Allied Air Forces Hit Berlin and German Targets Hard
RAF Mosquito bombers struck Berlin and western Germany in a day of major air activity. About 3,000 US bombers and fighters targeted aircraft and rail hubs, claiming 138 German planes. The Augsburg Messerschmitt plant Schweinfurt ball bearings Oberpfaffenhofen and Lechfeld hangars were hit. 51 Nazi planes were shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Germany
U. S
Rome
Hungary
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Messerschmitt
Augsburg
Ballbearing
Schweinfurt
Dornier
Oberpfaffenhofen
Lechfeld
Four Die as Boric Acid Error Hits New London Hospitals
Lawrence and Memorial hospitals report four infant deaths linked to boric acid powder substituted for dextrose. Seventeen other patients remain ill with no change in their conditions. Coast Guard member Thomasula, whose six day old son died, discusses potential negligent action as coroner plans an inquest. no charges yet filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Edward G. McKay
Nho
OPA Sets Strawberries Ceiling Prices for 24-Quart Crates
Ceiling prices for fresh strawberries are set by the Office of Price Administration near last year's levels. Producers’ price ceiling is $6.51 per 24-quart crate with district OPA offices deriving retail prices from this figure. A uniform shipping point price for the Idaho zone is 20 cents a pint, 39 cents a quart, and 26 14 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Idaho
Injuries May Stop Ace Gentile After Last Mission
Piqua Ohio born Captain Don Gentile top American fighter in the European theater may have closed his career after a crash land ing left him with minor injuries. He had 30 German planes to his credit including 23 aerial victories and seven ground claims. Gentile hoped to finish with Shangri La his famous aircraft but crash forces him to end operational flying for now. He saved a comrade from an impending attack and left his targets to do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Don Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
R.A.F. Group
G. A. Malan
Gentile
Shangri-La
Malan
Veteran retires after 30 years with government service
George E. Holman, a 30 year veteran of federal government service, will retire May 1 and return to Salt Lake City. Since April 1939 he has been Idaho district agent of the US fish and wildlife service in charge of predatory animal and rodent control. He held similar posts in Utah, Arizona and Nevada. Holman entered the U.S. forest service in June 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
George E. Holman
Salt Lake City
Idaho
US. Fish and Wildlife Service
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Holman
U.S. Forest Service
Local Men Enlist in Navy and Marine Corps
Several Pocatello men were inducted into the Navy on Thursday. Names include John O. Singleton Gaylen S. Pond Franklin E. Hatch Norman L. Billington Robert L. Blodgett and Peter A. McDermott all of Pocatello. Marines induction lists William J. Bartz and Leslie R. Sorenson of Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Pocatello
Navy
John O. Singleton
Gaylen S. Pond
Franklin E. Hatch
Norman L. Billington
Robert L. Blodgett
Peter A. McDermott
Marine Corps
William J. Bartz
Leslie R. Sorenson
False Invasion Broadcast Triggers Rumor Wave
A wave of invasion rumors erupted after Canadian reports of a German broadcast claiming a Canadian led force landed in France near Calais. London called it entirely untrue. no allied confirmation appeared. The episode echoes past German feints and Churchill remarks on deception and exercises.
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New York
France
Calais
Dieppe
London
Toronto
Tryig
Churchill
Trout planted to beat gas limits in Caldwell plan
Caldwell Rod and Gun Club plants 25 000 trout in the Municipal park pond to fish from home lawns by August. The plan moves fish to irrigation ditches that thread the town and nearby areas for angling, avoiding pleasure driving restrictions.
