Workers End Strike At Akron Rubber Firms
AKRON AP report says O S C unionists ended a five day stoppage at three major Akron rubber companies before a noon deadline. The move meets a presidential ultimatum and aims to resume production and limit idleness for more than 50 000 workers. B F Goodrich shifted a small shift to wartime jobs as United Rubber observers complied.
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Akron Rubber Companies
B. F. Goodrich Company
United Rubber Persen
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Pirestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
Goodyear
General Tire & Rubber Company
Goodrich
George H. Bass
War Labor Board
Bass
Army and Navy
Memorial Day Parade Opens at 2 P M in Pocatello
Memorial Day events in Pocatello will begin at 2 PM with about 800 soldiers from the army air base. The parade from the Memorial building moves south on Johnson Center and Fifth to Mountain View cemetery led by the 51st army air force band and inclu des Fort Hall Indians and civic groups. Homer Hudelson of Boise will speak at the cemetery monument.
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Army Air Base
Pocatello
Memorial Building
Johnson
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Fifth Avenue
Fifth
Mountainview Cemetery
51St Army Air Force Band
Fort Hall Reservation
Homer Hudelson
Boise
Idaho Department
American Legion
War Monument
Center Street
Navy
Army Air
Machinists to Quit AFL After 48 Years of Ties
The International Association of Machinists announced its departure from the American Federation of Labor effective May 31, citing a jurisdictional dispute led by William L Hutcheson on the Carpenters union. IAM President Harvey W Brown called the split regrettable but necessary to avoid ongoing harm. The IAM has paid about $60,000 annually in AFL per capita taxes and will seek independence while hoping for fair treatment like other unions.
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International Association of Machinists
American Federation of Labor
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United Mine Workers
William L. Hutcheson
Carpenters Union
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Brown
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Allies to Push Air War Amid German Targeting
London reports Maj. Clement R. Attlee telling the House of Commons that neutral countries will not divert the Allies from bombing Germany. He says the destruction of axis war potential by air is vital and will continue until victory, denying indiscriminate bombing and focusing on military targets.
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Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons Today
United Nations
Germany
Attlee
Situation in Hand When Pop Arrives
Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Byron, chief of the army exchange service, said the supply situation for American soldiers in North Africa was under control as his 36,000 mile tour reported. He noted German forces had abandoned towns, while exchange units already received soft drink shipments from convoys.
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North Africa
Joseph W. Byron
Army Exchnge Service
Byron
Korean Predicts Jap Raids On America During Summer
Testimony before the House immigration committee cited Kiliso K. Haan of the Korean National Front Federation predicting a Japanese summer attack on the United States and a possible separate peace with China. Dickstein urged heeding the warning if half of Haan’s claims prove accurate.
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United States
High Command
Dickstein
D-Ny
House Immigration Committee
Pearl Harbor
Kiliso K. Haan
Korean National Front Fed
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Sino-Korean Peoples’ League
Haan
New Yorkers
Pacific
Fight Flares Anew on Russian Lines
Russian and German reports indicate intensified fighting across the Kuban bridgehead from Novorossisk to Temryuk with heavy losses on both sides. The Russians claim against counterattacks by about 1,600 German troops and 67 German planes downed. Germans report 400 Russians killed and 600 captured near Temryuk and renewed pressure elsewhere.
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Sailor Wanted in Pocatello Grand Larceny Case
Judge Reva Beck Bosone set June 4 for a hearing on James Frederick Moore a 20 year old Long Beach California man charged as a fugitive from justice. Pocatello police say he posed as a U S Navy sailor in a home where he befriended residents then stole many articles and left after receiving a dishonorable discharge from the navy.
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Salt Lake City
Reva Beck Bosone
James Frederick Moore
Long Beach
Calif
Moore
Pocatello
U. S. Navy
Pocatellans
Navy
Germans Evacuate Kuban Bridgehead Amid Soviet Offensive
Berlin radio quoted by Reuters says German troops yielded to a Soviet offensive and evacuated a strip of the Kuban bridgehead several miles wide and about a mile and a half deep. Reports say heavy land and air fighting continued around the Kuban river zone from Novorossisk north to Temryuk.
