Russians Advance Tightens Grip Across Crimea and Dnestr
Soviet forces under Tolbukhin push toward Simferopol and Feodosiya as German Romanian units retreat along the Crimean coast. Yeremenko’s army drives toward Feodosiya while Red Star reports enemy ships heading for Romanian ports and a noose tightens on the Skala pocket.
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Moscow
Feodore I. Tolbukhin
Crimea
Simferopol
Crimean Republic
Great Black Sea
Sevastopol
Tolbukhin
Crimean
Karacha-Kangil
Dzankai
Pravda
Kerch
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Black Sea
Feodosiya
Red Star
Tiraspol
Odessa
Falticeni
Cernauti
Ploesti
Red Army
Skala
Dnestr River
Germans Announce Ice Box Shell As Secret Weapon
London reports a German broadcast claiming a new secret weapon, an ice box shell that freezes to 332 degrees below zero Fahrenheit within 500 yards. It allegedly kills all in range and makes steel and concrete structures brittle. British officials dismiss ice claims as false historic myth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Radio National
Britain
Channel
North Sea
Thames Estuary
Losses Pass 178 000
Washington announces American casualties in the war total 178 681 with 134 632 Army casualties through March 23 including 23 322 killed 65 066 wounded 28 014 missing and 88 230 prisoners 28 977 of the wounded have returned to duty and 1 677 prisoners are reported dead of disease in Japanese camps Navy total 44 049 with 18 749 dead 11 505 wounded 9 374 missing and 4 421 prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Navy
Idaho educational survey committee to meet
The committee charged with determining consolidation possibilities for Idaho's small school districts will hold its first meeting April 19 in the governor's office with Governor Bottolfsen present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Bottolfsen
Davis Denies Gas Surplus on West Coast
Deputy Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davis calls reports of a gasoline overstock on the Pacific coast absurd. He says stocks are near minimum levels required to run supply and distribution systems and that current production targets meet civilian needs and storage requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph K. Davis
Pacific Coast
Naval Lieutenant Discusses Subs at Rotary Lunch
Naval Lt. John Dahlgren Wilson spoke at a Pocatello Rotary luncheon on submarine navigation torpedo operations and living conditions. He noted the need for highly trained submarine personnel and described submarines guns built at the Pocatello ordnance plant. He recalled the first Confederate submarine sinking in 1862 Charleston harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dahlgren Wilson
Pocatello Naval
Charleston Harbor
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
T. R. Neilson
Fergus Briggs
William S. Cady
E. P. Calph
I. E. McDougall
Finis Bentley
Corbett Terrell
Bryan Blackhurst
Ed Potter
Ray Davis
John Lund
Clarence Garrett
Idaho Schools Fall Short On Health And Narcotics Education
Dry Makes Charge that Idaho schools are not teaching required health and narcotics courses as mandated by the 1943 state legislature. Harry S. Kessler, secretary of the Idaho Allied Civic Forces, told Gem county chapter that the failure could lead to revoking instructors' certificates. A. H. Chatburn declined to comment in Boise.
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Emmett
Idaho
Harry S. Kessler
Idaho Allied Civic Forces
Gem County
A. H. Chatburn
Boise
Kessler
Error Fatal to 3 Babies in Hospital
Administrator Richard F. Hancock of Lawrence Memorial Hospital said a pharmacy staff error led to boric acid powder being used in infant formula, causing the deaths of three babies and leaving seven seriously ill while two more were under observation in New London Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London, Conn
Richard F. Hancock
The
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Italy’s King May Turn Rule Over to Prince Umberto
The article discusses King Vittorio Emanuele’s announced retirement plan and a potential transfer of power to Crown Prince Umberto as Allied troops approach Rome. It notes a shifting mood toward leftist ideas and communism, with the public preferring a democratic form of government after the war, while monarchy remains a possibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Umberto
Emanuele
PFE to Build 75 Improved Refrigerated Cars in Nampa
The Nampa Pacific Fruit Express shops will construct 75 super insulated refrigerated cars once materials arrive. G P Torburn of San Francisco, assistant general superintendent, said the cars will be the finest built in the local shops. The plan includes rebuilding 150 standard refrigerated cars and ongoing maintenance as part of a $15 million program.
