Reds Seize 700000 Troops for Restoring Cities
Moscow reports over 700000 enemy troops and 63 Nazi generals captured on the eastern front since Germany's surrender. Hundreds of thousands await movement to rebuild Soviet cities and factories as remaining German forces retreat in Czechoslovakia and Austria. About 475000 German captives seized in those regions, with additional rundowns in the Baltic pockets and Courland.
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London
Germany
Moscow
Red
Russia
Restoriuik
Izvestia
Czechoslovaki
Austria
Baltic
Danzig
Gdynia
Bornholm
Sweden
Courland
Latvia
Utah Cultists Get Terms Of Five Years
Fifteen male members of the Fundamentalist cult were held at the county jail awaiting state prison after a writ of habeas corpus paused their transfers. Among 39 convicted in a federal state polygamy probe begun in 1944, the men faced up to five years each after a paper trial on cohabiting with 55 women not their wives and totaling 287 children. Joseph White Musser, 73, editor of Truth, declared his faith unshaken as supporters expressed determination.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph White Musser
Truth
Joseph L. Jessup
Ray van Cott, Jr
Allen Crockett
Utah
Ruling on Bannock veterans aid fund use
The Idaho Attorney General says Bannock county postwar aid funds may pay a service officer salary and related costs. The opinion supports using the money to advise returning veterans on rights, noting current offices already exist in the post office building and by the U S Employment Service.
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Boise
Bannock County
Frank Langley
C. M. Jeffery
Board of County Commissioners
Boise Dispatch
C. D. Moore
Vetera
Moore
Veterans’ Bureau
U. S. Employment Service
LDS Marks 116th Anniversary of Martin Harris Remembrance
Salt Lake City observers set aside Saturday and today for the 116th anniversary of Martin Harris, hailed as one of the three witnesses of the restoration. Pilgrimages likely to the grave in Clar Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Clar
Utah
Martin Harris
Subs Come Up To Surrender In World War II
The first German submarine to surrender is en route to Cape May New Jersey after delays from storms. British air patrols report many U boats at sea with ten entering British ports and a Halifax dispatch notes a submarine due to surrender at Shelburne Nova Scotia.
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Cape May
N. J
Atlantic
North Sea
Shelburne
N. S
Germany
Karl Bruning
Idaho-born Ezra Pound in FBI custody in Italy
Rome reports Ezra Pound the Idaho poet and fascist propagandist will be handed to FBI agents in Italy for transfer to the United States where he is indicted on treason. An allied official said Pound remained in the Fifth Army's hands the last notice. Pound hails from Hailey, Idaho.
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Rome
Ezra Pound
Idaho
FBI
Italy
United States
Allied
Pound
Fifth Army
Hailey, Idah
Japanese Officials Held by Seventh Army Capture
Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Oshima and 130 diplomatic personnel were arrested by U S Seventh Army troops in the advance on Germany, signaling a major seizure of officials during wartime operations.
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U. S
Seventh Army
Germany
Hiroshi Oshima
Arimo Considers Chlorination for Safe Water Supply
Arimo may install a chlorination system to ensure safe water. State health engineer H. C. Clare and county sanitarian Lee H. Petersen met with Priday and the Arimo village board to discuss the improvement.
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Arimo
H. C. Clare
Lee H. Petersen
Priday
Whitman Tops Vandals in Moscow Track Meet
Whitman College track team dominated field events except the javelin and surprised with speed to win 71 1/3 to 58 2/3 over the University of Idaho in Moscow on Saturday.
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Moscow
Whitman College
University of Idaho
Millions of Faked Ration Coupons Seized in Brooklyn
In a Brooklyn home police and CPA agents captured about 20 million counterfeit red ration coupons described by Daniel P. Woolley OPA administrator as the largest seizure of its kind. The raid also yielded counterfeit gasoline and sugar coupons and six family members were detained for questioning.
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New York
Daniel P. Woolley
OPA
Brooklyn
Woolley
New York City
CPA
Parley Advances Peace Tests At United Nations Conference
The United Nations conference moved toward peace keeping by voting to limit the security council to 11 members and by approving a regional bloc mechanism. The American delegation also shaped a formula granting regional groups the right to take part in peace supervision. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden planned travel to London after meetings in Washington with President Truman.
