Allied Air Attacks Break Hitler and Goering
Secretaries recount Hitler's war weariness as Allied air offensives widened rifts with Goering. They say the February 1944 bombing campaign and the January 1 1945 Ardennes strike revealed Germany could not match Allied production and left Hitler angry, wary, and ordered to bed for a week.
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Hitler
Goering
Berchtesgaden
Hermann Goering
Ardennes
Hans Helling
Fuehrer
Belgium
France
Germany
Truman awards Infantryman Lindsey Medal of Honor
President Truman presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to Tech. Sgt. Jake W. Lindsey of Lucedale Mississippi before a joint session of Congress. Lindsey is the 100th infantryman to receive the nation’s highest valor award and earned it for outstanding courage in combat.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Tech
Jake W. Lindsey
Lucedale
Miss
Europe
Pacific
Lindsey
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Churchill Proposal Rejected by Labor
Labor ministers and delegates at the Labour Party conference voted unanimously to reject Prime Minister Churchill's plan to stay in the coalition through the war with Japan. Maj. Clement Attlee and Home Secretary Herbert Morrison announced the decision after extensive deliberations, signaling a probable coalition breakup and a preference for an autumn election.
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Blackpool
England
Labor Party
Churchill
Japan
Clement Attlee
Herbert Morrison
Labor
State inspection planned for ISU Boise and two Idaho schools
State industrial training school at St. Anthony and Idaho Southern University in Pocatello will undergo annual State inspection this week. State Superintendent G C Sullivan and Emory Owen of Idaho Falls will visit the schools Wednesday and Thursday to review the postwar building program as recommended by the 1943 state planning board. Legislative appropriation would be needed for any expansion.
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Boise
St. Anthony
Idaho Southern University
Pocatello
G. C. Sullivan
Sperintendent of Public Instruction
Emory Owen
Idaho Falls
State Board of Education
State Planning Board
Mency
GOP Criticizes Tariff Cuts Amid Trade Agreement Debate
In Washington, Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee blast the plan to cut tariffs as dangerous to exports and risk of conflict with Britain and others. Democrats back extending the reciprocal trade agreements act for three years to allow further duty reductions. The House schedule calls for debate next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Great Britain
State Seeks Surplus School Equipment for Idaho Districts
G C Sullivan state superintendent said he asked relocation authority in Washington for Idaho schools to buy surplus equipment from the Minidoka removal center at Hunt. Materials include books desks and other supplies needed by several Idaho districts.
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Boise
G. C. Sullivan
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
War Relocation Authority
Washington
Idaho
Minidoka Relocation Center
Hunt
Sullivan
Moscow City Clerk Frederick Carter Dies at 65
Frederick Ray Carter, 65, Moscow city clerk since 1931, died at a local hospital after months of ill health. Born in Waitsburg, Washington, he came to Moscow as a child with his parents. He was a Mason, Woodman of the World member, and a Methodist. His wife, a son and a daughter survive.
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Moscow
Frederick Ray Carter
Carter
Waitsburg
Wash
Posthumous Bronze Star for Oakley Marine Hero
The bronze star for meritorious service beyond the call of duty is awarded posthumously to Marine Pfc. Wilford E. Adams of Oakley. Mrs. Sarah Adams will receive the medal at her Oakley home Wednesday night from Capt. Henry N. Hale, Salt Lake City district induction and recruiting officer.
