Nazis Fight to Hold Odessa and Tarnopol Front
Red Star reports German forces rush into defense of Odessa with any cost while Russian air power pounds the city defenses. Further northwest, Soviet forces clash with large German columns near Tarnopol as Zhukov’s Ukrainian army advances, street fighting ongoing since Monday and attempts to lift the siege repulsed with heavy losses.
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Moscow
Odessa
Black Sea
Red Star
Tarnopol
Gregory K. Zhukov
Skala
Czernowitz
Planes Knock Out Hollandia Base in 50 Minute Bombing
Allied air forces blitzed Hollandia on the New Guinea coast killing the base with a 400 ton strike by 300 planes. The assault left no enemy air opposition and minimal anti aircraft fire as the lossless 50 minute attack eliminated Hollandia as a Japanese supply hub. Liberators also hit Truk and Ponape. a U S destroyer was damaged by shore batteries while rescuing a downed pilot.
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Hollandia
New Guinea
Woedntcdar
Fifth Army
Japan
Wewak
Solomons Islands
Philippines
Truk
Ponape
Marshalls
U.S
Store Sales Rise at Ward and Sears in March
Montgomery Ward reports March sales of 53,382,733 a 2.3 percent rise from 52,192,472 in March 1943. Sears Roebuck posts March 1944 net sales of 78,623,881 up from 66,339,995 in March 1943 an increase of 12,283,886 or 18.5 percent.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sears Roebuck Company
Heavy Draft To Continue In U.S. Military Plan
Washington reports Gen. Hershey says only military strength will compel peace table results. With the army at 7,700,000 and 150,000 monthly inductions, demobilization slows. Monthly drafts of around 200,000 will continue through July, sustaining armed forces and national interests.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
United States
Gen. Hershey
Army
Hershey
Navy
Office of War Information
Well Baby Dies in North Carolina Well Birth Story
Franklin Woodrow Emile Jordan, eight, who drew nationwide attention in 1935 when born at the bottom of a well, was buried in Siler City after dying in a Durham hospital Tuesday night following five months of illness. His mother fainted and fell into the same well while drawing water, but both survived that event.
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Siler City
N. C
Franklin Woodrow Emile Jordan
Durham
Allied Weighs German Gun Threat at Anzio Beachhead
Allied officials report heavy German bombardment near Anzio with patrol clashes and a possible fleet of railroad guns capable of shelling the coast. In the Balkans Zagreb airfield attacked by U S 15th Air Force with Yugoslav and Croatian theater air battles, 16 German planes downed and three bombers lost.
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Naples
U. S
15Th Air Force
Balkan
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Anzio
Carroceto
Associated Press
Kenneth L. Dixon
Rome
Dixon
Cassino
Continental Hotel
Wake island bombed again as Pacific raids intensify
American army airmen pummeled Wake island with 44 tons of bombs Wednesday night in a second mid Pacific assault this week. The Pacific fleet press also said Ponape in the eastern Carolines saw a large fire after bombers hit a Japanese air field. In England Captain Don Gentile, 23, claimed 27 enemy planes destroyed, surpassing the U S record. In Los Angeles a judge reserved ruling on Charles J Griffin’s bid to escape trial amid Chaplin conspiracy charges.
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Washington
Wake Island
Mid- Pacific
Little Island
Wake
Pacific
Ponape Island
Carolines
J. S.S
England
Don
Gentile
Piqua
Eddie Rickenbacker
Los Angeles
U. S
J. F. T. O’connor
Charles J. Griffin
Beverly Hills
Charlie Chaplin
Parolee Ignacio Darling Returned to Idaho Prison
Parolee Fred Thomas Darling, released May 13, 1941 on conditional parole, failed to report to his parole officer. He was arrested in Portland at Idaho authorities request and will be returned to Idaho. Darling was committed November 13, 1937 for grand larceny in Bannock County.