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Caldwell
Rod and Gun Club
Court Defies Army Rule In Hawaii Martial Law Fight
Federal judge ruled Hawaii martial law invalid noting civil government capable of resuming normal functions. Trial record shows military officials contended danger persists but judge held provost court had no authority to try a navy yard worker for assault. habeas release granted.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
War Department
Delbert E. Metzger
Navy Yard
Robert C. Richardson
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Metzger
Lloyd C. Duncan
Sheridan Wyo
Richardson
Nimitz
Five Japanese-Americans Face Government Charges Over Farm Jobs
Neighbors protest on a Warren county New Jersey farm leading to the removal of five Japanese-Americans. They were housed at a relocation center in Arizona until the FBI certified their loyalty. George Kowalick had employed them and faced local opposition after protest signs were posted and a shack burned.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
George Yamamoto
George Kowalick
Warren County
N. J
Gila River Relocation Center
Arizona
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Ship Rescues 16 Naval Airmen Off San Francisco
A U S destroyer rescued 16 naval airmen unharmed about 200 miles southwest of San Francisco. The Martin Mariner patrol bomber was forced down by engine trouble and sank Tuesday night, 44 hours earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U. S
Golden Gate
Byrnes Urges Federal Pay System For Demobilized Workers
War Mobilization Director James P. Byrnes calls for a federal payments plan to supplement state unemployment benefits. The proposal aims to ease the shift from wartime employment to peacetime life for demobilized servicemen and war workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James P. Byrnes
Idahoan Sees MacArthur As Secretary
Gardner Bridge reports ahead of New England delegate votes Maine and Connecticut on the Republican scene hint at who may inherit Willkie’s mantle. Gen Douglas MacArthur replies to A L Miller urging a nomination with a sober warning and a jab at expectations while Idaho Senator John Thomas muses he could be secretary of war and boost the war effort. Some discuss MacArthur as a possible vice presidential candidate though acceptance remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Wendell L. Willkie
Maine
Connecticut
Willkie
Douglas MacArthur
Rep
A. L. Miller
Nebraska
Miller
MacArthur
United States
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John Thomas
Idaho
Thomas
Dewey
Illinois
Tito Repeats Capture Cazin and Golubic Battles
Yugoslav partisans under Marshal Tito recaptured Cazin, a key highway junction near Zagreb and Sibenik, except for a fortress garrison. At 62 miles south, Axis forces seized Golubic, eight miles north of Knin, as fighting raged across western Bosnia along coastal routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Josip (Tito) Broz
Cazin
Zagreb
Sibenik
Dalmatian
Tito
Golubic
Knin
Bosnia
Knin- Bihac- Kostajnica
Idaho Power declares quarterly dividend and preferred stock payout
Idaho Power directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 7 percent on preferred stock and 40 cents per share on common stock. Preferred dividends are payable May 1 to stockholders of record April 15. The common dividend is payable May 20 to holders of record April 25. A similar common dividend was declared in January after the common stock was offered publicly last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Power Company
Cubs Outfielder NoviKoff to Report for Opening Season
Lou NoviKoff known as the Mad Russian will rejoin the Chicago Cubs for the opening of the season in Cincinnati after delaying his report due to his wife’s illness.
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Los Angeles
Chicago Cubs
Lou Novikoff
Cincinnati
Kidnapping Probe In Berwyn Involving Capone Ties
Police in suburban Berwyn investigated a reported kidnapping of a man believed to be Jack Guzik former Capone associate and gambling boss. Investigators said Guzik did not show at his usual haunts overnight and townsfolk recalled a call describing masked gunmen pulling a man from a car before fleeing after two shots were fired at a companion.
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Chicago
Berwyn
Jack Guzik
al Capone
Cook County Highway Police
Capone
Guzik
John J. McGinnis
Menlo Park
Calif
Redwood City
Dolores Sifuntes
Drcver
Walter Moore
Thomas Kearney
Andrew Sifuntes
Kearney
Sifuntes
Planes Blast Jap Hopes At Hollandia
Allied headquarters report a massive air strike on Hollandia Dutch New Guinea. Twenty Japanese planes rose to meet the attack but eight were shot down including two by Maj. Richard Bong. One freighter was sunk and nine smaller vessels burned or sinking as 200 Allied planes pounded the harbor and surrounding targets across New Guinea and nearby Pacific islands.
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Japan
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Hollanda Harbor
Fifth Airforce
New Guinea
America
Richard S. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Bong
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Darwin
Australia
Truk
Caroline Islands
Wewak
Hansa Bay
Madang
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Kurile Islands
Lith
Matsuwa Island
Joint Allied Plan for Germany and France Revealed
A trusted source says Germany will be ruled by a joint American British and Russian military government with teeth. Eisenhower would hold supreme command with wide authority over land sea and air forces and civilian life of liberated Europe. France would be led by De Gaulle's committee of national liberation which will receive military recognition but not full diplomatic status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
London
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Western Front
Europe
France
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
President Nominates Mehaffey Governor of Panama Zone
Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Mehaffey of Lima Ohio has been nominated by President Roosevelt to govern the Panama canal zone. He would succeed Maj. Gen. Glen E. Edgerton of Parkerville Kansas from the Army engineer corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph C. Mehaffey
Lima
Ohio
Roosevelt
Panama Canal Zone
Glen E. Edgerton
Parkerville
Kas
United States Army Engineer Corps
Sweden and Norwegian Government Sign Reconstruction Treaty
Sweden and the exiled Norwegian government sign a treaty providing a Swedish loan and supplies for reconstruction in Norway immediately after hostilities end. The agreement was announced in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sweden
Norway
Japs Make New Threat Above Imphal
Allied forces face a new Japanese push toward the Bengal Assam railroad near Bishenpur and Silchar as Mountbatten visits Imphal. Tokyo broadcasts claim a column seized a hill near Imphal cutting escape routes, while Arakan sees renewed Allied maneuvers and heavy Japanese losses.
