Shock troops flee Cap Bon as German rout deepens
Correspondent Daniel De Luce reports a panicked German retreat in Cap Bon with five thousand infantry surrendering to the British first army. He describes cap Bon towns taken, armor grenadiers surrendering, and dire shortages of food munitions and fuel among German forces.
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Daniel de Luce Grombalia
Cap Bon
Adolf Hitler
First Army
Dunkerque
Hitler
Grombalia
Soliman
Africa
Board Rejects Johnston in Idaho Pardon Vote
The Idaho pardon board denied freedom to Duncan M. Johnston by a 2 to 1 vote. Secretary of State George Curtis supported clemency, while Governor Bottolfsen and Attorney General Bert H. Miller voted against. Johnston, a former Twin Falls mayor, was convicted in 1938 for the murder of George L. Olson.
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Bois
Idaho Pardon Board
Duncan M. Johnston
Twin Falls
George Curtis
Bottolfsen
Bert H. Miller
Johnston
George L. Olson
Salt Lake City
State Supreme Court
Bortolfsen
Miller
Pete Le@uineche
Curtis
Silver Sale Looms in Senate Committee Action
The senate banking committee approved unanimously a bill to sell treasury-held silver for domestic use at 71.11 cents an ounce. It represents a compromise between silver bloc supporters and New England senators seeking 50 cents for manufacturing, Sen. Maloney said the bill would be reported to the senate tomorrow and should pass without trouble.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
New England
Treasury
Maloney
D. Conn
Senate
Catfish Planted in Julia Davis Park Boise
Five hundred pounds of catfish were planted in Julia Davis park Boise today. Culturist Burton Perrine of the Idaho fish and game department announced the fish weighed from a quarter to a pound each and were hauled from St. Mafies by I J Weatherbee.
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Boise
Julia Davis Park
Burton Perrine
Idaho Fish and Game Department
St. Mafies
I. J. Weatherbee
Temperature Rises
Dorothy Craig recalls a spring day as sunny skies turn to rain with wind loosening hats and skirts. She predicts rising temperatures yet reports a local frost tonight. High 64, low 29, mean 46, sunset 8 42, sunrise 6 10.
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Dorothy Craig
Jap Advance Threatens Indian Border
Tokyo radio claimed Japanese troops neared the India Burma frontier within 12 miles as Britain said Wavell withdrew from Buthedaung under pressure. Allied reports noted air strikes and bombardments around Maungdaw Buthedaung and nearby fronts with limited confirmed setbacks.
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Tokyo
Archibald P. Wavell
India-Burma
India
Marshall Wavell
Buthedaung
Akyab
Maungdaw-Buthedaung
14Th U. S. Air Force
Indo-China
Burma
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Babo
Dutch New Guinea
Mabo
Salamaua
New Guinea
Army bulletin from Tunisia details Nasi barges hit
Delayed AP bulletin reports Nasi barges leaving a Tunisian harbor in the Bizerte area were completely destroyed by artillery and armor from an opposing column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunisia
Biserte
Barbados detachment sails toward Dominica over Martinique crisis
AP reports Barbados battalion detachments embark for Dominica in response to the Martinique situation. London sources say Rommel and German forces active in Africa. British Eighth Army and Gabes mentioned. Allied daylight raids resume after a weathered weekend with German Focke-Wulf fighters involved and casualties reported.
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Bridgetown
Barbados
Reuters
South Caribbean Force
Dominica
Martinique
London
Erwin Rommel
German Africa Corps
Sagege
Germany
Eighth Army
Cations Gabes
Berlin
High Command
Focke - Wulf
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Red Army advances in fiercest Kuban fighting since Stalingrad
Soviet forces pressed through German defense lines at Novorossiysk in heavy combat as Red air attacks aimed at supply lines continued with limited effect. German sources claim 159 tanks destroyed April 29 to May 10 and a 3000-ton Russian freighter sunk in the Barents Sea, while Rostov Bataisk raids met strong antiaircraft resistance.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Novorossisk
Red Air Force
Kuban
Black Sea
Berlin
Associated Press
Barents Sea
Rostov-Bataisk
Caucasus
Pocatellan On Missing List
Six Idaho men are named among 768 soldiers reported missing in action by the war department. The list includes Corporal John Long of Pocatello and Sgt O O Woody of Soda Springs among others, with responses noting family details and areas of missing in North Africa Europe and Asia.
