Legislature Ends Session Ends In Tumult Over Tax Spots
Idaho lawmakers wrap up the 28th session with a split over Gossett’s tax commission picks. Senate Republicans fail to block four appointments, Ed D. Baird and Lloyd Fenn win six-year terms while others secure shorter terms. Gas tax rises pass, truck taxes stall, cigarette tax approved to fund state needs. Adjournment occurs after a late-night vote and procedural clock tweaks.
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Charles D. Wood Boise
Charles D. Gossett
Gossett
State Tax Commission
Senate
J. Elmer Williams
Bingham
Williams
Ed D. Baird
Boise
E F. McDermott
Idaho Falls
Lloyd Fenn
Kooskia
Joseph H. Nettleton
Murphy
Baird
Fenn
McDermott
Nettleton
J. C. Siddeway
Newdale
House
Dominas
W. R. Humphreys
Fremont
Iwo Victory May Wait Several Days
The report from U S Pacific Fleet at Guam notes the Iwo Jima battle may take days to yield a decisive result. Small gains are reported as Third Marine Division nears a cliff top 300 yards from the northeast coast amid a crescent shaped Japanese defense.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Pacific Islands
Third Marine
River Passes Flood Stage in Portsmouth Ohio
The Ohio River crested at 87.94 feet, 14.94 above flood stage, as Portsmouth officials warned residents to stay away from low areas. Police Chief Ray Brown urged caution while Lt. Col. Walter H. French noted extreme danger from river pressure on defenses. Nearby Marietta reported falling water and merchants returning to floodblocks. Hundreds of square miles of lowlands flooded.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Ray Brown
Walter H. French
Second Infantry
Guard
Scioto
Marietta
Air Raids On Cologne Rhine Cities Revealed In Detail
Cologne and other Rhine cities show air raids severely disrupted life and factory work. Estimates say 70 000 dead or wounded with 30 000 in the last year and many plants shut since September. Bombing of rail yards and roads yielded limited results.
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Cologne
Rhine
Krefeld
Muenchen-Gladbach
Neuss
Dusseldorf
Germany
Manhattan
Americans Land on Mindanao in Pacific Invasion
Forces have landed on Mindanao after a heavy naval bombardment as Japanese reports described the attack and the island’s port of Zamboanga. The push accompanies broader Allied advances on Luzon including Lemery and Balayan bay, with Gen. MacArthur noting guerrilla activity on Mindanao.
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Mindanao Island
Tokyo Radio
Zamboanga
Lecort
Tokyo
Mindanao
Pacific
Palawan
Leyte
Samar Islands
Douglas MacArthur
U.S
Jolo
Kuniaki Koiso
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Luzon
Philippines
Baguio
Commonwealth
11Th Airborne Division
158Th Regiment
Eighth Army
Lemery
Balayan Bay
Western Air Lines stock listed on New York Exchange
Western Air Lines stock will be listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange effective today, announced by Clarice Tripp district traffic manager. The company has 409,954 shares outstanding. New York Trust Co. named transfer agent and Chase National Bank of New York registrar.
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Western A’r Lines
New York Stock Exchange
Clarice Tripp
Pioneer Western Company
New York Curb Exchange
New York Trust Company
Chase National Bank of New York
Water supplies forecast as irrigation needs met in Boise Payette valleys
The U S soil conservation service reports that normal March snowfall and prudent water use will leave irrigation supplies in the Boise and Payette valleys sufficient for an average year. If Boise river flow this month matches 1941 levels, about 1,400,000 acre feet will be available, the amount deemed necessary for an average year.
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Boise
Payette
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Boise River
Miners Return to Work After Six Day Strike
Five hundred miners resume work at Utah Fuel and Kaiser coal mines in Sunnyside California after a six day walkout over a hospitalisation service plan. Harry McEwen of labor conciliator arranged the settlement between United Mine Workers units.
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Sunnyside
Calif
Utah Puel Company
Kaiser Company
Harry McEwen
Tment
United Mine Workers
Russia Pushes Toward Berlin With Major East Front Advance
Soviet forces report control of Stolp on the Danzig Stettin line, advancing 16 miles east from Schlawe as Zhukov’s troops push toward Berlin. Kuestrin sees renewed combat with German defenses as Red Army breaching positions near the Oder. High command states troops reach Danzig vicinity and move within seven miles of Stettin while air attacks target German retreat near Stettin.
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London
Pomerania
Stalin
Stolop
Danzig-Stettin
Schlawe
Baltic
Danzig
Moscow
Stettin
Altdamm
Berlin
Oder River
Dammscher See
Red Army
Von
Third Army Holds Rhine From Andernach North of Coblenz
U S Third Army seized Andernach and Brohl eight miles south of Remagen, cutting northern Rhine access and shelling Coblenz. Mayen, 16 miles west of Coblenz, fell to the 11th armored division. a German general staff unit was captured. Across the Rhine, Ninth Armored Division troops crossed at Remagen, securing the bridgehead amid explosions.
