Idaho Senate Dismisses Neil Contest. Morris Sworn In
The Idaho Senate voted 23 to 20 along party lines to dismiss Democrat J. H. Neil's contest for the Latah County seat and sworn in Republican Victor T. Morris. The body backed the Republican majority on key committees, over Democratic minority guidance to count votes from three Moscow precincts. Two new members were sworn in as George Brunt replaced Sen. George Horsley, and Gov Gossett appointed a new agriculture commissioner.
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Boise
Idaho Senate
J. H. Neil
Latah County
Victor T. Morris
Moscow
Senate
J. E. Williams
Bingham
Arnold Williams
George Horsley
D. Bonneville
Gossett
George Brunt
Idaho Falls
Hersley
Idaho
R. A. Young
Parma
C. A. Bottolfsen
Patrols Active As Weather Improves In Italy Front
American fifth army raiding parties pushed deep into enemy lines as patrolling intensified with better weather. Canadian units of the eighth army faced stubborn Nazi resistance along the Reno river near the Comacchio lagoon and Adriatic. Allied headquarters reported strong fighter and fighter-bomber activity over northern Italy targeting communications, stores, and frontline installations.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Reno
Comacchio Lagoon
Adriatic Sea
Italy
Engineers to Meet Idaho Society Elects New Officers
Idaho Society of Engineers plans its annual meeting in Boise on January 20 as Raymond L. Briggs declines another term. Nominated for president is Clyde P. Hungrey of Boise with James Reid of Lewiston as vice president, W. P. Eaton as secretary, and H. C. Clare as treasurer.
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Boise
Idaho Society of Engineers
Raymond L. Briggs
Briggs
Clyde P. Hungrey
James Reid
Lewiston
Bureau of Highways
W. P. Eaton
H. C. Clare
Screen Star Weds Joyce Reynolds and Robert Lewis
Screen actress Joyce Reynolds aged 20 and Marine Lt Robert Lewis aged 21 were married last night at Community church in Westwood. The ceremony linked a film star and a military officer in a quiet West Coast wedding.
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Hollywood
Joyce Reynolds
Robert Lewis
Westwood
Senate Needs Director to Advise Public
Four days of Senate sessions have convinced member Glen Taylor that a public relations chief is needed to explain floor business to galleries. He suggests either closing galleries or announcing at session start which committees meet and what issues will be discussed. Meanwhile American carrier planes raided the Indo China coast, attacking near Saigon and Cam Ranh Bay as U S forces push toward Manila Luzon.
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Washington
Senate
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
Indo-China
Philippines
U. S. Sixth Army
Manila
Comei
Saigon
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S
Luzon Island
Formosa
Luzon
Domei
Nimitz
French Indo- China
Camranh Bay
Singapore
Masaharu Homma
Nippon
Bud Foster
National Broadcasting Company
Honolulu
Tokyo
Foster
Baguio
San Fabian
Weather data update for Pocatello area
The Weather Bureau reports 24 hour period ending noon Jan 12 at Pocatello Municipal Airport with high near 19 and low around 17. Precipitation trace and monthly total about 0.06. Forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions, slightly colder tonight, and similar after. Nearby stations show Idaho Falls 80 22 trace and Salt Lake 47 24.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Tomorow
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Trace Butte
Trace
Burley
Salt Lake
Legion leaders to address Nampa meeting tomorrow
O. W. Paul of Rupert Idaho department commander of the American Legion and Mrs Florence Craig of Gooding auxiliary president will address a southwestern Idaho Legion meeting in Nampa tomorrow. The department's executive committee will meet at Boise Sunday.
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Nampa
Idaho
O. W. Paul
Rupert
American Legion
Florence Craig
Gooding
Southwestern Idaho Legion
Boise
Census Takers Sought for Farm Survey
County Extension Agent W Dean Boyle announces an upcoming farm census and asks interested residents to contact him. Compensation for duties is paid by the United States census bureau.
