German Defenses Crumbling In Three Fronts As Soviets Advance
Soviet offensives push through three eastern front sectors toward Iasi and Lwow, with Zhukov’s Ukraine army said to have killed or captured over 206000 Axis troops and encircled remnants near Czechoslovakia and Poland. Moscow reports 183310 German deaths and 24950 captures in 28 days, boosting total losses to 537160. The drive reaches Kerpitsy near Iasi and threatens Galati and the Danube delta. Romanians urged to capitulate.
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London
Moscow
Rumania
Iasi
Lwow
Black Sea
Odessa
Zhukov
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Red Army
Skala
Dniester River
Ivan S. Konev
Prut River
Dorohoi
Dengeni
Kerpitsy
Galati
Danube River
London Daily Mail
New York
Federal Communications
Istanbul
Minor Fleet To Protect Coast Region
German naval forces along the European coast consist of about 12 destroyers facing the British home fleet as invasion nears. Most of the remainder of Germany’s fast fleet stays idle in the Baltic after the Scharnhorst’s sinking. Tirpitz, heavily damaged in Altenfjord, is not expected back in commission for months.
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London
Germany
Norway
France
Baltic
Scharnhorst
Luetzow
Admiral Scheer
Gneisenau
Gdynia
Kiel
Tirpitz
R.A.F
Alten Fjord
Fascists Fight With Nazis in Italian Front Report
Allied headquarters in Naples describe Italian fascist troops intermingled with German forces around the Naples beachhead amid quiet conditions along the front. Patrol clashes and artillery fire persisted, with limited enemy movement near Cassino and a two-plane Allied airkill tally reported near Littoria.
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Naples
Littoria
Cassino
Des Roses Hotel
Advertising Ends In Surrender of Japs at Two Points
On Bougainville two Japanese approached American lines and surrendered after pamphlets promised humane treatment food and medical care. The leaflets cited Allied successes in the central Pacific including Rabaul Kavieng and Britain. Maj. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold said more may surrender and that the individual Jap is discouraged.
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Bougainville
Central Pacific Islands
Rabaul
Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Oscar W. Griswold
OPA Abandoning Tire Inspection Program
The Office of Price Administration will drop most tire inspections for passenger cars effective April 20. Only motorists seeking replacement tires must present inspection certificates. Officials say drivers now maintain tires to extend their life, and the program has served its purpose.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Senator Sees Many Jobs After War
Senator George of Georgia told a senate military sub committee that full employment after the war will require about 54 million workers, four million more than war-time employment. He urged ready plans for demobilization and supported bills by Murray Kefauver and Kilgore to speed postwar adjustment as Woll of the AFL urged steady reemployment rates.
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Washington
George
D.-Ga
Senate
Murray
D.-Mont
Rep
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Senator Kilgore
D.-W.va
Matthew Woll
American Federal of Labor
Mother Burns Saves Three From Farm House Fire
Mrs. Griffith R. Kimball, 31, suffered serious burns while rescuing her three children from a four room farm home fire. Nine-year-old Marva Jeanne, carried from the living room after collapsing, also burned. Gordon, five months, had minor facial burns. Dale, 4, and Lynn, 11, were outside and aided in the escape.
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Gordon
Kimball
Lynn
Love Bird Warning In Ogden Parakeet Virus Bulletin
Bannock county health unit reports 15 parakeets from a 24 bird shipment suspected of carrying parrot fever virus recovered in Ogden. Health officers urge immediate reporting if any of the nine unaccounted birds reach the Pocatello area.
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Bannock County
Ogden
Pocatello
Budapest Key To Hitler's Southern Side
Budapest stands as the key Danubian city for Hitler’s Balkan front and a major target for Allied air raids. The article notes its industrial centrality and railway hub status, with Budapest’s capture or bombing viewed as pivotal to the Axis war effort and Hungary’s wary position near advancing red forces.
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Budapest
Hitler
President Roosevelt Undergoes Checkup After Bronchitis
President Roosevelt, hampered by bronchitis and a head cold, has had a routine annual physical examination. Dr. Ross T. McIntire said the checkup is satisfactory and that remaining bronchitis and a sinus issue are clearing rapidly. He noted reduced food intake and a vitamin boost as part of the treatment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
McIntire
Weather forecast for Pocatello region Wednesday showers
The United States Weather Bureau reports light showers in the western portion and over the state with snow at higher elevations. Data covers the 24 hour period ending noon April 4 at Pocatello Municipal Airport, noting temperatures around 69 high and 32 low with light precipitation totals and seasonal normals.
