Japan Says Yankees Attempting to Land on Ryukyu Islands
AP reports American troops supported by a large carrier task force reportedly attempt landings on Okinawa and nearby Ryukyu islands. Tokyo claims bombardment of Okinawa and southern home islands preceded the action as a major U S carrier fleet rests southwest of the island with battleships cruisers and destroyers.
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Guam
Okinawa
Ryukyu Chain
Kyushu
Domei
Ryukyu Islands
Shikoku
Honshu
Tokyo
Raymond A. Spruance
Fifth
Chester W. Nimitz
Minami Daito
Toka Shima
Aka Jima
Japan
China Coast
Ryukyus
U.S
Vice Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
Mitscher
British and American Bombers Target German Industrial Sites
American bombers attacked southeastern Germany hitting a synthetic and a natural oil plant at Zeitz and a twin war factory at Plauen as the Rhine offensive resumed. The raid, part of a two way blow with the U S 15th Air Force, followed a day of heavy night bombing and airfield strikes with about 6 000 sorties reported.
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London
Germany
Rhine
Leipzig
Zeitz
Plauen
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Austria
Berlin
Montgomery
Ruhr
Ehmen
Buchen
Hitzacker
Hannover
Osnabrueck
Muenster
Nurses Draft Fight Stirred by Temperance Union
Washington representative Elizabeth A. Smart of the National Women's Temperance Union told a senate military subcommittee that nurse draft legislation would enslave women. She warned no nation can survive if it enslaves its women and opposed conscription as harming unwritten prohibition.
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Washington
National Women's Temperance Union
Elizabeth A. Smart
WCTU
Senate
Moscow man’s death leads to involuntary manslaughter conviction
L W Kimball, operator of a Santa tavern in St Mariel, was found guilty by a district court jury of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Ray Flack of Moscow last November. He faced second degree murder charges. Sentencing set for April 10. bond remains at $5,000. Defense witnesses said Flack was killed by an accidental rifle discharge as he entered the tavern after being ejected.
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ST. Mariel
L. W. Kimball
Ray Flack
Moscow
Kimball
Plack
Flack
Nazi Patrols Escalate Frontline Actions in Italy
German patrols grew more aggressive along the Fifth army front in Italy with sharp clashes near Bologna. An American patrol killed 11 Nazis in one engagement, while another ambush attempt by the Germans was repelled with three enemy deaths. The first all Jewish brigade has been active on the Eighth army front farther east.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Italy
Bologna
Eighth Army
Yanks Open Drive In Luzon Battle
The Monday communique disclosed a shift of units from central to southern Luzon by the First cavalry division as they initiate a drive along the main highway south of Santo Tomas. Doughboys of the 25th and 32nd divisions repulsed six Japanese counterattacks near the northern Luzon pass while reports on Baguio remained unavailable.
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Luzon
Santo Tomas
Gas Province
Baguio
Bombs Destroy Formosa Jitsugetsu Hydroelectric Plant
Philippine based American bomber formations wrecked the Jitsugetsu hydroelectric plant on Formosa in a raid by 50 plus aircraft led by Maj. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead's Fifth Air Force. MacArthur reports also note sinking or damaging 13 Japanese vessels, strikes on Tainan airfield and Okayama naval base, and air assaults on Cebu and Legaspi in the Philippines.
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Manila
Formosa
Ryukyu Islands
Japan
Ennis C. Whitehead
Fifth Air Force
Tokyo
Ryukyus
Douglas MacArthur
Tainian
Okayama
Jitsugetsu
MacArthur
China Sea
Philippines
Cebu
Cebu Island
Legaspi
Luzon
Evan Jones Hurt In Navy Service
Navy wounded list names Evan Jones Chester Jones and James Thompson among seamen and privates from Idaho and Pacific regions. Entries include family links Mrs Cora Eliza Hunter Mrs Margaret Jones and addresses in Blackfoot Pocatello Idaho. Other service members listed: Armand W Evans Merril L Martin Garl R Nelson John A Robinson Barry Kenneth E William L Nichols Samuel Olsen Wendell Stillinger and Joseph Robbins.
