Yankees Free Two More Island Points
American forces ended 55 years of Japanese rule on Iwo Jima and captured Romblon and Simara islands in night landings. The 24th division also moved into Mindanao villages as the 41st division pressed elsewhere. Tokyo warned civilians to evacuate major cities and prepare for intensified air raids.
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Associated Press
Iwo Jima
Philippine Islands
Romblon
Simara
Philippines
Iwo
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagoya
Yokohama
Kobe
Formosa
United States
Mindanao
Zamboanga
London
Solomons
Saposa Island
Churchill foresees victory and peacetime free enterprise
Prime Minister Churchill told the Conservative conference that victory in Europe could come before summer ends. He warned against socialist nationalization and pledged to lead Britain through postwar trials with a focus on free enterprise and stable food production amid wartime destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Germany
Britain
Europe
Commons
Gas Fumes Fatal At Geneva Steel Plant
Provo Utah on Tuesday night Glen C. Palmer 25 of Ogden died from asphyxiation while working at the Geneva steel plant. The source of the gas fumes could not be determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provo
Glen C. Palmer
Thomas Palmer
Ogden
Geneva
Ralph L. Iverson Dies in Europe
Army dead list from European regions notes Ralph L. Iverson Pvt. among fallen service members. Included are Pfc Fritz L. Bubel of Nezperce and Pfc James W. Davis husband of Betty L. Davis of Weiser, Pvt Donald G. Foster of Driggs, Cpls William J. Goertzen and John W. Hurd, 2nd Lt Donald J. Milich of Boise, and other relatives with addresses in Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bubel
Fritz L
Carl Bubel
Nezperce
Davis
James W
Betty L. Davis
Weiser
Foster
Donald G
George H. Foster
Driggs
Goertzen
William J
Aberdeen
Iverson
Ralph L
Bernice I. Judkins
Washington Street
Pocatello
Milich
Donald J
Nettie Slattery
Boise
Romulo details Jap atrocities in Manila before Congress
Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo arrived in the United States with affidavits and film to indict Japan. He described the Manila massacre at Fort Santiago where 1,700 civilians died, women and children were killed, and a banker’s daughter was raped and cut in two.
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San Francisco
Manila
Carlos P. Romulo
United States
Congress
Philippines
Japan
Carlos Romaulo, Jr
Romulo
Intramuros
Fort Santiago
Storm Covers South Idaho and Intermountain West
A broad storm swept the intermountain region bringing rain and light snow. Southern Idaho saw blizzard like conditions with varying snow depths while Utah towns like Brighton Milford and Vernal reported modest snowfall. Precipitation improved range conditions and irrigation prospects as the system was forecast to continue intermittent through tomorrow night.
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Associated Press
Intermountain
Idaho
Brighton
Wasatch Mountains
Salt Lake City
Milford
Utah
Vernal
Logan
Ogden
Weather Bureau
Idaho Supreme Court rules farming plants exempt from unemployment taxes
The Idaho supreme court ruled that produce packing and processing plants operated by farmers for their own crops are not subject to unemployment compensation taxes. The decision applies even if the plants also process yields from other farms for a fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Supreme Court
Osaka Arsenal Blown Up In Fifth World War Raid
Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay stated Osaka's 150 acre arsenal faced explosive destruction in the 300-ship Superfortress attack on Wednesday. The raids over five days damaged Nagoya Tokyo Osaka industrial zones with more than 6,000 tons of incendiaries and leveled five square miles.
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Twenty - First Bomber Command
Guam
Curtis E. Lemay
Osaka
Empire
Lemay
Japan
Pilate
Tokyo
Nagoya
Yanks Hunt Last Japs on Iwo Island
U S Pacific Fleet reports flag raised at Iwo Jima as Marines continue to secure the southern end of the island. The battle has killed about 20 000 enemy and produced heavy Marine casualties. Airfields on Iwo will support B 29 operations toward Japan.
