Japs Make Stand on Northeast Flank as Yank Push Near Manila
General MacArthur reports Sixth Army columns advancing toward Manila along the No. 3 highway, reaching Camiling and Paniqui while heavy fighting rages with Japanese forces defending the Manila north road near Damortis and Rosario. Urdaneta and Lingayen are cited as prior gains, with Baguio holding as a critical rear link.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Sixth Army
Manila
Ank
Manila North Road
Douglas MacArthur
Pangasinan
Lingayen Gulf
Tarlac
Camiling
Paniqui
Baguio
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Urdaneta
Lingayen Town
Damortis
Rosario
San Fabian
San Fernando
Third Fleet Pilots Hit China's Coast
U S Third Fleet pilots bombed Hongkong Swatow and Amoy along 350 miles of China coast in the first full scale carrier raid on these ports. Nimitz said ships were sunk and damaged in Indo China strikes and other raids on Truk Iwo Jima Wake were also attacked.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Indo- China
U.S. Third Fleet
Hongkong
Swatow
Amoy
China
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
China Coast
Formosa
Nimitz
Third Fleet
Indo-China
Saigon
Camranh Bay
Saigon Navy Yard
Asia
Tn Camranh Bay
Campe St. Jacques
Idaho Graduates From Naval Training Center
Idahoans graduate from service schools at the naval training center. Electrical school includes Wayne D. Haddock Paris and Richard D. Turner Jerome as fireman ranks. Radio school lists James C. Davidson Ashton and Raymond A. Denney Juliaetta as seaman second class. Gunnery school names John I. Meir Gifford as seaman second class.
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Fparragut
Idaho
Naval Training Center
Wayne D. Haddock
Paris
Richard D. Turner
Jerome
James C. Davidson
Ashton
Raymond A. Denney
Juliaetta
Seaman
John I. Meir
Gifford
Divergent Travel Payments Among Idaho Legislators
Awarding of traveling expenses to lawmakers drew wide disparities. Rep. J. R. Meeker of Bonners Ferry received 127 dollars for a 1,270 mile trip to Boise, while Ada County representatives living in Boise were paid 20 cents each.
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Boise
J. R. Meeker
Bonners Perry
Capitol
Ada
Army Aids in Plane Search Near Bear Lake
Airmen resumed the search for a three day overdue Amalgamated Sugar Co. plane with E. M. Cole C. Leland Eddy and B. F Woodruff aboard. Weather grounded light craft. clues tie to fuel and speed as the Army expands searches through Bear Lake country and the Malad Burley Pocatello triangle.
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Ogden
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Salt Lake City
Arthur Mortensen
Hinckley Field
Burley
Idaho
E. M. Cole
Sugar Company
C. Leland Eddy
B. F Woodruff
Mortensen
Garden City
Bearlake
Randolph
Weber Canyon
Devil's Slide
Morgan
Bear Lake
Carl Peterson
Montpelier
Malad
Pocatello
Weather summary for Pocatello area January 16
Weather data for Pocatello Municipal Airport reports a 24 hour period ending noon January 16 with high 40, low 30, mean 40, normal 22. Precipitation total this month 0.07 inches, normal 0.60. Sunset 6:22, sunrise 8:58. Forecast: mostly cloudy with light showers or snow flurries tonight and Wednesday and little temperature change. Nearby stations show varied highs and lows including Idaho Falls 30 to 3, Dubois 35 to 21, Lake City 60 to 6.
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Pocatello
Max
Idaho Palls
Dubois Eteeeenee
Butte
Ccccess
Eat
Yanks Enter Key Base As Patton Drives Down Moselle Valley
Soviet troops capture Radom south of Warsaw in a new breakthrough. Gen Hans Lingner, commander of the 17th SS division, has been captured by the U S Seventh Army. American and British forces push toward the Siegfried line, with Houffalize and Cherain taken and the Moselle valley advancing toward St Vith.