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Boise
Fred Thomas Darling
Idaho Penitentiary
Sam Pearch
Darling
Portland
Idaho
Poarch
Bannock County
Bradley ridicules invasion losses for European assault
General Omar N. Bradley told American officers in England that rumors of huge Allied losses before the European invasion are false. He praised naval air power, urged leadership, and warned Germans may use dirty tricks as preparations for the assault continue.
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England
Omar N. Bradley
Europe
United Kingdom
Barnum and Bailey
Merrill's Promotion Reported By Army
First Lieutenant Wesley Fielding Merrill of Pocatello Idaho has been promoted to captain with the Fifth Army in Italy. He serves as assistant plans and training officer for an anti aircraft unit and has prior service at Camp Davis Camp Callan Camp Hulen and Camp Miles Standish. He entered the army in 1942 and was a Harvard law student before enlisting.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Wesley Fielding Merrill
A. L. Merrill
Pocatello
Idaho
Merrill
Camp Davis
North Carolina
Camp Callan
Calif
Camp Hulen
Texas
Camp Miles Standish
Mass
Harvard University
Stockmen Appoint Fire Guards In Idaho
Boise district grazer Kelso Newman said 200 southern Idaho stockmen have been appointed fire guards and will be paid by time devoted to fire control work. They will be aided by grazing service dispatchers lookouts patrolmen and radio operators. Newman predicts a critical season due to a dry spring.
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Boise
Kelso Newman
Idaho
Newman
Idaho Racer Robert A White Wounded in Italy
Robert A White of Payette Idaho once Pacific cross country champion in 1942 at the University of Idaho is listed as wounded in action in Italy. The Idaphian trophy holder for best track man in 1942 enlisted in spring 1943 and served during World War II.
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Moscow
Robert A. White
Payette
Idaho
Pacific
University of Idaho
Italy
White
Red Cross war fund well short of $200 million target
The Red Cross war fund is about $180 million below its minimum goal of $200 million. National chairman Leon Fraser announced that chapters lagging behind must double their efforts to finish soon. He noted a little over 60 percent of chapters have already reached or exceeded their quotas.
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Washington
Red Cross War Fund
Leon Fraser
Frazer
Labor Strikes Surge Across Britain War Economy
Britons endure worsening labor unrest as 1944 nears a record year for strikes. Unauthorized walkouts rise with coal pits at the center, while Good Friday holidays ease pressure and pits near reopening. Historical days lost climb from 1.0 to 1.8 million over 1941–1943, with 1.25 million already in 1944.
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Britain
Yorkshire
Wember
Idaho to Mail War Ballot for Service Members
Secretary of State George Curtis announced absentee ballots for service men and women will begin mailing around July 15. He noted 25 days after the primary canvass to certify results, then counties must print ballots, with no fixed pre election mailing deadline, but all ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. November 7. The change follows a legislature move to set the primary for June 13 to allow more mailing time.
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Boise
George Curtis
Doll Creator Rose O’Neill Dies in Springfield
Rose O’Neill artist creator of the kewpie doll died Thursday at relatives’ home in Springfield Missouri. She was about 69 years old and once married to humorist author Harry Leon Wilson. The kewpie design in 1909 made her fortune estimated at over 1 million dollars.
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Springfield
Rose O'Neill
Miss O'Neill
Harry Leon Wilson
Teacher Becomes Stenographer In Dallas Typing Job
A Dallas firm sought a high school typing teacher to recommend a stenographer. The teacher asked about pay and agreed to start at 175 dollars a month, taking the job.
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Dallas
Texas
Youth gets life term in first degree murder
Lawrence Kennedy, 17, was sentenced to life imprisonment after a district court jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the stabbing of Prowers Hudnall, 61, during an attempted holdup on January 11 in Las Animas Colorado.
