Troops Speed Conquest Of Mindanao
General Douglas MacArthur announced that the 41st division has nearly completed the conquest of southern Mindanao while the 40th division advanced 30 miles on Negros island, capturing two airfields. Allied air forces bombed Formosa, Hong Kong, and shipping in the South China Sea. in the Luzon front 41st division reports 2,297 Japanese dead and 59 taken prisoner near Zamboanga, with American losses around 131 killed and 2 wounded.
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Manila
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
Negros Island
Far Eastern Air Force
Formosa
Kitrun
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Kaitan
South China Sea
Soemba Strait
Lesser Sundas
MacArthur
Macassar Straits
Celebes
Enemy Loses 15th Army in Burma Campaign
Chinese high command reports heavy fighting west of the Peiping Hankow line as Japanese 15th Army, once about 50 000 strong, is said to no longer exist as an effective force. Nippon 27th and 28th Armies also hit as British forces press in Mandalay Meiktila pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping-Hankow
Southeast Allied Command
Burma
Mandalay-Meiktila
Armies Close In On Bremen and Hannover Front
Allied forces press toward Berlin from the west as U S Ninth army drives 140 miles toward the Ruhr pocket while Second army seals Bremen and Hannover area. Canadian and British units push along the North Sea flank as American Third and First armies advance toward Berlin.
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Paris
Ninth Army
Hannover
Leine
Berlin
U. S. First Army
Weser
Bremen
Rhine
North Sea
Siegfried Line
Black Forest
Decision
First
Holland
Zuider Zee
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Germany
Reich
U.S
Third Army
German POWs Appeal to German People to Stop Fighting
An appeal from 1,391 German POWs at Camp Devens Mass urges German soldiers and citizens to lay down weapons and end the war. The message warns of national self destruction, accuses the Nazi leadership, and calls for surrender and survival without Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Reich
War Department
Camp Devens
Mass
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Normandy
Hitler
Germany
Himmler
Goering
Goebbels
Ley
Koeckner
Krupp
Mormon Leader Urges Aid to Veterans Abroad Mission
In Salt Lake City the 115th LDS conference heard Dr. John A. Widtsoe urge global gospel work as a path to peace. Thomas E. McKay called for home postwar projects aiding veterans without funding needs. Antoine Ivins linked delinquency to adult patterns, while Heber J. Grant’s address was read due to illness. New council members Seymour Dilworth Young and Milton R. Hunter spoke of youth and scouting ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
John A. Widtsoe
Latter Day Saints
Mormon) Church
World Commission
Dr. Widtsoe
Thomas E. McKay
European Mission
Council of Twelve Apostles
Antoine R. Ivins
First Council
Seventy
Heber J. Grant
Assembly Hall
Temple Square
Seat of the Faith
First
Council of Seventy
Seymour Dilworth Young
Ogden
Milton R. Hunter
Logan
Prisoner En Route to Portland From Boise Hearing Planned
U S District Attorney John A Carver said federal deputy marshal is en route from Pocatello with Harry Edward Leis 33 charged with first degree murder in Portland Ore Lewis arrested at Soda Springs Idaho by FBI agents He will be charged here under the federal fugitive felon act and face a removal hearing to Portland Leis is accused of shooting Mrs Virginia D Gillen in August 1943 in his Portland apartment
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Boise
U. S
John A. Carver
Pocatello
Harry Edward Leis
Portland
Ore
Lewis
Soda Springs
Idaho
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Virginia D. Gillen
Yankees Bay 173 Jap Fighter Ships
American B 29s and P 51 escorts destroyed or damaged 173 Japanese fighters in a 300 aircraft raid on Tokyo and Nagoya. The strike marked the first over Japan for Army air force fighters, with 57 enemy planes downed or damaged by B 29s and Mustangs. Five B 29s and two Mustangs were lost amid fierce anti aircraft fire and heavy fighter opposition.
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Marlin Spencer
Guam
Tokyo
Nagoya
Air Force
Japan
Airforce
Washington
Marianas
Okinawa
Nippon
U. S
East China Sea
U. S. Fleet Air Wing
Paratrooper Lt Saunders Missing in 1944 Held in German Camp
Mr and Mrs J W Saunders of 435 South Grant received a card from their son Lt Douglas Saunders a paratrooper reported missing in action December 23 1944. The card dated January 24 says he is held in an officers camp at Hannesburg Germany and asks his parents to contact the Red Cross for parcels.
