Soviet Shelling Push Closer to Finnish Viipuri Port
Soviet forces shell the Viipuri area as red army units press within nine miles of the Finnish port. Reports claim Finnish coastal defenses have collapsed and Soviet ships attack in the Gulf of Viipuri and Gulf of Finland while a Finnish cabinet reshuffle is rumored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Viipuri
Izvestia
Ivan Ossipov
Nikolai Shvankov
Red Star
Gulf of
Red Fleet
Gulf of Viipuri
Gulf of Finland
Viipuri Gulf
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Edwin Linomies
Vaino Tanner
Finland
Taylor Leads Clark in Idaho Democratic Senate Race
Former entertainer Glen Taylor leads incumbent Senator D Worth Clark by 196 votes in the Idaho Democratic primary from 815 of 845 precincts. Taylor has 10 702, Clark 10 506, Hawley 9 335, Cornell 1 720 with remaining precincts from Owyhee County lowering Taylor's margin.
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Boise
Glen Taylor
Pocatello
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
Taylor
Clark
James H. Hawley
John Cornell
Owyhee County
Comfare Eee
Anne
Bert H. Miller
Supreme Court
Miller
Edwin M. Holden
Ben Dunlap
Caldwell
Holden
Dunlap
Charles Koelsch
Hoyt Ray
Senate
Bonner
Bannock
Bear Lake
Boundary
Cassia
Idaho Counties
Idaho County
Hitler facing depletion of resources in wartime
The piece argues Germany faces material shortages constraining war effort. It notes horse drawn transport in France suggesting fuel and motor output issues, while Churchill signals early victory. Observers question Germany's ability to sustain long conflict as reserves may be diverted for homeland defense.
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Churchill
Western Front
France
Germany
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Pocatello Woman Seeks Court Dismissal of Family Suit
Mrs. Margaret L. Spaeth Hagenbuch of Pocatello Idaho asked the circuit court to dismiss a suit by relatives of late Maj. Gen. E Hagenbuch Ottawa army flyer seeking to invalidate her marriage to him. The Hagenbuch family alleged bigamy based on prior supposed marriages.
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Ottawa
Margaret L. Spaeth Hagenbuch
Pocatello
Idaho
Circuit Court
E. Hagenbuch
Ottawa Army Flyer
Hagenbuch
Charles G. Hagenbuch
Charles, Jr
Melvin A
Seventeenth annual United Spanish War Veterans encampment opens
The United Spanish War Veterans hold their 17th annual encampment in Boise with Louis Schnell of Hope Idaho opening the meeting. Veterans arrive from Lewiston Wallace Coeur d'Alene Sandpoint Pocatello Twin Falls Idaho Falls Payette and Nampa. Memorial services are tonight and leaders from Idaho and Oregon are set to speak in upcoming sessions.
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Boise
Louis Schnell
Hope
Idaho
State Department
Armstrong
Rtermaster
Vets Discuss Aid Plans At Idaho Falls VFW Encampment
Idaho Falls hosts the third day of the state VFW encampment with forum discussions and a tour of the new LDS temple. Nelson Bushey of Los Angeles urged expansion of rehabilitation efforts and the hiring of a full time department service officer to assist veterans widows and orphans in disability claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Idaho
National
VFW
Department
Pardon Board Reviews Fleming Embezzlement Case
Idaho pardon board considers James J. Fleming for clemency on a charge of embezzling funds from penitentiary farm sales. Fleming, a former Blackfoot minister and penitentiary clerk, began his sentence December 7 with a one to 10 year term. his minimum term ends November 7. The case was continued after Mrs. Fleming testified on April 10. The spring calendar closes with Fleming’s matter. summer session starts July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Pardon Board
James J. Fleming
Record Bombers Strike Axis Targets Across German lands
More than 1,500 American heavy bombers and 2,000 planes in total attacked rocket bomb platforms in Pas-de-Calais and targets in central Germany including oil refineries around Hannover Hamburg Magdeburg Politz and an airplane wing plant near Brunswick. Forces faced German fighters. 16 bombers reportedly forced to land at Malmo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Pas-de-Calais
Germany
Emmerich
Hannover
Hamburg
Madgeburg
Politz
Brunswick
Stockholm
Malmo
Pas-de- Calais
Baltic
Stettin
Europe
Wallace Heads to China in Bid for Closer Ties
Vice President Wallace arrived in Chungking from Liberia and was greeted by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. He urged stronger China Siberia relations and cited Dr Hu Shih on a friendly border, planning visits with farmers soldiers and leaders to discuss mutual interests.
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Chungking
Wallace
Liberia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Aiodrome
China
Siberia
Hu Shih
United States
Canada
Refugees Suffer Malnutrition in German Camp Near Rome
Allied control commission officers touring a German camp for Italian refugees from Anzio Cassino areas reported 6740 residents malnourished and scabies. Over 500 Italians, mainly children, had other ailments. The camp lacked latrines cooking facilities and adequate water, leaving refugees in filth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Allied Control Commission
Anzio-Cassino
Allied Forces Press Northward Into Perugia and Elba
Allied forces push north on the Italian mainland entering Perugia a major communications hub as Elba falls to French colonial troops. The capture of Porto Longone and Elba surrender reduce German resistance with inquiries reporting 27,000 prisoners taken since the Rome offensive began.