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Patton
Moselle Valley
London
Radom
Warsaw
Stalin
ITH
Hans Lingner
SS Panzer Grenadier
U. S. Seventh Army
Associated Press
First
Houffalize
Laroche
Moselle
Reich
Luxembourg
Sittard
Alsace-Lorraine
von Rundstedt
Bitche Salient
Hatten
Strasbourg
Bulge
George 8S. Patton
U.S. Third Army
Siegfried Line
Berg
Tettlingen
Hell On Wheels
Second Armored
Road Center
Courtney H. Hodges
Cherain
St. Vith
Hitler
Great Britain
Ernest N. Har
Hershey says about half under 26 likely drafted by July
Washington official Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, stated that roughly half of all agricultural workers under age 26 are expected to be drafted by July 1. He noted the impact on farming labor and ongoing manpower plans.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
White House invites Roosevelt for short inaugural ceremony
The White House announced invitations have gone out for President Roosevelt's inauguration this Saturday. Secretary Stephen Early said the ceremony at 10 a.m. will last no longer than 20 minutes, reflecting wartime restrictions. The report also notes debates over war fleet sales and expanded executive directives.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
M.W.T
Stephen Early
OPA Sues Nampa Firm for Price Violations in Watch Sale
The Office of Price Administration accuses Taylor and Anderson furniture and hardware in Nampa of selling a wrist watch above the ceiling price and selling unclassified used furniture. The suit, filed in federal district court, seeks triple damages and names Robert L. Taylor and Ralph Anderson as owners and Don F. Miller of Nampa as the buyer.
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Boise
Office of Price Administration
Federal
Taylor and Anderson Furniture and Hardware
Nampa
OPA
Price Office
Robert L. Taylor
Ralph Anderson
Don F. Miller
Idaho Legislature Clears Minor Bills Amid Slow Startup
In Boise the Idaho legislature ended a stalemate with four new bills born from caucuses and committee talks. Three senate measures address hit-run penalties, charter amendments for religious and benevolent groups, and irrigation district powers. a house bill would let soil conservation supervisors fill vacancies. One nine-bill package has passed. others await second reading. Rep. Jesse Vetter threatened a slot machine licensing bill, not legalizing operations. Both houses adjourned until tomorrow with committee sessions planned.
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Boise
Idaho
Senate
Jesse Vetter
D.kootenai
Idaho Power Declares Dividends On Common And Preferred Stock
Boise Idahos Idaho Power company declares a 40 cent dividend on its $20 par value common stock payable February 20 to holders of record January 25. The same quarterly dividend continues for 15 months since the stock market debut. On February 1 the quarterly dividend on the four percent preferred $100 par value stock becomes payable to holders of record January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Power Company
Listening urged as key to handling people says Simmons
Charles M. Simmons of Seattle, president of the Simmons Institute of human relations, told Boise Ad club members that letting people unload their hearts is a top method. He warned the technique cannot be overused and emphasized its value in workplace interactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Charles M. Simmons
Seattle
Simmons Institute of Human Relations
Ad Club
Soviet Offensives Surge Across Poland and East Prussia
Russian troops push 38 miles in a 75 mile wide front between Warsaw and the German frontier as Zhukov leads a major winter operation. East Prussia falls to a Soviet offensive, with 4,790 Budapest prisoners reported as Soviet advances continue.
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London
Warsaw
Poland
German
Silesia
Krakow
Stalin
Schlossberg
East Prussia
Konev
Kielce
Warsaw-Krakow
German Silesia
Warsaw-Silesian
Berlin
Jaslo
Budapest
Red Army
Moscow
Pocatello Soldier Wins Promotion to Sergeant
Reed Bagley 21, of Pocatello, promoted from corporal to sergeant at the Eighth Air Force Reconnaissance Station in England. The cook oversees food for base personnel flying long missions over Europe, gathering weather data and photographing targets. Bagley, a son of Mr and Mrs Ezra Bagley, attended Pocatello High School and worked at Safeway before enlisting in 1942. He has the good conduct ribbon and European theater ribbon with bronze star. his brother Jesse serves in the infantry in France.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Reed
Bagley
Pocatello
Leon W. Gray
Set
Ezra Bagley
South Third
Pocatello High School
Safeway Stores
Army
Sgt
Cooks’ and Bakers’ School
Pittsburgh
Camp Kohler
California
Hale Promises Pocatello Plant Will Bring New Money
Idaho legislator Rep R T Hale said the Pocatello ordnance plant will be a permanent facility with a $50 million investment for Boise area growth. He noted 1000 workers at a $50 weekly wage and projected 1800 employees at peak operation, highlighting federal funding as new money for the region.
