Rotary Opens Convention With 385 in Attendance
Dr. Richard Armstrong Pearce of Brigham City was elected governor of Rotary International's 110th district at the conference in Pocatello. He succeeds Bishop Frank A. Rhea of Boise. Late Monday 385 registered for the event with 29 clubs represented in the Utah Idaho district and a new Jackson Hole club joining the gathering.
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Richard Armstrong Pearce
Brigham City
Utah
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Pearce
Frank A. Rhea
Boise
Brigham City Club
John W. Wallace
Salt Lake City
Rotary Aans
Pocatello
Utah-Idaho
Jackson Hole
Grain Output Rises Over Early Report
The agriculture department forecasts winter wheat at 646.875 million bushels for 1941 May 1 conditions. State figures show Idaho, Montana and Oregon yields and areas sown with notes on abandonment and harvest. Governor Rhea reports club visitations and district interests at the conference in Boise with Bolte addressing attendees.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Command Changes During Bombing
In Valletta Malta Lord Gort was sworn in as governor and commander in chief amid bombing. RAF fighters fought axis raiders as a bomb blast wounded a chief justice. Officials estimate 75 percent of Valletta property uninhabitable with extensive losses to houses churches schools convents and hospitals.
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Valletta
Malta
Lord Gort
Imperial Staff
St. Anthony Hospital Opens New Wing With Open House
St. Anthony Hospital will hold an open house Tuesday from 2 to 4 p m to mark the completion of its new wing and remodeled facilities. The public is invited to inspect the building and new equipment including the laboratory x ray division emergency dressing room and other modern features.
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St. Anthony Hospital
Conn Breaks Arm In Fight With His Father-in-Law
Billy Conn former light heavyweight champion and Army private broke his left hand in a fight with his father in law Jimmy Smith at Smith home following a christening. Conn had been slated to fight Joe Louis for the heavyweight title next month and said Smith invited him to bury the hatchet.
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Pittsburgh
The
Sun- Telegraph
Billy Conn
Jimmy Smith
Smith
Conn
Joe Louis
Mary Louise
Sun-Telegraph
Cars In Collision Near Pocatello Snakes Day Caravan
At 8:45 a m Monday two Pocatello high school cars in a sneak day caravan en route to a hot spring near Downey collided with a truck seven miles south of Pocatello on U S highway 91. No injuries were reported and damage totaled 350 dollars to the sedans.
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Pocatello
Down
Downey
U. S. Highway 91
John Ray
Blackfoot
Vonda Finlay
South Fifth
Vernal Payson
North Main
Alma Marley
Marley
Rotary district conference banquet to be held at Bannock hotel
John R. Nichols presides as toastmaster at the Monday 6:30 p m banquet connected with the 110th district Rotary International session in Pocatello Idaho The program includes Carl E Bolte of Slater Missouri the conference representative and soprano soloist Miss Nola Woodland with Vito Petrone at the piano The governor's ball follows at the University Student Union ballroom with District Governor Frank E Rhea and Mrs Rhea of Boise as honor guests
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Banken Hotel
Idaho Southern University
The
Elks Temple
Frank A. Rhea
Boise
Carle E. Bolte
Slater
National Organization
Arnold Rich
Salt Lake City
H. D. MacCosham
Pocatello
John Edward Carver
Ogden
Walter H Cleare
Richard H. Wells
O. Guy Cardon
Logan
Gilbert Williams
Lorenzo R. Thomas
Blackfoot
David E. Romney
Bannock
Rotary International
John R. Nichols
Carl E. Bolte
Nola Woodland
Vito Petrone
Utah Fights Over Site for Proposed Naval Depot
Senator Thomas says an early decision is expected on the location of a $35 million naval supply depot in Utah. The Navy had chosen a 1000 acre site near Clearfield but is reviewing options. officials criticize Ogden chamber of commerce for opposing the Clearfield site and preserving farm lands.
