Planes Keep Up Day and Night Raids on Hitler’s Fort
Allied forces launch a massive two way strike with about 2,000 American and Britain based bombers and fighters targeting Friedrichshafen Munich rail yards Bucharest Plaesti Ploesti Belgrade aircraft plants and Yugoslavian factories. Italy based formations hit Balkan targets as heavy bombers press the ten day campaign. Interceptions and battles are reported as the offensive continues in clear weather.
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Britain
Italy
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Plaesti
Friedrichafen
Munich
Balkan
Ploesti
Hitler
Belgrade
General MacArthur Leads Hollandia Tanah Merah Landing
General Douglas MacArthur went ashore at Hollandia in a small barge and later at Tanah Merah Bay as American forces launched a bold invasion. He personally oversaw the operation, amid heavy shelling, and his presence electrified troops while Soviet-like mud and jungle fighting raged nearby.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Humboldt Bay
Tanahmerah Bay
Church Sends 960 Men to Service
Riley Dixon reports that 960 men and 20 women affiliated with the Pocatello stake of the L D S church served in the U S armed forces. Many served in the Mormon Battalion. The stake covers 12 Pocatello wards and wards at Inkom Tyhee Rockland and American Falls.
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Riley Dixon
Pocatello Stake
L.D.S
United States
Mormon Battalion
Pocatello
Inkom
Tyhee
Rockland
American Falls
Ship New Jersey Joins Fleet In Post Pearl Harbor Wave
Adm. Ernest J. King says the 45,000 ton battleship New Jersey is now in commission and one of six battleships to join the fleet since Pearl Harbor. The announcement places the ship among recently commissioned vessels expanding U S naval strength.
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Washington
New Jersey
Adm
Ernest J. King
King
Pearl Harbor
Officers raid Green Triangle night club on gambling charges
Green Triangle manager Bob Hillman arrested for operating a gambling establishment while Ross Terreel and Jam Barry faced charges for operating gambling games inside the club. They appeared before Justice William J. Ryan and posted $200 bonds. Deputies confiscated a craps table and a 21 game table during the raid. A related El Rio club near the city was also under inspection with a prior closure for repairs.
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Green Triangle
Ross Terreel
Jam Bar-ry
William J. Ryan
Ray Reynolds
Amos Rigby
Bancroft
Harrison , Crowell
Earl
el Rio
Pocatello
Strikers Return To Work At Montgomery Ward Plant
Chicago CIO union members on a 13 day strike at Montgomery Ward and Co mil order plant voted to return to work following a request from President Roosevelt. Local 20 of the United Mail Order Warehouse and Retail Employes union members resumed work that night and withdrew picket lines from Ward's north side property. Ward directors met but issued no immediate comment on firm action.
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Chicago
CIO
Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
United Mail Order
North Side
Ward
Admiral Urges Greater Fleet To Meet Future Challenges
Admiral Ernest J. King warns the navy must not fall to prewar weakness after Pearl Harbor. In his first official war progress report he outlines drastic efforts to expand the fleet to world leading strength and vows travel and victory against Germany and Japan.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
United States
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Pacific Theater
Japan
Knox
Allied Invasion Preparations Highlight Glider Tactics
The story describes American gliders used in the first wave of the Burma invasion with Gurkhas and Col. John Alison recounting loading practice and the glider aircraft’s lack of motor. It also notes Allied projections of destroying the Nazi air force as a prelude to invasion, citing intensified bombing, fighter losses, and German counterclaims amid preparations for Europe.
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Washington
Burma
India
Col
John Alison
London
Germany
Berlin
Farm Wages Rise in Idaho Over Year
Idaho's average farm wage rate as of April 1 shows a substantial rise from 1943. The U. S. Department of Agriculture reports first of this month with board at 107 dollars and without board at 142 dollars, up from 84.50 and 114 dollars respectively.
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Boise
Idaho
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
U S Pacific Fleet Liberators Bombard Truk and Targets
Seventh U S air force Liberators bombed Truks Moen Eten and Paramis lands in the Truk lagoon in a pre dawn strike announced by Adm Nimitz. Navy said attacks also hit Ponape Ulul and Pulawat with Pulawat previously hit by Solomons planes.
