Peleliu advance reported as marines seize three fourths of island
Adm. Nimitz announced marines gained a thousand yards northward and control of about three fourths of Peleliu with 7 020 enemy killed on Peleliu and Anguar. 81st Division counted 950 Nipponese killed. Japanese raids and air attacks against targets in the region continued as Allied forces held key positions.
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Associated Press
Peleliu Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Peleliu
Anguar
81St
Wildcat
Yap
Palaus
Alert
Ngesucbus Islands
Imperial Army
Berlin
CBS
Manila
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Douglas Mac
Davao
Southeast Asia
14Th Army
Tiddim
Burma
India
Claire L. Chennault
Formosa Straits
Hankow
Peanut Butter Destroyed After Inspection in Twin Falls
About 125 cases of condemned peanut butter were smashed by a bulldozer at the Twin Falls city dump after inspectors found foreign matter in the jars. Officials said the material, tested by pure food and drug inspectors, could not be salvaged through government channels and became public property. Idaho Falls previously destroyed similar consignments under a related law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Times-News
Pure Food and Drug
Boise
Associated Press
U. S
John A. Carver
Idaho Falls
Government to buy 1944 wheat at parity prices this year
War Food Administration chief Marvin Jones announced the government will buy a 1944 crop of wheat from producers at parity prices through end of storage year, with CCC involvement and advances as needed. Parity price equals the 1944 loan rate plus 15 cents per bushel, with Aug 15 parity at $1.50.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
WFA
Joan
CCC
Jones
Congress
Agricultural Department
Trainee Delivers Splash At MacDill Mixing Pool
A trainee in St. Petersburg, Florida, returning from overseas service, dashed through the officers' club and plunged into the swimming pool still in his uniform, showing eagerness to rejoin the postwar routine.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
MacDillfield
Army Ninth Service Command baseball title at Santa Barbara
Utah teams Ft. Lewis and Camp Kearns, Stockton, and Camp Kearns clash for the Ninth Service Command area crown in Santa Barbara. Stockton earned a 9 to 5 semifinal win over Camp Kearns with two homers in the first inning and a later shot in the sixth. Ft. Lewis beat Ft. Douglas 9 to 1 to reach the final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Calif
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Stockton
Army Air Field
Army Ninth Service Command Area
Camp Kearns
Utah
Kearns
Ft. Douglas
Navy enlistments include two teens in Waves service
Seventeen year old Lorin Delmar Byrne of Victor was listed in the naval reserve here and Patricia Ann Tschanz of Mackay was sworn into the Waves.
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Boise
Lorin Delmar Byrne
Victor
Naval Reserve
Patricia Ann Tschanz
Mackay
Seahawks and Great Lakes Triumphs and a Tie For USC
New York reports a UCLA win over Southern California 13 13 with a final gun touchdown tying the score. Great Lakes beats Purdue 27 18 with Jim Youel throwing three touchdown passes and a 93 yard punt return. Illinois defeats Indiana 26 18 led by Claude Young. Iowa’s Strohmeier injures sideline, Minnesota loses 19 13. Wake Forest tops North Carolina 7. Pittsburgh game ongoing.
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New York
UCLA
Southern
Jim Youel
Great Lakes
Purdue
Goel
University of
Illini
Indiana
Bob Hoernschemeyer
Hoosiers
Don Greenwood
Illinois
George Strohmeier
Iowa Seahawk
Minnesota
Flyers
Gophers
Strohmeier
Red Williams
Gopher
Williams
Wake Forest
North Carolina
Pittsburgh
Teachers Endorse Study of Idaho Education System
At the fourth district convention in Twin Falls, about 700 Idaho Education Association members urged the retirement committee to draft specific recommendations for teacher retirement and seek legislation this year. They also called for the state legislature to appoint a non partisan expert panel to conduct a thorough study of Idaho education and propose improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Idaho Education Association
IEA
Idaho
Roosevelt charges GOP fraud in campaign attack
President Roosevelt opened his fourth term campaign with a sharp rebuttal of Republican claims about the New Deal. He accused GOP orators of fraud, defended his programs, and urged job creation as the reconversion goal. He countered Dewey on unemployment and mocked attacks including those about his dog Fala.
