Americans Gain in Pacific Amid Ongoing Japanese Threats
The Associated Press reports U S air forces tighten control in the Pacific as maps show the shrinking Tokyo ring since Guadalcanal. Knox says progress is steady with no major Japanese counterattacks while British forces in India brace for a Japanese push near Imphal. Japan maintains pressure on India's front as it relinquishes parts of New Britain and Rabaul plans a last stand at the bombed island.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Knox
Washington
Tokyo
U. S
Guadalcanal
Marcus
Wake Island
Midway
Solomons
Gilberts
Marshalls
New Guinea
Aleutians
India
Imphal
China
Burma
New Britain
Southwest
Rabaul
Gasmata
Cape Hoskins
Japan
Louis Mountbatten
Kohima
Court Delays Trial of Cult Conspiracy Case
The trial of 34 defendants linked to a polygamy advocacy cult was postponed to April 20 by City Judge E G Foxley to allow more defense preparation. Ten co conspirators face unlawful cohabitation charges and may waive preliminary hearings for direct district court action. Joseph White Musser, cult magazine editor, is among those charged. Defense cites April 18 setting in St George as the original date.
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E. G. Foxley
Brigham E. Roberts
Joseph White Musser
Truth
J. H. McKnight
St. George
Utah
Fred M
Edson P. Jessop
Test Range Ready Ogden Arsenal Guns to Fire April 19
Ogden arsenal announces the first large artillery cannon will fire on its newly completed test range on April 19. Captain H M Anders says the 155 mm howitzer will be tested in a heavily reinforced tunnel with concrete barricades in place, the only range of its kind in the ninth service command.
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Ogden
Ogden Arsenal
H. M. Anders
Arsenal
Labor Groups Meet to Set Farm Labor Wages in Idaho
Farm labor committees from eight eastern Idaho counties meet in Rexburg with R T Pierson to set a standard wage level for farm help and to formulate standard policies on Mexican national employment. Harold Ball reports camps will be established at St Anthony Lewisville Sugar City Lincoln Shelley Aberdeen Thomas Blackfoot Fort Hall Tyhee Grace and possibly Driggs.
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Rexburg
Idaho
R. T. Pierson
Staergency
Harold Ball
Madison County
Ball
St. Anthony
Lewisville
Sugar City
Lincoln
Shelley
Aberdeen
Thomas
Blackfoot
Fort Hall
Tyhee
Grace
Driggs
Mexican President Avila Camacho Survives Assassination Attempt
President Manuel Avila Camacho narrowly escaped a gunshot at point blank as Lieut. Jose Antonio De La Lama Rojas fired at him in Mexico City. The attacker, wounded after a struggle, carried Nazi documents and died later from a chest wound, while Camacho urged calm and unity.
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Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Avila Camacho
Jose Antonio de la Lama Rojas
Lama Rojas
National Palace
Francisco Urquizo
National Defense
Mexico
Samuel C. Rojas
Roosevelt vetoes Boise injury compensation bill
President Roosevelt pocket vetoed a bill to grant $2,300 to Almost W Glasgow of Boise Idaho for injuries from an Aug 21 1941 accident involving an army truck. The White House statement noted Glasgow already received disability and medical payments totaling $1,433 and $1,886 plus $50 monthly war veteran disability. The veto cited no grounds for special treatment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
W. Glasgow
Boise
Idaho
Glasgow
White House
Works Projects Administration
United States Employee Compensation Commission
Commission
Weather Forecast for Pocatello and Vicinity
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport reports a 24 hour period ending noon April 11 with high 55, low 35, mean 45. Light rain tonight and Wednesday, colder in southwest tonight and southeast Wednesday. Continuous patterns with precipitation around 0.74 inches month to date.
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United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Planes Mount Record Bomber Attack Across Germany
Nearly 2,000 American bombers and fighters joined the RAF in a fourth day of heavy raids on German air defenses. The attack targeted rail centers at five French and Belgian sites and a depot near Paris at St Cyr, as well as Oschersleben and Bernburg in Germany. The RAF reported the heaviest load in bomber command history with over 3,360 tons dropped in prior nights.
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London
R.af
Oscherslesen
Bernburg
Germany
England
R.A.F. ¢Was
St. Cyr
Paris
RAF
Frankfurt
Air Ministry
Reich
Oschersleben
Red Army advances in Crimea seize Kerch and Dzhankai
London dispatch reports Soviet forces push toward the reconquest of the Crimea occupying Kerch, a port city of about 35 000 residents before the war, and Dzhankai a vital railway hub, as Marshal Stalin announced tonight.
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London
Crimea
Kerch
Strait of Kerch
Dzhankai
Stalin
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ishuny
Perekop Isthmus
Russia
Tolbukhin
Sivash Bay
Ike promises dawn to dusk offensive to crush the Germans
General Eisenhower told American fighter pilots they will fly in a vast land sea and air push in western Europe and must endure hunger and fatigue to defeat the Nazis. He warned of extreme demands but affirmed final victory is certain. In Boise news, Idaho pardon board rejects prison induction policy and the state sues Mutual Finance for a receiver.
