Threat to supply lines fuels Norway rearmament fears
London sources say a German order closing Norwegian ports signals a major northern campaign. Reinforcements to garrisons, intensified Lapland fighting, and massing ships at Trondheim accompany concerns that the Tirpitz may threaten North Atlantic convoys to Russia.
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London
Iceland
Russia
Norwegian
North Cape
Aalesund
Germany
High Seas
United States
Group Faces June Call
Boise officials say four men in the 18 44 age group must register for selective service by February 16 with calls likely in May or June Brig Gen M G McConnell Idaho state selective service director says some May calls and more in June He urges local boards to clear earlier registrations among the 29461 signed up in February and rescreen those married since December or with working wives and no children. Traveling medical examining boards review draftees in Boise Spokane Pocatello and next week Pocatel lo to cover southeastern Idaho.
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Boise
M. G. McConnell
Selective Service
Third Nation Loses Ship
The 5 785 ton Uruguayan merchant ship Montevideo formerly the Italian Adamello was torpedoed and sunk off Jeremie Haiti. Seventeen of her 49 crew are missing while Captain Rodriguez Varela was rescued. The attack may prompt reprisals such as Brazil seizing axis property.
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Associated Press
Montevideo
Jeremie
Haiti
Rodriguez Varela
Brazil
Twin Falls Man In Fair Condition After Two-Car Crash
J N Moyneux 58 a former street and waterworks superintendent and Jim Standlee 58 from Hansen are hospitalized after a Tuesday morning two car crash south of Twin Falls Moyneux is listed in fair condition at county General hospital while Standlee is in poor condition. Moyneux is well known in state democratic circles.
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Twin Falls
J. N
Jack) Moyneux
County General Hospital
Here
Jim Standlee
Hansen
Molyneux
Storms Leave 145 Dead Across Six States
Tornadic storms ripped a 600 mile swath through six southern and midwestern states on Monday killing at least 145 and injuring more than 1,000. Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois were hardest hit with extensive property damage and scattered communication outages.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Fort Pemberton
Greenwood
West Tennesse State Hospital
Bolivar
War Secretary Stimson cites Australian landing to halt threat
London report conveys Henry L. Stimson announcing U S forces have arrived in Australia to deter a Japanese landing after a Vichy radio broadcast claimed a troop landing. The Reuters dispatch notes the assist aims to prevent further Japanese advances.
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London
Reuters
United States Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson
Australia
Stimson
United States
Payette Gets Port Washington WPA Airport Funding
Senator Thomas R Idaho announced President Roosevelt approved a 24177 WPA allocation for Payette Municipal airport improvement. The action brings federal funding to Payette for local aviation infrastructure.
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Washington
Thomas R.idaho
Roosevelt
Payette
Nazi Fighter Gets Away Near Narvik in Ferrying Ships
A British source says the German battleship Tirpitz avoided torpedo attacks by British planes near Narvik Norway on March 9 and remains elusive with its sister ship likely in coastal cover. The Tirpitz and Prinz Eugen were in a fjord near Trondheim before sailing. the Prinz Eugen was torpedoed en route to Trondheim. The three ships Gneisenau Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen reportedly made a dash through the English Channel with all reportedly damaged.
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London
Narvik
Norway
Tirpitz
Prinz Eugen
Trondheim
English
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
French Move Interns British Subjects in Morocco
Reuters from Tangier reports French authorities in Morocco ordered internment of about 2,000 British subjects aged 16 to 45 along the coast as reprisal for Allied bombing. A London source said the British consul general was examining the report’s accuracy with doubt.
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London
Reuters
Tangier
Morocco
RAAF
France
Vichya
Riviera
Mediterranean
Son Born to Mr and Mrs Raymond Whirley
Mr and Mrs Raymond Whirley of 340 South Hayes are the parents of a son born Tuesday morning at General Hospital.
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Raymond Whirley
South Hayes
the General Hospital
Survivors Land After Torpedo Attack off Atlantic City
Fourteen survivors of an American merchant ship torpedoed last Saturday off Atlantic City have landed at Staten Island. Twenty men are reported missing. The third Naval district said six men were hospitalized for bruises exposure and shock. Capt Gardner D Clark of Machias Maine said he was in his cabin when the New England steamer was attacked without warning at 145 a m.
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New York
Atlantic City
N. J
Staten Island
Third Naval District
Gardner D. Clark
Machias
New England
Idahoan Returns From Pacific Evacuees Arrive in San Diego
Civilian workers from Midway Island were among a group of war evacuees arriving from Hawaii. The arrivals include Lester Bybee of Boise and Mrs R M Hegglunda of Provo.
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San Diego
Midway Island
Hawaii
Lester Bybee
Boise
R. M. Hegglunda
Provo
Treasurers Association Set to Convene in Boise
Idaho county treasurers will meet in Boise in April 2022 for their annual convention. Secretary treasurer Gracie Prost of Caldwell announced the event on Tuesday.
