Jap Defense Of Rabaul Proves Costly
Allied air and ground actions across the South Pacific press toward Rabaul with over 100 Solomons planes joining the assault. U.S. and New Zealand fighters claim 21 enemy planes shot down as marines push at Cape Gloucester and Australian troops advance near Saidor, Madang, and Huon peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
South Pacific Air Force
New Zealand
Tobera
South Pacific
Cape Gloucester
Vitiaz Strait
Buri
Huon Peninsula
U.S. Sixth Army
Saidor
Madang
Bogadjim
Alexishafen
Catalina
Kavieng
New Ireland
Radio Tokyo
Takao
Formosa
China
Party Chiefs Confer on Idaho Delegate Convention Dates
The Idaho Republican state central committee will meet February 12 in Boise before the Lincoln Day banquet to set dates for the party’s delegate convention. 161 state delegates will choose Idaho’s 11 national delegates in Chicago on June 26, with a larger quota due to national policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Republican State Central Committee
Reilly Atkinson
Chicago
Idaho
Robert Coulter
Central Committee
Dies of illness. prominent builder H Shafer passes away
William Howard Shafer 68 longtime builder died at his home 341 South Garfield after a yearlong illness. Born October 25, 1876 in Paramont West Virginia he built the Union Pacific depot railroad shops and Salt Lake Hardware building. He married Dolly B Dietrick August 17 1908 in Napa California. Survived by his widow and sister Mrs N E Richards. Funeral arrangements by McHan mortuary will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard Shafer
South
Garfield
Paramont
West Virginia
Union Pacific
Salt Lake
Dolly B. Dietrick
Napa
Calif
BPO Elks
Portneuf Lodge
A. F
A. M
Dolly B. Shafer
N. E. Richards
Bridgeport
McHan Mortuary
Russians Capture Sarny in Ukraine War Advance
Russian troops of the first Ukraine army seized Sarny, a fortified railway junction 35 miles inside former Poland, after crossing the Sluch river. The capture disrupts German defenses on the Polesiye line and encircles nearby rail centers, with Stalin ordering 12 salvoes and renaming Sarny in tribute to the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukraine
Old Poland
Sarny
Shepetovka
Odessa - Warsaw
Smela
Ukraiian
Alexandrovka
Russia
London
Stalin
Sluch
Polesiye
Moscow
Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Stryelsk
Nenovichi
Samy
Nikolai Vatutin
Pripet
Rovno
Zhmerinka
Proshurov
Roosevelt Seeks 34000 Mile National Highway System
President Roosevelt asked Congress to fund a national highway network of about 34,000 miles costing roughly 750 million dollars annually over several years. The plan, based on a report by a highway committee, aims to connect major regions with rural and urban roads, largely following existing federal aid routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Chandler Improves After Serious Illness In Baltimore
John F. Chandler, former Idaho and Utah newspaperman, shows much improvement after abdominal illness. He expected to leave University hospital today but will remain for treatment. Stricken Jan 1 and given a blood transfusion Jan 3, his recovery has been slow but steady. Chandler has been with the Associated Press in Baltimore four years after working in Salt Lake City Boise and Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore, Md
John F. Chandler
Idaho
Utah
University Hospital
Chandler
Baltimore
Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Boise
Pocatello Tribune
Pocatello
Weather Forecast for Pocatello and Vicinity in 1944
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with few mountain snow flurries. Weather data from the U S Commerce Weather Bureau at Pocatello Municipal Airport covers a 24 hour period ending noon January 12 1944 with high 22 low 100 7 mean about 8 departure to date 103. High and low figures compare to last year 24 and 15. Precipitation for the 24 hours is 0 and month to date totals are 37. Sunrise at 9 00 and sunset at 6 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Halsey Receives Gold Star for South Pacific Service
Secretary Knox awarded Admiral William F. Halsey Jr a gold star in place of a second Distinguished Service Medal for his command in the south Pacific from October 19, 1942, to December 7, 1943. Halsey is in Washington for conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
Halsey
