Liberators hit Manila Clark field as MacArthur opens 1945 air offensive
Liberator bombers from Leyte, escorted by fighters, struck Clark field in Manila amid heavy anti aircraft fire. The raid marked broader air assault reach toward Formosa, with five ships set ablaze and four Japanese planes shot down. MacArthur said south west Pacific patrol planes reached Formosa, a first for the campaign.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Manila
Clark Field
Leyte
Fifth Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Red Raiders
Raymond Seidel
Olympia
Wash
Luzon
Japan
Halmeshera
New Guinea
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Sal~pan
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Iwo
Saipan
Jungle Unit Finds Little Opposition
Southeast Asia command reports British jungle troops advancing through Shwebo district of upper Burma have entered Yeu at the terminus of a railway to Mandalay via Monywa on the lower Chindwin. Allied forces lie within 70 airline miles of Mandalay and 22 miles from Shwebo. Heavy Eastern Air Command bombers struck a railway bridge near Bangkok and damaged the Bangkok Moulmein line, with three more bridges destroyed nearby the day before.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Shwebo
Upper Burma
Yeu
Mandalay
Monywa
Chindwin
Eastern Air Command
Thailand
Bangkok
Bangkok-Moulmein
Japs Face War Material Shortages Slowing Defense
Associated Press Radio from Tokyo quotes Imperial Palace adviser Lt Cmdr Arimichi Yamagata saying Japan’s material shortages enable enemy counterattacks. Intercepted broadcast notes optimism is unwarranted amid ongoing B 29 raids damaging major war industries.
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Radio Tokyo
Cmdr
Arimichi Yamagata
Imperial Palace
Japan
Federal Communications Commission
Surprise Canadian push seizes seventy prisoners near Senio
Allied headquarters said Canadian forces advancing toward Alfonsine on the Ravenna Ferrara highway broke German defenses between the Fosso Vecchio and the Senio river. Seventy prisoners were taken as allied troops cleaned out strongholds and mopped up a German bridgehead east of the Senio while Fifth Army patrols moved along Route One toward Massa.
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Rome
Alfonsine
Ravenna-Ferrara
Fosso Vecchio
Senio
Fifth Army
Massa
Tyrrheniar
OPA Advises Care With Fuel Oil to Curb Shortages
The Office of Price Administration warns households to conserve fuel oil this winter. No extra rations will be available later, and only careful, rationed burning will prevent hardship through the season.
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Washington
OPA
Four Million Spent In 1944 Presidential Campaign
Democratic and Republican national committees filed reports showing total 1944 campaign spending of $4,664,773.14 with Democrats at $2,056,121.58 and Republicans at $2,828,651.56. The disclosures accompany a House committee push to subject all political groups to the corrupt practices act.
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Washington
Democratic
Republican
Congress
Roosevelt
Republican Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
House
Lsted
Aoe Ae
Hannegan
Paign
Herbert Brownell
Roosevelt, Inc
New York Independent Republican Committee
House Campaign
C.s.c.political Action Committee
Cam
Senate and House Open 79th Congress Amid Wartime Call
Washington opens the 79th Congress with war urgency as lawmakers meet at noon. A draft expansion for young farm workers is announced, Rayburn secures a fourth term as speaker, and committees draw lines on war, spending, and universal service hearings ahead of Roosevelt’s state of the union address.
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Washington
White House
Cordell Hull
Senate
House
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Roosevelt
House Military Committee
Byrnes
Newport Named Finance Commissioner in Idaho
Gov. Charles C. Gossett appointed James B. Newport of Parma as commissioner of finance to replace G. L. Jenkins of Malad. Newport previously served as state commissioner of agriculture in 1941 and 1942 under Gov. Chase A. Clark. Also named is Ariel L. Crowley as special legal assistant in the governor’s office during the legislative session with Attorney General Frank Langley’s approval.
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Boise
Charles C. Gossett
James B. Newport
Parma
G. L. Jenkins
Malad
Newport
Chase A. Clark
Gossett
Ariel L. Crowley
Frank Langley
Husband of Pocatello Woman Dies in Action
Pfc Charles L Williams of the 501st bomber squadron was killed in action in the Philippines on Nov 12. His wife Ida Mae Williams and their baby daughter live with her parents at 337 East Lovejoy and are visiting Williams' Missouri parents.
