Bombing raids breach two large German dams
British bombers struck the Ruhr and Rhineland as the Mohne and Eder dams were breached. Archibald Sinclair said the floods released 134 million and 202 million tons of water, flooding Ruhr valley waterways and disrupting two thirds of Germanys water storage.
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London
Berlin
Rome
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
Eder
Archibald Sinclair
Mohne
RAF
Air Ministry
Eber
Weser
Fulda
Italy Tightens Defenses as War Rages in Med Sea
Reports from neutral sources say Mussolini intensifies defense measures while Italy faces Allied pressure in the Mediterranean. Unconfirmed rumors swirl of King Victor Emmanuel III abdicating in favor of Umberto, but Rome and London analysts doubt the claim.
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Bern
Italy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Switzerland
Morocco
Vittorio Emanuele
Umberto
Rome
U. S. Communications Commission
London
Emanuele
Tunisia
Dakar
Moscow
Little Kingdom
Mussolini the Duce
Surprise Raid Catches Foe By MacArthur Airmen
Pilots of attack bombers in New Guinea rejoiced after a Lae assault surprised Japanese forces. Capt. Donald Good led the flight with Staff Sgt. Hubert Sorenson among the crew. They strafed at 50 to 1000 feet but faced ground fire in earlier missions across Lae and Finschhafen, Buna, and surrounding areas.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Donald Good
Eugene
Ore
Hubert Sorenson
Raper
Utah
Balamaua
Finschhafen
Madane
Buna
Sugar Stamp 13 Maintains Five Pound Sugar Ration
The office of price administration announced that the current five pound sugar ration remains unchanged for the next period starting June 1. Sugar stamp No 13 will be valid from June 1 to August 15, while Stamp No 12 expires May 31.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Axis Clears Coast Evacuation Report from Algiers Radio
London reports the Dutch coast evacuation to 15 miles inland cited by a neutral source. The AP notes the broadcast lacks corroboration. Aneta says 4,000 Dutch students have been deported to Germany for forced labor.
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London
Algiers
Germany
Aneta
Idahoan Rescues Five From Burning Home
Lester Wiseman fought his way into the burning house to rescue five children after a fire started from undetermined causes. He was severely burned about the head and face and is hospitalized in Caldwell. The house and its contents were destroyed.
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Notus
Idaho
Lester Wiseman
Wiseman
Caldwell
Towan Charges Curtailment By Selfish Mine Interests
Rep Jensen accuses powerful foreign metal mine interests of blocking U S resource development to protect profits. He testified before the House subcommittee overseeing the interior department appropriation, claiming Americans lose ships and policy gains as imports flow in from abroad.
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Towan
Washington
Rep
Jensen
Iowa
House
Interior Department
Nazi Generals Go for Ride in London Prisoner Visit
Col Jurgen von Arnim arrived in London as a prisoner of war while bells rang for Allied Tunisian victory. King George VI observed a 5000 strong home guard parade and Marshal Giovanni Messe and other fascist leaders arrived as prisoners.
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London
Jurgen von Armin
Britain
Tunisia
Home Guards
George VI
Marshal Giovanni Messe
Ital
Allied bombers strike Lido di Roma near Rome
Allied airmen over Rome bombed the Lido di Roma seaplane base at the river mouth 15 miles from the city. Wellingtons hit hangars moorings and aircraft with little opposition, fire was seen in two hangars, no bombs fell on Rome itself, marking the closest allied raid to the city outskirts.
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Allied
North Africa
Rome
Lido di Roma
Tiber
Churchill
Roosevelt
Pius XII
United States
Britain
Vatican City
Holy See
New Building Planned at Navy Ordnance Plant
Plans drawn in Washington to construct a $1,000,000 small arms machine shop and warehouse at the Po catello navy ordnance plant. The concrete structure will mirror the existing Pole Line road building and be let on contract. Morrison-Knudsen's J V Otter expects current work to finish by July 1.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Ordnance Plant
Pocatello
Pole Line Road
J. V. Otter
Morrison-Knudsen Company
No Extra Gasoline For Vacations for War Workers
OPA chief Prentiss M. Brown said there will be no extra gasoline or ration allowances for vacation travel or war workers in total war. He noted rubber and gasoline shortages and that only 360 miles could be traveled using saved A book mileage. Renewals will be by mail with supplementary books through ration boards. application blanks come to service stations after about June.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Brown
East
Jeffers
Marriage License Granted in Salt Lake City
A marriage license was issued to Benjamin William Kroll 26 of Perry Texas and Marya Darlou Ames 23 of Pocatello. The couple obtained the license in Salt Lake City Utah amid routine proceedings.
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Salt Lake City
Benjamin William Kroll
Perry
Texas
Marya Darlou Ames
Pocatelio
funeral services for Florence Johnston Thomas set in Gooding
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Johnston Thomas wife of Idaho Senator John Thomas will be held Thursday at 10 am in the Thompson chapel Gooding Earl Bolte the senator s nephew announced this afternoon in Gooding Idaho. In Washington the Attu campaign in the western Aleutians continues as navy communique No 380 reports ongoing operations against Japanese forces on Attu island. In London U S eighth air force daylight raids target Lorient Keroman Uboat base and Bordeaux docks with heavy bombardment. The Daily Mail says Roosevelt and Churchill may appoint Gen Sir Harold Alexander as supreme European commander.
