English Navy Extends Patrols To North Atlantic
Washington reports a planned major extension of hemisphere defense with a north Atlantic patrol halfway to Europe. Officials offer limited details while La Guardia hints at offshore defense starting 1000 miles from shore, prompting questions about enforcement and impact on convoy duties and British supply lines.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Europe
United States Navy
Britain
New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Gains Empty For Nazis
Washington experts say Germany gains from Yugoslavia and Greece will be negligible or costly. Balkan conquest damages supply lines and wartime materials from those countries are limited, with Germany already securing available resources.
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Washington
Germany
Yugoslavia
Greece
Balkan
Workers Get Raise for Potlatch Forests Inc Employees
Lewiston Idaho April 24 five cents an hour raise for Potlatch Forests Inc workers agreed upon E L Terlson secretary of Inland Empire district council of the AFL lumber and saw mill workers union announced The increase second this year raises minimum wage to 70 cents per hour and average 85 cents The increase is effective May 1.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Potlatch Forests, Inc
E. L. Terlson
Inland Empire District Council
American Federation of Labor Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union
Jaycees Install New Officers
The Junior Chamber of Commerce held a dinner meeting to install officers for 1941. New officers include Herman Lampman as president with Harry DuDenake James Hoggan as vice presidents and Claude Johnson among directors while Halford passes leadership. Miss Nona Heyland and Carol Carkin performed two dance numbers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jedge Craig
Herman Lampman
Harry Dudenake
James Hoggan
Bill Burnside
O. G. Roche
Mahion Rhupp
Claude Johnson
Jack Randall
Victor Brower
Harrell Martin
Ray Benson
Charles Halford
Halford
Junior Chamber
Lampman
White pushes Idaho park gateway and mining road access
Representative White of Idaho said he is pressing the forest service to finish a road from Cave Falls to Old Faithful Inn, creating eastern park access to the Tetons and Salt Lake City. He also outlined plans with war department, mining bureau, and national defense council to build a route from the Stibnite mining area to the railroad for strategic mineral access.
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Washington
White
Idaho
Forest Service
Yellowstone National Park
Ashton
Belcher Canyon
Cave Falls
Park
Old Faithful Inn
Tetons
Pocatello
Salt Lake City
Tam
War Department Mining Bureau
National Defense Council
Stibnite
Appeal Delays Ogden Policeman Slayers Execution
Walter Robert Avery, condemned for killing an Ogden police officer, had his execution postponed after filing a Supreme Court appeal from his district court conviction. A pending pardon board petition for commutation to life awaits the high court decision amid ongoing review.
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Salt Lake City
Supreme Court
Walter Robert Avery
Ogden
State Pardon Board
Pardons Board
Pope Calls for May Peace Prayers Worldwide
Pope Pius XII asked Catholics globally to pray for peace in a letter to Luigi Cardinal Maglione. He urged dedicating the month of May to peace prayers and issued the third appeal of his pontificate.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Pack Family Welcomes Son in Idaho Falls Hospital
Mr and Mrs Lynn Pack announce the arrival of a son on April 23 at L D 8 hospital Idaho Falls. The newborn is the couple's first child and the family requests prayers and well wishes.
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Lynn Pack
L. D
Idaho Falls
Bandits Seize New York Club Front. One Kills Self
In a Central Park West incident three bandits soiled a New York Athletic Club hold up. A patrolman was wounded and a robber killed himself to avoid capture. One companion was later captured and a third escaped into the park.
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New York
New York Athletic Club
Central Park
59Th and
Seventh Avenue
Frank Erickson
58Th Street
George Sc
Germans Halt Greek Advance as Balkan Map Shifts
AP dispatches from Athens report German mechanized forces pausing after rapid pushes in Greece with observers warning of a looming final strike. Berlin says Bulgarian troops occupy Grecian Thrace between the Maritza and Struma rivers, while Stefani claims Korcula islands in the Adriatic are under Italian control.
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Associated Press
Germany
Greece
Athens
Berlin
Grecian Thrace
Maritza
Meric
Struma
Rome
Stefani
Korcula
Adriatic
Dalmatian
Baseball Scoreboard US Today
National and American league results with multiple games listed. Key matchups include Boston at New York postponed and Brooklyn scoring in a 2 0 1 0 0 sequence while Pittsburgh and St. Louis show partial innings. Details mention players such as Dickman Pytlak Russo Dickey Kennedy Grube Tebbetts Bruner Tamulis Crouch Livingston Hamlin Owen Derringer Lombardi and McGee Cooper.
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Boston
New York
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Pytlak
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Dickey
WPA Cutting 250 From Relief Totals
Idaho's WPA May employment quota set at 8,150 down from 8,400 this month. National defense projects will take a larger share with airports and war secretary certified work. Major Idaho Falls runways project must finish by June 30, with about 45 days more. Other sites include Pocatello Burley St. Anthony Twin Falls Gooding Boise and Lochsa road work. Noxious weed control tops state projects with 1,083 workers. total funds added exceed 1.28 million dollars.
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Idaho
Work Projects Administration
Dean W. Miller
National Defense Projects
WPA
Secretary of War
Idaho Falls
Miller
Pocatello
Burley
National Guard
St. Anthony
Twin Falls
Gooding
North Idaho
Lochsa River
Coeur d’Alene
Powder Blast Kills 13 at Azores Barracks
A munitions explosion at a Portuguese port of Horta in the Azores killed 12 soldiers and a civilian and injured nine others. The blast destroyed a barracks and damaged a church, with Pan American Airways base undamaged. authorities cited possible spontaneous combustion of black powder in saluting shells.
