Russia’s Rise as a Eastern Power In World War II
The article argues Russia is emerging as a dominant eastern power as war nears its end. It notes European policy shifts toward Moscow and cites Czechoslovakia and a planned Slav alliance with Poland as pivotal steps. It predicts other nations like Poland Bulgaria Yugoslavia Finland and Romania may follow.
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Russia
Moscow
Europe
France
Committee of National Liberation
General de Gaulle
Algiers
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Poland
Benes
Free World Magazine
Osten
Soviet
Dr. Benes
Yugoslavia
Finland
Romania
Hull urges Romania to exit war promptly
Secretary Hull urged Romania to leave the war at the earliest moment. He did not confirm a London dispatch about Russia sending armistice terms but warned Romania would sever its military partnership with Germany if still active.
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Washington
Hull
Romania
London
Russia
Germany
Navy Loses Catalina in Caribbean Crash
The Navy reports a Catalina flying boat crash at sea in the Caribbean on April 6 during a routine flight. Fourteen crew members and passengers are missing and one crew member is dead. Fourteen survivors and the deceased’s body were rescued by a merchant vessel the next day.
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Washington
Navy
Caribbean
Butter Values May Drop Next Week
Washington reports that butter ration value may fall four points next week from 16 to 12 due to ample supplies. Simultaneously the OPA announced a 50 percent cut in lamb ration value effective April 30, prompted by drought threatening spring flocks.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Allied bombers hit northern France in heavy raid
More than 300 American Marauder and Havoc bombers dropped over 300 tons of explosives in northern France after noon amid ground fire. Five bombers were lost. RAF and Spitfires returned unscathed. German fighter resistance appeared for the first time in over a month, suggesting stronger German defenses. This month’s total bomb tonnage reached 4,800, surpassing last month’s record.
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London
France
RAF
Dominion
Bombers Hit Wake Island for 19th Time in War
American Liberator bombers struck Wake Island for the second day running dumping 30 tons of bombs Wednesday night. Moderate anti-aircraft fire met the raid as Wake, held by Japan since the early days of the war, faced its 19th assault. Allied planes also attacked Ponape in the Caroline Islands targeting the air field and nearby structures with light anti-aircraft defense.
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Washington
Wake Island
mid-Pacific
Navy
Ponape
Truk
Caroline Islands
German Raiders Reported Attacks in Southeast Europe
German radio claimed a major air assault today on southeastern Europe by American heavy bombers while the air ministry said the RAF dropped the war’s heaviest tally 5 040 tons on four German and occupied rail centers. A German broadcast said Bucharest was attacked by American bombers possibly from Italian bases.
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London
Europe
Air Ministry
RAF
Germany
Bucharest
Italy
Senate Appropriations Bill Advances Unanimously
The Senate appropriations committee sent the navy department appropriation bill for the year starting July 1 with a unanimous recommendation for passage. The measure, totaling 32.645 billion dollars, had already passed the House without opposition and is scheduled for floor consideration Monday.
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Washington
Navy Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Yugoslav Force Claims 883 Casualties in Week of Fighting
General Mihailovich headquarters says his Yugoslav army inflicted 883 enemy casualties this past week in bitter combat against strong German forces. The claim emphasizes intense exchanges as Allied efforts continue in the region.
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Cairo
Draja Mihailovic
Patton Shifts To England In New Theater Assignment
Patton arrives in the European theater for duty after commands in Sicily. The move follows prior leadership at Casablanca and El Guetar, with Omar Bradley now senior American ground commander in Britain.
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London
George 8S
Patton, Jr
Seventh Army
Sicily
Cairo
Middle East
Balkans
Patton
Seventh
Casablanca
Lavele
el Guetar
Tunnisia
Second Army
Omar N. Bradley
Tunis
Bizerte
Bradley
Britain
Nazis Use Kid German Torpedo Crew Against Anzio
A 17 year old Kriegsmarine sailor manned a two part “human torpedo” that ran ashore north of Anzio. He was rescued by two Jewish American soldiers after signaling he ran out of gas. He planned to use the craft to attack shipping and dive toward the German lines.
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Fifth Army
Anzio
Kriegsmarine
A. M. Berstein
Brooklyn
Joseph Mectoman
Detroit
De Gaulle affirms French confidence in allied commands
Gen. Charles De Gaulle states the French committee of national liberation backs the inter allied command under Eisenhower in England and Wilson in the Mediterranean. He calls for France to have a key role in the postwar international order and insists the civil administration in liberated France be French. He cites Giraud’s departure as due to the clash of allied and French command needs.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
Dwight D. Eisenhower
England
Henry M. Wilson
Mediterranean
France
International Organization
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Eisenhower
Wilson
Nazis Start Offensive Along Border
Soviet report says German attacks near Narva and at the Carpathians were repelled. Heavy casualties claimed on both fronts with thousands killed and intense fighting continuing around Sevastopol.
