Explosion at Tessenderloo Factory Kills 250 in Belgium
AP reports a blast at a Tessenderloo chemical factory killed 250 and injured about 1,000. A nearby technical school and several homes were destroyed or damaged as relief divisions moved in. The cause is unknown and the plant produced artificial fertilizers and washing preparations for Belgium.
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Tessenderloo
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France
Tessenderloo Telephone Exchange
Free
London
White Brigade
Hitler and Mussolini Hold Salzburg Conference
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in Salzburg for a two day conference ending Thursday. A German communique cited close friendship and indissoluble brotherhood of nations as their mood. Allied observers speculated on plans for Russia, Italian war weariness, or a possible axis peace offer. British sources said the aim was to keep Mussolini aligned with Hitler. No mention was made of Japan.
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Bill Restricts Top Profits To 8 Per Cent
The house ways and means committee backed a flat 94 percent excess profits tax for corporations and kept the 24 percent normal corporate rate for income over 25 000. They also outlined credit rates and surtax plans, aiming to tax 6 percent of excess profits and awaiting yield estimates.
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Cooper
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Pocatello Native Elizabeth Spiekerman Died at 52
SALT LAKE CITY Mrs Elizabeth Spiekerman 52 of Pocatello died Thursday from a brain tumor. A Salt Lake City native, she was the wife of Theodore R Spiekerman. Surviving are her husband two daughters Mrs Florence Nilsson of Benicia California and Mrs Lillian Newton of Pocatello and a son Kenneth S Spiekerman of Lowry Field Denver Colorado.
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Elizabeth Spiekerman
Pocatello
Theodore R. Spiekerman
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Benecia
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Sheriff Don Hendrick Visits Pocatello to Discuss Cattle Rustling
Ada county Sheriff Don Hendrick of Boise attended a Friday conference in Pocatello with officers from the region to discuss methods to curb cattle rustling.
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Yankees Fly Arms to Battle Fronts
New Delhi reports allied military leaders keep China supply lines open and communications functional amid Burma fighting. Lashio’s fall raises risk of a Japanese air base. rugged Burma terrain could slow Japanese advance toward India’s northeast until seasonal rains arrive.
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Opening Pioneer league game rained out in Ogden
Ogden Reds vs Twin Falls Cowboys opener postponed due to weather. American and National League scores show Detroit, New York, St Louis, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Boston, Chicago and Cincinnati outcomes with pitchers and lineups listed.
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Bishop Edward J. Kelly Confirms Two Parishes Class
The Most Rev Edward J. Kelly will confer confirmation on 60 candidates at 8 am Mass in St Anthony's Boise. The class will assemble in the parish hall and process to the church with Rev Jentges and Rev Jerome O Connor assisting. A second confirmation is set for 3 pm at St Bernard's Blackfoot.
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Edward J. Kelly
Diocese of Boise
St. Bernard’s Church
Blackfoot
Enemy Force Gathers on Supply Route
Reports indicate a Japanese concentration of warships and troop transports around the Marshall Islands, fueling speculation of a major thrust against the American supply line to Australia. Jaluit serves as a central node, with potential moves toward New Caledonia, American Samoa, or Hawaii, as experts note strategic testing and possible full-pace strikes.
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Marshall Islands
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Australia
Jaluit
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Veteran Retires After Long Railway Career
Charles F. Forden from Butte announced his retirement after a rail career begun July 18, 1892 with Utah-Idaho Northern. He resided at 156 South Eighth with wife and daughter and claims the oldest brakeman seniority, dating from October 20, 1898, and earned a 40 year continuous membership emblem in the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. He comes from a long-established Pocatello family. his sister, the late Anna Harmer, was a longtime Pocatello School teacher and Bannock County superintendent.
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Butte
Utah-Idaho Northern
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South Eighth
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
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Pocatello
Anna Harmer
Bannock County
Stalin Calls for Final Defeat of German Forces in 1942
Stalin on May Day urged Soviet unity to crush Hitler’s troops on a surrender or death basis with aid from Britain and the United States. He framed the war as a liberation, vowed no conquest aims, and warned the invaders must be destroyed to secure 1942 as a year of final defeat. Reports noted German and Romanian losses on several fronts and rising guerrilla activity in Crimea.
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Fire Breaks Out At Armour Creameries Plant
A three alarm blaze struck Armour Creameries at 701 South First late Thursday night. The fire spread from the elevator shaft to the roof and required city and Union Pacific crews to extinguish it in about two and a half hours. No damage total released yet. Frank Smith, new manager of the Pocatello plant, said operations would resume Friday afternoon. Fire Chief A A Girard cited origin in the mover room of the elevator.
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German Line Bends Under Red Pressure
On the Russian front Hitler's field HQ said tank led Soviet attacks were beaten off and local offensives straightened German lines. Germans faced heavy pressure in four sectors around Staraya Russa Smolensk Orel and Kursk as Soviet attacks intensified. Maj Gen Zakharov warned Moscow front fatigue could spark a counter. Slush and mud easing reportedly aided German countermeasures as armored assaults began. Oslo said 18 Norwegians were executed in reprisal. Libyan Mechili repelled, RAF bombed Bengal and Crete, Finnish command noted continued activity.