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Washington
Idaho
War Department
Corp
John
Jack) BE. Long
Josephine A. Long
Harrison Avenue
Pocatello
North Africa
O. O. Woody
Paul O. Woody
Box
Soda Springs
North African
Frank R. Haworth
Eva Z. Haworth
Payette
Tech
Merle
Muellendore
Betty A. Mullendore
Earl Shortridge
Boise
Arthur Ervin Reddig
Phyllis R. Reddig
Donald Velasquez
Donald D. Velasquez
Gooding
Writer Wins Syracuse George Arents Medal for Journalism
DeWitt MacKenzie, Associated Press war analyst and Syracuse University alumnus, receives the George Arents medal for excellence in journalism at the university commencement. The award honors his work as a chronicler and interpreter of world news, including his book The War Today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Syracuse University
George Arents
OPA Official Visits Bannock County For Conference
A. 8. Brodhead of Denver regional OPA visits Bannock county to meet with local OPA employees and ration board members. He is met by William B. Hill Idaho state OPA field executive. They plan to visit Upper Valley boards in coming days to promote uniform practices.
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A. 8. Brodhead
Denver
Office of Price Administration
Bannock County
OPA
Brodhead
William 8. Hill
Idaho State
Upper Valley
Axis Feeling Effect of African Loss
London reports from Aneta quote a state of siege in Nazi-occupied Holland with 26 Dutch patriots executed and 10 sentenced to death after disorders tied to a general strike attempt. The moves follow reinternment orders and food disruption amid Axis defense concerns in Europe. Hitler shifts focus to Italy’s defense with Goering and Himmler assigned to reorganize the Italian army.
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London
Netherlands
Aneta
Holland
Arthur Seysx-Inquart
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Netherlands Anay
de Telegraaf
Amsterdam
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Hitler
Italy
Moscow
Switzerland
Reichmashal Herman Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Secret Police
Goering
Himmler
Axis Claims British Warships Torpedoed Near Gibraltar
London dispatch cites a German controlled Paris radio report saying three British warships were torpedoed near Gibraltar. Rome radio, Lisbon dispatch claim US 10,500 ton ship survivors were landed by a Portuguese trawler but no allied confirmation exists.
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London
Paris
la Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Rome
Lisbon
Portugal
United States
New York
Casablanca
Atlantic
Plane crash at Lindbergh Field kills pilot and Marines
An army experimental plane failed to clear the ground during a test and crashed into crowded marine recruiting huts near Lindbergh Field in San Diego. Four men died including pilot Richard A. McMakin, manager of Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft's flight department, and 63 people were injured among Marines and civilians as six buildings were destroyed and scattered debris lit up the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Lindberg Field
Richard A. McMakin
Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Pocatellan's Brother Dies in Salt Lake City
Christian Peterson 57 died yesterday in Salt Lake City. He was born in Denmark and had lived in Utah since 1905. He was brother to Mrs. Mary Lundquist of Pocatello and Mrs. Emma Simmons of Hazelton Idaho.
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Salt Lake City
Neils Christian Peterson
Mary Lundquist
Pocatello
Emma Simmons
Hazelton
Idaho
Denmark
Utah
ISU Journalists Take Over Pocatello Tribune Today
Twelve Iowa State University journalism students take over the Pocatello Tribune editorial desks as a class project. Reporters handle calls, file stories, and chase leads while meeting the paper’s mascot the police dog Dingo. Highlights include visits to the naval office and USO as part of the newsroom模拟.
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ISU
Pocatello Tribune
Bee Bengal
Conteroe
Victory Gardens
I80
Tribune
Donald Kissane
The
Dingo
Hitler’s Fall From World Rule Deepens in Axis Collapse
A Bern dispatch says Hitler, facing Russia’s war, plans peace with Franco as the axis buckles. The Fuehrer laments hardships while hoping to salvage some occupied territories rather than world conquest, signaling a wholesale surrender of men and aims.
