Fleet Carrier Force Presses Japanese Targets in Pacific
U S Navy reports Vice Adm. Mitscher’s carrier fleet bombed Kobe and Kure on Honshu while heavy air raids hit Kyushu Shikoku and Nagoya. Tokyo admits enemy attacks and claims ships sunk as U S carriers press offensive with 7 000 tons estimated over three days.
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Honshu
Kyushu
Shikoku
Tokyo
United States
U. S
Mitscher
Empire
Nigoya
Kobe
Kure
Beet Growers Get Request
Idaho beet growers are urged to plant nearly 50 percent more land to sugar beets to boost wartime sugar supplies. Officials from the AAA and war food administration assure sufficient labor and stress beets must meet minimum civilian and military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Idaho
T. J. Chester
Bonneville County
Milford J. Vaught
AAA Committee
R. K. Pierson
Roy C. Lane
War Food Administration
Boise
Pierson
Lane
Vaught
Pocatellan Receives Second Award Bronze Star Medal
Pocatellan Leon ard A. Webber from Pocatello has earned the bronze star for reconnoitering tank routes at Saipan and Tinian under heavy fire. He previously won the silver star for relaying orders during Tarawa. The latest award was presented at the Marine Corps Base in San Diego.
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Marine Corps Base
San Diego
Russians Capture Altdamm Four Miles East of Stettin
The First White Russian army seized Altdamm a suburb four miles east of Stettin, trapping the German bridgehead on the Oder. Stalin said Braunsberg fell as the Soviets press west of Koenigsberg, while new offensives drive through western Hungary toward Austria and through upper Silesia.
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London
Altdamm
Stettin
Stalin
Braunsberg
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Berlin
Hungary
Austria
Upper Silesia
Germany
Oder River
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
Komarom
Danube
Budapest
Red Army
Neustradt
Moscow
Alexander M. Vassilevsky
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Vassilevsky
Tata
Vienna
Drava
Neustadt
Silesia
Currie Says Switzerlands Quietly End Economic Ties
Lauchlin Currie, White House economic expert, reports complete success in persuading Switzerland to end all but symbolic economic dealings. The statement stresses a decisive shift in Swiss policy and reflects broader wartime economic coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
Lauchlin Currie
White House
Switzerland
Fall Confines Heber Grant To Home for Conference
Salt Lake City. President Heber J. Grant, 88, may miss the April 6-8 general conference after a fall confines him to his home. A limited turnout will read the traditional address. Elder George Albert Smith will speak April 8 on the church broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Heber J. Grant
Latter-Day Saints Church
Grant
New York State
George Albert Smith
Council of Twelve Apostles
Church of the Air
Columbia
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
David O. McKay
First Presidency
Idaho Racing Bill Faces Constitutional Challenge
Governor Gossett may veto a 1945 pari mutuel betting bill as Attorney General Langley questions its constitutionality. The bill would create an Idaho racing commission and allow 5 percent of pari mutuel take to be kept for expenses, conflicting with the requirement that public money go to the treasury. A Feb 27 opinion had said it could be constitutional, but financing provisions were not considered. Deadline to sign bills is 12:45 a.m. tomorrow.
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Boise
Idaho Racing Commission
C. C. Gossett
Frank Langley
Langley
Racing Commission
Rep
Liroyd F. Barron
Rcamas
Roosevelt Nominates Rail Labor Official to Railroad Board
President Roosevelt proposes Julius G. Lohrsehn, executive secretary of the Railway Labor Executives association, for a seat on the railroad retirement board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Julius G. Lohrsehn
The
Railway Labor Executives Association
Roosevelt
Railroad Retirement Board
Bombs Smash 5 000 Nazi War Vehicles
British heavy bombers attacked Hamm and Recklinghausen as part of a massive raid on Nazi rail and vehicle targets. About 8,000 Allied planes swarmed over Germany, destroying thousands of vehicles and damaging rail lines, with significant losses reported among German aircraft.
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London
Germany
Hamm
Recklinghausen
Ruhr
U.S. Eighth Air Force
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Saar Valley
Ninth
British
Second Tactical Air Force
House Appropriations OKs $300 Million Farm Conservation Plan
Washington committee approves a $300 million agricultural conservation program for 1945 with a $10 million increase. Farmers must follow soil practices to earn payments. Western state figures include Idaho $2.39M, Montana $5.40M, Nevada $0.33M, Oregon $2.91M, Utah $1.23M, Washington $38.37M, Wyoming $2.45M for year ending June 30, 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Department
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Boy of 20 Pounds Born but Dies at Birth in Hartsville
Dr J J Gwin delivered a 20 pound boy in Hartsville on March 9. The infant died at birth. Mother Mrs Wills W Stephens was described as satisfactory. Chicago medical librarians note the birth among the heaviest babies ever recorded in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartsville
Tenn
J. J. Gwin
Chicago
American Medical Association Library
America
Yankee Units Land on Panay Island
Panay Island joins the rapid American offensives as Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush's 40th Infantry Division lands near Iloilo with surprise. Filipino guerillas aided clearing, while MacArthur reports minimal American losses. Other landings reach Malamaui and Basilan as air and sea bombardments hit Formosa and Borneo targets.