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Rome
Perugia
Florence
Elba
Porto Longone
Fifth Army
Grosetto
Orbetello
Davis on Leave Plans Summer Work as Range Examiner
Dr. Ray J. Davis of 456 South Eighth has a summer leave from Idaho Southern University to work as a forest range examiner in the Minidoka and Tangee areas. His sons Jay and Hal will assist him.
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Ray J. Davis
South Eighth
Idaho Southern University
Minidoka
Tangee Forest
Jay
Hal
Yankees Demand Surrender of Nazi Units at Cherbourg
German troops cut off at Cherbourg peninsula by the American advance were warned they face hopeless positions and should surrender. A British officer spoke in German, citing 20,000 trapped men and warning Rommel cannot relieve them with four divisions tied in the St Lo Caen sector.
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Cherbourg
New York
Juergen von Arnim
Cape Bon
Tunisia
Normandy
Rommel
St. Lo-Caen
OWI
House backs guayule project for another year
The House approved by 299 to 43 to continue rubber guayule research and cultivation for the next fiscal year, aligning with the Senate and ensuring about $3.02 million for 32 000 acres.
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Washington
House
Senate
Guayule
J W Scott Wounded on Biak Island War Report
Mrs. John Johannsen of 435 South Fourth learned from the war department that her son Pvt. James W. Scott 24 was seriously injured May 27 on Biak island northeast of New Guinea. Scott a McCammon high school graduate has been overseas since April 18 1942 and served in Australia and New Guinea.
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John Johannsen
South Fourth
War Department
Pvt
James W. Scott
Biak Island
New Guinea
Scott
McCammon High School
Australia
Noted Flyer Dies in El Paso Crash
Capt. For rest E. O Brine aged 48 who helped form a world endurance flight record with Dale Jackson in August 1930 perished when his two engine A 26 crashed at El Paso municipal airport while on a delivery flight. One engine failed on takeoff causing the fatal flameout.
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EL Paso
Texas
Forrest E. O’brine
Dale Jackson
O’brine
Army
Captured AP War Correspondent Recalls Concentration Camp Ordeal
Larry Allen describes 20 months in Italian and German camps after Tobruk capture. He reports being an Allied war correspondent inside camps, surviving starvation, lice, and threats, and refusing to reveal fleet dispositions when pressured by Rommel.
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Larry Allen
Associated Press
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Italy
Germany
Marshal Rommel
Red Cross
Sea and Air Battle Over Saipan Escalates in Pacific War
The Tokyo issued claim says Japan has downed 300 U S planes and sunk a battleship two cruisers a destroyer and a submarine while the Saipan air battle continues as American naval forces focus on fending off aerial onslaught and securing Aslito airstrip on Saipan 1500 miles southeast of Tokyo.
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Saipan
Japan
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
U.S
Marianas Islands
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Nimitz
Aslito
Dewey Favored by Polled Majority in Conference
J Russel Sprague of New York claims polls show Governor Dewey preferred by 60 percent, while Taft argues Bricker strength is unproven and delegates are not yet committed. Taft contends polls and press opinions misstate delegate sentiment. Sprague backs Bricker and says Bricker would win the nomination if drafted. Dewey has not commented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
Taft
Ohio
John W. Bricker
J. Russel Sprague
Republican National
Sprague
Bricker
Washington
New York Party Organization
Dewey
Allied Forces Reach Cherbourg Front in Heavy Fighting
Allied troops press toward Cherbourg as the Ninth Division breaches toward St Martin Le Grand four miles from the city. American units seize Valognes and bypass Montebourg while German defenders retreat behind Cherbourg’s inner perimeter in a fierce push.
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New York
St. Martin le Grand
Cherbourg
London
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Valognes
Great Harbor
U. S
trans-Atlantic
Montebourg
Associated Press
Roger Greene
Bricquebec
Quineville
Navy reports submarine Grayback missing in Pacific
The Navy announced the 1457 ton Grayback with 65 crew is overdue and presumed lost after operations against Japan in the Pacific. Commander John Anderson Moore is listed as missing. Since Dec 7 1941 twenty four American submarines are missing. Subs have sunk or damaged 758 enemy ships, mainly supply lines for Japanese garrisons, per Admiral Ernest King.
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Washington
Soas
Far Pacific
Navy
John Anderson Moore
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Adm
Ernest King
U.S
Laird Wins Yale Fellowship After Year Away
Charlton G. Laird a former English and journalism instructor at Idaho Southern University gains a fellowship to Yale University. He has been a professor of English at the University of Nevada Reno and now receives a year's leave to attend Yale while supervising English dictionary work in Cleveland Ohio.
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Charlton G. Laird
Idaho Southern University
Yale University
Pocatello
Laird
University of Nevada
Reno
Yale
Cleveland
Ohio
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Biak
Dutch New Guinea
J. M. Roberts, Jr
DeWitt MacKenzie
Axis
Elba Island
Davis
Cherbourg Peninsula
J. W. Scott
Allen
Bari
Islands
Berlin
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