Crashes Kill Two Persons In Local Area
Inquests were delayed for Walter Winger 46 of Tyhee and Snooks Moshe 43 a Shoshone Indian after fatal crashes near Pocatello. Winger died hours after being struck by a sedan on North Main Street. Moshe was run over by a gasoline tanker on U S highway 30. Police report details show conflicting headlights and a tanker driver swerving to avoid Moshe, with the body found near the 1700 block. Norris and Jeffs, occupants of the tanker, provided statements. Moshe was born in 1899.
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Walter Winger
Tyhee
Snooks Moshe
Bannock Creek
Pocatello
C. M. Jeffery
Arthur W. Hall
Winger
R. J. Roubidoux
North Main Street
Millard
Gilbert Norris
Washington Street
Baker
Oregon
Norris
Melissa Jeffs
Jerome
Millard North
Main Street
Jay
Idaho Refining Company
Moshe
Miss Jeffs
Mr. Mosho
Storm Death List Grows
Storms across four Midwestern states killing and injuring many. In Oklahoma the Pawhuska area bore the hardest hit with substantial deaths and injuries. Pryor suffered a devastating week with 61 dead and extensive property damage. Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois also reported fatalities or injuries as storms swept the region.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Pawhuska
Pryor
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Portland Colonel Inspects Proposed Army Air Base Site
Air base project west of the current airport to Michaud is eyed as a six million dollar job. Colonel R Park from Portland visited Sunday to assess site and plans though final construction details depend on received designs. Cr Davis of Portland named construction engineer for the project.
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R. Park
Portland
Army Air Base
Michaud
Park
Cr. C. Davis
Pocatello
Walla Walla
Seven Idaho Men Among Philippine War Casualties
Washington reports seven south Idaho men among 121 U S soldiers killed in action or dead by wounds in the first casualty list from the Philippine islands. Idaho names include Merrill W. Riner of Nampa, First Lieut Harry A Sealey of Nampa, Robert E. Ragan of Boise, Franklin O. Warr of Oakley, and Miles Weech of Hagerman, with corresponding relatives listed.
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Washington
South Idaho
War Department
Phillippine Islands
Idaho
Merrill W. Riner
Bertha Hartley
Nampa
Harry Albert Sealey
Sixth Avenue
Robert E. Ragan
Martha Ragan
Boise
Franklin O. Warr
Mary Whitby
Oakley
Miles Weech
J. W. Weech
Hagerman
Ickes Warns on Fuel Curbs to Preserve Stocks
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes told a congressional committee that non essential motoring boating and flying may be cut sharply to conserve fuels. He noted east coast stocks are down from a year earlier and reserves have been drawn heavily, warning against indefinite depletion.
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Washington
Ickes
House
Japs Adopt Name Dai Nippon for Larger Empire
A Tokyo dispatch to Berlin reports the Japanese government will use Dai Nippon as the official designation for the greater empire. The note did not define borders but cited decrees replacing the Christian calendar and hinted at extending authority over the rich islands. Dai Nippon means Great Sun Origin or Great Land of the Rising Sun.
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DNB
Tokyo
Berlin
Dai Nippon
Dutch East Indies
Blackfoot Pioneer John C Millick Dies in Ogden
John C Millick 89 a Blackfoot Idaho pioneer banker and financier died at a local hospital in Ogden after age related complications. He was visiting with his daughter Genevieve Browning and Mrs S E Johnson en route to Texas. Born August 4 1854 in Janesville Wisconsin he settled in Idaho after coming west. Surviving daughters include Mrs Ford Besilow of Abi and other children.
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Ogden
John C. Millick
Blackfoot
Idaho
Gertrude Elizabeth Clegg Millick
Browning
Ford Besilow
Abi
Quota Edict Sways Utah Wheat Marketing Vote
Utah counties consider a marketing quota plan affecting wheat quotas across 21 counties with implications for growers and merchants. The referendum centers on whether quotas require a majority approval and how enforcement would operate under AAA guidelines.
