Nazis Retreat From Bulge as Allies Gain on North Front
Allied reports describe German withdrawals in the Ardennes with U S first army driving toward St Vith and Bastogne while third army advances near Bastogne and Houffalize. British and French forces press from the west and Rhine front holds firm as Soviet winter offensive unfolds.
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Bulge
Malmedy
Stavelot
St. Vith
von Rundstedt
Mont-Le-Ban
Houffalize
Prum
Siegfried Line
Germany
Normandy
Vitla Caven
Third Army
Bastogne
First
Ourthe River
U. S. Ninth Army
Roer River
Monschau
Aachen
Rhine
Alsatian
Strasbourg
U. S
Blue Lakes Ranch to Become Blue Lakes Country Club
Twin Falls area report that Blue Lakes ranch in the Snake River canyon will be leased for 50 years by local businessmen. The Blue Lakes Country Club aims for 500 members, with a new canyon road, clubhouse, and improvements planned after the war. Perrine will keep a fish hatchery area and a one acre plot around the private burial site holding I B Perrine’s grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Blue Lakes Ranch
Snake River Canyon
Burton Perrine
I. B. Perrine
Blue Lakes Country Club
Perrine
Boy Dies of Gun Wound in Pocatello Home
Keith Allen Brown six year old son of Mr and Mrs William Delmer Brown died after a gun discharged while he and his brother Neil played at their 150 North Johnson avenue home. The pistol allegedly unloaded fired a bullet into his temple. he died four hours later at General hospital. Born June 13 1938 in Pocatello he was in first grade at Emerson school and attended kindergarten at the First ward L D S church. He is survived by his parents two brothers Johnny Dean and William Nett of Pocatello. grandparents Mr and Mrs B I Norton of Declo Idaho and George H Brown of Pocatello. Funeral Monday at 4 p m at the First ward L D S church with Bishop D W Martin in charge burial at Mountainview cemetery under Downard mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Allen Brown
William Delmer Brown
North Johnson Avenue
General Hospital
Brown
Keith
Neil
Pocatello
Emerson School
L.D.S
D. W. Martin
Mountainview Cemetery
Downard Mortuary
BBC bans jokes about Americans in England, AP reports
AP dispatch notes the BBC forbids radio comedians from referencing Americans in Britain with parenthetical Anglo American relations. Also: Senate public lands hearings on Taylor grazing act fees set for Ely Nevada Feb 1 2 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London, Sunday
BBC
England
The
Sunday Chronicle
Washington
Senate Public Lands Committee
Ely
Downey Man to Wed in Salt Lake City
Dayle Devere Thomas 26 of Downey and Kathleen Carver 20 of Atlanta received a marriage license in Salt Lake City today, signaling an upcoming wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Dayle Devere Thomas
Downey
Kathleen Carver
Atlanta, Ga
Pocatello Soldier Captured By His Own Infantrymen
Three signal company radio operators from Idaho and fellow veterans in Alsace were captured by German forces after a New Year’s Day skirmish. They were mistaken for enemy troops when American infantry briefly detained them, but the men proved their identities and continued their radio duties after escape or recapture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Alsace
Joseph Moore
Stony Point
N. C
Roy Cornforth
Pocatello
Aberdeen
Idaho
Elmer Schafer
Fort Wayne
Ind
Signal Company
Italy
George Nicol
Wilkes Barre
Anzio
Nicol
Cornforth
Schafer
Moore
Utah Democrat Robinson Reelected Chairman of Rocky Mountain Delegation
In Utah on Saturday, Representative Robinson of Utah was reelected chairman of Democratic representatives from Rocky Mountain states. Attendees included representatives from Montana Idaho Utah New Mexico Arizona and Nevada. Arizona's Murdock was named head of a mining problems subcommittee and Utah's Granger to lead a livestock subcommittee.
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Washington
Robinson
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Idaho
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Murdock
Ariz
Granger
Allies land on Burma west coast near Akyab bridgehead
Allied forces established a bridgehead on Burma’s west coast below Akyab after landing against stiff Japanese resistance. Naval and air bombardment supported the operation, according to the allied command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASLIA
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Akyab
Langley says salary aid funds usable in all counties except Canyon
Boise Attorney General Frank Langley issued an opinion stating funds already collected under the teacher emergency salary aid act, enacted by the 27th Legislature in a special session last spring, may be drawn upon for purposes designated by the act in every county except Canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Frank Langley
Canyon
Silence Hides Major Naval Attack Off Indo China
U S third fleet secrecy shrouded a heavy assault on Japanese convoys off Indo China begun Thursday. Carrier raids sank 25 ships, 12 troop transports, and one cruiser. 13 damaged. Inland fires near Saigon. air battles reported with many enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged. Nimitz noted second day of operation with no fleet damage.
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U. 8
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Indo- China
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
China Sea
Luzon Island
Douglas MacArthur
Aleutian Island
Paramushiro Island
Torishima Retto
Babelthuap
Urukthape
Palau
Indo-China
Third Fleet
Saigon
Thanh Son Nhut
Sagon Island
Camranh Catai
Qui Nhom
Asiatic
Nimitz
Formosa
William F. Halsey
Rosario
Baguio
Benguet Mountains
MacArthur
U.S
Gulf
Vigan
Luzon
Imm
Aquistor
Lingayen Gulf
Stalin Announces Soviet Winter Offensive On Eastern Front
London dispatch reports Premier Stalin announced the Red Army has opened its winter offensive on the eastern front with a 37 mile front and 25 miles of breakthrough toward Germany. Berlin cites 2,500,000 Russian troops in motion as allied operations press from east and west. The advance claims to have overrun numerous locations near the Vistula and approaches to Silesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Red Army
Moscow
Central Eastern Front
London
Marshal Stalin
Germany
Eantharn Daland
Vistula River
German
Silesia
Nida
Reich
Stalin
Berlin
PO Mipmailen
Soviet Offensives Push Across Eastern Front Amid Budapest Fight
Berlin reports describe a triple Soviet offensive from East Prussia to Hungary with major advances on a 600 mile front. Stalin lauded Polish gains near Kielce and noted air support absence. In East Prussia heavy fighting on 12 mile fronts while Budapest blocks fall. about 3,800 of 4,500 city blocks controlled.
