Hitler Shifts Focus as German Output Struggles to Meet Allies
Lisbon dispatch notes Germany faces bottlenecks in raw materials manpower and transport, with production under secrecy. Estimates place German aircraft output at 2,200–2,500 planes monthly as Goering orders more front line production.
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Edwin Shanke
Lisbon
Hitler
Germany
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Eastern Front
Goteshafen
Africa
Russia
Ukraine
United States
Czechoslovakia
Moabit
Berlin
Bill No Help To In-laws Pending Action
Washington lawmakers consider a dependents allowance bill for soldiers and sailors. The plan would withhold $20 from a class A soldier with dependents and add $20 for a wife, $10 per child, $15 for a child without a wife, and $20 for a legally alimony entitled divorced wife. Allotments apply to lower-grade personnel up to the lowest sergeant/Navy equivalent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
Congress
War Production Board to limit retailer stockpiles
The War Production Board is considering limiting the stocks of goods held by retailers and wholesalers to ensure equitable consumer supplies during wartime production curtailments. The plan would sweep a wide field similar in scope to the universal price ceiling now in effect on all retail sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Lone Sailor Rescued After 46 Day Raft Voyage
American seaman Michael Wajda recounts a 46 day voyage adrift in the Atlantic. Aboard with Mahlon Benton and Lindgren Bancroft, they faced torpedo and shelling, with Benton dying on day 24 and a second companion lost at sea after rescue.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Michael Wajda
Wajda
Atlantic
Mahlon R. Benton
Lindgren Bancroft
Com Country For Alleged Slayer
Bannock county sheriff reports receipt of a description from an Oregon parole officer for Willard Wright, 22, charged with first degree murder in the Inkom killing of Wel don Morgan, 35, a Nebraska parolee and cement plant foreman. Wright, a cook’s helper, is believed at large near the Inkom area after the incident.
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Bannock
Oregon
Willard Wright
C. M. Jeffery
Inkom
Weldon Morgan
Idaho
Nebraska
Wright
U. P
Rita
St. Marys
Claude
St. Louis
Gresham
Canal Workers Labeled as Agricultural Labor in Idaho Ruling
Idaho Supreme Court reverses Industrial Accident Board on Big Wood Canal workers. It holds that the workers were performing agricultural labor, so agricultural payrolls are exempt from unemployment taxes, ruling the company not liable for such taxes.
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Boise
Big Wood Canal Company
Idaho Supreme Court
Industrial Accident Board
Australia Rises to Alarm Over New Japanese Invasion Threat
Australia orders a full alert as Tokyo masss a fleet in the western Pacific with the aim to strike again at the Allies. The Pacific war council in Washington adopts the slogan Japan for the Japanese while China and U S forces report heavy resistance in Yunnan and Burma. Prime Minister Curtin warns the tempo of the struggle is increasing as invasion threats loom.
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Associated Press
Australia
Japan
Pacific War Council
Washington
China
Burma
Reuters
U. S. Army
New Delhi
Salween River
Yunnan
Far Pacific
Australias
John Curtin
Services Set Thursday for M J Kerr Local Leader
Funeral services for M J Kerr 80 longtime Upper Snake civic leader and churchman who died Sunday in Rexburg will be held Thursday at the Yellowstone stake tabernacle. Kerr born Richmond Utah helped build railroads before settling on a ranch in Ora Idaho he served as Fremont county commissioner on the St Anthony city council and as bishop of the Ora and Ashton wards. Survivors include six daughters including Mrs W E Gee of Pocatello and Mrs George H Lor and Mrs L E Wood of Ogden.
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ST. Anthony
Idaho
Puneral
M .J. Kerr
Upper
Snake River Valley
Rexbure
Yellowstone Stake Tabernacle
Latter Day Saints Church
Kerr
Richmond
Utah
Ora
Fremont
Idaho Post Offices Elevated to Third Class Status
Four Idaho post offices Firth Headquarters Osborn and Idaho City advance from fourth to third class boosting postmasters to regular salaries. The change takes effect July 1 and follows the office ratings rise in Washington.
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Washington
Idaho
Firth
Headquarters
Osborn
Idaho City
Credits Committee Meets Monday To Issue Reports
Pocatello merchants and others are invited to a Monday noon meeting in the Pioneer room of the Hotel Bannock to discuss price ceilings on consumer goods and present final reports. Arthur Petersen chairs the consumer credits committee with W. C. Carnes leading the retail bureau and several members named for the panel. Reservations via the chamber of commerce are requested for the luncheon meeting.
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Pocatello
Pioneer
Bannock
Consumer Credit Committee
Arthur Petersen
W. C. Carnes
Retail Bureau
Melvin Dean
Chester G. Wells
Willard 8. Bowen
Claude Bistline
Jack Buehler
Reginald Cleare
Chamber of Commerce
Poppy Funds to Aid Men In Service
Mrs. Earl D. Standiford says local sale of W F W Buddy Poppies will be held Saturday to support veterans and active service members. Proceeds fund relief efforts including one cent per poppy for the VFW National Home in Eaton Rapids and aid for disabled and unemployed veterans and their dependents.