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AAA
Germans Beg In Mud on Soviet Front
Report from the Russian front says German forces unable to advance on multiple fronts were repulsed by Soviet defenses near Leningrad Murmansk and Lake Imandra while mud hindered northern operations. The Soviet information bureau cited 2,000 German casualties on the Leningrad front.
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Associated Press
Lapland
Murmansk
Lake Imen
Leningrad
Moscow
Berlin
Soviet Bureau of Information
Mediterranean
Italy
Pocatello Schools Register Local Sugar Consumers
About 31 000 Idaho residents will register for wartime sugar rationing from Monday to Thursday. E Norman Vaughn, superintendent, says registration runs 9 noon 2 6 and 7 9 pm at all Bannock county grade schools with 150 volunteers directing the process.
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Pocatello
Idaho
E. Norman Vauhn
Vaughn
Bannock County
Regional Festival At Pocatello Thursday Friday
The national regional music contest takes place in Pocatello on May 7 and 8 with about 1800 students from northern Utah southern Idaho and western Wyoming attending. H L Fawson director says officials aim to surpass the 1938 festival with an emphasis on military and heroic music. Judges include J Forest Cline and Max T Krone. A mammoth parade with 25 bands is set for Thursday at 6 pm and the first evening program will be in Idaho Southern University stadium.
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Pocatello
H. L. Fawson
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Fawson
J. Forest Cline
University of Colorado
Max T. Krone
University of Southern California
Idaho Southern University
Pleased With Show Despite Weather Downey Stock Event
County agent Wm Dean Boyle praised the Future Farmers stock show at Downey despite rain. Under Bannock county fair board and Downey high school auspices, beef calves shown by Future Farmers and 4 H club members were the outstanding feature with a large entry list.
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Future Farmers
Downey
Dean Boyle
Bannock County Fair Board
Downey High School
Boyle
Brazil Loses Sixth Ship in Axis Action
The Brazilian freighter Parnahyba was torpedoed and sunk near Trinidad. A Spanish liner Cabo de Horn rescued 23 survivors, including Captain Raul Francisco Diegoli. Two lifeboats and 44 men are missing. Parnahyba, 6,692 tons, was en route to New York and sank May 1.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Trinidad
Cabo de Horn
Raul Francisco Diegoli
Baseball Scores From Today's American League Games
Summary of several AL games with scoring lines. Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis versus Washington postponed. New York and Philadelphia also played, while Boston and Pittsburgh met with a 1-0 late result.
Wheat Quota Plan Seeks Continuation After Broad Support
Washington reports show farmers across 40 states voting 281 295 in favor and 63 083 against continuing the federal wheat marketing control program. Supporters say quotas prevent carryover surpluses and bolster supplies of meat dairy poultry and vegetables by reducing wheat acreage. This year’s wheat area runs just under 55 million acres versus a peak of 80 million.
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Washington
Come Spring and Quiet Preparations in Town
The piece notes springtime preparations as green lawns are raked and plants push through. It cites a mild Sunday with a high of 54 and a low of 33, mean 44, precipitation .10, and sun rising at 6 18 then setting at 8 35.
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Pocatello
Mindanao fronts hold as Philippine defenses resist
Gen. Douglas MacArthur says Corregidor remains under intermittent artillery and air bombardment while Mindanao operations continue after Japanese landings on the northwest coast. Tokyo says 30,000 Allied troops remain on Mindanao as an extraordinary Diet session plans May 25 for a shipbuilding program amid shipping shortages.
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Douglas MacArthur
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Mindanao
Philippines
Cagayan
Tagoloan
Parang
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Hief
Southwest Pacific
House of Representate
Gov Ment’s League For Support
Throne
Governor approves use of Japanese labor in Idaho beet fields
Boise report says Idaho sugar producers received approval to use Japanese laborers in beet fields this year. Workers would be kept under guard and returned to federal reception centers when work ends. They would be monitored by sheriffs and federal officers.
