Battle Grows On North Supply Route
Russian forces press a spring offensive as fighting intensifies along the northern supply corridor. German high command reports aerial success and claims to have repelled Soviet attacks near Lake Ilmen and in Ukraine, while front-line dispatches note Soviet forces recapturing a populated area northwest of Moscow.
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Associated Press
Russia
Nazi High Command
Ukraine
Moscow
Lake Ilmen
High Command
Staraya Russa
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Arctic
Murmansk
United Nations
Berlin
la Suisse
Norway
Finland
Army of
Army Moves More Japs in West Coast Evacuation
SAN FRANCISCO (7) The army ordered 3,000 Japanese residents in the Los Angeles harbor district to evacuate by noon Sunday April 5. They will move to designated zones then to Santa Anita assembly center before relocation to reception centers. Over 5,000 total evacuees are expected in the Los Angeles area. A 2,000-strong group leaves Owens Valley for Manzanar this week. Midnight is the firearms deadline. violators face imprisonment up to one year or a $5,000 fine, with internment for aliens. Relocation officials note evacuees will receive no more than $21 monthly, same as soldiers.
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San Francisco
Army
Los Angeles Harbor
Santa Anita Race Track
Los Angeles
Owens Valley
Manzanar
War Relocation Authority
Wartime Civil Control Administration
Templeton Concert Set for April 6 at High School Auditorium
Pocatello Lions club members prepare for Alec Templeton, famed concert pianist, to appear April 6 in the high school auditorium. Templeton has notched a notable return invite at Robin Hood Dell and drew seven thousand patrons at his first performance on July 11.
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Pocatello Lions Club
Alec Templeton
Philadelphia
Robin Hood Dell
Gorilla Conserves to Mark 14th Birthday for Defense
Gorillas at the zoo celebrate Bushman’s 14th birthday by skipping his usual 20 pound birthday cake to conserve food this year. The keeper notes the plan underscores national defense priorities.
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Bushman
Idaho Butter Output Rises in War Effort Report
Director Curtis Loveless notes Idaho produced 2,625,000 pounds of butter in February 1942, 86,000 more than February 1941 but 175,000 less than January. He cites shorter February as a factor and says cheese output also fell in January due to the month’s length, with an estimated 1,150,000 pounds.
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Boise
Idaho
Curtis G. Loveless
State Dairying Bureau
Loveless
Armies Press Major Points As Spring Offensive Looms
By DeWitt MacKenzie the article surveys German advances on the Eastern Front. It maps Nazi positions from Leningrad to Kharkov and Kursk with encirclement threats around Vyazma Orel and Rostov, noting key sea routes toward the Caucasus as spring hostilities unfold.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Thefuehrer
Stalin
Leningrad
Staraya Russa
Bolshevists
Moscow
Rzhev
Vyazma
Orel
Kursk
Kharkov
Chazsis
Ukraine
Dnieperopetrovsk
Stalino
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Golden Caucasus
Kiwanis Honors March Birthday Members in Pocatello Meeting
Kiwanis club in Pocatello celebrated March birthdays during a Bannock hotel gathering. Honorees included L. H. Anderson and Willard S. Bowen, with new members J. G. Jensen and Douglas Bean also introduced. Mrs Bassett B. Hurd spoke on music week festivities and the club pledged support.
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Pocatello Group
Bannock Hotel
L. H. Anderson
Willard S. Bowen
R. W. Dickman
E. Edgar
William H. Francis
T. Leland Newey
J. G. Jensen
Western Life Insurance Company
Douglas Bean
Pocatello Cardinals
H. C. Hinckley
Exoneration in Kimberly Fist Fight Death
A coroner jury absolved James Brig man of Kimberly, 26, of blame for the death of James William Lapsley, 23, also of Kimberly, after a Sunday fist fight south of Twin Falls. Physicians testified Lapsley died from a brain hemorrhage. minor wounds were not fatal.
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Twin Falls
James Brigman
Kimberly
James William Lapsley
Here
George C. Halley
Harry Lasin
Lapsley
Pine Bluff Graphic ceases. Commercial to add Sunday edition
Pine Bluff Graphic suspends after 57 years. The Pine Bluff Commercial will add a Sunday morning edition once arrangements are complete. Donald Murray and Kenneth Riddle, who leased the Graphic in May 1941, informed George Adams that May 11 edition would be the last.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Donald Murray
Kenneth Riddle
Graphic
George Adams
Packard Head Quits in Detroit
Max M. Gilman resigns as president of the Packard company in Detroit prompting management changes and questions about the firm’s future leadership and direction.
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Packard Head
Detroit
Max M. Gil- Man
The
Packard
Otter Arrives To Lead Local Naval Refining Plant Project
J V Otter project manager for Morrison Knudsen arrived from Boise with associates to arrange temporary offices and warehouses for the $20 million naval gun refining plant at Pocatello. Construction will not start for days while housing and local labor use are studied and coordinated with naval authorities.
