Germans Suffering Heavy Losses In Speeding Retreat
London AP reports Soviet forces drove toward Odessa, overrunning hundreds of villages and threatening the Black Sea port. Moscow said 200,000 Axis troops faced disaster as Red Army closed gaps near Kishinev, Tiraspol, and Khotin, with mass encirclements and encroachment from Bessarabia toward Romania.
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London
Red Army
Odessa
Black Sea
Moscow
Khotin
Kamenets- Podolsk
Dnieper
Bassarabia v
Kishinev
Tiraspol
Rum
Rumania
Berlin
Tatar Pass
Carpathian Mountains
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Russia
Bessarabia
Troitskaya
Podolsk
Dniester
Allies Seize Mount Marrone Near Cassino Drive
Allied Fifth Army troops surged one mile and seized Mount Marrone a 5500 foot peak north east of Cassino, straightening the line and engaging German forces. New Zealanders in Cassino repelled German thrusts, and a German attack on British positions near Anzio was also repulsed.
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Allied
Naples
Fifth Army
Mt. Marrone
Cassina
Rocchetta
Verrechhia
Cassino
Alfedena
Mt. Mary
Hestnut
Pyone
San Michele
Chaplin Trial Jurors At Home For Day
Jurors in the Charlie Chaplin Mann Act case remain at home following judge’s directions to avoid discussing the trial. Attorneys finalize arguments for Monday as testimony about Joan Berry’s 1942 trip to New York and alleged immoral acts is recapped.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York City
U. S
J. F. T. O'Connor
Pele
Chaplin
New York
Joan
Beverly Hills
Miss Berry
Mia
Flyer Downs 22 Nazis in European air combat
Capt. Don S. Gentile of Piqua Ohio a Mustang pilot downed a Messerschmitt 109 to reach 22 kills and tie for first place among American fighter aces in Europe. His group sighted five enemy planes over Germany and destroyed three with a total of 300 German planes shot down. Capt. Duane Beeson of Boise Idaho also downed a 109 to reach 21 and share second place with Maj. Walker Mahurin of Fort Wayne Indiana.
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London
Don S. Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Oklo
Gentile
Germany
Duane Beeson
Orchard Street
Boise
Idaho
Maj
Walker Mahurin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Church Opens Conference on Thursday
Salt Lake City reports the Latter Day Saints priesthood hierarchy meeting to hear the First Presidency outline gospel guidance for the coming year. About 5,000 high priesthood members will attend the Thursday session in Temple Square, with women and children barred due to war restrictions. A key opening event is selecting an apostle to fill a vacancy caused by a member’s excommunication.
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Salt Lake City
Latter Day Saints Church
First Presidency
Tabernacle
Temple Square
Farflung
Idahoan Marine Ace Leads Corsairs in Pacific Victory
Second Lieut. George Lyman Gilman Jr. of Idaho Falls serves in the Fighting Corsairs, credited with helping the squadron claim 1354 Japanese planes shot down and 46 probably destroyed. Ten aces total five or more planes, including Hanson with 25 and Aldrich with 20.
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South Pacific
Idaho Marine Flyer
George Lyman Gilman, Jr
Idaho Falls
Fighting Corsairs
Gilman
E. L. Hansen
East 13Th Street
Marine Corps
United States Navy
R. M. Hanson
Newtonville
Mass
Mascot Joins Nap After Unexcused Absence at Camp Mackall
The 501st paratroopers mascot "Joey" the black bear was discharged of an AWOL charge after three and a half months of dormancy. He vanished for over three months then reappeared wandering near the mess hall. The bear had simply dug a hibernation hole under the bar racks and slept through the period.
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Camp Mackall
N. C
Joey
501St Paratroopers
Americans Bomb Switzerland by Mistake in War Ops
Allied air forces targeted southwest Germany in a raid that accidentally struck Schaffhausen in neutral Switzerland, killing 36 to 50 people and injuring many more. U S reports blamed navigation errors amid bad weather as 30 American planes took part and several failed to return.
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London
Germany
Schaffhausen
Switzerland
U. S. Army
Thomas F. Hawkins
Associated Press
Lake Constance
Schafhausen
Freight Lines Resume Normal Operations After Tieup
Boise freight carriers Orange Transportation Garrett Freightways Consolidated Freightways and Arrowhead Freightline restarted service after two weeks of union related idle periods. The AFL-CIO Teamsters union maintains a boycott on a transfer company’s loads, keeping potential walkouts possible.
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Boise
Army
U. S. Conciliation Service
A.F.L. Teamsters Union
Idaho
Utah
R. E. Gilster
Orange Transportation Company
Carl Sahlberg
Garrett Freightways
Consolidated Freightways
Arrowhead Freightline
Limes
Frank Baldwin
Police Find Utahn At Los Angeles
Salt Lake Tribune reports Miss Florence Truelson, Utah artist famed for murals and a self-built “house of the seven crooked gables,” was found in a Los Angeles apartment house after a two day police search this weekend. Neighbors had not seen her since mid January and officers feared foul play.
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Salt Lake City
Florence Truelson
Utah
Los Angeles
Salt Lake Tribune
Allied push halts in Burma front as Japan drives near Imphal
Southeast Asia communique reports Japanese advances from the northeast toward Imphal while Allied forces stall on other Burma fronts. Fighting rages east of Kohima and near Ikhrul as British Indian troops contest a new Japanese invasion column. Chinese reports claim 5000 Japanese dead in Hukawng and Mogaung operations. Allied air support continues with all planes returning.
