 637 West Lewis Pocatello has been enrolled in a technical school for training of radio mechanics at Triax Field an installation of the army air forces training command He will complete a course in aircraft radio mechanics and take supplemental AAP courses in chemical defense physical training and related subjects to prepare for overseas duty in the fighting AAF In civilian life Cpl Davis worked at Buckley Field in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
George R. Davis
Homer C. Davis
West Lewis
Pocatello
Triax Field
Army Air Forces Training Command
Davis
AAF
Cpl
Civil Service
Buckley Field
Denver
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Pocatellan
Eighth Aaf
George L. Petty
William A. Petty
Smithfield
Utah
Fay Petty
West Young
Eighth Air Force
Army Air Forces
C & L Electric Company
Earnest FE. Ecklund
Edith Ecklund
North
Garfield
U. S. O. Hut
Ecklund
National Guard
116Th Engineers
Sgt. Ecklund
Bud Loveland
Bud
Field Medical School
Camp Pendleton
Cyril Loveland
East Lewis
Robert Roy Cooper
Leo Houtz
Randolph
Robert
Farragut
San Diego
Dero Beach
Fila
Walgreen Drug Company
Fred & Kelly's
George E. Rehmer
Clifton Curtis
Don Cazier
Rigby
Dale Cazier
L. A. Brossard
Willard F. Lyon
Merchant Marine
Willard
India
J. B. Lyon
North Arthur
New Mexico
V-Mail
Ene
Est
Safest Overseas Mail
Seagram
Seagram's
Distillers Corporation
Chrysler Building
New York City
Ay Seagram
Pershing
Fargo-Wilson- Wells
de Adda
Beau
U.S. Pat
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Navy
Office of Origin
Uncle Sam
America
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