British Army Reports Advancements in North Africa Front
Allied lines in northern Tunisia report the First Army advancing in the Sedjenane area without resistance and seizing a wooded ridge. Allied forces with artillery routed armored patrols near Gafsa 200 miles south while heavy raids hit Mezzouna airfield and Axis supply lines across the Sicilian straits.
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North Africa
First Army
Tunisia
Sedjenane
Gafsa
Tuna
Mezzouna
Sicilian Straits
Western Desert Air Force
Eighth Army
Toujane
Tamera
Sedjeanne
Lewis Predicts Coal Strike If Negotiations Fail by March 31
John L. Lewis warned that northern soft coal operators must agree to a $2 daily wage rise and a $3 blanket minimum by March 31 or 450,000 miners will refuse to report for work on April 1. Operators rejected the demand, proposing immediate six man committees to start talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Charles O'Neil
Northern
Stamp Values To Stand As April Ration Points Set
Washington announced April food ration points will total 48 for blue stamps D E F in book No 2, with a one week overlap when March and April stamps both valid. March stamps A B C remain usable until March 31. new issue for canned goods runs March 25 to April 30.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Farmers Plead for Release of Needed Machinery
Des Moines reports that governors and officials from 12 cornbelt states drafted a program to aid agriculture. They urged recognizing farming as an essential war industry, releasing all dealer machinery stocks, supplying components to finish units, granting deferments for experienced farm labor, and ending the faulty machinery allocation system.
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Des Moines
Herbert Hoover
Ground Crews Get Credit
Ground crews receive praise for keeping bombers ready at a U S heavy bomber base in India. Sgt. James G. Knutson, Corp. Robert Huish, Sgt. Larry Derricott, and Pvt. Carl Deleeuw are named among Idaho and Utah locals who support pilots. Major William R. Starke credits ground crews with enabling daily bombing missions over Burma.
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Thoburn
United States
India
James G. Knutson
Boise
Idaho
Robert Huish
Béeise
Larry Derricott
Montpelier
Carl M. Deleeuw
Spanish Fork
Utah
William R. Starke
Starkeville
Miss
U. S
Beauticians Open Beauty Salon at Woodworth Plant
In Ferndale near Detroit a modern beauty salon operates inside the N. A. Woodworth plant to reduce absenteeism among 3000 women workers. The 12 hour daily service from 8 a m to 8 p m includes manicures facials shampoos and waves with time off for good performers to patronize the shop. Prices match local rates. The setup includes a cosmetic canteen booths a lounge with radio magazines and ten mirrors in each of three repair booths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
N. A. Woodworth Company
Ferndale
Gardening for Victory series on crops and methods
AP Features Writer Robert Geiger asks leading agricultural experts for guidance on beat crops, methods, and acreage tips in a six part series titled Gardening for Victory. The first installment appears on page two.
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America
Robert Geiger
Irish Fight for Uncle Sam
AP Features notes St Patrick’s Day while highlighting Irish named heroes who served in the U S fighting forces, portraying Irish tradition in active wartime roles and the fierce combat spirit of the Fighting Irish.
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Uncle Sam
Sons of Erin
U. S
Senate Ties postwar police plan to world security
Senate introduces a plan for a postwar international police force to deter future aggression. Senator Ball insists collective security backed by force is the cheapest path, while Taft and Wheeler warn of bitterness and opposition. In Moscow, Red Army pushes toward Smolensk and holds a strong line east of Kharkov after recapturing Kharkov.
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Washington
Ball
R-Minn
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Wheeler
D-Mont
Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Central Front
Kharkov
Ukraine
Vyazma
Kholm-Zhirkovsky
Dnieper
Warm Saint Patrick Day Forecast Brings Snow Chance
The forecast calls for slightly warmer conditions but a chance of snow. Daily highs reached 35 with a 23 low and a mean near 29 while noon temperature hovered around 31. The piece notes wind and unsettled weather despite St Patrick references.
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St. Patrick’s Day
Treland
Saint Patrick
State to Poll Single Men in Idaho War Plan
Lt. Col Norman B. Adkison Idaho selective service officer urges polling all single men to free single labor for farms and vital war work. He notes many single men in big cities could be inducted, aiding Idaho agriculture. He cites Sen Thomas of Idaho as approving the plan.
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Boise
Norman B. Adkison
Idaho
Selective Service
Sen
Thomas
Axis Closes Jewelry Stores in Germany
A Berlin broadcast recorded by the Associated Press says jewelry manufacture will be prohibited after April 1. The nazis ordered “total mobilization,” and all jewelry shops were closed last month.
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Associated Press
Germany
Berlin Radio
Nazi Planes Make Raid On Eastern England
German raid on eastern England last night involved about 20 aircraft, with at least four shot down and two claimed lost by the Germans. Berlin said the attack centered on Grimsby, while British reports noted light damage and no casualties. Earlier, the RAF targeted St Brieuc in Brittany with Ventura bombers and Spitfires, following a daylight Typhoon strike on shipping off the Dutch coast.
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London
RAF
France
England
Berlin
Grimsby
Humber
St. Brieuc
Brittany
Air Ministry
May Idaho Sailor Missing in Action
Navy reports 35 casualties on Tuesday including 1 dead and 34 missing. Totals across navy marine corps and coast guard reach 24,430 in the war to date, with 6,741 dead 4,612 wounded and 13,077 missing. Idaho soldier Lawrence Theodore O Neal listed as missing.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Idaho O'Neal
Lawrence Theodore
Lawrence Edward O'Neal
May
Russia China Shy From Allied Plans
The piece notes Hull and Wallace urging full information exchange among allies while Russia and China drift apart. It highlights fears of World War III if Western democracies and Russia fail to reach understanding. It explores doubts in China India and other eastern nations about East and West alignment and growing aloofness.