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Las Animas
Colo
Lawrence Kennedy
Prowers Hudnall
Japs Break Allied Defense On Vital Indian Railway
The report notes an accident on a Bamberger railroad trestle near Ogden claiming the death of Donald Baird Jorgensen 6 and the second brother Gor don Jorgensen 5. Their mother and father live at 2881 Grant avenue. Larry Olsen 4 was injured but listed as satisfactory. Watchman Otto Priesnitz says he did not see the boys near the trestle as the engine approached. Driver Delbert E. Hess 64, in the ambulance collision, has three broken ribs and is in fair condition.
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Ogden
Bamberger
Gordon Jorgensen
Donald Baird Jorgensen
Arthur L. Jorgensen
Grant Avenue
Larry Olsen
Harry G. Olsen
Otto Priesnitz
the Tressel
Delbert E. Hess
Raid Catches Tirpitz Out Of Anchorage
The British force that knocked out the German battleship Tirpitz in Alten Fjord, Norway, returned to harbor amid cheers. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser waved from his flagship as planes delivering the attack scored multiple hits and left the ship ablaze and largely wrecked.
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Norway
Alten Fjord
Bruce Fraser
Desmond Tight
Reuters
Kaa Fjord
Alten
Twin Beds Unholy In Judge's Opinion
Judge Frank Donahue of the women's court condemns twin beds as an unholy system causing dissension and divorce. He notes a $200 fine against a childless couple on disorderly conduct as he argues beds have ruined marriages and created millions of childless homes.
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Chicago
Frank Donahue
Women's Court
Donahue
Man Receives Reward Then Faces Jail After Arrest
A New York depositor found $500 in a bank, returned it to the owner and got a $50 reward. He celebrated, then was jailed on assault, dangerous driving, intoxicated driving and a red light violation. The $50 reward vanished as a result of the arrest.
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New York
Navy Couple Reunited Aboard Pacific Battleship
Seabee Petty Officer Paul O. Filer aboard a South Pacific battleship paused to welcome a visitor from a PT boat. He saluted as his wife, a navy nurse holding a lieutenant's rating, was introduced. Filer wrote to his Idaho parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Filer Jr., of Orogrande.
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Spokane
Paul O. Filer
South Pacific
Filer
Paul Filer, Jr
Orogrande
Idaho
Navy
Allied Air and Red Army Coordinate Balkans Drive
War reports from London describe improved cooperation between American bombers and Soviet ground forces in Balkans operations. Coordinated raids on Romania including Bucharest and Ploesti proceed with Red Army consent, using liaison groups to form closer, more specific teamwork as front advances require joint action.
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London
Russia
Red Army
Balkans
Romania
Bucharest
Proest
WEA Denies Meat Loss
Washington officials rejected claims that millions of pounds of edible meat offal are being destroyed in waste tanks under a War Food Administration order. The WFA said offal is moved from storage only with authority, while workers may use waste tanks for fertilizer and inedible products as a normal practice.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
George A. Casey
National Independent Meat Packers Association
Philadelphia
Lions Convention Trek Set for Twin Falls Dates
Idaho Lions clubs announce annual convention to be held in Twin Falls on June 4 and 5 after a zone chairmen meeting. H E Gundel finger of Hazelton presided.
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Twin Falls
Lions’ Clubs
H. E. Gundelfinger
Hazelton
U.S. Plans Labor Information for Veterans
Labor information for veterans to guide discharged servicemen will summarize job opportunities in all industrial centers over 100 000 population and state capitals. The bulletin, labor information for veterans, will be revised every two months and show six months of expected labor demand. available at all employment service offices.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
U. S. Employment Service
Woman Wins Deportation Fight Browder Case
Mrs. Raissa Berkman Browder wife of Earl Browder the American communist leader has won her four year fight against deportation. A board of immigration appeals says she has dissipated its doubts concerning her possible affiliation with an organization believing in or advocating the overthrow of the United States government by force or violence. Mrs. Browder came to this country without a visa in 1933.