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London
Reuters
Berlin Radio Tonight
Kuban
Novorossisk
Temryukz
Azvaca
Straw Hat Day Opens Pocatello Summer Headgear Season
Pocatello merchants stock the latest straw hats and Panamas as Straw Hat Day kicks off the summer headwear season. Only straw hats will be acceptable on the streets Saturday while stores stay open Friday until 8 p m to help shoppers outfit themselves in summer bonnets.
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Pocatello
Attu Casualties Reported Amid Fierce Fighting
Secretary Stimson announced At tu battle casualties appear light with 127 killed 399 wounded and 118 missing in the initial Attu fighting. He said Japanese losses are likely heavier and noted North Africa totals since Nov 8 include 2 184 killed 9 437 wounded and 6 937 missing or prisoners.
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De Witt Replacement Rumors Stir War Department
Secretary Stimson defended Lt. Gen. John L. De Witt’s record, denying reports he will be replaced over Japanese evacuee policies. Rep. Welch cited Washington advices predicting De Witt’s move toward a capital post before retirement, with Gen. Emmons and Maj. Gen. Richardson slated to follow in command roles on the West Coast and Hawaiian defense.
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Stimson
John L. de Witt
Fourth Army
Rep. Welch
California
de Witt
War Department
San Francisco
Richard J. Welch
Western Defense Command
West Coast
Welch
Delos Emmons
Robert C. Richardson
Emmons
Richardson
San Jose
Calif
Stalin Sends Sealed Note To Roosevelt
Joseph E. Davies announced he received a written sealed reply from Premier Stalin to the secret letter from President Roosevelt delivered at the Kremlin last week. Davies said the letter’s contents are for Roosevelt alone and he would not comment further. He left for home after meeting Stalin and Molotov and a Kremlin photo showed all pleased with no details disclosed.
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Joseph E. Davies
Stalin
Roosevelt
Kremlin
United States
Davies
President Roosevelt
Vyacheslav Molotov
Molotov
Izvestia
Dempsey Divorce Trial Postponed On Illness Claim
Mrs Hannah Williams Dempsey, defendant in Lieut Commander Jack Dempsey's divorce suit, received medical attention in her Hotel Navarro suite as sister Dorothy Gomez cited a nervous collapse. After two days of proceedings, the case and a countersuit were adjourned to Tuesday on attorney Gerald Donovan's request supported by a physician's affidavit. Arthur F Driscoll, Dempsey's lawyer, vowed to oppose further delays amid allegations of intimate ties with Benny Woodall and Lew Jenkins.
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New York
Hannah Williams Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Navarro
Dorothy Gomez
Dempsey
Hannah
Gerald Donovan
Supreme Court
J. Addison Young
White Plains
N. Y
Arthur F. Driscoll
Benny Woodall
Lew Jenkins
Eighth Ward Relief Society Food Sale Planned
The Eighth Ward Relief Society will hold a cooked food sale on Saturday at the J C Penny store, offering meals to the public. Proceeds support the society’s local relief work.
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Eighth Ward Relief Society
J. C. Penny Store
Army Navy Assist In New Advance Across Attu Ridge
Delegates convene at the annual Knife and Fork International trustees meeting in Ban nock hotel focusing on year in review and upcoming banqu et. Board members present include Benjamin Franklin New York Topeka and Theo Wegener Bolae as president and vice president with Earle Gardemann Salt Lake City and Richard Thorne Albuquerque among officers. Arthur M. Petersen presides as local club head with Judge Isaac Mc Dougall and Petersen representing the Pocatello group.
