Mindoro Landing Signals New Philippine Invasion Effort
U S forces extend the Philippine push with two Mindoro landings as carrier planes and B 29s strike Formosa and Okinawa. MacArthur reports raids across Luzon, Clark Field hit, and 25 ships sunk or set afire off the west coast while Admiral Nimitz confirms Formosa and Okinawa attacks amid a wide air offensive in the 2000 mile arc from Japan to the Philippines.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
Ryukus
Formosa
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro
Manila
U.S
Okinawa
Nagoya
Nippon
Honshu
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Nimitz
Clark Field
Autopsy Held After Ogden Train Wreck Death Toll Rises
Officials continued the autopsy of James McDonald 64 engineer for Southern Pacific who died in the Ogden Utah crash that killed 49. Fireman Hardman of Ogden survived with minor injuries and questioned about the incident. Funeral services were held for six family members among the dead. In Reno Pvt Joseph G Gabriel of Chicago died at the army base hospital bringing the toll to 49.
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Ogden
Utah
James McDonald
Southern Pacific Mail Express
Bushnell General Hospital
Brigham
McDonald
Hardman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Latter-Day Saints
Sunset Ward
Warren LeRoy Porter
Southern Pacific
Sparks
Nev
Margaret
Peggy
Mary
Jack Francis
Porter
Carlin
Reno, Nev
Joseph G. Gabriel
Chicago
Reno Army Air Base Hospital
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Idahoans vote to make HUAC a permanent committee
Representatives Dworshak and White of Idaho supported the move to establish the House Committee on Un-American Activities as a permanent panel. Granger and Robinson of Utah opposed the bill. The measure passed 207 to 186.
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Washington
Dworshak
Idaho
White
House Committee On un-American Activities
Granger
Utah
Robinson
Navy lists Idaho sailor wounded in action
The Navy Department identified Ervil Thomas Corbin of Buhl Idaho as a ship's cook second class wounded in action. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson J. Corbin of Buhl and is one of the sailors listed among the wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Idaho
Ervil Thomas Corbin
Anderson J. Corbin
Buhl
Four Liberator crew survive 33 days at sea
After bailing out of a burning bomber Nov 1 near the Philippines, four airmen endured 33 days adrift in a life raft over 400 miles of open water. They survived on birds and fish, catching rainwater and cheese rations, before being rescued after a perilous reef landing and native aid.
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Thirteenth Air Force
Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Liberator
John W. Emig
York
John M. Davies
Cambria
Wis
William A. Gillissie
Dearborn
Mich
Adolph L. DésMarais
fWinchedon
Mass
Philippines
Cold Weather Bites Nation With Lone Rock Lead
A cold spell sweeps the nation in a daily cycle. Subzero readings persist in the Midwest and Dakotas while Idaho enjoys milder conditions. Temperatures fall to 25 below at Lone Rock, Wisconsin with widespread subzero levels from the Dakotas to the Midwest and single digits in parts of the East. Nearby regions report light snow and freezing drizzle from Missouri Valley to Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, with flurries in the northern plains and northeast Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Idaho
Lone Rock
Wis
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Ilinois
Ohio Valley
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Florida
Texas
North Atlantic Seaboard
Missouri Valley
Great Lakes Region
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Navy seeks 1.5 billion for expansion program
The navy asked Congress for one and a half billion dollars to fund an expanded operation program for construction work, said Secretary Forrestal. In Los Angeles, the Chaplin paternity trial jury was deadlocked and dismissed by Superior Judge Henry M. Willis. In Salt Lake City, nine Fundamentalists convicted on polygamy charges will appeal to the U S Supreme Court. In London, allied daylight raids were reported as U S 15th air force planes and Liberators engaged Reich targets amid poor weather across the Western Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Congress
Forrestal
Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Henry M. Willis
Salt Lake City
U. S. Supreme Court
Claude T. Barnes
Associated Press
Karl von Rundstedt
Western Front
Carrier planes hit Formosa and Okinawa in second day of raids
Pacific Fleet headquarters at Pearl Harbor reports United States third fleet carrier planes swept Formosa and Okinawa in the Ryukyus in the second day of attacks on Japanese bases.
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U. 8
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States Third Fleet
Formosa
Okinawa Island
Ryukyus
U. S
YMCA guard dead in pool tragedy at Boise
Coroner William McBratney announced there will be no inquest into the death of 17 year old Robert Stoyanoff found last night in the YMCA pool. Officials said he apparently suffocated by a diving mask after attempting to swim the pool length without a breath. YMCA program chairman A R Thompson noted the youth repeatedly tried to swim the length.
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Boise
William McBratney
Robert Stoyanoff
YMCA
A. R. Thompson
Stoyanoff
Beef set-aside order tightens wartime food control
The War Food Administration issued a revised beef set-aside rule to ensure full military supply. From Jan 7 packers under federal inspection must hold total production of selected beef. the armed services will pick 60 percent meeting army specs, with the rest released to civilians. Previous rules set aside 60 percent but often missed army standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Armed Services
Army
China Retakes Wanting on Burma Road
Chinese troops recaptured the border town of Wanting on the Burma road, gaining full control of the Chinese section. A field dispatch reports heavy Japanese casualties as Wanting’s fall marked the climax of the Salween offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Burma Road
Wanting
First Army Clears Three Miles Amid Storms On Eastern Front
Russian forces push 3 miles forward amid blinding snow as German counteroffensive stalls near Komárom and Budapest. Soviet reports claim gains on southern Danube bank while heavy air battles rage over the Hungarian capital and nearby fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Army
Moscow
Budapest
Vienna
Komarom
Danube
Red Star
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Losone
Lucenec
Slovakia
Sacer
Losonc
LDS Pioneer Vida E. Smith Yates Dies at 80
Vida E. Smith Yates 80 granddaughter of Joseph Smith founder of the LDS church died yesterday at her daughter’s home in Los Angeles. Her body will be taken Monday to Independence Missouri for funeral services and burial. She was born in Nauvoo Illinois and was the writer of many hymns for the reorganized church.
