Yanks Hit Hollandia Airfields in Largest Pacific Raid
The Associated Press reports General MacArthur said the Hollandia strike destroyed or damaged all planes based there. Over three airfields 288 Japanese bombers and fighters were neutralized, with 400 tons of bombs dropped and 26 interceptors downed. One American fighter lost. 40 to 60 Japanese fighters engaged. Rambayto and Rabaul areas also targeted with heavy bombardment.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
New Guinea
PW Mve
Douglas MacArthur
Palau
Carolines
Marlin Spencer
Truk
Spencer Davis
South Pacific
Dublin Island
MacArthur
Rambayto
Admiralty Group
Rabaul
Navy
Army
Raluana
Lakunai
Raiders Busy Over France
U S Liberator bombers attacked targets in Pas-de-Calais with Thunderbolt escorts. Berlin radio said other fleets over central Germany in mid afternoon as daylight raids resumed after a three day lull. Mosquito raids on Cologne Ruhr valley reported with one enemy plane shot down.
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London
Pas-de-Calais
France
Air Force
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Reich
U. S
Balkan
Cologne
Ruhr
Dewey Gaining Ground in Wisconsin Republican Delegates
With 2,306 of 3,076 precincts reported, Governor Thomas E. Dewey led in Wisconsin's presidential primary promising 15 pledged delegates and three more claimed, while MacArthur and Stassen each held three, and Willkie had none. The field includes four candidates, Dewey ahead as late results favor his drive for 18 of the 24 delegates.
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Milwauke
Thomas E. Dewey
Wisconsin
Wendell Willkie
Dewey
MacArthur
Stassen
Willkie
Shoes Fill Needs in 1944 WPB Outlook
Washington reports that despite a cut in civilian shoe production starting this month, war production board officials say the 1944 supply will meet home needs without tighter rationing. C Spencer Love, head of WPB textile and leather bureau, says shoes will be more restricted than other clothing but the outlook remains not serious.
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Washington
War Production Board
C. Spencer Love
WPB
Textile, Clothing and Leather Bureau
Boise County Seat Change Hearing Closes
District Judge C E Winstead closed a formal hearing on petitions seeking a special election to decide if Boise county seat should move to Horseshoe Bend. The judge took the matter under advisement.
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Idaho City
C. E. Winstead
Boise County
Horseshoe Bend
Tick Shots Available in Idaho for Rocky Mountain Fever Fight
Idaho physicians received 8 160 cubic centimeters of vaccine for Rocky Mountain spotted fever. L J Peterson director of laboratories warned the risk season has arrived and urged open country walkers to seek immunization. The supply covers 2 720 immunizations with limited free doses remaining at the department for doctors.
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Boise
State Health Department
Idaho
Rocky Mountain
L. J. Peterson
Department
Idahoans Get Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses issued in Salt Lake City go to John Thomas Miller 24 and Sylvia Lorraine Hanson 27 of Pocatello and to Joseph Christian Egley 25 of Preston and Juanita Lucille McFarland 24 of Casper Wyoming.
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Salt Lake City
John Thomas Miller
Sylvia Lorraine Hanson
Pocatello
Joseph Christian Egley
Preston
Idaho
Juanita Lucille McFarland
Casper
Wyo
Yard Launches Carrier Makin Island in Columbia River
The escort aircraft carrier Makin Island splashed into the Columbia River in Vancouver Washington today to replace a sister ship lost during operations near the Gilberts Islands.
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Vancouver
Wash
Makin Island
Gilberts Islands
Columbia River
Gilberts
Ghost Liberator Flies Home After German Raid
Lt. Albert I. Bell of Ogden Utah recalls a Liberator hit by flak and abandoned by its crew. The bomber flew 150 miles in formation back toward England, then crashed into the channel near its home base after the crew were assumed dead.
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England
Germany
Albert I. Bell
Ogden
Utah
Boys Howdy
Bell
Arctic Routes Open As wartime tech cuts distance
George A. Bleyle of Wright Aeronautical told the American Society of Automotive Engineers that new Arctic air routes will shorten travel between major cities. He cited a 7,700 mile New York to Chungking polar flight and a 4,700 mile Moscow route via the north, enabled by special fuels heating devices batteries and crew support for operations at extreme cold.
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New York
United States
American Society of Automotive Engineers
George A. Bleyle
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Bleyle
Chungking
North Pole
San Francisco
Honolulu
Moscow
Iceland
Cherbourg
Berlin
Weather forecast for Pocatello and vicinity
Partly cloudy and cooler with showers. Fair tonight and Thursday, colder tonight. U S Department of Commerce Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport, data for 24 hour period ending noon April 5. High 70, low 40, mean 55, precipitation 0.4 inches, month to date 0.4 inches. Sunset 8:01, sunrise 7:03.
