Germans Reveal Heavy Hits On British Fleet Off Norwegian Coast
Berlin reports a British battleship was hit by a heavy air bomb, a destroyer sunk, and a transport struck in a raid off Norway's southwest coast. The DNB cited multiple blows as German forces control Narvik rail lines and secure coastal positions.
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Berlin
Germany
DNB
Norwegian
High Command
Shetland Islands
Narvik
Oslo
Britain
Harstad
Hinnoey Island
Norway
London
Admiralty
Stavanger
Air Ministry
Trondheim
Stockholm
Froré
Ogden Woman Killed in Ogallala Snowstorm Crash
Mrs Parley Hassell 58 of Ogden died in a driving snowstorm crash near Ogallala Nebraska as her car crossed into a truck driven by W G McNeice of Denver. Hassell and her son were in critical condition and McNeice suffered a dislocated hip. The Hassell car was demolished.
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Ogallala, Neb
Parley Hassell
Ogden
Hassell
W. G. McNeice
Denver
McNeice
Salt Lake rises another inch in midlake readings
The Great Salt Lake climbed another inch in the first half of April, with Southern Pacific gauge readings at midlake showing a total rise of 15 inches since December 1. Analysts expect further gains in the coming month.
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Ogden
Great Salt Lake
Southern Pacific
Midlake
Memphis Painters Plan to Swing Brushes For Record
Memphis union painters announce a Friday attempt to paint a two story house in 15 minutes or less. One hundred members will work under flood lights with a crowd expected as the event aims to set a new record after last year's 22 minute two story job.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Union
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tri-School Music Festival Brings Bands to Aberdeen
Erling Erlandson and local school musicians attended the annual tri school festival linking Rockland American Falls and Aberdeen. Afternoon program showcased band concerts and instrumentals while evening featured vocal selections.
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American Falls
Erling Erlandson
Mussic
Aberdeen
Rockland
Twin Falls Seeks 342000 For Housing Project
The United States housing authority notified Senator Clark that it set aside 341000 dollars for a Twin Falls Idaho housing project. The action awaits presidential approval before funds can be allotted.
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Washington
United States Housing Authority
Clark
Idaho
Twin Falls
River Flood in River Plate Basin Tops 35 Deaths
Flood along the river Plate ends its high level after a disaster that killed 35 people and caused damage estimated around 10 million dollars. Hundreds of homes were destroyed and a missing launch with 40 passengers was found with all aboard safe.
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Buenos Aires
Plate
Fish Official Leaves Post in Idaho Department
State Fish and Game Director Owen W. Morris announced the resignation of Edwin Wentworth fish culturist after one year and named Burton Perrine of Twin Falls as successor effective May 1. David J. Maclay of Coeur d Alene was appointed biologist. Wentworth cites ill health and the quarterly meeting as context. Perrine runs a private hatchery near Twin Falls. Maclay comes from the U S Bureau of Fisheries and Forest Service with six years of work in north Idaho.
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Boise
State Fish and Game
Owen W. Morris
Edwin Wentworth
Department
Burton Perrine
Twin Falls
Wentworth
Fish and Game Commission
Perrine
Maclay
Idaho Southern University
Pocatello
University of Illinois
University of Montana
United States Bureau of Fisheries and Forrest Service
Idaho
New Fumigation Method Enables Potatoes to Move Between States
California agricultural department introduces a methyl bromide fumigation method to replace quarantines on potato shipments. Adopted by Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Montana, and California, it will take effect today or tomorrow, allowing freer and cheaper interstate movement.
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Sacramento
Calif
California Agricultural Department
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Utah
Montana
California
Runaway Truck Crash Kills Eight in Ponce
A runaway truck carrying home-goers lost brakes and plowed down a hill in Ponce killing eight people and injuring several others near a dwelling. Authorities described the scene as tragic with difficult rescue efforts under way.
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Ponce
Puerto Rico
Britain Loss of Sub Thistle Amid Trondheim Drive
Britain's Navy disclosed the loss of the submarine Thistle, a Triton class vessel, as Allied forces in Norway press toward Trondheim. Observers note Trondheim's strategic rail and air links, with Narvik already under allied control and British advances suggested toward a German northward push.
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London
Britain
Norway
Trondheim
Admiralty
North Sea
Narvik
Oslo
Bergen
Oddities Highlight Census Count Challenges Across Districts
District supervisor George H. Fisher reports unusual census results as the decennial count nears completion. A family of 19 in district No 2 includes 17 children with 4 deceased, and another auto court family has 10 people in a single trailer with children born in different states. The oldest recorded are 97 and 93. Enumerator Zeph Thomas logged 337 names in one day. Weather will be generally fair tonight and Thursday.
