Naval gun plant contract awarded to Morrison Knudsen
Washington AP Benator Thomas Idaho says Morrison Knudsen Construction of Boise will proceed immediately with a $20 million naval gun refining plant at Pocatello. Formal award to follow in days. Site west of Bannock county fair grounds between the railroad and Pole Line road.
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Washington
Benator Thomas
Idaho
Navy
Morrison-Knudsen Construction Company
Boise
Pocatello
Thomas
Paul V. Nash
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Gem State
Gate City
Bannock County Fairgrounds
Pole Line
House Okays 18 Billions Curbs Profit
The House passed an $18.3 billion army appropriation bill with a profits limit on war contracts. Rep Case said net profits would be capped at 6 percent after taxes, a provision criticized as unworkable by Chairman Cannon. The bill funds 31 076 new warplanes and vast combat equipment for the army and air corps.
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Washington
House
Rep
Case
R S D
Cannon
D. Mo
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Army
Air Corps
Roosevelt
ISU Considers Fraternity House Plans For Postwar Era
Members of Idaho Southern University chapter Phi Delta Chi discussed starter plans for a fraternity house. Guy Ward Young of Shelley presented a three year timeline with construction as a postwar project. Waynard Wilson Lowe of Grace suggested the house would aid the fight for a four year university and benefit the school of pharmacy. Financing would come from alumni bonds.
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Idaho Southern University
Phi Delta Chi National Pharmacy and Chemistry Honorary
Guy Ward Young
Shelley
National Council
Chicago
Waynard Wilson Lowe
Grace
School of Pharmacy
Lowe
Parents on Trial For Using Strap On Son's Teacher
In Lafayette Indiana Mrs Arthur H Leslie 45 and her husband face assault and battery charges for punishing their 11 year old son Danny's fifth grade teacher Miss Constance Davis 33 at Longleig school The mother alleged mental distress while entering the class and the state says she beat the teacher with a Boy Scout belt as the father watched at the door The mother pleaded temporary insanity but a doctor testified no mental illness existed
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Leslie
Clarence H. Rommel
War production limits hit everyday metal office items
Washington The war production board ordered April 1 sharp curtailment in iron and steel use for office supplies including paper clips thumb tacks pins pencil sharpeners typewriter spools clip boards and desk accessories. Consumers may face limits but shortages should not occur if supplies on hand are used carefully.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Little Points Big Problem For Bombers
Two tiny island bastions Malta and Corregidor stand as sharp thorns in the axis conquest. Malta blocks the Mediterranean access near Italy while Corregidor gates Manila Bay, delaying Tokyo’s timetable and aiding Allied forces.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Malta
Mediterranean
Japan
Manila Bay
Bataan
Tokyo
Axis
Sheriff Refuses Travel Permits for Japanese and Aliens in Bannock
Sheriff D A McNichols said no travel permits will be issued to any Jap or alien under the army curfew order. FBI to enforce. civil police urged to report names and addresses of violators. Seven Japanese families, 26 people, moved to Pocatello and Lava Hot Springs. about 50 Japanese families in Bannock County. Bonneville County reports 17 Japanese entered Blackfoot to Lorenzo district from California. County counts: Bonneville 139, Bingham 38, Jefferson 8. Public proclamation pamphlet from army headquarters notes aliens must stay at home 8 p m to 6 a m on Pacific coast and certain western districts.
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Bannock County
Pocatello
Lava Hot Springs
Harry Meppen
Bonneville County
Blackfoot
Lorenzo
California
Bonneville
Bingham
Jefferson
FBI
J. L. DeWitt
United States Army
Army
Pacific Seaboard
West
Soldier confesses to murder thwarted suicide pact
Denver police said Private Thomas Crane, 23, from Oklahoma, confessed to killing Nora Granberg, 48, then failing to follow a suicide pact after losing his nerve. He claimed they planned to die together in a Shirley Savoy hotel room after weeks of talk. Crane was arrested in a tavern and faced no charges as of late Saturday.
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Denver
James E. Childers
Thomas Crane
Oklahoma
Nora Granberg
Crane
Mrs. Granberg
Shirley- Savoy
Childers
Auto Crashes Injure Two
Two accidents Saturday night left Dr. W. R. Merchant with minor facial injuries and cuts after his coupe struck a cement abutment on the American Falls highway west of Pocatello. A second crash involving a car towing a trailer sent Eva Schlecht to General hospital with minor chest injuries. William Bales faces potential reckless driving charges.
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Elmer R. Terry
W. R. Merchant
Pocatello
American Falls
Terry
Eva Schlecht
Fairfax
Minn
General Hospital
William Bales
Inkom
Schlecht
Frank Schlecht
Dale Warren
Man Safeguards Future Actions
In Ogden a liquor store clerk Carl Watson gains a new ball bat after an unidentified customer buys it to threaten him in future liquor purchases. The man, reportedly jailed for a hangover, paid a $10 fine and bought the bat at a department store to confront the clerk.
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Ogden
State Liquor Store
Carl Watson
CAP Plans Sunday Civil Air Patrol Flight in Pocatello
CAP Flys Sunday Pocatello squadron of the civil air patrol will hold its regular flight Sunday at 1 p m. Pilots and all interested persons are asked to meet at the municipal airport at noon. J Kelly Kinnersley squadron commander said all persons interested in participating in the CAP are needed and urged to report.
