Bombs Hit Major Oil Storage Complex in Honshu Raid
Reconnaissance photos reveal over 85 percent destruction from the May 10 air raid by more than 400 B 29s on Japan’s leading fuel centers. Tokiyama naval fuel station and nearby coal yards suffered extensive damage, with Otake refinery and Oshima storage center largely incapacitated.
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Guam
Japan
Navy
Honshu
Tokiyama Naval
Tokiyama
21St Bomber Command
Kure
Oshima Naval Oil Storage Center
Otake
Tokuyama
Idaho Names of Soldiers in World War II Casualties and Status
The list names four Idahoans among Army dead in Europe and the Pacific regions with ranks and hometowns. It also notes wounded, missing, and liberated prisoners of war in Germany with names and home towns.
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Sorensen
Robert L
Driggs
Hakehara
Shoichi J
Hunt
Pacific
Mansanarez
Joe A
Gooding
Wishart
Harry C
Weiser
Andrew
Kenneth A
Lewiston
Ball
Vergil
Hansen
Koga
Max
Boise
Fleet Movement and Soviet Signals Timed amid Pacific War News
Washington reports butter and cheese supplies to civilian needs at steady June levels with a 55 percent butter set aside for war needs in June and 50 percent in July. Tokyo and Moscow carry divergent updates as British forces strike across Southeast Asia while Japanese defenses and Okinawa fighting intensify.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Associated Press
Tokyo
Singapore
Japan
Aeta
China
Okinawa
Mindanao
Russia
Pacific
Soviet Union
Moscow
Sakhalin Island
Sakhalin
Soviet Sakhalin
Paris
Tokyo Police Board
Bis
Marianas Islands
Mustang
Atsugi
Admiralty
Malacca Strait
Southeast Asia
Andaman Islands
Bangkok-Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Indo-China
Formosa
Kuriles
Dutch Indies
U.S
Ryukyus
Caza
Woman Found With Bankroll Tied To Legs In Rooming House
Detectives investigating the death of Mrs. Julia Fry an elderly widow in Schenectady New York found two bankrolls strapped to her legs containing 2542 dollars in denominations from 1 to 100. The money was tied with handkerchiefs and had callouses under the bills.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Julia Fry
Anthony Coppola
John Clark
Idaho Weather Clears Tonight With Frost Likely
Forecast shows clearing skies in Idaho tonight with frost possible. Sunday and Monday look fair with rising temperatures across the state.
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Idaho
Allied reveal Himmler plot to kill Eisenhower uncovered
Paris dispatch confirms a picked gang led by Otto Skorzeny planned to assassinate General Eisenhower last winter. The disclosure notes the Western Front stayed on alert through the Ardennes battle and details allied and Nazi fugitives pursued across Europe amid a mounting war crimes probe.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Otto Skorveny
Eisenhower
Western Front
Ardennes
Norway
Bavarian Alps
War Crimes Commission
Skorzeny
Benito Mussolini
Italy
15Th Regiment
U. 8
Ari Valley
Henry Glandish
The
London News
Ley Enemy of Trade Union
The Seventh army captured Robert Ley in Paris last night. As Reichs labor leader he abolished German trade unions and ran a compulsory capital and labor organization. He oversaw slave labor policy and the use of German workers in war industries. Nazi leaders took directives from him and he helped indoctrinate the population.
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Poland
Heinz Reinefarth
Kueetrin
Krimml
Albert von Ihne
Adolf Hitler
Revereto
Italy
Anthony Eden
London
Karl Doenitz
Hitler
Moscow
Commons
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Paris
Robert Ley
Ley
Germany
Berlin
Ghormley Named Key U S Official in Germany Policy
Vice Admiral Robert L Ghormley of Moscow Idaho appointed to assist in carrying out United States control policies in Germany. The designation places Ghormley among the senior officials coordinating Allied occupation and governance efforts following the war.
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Paris
Idaho
Robert L. Ghormley
Moscow
United States
Germany
Church Pays Final Tribute To Heber J Grant Rites
Utah honors Heber J Grant 88 longtime LDS president with funeral at Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square. Speakers include George Albert Smith J Reuben Clark Jr and David O McKay. Burial in city cemetery. Grandsons and church leaders attend while flags fly half mast.
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Church
Heber J. Grant
LDS Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Utah
Latter-Day Saints
Tabernacle
Temple Square
George Albert Smith
Council of Twelve Apostles
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
United States
Mexico
David O. McKay
Grant
City
Joseph F. Smith
le Grand Richards
Antoine R. Ivins
Council of the Seventy
Tabernacle Choir
Alexander Schreiner
Frank W. Asper
Heber C. Taylor
Willard G. Smith
Grant W. Midgley
Robert L. Judd, Jr
David W. Bennett
Grant W. Madsen
Assembly Hall
Nine Dogs to Die for Fatal Attack
Miami police report nine bull pit terriers will be executed in a gas chamber after a mass attack on 39 year old Dorettz Zinke. The owner Joe Munn says the dogs must be destroyed while investigators pursue manslaughter charges and an autopsy aims to determine if clothing fibers lie in the dogs’ stomachs. The deadly scene occurred near Miami Springs as Zinke, a globe trotter and ethnologist, was found severely mutilated and later died.