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Navy
Hunter
Benjamin Walter
USNR
Cora Eliza Hunter
Blackfoot
Jones
Evan Chester
Margaret Jones
Garfield
Pocatello
Evans
Armand W
Sandpoint
Martin
Merril L
Twin Falls
Nelson
Garl R
Kuna
Robinson
John A
Jerome
Prisoners Riot Prompts Segregation Reversal Debate
At San Quentin Warden Clinton Duffy said segregation rules would not be restored after a Sunday riot that injured three inmates and left one stabbed with a fork. Guards fired over prisoners to end the melee as 2,500 inmates crowded the mess hall and authorities investigated the outbreak following the abolition of the white and black prisoner separation.
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San Quentin
Calif
Clinton Duffy
Duffy
Mess Hall
California
Breakthrough Drives Through Rhine Front Aschaffenburg Taken
Western Front reports a breakthrough driving through Rhine bridgeheads with tanks seizing the Main river bridge at Aschaffenburg, 235 miles southwest of Berlin. Italian Front notes sharp patrol actions. Pacific Front says Tokyo reports U S forces attempting Okinawa invasion while U S bombers strike Formosa hydroelectric plant.
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Associated Press
Rhine
Aschaffenburg
Berlin
Tokyo
Okinawa
Ryukyu Island
U. S
Formosa
Pocatello Airman Crosses Rhine Captures Prisoners
Captain Walter Rudolph Jr. of Pittsburgh and his crew rode a burning C-47 into landing near the Rhine during the aerial invasion. They were captured by German soldiers who housed them and later urged them to take prisoners, a request they granted as more Allied gliders circled above. The crew included co pilot Frank Morris Jr. of Pocatello Idaho and radio operator Sgt Harold Hisley of Brownsville Pennsylvania.
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U.S. 11Th Airborne Division
the Rhine
Walter Rudolph, Jr
Pittsburgh
Ruhr
Frank Morris, Jr
North Grant
Pocatello
Idaho
Harold Hisley
Brownsville
Rudolph
Tree falls on bus stop victim in gale
Marie S. Maher, 21, died after a large 30 inch diameter tree toppled by a 50 mph wind fell on her at a Salt Lake City bus stop. Police say she heard cracking then ran into the tree. Ambulance transported her to a hospital where she died of a crushed skull.
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Salt Lake City
Marie
Maher
Soviets Launch Fourth Danube Offensive Aiming Vienna Drive
Stalin reports a new Danube north Slovakia offensive and the capture of Banska Bystrica, enlarging a four-pronged push toward Vienna. Malinovsky and Konev lead units across the Danube region, with Germans retreating toward fortified positions near Bratislava and Gyor as the front tightens to within sight of Vienna.
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London
Stalin
Danube
Slovakia
Banska Bystrica
Rodion Malinovsky
Silesia
Vienna
Maceaw Caida Tha
Pravovyuw Ouim Vid Vray
Italy
Zvolen
Budapest
Hron
Ivan Konev
Ratibor
Moravian
Hitler
Berlin
Kuestrin
Seelow
Moscow
Baltic
Danzig
Gdynia
Komarom
Hungary
Bakony
Vertes
Gloom in Germany Amid Rhine Offensive Fallout
Reports from neutral capitals say Germany faces deep gloom after the Rhine push but collapse remains unlikely. Observers note widespread despair plus continued fear of shortages. signs point to possible Austrian unrest if conscription increases.
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London
Eisenhower
Rhine
Bern
Germany
Gestapo
Christer Jaederlund
Allies Anchor Firmly to Bridgeheads
Allied armies thrust across the Rhine now occupy German soil east of the river and intend to stay to drive into the Reich. German counterattacks are expected, especially between Emmerich and the Ruhr, as Kesselring defends with limited forces. Patton’s Third Army drives a bold advance toward the heart of Germany, threatening Berchtesgaden’s fortress position.
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Rhine
Reich
Patton
Third
Bavarian Alps
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Earl Lloyd George Dies at 82 in Wales Farm Home
Former British prime minister David Lloyd George died tonight at his modest 400 year old farm in North Wales. He was 82 last January 17. In Europe the U S Third Army faced heavy German resistance near Langen seven miles south of Frankfurt as the Fourth armored division crossed the Main opposite Hanau.
