Russians Land First Blows In Major Spring Offensive
Soviet and German fronts clash as Red Army pushes a pre spring drive toward the Donets basin and Caucasus. Reports claim heavy losses for Germany, with 1,400 Germans slain on Leningrad Kalinin fronts and Red Army gains near Dnieper bend. Allied air efforts target New Guinea ships as Tojo threats Australia.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Red Star
Hitler
Red Army
Leningrad
Semeon Timoshenko
Donets
Caucasus
Stockholm
London
Dnieper
Ukraine
Dnieperopetrovsk
Kalinin
Staraya Russa
Thss
Lake
Ilmen
Kalinin Front
Izvestia
Corp
Werner Bublis
253Rd
Moscow
Metals Order Hits Mines
In Reno a War Production Board official Dr Wilbur A Nelson advised gold and silver mine operators to shift to other lines of business as material restrictions tighten during the war. He noted the order removes non strategic metal mines from high priority though support remains available, while lead and zinc operators welcomed the interpretation.
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Reno
Wilbur A. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Dr. Nelson
Sub Destroys Life Boats in Caribbean Tanker Sink
Four survivors of a U S tanker report a submarine sank their vessel on February 28 in the Caribbean Sea after firing about 200 shells. The crew of 38 drifted on two rafts for more than a week before rescue on March 5. At least 74 sailors were saved. fate of the captain I J Nielsen and 33 others is unclear.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean
I. J. Nielsen
USO and Military Club Directors Meet in Pocatello
A joint meeting of USO and Pocatello Military club leaders at the Y M C A announced the military hut at Union Pacific station is ready for occupancy with exterior painting planned Saturday by painters union volunteers. A director’s hire is assisted by Miss Helen Montgomery, and a follow up visit by USO campaign rep Ivan Rhodes is planned.
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United Service Organization
Pocatello Military Club
Helen Montgomery
Travelers’ Aid
Pocatello
USO
Miss Montgomery
Nicholas Ifft
Military Club
E. A. Bogert
D. D. Parke
Dean Richards
James C. Bangs
Mayme Corbett
H. H. Beasley
E. G. Wedler
The
Salvation Army
E. G. Pulton
Ivan Gasser
Myron Porges
Ledge Craig
RAF Raiders Bomb Nazi Base at Kiel
RAF raids hit Kiel shipyards in a nighttime attack for the 65th time. The British admiralty says Germany uses full U boat force in the Atlantic as three U boats reportedly sink during a December convoy assault. Axis forces claim hits on five cruisers while the Gneisenau at Kiel is bombed amid night fighter engagement.
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Associated Press
Kiel
RAF
Germany
Admiralty
Stanley
United States
Ministry
Idaho Spring Range Prospects Improve. Snow Declines
A federal marketing service report notes spring range prospects are good though turnout will be later due to cool weather. Eastern Idaho ranges remain snowbound while lower areas open and in good condition with moisture abundant. Wool contracting active and lambing underway in south central, southwest, and starting in the southeast.
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Boise
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Idaho
Kociey Ranges
Southcentral
Ensign Weston Visits Family During Furlough
Ensign Weston, a U S navy flying officer, arrived Thursday for a 10 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Bert Weston of 209 South Eighth Avenue. He recently earned his naval flying cadet wings and will return to Corpus Christi Texas where he has been appointed a flight instructor.
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Bert Weston, Jr
U. S. Navy
Bert Weston
South Eighth Avenue
Ensign Weston
Corpus Christi
Tex
War Mothers to Meet Bannock County War Mothers
War Mothers will meet at 2 39 P M Monday in Bannock County to discuss local wartime concerns and support efforts.
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Bannock County
Weather Woes and Wry Warnings from a Weather Writer
A chagrined weather writer vents about failed forecasts and punishing forecasts. He notes Friday the thirteenth and the unseasonal snow while lamenting mild March expectations. He shares personal despair over predicted temperatures and precipitation.