Roosevelt Calls for Realistic Tax Plan in War Revenue Fight
Roosevelt pressed for broader taxes and persuaded Congress to freeze the social security payroll tax for 1944 while seeking a larger revenue increase. Senators Walsh and Lucas praised renegotiation provisions as a minority report signers supported extending wartime finance measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Senate
Morgenthau
Walsh
D-Mass
Lucas
D-Ill
Finance Committee
Cold Morning Fire Destroys Farmer’s Truck Near Idaho Falls
At 7 25 a farmer living three miles northeast of Idaho Falls on the Yellowstone highway tried to start his truck in bitter cold. He built a fire under the vehicle to warm it, and the wiring ignited. Idaho Falls firemen extinguished the blaze but the truck will not run again until the wiring is repaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Yellowstone Highway
Allied Bombers Hit Piraeus and Cervaro Fortified Fronts
Allied air and ground actions in Greece and Italy report heavy strikes on Piraeus with Fortress bombers and Wellingtons, plus gains for the Fifth Army as Cervaro and surrounding high ground near Cassino change hands after hard fighting. German patrols are pushed back by Allied counter-attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Balkans
Piraeus
Greece
Fifth Army
Italy
Cervaro
Cassino
Rome
Pireaus
Sofia
Bulgaria
Garigliano
Castel Forte
Frank Rieger Dies at 71 in Local Hospital
Frank J. Rieger 72, retired Union Pacific machinist of 1027 N Arthur, died this morning after a short illness. Born August 13 1872 in Erie Pennsylvania he married Anna O Neill February 13 1894 in Pittsburg. Survived by widow two brothers sisters and a sister in law. Body at Downard mortuary with funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Rieger
Union Pacific
N. Arthur
Erie
Joseph Rieger
Pennsylvania
Anna O'Neill
Pittsburg
Pocatello
Rieger
St. Joseph Church
Knights of Columbus
Old Timers’ Club
Joseph
Marietta
Ohio
Otto
Katherine Edwards
Barbara Evans
Syracuse N. Y
Theresa Jaraline
Lena Birch
Mansfield
Holmes in Custody After Cheyenne Arrest
Monte Holmes, a former Idaho penitentiary inmate later committed to the State Mental Hospital South at Blackfoot, who escaped January 2, has been arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming, according to Deputy Warden Harry Rhodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Monte Holmes
Idaho Penitentiary
State Mental Hospital South
Blackfoot
Cheyenne
Wyo
Harry Rhodes
Dewey Willkie Tie Grows In GOP Committee Poll
A 1944 Associated Press poll of Republican National Committee members shows Thomas E. Dewey leading with 21 votes and Wendell Willkie close behind, while many delegates remain undecided. Other names mentioned include Bricker Stassen Taft Warren MacArthur and Green. The survey also notes 23 delegates are open minded on the nomination question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell Willkie
National Committee
N. Y
Parents Seek $20000 Damages Over Tragic Death
Loren Thorpe and wife Lyle filed in federal court against Malad Valley Creamery Co. seeking 20000 damages plus 250 burial costs after their son Loren Thorpe Jr. died September 24 1943 when he fell through an open trap door into a whey pit at the creamery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roise
Loren Thorpe
Lyle Thorpe
Malad Valley Creamery Co
Malad
Thorpes
Utal
Loren Thorpe, Jr
GOP Attacks Roosevelt's Bill of Rights
Chicago reports Republicans label Roosevelts proposed second bill of rights as a preview of the 1944 platform. The GOP national committee orders eight committees to study domestic and foreign policy for the convention reach June 26. The eight rights include jobs, food, housing, medical care, old age protection, and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Congress
Mackinac Island
Advisory Council
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Party
Brazil Holds Ship Crew
O Globo reports the German blockade runner sunk in the South Atlantic was camouflaged but flew the Argentine flag and carried Argentine seamen. The ship, scuttled Jan 3 during a chase by U S and Brazilian forces, sank between Ascension Island and the African coast with 145 crewmen interned in northeastern Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
O Globo
South Atlantic
U. S
Ascension Island
Brazil
Japan
Germany
Argentina
Globo
