Germans Claim Hitler Now in West and Barrage Meets Calm
Berlin broadcasts claim Hitler has moved to the western front while Stalin remains largely absent from Washington talks with Roosevelt Churchhill's location unsettled amid Allied strategy. Speer reports on the Atlantic Wall as Germany pledges victory without compromise and readies for the next Allied strike.
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London
Germany
Churchhill
Washington
Roosevelt
Cairo
Berlin
Churchill
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Albert Speer
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Francisco Franco
Movement of Axis Prisoners From Cap Bon to Medjez el Bab
In pre dawn light Axis troops march 90 miles from Cap Bon to Medjez el Bab near Tunis. German and Italian soldiers crowd assorted vehicles as they head toward allied prisoner pens. They travel without escorts as Allied forces completed six days of operations ending a six month campaign.
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Daniel de Luce
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunisia
Africa
Cap Bon
Tunis
Adolf Hitler
Milk Output Decreases
Washington officials signaled possible new dairy rationing measures as the War Food Administration weighed limits on fluid milk in deficit regions and evaporated milk nationwide. A federal crop report cited late spring conditions and labor shortages as dampening 1943 milk prospects, with some officials proposing evaporated milk be rationed to preserve next winter supply.
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Washington
War Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Butchers Get Less Under Meat Ceiling
The office of price administration announced new retail ceiling prices for beef veal lamb and mutton reduced by one to three cents per pound effective Monday to align with the presidents hold the line order. A companion order cut ceilings for processed hams and picnic hams with a one to three cent decrease per pound and allows sale of one third of a ham as center slices to maintain retailer profit.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Frosty May Warnings as Unseasonable Cold Lingers
The report notes frost threats delaying spring tasks such as door setup and fruit crops suffer early damage. It records a 53 degree high and 30 degree low with a 42 degree mean, plus noon 49, sunrise 6 08 and sunset 8 43, warning of frost tonight and warmer daytime temperatures ahead.
Emerson School Chorus Performs at Chamber Luncheon
The Emerson school chorus directed by Miss Lois Olsen sang at the chamber of commerce forum luncheon. Guest principal Miss Bess Brown attended while H. T. Ashford spoke on trade and industry vocational training. Guests Jack Greenawalt of Ralston Purina and Jack Dornen of Morrison Knudsen were present.
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Emerson School Chorus
Lois Olsen
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Bess Brown
H. T. Ashford
Jack Greenawalt
Pocatello
Ralston-Purina Company
Jack Dornen
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Caldwell Man Killed in Accidental Shotgun Mishap
Grover C. Knight a 58 year old prominent rancher and stock man died when a shotgun discharged while he was moving it from the rear floor space of his car in front of his Caldwell home. Sheriff A A Moline and Coroner William Talley reported the accident occurred last night.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Grover C. Knight
A. A. Moline
William Talley
Knight
Married Men May Get Call in Fall
Idaho may indict married men with children in the fall if current rates persist. Lt. Col. Norman B. Adkison, state selective service executive officer, says induction could occur earlier if quotas rise or deferment rules change. The term covers those married before Pearl Harbor or with children born before Sept 15, 1942.
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Boise
Idaho
Norman B. Adkison
Adkison
State Selective Service Executive
Pearl Harbor
Beer Parlors Surrender U S Licenses
Thirteen federal liquor stamps, at $27.50 each, are now held by Sheriff Alma Marley after beer hall operators in Bannock county surrendered them. H. W. Zimmerman of Twin Falls and Sheriff Marley conducted the visit to warn that possession of a federal stamp is prima facie evidence of violating Idaho state liquor laws.
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Alma Marley
Bannock County
H. W. Zimmerman
Twin Falls
Idaho
Marley
Zimmerman
English Bay 4 U-Boats Sunk in Atlantic Battle
London reports that four U boats were destroyed with six more probably sunk during a westbound Atlantic convoy battle. The eight-boat attacking force was repelled after an eight-day period of power attacks and counterattacks in late April to early May. Royal Navy ships and Royal Canadian Air Force planes joined in the defense amid stormy seas and a later boost in submarine activity from May 4 to 6. Two U boats were rammed by Oribi and Sunflower.
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London
Admiralty
Royal Canadian Air Force
Oribi
Sunflower
Homecoming furlough for Corporal Shira in Missouri
Corporal Luke W. Shira arrives home on Mother's Day to spend a short furlough with his parents at 945 West Center. He will return Friday to Jefferson Barracks Missouri for duty with a basic training squadron in the Army Air Corps.
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Luke W. Shira
L. W. Shira
West Center
Jefferson Barracks
Army Air Corps
Churchill brings India leaders for war talks with Roosevelt
White House disclosed that Prime Minister Churchill arrived with three top India theater figures Field Marshal Wavell Admiral Somerville and Air Marshal Peirse. Their presence signals possible renewed coordination against Japan and aid to China including reopening the Burma Road.
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White House
Churchill
India
Roosevelt
Japan
A. P. Wavell
James Somerville
Ceylon
Richard Peir
Britain
United States
China
Burma
Baseball scores show several postponed NL games
National League matchups Chicago at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Brooklyn St Louis at Boston all postponed. In Chicago New York 0 0 Chicago 0 0 with Bonham Dickey Humphries Turner. St Louis Boston Dobson Partee Gatehouse Hayes. Detroit Philadelphia 0 0 0 1 0 0 Wolff Swift Bridges Richards. Washington Cleveland night.
