Hitler Agent Falls Into Yank Hands Leader Ley Captured By 101st Airborne
Paris dispatch reports Dr. Robert Ley, a top Hitler lieutenant and labor program head, captured by the 101st Airborne. Eisenhower aides say Doenitz is a prisoner of war, while anti Russian resistance may have been curtailed in Austria with Ernst Kaltenbrunner arrested. Ley's capture, joined by Fritz Sauckel and Bernard Stredele, signals major blows to the Nazi leadership as war crimes talks begin in London.
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Paris
Robert Ley
Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Ley
101St Airborne Division
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
Karl Doenitz
Third Army
Austria
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Himmler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Julius Streicher
Bormann
Goebbels
Formy
Goering
Ernst Distelmeyer
War on Seas Costs Nazis 500 U-Boats
Adm. Jonas H. Ingram said the Atlantic battle sunk more than 500 U-boats with Britain Canada and others sharing the toll. He cited a 1941 153 U-boats, a 1943 fleet of 400, and a 450 peak in 1945, noting measures reduced the threat to a nuisance by 1943 before new subs emerged.
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Washington
Nazi Germany
Adm
Jonas H. Ingram
Atlantic
Britain
Canada
Ingram
Prisoners for War Work Across Allied Fronts
German POWs are being deployed by the Allies to speed Pacific redeployment, recondition equipment, and repair roads. Thousands will farm to avert famine in central Europe, with reconstruction roles in Germany, France, Russia, and Britain. Lt. Gen. Clay notes the most active Nazis may be prioritized.
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Paris
Japan
Pacific
Far East
Atlantic
Europe
Russia
Britain
France
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
Germany
Reich
Postal Bill Passes by Wide House Vote to Raise Pay
Washington The House passed postal legislation sending it to the Senate with a 360 to 1 vote. The bill raises base pay for most postal employees by 400 dollars annually, replacing wartime emergency pay. Rep. Smith of Ohio was the sole opponent.
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Washington
House
Senate
Smith
Ohio
Nazis Guarded in West Holland as Evacuation Schedules May 25
In west Holland 98,000 Germans are under guard in 15 camps awaiting evacuation to Germany set for May 25. Fewer than 1,000 remain armed in Dutch streets. Maj. Gen. Foulkes reports cooperation from Field Marshal Blaskowitz after ten of Blaskowitz troops were executed for desertion.
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Utrecht
Holland
West Holland
Germany
Foulkes
Blaskowitz
Appraisal board named for Palisades dam site
Three Idaho Falls men were named to the appraisal board for the Palisades dam project on the Snake River. The plan covers 15,000 to 16,000 acres with land purchases to begin soon. The dam will store 500000 acre feet for flood control, 800000 for irrigation, and 120000 for hydro power.
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Boise
Palisades
Snake River
South Fork
Idaho Falls
R. J. Newel
Federal Reclamation Bureau
J. C. Bennett
Alvin Robinson
George W. Wood
Newell
Idaho
Wyoming
Fire Kills Eight in Faribault Household Tragedy
A Faribault Minnesota two story frame house fire killed eight people. Mrs Edward Duchene a 35 year old widow and her seven children aged two to 14 suffocated in the blaze. The tragedy left a family without a home and prompted investigators to search for a cause.
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Faribault
Minn
Edward Duchene
Nagoya Targeted Again by 500 B 29 Bombers in Fire Raid
A fleet of more than 500 B 29s dropped over 3 500 tons of fire bombs on Nagoya centering on the harbor area. Japanese claims of nine B 29s shot down accompanied reports of heavy fires along the waterfront. No B 29 losses were reported.
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Guam
Nagoya
Iwo Jima
Fujisawa
Tokyo
George Walker
Superfort
Boston
Japan
Ray Karpowicz
Madison
Atsuta
Mitsubishi Aircraft Assembly
Aichi Aircraft Company
Mizuko
Atsuta Engine Company
End Aluminum
Peace Feelers Increase Across Neutral Capitals
Washington reports say Japanese diplomats and businessmen in neutral capitals are expanding private peace feelers after Manila’s fall and Okinawa’s invasion. Inquiries seek terms short of unconditional surrender, but officials caution no official offer exists and the American stance remains that only unconditional surrender ends the war.
