British Raid Strikes at Italian Base
Allied action reported as British raid hits an Italian base in the eastern Mediterranean. The German front in Russia is said to be breached and a German carrier may be at large in the Atlantic. Russian parachutists reportedly captured positions near Smolensk and towns in the Vyazma area.
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Associated Press
Anys
Meditranean
Germany
Russia
Atlantic
Hitler Command
Central Atlantic
Jouth Atlantic
Red Army
Moscow
Stockholm
Smolensk
Vyazma
Midnight Tax Deadline Sets Record in U S History
Almost every American adult faced a federal income tax filing deadline by midnight Monday. About 22 million individuals and thousands of corporations were affected and projected monthly totals exceeded previous records. Congress extended filing for military personnel abroad until after the war.
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Washington
General MacArthur
Congress
MacArthur
United States
Chilean freighter Tolten sunk near New York
Government officials said the Chilean freighter Tolten, 1,858 tons formerly the Danish Lotta, was torpedoed and sunk about 30 miles from New York harbor with only two of 29 crew rescued. The ship had been confiscated by Chile on Feb 15, 1941. The notice followed a Chilean cabinet meeting.
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Santiago
Chile
New York
Lotta
Valparaiso
Sol Times Rising Weather Quiet Sunday Forecast
Sunday's weather offered nothing notable with a bit of sun and clouds. High 36, low 15, mean 26, 11 degrees below normal. Month’s departure 53 degrees below normal. Sunrise 7 38, sunset 7 38 exactly 12 hours apart.
Cars and trucks collide in Shelley area two-vehicle crashes
State police report two minor accidents near Shelley. Robert E. Coney of Kellogg attempted to pass a truck driven by William E. Musselman. both vehicles were damaged about 150 dollars. A second crash involved Earl J. Bigier of Westside Plumbing with William E. Rischel of Rose. damage also about 150 dollars. No injuries were reported.
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Blackfoot
Robert E. Coney
Kellogg
William E. Musselman
Shelley
Charles Belnap
Capital Awaits Second WWI Draft Lottery Draw
Philadelphia will return a historic glass goldfish bowl to Independence Hall holding 7 000 numbers for the nations first wartime draft lottery in 24 years. 9 000 000 registrants, aged 20 to 44, await their numbers with Stimson drawing at 4 p.m. Mountain War Time. Initiations likely in June.
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Washington
Selective Service
Philadelphia
Capital
Independence Hall
Stimson
Tax to Raise 5 Billion Would Be General Sales Levy
The treasury estimated a five percent general retail sales tax could raise about 5.018 billion dollars with no exemptions but warned revenue would drop if federal government purchases were exempted. Various tax setups by Randolph Paul show smaller or larger yields, with exemptions reducing the take further.
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Washington
Treasury Department
National Association of Manufacturers
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
House
Ways and Means Committee
Randolph Paul
Morgenthau
Paul
Church to Rebuild Part of Structure in Sugarhouse
Salt Lake City Latter Day Saints authorities authorize partial rebuilding of the Deseret Industries building in Sugarhouse after a March 6 fire that caused about 75000 dollars in damage. Work will begin immediately, focusing on the south portion which needs a new roof and windows. the north portion was destroyed.