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Charles L. Williams
501St
Philippines
Ida Mae Williams
East Lovejoy
Pfc. Williams
Missouri
Idaho's only WWI ace McDougall leaves for Denver
Pvt. Harry McDougall son of Kate McDougall and the late Harry McDougall boards for Denver after a 10 day furlough spent with his mother. He serves as a gunner in the army air forces.
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Pvt
Harry McDougall
Kate McDougall
Idaho
Denver
Army Air Forces
Giant B29 Bombers Hit Japanese Homeland in Daylight Raid
The United States reports a daylight strike by 90 B 29 superfortresses against Nagoya Osaka and Hamamatsu on Honshu. Japanese claims say 13 bombers shot down four downed and 25 damaged with minimal impact on key facilities. The mission flew 3000 miles from Mariana bases under Brig Gen Hansell. This is the first homeland attack since December 27.
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Washington
Japan
Honshu
War Department
Nagoya
Osaka
Hamamatsu
Tokyo
Mitsubishi
Mariana Islands
21St Bomber Command
H. S. Hansell, Jr
Taylor family debuts in Capitol scene with song
Idaho Senator elect Glen H Taylor, his wife and two children, gather on the Capitol steps and sing to cameras and photographers. He jokes about building a barracks for congress members as family watches, noting son Paul Jon turns three on Douglas MacArthur’s birthday. They stay at a hotel while awaiting business.
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Washington
Glen H. Taylor
Capitol
Idaho Democrat
Congress
Taylor
Pocatello
Arad
Dora
P. J
Paul Jon
Douglas MacArthur
Taylors
Idaho Officers Receive Promotions and Active Duty Orders
Washington reports three Idaho officers granted temporary promotions and two ordered to active duty. Promoted to captain are Lt. John Herbert Marean of Burley and Second Lt. Edmund Felts Fever Jr. Also ordered to active duty are Second Lt. Berti Erling Maimquist of Coeur d Alene and Second Lt. Theodore Taliaferro McKnelly of Pocatello.
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Washington
Idaho
War Department
John Herbert Marean
North Burton Avenue
Burley
Air Corps
Edmund Felts Fever, Jr
North Fisher
Black
Berti Erling Maimquist
Coeur d'Alene
Theodore Taliaferro McKnelly
Pocatello
French Resent Allied Pampering of German Prisoners
Paris report in the humorous weekly Le Canard Enchainé depicts Nazi prisoners at an American mess table. An angry U S soldier waiter points a finger and warns that if the Wehrmacht continues massacring prisoners they will receive no des.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
le Canard Enchaine
U.S
Wehrmacht
Jap Attempts To Break Yankee Grip
DeWitt MacKenzie notes General Yamashita of the Philippines as a dangerous foe intent on countering MacArthur and Nimitz. Mindoro air bases near Luzon worry the Japanese commander who seeks surrender terms and vows to strike back as the Philippines crisis nears a pivotal moment.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Marshal von Rundstedt
Philippines
Yamashita
Europe
MacArthur
Mindoro
Philippine Archipelago
Radio Tokyo
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Mikado
Luzon
Manila
Weather summary for Pocatello area shows mild January
The U S weather bureau reports for the 24 hour period ending noon January 3 a high of 38 and a low of 19 with a mean of 28 and normal 22. precipitation for the month is trace. Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with valley fog and little temperature change. Nearby stations Idaho Falls 29 16 trace Salt Lake 43. Sun sets 6 08 and rises 9 02.
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Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Uae
Salt Lake
Child accidentally shoots self in Moscow home
Kent Mercer, 4, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas F Mercer, accidentally shot himself through the neck with a .22 caliber rifle while handling it in Moscow. Dr J G Wilson said the boy would recover barring complications.
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Moscow
Idaho
Kent Mercer
Thomas F. Mercer
J. G. Wilson
Mackenzie Auto Equipment Co Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation filed with the Secretary of State Ira H. Masters show McKenzie Auto Equipment Co of Pocatello capitalized at 50000 to deal in auto parts supplies and equipment. Incorporators are FP BE Mackenzie and R. Kearsley of Pocatello and W B Collings of Idaho Falls.