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Washington
Manila
Okinawa
Japan
Office of Strategic Services
Truman
Midgets Surrender After U-boat Effort Fails
London reports that about 100 midget submarines have surrendered while at least 81 were sunk or captured. The battle craft included the Biber a 29 foot one man boat the Molch a 46 foot craft and the Seehund a 39 foot two man vessel armed with electric torpedoes magnetics pistols and net cutters.
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London
English Channie
North Sea
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Seehund
Tobacco Shortage Seen Easing for Civilians in 1945
OPA said there will be no rationing of civilian tobacco. Manufacturers predict easing of cigarette shortage within two or three months as cigarette shipments to U S forces in Europe decline. National Association of Tobacco Distributors says the relief will come later in 1945 but civilians will still queue.
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New York
Europe
National Association of Tobacco Distributors
German Star In Custody In Questioning Over Hitler Links
Leni Riefenstahl moved from her villa to a GI test center near Kitzbuehel Austria after protests. She denied being Hitler’s sweetheart or Nazi, saying she never joined the party and that some of her best friends are Jews. She claimed Hitler had two loves Eva Braun and a niece, and she misrepresented her age as 36. A nearby veteran questioned her, asking her identity, prompting her emotional response.
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Kitzbuehel
Austria
Hitler
Leni Reifenstahl
America
Hollywood
Leni
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Eva Braun
Nazi Party
Zee Arteest
Pocatello High Band Earns Top Rating At Music Week
The Pocatello high school band earned a first division rating judged by A. R. Overlade of Salt Lake City during the music week on May 11. Despite travel bans, the department used a national rating sheet with a visiting judge to uphold standards, praising style, class presentation and interpretation. The band showcased rare instruments like English horn and alto and bass clarinets and received glowing remarks on the choir as well.
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Pocatello High School
Salt Lake City
A. R
ODT
Pocatello High
Idaho Soldiers Named in Pacific Theater Losses and Wounds
A compiled roll lists Idahoans with designations across services. Names include Collins, Benjimen R. Pfc., Caldwell. Cartney, Ira Franklin, 2nd Lt., USMCR, Twin Falls. Ruge, Thomas T. Pfc., Hunt. Von Drasek, Leland F., Pvt., Orofino. and others marked as wounded or missing in European and Pacific regions.
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Navy
Collins
Benjimen R
Caldwell
Cartney
Ira Franklin
USMCR
Twin Falls
Ruge
Thomas T
Hunt
Pacific
von Drasek
Leland F
Orofino
Barnes
James L
Nat
Cope
Ralph P
Hamer
Gilster
Ralph E
Boise
Hurst
George W
Idaho Falls
Neal
Calvin L
Jerome
Reeder
John T
T. J. Reeder
Preston
Schmidt
Donald W
Wildhorse
Small
Lester P
Thewlis
Leonard L
Baler
Merlin J., Jr
Teto
US Casualties Near One Million Mark
American combat casualties since Pearl Harbor total near a million with army losses at 878,939 and navy at 107,275, reaching 986,214 combined. Patterson reports Philippine campaign losses and Japanese casualties, plus theater breakdowns for killed, wounded, missing, and prisoners.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Patterson
Philippine
Guadalcanal
Okinawa
WPB Urges Adherence to 35 Mile Speed Limit
John L. Collyer, special director of the WPB rubber programs, appealed for observance of the 35 mile speed limit during hot months to save wear. He asked governors to urge civilians to rededicate themselves to the limit.
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Washington
John L. Collyer
WPB
Collyer
Hitler in Hysteria Over Roosevelt Death
Paris reports Adolf Hitler reacted with wild hysteria upon learning Franklin D. Roosevelt had died. In Berlin’s underground bunker, Hitler shouted and laughed manically after DNB bulletin confirmation, then paced and cried out in disbelief. Gerhardt Herrgesell cited the secretary’s interview with Daily Liberation.
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Paris
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Berlin
Liberation
Gerhardt Herrgesell
Hitler
Lorenz
Herrgesell
Court Rejects Appeal on Pension Law in Idaho Supreme Court
Idaho's senior citizens grants act providing a $40 monthly pension to those 65 and older was upheld by a 4 to 1 Idaho Supreme Court ruling. The court kept the 1942 act off the statute books, citing fiscal disruption and constitutional repeal validity. Chief Justice Allshie wrote the majority. Justice Holden dissented.
