Americans Capture Pass Controlling North Luzon
The 25th and 37th divisions cleared Balete Pass in northern Luzon, reaching near Santa Fe as they press toward Cagayan Valley. About 7,000 Japanese casualties were reported, with higher estimates likely. American losses were sobering.
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Pass
North
Luzon
Souvietn
Air Force
U. S
96Th
Okinawa
Yonabaru
25Th
Balete Pass
Philippines
Cagayan Valley
Santa Fe
32Nd
Villa Verde Trail
Sixth Marine
Naha
Rexburg Teens Held Responsible For Plane Crash
Two 16-year-olds took a two-seat training plane from Rexburg airport Saturday night without permission. They flew to Rigby and back, then crashed into a hill east of Rexburg. One boy had facial injuries. plane was heavily damaged. safety belt remained tied and not untied after takeoff. No charges filed yet.
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Rexburg
Harold Matson
Madison County
D. C. Reynolds
Boise
Dc. F. Lienesch
Air Safety Board
Seattle
Matson
Reynolds
Rigby
Japs Demand Compensation for Sinking of Relief Ship Awataru
Japanese relief ship Awataru was allegedly sunk by an American submarine. Tokyo plans to forward claims to the United States for compensation and said the demand would be made in a few days as announced by Sadao Iguchi of the Japanese board of information.
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San Francisco
Japan
United States
Dome
Federal Communications Commission
Sadao Iguchi
Japanese Board of Information
U.S
Office Denies Bomb Attack Report On New York
London staff writer Andy Rooney, on temporary duty, claimed a German bombardment targeted New York on election day but was dismissed by officials. Defense and navy spokesmen denied any attack, and police noted no communication of such an event despite Rooney's account detailing a projectile launched from a U boat and detected near Mitchell Field.
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London
Stars and Stripes
New York
Andy Rooney
Germany
Eastern Defense Command
Third Naval District
New York Police Department
Navy Department
Washington
Rooney
Atlantic
Mitchell Field
Move to discharge soldiers with more than three children in House
Rep Engel introduces a plan to bar Army funds to soldiers with more than three children. He aims to attach the rule to the annual War Department appropriation bill and push for a House vote. Chairman May opposes, arguing confidence in Army leadership.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Rep
Engel
R-Mich
War Department
Appropriations
House
May
D-Ky
State Leaders Pay Tribute To LDS Head
Governors Maw of Utah and Gossett of Idaho joined civic and religious leaders in mourning Heber J. Grant. They praised his 27 years of church growth, financial leadership, and pioneer spirit shaping the intermountain West. Other officials lauded his humanitarian, educational, and industrial contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LDS
Heber J. Grant
The
Latter-Day Saints Church
Grant
Herbert B. Maw
Utah
Charles C. Gossett
Idaho
West
Intermountain States
F. H. Knickerbocker
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Leroy E. Cowles
University of Utah
Murder trial opens for Tyhee man in fatal cabin shooting
Greenberry Hall 69 of Tyhee pleads not guilty to first degree murder in the Neider camp cabin killing of Roy Auck 42 of Fort Hall Indian. District Judge L E Glennon and County Prosecutor C M Jeffery announce a district court session opens Monday June 4 with Hall on trial. Auck allegedly shot after an argument with Hall as Lizzie Hall 17 was present and Young White Bear fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenberry Hall
Tyhee
L. E. Glennon
C. M. Jeffery
Hall
Glennon
Roy Auck
Fort Hall
Neider
Auck
Young White Bear
Lizzie
White Bear
Weather Summary for Pocatello May 15
U S weather bureau reports for the 24 hour period ending noon May 15 at Pocatello Municipal Airport. High 81, low 40, mean 50. Monthly departure 4-102. Precipitation 0, total this month 0.07. Sunset 6 46, sunrise tomorrow 6 05. Forecast calls for clearing tonight and scattered clouds tomorrow with slightly warmer temperatures.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
No Friendly Enemy Policy Enforced by Eisenhower
General Eisenhower announced he will terminate officers who treated captured Nazis on a friendly basis, pledging punishment for Nazi officials and the German military command. The allied aim is to exterminate Naziism and dismantle Prussian militarism, rejecting any notion of a friendly enemy.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Eisenhower
Supreme Commander
Reichsmarshal
Goering
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Two Pocatello Men Hurt in Action
Navy Wounded Wolverton Claude W. Pfc USMCR. mother Mrs Arvie Wolverton of Pocatello. Army Dead European Regions Clark Wayne C Sgt and Rigby. Wounded European Bermochea Luis 8Sgt Mountain Home Bunce Robert E Second Lt son of Mrs Carrie Bunce 162 McKinley Pocatello Cordes Bernard W T/Sgt Enaville Goldsmith Vernon W Pvt Twin Falls Hamilton Michael J Pfc Boise Honmyo Masayoshi Payette Lauby Mrmest M T4 Nezperce Marsing Robert L T4 South Nampa Namba Tommy T Pvt Hunt Takahashi Mitsuru Pvt Hunt Army Wounded Pacific Fowler Orvil C Pvt New Plymouth Hutchison David O Pfc Malta Stevenson Cleve Pfc Emmett Army Liberated Prisoners War Germany Meservy Royal R Pfc son of Oliver K Meservy St Anthony
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Bermochea
Luis
Mountain Home
Bunce
Robert E
Carrie Bunce
McKinley
Pocatello
Cordes
Bernard W
Enaville
Goldsmith
Vernon W
Twin Falls
Hamilton
Michael J
Pfc
Boise
Honmyo
Masayoshi
Payette
Lauby
Nezperce
Marsing
Robert L
South Nampa
Namba
Tommy T
Hunt
Takahashi
Mitsuru
Pacific
Fowler
Orvil C
New Plymouth
Hutchison
David O
Malta
Stevenson
Cleve
Emmett
Germany
Meservy
Royal R
Oliver K. Meservy
St. Anthony
Death claims Heber Grant former LDS Church president
Longtime Mormon leader Heber J. Grant died at 83 after years of illness. Born in 1856 in Salt Lake City, he led the church for 62 years, helped found welfare programs, and influenced Mormon business and missions before his death at home with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Heber J. Grant
Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) Church
Goering Named on First War Crimes List
The war crimes commission announces Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering was placed on the first list of war criminals in November 1944. The commission confirms the naming followed press discussions and that the list was adopted by the United Nations War Crimes Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Crimes Commission
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
United Nations Commission
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Explosion and Fire Kill 2 in Bear River City Utah
A Salt Lake City couple, Frank E. Rose 28 and Mary 19, were killed when their tanker truck struck a bridge abutment on a highway near Bear River City. Sheriff Warren Hyde said the driver dozed off, the truck crossed to the wrong side, overturned, and a 30 gallon butane gas load exploded hurling an accessory tank about 1000 feet. A farmer 250 feet away reported his home shaken by the blast.