Desertion Tales Of War Prisoners In Odessa
Allied reporters interview 570 German and satellite nationality deserters in Odessa. Prisoners from Germany, Romania, Slovakia, Poland and France recount discouragement and eventual desertion while held in a public bathhouse jail in the Slobodka quarter.
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Odessa
Slobodka
Germany
Blast injures boy at mine near Stravell Idaho
Nine year old J C Pettingill of Elba Idaho suffered severe hand injuries when a dynamite cap exploded near Strawell. He lost most of one hand and the other was badly mangled while he picked at the cap at his parents mine Thursday.
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Ogden
Clain Pettingill
J. C. Pettingill
Elba
Idaho
Strawell
Stravell
Potato Whiskey Sells Fast in New York Store
Idaho Falls product Potato Whiskey, 80 percent neutral spirits from culled potatoes and 20 percent four year old whiskey, sold out its stock in a large New York liquor department store. Glasworthy, Inc. of Idaho Falls distilled it after buying an experimental plant from the University of Idaho. Operations began six weeks ago using culled potatoes from two dehydration plants.
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New York
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Glasworthy, Inc
University of Idaho
Planes Pound At Harbor In Allied Italian Strikes
Allied warplanes diverted from Balkan rail targets hit German communications in Italy yesterday. U S heavy bombers blasted Venice harbor and towns from Ancona to Trieste, with more than 2 000 sorties and 10 German craft destroyed. Anzio front activity remained cautious as E boats faced interception off the beachhead. Cassino and Ortona saw heavy shelling and artillery duels.
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Naples
Balkan
Italy
U. S
Venice
Ancona
Trieste
Monfalcone
Livorno
Leghorn
Anzio
Ortona
Adriatic Front
Weather forecast for Pocatello and vicinity
Clearing and slightly warmer today with fair tonight and local frosts. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions. Data from the Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport cover a 24 hour period ending noon April 21 with a high of 35 and a low of 30. mean 32 and a moon phase of 46. Deficiency to date 20. Year ago high 58 and low 43. Month to date 0.85 versus normal 1.10. Sunset 8:19 and sunrise 6:37.
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Pocatello
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Bus Ditches Near Buhl After Storm Skid
Union Pacific bus skidded into a ditch two miles south of Buhl last night with no injuries. W. L. Middleton, manager of the stage lines, blamed storm conditions for the accident and said a special bus from Twin Falls was sent to carry the passengers onward.
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Boise
Union Pacific
Buhl
W. L. Middleton
Stage Lines
Twin Falls
Jap Lines Stretch and Snap Says Navy Commander
San Francisco reports Vice Admiral David W. Bagley, commander of the western sea frontier, describes Pacific war trends as Japanese lifelines stretching and snapping. He proclaims American superiority in amphibious warfare and calls for joint army navy and air force action backed by home front production and unified patriotism.
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Navy
San Francisco
David W. Bagley
Western Sea Frontier
Bagley
San Francisco Commonwealth Club
Air raid blitz pounds Axis targets with 1100 planes
RAF sorties massed 1100 aircraft in a night assault against Cologne and three French and Belgian rail hubs, dropping roughly 4480 tons of bombs. Only 16 bombers were lost, as Berlin Mosquitos joined the raid after a dusk attack on Adolf Hitler’s Atlantic wall, while Allied air forces push toward Eisenhower’s invasion corridor.
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London
R.A F
Cologne
France
Belgium
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Air Ministry
R.A.P
Britain
Reich
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Continental
Court Denies Bond Plea in High Profile Sedition Case
Edward James Smythe remains in U S custody after Justice Edward C Bicher refuses reinstatement of a $1000 bond forfeited for failing to appear with 29 co defendants for trial on sedition conspiracy charges. His attorney James J Laughlin will seek a stay and appeal to investigate alleged defense telephone taps and surveillance.
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Washington
Edward James Smythe
U. S
Edward C. Bicher
Smythe
James J. Laughlin
FBI
District Court of Appeals
Lauchlin
Eicher
Newspapers End Action Against Censorship Office
Four Sydney newspapers suspended injunctions against the censorship office after publishing articles that sparked the controversy. A crown high court had earlier restrained publication while tests of the censorship rules were being considered.
