Fleet Air Attacks Persist Against Japs in Pacific
U S third fleet carriers press the offensive in the Pacific with raids on Formosa and Okinawa as Tokyo reports heavy aerial strikes and Nimitz confirms ongoing operations amid radio blackouts and disputed casualty counts. Formosa serves as a staging point for forces bound for the Philippines and East Indies. Okinawa, near Japan, remains a key target in the Ryukyus campaign.
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U. 8
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Japan
Formosa
Ryukyus
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Tokyo Radio
Okinawa
Tokyo
Philippines
East Indies
Ryukyu
Nazis Resist Stubbornly Along River Front
Russian forces hold the line along a Soviet corridor northwest of Budapest as German panzer units push from the Danube with heavy air support. Inside Budapest Russian storm troops gain ground, claiming 1,400 city blocks seized since last Friday while Luftwaffe losses mount and aerial combat continues.
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Moscow
Budapest
Danube
Komarom
Bombing Totals Reveal 1944 Allied Air Losses and Output
London reports 1944 Allied air power, with 1 546 million tons of explosives dropped on enemy targets. American and British bombers split 958000 and 588000 tons, while the U S Eighth Air Force contributed 450000 tons. Allied sorties reached 1 045728 with 15318 enemy aircraft destroyed and 9274 U S planes lost. Spaatz notes RAF planes inflicted heavy tolls on German fighters.
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London
Europe
Carl A. Bpaats
U. S. Strategic Air Force
RAF
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Britain
U. S
Spaatz
Americans Bag 69 Ships In 3 Day Pacific Raids
Allied forces claim major naval losses in the Pacific as 69 Japanese ships are sunk in a three day attack tied to Formosa raids. MacArthur reports continued Japanese ship movements toward Mindoro while Mindanao and Luzon theaters see heavy air and sea actions. British and Indian troops secure Akyab in Burma as operations begin on a wider island invasion.
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Long Road
Singapore
Formosa
Tokyo
U. S
MacArthur
Mindoro
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Akyab Island
Burma
Philippines
Luzon
Leyte
Clark Field
Manila
Cebu
Negros Islands
U.S
Mindanao
Japan
Nagoya
Bangkok
Thailand
China
Canton- Hankow
Axis Prisoners Escapee Count Leaves 24 on Run
War department reports 24 of 1,152 axis prisoners who escaped from camps remain at large. Eighteen are Germans and six are Italians. Two Italians escaped from the Rupert Idaho camp.
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Washington
War Department
Rupert
Idaho
Soviet Recognizes Lublin Polish Provisional Government
Russia announced recognition of the Polish provisional government in Lublin, breaking with the London-based Polish government in exile. The move comes ahead of the big three meeting and follows earlier U S and Britain stance supporting London.
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Washin
Lublin
London
Russia
United States
Britain
Polish Peasant Party
Moscow
Sholensk Forest
International Red Cross
Idaho to Continue Fight on Pests
Idaho will extend efforts against potato pests after successful nematode control in 1944 in the Aberdeen area. Supt. John Toews of the University of Idaho Aberdeen station announced continued measures, noting beans can prevent spread in affected land. Attending were Dave Stubblefield, Dr. Leif Verner, Dr. Earl Blodgett, and William Raeder from the university, and state ag officials.
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Aberdeen
John Toews
University of Idaho
Toews
State Department of Agriculture
Dave Stubblefield
Agriculture Department
Leif Verner
Earl Blodgett
William Raeder
Harmony marks start of Indiana general assembly concert
In Indianapolis the 1945 Indiana general assembly opened with harmony as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performed a concert in the State House for legislators and guests.
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Indianapolis
Indiana General Assembly
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
State House
Allied counteroffensive starts on northern German bulge flank
Military reports from Washington and London note Gen. George C. Marshall saying the allied attack in Belgium is just getting started and V-2 fire intensifying. U.S. Third Army forces withdraw near Bastogne while Nimitz announces successive strikes at Iwo Jima. Soviet communique says 233 more blocks captured in Budapest for total over 1,500.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Belgium
London
Red Army
Budapest
British General Montgomery Controls Two American Armies on German Front
Washington reports Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery now commands the ninth army and major portions of the first on the northern flank of the German bulge. President Roosevelt described the move as a regular field operation and said Eisenhower arranged the shift. Bradley retains command of southern forces.
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Washington
Bernard L. Montgomery
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Montgomery
Eisenhower
War Department
Belgium
Luxembourg
Omar I. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Third Army
First Army
Bradley
Paris
German Bulge
Supreme Headquarters
U. S
Ninth Armies
Troops Drive Nazis Back Near San Alberto
Allied reports say Canadian forces advanced east of Alfonsine to within 1.5 miles of San Alberto, north of Ravenna, repulsing German counterthrusts with Tiger and Panther tanks and inflicting heavy losses. Farther west, Eight Army units pressed near Faenza on the Bologna Rimini line as Fifth Army saw patrol activity.