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U. S
BASF
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Boise
Idaho Pardon Board
Army
Boise 7
State of Idaho
Mutual Finance Company
Mother Sponsors Destroyer Escort Halsey at Mare Island
The destroyer escort U S S Halsey will be launched late today at Mare Island Navy yard in Vallejo California to honor Idaho officer Ens Delbert Wayne Halsey who died at Midway in 1942. His mother Mrs Anna Halsey traveled from Coeur d Alene Idaho to serve as sponsor after he earned the Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross as bomber pilot.
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Vallejo
Calif
U.S.S. Halsey
Mare Island Navy Yard
Idaho
Midway
Ens
Delbert Wayne Halsey
U.S. Naval Reserve
Anna Halsey
Coeur d'Alene
Daho
State board denies wedding gift request to departing recipient
In Des Moines a 70 year old woman asked the State Board of Social Welfare to send her one more check as a marriage gift when she left the aid rolls. The board advised it cannot issue the payment.
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Des Moines
State Board of Social Welfare
Patrols Meet In Italy as Allied Forces Push Front
Allied reports describe Italian troops holding Mt Marrone near Cassino repelling German thrusts with seven enemy killed and one captured. An ambush on the Anzio beachhead killed three Germans and wounded two in a six man patrol. British units southeast of Carroceto repelled a German platoon with casualties. In the air, allied fighters and bombers targeted German communications while a US destroyer bombarded positions and a minesweeper downed a Junkers 88. one enemy plane was shot down and two allied aircraft were lost.
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Naples
Mt. Marrone
Cassino
Italy
Anzio
Littoria
Carroceto
Fifth Army
United States
Germans and Romanians used poison gas at Odessa
The Moscow radio, cited by CBS, claimed Germans and Romanians used poison gas against partisans during the occupation of Odessa.
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New York
Odessa
Moscow Radio
CBS
Arkansas Tornadoes and Floods Kill 30 and Injure 140
A sequence of tornadoes across Arkansas killed 30 people and injured about 140 as violent spring storms and floods hit the region. Damage extended to Woodson and Stuttgart with multiple fatalities and hundreds displaced. floods affected Oklahoma and Kansas river basins, and other states reported heavy rainfall and power outages.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Texas
Woodson
Pulaski County
Stutgart
Pine Bluff
Harrison
Marianna
Roe
Duncan
Parkin
Arkansas River
Kansas
Kingfisher County
Rocky Mountains
Berthoud Pass
Denver
Cordell
Okla
Hamilton
Magnolia Ark
Caney River
Bartlesville
Kinefisher
Emporia
Parsons
Kan
Sedalia
Wichita
Sas
New Mexico
Bombers Hit Road and Rail Lines in Far East Action
Allied air force bombers struck the Burma road north and south of Wanling on the Yunnan border, causing heavy damage and requiring repairs. Mitchell bombers attacked two railroad bridges and equipment between Vinh and Phu Dienchau in French Indo China, destroying rail trackage and a locomotive.
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Chungking
Allied Air Force
Burma Road
Wanling
Yunnan - Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Vinh
Phu Dienchau
Indo-China
WPB Boosts Quotas as Farm Machinery Lags Behind Schedule
The War Production Board plans higher quotas for plants capable of extra pressure as farm machinery output runs 22.7 percent behind schedule. Officials say catching up to 1944 crop season goals is impossible, but they aim to recover much of the shortfall before harvest begins.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Sweden Downs Nazi War Plane Over Southern Sweden
A German war plane was shot down by Swedish anti aircraft fire over southern Sweden today and crashed in flames, killing the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Idaho Defers About 300 Men From Military Service
About 300 Idaho men under 26 will be eligible for deferments based on a new critical activities list from national headquarters. Brig. Gen. M. G. McConnell said logging, certain transportation roles, and some college students are covered, with additional potential deferments for railroad dispatchers and transport mechanics.
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Boise
Idaho
National Selective Service Headquarters
M. G. McConnell
State Selective Service
McConnell
Officials on tour inspect Idaho state installations
Agriculture Commissioner R. H. Young and Public Assistance Commissioner H. C. Baldridge depart for a two day inspection tour to Twin Falls and Blackfoot. They will meet produce inspectors in Twin Falls, inspect the state hospital near Blackfoot, and review agricultural projects tied to the hospital. Return is expected Thursday.
Sleep's Cheaper as Metal Cots Return to Use
Washington reports consumers will pay less for metal folding cots rollaway cots and double deck beds as steel is once again permitted for bedding products reducing costs versus wooden frame substitutes. The Office of Price shows price adjustments amid policy changes.
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Washington
Office of Price
Chinese Forces Advance in Upper Mogaung Valley Burma
Lt. Gen. Stilwell led Chinese troops supported by American tanks and crews in Burma. The 22nd division pushed along the western valley near Wararup while eastern units advanced about Tingring, 2,500 yards since Maranpatawng. Several Japanese troops reportedly used suicide actions when capture loomed.
