Marines Capture Shuri Castle and Push Toward Shuri Town
Marines press a flank against the Nipponese garrison around Shuri, Okinawa, as the 5th regiment advances with minor opposition through mud. Captain Dusenbery’s Company A first occupied Shuri Castle, raising the Confederate flag in a symbolic moment after heavy fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Shuri
Okinawa
Tenth Army
Julius D. Dusenbery
Charlotte
N. C
Shuri Castle
Bloody Peleliu
Pedro A. del Valle
Leathernecks
Try Vent
Board Trims Sugar Stock for War Ration
Canning sugar applications are now being received by the Bannock county war price and ration board. Each holder of war ration book No. 4 gets a maximum of 15 pounds per person, with possible reductions if canning needs are light. Certificates must be endorsed with the book’s serial number and kept safe as replacements won’t be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannock County War Price and Ration Board
R. D. Merrill
Bannock County Ration Board
Merrill
Mrs Eva Robertson Plans Greenville Visit
Mrs Eva Robertson leaves Thursday to visit her husband Corporal James W. Robertson in Greenville Texas. He serves as a mechanic in the Army Air Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Robertson
Park
Greenville
Texas
James W. Robertson
Ie Army Air Service
McCammon Soldier Lyman Lish Dies in Italy
Mrs Ruth Lish of McCammon was notified of the death in Italy on April 14 of husband T4 Lyman Dell Lish serving with the 10th Mountain Division. He entered service in 1942 at Fort Douglas and trained at Camp Wolters Camp Hale and Camp Swift before going overseas as a radio operator. He is survived by his widow parents and four brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Lish
McCammon
Italy
Lyman Dell Lish
Mountain Infantry Division
Lish
Fort Douglas
Camp Wolters
Texas
Camp Hale
Colo
10Th Mountain Infantry
Camp Swift
Elmer Lish
Plane Search Continues for Ontario Men in Hell's Canyon
The search for Frank van Petten and Charles P. Flegel near Hell's Canyon in the Snake River dived into a fourth day with no clues. Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Leverett P. Davis said the mission would continue until the plane is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Ontario, Ore
Hell’s Canyon
Snake River
Frank van Petten
Charles P. Flegel
Yellow Pine
Idaho
Ontario
van Petten
Leverett P. Davis
Civil Air Patrol
Senate Hikes Water Funds
Senate appropriations panel boosts interior Department funding for water projects across several states. Owyhee Oregon gains 10 thousand to 126 thousand. Kendrick Wyoming 9 thousand to 144 thousand. Riverton Wyoming 4.5 thousand to 70 thousand. Palisades Idaho 50 thousand to 500 thousand. Provo River Utah 269 thousand to 2.219 million. Boulder Canyon 100 thousand to 1.1 million. Anderson Ranch 41 thousand to 3.041 million. Columbia Basin Washington 2.332 million to 8.382 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Reclamation Bureau
Interior Department
House
Owyhee
Ore
Kendrick Project
Wyo
Riverton Project
Columbia Basin Project
Wash
Yank Patrols Push North Across Luzon Valley
Allied forces probed into the Cagayan valley, the last major Japanese holdout in the Philippines, as 32nd and 25th Infantry divisions clear hills near Santa Fe. Mindanao fighting wanes while air strikes target Formosa and Balikpapan oil centers in a broad campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Cagayan Valley
Philippines
Luzon
32Nd
25Th
Santa Fe
Mindanao
Davao
24Th
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Fifth Air Force
Balikepapen
Borneo
Chinese Forces Recapture Ishan Near Liuchow on Rail Line
AP dispatches report Chinese forces recaptured Ishan on the Kwangsi Kweichow railway 43 miles west of Liuchow, near an air base site. A second column moved northeast toward Liuchow within 55 miles, while others pushed toward Pinyang and Japa nese positions at Chienkiang. Fighting continued as Chinese units advanced, with significant gains along the Yang river and coastal pockets near Foochow and Ningteh. The sweep suggests Japan may be yielding major strategic rewards of Indo China and surrounding regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Ishan
Kwangsi- Kweichow
Liuchow
Indo-China
Chinese
High Command
Pinyang
Yungning
Nanning
Chienkiang
Lungchow
Yang River
Pukien
Siapu
Foochow
Ningteh
Kiao River
Linchow
Japan
Thailand
Malaya
Netherlands Indies
Father Kills Daughter in Kansas City Tragedy
Ray E. Davis, 42, died from a gunshot at his home after his daughter Lula Mae, 21, was killed Tuesday night as she greeted a returning soldier. Police unclear if the fatal shot was self-inflicted or fired by Officer Welch during a confrontation. The case centers on a family tragedy with Davis later found dead, the police investigating possible self-inflicted or officer-involved causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ray E. Davis
Lula Mae
Thomas Davis
Davis
Lyle Mae
Charles Welch
Homicide Bureau
Charles Graham
Welch
City Welfare Department
Pvt
Harold Wa
Elchea
Charter Gets First Test In Southeast