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Rome
Alfonsine
San Alberto
Ravenna
Adriatic
Bologna-Rimini
Faenza
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
Sponsors Want 25 Millions To Survey Western Area
The House Reclamation and Irrigation Committee called for a 25 million dollar appropriation to plan surveys for a western power and irrigation program. It envisions ninefold river power potential, tidewater transport, and postwar housing for veterans, plus highways alongside water projects.
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Washington
Columbia River
St. Lawrence Seaway
House Reclamation and Irrigation Committee
Representative White
Idaho
Columbia
Snake Rivers
Lewiston
Veda
West
America
Flathead River
Montana
Flathead Lake
Albeni Falls
Weather summary for Pocatello and vicinity
U S weather bureau reports 24 hour period ending noon January 5 with high 35, low 22, mean 28 and slight departure from normal. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with slightly colder temperatures. Sun set 6 10, sunrise 9 01 reminder of daily cycle.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Allied Air Forces Launch Multi-Front Assault Over Rhine
In a major daylight operation, over 1,000 U S eighth air force heavy bombers attacked targets along a 150 mile stretch from Cologne to Karlsruhe with 500 P-51 escorts and RAF bombers striking near St Vith. The raids targeted rail and road hubs feeding German fronts as Mitchells and Bostons joined the effort against enemy material concentrations behind the lines.
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London
Cologne
Karlsruhe
Eighth Air Force
RAF
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Frankfurt
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Second Tactical
St. Vith
Berlin
Bay of Biscay
Bordeaux
la Rochelle
RAF Heavies
Trowbridge Leaves Hospital at Boise
William Trowbridge, former director of the state beer revenue administration, was released from St Luke's hospital after injuries from an incident at the state capitol. James A Dement, assistant director, said he pushed Trowbridge down stairs during a dispute over an opened letter and later apologized before resigning to Governor Bottolfsen, who accepted with regret.
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Boise
William Trowbridge
State Beer Revenue Administration
James A. Dement
Capitol
St. Luke’s Hospital
Dement
Bureau
Bortolfsen
Trowbridge
Statehouse
Bottolfsen
Idahoan Receives Distinguished Service Medal
Brig. Gen. Theodore M. Osborne was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for directing lend lease supplies to Russia from the Persian Gulf command area. He is director of requisition and stock control in the Army Service Forces and served in Iran from 1942 to 1944. His parents Mr and Mrs George N Osborne of Kellogg announced the honor.
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Kellogg
Theodore M. Osborne
Russia
Persian Gulf Command
George N. Osborne
Osborne
Army Service Forces
Iran
Idaho Men Return Home From Pacific Duty
Fort Lewis personnel center says many members of the 41st division including Idaho men are coming home from Pacific duty on rotational leaves and 30 day furloughs. Some will return overseas, others spend 21 days at home then 10 days at Santa Barbara before reassignment. About 25 division men are named as newly returned from the Pacific today.
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Fort Lewis
Idaho
Pacific
Santa Barbara
Bulge Battle May Reach Higher Peaks in Allied Drive
German experts see the northern bulge attack as a planned major counteroffensive meant to trap German forces by joining Eisenhower and Patton from the north and south. The columnist notes the battle’s peak is not yet reached and predicts Allied victory, with Hodges aiming to relieve pressure on Patton and disrupt Rundstedt’s breakout.
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Belgian Bulge
Berlin
Eisenhower
Patton
Bastogne
Marshal von Rundstedt
Bulge
Hodges
First Army
von Rundstedt
Liege
Antwerp
Battle of the Bulge
Army to Take Ward Profits
Ray Scoggins CIO official says assurances were given that profits from Montgomery Ward properties seized by the army will not go to workers. He states back pay will come from profits and any surplus goes to the U.S. treasury. Union members at four Detroit Ward stores struck on December 9 and returned after army intervention. Seizure ordered by President Roosevelt after Ward management ignored war labor board directives.
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Detroit
Ray Scoggins
CIO
Montgomery Ward
Scoggins
United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employes
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Company
Ward
United States Treasury
Detroit Area
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Allied Forces Push as German Drive Continues in Ardennes
Allied counterattacks under Montgomery and Bradley gain up to two miles along a seven to seventeen mile front in the Belgian bulge. British and American units strike near Marche, Bure, Wavreville, and Liemeux while German forces push toward the Saverne gap and Strasbourg area amid heavy winter fighting.
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Supreme Headquarters
U. S. First
Ninth Armies
Montgomery
France
U. S
Seventh Army
Bitche
Saverne Gap
Strasbourg
Bure
Wavreville
Rochefort
Liege
Marshal von Rundstedt
Ninth Army
Ardennes
U. S. First Army
Arbrefontaine
Laroche-St. Vith
Liemeux
Hotton
Bergeval
Stavelot
Courtney H. Hodges
U.S. Fire Army
Bastogne
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