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Miami
Fla
Justice of the Peace
Henry L. Oppenborn
Joe Munn
Hialeah
Munn
Dorettz Zinke
Parrole
Albert Lemoine
Hiale
W. M. Hudson
Beer Consumption Rises in Idaho Early 1945
Idaho residents drank 2,026,676 gallons of beer in the first four months of 1945, up from 1,727,402 gallons in the same period in 1944 and 1,493,153 gallons in 1943. Taxes on the beer totaled 120,737.29 dollars in 1945, 106,855.87 in 1944 and 90,252.11 in 1943.
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Boise
Yankee Tricks Uncover Plot Against Eisenhower
Report details Otto Skorzeny, captured German commando chief, planning to kill General Eisenhower. He led a unit wearing American uniforms trained near Berlin. In Ardennes, small bands infiltrated U.S. lines to report troop positions or sabotage. One four-man group reached Liege before plans failed.
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Paris
Pruneface
Otto Skorzeny
Eisenhower
Skorzeny
Berlin
von Rundstedt
Ardennes
Liege
Supreme Headquarters
Skorgeny
Pocatello Seeks 700 More Workers in Labor Survey
Paul Nash chamber secretary reports a Thursday survey shows Pocatello needs 700 additional workers. Housing setups exist with 53 vacant Portneuf park units and 80 in Wyton trailer project. 80 more Portneuf units due by August 1. Industries adding workers include naval ordnance plant 139, Union Pacific 290, Ralston Purina 20, Kraft Cheese 18, Simplot Fertilizer 10, Garrett Freightlines 15, Pocatello garages 20, Idaho Egg Producers 5, and contractors 30 or more.
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Paul Nash
Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello
Chamber
Portneuf Park
Wyton
Horse Kills Rider Buried After Fatal Chest Injury
A 15 year old boy, Fred H. Harrison Jr, died after a horse that had thrown him fell on him causing internal injuries. He was injured Monday and died Wednesday night. The burial took place today in Shoshone.
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Fred H. Harrison, Jr
British Navy Loses Cruiser and Submarines in War Losses
London reports the British admiralty announced the cruiser Curacao was lost along with ten destroyers eight submarines and numerous small craft. The ships were casualties from marine hazards and enemy action including air raids.
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London
Curacao
Soviet Critique of Allied War Crime Handling
In Moscow, critics in Red Star and Izvestia assailed allied approaches to war criminals and the Goering Guderian captures. Anton Trainin urged speedier trials and dismissed the seven lists as slow, while Izvestia noted perplexity in democratic circles over occupation policies and incidents around key prisoners.
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Moscow
Doenitz
Flensburg
Russia
Red Star
Anton Trainin
Hermann Goering
Heinz Guderian
Coal Miners Idle Amid Contract Deadlock
Secretary Ickes offered no comment on steps to end the stalemate over a new anthracite contract between operators and United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis. Ickes, head of solid fuels, has run the mines since May 3. Some 72,000 Pennsylvania anthracite miners have been idle since May 1.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Pennsylvania
Five Ships Collide in Heavy Fog on New York Bay
In lower New York bay last night four Liberty ships and a 6,000 ton tanker were caught in a series of collisions during one of the year's dense fogs. No loss of life or serious damage was reported.
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New York
New York Bay
Franklin Carrier Arrives in New York After Severe Bomb Damage
The aircraft carrier Franklin, after a 13,400 mile Pacific voyage, reached New York harbor April 26 with extensive battle damage. The ship’s foremast is a jagged stump and the flight deck destroyed, yet she entered port under her own power with a skeleton crew.
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New York
Franklin
New York Navy Yard
Pacific
New York Harbor
Washington
Brooklyn Navy
Cabbie
Essex Carrier Suffered Heavy Losses From Japanese Bombing
The Essex class aircraft carrier endured 832 men killed or missing and over 300 wounded after a lone Japanese dive bomber struck on March 19. Two 500 pound armor piercing bombs hit the flight deck and hangar, igniting fires that raged for hours despite crew courage and resilience.
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Japan
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
Excess Rains Damage Crops In Several Large Sections
Excess rains damage crops across the nation, delaying planting and harming yields. Nebraska corn and pasture setbacks, Wisconsin frost-affected orchard and berry crops, Ohio vineyards, Michigan plantings stalled, Illinois gardens and seed potatoes rotting, Idaho Utah wheat prospects good, eastern Oregon drought relief from rain, central Washington harvests affected, and widespread replanting efforts amid variable conditions.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Mead
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Idaho
Utah
Oregon
Washington
Maine
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U. S
Japanese Coast
Army
Himmler
Russ
Carrier
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