Hungary Eyes Soviet Backing to Bar German Balkans Invasion
Budapest sources say Hungary plans talks with Soviet Russia to deter Germany from moving into the Balkans as Romania and Yugoslavia seek Moscow support for neutrality. Talks follow reports of tentative truces and trade deals with Moscow, while Italian influence wanes.
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Yugoslavia
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Italy
Germany
Balkans
Britain warns Sweden and Italy over neutrality and timing
London reports that Britain via Ronald Cross urged Italy to behave as a neutral if treated as such and warned Sweden to guard against possible Nazi attack within a month to seize iron ore. The UK navy bombed Stavanger and raided targets in Norway as Italy’s stance shifts toward Germany amid Balkan tension.
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Great Britain
Italy
Sweden
Sheffield
Ronald H. Cross
Germany
Cross
Norway
Stavanger
Air Ministry
Balkans
Challis Man Sentenced for Assault with Deadly Weapon
Blackfoot April 18 Judge Guy Stevens sentences Jack Hull of Challis to one to two years in the state penitentiary after a guilty plea to assault with a deadly weapon. Hull allegedly attacked a Challis resident with a stone, beating the man about the head and face.
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Blackfoot
Jack Hull
Challis
State Penitentiary
Guy Stevens
Hull
Germans advance in Russia
The April 18 1915 AP dispatch reports German forces continuing to press in the Russian front with renewed assaults and tactical gains as World War I operations unfold on the Eastern Front.
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The
Associated Press
Russia
Potion Fatal To McCoy Noted Battler
Detroit April 18 Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy was found dead in a downtown hotel with an overdose of sleeping medicine. The 66 year old former world middleweight champion born in Moscow Indiana fought worldwide and once served 20 years for killing a woman in 1924. A note stated I cant stand this worlds madness any longer. He had been employed by Ford in recent years and was paroled after prior imprisonment.
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Moscow
Detroit
Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
The
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Lyle C. Ling
McCoy
Tommy Ryan
South Africa
Kid
Ind
Service Department
Ford Motor Company
San Quentin
Theresa Mars
Los Angeles
Harry Bennett
Ford
Newspaper Sales Rise Reflect Reader Confidence
The 18th annual convention brought together more than 100 editors to Washington. President Roosevelt, Undersecretary of State Welles, and insiders discussed policy and 1940 campaign issues. Sterling argued newspapers must stay solvent and free to expose public wrongs, noting rising costs and growing reader trust as key to democracy. He warned against indifference to the public good and highlighted the spread of propaganda beyond the newsroom.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Welles
Sterling
Rumors of Bremen Sinking Circulate, London Says
London dispatch cites Norwegian survivor Rydaingen claiming the German liner Bremen sank off Norway with 15 000 troops aboard. The Stancliffe survivor said a telegram of safe arrival was found in the Bremen captain s pocket and sent to Germany by Norwegian authorities.
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Today
Stancliffe
Bremen
Norway
Rydningen
Rydaingen
Germany
U S Declares Hands Off Pacific Netherlands Indies
President Roosevelt announced a hands off doctrine for the Netherlands East Indies in response to Hulls statement urging regional stability. The islands long dominated by the Dutch provide essential raw materials with US trade totaling 93 million in imports and 35 million in exports in 1939. Uncertainty over German moves in Norway fuels fears the region could become a theater for conflict.
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Netherlands East Indies
South Pacific
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Dutch East Indies
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East Indies
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Hitler
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Britain
Germans Drop Parachute Troops to Seize Sola Airfield
Oslo report says German forces parachuted into Sola airfield at Stavanger to overwhelm a small Norwegian force. Ten bombers attacked as 120 German troops landed with machine guns, Norwegian gunners firing until jams forced retreat to a dugout with rifles and pistols.
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Norway
Sola
Stavanger
Bannock County to Elect Trustees for 19 Districts
County superintendent Scott D Lowe says all Bannock county common school districts will elect trustees this Saturday to legally hire teachers and approve next year’s budget. About 19 districts in the county participate in the election.
