British Poke At Rommel Defense Line
British Eighth Army harassed and probed along the Mareth line in southern Tunisia after crippling Rommel’s armor. Rommel abandoned 50 tanks in six thrusts, losing two more armored cars. French forces captured prisoners near Metlaoui, while Allied patrols remained active in northern Tunisia.
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North Africa
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Metlaoui
Tozeur
Noted Screen Actor Dies
Hollywood veteran Tully Marshall, 79, died at his Encino home after a 10 day bed confinement. He left the stage in 1916 to join motion pictures under D. W. Griffith and appeared in Moontide This Gun for Hire A Yank at Oxford A Tale of Two Cities and Behind Prison Bars. He and wife Marian Marshall were married nearly 44 years and had no serious differences recently.
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Tully Marshall
Encino
Marshall
Marian Marshall
D. W. Griffith
Oxford
Two Cities
Mrs. Marshal
Brands Get Okay for Multi Brand Use in Idaho
Idaho stock raisers may use more than one brand on animals if they own all brands. Attorney General Bert Miller said each brand must be recorded with the state brand inspector. Miller also ruled that university employees may work part time elsewhere.
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Boise
Idaho
Bert H. Miller
J. C. Sorenson
Miller
C. A. Bursar
Albion Formal
Wednesday Weather Reveals Lent Energies and Warmth
A poetic weather note describes a clear Wednesday with sharp transparent air and biblical lent symbolism. It records Tuesday highs and Wednesday noon temperature, plus a forecast for slightly warmer conditions and sunset and sunrise times.
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Kinport
Soviet Union Seen As Potential Postwar Power By DeWitt MacKenzie
In Moscow Admiral Standley questions Russian explanation of American aid and warns of Soviet aims to shape postwar unity. MacKenzie reports widespread fear that Russia will emerge as Europe’s dominant power, challenging allied cohesion and provoking questions about Western and Soviet roles after the war.
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William H. Standley
Russia
Moscow
Washington
Wallace
Britain
Chungking
Soviet Union
United Nations
Europe
Asia
John Bull
Sam
Indian treaty suit opens eastern Idaho federal calendar
A $145000 suit against Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific railroads and their surety stems from an 1868 treaty with Shoshone and Bannock tribes. The case seeks damages totaling $10,000 from each defendant on four counts and $25,000 from the railroad plus $10,000 from the surety on three other counts. The trial is set before a jury March 26 in Pocatello with Idaho’s new federal judge, ex Gov Chase A Clark, presiding.
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U. S. District Court
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Ach Vel
W. D. McReynolds
Idaho
Chase A. Clark
Ninip Toane
Helen Toane
Fort Hall Reservation
Frank Popene
Saint Paul-Mercury Indemnity Company
United States
Fort Bridger
Utah Territory
Utah and Northern Railroad
Kyser Appeals for Draft Deferment Over Morale Duty
Kay Kyser self styled professor of the college of musical knowledge asks the president to defer him from 1-A to continue morale work. OWI director Elmer Davis supports the appeal noting Kyser’s radio campaigns on the home front. Eight radio figures including Bob Hope and Red Skelton faced earlier draft deferment scrutiny. Kyser says he can do more for war effort civilian life than in the armed forces.
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College of Musical Knowledge
Kay Kyser
United States
Kyser
White House
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Radio
OWTI
Radio Committee
OWI
Douglas Meservey
OWI Radio Committee
Bob Hope
Edgar Bergen
Nelson Eddy
Lanny Ross
Red Skelton
Freeman Gosden
Amos ’N Andy
Harold Pary
Gildersleeve
Bergen
Skelton
Ross
Pary
Meservey
Army Plans Tests For Reserve Men
Washington says high school and college students who applied for the army training program will take examinations on Friday April 2 at their schools. Results will not alone decide participation but will be weighed with later army tests. youths under 18 with outstanding scores may join the enlisted reserve corps but not be called to active duty until after their 18th birthday.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Arny
United States Creates China Air Force Command
The United States announces a full fledged air force command in China, the 14th U.S. Air Force under Brig Gen Claire L. Chennault, replacing the China air task force. RAF Liberator bombers strike Burma while Tokyo reports air activity in New Guinea as MacArthur cites limited Allied casualties.