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Salt Lake City
Thomas
Utah
Navy Department
Clearfield
A. S. Brown
Utah Publicity and Industrial Development Commission
National Resources Planning Board
Maw
Abe Murdock
D. Utah
Ogden Chamber of Commerce
Brown
Ogden
Ogden Trade
Greek Princess Freiderika Luise Birth Gives Birth to Daughter
Crown Princess Frederika Luise of Greece, wife of Prince Paul, welcomed her second daughter in Capetown on Monday. The couple also have a two year old son.
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Capetown
South Africa
Frederika Luise
Greece
Paul
George II
Supreme Court Upholds Anti Trust Charges Against Builders
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 0 that ten building materials firms violated the Sherman Act by agreeing to fix hardboard prices. Justice Douglas wrote the opinion. Justices Roberts and Jackson did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Douglas
Roberts
Jackson
WPB Opens Appeals for Conservation Regulation Mines
WPB announces special forms PD-437 for appeals to conservation regulations and M-126 prohibiting iron and steel in over 400 civilian products. Appeals must be filed at the War Production Board district field office where the plant is located and must meet specified formatting.
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Washington
WPB
War Production Board
Mine Timber Road Opens Political War
Idaho debate over a proposed 68 mile McCall to Stibnite truck road grinds along with federal funds and local support. Proponents argue year round ore access. opponents caution against political manipulation and stress current Cascade Stibnite route limits.
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Philip
Boise
Idaho
McCall
Stibnite
Cascade
Howard Hall
Republian State Central Committee
Republians
White
Didaho
Democratic
Carl Brown
War Department
Public Works
Allen C. Merritt
Merritt
John Oberbillig
United Mercury Minesco
Heat slows Libyan war as Malta battles rage
Heat grips Libyan battlefront as air fighting centers on Malta. Germans claim bombed a warship at Valletta and destroyed 17 British planes over Malta with two more in North Africa, while British reports say 41 Axis planes were destroyed or damaged during the weekend. Germans also claim sunk merchant ships off Alexandria and near the Faeroe Islands, with a further 21 ships totaling 119,900 tons sunk in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico as per Berlin.
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Malta
Valletta
North Africa
Alexandria
Faeroe Islands
British Isles
Berlin
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Japanese Volcano Erupts With Disastrous Results
Asama-Yama, Japan's largest active volcano about 100 miles northwest of Tokyo, erupted violently on Saturday night. Berlin radio cites Japan dispatches calling the eruption the worst in years and Brussels radio calls it a catastrophe. The mountain, 8,280 feet tall with a crater nearly a mile wide, has a long history of eruptions.
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London
Asama-Yama
Japan
Tokyo
Berlin
Brussels
Britain Sees Gas Warfare Threat in German Clash
London reports that Prime Minister Churchill warned Sunday of a possible gas war with Germany. British papers echo caution for civilians to carry gas masks and highlight Britain's capacity to respond, while noting Russian reports on Crimea testing.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Britain
Crimean
Daily Mail
Soviet Union
Weather Shocks Editor And Poetry Results
Spring may be playing possum as snow hits apple blossoms. The night wind rattled a door, frightening the hostess and prompting reflections on the season. Temperatures showed 42 as the high with 35 as low, 14 below normal. Sunrise at 6 10, sunset at 8 43.
Chesley Pleads Not Guilty in Assault Case
Leslie Chesley released on bond and arraigned before Judge Charles W Hyde on a charge of assault. Chesley pleaded not guilty and is held on $500 bond for an attack on Virgil Clarence Bland a former Union Pacific gang worker. Bland suffered a head stab wound and was admitted to General hospital in good condition reported Monday.
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Charles W. Hyde
Leslie Chesley
Justice Court
Chesley
Virgil Clarence Bland
Union Pacific
Bland
Trains Derail After Auto At Wyoming Crossing
Fourteen hurt when an automobile collides with a freight train at a grade crossing four miles west of Rock Springs Wyoming. The Challenger locomotive and freight cars derail and the loco drags cars before staying upright. Engineers and passengers sustained nonfatal injuries.