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W. Dean Boyle
United States Census Bureau
Boyle
Bombs Kill Civilians in London V-bomb Attacks
The ministry of home security reports Nazi V-bombs killed 67 British civilians and seriously injured 847 during December as civilians faced air raid danger in London.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
Greeks Agree To War Truce In Civil War Talks
A truce ends hostilities at 1 a.m. January 15 as Elas representatives and the Greek government begin talks. Lt. Gen. Ronald M. Scobie signs for the British with four Elas delegates after two days of talks. Elas withdraw from designated areas and exchange prisoners with the British. civilians held by EAM police are not covered. Archbishop Damaskinos protests the hostage policy.
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Athens
Elas
Ronald M. Scobie
Greece
EAM
National Liberation Front
Damaskinos
Edes
Broad fronts and naval talks stain distant war bulletins
The German radio claims a southern Poland offensive from the Vistula bridgehead toward Krakow. A Japanese radio voice in Australia reports another American landing in Manila bay area may follow Lingayen and notes two more convoys. Pravda says Hungary must pay reparations and cede territories to Romania and Czechoslovakia. Nazi troops quell strikes in Milan with 10,000 arrests. Idaho Falls dealer asks the FRC for a 250 watt station on 1 40 kilocycles.
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London
Poland
Vistula
Baranow
Krakow
Australia
Manila Bay
Lingayen
Philippine
Washington
Idaho Radio Corporation
Davide Smith
Idaho Falls
Communications Committee
Allies Slide Through Belgian Front as Struggles Persist
War analyst DeWitt MacKenzie notes fierce battles in Europe and Asia as Allied forces press the Belgian Bulge and Strasbourg fronts while questioning how long Japanese civilians can endure total war. He cites British losses in Burma and predicts intensified bombing and blockades against Japan.
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Luzon
Stimson
Burma
Mitchell Field
Nippon
Philippines
Japan
Missing in Action Lt. Vaughn Confirmed Over Germany
Mrs. Jeanne Ruggles Vaughn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ruggles, reports husband Lt. Harry W. Vaughn Jr. is missing in action over Germany on December 23. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Vaughn of Almond Wisconsin and nephew of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Moore of 930 North Arthur. He co piloted a B 25 bomber after two years in service and earned his wings last July at Stockton Field California. He married Jeanne Ruggles in Pocatello December 24 1943 and worked for Union Pacific prior to service.
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Jeanne Ruggles Vaughn
W. L. Ruggles
North Lincoln
Harry W. Vaughn, Jr
Germany
Lieut
Vaughn
Harry W. Vaughn
Almond
Wisconsin
L. F. Moore
North Arthur
Stockton Field
Calif
Jeanne Ruggles
Pocatello
Union Pacific
Contractors to Meet on Postwar Development Plans
The Associated General Contractors of the Northwest will meet in Boise to discuss postwar reclamation plans for the Columbia River basin. H. A. Dick of Portland national vice president will attend. Paul Vernon Boise chapter president says topics include surplus equipment distribution after the war renegotiation of contracts and tax issues.
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Boise 7
Associated General Contractors of the
Northwest
Columbia River Basin
H. A. Dick
Portland
Oregon
Paul Vernon
Boise
Littles Lose Sheep in Caldwell Poison Suspect
About 200 sheep owned by the Little Sheep company of Emmett died in a Caldwell feed lot with symptoms indicative of poison. Dr. Arthur P. Schneider said the flock totals 2,227 and the remainder are under laboratory tests, with results due tomorrow.
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Boise
Little Sheep Company
Emmett
Caldwell
Arthur P. Schneider
Animal Industry
Spies to be tried by military tribunals ordered
President Roosevelt ordered two men landed on the Maine coast by a German submarine to be tried by military tribunal. The decree cites enemies within the United States during war and subjects them to war law and military jurisdiction for sabotage espionage or hostile acts. Commanding generals may appoint military commissions across the continental United States and Alaska.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Maine
United States
Continental
Alaska
Boy Shot in Right Temple in Accidental Gun Discharge
Keith Brown six, son of Delmer and Mrs Delmer Brown of 150 North Johnson Avenue, is in critical condition at General Hospital after a .22 pistol discharged in the kitchen. The bullet entered his right temple and lodged in the brain during a play session with his brother Neil, ten, and the weapon still loaded.
