RAF Bombers Drop 2000 Tons on Dortmund and Ruhr
The British air attack on Dortmund and other Ruhr targets set a record with over 2000 tons of bombs dropped last night by RAF bomber command, raising total explosive weight on Germany to 100000 tons. The raid caused vast blazes and smoke visible from three miles high, as compensating losses of 38 RAF bombers were reported, while observers praised the operation despite clouded visibility.
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London
R.A.F
Dortmund
Ruhr
Germany
Air Ministry
R.A.F. Bomber Command
Duisburg
Essen
Channel
Winston Churchill
Italy
Italian Base Reels Under Aerial Blasts
Allied air forces hammered Pantelleria ahead of or during five hours of raids. RAF bombers hit docks and airfields while Mediterranean, Middle East, and Malta squadrons claimed dozens of Axis planes destroyed in five days. Two Allied planes were lost.
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North Africa
U. S S
Pantelleria
Cap Bon
Mediterranean
Middle East
Malta
Coastal Command
San Giovanni
Sicilian
Japs Open New Westward Offensive Along Yangtze
The semi official Central News Agency reports a large scale Japanese push westward along the Yangtze aimed at river strongholds and possibly Chungking. Heavy fighting around Ichang and Lake Tungting area with U S planes striking Japanese forces. reports say Chinese defense is strong. Japanese also escalate in Yunnan with cane labor troops used in attacks.
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Chungking
Yangtze River
Ichang
Yangtze
Hupeh
Tungtaing Lake
Changsha
Hunan
United States
Lake Tungting
China
Apanese
Yunnan Province
Minor Action In Russia
Soviet communique reports active reconnaissance on the Russian front with minor sharp engagements. Heavy artillery fire in the Sevsk area disperses about two German battalions. dumps, pill boxes and blockhouses destroyed, prisoners and supplies taken. Four German planes shot down in aerial scenes. 313 German planes destroyed last week at a cost of 61 Russian aircraft. Renewed activity on the Leningrad front reports near annihilation of a German company, silenced batteries, and destroyed blockhouses and pillboxes.
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London
Moscow
Sevsk
Leningrad Front
Coast Guard seeks trained horsemen for Pacific patrols
The United States coast guard in Seattle invites men with horse experience to join mounted beach patrols along the Pacific coast. Applicants must contact the Seattle district recruiting office, pass the standard service physical examination, and then submit to voluntary induction for duty.
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United States Coast Guard
Melvin L. Matson
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Coast Guard
Brigham retailer fined $500 in federal theft case
Angelo Katsilas of Brigham was fined $500 in federal district court for receiving stolen government property. Judge Tillman D. Johnson imposed $250 on each of two counts involving meat and canned goods bought from a soldier. The items came from government stocks at Bushnell hospital.
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Salt Lake City
Angelo Katsilas
Brigham Retailer
Federal District Court
Tillman D. Johnson Katsilas
Bushnell Hospital
War industry workers resume duties at Chrysler and rubber firms
About 30,000 CIO unionists idle at Firestone and Goodyear while B F Goodrich remains shut. Chrysler walkout ends with a two locals vote. Goodyear and General Tire workers return after a weekend stop due to a WLB wage decision. WLB in Washington tables coal dispute decision until tomorrow.
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Chrysler Corporation
War Labor Boards
C.I.C
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
General Tire and Rubber Company
WLB
Chrysler
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Detroit
Pool Plan Grows for Idaho Southern University Cadets
A council committee discussed building a university pool on Idaho Southern’s campus to serve 450 to 500 naval cadets arriving July 1 for training. Until a municipal pool is ready, cadets will use the YMCA pool in the association building.
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Idaho Southern University
Pocatello
YMCA
Association
U-Boat Sinks Panamanian Ship Off U S East Coast
Survivors report a daylight U-boat torpedo attack off the U S east coast early in May. The Panamanian merchant ship Svea Borg was sunk while a patrol plane circled overhead. Two crewmen died. eight minutes between torpedoes. navy announced the loss. Captain Jorgen Kundesen led the vessel. Chief Engineer Wirstrom of New Orleans among the dead.
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Norfolk
United States
Jorgen Kundesen
Sveaborg
Navy
Wirstrom
New Orleans
Accident near McCammon claims life of Blackfoot senior
Sheriff Alma Marley reports Lynne Christian sen, 17, of McCammon area, witnessed the crash on a highway east of town last Monday. Robert Cook, 17, a Blackfoot high senior, died after the car carrying six students was forced off the road during an attempted pass. Cal vid McKinley, Walter Stratton and Mike Luker, Po catello youths, allegedly drove the other car. Stratton says he was the driver. Cook family files reckless driving charges. defendants plead not guilty at arraignment before Justice Hyde in Pocatello.
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Alma Marley
Lynne Christiansen
McCammon
Robert Cook
Blackfoot
Young Cook
Christiansen
Cook
Calvin McKinley
Walter Stratton
Mike Luker
Pocatello
Ray Reynolds
Stratton
C. M. Cook
Chas. W. Hyde
Couple Receives Marriage License in Salt Lake City
Gary Russell Bolander age 19 and Lois Elaine Dye age 19 both of Firth Idaho obtained a marriage license in Salt Lake City. The couple is from Idaho and the license was issued in the city's handling office.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Russell Bolander
Lois Elaine Dye
Firth, Idaho
Russian Move That Dissolves Comintern Shocks Axis Partners
Moscow announces dissolution of the Communist International founded in 1919 as the general staff of world revolution. Observers doubt the move will curb Moscow’s influence, while it may leave Hitler stranded without a unifying anti Comintern pact.
