Navy Repeats Raids on Kiska Island
Allied air and naval forces delivered heavy bombardments on Kiska in the Aleutians, with six strikes between dusk and dawn. In the Solomons, U.S. ships bombed Vila and air bases at Kahili, Buka, and Munda, while Elmer Davis disputed Japanese claims of American losses. MacArthur’s bombers targeted Dobo in the Aroe region as part of coordinated Pacific operations.
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Associated Press
Aleutian Islands
Kiska
Navy
U. S
Solomons
Vila
Kahili
Buka
Bougainville
Munda
New Georgia Island
Elmer Davis
War Information
Bismarck Sea
Davis
United States
South Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Dobo
Aroe
Federal grand jury probes Utah murder case tied to song
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City studies the bludgeoning death of Abigail Williams in eastern Utah last October. Rey Ritchey and James Reed confessed to the first degree murder after Reed supposedly sang Love Letters in the Sand as a signal. The pair were later arrested in Bremerton and Olympia states, with ties to theft and a potato farm stay in Idaho.
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Salt Lake City
San Leandro
Calif
Rey Edward Ritchey
Gowrie
Iowa
James Joseph Reeds
Oklahoma City
FBI
Jay
Newman
Ritchey
Reedl
Abigail Agnes Williams
Fort Duchesne
Utah
Reed
Wash
Bremerton
Wilford Wheelwright
Ogden
Rum income tax plan faces stormy House battle
Supporters voice confidence as Republicans back a skip-a-year option and Democrats defend a pay-as-you-go system with no abatement. The Ways and Means panel adopts a 20 percent withholding on wages starting July 1 and a six percent discount for early 1943 tax payments to encourage prepayment. The bill goes to the full House next week with a substitute proposal from Rum backers in play.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rayburn
OPA Urges Sales Of Prunes And Raisins
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration urges shoppers to buy prunes and raisins after coupon costs were cut from 20 to 12 points per pound. The agency calls for special sales and displays to move perishable fruit as warm weather approaches in the public interest.
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Washington
OPA
Germans Pay High Price For Victories
German forces suffer heavy losses in men and material as they press the Kharkov rail hub and Donets basin offensive. The maneuver aims to shield Rostov on the Don and prevent a Red Army flank drive, showcasing Hitler’s remaining power but forcing high costs for limited gains.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Kharkov
Donets
Rostov
Don
Sea of Azov
Hitler
Berchtesgad#1
Wehrmacht
City Candidates Listed for April 6 Election
City Clerk W E Gee submitted a list of all nominees for offices to be filled at the April 6 election at a special council meeting called due to lack of a quorum for the regular session. Mayor Terrell said a proclamation naming the candidates would be issued soon.
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W. E. Gee
R. M. Terrell
Luncheon Highlights Victory Garden Plans in Pocatello
A. Corden, president of the Pocatello Victory Garden Association, spoke at the chamber luncheon about spring planting plans. Paul Nash announced a coaches breakfast during Idaho state high school basketball tournament week to honor visiting players. About one hundred Pocatello businessmen were invited to greet the luncheon party. Lois Criswell sang solo with Rudolph Goransen of the university music department accompanying.
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A. C. Corden
Pocatello Victory Garden Association
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Paul V. Nash
Chamber
Pocatello
Lois Criswell
Rudolph Goransen
University I Music Department
Rooney Threat Case and Soviet War Update
Police guarded actor Mickey Rooney at an undisclosed location after his father reported a life threat by phone. Rooney’s mother and a studio spokesman doubted the claim as a crank call. Rooney’s father impersonated his son during a second call promising harm at midnight. Police stood ready but nothing happened. In Moscow, the Red Army said it captured Igorievskaya station and Vskhody district, while Germans massed tanks near Izyum and Kharkov as fierce fighting continued amid favorable weather for mechanized war.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Mickey
Nell Pankey
Joe Yule
Rooney
Yule
North Hollywood
William Ellinson
Ellinson
E. J. Long
Pankey
van Nuys
Army
Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Igorievskaya
Vskhody
Fallan
Izyum
Kharkov
Donets
High Command
Berlin
Assoiated
City Probing Use of Gas in Death Probe
Idaho Falls officials will discuss future policies on cyanide and other fumigation gases at a public meeting Thursday evening. Coroner Fred Porter said the meeting is not an inquiry into the death of nine month old Michael Lynn Page, whose death on March 3 followed fumigation in two cabins. A state lab report showed no cyanide reaction in the infant’s stomach or intestines, leading to dropping the probe. The fumigation contractor argued gas was not responsible.
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Idaho Falls
Fred Porter
Bonneville County
Michael Lynn Page
Arthur Page
Porter
State Laboratory
Boise
Guard Muster Ends Idaho Company Service
The Idaho state guard company at Ketchum has been mustered out by Brig. Gen. M G McConnel the adjutant general. He told Governor Bottolfsen the unit failed to meet required organizational standards.
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Boise
Ketchum
Idaho
M. G. McConnel
Bottolfsen
French Youths in Mountains Defy Labor Draft in War Factories
Thousands of French youths resist transfer as labor conscripts to German war factories, crowding southeastern mountains. Maj. Gen. Cartier leads a 60 year old group as Swiss reports claim some yield to hunger and return home. Polizei and German troops reportedly poised nearby.
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London
Germany
France
Cartier
Algiers
27Th Regiment
Annency
Stockholm
Reuters
Gestapo
Lyon
Banshees Wail at Midnight in Reading Graveyard
In Reading Pennsylvania 77 year old Alvan Schaeffer keeps a 47th St Patrick’s Day midnight pact with the spirit of a laughing Irishman. A cornet quartet will play Lass o Galway and Nearer My God to Thee as Schaeffer stands in meditation.
