Bombing Nagoya by B-29s targets Japan war industries
Airmen dropped 2000 tons of incendiaries from 300 B-29s at 5000 feet over Nagoya. Generals hailed the raid as a strong strike on aircraft production and rail yards while Nagoya suffered extensive fires and heavy damage to a city of about 1.5 million. One bomber was lost. crews reported fires burning for hours as officials claimed Tokyo also suffered massive fires from the earlier raid.
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Vern Haugland
21St Bomber Command
Guam
Nagoya
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Tokyo
Walter Timm
Milwaukie
Ore
Timm
Ben Moffa
Philadelphia
Washington
Tail Gunner Katsilometes Cited in WWII Air Force Honor
U.S. Ninth Air Force bomber base in France reports S/Sgt Jim G. Katsilometes of the 391st Marauder Bomb Group received a War Department citation. The unit under Col Gerald E Williams earned battle honors for Dec 23 26 1944 fighting against German counteroffensive with brave crew, wounded remaining at posts and aircraft shot down in flames. Katsilometes, son of George D Katsilometes of Pocatello Idaho, serves as tail gunner with the Black Death group and is cited for outstanding duty.
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U.,s
Ninth Air Force
France
Jim G. Katsilometes
391St Marauder
Gerald E. Williams
Presque Isle
War Department
391St Bombardment Group
Army Air Forces
Katsilometes
George D. Katsilometes
East Center
Pocatello
Yanks Sweep Airstrip On Mindanao
Yanks advance from the invasion beach on Mindanao sweeping Wolfe airstrip and moving toward San Roque near Zamboanga. Japanese resistance was light but could stiffen near Zamboanga as air and naval bombardment prior to the landing appears to have cleared the way. Coastal towns including San Mateo San Jose Calaman and San Roque were captured in quick succession. Wolfe airfield lies 200 miles from Borneo and the San Roque field may already be in U S hands.
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Manila
Wolfe
Mindanao
San Roque
Zamboanga
Jens A. Doe
41St
Eighth Army
Russell Brines
Associated Press
13Th Air Force
Adm
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Seventh Fleet
21St Philip
Zamboanga Harbor
Fred Hampson
San Mateo
San Jose
Calaman
Borneo Island
U. S
Loans to Idaho families under FHA program totalled over 26 million
Federal housing administration records through June 30 show 29 782 Idaho families received loans totaling 26 673 510 dollars. Abner H Ferguson FHA commissioner reported 9 006 605 dollars went to 24 647 families for property maintenance, 16 481 205 dollars to 4 985 families for buying or building homes, and 1 185 700 dollars in mortgage loans for 240 war workers families.
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Washington
Idaho
Federal Housing Administration
Abner H. Ferguson
FHA
Women Leaders Meet in Salt Lake City On Soldier Morale
Utah Idaho and Montana women leaders plan a conference in Salt Lake City with Miss Margaret S. Bannister heading the war department public relations bureau. Col. Raymond J. Kelly will speak on soldier morale. inviting Idaho's Mrs. Lucy Taney Conlin of Pocatello among others.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Margaret S. Bannister
Women’s Interests
War Department Bureau of Public Relations
Raymond J. Kelly
Detroit
American Legion
Lucy Taney Conlin
Pocatello
Rail worker killed by freight engine in Salt Lake City
Owen Woodruff Hansen, 42, track worker for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, was fatally struck by a freight engine while preparing track. A former Sugar City, Idaho resident, he is survived by his brother A. V. Hansen of Pocatello.
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Salt Lake City
Owen Woodruff Hansen
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Sugar City
Idaho
A. V. Hansen
Pocatello
The Road to Berlin Front Distances Reported
Eastern Front: 25 miles from Seelow. Western Front: 272 miles east of Remagen. Italian Front: 544 miles from Reno river. The AP notes distances as strategic reference points on the war's progress.
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Associated Press
Seelow
Remagen
Reno River
War Mobilizer Creates Agency For Food Distribution
Washington reports a new war food distribution agency to secure minimum home front needs as foreign demand for American supplies wanes. James F. Byrnes names Leo T. Crowley to head the effort after the War Food Administration failed to balance second quarter needs with expected meat fat and sugar stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Leo T. Crowley
Byrnes
War Food Administration
WFA
CAP Active Idaho Wing Runs 61 Missions Since Forming
Civil Air Patrol Idaho wing has mounted 61 missions since formation three years ago under Lt. Col. Laverett Davis. The group operates 56 planes with about 20 women pilots and many women observers. Squadrons exist in Boise Nampa Caldwell Twin Falls Mountain Home Burley Pocatello Idaho Falls and Lewiston with flight units in Kellogg Gooding Hailey Emmett Blackfoot Weiser Montpelier American Falls Malad and Preston.