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NAMPA
Nampa Pacific Fruit Express
G. P. Torburn
San Francisco
Torburn
Five Idahoans Die in Mediterranean Action
The War Department released the names of five Idaho soldiers killed in action in the Mediterranean. Lt. Jack M. Brazelton of Salmon, Tech. 4/6 David R. Burgess of Burley, Pvt. Edward L. McKissick of Twin Falls, Pvt. Merrel L. Nielson of Boise, and their family ties are listed with each name.
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Washington
War Department
Idaho
Mediterranean
Jack M. Brazelton
Jack Brazelton
Salmon
Tech
David R. Burgess
Verlan Mae Burgess
Burley
Edward L. McKissick
John F. McKissick
Twin Falls
Merrel L. Nielson
Lannis W. Nielson
Boise
German Raiders Hit Southeast England In Night Raid
German raiders sped over south east England the home counties and greater London last night causing a small number of casualties and minor damage. It was the first thrust against London since March 31.
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Associated Press
England
Home Counties
Greater London
London
Mexico Holds 13 Suspects in Sedition Plot
Thirteen people, including two women, were detained by police in Mexico City amid reports of a sedition plot to kill President Manuel Avila Camacho, his brother General Maximino Avila Camacho, and former presidents Calles and Cardenas. The attorney general dismissed the conspiracy as unimportant and unrelated to the earlier attack on the president by Lt. Antonio de la Lama Rojas, who died after being shot while resisting guards. The suspects, including five seniors over 60, were tied to alleged secret meetings at a carpentry shop.
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Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Maximino Avila Camacho
Plutarco Elias Calles
Lazaro Cardenas
Jose Aguilar Y Maya
Avila Camacho
Antonio de la Lama Rojas
Lama Rojas
Estimated tax deadline set by Idaho revenue chief
U S collector for Idaho John R. Wiley reminded residents the Saturday deadline applies to 1944 estimated income taxes. Filers include individuals with $100 plus nonwithheld income, singles over 2700, and married couples over 3500. Farmers may file now or wait until December 15 to file and pay all taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
John R. Wiley
U.S
Internal Revenue
Idaho
M K Blaze Destroys Anchorage Airport Hangar
A Morrison Knudson hangar in Anchorage was leveled by a Tuesday fire destroying five airplanes eighteen engines and top automotive equipment worth 750000 dollars. One man suffered severe burns and the fire’s cause remained unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Morrison-Knudson Company
Couple Wins Salt Lake Marriage License
A marriage license was issued today to Arthur Egon Babbel, 27, of Twin Falls, and Nadine Gleason, 26, of Tahawus, New York, in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Petersen
Idaho Falls
Milton Horsely
Soda Springs
Donald G. Godman
Salt Lake City
Lynn Watson
Boise
Earl Jones
Salt Lake
B. C. Hartung
Washington, D. C
Rev
E. Cunningham
Ray Merman
Robert F. Eveleth
Arthur Egon Babbel
Twin Falls
Nadine Gleason
Tahawus
N. Y
U S bombers strike German aircraft plants from Italy and Britain
U S heavy bombers attacked German air facilities today in a two pronged operation. From Italy and Britain they targeted a Messer Schmitt factory near Gyor near Budapest and the TokoIa assembly plant. The eighth air force hit Augsburg Oberpfaffenhofen Lechfeld and Schweinfurt ball bearing works with over 500 bombers and 750 to 1000 fighters.