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Coblenz
Germany
U.S
Third Army
Rhine
Andernach
Brohl
Remagen
Moselle
Mayen
11Th Armored
Middle Rhine
Raiders Veteran Speaks at Rotary Club Meeting
Sgt. R. B. Dukieberger, veteran Marine from Tarawa Tulagi and Guadalcanal battles, recounts training and engagements to the Rotary club. He praised Marine discipline during Bloody Ridge night assaults and noted ammunition shortages. Linen talks by students supported Red Cross war fund. Violin duets performed. attendees included St. Albert and BE. Neeley.
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R. B. Dukieberger
Edison
Tarawa
Tulagi
Bloody Ridge
Guadalcanal
Rotary Club
Dunkleberger
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
Crawford Brubaker
Idaho Southern University
William S. Hill
Harry Jennings
Kansas City
Kansas
St. Albert
V-12
University
BE. L. Neeley
U.P
Hearing Delayed in Assault Case Against Dement
In Boise a preliminary hearing for James A. Dement on an assault charge brought by William Trowbridge was postponed until March 20 in justice court. Trowbridge, ex state director of beer revenue, alleges Dement pushed him down steps in the Capitol after a dispute over an opened letter. Dement was once secretary to former Gov. C A Bottolfsen.
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Boise
James A. Dement
Willam Trowbridge
Justice Court
Trowbridge
Beer Revenue
Dement
C. A. Bottolfsen
Capitol
War at a Glance: US and Allies Advance Across Fronts
The Western Front saw U S First Army reinforce the Rhine bridgehead at Remagen and push toward a German pocket in Eifel as Canadians seized Xanten. On the Eastern Front Russians prepared to cross Dammscher See while Berlin remained unconfirmed. In Italy Americans closed on Vergato near Bologna as Germans shelled roads. In the Pacific US forces cap Mindanao and advance in the Philippines while Luzon holds near Baguio and southern coast.
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First
Rhine
Remagen
Berlin
Eifel
Xanten
Dammscher See
Stettin
Moscow
Oder
Vergato
Bologna
Bologna - Pistoia
Iwo Jima
Philippines
Tokyo
Mindanao
Luzon
U.S
Baguio
Ed Garry Injured In Auto Crash Near Town
Ed Garry city tennis champion sustained a head laceration concussion and shock when his sedan left the road near town at 8 45 p m and rolled over several times. He was taken to General hospital in slight improvement and is a Union Pacific car inspector residing at 1555 North Main. Deputy Sheriff Pat Williams investigated the wreck which demolished the car after skidding 50 feet along an embankment. Garry is a leading local athlete and top hand balder.
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Ed Garry
General Hospital
Pat Williams
Garry
Lance
Union Pacific Railroad
North Main
Robber Motive Suspected in Nancy Boyer Slaying
Washington police believe robbery prompted the killing of wealthy red haired Mrs. Nancy Boyer about 45 found with two bullet holes in her head. Inspector Robert J. Barrett said he was confident robbery was the motive but gave no further details.
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Washington
Nancy Boyer
Robert J. Barrett
Engineers to Address Idaho Society on March 14
Edward Larson executive secretary of the National Society of Professional Engineers will address Idaho Society of Engineers members at a special Boise meeting on March 14 per Secretary W. P. Eaton.
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Boise
Edward Larson
National Society of Professional Engineers
Washington, D. C
Idaho Society of Engineers
W. P. Eaton
Bridge at Remagen Falls to Allied Hands as Rhine Invasion Opens
American First Army widened the Remagen bridgehead deep into Germany on the Rhine as Ninth Armored Division seized the Ludendorff bridge at Remagen. Sherman tanks followed across before German guards could blow the structure. Coblenz area resistance collapsed while British forces trapped in the Wesel pocket pressed forward.
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the Rhine
Rhine
Remagen
Germany
Emmet J. Burrows
Ninth Armored Division
John Mitchell
Pittsburgh
Paris
First Army
Erpel
Berlin
Cologne
Coblenz
Eifel
Xanten
Wesel
Jersey City
Ludendorf
Ninth Armored
Ruhr
Americans Reach Remagen Bridgehead in Rhine Crossing
Allied forces from the Ninth and First Armies overwhelmed German defenses along the Rhine near Remagen. German troops, including wounded soldiers and a medic, surrendered. large quantities of loot were captured as Bonn and Coblenz were pressed by advancing units. The Remagen bridge was reported captured intact with the Ludendorff span noted as a double track railroad bridge.
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Rhineland
Ninth Armored Division
East Bank
Linz
Remagen
Berlin
Coblenz
Bonn
Cologne
Rhine
Ludendorff
Rhine Crossing by Americans Promises Fast End to War
An Allied bridgehead south of Cologne, established by American First Army units, signals a bold Rhine crossing. Gen Eisenhower reportedly pleased as the move aligns with a Russian push toward Berlin. If von Rundstedt cannot counter, Nazi defenses may collapse under two-front pressure.
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Associated Press
Rhine
First Army
Cologne
Oder
Berlin
Eisenhower
Hitler
Reich
Wehrmacht
Germany
von Rundstedt
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