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Boise
Civil Air Patrol
Idaho Wing
Laverett Davis
Idaho
Nampa
Caldwell
Twin Falls
Mountain Home
Burley
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Lewiston
Movie Men Strike: 12 000 AFL Craftsmen Walk Out
Picket lines formed at entrances to major studios as a jurisdictional strike by 12 000 AFL craft workers over set designers goes into effect. Herbert Sorrell warns the stoppage will tie studios in knots and could cut movie production in half within days. Unaffected studios include Technicolor, Walt Disney, Monogram, and Producers Release Corp.
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Hollywood
AFL
Herbert Sorrell
Conference of
Studio Unions
Uncle Sam
Sorrell
Technicolor
Walt Disney
Monogram
Producers Releasing Corporation
USO Hut in Pocatello Displays Postal Cards for Servicemen
The USO hut in Pocatello Idaho now showcases postal cards for distribution to service men and women traveling on the Union Pacific railroad. The cards come with two interior views of the hut and captions noting coffee milk sandwiches and stationery are distributed by volunteers. Mrs Edna Service director says Union Pacific has cooperated, supporting activities and making the hut attractive to travelers passing through the city.
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USO Hut
Pocatello
Union Pacific Railroad
Idaho
Edna Service
Travelers’ Aid Division
USO
U. P
Quarantine Lifted in Poratello and Alameda Districts
The rabies quarantine in Poratello and Alameda districts ends after more than six weeks. Arthur P. Schneider, director of Idaho’s Bureau of Animal Industry, issues notice stating quarantine released for all dogs effective Monday March 12 1945 within Bannock County bounds from Chubbuck north to the county line west to the county line east to foothills and south to Barton road.
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Poratello
Alameda
Arthur P. Schneider
Bureau of Animal Industry
State of Idaho
Chubbuck
Foothills
Barton Road
Bannock County
Marines Prepare Final Assault on Iwo Jima Stronghold
After 22 days of brutal fighting, Marines push toward a high butte in Iwo Jima's northeast tip where the last major Japanese force is believed ensconced. Fourth Division patrols reach the northeast beach amid mines and booby traps as heavy guns and snipers remain active nearby.
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Adm. Richmcc
K. Turner
Iwwo Jima
Iwo Jima
Clifton B. Cates
Suribachi Crater
Resurrection Incident In Luzon 6th Division Report
A field report from Luzon describes a Japanese soldier killed but briefly revived before death. The account notes an unusual interruption as a dead soldier rose and fled toward the timber, only to die again shortly after.
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Luzon
Allied Bombers Strike Stettin Area In Major Daylight Raid
Allied air forces pound Stettin area and Swinemunde as a 28th day of German air alarms unfolds. RAF daylight raid on Essen described as city’s die- down after 5 000 tons of bombs. US heavy bombers target Hamburg Bremen Kiel and oil refineries. Mosquitos hit Berlin. Remagen bridge defense holds with Luftwaffe attempts thwarted.
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Essen
Rhine
RAF
Germany
Berlin
Reich
Hamburg
Bremen
Kiel
Harburg
Remagen
Utahn Kills Cyclist In Spring Canyon Crash
A 13 year old girl cyclist Betty Thomas was killed when struck by a car driven by a Spring Canyon man. County officials hold the driver for investigation as highway patrolmen report the girl rode about three feet from the highway.
Rhine Crossing Stuns Nazis Reaches Deep Into War Morale
The Allied Rhine crossing creates shock in Germany as Nazi leaders issue a personal appeal urging endurance until the United Nations tire. The Remagen bridgehead marks a strategic gain but not a decisive end, with Hitlerites defense and Rundstedt’s counterattacks shaping the battle as troops hold the eastern bank.
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The
Rhine
Germany
der Fuehrer
United Nations
Reich
World War Fronts See Broad Allied Advances
On the Western Front the First Army expands the Remagen Bridgehead and hints at Rhine crossing as Americans eliminate most German forces west of the Rhine and Moselle. Russians push toward Danzig and Gdynia while new offensives threaten Moravska Gowrava as Berlin stays silent on Oder battles. In Italy the Fifth Army advances near Vergata southwest of Bologna but meets stronger resistance. In the Pacific, U.S. Marines push Mindanao and Iwo Jima holds last Japanese positions as B 29 raids target Nagoya and Singapore area.