Desert War Updates Highlight British Attacks in Libya
Action Stirf Desert War sees artillery exchanges, patrol clashes and air action. British field guns destroyed axis trucks and disrupted transport columns in the Libyan desert while RAF strikes continue forward areas. Berlin says British reinforce eastern Libya with successful attacks on Tobruk disembarking troops and encampments. Axis announce raids on Egyptian airfields and continued bombardment of Malta.
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Libya
Libyan
RAF
Berlin
Tobruk
Egypt
Malta
Penniless Woman Reveals Wealth and Real Estate Tie
New York report says a 70 year old Harlem recluse known as Miss Alice Jones saved 50000 in cash and held 40000 in bank deposits while owning two apartment houses. Detectives later linked her to Stephen Hassett and Frida Poliener, charged with burglary after uncovering her wealth and partnership.
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New York
Harlem
Alice Jones
Deves
Stephen J. Hassett
Prieda Poliener
Despie
Hassett
Pecks Welcome Son Born Friday at St Anthony
Mr and Mrs Glen Peck of 292 Randop are the parents of a son born Friday afternoon at St Anthony hospital.
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Glen Peck
Randop
St. Anthony Hospital
Idaho to House Enemy Aliens in War Time
Idaho officials heard a note of urgency as the Justice Department announced during a meeting in Idaho Falls that aliens from enemy nations would be moved inland from the Pacific coast. John A. Carver said Idaho would receive thousands of acres of harvestable crops and warned that disturbing the relocation would be seen as an attack on the country. He noted no centralized plan to move Japanese into Idaho, and said many evacuees would be sent to camps or migrate here for farm work with the war effort. FE. H. Casterlin projected most aliens would return home after the war.
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Idaho Falls
Justice Department
Idaho
Pacific Coast
John A. Carver
Boise
Carver Sax
War Department
United States Army
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
le Salamaua
United States
Fire on Normandie Under Control After 15 Minutes
A fire started in rubbish aboard the liner Normandie, valued at 60,000,009 dollars, was extinguished in 15 minutes. Coast guardsmen, a fireboat, and an engine aided salvage crews. the ship had been seized by the government and converted to the auxiliary La Payette, having burned previously on February 9 and later capsizing.
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New York
Normandie
Aia
Naval Auxilary
la Payette
Parity Sales Ban May Get Veto
A high administration source said President Roosevelt was considering vetoing the $695 million farm supply bill because it bans disposal of government controlled stocks at less than parity. He sought elimination of the prohibition to curb a further rise in the cost of living.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Admits Guilt in Federal Case
Tsutomu Oban, secretary of the Japanese chamber of commerce at San Pranco, pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to violating the foreign agents registration act by omitting material facts in his registration.
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Washington
Tsutomu Oban
Japanese Chamber of Commerce
San Pranc Co
Japs Hit Supply Line With Naval Thrust Off Solomon Islands
Boise mayor Whitlock returned to Boise as a navy lieutenant and head of state selective service. He plans to resign due to a regulation barring active officers from holding public office. City council president Walker has been acting mayor and would assume the post.
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Solomon Islands
Boise
Westerman Whitlock
Navy
State
Selective Service
Austin L. Walker
Whitlock
Curtin Reports Loss of Perth Cruiser and Yarra
Prime Minister John Curtin announced the presumed loss of the cruiser Perth and the sloop Yarra with 833 lives. In New York detectives reported fragments possibly shrapnel after a large piece of coping fell from a top floor of the Equitable Building causing a district scare. Police investigated a report of a trimotored plane flying low over Nassau and Cedar streets near the crash site.
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Melbourne
Australia
iSaturday
John Curtin
Perth
New York
Equitable
Financial District
Nassau and
Cedar Streets
House trims travel funds in agriculture bill by half
The House approved a 95 to 65 vote to cut 8 million dollars from travel expense allotments within the agriculture appropriations bill. The reduction halves the travel budget portion of the proposal.
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Washington
House
Government Seizes Nation Wood Pulp Supply under War Order
The government announced control of the entire wood pulp supply effective May 1 under a War Production Board order. It directs allocation of both domestic and imported pulp to paper mills and other users.