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Bear River
City
Utah
Salt Lake City
Frank E. Rose
Mary
Warren Hyde
Pocatello
George Walker
Oslo parades Nazified youths amid occupation fallout
Several girls accused of consorting with the Germans during the occupation were paraded through Oslo on dog leashes. Police issued an order forbidding patriots from shaving heads or continuing the parades. The dispatch also said gold bricks were found hidden in homes of Norwegian nazis as the roundup of Quisling followers continued.
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Stockholm
Oslo
Aftonbladet
Americans in Germany Win Battle of Fake Rape Case
In occupied Germany the U S Army reports thwarting a campaign of fake rape accusations aimed at undermining military authority. Investigations showed many claims were false or misinterpreted with some accusers unaware of the term rape and cases resulting from miscommunication and deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
AEF
Agents Seek Himmler in Flensburg Amid Rumors
British police and intelligence search Flensburg area for Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler based on Danish underground reports. Rumors say he and hundreds of SS men may be hiding in the wooded region near islands close to Denmark Sweden and Norway borders with possible contact to Grand Admiral Doenitz.
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Flensburg
Germany
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
Grand Adm
Karl Doenitz
Big 3 Parley Takes Shape
President Truman voiced hope for a soon meeting with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin to discuss a future peace program. He had spoken with Anthony Eden but no definite date was set. Churchill also signaled a possible conference with Truman and Stalin, expressing hope it would occur soon after the war.
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Washington
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Anthony Eden
London
Marshal Stalin
George A Smith Acting as Head of Mormon Church
George Albert Smith, president of the Council of Twelve Apostles, became acting president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after Heber J. Grant's death. Born in Salt Lake City in 1870, he was ordained an apostle in 1903 and has led in religious duties and Boy Scout work since 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
George Albert Smith
Council of Twelve Apostles
Latter-Day Saints Church
Heber J. Grant
Perkins Visiting Rulon Perkins on Leave
Specialist 3/c navy photographer Perkins is on leave from Washington DC visiting with his wife and son Lanny who live in Fargo apartments and his mother Mrs Stella Perkins of 401 Maple. He has been in the navy ten months and was formerly associated with Tomy Barrett.
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Rulon
Perkins
Navy
Washington, D. C
Lanny
Fargo
Stella Perkins
Maple
Tomy Barrett
Churchill Declines Opinion On Hitlers Death In Commons
In London Prime Minister Churchill refused to state if Hitler is dead. He said he would not guess and would announce when there is certainty. He joked about inquiries into Hitler's possible hiding and noted no current evidence of German war crime complicity in neutral countries.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Hitler
de Valera
Eire
Dominions
Paul V. Emrys-Evans
Dublin
Russia Holds Key to Quick Accord at UN Talks
United Nations officials sent proposals to Moscow hoping for swift Russian replies on international trusteeship and regional defense system questions. Ambassadors reported broad U S Britain and allies nearing agreement while Russian backing remains uncertain, with Moscow awaiting Kremlin word before final positions are clarified.
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San Francisco
United Nations
Moscow
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Molotov
Kremlin
Gromyko
United States
Britain
France
China
Security Council
World Organization
House says lift secrecy on sugar quota figures
The House Food Committee demanded the administration remove secrecy bans on world sugar quota figures for allied and neutral countries. Chairman Anderson urged public release of quotas granted to Spain France Italy and Switzerland as the panel investigated the growing sugar shortage. He said the records should be in the committee file to show industrial users receive the lowest practical level of world requirements. Earlier testimony indicated U S industrial sugar allotments may fall to 45 or 50 percent of prewar supply by year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Food Committee
Anderson
D-N.m
Leo T. Crowley
Andereson
Heber J Grant Rites Friday at LDS Tabernacle
Funeral services for President Heber J Grant will be held in the Salt Lake City Tabernacle on Temple Square at 12 15 p m Friday. The body will lie in state at church offices on South Street Thursday evening and Friday morning with memorial services planned across wards.
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Heber
LDS Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Heber J. Grant
Latter-Day Saints Church
Salt Lake Tabernacle
Temple Square
South Street
Grant
Tabernacle Choir
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Herman P. Fails
Ada County
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Boise Riggs
Riggs
Applica
Thomas’ District Court
Nnt
Chuba
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Nagoya
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Butte
Burley
Galt Lake Beset
Wolverton
Claude W
U.S.M.C.R
Arvie T. Wolverton
Clark
Wayne C
Sgt
Heber Grant
LDS Church
Utah Capital City
Church
Brigham Young
Illinois
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
Mexico
David O. McKay
Council
Mr. Grant
George A. Smith
Mormon Church
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