Salt Lake City Crash Kills 17 Persons
Army trucks retrieved 17 bodies from a night crash near Salt Lake City when a United Airlines sleeper struck a ridge near the airport. The San Francisco bound aircraft burned after the collision, scattering wreckage and mail. Civil Aeronautics Authority and Navy officers opened investigations as salvage plans began.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
United Airlines
Civilian Aeronautics Authority
Navy Department
Richard W. Schiecht
Navy
Bureau of Nvigation
San Francisco
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Perry Todgen
Oakland
Calif
Donn W. Brown
UAL
Leahy Report Intensifies Washington Vichy Crisis
Developments in the Washington Vichy crisis follow Admiral William D. Leahy's arrival home from talks with Laval Petain and Darlan. Roosevelt warned in a fireside broadcast that any French concession to Nazi demands for military aid would invite reprisals. Leahy’s mission aimed to prove Washington would not tolerate French ceding Dakar or other colonial bases to Germany.
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Vichy
Pierre Laval
William D. Leahy
France
Roosevelt
United Nations
Leahy
Washington
Laval
Marshal Petain
Jean Darlan
Darlan
Petain
Dakar
United States
Germany
Junk Man Becomes Important Figure In U S War Effort
New York reports salvage chief Herbert L. Gutterman says junk dealers are key in gathering scrap for war needs. Junkmen move scraps from homes to factories, with housewives hoarding material awaiting pickup. He warns against hoarding and urges selling or gifting salvage to the junkman.
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Junk Man
U.S
New York
U. S
Herbert L. Gutterman
Bureau of Industrial Conservation
Sam
Uncle Sam
General No
Gutterman
Former Alaska Governor John Weir Troy Dies at 73
John Weir Troy, age 73 and a former Alaska governor, died Saturday in Juneau. He led the state in the early years of statehood and was a key political figure for decades.
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Juneau
Alaska
John Weir Troy
United Air Lines crash on Ensign Peak in Salt Lake City
AP reports a United Airlines crash on Ensign Peak in northern Salt Lake City killing seven passengers and three crew. The incident marks the area’s first major airline disaster since November 4, 1940, when a UAL flight crashed into a mountain east of Bountiful, Utah.
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Salt Lake City
United Air Lines
Ensign Peak
Salt Lake
UAL
Bountiful
Utah
Wyoming
Storms Claim Lives of 67 in Oklahoma and Kansas
A late Saturday tornado struck a Pawhuska residential area killing at least three and injuring many as about 30 homes were damaged or destroyed. Other tornadoes killed three more people in Oklahoma and Kansas with additional strikes in northeastern Oklahoma.
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Pawhuska
Oklaho
Oklahoma
Kansas
Pryor
Four Baldwin Brothers in Military Service
Mr and Mrs Van A Baldwin of 1851 North Main report four sons in military service. Richard V Baldwin enlisted Saturday at Pocatello in the marines and departed for the San Diego base. E T Baldwin is on duty in Honolulu. Frank W Baldwin serves in Australia. Robert L Baldwin is stationed in Alaska.
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van A. Baldwin
North Main
Richard V. Baldwin
Pocatello
Marine
San Diego
E. T. Baldwin
Honolulu
Frank W. Baldwin
Australia
Robert L. Baldwin
Alaska
Federal order bans sale of new power cranes and rubber-tired equipment
Raymond J. Briggs Idaho priorities analyst for the war production board announced a federal order banning the sale of new power cranes or shovels. He added that selling more than 100 rubber tire equipment items is illegal unless the equipment has a high priority rating.
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Boise
Raymond J. Briggs
Idaho
War Production Board
Red Cross Eligible for New Cars Under Rationing
Washington The Red Cross will join the list of eligible buyers for new passenger cars under rationing rules, announced by Price Administrator Leon Henderson on Saturday.
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Washington
The
Red Cross
Leon Henderson
Nazi Train Wreck Kills 40 to 50 in France
Reports from New York say between 40 and 50 Germans died in a train wreck near Rouen in occupied France. German authorities reportedly conducted severe reprisals and arrested many hostages in the immediate aftermath.
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New York
France
Rouen
Nation Lists Sugar Users
Washington citizens begin registering for ration book one as wartime sugar limits start. The four day process aims to set a basis for later shortages and requires at least one adult per family to register. enlisted personnel in messes are not eligible, while those at home may apply.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Army
Navy
Trap Shoots and Idaho State Meet Announced
Trap men plan a 10 30 a m Sunday meet at the Pocatello Traps grounds inviting all shooters and offering free instruction. Sun Valley club authorized to hold Idaho state shoot July 3 5 at Sun Valley with about 125 contestants expected, announced by Taylor Williams IS Trapshooting president.
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Pocatello Traps Club
Sun Valley
Sun Valley Gun Club
Pacific International Trapshooting Association
Idaho
Taylor Williams
Idaho State Trapshooting Association
Preston Pioneer Dies
Leonidas Americus Mecium age 87 longtime Franklin stake patriarch of the LDS church dies Saturday after living in Preston since 1867 He served as Preston postmaster for seven years and led the community for 13 years
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Preston
Leonidas Americus Mecium
Franklin
Latter Day Saints Church
Franklin County
Railways to Abandon Luxury Rides
The defense transportation director said railroads will curb luxury equipment and may cut or replace some passenger services. Essential military and civilian travel must not be impeded, with possible speed reductions, fewer trains, and substitutions by motor coaches.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation Director
Eastman
ODT
Pearl Harbor
Wheat quota vote in Bannock county referendum
About 75 percent of 786 votes cast by wheat growers and wives in Bannock county Saturday favored government quotas for 1942 in the national wheat referendum. Secretary Clark Davis said the turnout was lighter than last year, with roughly 90 percent of last year’s voters backing Urequola system versus 75 percent this year.
