Norwegian teachers in Nazi Norway face mass imprisonment
The Norwegian Government-in-exile charged German occupation authorities with establishing a concentration camp at Joerstadmoen where 700 teachers were tortured to force compliance. It accused puppet premier Vidkun Quisling of pushing nazification via threats, resulting in 1,300 teachers in camps and 12,000 resignations from the school system.
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London
Norway
Joerstaemoen
Vidkun Quisling
Nazi
Skjerstad
Arctic
Quisling
Teachers Front
Josef Terboven
Reigis
Joerstadmoen
Rotary closes convention centers on war effort theme
The 110th district Rotary conference ended after a two day session with a luncheon closing. Richard H. Wells of Pocatello urged continued Rotary work, noting progress from 5,607 clubs formed and 5,057 flourishing, while many in Europe still operate under other names. Attendance totaled 417 Rotarians and Rotary Anns from 29 clubs across Idaho and Utah. Brigham City and American Falls earned war bonds for attendance. Retiring District Governor Frank A. Rhea departed for San Francisco before adjournment.
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Rotary
Rotary Conference
Richard H. Wells
Pocatello
International Executive Committee
Idaho
Utah
Brigham City
American Falls
Frank A. Rhea
Boise
Episcopal Church
San Francisco
The
Elks Temple
Bannock Hotel
Pocatello Club
Wells
Hitler Drive Full Month Off Schedule
A four day old battle in the Crimea shows Soviet forces fighting to hinder Hitler's spring campaign as Russian offensives in Ukraine and Leningrad upset German timing. Russians probe for openings, while civilians behind lines wage guerrilla warfare to blunt the invaders, potentially altering the war's spring and summer course.
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Crimea
Herr Hitler
Caucasus
Ukraine
Leningrad
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Yugoslavia
Greece
Fuehrer
Meat Price Ceilings Freeze Hogs and Cattle in Trade
Chicago reports show hog and cattle prices shipped to slaughtering centers held within ceilings on Tuesday, signaling wholesale price limits may anchor live market. Retail meat ceilings take effect Monday with mutton and lamb exempt. Livestock traders anticipate occasional bids above ceilings to run plants, while supply and demand and export shifts could sway markets.
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Chicago
Hull Counts Vicy Out
Secretary Hull said the United States is not concerned whether a Vichy led France recognizes any agreement on Martinique. He noted the US will follow negotiations on Martinique itself. Reports suggest Vichy pressures and Laval’s return may presage actions against British and Free French possessions.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Pierre Laval
Martinique
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Riviera
State Department
Petain
Madagascar
Wife changes mind but too late in Milwaukee tragedy
Mrs. Pearl Mutter returned home to find coroner's assistants loading her husband Joseph Mutter Jr. 28 into an ambulance. Sheriff’s Captain James Platty said he killed himself after receiving a letter saying she would stay with her parents in Phoenix. The couple had a two year marriage and a baby on the 2000 mile trip home.
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Milwaukee
Pearl Mutter
Joseph Mutter, Jr
James Platty
Phoenix
Ariz
Russians Crush Attempt By Germans In Crimea
German assault on the Kerch peninsula in Crimea was reportedly halted after days of heavy fighting as Soviet forces maintained a stubborn defense. Berlin claimed a fierce operation, while Soviet dispatches indicated the opening of a first major 1942 offensive and counterattacks drove Germans back to their lines with high casualties. Also notes a dessert luncheon of the Ivy Rebekah Kensington at the 10.0 F. hall on Wednesday at 1 15 p.m.
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Associated Press
Russia
Crimea
Great Caucasus
Berlin
Kerch
Adolf Hitler
Kerch Peninsula
Hitler
London
Red Army
Ivy Rebekah Kensington
F. Hall
Opening game of Pocatello Ogden series postponed by weather
Weather halted the first game at Affleck Park between Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago Boston Pittsburgh New York St. Louis Philadelphia and American League matchups. Postponements listed for New York at Cleveland Boston at Chicago and Washington at Detroit.
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Affleck Park
R.H.E
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Thompson and Lamanno
Allen
Casey and Sullivan
Chicago
Boston
Schmitz
Hanyzewski
McCullough
Jost
Errickson
Sain
Johnson
Lombardi
Pittsburgh
New York
Heinzelman
Lanning
Lopez
Melton
Danning
St. Louis
Philadelph
Lanier
Krnst
Cooper
Hoerst
Warren
American League
Cleveland
Marchildon
Wagner
Harris
Swift
Washington
Detroit
Rubber Substitute Gets Final Test
Washington report details Dr. Glenn L. Casto of Spencer West Virginia unveiling a natural gas coal wood and grain based rubber substitute for tire retreading. Kilgore says production arrangements with government agencies are set and a West Virginia pilot plant will output thousands of pounds daily for commercial vehicle testing. The material is not synthetic rubber yet mimics crude rubber properties and taxicabs around Washington have used it with satisfactory service.
