Centaur Sunk Off Brisbane by Japanese Submarine
Allied sources report the Australian hospital ship Centaur torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Australia last Friday with 299 deaths. The vessel was fully illuminated and marked as a Red Cross hospital ship. 64 of 363 aboard were saved. Survivors waited 36 hours on rafts as sharks swarmed, and Gen. MacArthur condemned the attack.
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Allied
Australia
Sydney
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Navy to Take Sun Valley For Hospital
Rep. Dwor shak says Navy plans to take over Sun Valley resort in central Idaho for a convalescent hospital. The 1400 bed facility would use Sun Valley Lodge and Challenger Inn, with details to be finalized after lease. Sun Valley gained fame as a winter resort hosting many prominent visitors.
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Washington
Dworshak
Idaho
Navy
Sun Valley
Union Pacific Railroad
Sawtooth Mountain Range
Yellowstone National Park
Carlton L. Andrus
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Sun Valley Lodge
Ketchum
Challenger Inn
Weather Moderates With Pleasant Warmth and Tulip Glow
Weather moderates as frost fades and tulips benefit from warmth. Noon temperature 53 degrees. Sun set 8 49, rise 6 02. Forecast says warmer conditions ahead with mild breeze and bright skies.
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W. E. M. Monning
Holland
Axis Claim Sinks Eight Vessels In North Atlantic
The German high command announced via Berlin radio that eight ships totaling 150000 tons were sunk in the North Atlantic. One listed victim was a 12000 ton refrigerator ship carrying meat for England. The communique said subs fought alone and claimed three multi engine bombers shot down.
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Associated Press
High Command
North Atlantic
Berlin
England
Hitler Assures Italy of Support Amid War Pressure
London sources quote the German foreign office promising to defend Italy and not abandon it as Axis tensions heighten. Observers expect Rome’s vulnerability to be highlighted by raids and aerial overflights while Sicily could see a show of force from Allied and African fronts. A possible ultimatum and Mussolini’s fate loom as broadcasts deny rumors of King Vittorio Emanuele’s abdication.
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London
Germany
Italy
Bern
Deutsche Diplomatische Korrespondenz
Hitler
Axis
Rome
Eternal City
Mussolini
Sicily
Africa
Sicilian
Vittorio Emanuele
Hughes test flight ends in Lake Mead crash
Howard Hughes escaped with minor head bruises when a twin engined amphibian he piloted crashed and sank in Lake Mead near Boulder Dam. A federal aeronautics inspector drowned. Passengers included Flight Mechanic Richard Felt and co pilot Charles von Rosenberg both injured. the body of W. M. Cline recovered from the lake. The craft was test flown ahead of civil aviation clearance for army delivery.
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Boulder City
Howard Hughes
Lake Mead
Federal
Boulder Dam
W. M. Cline
Santa Monica
Cal
Hughes
Richard Felt
Burbank
Calif
Charles Walter von Rosenberg
North Hollywood
Temple
Texas
C F
Blandford
von Rosenberg
Glenn E. Odekirke
Hughes Aircraft Company
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Army Engineering Corps
Churchill to Speak to Congress in House Chamber
Prime Minister Winston Churchill will address a joint session of Congress in the House chamber around 10 30 a m Mountain War Time on Wednesday. British sources say he will deliver a roughly 20 minute talk from notes, similar to his December 26 1941 visit.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Congress
House
House Rejects Tax Bill To Skip Year
The House voted 202 to 194 against adopting the Senate skip-a-year income tax bill after debate over the president's veto risk. Leaders clashed over the Robertson-For plan that would excuse one year of taxes for about 90 percent of taxpayers while lawmakers argued over veto prospects and political stakes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Doughton
North Carolina
North Carolina) of the Tax-Framing Ways and Means
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
Kuiutson
Minnesota
RAF Dams Breached Amid Ruhr Flood Threats
Reconnaissance pictures show floods spreading from Mohne and Eder dam breaches toward the Ruhr industrial valley. Reports claim riots in Duisburg and other towns while Dortmund faces possible inundation as air raids continue and Allied bombers operate over Belgium and France.