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Rock Springs
Nor
Western Union Pacific
Los Angeles Sound
India braces for Jap attack as sea toll hits 21
A weekly wartime brief outlines rising Japanese losses off Australia and in the western Pacific. American submarines claim a destroyer and two cargo ships sunk. total toll reaches 42 Japanese ships sunk, 12 provably sunk and 11 damaged. British India command restructures as Vavell readies to strike and defense forces assume mobile HQ status.
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India
Associated Press
Coral Sea
Australia
Burma
China Front
United Nations
Navy Department
Pacific
United States
Chuneking
China
Chefang
Two Balkans Worry Axis Amid Romanian Hungarian Clash
A May clash between Romanian and Hungarian frontier troops deepens Axis strain. Romania reportedly crossed into Hungary and attacked barracks, killing over 20 guards, amid anger over the 1940 Vienna award. Reuters notes plummet in Norwegian Nazi ranks and purges in Rogaland Stavanger and Haugesund districts.
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Associated Press
Balkan
Moscow Information Bureau
Germany
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Transylvania
Reuters
Stockholm
Vidkun Quisling
British troops hold Madagascar positions amid little resistance
London sources say British forces continue to occupy strategic points on Madagascar with minimal opposition. Ottawa reports Prime Minister King introduces overseas service bill and resignations in cabinet over policy. Berlin cites a Vichy dispatch claiming U S demands on Martinique and allied naval assets.
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London
Madagascar
Ottawa
Ont
W. L. MacKenzie King
House of Commons
P. J. A. Cardin
Transport and Public Works
Filipino American forces chief captured in Mindanao
Tokyo dispatch from Mindanao reports Col Wade D. Killen chief of staff of Filipino American forces has been captured by enemy forces. He is described as a senior U S helper in the island campaign and his capture is a notable setback for allied operations.
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Tokyo
Domei
Philippine Island
Mindanao
Wade D. Killen
Winter Snow Fights Axis as War on Fronts Continues
The article notes a harsh Russian winter affecting Adolf Hitler's troops while Churchill threatens retaliation with gas if Germany uses it on the Russian front. Germany reports localized Russian attacks and air losses, while claims of a merchant ship sinking in the Kerch Strait and bombings near Murmansk are recorded.
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Kerch Strait
Black Sea
Murmansk
Arctic
Detroit and Cleveland Play By The Standings
Detroit 5 Cleveland 0 in a rain delayed The Tigers and Indians faced Kennedy Gromek and Denning in the only game listed Philadelphia 3 Boston 1 in nine innings Podgamy Nahem Warren Lombardi noted for the Red Sox with Early.
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R.H.E
Detroit
Cleveland
Trout
Tebbetts
Kennedy, Gromek
Denning
Philadelph
Boston
Podgamny
Nahem
Warren
Early and
Lombardi
Kiwanis Lt Governor to Visit Pocatello Club
Wilbur S. Hill of Twin Falls, lieutenant governor of the Idaho Utah Kiwanis district, will speak at the Pocatello club luncheon Tuesday May 12 at the Bannock hotel. Pictures from the recent Kiwanis Boy Scout tree planting on City Creek will be shown. President Spencer Ford urges 100 percent attendance.
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Wilbur S. Hill
Twin Falls
Idaho- Utah
Kiwanis International
Pocatello Club
Bannock Hotel
Kiwanis
City Creek
Spencer Ford
Soldiers Served Chicken Dinner by Fort George Wright Pike
Three air force servicemen planned a Sunday chicken dinner with the George Pikes but stayed on the reservation. Pike delivered a full meal including chicken giblet gravy to the soldiers aboard the family bus at Fort George Wright in Washington.
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Fort George Wright
Wash
Air Force
George Pikes
Pike
Meat Officers on Trail of Thief and Linen Peddler
Police chase leads from Palace meat market theft to a linen bundle marked with a local hotel's name. Investigators recover three large hams and other items. a linen peddler is detained for questioning while the ham thief remains at large.
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Palace
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