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United States
George H. Fisher
Fisher
Zeph Thomas
Malad
Curtailed Aid By Sponsors Hampering WPA Projects
Boise March 17 Idaho's WPA chief Miller told Gov Bottoffsen the work program struggles to secure sponsorship in some regions. He urged combined state local spending to cover unemployed workers as the program limits employment. Idaho's April quota is 11 000, with classifications A and B based on income while assigning positions.
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Boise
Dean W Miller
Idaho Work Projects Administration
C. A. Bottoffsen
WPA
Miller
Idaho
Planes Bombing Ships Armies Clash in North
Two young men John F. Barry 17 and Henry Wasielewski 28 admitted slugging Eskild Nielsen and stealing his car on April 8 in Minne apolis. They await transfer to Boise penitentiary for five to fifteen years for robbery after sentencing by Judge Isaac McDougall. Nielsen suffered multiple skull fractures and was recovered in a borrow pit.
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John F. Barry
Henry Wasielewski
Eskild Nielsen
Minneapolis
Minn
Bannock County
Boise
Isaac McDougall
Camp McDowell
Angel Island
San Francisco
Bear Lake County
Nielsen
John Crosby
Washburn- Crosby Milling Company
Borrow
Pocatello
Triplets Arrive Ahead of Time in Kitchen Birth
In Aliquippa Pennsylvania a mother gave birth to triplet girls at home in a Reece kitchen with no heat light or doctor. They were rushed to Sewickley hospital in a roasting pan after a nurse and Dr H B Jones were alerted. Father at work. aunt set up lamp and assisted delivery. He considered naming the babies April May and June.
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Aliquippa
Sewickley Hospital
Stork
John Reed
Weather Column Clears Spring Hint This Week
In a lighthearted forecast, the columnist notes a 55 degree high at 1:45 pm and a 30 degree low after a recent cold spell. A trace of precipitation in the last day brings April rainfall to 1.02 inches, below the normal 1.46, with a 16 mph wind.
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Gate City
Political mixup leads to Ashland misrouting
Rep Luther Patrick D Alabama telegraphed he did not attend the Democratic rally last night. He intended to reach Ashland Ohio but ended up in Ashland Kentucky due to a routing error.
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Ashland
Ohio
Luther Patrick D
Alabama
Kentucky
Prince of Ethiopia Dies in Texas at 93
Dallas reports Wyxzerwixard S. J. Challoughlezilezise known as prince of Ethiopia and archbishop dies at 93. He claimed Ethiopian royal lineage and spoke 22 languages, leaving 66 children. Undertaker to ship body to Abyssinia as local residents recall his life and church title.
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Prince of
Ethiopia
Texas
Dallas
Wyxzerwixard S. J. Challoughliczilezise
Fishtrap Road
Deep Elm Street
Abyssinia
Madero
Calif
Wyxzezwixard S
S.T.D
L.S.T.D
Royal House of
Coptic Church of Christ
East Africa
Haile Selassie
Blizzard Blankets Springfield As Dust Bowl Prospect Brightens
An all night spring blizzard dumped four to six inches of snow over southeastern Colorado, boosting spring planting prospects after the worst dust storm in two years. Visibility dropped to under a quarter mile in Springfield as the storm spread east from Eads toward Kansas.
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Springfield
Colo
Colorado
Eads
Kansas
Kansas City Embraces Reform After Nonpartisan Victory
In Kansas City on April 17 fusionists won a clean sweep under the new nonpartisan charter of 1926. John B. Gage was elected mayor by a 20,000 vote margin, with seven of eight councilmen and both judges joining the reform ticket. Tom Pendergast’s machine links face prison for tax evasion as inaugural ceremonies unfold on City Hall lawn. The new city government frames a bipartisan eight member council and mixed judicial leadership.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
John B. Gage
Flavel Robertson
Jim Pendergast
Tom
Edwin Harris
Bus Drivers Demand State Highway Signs for School Bus Safety
Blackfoot April 17 special bus drivers on the Blackfoot school system route joined a move to place highway signs at state entry points to alert motorists to the law prohibiting passing a stopped school bus. They pledged to report license numbers of vehicles passing stopped buses. Idaho law forbids passing a stopped bus from either direction.
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Blackfoot
Tumeing
New search opens for Earhart in South Pacific
A new search for Amelia Earhart and her navigator Captain Frederick J Noonan is launched by Captain Irving Johnson aboard the Yankee from Gloucester. The operation targets about 60 Gilbert and Ellice Islands, where radio contact ceased in July 1937 during their around the world flight.
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Springfield
Mass
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Frederick J. Noonan
South Pacific
Irving Johnson
Yankee
Gloucester
Arthur J. Johnson
Gilbert and Ellice
Howland Island
German troop movements reported near Ypres
Associated Press reports heavy German troop movements back of the lines near Ypres as of April 17, 1915. The dispatch notes strategic activity and mounting tensions in the Belgium theater.
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Associated Press
Ypres
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