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London
RAF
Mohne
Eder
Kassel
Ruhr
Morocco Radio
Duisburg
Ruhr Valley
Dortmund
Governor urges National First Aid Week observance
Boise report says Governor Bortolf urged observance of National First Aid Week from May 23 to 29. He stressed the need for widespread first aid knowledge to aid the nation during armed forces calls and encouraged enrollment in first aid training.
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Boise
Bortolfsen
Front Flares As Nazis Surprise Russ Front
Moscow reports Kuban front activity as German infantry backed by tanks planes and artillery attack Russian inner positions near Novorossisk. German losses include at least 200 killed and several tanks destroyed. Additional fighting on the Donets near Lishchansk yields 300 German casualties. Nazi air losses total 27 planes in the two day Shigry district raid.
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Moscow
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Lishchansk
Donets River
Shhigry
Kursk
Voronezh
Kharkov
Baseball Scores Postponements and Night Games Across Leagues
American League games postponed include New York at Detroit Philadelphia at Chicago and Washington at St Louis with Boston at Cleveland in night action. National League results show St Louis 0 1 2 and Brooklyn 0 0 0 with White and Cooper and others. Pittsburgh 0 0 0 and Boston 0 0 4 with Sewell Lopez and Javery Poland. Chicago at Philadelphia scheduled for night.
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American League
New York
Detroit
Wulvarul
Pittsburgh
Boston
Sewell and Lopez
Javery
Poland
Airlines oppose government participation in management
Eighteen airlines including United voiced opposition to any government participation in their management or ownership while replying to a question on post war international flow.
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Washington
United and
Fire Fatal for Ogden Woman Hanna Jones
Neighbors saw flames from a one room frame house at 346 Eighth street and Ogden firemen found Mrs. Hanna Jones dead in a chair. She appeared to have suffered a heart attack before escaping the fire, leaving charred slippers and ruined belongings as evidence.
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Ogden
Hanna Jones
Eighth Street
Ogden City
Small Points Develop Major Roles In Aleutian War
DeWitt Mackenzie explains why the Aleutians matter in World War II as Japanese positions at Attu and Kiska threaten American security. The piece notes Attu’s fierce fighting, the long arc of the chain from the Alaskan peninsula, and the strategic danger of a foothold in this remote region.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Washington
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Attu
Europe
Royal Air Force
Mohne
Eder
Rhineland
America
Kiska
Pacific
Alaskan
British subs sink Italian destroyer and multiple supply ships
British submarines torpedoed and sank an Italian destroyer off north Sicily and damaged several supply vessels in the Mediterranean. A large supply ship near Palermo was hit as destroyers attacked, with further sinkings near Sardinia Porto Torres and in the Aegean. A railway hub at Platamone was struck by submarine fire and another Italian supply ship was hit as it sought refuge in Spanish waters.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Sicily
Palermo
Aegean Sea
Sardinia
Porto Torres
Platamone
Gulf of Thessalonike
Ickes Opens Talks to Break Coal Wage Dispute
Washington reports a possible shift toward settlement as Interior Secretary Ickes appears ready to negotiate between the United Mine Workers and coal operators seeking to extend a two week truce to May 31. The War Labor Board insists it holds authority over the case, while UMW President John L. Lewis has been pressed for a plan acceptable to both sides.
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United Mine Workers
Ickes
UMW
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Lewis
United States
Wayne Morse
Tunis Strives For Return To Normalcy
In Tunis a city of 400 000 with 100 000 refugees political and economic confusion persists. Gen Henri Giraud’s image dominates public spaces as Axis collaborators remain at large and De Gaulle is sought. Mass arrests exceed 1000 while Arab leaders equivocate and the Bey’s court faces Axis influence.
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Daniel de Luce
Tunis
Henri Giraud
le Liberateur
General de Gaulle
de Gaullist
Axis
Sidi Mohammed al Mounsaf
Sidi Mohammed el Amine
Blackfoot Coroner Plans No Inquest
Coroner J. O. Hampton announced there will be no inquest into the Saturday night truck automobile crash that killed three civilians and two soldiers. Sheriff’s deputies said the automobile was traveling at an excessive rate of speed.