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Associated Press
India
Bombay Times
Bengal-Assam
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Imphal
Burmas
Mountbatten
Bishenpur
Silchar
Yanks Build Under Fire in Burma Airport Sprint
An American crew commanded by Maj Verley Lewis built an airport in northern Burma under shellfire in 14 hours. The team smoothed Kachin Paddy fields near enemy lines as Japanese artillery fired, yet all crew members survived unharmed and earned credit for their risk and speed. Members included Robert Birmingham from Idaho, Eliseo Gallegos from Utah, and Margarito Romero from Wyoming.
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Burma
Verley Lewis
Phoenix
Ariz
Lewis
University of Colorado
Robert Birmingham
Nampa
Idaho
Eliseo Gallegoes
Myton
Utah
Margerito Romero
Rawlins
Wyo
Pocatellan Missing as War Casualties Reported
Washington reports two Ida Hoans wounded in action. Sgt. Calvin C. Gray, son of Herbert C. Gray of Poca, listed in the Mediterranean theater, and Pfc. Arnold Corbett, son of Mrs. Susie M. Corbett of Ahsahka, listed in the Southwest Pacific area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Mediterranean
Calvin C. Gray
Herbert C. Gray
E. Hayden St
Pocatello
Southwest Pacific
Arnold Corbett
Susie M. Corbett
Ahsahka
Liquor Trials Set For Poca Tello Tavern Operators
Justice court postpones trial for Harry Fotopoulos, operator of a Poca tello tavern, to April 18 due to illness. Fotopoulos joins 9 others charged with illegal liquor sales. Steve Cacavas faces the same charge and will be heard at 10 a.m. April 18 before Justice William J. Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
Harry Fotopoulos
Pocatello
Fotopoulos
Pocatello Tavern
Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
Steve Cacavas
William J. Ryan
Bong Hits Jackpot In Latest Exploit
Allied Headquarters reports Richard Bong, 23, of Poplar Wisconsin, shot down his 27th enemy plane to become the Army Air Forces’ top combat fighter. He was promoted from captain to major and qualified for a Scotch whiskey prize from Eddie Rickenbacker for surpassing his 26-aircraft record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Raley
Henderson, Gy
Ruth Dalton
Minneapolis
Minn
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Poplar, Wis
Eddie Rickenbacker
America
Bong
Rickenbacker
Rains Aid South Idaho Farmers In River System Update
Boise river Watermaster William E. Welsh said recent rains relieved a potential water shortage for south Idaho farms. Though not enough to fully offset snow deficits, precipitation reduced irrigation needs and helped conserve water in reservoirs. Arrowhead reservoir rose to 261,830 acre feet, up 49,830 since April 1, with a capacity of 286,000 acre feet.
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Boise
South Idaho
Boise River
Wiliam E. Welsh
Welsh
Arrowhead Reservoir
Fleeing Axis Tanks Stifle Sevastopol Escape Efforts
Moscow dispatch reports German and Romanian units fleeing toward Sevastopol face tanks and overwhelming Soviet forces. Red Army under Tolbukhin and Yeremenko advances on the port as Axis troops surrender or flee, with German Lt Rost admitting tanks have left them with no escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Star
Mag
Vasily Ienatiev
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Crimean
Red Army
Wolfgang Rost
Hitler seeks peace offer to split Allied unity
The report says Hitler pursues a peace bid to coax America and Britain away from aiding Russia. Franco assists, claiming Russia is a bigger threat than Germany. Arriba quotes hostilities should halt, while Voelischer Beobachter urges invasion of western Europe to prevent a Stalin victory.
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Hitler
America
Britain
Russia
Reich
Hull
Fuehrer
Franco
Spain
Germany
Generalissimo
Salange
Arriba
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
North Atlantic
Pacific
Pan
Voelischer Beobachter
Europe
Stalin
Tripod Lamb Born Three Legs Impresses Castleford Barn
Harold Staten of Castleford names his pet lamb Tripod after it was born with three legs. The three legged lamb moves quickly around the barn yard and client yard compared to four legged livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleford
Harold Staten
Ickes Proposes Government Give Plants to Veterans
Harold L. Ickes urged government owned war plants be turned over to veterans to ensure maximum postwar production and employment. He warned against selling them to private interests and urged ownership by ex service members for a vigorous America.
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Ickes
San Francisco
United States
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
San Francisco Commonwealth Club
America
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Idahoan
Gardner Bridge
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Tokyo
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Akyab
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Moscow
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