Russians Break German Defenses Around Sevastopol
Moscow reports Soviet marines pushed through valleys southeast of Sevastopol and near linking with the fourth Ukraine army for a joint assault on the Crimean port. Axis forces are said to throw obstacles and destroy bridges while German troops shoot at retreating or surrendering Romanian allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Sevastopol
Fourth Ukraine
Crimean
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Balaklava
Light Brigade
Sevastopol - Yalta
Tchornaya River
Redukin Heights
Eld Ruler Frank Lonergan Addresses Pocatello Lodge
Frank J. Lonergan of Portland, grand exalted ruler of the Elks, urged Americans especially Elks to guard against foreign isms in a Tuesday night speech at the Pocatello lodge. Mayor Moore welcomed him as members praised the talk on family and public responsibility for the American home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Elks
Isms
Frank J. Lonergan
Portland
Pocatello
Cc. D. Moore
Rampton Barrow
Eddie Menekin
Pocatello Army Airfield
Eric Salin
Pocatello Lodge
Allied Forces Repel Four Raids at Anzio Front
Allied troops repulsed four raids on a position at the Anzio beachhead and reported heavy enemy losses. Along the Italian front, patrols and artillery were active with an ammunition dump destroyed. Bad weather reduced air operations but fighter-bombers flew near 1,000 sorties against German aircraft and targets near Carroceto and Cisterna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Anzio
Italy
Carroceto
Rome
Cisterna
Idaho Aeronautics Postpones Election Meeting to June
The Idaho Aeronautics Association delays its April 22 election meeting to June due to key members' prior engagements. Eight committee reports are ready from the organization’s winter meeting, with chairs including Thomas Crosen Lewiston and William Hughes Lewiston, plus John Garrett Twin Falls, E W Fanning Idaho Falls, Gwen Hicks Coeur d Alene, A L Merrill Pocatello, and Harry Yost Boise overseeing coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Aeronautics Association
Leverett Davis
State Aeronautics
Thomas Crosen
Lewiston
Educational
William P. Hughes
Chambers of Commerce
John Garrett
Twin Falls
E. W. Fanning
Idaho Falls
Gwen Hicks
Coeur d'Alene
A. L. Merrill
Pocatello
Harry Yost
CAP Enrolls 1000 Idaho Cadets in Training Drive
Lt. Col. Leverett Davis, Idaho wing commander of the Civil Air Patrol, said nearly 1,000 Idahoans have applied for air cadet training. CAP offers ground school, meteorology, navigation, and military training and serves as a recruiting agency for the Army Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Leverett Davis
Idaho
Civil Air Patrol
Idaho PTA Inch Session Opens 38th Convention
United for a Better Tomorrow set the keynote at the Idaho Congress of Parents and Teachers opening session in Idaho Falls. Port land native Mrs. William Kletzer, former National PTA leader, will speak. Delegates from across Idaho attend as Mrs. Howard J. Maughan presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
United For A Better
Idaho Congress of Parents and Teachers
William Kletzer
Portland
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Idaho
Howard J. Maughan
Preston
John E. Hayes
Twin Falls
New Twin Falls Paper Debuts In Twin Falls Idaho
The Twin Falls Telegram begins publication with eight pages. Publisher John Harvey says it will publish every morning except Sunday and will serve Twin Falls and nearby areas. Maurice Sanderson is managing editor and Juneau Shinn is business manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Margaret Cobb Airshie
Statesiman
Boise
John Harvey
Second Avenue
Second Street
Maurice Sanderson
Juneau Shinn
Homer Burnett
Tanks in Burma India border push drive Japanese back
Allied forces using tanks clash with Japanese invaders in northeast India along the Burma India border. They report advances and three small Japanese strongpoints taken near Imphal while heavy fighting continues for a hill feature west of Bishempur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma-India
Associated Press
India
Plain of
Imphal
Bishempur
Silchar
Kohima
Dimapur
Bengal-Assam
Burma- India
Southeast Asia
Clyde A. Barnsworth
AFL CIO Unite In Price Demand
The AFL and CIO issued a joint statement urging Congress to extend price controls without weakening amendments. Read to the Senate Banking Committee, the plea backed by the Railway Labor Executives Association calls for restoring the pre Sept 15 1942 price wage relationship to ensure fairness and worker morale. Green of the AFL pressed for a two year extension beyond the postwar period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
AFL
Congress
Railway Labor Executives Association
Senate Banking Committee
William Green
Green
School Official Dies in Boise
Garfield elementary principal Robert F. Lynch died last night of a heart attack as he left the school building. Coroner William McBratney reported the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Robert F. Lynch
Garfield Elementary
William McBratney
Airmen Strike Pacific Isles and Lend Lease Extended
U S Pacific HQ reports American airmen bombed Ponape Pakin and Ulul in the Caroline and Marshall islands dropping 42 tons of bombs. Navy search planes hit Pakin and Ulul while Ponape airfield was targeted. In Washington the House votes to extend Roosevelt's lend lease authority beyond June 30. In Calcutta British forces break through toward Kohima where Indian troops face Japanese attackers as garrison holds.