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Moscow
Communist International
Comintern
Britain
United States
Russia
Red Comintern
Fuehrer
Hitler
Japan
Germany
Sailor Scores Ace in Boise Amateur Qualifier
Yeoman Third Class Jules Droz of the Boise Navy Recruiting Station scored a hole in one yesterday while qualifying for the Boise amateur golf tournament. He aced the par three 166 yard No 3 hole at Elks Country Club.
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Nampa
Jules Droz
Boise
Droz
Elks’ Country Club
Rail Accident Kills 14 Injuring At Least 89
A Pennsylvania passenger train wrecked on a curve in Delair New Jersey killing 14 and injuring at least 89. Rescue work continued at dawn as workers cleared the right of way and identified nine bodies including a mother and child. Conductor C H Bohr and fireman H N Becker were among the dead.
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Delair
N. J
Atlantic City
New York
New Jersey
Camden
C. H. Bohr
H. N. Becker
Japs Hold Idahoans in Philippine Internment
The war department announced three Idaho civilians among those interned by Japan in the Philippine islands. They are Mr and Mrs H W Hard of Coeur d Alene and Robert Humphreys son of Mrs Willie P Humphreys of Moscow.
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Washington
Idaho
Philippine Islands
War Department
H. W. Hard
Coeur d'Alene
Robert Humphreys
Willie P. Humphreys
Moscow
Battery Charge Filed in Hyde Court
A complaint charging battery has been filed in the court of Chas. W. Hyde by Bloise Dawson against Lester Dawson.
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Chas. W. Hyde
Bloise Dawson
Lester Dawson
Americans Beat Off Jap Air Assault With Small Group
The case of Ken Roundy, a truck operator, seeks to oust Bannock county attorney for failing to enforce state liquor laws by prosecuting holders of federal liquor stamps. District Judge T Bailey Lee heard the matter after noon with lawyers B W Davis, O R Baum for Jeffery and Walter H Anderson for Roundy. The complaint claims the defendant refused to perform official duties by abstaining from abatement actions or filing criminal complaints against stamp holders.
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Ken Roundy
Va. C
O. R Baum
Jeffery
Walter H. Anderson
Roundy
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Allied Planes Push Raids on New Britain and New Guinea
Allied bombers conducted their fifteenth raid on Cape Gloucester and the twelfth on Gasmata in New Britain, with attacks reaching Kavieng harbor in New Ireland. Liberators fought off ten Zeros near Gasmata, two Zeros were shot down, and all Liberators returned safely. A Catalina struck Cape Gloucester at night while Beaufighters and Bostons strafed along the New Guinea coast, targeting barges and cannons. Timor and Port Moresby saw additional aerial activity with minimal damage reported.
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Australia
New Britain
Cape Gloucester
Gasmata
Kavieng
New Ireland
New Guinea
Timor Island
Port Moresby
OPA Sets Wholesale Meat Price Ceilings
Washington reports the office of price administration will establish June 1 ceilings on about 58 beef veal lamb pork and mutton items and edible by products. Retail ceilings will follow soon. The wholesale rates reference March 1942 prices, with limited grade differences and inclusion of brains kidneys sweetbreads tripe and sausage meats.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Gas Defense Plan Outlined for Idaho Communities
Major G. B. Arnold of San Francisco, head of the ninth service command sanitation, spoke with Idaho officials about establishing a gas defense officer in every community. The officer would organize decontamination squads and protective services within their town.
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Boise
G. B. Arnold
San Francisco
Ninth Service Command
Office of Civilian Defense
Maj. Arnold
Attu Air Raids Highlight Pacific War Update
Five of sixteen Japanese twin engine bombers were shot down by U S fighters during Attu raids, with one U S plane missing and another shot down but later recovered. Navy reports indicate the second raid followed a prior attack, with mixed outcomes and uncertain bomber origins.
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Washington
Attu
Aleutians
United States
Navy
North Pacific
Attu Island
Army Lightning
Paramushiro
Joe
OPA Officers Mutiny Rumor Quashed by Administrator
Washington reports say eight OPA food price division recruits threatened to resign over drafting methods and ignored proposals while lawyers and economists lead the process. Administrator Prentiss Brown dismissed mass resignations as unfounded and noted no plan to move rationing functions to Chester C. Davis.
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OPA
Prentiss Brown
Brown
Office of Price Administration
Chester C. Davis
War Food Administrator
Davis
Fish and Weather Get Together
Pocatellans enjoyed warm Sunday sunshine while Mackay area fishermen faced windy weather and disappointments. A Tribune employee saved the day with a meal, while temperatures ranged from 39 to 76 degrees and a slightly warmer forecast suggested possible rain.
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Pocatellans
Gate City
Mackay
Goodyear Plant Clash as 38 000 CIO Workers Strike
Fist fights broke out outside Goodyear Tire & Rubber in Akron as 38 000 CIO workers at three major rubber firms staged a war production stoppage. Thousands gathered at the gates while Goodyear police and bystanders quell the melee. The company sought city guard support and warned workers may not return by morning.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
CIO
Akron
Goodyear
Goodyear Company
George J. Harter
Akron City
Hareter
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