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Sydney
Australia
Today
Crown High Court
Thut
Imports Rise to 31 Million Long Tons in 1943
Washington announces that offshore imports into the United States reached 31,000,000 long tons in 1943, surpassing the peace time total of 1938, despite U boats and many trade route closures.
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Washington
United States
Pythians to Convene in Boise This June
The Idaho grand lodge of Knights of Pythias and Pythian sisters will meet in Boise on June 9 and 10. About 200 delegates from across the state are expected, announced J. M. Lampert Boise chief tribune of the supreme lodge.
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Boise
Idaho Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias and
Pythian Sisters
J. M. Lampert
The
Supreme Lodge
Berlin and Vichy Soldiers Massing On British Coast
The Berlin radio claimed the American and British navies concentrate forces in British home waters for a western invasion. It said troops are leaving London as the city grows emptier of soldiers, with trains taking men to channel ports and southern and eastern ports. The Vichy station echoed invasion rumors timed with Allied assaults in Italy and the Balkans.
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London
Berlin
Vichy Radio
Italy
Balkans
Heavy Wet Snow Blankets Utah and Southern Idaho
A heavy wet snow event coated northern Utah and parts of southern Idaho with up to several inches in cities near the mountains. Salt Lake City reported 0.79 inches of precipitation for April, Alta logged over five feet of snow with nearly 12 feet on the ground, and overall April totals exceed normal levels.
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Utah
Idaho
Ogden
Weather Bureau
Salt Lake City
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Twin Falls
Alta
Wasatch Mountains
Pittsburgh Waits For Commando Kelly Homecoming
Pittsburgh residents and civic committees waited anxiously for Commando Kelly or news of his return. A city wide celebration for his homecoming was postponed repeatedly as no word arrived. Irene Kelly kept busy with her eight other sons, James arriving from Fort Knox, Kentucky to greet the family.
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Pittsburgh
Commando Kelly
Italy
Irene Kelly
James
Kelly
Fort Knox
Market Outlook Asserts Vast Postwar US Russian Trade
Eric Johnston, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, predicts a large postwar market in Russia for American goods. He envisions US Russian trade based on Soviet payments in raw materials or gold, or via long term credits. Johnston also foresees a reduced poverty level and a mid class rising from 40–50 percent to 80–85 percent of the population.
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New York
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Russia
United States
Amateur Horse Thief In Philadelphia Nets Pony Recovery
In Philadelphia a six year old pony named Mickey was stolen by a novice thief. Mickey was found tied to a pole with the saddle on backward and the bellyband twisted around the chest, recovered today.
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Philadelphia
Mickey
Japanese Push Splits Peiping Hankow Line in China War
Japanese forces mass 50 000 to 60 000 troops with Manchurian units driving along the Peiping Hankow railway in northern Henan. China warns of risks including possible famine for 20 million civilians as the march aims to cut 150 miles of rail and sever north to central links. The offensive began April 18 with three main columns surrounding Chenghsien to control the vital railway junction and threaten overland supply lines.
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China
Peiping-Hankow
Henan
Manchuria
Japan
Peiping- Hankow
Yangtze
Chenghsien
Chengchow
Pickets Close Ford Plant in Windsor Ontario
Picket lines surrounding the Ford Motor Company of Canada plant halted operations affecting about 14 000 workers. The stoppage began with a day shift walkout for a half holiday over grievance procedures and the company terminated the contract with United Automobile Workers Local 200 CIO. The company called the walkout illegal. police planned no action until legality was established. Union members vow to continue the strike unless four suspended stewards are reinstated and the contract maintained.
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Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Company of Canada
United Automobile Workers of America
CIO
Ford
Wallace R. Campbell
Crowley urges Boise to limit petition filings
Assistant Attorney General Ariel L. Crowley advised Idaho Secretary of State George H. Curtis to accept no more than 300 names on petitions for candidacies. He urged declining to supply excessive petition forms to voters, saying circulating too many forms aims to bind voters to a candidate and violates election laws.
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Boise (P
Ariel L. Crowley
Secretary of State
George H. Curtis
Idaho
Crowley
Theater Man Dies in Boise at 66
Walter A. Mendenhall, 66, Boise theater operator and pioneer, died of a heart attack at home. He came to Boise in 1900 and managed the old Columbia theater seven years later. He supervised the 1908 Pinney theater construction and was president of the Men-Mar Theater Co. He also led an amusement company with theaters in Boise Nampa Caldwell and Ontario Oregon. Born November 10 1877 in Bloomfield Iowa.
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Boise
Walter A. Mendenhall
Idaho
Mendenhall
Old Columbia
Pinney Theater
Men-Mar
Nampa
Caldwell
Ontario
Ore
Bloomfield
Iowa
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