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Panay Island
Manila
Philippines
Rapp Brush
Iloilo
Bie
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine
Panay
Eighth Army
Tigbauan
Cordova
Oton
Toile
Malamaui
Mindanao
Basilan
Zamboanga
Jens A. Doe
Formosa
Borneo
Hong Kong
China Sea
Himmler Plots But Reneges On Assassin Attempt
A 1945 AP report from Bonn asserts Heinrich Himmler aided the July 20 plot against Hitler and later claimed he pretended to join to trap conspirators. It names H Johann es Popitz and Langbehn, and identifies Col Ludwig Beck and Count Claus von Stauffenberg as leaders, noting Hitler’s escape. The piece traces plots from 1941 onward, including a 1943 failed attempt, and hints at Mussolini’s visit as a key moment.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Bonn
Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Himmler
Hitler
H. Johannes Popitz
Langbehn
Switzerland
Popitz
Ludwig Beck
Count Claus von Stauffenberg
United States
America
Mussolini
Loezen
Rhine Front Opens To Allow Yankee Crossing
War analysis notes a quiet three sentence dispatch that German civilians evacuate Duisburg area to clear the Rhine crossing for Lt Gen Simpson's ninth army. Observers see Duisburg opposite Essen and Krupp works as signals of rapid allied move toward Rhine crossing and Remagen bridgehead aiding northern amphibious operations.
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Duisburg
Simpson
Rhine
Ruhr
Hitler
War Industries
Essen
Krupp
Remagen
Hoenningen
Andernach
Courtney H. Hodges
Ehrenbreitstein
Coblenz
Carrier Gets New Plane
Newport News officials unveil the 45 000 ton Midway class aircraft carrier with a 1945 model plane. Ar thus Gates notes the battleship’s armor watertight compartments and enhanced damage control to deter Japanese forces. The Midway honors the 1942 battle that cemented the carrier’s role at Newport News Shipbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Midway
Artemus L. Gates
the Navy
Air
Gates
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Hornet
Yorktown
Enterprise
East Idaho Men Receive Ratings At Naval Training Center
Ten Idaho sailors earned new ratings with graduation at the U S naval training center Farragut. Radioman school graduates include David J Morris of Rockland and Thomas P Osterhout of American Falls, seamen first class. Electrical school graduate Keith Tolman of Pocatello, fireman second class. Quartermaster school graduates Chester A Isaacs of Idaho Falls and Ray N Taylor of Preston, both seamen first class. Gunnery school graduate Roy J John aoe of St Charles, seamen first c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farragut
Idaho
U. S. Naval Training Center
Radioman
David J. Morris
Rockland
Thomas P. Osterhout
American Falls
Keith Tolman
Pocatello
Chester A. Isaacs
Idaho Falls
Ray N. Taylor
Preston
Roy J. Johnaoe
St. Charles
Front-line Advances Across The Theaters In A Single Day
The report notes Third army closening on Sev enth and Mainz while taking 45 towns and thousands of Germans. First army moved 24 miles east of the Cologne Frankfurt route. air strip seized. Russian front reports new offensives across Upper Silesia. East Prussian dikes opened. Italian front mentions U S troops raiding German positions as artillery pounds targets. Pacific front covers carrier strikes on Japan and advances on Panay Island and Mindanao with British in Burma at Mogok.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Army
Seventh
Kaiserlautern
Mainz
First Army
Cologne- Frankfurt
East Rhine
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Oder River
Stettin
U. 8
Japan
Amercans
Panay Island
Philippines
Noilo
Malamaui Islet
Mindanao
Mogok
Mandalay
CCC Faces Heated Questions Over Food Spoilage Losses
Washington reports say the Commodity Credit Corporation faced sharp House questioning over spoilage claims. Testimony from vice president Ralph W. Olmstead detailed 20,000,000 pounds of spoiled CCC foods and losses including 180,820 cases of eggs diverted to animal feed and 399 railroad cars of potatoes spoiled. The panel cited a $26,000 overcharge by Lynch Donahue Dee and noted raisins sold to Empire Frosted Foods and resold to a winery for high profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
House
Ralph W. Olmstead
New York
Lynch, Donahue & Dee
Empire Frosted Foods Co
Empire Frosted Foods Company
Store Owner Dies at 62 in Salt Lake City
Herbert Auerbach, 62, president of the Auerbach department store in Salt Lake City and former mining engineer, died in a hospital of a heart ailment. He was a mining consultant, musician, and historian who served as director of United States Fidelity and Guaranty from 1912 to 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Herbert
Auerbach
Idaho
Colorado
United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company
Baltimore
Lausanne Conservatory of Music
Switzerland
Columbia University School of Mines
Europe
Nauvoo
Joseph Smith
Latter Day Saints Church
Third Army Bags 50,000 Nazis in Saarfront Victory Sweep
Allied forces led by Patton and Patch tightened the squeeze in the Saar basin and Palatinate. Kaiserslautern neared, Mainz and Ludwigshafen within striking distance as Third and Seventh Armies pressed through Saarbrucken to Zweibruecken and beyond. Prisoner counts climbed into tens of thousands with day totals reported around 8,355 prisoners and estimates of 15,000 to 20,000 overall. Allied air power choked German movement along the Kaiserslautern–Rhine corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Saar Basin
Rhine
George 8. Patton
Saar
Palatinate
Saarbruecken
Zweibruecken
Saarbrueck
Saarland
Securit
Nally
Seventh Army
Patton
Kaiserslautern
Alzey
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Seventh
Moselle
Lauter
Mainz
Frankfurt
Speyer
Kaiserlantern
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Pocatellan
LUX
France
U. SS
Third
Heber Grant
Yankees
DeWitt MacKengle
Saar Palatinate
U. 8. Third Army
Worms
Maing
George
80Th Infantry Division
Luxembourg
Saar Salient
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