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Caldwell
Idaho County Treasurers Association
Boise
Gracie Prost
Draft Lottery To Affect Nine Million Men in 1942
Washington announces a lottery to call up about 9 million men for possible military duty. The 1,650,000 men aged 20 and 21 and roughly 7,350,000 men aged 36 to 45 registered February 16 will be drawn starting Tuesday at 4 P.M. Mountain War Time to fix the order of induction. Brig. Gen. Hershey said questionnaires will follow only after numbers are drawn and some inductees may occur as early as next month.
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Washington
Army
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Police Seize Trucker Overload Claims and Road Halt
Elmer Barrow, a trucker formerly of Pocatello, stopped at Portneuf station on a request from Idaho Falls inspector Grose Manning. Authorities report several overloads caught, warn that 400 pounds per inch is the limit, and note worsening road conditions around Downey and between Pocatello airport and American Falls.
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Elmer Barrow
Pocatello
Portneuf
Fom Albaugh
Grose Manning
Idaho Falls
Department of Agriculture
Barlow
Manning
Alma Marley
Marley
Downey
Pocatello Municipal Airport
American Falls
Russians Tighten Noose Around Germans In The North And South
Russian troops press on to trap remnants of the German 16th Army in the Staraya Russa area south of Leningrad, seizing a key high point and tightening the noose. In Ukraine the Red Army battered Kharkov as Kerch Peninsula battles raged. Axis losses mounted in air and ground combat across the front.
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Associated Press
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Staraya Russa
Leningrad
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Kerch
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London
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el Mechili
Hero Advances In Long Military Career
WASHINGTON AP Transfer of Gen Douglas MacArthur to supreme command in the southwest Pacific caps a second military career. At 59 he was the youngest army chief of staff and holder of many decorations. At 57 he retired as field marshal of the Philippine army, then war again reshaped his path as a Pacific war hero.
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Philippine Army
Pacific
Philippines
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Admiralty reports sinking of British destroyer and wartime actions
London bulletin states the British destroyer Northern was torpedoed and sunk in weekend fighting where five German torpedo boats were destroyed and two damaged. Roosevelt seeks 17.6 billion for army planes and opposes immediate 40 hour week legislation. Senate raises federal debt limit to 120 billion. Japanese attacks on the Philippines renewed but repelled. Francis B. Sayre arrives in Honolulu en route to the United States for conferences.
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London
Admiralty
Washington
Francis B. Sayre
Philippines
Honolulu
Roosevelt
United States
Indictment Alleges Anti Trust Conspiracy in Fuel Gear
Two corporations and seven individuals indicted by a federal grand jury for violations of the Sherman Act. The charges accuse a conspiracy to monopolize standard gasoline storage fueling equipment for the U.S. Army Air Corps and Navy Air Force, marking a significant antitrust case in federal courts.
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New York
United States Army Air Corps
Navy Air Force
Scouts Trapped in Canyon Firefight Near Boulder Dam
William P F Colley and 21 Boy Scouts allegedly came under gunfire from two small brown men while exploring a box canyon three miles below Boulder Dam in Nevada. Colley claimed he killed one assailant, and the group crawled out as an airplane searched overhead. Rangers found bloodstains, and 16 scouts were evacuated with four older scouts. The tale, as recounted by Chief Ranger Charles F Peterson, was supported by the boys.
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Boulder City
Nev
TeCianic@ion service
Boulder Dam
William PF. Colley
Little Brown
Colley
Charles F. Peterson
Colorado River
Peterson
Japs Look at Russia Move Reported from Manchukuo
A Chinese army spokesman said two Japanese divisions were moved from Korea to Manchukuo and troops on Sakhalin were shifted toward the Russian border. He cited intelligence of staff meetings in Manchukuo and warned Russians to stay alert to a possible sudden Japanese attack.
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Chungking
China
Rus‘a
Korea
Manchukuo
Sakhalin Island
Two Families Welcome Sons at St Anthony Hospital
Births reported at St Anthony hospital include a son born Tuesday morning to Mr and Mrs George McCarthy of 1304 South Fifth and Mr and Mrs Edwin Hartman of 525 South Fifth. Another son born Monday evening to Mr and Mrs Merrill Ranstrom of 473 Park.
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George McCarthy
South Fifth
Edwin Hartman
St. Anthony Hospital
Merrill Ranstron
Park
St. Anthony's Hospital
MacArthur Named Supreme Commander for Allied Forces
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was named supreme commander of allied forces in the Pacific after arriving in Australia from the Philippines to lead the charge against Japan. British and Australian leaders welcomed the appointment as evidence of Anglo American coordination and confidence in his plan to halt Japanese offensives and defend key ports and cities. Dispatches from London and Australia suggested Japan was massing for attacks on eastern Australia and New Guinea as Allied forces prepare a larger counteroffensive.
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Australia
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MacArthur
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