City Council To Induct New Officials In Pocatello
The Pocatello city council meets tonight at 8 to induct new officials. C A Carmack James Hopper James Bowns and J P Halliwell take seats in the wards. Clar ence Stephenson and Jack Trimming may pursue court action over over terms under the new election law amid party splits. Maude Worel to be acting city clerk as W E Gee leaves for another post.
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C. D
Dinty) Moore
R. M. Terrell
Pocatello
C. A. Carmack
James Hopper
James Bowns
J. P. Halliwell
Mr. Hall
F. M. Bistline
Stephenson
Trimming
A. Y. Satterfield
Maude Worel
W. E. Gee
Gee
Idaho Wool Growers Protest Monument Plan
Members of the Challis Sawtooth Wool Growers association urge Idaho's congressional delegates to rescind or modify presidential action creating national monuments including Teton. They argue national resources must be used via multiple use and warn against privileged areas reducing state tax support.
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Challis-Sawtooth Wool Growers’ Association
Idaho
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Sawtooth
Hell's Canyon
B. G. Gooding
Rep
Barrett
Congress
Teton National Monument
Secre of
Interior
Blast Claims 15 Lives at Five Triumph Explosives
A blast at Five Triumph Explosives in Elkton Maryland killed 15 workers and injured at least 54 with 5 in serious condition. A second explosion, a fire, and widespread damage followed as officials investigated the cause and workers returned to assist in rescue and salvage. Naval officers and Triumph president Benjamin Pepper praised rescuers who risked their safety.
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Elkton
Asecue
Triumph Explosives, Inc
Agimy
Navy
Army
Benjamin P. Pepper
Triumph
Final condemnation orders relocate 64.94 acres to federal naval plant
U S Judge Chase A Clark in Boise signs the orders transferring 64 94 acres in Bannock county to the federal government for the naval ordnance plant at Pocatello The government deposits checks totaling 30258 in the court clerk’s office for the assessed land value.
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Bannock County
Pocatello
U. S
Chase A. Clark
Boise
Gibbonses on Trial in Fraud Case Involving Building and Loan Stocks
Mr and Mrs E L Gibbons formerly of Ogden faced federal court trial on fraud charges linked to transactions in building and loan association stocks.
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Salt Lake City
E. L. Gibbons
Ogden
Building and Loan Association
Pocatellan Encounters 12 Zeros in Pacific Flight
A U S reconnaissance group reported twelve Zeros over Cape Gloucester and Wewak in the New Guinea theater. Lt. Browning led a Liberator group that avoided attack in clouds with no losses on either side. Browning, a 1939 Idaho Southern graduate, is stationed in Idaho with wife Betty in Pocatello.
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Pocatellan
Ently
Browning
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
MacArthur
Senate Rejects Plan To Grant War Labor Board Power
AP reports the Senate voted 45 to 34 against giving the war labor board statutory power to settle disputes and enforce decisions by injunctions. Other items note Chiang Kai-shek’s forces claim Taicheng mountains losses, Mussolini praising Africa return, Idaho Falls plant sale approved, and overtime pay bill passage boosting about 1.5 million federal workers.
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Senate
War Labor Board
Moscow
Idaho Falls
University of Idaho
Galsworthy, Inc
Newark
N. J
Idaho
Board of Regents
University
Boston elevated railway redeems seven mills tax tokens
Michael H. Cullen, Boston elevated railway general auditor, informed the Arizona tax commission that 7 one-mill sales tax tokens were in the railway's possession and a check covered the amount. The city incurred a three-cent stamp to redeem the seven mills.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Boston Elevated Railway
Arizona Tax Commission
Michael H. Cullen
City of
Boston
Railway
Plant Receives Army-Navy E Award at Clearfield Depot
Officials at the navy's Clearfield Utah supply depot announced receipt of the army-navy E award for the plant builders. The plant's estimated cost was 35 million dollars but was completed for about 8.5 million dollars less.
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Clearfield
Utah
Navy
Allies May Invade Sicily and Sardinia as Tunisian Campaign Ends
Axis fears a new Allied invasion of Sicily and Sardinia to coincide with the Tunisian campaign. Berline cites shipping at Gibraltar and strategic aims to reopen Mediterranean routes as Axis warplanes patrol the Sicilian channel and await Africa's fate.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Sicily
Sardinia
Gibraltar
Berline
Africa
Mediterranean
Great Island
Cap Bon
Tunisia
Sicilian
Italy
Balkans
Coal Wage War Sparks Indefinite Truce Talks
Washington reports a stalemate over wartime coal wages with a 15 day truce possibly extended under Harold Ickes, as coal pours into war plants on a six day week. Neither side signals yield though a strike remains unlikely, with Roosevelt and the fuel administrator backing the War Labor Board. John L. Lewis opposes the board as biased.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Uncle Sam
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Lewis
Band Turns Tide as Aggies Rally for Swc Win
Texas A and M clayed Texas Longhorns in College Station where a stunned crowd saw the Aggies rally for an 11 8 victory after the band noise disrupted Texas Longhorns pitcher Jim Collins in the fifth inning. The Longhorns led 6 2 before the Aggies struck with six runs in the inning to seal the win.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Aggies
Texas A. & M
Texas Longhorns
Jim Collins
Aggies
Longhorns
Colling
Major RAF raid hits Dortmund in record four engine bomber attack
London reports the largest four engined bomber force yet over Germany dropped about 1500 tons of bombs on Dortmund in the Ruhr. The air ministry says thirty British bombers were lost, a figure not deemed excessive amid ongoing heavy offensives. Dortmund’s industry includes machine tools and gasoline production as RAF chiefs say German night fighters are being pinned to western Europe.
