County May Consider Hospital Plan
The Bannock County board may declare an emergency to accelerate construction of an addition or new unit at Pocatello General Hospital. With 70 beds for a 34 000 population, current facilities are deemed inadequate especially as the U S War Department asks the hospital to be ready to receive patients from coast hospitals in emergencies.
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Board of County Commissioners
Pocatello General Hospital
O. R. Baum
Ben Peterson
Bert Weston
United States Health Service
Pocatello
Marblehead cruiser reaches U S port battered but afloat
The U S light cruiser Marblehead arrived at an east coast port badly damaged yet "very much afloat." The 7050 ton ship, bombed twice directly and once by near miss, completed a 13000 mile journey after war damage during the Dutch East Indies campaign.
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Washington
United States
Marblehead
Navy
Dutch East Indies
Macassar Strait
Indies
Japan
Macassar Straits
Tokyo Claims Airfield Akyab Falls to Japanese Forces
Imperial headquarters announced the capture of Akyab airfield south of the Burma India border about 300 miles from Calcutta. Akyab, last British Burma port, fell on Monday after heavy air raids. Tokyo did not confirm town occupation despite Berlin reports.
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Tokyo
Imperial
Akyab
Burma-India
Calcutta
Burma
Berlin
Tokyo Dispatch
Norwegian Vessel Torpedoed Off Atlantic Coast
The navy said a small Norwegian merchant ship was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast. Survivors were landed at east coast ports after the attack.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Sugar Registration Closes Thursday in Pocatello
Pocatellans are reminded that Thursday is the last day to apply for sugar ration cards. Each family must be registered, with one adult able to register all dependents. An army of 150 volunteers, many teachers, has worked since Monday in city elementary schools to conduct the registration.
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Pocatellans
Army Retreat Eases Burma Battle Entrapment Threat
Allied reports say British and Chinese troops withdraw from Mandalay and the Burma front toward India while Japanese advance along the Burma road into Yunnan continues. Stilwell's Chinese forces are scattered but hold on pockets near Lashio as air raids target Lae and Rabaul. Squadron Leader J F Jackson dies in New Guinea air battle.
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Harold Alexander
Mandalay
India
Burma
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Lashio
Yunnan Province
Burma Road
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Australian Air Department
RAAF
J. F. Jackson
Returns from Vacation by District Conservation Officer Lehrbas
District Conservation Officer L A Lehrbas returned Tuesday from a month long vacation in eastern and southern states. He visited relatives in Wisconsin including Wau sau Merrill Tomahawk and New Lisbon and traveled with his son in Georgia to Fort Walton Florida. He received a report from his son Lt Col Lloyd Lehrbas with General MacArthur's staff in Melbourne Australia stating all is well.
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L. A. Lehrbas
F. F. Lehrbas
Wausau
Wisconsin
Merrill
Tomahawk
New Lisbon
Atlanta
Georgia
Mark Lehrbas
Fort Walton
Florida
Snow Seven Melts Away Prominent Season Claim
Weather sketch reports a springlike day with a high of 56 and a low of 35. The mean temperature reached 46, five degrees below normal, as Tuesday brought fair weather and a sunny outlook. The sun rose at 6 16 and set at 8 37 Thursday.
Governor Clark Proclaims Mother’s Day in Idaho
Sunday May 10 is designated Mother’s Day in Idaho by Governor Clark in a formal proclamation urging communities to honor maternal love and devotion as vital to family life and the nation.
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Boise
Clark
Idaho
Yankees take AL lead with 3-0 win over Indians
The New York Yankees top the Cleveland Indians 3 to 0 as Tiny Bonham earns his fourth straight win and third shutout of the season. Cleveland’s Jim Bagby suffers his first defeat after a five-game winning streak.
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New York
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Tiny Bonham
Cleveland
Jim Bagby
Parade Signals Climax Of Pocatello Music Festival
Fifteen hundred high school musicians converge on Pocatello for a regional junior music festival running Thursday and Friday. Competitions occur in the high school auditorium and local churches, with 25 bands marching in a mammoth parade at 6 pm ending at University stadium for a patriotic program.
