Russian Cossack Cavalry Makes Gains On Kharkov Front
The Red Star reports Soviet cavalry charged across a pontoon bridge under heavy Nazi artillery, recapturing a large locality on the Kharkov front. German parachutists were employed defensively, with large drops and clashes ending in casualties. Separately, British convoy ships were attacked off Portugal, while Japan and Russia debate arms supplies to China amid uncertainties. The Russians field modernized cavalry with machine guns and tanks supported by warplanes as they press the advance.
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Russia
Moscow
New York
Associated Press
Kharkov
Red Star
Red Army
Portugal
Lisbon
Berlin
Toshio Shiratori
Tokyo
Rome
Italy
China
Clamor Rises For Churchill Talk In Commons
Insurgent MPs demand Prime Minister Churchill answer charges of war slackness in a heated Commons debate. Clement Attlee defends aid to Soviet Russia and keeps western front possibilities in mind while noting transport limits and Pacific responsibilities.
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London
House of Commons
Churchill Personnally
Clement R. Attlee
Dominions
Germany
Rhys John Davies
John Wardlaw - Milne
Churchill
John McGovern
Oliver Stanley
Attlee
Soviet Russia
Murmansk
Russia
Navy Trains Tough Air Pilots For War
The Navy will deploy hardened air fighters trained for no holds barred combat. Commander Hamilton’s program emphasizes hand to hand fighting endurance and survival skills. Pupils will endure long boxing training to absorb punishment and deliver a fierce “Sunday punch.” They will be adept at teamwork and rough combat in water and wilderness survival.
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Washington
United States Navy
Tom Hamilton
Naval Aviation
Hamilton
Wildernes
Plan Dairy Tour By Grace For May Twenty Seventh
The Black and White day committee at Grace, chaired by Harris Mickelson, meets at 8 p m Tuesday to plan a dairy tour in Grace on Wednesday May 27. The tour aims to study pastures, dairy barns, grass plantings, and herd improvements with visitors G C Anderson and Ivan Loughary expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Harris Mickelson
Dean Boyle
G. C. Anderson
Ivan Loughary
Holstein-Friesian Association
Greatest AEF Makes Ready For Invasion
In a wartime analysis the piece notes the American Expeditionary Force has reached the United Kingdom, fully equipped with tanks, big guns and transports to support a continental invasion. It emphasizes allied needs to coordinate with Britain and prepare for operations in France or beyond, while keeping strategic details secret.
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Flanders
Lord Gort
Ulster
United Kingdom
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Europe
Baseball scores from today across leagues
In American League action Boston was stymied by Detroit 1 to 3. Cleveland beat Philadelphia 1 to 0 as Fowler and Wagner held the Phillies. National League games featured St Louis beating New York 6 to 3, Chicago defeating Brooklyn 3 to 0, Cincinnati and Boston tied 0 to 10 in a rainout?
Prima Donna Weather Prevails in Pocatello
Weather notes from W E M report no rain and sun with limited cloud cover in Pocatello. Wednesday faces little temperature change as Monday's high reached 65 and low 32 with a mean of 48 and departures from normal at six degrees. Sunrise at 6 02 and sunset at 8 50.
Weekly on Grill WASHINGTON (7)-Gourt Asher
Muncie Indiana publisher M C Asher told a post office hearing board that if his weekly The X Ray printed seditious statements he did not know it. He appeared without counsel before three assistant postmasters general to defend mailing rights as Postmaster General Walker ordered a May 2 hearing to decide if second class mailing should be suspended or revoked under the 1917 espionage act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gourt Asher
Muncie
Ind
Post Office Department
Doolittle Led Tokyo Raid and Medal Honor
Brigadier General James Doolittle disclosed as leader of the early American air raid on Japanese cities. He received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt. He described targets near Tokyo and Nagoya, saying bombs hit ships and incendiaries were dropped with planes flying low over rooftops.
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Washington
James
Doolittle
Roosevelt
White House
Navy Yard
Tokyo
Nagoya
Youths to Honor Mothers Tuesday at church banquet
Mothers of the Hi-Y club will be honored at the annual mother son banquet at the Congregational church at 7 p m Tuesday. Mrs Margaret Cass Whittington speaker recently returned from Pearl Harbor. John Cotant Lindell club president will preside.
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Congregational Church
Margaret Cass Whittington
Pearl Harbor
John Cotant
Lindell Club
Jay Jensen
John Kissane
Frank Welch
Archie Service
Death of Madison County figure M. J. Kerr at 82 in Rexburg
M. J. Kerr 82 died Sunday afternoon at his Rexburg home. A former Madison County commissioner and stake president in the L D S church, he was active in church work. Funeral at 1 p.m. Wednesday at St Anthony. Survived by six children including Mrs. Gee of Pocatello and Mrs. Lowe of Ogden.
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M. J. Kerr
Rexburg
W. E. Gee
Pocatello
Kerr
Madison County
St. Anthony
Gee
George H. Lowe
L. E. Wood
Ogden
Vera Remington
Portland
Robert Hammond
Jess Stephenson
Robert Kerr
China Warns of Very Grave Danger in War With Japan
China warned of a very grave danger as Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s forces faced a looming major Japanese offensive in the five year war. Spokesmen cited large Japanese reinforcements in Burma, massed planes, and a projected Greater East Asia Sphere threatening China, India, Iran and Siberia, with fighting expected along Yunnan Burma and Chekiang. RAF bombed Akyab as Britain’s Burma retreat continued.