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Gooding
Idaho
Florence Johnston Thomas
John Thomas
Thompson Chapel
Earl Bolte
London
Eighth Air Force
Lorient
Keroman
Bordeaux
The
Daily Mail
New York
Roosevelt
Churchill
Harold Alexander
Tokyo Charges Use of Gas By Americans on Island
The War Labor Board challenged John L. Lewis and said the issue is whether he is above the law. It ordered soft coal operators not to resume negotiations until further orders as a 15 day truce nears expiration and Lewis declined to comment on continued production.
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Washington
War Labor Board
UMW
John L. Lewis
United States
Lewis
New York
WLB
United Mine Workers
National War Labor Board
Drivers Await New Rubber Tires as War Demands Grow
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers reports all synthetic rubber plants to finish by year end with essential drivers to receive 12 million tires this year and 30 million in 1944, while nonessential drivers wait. Ickes and Brown warn of drastic gasoline cuts on the east coast to support military needs.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Ickes
Price
Prentiss Brown
Utah Miners to Strike Threat Looms at Midnight
Utah coal miners plan to walk out at midnight unless told otherwise. William McFee, vice president of UMW District 22, expects instructions from Alfred Carey, district president in Rock Springs Wyoming. Operators say maintenance crews stand ready to operate if the strike proceeds.
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Price
Utah
William MccFee
District 22
United Mine Workers of America
Alfred Carey
Rock Springs
Wyo
McFee
Weather Notes With A Warmer Bend In Forecast
Sunday’s fickle weather mixed April like sunshine with December chill. Raymond Duncan of the weather bureau cited a snow shower over the mountains and fog on the hills with .42 inches of precipitation and melting snow all day. He warned the source remains a military secret and predicted slightly warmer temperatures with occasional showers late afternoon.
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Raymond Duncan
Weather Bureau
Duncan
Delegates at UN Food Conference Stay Secluded at Luxury Hotel
At the 601 room Homestead hotel in the Alleghenies delegates from 43 countries begin a two week session to map postwar food policy for 2 billion people. Reporters will be restricted with armed guards guarding grounds and limited access to sessions.
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United Nations Food Conference
Homestead
Alleghenies
Axis Scuttles Two Vessels Off North Atlantic Route
An admiralty communique reports two axis blockade runners scuttled after interception by British ships. The Silvaplana sank after flames and explosions. its crew of German naval personnel were rescued. The Regensburg was abandoned as it was scuttled with only six survivors found amid icy seas.
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London
Far East
Adventure
Cape Finisterre
Spain
Admiralty
Regensburg
Greenland
Iceland
Glasgow
Attu Island Fighting In Aleutians Sees Gas Claims Denied
The Berlin Tokyo broadcasts quoted a Japanese officer alleging U S troops used poison gas on Attu. Navy denied such claims as untrue while Roosevelt and Churchill warned retaliation if gases were used. Reports also say U S reinforcements land under heavy bombardment as Japanese counterattacks continue.
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London
Berlin
Tokyo
United States
Attu Island
Aleutians
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Churchill
Washington
Navy
Hitler May Withdraw From Italy Amid Axis Decline
London reports suggest Hitler plans to pull out of Italy leaving Mussolini to defend the axis alone. With Allied control of North African bases and air superiority increasing, Italy is described as a bad insurance risk and likely unable to withstand a major invasion.
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London
Hitler
Fuehrer
Italy
North Africa
Mediterranean
North African
Luftwaffe
Mussolini
Russians Claim 1300 German Planes Destroyed in Two Weeks
Moscow reports Red air forces destroyed 1300 German aircraft in combat and on airfields over two weeks while suffering 399 losses. In latest raids Soviet bombers hit Bryansk, Dnieperpetrovsk, and Kremenchug as fires and explosions wreck depots and forts along a broad front from Kuban to the Baltic.
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Mosccow
Red Army
Bryansk
Dnieperopetrovsk
Kreemenchug
Red
Kremenchug
Kharkov
Dnieper River
Kuban
Baltic Sea
Moscow
London
Court Rejects Test Suit
The Supreme Court refused to review a San Francisco circuit ruling that Japanese born in the United States are American citizens and eligible to vote. John T. Regan sued to remove Japanese voters, arguing they are unfit for citizenship, but his district court suit was dismissed and upheld on appeal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Circuit Court
San Francisco
John T. Regan
Regan
Federal District Court
San Franc
Cisco
Cameron King
Registrar of Voters
United States
District Court
Circuit Court
Committee Criticizes Order Restricting Farm Projects
The House appropriations committee recommends a 60 percent cut in the interior department budget for the next fiscal year, setting the total at 72,861,316 dollars. Secretary Ickes proposed economies, with reductions of 119,999,475 from the current year, and grazing service funding up 50,000 to assume CCC tasks.
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Washington (P
Interior Department
House
Appropriations
Department
Ickes
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Duce
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Ian
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Tunis
von Vaerst
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Karl Bulovois
Mantuefei
Kurt Bassenge
Bizerte
Signal Corps
Pocatellan
Bulletins
Attu
North Pacific
State Department
Tokyo Radio
By DeWitt MacKenzie
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