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Pocatello
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Bombers Hit Bucharest as Allied Air Offensive Expands
Allied 15th air force bombers struck Bucharest in a strong attack on military targets just 24 hours after Budapest was hit. Fighters accompanied the raid while Russian ground forces pushed 200 miles northeast of the Romanian capital. The assault follows earlier strikes on Sofia and Budapest and targets rail and aircraft facilities as part of a wider Balkan campaign.
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Allied
Naples
15Th Airforce
Bucharest
U. S
Budapest
Hungary
Europe
Ploesti
Steyr
Austria
Balkan
Hitler
Sofia
Bulgaria
South Blocks Negro Vote in Texas Democratic Primary
The Supreme Court ruled Texas officials erred in denying Lonnie E. Smith Houston a Negro vote due to a state party ban. Southerners call it a blow to state sovereignty while others deem it absolutely right. Congress members vow steps to bar Negro participation in Democratic primaries.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Lonnie E. Smith
Houston
Congress
Capitol
Resignation of Kravchenko from Soviet Purchasing Commission
Victor A. Kravchenko announced his resignation from the Soviet purchasing commission metal division citing inability to support double faced political maneuvers aimed at collaboration with the United States and Britain while pursuing incompatible goals. American sources describe his role as employee rather than executive. Russian sources offered no comment on his status or statement.
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New York
New York Times
Victor A. Kravchenko
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Russia
United States
Britain
the Times
Kravchenko
Washington
The
Times
Indian front drivers escape Japanese trap to safety
Volunteer drivers of the American field service in India outfoxed a siege, slipping through an encircling trap to reach the jungles for a 40 hour dash to safety. The New York office reported a cable from India stating all drivers cut off since the Imphal advance have escaped and are now safe.
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New York
India
Imphal
Wisconsin Delegates Chosen In Tight Presidential Vote
Wisconsin voters selected 26 Democratic and 24 Republican national convention delegates today. Republicans faced a wildcard for Wendell Willkie amid barnstorming and four GOP hopefuls, while no Democratic primary was held with Roosevelt as the sole listed candidate.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wendell Willkie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Labor Attacks Wage Curb Faces War Board Hearing
The American Federation of Labor presses a wage control challenge before a war labor board panel seeking a realistic modification of the little steel formula. Meany claims wage costs rose at least 43 percent since January 1941, higher than the 15 percent ceiling, with farmers cited as witnesses. A previous panel heard similar attacks from the CIO United Steel Workers.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
America
George Meany
A.fl
War Labor Board
Meany
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Agriculture
C.I.O. United Steel Workers
Roosevelt
A.P.L
Unit Advance In Burma
Mountbatten headquarters report a lull in fighting south of Imphal with no fresh Japanese progress. In central Burma allied forces led by the 22nd Chinese divisions advance southward in Mogaung valley with heavy Japanese casualties. Allied air squadrons target north central and south Burma as British Indian troops defend Imphal and Manipur, claiming 3,600 Japanese killed and over 9,000 casualties in three weeks.
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New Delhi
Louis Mountbatten
Imphal
Burma
Mogaung Valley
Arakan
Bay of Bengal
India
Manipur
Dewey Withdraws From Oregon Presidential Primary
Backers of Thomas E. Dewey withdrew the New York governor’s name from Oregon’s upcoming presidential primary. Dewey forces would discard nominating petitions with more than 1,000 names after a New York conference between Luther Felker and Dewey. Wendell L. Willkie remains the only Republican candidate. Roosevelt is the lone Democrat.
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Portland
Jeeps Rolled Off 200000-Willys-Overland Assembly
Two hundred thousand of the army’s light scout cars known as jeeps have rolled off the Willys-Overland Motors assembly lines in Toledo Ohio as announced today.
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Toledo, Ohio
Willys-Overland Motors
Planes Blast Axis Lines At Budapest
RAF Wellingtons and Liberators attacked Budapest by night after a daylight raid. Main target was Manfred Weiss steel works and armament factory with multiple fires and large explosion. US 15th Air Force joined with raids on railroad yards Tokol components factory air field refinery and barracks. Photo interpreters report 350 craters at Tokol site and severe damage to main buildings.
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Naples
Budapest
Balkans
Manfred-Weisss
RAF
U. S. 15Th Airforce
Tokoi
Tokol
Flyers Active Over Pacific March Air Strikes Report
A naval briefing shows 440 air strikes in March by Allied air forces under Vice Adm Aubrey Fitch. Japanese forces seldom flew in groups. 130 Japanese planes were downed, 58 in air and 72 on ground, while Allied losses totaled 23. Barges and small craft losses for Japan reached 85.
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South Pacific
Army
Navy
Marine
New Zealand
Adm
Aubrey W. Fitch
McCarren Seeks 30 Day Whisky Production Return
Senator Pat McCarran confirmed a report that his senate judiciary sub committee will push to resume liquor production for 30 days. He said the move aims to unearth hoarded liquor worth millions and curb black market activity while maintaining government alcohol stockpiles.
