Luzon Advances Steady on MacArthur Front
American Sixth Army patrols push toward Tarlac and Rodario as the Pozorrubio highway is cut in four places. Advances cover Alaminos to Boliano peninsula and Dasol bay while Liberators bomb Fort Stotsenburg and Clark field. Carrier planes hit freighters. PT boats sink barges off Wigan.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Sixth Army
Pozorrubio
Rodario
Manila-Baguio
Moncada
Tarlac
Manila
Alaminos
Boliano Peninsula
Dasol Bay
Clark Field
Cagayan Valley
Liberators
Fort Stotsenburg
Lingayen Gulf
Wigan
ODT Allows Freight Priority Over Passengers in War Effort
The Office of Defense Transportation set a policy to drop passenger service where needed to keep war freight moving. Director J Monroe Johnson urged railroads in New York Ohio upper Pennsylvania and Indiana to prioritize freight, warning of severe congestion from bad weather. Johnson stressed discretion for carriers and proposed 96 hour loading limits for non war materials and fuels and moving empty cars from the congested zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
J. Monroe Johnson
New York State
Ohio
Upper Pennsylvania
Indiana
ODT
Johnson
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Soldier James T. Johnson Killed in Action in France
Mrs. James T. Johnson of Darby was notified by the War Department that her husband Pfe. James T. Johnson of the U S Infantry was killed in action somewhere in France. Surviving are two daughters, one a month old.
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Hamilton
James T. Johnson
Darby
War Department
Pfe
U. S. Infantry
France
Weather Forecast West and East of Divide
West of the continental divide light snow or rain Thursday in the south portion. Partly cloudy Friday with little temperature change. East of the divide snow flurries in both portions and colder conditions in the north.
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Continental Divide
Servicemen Lose Plane Seats to Roosevelt Dog
In Antioch California on January 17 a Navy gunner said he and two fellow servicemen were bumped from an Army transport plane in Memphis on January 11 to make room for a dog bound for Hollywood. Col Elliott Roosevelt sent the dog to actress Faye Emerson. a War Department spokesman confirmed the load-lightening claim without details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Calif
Navy
Leon Leroy
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Hollywood
Washington
War Department
Memphis
Leroy
Red Cross
Staton
House approves measure for new naval bases
The House passed a war era bill authorizing the Navy to build new bases and facilities costing 5.5 billion dollars with allocations for advanced bases ship repair ordnance works and training facilities. Roosevelt asked Congress for 1.843 billion in supplemental Navy funds for 1945 and 80 million for federal works highway projects.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Federal Works Agency
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Frank T. Kines
Veterans
Harry Bates
A. F. L.’s Housing Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Rules Committee
Francis Maloney
Dconn
Byrd
House Republican Committee On Committees
Foreign Affairs
Committee On un-American Activities
Lawrence H. Smith
Wis
Chester E. Morrow
US to Use Secret Weapons Soon
The Daily Express reports the United States has new secret weapons, with at least one in England ready to surprise Germans in battle. The first V weapon is housed in a shed under double guard, among several surprises planned for future engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
England
Daily Express
the Express
America
Roosevelt urges passage of service bill to mobilize 18 to 45
President Roosevelt asked Congress to adopt May's limited national service bill to put 18,806,000 men aged 18 to 45 into war effort roles at home or abroad. He cited Army and Navy chiefs urging rapid action and noted occupational deferments and discharges among the total.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
May
Selective Service
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Missing Butte Soldier Pvt John Jones Believed Lost
Pvt John P Jones 19 from Butte was listed missing in action since December 17 in Belgium. The War Department notified his parents Mr and Mrs William Jones of 319 A South Idaho and listed no further details. He enlisted last March and saw action in Germany after training at Camp Roberts and Camp Maxey. He landed in England October 23 and arrived Belgium November 7. He is survived by his parents a brother Bill and sister Betty Lou.
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John P. Jones
Butte High School
Belgium
War Department
William Jones
South
Idaho
Butte
Jones
England
Germany
Camp Roberts
Calif
Camp Maxey
Texas
Pvt. Jones
Bill
Betty Lou
El Salvador Elects Gen Salvador Castaneda Castro President
NAMED PRESIDENT SAN SALVADOR El Salvador Jan 17 Gen Salvador Castaneda Castro declared elected president on the third day of the national election with 312 754 votes.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Salvador Castaneda Castro
Carrier Planes Hit China Coast Again in 4th Day of Strikes
Tokyo reports over 300 American carrier planes hit the China coast for a fourth straight day battering Hong Kong Canton and Hainan Island. B 29s joined the assault against Formosa as U S naval forces claim ships and planes destroyed or damaged in offenses from Formosa to Indo China.
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U. 8
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
China Coast
Hong Kong
Canton
Hainan Island
Formosa
William F
Halsey
China Sea
Ryukyu Islands
Indo-China
China
Washington
Adm
M. F Schoeffle
Stafic
United States
Kokuki Factory Bombed 40 Percent Out of Commission
At Nagoya waterfront Kokuki factory, a key supplier for Japan fighters and bombers, is reported 40 percent out of commission after a major raid. Brig. Gen. Haywood Hansell notes photos from Dec 18 and Jan 14 show damage exceeding earlier estimates. 17 percent of the roof area is damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Kokuki
Nagoya
Japan
Haywood Hansell
21St Bomber Command
Mitsubishi Company
Hansell
Admiral King outlines intensified Navy offensive through 1945
Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King told the Ohio League of Municipalities that the Navy will pursue an intensified offense to the limit of available facilities through the coming year. He warned of heavier enemy resistance, casualties, and the need to keep pressure on Japan while advancing toward Asia and the Japanese homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral King
Columbus
Ohio
Ernest J. King
Asia
Adm
Formosa Bombers Press Japanese Resistance Again
U S forces say 20th Bomber Command Superfortresses struck Formosa for the sixth time amid fading Japanese resistance. About 100 B 29s hit installations on Formosa’s northwest coast while carrier planes harassed the Philippines defense. Gen H H Arnold reports daylight bombing success and no fighters encountered.