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Iwo Island
United States
Mt. Suribachi
D. A. Stafford
Spokane
Wash
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Stafford
Iwo
Japan
Guam
Washington
Forrestal
Navy
Marine
Newark baby crowned pinup girl of USS New Jersey
Fifteen month old Harolyn Cheryl Meyer of Newark received $3,200 in war bonds from the officers and crew of the battleship USS New Jersey. The bonds fund her future education as Gov. Walter E. Edge approved the gift after a photo contest in which Harolyn was named pinup girl. Her father, an Army Air Corps pilot and prisoner of war in Germany, has never met her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Harolyn Cheryl Meyer
Newark
New Jersey
Walter E. Edge
Garden State
Harolyn
Army Air Corps
Germany
Fifteenth Army Crosses Rhine and Expands Bridgehead
Allied air forces hammer German targets as the Fifteenth Army breaches the Rhine with a 66 square mile bridgehead. RAF heavy bombs strike Bielefeld viaduct with 11 ton superbombs, plus Arnsburg, Hannover and Berlin-Ruhr routes face major blows. US Ninth Air Force supports Remagen defense, while Liberators target oil and rail hubs north of Budapest.
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London
Reich
Berlin-Ruhr
Bielefeld
Rhine
Zweibruecken
Homburg
Air Ministry
Arnsburg
Dortmund
Germany
French
U.S
Ninth Air Force
Remagen
Coblenz
Eighth
Hannover
Jmuiden
Ruhr
Weser
Vlotho
Bad Oegenhausen
15Th Air Force
Red Army
Budapest
Aid Bill Passes in Senate Postwar Planning Funds
The Senate approved a 3.15 billion dependent offices appropriations bill including 35 million to aid states counties and cities in advance planning of postwar public works. Sen McKellar recovered from illness and said the measure heads to the House where they previously set 5 million for postwar planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
House
Woman to Receive Lifetime Membership in Union Pacific Club
Salt Lake City report notes Eva Cruser of Oxford Idaho will become the first woman honored with a life membership by Union Pacific Old Timers Club No 10. Cruser, retired Dayton station agent, served the railroad from May 14 1903 to May 6 1944.
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Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Old Timers’ Club No. 10
Eva Cruser
Oxford
Idaho
Dayton
Ida
Drought Shrinks British Meat Rations in 1945
London reports Britons may receive less meat per week than the 24 cent allotment as drought cripples supply. Severe drought in Australia and New Zealand, where large orders were placed for 1945, worsens the shortage and raises concern over future shortages.
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London
Australia
New Zealand
Quiet Italian Front Brings Minor Patrol Clashes
Allied reports say fighting along the Italian front was light with only minor patrol clashes and small position changes. Allied mortars silenced German fire at Vergato near Bologna, with clashes near Castel d Aiano and Monte Giovo, and a Nazi raid forced a retreat near Riolo di Bagni.
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Rome
Vergato
Bologna
Castel d'Aiano
Monte Giovo
Monte Spigolino
Serchio
Riolo di Bagni
Casualty list shows 839,589 total since Pearl Harbor
Secretary Stimson reports U S ground force casualties on the western front from D day to March 1 total 425,007 with February losses at 34,468. Navy losses bring overall U S casualties to 748,457 in all theaters and 839,589 including the Navy, a weekly rise of 15,957. The tally lists killed, wounded, missing and prisoners, with most wounded returned to duty.