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Boise
Ola
Idaho Sugar
Hog shipment planned from Grace pool by Bannock MSA
Two carloads of hogs will be shipped Wednesday from the Grace hog pool by the Bannock County Livestock Marketing Association. County extensions agent Wm Dean Boyle says bids for the shipment are to be received at his office by 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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Grace Hog Pool
Bannock County Livestock Marketing Assolation
Dean Boyle
Boyle
Japs Advance in Burma Move Toward Australia
The local ration board warns the public about sugar rationing rules. Stamp No 1 is valid for one pound from May 5 to May 16.
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Burma
Australia
British Nazi air and sea clash as Hamburg raids echo
Britain claimed the RAF struck Hamburg docks and St Nazaire shipyards while a German report said a 10,000 ton British cruiser was sunk and six ships from convoys totaling 37,500 tons went down. German forces reported heavy battles with Allied convoys off northern Europe and raids on Exeter.
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Hamburg
St. Nazaire
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Europe
Russia
English Channel
France
Low Countries
Exeter
Berlin
Britain
Army Battles Quickie Commissions Bill Amid Officer Shortage
The War Department presses Congress to block a Faddis amendment halting quickie civilian commissions as it warns expansion would stall if officers are tied to admin roles. The pay bill would raise monthly back pay to 21 dollars and extend raises to lieutenants. Debate centers on military manpower and related measures including women's branches and family allowances.
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Washington
War Department
House
Rep. Faddis
Senate
Senate Military Committee
Ued
Faddis
Army
Navy
Marines
Japanese drive in Burma threatens China and India
The Burma campaign intensified with Japanese advances pushing toward Chinese lines near Kutkai and threatening Chungking’s supply routes while British air forces bombed Japanese barges on the Chindwin. In New Guinea, further penetrations near Salamaua and Lae suggested a possible push toward Port Moresby as U S air power hit Rangoon.
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Associated Press
Burma
China
India
Yunnan
Bengal
Lasho
Kutkai
Chindwin
New Deli
Mandalay
Irrawaddy
Burmard
Chungking
Rangoon
Monywa
Irrawaddy River
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Coral Sea
Australia
Markham Valley
Lae
Salamaua
United Nations
Nadzab
United States
United States Army
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
All India Congress Party
Chakravarthi
Three Planes Fall Kill 16 Army Men
Three army bombers crashed in the Pacific Northwest killing 16 flyers and injuring two. A medium bomber wreckage was found near Baker Oregon after disappearing from Gowen field Boise Idaho to Felts field Spokane Washington. A Boeing flying fortress crashed near Pendleton Oregon killing six. two survivors were injured. One bomber crashed near McChord field in western Washington killing Sgt. Randolph Correll while Sgt. John Starr suffered critical injuries. Set Wesley A. Wallace survived with minor head injuries and aided responders.
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Pendleton
Pacific Northwest
Baker
Ore
Gowen Field
Boise
Idaho
Felts Field
Spokane
Wash
Las Vegas
Nev
Pendleton Field
Blue Mountains
Here
Pines
McChordfield
Washington
Wesley A. Wallace
Philadelphia
Army
Robert L. Bowman
Wallace
John H. Starr
Littleton
Mass
Randolph T. Correll
Perryton
Texas
Board Opens Air Probe Into United Airlines Crash
Five congressmen and officials with the aeronautics committee will participate in investigations to determine the cause of the United Airlines sleeper plane crash near Salt Lake City that killed 17, including a year-old child traveling with her mother. Irving G. McCann arrived to lay groundwork for the inquiry. An inquest found cause of death for three crewmen and 14 passengers. no verdict was needed as the death was deemed accidental. The airliner struck a ridge near the city limits while approaching the municipal airport about four and a half miles away Friday night.
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Salt Lake City
Air Transportation
United Airlines
Irving G. McCann
Congressional Aeronautics Committee
Arthur W. Bringhurst
Arnold D. Tuttle
Tires For Sale From Want Ads In Los Angeles
Public notices item describes a bid for tires offered in the Los Angeles want ads. The ad hints at a price around 2000 dollars and invites buyers to place bids on a used tire set amid unclear text.
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Los Angeles
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