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Pocatello
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Henderson Ends Run for State Senate Seat
ARIMO Idaho State Senator Ben W. Henderson announced he will not seek the Democratic primaries for the seat he held in 1933 1935 and 1943. The 74 year old farmer said he has had plenty of politics and must tend his 820 acre farm. His son Robert helps raise sugar beets potatoes barley and alfalfa hay and milks 50 cows and feeds 125 head of beef cattle. Henry C. O Leary of Pocatello Bannock county representative in 1941 has announced candidacy for Rep Nellie Cline Steenson also mentioned as possible candidate.
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Arimo
Ben W. Henderson
D.bannock
Henderson
Robert
Henry C. O'Leary
Pocatello
Bannock
Nellie Cline Steenson
Reds Drive to Take Tarnopol as Front Lines Shift
Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting in Tarnopol with Marshal Zhukov’s First Army already in control of most of the city. The defense by German troops was fierce and casualties mounted with over 3,000 Nazis killed and 300 captured in three days as the Red Army pounded toward Lwow and Odessa along a widening front.
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Moscow
Tarnopol
Red Army
Skala
Kamenets Podolsk
Lwow
Odessa
Gregory K. Zhukov
Zhukov
LDS Leaders Confer at 114th Conference in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City reports pre conference activities as LDS church leaders prepare for the 114th annual conference amid wartime limits. General, mission, stake, ward and priesthood quorum leaders attend Temple Square sessions with most broadcasts on Station KSL. An annual church report notes welfare growth and a new Council of Twelve Apostle member.
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Salt Lake City
Latter-Day Saints
Church Relief Society
Temple Square
KSL
Joseph Smith
Council of Twelve Apostles
Sailor Seeks Shoe Stamp Says He Has Two
A Portland merchant seaman applied to the office of price administration for a shoe stamp. When asked if he already had one he replied he had two and paid a dollar each.
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Portland
Ore
Office of Price Administration
Russians Drive Toward Odessa After Razdelnaya Victory
Soviet forces seized Razdelnaya 40 miles northwest of Odessa cutting the main retreat road for German and Romanian troops. Stalin called Razdelnaya a key strongpoint as 200,000 enemy soldiers were squeezed on the Black Sea littoral, with only a ferry line to Ovidiopol remaining.
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Moscow
Odessa
Razdelnaya
Black Sea
Stalin
Rumania
Odessa Littoral
Ovidiopol
Tarnopol
Skala
Gregory Zhukov
Gorokhov
Lwow
Lutsk
Germany
Poland
Upper
Dniester
Hitler
Izvestia
Pogodin
Jury Acquits Chaplin in Federal Case
Charlie Chaplin was acquitted on Mann act violations in a federal trial in Los Angeles. Accuser Joan Berry, 24, dismissed the verdict as a witness, while Chaplin’s wife Oona O’Neill, 18, hailed the outcome and announced she is expecting a child as Chaplin nears age 55.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Mann
Joan Berry
Chaplin
Oona O'Neill
Oona
Berlin Raids Kill 11000 in Latest Allied Attacks
Stockholm report cites Aftonbladet with diplomatic sourcing noting 11000 Berliners dead in recent raids. Bayer clinic on Kurfuerstendamm destroyed by a blockbuster killing 200. Dahlem Zehlendorf Grunewald and Halensee suburbs hardest hit. Siemensstadt in ruins. Ribbentrop’s ministry allegedly moving to Vienna. Nazi leaders focus on Munich amid rising Vienna defenses.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Berlin
Bayer
Kurfuerstendamm
Dahlem
Zehlendorf
Grunewald
Halensee
Siemenstadt
Joachim Ribbentrop
Foreign Ministry
Vienna
Munich
Big Guns Fire On Germans On Italian Front
Allied artillery was very active on multiple fronts in Italy inflicting casualties and destroying ammunition dumps. Medium bombers and fighters hit supply dumps bridges bivouacs and gun positions while patrols uncovered new German machinegun positions and clashes occurred along the Garigliano and Anzio fronts near Cisterna and Rome.
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Italy
Dalmatian
Cassino
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Anzio
Rome
Cisterna
Idaho Farmers Defended Against Slackers Charge
Idaho Agriculture Commissioner R H Young refutes federal figures showing high farmer deferments, praising Idaho's farmers as patriotic and productive. He notes Idaho ranks high in perishable food shipments and dairy output, with large creameries and the world's largest dehydrating plant feeding armies.