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China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Australia
Burma
Chungking
Tokyo
Greater
East Asia
India
Iran
Persia
Russian Siberia
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Ural Mountains
Chekiang
Shanghai
Yunnan
Harold Alexander
RAF Warplans
Akyab
Train Jumps Track Near Salt Lake City Commuters
A one car train of the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad jumped the track Tuesday morning when rear trucks broke off. No injuries reported. Motorman Verle C. Shoell of Magna said cause under investigation. The crash occurred in western Salt Lake City about two miles from the business district as commuters from Magna traveled home.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake and Utah Railroad Corporation
Verle C. Shoell
Magna
Prices Raise Question in Idaho Retail Laws
Idaho Attorney General Bert H. Miller says he asked the OPA for an amendment. State rule requires an 8 percent retailer mark up including transport costs. Observing federal price fixing rules could force merchants to sell below the mark up, risking a $300 fine under the unfair sales act.
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Boise
Idaho
Bert H. Miller
OPA
Stiteses Welcome Son Robert Ernest
A son weighing seven pounds was born Monday evening to Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Stites of Idaho Falls. Mrs. Stites is Doris Lewis of Pocatello and Mr. Stites is the Idaho Falls Post-Register advertising manager, formerly with the Tribune-Journal. The baby has been named Robert Ernest.
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Hayden Stites
Idaho Falls
German Fare Trims Weight Of Americans in Detention
In five months at Bad Nauheim Americans lost weight due to diet limits though ration sizes were larger than German allotments. Some suffered up to 35 pounds with average losses around 10 for men and 6.7 for women. Despite dining restraints, American doctors noted few illnesses, bolstered by occasional supplies from the abandoned Berlin embassy.
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Louis P. Lochner
Lisbon
Bad Nauheim
Berlin
Empress of Asia Sunk By Air Attack Off Sumatra
The 16,909 ton Canadian liner Empress of Asia was sunk by Japanese air attack while transporting troops to Singapore on Feb 5. About 100 seamen escaped. 44 were lost. Lifeboats failed. Australian sloop Qarra rescued survivors and fought the bombers.
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Montreal
Canada
Singapore
D. Smith
Sultan Shoal
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Qarra
Ottawa
Canadian Pacific Steamships
Admiralty
Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited
Far East
Canada-Orient
Escape Ship of Dutch Refugees Reaches Australia
Twenty four people including a baby born at sea fled Japanese internment in the Netherlands East Indies. A Dutch woman schoolteacher organized the perilous voyage by night in a small craft, enduring storms and air raids as she warned others and led the group toward Australia after weeks of danger.
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Melbourne
Australia
Netherlands East Indies
Java
Amboina
Kiwanis Hears Rabbi on World Peace League After War
Rabbi Joseph Gitin of Butte spoke to the Kiwanis club on world conditions and the need for a postwar league of nations led by the United States with police power to enforce peace. Umpire Tom McQuillan missed the talk due to a foot infection. Seedlings from the forestry department were offered to attendees. Guests included E. H. Burwell Boise USO worker, Lantz Glen Salt Lake City, and John Matson Huntington Park Calif. Lynn Weller led the program with VP E. A. Bogert presiding.
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Joseph Gitin
Butte
Kiwanis Club
League of Nations
United States
Tom McQuillan
Pioneer Baseball League
Forestry Department
Idaho Spa
Italy Press Demands French Areas Amid War Struggles
In Bern, Italian press agitation for restitution of Nice, Savoia, Corsica and Tunisia grows as Germany seeks French cooperation on the eastern front. Similar territorial claims haunt Romania Hungary and Spain France while Spain and Vichy discuss Morocco. Italy ties gains to continued fighting.
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Bern
Switzerland
Pii
Germany
Nice
Savoia
Corsica
Tunisia
Romania
Hungary
Spain
France
Italy
Jose Felix Lequerica
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Morocco
Transylvania
Vienna
Africa
Yugoslavia
War tax and wage policy and wartime rationing bulletins
Washington actions include raising the normal individual income tax from 4 to 6 percent while the War Production Board directs the Office of Defense Transportation to plan nationwide gasoline rationing possibly starting July 1.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
War Production Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Roosevelt hints at more U S troops for Europe
President Roosevelt suggested at a press conference that additional American troops could be sent to Europe, boosting forces that were already increased over the weekend by the war’s largest movement of American troops.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Meeting Canceled by Chamber of Commerce
The regular lunch meeting of the chamber of commerce scheduled for Wednesday is canceled. Secretary Paul Nash announced the change after the chamber met on Monday in response to a call by the retail bureau to discuss credits.
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Chamber of Commerce
Paul Nash
Chamber
Retail Bureau
Ceilings Force Pause in Food Manufacturing Industry
The food manufacturing sector stalls as price ceilings take effect. Paul S. Willis of The Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America says producers cannot resume full scale operations without incurring losses while dealers keep prices low. Rising costs mean current list prices exceed retailer ceilings, creating losses on transactions.
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New York
Paul S. Willis
Associated Grocery Manufacturers of America
Willis
University Postpones Civilians Service Training Classes
Announcement from Major C. C. Mintry of Ogden states Civilian Service Training Program classes at Idaho Southern, set to begin Monday, are postponed. Aviation examinations will be held Saturday in room 190 of the university science building.
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University
Idaho Southern
C. C. Mintry
Ogden
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