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Pearl Harbor
Truk
Caroline
Seventh U.S. Air Force Liberators
Chester W. Nimitz
Moen
Eten
Param Islands
Truk Lagoon
Navy
Ponape
Ulul Islands
Pulawat
Central Pacific
Soviet Bulletin Reports Sinking of Axis Transports in Crimea
Moscow announced that Russian naval planes sank seven Axis transports carrying troops escaping Sevasto pol in the Crimea. Total tonnage reached 16 000 tons plus a barge torpedo cutter and three patrol ships. Long range aircraft hit Axis concentrations at Lwow junction as fires and explosions followed.
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London
Sevastopol
Crimea
Moscow
Black Sea
Monitor
Lwow
Old Poland
OPA Sets Date For Strawberry Price Ceiling
Washington reports ceiling prices on fresh strawberries will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Rep. Morrison of Louisiana said he was informed by the Office of Price Administration.
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Washington
Morrison
D-La
Office of Price Administration
Yankees Seize Two Bases On Coast of New Guinea
Washington reports that a U S Navy coast operation on the New Guinea coast has captured two bases. The action reflects Allied advances in the Pacific theater.
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Yankees
New Guinea
Federal action destroys 113 cases of underweight peanut butter
The court ordered the destruction of 113 cases of peanut butter after inspectors found the product averaged 15.66 ounces rather than 16. The goods were impounded from Zions Wholesale Grocery in Idaho Falls and the Sessions Company of Enterprise Alabama offered no defense. Firefighters burned the stock at the city dump, with a retail value estimated at about $675.
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Idaho Falls
United States
Boise
Post- Registrar
Federal Court For
Idaho
Zions’ Wholesale Grocery Company
Sessions Company, Inc
Enterprise
Ala
United States Marshal
Fifth Baby Dies At New London Hospital From Boric Acid Error
Administrator Richard J. Hancock announced Brian Alan Harvey died at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital from boric acid powder in a feeding formula. This marked the fifth infant death at the hospital in two weeks from the same error. Eight other babies recovered after boric acid powder replaced dextrose on April 7. the first four deaths prompted officials to identify a hospital employee in the pharmacy as responsible.
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New London, Conn
Richard J. Hancock
Lawrence & Memorial Associated Hospitals
Brian Alan Harvey
Hancock
Soft Spot in Japs Defense May Speed Allied Advances
Allied gains in the Pacific and Japanese moves in India and China could alter southeast Asia plans. A weak point in Japanese defense appears exploitable as China is pressured by renewed Allied moves. Det الخارجية
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New York
Pacific
India
China
Southeast Asia
Southwest
Central Pacific
Japan
Russians prep new campaign after Leningrad siege lift
After a ten month push that lifted the Leningrad siege, Soviet forces strike toward Romania and Berlin in a massive overland march from Kursk. Front dispatches report a brief lull as rearguards redeploy and winter reorganization begins.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Romania
Berlin
Kursk
London
Flood Wrecks Kansas as Rains Flood Plains
Floods across Kansas and Missouri from torrential downpours of five inches in 0.8 hours cause extensive damage and at least three deaths. Victims include Joseph Fisher of Wichita and Ralph Barnthouse of Winfield, with additional fatalities in Missouri from lightning and a missing farmer near Longwood.
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Kansas
Missouri
Joseph Fisher
Wichita
Ralph Barnthouse
Winfield
Kans
Fred Owens, Jr
Kansas City
Platte City
Moberly
Longwood
Weather forecast for Pocatello and vicinity
Light rain or snow today and tonight with clearing Tuesday except in the southeast. Colder tonight with light frost in the west. In the 24 hour period ending noon April 24 the high reached 58 and the low 37 with a mean of 48. Precipitation was 0.4 inch for the period and 0.85 inch for the month to date. Sunset 8 22 PM and sunrise 6 32 AM.
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Pocatello
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Idahoan’s Estate Inventory Sets Value at 137513
Inventory on the estate of Allice K. Amussen former Salt Lake City businesswoman lists property value at 137513. Miss Amussen died in December 1943 at Aberdeen Idaho. Sister Mrs Julia Dalley of Aberdeen is administrix. Inventory filed today in third district court.