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Blackfoot
J. O. Hampton
Musicians to Meet at Utah Federation Convention
Mrs. C. B. Smith of Grand Junction Colorado and Mrs. Jack R. Rowse of Rock Springs Wyoming will speak at the Utah Federation of Music Clubs annual convention in Salt Lake City on Friday and Saturday. National vice president Mrs. Prank A. Johnson of Salt Lake City and district president Mrs. John D. Williams of Ajo Arizona were also scheduled to speak.
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Salt Lake City
C. 8. Smith
Grand Junction
Colo
Jack R. Rowse
Rock Springs
Wyo
Utah Federation of Music Clubs
Prank A. Johnson
Saltake City
Natonal
Pocatello
Idaho
National Parks District
John D. Williams
Ajo, Ariz
Farm real estate values rise sharply in 1942 Boise report
The federal agricultural statistics bureau reports farm real estate values up to 106 percent of the 1912-14 base as of March this year, up from 94 percent last year and the highest since 1930. The gains began steadily in 1933 and have accelerated in the last two years.
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Boise
Federal Agricultural Statistics Bureau
RAF Returns To Attack On Continent
British bombers hit targets in southern Germany while fighters patrolled northern France and Belgium. Coastal aircraft damaged five ships in an enemy convoy off the Dutch coast. two supply ships were later seen sinking. Allied daylight raids continued on Calais and Sardinia as U S bombers struck Lorient Bordeaux and Keroman. Night raids killed at least 10 in a Welsh town.
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London
Europe
Germany
France
Belgium
United States
Lorient
Bordeaux
Keroman
Alghero
Sardinia
Denti
Blackfoot Senior In Critical Condition After Highway Crash
Robert Cook, Blackfoot high school senior, remains in critical condition at a Lava Hot Springs hospital after the sedan he drove rolled over on the highway near McCammon. A complaint was sworn against three Pocatello men alleging they crowded the Cook car off the road. The other six passengers were taken to Blackfoot by school bus.
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Robert Cook
Blackfoot
Lava Hot Springs
McCammon
C. M. Cook
Pocatello
Mike Luker
Calvin McKinley
Walter Stratton
Cook
Sheriff's
South Dakota
Brothers Return Home From Parental Furlough
Sgt Ernest R. Gunter in California and his brother Pfc Emory Gunter in Texas arrived home for a visit within hours of each other. They did not know their father was on furlough, creating a surprise reunion.
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Ashton
Ernest R. Gunter
California
Pfc
Emory Gunter
Texas
Fighters Push Japs From Island Ridge
American troops captured a key ridge on Attu island after bitter fighting during the Aleutian campaign. The move, described by Secretary Knox, tightens lines near Holtz bay and shields enemy installations as U S forces push north and south along the eastern Attu neck. Air strikes hit Japanese outposts across the central and southern Pacific fronts.
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Washington
Attu Island
Holtz Bay
Attu
Navy
Knox
Central
South Pacific
Long Ocean
Aleutian
United States
Aleutians
Army Raiders Blast at Wake Island
Navy reports confirm air strikes by Liberator bombers from over 1,000 miles away on Wake Island on May 15. Japanese Zero fighters engaged. two shot down and one probably destroyed. Other actions include Rekata Bay strikes and Attu Island ground operations with light US casualties.
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Washington
Wake Island
Navy
Central Pacific
United States
South Pacific
Marine Corps Dauntless
Army Airacobra
Wildcat
Grumman
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
North Pacific
Attu Island
Holtz Bay
Censor Misses Cut as Navy Letter Warned About Kisses
Nedra Young of Seaside Ore a communications worker at the civil aeronautics station in Idaho Falls received a navy boyfriend letter. A censor cut a sentence but wrote on the margin Kisses About 1 million I guess revealing a playful but unclear figure.
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Idaho Falls
Nedra Young
Seaside
Ore
Civil Aeronautics Station
Navy
Missouri Rep Pushes Action to Curb Calf Sales
A Missouri representative urged President Roosevelt to take steps to prohibit the sale of heifer calves for beef, seeking immediate regulatory action. The request highlights concerns over calf futures and livestock market practices.
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Washington
D. Mo
Pood
Chester
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