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Berlin Asks Setup In Bombing Duel
Berlin seeks a negotiated halt to the aerial duel with Britain by exchanging bombing tactics for a German city bombing limit. The Geneva dispatch cites semiofficial German talk of halting English town raids if RAF changes methods. A British source dismisses any offers and vows continued pursuit of targets.
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Defense Falls Back Nearly 100 Miles as Jop Advance
Moscow radio reported that a German battleship was sunk by Russia's Baltic fleet, the first Russian claim of destroying one of Germanys capital ships. The broadcast summarized operations in which the Baltic fleet reportedly sank 447 German ships, implying broader wartime losses.
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Germany
All Must Register In Coming Week For Sugar Rations
Reginald H. Cleare, chairman of the local sugar rationing board, announces that everyone must register next week May 4 5 6 and 7. One adult member may register for an entire family. They must provide height weight eye color hair color and age for each person and be ready to state the amount of sugar owned. Registrations will be held in all grade schools.
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Reginald H. Cleare
Utah Woman Fires On Father-in-Law
Olga Bond 33 of Clinton was arrested on Thursday in Davis County over a rifle shooting of her father-in-law Reuben Bond 70. The sheriff said no charges will be filed yet, awaiting the elder Bond’s recovery from a calf wound. A quarrel preceded the shot after he allegedly struck her and her child. Bond has been released from hospital to home.
RAF fleets press long range sweep over Nazi coast
London reports hundreds of RAF planes cross the channel in a major offensive sweep numbered from Dungness to Calais. Observers say formations flew between 20 000 and 30 000 feet with northern France cliffs visible from the English coast. Washington AP The House Ways and Means Committee approves a 2.5 billion corporate tax plan with a 4 percent excess profits levy a 24 percent normal tax and a 16 percent surtax.
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Channel
Dungness
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France
Indictment Names Utah Grocery Firms in Anti Trust Conspiracy
A federal grand jury indicted four Utah wholesale grocery firms and five individuals for criminal conspiracy to restrain distribution to retail stores in Utah and surrounding areas. The action alleges the firms controlled about three quarters of local wholesale grocery sales. Wheat prices rose up to two cents after the 1942 loan rate changes, with farm and Chicago basis increases noted from the prior year.
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Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Chicago
Mrs A C Sloan Recovers After Mayo Clinic Operation
Mrs A C Sloan of the Fargo apartments recently underwent a serious operation at Mayo Hospital Rochester Minnesota and is reported to be getting along as well as could be expected.
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Fargo Apartments
Mayo Hospital
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Californian Pays for Killing Wife in Rattlesnake Case
KNOWN as the rattlesnake murder, James was hanged at San Quentin after a 1935 Los Angeles marriage to Mary Busch James ended with her drowning. He admitted asking forgiveness but faced execution for murdering his sixth wife to collect life insurance.
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Haneman
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L Ord
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California
Mary Busch James
Explosion at Versailles Plant Kills Several Women Workers
A blast at the Central Railways Signal plant in Versailles borough, McKeesport area, killed multiple women and injured at least a dozen. Witnesses said roof sections and a chimney were blown off, with reports of up to 100 workers inside and rescuers transporting injured workers on stretchers. Local authorities awaited confirmed tallies.
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Versailles
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National Tubompany
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Tony Zappa
Ernest Sims
Film Official Draws Term
New York reports that Joseph M. Schenck former chairman of 20th Century Fox was given a suspended three year sentence last year for income tax evasion and sentenced to one year and one day on a perjury indictment. He received three years probation with 60,000 shares of 20th Century Fox stock placed in escrow as liability security and a $20,000 fine.
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Joseph M. Schenck
20Th Century Fox Film Corp
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20Th Century-Fox Film Corp
Hazardous devices dropped in Suez and Damietta areas
An interior ministry communique reports air raid activity Thursday with hazardous devices dropped in the Suez canal region and Damietta area, detailing the locations and times of the incident.
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Suez Canal
Damietta
Ministry of Interior
Mama Please Go Weather Notes For Baseball Day
A playful weather snippet notes warm temperatures with Thursday’s high 68 and low 36, mean 47 versus normal 50. The departure from normal runs 3 and accumulated depart plus 63. Sunrise 6 22, sunset 8 32. Fine weather for baseball.
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Dame Winter
Wayne B Boyd asks for preliminary hearing in forgery case
Wayne B Boyd was arrested on forgery charges and requested a preliminary hearing after being arraigned before Justice of the Peace Charles W Hyde. He allegedly endorsed a check payable to Joe Jensen of Rimo.
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Wayne B. Boyd
Charles W. Hyde
Joe Jensen
Rimo
Postponed Steak Fry and Meeting for Presbyterian Men
The Presby terian church men's club opts to reschedule its May steak fry and monthly meeting from Tuesday evening May 5 to 6 30 p m on May 13. An earlier note reported the opening of the baseball season on May 5.
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