New Activity Opening on Broad Fronts
Dramatic Mediterranean clash unfolds as British and Axis forces duel over sea lanes. British subs sink Italian subs and ships while Albanian coast batteries engage a submarine. Italian torpedo planes hit a Malta convoy as Rome and Berlin report further actions and promise more details.
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Mediterranean
Sealanes
Russia
Libya
Europe
Caucasian
Italy
Albania
Adriatic
Salo Point
Calabria
Admiralty
Gulf of
Sirte
Malta
Rome
Berlin
North
Africa
Sicilian
Japs Abandon Idaho Plan
Japanese-American leader I. Nagatani says efforts to establish a cooperative farm for evacuees failed due to local opposition in eastern Washington and Idaho. Of 270 evacuees, 187 are U.S. citizens, with 45 families and seven sons serving in the army. Next Monday Army evacuation expected for most of Bainbridge island departure. The community faces loss of a $250,000 strawberry crop.
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Seattle
Idaho
Washington
Bainbridge Island
I. Nagatani
Tidaho
Band Tries to Kill Leader Kvaterak Near Bosnia
An attack on Eugen Kvaterak near Bosnia failed as his motor column was waylaid by a Serb band. Two guards were killed, ten assailants shot, and others escaped. The dispatch links to Gen Sladko Kvaternik, Croat state leader and axis ally, who sought refuge in Italy after Yugoslavia’s collapse.
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Zagreb
Croatia
Eugen Kvaterak
Bosnia
Sladko Kvaternik
Axis
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav
Kvaternik
Italy
Alexander of
Marseille
Estiabile
France
Pocatello Navy Gun Plant Second in U S
Senator Thomas announced a Navy plan to build a large gun refining and ordnance plant in Pocatello Idaho the states second such facility in the nation The project includes a 20 million dollar site with water supply and housing considerations for 200 to 250 skilled workers plus semiskilled staff expected by September.readers know the plant will expand gun refurbishment and involve extensive heavy equipment and heat treatment of gun linings
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Washington
Thomas
Idaho
Navy
Pocatello
United States
West Coast
Navy Ordnance Bureau
Naval Ordnance Plant
Naval
Gate City
Pocatellans
Tyhee
Alameda
Blackfoot
Union Pacific Railroad
Vichy radio claim on Philippine surrender stirs confusion
AP dispatch notes uncorroborated Vichy report of American troops surrendering in the Philippines. The piece cites Axis propaganda aims and notes French stations exaggerate Tokyo claims to sow doubt among the United Nations amid wider war dispatches.
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New York
Vichy
Phillipines
Tokyo
United Nations
Gas Price Drops in Boise Below Prevailing Scale
Gasoline prices in Boise dipped as independent dealers cut three to four cents below the prevailing scale three weeks ago. Lynn Rogers set low grade at 17.9 cents, medium at 20.5, and high at higher rates. F C Lind offered 18.9 for the lowest grade with other grades adjusted. he had not decided if he would meet Rogers' prices. Prevailing quotations stood around 21, 24, and 16 cents.
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Boise
Idaho
Lynn Rogers
F. C. Lind
MacArthur to Await Needed Arms Before Offensive
DeWitt Mackenzie argues General MacArthur needs adequate resources and transports from the United States and Australia before a major strike against Japan. The piece praises his insistence on careful preparation and his declared confidence in victory, noting past rash ventures and stressing Australia’s reliance on allied support.
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MacArthur
Melbourne
United States
Australia
Bulgaria Eyes Axis Ties in Balkan Drive to Balkans Guardian
King Boris of Bulgaria heads to Berlin for talks with Adolf Hitler and Franz von Papen on Bulgaria's role with axis powers this spring and its aim to be Balkans guardian. Observers see Bulgarian entry hinging on Turkey and oil fields as axis campaign plans unfold.
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Bern
Switzerland
Boris
Bulgaria
Berlin
Middle Eastern
Balkans
O’ Boris
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Thefuehrer
Bulentio
Baku
Dardanelles
Pocatello Schools Report Record Defense Stamp Sales
Pocatello city schools report six week defense stamp sales totaling 4 683 55 with a weekly high of 1 050 90 for March 16 20. Individual totals by school include Washington Lincoln Irving and others, with several staff members buying stamps. The six week totals span February 9 to March 20 with multiple weekly figures listed.
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Pocatello City
Defense
EB. N. Vaughn
Bonneville
Emerson
Jefferson
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Tybee
Washington
Whittier
Franklin Junior High
Irving
Kay Cox
Lincoln School
Stampe Dionne Dickman
Janis Burton
Jefferson School
New School Bus Joins Pocatello Fleet Of Eleven
A district bus purchased last June arrived and was added to the Pocatello school fleet bringing the total to 11. The bus will operate north of the city on Polo Line road. Lee A. Blackmer, district business manager, said the addition expands transportation options for students.
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Pocatello
Polo Line
Lee A. Blackmer
Bataan Gives Assurance To MacArthur
The War Department said American FIlipino troops in the Philippines assured General Douglas MacArthur they would defend the islands with the same zeal under his leadership. The communique, sent to MacArthur in Australia, voiced confidence that under UN forces in the Pacific the aggressor would be defeated. Wainwright, MacArthur successor on Luzon, refused to reply to the Japanese surrender ultimatum.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Australia
United Nations
Pacific
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Luzon
MacArthur’s Wife Takes Charge On Shopping Trip
In Melbourne Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s wife secara dictates the family outing guiding a barber shop visit for their young son Arthur. The general is away and reporters note he too needs a haircut but is too busy to indulge.