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U.S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Ponape
Ulul
Pakin Islands
Caroline Islands
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Truk
Seventh Army Air Force
Pakin
Navy
Ulul Island
Marshalls
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Calcutta
Kohima
India
Matt Capone Sought in Larkin Slaying Case
Chicago police and Cook County, acting on a pickup order, searched for Matt Capone youngest brother of Al Capone and a suspect in the slaying of James D. Larkin gambler and former horse trainer. Wally Sanders a Cicero bartender linked to Capone's tavern also sought in the case. Larkin’s body was found shot in the head in a west side alley near Capone's Cicero tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
Matt Capone
Thomas Alcock
James D. Larkin
Capt
Alcock
Wally Sanders
Cicero
Larkin
Capone
Scarface
GOP Selects Chairman
The GOP arrangements committee chose Gov. Earl Warren of California as temporary chairman and keynote for the June 26 nominating convention. The panel recommended House Minority Leader Martin of Massachusetts as permanent chairman, with Warren noted as not a candidate for national office. Warren has favorite son support in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican Arrangements Committee
Earl Warren
California
Harrison E. Spangler
Warren
Spangler
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Walter Halman
West Virginia
Spring Storm Delays Work Across Colorado and New Mexico
A spring snowstorm, the third in ten days, slows wartime transport and delays planting of sugar beets and other crops in Colorado and northern New Mexico. The Rockies and foothills saw the heaviest snowfall, with snow turning to rain on the plains of eastern Colorado and western Kansas, spanning from Sydney Nebraska to Santa Fe New Mexico and eastward beyond the continental divide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado
New Mexico
Rockies
Kansas
Sydney
Nebr
Santa Fe
N. M
Continental Divide
Wish Gets Around in Camp Romance Scheme
Cpl. Donald Waldron of Camp Howie Texas, sleeping at night, mutters about a letter from a girl. Days later he receives 18 letters from 18 different girls arranged by an eavesdropping buddy with help from a girlfriend and her 17 schoolmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg, Mich
Donald Waldron
Camp Howie
Texas
Economists Predict Postwar Farm Trends In Idaho
Idaho economists foresee lower farm prices after the war but a possible extended postwar boom, with land values rising sharply. The April Economic Facts For Farmers notes high liquid funds among buyers, strong demand for farm products, and uncertainty over policy changes that could influence employment and agricultural prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
University of Idaho Extension Service
Danube River raiders sink ships amid minefields and fires
Allied air crews mined and attacked shipping on the Danube from Budapest to Bucharest halting traffic. A Liberator of the RCAF fired incendiaries at river craft, sinking a tanker and spreading burning oil to at least 30 other vessels while crews spoke of the dangerous low altitude operations. Flight Lt. J. H. C. Lewis of Winnipeg described the daring night raids and the explosion that lifted the plane and ignited a mass of burning craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Danube
Europe
Budapest
Bucharest
RCAF
J. H. C. Lewis
Winnipeg
Two Deputies Face Trial In County Gambling Case
In AMERICAN FALLS, Bannock deputies Ammon Hatch and R J Reynolds face trial for gambling in the Power county night club 120 feet from the county line. Power county authorities seized slot machines a roulette wheel and a craps table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Falls
Bannock County
Power County
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Coon’s
W. J. Hoehnen
Bannock
Ammon Hatch
R. J. Reynolds
Idaho Supreme Court
Hatch
Reynolds
Alma Marley
Hoehnen
Nick Harris
Arthur Welch
Bannock Sheriff's
Mike Koseris
Marley
Supreme Court
Power
W. C. Loofbourrow
Koseris
Weather Summary Po Catello April 19 Readings
The Weather Bureau at Po Catello Municipal Airport records for the 24 hour period ending noon April 19. High 50 degrees with a low of 32 and a mean 41. Deficiency to date 3. High year ago 77 and low year ago 36. Precipitation 0. Total this month 0.67 with normal 0.99. Sunset 8:16 and sunrise 6:42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
OPA Reports Progress in Gasoline Black Market Crackdown
The Office of Price Administration said there was no rise in illicit fuel diversion last month. It notes daily drain from counterfeit and stolen ration coupons at about 2.5 million gallons. Since January 1, 926 rationing arrests were made, 464 convictions secured, and 186 jail sentences handed down, with many arrests involving professional criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington 7
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Heart Attack Fatal to William Ennis
William Thomas Ennis 64 assistant superintendent of the UPRR died at his home 641 N Arthur Tuesday night after a sudden chest and arm pain. He was born August 16 1880 in Baraboo Wisconsin and moved to Idaho 40 years ago. Ennis began railroad service in 1904 at Glenns Ferry and rose through roles including trainmaster at Nampa and superintendent at the Pocatello terminal before his death. He also chaired the Employer Booster committee in 1939 40 and helped survey traffic to improve merchandise delivery.
