Japs Predict Invasions Near Manila
Japanese forces rapid advance toward Manila from Clark Field and Bataan after seizing the Philippines airfield. Tokyo reports massing assault forces and an airborne invasion of Luzon possibly targeting Manila Bay Formosa Okinawa. American bombers based at Clark hit Corregidor Cavite and Manila area as engineers restore the field. Capture of Clark Field coincides with birthday names for MacArthur and Krueger.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Clark Field
Manila
Bataan
Tokyo
Dome
Luzon
Leyte
Manila Bay
Formosa
Okinawa
Peiping
China
Lokchong
Pingshek
Canton-Hankow
Singapore
Ramee Island
Burma
Mandalay
China Coast
Corregidor
Cavite Naval Base
Bay
Manila-Bataan
San Fernando
San Manuel
Clarkfield
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Krueger
Four Air Bases Transferred Between Commands in March
The Second Air Force announced the transfer of four bases to other commands. Mountain Home and Gowen Field Boise move to Fourth Air Force based in San Francisco. Alexandria Louisiana and Dyersburg Tennessee shift to Third Air Force based in Tampa. Gowen Field is the last of the six original Pacific Northwest bases to transfer.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Second Air Force
Continental Air Unit
Army Air
Mountain Home
Gowen Field
Boise
Fourth Air Force
San Francisco
Army Air Base
Alexandria
Dyersburg
Tenn
Third Air A
Tampa
Pacific Northwest
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Mexico
PTA Cancels 1945 Convention in Denver Denial
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers cancels its May 21 to 23 convention in Denver. Mrs William Hastings president announces the change and states officer elections will be conducted by mail.
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Chicago
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Denver
William Hastings
OPA Sets New Dates for Food Stamp Validations
Washington reports the OPA reestablishes fixed invalidation dates for food stamp series about four months long. Red and blue stamps expire roughly 16 weeks after issuance while sugar stamps No. 34 and 35 have defined endpoints. The policy aims to prevent large backlogs and rushed purchasing before retirements.
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Washington
OPA
Butter Crisis In Prospect Sparks Federal Action Call
Chicago reports a nationwide butter shortage with civilians receiving under one pat per day. Industry spokesmen urged immediate federal measures to boost production and raise base prices by six cents per pound, plus higher butterfat payments and broader cream sale limits.
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Chicago
Butter Industry Committee
American Butter Institute
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
National Creameries Association
Minnesota Supreme Court: slot machine losses recoverable
The Minnesota supreme court ruled that a loser may recover money lost in slot machines. Horace P. Foley of Albert Lea sought $20,000 from Leo Carey Post No. 5 American Legion for losses over five years at a slot machine venue in Albert Lea.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota Supreme Court
Horace P. Foley
Albert Lea
Leo Carey
Post No. 5
American Legion
Girl Enters Idaho Prison As Cellmate Is Named
Arline McWilliams of Kootenai county receives a prison cellmate Dorothy H. Kendrick, 19, of Long Beach California, who with Calvin Coolidge Guinard, 21, was sentenced 10 to 20 years in the Idaho penitentiary by a Twin Falls judge for the robbery of an apartment house janitor.
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Boise
Arline McWilliams
Kootenai County
Idaho Penitentiary
Dorothy H. Kendrick
Long Beach
Calif
Calvin Coolidge Guinard
Twin Falls
Miss Kendrick
Guinard Lowery
Meyers Plans Appeal In Bribe Case
J C Meyers a 52 year old Ogden merchant convicted of offering former Mayor Kent Bramwell a 500 dollar bribe will appeal to the Utah supreme court after a motion for a new trial was denied. Sentencing was reset to March 9 due to Meyers illness in a Salt Lake City hospital with judge Morrison noting sentencing could move up if health improves.
