Germans Claim US Cruiser Destroyed on Arctic Supply Route
Berlin reports by high command that its air force bombed and sank a 9100-ton U.S. Pensacola class cruiser and a destroyer, plus an icebreaker and a 2000-ton merchant vessel, with a 10000-ton freighter set ablaze. Four British merchant ships totaling 7500 tons were also destroyed at a southern English port.
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Berlin
High Command
Arctic
Russia
United States
North Cape
Norway
Spitsbergen
Murmansk
Archangel
DNB
Pensacola
Salt Lake Lake City
Hitler Finds Russ Lion Hard to Ride
The piece notes Hitler’s spring offensive targets the Kerch peninsula and aims to threaten the Caucasus via Kharkov and the Sea of Azov. It highlights the red defense around Kharkov and Crimea, calling the Russian response a strategic counter to German moves while cautioning against predicting the outcome.
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Hitler
Russ Lion
DeWitt MacKenzie Herr
Fuehrer
Kharkov
Sea of Azov
Caucasus
Crimea
Strait of Kerch
Leander
Hellespont
Kerch Strait
Crimean
Kerch
Leningrad
Staraya Russa
Great Caucasus
Mexican Ship Sub Victim Continues on Page Seven
Mexico faced war tensions as an axis submarine torpedoed the illuminated Mexican flag on the 7,500 ton Potrero Del Liano tank ship. Fourteen crewmen died, twenty two survived, one injured. Mexico demanded satisfactory reparations by May 21 and warned of action to honor national duty. This marked the first loss of a Mexican ship in the war.
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Miami
Fla
Mexico
Germany
Italy
Japan
Airplane Ferry Work Becomes Routine Says Pilot
Capt Glenn Voorhees, ex Meridian, now Royal Air Force ferry pilot, ferries bombers Atlantic and to a south Pacific base. He notes base crews ignore arrivals and even his time record meant little, warning against unwarranted war optimism.
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Meridian
America
British Isles
Glenn Voorhees
Royal Air Force
Voorhees
Atlantic
South Pacific
Vorhees
Cave-in at Hill Military Academy claims student life
James Harper a 16 year old Yakima Washington boy and Hill Military academy pupil died after being trapped 13 hours under a 1560 pound boulder in a cavern atop Rocky Butte near Portland. He died at 11 25 am while doctors awaited X rays to assess leg amputation and possible recovery from shock. Two companions escaped as the boulder pinned his legs under a rock arch.
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Portland
Ore
James Harper
Hill Military Academy
Yakima
Wash
Harper
Harper Thursday Afternoon As He Explored A Cavern In the Rocky Butte
Academy
Rocky Butte
Canada Cuts Gas Rations in Maritime Provinces
Ottawa reports a 60 percent cut in gasoline rations for the three Maritime provinces. The reduction is announced by Munitions Minister C. D. Howe and takes effect at midnight Friday.
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Ottawa
Canadian
Maritime Provinces
C. D. Howe
Child Clings to Truck Front Bumper in Ontario Narrow Escape
Six year old Betty Bowser grabbed the front bumper of a moving truck to avoid being hit in Ontario California. The vehicle rolled several hundred feet before stopping. Betty lost her grip and slipped under the truck but escaped with only a minor elbow burn.
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Ontario
Calif
Betty Bowser
Betty
Caltech Selects Campus Queen From Male-Friendly Roast
Pasadena article notes Earl Carroll sought permission to pick Caltechs queen and toured student photos. He found all the contestants exceptionally lovely and praised Jack Warren, Pete Lambert, and George Osgood alias Georgia Osgood. Carroll blames himself for sending a gendered form letter to a strictly men’s school.
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Pasadena
Calif
Earl Carroll
California Institute of Technology
Jack Warren
Mary Warren
Pete Lambert
Patricia Lambert
George Osgood
Georgia Osgood
Carroll
Jack
Cal Tech
Allied Planes Strike at Enemy Bases in Burma and Australia
US bombers hit the Myitkyina airfield in north Burma in a second day of raids, while American air forces claimed another victory on approaches to Australia. Britain's army in Burma reportedly withdrew to India, about 5,000 men, after a five month fight. Reports said Japanese forces may have crossed into India. Vichy radio claimed advances near the Bay of Bengal toward Chittagong.