AP Foreign News Analyst DeWitt MacKenzie examines Middle East tensions as Syria grapples with the Atlantic Charter’s meaning for sovereignty. The piece notes Iran’s demand for withdrawal of British Russian and American troops and fears of renewed foreign domination, with Persia hoping America acts as a buffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charter
Southeast
DeWitt MacKenzie
Syria
Middle East
Far East
East
Iran
Persia
Persian Board
Teheran
Russia
Persian Gulf
America
Britain
Pocatello Tribune Reaches Okinawa Marine Unit
Mrs. A T Sahlberg of 425 South Seventh, a long time USO volunteer, reports her son Pfc Tom Sahlberg of the Marines saw the Pocatello Tribune on Okinawa. He says his unit’s press run was strenuous and action continues as battles persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Sahlberg
South Seventh
USO
Pfc
Tom Sahlberg
Marines
Okinawa
Pocatello Tribune
Tom
Mariines
Pacific
Balloon Blast Kills Woman and Five Children in Oregon
Lake County tragedy claims Mrs Elsie Mitchell and five children aged 11 to 13 during a May 5 explosion from a fallen Japanese balloon bomb. Only Rev Archie Mitchell survived after Joan Patzke warned the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake View
Ore
Here
War Department
United States
Lake County
Elsie Mitchell
Christian Alliance
Jay Gifford
Eddie Engen
Joan Patzke
Dick Patzke
Sherman Shoemaker
Ely
Archie Mitchell
Joan
Mitchell
Court hears arguments over state code publication duties
Assistant attorney general Phil Evans and Denver practicing attorney Walter Anderson appear before District Judge I. E. McDougall in the case E. H. Koon et al v C. A. Bottolfsen et al. The Denver publisher, holding a contract to publish state codes, seeks clarification of the state code commission duties created by the 1943 laws. Volume one has been delivered. volumes two and part of three are in print, with five volumes planned. Delays blamed on labor shortages and other factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Evans
Preston
Walter H. Anderson
Pocatello
Denver
I. E. McDougall
E. H. Koon
C. A. Bottolfsen
L. E. Glennon
Edwin M. Holden
State Code Commission
Walter Anderson
Poca Tello Rotary Welcomes Four New Members
Four new members join the Pocatello Rotary Club at today’s luncheon. Captain J A Berg commands the Pocatello Army Air Field. Soron Downard mortician. Sam Dunn Tyhee farm loan business. Harold F Ary Rayston Purina manager. A Rotary quartet performed and urged clothing salvage aid, with about four carloads donated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello Rotary Club
A. L. Baker
Hugh MacCosham
J. A. Berg
Pocatello Army Air Field
Soron Downard
Pork to Take More Points After Sunday
Washington announces higher point values for canned spinach and tomatoes starting Sunday, with juice varieties adjusted. Meat values rise modestly for some pork cuts to discourage lard use, including fat backs, plate bacon, and aged bacon sides. soft cheeses drop from eight to six points per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Deception Plot In Ardennes Involving Eisenhower Car
General Eisenhower’s car was used in a counter intelligence ruse to trap alleged assassins, aiming at a group led by Lt Col Otto Skorzeny. The plan was denied as a hoax by staff though some officers believed the original tip remained authentic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Walter Bedell Smith
Counter-Intelligence Corps
Eisenhower
Ardennes
Otto Skorzeny
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Associated Press
Baldwin B. Smith
Chicago
Supreme Commander
St. Germain
Versailles
Smith
Skorzeny
Col. H. G. Sheen
Sheen
Talbot Receives Combat Infantry Badge for Ruhr Pocket Service
Pfc. Stephen F. Talbot son of Owen Talbot of 714 North Lincoln is awarded the Combat Infantry Badge for participation in the Ruhr pocket battle and the Czechoslovakian campaign. He serves in the Third Battalion Headquarters Company 368th Regiment 97th Infantry Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen F. Talbot
Owen Talbot
North
Lincoln
Ruhr
Third Battaion
368Th
97Th Infantry Division
Idahoan on furlough among Utah deployment crew
Fort Douglas Utah reports 60 officers and enlisted men returning from overseas service on rotation furloughs. Among them is Tech 4th grade Karl J Kratebergy of Parma Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Douglas
Utah
Karl J. Kratebergy
Parma
Idaho
Chiang Quits As Premier Chiang Kai shek Resigns Post
Chiang Kai shek resigned as premier and named Acting Premier T. V. Soong while keeping his roles as president and generalissimo. The move aims to focus Chiang on military tasks amid Allied pressure on Japan and potential talks with northern Chinese communists. Soong, Chiang’s brother in law, became acting premier last December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Chiang Kaishek
T. V. Soong
China
Japan
Chiang
Asia
Soong
United Nations Leaders Consider Meeting Attendance
A post designated in China raises the possibility that he would attend any forthcoming meeting of the big five leaders of the United Nations.