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William Thomas Ennis
U Pr.r
Arthur
Ennis
Mr. Ennis
Baraboo
Wis
Christopher
Mary Ennis
Wisconsin
Idaho
Glenns Ferry
Chicago and Northwestern
Nampa
Porcatello
Pocatello
Pres
Bombs Blast Truk Outpost and Pacific Targets
Solomon Islands based bombers struck the Satawan Island airstrip on Nomoi atoll in the eastern Carolines, dropping 34 tons and facing no opposition from interceptors or flak. Allied planes hit Raoul, New Britain with 125 tons, targeting airfields and supply areas. Central Pacific forces also attacked Pingelap Pakin Ant and Ulul in the Carolines and four bypassed bases in the Marshall Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satawan Island
Nomoi Atoll
Carolines
Truk
Rabaul
New Britain
Ai Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Pingelap
Pakin
Ant and
Ulul Islands
Marshall Islands
Ada county delegates pick for state convention to back Simons
Delegates and alternates chosen by the Ada county Democratic central committee will attend the Lewiston state delegate convention on June 5 and are instructed to vote for re election of Emma Alexander Simons of Boise as national committeewoman. The delegation includes Joe Williams county chairman Ben Thomas state committeeman H C Howell Agnes Barnhart George Curtis Ed Baird and Ira Masters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Ada County
Democratic Central Committee
Lewiston
Emma Alexander Simons
Ira Masters
Election ballots not printed delaying Murfreesboro council race
In Murfreesboro Tennessee election workers found no ballots at opening for two city council seats. The two unopposed candidates waited as a printer rushed out ballots yielding 130 votes before 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murfreesboro
Record Bomb Blitz Over France and Germany
London AP reports RAF dropped 4 480 tons of explosives on French rail targets the heaviest single operation. Allies flew about 5 000 wave planes in 24 hours and total 8 500 tons on continental targets. Rouen cathedral damaged as flames touch another city. US heavy bombers strike Berlin and western Germany with large formations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tis
R.A.F
Air Ministry
U. S
Germany
D-day
R.af
Rouen
Vichy
Berlin
Britain
United States
France
Fast Retreat Spurs Red Army Advance In Ukraine
Reporter Henry C. Cassidy describes the Red Army’s rapid advance across southern Ukraine from Kharkov to Odessa, saving farmland and industry from German destruction. Odessa, once brutalized under occupation, now shows a festive, Parislike mood as residents return and rebuild after liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kharkov
Odessa
Alexander
Rogov
Red Army
Rogoy
Dnepr
Paris
Crisman Missing In Action In Italian War Zone
Second Lieutenant William A. Crisman son of Mr and Mrs Wm F Crisman of 1455 North Garfield is reported missing in action in the Italian theater. He serves with the 341st bomb squadron and was a Pocatello high school graduate known for band involvement. He previously worked as a teletype operator for Union Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Crisman
Wm. F. Crisman
North Garfield
Crisman
341St
Pocatello
Union Pacific
Garden winds down as Mrs Schuknecht faces losses this season
In Chicago Mrs Lois Schuknecht fears a costly harvest despite a thriving victory garden. A thief stole a suede jacket left on the lawn and her engagement and wedding rings were taken, reducing her hoped for gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lois Schuknecht
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Crimea
Tass
CAP
PTA
NDIA
Sadiya
China
Burma
Chwebo
Myitkyina
Bulletins
Angster
GOP
Idaholand
William Ennis
The
Bourbons
Henry C. Cassidy
Third Ukrainian Front
Ukraine
Russia
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