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San Francisco
World Organization For
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington
China
Russia
Britain
United States
Security Council
Anthony Eden
London
Eden
Truman
Pocatello District Tops National Insurance Contest
In a nationwide April sales contest by Equitable Life, Pocatello district won high honors. E Norman Vaughn, local representative, earned highest honors and was named a par excellence agent to receive personal recognition from President Thomas I Parkinson of New York. Clarence L Madsen, district manager, noted four of five largest producers in the intermountain west.
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Equitable Life Insurance Society of
United States
Thomas I. Parkinson
New York
Pocatello
E. Norman Vaughn
Parkinson
Clarence L. Madsen
Intermountain West
Students win bond sale prize for room 102 effort
Students in home room 102 at the high school won a prize cake for the largest war bonds sale totaling 2100. The effort was led by Julienne Hill and Dick Harvey with special note for Alvin Heer and Sheriff Huff who helped solicit neighbors. Principal C. H. Bond and student body president Dick Smith attended the cake cutting party Friday.
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Bonnie F. Bell
Julienne Hill
Dick Harvey
Alvin Heer
Sheriff Huff
C. H. Bond
Dick Smith
Cases rise in infantile paralysis counts this year
Bannock county health unit bulletin notes U S public health figures through March 31 show 453 infantile paralysis cases reported this year versus 295 for the same period last year.
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Bannock
Rehearsal Cancelled by City Band Due to Conflict
The city band rehearsal in the Memorial building set for this afternoon is cancelled due to a conflict with another event. John Taylor announced the change on Saturday night. The schedule listed Sunday, May 20 as the original date.
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Memorial Building
Anther
John Taylor
Veterans Released From Army Under Point System
Two thousand five hundred veterans who served from Kasserine to Normandy walk from duty to civilian life as the first wave of about 1,300,000 released under a point system. They carry battle stars and long-service stripes earned in Europe and the Pacific, and have three months to return home before abandoning uniforms.
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Associated Press
Kasserine Pass
New Guinea
Normandy
Europe
US Studying Lend-Lease Programs Review
Washington officials announced the government is reviewing lend-lease policies. Foreign Economic Administrator Leo T. Crowley said shipments to Europe are paused except to allies at war with Japan or where troop redeployment benefits. He described lend-lease as a wartime instrument and emphasized a reassessment after European hostilities end. No further details were provided.
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Washington
Leo T. Crowley
Europe
Japan
Crowley
Few Drivers Cause Most Accidents
Salt Lake City report shows about eighty percent of all vehicle crashes involve twenty percent of drivers. L N Rasmussen of the State Safety council urged trucking firms to screen out high risk drivers and train the rest under a safety program. O N Craven of Pocatello led a talk on uniform taxation for motor transports in western states.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Motor Transport Association
L. N. Rasmussen
State Safety Council
O. N. Craven
Pocatello
Plane Crash Lands Near Mountain Home Field
A twin engined fighter plane crash landed in a field one and a half miles south of Gooding Saturday. Its pilot First Lt. Lloyd F Funk of Los Angeles was uninjured. The plane was based at Mountain Home Army Air Field where Col. John H. Gibson commanded.
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Mountain Home
Gooding
Lloyd 8. Funk
Los Angeles
John H. Gibson
Fourth Air Force
Mountain Home Army Air Field
Well Child Clinic Schedule Announced by Bannock Health Unit
Bannock county health unit lists well child clinics starting at 9 30 a m except Arimo and Lava openings at 2 p m. Locations include Alameda L D 8 Fourth ward church May 15 Arimo school house May 17 McCammon school house May 18 Grace L D S Second ward church May 22 Port Neuf housing project May 22 Lava Hot Springs city hall May 24 and county health unit May 25.
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Arimo
Lava
Bannock County Health Unit
Alameda L.D
Fourth Ward
McCammon
Grace L.D.S. Second Ward
Portneuf
Lava Hot Sp
County Health Unit
Pocatello Weather Summary for May 12
Weather data from the U S Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport shows a high of 13 with a low of 48 and a mean of 60 for the 24 hour period ending 6 30 PM May 12. Precipitation totaled .00 inches for the day and .07 inches for the month to date with a normal of .59. Forecast calls for occasional showers with little temperature change. Nearby stations report similar max min temps and precipitation.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Nation Joins In Prayer on Day of Thanksgiving
Washington notes President Truman proclaims a national day of prayer aligning with V E day celebrations. He urges all faiths to give thanks for victory, pray for enduring peace, and honor those who gave their lives. Mrs Martha E Truman, 92, accompanied him from Missouri for the observance.