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Salt Lake City
Latter Day Saints Church
Deseret Industries
Sugarhouse
Harold B. Lee
Church Welfare Program
Ee O Chapter to Meet Chapter K
P. E. O. meets Monday at 8 p m with Mrs H L Pauschert of 936 West Lander. Miss Helen Loux is assistant hostess.
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P.E.O
H. L. Pauschert
West Lander
Helen Loux
Hitler offers Slice of World to Jap
The column reports Hitler urging Japan to strike into the Indian Ocean and invade India while promising territories in east and south Africa as a reward. It discusses the fragile Nazi Japanese alliance and Japan’s choice between consolidating conquests or broader expansion as the war nears a climactic phase.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Hitler
London
Germany
Fuehrer
Indian Ocean
India
Russia
East
South Africa
Japan
War and espionage roundup from Washington and abroad
War department reports nine US fighters shot down three Japanese aircraft north of Australia. US submarine sinks enemy freighter in Japanese waters and a 3000 ton tanker in the Philippines. Vichy broadcasts claim Turkish Milas air raid. Interstate Commerce Commission declines OPA post ponement on freight rates. Two dead and several injured in a Welland plant explosion. Greece suffers 150000 200000 deaths under German Italian occupation. FBI arrests Peter Donay and Richard Fruendt on espionage charges.
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Washington
War Department
Australia
Stockton bar room shooting lawsuit names Zukerman
A $100,000 damage suit was filed in Stockton against Maurice Zukerman, a wealthy produce merchant formerly of Idaho, for fatally shooting Otto Mander, a prominent Stockton resident, in a bar room fight last fall.
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Stockton
Calif
Maurice Zukerman
Idaho
Otto Mander
Guards to Receive Uniforms at 8 Pocatello Drill
Members of the Pocatello head quarters company Idaho state guard will be issued uniforms at their regular drill Monday at 8 p m in the guard armory. Uniforms resemble regular army dress with insignia differences. Guard members are asked to bring coat hangers as none are available at the armory.
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Pocatello
Idaho State Guard
Army
Plane Crash Near Gowen Field Kills Four Boise Men
Four soldiers on a routine training flight were killed when their bomber crashed three miles south of Gowen Field Boise. The aircraft circled the field twice before landing clearance. it failed to respond and vanished from radar. A second bomber crashed near Pendleton Oregon, with 10 aboard, in a separate incident.
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Frank W. Wright
Pendleton, Ore
Col. Wright
Pendleton
Pendleton Field
Preston club president hints at Palisade dam meeting
Ben Johnson of Preston, president of the Associated Clubs of South East Idaho, visiting en route to Idaho Falls for business. He said the group may hold a meeting here Thursday to discuss Palisade dam and the phosphate resources development in southeast Idaho.
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Ben Johnson
Preston
Associated Clubs
South East
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Johnson
Palisade Dam
Russians Break Through Central Front in Heavy Fighting
Berlin reports claim the Red Army breached the central German line after 15 hours of combat in wooded terrain. Russian actions include renewed attacks on Crimea’s Kerch peninsula and near Kharkov while German bombers hit Murmansk and an offshore transport.
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Russia
Berlin
Red Army
Hitler
Kerch
Crimea
Kharkov
Murmansk
Pittsburgh
Kharkov-Kursk-Ore
Moscow
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Spartmer
Japan
Bill to Curb War Contract Profits and Work Hours
Rep Howard Smith and Rep Vinson introduce a bill in the House to cap profits on war contracts at six percent and suspend federal overtime limits. The measure echoes prior labor legislation and restates policy that no law or contract should restrict work hours during war and that workers need not join or pay any organization to earn compensation.
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Washington
House
Howard Smith
D-Va
Vinson
D-Ga
Naval Committee
Smith
Senate
Woman Bouts Marine Corps On San Diego Parade Grounds
Kay Dawson thirty six, accused of driving at 50 mph through marching Marines on base grounds while Marines attempted to stop her. Sentry Lt Luther Finley fired four shotgun rounds at the fleeing car wounding tires, spilling fuel as Dawson fled toward the administration building. Civil police booked her on a drunk charge at the city jail.
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San Diego
Marine Base
Kay Dawson
M Dawson
Corp
Luther Finley
Finley
Dawson
Mrs. Dawson
Railroad Night Planned by Pocatello Elks Lodge
Five final plans were set for the annual railroad night by Pocatello lodge 674 Elks. The event at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Elks temple features the Union Pacific Boosters glee club directed by Rampton Barlow and caboose stew as the centerpiece. A class of 25 candidates will be initiated and officers for the next term elected. C R Chris Soreats retires as exalted ruler.