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Warsaw
Sandomierz
Vistula
Brideghead
Berlin
German East Prussia
Czechoslovakia
Meme
Budapest
Hungary
Stalin
Ivan S. Konev
Red Air Force
Moscow
Kielce
East Prussia
Schlossberg
Ebenrode
Goldap
Rominten Forest
Losnoc
Lucenec
Kassa
Kosice
Cora Rubin Leaves Senator Thomas's Secretary Post
Boise native Miss Cora Rubin has resigned as secretary to Senator Thomas. He appoints his daughter, Mrs Mary Peavey, as Rubin's replacement. Rubin served about five years for Thomas and previously for the late Senator Borah of Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cora Rubin
Boise
Senator Thomas
Idaho
Thomas
Mary Peavey
Miss Rubin
Senator Borah
Two Ida Ho Soldiers Earn Temporary Lieutenant Ranks
The war department announced temporary promotions for two Idaho air corps officers. Cecil Palmer Robinson of Blackfoot and Stanley Roy McKenzie of Garden Valley were advanced from second lieutenant to first lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Idaho
War Department
Air Corps
Cecil Palmer Robinson
Blackfoot
Stanley Roy McKenzie
Garden Valley
Major Legislative Items at Boise Include ISU Action
The Idaho legislature begins work with committees formed to handle heavy tasks. An emergency appropriation bill funded the session and salaries. Senate moves on Boise city charter bond issues. House acts to set Thanksgiving date with the national holiday. Gossett urges harmony as party lines show friction over appointments and committee chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
House
Senate
Charles C. Gossett
C. A. Bottolfsen
Fred Taylor
Ada
W. D. Vincenti
R-Ada
Gossett
J. H. Nell
Moscow
Latah County
Victor T. Morris
R.latah
Willis C. Moffatt
Rep
A. R. McCabe
D-Benewah
McCabe
Eight Navy Vessels Named for Counties
The navy department disclosed eight transport and cargo vessels named for counties in Idaho. The counties are Bingham, Butte, Custer, Elmore, Fremont, Minidoka, Shoshone and Oneida. In all, 310 ships have been named for counties nationwide. The vessels range 400 to 800 feet, are heavily armed, and operate as part of a task force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Idaho
Navy Department
Bingham
Butte
Custer
Elmore
Fremont
Minidoka
Shoshone
Oneida
Navy
Aps
Aks
United States
Yank Patrols Within 90 Miles of Manila
American forces push toward Manila from Lingayen gulf with motorized patrols now 90 miles from the capital. MacArthur cites Japanese opposition only in northern foothills while air and road strikes disrupt enemy troop movements. American units seize Urbiztondo Bayanbang Santa Barbara Mapandan and over 30 towns liberated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Luzon
Lingayen Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
Gulf
MacArthur
Philippines
Benguet
Central
Urbiztondo
Bayanbang
Doughboys
Santa Barbara
Mapandan
Tarlac
American Casualties and Fierce Pacific Bombardment Report
Allied leaders report heavy fighting in the Pacific with U S and Japanese air and sea clashes near Luzon and Formosa. American planes sink ships and damage many vessels while Japanese aviation suffers major losses. In Europe a grim discovery confirms the massacre of 100 American soldiers near Malmedy after capture.
Pocatello Artist Wins First Place in Idaho Exhibit
Miss Marion Featherstone of Moscow won first place for her oil landscape Kamiac Butte, and T. R. Neilson of Pocatello won first for his water color American Indian. Forty five water colors and 46 oils were entered. A. N. Aspinwall Caldwell earned first oils honorable mention with Chapeau de Paille, while Leitha Reeve Boise took second. Alfred Dunn Moscow gained first water color honorable mention for Cheat Grass, with Helen Hart Boise taking second for Moon Flower and Phlox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Marion Featherstone
Moscow
Kamiac Butte
T. R. Neilson
Pocatello
Conan Mathews
A. N. Aspinwall
Caldwell
Leitha Reeve
Wood River
Alfred Dunn
Helen Hart
Battle-Scarred Vets Return Home From European Front
New York veterans home on 30 day merit furloughs crowd a troop transport deck. They celebrate with milk from Red Cross and swapped souvenirs while planning a month of meals, cigarettes, and parties. They carry decorations from six months to three years overseas and share tales of Paris and Normandy.
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New York
Red Cross Gray Ladies
U.S.A
Normandy
Venirs
Souvenir de Paris
G.I
Fatherland
Fuehrer
United Kingdom
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Soviets
East Front
Karl von Rundstedt
Ardennes
Bulletins
Baltics
ST. Louis
James M. Kurn
Kurn
Michigan
International Red Cross
Department
Downey Man
French
Mindanao
VA. S
Lingayen
U. S. Navy
Camranh Bay
Russia
ISU
Associated Press
U. S. First Army
Geremont
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