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Los Angeles
Vida E. Smith Yates
Joseph Smith
Latter-Day Saints Church
Earlita Inslee
Independence
Yates
Nauvoo
Ill
Alexander Smith
Reorganized
LDS Church
War Correspondents protest SHAEF news delays
Paris reports SHAEF censorship sparked protests by front line and London based correspondents over delayed or restricted release of first army offensive news. AP’s Boni filed at 6 PM but transmission waited 12 hours after SHAEF release amid a 36 to 12 hour lag reduction.
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Paris
First Army
Supreme Headquarters
SHAEF
British Broadcasting Corporation
William F Boni
D- Day
Boni
Drew Middleton
New York Times
Marshall Yarrow
Reuters
BBC
London
Edward Angley
The
Chicago Sun
Taylor Gets Choice Of 25 30 Places
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho reports 25 or 30 lodging offers after singing for a home near the capitol steps with his family. The Taylors are staying in a Washington hotel while seeking permanent accommodations.
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Taylor
Washington
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Capitol Steps
Capitol
Taylors
Allies to Use Jet Planes Speculation in London Press
The London Evening News cites British and American claims of jet research supremacy and notes production announced last May. Analysts ask why no allied jet aircraft have appeared against German jets amid questions about the jets’ value. Observers praise Mustangs Thunderbolts and Tempest for conventional strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Evening News
German air force stronger than D-day says Allied generals
Nine American air generals led by Carl Spaatz and James Doolittle review the air war. They say Germany has greater numbers due to conservation and production, with 750 000 to 1 million AA gunners around oil targets. Allied airpower remains superior overall and Germany mounted a large air effort in Rundstedt’s winter offensive.
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Paris
Carl] A. Spaatz
Strategic Air Forces
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Spaatz
Germany
Karl von Rundstedt
Weather Summary for Pocatello Area
Weather report from the U S Weather Bureau at Pocatello Airport for the 24 hours ending noon January 4 shows a high of 37 and a low of 17 with a mean of 27 and normal 22. Precipitation is 0.00 inches. month to date is 0.16 inches. Forecast calls for cloudy tonight and Friday with little temperature change.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Pocatello
Germans Threaten Allies Near Open Alsace Plain
Paris AP report details a cold push by American first army infantry and tanks toward the Belgian bulge, reaching within miles of Bastogne area as Beffe and nearby towns fall. German counterattacks threaten Grandmenil, Rochefort sector, while Patton's third army pauses amid heavy fighting and worsening blizzards.
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Alsace
Paris
First Army
Belgian Bulge
Supreme Headquarters
Third Army
Bastogne
Beffe
Hotten
Grandmenil
Progre
Malempre
Rochefort
Bulge
U. S. Third Army
101St Airborne Division
Grandmeni
Courtney H. Hodges
von Rundstedt
Ninth Army
Aachen
Wissembourg
Palatinate
Strasbourg
Rhine
Saarland
Saarlautern
Hodges
Hal Boyle
George 8S
Patton
101St Airborne
Troops Seize Conventello on Ravenna Front
Canadian troops captured the village of Conventello two miles east of Alfonsine on the Ravenna Ferrara highway after heavy German losses. About 100 prisoners were taken. Patrols intensified across the front with American artillery breaking up several German raids near Bologna and San Ansano.
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Rome
Conventello
Alfonsine
Ravenna
Ferrara
Arelied
Highway 65
Bologna
San Ansano
Highway Nine
Fifth Army
Monte Dee
Sillare Ridge
Utahns Fail In Appeal
The Tenth U S circuit court of appeals affirmed the convictions and sentences of nine fundamentalists from Salt Lake City on polygamy related charges. Six were charged under the Mann Act and three under the Lindbergh kidnapping law. Defendants included Heber Kimball Cleveland David Brigham Darger Vergel Y Jessop William Chatwin Charles F Zitting Edna Christensen Thoral Ray Dockstader L R Stubbs and Follis Gardner Petty. Judge Sam G Bratton wrote the opinion with Judges Orie L Phillips and Walter A Huxman.
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Denver
Tenth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Salt Lake City
Lindberg
Heber Kimball Cleveland
David Brigham Darger
Vergel Y. Jessop
William Chatwin
Charles F. Zitting
Edna Christensen
Thoral Ray Dockstad
Nazis Fight Delaying War and Bargain Peace Hopes
Inside Germany reports from multiple sources say German forces still possess gasoline reserves and new secret weapons. They describe V weapons in underground factories, a rocket plane with torpedo capability, and a portable rocket gun used during the Von Rundstedt offensive. Nazis study Allied propaganda and seek a “worthwhile bargain” by continued fighting.
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Bern
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Luftwaffe
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Bedum
France
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New Sla
Tokyo
Homeland
Domei
Sulu
Helmut Dantine
Leslie Forrest
Ida Lupino
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15Th Air Force
Italy
WEA
China
Western Air Force
Thomas F. Hawkins
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