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New Delhi
India
Imphal
Burma
Southeast Asia
Ikhrul
Manipur Plains
Kohima
Berlin
Tokyo
London
Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hukawng
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Hkawngzy River
Navy Builders Receive Meritorious Service Awards
Captain Walter E. Brown lauded seven Morrison Knudsen executives for building the navy big gun refining plant at Pocatello. Lt. Commander R W Hooper presented the awards to Wesley Barker Harry B Olson John Vernon Otter Walter Albrethsen Wallace H Puckett C Graham and C O Dunn during Saturday ceremonies at Boise.
Policies Extend War Insurance for 12 More Months
Washington policyholders will see automatic extension of war insurance in force as of March 31, 1944 for an additional year without extra premiums or charges, announced by Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Scraps Unit System Of Farm Work Draft Scraps
Washington reports the scrap of the unit system for farm workers while drafting as many as possible under local rules. Draft Director Hershey urged boards to press calls for able-bodied men, stressing combat needs. State directors were told to apply Tydings amendments to prove irreplacable farm workers essential to the war effort. The war unit system tied deferment to producing 16 units, with a detailed WFA schedule. objections from farm state senators, including Russell, were noted.
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Washington
Senator Russell
D-Ga
Lewis B. Hershey
Roosevelt
War Food Administration
WFA
Congress
Russell
Congress to Take Rest This Summer Amid War
Washington reports that Congress may adjourn for a summer recess into July or August if major legislation passes in time. With elections looming, Majority Leader Barkley notes a potential break through Easter and into November, while draft reform faces uncertain action.
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Washington
Congress
Barkley
House
Austin
Wadsworth
N.Y
Women May Chase Jeffers Into Hills
Union Pacific president William M. Jeffers warned against rationing passenger travel, saying it would face serious difficulties. He rejected the idea that women could be limited, noting a mother or sister of a soldier might have equal rights, and said he would resign if women worked as engineers or conductors.
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Los Angeles
William M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Jeffers
Pocatellan Winner of DFC and Air Medal Honors
Sgt. Virgil G. Howard of Pocatello received the distinguished flying cross and air medal with oak leaf cluster for more than 75 missions with the Air Transport Command in the India China theater. He served as radio operator on cargo flights delivering vital war supplies to China, en route from India over the Himalayas. Howard enlisted in 1941, served abroad 1942 to 1943, and has been with the second ferrying group since February 1944.
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New Castle Army Air Base
Wilmington
Del
Virgil G. Howard
Pocatello
Air Transport Command
India-China
Ronald C. McLaughlin
Jew Castle Army Air Base
Set. Howard
Edwin L. Howard
1556
East Center
ATC
India
Himalayas
China
Republic of China
Howard
United States
Fort F. E. Warren
Wyo
Attorneys to Discuss Case in Utah Polygamy Probe
State and defense lawyers will meet next Wednesday to outline procedure for prosecuting 34 defendants in Utah polygamy investigations. Defense counsel seeks postponement of April 11 preliminary hearings pending federal charge decisions. Some defendants are named in both state and federal actions. Federal charges in Mannach and Lindbergh kidnapping cases to be decided by Judge T Blake Kennedy after briefs due early May.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
J. H. MceKnight
Mannach
Lindbergh
U. S
T. Blake Kennedy
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bombing Campaigns Hammer Truk and Hollandia Strongholds
Allied air and naval forces report heavy blows against Truk in the Caroline Islands and Hollandia in New Guinea. General MacArthur announces 71 Japanese planes destroyed at Hollandia as Liberators strike Truk and nearby targets. A Japanese air command shakeup follows heavy losses.
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San Francisco
Palau
Philippines
Navy
New Guinea
Olen Clemens
Associated Press
Clements
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
Truk
MacArthur
Chester W
Nimitz
Japan
Kapingamarangi Islands
Bie Hollandia
Palau Islands
Nunakitsu
Neru
Kapinga- Marangi
Greenwich
Caroline
Truman T. Landon
7Th Aaf
Central
South Pacific
Japanese Air Command
Tass
Takeo Yasuda
Japs Bend and Yankees Press Pacific Assault
The article notes intensified Allied air and naval pressure in the Pacific and Burma theaters, with Tokyo pressured into concessions on Sakhalin after a naval push. It highlights German setbacks in Poland and the eastern front as April promises renewed Allied and Soviet offensives against Germany, possibly forcing German withdrawals to the San river and opening the Baltic states.
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Pacific
Burma
Europe
Germany
Teheran
Japan
South Pacific Atoll
Tokyo
Russia
Sakhalin Island
Moscow
Balkan
Poland
Lwow
Bug River
San River
Baltic States
East Prussia
Reich
Berlin
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Old Poland
Podganets
Tarnopol
Ankara Radio
Tasi
Prut River
Vichy
Iasi
Lower Russia
Odessa-Kishinev
Izvestia
Flyer
Office of Information
Idahoan Bags
Mascot
Winter
Utahn
Hershey
Alfred Schubothe
Portland
Ore
Schubothe
Pocatellan
Big
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