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Bannock County
Scott D Lowe
Lowe
Plane Falls Near Shoshone With Two Coyote Hunters
Burley April 18 AP Friends fear disaster struck a Burley airplane pilot Kenneth Leeds 34 and his Los Angeles companion Kenneth Morris 25 on an aerial coyote killing expedition over south central Idaho. They were overdue at Burley airport after taking off early today. An unidentified woman told Lincoln county sheriff’s office a plane crash occurred 23 miles east of Shoshone between Owinza and Sid in a desert area prone to coyote predation on sheep.
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Burley
Los Angeles
Idaho
Kenneth Leeds
Kenneth Morris
Lincoln County
Plane crash victims survive with injuries near Shoshone
Kenneth Seeds and Kenneth Morris escaped death after an airplane crash east of Shoshone. Seeds had cuts and bruises while Morris suffered several broken bones, according to Tom Pethick who reached the scene.
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Shoshone, Idaho
Kenneth Seeds
Kenneth Morris
Here
Tom Pethick
Shoshone
Seeds
Morris
Pethick
Aerial hunting accident near Boise reported
The crash occurred about 10 a.m. today with Sheriff G M Brown of Lincoln county and Dr C W Dill leaving for the scene. W H Pete Hill said a permit to Leeds for coyote hunting was issued days ago and no other aerial hunts were known nearby. Bernice Seeds, Kenneth Seeds sister, said Morris was the companion in the vicinity. Leeds could not confirm further details.
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Lincoln County
C. W. Dill
Arco
Boise
W. H.pete Hill
Leeds
Buhl
Bernice Seeds
Kenneth Seeds
Morris
Italy Not to Enter War
London reports a senior Italian diplomat telling London’s Italian community that Italy will not enter war. Diplomats in London link Italian hostility to Germany and Mussolini's meeting with Hitler, predicting Italy will act only up to the brink while avoiding a full war.
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Italy
London
Germany
Baseball scores from American and National League games
In Washington Boston edged Washington by a slim 1 to 0 final as Bagby faced Desautels and Hudson opposed Ferrell. Detroit toppled St Louis 7 to 4 with Kennedy and Swit behind Bridges Tebbetts. At Cincinnati Chicago beat Cincinnati 15 to 2 while Cincinnati compiling 8 to 2. Rain and cold postponed other games.
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Hudson and Ferrell
Detroit
R. H. E St. Louis
Kennedy and
Swit
Bridges and Tebbetts
Cincinnati
Chicago
Passeau
Todd
Thompson
Lombardi
Hershberger
Nazis Report Recognition of Committee
Berlin reports that German forces have occupied the Norwegian area southeast of Oslo to the Swedish border, capturing 1,000 Norwegian soldiers and 50 officers. Berlin radio says the provisional government commission is recognized in occupied Norway.
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DNB
Oslo
Germany
Britain
Norway
Haakon VII
Arctic Circle
Bardufoss
Narvik
Car Accident Kills Utahn in Ogden
In Ogden on April 18 Abe Rose 72 of Snowville died after being struck by a southbound car driven by William L. Taylor while crossing a green light intersection. Rose suffered internal injuries and a broken leg. Taylor was booked on an open charge and released subject to call. Ogden records a second traffic fatality this year with a prior death on February 3.
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Abe Rose
Snowville
C. K. Keeter
Rose
William L. Taylor
Taylor
Plates Rise in Bannock County in First Quarter of 1940
Bannock County assessor's office reports 565 more license plates and 5411 in revenue for the first three months of 1940. The summary notes 5976 plates sold this year for 40401 revenue, compared with 5411 plates and 34990 revenue last year, and 10206 total plates sold in 1939.
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Bannock
Wrecks Cause Minor Damage In Gate City
Two accidents in Gate City Wednesday caused little damage. Mrs. W C Alingsworth of 610 North Arthur struck a mail box at Main and Gould claiming brake failure on a faulty car. Lucille Cullen of 455 North Arthur damaged her right front bumper when her car hit Frank Wilkie’s at Sixth Avenue and Center Street. Wilkie’s car was undamaged.
