Japanese Forming Assault Forces North of Australia
Japanese mass ships and troops in a northwest Pacific buildup near Australia as MacArthur warns of new threat. Allies report Japanese gains near Rathedaung north of Akyab while U.S. and allied air forces strike Japanese convoys and bases in New Guinea the Solomons and Kiska.
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Australia
Associated Press
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Delhi
Burma
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
Akyab
Rathedaung
Akysh
Pacific
New Guinea
Solomons
Aleutian
Kiska
MacArthur
Amboina
Dobo
Darwin
Ambonia
East Indies
Wewak
Lae
State Replies To Petition By Pocatellan
Secretary of State George H. Curtis filed with the state supreme court his answer to a petition by George Luker of Pocatello seeking an alternative writ of prohibition to restrain printing the law repealing the senior citizens grants act. The response argues the writ should be denied on three grounds: the legislature, not the secretary of state, prints session laws. the repealer takes effect under an emergency clause regardless of printing. the court lacks jurisdiction to interfere with the act.
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Boise
Secretary of
George H. Curtis
State Supreme Court
George Luker
Pocatello
Bert H. Miller
Secretary of State
Curtis
Supreme Court
RAF Raiders Bomb Rails and Railways in Europe
RAF fighters attacked railway communications in occupied Europe and Germany during Sunday night operations, with four RAF fighters lost in daylight raids and two enemy fighters shot down. Overnight sweeps damaged four enemy trains including one inside Germany as weather limited further continental attacks. A German raid over northeast England caused casualties and fatalities with one enemy aircraft downed.
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London
Europe
Air Ministry
Occupied
Germany
Ville
Maupertans
Ris
RAF
England
Ministries of Air and Home Security
Utah Knifing Ends Fatally
Bruce M. Bogarte a 35 year old man was stabbed to death in a downtown hotel during a drunken argument that followed a dispute over noise. A hotel occupant retrieved a pocketknife and joined the fight. Bogarte died from a groin wound that severed an artery.
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Salt Lake City
Bruce M. Bogarte
Harold W. Clark
Bogarte
Regis
South State Street
Huene
Haga
Clarence &. Openshaw
Yankee Ships Raid Japs in Aleutians and Solomons
Navy communique No. 310 reports March 13 air strikes by Army Warhawks and P-38s on Kiska installations and grounded planes in the Aleutians. In the South Pacific, P-38s strafed Rendova and Liberator bombers attacked Shortland Island area Munda and Vila with all US planes returning. No Japanese planes reported at Kiska. eighth raid on the Aleutians this month.
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Kiska
Aleutians
Aay
Akyab
Mandalay
India
Goteik
Lashio
Burma Road
South Pacific
Rendova Island
Navy
Washington
New Georgia
Consolidated
Shortland Island
Munda
Vila
Solomons
United States
Women Golfers Meet Mrs Rex Howan Announces Season Start
Mrs Rex Howan president of the Women's Golf association says the first meeting of the season will be at 8 p m Tuesday in the clubhouse. All golfers are invited.
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Rex Howan
Women's Golf Association
Slide Sweeps Man Into More's Creek
Ada County Deputy James Brunt, 50, is recovering after being caught in a snow mud slide and swept into More's Creek on the highway to Idaho City. State Patrolman Fred Craig escaped the main force but was buried to his waist as they approached the slide, both recalling a roaring descent and abrupt entrapment.
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Boise
Ada County
James Brunt
More's Creek
Idaho City
Here
Fred Craig
Brunt
Craig
Nazis Search For Youths In Lyon Areas
Swiss reports say German troops are conducting house to house raids in Lyon and surrounding Haute Savoie for French youths resisting labor conscription. An axis ultimatum reportedly expired at noon with no clear word received. Police under Nazi officers are cracking down, with raids in factories and towns as residents hear sporadic gunfire near the lake.
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Bern
Switzerland
Lyon
France
Tribune de Geneve
Lake Geneva
Rhone
Haute Savoie
the Tribune
Germany
Villeur-Banne
Geneva
la Suisse
Haute Savoie Mountains
Vichy
Midnight Deadline For Income Tax in Idaho
Idahoans flocked to state and federal tax offices by noon to pay 1942 income taxes before midnight. Federal Collector John R. Wiley estimated over 130,000 returns will be filed before close of business today and said the clock may be stopped at 11 59 p m if needed. Collectors expect receipts to exceed last year’s totals as more returns arrive by mail.
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Boise
Wiley
White House Planned Rationing To Start March 29
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt said at the White House that butter will be served at breakfast only as the mansion prepares for a broad rationing program. The new rules, including meat and cheese, take effect March 29.
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Washington
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Presidential Mansion
Order Permits Wheat Sale In Government Program
Governor Bortolfsen said a telegram from Senator John Thomas’s office indicated the House would consider a joint resolution to permit the sale of 100 million bushels of government wheat at 100 percent parity. The wire noted the measure is on the calendar and would be taken up Monday or this week, with prior wires stating the department has removed restrictions on sale and on 1943 wheat acreages.
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Boise
Bortolfsen
John Thomas
House of Representatives
Thomas
House
Cora Rubins
Germans Use Trick To Sink Vessel
The Panamanian vessel’s skipper said his ship fell to a submerged U boat mimicking a lifeboat in dawn light. The attack followed a slowed ship expecting survivors, leaving 24 seamen dead, one missing, 296 rescued across five sinkings that raised axis losses to 626 ships since Pearl Harbor.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Japs Retreat In China After Yangtze Offensive Collapse
Chinese high command announced the March 8 Japanese attack along a 100 mile Yangtze front near Yochow failed. About 20 000 Japanese troops reportedly retreated with one body surrounded and another column encircled. Chinese observers warned gains could be vulnerable but danger to Changsha eased.