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Pocatello
L. D. S. First Ward
Bombers Raid War Plants Across Germany in Second Night
London reports RAF bombed Stuttgart industrial plants for the second night in succession on Tuesday and attacked other southern German targets. Four bombers are missing. Nantes docks and northern France airfields were struck. Cloudy weather limited damage assessment.
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London
Stuttgart
RAF
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Air Ministry
Nantes
France
Low Countries
Idaho Farm Bureau board meets in Bannock hotel
The Idaho Farm Bureau federation board of directors met in a special conference at the Bannock hotel with R W Blackburn of California, secretary of the National Federation, to discuss organization issues. The federation covers 42 states with 600 000 members. Oklahoma has joined this year and Idaho is pursuing affiliation with South Carolina and North Dakota. Blackburn will speak on national agriculture budget parity concept and farm credit. Further meetings are scheduled in Malad Burley Soda Springs and Montpelier.
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Idaho Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors
Bannock Hotel
R. W. Blackburn
California
National Federation
Oklahoma
South Carolina
North Dakota
Idaho
Blackburn
Department of Agriculture
Woman Sentenced in Loop Abortion Syndicate Case
Ada Martin, convicted operator of a loop abortion ring, was sentenced in Chicago criminal court to one to five years in the state penitentiary. The verdict follows her Wednesday conviction on related charges.
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Chicago
Ada Mertin
Star Penitentiary
Plane theft and crash linked to escaped German POWs
A training plane was stolen at 3 40 Wednesday from Barkerfield and crashed a quarter mile away. Investigators believe two German prisoners of war escaped to hasten their fires. The damaged plane was deserted and the Germans remained at large.
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Toronto
Barkerfield
German Guns Fire City in Leningrad Siege Report
German field headquarters claimed siege guns caused great fires in Leningrad as the 16th Army near Staraya Russa faced encirclement. Soviet guerrillas reported destroying German forces and equipment around Orel and Kalinin front as heavy fighting persisted near Leningrad.
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Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Staraya Russa
Hitler
Orel
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Kalinin
No-Man’s Land
Bombers Claim Heavily Damaged Japanese Airbase Near Rangoon
Forty Japanese planes were destroyed and 25 badly damaged when Major Gen Lewis Brereton's U S bomber force attacked Mingaladon airfield just north of Rangoon. The strike, seen from 70 miles away, hit hangars and fuel dumps after two prior raids in the area.
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New Delhi
India
Mingaladon
Rangoon
Lewis H. Brereton
Lower
Burma
RAF
Chindwin
British Destroyer Jaguar Sunk With 183 Crew
The British destroyer Jaguar of the javelin class has been sunk in action. The 1,690 ton vessel carried six 4.7 inch guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes and had a normal complement of 183 men.
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London
Admiralty
Collision Hurts 42 in City Street Car Crash
A late day collision between two street cars during retailer closing rush injures 42 people in San Diego. Police and emergency crews respond as witnesses describe chaotic scene and damaged tram cars. Investigations into cause underway with city officials reviewing traffic signals and operator reports.
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San Diego
War Policies Lose Seat for Democrat in U S Primary
A wave of results from four states shows Senator W. J. Bulow of South Dakota losing renomination to a Roosevelt ally while Tom Berry leads to challenge. Other contests include Bushfield versus Berry for governor and multiple Republican renominations in Indiana and Alabama.
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W. J. Bulow
South Dakota
Roosevelt
Tom Berry
Pearl Harbor
Harlan J. Bushfield
Berry
Olive A. Ringsrud
Karl Mupndt
Fred Hildebrandt
Senate
Indiana
Rep
Schulte
Ray J. Madden
Alabama
Bankhead
Grant
Patrick
Jarman
Chauncey Sparks
Patrol Sinks Axis Sub in New York Harbor Night Action
An old four stack destroyer sunk an Axis submarine in the first watch between 2 and 3 am. The destroyer, patrolling in calm darkness, spotted the submerged target, fired two torpedoes and a 4 inch gun causing a fatal gash that sent the submarine to the bottom. Debris in the water confirmed the loss.
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New York
Third Naval District
Atlantic Patrol
Naval District
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