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Salt Lake City
Allice K. Amussen
Amussen
Aberdeen
Idaho
Julia Dalley
Third District
Parma Board to Meet May 27 28 29 in Moscow Idaho
Mrs A A Steele head of the state board of education says the board will convene May 27 28 29 at Moscow Idaho to align with University of Idaho commencement. The board also serves as the university regents.
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Parma
A. A. Steele
State Board Education
Moscow
Idaho
University of Idaho
University
Service Induction In-Out Affair
Idaho Falls Post-Register advertising manager Hayden Stites completed a second draft induction cycle. He sold his furniture arranged for his wife to move to Pocatello and attended farewell parties after a navy call was postponed. A new report date set for May 3 was postponed again.
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Idaho Falls
Hayden Stites
Idaho Falls Post - Register
Navy
Pocatello
Stites
Heroes Visit At Capital Reveal Medal of Honor Stories
Secretary Stimson hosts Second Lieutenant Childers from Tulsa and Kelly from Pittsburgh as they recount earning the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry in Italy. The pair describe facing three machine gun nests and D-Day frontline actions, with congressional delegates observing.
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Washington
Childers
Set
Kelly
Italy
Batttlefields
Stimson
Tulsa
Okxla
Pittsburgh
Kelle
Salerno
Congress
Veterans Planning Benefit Dance Promised By Po catello Post
Po catello post 735 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsors a Thursday night dance in the Memorial building with Army Air Field orchestra. Proceeds aid the welfare fund as subscriptions are sought. Commander Shiave notes demobilization will bring over a million returning veterans and that about ten percent may need continued hospital care and rehabilitation.
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J. D. Shiave
Pocatello Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Army Air Field Orchestra
Shiave
America
Roosevelt Nominates Pickney Tuck as Minister to Egypt
President Roosevelt nominates S&S. Pickney Tuck former counsellor of embassy at Wichi France to be American minister to Egypt.
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Washington
Roosevelt Today
S&s. Pickney Tuck
Wichi
France
Egypt
MacArthur’s Forces Strike Inland in New Guinea Blitz
American troops 500 miles up the New Guinea coast seize Tadji airfield near Altape and push into Hollandia defenses at Humboldt and Tanahmerah bays. Gen Douglas MacArthur reports 60,000 Japanese troops cut off from supply lines as the large amphibious operation marks a decisive SW Pacific victory.
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General MacArthur
New Guinea
Tanahmerah Bay
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Bataan
MacArthur
Philippines
Allied Troops Repulse Two German Thrusts at Anzio
Allied headquarters announced that two German attacks against the Anzio beachhead were repulsed. One assault was in company strength near Carano, the other southwest of Carroceto 21 miles from Rome. Italian troops probed west of Mt Marrone as patrols clashed with German forces at a lightly defended sector.
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Naples
Anzio
Carano
Carroceto
Rome
Mt. Marrone
Cassino
Senator Reed Criticizes Food Subsidies in War Cost Clash
Senator Reed of Kansas tells the senate banking committee that food price subsidies and manpower use are wasted, estimating the war costs are 50 billion dollars yearly above necessity. He cites work hours in manufacturing dropping from 51 in 1914 to 44.9 in 1943 and 45.7 in 1939.
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Washington P
Reed
Senate Banking Committee
Crash Kills Flyers EPSOM N H
A large airplane crash on Delight mountain near Epsom New Hampshire reportedly killed nine to twelve people. Residents arriving at the scene described a massive explosion and found multiple bodies in the wreckage near Concord.
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Epsom. N. H
Delight Mountain
Epsom
Concord
Liberty Ship John Straub Sinks Off Alaska with Survivors Missing
In Alaskan waters last week the Liberty ship John Straub broke in two at 5 30 a m. The forward section sank immediately while the after section stayed afloat for 14 hours. Coast guards examined the derelict and found no one aboard. Army and coast guard vessels rescued 15 of 70 aboard, leaving at least 55 men missing or presumed lost.
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John Straub
Sanak Island
Alaska Peninsula
Alaska Steamship Company
War Shipping Administration
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