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Washington
War Production Board
Senate panel backs large pay raise for armed forces
The Senate Military Affairs Committee unanimously recommended a bill to raise pay for hundreds of thousands of service members. It would increase private pay from 21 to 42 dollars a month, a substantial hike aimed at boosting morale and retention.
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Washington
Armed Services
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Railroad Chief Opposes 40-Hour Week During War
President W. M. Jeffers of the Union Pacific says the war cannot be won on a 40-hour week in American industry. He clarifies he does not oppose the 40-hour week in peacetime but argues it should be suspended until victory is achieved.
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LOS Angeles
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Police disperse crowd at German stores amid antinazi unrest
In Rio de Janeiro police and riot squads fired into the air to scatter about 500 people gathered before German stores. The demonstrators appeared intent on resuming Thursday's antinazi disorders.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Salt Lake district officers to induct Idaho draftees in Boise and Pocatello
A 29 man Salt Lake district army recruiting board will induct Idaho draftees in Boise March 16 to 19 and Pocatello March 22 to 24. Inductees will be sent to Fort Douglas reception center the same day.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake District
Idaho
Boise
Pocatello
Fort Douglas
Helena Feels Friday the 13th Earth Tremor in 1930s Series
A Friday the 13th earthquake of about four seconds duration struck Helena at 12 05 p m. No damage was reported. It was the 2665th event in the series begun in October 1935.
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Helena
Mont
Price ceiling set on cotton rayon goods by OPA
The Office of Price Administration imposed a temporary price ceiling on finished piece goods made of cotton, rayon and their mixtures to curb a rapid and unwarranted rise in prices.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Legislation Aims to End Hours Rule for Government Contractors
Senator O'Daniel of Texas introduces a bill to remove hour restrictions and overtime pay requirements for workers on government contracts. The measure seeks to ease labor standards for contractors and could affect wage protections and scheduling.
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Washington
O’daniel
Texas
Japanese Solomon move seen as new Pacific threat
Japanese naval force reported off Buka island in the Solomons pivots from a New Guinea push toward the Solomon chain. Australian air reconnaissance also noted bombings of Gasmata and suspected landings near Bougainville with no confirmation. Conversely, US and Allied air and sea strikes crippled several Japanese targets, including Salamaua Lae airfields and a small flotilla, as Washington tracks the broader Pacific strategy.
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Associated Press
Japan
Australia
New Guinea
Solomon Islands
United States
New Zealand
Kessa
Buka Island
New Britain
Solomons
RAF
Gasmata
Buka
Bougainville
New Hebrides
United Nations
Solomon Group
Rabaul
Cape York Peninsula
First spy trial yields 117 years in prison
Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard sentences seven defendants in the nation s first spy case since the war entry. Three receive 20 year terms, three get 15 years, and one 12 years for espionage conspiracy. The judge warns treachery will not be tolerated.
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New York
Henry W. Goddard
United States
Goddard
Kurt Frederick Taldwig
Fremont
Rene C. Froelich
Governors Island
First Army
Paul T. Borchardt
Helen Pauline Mayer
Karl Victor Mueller
Hans Helmut Pagel
Frederick Edward Schlosser
Brooklyn
Bund
Deserters Kill FBI Agent in Abingdon Cafe Shooting
In Abingdon Virginia two Fort Oglethorpe soldiers Charles Lovett and James Testerman shot and killed FBI Agent Hubert Treacy Jr and wounded another. The deserters fled after the restaurant gunfight and were captured later in an abandoned house near Abingdon.
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Abingdon
FBI
Hubert J. Treacy, Jr
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Charles J. Lovett
James Evans Testerman
H. S. Bobbitt
Richmond
Tennessee
Greeks Get Wheat From Haifa to Greece
The steamer Romania sails from Haifa with 7 000 tons of wheat for civilians in Greece after delays obtaining Italy's consent for entry.
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Cairo
Romania
Haifa
Greece
Italy
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Tojo
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India
Eritrea
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Uso-Military Club
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Celine
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Cruel World
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