Yanks Leave For Berlin
Eight battle hardened U S divisions chosen for occupation duty in Germany include the 82nd airborne and the First and Fourth armored divisions along with the First Third Ninth 29th and 36th infantry divisions. The 82nd stationed at Neufchateau France will depart for Berlin within 36 hours to assume control in the German capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U. S
North Africa
Reich
Germany
Army of Occupation
82Nd Airborne
82Nd
Neufachateau
France
Berlin
Preference for 50 H-2 housing given to naval plant workers
The NOP defense housing committee backed giving priority to naval ordnance plant employees for the 50 H-2 houses at Pocatello. The units near the ordnance plant will be built to Captain Walter Brown’s plans, with 25 houses selling under 6000 dollars and others renting up to 45 dollars a month. If not occupied within a week after camps, units may be rented or sold to others, and priority lasts six weeks after the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Housing Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Whittier
F. C. Hummel
FHA
Boise
Pocatello
NHA
Walter Brown
Naval Ordnance Plant
Paul V. Nash
Captain Brown
Ordance
Nash
Naval Ordnance
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
Turner Insurance Agency
Bryan and Company
Charles N. Bohrer
R. A. Merman
Dale M. Strong
Claude Bistline
F. M.bistline
F. D. Hil Yard
Neil K. Chase
R. S. Turner
Horace R. Howell
C. D. Moore
Chambers of Commerce Committee
Richard McLelland
Pocatello Lumber Company
Earl Johnson
Tri- State Lumber Company
Ralph A. Spaulding
Idaho Bank & Trust
A. Y. Satterfeld
Beneficial Protective Association
Capt. Brown
and Nash
West Idaho peacetime labor record praised by official
Ernest Marsh of San Francisco told a Southwestern Idaho employers meeting that Idaho and the West have had fewer wartime strikes than other regions. He said the region’s wartime labor relations are outstanding and largely peaceful compared with the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Ernest Marsh
San Francisco
U.S. Conciliation Service
Told & Group
Southwestern Idaho
Idaho
West
Marsh
America
Smith on 10 day furlough from Camp Roberts
James O. Smith son of Mr and Mrs James H Smith of north of Pocatello arrived Friday from Camp Roberts California to spend a 10 day furlough here en route to Camp Rucker Alabama for overseas assignment after his furlough Smith served in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O. Smith
James H. Smith
North of Pocatello
Camp Roberts
Calif
Camp Rucker
Ala
Smith
Sugar Saving Strawberry Jams
A winter guidance piece on making strawberry jams with sugar and corn syrup to stretch scarce sweetener. Recipes cover Strawberry Marmalade Rhubarb Berry blends Rhubarb And Strawberry Jelly and Rhubarb And Strawberry Jam with steps, pectin, boiling times, and paraffin sealing guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Adams
Associated Press
Road Office Moves OGDEN L M Huggins Reports Boise Visit
L M Huggins newly appointed Idaho district engineer of the U S public roads administration inspected Boise offices as the Utah Idaho district offices in Ogden are to be divided. Forty five Ogden staff will transfer to Boise while housing in Boise is under review. Only five own homes in Ogden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
L. M. Huggins
Idaho
U. S. Public Roads Administration
Boise
Utah-Idaho
Gem State
Military Casualties and Neutrally Noted Personnel List
Long register of service members with ranks and origins including Morris Lake T/5 of Pocatello Downey and Eugene M Peterson S/Sgt Burley plus many others listed by city such as Boise Pocatello Nampa Meridian Idaho Falls and Twin Falls detailing dead wounded and liberated prisoners of war across European and Pacific theaters with several family connections noted where present. The list reads like a civil war era roster of US Army Navy and Marine personnel with hometowns and unit designations for community record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olaveson
Hans E
Rigby
Reich
Leo
Marsing
Comis
Joseph H
Nampa
Pacific
Brown
Reed J
Pfc
William A. Brown
Blackfoot
Gish
Donald L
Meridian
Hoagland
Charles L
Bliss
Jensen
Gordon W
Joseph Golden Jensen
South Eleventh Street
Pocatello
Tipton
Leo I
Emmett
Germany
Cowgill
Wayne J
Rupert. Dix
Harold C
St. Wallace
Donovan
Ivan W
Idaho Falls
Glarborg
George M
George J. Glarborg
Aberdeen
Hogge
Heber Jr
Idaho. Falls
Nass
William M
Twin Falls
Neudorfer
Robert H
Boise Patterson
Joseph B
Mountain Home
Peterson
Eugene M
Burley
Phillips
Robert C
Mildred N. Phillips
North Johnson
Ruvelis
Leo, Jr
Payette
Samsel
Winchester
Saunders
Douglas I
Poles Testify On Underground Propaganda Against Soviets
Polish journalist Stanislaw Kugavinski testified at a fifth column trial that the underground propaganda minister ordered the red army in occupied Poland treated as an enemy and aggressor. He said propaganda aimed against the Soviet Union and that eastern Poland should be viewed as occupied. The session drew a large crowd including Russian servicemen and wounded veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red
Poland
Stanislaw Kugavinski
Soviet Union
Kuyavinski
Warsaw
Afanasev Juvilisky
Britain
Japs Quit Manila Area in Largest Pacific Capture
Japanese troops surrender in Cagayan valley northern Luzon as Maj. Gen. Beightler reports 447 prisoners captured in 24 hours with 162 more later, totaling 609 in 36 hours. Prisoners are described as glad to be out of war, docile, and in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Southwest Pacific
Robert S. Beightler
37Th
Beightler
Hamilton W. Faron
Associated Press
Ith
Paron
Every army camera in the air requires a maintenance crew
A maintenance crew of six photo men is needed on the ground for each aerial army camera in operation.