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Gate City
W. C. Alingsworth
North Arthur
Main
Gould Streets
Illingsworth
Lucille Cullen
Frank Wilkie
Fash Center
Sixth Avenue
Center Street
Wilkie
Shock Kills Lineman in Idaho
Lineman William WY Zivic of Idaho Power was electrocuted three miles from Bruneau in Owyhee County while aiding transformer relocation. Foreman Harry Poorman, Boise, attempted artificial respiration after Zivic touched a 2300 volt wire. Zivic, 27, is survived by three brothers Thomas John and Michael in Seattle and sister Mary, with parents deceased. He was single and a Catholic.
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Bruneau
Idaho
William WY. Zivic
Idaho Power Company
Owyhee County
Harry Poorman
Boise
Zivic
Thomas Zivic
John Zivic
Michael Zivic
University of Washington
Seattle
Mary Zivic
Governor refuses to commute Wyoming death sentence
Governor Nels H. Smith refused to commute the death sentence of Stanley S. Lantzer a 38 year old Brush Colorado railroad worker and farmhand for the slaying of his estranged wife in Cheyenne two years ago. Lantzer and Paul H Carroll are the two men condemned to die in Wyoming's lethal gas chamber with Carroll executed in 1937 for the 1935 slaying of C C Barnard.
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Wyo
Nels H. Smith
Stanley S. Lantzer
Brush
Colo
Wyoming
Smith
Lantzer
Paul H. (Perry) Carroll
C. C. Barnard
Union Pacific Railroad
Idaho Southern teams to face Weber College in Ogden
Idaho Southern University tennis players Bob Packard Bob Paul Ransom Winder and Junius Snell head to Ogden Friday to meet Weber College. Golfers Ed Harper Jr Lynn Roubidoux Bob Olson Val Trodi gon and Kent Blackhurst also travel for the match.
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Idaho Southern University
Ogden
Weber College
Bob Packard
Bob Paul
Ransom Winder
Junius Snell
Ed Harper, Jr
Lynn Roubidoux
Bob Olson
Val Trodigon
Kent Blackhurst
Ogden Holds Suspect For Murder
Ogden police detainee John M. Stratton 43 of Oklahoma is jailed on open murder charges after the fatal shooting of Frank Rennie 47 of Boston near the railroad jungles southwest of Ogden. Rennie died at Dee Hospital at 3 am from a gunshot wound to the groin after Stratton allegedly fired following a dispute with transients living under a bridge.
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John M. Stratton
Oklahoma
Frank Rennie
Boston
Mass
Weber River
Thirtieth
Éer
C. K. Keeter
Kernie
Keeter
Stratton
Rennie
Court binds three ex CCC boys over in auto theft case
Three Melcher H Hall Joseph F Lear Pulla and Louis Abode formerly in CCC are bound over to district court on $1000 bond each for allegedly stealing a automobile from a Po catello used car lot March 3. Deputies say they were discharged from a CCC camp at Grimes Idaho and were en route home when the theft occurred. Weather forecast: generally fair tonight and Friday with little temperature change.
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Melcher H. Hall
Joseph F. Lear- Pulla
Louis Abode
CCC
Pocatello
Grimes
Idaho
Major Drive Imminent At Trondheim
British troops contact Norwegian forces in Norway and plan operations as landing of British troops continues. German transport and submarine hit at Bergen. Norwegian attack in Trondheim district expected within hours. Sweden imposes tight travel restrictions as war nears and Americans advised to plan departure.
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War Office
Norway
The
Admiralty
Bergen
Stockholm
Trondheim
Petitions Seek Election on Idaho Sales Tax Return
Scott D. Lowe county superintendent says petitions requesting a vote on a proposed bill to restore sales tax are in all eastern Bannock County schools. The Idaho Education Association sponsors the petitions.
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Idaho
Bannock
Scott D. Lowe
Idaho Educational Association
German Army Transports Large Force Into Norway
Washington reports official sources estimate the German army has moved about 65 000 troops into southern Norway to bolster control with predictions to reach 100 000 unless Allied pressure rises. Military officials assess British and French positions as trap like while warning that Allied air power and long range planes are limited for North Sea supply duties. The Narvik action is seen as isolated with limited impact on southern Norway’s outcome.
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Edward EF. Bomar
Washington
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Germany
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Narvik
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