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J. W. Saunders
South Grant
Douglas Saunders
Hannesburg
Germany
Lt. Saunders
Red Cross
Idaho tax commission sets up cigarette tax collection
Idaho Tax Commission adjourned after laying groundwork for the two cent per pack cigarette tax to take effect May 8. Chairman E. D. Baird said major problems are met and a further meeting will occur. Dorothy Gray named acting executive secretary. Fifty million stamps ordered for about 150000 daily Idaho cigarette purchases.
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Boise
Idaho Tax Commission
Commission
E. D. Baird
Dorothy Gray
Idaho
Baird
Yankees Find Tons of Gold Bullion in Merkers Mine
The U S Third Army reported a cache of gold bullion and priceless art seized at Merkers salt mine near Hersfeld. Officials said the treasure, possibly worth billions, represented most of Germany’s gold and sondered morale as German forces counterattacked Muhlhausen.
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U.S
Hersfeld
Reichsbank
Germany
Merkers
Muhlhausen
U.S. Sixth Armored
65Th
Werks
Kaiseroda
Third Army
Idaho War Victims and Prisoners List Across Services
A compiled roster names six Idahoans killed in action or listed as missing, with numerous others listed as wounded or prisoners of war across Navy Army and special units. The list includes ranks from Pvt to 1st Lt and hometowns such as Rigby Salmon Kimberly Twin Falls Boise Coeur dAlene Lewiston Moscow and more.
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Navy
Brown
Joseph L
USMCR
Rigby
Glenn
Harold C
Juliaetta
Benjamin
Carlos L
Wilsor
E. Benjamin
Salmon
Emerson
Charles T
Pvt
Kimberly
Whitney
William Joe
USNR
Gifford
Pendrey
Don L
Frankie Lee Pendrey
Hazel E. Pendrey
Montpelier
Bosler
Russel K
Twin Falls
McGough
Rofert F
St. Maries
McIntosh
John C
Richfield
Ruuska
Walter E
McCall
Ricks
Wayne D
Rexburg
Taylor
Herbert J
Weiser
Thomas
William B
Beth F. Thomas
Idaho Falls
Trzuskowski
Richard A
Lewiston
Wells
Wathen P
Southwick
Pacific
Price
George S., Jr
Kelloga
Stanley G
Germany
Dalberg
Rowland W
Moscow
Gray
Jack C
Eden
Missing Army Gunner Harris Reported Missing In Action
The War Department has notified Sgt. Vag Harris, a gunner in the Air Corps and safety director for Union Pacific, and Mrs. Harris of 545 South Arthur that their son is reported missing in action on the Italian front as of March 33. he will be 24 years old in a forthcoming birthday.
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Bert Harris
Union Pacific
Soviet Tanks Close On Vienna Gates
Soviet forces pushed in a 14 mile sweep around Vienna encircling much of the city and narrowing escape routes. Troops crossed the Morava near Vienna, reached the Danube northwest of the city, and advanced toward Berchtesgaden as pressure mounted on all fronts.
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London
Vienna
Danube
Viermaa
Berlin
Morava River
Vienna Woods
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
Poland
Yamato Battleship Sunk as Japan Losses Peak
U S Navy reports a major carrier air strike destroyed six Japanese warships including the Yamato in the East China Sea as Japan launched a last banzai effort. Navy tallies say 391 to 417 enemy planes were shot down, with U S losses limited.
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Guam
U. S. Navy
East China Sea
Chester W. Nimitz
Washington
Navy
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Japs Form New Cabinet Amid Tokyo Raids
Japan formed a third war cabinet headed by Baron Kantaro Suzuki as premier after Tokyo and Nagoya were hit by more than 300 American raid bombers. Suzuki retained foreign and greater east Asia ministries while Adm. Mitsumasa Yonai became navy minister. The reshuffle followed the Koiso cabinet fall and was announced during Emperor Hirohito’s presence at the Umpertal palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Japan
Baron Kantaro Suzuki
War Ministry
Tokyo Radio
Subuki
Suzuki
Kuniaki Koiso
Greater East Asia
Emperor Hirohito
Umpertal Palace
Gen Sugiyama
Koiso
Shunroku Hata
Kyo
Foreign and Greater East Asia
Russia
Army and Navy Journal
Washington
Tokyo
FCC
Nagoya
Iwo Jima
Adm
Mitsumasa Yonai
Yonai
Kolso
U. S. Naval Sea
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Associated Press
Barents Sea
Soviet
Saipan
Marshall
Arctic Ocean
Arcows
Third Amphibious Corps
24Th Corps
Naha
Ishigati
Miyako
Sakishima Islands
Ryukyus
Yankees Bay
Tokyo-Nagoya
Europe
Harris
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Taderewe
Dubois AO
Butte Tee
Vienna Gates
China Sea
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