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Washington
Glenn L. Casto
Spencer
W. Va
Kilgore
West Virginia
Casto
Cato
Pocatello Sports Figure Rufus Babcock Visits Pendleton
Rufus Babcock a well known former Pocatello sports figure visits Pendleton Oregon with his daughter where he operates a bowling alley.
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Rufus Babcock
Pocatello
Pendleton
Oregon
Nazis Order Longer Work Hours in Occupied France
German command in France issues a decree to widen working hours and mobilize more labor, forcing employers to report worker counts and categories while restricting hours through the occupation authorities. Petain returns to Vichy and meets with Laval amid ongoing wartime decisions.
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Vichy
France
Occupied
Otto von Stuelpnagel
Petain
Riviera
Pierre Laval
War Production Board reorganized into 13 regional offices
Salt Lake City offices moved Tuesday under the Denver regional office while Idaho joins the Northwest region with headquarters in Seattle. The nationwide reorganization splits the country into 13 regions with general authority vested in regional directors.
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Salt Lake City
Utah War Production Board
Denver
Idaho
Northwest
Seattle
New Courses Start Monday at Idaho Southern Campus
Two civil service mechanics classes open Monday May 18 at Idaho Southern University. Roy F. Christensen reports 11 students, five women, will enroll in Pocatello after word from Ogden air depot. Training covers aircraft welding, fuselage work and cable slicing with six day weeks and $75 monthly.
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Civil Service Mechanics
Idaho Southern University
Roy F. Christensen
Ogden Air Depot
Pocatello
Christensen
U S Officials Warn On Gas Warfare Risks
Maj. Gen. William M. Porter says Germany could use poison gas if it offers strategic benefit and vows Americans will answer with their own defenses. He notes US gas masks are plentiful and ready for civil defense use amid congressional calls for civilian protection.
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Salt Lake City
Germany
William M. Porter
United States Chemical Warfare Service
Utah
Porter
Great Britain
United States
Chemical Warfare Service
Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
Weather Cuts Pests Beet Leafhopper Populations in Idaho
Winter conditions reduced survival of the beet leafhopper in southern Idaho. Spring surveys show low populations in desert areas and medium populations on host plant patches within cultivated areas. Findings released by J R Douglass of the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in Twin Falls.
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Win Falls
Idaho
J. R. Douglass
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Twin Falls
Japanese Fleet Rebuilds For Fresh Assault On Australia
Allied reports say Japan’s invasion armada remains scattered but capable of rapid reassembly as Tokyo seeks another strike toward Australia. Casualties from Coral Sea fighting include two to three ships and a tanker hit near the Deboyne and Louisiade groups.
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The
War Department
Tokyo
Australia
Burma
Burma Road
Associated Press
Japan
Melbourne
Coral Sea
Scch
Bis¢marvks
Solomons
India
Little Brown
China
Akvab
Chittagong
Paris
Bay of Bengal
Douglas MacArthur
Arthur Strakeford
Solomon Islands
MacArthur
Deboyne Islands
Louisiade
New Guinea
Aerial Power in Battle at Sea
Reports from the Coral Sea show air power decisive to the Allied initiative. Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s air forces demonstrated superiority with land based bombers and carrier planes aiding the fleet. The battle underscores air arms’ growing role and possible navy staff reorganization under Admiral King.
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New York
the Coralla
United Nations
Douglas Mate Arthur
Australia
Coral Sea
Washington
Navy Air Arm
Ernest J. King
German planes damaged on southern front in Russian raids
Moscow reports sixty two German aircraft of the 77th German air squadron destroyed or damaged in two Russian attacks on southern front airfields two days earlier. Malta announces four day toll of Axis raiders with 128 planes destroyed or damaged in last four days. In Miami a Dutch merchantman torpedoed off the Atlantic coast leaves fourteen seamen trapped in quarters and likely lost.
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Moscow
77Th Gerai
Valletta
Malta
Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Weather Teases Winter as Monday Turns Wet and Cold
Monday brought wet cold conditions with a high near 40 and a low of 35. Tribune readers quip about lingering winter and misquoted lines on coal, spring, and ski clubs amid shifting seasonal chatter. The sun rises at 6 08 and sets at 8 44, with a late Tuesday telephone note saying the sun is shining.
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the Tribune
Roosevelt
Robinson elected director of Union Pacific group
Frank W. Robinson of Omaha was elected a director of the Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and Los Angeles Salt Lake railroad companies to replace Donald F. Nelson who resigned to head the war production board. Robinson has 53 years with the railroad and 27 years as vice president in charge of traffic. All other directors were reelected.
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Salt Lake City
Frank W. Robinson
Omaha
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Los Angeles & Salt Lake
Donald F. Nelson
War Production Board
Robinson
Tinee
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