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Reading
Neversink Mountain
Alvan Schaffer
Galway
Schaeffer
Tom Hannahoe
Stars and Stripes
Hannahoe
St. Patrick’s
Closer Watch On Pocatello Night Clubs
Sheriff Alma Marley reports military police say night spots near Pocatello stayed open past midnight violating sheriff and county prosecutor orders. He pledges drastic action for violations and cites the case of Mike Koiseris operator of the 30 club arrested February 6 on gambling charges after a raid.
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Alma Marley
Pocatello
Mike Koiseris
Franco Says World War Fueled by Russia War to the Death
General Francisco Franco told the Cortes that Russia’s entry transformed the global conflict into a war to the death likely lasting six to eight years. He warned that communism could spread without Soviet armies and asserted Spain’s regime rests on victory in a crusade to restore order. He pledged liberty with order.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Cortes
Russia
Franco
Spain
Idaho Explosives Regulations Require Individual Permits
Anne Wood, federal explosives licensing agent, says Idaho now requires all persons handling explosives in any quantity to hold individual permits. The new regulations supersede the old rule that only major users needed licenses.
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Boise
Idaho
Anne Wood
Federal
British Attacking German Points Along Mareth Line
British forces press operations along the Mareth Line targeting German positions. Weather outlook includes warmer notes with occasional snow. temperatures ranged around the mid thirties, with cool nights and a spring-like sky.
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Mareth Line
Giraud Repeals 62 Discriminatory Laws in Algeria
Gen. Henri Giraud issues decrees in Algiers repealing 62 Vichy laws targeting Jews and freeing offices to those removed for Free Masonry. Cremieux decree also repealed placing Jews and Arabs on equal footing. Elections delayed until France is liberated. talks of union with De Gaulle advance.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
Vichy
Cremieux
Republic
Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
London
North Africa
France
LeBailly Proposes Local Rodeo for Air Base Soldiers
Bannock county fair board chairman T B LeBailly urges a small fair or rodeo near the air base for soldiers. USO director Terence Moran backs the idea and Will arrange transport. Gov C A Bottolfsen approves. $1000 appropriated. Community cooperation and planning invited.
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T. B. LeBailly
Bannock County
Terence Moran
USO
Fairgrounds
le Bailly
LeBaillly
UCT Members Meet Gate City Council 8 P M
United Commercial Travelers hold annual meeting at Bannock hotel with M W King as secretary. A special order will cover action on gasoline rations for traveling men who now receive 617 miles monthly. officers suggest raising to 1250 miles to meet regional needs.
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Gate City
United Commercial Travelers
Bannock Hotel
M. W. King
British Eighth Army Attacks Mareth Line in Tunisia
Allied reports say a major attack on the Mareth line began Tuesday night with heavy artillery and a coastal thrust near the line’s end. Berlin sources cite strong fighting as a potential turning blow, while Allied forces bomb axes and raid near Gabes amid poor weather hindering air operations.
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London
DNB
Berlin
Reuters
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
DNR
North Africa
Silbian Straits
Gabes
Rommel
Medenine
Tunisia
First Army
Gafsa
French Seek Union of All Subjects
London reports a French national committee says Gen Charles de Gaulle will travel to Algiers to meet Gen Henri Giraud aiming to form a union of all Frenchmen fighting the axis. Giraud announced in North Africa that he repudiates the Vichy armistice and calls for unity as Bergeret resigns.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
Henri Giraud
Giraud
North Africa
Vichy
de Gaulle
Jean Marie Bergeret
Vichy Air
Adm
Jean Darlan
Bergeret
Rmans
Irish Parade on Holiday Honors St Patrick in New York
About 50 000 marchers joined in a three hour Fifth Avenue parade honoring St Patrick with green attire and banners. Attendance was down roughly ten thousand due to enlistments for World War II and patrol shifts, while 1 200 guards from the Fighting Sixty-Ninth Regiment marched to St Patrick's Cathedral for a Pontifical Mass.
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New York
Eire
Fifth Avenue
St. Patrick
Uncle Sam
Sixty-Ninth Regiment
26Th Street
Lexington Avenue
St Patrick's Cathedral
Robeson Concert Dates Canceled for Two Weeks
Paul Robeson, the noted negro singer, is hospitalized with a throat ailment and ordered to rest for a fortnight. He has canceled concerts planned for Washington state and Pocatello Idaho with hopes to reschedule in late April.
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Tacoma
Wash
Paul Robeson
Edwin Jones
Will Conner
Robeson
Washington
Pocatello
Idaho
Ralph Comstock
Pocatello Community Concert Association
Frazier Hall
Pocatello Community Concert Asociation
ODT Freezes Bus Routes in War Time Transport Order
Washington reports the Office of Defense Transportation froze all vehicles carrying nine or more passengers on local transit including buses street cars and trolley coaches to protect war workers and students. Agencies must report transport equipment and may not buy lease or requisition without ODT approval. The measure aims to curb a school bus black market while allowing limited reassignment of service. Regular companies may shift equipment but not to another firm’s routes.
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Washington
Wedesday
Office of Defense Transportation
Army
Navy
ODT
Moe to Visit Post B F Moe and Hall to Attend Legion Meeting
Moe and William O. Hall will be honored guests at the Pocatello Post No 4 American Legion regular meeting. Idaho department commander Moe and department adjutant Hall urged members to attend the 7 p m gathering at the post, with Jake Kell in attendance.
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B. F. Moe
Idaho
American Leegion
William O. Hall
Pocatello Post No. 4
American Legion
Jake Kell
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T. B. LeBailley
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