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Poctaello
J. V. Otter
Morrison - Knudsen Company
Boise
Otter
Naval
New Order Eases Razor Shortage Fears in Wartime Edict
Washington officials say no blade shortage will occur after a War Production Board limit on razor blades. Dan West of the OPA assures the public that ample supply remains and urges careful shaving to stretch blades, noting curtailment could be larger without causing issues.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Dan A. West
OPA
War Production Board
Shavers
West
War Flyers and Bankers Predict Prolonged Conflict and Rapid Production
Col Eddie Rickenbacker says the war could last ten years or more while asserting allied victory is likely as American equipment surpasses Germany except for the Messerchmitt high altitude plane. The American Bankers Association forecast faster war production than currently expected, citing historical methods that made the U S a top global producer.
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Boise
Edward V
Eddie Rickenbacker
United States
New York
American Bankers Association
Blonde Landis to wed Gene Markey in navy lieutenant plans
Blonde film star Carole Landis flies to Washington to marry Gene Markey, a screenwriter producer and navy lieutenant commander. She declines to set a date but must return to work next week for a new film opposite George Montgomery, who recently announced engagement to Hedy Lamarr.
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Los Angeles
Carole Landis
Washington
Gene Markey
Miss Landis
United Air Lines
George Montgomery
Hedy LaMar
Markey
Spring, At Last by Dorothy Craig
The piece notes a thaw in spring weather with the highest temperature since November 15 reaching 60 above in Pocatello. It recalls a recent cold spell, mentions a 58 high and 21 low, and states the day was two degrees below normal overall.
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Dorothy Craig
Pocatellans
Senate Leader Opposes 40-Hour Week Suspension
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley signaled strong opposition to suspending the 40-hour week, urging war profits taxation instead. He warned against chaos in war industries from any such move and criticized overtime pay cuts while noting higher living costs. Barkley cited scandalous profits by some war contractors and opposed Connally's bid to limit conditions in government taken over plants.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
White House
Treasury
House
Senator Connally
Tex
Connally
Salt Lake Rotary Plans Visit for Pocatello Convention
Salt Lake City Rotary officials announced a large delegation of Rotarians and their wives will attend the International Rotary district convention May 11-12 in Pocatello.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Rotary
Pocatello
Idaho Roads Fair Says Main Routes In Fair Condition
Highways Director S. E. Johnson declares southern Idaho roads in fair condition for the season after inspecting Pocatello and Shoshone districts. He cites the Boise to Bliss stretch on U S 30 as the worst segment.
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Boise
S. E. Johnson
Idaho
Fair Shop
Johnson
Pocatello
Shoshone
Bliss
U. S. 30
Oil Official Denies Curb On Synthetic Rubber
Washington. W. Farish, president of Standard Oil of New Jersey, told the senate defense investigative committee there was no basis for charges his company hindered synthetic rubber development. He defended contracts with I G Farben as aiding American industry and war efforts in aviation gasoline and explosives, countering Thurman Arnold’s testimony of obstruction.
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Washington
Farish
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Thurman Arnold
J. G. Farben
Germany
Standard Oil Company
I. G
Arnold
U Boats Increase Attacks on U S Shipping
Washington reports German U-boats have averaged a ship a day in American coastal waters this month. Experts warn raids may intensify with better weather, but air and surface anti submarine measures should rise to meet the threat as authorities push patrol planes blimps patrol lanes and coastal blackout steps to reduce U boat success.
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Washington
Navy
Journalists Run Pocatello Tribune as Students Edit
Idaho Southern University journalism students edit the Pocatello Tribune for a day guided by instructor Charleton G. Laird. Angie Thiros serves as editor with Dorothy Hendrickson Ruth Wilson and Barbara Cronkhite on rewrites and copy. sports society and weather reports are produced by a student team.
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Pocatello Tribune
Tribune
Idaho Southern University
Angie Thiros
The
Idaho Bengal
Howard Tippetts
Perry Swisher
Walton Kirk
Dorothy “Bumps” Johnston
Dorothy Hendrickson
Ruth Wilson
Barbara Cronkhite
Enid Bennett
Joy South
Frank Smith
Evelyn Earle
Dorothy Craig
Jayson Holladay
Ruth Roberts
John Averill
Charleton G. Laird
British Lose Ground In Burma Defense
Boise police chief George Haskin cited his son David a sixth grader who was rescued from a water filled sandpit by two playmates. One boy pulled him from the pit and the other performed artificial respiration preserving his life.