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Washington
D-day
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Luzon
Leyte
Wage Increases Approved for Pocatello Restaurants
The National War Labor Board's ninth regional panel in Denver ordered wage raises of six to 38 cents an hour for 107 employees at seven Pocatello eateries retroactive to July 1, 1943. The board also required Magic Valley Processing to sign a labor contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, with terms to be negotiated starting November 10, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
National War Labor Board
WLB
Pocatello
Magic Valley Processing Company
Twin Falls
J. Glenn Donaldson
Culinary Workers’ Alliance, A.F.L
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Helpers of America
Union
Pocatello Restaurants
Ken's Sweet Shop
Savoy Cafe
Walgreen Drug
Bannock
Y.M.C.A
Whitman Hotel
President Sets Day in Honor of New Citizens
President Roosevelt designated Sunday May 20 as I am an American day to honor naturalized citizens and those who have reached legal adulthood within the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Gossett Signs Bill for Surplus Fund
Gov. Charles C. Gossett signed 29 more Idaho measures including an ad valorem tax at 2 million dollars annually for the next fiscal period and a plan to leave about 3 million in the postwar surplus. The action raises salaries for state officials and the public instruction superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Charles C. Gossett
Gossett
House
Senate
Department of Public Works
German armistice feeler reportedly rejected by allies
An unofficial British statement confirmed a German approach to allied representatives in Stockholm aimed at seeking armistice but said it was immediately rebuffed. A Swedish intermediary was used, with German officials hoping to exploit divisions among the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Legation
Svenska Dagbladet
Germany
Debt Limit Rise Advances in Finance Committee Action
The finance committee approved raising the national debt limit to 300 billion dollars, with Treasury Undersecretary Daniel W. Bell indicating another increase within a year. The present limit is 260 billion, and Bell cited debt at 235.0 billion on Feb 28 with an estimated 251.8 billion by June 30. The move accompanies the seventh war loan targeting 14 billion more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Daniel W. Bell
House
Bell
Senate
Air Fleet Bombs Oranienburg in Berlin Outskirts Raid
A force of 1 350 American bombers struck the Berlin outskirts including Oranienburg's vast freight yards after RAF unleashed a new 11 ton volcanic bomb. Oranienburg, seven miles north of Berlin, lies on key rail routes to the Baltic and Have canal as Russian forces press Stettin.
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London
Berlin
Oranienburg
Baltic
Stettin
Have
Air Force
Russ Improve Positions For Offensive
Sporadic Russian attacks from the Oder mouth to Frankfurt improved Zhukov’s First White Russian army springboard for a new offensive as Berlin front quieted. Moscow did not confirm reports of cross Oder thrusts. Malinovsky’s Second Ukraine army revived the Slovak campaign with Zvolen capture and eight towns taken north of Banska Bystrica as his forces pushed toward the Carpathians. The Third White Russian army advanced with the overall drive in Slovak and East Prussian sectors.
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Moscow
Oder
Frankfurt
Gregory K. Zhukov
Berlin
Kuestrin
Red Army
Slovakia
East Prussia
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Ukraine
Zvolen
Hron
Malinovsky
Banska Bystrica
Carpathian
Labor leaders Fay and Bove Convicted in New York Extortion Case
Joseph Fay and James Bove AFL officials were convicted by a state supreme court jury on one count of extortion and one of conspiracy to extort money from contractors on New York City's Delaware water project. They face prison terms up to three years for conspiracy and up to 15 years for extortion, with sentencing set for April 5. The jury also acquitted them on five counts. Fay is vice president of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Bove is secretary treasurer of local 60 of the International Hod Carriers building and common laborers union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph
Fay
James Bove
AFL
New York City
Delaware
State Supreme Court
International Union of Operating Engineers
Bove
International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union
Pocatello Pilot Wins Silver Wings at Marfa Field
Don Leslie Robinson, son of Mrs Abby Robinson of 242 South Thirteenth Pocatello, graduated as a second lieutenant at Marfa army air field RAF training command. The former Pocatello resident completed twin engine pilot training and now awaits assignment after Gardener Field Taft California.
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Marfa
Tex
Don Leslie Robinson
Abby Robinson
South Thirteenth
Pocatello
Marfa Army Air Field
RAF Training Command
A. J. Kerwin Malone
Gardner Field
Taft
Calif
Pocatello High School
Allied Cross Rhine Front Expands With 100,000 Americans
Allied dispatches say American forces east of the Rhine seized four towns and pushed a bridgehead 11 by 6 miles as the German claim notes 100,000 U.S. troops across the river. The Ninth army neared Duisburg, while the Seventh pressed along a 50 mile front in the Saar. Third army pushed toward Koblenz on the Moehne front. heavy bombing battered Siegfried Line fortifications.
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Paris
Rhine
15Th Army
Remagen
Frankefurt-Ruhr
U.S. Ninth Army
Duisburg
Reemagen
Ninth
Great
Ruhr
Lower Rhine
Third Army
Lower Moeselle
Coblenz
West Rhine
Boppard
Moeselle
Saareburg
Saarebruecken
Saar River
Brussels
Hitler
Rhineland
Saar
Honnef
Eisenhower
Leonard T. Gerow
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Yankees
Ralph L. Iverson
Storm
South
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Empire of Nippon
Fifteenth Army
Berlin Front
Moselle
First Army
Houvel
Ime
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