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London
U. S
Italy
Hungary
Britain
Germany
15Th Air Force
Foggia
Messerschmitt
Gyor
Budapest
Toko
Eighth Air Force
Augsburg
Oberpfaffenhofen
Lechfeld
Schweinfurt
R.af
Adolf Hitler
Bus Kills Two on Southbound Greyhound Near Azalea
Two women died when a Pacific Greyhound bus overturned south of Azalea Oregon on Wednesday. Identified victims were Margaret Simon 50 of Eugene and Sadie Deurloo 42 of Steamboat Springs Colorado. One man Bert Robinson Los Angeles treated for possible skull fracture. Five Oregon passengers in hospital with injuries and burns from sprayed gasoline after crash. Twelve others released after first aid. Three Camp White soldiers helped free trapped passengers as bus plunged 15 feet down embankment.
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Azalea
Ore
Pacific Greyhound
Margaret Simon
Eugene
Sadie Margaret Deurloo
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Bert Robinson
Los Angeles
Roseburg
Oregon
Boise Building Boom In March 1944 Surges 405 Percent
Equitable Savings and Loan of Portland reports Idaho building activity in March 1944 reached 105 908 dollars, up 405 percent from March 1943 when 20 979 dollars were spent. February 1944 totals stood at 33 120 dollars, 20 percent below March level.
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Boise
Idaho
Equitable Savings and Loan Association
Portland
Ore
Fred Nater Proposes 3200 Word Model Constitution
Cape Girardeau newsman Fred Nater, writing from Jefferson City, touts a concise 3200 word constitution to replace Missouri’s 40000 word charter. He argues brevity aids clarity and accessibility for voters and lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City. Mo
Fred Nater
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Drys Push Prohibition Plan In Idaho War Time
Boise based allied civic forces led by Harry Kessler back a two year liquor control program urging a permanent rationing law and penalties for minor sales. The group, now in 22 of Idaho’s 44 counties, aims to expand nationwide temperance ties as they report trouble spots such as Coeur d'Alene and Shoshone County while pledging vigorous statewide work.
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Boise
Harry Kessler
Idaho Allied Civic Forces
Idaho
Kessler
Civic Forces
Washington
Payette
Gem
Ada
Minidoka
Cassia
Twin Falls
Jerome
A. Y. Satterfield
Pocatello
Chicago
United Temperance Movement
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho Falls
Allied Push Around Imphal Aims to Cut Nippon Supply Lines
American infantry in northern Burma seize a Japanese strong point to advance toward cutting supply lines to the Indian invasion front. Japanese positions northwest of Imphal expand while Kohima area gains improve. Air support aids northern Burma advances as new Japanese thrusts near Imphal airfields are reported.
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Burma
Imphal
Manipur
India
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Kohima
Mogaunge
Pumsin
Tokyo
Sengmai
Nation of Oldsters Predicted by Dr Kaplan at AAUW Meet
Dr. Oscar Kaplan of Idaho Southern University warned delegates that in about thirty years the U S will become a nation of older adults with nearly half over 40. He urged postwar adult education, balanced curricular reform, and stronger moral grounding tied to Christian and democratic ethics.
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Oscar Kaplan
American Association of University Women
Kaplan
Idaho Southern University
A.A.U.W
Bong Tops Enemy Air Force Ace Record In New Guinea
Capt Richard S Bong, flying over Hollandia New Guinea, downed his 27th enemy aircraft to become America’s greatest ace and first to reach that tally in aerial combat. Capt Don Gentile of Piqua Ohio is credited with 30 planes destroyed. Bonnes girlfriend Miss Marge Vattendahl of Superior Wisconsin is mentioned as the Pepperin lovers look on as the war story unfolds.