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London
Germany
Dortmund
Ruhr
Essen
Air Ministry
Cologne
RAF
Europe
Flyers and naval units curb Axis strength on Tunisian front
Air and sea actions near Tunisian battlefront reduced Axis power. Allied naval raids blew up a Tunis-bound munitions ship and sank an Italian torpedo boat escort. Liberators hit Taranto and Reggio Calabria harbors. RAF Spitfires engaged MB-109s and Fw-190s, with Airacobras destroying one MB-109 and Allied bombers striking Zaghouan and Bizerte targets.
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Associated Press
Cape Bon
Desert Air Force
Taranto
Reggio Calabria
Italy
Airacobras
Elks Initiate Andy Devine at Pocatello Lodge Event
Elks lodge 674 in Pocatello held an initiation Tuesday night for Andy Devine the California humorist and exalted ruler in town for an entertainment at the Army Air Base Major H H White commanded the new class and spoke for its members Captain Frank Harrow welcomed the group Lieut Eugene Kelly received a gift from O R Baum a base public service officer transferred from the Idaho base The entertainment featured a chorus directed by Rudolph Goransen and base personnel numbers
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Andy Devine
California
Frank Harrow
Army Air Base
Pocatello Lodge
O. R. Baum
Board of
Lieut
Eugene Kelly
Pocatello
Rudolph Goransen
Windy Weather and Spring Breezes Predominate
The weather writer laments a 30 mile gale and advises debutants to keep coats intact. Spring breezes amuse pedestrians and birds while trees brace against wind. Tuesday’s high reached 65 with a 39 low, mean 52, above normal. noon figure listed as 1 dollar, sun sets 8 35, rises 6 17. forecast calls for warmer conditions.
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Pocatello
Allies Strike Blows at Jap Positions
Allied air and sea actions reported across the Pacific describe nine raids on Kiska and attacks from Guadalcanal to the Solomons. Liberator bombers from Australia struck Babo Airdrome and downed two of six intercepting float planes. Submarine torpedoes sunk six Japanese ships and damaged a seventh large transport.
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Zaghouan
Bizerte
Grosseto
Italy
North Head
South Pacific
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Solomons
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Babo
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Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Arafura Sea
Australia
Navy
Burma
Baseball scores with mixed NL and AL games
National League first games show New York and Philadelphia wins with scattered runs at multiple parks. American League results include New York and Washington games with varied scoring. Cleveland beats Chicago in a low effort. Detroit plays St Louis in a separate matchup.
Allies Near Bizerte as Forces Press Axis Naval Base
Allied forces advancing from Mateur and along the Mediterranean reach within five to ten miles of the Axis naval base at Bizerte. American and French units push east and southeast, taking Eddekhila and threatening the Bizerte plain despite German counterattacks.
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North Africa
Mediterranean
Ferryville
Allied Headquarters Adviews
Perryville
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London
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Pont du Fahs
Diebel Zaghouan
Djebel Cheniti
Lake Achkel
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Tine
Eddekhila
Tebourba
Tunis
Ground Fight Keeps Pace With Air War Over Kuban
Soviet forces pressure the Kuban delta northeast of Novorossisk as air battles intensify. German losses exceed 125 planes in two days while Krymskaya area falls under Russian pressure near the port.
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Novorossisk
Kuban
Black Sea
Red Army
Sea of Azov
Krymskaya
Red
Krasnodar
Nazis Search Sofia for Police Killer
Axis radio reports say Sofia streets were deserted and roads blocked as police and army hunt ringleaders in the assassination of Col. Athanas Pantеff former police chief. Bulgarians ordered to stay home as antiaxis leaflets circulated in Sofia and across Thrace and Macedonia.
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Sofia
Athanas Panteff
Berlin
Associated Press
Bulgaria
Balkan
Reuters
Istanbul
Hitler
Fatherland Front
Thrace
Macedonia
City Short On Potatoes Hits Pittsburgh Markets
Pittsburgh housewives hunted for potatoes as dealers reported an unprecedented shortage on the wholesale market. Two arriving carloads sold before unloading and normal daily arrivals of 25 cars were not seen. OPA expert E G Albright cited heavy army and navy purchases and predicted the shortage would last two to three weeks. Some shippers moved stock to higher priced cities.
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E. G. Albright
OPA
Army
Navy
Compromise Tax Bill Passes With 20 Percent Deduction
The House approved a pay-as-you-go compromise by 313 to 95 to wipe out 1942 income tax liabilities for about 90 percent of taxpayers and impose a 20 percent withholding on wages effective July 1. Senate action was urged as leaders eyed rapid passage.
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Washington
House
Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Rep
Robertson
D-Va
D-Ri
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