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New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Bonham and Dickey
Humphries and Turner
Dobson and Partee
Gatehouse and Hayes
Detroit
Wolff and Swift
Bridges and Richards
Rotary Club Guests to Lunch at University NYA
Members of the Pocatello Rotary club will dine Thursday as guests of the NYA at a luncheon in Turner Hall on the university campus. Afterward Rotarians will tour the NYA and vocational training shops, with Paul Roberts in charge of the program.
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Pocatello Rotary Club
NYA
Turner Hall
University
Paul Roberts
Single Area of Resistance Remains in North Africa
Washington hosts a wartime council as Roosevelt and Churchill discuss new strategy after Tunisian victory. Allies eye next blows in Europe and Pacific while Hitler relocates headquarters, sparking broad speculation on whether plans shift toward Japan or remain Europe focused.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Pacific
United Nations
Hitler
White House
Japan
Germany
Japs Active in New Guinea
Japanese forces press on in New Guinea and Burma with beachheads on Lake Tungting's southern shore, renewed clashes near Salamaua and Mubo, raids on Merauke, and air strikes on Rabaul as China reports danger to Changsha and British forces note patrol activity on the Buthedaung Maungdaw road 60 miles north of Akyab.
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Associated Press
China
New Guinea
Burma
Chungking
Changsha
Hunan
Lake Tungting
Green Hills
Mubo
Salamaua
Merauke
Dutch New Guinea
United States
Rabaul
New Britain
Buthedaung-Maungdaw
Akyab
Eden Denies Hess Arrived With 60000 Securities
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Rudolf Hess remains under the same confinement conditions since his 1941 arrival in Britain and denied Hess brought 60 000 pounds worth of British securities or that any family member is in the country. The question originated with Labour MP William Thorne who claimed the securities were being used to cover Hess and his family's upkeep.
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Rudolf Hess
Germany
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Eden
Adolf Hitler
William J. Thorne
Hess
Battle Front At Leningrad Again Active
Russian dispatches report over 1000 German troops killed in 24 hours as fighting surges along the Leningrad front from the north to Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. Izvestia says the war has entered its decisive phase with German and Soviet actions continuing aggressively.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Red Army
Izvestia
Germany
Kuban
Axis commander von Arnim captured by British in Tunisia
Allied and British reports confirm Col. Gen. Jurgen von Arnim, axis Tunisia commander, has been captured. Algiers sources and Reuters relay the capture as announced. In Uruguay, government breaks ties with Vichy after Luis Dupuy arrival. Moscow readers view Churchill Washington trip as signaling a second front. In Oklahoma, seven soldier rescue workers and three civilians missing after boat collision on the Arkansas river near Keota. six previously reported dead. Idaho Falls investigates illegal liquor by the drink. clubs told to operate only with locker systems.
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North Africa
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunisia
Moscow
Churchill
Washington
Mcalester
Okla
State Highway Patrol
Arkansas River
Keota
Oklahoma
Idaho Falls
Allied Surrender Grows as Cap Bon Falls to Allies
Allied forces press from all sides in Tunisia as Cap Bon falls and tens of thousands of Axis troops surrender. A 15 mile circle southwest of Cap Bon remains the last Axis stronghold as German resistance dissolves and British armor closes in.
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Tunisia
Cap Bon
Lighthouse Hill
Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Tunisian Hills
Enfidaville
Axis
City Eyes Clean-up Campaign In Pocatello
Mayor C D Moore pledges cooperation with municipal police and health officers in a health drive to protect military personnel visiting Pocatello. Attendees include Major H H White Lieut Rive Dr J B Aronson and other city, county and agency officials.
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H. H. White
Army Air Base
C. D. Moore
Pocatello
White
J. B. Aronson
Bannock County
Idaho Time Bill Moves to Standardize Statewide Time
Washington report notes the Interstate Committee approves a bill to place all Idaho under Pacific time start second Monday after enactment. Pocatello would follow Pacific time, despite opposition from the chamber of commerce. Historically the city straddled time zones during wartime and rail operations favored mountain time.
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Washington
Idaho
House Interstate Committee
Mountain
Pacific
Pocatello
Chamber of Commerce
North Idaho
Boise
Paul V. Nash
Chamber
Bannock County Sportsmen Plan Monthly Meeting
The Bannock County Sportsmen Association will hold a monthly meeting at 8 p m Thursday in the police building. President John Dahlstrom calls all sportsmen to attend the session.
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Bannock County Sportsmen's Association
John Dahlstrom
Seasion
WPB Orders Cut in Plants Tools
The War Production Board ordered a sweeping reduction in new war plant construction and machine tool output. About 4 billion dollars in government financed projects and contracts will be reviewed and canceled where existing plant machines can perform the task. Tool makers will shift to direct munition production as the conversion accelerates.
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Washington
War Production Board
Wpre
WPB
Allied planes devastate Marsala port in Sicily raid
American bombers and fighters under Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle pressed softening attacks on Sicily and Pantelleria. A Marsala raid by 200 Fortresses, Marauders, Mitchells and 100 fighters destroyed harbor facilities, docks, and a famed Marsala winery converted to a warehouse. Smoke remained over the area as planes returned toward home.
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James H. Doolittle
Strategic Air Force
Sicily
Pantelleria
Cap Bon
Marsala
Man Hit by Cab Dies in Local Hospital
Sidney Freeborn, 50, of 228 North Third, died after being struck by a taxicab in the 300 block on East Freeborn. Autopsy cited hemorrhages from ruptured liver, kidney, lung and broken right ribs. Cab driver Thomas Gilbert, 17, faces charge of operating without a chauffeur's license. A niece Fay Preeborn of Nampa survives. inquest set for Thursday at Hall mortuary.
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North Third
Thomas Gilbert
East Freeborn
Fay Preeborn
Nampa
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