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Oakley
Pfc
Wilford E. Adams
Sarah Adams
Adams
Henry N. Hale
Salt Lake District
Salt Lake City
Eisenhower decoy saved by Chicago officer in wartime plot
Supreme Headquarters disclosed a German plot to assassinate General Eisenhower was a hoax. Lt. Col. Baldwin B. Smith acted as a double in Eisenhower's car between St. Germain and Versailles while Lt. Col. Otto Skorzeny, captured by U S Seventh Army, was tied to the claimed sabotage plan. Col H G Sheen stated no operation was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chicago
Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Baldwin B. Smith
St. Germains
Versailles
Smith
Albert Buonnano
Cranston
R.I
Otto Skorzeny
Gestapo
Heinrichs Himmler
U.S. Seventh Army
Skorzeny
Marshal von Rundstedt
Mussolini
H. G. Sheen
SHAEF
Foreign reporters inspect Spanish prison camp finds no foreign deaths
Nine foreign newsmen invited by Spain's interior ministry examined Nanclares de la Oca prison. They found no evidence that any foreign prisoners were killed and refused to sign a statement declaring that neither foreigners nor Spaniards had died from prison treatment. They did hear claims that Spaniards died from floggings. They interviewed 30 of 94 foreigners and about 850 other inmates. The probe followed an Associated Press account based on a social worker's report.
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Madrid
Spain
Nanclares de la Oco
Interior Ministry
Associated Press
U P Worker Killed In Utah Passenger Train Collision
Charles W. Redding a 54 year old Union Pacific railroad gang worker from Stidham Oklahoma was killed instantly when struck by a passenger train yesterday in Morgan Utah.
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Morgan
Utah
Charles W. Redding
Union Pacific Railroad
Stidham
Okla
U S Policy at Conference Based on Three Security Goals
At the United Nations conference in San Francisco the big five and Latin American nations endorse a regional self defense plan with minor wording changes. Washington aims to minimize war friction among powers, preserve the inter American defense system, and pave the way for American bases in Pacific islands. Russia signals compromise on trusteeship disputes clearing the path for a global security council.
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San Francisco
World Security Council
United Nations
International League
Russia
World Organization
United States
Pacific
Japan
Security Council
Council
Big Three Urged to Meet Over Trieste and Poland
London presses urged an early Anglo American Soviet summit to resolve urgent postwar issues in Europe. The Trieste dispute, Polish problem, Nazi war criminals, and allied Germany plans were cited as crises needing uniform principles and prompt action. Tito and Alexander clashed publicly as Yugoslav troops held positions and evacuation fears rose.
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London
Europe
Adriatic
Trieste
The
Daily Sketch
Germany
Daily Telegraph
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Harold Alexander
Tanyug
Tito
Marshal Alexander
Hitler
Japan
Yugoslav Forces Leave Austrian Border In Large Convoy
Troops from Yugoslavia depart Austria in trucks supplied by the British Eighth Army and are expected to be outside Austria tonight. Idaho towns Teton City and Lava Hot Springs exceed their E bond quotas in the seventh war loan drive. The Polish American Congress accuses the Soviet Union of violating international law over Poland and asks the U S to denounce Yalta decisions. Petain witness to be called in France by Vichy leaders with Fleet Admiral Leahy. Allied POW totals and drops behind enemy lines reported by Supreme Headquarters. A derailment near Midvale, Utah causes coal cars to derail with no casualties.
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Trieste
Carinthia
Styria
Austria
Eighth Army
Boise (P
Teton City
Fremont County
Idaho
Lava Hot Springs
San Francisco
Polish-American Congress
Soviet Union
United States
Yalta
Poland
Paris
Supreme Headquarters
DeWitt Meckenzie
Associated Press
Yugoslavia
Italy
Marshal Tito
Tito
Gorizia
Isonzo
Aillach - Klagenfurt
Alexander
Mediterranean
Britain
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Moscow
America
Russia
China and Tito Crises Sharpen Global Tensions
The A P reports Tito presses claims to Trieste and Austrian lands while Britain and the United States warn of evacuation in Yugoslavia. In the Pacific, China launches fresh offensives with 20 million mobilized students and 12 new carriers urged, as Okinawa tightens and Nimitz notes heavy resistance on Okinawa and Formosa.