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Ogden
J. C Meyers
Kent
Bramwell
Utah Supreme Court
Marriner M. Morrison
Brigham City
Meyers
Salt Lake City
Morrison
McReynolds Dies in Boise at 69 in Office
William D. McReynolds 69 of Boise died this morning in his office of a heart attack. He had served 29 years as clerk of the U.S. district court. Survived by his widow and two children Earl and Mrs. Harold Agee, both of Boise.
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Boise
William D. McReynolds
William McBratney
McReynolds
U.S. District Court
Earl
Harold Agee
Idaho Guards Active on Luzon Island
Fred Hampson reports the 40th Infantry Division led by Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush, largely Idaho and other state National Guardsmen, pushing through hills west of Clark Field on Luzon. American forces destroyed cave defenses with howitzers, and while Japanese fighters fought back, main resistance weakened as columns advanced southward past Bamban.
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Fred Hampson
14Th Corps
Luzon
Manila Highway
Bamben
Manila
Clark Field
Willie Matthews
Jackson, Tenn
Rapp Brush
Idaho
California
Utah
Oregon
Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Ilinois
Missouri
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Montana
Bamban
Russians Capture Hindenburg and Advance Toward Brandenburg
Russian forces in Upper Silesia seized Hindenburg six miles northeast of Gleiwitz and pushed toward Danzig Bay while southern units moved past Poznan to threaten Brandenburg province. German reports did not specify the exact point near Brandenburg reached.
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London
Upper Silesia
Hindenburg
Gleiwitz
Stalin
Danzig Bay
Poznan
Brandenburg
Berlin
Germans abandon Siegfried defenses as US forces reach Roer
American Ninth Army seizes the last Siegfried line section and closes to 25 miles from Dusseldorf. British Second Army moves to the Roer river while German troops retreat to the Cologne plain east of the Roer. Seventh Army clears the Moder river south of Strasbourg as Ardennes fronts stiffen. Eisenhower eyes a spring offensive against Ruhr and Rhine lands with weather near zero.
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Cologne Plain
Roer River
Paris
Ninth Army
Second
Roer
Holland
Duren
Cologne
Ninth
Dusseldorf
Munchen Gladbach
Branchelen
Rhenish
Prussia
U. S. Seventh Army
Moder
Strasbourg
Ardennes
Our River
Siegfried Line
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ruhr
Rhineland
Julich
Love Search Ends in Jail
Francis Van Wie, a 59 year old San Francisco street car conductor nicknamed the ding dong daddy of the D car line, is jailed in Los Angeles while awaiting arrest on three bigamy charges. He says he has wedded as many as nine women since 1904 and recalls a 17 year marriage to Mabel Joyce starting in 1922.
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Los Angeles
Francis van Wie
San Francisco
van Wie
Jerry Desmond
Wisconsin
Elizabeth Kexel
Wife Receives Purple Heart Medal From Ver Pratt
Pfc. Vera Pratt wounded on the western front November 22 has received the Purple Heart. He sent the medal to his wife at 302 Monroe. Pratt served with the Ninth Army and is hospitalized in England. He writes of nurse Dorothy Rose Allen and shared memories of home.
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Vera Pratt
Western Front
Monroe
Pratt
Ninth Army
England
Dorothy Rose Allen
Pocatello
Dewey Styhl on Emergency Leave From Marine Post
Pvt. Dewey Styhl former Texaco station operator at 254 South Arthur is on emergency leave to visit his ill father Alfred Styhl in Firth. His wife Dewey Lent and daughter reside in Blackfoot. Styhl has been in San Diego with the Marines since last April.
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Pvt
Dewey Styhl
Texaco
South Arthur
Alfred Styhl
Firth
Dewey Lent
Blackfoot
Styl
San Diego
Marines
Idaho Moves To Reduce Voting Curbs
Boise reports a proposed Idaho constitutional amendment aims to lower the voting age from 21 to 18. Introduced as house joint resolution five by Rep. Thomas B. Wood and Rep. R. L. Anderson, the measure would go to the 1946 general election ballot if approved by both houses.