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Keith Brown
Delmer Brown
North Johnson Avenue
General Hospital
Keith
Neil
the Tribune
Baldridge seeks higher public aid funds in Idaho
Public assistance commissioner H C Baldridge asked Idaho lawmakers to boost relief funds after reporting the department distributed 9 219 753 07 during the biennium. Federal and state shares plus county contributions funded old age aid aid to the blind dependent children and general assistance while cases declined from 14134 to 12243. The Independent Voters league plans a 60 monthly pension for those 60 and over.
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Boise
H. C. Baldridge
Baldridge
Department of Public Assistance
The
Independent Voters League
Planes Developing Too Fast for Ports
Arthur Ayres of Pan American World Airways warned the Society of Automobile Engineers that planes are at least ten years ahead of airports. He urged an international association to synchronize aircraft, airport, and airline design and noted only a few world ports can handle B-29 type planes. World air commerce could stagnate without funds for terminal construction for current and postwar aircraft.
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Detroit
Arthur Ayres
PanAmerican World Airways
Los Angeles
Society of Automotive Engineers
International Association of Aircraft
World Air Commerce
United States Resumes Relations With Finland
The United States resumes relations with Finland on an informal basis. President Roosevelt approves assignment of a foreign service officer with the personal rank of minister at Helsinki. An officer from Stockholm is handling affairs until the new envoy arrives.
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Washington
United States
Finland
State Department
Roosevelt
Helsinki
Stockholm
Sweden
Allied push tears at Belgian bulge as Ardennes retreat widens
Allied forces widened the Belgian bulge as German rearguards withdrew with fog and snow. American and British troops entered St Hubert and pressed pockets near Bastogne and Harlange. Germany pulled divisions from the Ourthe front while Himmler potentially directed assaults around Strasbourg.
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Ourthe River
Bulge
St. Hubert
Harlange
Bastogne
Alsace
Paris
Third Army
Vianden
Luxembourg
Salm
St. Vith
Third
von Rundstedt
Ardennes Bulge
Alsace-Lorraine
Strasbourg
Supreme Headquarters
St. Hubert Forest
Courtney H. Hotges
First
Salm River
Heraumont
Laroche
3. D. Ball
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Home Army
Oberheim
Herrtishheim
Rhine
Montgomery
Laroche - St. Hubert
Ourthe
Houffalize
Ardennes
Vielsalm
Thoburn Wiant
Key Witness In Michigan Probe Killed
LANSING Mich Police pursue leads in the slaying of Warren G Hooper a Republican state senator and key witness in the Carr grand jury corruption probe Hooper 40 was found shot and burned in his car four miles north of Springport with two bullet wounds and extensive charring State police hunt a possible primary killer and a separate lead from a call to Hoopers wife in Albion Sigler said Hooper had provided a complete confession and immunity in exchange for testimony in Carrs investigation which has named over 50 figures including several legislators and resulted in mixed outcomes in related cases
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Lansing
Mich
Warren G. Hooper
Carr Grand Jury
Michigan
Springport
Kim Sigler
Taff of Crand Jury
Hooper
Sigler
Calli
Albion
State Senate
House
Leland W. Carr
Forrestal defends handling of war news releases
Secretary Forrestal tells southern press that Washington should avoid over complication in releasing war progress to the public. He says bad news should be announced promptly to prevent magnification and distortion and notes navy already disclosed ship losses through January 1 in the Philippines. He cites a 100 knot typhoon that sank three Pacific fleet destroyers.
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Washington
Forrestal
Navy
Eight Bodies Shipped From Port of Spain Crash Scene
Eight bodies of Pan American Airways clipper crash victims were shipped to the United States for burial. Thirteen other victims and the Whitlock family of five were in Port of Spain yesterday before arrangements.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
United States
Whitlock
Soldiers Convicted in Paris Looting Case
Five more enlisted men were convicted today in a Paris general court on lootings from supply depots. The men faced charges of looting with sentences ranging from 35 to 0 terms, marking further convictions in the case.
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Paris
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W. J. Crea
Screen Star
Seattle
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War Department
Yank
Associated Press
Legion
Bulletins
Pravda
Hungary
Russia
Romania
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Bern
Miland
DeWitt MacKenzie
Harry Vaughn
Western Front
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Herrlisheim
Obenheim
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