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Associated Press
New China
Japan
Shuri
Okinawa
U. S
10Th Army
Government Takes Control of Plant
The Cocker Machine & Foundry plant at Gastonia North Carolina has been placed under army control by order of President Truman. Captain Benjamin P. Anderson of the quartermaster general's office took possession at 2 p m as strike actions halted production. Most disputes were settled after the plant closed but the War Labor Board says the company remains unwilling to accept compulsory maintenance of union membership. AFL affiliated unions International Molder and Foundry Workers and International Association of Machinists involved.
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Gastonia
N. C
Cocker Machine & Foundry Company
Army
Truman
Benjamin P. Anderson
Quartermaster General's Office
War Labor Board
The
International Molder and Foundry Workers
International Association of Machinists
AFL
Plane parts trip to inspect surplus engines for schools
William Kerr state supervisor of vocational education travels to Ogden Utah to meet Roy F Christensen of Pocatello to inspect surplus airplane equipment at Hill Field for purchase by the state Christensen supervises trades and industries for the state department of vocational education The department seeks new airplane engines and tools for vocational training shops
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Boise
William Kerr
Ogden
Utah
Roy F. Christensen
Pocatello
Hillfield
Christensen
State Department of Vocational Education
State Department
Holdout Nazi Marshal Held By Americans
Paris reports Field Marshal Ferdinand Schoerner, who resisted the Red Army in Czechoslovakia, surrendered to American forces and turned over by a German command post to the 42nd division. Himmler pursuit continued. Werner Best arrested in Denmark. Allied authorities discuss postwar control and assets limited to 30 dollars monthly.
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Paris
Ferdinand Schoerner
Red Army
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Schoerner
First Army
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Neunkirchen
Arthur Greiser
Posnan
Moscow
Doenitz
Denmark
Werner Best
Weather data for Pocatello May 21 and vicinity
U S Weather Bureau reports for Pocatello Municipal Airport show evening showers and a rising temperature trend. Station readings include Idaho Falls 58 35, Dubois 57 36, Burley 57 32, Boise 68 38, Salt Lake 56 41 with precipitation amounts noted.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Tract Dubois
Ecees
Trac Butte
Ccccccees
Burley Eter
Boise
Cccessee
Salt Lake
Trac
Seven From Idaho Killed in War Casualties List
A military casualty roster lists multiple Idahoans killed in action and missing in action across European and Pacific theaters. Names include Navy and Army personnel such as Gribble, Hagerman, Jerome, Wendell, Moscow, and Nampa, with several wounded and a liberated prisoner of war noted.
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Gribble
Jesse W
USMCR
Hagerman
Peters
William Frank
Seaman K
USNR
Jerome
Navy
Fortner
James W
ITI
Pfc
James W, Fortner
Idaho Falls
Grimes
Geo. E
Wendell
Grunerud
Ralph H
Moscow
McMullen
Weiser
Michels
Theodore J
Oroefino
Salek
Charles F
Nampa
Schroff
Walter
Council
Tamura
Masaru
Hunt
Pacific
Rutledge
Junior R
Loreenzo
European
Davies
Edward L
Hall
Wayne B
Preston
Morical
Gerald J
Spirit Lake
Blanchard
LaMar W
Ruth O. Blanchard
Robin
Huether
Arthur H
Henry A. Huether
Aberdeen
Takemoto
Michael
Wade
David R
Lyn M. Wade
Tetonia
Germany
Dunkle, Donald
Mrt
Macy J. Dunkle
Smelterville
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GOP
Nagoya
XXI Bomber Command
U. P
U.S
Bulletins
Marshal Petain
Fleet Adm
William D. Leahy
Vichy
Leahy
Midvale
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
China
Office of War Information
Hirohito
Tokyo Radio
Kanmon Strait
Formosa
Philippines
Burma
New Guinea
Tarakan
South China
Chiang Kaishek
Hochih
Lichow
Indo- China
Hengyang
Foochow
Mamoi
Diongloh
Tenth Army
Chester W. Nimitz
John R. Hodge
24Th
Simon Bolivar Buckner
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