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Boise
R. H. Young
Idaho
Washington
M. G. McConnel
Selective Service
Young
Florida
California
Texas
White House bans Easter egg roll amid war food fears
War food officials urged a resumed Easter egg rolling on the White House south grounds to ease egg shortages. The White House rejected any destruction of food and said the Easter Monday event will not be held during the war, ending a long peace time tradition.
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Washington
War Food Administration
White House
Executive Mansion
Miami Feels Record Cold For This Date
Miami saw a record cold for the date with temperatures falling to 47 degrees as residents bundled up and beach attire gave way to sweaters.
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Miami
Fla
Birthday trio marks Ousley family milestones
Birth notices report Dennis Bryan Ousley born at 4:00 a.m. on April 4 1944 to Beatrice Mae Ousley in Alhambra California. Earlier that date in 1943 Gail Karren Ousley was born and in 1937 George E. Ousley was born.
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Alhambra
Cal
Dennis Bryan Ousley
Beatrice Mae Ousley
Methane Gas Seen as American Gasoline Substitute
Dr Gustav Egloff and Mary Alexander of Universal Oil Products say methane derived from natural gas coal and sewage can be prepared as a gasoline substitute potentially twice the 1941 U S gasoline usage. Methane could supplement fuels with mixtures used in Europe and elsewhere.
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Cleveland
United States
America
American Chemical Society Today
Gustav Egloff
Mary Alexander
Universal Oil Products Company
Chicago
Egloff
Europe
Draft to Take Older Men
Washington selective service moved to an age based draft plan to fill high command needs. Maj. Gen. Hershey said men under 26 are taken first, then 26 to 29 with looser rules, and those over 30 last. He pledged 4 F noncompliers will be urged to contribute wartime work. Local boards will balance food needs against military manpower for farm deferments.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
4-F
Prisoner Appeals To Japanese to Surrender to Yanks
A Japanese private captured near Hill 129 in Bougainville broadcasts to his former unit through loudspeakers urging surrender to American forces. He says he is well treated and fed and implies captors would extend the same kindness to any who surrender. The name of the soldier is not released.
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Hill 129
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Sixth Imperial Division
Greeks Get Food For Greece Relief Increased Shipments
The Allied blockaded Europe allows a 50 percent rise in food shipments to Greece from 20 200 tons to 31 200 tons monthly. The move followed a request by the Neutral Relief Commission in Greece. Sweden offered three ships to carry the extra tonnage and hiring is funded through lend-lease.
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London
Europe
Greece
British Ministry of Economic Warfare
Neutral Relief Commission
Regent Horthy Held Prisoner in Budapest Palace
Direct reports from Budapest say Admiral Nicholas Horthy regent of Hungary is confined in his Budapest palace. He is guarded by hand-picked Hungarian nazis under German Gestapo operatives acting as state police. The guards are Arrow Cross members led by Maj. Ferenc Szalasi.
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Madrid
Budapest
Adm
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Arrow Cross Party
Ferenc Szalasi
Fuehrer
Allied Troops Withdraw Under Attack
Allied forces retreat along the Imphal Kohima road as Japanese pressure grows across Assam. British Indian rear guard actions report withdrawals from the Tiddim area toward the Imphal defenses while supply drops aid fighters moving north through disrupted roads. A later dispatch notes a deep Japanese penetration behind lines in north Burma.
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Associated Press
India
Imphal
Manipur
Kohima
Bengal-Assam
Southeast Asia
Assam
Tiddim
Imphal Plain
Imphal-Kohima
William Boni
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung Valley
Burma
Allied air raid damages Bucharest and Balkan fronts
Allied forces attacked Bucharest in their first bombing of the Romanian capital, damaging railway yards and smoke blanketing the city. Reports say 116 enemy planes were destroyed on April 2 as 1,400 sorties were flown with heavy losses on both sides and raids across Dalmatian shipping routes.
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Naples
Bucharest
Berlin
Balkan
Budapest
Sofia
Idaho Falls Driver Trio Cleared in Highway 13 Crash
A coroner's jury in Idaho Falls absolved three drivers in last Friday's fatal three truck collision 13 miles north of the city. Pete Schell, 34, died when Dale Jackson 17 crossed into the state highway truck driven by Ivan Storer, sending the vehicle into Schell's path. The jury ruled there was no criminal intent.
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Idaho Falls
Pete Schell
Schell
Dale Jackson
Roberts
Ivan Storer
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