Japan Reports U S Planning Strong Pacific Counteroffensive
Tokyo radio claimed the United States planned a major counteroffensive in the Pacific as MacArthur reported the largest Allied air sweep in the south sea theater. An allied communiqué cited airmen attacking 14 enemy strongholds and dropping 37 tons of bombs on Madang, New Guinea.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
United States
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
South Sea Battle Theater
America
Wsey
Pws
United Nations
Japan
Australia
Madang
New Guinea
Allies Start Wedge in Axis Position
General Patton takes command in western Tunisia as Allies push to widen the gap between Von Arnim and Rommel. He recaptures Gafsa and advances 12 miles as Allied air strikes hit from Timor to New Ireland. Allied and Japanese air actions are summarized with shipping losses cited by a southwest Pacific spokesman.
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Eisenhower
Patton
Tunisia
von Arnim
Marshal Rommel
Timor
East Indies
New Ireland
Bismarck Sea
Madang
Finschhafen
Salamaua
Allied
Southwest Pacific Command
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Relief Study Group Formed To Review Pension Act
Governor Bor tolfsen directs an interim committee to study the senior citizens grants act and financing options. The panel includes lawmakers from Idaho districts, plus representatives from business and education to assess child welfare juvenile delinquency and public welfare personnel.
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Public Welfare Department
Orland A. Scott
Coeur d’Alene
Townsend
George R. Ambrose
Custer
J. E. Graham
Madison
George R. Jones
Owyhee
T. N. Sneddon
Bear Lake
Earl Murphy
State Chamber of Commerce
H. H. Hayman
Caldwell
College of Idaho
Junior Musicians Perform At ISU
The Pocatello junior division of Federated Music clubs held its first group performance in Frazier hall on the U S I campus with about 450 participants from grade schools and dancing schools. Evelyn Lundgren McLeod praised the event as a communal effort to support freedom and morale through music.
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Pocatello
Federated Music Clubs
Frazier Hall
Evelyn Lundgren McLeod
Idaho
Wendell Wilson
Roy Miller
N. A. Jordan
7A. B. Kleger
John Bloxham
George V. Smith
Ray Kuhn
Willam Park
H.G. Proctor
B. V. van Vleck
Hazel Gibbs
F. H. Barnhart
Jack Trimming
Pinkerton and
Kasai Dancing Schools
Two Vehicle Crashes Injure One in City Tonight
Local police report two accidents. One midnight crash on North Fifth injures E. Jones of North Pocatello. Faulkner of Fort Hall faces $100 fine and one year license suspension for OWI after crashing into the Garrett truck. A separate crash on Center Street subway involved Paul DeVriendt and Don Hartman amid icy roads.
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E. 8. Jones
North Pocatello
Charley Faulkner
Fort Hall
Falkner
North Fifth
Sublett
E. R. Terry
Faulkner
Center Street
Paul DeVriendt
South Sixth
Pocatello Street
Mines Body to Meet Boise
Idaho bureau of mines and geology board members plan a meeting with Governor Bottolfs on April 5 to discuss the general mining situation.
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Boise
Idlaho Bureau of Mines
The
Geology Board
Bottolfs
Farmers forecast larger 1943 acreages for key crops
The agriculture department reported higher pre season planting estimates across major crops despite labor and machinery shortages. Corn acreage is about 96.8 million acres, soybeans 2.97 million, potatoes 3.17 million, with gains in dry peas, dry beans and flaxseed, while sugar beets and oats trail 1942 levels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U Boats Active in Fierce Atlantic Convoy Battles
Berlin radio reported by the Associated Press that German U boats are engaged in fierce fighting with convoys in the Atlantic. The war bulletin said operations extend over a large area, though the claim has no corroboration.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Berlin
War Relocation Office Moves to Salt Lake City
The War Relocation Authority employment office shifts from San Francisco to Salt Lake City to handle job negotiations across Utah Nevada Idaho and parts of Wyoming and Montana. H. Rex Lee leads the new offices, after serving as assistant chief in San Francisco. Nine branch offices are planned to open soon.
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Salt Lake City
war relocation /authority
San Francisco
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
H. Rex Lee
WRA
Wheat Sales Bill Heads to White House for Feed Use
The Senate passed a measure to permit selling 100 million bushels of government wheat for livestock, poultry, and dairy feed and sent it to the White House. The action followed no objections on unanimous consent and aims to provide relief amid a corn shortage affecting alcohol producers and farmers.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Smith
D. S.C
Sen
McNary
R. Ore
Printers Win Wage Increase in Boise Labor Dispute
George A. Gordon of Sioux City, a conciliation service member, grants Boise Typographical Union a new day wage of 1.22 per hour retroactive to Dec 16 in the dispute with The Statesman Printing Co. Vacations pay remained denied. If Boise adopts a 48 hour week, the old rate resumes.