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China
United Nations
OPA Halts Sugar Ration Grants For Home Canning
The OPA suspends issuing home canning ration certificates regionally to curb over-issuance amid tighter sugar stocks. Directors may pause in areas where grants exceed quotas as the agency surveys supply. The move follows cuts to table use and home canning allowances and signals further industrial reductions ahead.
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Washington
OPA
Bannock Man Wounded While Clearing German Village
Pfc. Charles H. Collins 27 of Grace is hospitalized at Bushnell General in Brigham City Utah with a left leg wound from machinegun fire during a house to house sweep for nazis in a captured German village. A rifleman with the 35th Infantry crossed a field under fire to help his squad seize seven of eight village buildings before being hit on February 26. He is married to Dorothy Abert of Grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bushnell General Hospital
Brigham City
Utah
Charles H. Collins
Herbert Collins
Grace
35Th Infantry
Collins
Pfc
Dorothy Abert
B. Daniels
We Clears
Churchill asks De Gaulle to withdraw French troops from Syria
London reports Churchill urged General De Gaulle to pull French forces in Syria back to barracks to avoid clashes as Britain orders Middle East forces to intervene in the fighting between French and Syrian troops. The move follows pressure from the United States and tensions over Levant independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
General de Gaulle
Syria
Britain
Middle East
de Gaulle
Paris
Washington
State Department
United States
France
Lebanon
Daemascus
Levant
Eden warns of grave crisis as Syria turmoil deepens
Eden reported to Parliament that Damascus warned of a sharp Syrian French clash with fires in the capital and 300 or more dead. He said Britain would act only if its overall responsibility demanded action to avoid a shameful situation. A French spokesman warned of possible direct collision between France and Britain.
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Es Tring
London
de Gaulle
Eden
Damascus
Commons
Paris
France
Britain
Navy reports USS Zellars hit by Japanese dive bomber
The destroyer Zellars suffered a fatal dive bomb hit off Okinawa on April 12. Thirty four sailors were killed and thirty six wounded with two missing as a three-man Japanese bomber crashed on deck after striking a 1000 pound bomb into the superstructure. Lt Charles Smylie of Rose Point Mich described the scene aboard during the Okinawa bombardment period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Cal
Zellars
Navy
Roosevelt Naval Operating Base
Okinawa
Charles Smylie
Rose Point
Mich
Smylie
Americans Welcomed Cpl Williams From Czechoslovakia
Cpl Howard W Williams a former East Lewis Street resident and Pocatello High School graduate writes from Czechoslovakia that locals welcomed American soldiers warmly. He notes firing has ceased and people voice strong anti Germany sentiment while he expects a long time before returning home after service in England France Holland and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Howard W. Williams
Resi
East Lewis Street
The
Pocatello High School
Czechoslovakia
Germany
England
France
Holland
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Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr
Sixth Marine Division
Archibald V. Arnold
Vern Haugland
Fifth Marine Regiment
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
North American
Hell's Canyon
Rim
van Pellen
Salmon River
Senate
Yankee Base
Jepen
U. S
Yokohama
Mr. Lund
Sunfrege
Talbot
Idahoan
Chiang Kai-Shek
YWCA
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