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Melbourne
Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Command
Arthur
MacArthur
Australian offers self as human explosive in carrier incident
In Sydney a man named T White offered to be a living explosive device to wipe out a carrier target. He asked Air Minister A S Drakeford for 20 similar volunteers and described himself as 42, married automotive executive with one eye. He proposed steering a plane fully loaded with explosives into a Japanese aircraft carrier.
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Sydney
Australia
T. A White
Air
A. S. Drakeford
AFL abandons plan for local labor temple in Pocatello
Plans nearing completion before December 7 were dropped due to material shortages. Secretary August Rosqvist said the postwar project is undecided and the building would have stood in the 400 block on West Center beside the First Methodist church.
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Pocatello Labor Temple
August Rosqvist
State Federation of Labor
Rosqvist
West Center
First Methodist Church
Fourth 4 H leaders conference set in Pocatello
A. E. Duke announces a single day conference series for southeastern and south central 4 H club leaders. The schedule runs Monday Jerome Tuesday Burley Wednesday Grace Thursday Pocatello Friday Rexburg with home economics leaders meeting in Rexburg April 27 Pocatello April 28 Grace April 29 Burley April 30 and Jerome May 1.
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Pocatello
A. E. Duke
Jerome
Burley
Grace
Rexburg
Stolen Taxicab Recovered Abandoned Missing Tires
A taxicab stolen early Saturday near the Union Pacific depot was found Sunday abandoned at Mink Creek with three tires missing. Police report two additional tire thefts, including a trailer tire and a spare wheel from a car, while serial numbers on all tires are with authorities.
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George Puagmire
Mink Creek
Dale Stocking
Union Pacific
Sheriff's Office
Jap Caravan Moves East to Manzanar Evacuation Camp
About 1,000 Japanese evacuees with cars travel from Pasadena toward Manzanar in Owens Valley. A preliminary group of 100 left Saturday and a larger camp for up to 10,000 is planned as a processing station for evacuees during the war.
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Los Angeles
Owens Valley
Uncle Sam
Manzanar
Owens River Valley
Pasadena
Rosebow
Manzana
C. V. Cadwell
Gun Kills Utahn in Accidental Shooting
Weber County Sheriff said the death of James Thomas Ashby, 54, was accidental after a gun he was cleaning discharged Sunday. Police noted he had cleaned two guns and was working on a third when the fatal discharge occurred. no inquest was deemed necessary.
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Ogden
Weber County
Don R. Watson
James Thomas Ashby
Ashby
Air Defenses Halt Invasion Raid Near Port Moresby
Allied air and antiaircraft forces claim success against a large Japanese strike on Port Moresby and New Guinea as part of a broader four day aerial counteroffensive. Japanese losses include 44 destroyed or damaged planes, with at least three more noted on Monday.
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Associated Press
Australia
MacArthur Command
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Kikusaburo Okada
Japanese War Ministry
Japan
Nelson Urges Labor to Drop Double Pay for Sundays
Washington, D.C. Nelson told CIO leaders during war talks that labor should suspend extra Sunday and holiday pay to speed seven day three shift production. He pledged to protect essential rights unless wartime needs require changes and warned against entrenched labor-management stalemate.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
C.I.C
Draftees Leave Pocatello for Fort Douglas on Monday
A platoon of selective service draftees departed Pocatello by special army bus Monday afternoon for Fort Douglas Wyoming after induction by the traveling examining board. Inductees include Walter Cortenist Gaster jr, William Art Skidmore, Virgil Robert Papetti, Jack Rex Price, Rexford Wilson Harrison, Tony Dante Davis, Guy Tom Rabourn, Alvin Eli Johnson, Bert Henry Pett, Howard Kenneth Ball and others.
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Selective Service
Ft. Douglas
Wyo
Selective Service Traveling Examining Board
Anters Hall
Walter Cortenist Gaster
Jr William Art Skidmore
Virgil Robert Papetti
Jack Rex Price
Rexford Wilson Harrison
Tony Dante Davis
Guy Tom Rabourn
Alvin Eli Johnson
Bert Henry Pett
Howard Kenneth Ball
James Grover McPeek
Francis Vincent Iton
Elmer Rolfe
Ralph Cecil Green
Charles Joseph Hardin
John Henry Goddard
Benjamin Arve Brown
Henry Monroe Johnson
Lorin Loveland Ward
Meri Christensen
Ernest Lewis Moody
Alfred William Stoker
Cephastra George
Julius Giordano
Eldon Charlies Kofoed
George Franke Rugy
George William Hansen
Jimmie Alex Katsilometes
George Anthony D'Amico
Evan Billiott Hocking
Virgil Lyle Stroup
Federal seizure ends as government takes over Toledo Peoria and Western line
The federal government assumed active management of the 239 mile Toledo Peoria and Western railroad on Sunday under Roosevelt executive order. The move ends a long labor dispute after T P and W managers rejected terms and unions withdrew pickets following the order. About 104 striking workers will return to prestrike conditions with the old contract in effect, while the dispute over seniority and pay is unresolved.
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Peoria, Ill
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Roosevelt
George P. McNear, Jr
Barbeer
Brotherhoods of Railroad
Mr. Roosevelt
Shriner Stanley Smith Elected President in Pocatello
Stanley Smith was elected president of the Pocatello Shrine club succeeding EB A Dufford. Other new officers include H L Austin as vice president J P Jack Haliwell as secretary and Charis Kuschoes as treasurer.
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Stanley ¢ Smith
Tiscts
Pocatello Shrine Club
EB. A. Dufford
H. L. Austin
J. P. “Jack” _Haliwell
Charis Kuschoes
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