Yankee Penetration Extends 60 Miles From Lingayen Gulf
General MacArthur reported gains widening the Lingayen gulf beachhead as main spearheads moved toward Manila and toward Tarlac. The right flank advanced 17 miles to Bolinao, while the western drive stretched the beachhead to about 60 miles. The left flank cut the Luzon-Baguio highway near Pozorrubio, with patrols into Pozorrubio and Babonan and two Yank columns nearing Rosario. Air power hit Clark field and northern air bases, aiding the ground thrust.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Lingayen Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Tarlac
Rosario
Baguio
Philippines
Luzon-Baguio
Pozorrubio
Babonan
Clark Field
Camp
Japan
Cagayan Valley
Idaho Plans to Extend County and State Terms
A proposed constitutional amendment would raise county official terms from two to four years starting 1948 and extend state officer terms from four to four years beginning 1946. Senators Taylor and Mitchell introduced the joint resolution as Idaho lawmakers tackle public assistance and institutional issues in the current session.
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Boise
Senate
Idaho
Sens
Taylor
R-Ada
Mitchell
D-Lewis
Anderson Am
State Institutions Committee
Jap Warship Losses Rise in Pacific Submarine War
The navy reported 24 additional Japanese vessels sunk by American submarines, including four combat ships such as a destroyer and four tankers, lifting total enemy losses to 958 vessels and 3,500,000 tons of non combatant ships.
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Washington
Pacific
Far Eastern
Navy
The Road to Berlin Front Distances Chart
The Associated Press lists front distances: Russian Front 260 miles from Czestochowa. Western Front 3051 miles from near Duren. Hungarian Front 364 miles from the Hron river. Italian Front 544 miles from the Reno river.
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The
Associated Press
Czestochowa
Duren
Hron River
Reno River
Idahoan Reappointed to Red Cross Volunteer Committee
Mrs. Leo J. Falk of Boise was reappointed today as a member of the American Red Cross national committee on volunteer special services.
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Boise
Leo J. Falk
American Red Cross National Committee
Secretary Denies Priority For Roosevelt Dog Shipment
Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said neither Col. Elliott nor the White House sought air priority for a dog that displaced three service members from an army cargo plane. The dog belonged to Elliott, but Early said no one here approved any priority and the president knew nothing of the decision.
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Washington
Stephen Early
Col. Elliott
White House
Early
Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Hollywood
Memphis
War Department
Elliott
Army Air Forces
Barry
Dow
Stimson
Giant Planes Prowl Over Jap Territory
A three pronged American drive advances toward Luzon and Manila as Japanese air raids target Korea Tokyo and Kobe Osaka. Allied forces say Superforts return from Formosa after a large strike while Japan claims landings in Lingayen gulf and sets fires to American materiel.
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Luzon
Philippines
Baguio
Manila
Bataan
Korea
Tokyo
Kobe-Osake
China
Formosa
Washington
U. S
Domei
Luzon Island
Lingayen Gulf
Air Hero McGuire Dies in P-38 Crash Over Sea
Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Jr the top active ace in the Southwest Pacific dies when his P-38 stalls during a high speed turn and crashes 200 feet into the sea while trying to aid a wingman under attack by a Japanese fighter. He had 38 confirmed kills. Brig Gen Paul B Wurtsmith of the Fifth Air Force confirms the wingman also perished.
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Far Eastern
Luzon
Thomas B. McGuire, Jr
Southwest Pacific
McGuire
Paul B. Wurtsmith
Fifth Air Force
Rigby Man Named to State Police Post
Boise Riggs law enforcement commissioner appoints Robert Hanson of Rigby to the state police force. One more appointment is expected to follow.
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Boise
Boise Riggs
Robert Hanson
Rigby
Tmtien J. W. MeeNei
Idah
Riggs
Housing Approved For Pocatello Adds 80 Units
George Coplen of Seattle told Harry Berryman that 80 new housing units are approved for Pocatello. The units will be run by the Pocatello housing authority and add to 230 at Portneuf Park and 100 trailer units in Wyeton. Location not yet decided, with 40 planned at Portneuf Park and 40 at a future slum clearance site.
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George Coplen
Seattle
F.H.A
Harry Berryman
Pocatello Housing Authority
Pocatello
Portneuf Park
Wyeton
Nazis Cross Senio River Bridge Head Near Faenza
Allied headquarters reported German forces crossed the Senio River about 14 miles from the Adriatic end and established a small bridge head on the south bank. Allied counterattacks seized some German prisoners as patrols stepped up activity in the Adriatic sector.
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Rome
Adriatic
Faenza
Bus Crash Injures Six Near Weiser
A Union Pacific bus carrying about 30 passengers skidded off a highway and into a ditch seven miles west of here last night. Six people were hospitalized temporarily for observation and treatment.
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Weiser
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Here
Patton Presses South of Ardennes as British Reach Rhine
Allied forces push through the Ardennes with Patton's Third Army advancing nearly three miles toward the German Reich district near Hongen. British columns widen from Geilenkirchen to Roermond while Dempsey’s forces take Hecht, Echt, Schilberg and surrounding towns. Despite heavy resistance and poor weather, gains extend along the Roer and toward Dusseldorf as casualties mount on both sides.
