12 Jan 1945
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1945
Page
1
Grand jury reported Thursday returning several indictments for felonies including selling liquor and a murder-related charge. Foreman told Broadfoot the panel planned a recess for Friday. Witnesses from the county were summoned and kept busy as the session neared 5 PM.
A U P I dispatch cites Maj Gen H H Ide claiming 20th bomber group strikes on Luzon with Superfortresses achieving good visual bombing. Reports mention some damage to targets and 12 houses damaged while enemy claims of strikes and interceptions are noted.
The highway department announced that speed restrictions on 78 North have been lifted after emergency lanes and signs were removed following earlier closures. No remaining hazards were reported and traffic was rerouted smoothly.
Brief dispatch notes a crash near Tiress from Walker Kan. involving a crew of eight parachuting members and a unit from Jan. 12. The report lacks full details due to OCR damage but indicates a fatal or serious air incident with multiple personnel involved.
Allied pincers close around the Bulge as La Boche falls and northern salient weakens. Patton's Third Army and Sixth Armored press the retreat road near Dunecols and Bastogne, with hundreds killed or captured as German forces withdraw toward the Ourthe line.
Allied wire reports say Soviet forces pushed into northeastern Budapest amid heavy combat. Tanks and infantry advanced through a storming drive, seizing key districts as counterattacks sought to slow the Red Army advance.
War Production Chairman J A King says the 1945 Boeing B 29 aircraft program has been increased by nine percent with production rising well beyond prior plans. Reports from Moscow describe Soviet advances around Hungary and Komarno as Allied forces press river defenses and air activity continues across Europe.
Dispatches describe an advance of patrol units toward the 4ono River north of Manila with spearheads moving along the left bank and inland flanks. Commanders noted rapid Allied progress despite logistics strains as Japanese defenses resisted and communications tightened near the Manila approach.
Pvt J G Parsons, son of Mr and Mrs R F Parsons of 436 Beach Street, receives the Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds in the right arm during the siege of Brest. He entered service January 1944 after graduating from Bonham High School and Baylor University. He is being treated at a Texas hospital.
A diplomatic source says El Salvador may still join the inter American war and peace conference in Mexico City on February 15, with invitation tied to upcoming elections. Aguirre Salina regime is not invited though Salvadoran opposition groups seek recognition for a government in exile led by Miguel Thomas Molina after electoral disputes.
Reports indicate German forces pulling back from the Bulge as Allied air and ground operations press fronts in Europe and Asia. U S Third Fleet carrier planes strike Japanese positions off French Indochina and Luzon while Sixth Army advances 20 miles toward Manila crossing the Agno River, with Adm Nimitz and Adm Haley dispatches noting large engagements and shifting fronts.
London reports the British government approves a Greek ceasefire but decries hostage holding as barbarous. The piece notes the war news includes updates on Axis forces and Allied positions, with references to leadership and casualties amid the ongoing European conflict.
Turkish paper Alis quotes a forthcoming meeting of President Roosevelt Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill at Tehran, suggesting the Big Three will gather there before January 39, marking a continuation of wartime alliance plans reported in London.
United Press reports Tokyo radio sighted a second convoy including 10 transport ships and over 200 land dug barges in the Philippines region. The note mentions Nebraska’s admission as a state in 1867.
Secretary Stimson announced several Army front commanders have been relieved for failing to meet performance standards. He said the government will likely disclose the German breakthrough cost and related consequences next Thursday, though he did not reveal locations, ranks, or exact numbers involved.
Berlin reports the Russian winter offensive in Poland has begun on a broad front west of the Vistula, signaling intensified action in the area. London dispatch notes the attack as part of a sustained campaign.
In Santa Fe New Mexico the former Indian pueblo asserts its historic title to a plot once used for bag county seed. officials list traditional ownership and ongoing claims associated with the land.
Livestock market notes from Fort Worth dated January 12 show cattle numbers around 900 head with calves 600. Prices range for beef cattle and stockers with good fat calves at 1275 to 1325, hogs at 700, sows 1350 to 1380, and stocker pigs trading 7 to 100 in mixed lots.
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