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Washington
20Th Bomber Command
Formosa
Philippine
China
Shinchiku
H. H. Arnold
Radio Tokyo
United States Third Fleet
China Coast
U.S
Federal Communications Commission
Saipan
Tokyo
Nagoya
Kyoto
Japan
Adm
Halsey
20Th Air Force
Bangkok
Thailand
Marianas
Philippines
Luzon
British Patrols Near Mandalay After Burma Drive
New Delhi January 17 The British 14th Army patrols along the Irrawaddy River have moved within about 20 air miles of Mandalay. They drive Japanese forces before them and target the escape route via the Irrawaddy crossing at Sagaing near the Ava bridge site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
U.P
Irrawaddy
Mandalay
Burma
Irrawaddy River
Sagaing
Ava
British Crack Outposts in Rhineland
British tanks shattered outpost defenses in the northern Rhineland while U S troops recaptured Bielsalm and closed on St Vith. Patton’s Third Army outflanked Wiltz, repulsing four German counterattacks. Montgomery’s Second Army threatened Echt and Dieteren as armor neared the Dutch frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. McGlincy
Paris
U.S
Rhineland
Holland
United States
Bielsalm
Ardennes
St. Vith
George S. Patton
Third Army
Luxembourg
Wiltz
Ardennes Bulge
Oberwampach
Bulge
First
Roode
Dieteren
Brazzaville
Butte Posts Postwar Plans and City Budgets
The Butte city council adopted a detailed postwar program from the ways and means committee led by Alderman John Lindquist. The body also approved a $163,850 insurance bid from the Butte Association of Insurance Agents, a $2,840.15 payroll for January, December bills, and investment transfers of $22,324.49. The Judiciary committee's recommendation was also advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Barry O'Leary
City Council
Ways and Means
City Hall
John Lindquist
Emmett Malone
Phil J. Doherty
H. B Strasser
John FE. O'Neill
Butte Association of Insurance Agents
Straight Insurance
Corral
Judiciary Committee
Council
Baby Dies As Father Burned In Western Montana Blaze
A 22 month old girl died and her father Walter Boehme 28 was critically burned when a log cabin home three miles north of Hamilton Montana burned after a stove fire. The mother escaped with two other children as the father tried to rescue the baby.
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Hamilton
Montana
Hamilton Hospital
Walter Boehme
Boehme
Jo Ann
Gary
Beverly
Montpelier
Idaho
Allied Bombers Strike German Oil Targets In Major Raids
Allied heavy bombers and fighters attacked Germany’s oil facilities last night and Wednesday, targeting Rhenania refinery at Harburg, nearby Hamburg oil depots, U-boat yards at Hamburg, and rail yards at Paderborn. RAF Lancasters also hit Brux in Czechoslovakia, Zeitz and Wanne-Eickel plants, Magdeburg rail and industry centers. Ten bombers and five fighters missing. eight German planes destroyed.
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London
Germany
Reich
U. S
Continent
Rhenania
Harburg
Hamburg
Paderborn
Ruhr
Brux
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Britain
Zeitz
Leipzig
Magdeburg
Mannheim
Air Ministry
Nelson sued for divorce by wife in Chicago court
Mrs. Helen W. Nelson files for divorce from Donald M. Nelson former War Production Board chairman in Chicago superior court alleging desertion in the January filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
Helen W. Nelson
OPA Restores Canned Grapefruit Juice To Ration List
The OPA ordered canned grapefruit and blended orange grapefruit juice back on rationing at 12:01 a.m. Thursday and required canners to withhold all output for armed forces until military needs are met. Orange juice remains ration-free. Bowles warns civilian supply may fall about one third from last year and notes rising use of canned citrus in wartime.
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Washington
OPA
War Food Administration
WFA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Reds Capture Ravaged Polish Capital
London dispatch reports Warsaw fell to a Soviet encirclement as Russia widens its winter offensive. By W. W. Hercher, the Red army moved toward Berlin with 2,000,000 troops and Stalin tanks, driving the Germans from Poland on a 250 mile front. Krakow and Czestochowa reportedly fell as Berlin admits retreat, Warsaw’s capital now in Bolshevik hands.
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London
Warsaw
Poland
Czestochowa
Krakow
Berlin
East Prussia
Carpathians
Warsaw-Krakow
Joseph Stalin
Nachtausgabe
Germany
Liquor Control Study Ordered by Montana House
Montana House orders a study of the state liquor department to estimate probable revenue for the next two years. A three member revenue and taxation committee team will conduct the study. Senate moves to repeal revolving funds in state accounts and restore funds for department operations.
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Helena
State Liquor Department
Montana House of Representatives
House
Ralph C. Bricker
Cascade
State Liquor Control Board
Bricker
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Senate
Sen
Haight
Fergus
Sen. Haight
Agriculture Department
General
Miles City
George R. Bouer
Treasure County
Rep. Minnick
D-Treasure
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Tokyo Radio
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U. S. First Army
Dougald Werner
W. W. Hercher
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