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Pocatello Lodge No
B. P. O. Elks
H. C. Hinckley
Elks Temple
Union Pacific Boosters Glee Club
Rampton Barlow
C. R
Chris” Soreats
Air War Dept: Darwin Raid Shocks Australia in Pacific
Darwin suffers a Japanese air raid with slight damage and casualties as Britain and the United States plan broader offensives. Reports say Japan eyeing attacks on Soviet Russia while U S and British air power build up in India and Burma to strike Japan.
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Associated Press
Japan
Germany
Russia
Rising Sun
Darwin
Australia
Far Pacific
Tokyo
Bandoeng
Java
Chungking
Moscow
London Daily Mail
United Nations
Pacific
Sydney
Henry Gordon Bennett
Malaya
Singapore
AIF
Commonwealth
China
United States
Perth
Richard Peirse
RAF
India
Southwest Pacific
Royal Australian Air Force
Accelera
Insular
R. A. FP
Britain
Europe
New Delhi
Thepan
Hitler calls for new sacrifices and a summer victory
Adolf Hitler urged Germans to endure a hard struggle with promises of crushing victory over Soviet Russia in the summer. From Berlin he reviewed armed forces, placed a wreath, and condemned Roosevelt’s “detestable new alien world” while blaming Jewish and capitalist conspirators for the war. He cited Russia’s winter and Riom trials in his wartime address.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Russia
Germany
Hitler
Roosevelt
Zeughaus
Unter den Linden
Russia
France
Bull Kills Man in Nampa Dairy Leader Dies
Percy C. McFarland 50 prominent dairy cattle breeder and father of Gerald McParland Idaho Prep Press news editor died after a bull rolled him against a fence. He suffered fatal injuries Sunday in a hospital. A native of Iowa, he had run a milk trucking business since 1924. Surviving are his widow Ethel, two daughters Frances and Kathleen Holsinger of Ogden Utah, formerly of Pocatello.
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Nampa
Percy C. McFarland
Gerald McParland
Idaho Prep Press
Ethel McParland
Frances McFarland
College of Idaho
Kathleen Holsinger
Ogden
Utah
Pocatello
Parody One-Act Tobacco Road Forward by Pocatello Sophomores
Kiwanis luncheon at Bannock hotel features a parody titled Nicotine Alley based on Tobacco Road. Cast includes Lester Roberts Clare Hall Richard Lombardy Peter Swanson Fargo Wells Alvin Lehman and Charles Clerc with Archie Service as MC Jim Green handling sound effects. George Norman Green leads program and T Leland Newey provides music.
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Tobacco Road
Pocatello High School
Kiwanis Club
Bannock Hotel
Lester Roberts
Clare Hall
Richard Lombardy
Peter Swanson
Fargo Wells
Alvin Lehman
Charles Clerc
Archie Service
Jim Green
George Norman Green
T. Leland Newey
Patrols Busy In Desert and Nearby Fronts
British reports say minor desert fighting with at least one enemy tank and two lorries destroyed and several prisoners taken. Italian German claims include Malta bombardment and attacks on Tobruk and an Egyptian coast air base. A Polish destroyer aiding a convoy hit two of three Junkers bombers, one crashing. London faced its first daylight alarm in almost a year.
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Libya
Malta
Berlin
Egyptian
Tobruk
el Adem
English Channel
Junkers
London
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Turkey
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Cairo
Egypt
Greece
Peter Franz Erich Donay
Fort Jay
Governors Island
First Army
Richard Friedrich Fruendt
Bronx
FBI
Missouri
William M. Hoge
British Columbia
Alaska
Boise
The
Marine Corps
Elks
U.S
Sittang
Rangoon
Burma
Geoffrey Layton
China Station
Ceylon
Kota Raja
Sumatra
Yomiuri
Iowa
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