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Boise
Idaho
Supreme Court
High Court
C. A. Bottolfsen
James F. Allshie
Bottonfsen
Independent Voters League
Boise District Court
George Luker
Pocatello
Secretary of State
Orland A. Scott
Coeur d'Alene
Edwin M. Holden
Sugar Famine Threatens U S Food Supply in 1945
New York reports sugar shortages rivaling wartime lows as stamp 36 extends to August 31. Lamorn, sugar broker president, warns Americans will feel pinch in breakfast cereals to desserts. Industrial allocations will tighten in H2 1945, with bakeries and candy makers facing indirect rationing. Civilian sugar supply projected at 5 million tons for 1945, down 1.1 million from last year.
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New York
Grandma
Mother Hubbard
United States
Ody H. Lamborn
Lamborn & Co
Ralph Ward
American Bakers’ Association
Pioneer resident Paul Gartner dies at 86
Paul Gartner a longtime contractor and carpenter and native of Austria fell dead at 1 30 pm in the 300 block West Gould. He had lived at 1525 North Arthur and left to fetch oil when stricken. He is survived by a nephew in San Francisco and helped construct many early city homes and buildings.
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Paul Gartner
West Gould
Austria
Gartner
Ben H. Lowrie
North Arthur
San Francisco
Mr. Gartner
Germans Bury 100 Relief Packages Near Bavarian Dump
A U S Army bomb disposal unit uncovered 100 Red Cross relief packages buried in a pit beside a German ammunition dump near Garmisch and Partenkirchen. The cartons were addressed to Allied prisoners of war and sent by the American and Canadian Red Cross.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
U. S.S. 10Th Armored Division
Red Cross
Garmisch
Partenkirchen
Thousands to Attend Rites In Tabernacle
Heber J. Grant 88 lay in state at the Latter Day Saints office building South Temple Salt Lake City with viewing times 5 to 8 pm and 9 to 11 30 am. Funeral services set for 12 15 pm in the tabernacle with George Albert Smith J Reuben Clark Jr and David O McKay as speakers and Le Grand Richards delivering the invocation. Authorities note church leaders and thousands from the Mormon world will attend as state offices close and flags fly at half staff.
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Salt Lake City
Latter-Day Saints (Mormon
South Temple
Heber J. Grant
Tabernacle
George Albert Smith
Council of Twelve Apostles
Grant
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
U. S
Mexico
David O. McKay
Joseph F. Smith
le Grand Richards
All of Seventy
Cate
William M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Temple Square
State Capitol
Thinning Is Under Way In Idaho Ahead Of Spring Work
The University of Idaho extension service reports a 1300 worker shortage in Canyon Owyhee and Washington counties while other Idaho regions approach adequacy. Over 1000 prisoners of war slated to arrive to offset migrant shifts, weather remains the key factor. Sugar beet thinning is 10 percent done in Washington and Payette counties with plans to start in Twin Falls and eastern Idaho soon. North Idaho planting nearly complete as spring work proceeds.
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Boise
Canyon
Owyhee
Washington
Idaho
University of Idaho Extension Service
Payette
Twin Falls
Okinawa Front: 46,505 Japanese Killed in Pacific Battle
Allied reporting shows renewed Japanese resistance in China and heavy U S air raids on Nagoya Osaka and other targets. Nimitz says Japanese casualties reach 46 505 in Okinawa with 3 781 dead 17 004 wounded and 165 missing.
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Japan
Nagoya
Okinawa
Naha
Ryukyus
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Yonabaru
Shuri
China
Nipeponese
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
United States
Nippon
Borseo
Kurues
Philippines
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Asato Estuery
Davao
Mindanao
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Hankow
Robert B. McClure
Chungking
U.S
Chihkiang
Uhe
Tokyo Radio
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By Pope Haley
Iceland
Superforts
OPA
Leni Riefenstahl
Pacific Area
Nia
Becker
John D
Gustave B. Becker
Aberdeen
Gearhard
Glenn A
Hunting
Burl
Paul
Needham
Hubert I
Kendrick
Poston
Lionel M
Lewiston
Ropp
Kenneth L
Melvina H. Ropp
Pingree
Sowers
Wilmot A., Jr
Bur
Merrill E., Jr
Fr.c
St. Maries
Utah
The
Foochow
East China Port
Strait of Malacca
Singapore
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