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Boise
R. T. Hale
Pocatello
Medical Care Offered Wives of Servicemen
Dr Ruth J Raat tama analyzed the federal maternity and infant care program for servicemen s wives at a quarterly Idaho meeting. Benefits apply to service men in the four lowest pay grades. The group toured a rapid treatment center for venereal diseases. Attendees included Electa Cartin Coeur d Alene Lois Jean Ruyle Lewiston Dorothy Collard Twin Falls and Mrs Doris Wright Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Ruth J. Raattama
Supervising Nurses
Idaho Department of Public Earth
Portia Irick
Electa Cartin
Coeur d'Alene
Lois Jean Ruyle
Lewiston
Dorothy Collard
Twin Falls
Doris Wright
Pocatello
Young Boys Enlist in Navy at Boise Center
Seventeen year old volunteers including Vincent Croy and Tony Marabilla of Nampa and Lyle Adrian Campbell of Emmett joined the navy at Boise. The event notes additional enlistees among a group of 17-year-olds in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Vincent Croy
Tony Marabilla
Nampa
Lyle Adrian Campbell
Emmett
Navy
Ceater
Red Control Signals Greek Crisis Involves Britain
A truce softens fighting between Greek leftists and British troops as Greece faces a possible postwar plebiscite to choose between monarchy or other government forms. Churchill defends intervention, arguing against a communist dictatorship while self determination gains real meaning amid international pressure. The piece predicts a Red sunset for the throne if peace holds.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Greece
United Nations
Churchill
England
Britain
Balkan
Engineer Dies Before Crash On Pacific Limited
Engineer James McDonald 64 of the Pacific Limited No 21 died of a heart attack before the Bagley crash. Fireman M E Hardman testified signals were foggy before Bagley and McDonald did not respond to a red signal as the locomotive struck the rear of the first section.
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Ogden
James McDonald
Pacific Limited
Bagley
Frank B. Queen
Bushnell General Hospital
Brigham City
Queen
McDonald
Southern Pacific
Crack Pacific Limited
M. E. Hardman
Hardman
Mac
Rail Worker Shot in Sleeping Car Incident
Sheriff Robert Ellersick said he holds a 59 year old Fort Brown ing Mont man for investigation in the shooting of Hubert Samuel Stoeffel 42 of Minneapolis. Stoeffel a railroad bridge gang member was shot east of Newport Washington on the Idaho side of the line. Prosecutor Robert E McParland said an inquest would be held tomorrow.
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Sandpoint
Idaho
Robert Ellersick
Fort Browning
Mont
Hubert Samuel Stoeffel
Minneapolis
Stoeffel
Newport
Wash
Robert E. McParland
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Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
LST
Frank Filan
Bulletins
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Star Army
Maas
Meuse
Aachen
Belgium
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Saar
Chicago
National Association of Tobacco Distributors
Olympia
Homer C. Nanamaker
Whatcom
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Marvin Jones
WFA
Jones
Vistula
Warka
Pulawy
Grojec
Jedlinska
Gregory K. Zhukov
Stalingrad
Krakow- Warsaw
Slovakia
Zhukov
Ivan Konev
Baranow
Vistula-Bug
Narew
Prussia
Pauling
Krakow-Walser
Europe
Pocatello Soldier
Hale Boosts Plant
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