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Boise
Idaho
House of Representatives
Idaho Young Democratic Clubs
Thomas B. Wood
Weather Summary for Pocatello Area January 26
The weather report covers a 24 hour period ending noon January 26 from Weather U 8 and PoCatello municipal airport. High 33, low 0s, mean 20, normal 23. Monthly departure 0. Precipitation 0.00 this 24 hours. Forecast partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Nearby stations report various max and min temperatures.
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U. 8
Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Pocatello
War across fronts summarized in Allied advances
Western front reports show British and American forces clearing the Roer river west bank from Holland toward Duren and capturing 11 German towns while Americans seize Branchelen 27 miles southwest of Dusseldorf and 97 pill boxes. fighting in Alsace pushes back toward Haguenau near Strasbourg as Colmar pocket operations continue. On the Russian front Soviet troops reach the Bay of Danzig and isolate Breslau as drive toward Konigsberg nears. four East Prussian towns Allenburg Nordenburg Lotzen Tapiau fall. Italian front notes patrol activity. Pacific front reports Clark field on Luzon held by Americans with Japanese bombardment and Malang reached 10 miles east of Clark field.
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Associated Press
Roer River
Holland
Duren
Branchelen
Dusseldorf
Alsace
Haguenau
Strasbourg
Prench
Colmar
Bay of Danzig
Breslau
Poznan
Berlin
East Prussia
Red Army
Czechoslovakia
Marshal Stalin
Konigsverg
Allenburg
Nordenburg
Lotzen
Tapiau
Pacific
Clark Field
Luzon
U.S
Malang
U. S
Breslau Big Prize for Soviet Armies
Breslau stands as a crucial communications hub on the Oder, anchoring the German defense line. Moscow reports direct links to the city are severed, signaling virtual isolation as the Red Army advances. The Germans face a pivotal choice to fight along the Oder or retreat.
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Breslau
Oder River
Oder
Reich
Moscow
Northwest Farmers to Buy Automobiles in War-Era Pulse
A Pacific Northwest Farm Trio survey of 1,380 farmers shows 31.6 percent plan to buy automobiles, with 34.8 percent seeking radios, 30.1 percent bathtubs or showers, 28.9 percent freezers, and 16.7 percent new houses while 18.8 percent plan new barns, indicating spending on conveniences rather than a land boom.
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Spokane
Pacific Northwest
Washington Farmer
Idaho Farmer
Oregon Farmer
Reclamation Office Plans Small Irrigation Projects
Boise crowd outlines proposed program financed by a 1,000,000 dollar appropriation to be sought from the 28th Idaho legislature. Harry Yost of Boise, chairman of the reclamation association's legislative committee, said a conference with lawmakers was arranged to explain the plan.
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Boise
Idaho Reclamation Association
Harry Yost
Reclamation Association
Army Drives West for Axis Frontier Amid East Prussia Break
Soviet Marshal Rokossovsky's Second White Russian army breached German defenses along the Dan zig border reaching the Bay of Danzig and isolating East Prussia. Stalin announced the advance with Marienburg captured and Danzig within 24 miles. Russian tanks moved past Poznan toward Brandenburg as Berlin warned of the threat.
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London
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Free State of Danzig
East Prussia
Bay of Danzig
Germany
Stalin
Marienburg
Danzig
Berlin
Konigsberg
Poznan
Brandenburg
Moscow
Russians Close On Berlin Front As Poznan Falls
Soviet forces push toward Berlin from Poznan and Bydgoszcz with heavy fighting around Poznan and Torun. German communiques report tank battles near Gleiwitz and Red Army advances west and northwest of Poznan. East Prussia towns Allenburg Nordenburg Lotzen Tapiau are captured as Königsberg and Elbing become key targets.
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Moscow
Eddy Gilmore
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Elbing
Pozman
Poznan
Berlin
Gleiwitz
Upper Silesia
Pregel
Dieme
Brandenburg
Red Army
Red Star
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del Webb
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Ariz
Charles C. Gossett
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Rural Electrification Association
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REA
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John B. Thompson
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Federal Communications Commission
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