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Boise
George A. Gordon
Sioux City
Conciliation Service
U. S. Department of Labor
Boise Typographical Union
The
Statesman Printing Company
War Labor Board
Mail
Idaho
Germans Renew Pressures in Upper Donets Area Near Kharkov
Soviet reports say German air units and mobile infantry crossed the Donets to threaten positions 15 miles east of Kharkov. Despite heavy fighting near Chuguev, Soviet units repelled many German attacks, damaged several tanks, and inflicted significant casualties as air forces pressed the front.
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Moscow
Donets
Kharkov
Chuguev
Chugeux
Com
Victory themed Legion dance at Memorial Hall
The weekly Legion dance for service men will be held this evening at Memorial Hall with a springtime victory theme. More than 100 air base personnel are expected, hosts from the military dancing club, and Tony Picciano and his orchestra will play. The Wing-Dingers will perform 30 minutes of novelty and variety music.
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Second Air Force
Memorial Hall
Pocatello Air Base
Tony Picciano
Driver Makes Some Mistake Twice In Police Court
In police court Wednesday morning Robert McLennan forfeited two $25 bonds on reckless driving charges. His license was suspended 90 days after he drove north on Arthur, struck a tree, damaged a parked car, then later drove south on North Fifth, ran onto a curb at Gate City motor courts, and was released after bond.
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Robert McLennan
McLennan
Arthur
North Fifth
Gate City Motor Courts
State Planning Board Meets To Debate Postwar Needs
Boise Idaho the state planning board met in Governor Bottolfsens office and organized a five point postwar development program. Otto Hobel Arco banker was named chairman Leonard Cardiff Pierce lumberman vice chairman and Joe D Wood acting state commissioner of public works executive secretary. The plan aims to shift industry agriculture and government from wartime to peacetime pursuits and to achieve a balanced economy while addressing war debt and Idaho’s share of national income.
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Boise
Idaho State Planning Board
C. A. Bottolfsen
Idaho
Otto P. Hoebel
Arco Banker
Leonard Cardiff
Pierce Lumberman
Joe D. Wood
Spring Is Coming And Elections In The City
The poem hints at elections with promises of weekly events. Weather reports note Thursday high 52 and Friday noon 30. Allied North Africa report: U S troops occupy El Guetar near Gafsa, advancing toward Gabes amid rains. Patton’s forces press from Gafsa as British and Axis actions shift in Tunisia.
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Allied
North Africa
United States
el Guetar
Gafsa
Gabes
Noland Norgaard
Associated Press
Com
Fighting flares in Burma near Mayu peninsula and Rathedaung
British headquarters report renewed fighting on the Mayu peninsula with Japanese pressure slackening east of the Mayu river. Fighting continues around Taungmaw north of Rathedaung as Japanese forces dig in east of the village. Allied air power hits rail yards and convoys and deploys on Mandalay.
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Burma
Mayu
Bay of Bengal
Mayu River
Taungmaw
Rathedaung
Akyab
Sir Archibald P. Wargell
India
Mandalay
Fight Flares Over Pay As You Go Income Tax Bill
Rep Allen labels the pay as you go plan a rich man’s bill and says it offers no 1942 tax relief while rewarding prepayment with discounts up to six percent on 1943 taxes. He argues the proposal would not help the mass of taxpayers who must pay two years at once. The Ways and Means Committee approved open amendments as debate on the measure resumes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Allen
Tlinois
Triple Trouble for Mrs Washburn as Landlords Won't Rent
Mrs Virginia Washburn, mother of six month old triplets, seeks housing with 75 landlords offering sympathy but no home. Landlords react with mixed feelings saying they don t take children and offer pity while noting the family s need.
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Los Angeles
Virginia Washburn
Order Checks Spud Sales in Seed Potato Market
Washington reports an Office of Price Administration ruling barring white seed potato sales unless buyers prove planting intent. The rule sets price ceilings tied to Feb 15–Mar 1 highs and limits markup to 75 cents per bushel above table stock. Intermediate sellers must apply the same planting stock markup.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bombers Hit Vegesack in Deep U Boat Factory Raid
United States air forces flew a two hour daylight raid on Vegesack near Bremen, hitting a submarine construction center and damaged yards. The mission involved Libera tors and Fortresses facing about fifty German fighters, with two bombers lost and several enemy aircraft damaged.
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London
United States
Germany
Vegesack
Bremen
North Sea
Victims Defy Italian Sub in Brazilian Ship Sink
Survivors recount the sinking of the Afonso Penna off Brazil on March 2 after torpedo damage. The 3540-ton liner carrying 241 passengers sank in 15 minutes with many women and children lost at sea. An Italian submarine offered rescue for women if captured.
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Rio DE Janeiro
South Atlantic
Afonso Penna
Brazil
Ttalian
Rome
Arnold Advances to Full General Rank in War Appointment
Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, commander of the Army Air Forces, is nominated by President Roosevelt for promotion to full general. He currently holds major general and will hold the higher rank temporarily during the war period.
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Washington
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Roosevelt
Arnold
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Mareth Line
Gulf of Gabes
Erwin Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
Western Desert Air Force
Mareth
Ninth United States Air Force
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