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Washington
Europe
Truman
United States
Martha E. Truman
Missouri
Six Thousand Flyers Freed at Barth Camp
Russians liberate six thousand American airmen at Stalag Luft I Barth near Berlin. 300 RAF pilots join the escape as German guards flee, with Col. Hubert C. Zemke directing guards and overseeing mine clearing to prevent sabotage. Zemke, top Thunderbolt unit commander, had been missing since a plane loss in the fall.
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Luneburg
Germany
Barth
Baltic
Missoula
Mont
Hubert C. Zemke
Stalag Luft
Zemke
56Th Thunderbolt
Berlin
Idaho Women’s Republican group to host May 14 meeting
Miss Marion E. Martin assistant chairman of the National Republican committee will address the Idaho Women’s Republican group in Payette May 14. Also scheduled to speak are Mrs Emma Glouchek national G O P committee woman for Idaho J H Gipson Caldwell chairman of the state Republican advisory committee and State Chairman Reilly Atkinson.
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Payette
Marion E. Martin
National Republican Committee
Idaho Women’s Republican
Emma Glouchek
Twin Falls
G.O.P
Idaho
J. H. Gipson
Caldwell
State
Republican Advisory Committee
Reilly Atkinson
Bombers To Fly Victory Salute Over Midlands And London
More than 1,500 U S heavy bombers fighters and liberators in battle formation will salute England with an air show this evening. From 7 p m an armada of 600 flying fortresses liberators and 700 fighters will circle over midlands southeastern counties and outskirts of London converging near Lt Gen James H Booattles Thames river residence.
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London
U.S
England
Midlands
James H. Boo- Attle
Thames River
Ration Points Rise on Fats and Oils
President Bowles ordered higher ration points for lard shortening cook ing and salad oils to 10 points per pound effective today. The move follows a report by the interagency committee on foreign shipments citing tight global supplies and urging conservation. Butter and margarine are exempt. April-June civilian allocations total 814 200 000 pounds, down from 856 500 000 000. Industrial fats will be reduced about 20 percent except for pharmaceuticals. The committee urged limiting civilian fat and oil consumption to about 36 pounds per capita annually versus prewar highs.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Interagency Committee On
Free World
Europe
United States
War Food Administration
OPA
Interagency Committee
Leo T. Crowley
Truman Says We Can Share Food With Liberated Europe
President Truman pledged in a public letter that the United States must and can share available food with starving peoples in liberated Europe. The note to Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, president of Food For Freedom, Inc., responds to an appeal by civic religious farm and labor leaders urging distribution of American food to aid peace efforts.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Dwight W. Morrow
Food For Freedom, Inc
Food For Freedom
Ickes Urges Fuel Conservation Now for Winter Shortages
Solid Fuels Administrator Harold L. Ickes urged the public to conserve fuel by extinguishing home heating fires now. He warned every pound of coal coke and every gallon of oil saved now reduces demand next winter when fuel will remain scarce despite Germany's defeat.
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Washington
Solid Fuels
Harold L. Ickes
Germany
Ickes
Bailey must enter plea May 19 in Weiser murder case
Circuit Judge M A Biggs sets May 19 as the plea date for 26 year old Kenneth Bailey of Klamath Falls on a first degree murder charge arising from a gun battle near Weiser Idaho April 29. Bailey is said to have shot Oregon state police Sgt Ted Chambers of Ontario. Duffey, Bailey's partner, was killed by officers. Officer Richard O'Brien Clarence Saunders and Bailey were wounded. Bailey moved from Nyssa hospital to the county jail in Vale Oregon.
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Oregon
Richard O'Brien
Ontario
Weiser
Clarence Saunders
Bailey
Nyssa
Ore
Tick Fever Warning Issued for Hills Visitors
Bannock county health unit warns all children and adults entering the hills for the next three months to protect themselves against Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Vaccination for immunization is now available at the health unit.
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Bannock County
Rocky Mountain
Veterans Protest Goering Treatment
The Veterans of Foreign Wars criticize American military handling of Nazi Air Marshal Goering. In a broadcast, VFW representative Omar B. Ketchum warns Goering was treated as a dignitary rather than a war crimes suspect and cites grim memories of concentration camps. He implies Goering preferred American asylum over Soviet capture.