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Fuehrer
Russia
Europe
Franco
Germany
Inmate Marcus Cox Faces $35 000 Suit in 1942 Slaying
Marcus E. Cox, confined to the state mental asylum after a December acquittal by reason of insanity for his wife’s murder, now faces a $35,000 civil suit in sixth district court. Ruth Russell of Idaho Falls, mother-in-law of Cox, sues for damages claiming the defendant shot and mortally wounded Lottie Melvina Cox on July 16, 1942, following the marriage and financial support given to the mother.
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Blackfoot
Marcus &. Cox
Shelley Farmer
Lottie Melvina Russel Cox
Sixth District Court
Ralph L. Albaugh
Errol H. Hillman
Idaho Falls
Ruth Russell
Cox
Russell
Marcus E. Cox
Lottie Melvina Cox
Idaho Traffic Association Convention Agenda Promises Price Talks
Delegates meet Friday and Saturday to discuss price ceilings and markups as part of the Idaho Traffic Association annual convention. General Chairman A G Stanger notes wartime price issues plus bond and license law unemployment refunds and heater service for transit produce. A proposed org to present potato state problems to the Office of Price Administration is also on the table. The event opens Friday afternoon with a president's breakfast Saturday morning.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho Traffic Association
A. G. Stanger
Office of Price Administration
Baseball Scores National League No Games Scheduled
Baseball scores show no National League games on the slate with no American League activity listed. The brief notice indicates a quiet day across major leagues and no outcomes to report.
Axis Forces Ready to Surrender on Cap Bon Peninsula
Allied reports indicate German troops on Cap Bon near Tunisia’s coast are close to surrender after a rapid British armor advance. A French communique said German forces in Zaghouan asked for armistice terms but were told only unconditional surrender would be accepted.
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Bizerte
Cap Bon Peninsula
Tunisia
North Africa
Cap Bon
Algiers
Zaghouan
Eighth Army
Enfidaville
Hamma
10Th Armored Division
Hamman Lif
First Army
Hammamet
Soliman
Grombalia
Menze Bou Zella
Reuters
Two Soldiers Escape with Plane at Minter Field
Bakersfield California reports two soldiers Pvt Ronald Voyles 22 and Sgt Thomas A McDonald 21 escaped from the guardhouse at Minter Field last night stole a basic training plane and aimed for Mexico. They were seen over Santa Ana about 11 PM heading south but no further reports have been received officials said.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Minter Field
Mexico
Louis Brannen
Ronald Voyles
Thomas A. McDonald
Voyles
McDonald
Arta Fe
Brannen
Minterfield
Santa Ana
John E. Loustalot
Miners Protest Absence of Union Leader at Wage Hearing
Four mine operators demand information on evidence private to the war labor board panel reviewing their wage dispute. The hearing featured David Friday, the economist for soft coal operators, testifying on miners wages versus living costs before a panel representing industry labor and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wawshington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Living Costa
David Friday
Allied Airmen Sweep Coastal Areas In Sicily and Tunisia
Allied forces reported heavy air operations across Sicily and northern Tunisia. RAF and US bombers bombed airfields and railway targets at Marsala Messina and Cap Bon area while fighters strafed roads and docks, destroying vehicles and wrecking Junkers transports.
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Associated Press
Alla
Pantellaria
Cap Bon
Milo
Borizao
Sicily
Malta
Biscari
Marsala
Porto
Kourba
Menzel Temime
Cap Ras Addar
Cape
Junkers
Hammamet
Japanese rely on spiritual strength to outlast Americans
Tokyo broadcast quotes Lt. Gen. Ashinari Uchida saying Japan's air force lacks technical knowledge but its spiritual strength surpasses the United States. Uchida, head of the aeronautical affairs section, urges greater war production and air offensives against the American mainland as the Pacific war nears a critical phase.
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Associated Press
Ashinari Uchida
Tokyo
OWT
OWI
Uchida
Japan
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Sousse
Tyrrhenian Sea
Trapani
Marsalat
EOLIE
Palermo
Pelagie
Axis
George Courser
Rose Cordon
Dorothy Booth
Naval
L. F. Parrish
Miss Coron
Waves
Parrish
Two Oceans
Seattle
Chicago
Iceland
Sibyl Marks
USO
By Dewitt Mackenzie
Herr Hitler
Bern
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