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TL Newydd Llansystumdwy
North Wales
Earl David Lloyd George
Britain
Third Army
Langen
Frankfurt
Fourth Armored
River Main
Hanau
Al Jolson Weds Fourth Wife in Quartzsite Marriage
Al Jolson, age 56, wed his fourth wife 21 year old Earle Galbraith in Quartzsite Arizona after eloping. Galbraith, an X ray technician, met Jolson last summer in Hot Springs Arkansas. Jolson's prior spouses were Alma Osborne Carlton, Ethel Delmar, and Ruby Keeler.
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Palm Springs
Calif
al Jolson
Earle Galbraith
Quartzsite
Ariz
Jolson
Miss Galbraith
Hot Springs
Ark
Alms Osborne Carlton
Ethel Delmar
Ruby Keeler
Weather summary for Pocatello area
The Weather Bureau reports for Pocatello and nearby airports a 24 hour period ending noon March 26 with high 49, low 34, mean 42. Month to date is 0.37 inches with total this month 1.07 inches normal 1.07 inches. Tonight sets sun at 7 49 with sunrise tomorrow. Forecast is partly cloudy with occasional snow flurries and cooler conditions.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Senate Opens Meat Probe
Senate begins wide hearings into the nations food situation as members question why Canada exports more meat to Britain and less to the United States. The Agriculture subcommittee plans to uncover black market operations in meats butter sugar and other foods using subpoenas if needed.
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Washington
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Sen. Wheeler
D-Mont
Agriculture Subcommittee
Sen. Shipstead
R-Minn
Sen. Ellender
D.-La
Thomas
D.okla
General Rupertus Dies at Washington Navy Yard at 55
Maj. Gen. William H. Rupertus of the Marine Corps, who led the First Marine Division in the Solomon Islands campaign, died suddenly at the Washington Navy Yard. He rose from second lieutenant in 1913 to brigadier general by 1942, led captures at Tulagi Gavutu and Florida islands, commanded at Cape Gloucester and New Britain, and was later honored by Gen. MacArthur.
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Washington
William H. Rupertus
Marine Corps
Solomons Islands
Washington Navy Yard
Rupertus
Solomon Islands
Tulagi
Gavutu
Florida Islands
Haiti
American Legation Marine Guard
Pekin
China
Board Denies Wages in Montana Idaho Mines
The nonferrous metals commission of the national war labor board denied general wage increases of 85 cents to 2.50 a day for 8,000 miners and craftsmen at Anaconda Copper Mining Co operations in Montana and Idaho. Chairman J Glenn Donaldson announced the decision. The Conda Idaho operations were involved.
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Denver
Nonferrous Metals Commission
National War Labor Board
Montana
Idaho
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
J. Glenn Donaldson
Conda
Ninth Crack Nazi Defense Lines Reported By Allied Forces
Allied forces reported rapid advances across multiple fronts around Frankfurt and Koblenz. U S First Army tanks covered 22 miles through disorganized German lines northeast of Koblenz. Ninth Army broke through Lippe defenses east of Dorsten near the Rhine. Third Army troops besieged Frankfurt and crossed the Main at Aschaffenburg. British airborne units near Wesel pushed within half a mile of Brünen as their breakthrough continued.
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Paris
First Army
Goblenz
Ninth Army
Lippe River
Dorsten
Rhim
Amerian Third Army
Frankfurt
Aschafinburg
Berlin
Lippe
Issel
Brunen
Wesel
Third Army
George S. Patton
Fourth Armored
Rhine
Aschaffenburg
Germany
Reich
First
Remagen
U.S. Ninth
Ruhr
Patton
Duisburg
Essen
Baden
Karlsruhe
Seventh Army
Palatinate
Switzerland
Holland
Eisenhower
Upper Rhine
France
Western Allied Breakout Drives Deep into Germany Front
Allied forces push past the Rhine with Patton’s shock troops six miles from Frankfurt and a widening corridor across northern Ruhr. Eisenhower, touring a Rhine crossing, says the first army will keep advancing and "lick everybody they come up against."
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U.S. Ninth Army
Evan Jones Hurt
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