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Earl D. Standiford
Ladies’ Auxiliary
V. FW. National Home
Eaton Rapids
Michigan
Air Borne Offensive On Caucasus Calls For 100000 Chutists
Pan American Clipper service across the Atlantic, the only regular passenger service to Europe, entered its south year. It carries a record of 18,647 passengers in 673 ocean crossings and has flown 3,161.959 miles without the loss of a single life.
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New York
Atlantic
Europe
Reich Taking Lowlands and Dutch Nazi Rise Reported
The Stockholm Tidningen says Himmler now commands Dutch Nazi storm troopers in addition to German forces in the Netherlands. Tass reports Germany plans to make the Netherlands an autonomous Reich province called Niedermark under Anton Mussert. The Dutch exile government warns of likely developments as the occupation escalates with mass executions, rearrests, and hostage seizures of prominent citizens.
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London
Heinrich Himmiler
Germany
Gestapo
Netherlands
Stockholm
Tidiingen
Aneta
Tass
German Reich
Niedermark
Anton Mussert
Baseball Scores From Today's National League Matchups
National League games feature St Louis defeating Brooklyn 14 to 2 with Cooper duo driving runs. Chicago edges New York 2 1 as Passeau and McCullough pitch. Pittsburgh beats Boston 2 0 while Cincinnati and Philadelphia split plate. American League shows New York and Chicago in shutout losses and Boston at Cleveland postponed by weather with Washington at St. Louis scheduled night game.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
M. Cooper
W. Cooper
Wyatt and
Owen
Chicago
New York
Passeau and McCullough
Carpenter and Berres
Pittsburgh
Boston
Sewell
Phelps
Farley
Lombardi
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Starr
Lamanno
Hughes Pearson
Warren
Russo & Dickey
Dietrich and
Tresh
Detroit
Knott, Harris
Hayes
Wagner, Benton
Tebbdeus
Cleveland
Washington
Pills Kill Child In Ogden Tragedy Named Cooper
Two year old Perry Randall Cooper son of Lewis R and Hazel Dyer Cooper died at home after reportedly eating rheumatism pills He climbed to a kitchen cupboard Tuesday evening and became violently ill dying shortly after midnight Born March 23 1940 in Logan the child had lived in Ogden for two years Funeral services will be held Friday at Wellsville with interment there.
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Ogden
Perry Randall Cooper
Lewis R
Hazel Dyer Cooper
Logan
Wellsville
Lilac Time Warm Expectation for Pocatello
Lilac time in Pocatello inspires a vivid scent after a soft shower with a forecast for a warmer Thursday. Tuesday’s high reached 65 and low 44 with a mean of 54, while sunset is 8 15 and Thursday dawns at 6 01. Across the U S the high Tuesday was 82 at Atlanta.
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Pocatello
Idaho
United States
Atlanta
Kharkov Front Battles Escalate As Soviet Push Intensifies
London sources say Soviet forces push into the heart of Kharkov defenses amid a broader war. Germany massing 100,000 parachutists for the Caucasus assault, Kerch peninsula overrun, Richthofen arrives in the Kerch zone. Allied air command plans 1000 bombers nightly against German industries. Luftwaffe losses praised, Barents Sea shipping sinks. Red Army reports heavy tank battles and near-Kharkov advances.
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Associated Press
Russia
Ukraine
Kharkov
London
Caucasus
Kerch
Kerch Strait
Moscow
Berlin
Baron von Richthofen
Belgrade
Germany
Crete
Britain
Mannheim
Air Ministry
Arctic
Murmansk
United States
Barents Sea
Red Army
Red Star
Bulgaria may oust Boris as unrest roils army
A neutral traveler reports Bulgaria faces serious threat to King Boris III from communist uprisings in the army. April disturbances led to 140 officer arrests, some executions, with Gestapo arrests and growing food shortages fueling broad unrest across the axis ally.
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Stanbul
Boris 3Rd
Bulgaria
Nurses to Organize Training Session in Idaho
Miss Lyne Wigen, superintendent of the General hospital, announces a volunteer nurse course gathering at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the Idaho Power auditorium. Red Cross and Civilian Defense sponsor the classes. Bannock county quota is 150 with 17 completed, urging more volunteers to meet the goal.
Thieves Strike Sugar Theft At Denver Restaurant
Thieves broke into Frank Arnold's restaurant in Denver causing mess by smashing pies and eggs. They escaped with 20 pounds of Arnold's rationed sugar.
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Denver
Frank Arnold
Arneld
Labor Shortage Jeopardizes Bannock County Beet Crops
W L Robbins and Jesse M Dayfield warn Bannock County sugar beet fields are at risk as 52 000 man hours are needed to thin 2700 acres adjacent to Pocatello. About 200 high school volunteers exist but immediate help is urged at the U S employment office. Four weeks work at 9 5 dollars per acre available. Japanese labor unlikely this season.
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Bannock County
W. L. Robbins
U.S. Employment Office
Pocatello
Jesse M. Dayfield
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Robbins
Mr. Day
Paul Nash
Chamber of Commerce
Pocatelli
U. S
North Main
Day
Bingham County
Mar
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