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Washington
Raissa Berkman Browder
Earl Browder
Board of Immigration Appeals
United States
Death of Charles H. Burke Former Indian Affairs Leader
Charles H. Burke 82 former commissioner of Indian affairs and former South Dakota congressman died after a long illness. His condition had been serious since January.
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Washington
Charles H. Burke
Indian Affairs
South Dakota
Skelton Plans Marriage Amid Health Certificate Delay
Comedian Richard Skelton and Muriel Chase, daughter of Evansville industry founder Charles Biedenham, visited the Los Angeles marriage license bureau. They lacked required health certificates and gave their ages as 320. Skelton joked he is in A-1 condition after an army physical and expects induction soon. Muriel Morris, a film showgirl, met him on set.
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Los Angeles
Richard
Red) Skelton
Muriel Chase
Skelton
Miss Chase
Charles EF. Biedenham
Evansville
Ind
Muriel Morris
RAF Mosquitos Hit Hamburg and Ruhr in New Night Raid
RAF Mosquitos attacked Hamburg and Ruhr Rhineland targets resuming a campaign to disrupt German war industries. One aircraft was lost, German radio warned of daylight enemy incursions. Earlier American Liberators dropped 600 tons on Pas de Calais with no losses.
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London
Hamburg
Ruhr
Rhineland
Reich
Air Ministry
Germany
Pas-de- Calais
Pas-de-Calais
Idaho Beer Revenue Rises Despite Retailer Decline
Idaho beer revenue for the first quarter of 1944 totaled 75,649.98 dollars, up from 67,836.75 dollars in 1943, according to Director William Trowbridge. Revenue came from stamps and retail wholesale and brewer licenses, as the state saw fewer beer retailers and wholesalers this year.
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Boise
Idaho
State Beer Revenue Office
William Trowbridge
Hitler Elevates Aide to Reich Minister Post
A DNB report states Adolf Hitler has elevated Herbert Backe to the post of Reich minister of the department of food and agriculture He will also continue as Prussian minister of food and agriculture and Reich peasant leader according to a wireless dispatch picked up by U S foreign broadcast intelligence service
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New York
DNB
Herbert Backe
Hitler
Tokyo Berlin Forecast And Rail Route Threat In India
Japanese troops push deep into allied defenses along the Bengal Assam railway in northeastern India threatening Lt. Gen. Stilwell's supply line. Allied leaders predict a general offensive in the first half of the year as road blocks threaten Imphal communications.
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Bengal-Assam
India
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Japan
New Delhi
Imphal
Kohima
Assam
Stilwell
China
Defense Asks For Time In Polygamy Case Hearings
Defense attorneys for 34 people arrested on state polygamy charges conferred in Salt Lake City on delaying preliminary hearings set to start next Tuesday before City Judge E Qu Foxtey. They cited insufficient time for trial and may oppose waiving hearings while the state counters readiness to proceed. District Attorney Brigham Roberts said stipulating facts might avoid calling witnesses.
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Salt Lake City
E. Qu. Foxtey
Knox Patterson
Harold E. Wallace
Brigham &. Roberts
Weather Forecast for Pocatello and Vicinity
Occasional light rains tonight and Saturday with colder conditions in western sections on Saturday. Data from the United States Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport for the 24 hour period ending noon April 7 shows a high of 60 and a low of 32 with a mean of 48. Precipitation recorded is 0 for this period and month to date totals 11 while normal is 39. Sun sets at 8 03 and sun rises at 7 00.
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Pocatello and
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Mormon Priesthood Urges Clean Living At Conference
At the 114th annual Mormon conference in Salt Lake City Apostle Joseph Field Smith urged church leaders to teach by precept and example to combat rising drinking tobacco and immorality. Le Grand Richards urged honest tithes of 10 percent, noting increased offerings would fund welfare and reduce public assistance as the church aids its needy.
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Mark E. Petersen
Salt Lake City
Latter - Day Saints Church
Tabernacle
Temple Square
Joseph Field Smith
Apostle Smith
Christ
le Grand Richards
Church
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