Trains Collide Near Madrid Killing 96 and Injuring 100
A DNB German agency report says the Madrid to San Sebastian Express and another passenger train collided near Arevalo about 75 miles northwest of Madrid. Ninety six people died and more than a hundred were injured in the crash yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
DNB
San Sebastian
Arevalo
Madrid
Babies Set Record in Postwar Birth Surge
The census bureau reports a U S birth boom with about 1,000,000 more births in two years than the previous peace period. The peak came roughly a year after Pearl Harbor, signaling a sustained rise in new births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Pearl Harbor
Americans Lose Heavy Bombers in Record Sky Battle Over Berlin
American bomber raids over Berlin sparked a record air battle as German reports claim 136 Allied planes shot down, including 124 four engined bombers. The main force targeted Magdeburg and Halberstadt with long range fighters. Berlin not cited as a target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Eighth Air Force
Magdeburg
Halberstadt
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Bombers and fighters lose heavy toll in German raid
London reports fifty nine American bombers and five fighters lost in the raid on Germany. The attack involved more than 700 Flying Fortresses and Liberators with official notices claiming it as the greatest air battle of the war. Targets included Focke Wulf 190 plants and Messerschmitt assembly sites with numerous hits and fierce enemy air resistance. In Washington the House military committee advances mustering out pay of up to 300 dollars for honorably discharged personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Schwienfurt
Oschersleben
Halberstadt
Brunswick
Washington
House Military Committee
Turkey Too Costly
Senator Byrd complains to the OPA about 85 cent a pound turkey price. An investigation charged Abraham Citran of Madison Avenue Delicatessen with a ceiling price violation on Bologna, not turkey. Citran pleaded innocent and sought adjournment while awaiting a Washington witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Office of Price Administration
Byrd
Chester Bowles
OPA
Abraham Citran
Madison
Citran
Turkey
Ciran
Washington
National service draft proposal sparks bitter congressional battle
Roosevelt presses national service legislation calling up all men 18 to 65 and women 18 to 50 if voluntary recruitment fails. Senate and House split on the measure with critics labeling it fascism while supporters call it the democratic thing to do. Labor groups oppose it, and leaders plan talks with the president as key details outline conscription through local boards, wage guarantees, housing, and reemployment protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Seneator Wheeler
D.-Mont
Rep
Wadsworth
R.-N.y
C.I.0
Philip Murray
National Service
Murray
AFL
William Green
Democrats to Hold Boise Jackson Day Dinner Feb 4
Oscar R Ewing vice chairman of the Democratic national committee will address a Jackson day dinner in Boise February 4 amid a State Democratic Central Committee session to set time and place for the party delegate convention. Secretary of State George Curtis announced 170 accredited delegates to the state convention which will select 25 delegates to the National Democratic convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Oscar R. Ewing
Democratic National Committee
State
Democratic Central Committee
Robert Coulter
George Curtis
Joe R. Williams
State Young Democrat Organization
Coulter
Central Committee
Army Cancels Work and Faces Unemployment Surge
Chairman Truman of the senate war investigating committee said $8 billion in army and navy contracts have been cancelled. He warned communities will face a serious unemployment problem as the manpower issue nears its peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Truman
D.-Mo
Senate
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Nikolaevy
Krivor
Nikopo
Kherson
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Dnieper
Odessa
Guinea
The
H. Shafer
Surny
Intermountain
Weather Bureau
Intake
Lower Star Valley
Federal Weather Bureau
Burley
Southcentral
Twin Falls
Nampa
Grangeville
Salmon
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Panhandle
Greek Harbor
Frank Rieger
Holmes
Dewey, Willkie
GOP
Leipzig
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