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Horta
Azores
Apri 24
Pan American Airways
Boise junior Frank Church Wins National Oratory Prize
Boise high school junior Frank Church, who last week won a $4000 scholarship and the national title in the American Legion oratory contest, returned home today after his victory.
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Boise
Frank Church
Mulvaney Sentenced to Sixty Days in Petit Larceny Case
Michael Mulvaney was sentenced by Justice Charles W. Hyde to 60 days in jail after being charged with petit larceny for allegedly stealing six women's slips from a local department store. Justice Hyde also delayed action on Walter Ranstrum's trespassing case pending land ownership questions. Ninnip Toane faces a Friday trial for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Justice Hyde's court.
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Michael Mulvaney
Charles W. Hyde
Justice Hyde
Walter Ranstrum
Sam Travis
Ninnip Toane
Film Official Draws Term in Tax Case
New York April 24 Joseph M. Schenck billionaire film executive was sentenced in federal court to three years in prison and fined 20000 for income tax evasion. Co defendant Joseph Moskowitz got one year and a day and a 10000 fine. He faced possible civil action for 253692.62 in back taxes plus interest. Government warned of potential fraud penalty of 50 percent.
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New York
Joseph M. Schenck
Joseph Moskowitz
Schenck
Moskowitz
U. S
Mathias Correa
Jury Clears Woman in Idaho Manslaughter Case
Jean Mann, 45, is acquitted by a Sandpoint district court jury of manslaughter in the death of her husband Dan Mann, 59. Her Chicago attorney brother C T Akre argued self defense. plan to move to California with relatives. The shooting occurred March 1 in a Hope Idaho beer parlor where she worked. the couple had been living apart.
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Sandpoint
Idaho
Jean Mann
C. T. Akre
Chicago
Dan Mann
Akre
California
Mann
Hope
Driver pleads guilty to drunken driving in Bure Creek court
Jack W Jones admitted drunken driving in the Bure Creek court, receiving 30 days in Weber county jail. He was arrested Tuesday night while riding a motor scooter. Milt Facer, also on a scooter, faces a similar charge and a Saturday court appearance under $200 bond.
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Ogden
Jack W Jones
Bure Creek
Alfred Gladwell
Weber County
Jones
Milt Facer
Liberty
Britain and Greece Balkan Adventure Explained
The British role in the Greek defense is examined as political and moral, not only military. Britain kept its pledge to aid Greece, landed tens of thousands of troops, and was ready to send more before German advances halted the effort. The article notes Hitler’s losses, disrupted Balkan agriculture, and shortages of oil that threaten the Nazi war machine.
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U. S.-Canadian Defense Board
Ottawa
White House
U. S
mid-Atlantic
North Atlantic
Atlantic
Greece
London
Britain
Australia
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John
Hitler
Balkan
British Isles
Balkans
Fire Kills Woman in Jarbridge Nevada
Mrs. Retta Neukam aged 45 of Jarbridge Nevada died in a hospital after burns from an easeline cleaning clothing that exploded and started a house fire. The blaze was extinguished quickly, but she suffered first and second degree burns. Survived by her husband and seven children.
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Twin Falls
Retta Neukam
Jarbridge
Nev
Polly Family Welcomes Daughter in April Birth
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Polly of 944 East Carter announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday April 22 at St Anthony hospital. Mr Polly is a Pocatello representative of the Weyerhauser Lumber company.
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Pollys
Lawrence Polly
East Carter
St. Anthony Hospital
Polly
Pocatello
Weyerhauser Lumber Company
Temperature Tops Record for Warm Election Day
A balmy Wednesday brought the highest temperature of the year to 68 degrees. Citizens dodged lawnmowers downtown as spring-like warmth continued with forecasts of scattered clouds and distant showers, keeping conditions mild into Friday.
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Porcatello
Lindy Warns U S of Plan Against War Plea
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh warned at an America First rally in New York that Britain seeks another American expeditionary force to Europe to share the war effort. He urged the U S not to become involved, saying aid cannot win the war and antiwar crowds clashed with police outside Manhattan Center.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Great Britain
AEF
England
America First Committee
Europe
Lindbergh
Chicago
U. S
Manhattan Center
Rule to Aid Students
Boise April 24 Lt Col Norman B Adkison says new legislation may let defer college seniors in engineering dentistry medicine or veterinary medicine. He notes no extensions after July 1 for draftees though deferment could be given if men are necessary to industry.
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Boise
Norman B. Adkison
Adkison
State Selective Service Executive
Grangeville
Lewiston
Moscow
Petain Observes 85th Birthday Quietly in Vichy
Vichy France witnessed a quiet observance as Chief of State Marshal Philippe Petain marked his 85th birthday today. The veteran leader, born in 1856, is depicted in public as steady and enduring amid wartime leadership.
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Vichy
France
Philippe Petain
To Confer Degrees at Portneuf Lodge 20 I O O F
Portneuf lodge No 20 I O O F will initiate a class of candidates at a meeting Friday night at 8 o'clock. Weather is cloudy tonight and Friday with scattered afternoon showers over mountains and little change in temperature.
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Portneuf Lodge No. 20
Utah
British Retreat Pressures German Advance in Balkans
Reported fighting in Thermopylae as British forces fall back to delay German blitz. Berlin and London clash over momentum near Athens while Greece evacuates officials to Crete and Mussolini’s command lists 6000 Italian troops ready in the Balkans.
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Balkans
London
Lemnos
Dardanelle
Hitler
Thermopylae
Lamsa
Lamia
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Cairo
B.E.P
George II
Crete
Adolf Hitler
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