Snow Delays Pursuit in Belgium Area
Allied forces push through snowfields in Belgium and Luxembourg as German-held pockets shrink. Forces from the American First and Third armies advance toward Vianden and St. Vith while the British drive toward Heinsberg in Germany. French forces push into the Colmar pocket near Strasbourg. mopping up of a 300-strong German surround continues.
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Associated Press
Belgium
Luxembourg
Ardennes
St. Vith
Germany
Heinsberg
Wurm
Colmar
Poilus
Strasbourg
Ml River
Rhine
Ger
Seventh Armored
Vianden
FBI Rescues Army Meat Hoard in San Francisco
The FBI said seven people were arrested after seizing more than 25,000 pounds of government owned meat worth 16,000 dollars intended for overseas military use. Suspects include a San Francisco restaurant owner and two meat market operators among others charged with conspiracy to commit fraud against the government. The recovered meat value exceeded 255,000 red points.
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San Francisco
FBI
Nat Pieper
Peiper
American Patrols Advance Toward Clark Field Manila Front
Allied forces push toward Clark field in Luzon as Maj. Gen. Griswold’s columns threaten Bamban and Capas. U.S. patrols seize terrain and shell Japanese positions while regrouping along Lingayen gulf and Capas area amid ongoing operations.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Clarkfield
Manila
14Th Army Corps
Oscar W. Griswold
Bamban
Innis P Swift
Rosario
Mt. Alava
Baguio
Oder Last Line of Defense For Retreating Nazi Army
Chronicle notes the German high command plans to defend the Oder with full force as the Russians press a winter advance. It weighs German manpower versus Soviet logistics and hints at a possible redeployment of forces east of the Rhine to bolster eastern defenses.
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Oder
Reich
Idaho Draft Policy To Align With National Levels
Brig. Gen. M. G. McConnel state selective service director said Idaho will aim to reduce the share of eligible men on farms to near the national level though drafting policy for young farm workers remains unchanged. He noted Idaho's farm deferments exceed the national rate and that each local draft board will follow the Tydings amendment in determining draftees.
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Boise
Idaho
M. G. McConnel
Selective Service
McConnel
Tydings
Planes Beat Shells Over Nagoya Raid Return
A B-29 Superfortress commanded by Captain Donald Anderson of Springville Utah returned to base at Saipan after Tuesday’s Nagoya raid despite four 20 mm shells exploding inside the aircraft. The shells blew out the tailgunner’s bulkhead door but caused no injuries.
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Saipan
Nagoya
Donald Anderson
Springville
Utah
Boise asylum ward unsanitary conditions prompt funding call
A Idaho house committee report on the Blackfoot mental hospital finds overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in ward No. 3 despite overall satisfactory care. It urges resuming postwar construction and increased appropriations while praising St. Anthony training school and Gooding School for the Deaf and Blind.
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Boise
Idaho Hospital
Blackfoot
House of Representatives
R. L. Anderson
R. Bingham
Idaho
General Administration
Anderson
Bortolfsen
St. Anthony
State School For the Deaf and the Blind
Gooding
Hospital Bond Plan Fails in Fremont County
The proposed 75000 bond for a Fremont county hospital at St Anthony failed after returns showed 997 against and 973 for the plan across 28 precincts. Ashton in the north gave 410 against and 4 for the bond while the three St Anthony precincts supported it 544 to 46.
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ST. Anthony
Fremont County
Ashton
Idaho measure lets cities levy up to 20 mills for postwar jobs
Idaho legislators consider a bill by Sen. Glenn E. Bandelin to raise city tax authority to 20 mills to fund postwar public works and match federal funds, with Sandpoint cited as example for a municipal dock. A separate measure would let either spouse sign for sale of community property during a husband’s or wife’s absence.
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Boise
Idaho
Glenn E. Bandelin
Bonner
Bandelin
Sandpoint
Senate Judiciary and Corporations Committee
Fred Taylor
Ada
Troop Trains Carry German Troops from Ardennes Front
Allied air units blasted a major mass move of German tanks and troops from the Ardennes toward the east. RAF bombed packed troop trains on rail arteries from Dusseldorf to Hannover while weather limited attacks elsewhere. Reports noted heavy losses in trucks tanks and rail equipment as German forces pull back from the western front.