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New Delht
India
Myitkyina
Burma
Australia
Britain
Stars and Stripes
Manipur
London
Vichy
Advancance
Bay of Bengal
Chitta
77 Year Old Man Fatally Shot in Accident at Rural Home
E. H. Robinson, 77, a retired school teacher, was accidentally killed Friday at his ranch home near Central, six miles west of Grace. Deputy Burr Brown said the firearm discharge likely came from a .22 rifle in his room. Grace officials, including Dr. Koehler and Justice H. W. Titus, confirmed the accidental death and the body was turned over to the Caribou county coroner in Soda Springs.
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E. H. Robinson
Central
Grace
Burr Brown
Bannock County
Robinson
Andrew Adams
Dr. Koehler
Justice of the Peace
H. W
Car Thief Shoots Foreman At Inkom Cement Plant
A car thief opened fire at the Inkom Cement Plant wounding the foreman during the incident. Weather club notes accompany the report with a 26 hour forecast predicting light showers Friday night and Saturday and a look at temperatures.
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Inkom
Weather Club
Americans Returning from IRAN on Frontiers of Spain
Seventy four U.S. citizens including diplomats and correspondents crossed into Spain by special train on Friday en route to Lisbon for exchange with German nationals. Notable figures listed are Leland B. Morris former Berlin charge d affaires and Louis P. Lochner former AP Berlin bureau chief.
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Iran
United States
Germany
France
Lisbon
Spain
Leland B. Morris
Berlin
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Yankees Save Island Gold
A submarine delivering ammunition to the Corregidor fortress carried out a large portion of the negotiable wealth of the Philippine Islands last February. The navy named Lieut enant Commander Frank W. Fenno Jr. and crew for their achievement, while the exact value of the wealth remained undisclosed.
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Washington
Corregidor
Philippine Islands
Navy
Philippine Commonwealth
Islands
Frank W. Fenno, Jr
Westminster
Mass
Fenno
War Department
Dog Saves Family in Smoke Filled Denver Home
Arthur W. Rauch and his wife are rescued after their Shetland shepherd Babette O Fair Isle wakes them during a furnace fire. Babette bites Rauch to rouse him enough to carry his wife outside, while she had already succumbed to carbon monoxide fumes.
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Denver
Arthur W. Rauch
Babette O
Fair Isle
Rauch
Grady Visits Gandhi In Bombay During India Tour
Henry F Grady, leading the U.S. technical advisory mission to India, met Mohandas K. Gandhi in Bombay on Friday during his official visit.
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Grady
Gandhi
Bombay
India
Henry F Grady
U.S
Mohandas K. Gieud
Four Mail Packages Return to Sender From Military Men
Four one pound juice boxes sent by the Pocatello Military club at Christmas to local service members in the Philippines were returned stamped Returned, Service Suspended. Addresses included Nichols field and Clarkfield for Fred L. Siler, Stanley Milton Prosser, Russell S. Jensen and Ralph R. Mabey.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello Military Club
Pocatello
Nichols Field
Clarkfield
Philippines
Fred L. Siler
Stanley Milton Prosser
Russell S. Jensen
Ralph R. Mabey
Allied assault at Courrier Bay seizes key position in Madagascar
In a joint admiralty communique Britain reports the loss of the corvette Auricula during minesweeping near Courrier Bay. British forces also captured the coastal battery and Diego Suarez after a surprise landing by commandos and the East Lancashire regiment.
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Auricula
Courrier Bay
Madagascar
Admiralty
War Office
Special Service
East Lancashire Regiment
Diego Suarez
Labor Shortage Hit Bannock County Agricultural Program
The Bannock county USDA war board sub committee on labor met in Pocatello to discuss a serious farm labor shortage in the district. Government projects in the area draw workers, temporary restrictions limit labor, 2600 acres of sugar beets will be thinned, about 600 more than last year, and 200 high school boys will be available for field work as school ends.