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Bannock County
Clark Davis
AAA Committee
Farmers vote to renew wheat marketing control program
Farmers backed continuance of the federal marketing control for wheat by about 73 percent in a referendum. With incomplete returns from 30 of 40 states, 88,966 votes favored marketing quotas and 33,070 opposed, below the needed two thirds.
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Washington (P
Jury Convicts Idahoan in Fatal Hit and Run
Logan De Walton 40 of Cleveland Idaho was convicted by a first district court jury of hit and run driving in the death of Nathanial Chugg 53 of Nibley. Judge Marriner Morrison set Monday for sentencing. Walton claimed he thought he hit a horse after striking Chugg on a Nibley highway and was arrested about an hour later after stopping at a service station for a headbed repair.
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Logan
de Walton
Cleveland
Ida
First District
Cee Marriner M. Morrison
Walton
Nathanial Chugg
Nibley
Chugg
Young Girl Saves Baby From Flames
Twelve year old Joan Humphreys attempted to start a fire with gasoline at 1610 North Hayes. The blast burned her face and hands as she pulled the infant from its crib and threw it into a snow drift. Chief A A Girard says the kitchen burned but was nearly out when firefighters arrived. the girl is hospitalized at Lynn Bros. hospital.
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Joan Humphreys
A. A. Girard
Joan
Roy Wallace
North Hayes
West Side Fire Department
Lynn Bros. Hospital
Robert Barry
Girard
Nazi flyer seized in Texas after border hop
FBI seized Lieut. Hans Peter Krug a 22 year old German bomber pilot who fled Canadian concentration camp and crossed into the United States. He checked into a San Antonio hotel under an assumed name and was captured after the manager noted the German accent and matched his appearance to FBI photos. Krug claimed to fear Americans and said he had been stopped eight times before his forged papers fooled earlier investigators. He had been shot down August 28 1940 and later held in Bowmanville Ontario before escaping.
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San Antonio
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mexico
Hans Peter Krug
FBI
Krug
Jean Etti
Brooklyn
N. Y
Witheld
Kruz
M. W. Acers
Washington
Bowmanville
Ontario
Acers
Lafayette
Normandie
Brothers Reunite After 55 Years In Denver
Edgewater resident Charles Bell 82 and Joseph Bell 80 of Ogden Utah finally met in Denver after exchanging letters for years. They had not seen each other for more than five decades and described their long separation as due to never getting around to visiting.
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Edgewater
Colo
Denver
Charles O. Bell
Joseph J. Bell
Osiden
Utah
Australia On Alert Japanese Report Capture of Mandalay
A weather desk note mixes forecast and whimsy as it reports cold snaps and dawns. The piece humorously references Jack Frost and details temperatures around 35 to 50 degrees with a 24 hour lag before publication. It notes sunset at 8:33 and sunrise at 6:19 signaling a new day.
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Australia
Mandalay
Weather Bureau
Jack Frost
Burma
New Delhi
Trrawaddy
Monywa
Chungking
Taunggyi
China
India
Akyab
Sugar Ration Sign Up Begins May 4
Bannock county begins sugar ration registration May 4 5 6 7 at graded school buildings under the Bannock county ration committee. Each person receives a war ration book with 28 stamps and stamps are set to state fixed sugar allotments. An adult can register for an entire family bringing height weight eye color hair color and age of each member.
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Reginald H. Cleare
Bannock County Ration Committee
Bannock County
Gerade
Scott D. Lowe
Utah Idaho officers vow to crack rustling rings
Utah and Idaho peace officers met to curb cattle rustling across state lines. They urged brand inspectors to check movements more carefully and pledged to intensify efforts, with Sheriff D A MacNichols promising action. Proposed Idaho statute changes will go to the Idaho Cattlemen’s convention in Boise May 8 9 and to the 1943 legislature.
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Utah
Idaho
D. A. MacNichols
Bannock County
Idaho Cattlemen’s Association
Boise
Nazis Seek Custody of Gen Giraud Amid War Moves
New York reports Gen Henri Honore Giraud, captured by Germany, was held near Vichy after a bid to return him to Nazi custody. He escaped Koenigstein and made his way to unoccupied France, with German pressure and custody disputes outlined at Vichy.
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New York
Henri Honore Giraud
Germany
Vichy
Koenig
France
Switzerland
Paris
Koenigstein
Giraud
London
Red Cross War Fund Bazaar Exceeds Bannock County Quota
Mrs E C Manson announces Red Cross war fund drive for Bannock county will top its $10 000 quota after a bazaar at the Memorial building. The Saturday event drew strong patronage with two floor shows featuring Pocatello talent and well attended booths.
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E. C. Manson
Bannock County
The
Red Cross
Memorial Building
Red Cross War Fund
Maneson
Pocatello
Local Collision Report Near Arthur and Clark Intersection
Police report a Saturday collision at 4 40 pm at Arthur and Clark between a sedan driven by Glenn C Bennett of RFD 1 and a coupe operated by Geneva Letha Culpepper of 139 North Grant. Don Robson of 540 North Main said an unknown driver crashed into his parked car early Saturday.
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Arthur and Clark
Glenn C. Bennett
RFD 1
Geneva
Letha Culpeper
North Grant
Don Robson
North Main
Woman Arrested After Family Row in Battery Case
Police report the Saturday arrest of Connie Wiker in a battery charge. The complaint was issued in the court of William J. Ryan, justice of the peace, after a family row.
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Connie Wiker
William J. Ryan
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