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Paris
Ardennes
Roger D. Greene
von Rundstedt
Dusseldorf
Hannover
RAF
Poland
Jury Hearing Witnesses in Bonneville County Grand Jury
Twenty additional prospective witnesses were expected today as the Bonneville County grand jury investigates alleged felonies. One witness, Elmer Rigby former nightclub owner, appeared yesterday after being summoned. Attorney Alvin Denman stood with jurors. Boise official Thomas Gwilliam acts as prosecutor while Lt. John Ferebaur serves in the military.
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Idaho Falls
Bonneville County
Elmer Rigby
Alvin Denman
Thomas Gwilliam
Boise
John Ferebaur
Weather Summary for Pocatello and Vicinity
The report covers the 24 hour period ending at noon January 24. High 30, low 16 to 23, normal 23. Precipitation 0. Total this month 19, normal 87. Sunset 6:32, sunrise 8:52. Forecast: generally clear tonight and Thursday with local valley cloudiness. Nearby stations report max and min temperatures as follows.
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U. 8
Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Escosss
Sccccees
Eos
Pocatello
War Fronts Report Broad Advances Across The Global Fronts
Western front Americans and British push toward a solid Roer river line with St. Vith captured as German forces retreat under heavy air bombardment. Russian front Red Army advances along the Oder and toward Poznan threatening East Prussia. Italian front patrols intensify south of Bologna amid snow. Pacific front patrols near Clark field and Bamban. Iwo Jima air operations and a new Allied landing near Akyab in Burma.
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Roer River
St. Vith
Reich
Ardennes
Strasbourg
Nazi Colmar
Red Army
Oder River
West Bank
Breslau
Kalicz
Oppeln
Silesian
Poznan
Berlin
East Prussia
Korligsberg
Bologna
Clark Field
Bamban
U. S
Iwo Jima
Burma
Akyab
Japs Fear Invading China Amid Allied Bombing
American Superforts harried Tokyo and Nagoya and reconnoitered three Korea industrial cities as Allied forces threaten invasion. Tokyo reported B 29 daylight raids on Kelso and Kana, with night strikes from Marianas bases on Nagoya, Formosa, and Ryukyus feared.
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Tokyo
Nagoya
Korea
Y. S
Iwo
Washington
20Th Air Force
Kelso
Kanko
Banana Korea
Kuniaki Koiso
Soviet Forces Break Silesia Defenses Push Toward Breslau
Allied news dispatch reports Russian troops capture Oppeln the Silesian capital and advance on Breslau, with Zhukov’s First White Russian Army taking Kalisz and pushing near Poznan. Soviet forces push across the Oder near Gleiwitz Brieg Cosel and widen winter offensives into Czechoslovakia.
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London
Oder
Silesia
Stalin
Kalisz
Czechoslovakia
East Prussia
Gleiwitz
Oder River
Brieg
Cosel
Breslau
Poznan
Gregory Zhukov
Zhukov
Berlin
Moscow
Associated Press
Mareshal Ivan Konev
Safety Group Reelects Idaho AFL Leaders and Advisors
The Idaho safety council endorsed AFL proposed four man labor and industrial committee to advise the state industrial accident board. Olin Lidenwood of Pocatello was reelected president. W. C. Wright of Pocatello and Charles Leaf of Lewiston were authorized to appoint the advisory group. H. R. McBride of Kellogg outlined a state safety code schedule. W. B. Harris of Pocatello was named to the board of directors.
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Boise
American Federation of Labor
State
Industrial Accident Board
Idaho Safety Council
Olin Lidenwood
Pocatello
W. C. Wright
AFL
Charles Leaf
Lewiston
Workmen's Compensation Exchange
H. R. McBride
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Company
Kellogg
W. B. Harris
Union Pacific Railroad
Remnant of Japanese Prison Camp Burials in Philippines
Deep in Camp O'Donnell Philippines the ruined site holds graves of thousands of prisoners of war many of them unnamed crosses with dogtags fixed to backs of crosses. A large white cross marks a 1942 memorial by the Imperial Japanese Army. The Filipino cemetery lies beyond a collapsed bridge over marshy ground and hosts rows of officers graves and grouped mounds.
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O'Donnell
Philippines
Camp
Bataan
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