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Paris
Germany
Hongen
Reich
Dutch Panhandle
George 8. Patton
Third Army
Ardennes Salient
Sure River
Diekirch
Luxembourg City
Bitwurg
St. Vith
Recht
Echt
Schilberg
Maeseyck
Oude Roostern
Fallen Dietern
Overhoven
Susteren
Oversend
Roer River
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Rhineland
Ardennes
St. Vith-Wirtz
von Rundstedt
Bulge
Schoppen
Lieneville
Bartonville
Vielsalm
First Army
Houffalize
Russian Capture of Warsaw Signals End of Warsaw Dispute
The fall of Warsaw collapses the Vistula front and forces German retreat toward the Oder, signaling a likely shift to a Moscow‑backed Polish government in place of London’s exile. The decision by the Big Three at their upcoming summit could redefine Poland’s postwar boundary and trigger tense concessions among Allies.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Warsaw
Europe
Hitler
Vistula
Oder River
Lerites
London
Lublin
Poland
Moscow
America
Britain
Churchill Warns Followers On War Aims And Unconditional Surrender
Prime Minister Churchill, addressing the House of Commons, outlines a global war review from the Balkans to all theaters. He credits American forces for halting Rundstedt’s offensive, asserts Stalin–Churchill accord on the Balkans without dividing Europe, and urges continued interference in middle Europe while in office.
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London
Churchill
Balkan
House of Commons
Field Marshal von Rundstedt
Germany
Japan
Stalin
Balkans
Europe
House
Britain
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Gossett Seeks Higher Idaho State School Budgets
Governor Gossett proposes increased appropriations for Idaho state institutions if the legislature approves his budget. The University of Idaho would receive about 2.13 million dollars, plus 314 thousand for its Pocatello branch, with other institutions listed including Lewiston Normal and the state hospitals in North and South. The legislature may approve or modify these recommendations.
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Boise
Idaho
Charles C. Gossett
University of Idaho At
Moscow
Gossett
Southern
Pocatello
Lewiston Normal
Industrial Training School
Deaf and Blind School
Albion Normal
Penitentiary
State Hospital North
State Hospital South
State School and Colony
Soldiers’ Home
Tokyo Faces Crisis as Kolso Weighs Resignation
Bomb harried Tokyo reads like a crisis report as Premier General Kuniaki Kolso considers resigning or backing a totalitarian party realignment. In Burma, Allied leaders confer in Myitkyina while plans push to reopen the Ledo Burma supply route to Chungking. Meanwhile U S air forces strike across occupied China, destroying or damaging 135 Japanese planes in two days.
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Tokyo
Kuniaki Kolso
Asia
Myitkyina
Burma
Ledo- Burma
Chungking
U.S. Lith
China
Shanghai
Youth Plea From Idaho Boy to Find Missing Mother
A 13 year old from Cascade Idaho appeals to Salt Lake City furrier A Cohne owner of American Fur to locate his mother who left home January 1 after a family quarrel. He offers seven muskrat pelts as payment and says the family may be separated if she does not return. He notes the father cannot work and the children may need a home without her.
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Salt Lake City
Cascade
Idaho
Fur Company
A. Cohne
American Fur Company
Jesus
American Army Casualties Reach 332,912 Since D-Day
Secretary Stimson reports total American casualties on the western front from June through January 1 hit 332,912. December alone added 74,788 casualties including 10,419 killed, 43,554 wounded and 20,815 missing, with many missing likely German prisoners. Total army and navy losses since Pearl Harbor rise to 663,859.
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Washington
Stimson
Army
Navy
Navy debates use of Faragut training base Idaho
Washington reports that the navy may decide Monday on future use of its Faragut Idaho training base. Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs is to present Secretary Forrestal with a report on potential facilities uses as Idaho lawmakers and Coeur d Alene businessmen push for a redistribution and hospitalization base once training ends.
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Washington
Navy
Farragut
Idaho
Randall Jacobs
Forrestal
Coeur d'Alene
Two Million Reds Press Toward East Prussia Front
Soviet forces under Rokossovsky push along the Narew toward Danzig with the aim of isolating East Prussia. Moscow reports capture of Modlin and Przasnysz and claims 1,000 towns seized as the drive nears the German frontier. Zhukov and Konev converging on Lodz threaten Catowice and Silesia as German defenses falter.
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Berlin
Moscow
Germany
Silesia
Marshal Stalin
Modlin
Warsaw
Vistula
Bug
Rokossovssky
Przasnyss
Warsaw - Konigsberg
Rokossovsky
Narew
Danzig
East Prussia
Baltic
Przasnysz
Lublin
Krakow
Poland
Gregory Zhukov
Ivan Konev
Lodz
Zhukov
Zyrardow
Konev
Ukraine
Czestochowa
Katowice
Beuthen
Hindenburg
Gleiwitz
Governor Gossett proposes two year budget with 3 million deficit
Boise dispatch reports Gov Charles C Gossett sending a 27 824 557 82 two year budget to the Idaho legislature forecasting 26 387 425 in expected revenues and a probable general fund deficit of 2 694 873 09 by June 30 1947. The plan increases total expenditures by 3 252 581 26 over current appropriations.
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Boise
Idaho
Charles C. Gossett
Oy State Department
Conservation and Recreation
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Col. Roosevelt
Cabanatuan
Masbate
Pacific Ocean
Catanduanes
Egaspi
SAMAR
Philippine Archipelago
Lingayen
Senio
Patton
Maas
Meuse
Roer
Geilenkirchen
Roermond
Schouwen Island
Walcheren
Holland
Miles C. Dempsey
Sittard
Nennig
Moselle
Yankee
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Tomaszow
Breslau
Alvin Reading
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