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Washington
Roosevelt
AFL Teamsters Union
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Fala
Dewey
Truck Hits Sheep Herd Killing Eighteen on Highway 90
Ronald Reed, 18, of Lava Hot Springs drives a wheat truck that struck a band of sheep on Highway 90 at Pebble Friday evening. Eighteen sheep owned by W. D. Beers of Salt Lake City were killed and seven crippled. Sheriff Alma Marley investigated the crash. the truck and wheat belonged to C. A. Bylington of Lava Hot Springs.
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Ronald Reed
Lava Hot Springs
Pebble
W. D. Beers
Salt Lake City
Alma Marley
C. A. Bylington
Roosevelt electors win court battle over ballot slot
A Texas Supreme Court decision certifies Roosevelt pledged electors chosen at the September convention for the November ballot. Anti Roosevelt Democrats announce a new party and plan to file another slate of electors Monday. The unnamed group criticizes the Democratic label and cites alleged state socialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Supreme Court
New
Dewey Plans New Tour Through Midwest and New England
Gov. Thomas F. Dewey intensifies his campaign itinerary with a 6,200 mile transcontinental tour. He will conclude the Pacific coast leg in Oklahoma City before moving to Albany and then the Midwest and New England in pursuit of crucial down east momentum. California Gov. Earl Warren lauded Dewey as the next president to 90,000 at Los Angeles.
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Dewey
Oklahoma City
Thomas F Dewey
Midwest
New England
California
Earl Warren
Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum
New York
Albany
Soldier Weds Blind Girl in Kansas City
A 21 year old sightless Oregon bride Vina Baldwin married army Private Foster Pierson 30 after meeting five years ago in Camas Valley Oregon. The ceremony followed his return from three years overseas with plans for a brief honeymoon and possible move to Oregon before Oct 14 deployment at Jefferson Barracks Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansa
Reedsport
Ore
Vina Baldwin
Pvt
Foster Pierson
Independence
Pierson
Hawaii
Oregon
Jefferson Barracks
Camas Valley
Local Man Missing in Action List Includes Idaho Soldier
War department reports fourteen Idahoans missing in action. Among the Mediterranean area cases is Pfc. James W. Haney, son of Albert J. Haney of 1538 E Center Street, Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Mediterranean
James W. Haney
Albert J. Haney
E. Center Street
Pocatello
Weather Forecast for Pocatello Area
Clear tonight and Sunday with warmer conditions on Sunday. Data from the Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport covers 24 hours to 6:30 p.m. Highs around 74, lows near 35. Mean 55, normal 56. Departure -1. Precipitation 0.25 inches month to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello and Vicinity
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Gant
Allies Break Gothic Line Advances Across Northern Italy
Allied forces push through the German Gothic line in central Italy and press toward the Po valley and Milan. American troops held the center while the Eighth Army drives north from Rimini toward Ravenna and the Italian rail network. Brazilian expeditionary forces vie toward La Spezia as Bolagna area tightens around Bologna.
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Rome
Italy
Eighth Army
Sid Feder
Associated Press
Fifth Army
Lombardy
Bologna
Pisa
la Spezia
Oliver Leese
Eighth
Marecchio
Rimini
Ravenna
Loyal
Milan
Football Scores Across Colleges and Military Teams
A roundup of football results lists scores for college and military teams, including California over St. Mary's 31 7 and Harvard dispatching Bates 43 6. Notable outcomes include Clemson 34 9 over Presbyterian, Texas A M 39 0 over Bryan Army Air Field, and Washington 71 0 over Willamette.
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Idaho Southern
Marines
South
Fort Warren
Colorado
West Virginia
Pitt
Rensselaer
Worcester Tech
Muhlenberg
Bucknell
Purdue
Great Lakes
Rochester
Union
Illinois
Indiana
Second Air Force
Whitman
Missouri
Arkansas
West Texas
Okla
Villanova
Scranton
Iowa Navy
Minnesota
Ohio Wesleyan
Denison
Baldwin Wallace
Bowling Green
Connecticut
Norwich
Richmond
Duke
Wake Forest
North Carolina
Cornell
Syracuse
Tulsa
North Texas Aggies
University of Washington
Willamette
Michigan
Marquette
Blackland Army Air Field
John Tarleton College
Texas Christian
Kansas
Milligan
N. C. State
Florida
Mayport
Kentucky
Mississippi
Rice
Galveston
Swedes Close Ports to Foreign Shipping
The Swedish government will close all Gulf of Bothnia and Baltic sea ports to foreign shipping effective September 27, due to the completely changed situation around the Baltic, the announcement said on Saturday night.