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Bong
Hollandia
New Guinea
America
Don 8
Gentile
Piqua
Britain
Bonne
Marge Vattendahl
Superior
Wis
Superior State Teachers College
Poplar, Wis
Army Air Corps
Capture of Ovidiopol Reported by Moscow Tonight
Moscow announced the capture of Ovidiopol on the Dnestr gulf southwest of Odessa and noted the German escape route from the area remains in flux as the latest military bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ovidiopol
Dnestr Gulf
Odessa
Moscow
Liberator Bombers Raids Hit Kurile Islands Base
U S Pacific Fleet reports heavy Liberator bombers of the eleventh army air force raided Matsuwa Shashikotan and naval Ventura planes bombed Paramushiro Shumushu in the Kurile island chain northeast of Tokyo as third attack in three days on the base. Admiral Nimitz announced the actions.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Eleventh Army Air Force
Matsuwa
Kurile Islands
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Shashikotan
Kuriles Island
Navy Ventura
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Red Army advances in Crimea seize Simferopol and threaten Sevastopol
Stalin announced three orders of the day reporting rapid Red Army advances in Crimea. Simferopol, the region's main defense point near Sevastopol, fell after vigorous tank and infantry assaults. Yevpatoriya and Feodosiya on the coast also described as captured or advancing under pressure.
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London
Simferopol
Yevpatroiva
Feodosiya
Crimea
Stalin
Sevastopol
Crimean Peninsula
Yevpatoriya
Bombers Landed in Swiss Territory Amid Intercept
A communique said one of 13 American bombers failed to respond and was shot down by Swiss fighters over Upper Lake Zurich near Siebnen. Several crew members parachuted to safety as the plane crashed. Ten others landed at Dubendorf airfield with one at Altenrhein and another at Oberglatt.
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Bern
Switzerland
Lake Zurich
Siebnen
Dubendorf
Altenrhein
Oberglatt
Five Japanese-American Soldiers Convicted at Fort McClellan
Five Japanese-American soldiers from the 33rd training battalion at Fort McClellan Ala were found guilty of wilful disobedience of an order and sentenced by an army court martial to five to 30 years of hard labor. They refused orders on March 20 along with 23 other Japanese-Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Mcclellan
Ala
Aerial Blows Falling on Guinea Coast
Secretary of War Stimson reports aloud total Japanese deaths in the Pacific theater, detailing 26,000-plus killed across Central Pacific, Bougainville, New Britain, Saidor, and Admiralty islands, with caveats on uncounted deaths from wounds disease and ship losses. He notes air power targets from New Guinea to the Kuriles and Carolines, including 830 tons dropped on Hansa bay.
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Washington
Southwest
Central Pacific
Stimson
Bougainville
New Britain
Saidor
New Guilenea
Admiralty Islands
Hansa Bay
Japan
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Semtlement
Jury Convicts Inn Operator in Liquor Raid Case
Nick Lesekatos operator of Nick's Place on East Center was found guilty of illegal sale of liquor in justice court. The verdict followed state raids that targeted ten operators with nine others still facing trial. Judge William J. Ryan presided. Lesekatos’s case names included H. H. Locke and C. N. Shelton as jurors.
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Nick Lesekatos
Pocatello
Justice Court
Wiliam J. Ryan
Lesekatos
H. H. Locke
C. N. Shelton
Dave Hiltbrand
Thoro Martz
J. F. Burnham
Juanita Zweigart
C. M. Jeffery
Carl Christensen
Milton Zener
Ralph Jones
Nick’s Place
East Center
Harry Fotopoulos
Harry's Place
Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
Steve Cacavas
Rendezvous Tavern
Justice Ryan
OPA Sets Price Ceilings for Used Gas Ranges
The Office of Price Administration established price ceilings in dollars and cents for used gas cooking ranges to protect the public from exorbitant prices amid dwindling supplies. The measure takes effect April 19 for private owners and dealers, aiming to deliver substantial savings and align with ceilings for new stoves.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
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U. S. Navy
Palau
Carolines
Philippines
Davis
PFE
Mexico
Pacific
Drys
Lewiston
Shoshone County
Dr. Kaplan
Richard S. Bong
Bulletins
Guinea Coast
Jury Convicts Inn
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