Hitler Marries Eva Braun and May Escape Berlin
Soviet commanders announced Hitler wed Eva Braun two days before Berlin fell and may have fled by air. Zhukov and Bezarin said Hitler’s fate remains uncertain, with possible death or escape to Spain, while bodies in the Reich Chancellery were identified as Goebbels and family or misattributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Gregory K. Zhukov
Hitler
Zhukov
Red Army
Germany
Nikolai E. Bezarin
Bezarin
Spain
Franco
NBC
Robert Magidoff
Europe
Reich
Fuehrer
Marshal Zhukov
Joseph W. Grigg, Jr
Allied Control Council
Martin Bohrmann
Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Propaganda Ministry
Arthur Werner
Tito Accepts Agreement Ending Strife
The United States and Britain brokered a settlement with Yugoslavia as Marshal Tito agrees to withdraw forces east of a line while Anglo American troops control railways and roads to Austria. A temporary military government will run Venezia Giulia and Trieste west of the line under Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, with Tito retaining a small 2,000-strong force westward. Civilians displaced or arrested are to be returned and wartime property damages compensated.
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Washington
Trieste
Marshal Tito
Austria
Carinthia
Tito
Yugoslavia
Venezia Giulia
Sir Harold Commander
Pola
Gorizia
Caporetto
Tarvisio
Alexander
Draft service hearings set with top military witnesses
Washington set to hear testimony from George C. Marshall Ernest J. King A. Vandegrift Ira Eaker Aubrey Fitch Randall Jacobs James Forrestal Henry Stimson and possibly Patton Bradley Eisenhower regarding universal training and peacetime draft legislation before the House postwar committee in the Capitol Hill hearings next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Navy
Capitol Hill
Woodrum
D.- Va
House
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
A. A. Vandegrift
Ira Eaker
Aubrey W. Fitch
Naval Operations
Randall Jacobs
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
Henry L. Stimson
George 8. Patton, Jr
Omar N. Bradley
Europe
Eisenhower
Break Floods Town Main Street Water Main Break
Flooding from a large Main Street water main breach left downtown districts short of water since Wednesday evening. City workers have labored overnight to repair the leak and restore supplies to residents and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priest River
Legion Convention Dates Set for Boise Area
The 1945 Idaho American Legion state convention will be held September 9 to 11 with officers stating the location is not yet chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Department
The
American Legion
Soong Visits Truman in Washington
Chinese Foreign Minister T. V. Soong called on President Truman in Washington. The visit continued a prior conference with the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soong
Truman
Washington
T. V. Soong
Truman Sets Sail On Potomac River Cruise
President Truman departed Saturday for an overnight voyage aboard the yacht Potomac. He is expected to return to the White House later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Potomac
White House
Control Unit To Meet At Pocatello
War Manpower Director A. J. Tillman set dates for three area committee meetings in Idaho to decide whether wartime work controls should remain after July 1. North Idaho, southeast Idaho, and southwestern Idaho panels will confer June 15, 19, and 21 respectively, with final action by regional WMC director John E. Gross in Denver.
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Boise
Idaho
A. J. Tillman
North Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Southeastern Committee
Pocatello
Southwestern
WMC
Tillman
John E. Gross
Denver
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization
South Idaho
Legion to Create 15 Million Americanism Endowment
The American Legion plans a nationwide drive to raise 15 million dollars for an Americanism endowment fund. Alvin M. Owsley of Dallas, past national commander and fund chairman, announced the plan after a two day trustees meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Legion
Alvin M. Owsley
Dallas
Texas
Burglary Reported in Alameda Home on Friday
Alameda Police Chief F C Ormond reports the Joe Fitzam residence at 277 Wilson was entered Friday night. Seven quarts of fruit a black overnight bag with embroidery heirloom and a pair of white shoes were stolen through a rear unlocked door. Embroidery found in the alley behind the home. Saturday he checked an open well east of the Chandler place in the northeast of town but found a cement top closing the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. Ormond
Alameda
Joe Fitzam
Wilson
Ormond
Chandler Place
Two Pocatellans Secure Liberty
A列 list of Army personnel including Charles B. Walker and Kennett Webb from Pocatello and Homedale with ranks First Lt and Second Lt among other officers and enlisted men. Also notes Liberated Prisoners of War in Germany and names Delbert Price Meade Pickett Robinson Roehr Smith Stephens Swallow Whitcomb Walsh with home towns Idaho Falls Pocatello Lewiston Boise Rexburg.
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European
Walker
Charles B
Homedale
Pacific
Webb
Kennett
Germany
Phillips
Robert C
Maldred N. Phillips
North Johnson
Pocatello
Price
Delbert W
Wendell Robinson
Gerald F
Rexburg
Roehr
Howard H.,, Jr
Boise
Smith
Charles M., Jr
Idaho Falls
Stephens
Chad W
Virgil E. Stephens
South Birch
Blackfoot
Swallow
Ray R
George B. Swallow
South Tenth
Whitcomb
Franklin F
Lewiston
Walsh
Gerald E
Felt
Officials to Meet Boise Conference in 1945 Idaho Meeting
The Idaho County Superintendents association will hold its 1945 conference at Lewis ton State Normal school June 18 to 22 gathering superintendents from nearly all 44 counties. State superintendent G C Sullivan reports near universal attendance. Dr H B Bruner of Oklahoma City will speak on Education in the Postwar Era.
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Boise
Idaho County Superintendents’ Association
Lewiston State Normal School
G. C. Sullivan
Sullivan
H. B. Bruner
Oklahoma City
War Production Board Tightens Steel Copper Aluminum Allotments
The War Production Board said on Saturday night it will grant no increases in civilian steel copper and aluminum allotments beyond the July-September quarter unless absolutely necessary to boost production of civilian goods of the highest urgency.