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Stockholm
Gulf of Bothnia
Baltic Sea
Baltic
Allied Forces Reach Arnhem Area Under Heavy Resistance
British second army patrols linked with airborne units in Arnhem Holland amid strong opposition as thousands of gliders and supplies were flown in to reinforce Lt Gen Miles Dempsey. RAF escort protected reinforcements while Germans launched tank counterattacks and held the Ruhr corridor under heavy fire.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Second Army
Arnhem
Holland
Miles C. Dempsey
Rhine
U. S. Third Army
Burnville
Nancy
Third Army
Arnhem Bridge
Ruhr
Berlin
Dempsey
Eindhoven-Nijmegen
Lower Rhine
Moselle
Veghel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Germany
Gestapo
Reich
Eisenhower
Amsterdam
Utrecht
Breda
Rotterdam
Brest
Radio Orange
Pree Netherlands
London
Detweiler Denies Malad Highway Criticism Linked to Bottolfsen
Preston 7 William H Detweiler of Hazelton Republican governor candidate denied a wire service misquote tying his Malad highway remark to Governor Bottolfsen's administration. He clarified his remarks referred to past highway surveys not current policy and said he was not misquoted. Detweiler and Leila Painter campaigned in Caribou and Bear Lake counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
William H. Detweller
Hazelton
Idaho Highway Department
Malad
C. A. Bottolfsen
Associated Press
Detweiler
Leila Painter
Bortolfsen
Mrs. Painter
Caribou County
Bear Lake County
St Louis Repeats In Pennant Chase With Win Over A's
St Louis Brown defeats Philadelphia Athletics 3 to 1 to stay in the American league pennant race. Pitching and defense shore up a tight game as Black Berry and Hayes lead the St Louis victory while Ortiz and Guerra stop Chicago. National League sees Chicago power past Brooklyn 8 to 3 as Erickson Lynn and Vandenberg rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
J. Louis Brown
Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia
Black
Berry
Hayes
Gatehouse
Hayworth
Bricker Supports Force if Needed for World Peace
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker, campaigning in Boston, urged force if necessary to uphold peace. He called for vigilant attention to rising tensions and friction between nations and backed a work court to settle disputes. He also urged that arbitration and conciliation machinery be kept ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Massachusetts
G.O.P
Russians close trap on Parnu as they push through Estonia
Soviet and Estonian forces seized Parnu on the Gulf of Riga trapping thousands of German troops. Red Army advances cut escape routes toward Tallinn and Riga, with heavy fighting reported along the Vistula front and in Transylvania as Moscow signals major offensives across Eastern Europe.
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London
Estonia
Parnu
Gulf of Riga
Red Army
Paide
Tallinn
Gulf of Finland
Riga
Latvia
East Prussia
Poland
Hungary
Red Fleet
Baltic Sea
Berliy
Ro4
Cluj
Slovakia
Moscow
Budapest
Red Baltic
Ita Kronstadt
Farmers Cut Loans Across Four States
SPOKANE. Farmers in Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana reduced their federal land bank and land bank commissioner loans by 41 percent in three years. R E Brown president of the Spokane branch bank said total loans fell from 138 190 000 on June 30 1940 to 81 162 000 on last June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Spokane
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Fedral Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner
R. E. Brown
Brown
Navy Defeats Marines 27-0 in Hard Fought Grid Battle
Idaho Southern University V-12 trainees toppled the Marines 27 to 0 in a hard fought game at Pocatello. A blocked kick and two interceptions for touchdowns powered the Bengals while several Marines were injured including Lew Papin with a broken leg. The Bengals eye a Salt Lake City date with Utah next weekend.
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Navy
Marines
V-12
Idaho Southern University
Pocatello Marines
Idaho Southern
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
Lew Papin
Skero
Dunkelberger
John Hailey
Bengal
Don Cooper
Air Force
Bengals
Whitman
Bengal Marine
Duncan
Lazzarini
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Vandenberg
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