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Chungking
Yangtze River
Yochow
Hunan
Hupeh
Yangtze
Yanktze
Changsha
Nation Pours Funds Into Income Taxes
Taxpayers across the country queued to file returns before the deadline as notarization was dropped allowing mail payments. Cities reported record crowds at IRS offices and post offices while police aided crowds. Officials in Washington remained confident most would pay despite occasional tax resistance. In Cleveland, early returns surpassed totals for the first two months, with some borrowing to cover higher rates and exemptions.
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Salt Lake City
Internal Revenue Collection
Treasury
Washington
Cleveland
Frank F. Gentsch
Army Holds Youth As a Deserter
Fifteen year old Johnny Maras who wore sergeant stripes at home last January was set to join the American Legion Monday but remained in military custody to face desertion charges at Fort Sheridan Illinois. Camp Kilmer New Jersey said he was not a real sergeant and not discharged from the army. Milwaukee police arrested him on orders declaring him a deserter from the United States Army. He was celebrated during his stay, with a sponsored trip to New York and meetings with high ranking officers.
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Milwaukee
Johnny Maras
American Legion
Johnny
Fort Sheridan
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Army of the United States
Motion Picture
New York
Utahn Fails to Get Review of Case
Ormand Ewing former Democratic national committeeman from Utah failed to obtain a Supreme Court review of his conviction for raping a 19 year old government worker in Washington on Oct 26 1941. He was 55 when charged and the crime alleged to have occurred after he broke into the bedroom of Betty Ruth Crandall of Provo Utah threatening to kill her. A sentence of eight to 24 years was imposed by the federal district court and upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Ormand Ewing
Utah
Supreme Court
Ewing
Betty Ruth Crandall
Provo
Federal District Court
United States Court of
District of Colum
Idaho highway chiefs brace for spring flood hazards
Idaho State Highway Commission and public works officials vow strong effort to keep roads open amid spring runoff. Commissioner Joe D. Wood says shortages won’t stop crews from tackling mud, rocks, and flood threats with county and canal district cooperation.
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Boise
State Highway Department
Idaho
Joe D. Wood
State Public Works Department
Wood
Italy Reports Sinking of Big Transport
The Italian high command said the 23500 ton Empress of Canada laden with troops was sunk in the Atlantic by an Italian submarine. Allied confirmation was not received. The Empress of Canada, part of the Canadian Pacific fleet, was built in 1922 at Glasgow and may have been converted to war service in 1940. Berlin reported 14 ships totaling 92000 tons destroyed by U boats, but no allied confirmation.
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Rome
Associated Press
Canada
Atlantic
Canadian Pacific Railway
Glasgow
Germany
Berlin
World Hopes Hitler Ill as Allied Powers Seek End to German Aggression
A Washington London focus on eradicating German militaristic aggression is highlighted as Anthony Eden urges united nations cooperation. The column argues Hitler personifies Nazism, whose removal would cripple Germany’s war effort and destabilize the Nazi regime.
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Hitler
Washington
London
Anthony Eden
United Nations
Germany
Japan
Italy
Reich
Kharkov Recapture Claims Clash With Soviet Defense
German high command says Kharkov has been recaptured after a February loss, while Moscow and London reports show Red Army stiffening in the Kharkov area with heavy tank and infantry battles. Officials cite ongoing German offensive and Soviet counterattacks amid grim odds.
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Associated Press
Kharkov
Russia
Red Army
Ukraine
London
Belgorod
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Miners threat prompts April contract deadline note
John L. Lewis warned northern soft coal operators that if a new contract is not signed by March 31 miners may not trespass on their property on April 1 and 2. The AP dispatch covers multiple updates across the nation from Hull praising Giraud to Idaho defense inspections and flood impacts on highways.
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NEW York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Northern Soft
Idaho Woolgrowers Produce 16.86 Million Pounds in 1942
Idaho woolgrowers produced 16,863,000 pounds of wool in 1942, down 100,000 from 1941, with more sheep shorn but lighter average fleece. The average price was 40 cents per pound, yielding cash income of 6,745,000 dollars, up 978,000 from the prior year.
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Boise
Idaho
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Bureau
Supply Units Prepare for Major Battle in North Africa
Allied air forces led by U S Mitchell bombers targeted Rommel’s positions to soften the Mareth line ahead of the British Eighth Army advance. Spitfires and Warhawks escorted missions and swept independently, while RAF pilots defended allied shipping off the Algerian coast and engaged enemy torpedo bombers.
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North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Western Desert Air Force
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Medenine Plains
RAF
Algerian
Heinkel Itt
Tankbuster Hurricanes Hit Rommel Tanks In Desert Fight
Allied air forces with the Eighth Army use tankbuster Hurricanes against Rommel’s armored forces at El Alamein. Since four months the aircraft have scored direct hits on 74 tanks 46 trucks and 11 other vehicles with minimal returns from enemy guns. Wing Commander Roger Porteous calls them an answer to tanks from the air.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
RAF
Western Desert
el Alamein
Romiel
Egypt
Libya
Roger Porteous
Senate House Panel Approves Baby Care Fund
A 1.2 million appropriation for babies born to wives of enlisted servicemen was approved by a Senate House conference committee as part of a 6.28 billion deficiency bill. The measure, revived Friday to include the wet babies provision, awaits final action Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate-House
House
Senate
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