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New York
Topeka
Theo H Wegener
Bolae
E. M. Avery
Fort Worth
Texas
Earle F. Gardemann
Salt Lake City
Richard Thorne
Albuquerque
New Mexico
George N. Pike
Waterloo
Town
Elmer E. Schultz
Denver
Knife and Fork Club
Arthur M. Petersen
Pocatello Group
Isaac McDougall
Mr. Petersen
Chinese Air Chief Flies Over Sicily During War Mission
Major General Lam Wai-Ching of the Chinese air force flew in a flying fortress that bombed the Comiso airfield in Sicily on Wednesday. The fortress gunner defending the plane was American-born Chinese Staff Sergeant Lee Wong-Gem of Chicago Illinois, on his 15th combat mission and already awarded the air medal with three clusters.
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Lam Wai-Ching
Comiso
Sicily
Lam
Salt Lake City
Utah
United States
Lee Wong- Gem
Chicago
Ill
Private services for Edsel Ford
Edsel Ford dies after a stomach illness aggravated by undulant fever. Private funeral rites will be held at Christ church chapel in Grosse Pointe with Bishop Frank A. Creighton and Rector Francis B. Creamer officiating. Henry Ford and Ford Motor officials receive condolences from numerous friends and President Roosevelt sends sympathy.
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Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Christ Church Chapel
Grosse Pointe
Frank A. Creighton
Michigan
Francis B. Creamer
Christ Church Parish
Henry Ford
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Edse
Byrd Says No $50 Tax Deduction in Add-on Abatement
Senator Byrd announces that conference negotiators rejected a $50 deduction for taxpayers, along with a 75 percent abatement of one year's taxes, following disagreements over abatement features in the compromise tax bill.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate House
Police Seek Killer in Lynwood Slaying of Mrs Degley
Police in Lynwood locate the automobile of Mrs Charleen Degley 27 of Long Beach mother of two. Clues to her killer sought by examining the car used to drive her husband to work hours before her nude battered body was found beneath a tree in a pasture on the city outskirts.
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Los Angeles
Lynwood
Charleen Degley
Long Beach
Calif
Forces win foothold on ridge south of Chichagof harbor
Allied troops with naval bombardment and air support gain control of a ridge south of Chichagof harbor after two days of hard fighting on Attu. War Secretary Stimson reports light American casualties though 127 killed, 399 wounded, 118 missing.
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Attu
Stimson
Associated Press
Chichagof Harbor
Navy
War Secretary
Lake Nicholas
Lake Cories
Chichagof
Holtz Bay
Continuance of Warm Weather Indicated in Pocatello
Weather outlook suggests sustained warmth for Pocatellans as highs reach 82 on Tuesday and 77 on Wednesday. Moonlight low near 44 with mean 60, normal 56, and sunrise at 5 56 with sunset 6 58. Local gardens show spring color as temps trend up.
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Victory Gardens
Pocatellans
Pocatello
Southern Air Defenses Under Attack
American bombers struck Italy’s southern islands Sicily Sardinia and Pantelleria. Mitchell and Marauder bombers hit Ponte Olivio and Comiso base escorted by Lightning fighters. Five enemy aircraft destroyed. total Axis planes claimed 348.
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Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Comiso
Ponte Olivio
Villacindra Alrueld
Golfo Aranci
Japanese open Yangtze as supply route toward Chungking
A Chinese spokesman says Japanese forces have opened the Yangtze from Ichang to Shasi as a river supply line. Japanese gunboats carry artillery to support land drives in western Hupei while Chinese units contest control along the riverbank. The move heightens pressure on Chungking with columns already within 275 air miles of the capital.
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Chungking
Yangtze
Great River
Ichang
Yanktze
Hupeh
Shas
Hupei
Free China Capital
Pocatello High Graduation Events Set This Week
Baccalaureate services for 285 Pocatello high school graduates will be held at 2 p m Sunday in the high school auditorium. Commencement exercises are planned for 8 p m Tuesday. The baccalaureate sermon will be given by Rev E T Ferry, and Milton Zener, a 1933 graduate, will deliver the commencement address.
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George N. Green
E. T. Ferry
First Presbyterian Church
Milton Zener
Pocatello High School
Umeteene
University of Idaho At
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