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Boise
George Haskin
David
Haskin
Raiders Bomb U.S. Hospital In Philippines
War bulletin reports Japanese planes attacked a base hospital in the Bataan peninsula, marking it clearly as a hospital and causing casualties. Manila bay fortresses faced heavy bombardment from the Japanese, while on Bataan patrol clashes continued with no sign of an all-out offensive.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Philippines
War Department
Bataan
Manila Bay
India
New Delhi
Japan
Rome Radio
Imperial Tokyo
Chamber Honors Former Local CCC Commander
Chamber of Commerce to honor Col Everett M Yon former commander of the Pocatello CCC at a complimentary dinner in Bannock hotel main dining room Tuesday at 7 pm. Yon now leads the 25th regiment at Walla Walla Washington on detail with General Means Northern Defense Area. Mrs Yon and sons are at Fort Huachuca Arizona where the regiment was previously stationed. Dinner committee includes J L Craig Sr Myron Porges D C Brown Dr J R Nichols and Willard S Bowen.
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Everett M. Yon
Pocatello CCC
Pocatello
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Bannock Hotel
Yon
Walla Walla
Wash
General Means
Idaho
Damita and Flynn Divorce End of Stormy Marriage
Lili Damita wins divorce from Errol Flynn on grounds of mental cruelty. Superior Judge William Palmer presided as the French born actress, a former French film and stage star, cites marital troubles dating from their 1935 Arizona marriage. A son was born last June.
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Los
Eles
Lili Damita
Errol Flynn
William Palmer
Miss Damita
Yuma
Ariz
Flynn
Ireland
Tragic Drowning Of 3 Year Old Hilmar Tilla
In Coeur d Alene a three year old boy, Hilmar Tilla, son of Mr and Mrs Freeman Tilla of Ford, tumbled into a shallow well near home and drowned Tuesday after being missing about five minutes, Deputy Sheriff Walter Cox reported.
Allied and Japanese forces clash in Burma and New Guinea
Chinese headquarters claim over 5,000 Japanese killed around Toungoo in central Burma as Chinese recapture the Kyun gon airfield. British admit a strategic turn as Japanese advances near Prome threaten northwest Burma. Allied air power in New Guinea gains air superiority with U S bombers dominating Lae defenses. Prime Minister Curtin praises Blamey and Australian forces returning from the Middle East.
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Associated Press
Toungoo
Burma
Thomas Blamey
Australia
John Curtin
Middle East
Blamey
Cur
Tax Payers Vote on Extra Levy in Pocatello
School board officials urge Pocatello voters to approve a six mill levy to fund a longer school year. TheApril 6 ballot would provide money beyond the eight mills used for general operations to keep city schools open nine months rather than seven.
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Pocatello
E. Norman Vaudin
Senate rejects 40 hour week limit and closed shop curbs
Washington AP reports the senate rejected amendments by voice vote to suspend the 40 hour week ban the closed shop and the use of threats or violence to force workers from jobs. Idaho senators Thomas and Clark said navy authorization covers a plant cost near 30 million dollars, though navy figures were not released.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas
Ida
Clark
Navy Department
Navy
Idaho
Jury Convicts Pair Who Beat Teacher in Indiana
In Lafaytte County Indiana a jury convicts Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Leslie of assault and battery for beating Constance M. Davis a Longlois school teacher. Each faces fines of 200 dollars and 30 days in jail with separate prison terms depending on sentencing by Circuit Judge W. Lynn Parkinson.
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Putmnamville
Indianapolis
W. Lynn Parkinson
Leslies
Danny Leslie
Miss Davis
Danny
Boiler Blast Kills Three on Nickel Plate Freight
Three Westbound Nickel Plate freight workers from Lima Ohio died in a boiler explosion Tuesday. Engineer E. L. Benner, fireman W. M. Herschberger, and brakeman J E. Schietter were identified by Coroner Donald Spahr. Water level in the boiler was reportedly low. the engineer was blown 100 feet from the locomotive and the other bodies were found in and behind the engine.
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Redkey, Inc
Nickel Plate Railroad
Lima
Ohio
Donald Spahr
E. L. Benner
W. M. Herschberger
J E. Schietter
Collapsible Crates Aid Potato Shipments
Idaho Falls report notes collapsible wire bound crates may replace burlap bags for potatoes sent to army camps and abroad. W. E. Anderson of the central army quartermaster market center says about 200 carloads have already shipped to eastern and midwestern camps and cotton bags may be used next fall.
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Idaho Falls
W. E. Anderson
Central Army Quartermaster Market Center
Chicago
Anderson
Midwest
Veteran Dies at 83 in Wallace Idaho
Allen G. Kam Kennedy 64, a longtime civil engineer and active figure in the Coeur d Alene mining industry, died Sunday night in Wallace Idaho.
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Wallace
Allen G. Kamnedy
Es Civi Engines Way
Coeur d'Awnes
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