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Ogden
Pat McCarran
D.-Nev
Oxeden
Senate Judiciary
Congress
Snow Uncovers Body of Man Missing Since January
Funeral services for Parley Smith 39 of Fish Haven are set for tomorrow. His body was found Sunday along U S Highway 91 near Garden City after melting snows exposed it. Cause of death not yet determined.
Ninety Year-Old McNeil Keeps World War News Vivid
In Show Low Arizona Mary Ann McNeil aged ninety shows lively interest in war reports from many fronts. She counts seventeen of her 202 great grandchildren and five of her 55 grandchildren serving in the fighting forces, and has 28 great great grandchildren.
Capital Fights Rats Edict Urges Clean Up or Close Up
Washington health authorities estimate rats outnumber humans three to one and issue an edict to restaurant owners to clean up or close up.
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Washington
British War Casualties Reach 667000 in Four Years
Prime Minister Churchill announced in Commons that British Empire casualties in the first four years of war totaled 667159, with 158741 killed, 159219 wounded, 78204 missing, and 270995 prisoners of war. American losses cited separately include 173239 casualties through mid March.
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London
British Empire
Churchill
Commons
Navy
U. S
Jury Debates Verdict in Chaplin Mann Act Trial
Federal Judge J F T O Connor instructs the Chaplin jury on Mann Act charges amid the misdeeds alleged involving Miss Joan Berry. The judge warns that a guilty verdict requires intent to transport for immoral purposes, or aiding such transportation, and clarifies that an illicit relationship formed after travel does not grounds for conviction.
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Los Angeles
J. F. T. O'Connor
Miss Joan Berry
New York
Chaplin
Miss Berry
O'Connor
Nazis Report Ship Raid
London reports the German high command stating British carrier planes tried to attack a Norwegian naval strong point but were dispersed. Four enemy aircraft were shot down by the battleship Tirpitz and two by an escort vessel. In recent days U boats sank fourteen destroyers and corvettes including several Tribal class destroyers in the North Sea.
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London
High Command
Norway
Tirpitz
North Sea
Boomerang Bomber Leaves Britain for U S Tour
Liberator bomber Boomerang, after 53 missions, departs Britain for the United States with a dozen American airmen to tour factories. Capt. Walter T. Stewart of Salt Lake City flies her out, as the crew celebrates the mission homeward. Stewart, veteran of 32 missions and Silver Star recipient, spoke of the trip.
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Britain
United States
Walter T. Stewart
Salt Lake City
Stewart
North Africa
Middle East
Provo
Utah
Latter-day Saints Church
England
Revolution Fails in San Salvador Uprising
In San Salvador a revolutionary movement against President General Maxmiliano Hernandez Martinez rose on Sunday but was suppressed quickly. The capital remained quiet as residents resumed normal activities and a central city fire was brought under control.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Maxmiliano Hernandez Martinez
Knox Details Large Naval Forays Against Japanese Ports
Secretary Knox announced that American warships penetrated Palau in the extreme western Carolines and hit Woleai and Yap in the east in a March 30 attack. He said one Japanese warship was sunk near Palau and two near Woleai, with air losses of eight fighters, 11 bombers, and eight torpedo bombers.
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Associated Press
Palau
Carolines
Anchorage
Knox
Washington
Woleai
Radio Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
China Denies Red Report on Sinkiang Mongolian Clash
Chungking rejected a Tass dispatch alleging Chinese troops from Sinkiang crossed into outer Mongolia and opened fire by air. Officials said the report was entirely at variance with facts, even as authorities acknowledged a military disturbance in Sinkiang.
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Chungking
Sinkiang
Outer Mongolia
Tass
Urga Ulan Batorl
Mongolian Peoples Republic
Russians Close to Ploesti Oil Fields in Romania
Moscow reports Romanian oil fields near Ploesti lie within an hour’s reach of Soviet bombers and near days from the Red Army. Soviet columns advance toward Iasi while Bucovina thrust brings troops 50 miles from northern oil fields. The Ploesti fields sit about 165 miles from the closest Russian bombers.
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Moscow
Red Army
Marshal Konev
Prut River
Iasi
Jassy
Bucovina
Campulung
Ploesti
Pickle Heir and Wife Clash Over Custody Battle
Mrs Eliza beth Heinz files a cross complaint denying her husband Clifford S Heinz claims of an affair with a former Austrian count now a ski instructor. Both seek exclusive custody of their four year old son Clifford S Heinz III.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Heinz
Superior
Clifford S Heinz
Pickle Fortune
Clifeford S. Heinz
ITI
Heinz
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