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Cordell Hull
Russia
China
Wallace
India
The
Orient
Eden Confers At Capital on UN Collaboration
British foreign secretary Anthony Eden arrives in Washington to advance UN cooperation. He will meet Soviet Ambassador Maxim Litvinov and discuss with Secretary Hull and Undersecretary Welles, with luncheon at the British embassy and further talks scheduled. Eden also notes a friendly chat with former Gov. Alfred E. Smith and mentions unclear axis threats amid bombing retaliation rumors.
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Washington
Britain
Anthony Eden
United Nations
Maxim Litvinoff
Eden
State Department
Hull
Welles
Litvinoff
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Smith
United States
Lord Halifax
Norman Davis
The
Red Cross
Train Wreck Injures 85 in Wisconsin Collision
A rear-end collision between a three-car Limited Express and a stalled one-car train in Kenosha injured 85 aboard two Chicago Milwaukee and North Shore trains. Only one victim, Mrs. Ivan Rausch, 40, suffered serious wounds. she lost a leg and had a fractured other leg. Dozens were hospitalized in Waukegan Racine and Kenosha.
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Kenosha
Wis
Waukegan
Racine
Here
Chicago
Limited
Boise Baby Body Found in Creek Near Boise
Coroner William McBratney reports a newborn girl found dead in Spring Creek along the Horseshoe Bend highway about 12 miles northwest of Boise. Investigation details are unavailable and the case remains unsolved.
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Boise
Spring Creek
William McBratney
Horsheshoe Bend
De Gaulle Sets Session on Union of French Forces
General Charles de Gaulle called his fighting French national committee to a special session Tuesday to quickly review General Henri Giraud's invitation to discuss uniting all French forces opposing the Axis. Officials said an announcement on the response would come after the meeting.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
de Gaullist
Giraud
Nazis Seize Youth for Labor Troops At Swiss Frontier
German SS led 4 motorized squads and Swiss police moved into Haute Savoie near Lake Geneva to round up thousands of French youths who defied a labor draft. Insurgents, led by ex-officers, were said to number 5,000 as bombing by German planes was reported. Many youths began returning home for food and family persuasion.
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Switzerland
Haute Savoie
Lake Geneva
Allied Bombardment and North Africa Battle Reports
Navy dive bombers hit Vila and Munda in the Solomon Islands in the campaign’s 93rd raid against Munda air base begun last November. In Tunisia Allied forces yielded costly losses after a misread German push near Thala, while chiefs converge on anti-submarine strategy in the Atlantic with King guiding Allied plans.
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Navy
Vila
Munda
Solomon Islands
Allied Ships Score on 2 Transports in Pacific Action
The navy said Dauntless dive bombers hit Japanese troop transports at Vila and Munda in the Solomon Islands. Allied air attacks target shipping north of Australia with deep strikes near Port Darwin and convoys en route to the Arawe and Dobo areas as MacArthur reports intensified operations.
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Washington
Navy
Dauntless
Vila
Munda
Solomon Islands
Japan
Ring of Islands
Australia
Port Darwin
New Guinea
Dobo
Aroe Islands
Court Calls Jury List for Pocatello Term of U S District Court
The clerk released the names of residents summoned for grand jury service at the Pocatello term of the U S district court. Jurors report by 10 a m next Monday. Included are Jared O Anderson Paul M Hill F E McKenzie Le Roi Barclay Gordon Boyle Joseph C Call L L Christiansen H L Collard Arley Dewey Walter E Dye Ed c Fanning Horace Jenkins George A Jensen Lynn A Johnson Chester Loveland H L Simpson Thomas D Jorgensen T H Kemp Glen Kunkle A J Lewis C R Singer Alex Marshall D Mccaber S J Palmer Lester Peterson David E Revier Turner Thomas E Robison William J Reed G B Willsey Glen Stanger Frank H Thomas W L Van Orden Peter J Williams Thomas H Williams Roy Wright and others
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Boise
Pocatello
U. S. District Court
W. D. McReynolds
Jared O. Anderson
Paul M. Hill
F. E. McKenzie
le Roi Barclay
Blackfoot
Gordon Boyle
Idaho Falls
Joseph C. Call
Bancroft
L. L Christensen
Shelley
H. L. Collard
Arley Dewey
Downey
Walter E. Dye
Firth
Ed .c. Fanning
Horace Jenkins
George A. Jensen
Lynn A. Johnson
Chester Loveland
H. L Simpson
Thomas D. Jorgensen
T. H. Kemp
Glen Kunkle
Chubbuck
A. J. Lewis
McCammon
C. R. Singer
Alex Marshall
D. McCaber
Zuckerman Is Acquitted In 1941 Bar Shooting
Stockton California Mau rice Zuckerman, 64, once of Idaho Falls, was acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal Armistice Day barroom shooting of Otto Dander. Superior Judge Raymond Coughlin ordered the verdict after final arguments. Zuckerman, a wealthy broker, had served nine months in San Quentin on a prior manslaughter conviction before a new trial. He said he fired to warn Dander, not to hit him.
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Stockton
Calif
Maurice Zuckerman
Iolaho Falls
Otto Dander
Raymond Coughlin
Zuckerman
San Quentin
C. W. Miller
Dander
Commedienne Marries Pvt Chester B England
Judy Canova stage singer comedienne and Pvt. Chester B. England married Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church. The ceremony linked two entertainment and military figures in a high profile social event.
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Newton, N
Judy Canova
Ralio
Screen
Pvt
Chester B. England
First Presbyterian Cchurch
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