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Stilwell
Upper
Mogaung Valley
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
22Nd Division
Wararup
Tingring
Maranpatawng
Rescue under way as avalanche traps 32 at Berthoud Pass
Army crews rush supplies to 32 marooned climbers and three babies at Berthoud Pass Colorado after a road-snarling avalanche. WAVE officer Lieut Helen Barr Durfee, injures in back, is strapped to a toboggan for transport to a Denver hospital. SPARS Lieut Catherine Cockburn sustains shoulder injury.
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Berthoud Pass
Colo
Rockies
Ammi. Corps
Dick Holmes
Frank Pichini
E. Lopez
Echo Lake
Summit Lodge
Helen Barr Durfee
Los Angeles
Camely
Denver
Durfee
Catherine Cockburn
Bethesda
SPARS
Lieut Cockburn
Guns Stop Riot at Fort Jackson Rehabilitation Center
Four men were wounded, one seriously, when army guards used shotguns to break up a riot among prisoners at Fort Jackson rehabilitation center last weekend. Arrangements were made to return participants in the disturbance to federal prisons. The center rehabilitates military prisoners for return to army units.
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FT. Jackson
S. C
Workers Protest Over Coffee Ban at Hoboken Shipyard
Several thousand Bethlehem Steel shipyard workers in Hoboken New Jersey refuse overtime in protest of a company order barring coffee on the job. The action highlights labor tension at the yard amid wider wartime production pressures.
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Hoboken, N. J
Bethlehem Steel Company
Boise meeting to form Idaho Aviation Association
Idaho aviation advocates plan a day-long April 22 session in the capitol building to organize the Idaho Aviation Association as a permanent body. Chairman Gwin Hicks stated the main business is formalizing the group.
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Boise
Idaho Aviation Association
Capitol Building
Gwin Hicks
Mayor Leaves Hospital After Circulatory Treatment
Boise Mayor Austin A. Walker was released from St. Alphonsus hospital after receiving treatment for a circulatory ailment.
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Boise
Austin A. Walker
St. Alphonsus Hospital
Couple Receives Marriage License in Salt Lake City
Rexburg youths Joan Jones Walz and Lu Jean Johnsone both aged 19 obtained a marriage license in Salt Lake City today, signaling plans for a forthcoming wedding.
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Salt Lake City
Joan Jones Walz
Lu Jean Johnsone
Rexburg
Pacific Fleet Probes Japanese Sea Defenses Off Palau
The U S Pacific Fleet pressed air and sea attacks against Palau while Japanese defenses remained largely ineffective. Rear Admiral Montgomery praised the fleet’s superiority and noted Japan’s shortage of planes and pilots. The raid repelled by night defense, with intense anti aircraft fire lighting the horizon and rescue teams pulling wounded from wreckage.
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Palau Islands
Tokyo
Palau
Japan
Pacific
Alfred E. Montgomery
Zeras
William M. Collins
Fort Wayne
Ind
National Bank
Bank
Lago Resident Dies in Belt Accident at Whiskey Creek
Willis J. Swensen, 36, Lago resident, fatally injured when caught in a belt of a turbine-powered plant near Whiskey Creek. Sheriff reports no witnesses. Swensen called his wife at noon, accident likely around 1 p.m. Survived by widow Lavena Snow Swensen and two children. Body at Hendricks funeral home in Preston.
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Willis J. Swensen
Lago
Whiskey Creek
Alma Marley
Andrew Adams
Grace
Swensen
James Swensen
Joe Swensen
Lavena Snow Swensen
Frank Snow
Carol
Frank 4
Hendricks
Preston
Idahoans Receive Distinguished Flying Cross
The War Department announced the Distinguished Flying Cross awards to two Idaho men in the Army Eighth Air Force. They are Staff Sgt. William L Ellett of McCammon and Staff Sgt. Calvin F. P. Hoagland of Mountain Home.
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Washington
Idaho
Army
Eighth Air Force
War Department
William L Ellett
McCammon
Calvin FP. Hoagland
Mountain Home
Flyer Dies in Stunt at Fighter Base
A U S fighter base reports the death of a flyer during a stunt practice. Lt. Peter Lehman, adopted son of a former New York governor, was involved in the accident at his home base. Authorities investigate the incident and determine the cause.
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Eng
Peter Lehman
New York
Hers Neuvers
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Pocatello and Vicinity
Dornier Werke
Oberpfaffenhofen
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Moscow
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Ovidiopol
Romania
Perekop
Iasi
Ivan S. Konev
Campulung
Ploesti
Solea
Suceava
Transylvania
Konev
Carmenesti
Budapest
Carpathian Mountains
Radauti
Bucovina
Danube
Targu-Frumos
Pacsant
Vultura
Goesti
Greggy K. Zhukov
Pacific Fleet
Flyer
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