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First Army
Remagen
Rhine
North
Moselle
Danzig
Gdynia
Berlin
Moravska - Gowrava
Moscow
Oder
Fifth Army
Vergata
Bologna
Mindanao
Philippines
Iwo
Nagoya
Singapore
Four year old killed by car in Hayes street incident
Joseph Dalton a four year old boy from 747 North Garfield died after being struck by a Packard sedan driven by Mrs. Giannini on Hayes near Sublette. Coroner will decide on inquest. investigation by Officer Ferguson and Detective Pugmire shows no speed excess and no witness identification at this time.
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Joseph Clark Dalton
Joseph Dalton
North Garfield
North Hayes
George Giannini
RFD 2 North
Hayes
Sublette
Giannini
St. Joseph School
Arthur Hall
Harold Ferguson
R. M. Pugmire
Police Department
General Hospital
Ferguson
Pugmire
Pvt Tyler Assigned to Army Air Force Training School
Pvt Tyler son of Mr and Mrs D H Tyler of 161 Taft Avenue has been assigned to the Army Air Forces Training Command School at Sioux Falls Army Air Field South Dakota for radio operator mechanic training. After a 26 week course he will join a bomber crew. He was inducted December 26 1944 at Ft. Douglas and previously worked at Todd Pacific Shipyard Tacoma Washington in radio radar lab.
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Layman H. Tyler
D. H. Tyler
Taft Avenue
Army Air Force Training Command School
Sioux Falls Army Air Field
Sioux Falls
S. C
Army Air Forces
Pvt
Tyler
Ft. Douglas
Sheppard Field
Texas
Pocatello High School
Todd Pacific Shipyard
Tacoma
Wash
Utah Congressman seeks probe into submarine death
Rep Granger of Utah asks House to investigate what he calls almost criminal negligence in the loss at sea of a submarine crewman. A Utah youth aboard the sub off the Atlantic coast was on deck when the commander submerged and left him to perish. The youth was later identified as Joseph Grant Snow of Delta Utah. The sub reportedly remained submerged for six hours before a missing crewman was found.
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Washington
Rep
Granger
Utah
Atlantic
Joseph Grant Snow
Delta
Uta
Reds Drive Deep Into Germany Across Rhine Front
Allied reports detail First Army forces driving a dawn assault east of the Rhine with tanks and heavy guns. The bridgehead expands to 11 miles wide and 4.5 miles deep, with Hodges’ 40,000 men pushing toward the Autobahn and Fritz forces retreating from key towns. Moscow dispatches say Soviet units shift to Berlin front as Rokossovsky strengthens the Oder line, promising a major offensive toward the German capital.
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Ginsterbahn
Linz
Ruhr
Courtney H. Hodges
East Rhine
Hargarten
Lundendorff Bridge
Hoenningen
Don Whitehead
Paris
First Army
Rhine
Ludendorff
Remagen
Germany
Berlin
Honnef
Duesseldorf
Lower Rhine
Emmerich
Nijmegen
Hodges
Supreme Headquarters
Eifel
Moselle
Saar
Coblenz
Middle Rhine
Nimegen
Westerwald
Seventh Army
Alsace
Maginot
Bitche
Saarbruecken
Haguenau
Strasbourg
Moscow
Red Army
Oder
Vistula
Pomerania
K. K. Rokossovsky
Gregory K. Zhukov
East Prussia
Zhukov
Sudeten
Rokossovsky
Reich
Baltic
Danzig
Gdynia
Moravian
Pillau
Koenigsberg
Danzig Bay
Pocatellan Cited For Photo Mission In France
Sgt. Jack R. Crawley of Pocatello received the distinguished unit citation ribbon for the Ninth Air Force 10th Reconnaissance Group. The unit, led by Col. Russell A. Berg, earned the award for bold photo missions over the beaches on D day, taken from low altitudes amid heavy anti aircraft fire. Crawley, a farmer in civilian life, serves as an A 20 Havoc night aircraft crew member since 1942.
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Ninth Air Force
France
Jack R. Crawley
Pocatello
10Th Reconnaissance Group
Russell A. Berg
Chicago
Europe
Crawley
Poostelle
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Stettin
London
Britain
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Holland
Vienna
Munich
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Rome
Brenner
Utahn
DeWitt MacKensie
AST
Marin
Pvt. Tyler Assigned
Probe
Pocatellan
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