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Washington
Goering
Omar B. Ketchum
VFW
War Crimes Commission
Belsen
Buchenwald
Dachau
Herr Goering
Big Three to Meet Soon on German Soil
London papers debate the next summit among President Truman Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin with Berlin area as a possible site. Reports vary with Stalin reportedly rejecting London and concerns over Russia’s Western alliance relations and British policy toward former Nazi elements.
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London
Truman
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Berlin
London Sunday Chronicle
Stalin
Europe
Sunday Times
Germany
the Times
Commons
Sunday Observer
Russia
Observer
Britain
New Rail System To Speed Trains West of Pocatello
Union Pacific announces a centralized traffic control system under construction to speed freight runs between Pocatello and Glenns Ferry Idaho by over three hours. The project costs more than 2 million dollars and will boost track capacity about 50 percent while centralizing control from Pocatello and freeing dispatchers for the south central division.
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Pocatello
Omaha
Glenns Ferry
Idaho
William M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Jeffers
Southcentral
GOP Names Hendrix Temporary State Treasurer in Boise Shakeup
Republican state chairman William L. Hendrix, Ada county commissioner, named temporary state treasurer after Ralph Breashears resigned at the April 23 meeting. The shakeup installed Atkinson as chairman, replacing 8. L. (Verne) Thorpe of Jerome. Hendrix will serve until a permanent treasurer is appointed.
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Boise
Reilly Atkinson
William L. Hendrix
Ada County
Hendrix
Ralph R. Breshears
State Central Committee
Atkinson
8. L. (Verne) Thorpe
Jerome
Henrdix
Idahoan Returns to Tacoma from European Theater
Patients at Madigan General hospital include Pfc. Donald Mackay of Filer Idaho and Pvt. Bryan McArthur of Glenwood Utah who recently arrived from the European theater.
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Tacoma
Wash
Madigan General Hospital
Pfc
Donald Mackay
Filer
Pvt
Bryan McArthur
Glenwood
Utah
Norway Takes Delivery of Relief Supplies
Sweden and Norway finalize a wartime relief arrangement moving aid supplies to Norway. The agreement, reached in Stockholm, coordinates cross border aid shipments and humanitarian support under government oversight.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Norbe
Sign
Norway
Enemy Loses 165 Planes In Two Days
Allied forces report 165 Japanese aircraft destroyed over two days as U S Marines push toward Naha Okinawa and Yanks seize Tori Island while naval bombardments target Minami Daito Mindanao and operations press in Tarakan Burma and Hunan China amid escalating global theater shifts.
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Sytee Associated Press
Ryukyus
Europe
Chester W. Nimitz
Okinawa
Sixth Marine
Naha
Tori Island
Minami Daito
Bukidnon
Mindanao
Philippines
Tarakan
Borneo
Burma
Malaya
Thailand
China
Hunan
Sunday
Two Pocatello Men Hurt in Action
War casualty list names multiple service members from Idaho and nearby areas. It records wounded and missing personnel across Army Navy and Marine forces with ranks such as Pvt Pfc and T5 and locations including Boise Lewiston Nampa and Malad City. Notable entries include Fleming Ivan E and Cogle John R among the wounded and Cummins James D listed as missing.
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Miller
Frederick M
Pfe
Spalding
Pacific
McConnell
Clarence A
Lewiston
Cogle
John R
Boise
Hronek
Carl
Frank FE
Pocatello
Glaub
Thomas L
Murphy
Kaisaki
Arthur A
Speaker urges GOP to embrace trends and explain program
Miss Marion E. Martin, assistant chairman of the Republican National Committee, told a Spokane meeting that the party cannot simply oppose trends it dislikes. She urged greater citizen involvement and argued politics is patriotic when citizens take interest in government.
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Spokane
Marion E. Martin
Bangor
Republican National Committee
Martin
Republican Women's Meeting
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Parley
Norman Vaughn
Army
Max. Min
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Idaho Falls
Dubois
Butte
T. ‘Burley
Boiserr
Ickes Asks
GOP
Idahoan
Sixth Marines
Fleming, Ivan E., Pvt
USMCR
Furnshiro, Henry T
McElvea
Charlie H
Shelia G. McElvea
Malad City
Eugene H
Blanche W. Moore
Ogden
Edward C
Peck
Sakurada
Tooru T
Blackfoot
Tahara
Willie H
Minnedoka
Toohill
James E
Bellevue
Hooper
Bernard O
Kolar
George M
Horseshoe Bend
Wishart
Harry C
Welser
Pacific Regions
Cummins, James D
Nampa
Beattie
Debe
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