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Pocatello Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Plyers
J. Kelly Kinnersley
CAP
Six Missing In Blast At War Factory
Six workers, three women and three men, are missing after a blast and fire demolished a small brick building at the Remington Arms plant in Bridgeport Connecticut. More than 25 injured, flames touched off fires in three nearby homes, production to resume at 7 a.m. Monday.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms Company
Roosevelt approves $31 million naval training station in Idaho
Governor Clark and Earl Murphy announce Roosevelt's approval of a Bayview Pend Oreille lake naval training cantonment for 20 000 men and 600 officers. It will open by Aug 1, with a large construction program and a 1000 bed hospital. Lake Pend Oreille is a major U S freshwater lake with a 506 mile shoreline.
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Boise
Clark
Earl W. Murphy
Idaho State Board of Publicity
Roosevelt
Bayview
Pend O’reille Lake
Idaho
Lake Pend O’'reille
United States
Walton League Opposes Civilian Firearm Registration
The Izaac Walton league of America voiced opposition in princi ple to registering civilian firearms. It argued such measures actually play into the hands of subversive elements by disarming the citizenry.
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Chicago
Izaac Walton League of America
Reinforcements Arriving In Southwest Pacific Air Superiority In Prospect
A war department report says Japanese bombers attacking Manila Bay forts were repelled at Corregidor with anti-aircraft fire and bomb drops into the bay. General Wainwright’s forces countered enemy moves on Bataan as patrols and artillery struck at enemy positions and supplies in a night raid described as successful. Farther south, patrols pressed defense and targeted troop and motor concentrations.
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Southwest Pacific
Prospect
Washington
Manila Bay
Philippines
War Department
Corregidor
Bay
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan
British Raid Smashes St Nazaire Dock Gate in Daring WW2 Action
British forces including commandos sailors and airmen struck the Nazi submarine base at St Nazaire on the French Atlantic coast. The Campbeltown rammed the dock gates with five tons of explosives and a diversionary air attack drew off defenders as raiders withdrew. The operation aimed to disable the large docks that could service the Tirpitz and disrupt German naval strength on the Atlantic.
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Associated Press
Britain
St. Nazaire
Atlantic
Zeebrugge
Campbeltown
U. S
Germany
South Observing Holy Week With Centuries-Old Rites
In a war troubled world the ancient rites of Holy Week unfold across the Southwest. From Indian pueblos to White Sands desert and Carlsbad Caverns, Penitente Brotherhoods reenact the holy week through penance including self-flogging and heavy crosses as Easter messages of hope spread.
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South
Albuquerque
N. M
Indian Pueblo
White Sands
Risbad Caverns
Penitente Brotherhood
Christ
Penitentes
Los Herman
Survivors of Five Ships Reach Safety
Survivors from five torpedoed vessels reached scattered Atlantic ports with at least 24 missing. The Norfolk bound crew praised pilot Oscar G. Chappell who died at the helm to save others. The sinking occurred off the Atlantic coast Thursday after a submarine torpedoed their tanker. A rescue ship arrived 30 minutes later and dropped depth charges. At Savannah 23 crewmen were aboard.
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Atlantic
Norfolk
Oscar G. Chappell
Savannah
United States
United Nations
Germany
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Washington
Cae
Hirtly
Oil Transport Truck Burns in Idaho Crash
Damage estimate of 15000 dollars followed a collision between a 4000 gallon gasoline tanker and a light truck near Irwin Falls Idaho. Fire Chief J Z Bartlett said cooling water kept tanks from exploding as crews fought the blaze over more than two hours. Drivers J A Thomson of Pocatello and Joe Nebel of Hollister were unhurt. Flaming gasoline threatened railroad yards before the fire was controlled.
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Twin Falls
J. Z Bartlett
Howard Gillette
J. A. Thomson
Pocatello
Joe Nebel
Hollister
Idaho
Irwin Falls
Court Levies $50 Fine In Tire Theft
Drastic action will be taken against tire thieves and buyers. Wilard Judd, 16, from Pocatello was charged with petit larceny and awaits sentence. Albert Poitt, 45, was fined $50 for possessing stolen property and a car tire from a recent theft was confiscated. Police vow arrests in all tire theft cases.
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Arthur L. Oliver
Wilard Judd
Pocatello
Justice Court
Oliver
Judd
Hidwatert Rom
Albert Poitt
W. A. Pife
Idaho Supreme Court Chief Voice On War Time Labor
Judge William Holden of Boise condemned labor-management quarreling in Idaho Falls urging wage rules that pay time and a half for overtime and double time on Sundays and holidays. He argued workers in the Philippines fight 24 hours a day and warned of drafting industrial leaders if strife continues.
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Idaho Falls
Philippines
William Holden
Boise
Idaho Supreme Court
America
Missionary Elizabeth Haupt to Speak at Nazarene Church
Elizabeth Haupt, a Washington DC based Indian missionary and lecturer, will address morning services at the Church of the Nazarene at 11 a.m. Sunday. The potentially fragmentary note hints at an on and experience recount from Moonshine? context.
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Hope Elizabeth Haupt
Washington, D. C
Church of the Nazarene
Lers
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Burma
Toungo
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