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Boise
State
Ira H. Masters
McKenzie Auto Equipment Co
Pocatello
MacKenzie
R. Kearsley
W. B. Collings
Idaho Falls
Draft to Call On 364000 Farm Helpers
The White House directed selective service to press to the full extent the drafting of deferred farm workers aged 18 to 25. War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes urged Major General Lewis B. Hershey to draw as many as possible from this group, citing essential needs for the armed services and the potential impact if available farm workers are not mobilized.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Lewis B. Hershey
Byrnes
Army
Navy
Armed Services
Warwood
Marvin Jones
Hershey
Selective Service
Tydings
Bullet Stops Utahn Armed With Knife And Voicing Threat
In Ogden Connie W. Howell 35 died today from gunshot wounds allegedly inflicted by John Alexander 53 during an early morning altercation. Howell, described as African American, was found near the apartment after witnesses said he brandished a knife and threatened to kill. Alexander is held without charge. he said Howell advanced with a knife leaving him no option but to shoot.
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Ogden
Connie W. Howell
John Alexander
Alexander
R. FP. Peterson
Howell
Henderson
P. J. Nolan
Veteran Brower Returns From War Wounds
Private J. W. Brower, 30, wounded in Germany November 20, is en route home from England. His wife, living at 635 West Greeley, received word. Brower earned the Purple Heart and has served since April 26 last year in the infantry. He was formerly a painter for R. L. Getty.
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Pvt
J. W. Brower
England
West Greeley
Brower
Germany
R. L. Getty
Health Officials Visit Boise Area Counties on Week-Long Tour
Dr. Ruth J. Raat tama, director of maternal and child health, and H. B. Clark, department accountant, traveled Tuesday to confer with southern Idaho county commissioners and health unit officials. They will inspect hospitals in Gooding Jerome Bannock Camas and Bonneville counties during the week.
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Boise
Ruth J. Raattama
Maternal and
State Department of Public Health
H. B. Clark
Idaho
Gooding
Jerome
Bannock
Camas
Bonneville
Editor Executed by Firing Squad in London
London report says Albert Le Jeune former manager and chief editor of Petit Nicols was executed at dawn today by a firing squad after a conviction for collaboration.
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London
Paris
Albert le Jeune
The
Petit Nicols
Taylor sworn in as Idaho's new junior senator
Idaho may nominate Glen H. Taylor, newly elected junior senator, with John Thomas introducing him on the senate floor. Taylor succeeds D. Worth Clark and is linked to Tom Corcoran, a close ally of the president, as the 79th Congress begins. Thomas had filled vacancies for Gooding and Borah and twice appointed to complete terms.
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Washington
Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
Senate
John Thomas
Taylor
Thomas
D. Worth Clark
Tom Corcoran
Frank R. Gooding
William E. Borah
United States
Samuel Pasco
Florida
Augustus O. Bacon
Georgia
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Iowa
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Germans Hit Heavily at Dozen Fronts
Paris dispatch reports American advances near Bas-togne with forces pushing toward St Vith as Germans suffer about 60 000 casualties and 20 000 taken prisoner amid widespread looting and renewed attacks along a 70 mile front from the Saar to the Rhine.
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Paris
Bastogne
Belgium
St. Vith
Michamps
Maister Woods
Saar
Rhine
Sarregue
Marshal von Rundstedt
Bitche
Saarbrucken
Siegfried Line
Saarland
Palatinate
Pocatello to Get Houses Under Eastern Idaho Plan
Idaho federal housing director Harry Whittier says Pocatello will receive 100 new dwelling units under H-2 priority and FHA title two eastern Idaho program. Homes built by private contractors will cost up to 7500 dollars with up to three bedrooms and no occupancy restrictions. Idaho Falls recently got 50 houses under a similar plan.
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Boise
Idaho
Harry Whittier
Pocatello
Poarch Presses Bid to Keep Idaho Warden Post
Warden Sam Poarch urged the Idaho Prison Board to retain him, claiming the system needs a nonpolitical approach. He argued for moving the penitentiary out of politics and cited $120,000 in state revenue during his 20 months. The pardon board denied two requests, including Kress for assault and Lilsao for burglary, as Gov Gossett and state officials planned executive session.
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Boise
Sam Poarch
State Board of Prison Commissioners
Gossett
Frank Langley
Ira H. Masters
sState
Pearch
Nez Perce
Ada County
Poarch
Langley
Pardon Board
Robert Kress
Clearwater
Gordon A. Lilsoas
Twin Falls
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Formosa Island
France
Western Front
U. S. Third Army
Moircy
U. S. Seventh Army
Pocatellan
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William Colepaugh
Erich Gimpel
Maine
Colepaugh
South
Prison Board
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