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Bannock County
Usda War Board
AAA
Pocatello
Salee School
King Observes Day in Occupied Denmark
King Christian X marks the 30th anniversary of his accession to the throne in German-occupied Denmark with no official ceremonies at his request. Flags are flown nationwide as a sign of resilience.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Christian X of
Pocatellans to Wed in Idaho Falls
A marriage license has been issued to Harley A. Alldredge age 24 and Fay S. Poole age 33, both of Pocatello, authorizing their wedding in Idaho Falls.
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Pocatellans
Idaho Falls
Harley A. Alldredge
Fay S. Poole
Pocatelio
Russians Push Deep Into Kharkov Amid Vast Offensive
British and German reports depict Soviet forces breaching Kharkov defenses seven miles beyond the Donets after sweeping the area. claims include destroying many German tanks and Russian losses. Hitler allegedly orders pressure on Japan. Von Bock leads defense. Warfront updates note aerial and naval actions near Cherbourg and in the English Channel.
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Associated Press
Russia
Kharkov
Donets River
London
Adolf Hitler
Tokyo
Japan
Hitler
Bock
Karkov
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Cherbourg
French
English Channel
U S Moves to Use French Ships in Caribbean
Secretary of State Hull says demolition of French warships at Martinique proceeds and idle French merchant ships pose an economic issue. Immobilization of the Bearn and other vessels begins with joint U S and French naval action to deny axis use, while shore bases and acquisition of merchantmen remain under discussion amid armistice constraints.
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Washington
Martinique
Hull
Priday
Caribbean
Lajes
United States
Bearn
Guadeloupe
French Guiana
Vichy
Germany
National League Scores and Postponements Report
Baseball results from Brooklyn, New York, Boston and Philadelphia show varied scores. Key games include Brooklyn defeating Pittsburgh 4 3 after early deficits, New York beating Cincinnati 5 2, and Chicago tying with Philadelphia 2 3 with late scoring. Several games were postponed due to weather conditions.
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New York
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Nazi Escape Fails As Officers Are Recaptured
Two German air force officers who fled Bowmanville prison camp northeast of Toronto have been recaptured. Lieut Frederick Doceser, making his third escape attempt, was seized at Belleville railway station while Lieut Aberhard Wildermuth was picked up at Union Station. The men reportedly hid in clothing crates bound for another camp.
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Toronto
Bowmanville
Here
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Frederick Doceser
Belleville
Aberhard Wildermuth
Union
U Boat Makes Bold Raid Off Mississippi Coast
The navy reported a large U S merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine near the mouth of the Mississippi about 102 miles south of New Orleans. The attack on May 12 at 3 30 p m central war time marked one of the boldest submarine raids along US Atlantic and gulf coasts and followed an explosion that morning at the east jetty of the southwest passage. the cause of the explosion was under investigation.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Mississippi River
New Orleans
United States Atlantic
Gulf
Mississippi Mouth
Grace High No 3 Commencement at LDS Tabernacle
Graduation exercises for rural high school No 3 at Grace will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Grace LDS tabernacle. Brett D. Lowe, county superintendent of schools, says the program is in charge of M. J. Hadvigeen, superintendent.
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Grace
Priday
Grace Lds Tabernacle
Brett D. Lowe
M. J. Hadvigeen
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Crimean Panhandle
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Yankees
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Idaho Cement Company
Morgan
Jess Palmer
St. Anthony Hospital
Alma Marley
Portneuf
Palmer
Marley
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Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Power House
American Federation of Labor Unions
National Mediation Board
Manchukuo
Outer Mongolia
Fedor von Bock
Strait of Dover
Brooklyn
Sewell
Phelps
Wyatt
Owen
Cincinnati
Starr and Lamanno
Schumacher
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Hughes and Livingston
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