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Washington
War Production Board
Idaho hospital probe began as five-member panel heard witnesses
A five-man commission appointed by Gov. Gossett opened hearings into conditions at the Idaho state hospital. Chairman Ralph Breshears led questioning behind closed doors as witnesses testified. The panel may subpoena witnesses and forward findings to the governor, with possible prosecutions if wrongs are found.
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Blackfoot
Charles C. Gossett
Idaho State Hospital
Ralph Breshears
Boise
Ane
Parley Rigby
Idaho Falls
Breshearns
Rigby
H. P. Belknap
Nampa
Ralph Jones
Pocatello
B. L. Ivins
Idaho Falla
Commission
Gossett
Cammack To Face Trial For 1943 Idaho Slayings
Almost two years after Clyde Morrow and Mable Mead were found shot to death in an Idaho apartment, 55 year old George Cammack faces a second trial for murder. His 1944 first trial ended when he suffered a heart attack in the county jail.
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Grangeville
Clyde Morrow
Boles Stockman
Mable Mead
George Cammack
Cammack
Morrow
Mrs. Meade
Polish Major Safe Found Near Luebeck
Polish Telegraph Agency reports Maj. Henryk Sucharski who commanded Westerplatte fortress at Danzig harbor during the opening shots of the war was found in a German camp near Luebeck. He led about 200 men, held off 13 German attacks for seven days before surrender.
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London
Henryk Sucharski
Westerplatte
Danzig
Luebeck
Sucharski
Vistula
Berlin Aftermath: City Ruined Yet Berlin Will Rise Again
Berlin is described as a burned and rubble strewn ruin with 45 percent of buildings destroyed beyond repair. Food scarcity and aid from Allies and Soviet Union shape daily life as flags from multiple nations fly over a torn city. The once grand chancellery lies in ruins while broadcasts speak of renewal.
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Berlin
Third Reich
London
Warsaw
Staingrad
Moscow
Red Army
Nikaai E. Bezarin
Germany
Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler
Boise Engineers Reelect Board Members and Plan Licenses
The Idaho board of engineering examiners tentatively agreed to hold examinations for engineering and survey licenses next spring if enough applications arrive. H. L. Senger was reelected chairman, W. P. Hughes as vice chairman, and Raymond L. Briggs as secretary. Briggs noted strong renewal fee collections of five dollars. licenses must be renewed by July 1 to avoid a 20 percent monthly penalty. Other board members include H. R. Flint of Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Board of Engineering Examiners
H. L. Senger
Idaho Power Company
W. P. Hughes
Lewiston
Raymond L. Briggs
Briggs
H. R. Flint
Pocatello
Gossett Plans Release of Probe Report
Governor Gossett says releasing the full transcript depends on the investigating commission. A five member bi partisan panel began examining deaths at the Blackfoot state mental hospital with reporters kept from the scene. Postmaster Parley Rigby’s private inquiry prompted the commission and raised concerns of hospital management.
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Boise
State
Blackfoot
Charles C. Gossett
Gossett
Parley Rigby
Idaho Falls
Allied air raids strike Honshu and Okinawa targets
Allied forces launch daylight precision raids on five Japanese plants and bases in Honshu with about 150 to 200 Superfortresses and 100 Mustangs. Targets include Hitachi plant in Chiba, Tomioka plant near Yokohama, and Kasumagaura seaplane base, while Sukagawa works and Kasugaura base are hit in separate runs. In the Okinawa area, carrier planes attack Kanoya airfield and the Sakishima group, with at least 30 enemy aircraft destroyed. MacArthur reports no new invasion of Borneo. Labuan and Funei Bay bombed, Formosa hit, and Philippine advances noted.
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Guam
Honshu
Tokyo
Hitachi Aircraft Co
Chiba
Japan Aircraft Co
Tomioka
Yokohama
Musetang
Hitachi Engineering
Sukagawa
Kasimagaura
Kasimaga Lake
21St Bomber Command
Hitachi Engineering Works
Koreyama
Japan
Borneo
Kantaro Suzuki
Okinawa
U.S
Kanoya
Kyushu
Sakishima Group
Daito Island
Halsey
Third Fleet
Vice Adm
John S. McCain
Philippines
U. S
Indo- China
Nippon
Suzuki
Diet
Rising Sun
War Cabinet
Radio Tokyo
Labuan
Brunei Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Inc
Funei Bay
Formosa
China
Luzon
Army recon photographs fail to locate missing Ontario men
In Idaho's Mountain Valley the search for Frank Van Petten and Charles Flegel, missing after May 27 from Yellow Pine, yielded 144 aerial photos of 2000 square miles with no trace of the Ontario duo. Gowen Field crews and CAP scoured marked areas with magnified views yet found nothing. A $1,500 reward stands for information leading to the men.
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Boise
Valley County
Yellow Pine
Idaho Field
Leverett Davis
Idaho
Civil Air Patrol
Gowen Field
Frank van Petten
Charles P. Flegel
Ontario
Davis
Army
CAP
van Petten Lumber Company
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Philippine
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Coeur d’Alene
North
Charles M. Link
Southeast
George Godhour
Southwest
Kane
Legion Active
Hitl
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Vielenity
Idaho Palis
Dubois
Butigy
C.ccscccass
Salt Lake
G. Ritter Smith
Jones
J. C. Sandberg
Blac
Dean Wallace Larsen
Basalt
Here
Larsen
Bambang
Manila
East Asia
Gowen Search and Rescue Unit
Oregon
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