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China
Japan
China Theater
U. 8S
India
14Th U. 8S. Air Force
Claire L. Chennault
Far Pacific
RAF
Burma
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Wau
Salamaua
Prome
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Bay of Bengal
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Kamaing
Mangwet
Wasat
Tingpak
Russia Details U S Lend Lease Help To Soviet Union
Izvestia prints Tass sourced Stettinius remarks on American food and aid to the USSR. The article notes pork dairy fats and oils as major 1942 food shipments while later broadcasts list planes tanks and trucks sent to Russia. Standley criticizes U S information on lend-lease aid to the Soviet Union.
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William H. Standley
U. S
Soviet Union
Izvestia
Tass
New York
Edward R. Stettinius
Stettinius
Pravda
Communist Party
Red Star
Red Army
Standley
Russia
England
Investia
Reowaher
President to Meet Young Members
President Roosevelt will host an informal after dinner gathering with more than 100 new members of Congress on Wednesday night. The event aims to ease White House Capitol Hill tensions as factions from both parties seek greater influence over policy formation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
Beet Growers Contract For 43 In Sugar Beets
Utah Idaho Oregon beet growers and processors agree to 1943 contract terms with a base $11 per ton for beets testing 16.2% sucrose, plus a $1.50 government incentive, under a sliding scale tied to sugar prices. Initial November 15 payment about $8.20 per ton, with a $2.50 federal benefit to follow.
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Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Boise
Salt Lake City
Japanese Prisoner List Includes Bowler From American Falls
War department released names of 194 soldiers 116 sailors and 36 marines held by Japan among the prisoners. Included is Samuel Gaston Bowler of American Falls son of Mack Bowler, aviation Chief Machinist's Mate, among the Navy detainees.
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American Falls
Washington
War Department
United States Army
United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
Taiwan
Army
Royce J. Fuhriman
Andrew E. Fuhriman
Franklin
Navy
Samuel Gaston Bowler
Mack Bowler
Earl Robert Collins
Edward Arthur Collins
Wendell
Marine Pfc
Glenn William McKasson
Claire E. McKasson
Kellogg
Chemist Blows Up Torpedo at Memphis School
Arthur C. Smith, 16, made homemade torpedoes from chemicals and caused a loud blast in a Memphis school corridor. A swinging book triggered the pocketful explosives, shattering a window injuring his leg and tearing his trousers, though he was not seriously hurt.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arthur C. Smith
Smith
Soviet counterdrive halts Kharkov advance as Germany commits vast reinforcements
Soviet and German forces clash near Kharkov as Hitler adds about 375,000 troops to a 112 day winter offensive. Soviet headquarters report fierce battles with heavy losses for German tanks and men, while Berlin claims progress 12 miles west of Kharkov. Analysts note no immediate collapse of the Soviet line despite the grim turning point.
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Associated Press
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Kharkov
Donets
Pittsburgh
Red Army
Orel
Rostov
Switzerland
Hitler
France
Europe
Armed Total May Climb To 15 Million
Senate hearings forecast 15 million in the armed forces by year end, up from 11 million, as Downey urges mobilization measures. Testimony also indicates all 3-A draft registrants may be inducted by mid-summer, with Taft supporting grants for aiding children of employed mothers.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Downey
D. Calif
Downey
Charles P. Taft
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
Selective Service
Taft
Axis
United States
Labor Gets Voice in Office of Price Administration
Administrator Prentiss M. Brown announced that labor will gain a stronger role in OPA activities. He ordered district offices to form labor advisory committees to help resolve issues on price control rationing and rent control. Labor members will join panels on rationing boards in industrial areas.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
OPA
Bombers Strike Munich and Western Germany in RAF Night Raid
British Bomber Command mounted a heavy raid on Munich and targets in western Germany in the 12th assault on the continent this month. Canadas participated. one Mosquito failed to return and German reports claimed losses of 12 RAF planes.
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London
Britain
Munich
RAF
Bomber Command
Air Ministry
Germany
Muerberg
Associated Press
France
Come Munique
England
Big Fun in Utah emergency report incomplete
An unclear Salt Lake City item notes an emergency hospital notation about a lacera tion below the eye involving a figure referred to as the Man. The fragmentary text lacks readable details on the incident, timing, or parties involved.
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Salt Lake City
Prievate Williams
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