Boaters Drown When Yacht Siren Catches Fire on Lake Ontario
A Toronto yachting party of eight aboard the 45 foot Siren perished after a fire broke out about 15 miles off Youngstown New York in heavy seas. Six bodies in lifebelts were recovered amid charred wreckage, with two others still missing as coast guard crews continued the search on Lake Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Siren
Lake Ontario
Youngstown
N. Y
United States Coast Guard
Two Airmen Jump From Bomber Over Idaho City
Ten crew members landed the bomber safely at Mountain Home after engine trouble while two parachuted to safety near Idaho City. Corp David McLaughlin suffered a fractured ankle, Corp Robert Atkinson landed unhurt. Rescue planes and a jeep located the jumpers following the emergency near Gowen Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Walla Walla
Wash
Corp
David McLaughlin
Robert Atkinson
Plane Breaks Air Record for Hawaii to Washington Flight
Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay set a nonstop air record of 20 hours 15 minutes covering 4640 miles from Hawaii to Washington in a B-29 Superfortress. He flew most of the trip with 15 crewmen aboard, landing at 10:43 p.m. Saturday to attend conferences at Army Air Forces headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hawaii
Curtis E. le May
le May
Japan
War Department
Army Air Forces Headquarters
20Th Air Force
Guam
John Rogers Field
Honolulu
Lakewood
Ohio
Young Gardeners Advised as to Fair Board Contest
Youth age 7 to 21 may enter Bannock county fair victory garden contest by filing intentions with Sterling Schow 4-H club leader box 1472 Pocatello. Entry blanks provided on filing. plots must be 20 by 40 feet at minimum with at least 12 different vegetable kinds. Gardens judged by a three member committee per a set schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannock County
Victory garden prizes announced by Bannock County Fair Board
The Bannock County Fair Board will award war stamp prizes for best victory gardens in Gem Valley Black and White fair Bannock County 4-H club fair Lava Hot Springs Marin Valley fair Downey and Pocatello area. First prize 15 war stamps second 10 stamps third 5 stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannock County
Need for Reporting Tuberculosis Cases Cited
Miss Kathleen A. Norris of the state health department is in Pocatello as a consultant on tuberculosis. She urges prompt reporting of TB to health units or the state health department so others are not infected. In Bannock county in 1944 only three TB cases were reported with two deaths and a third death certificate listing TB as the cause. Norris notes Idaho needs more hospital facilities for TB treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen A. Norris
Pocatello
Bannock County
Miss Norris
State Department of Public Health
Health officials allocate beds for tuberculosis control
Public health officials plan hospital capacity with 40 beds for TB control, 25 in Boise and 15 in Coeur d Alene. Prompt reporting of TB allows steps to prevent spread, and education notes the katydid’s ears are in its forelegs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Coeur d'Alene
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Yanks
NOP
Morris Lake
Pacific Area
Pvt
Jensen Hurt
Navy
Smith, Lewis J
USMCR
Ririe
Hadcock
Garth DeWitt
Kellogg
Lawrence R
Sac
Pacific Regions
Austin
Harold
Princeton
Ghost City
THE
Rialto
Studebaker
Dee J. Monroe Johnson
U. S. Office of Defense Transportation
Buy Moe
Eerste
Ceara Tere
Buider
Dabasdel Lsee F
Woot
Flang Olfoam Corp
West 26Th Street
New York
M. Yo
Fargo
Shoe Department
Rhythm Step
Johansen
Ferncraft
Foot
Johansen Kid
Green Suedes
Fargo- Wilson- Wells
REYW
THOR
OPA
Enriksen’s Appliance
Fargo-Wilson-Wells
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