Americans Capture Angeles 44 Miles From Manila
Gen MacArthur's HQ announced Sixth Army forces seized Angeles, 44 miles from Manila, as tanks rolled through the central Plaza amid cheering crowds. AP dispatch from Angeles described a matron shouting God bless America and noted the advance following the 14th Corps progress.
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Manila
Clark Field Hills
General MacArthur
Luzon
Sixth Army
Douglas MacArthur
14Th Corps
WSS
Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Correspondrae
America
Super Fortresses Smash at Tokyo in Major Raid
Allied air forces reported destroying or damaging large numbers of Japanese planes in a daylight mission against Tokyo. The raid, running from Saipan, involved about 60 Superfortresses facing heavy fighter opposition and yielded 31 enemy planes destroyed with many more damaged.
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Washington
Tokyo
20Th Air Force
Sky Giant
Saipan
First Com
Idaho Democrats push Wallace for commerce post
Idaho state lawmakers pressed Senators Glen Taylor and John Thomas to back Henry A. Wallace for secretary of commerce. A House Democratic caucus gathered 27 signatures urging confirmation, with individual telegrams also sent by several Senate Democrats. Rep. Jesse Vetter led the push, coordinating with the Washington Idaho farmers union to the Idaho and Washington delegations.
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Boise
Idaho
U.S
Glen Taylor
John Thomas
Senate
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
House
Taylor
Thomas
House of Representatives
Kfenry Wallace
Jesse Vetter
D-Kootenal
Washington-Idaho Farmers’ Union
Washington
U.S. Senate
Ward Wins First Decision Against Army Seizure
Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan ruled Roosevelt lacked authority to seize 16 Montgomery Ward properties. Army control to continue pending appeal. DA Woll said they may pursue circuit court or direct Supreme Court review. War Labor Board directives deemed advisory. Congress would have to compel compliance.
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Army
Supreme Court
Chicago
Montgoomery Ward & Co
Philip L. Sullivan
Roosevelt
U. S
J. Albert Woll
Sullivan
Army Control
Woll
Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
Wagd
War Labor Disputes Act
War Labor Board
Congress
William H. Davis
The
Washington
Measure seeks end to two year limit on ISU cabinet post
In Washington Senator McKellar leads opposition to Henry Wallace's cabinet nomination while Idaho lawmakers rush 34 actions in the closing week of the 28th session. Aimed at reshaping higher education and state aid, bills propose a four year university option at Pocatello, higher old-age payments, legislative expense coverage, a state police civil service panel, and mandatory grand juries on petition. The pension proposal shifts focus from prior $60 at 65 plan, increasing current aid by about ten dollars monthly.
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Washington
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Byrd
D-Va
Bailey
D-N.c
Republican
Taft
Rohio
Congress
Commerce Department
Boise
Idaho
University of Idaho Southern At
Pocatello
State Board of Education
Gem State
State Police Civil Service Commission
House
Tueday
Appropriations
Revenue and Taxation
State Affairs
Ways and Means
Willis Moffatt
Ada
Wood
Kootenai
Vetter
Smith
D-Shoshone
Idaho Independent Voters League
C. A. Bortolfsen
Submarines Near Thousand Vessels Sunk in War Report
U S submarines push toward the thousand mark in ships sunk as navy reports 21 more vessels. The tally reaches 979 including a light cruiser and 20 noncombatants such as tankers and cargo ships. Sinking dates unspecified, may span long submarine cruises. The cruiser is the 15th combat ship sunk, with counts also including an aircraft carrier, 45 destroyers, three tenders and 40 miscellaneous vessels.
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Washington
U. S
Navy
Boisean Advances to Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Fay Charles Robinson of Boise DC has been granted a temporary promotion to lieutenant colonel by the War Department.
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Washington
Fay Charles Robinson
Boise
War Department
Railway accident in We natechee causes Walter Pierce death
Walter Pierce, 50, a Deary Idaho resident for 40 years, died Thursday after losing an arm in a railway accident at Wenatchee earlier this week.
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Deary
Idaho
Wenatchee
Walter Pierce
Nimitz Reports Success Against Japanese Ships
Adm Chester W Nimitz announced a raid on Formosa ports on January 20 U S time sinking or damaging about 125000 tons of Japanese naval and merchant shipping The tally includes 60000 tons destroyed and 65000 tons damaged with several ships and oilers listed among the targets The communique also notes 140 Japanese aircraft destroyed and about 100 more damaged in the air and on the ground by U S Navy planes
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Formosa
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Nazis Preparing Destruction of Berlin Facilities
Travelers said Berlin planners planned to wreck key war facilities including factories and bridges. Volkssturm units guided by demolition engineers mined viaducts gas and electricity plants to blow up if needed as Russians neared the capital and evacuees increased.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Volkssturm
Army Rewards Idahoan for Bronze Star Medal
Staff Sgt. Lloyd B. Chandler from Rexburg Idaho has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal by the War Department for his service as an infantryman.
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Washington
Lloyd B. Chandler
Rexburg
Idaho
War Department
Pocatellan Enlists with Navy as 17-Year-Old
Edwin Dale Puckett of Pocatello joined 16 other 17 year olds in enlisting in the navy on Friday.
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Boise
Edwin Dale Puckett
Pocatello
Navy
Russians 98 Miles From Nazi Capital
Allied advance across the western front reports U S third army reaching the German frontier at five points after pushing through 11 towns in Belgium and Luxembourg. Forces reach the Our river and Roer river systems as three allied armies position on river barriers to the Reich with limited German resistance.
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Paris
U. S
Third Army
Luxembourg
Germany
Third
Our
Ninth Army
Second
Roer
Clervaux
St. Vith
Weiler
Strasbourg
Seventh Army
Craven Heads Idaho Motor Transport Association
Lt Col Norman B Adkison warned that February and March drafts may be heavy as men aged 26 to 29 are called for military service regardless of job type The Idaho Motor Transport association held its convention concluding sessions O R Craven was reelected president Sam Bennion Idaho Falls named vice president Lew D Raeder Boise remains secretary manager New board directors elected David Grant Boise H P Gibbs Nampa Larry Koerner Pocatello Reappointments Adrian Curtis Pocatello Lee Hawkes Pocatello W E Gragg Lewiston L O Cotant Pocatello Morgan Hawkes Pocatello
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Boise
Norman B. Adkison
Idaho Motor Transport Association
State Selective Service Headquarters
O. R. Craven
Pocatello
Sam Bennion
Idaho Falls
Lew D. Raeder
David Grant
H. P. Gibbs
Nampa
Larry Koerner
Adrian Curtis
Lee Hawkes
W. E
Pocatello Sergeant Returns After 35 Missions
Sergeant Merril N. Smith, son of Mr and Mrs A T Smith of 530 West Sublette, is home on delay for 21 days after serving nine months in England with the Eighth Air Force and completing 35 missions. He holds the air medal with four oak leaf clusters, two stars and a special citation. He will report to a Santa Ana rest home on departure. His brothers also serve or have served in Alaska, Camp Roberts, and New Guinea, with one recently discharged and another to enter service soon.
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Merril N. Smith
A. T. Smith
West Sublette
Eighth Air Force
England
Santa Ana
Calif
Sergeant Smith
Alaska
Camp Roberts
New Guinea
Moscow predicts allied pincers trap Germany
Moscow radio says allies will strike a west front offensive to aid the Red Army drive and trap Germany. It claims Germany faces inevitable defeat as divisions shift east and western blows intensify. The report also notes plans to evacuate top Nazi officials from Berlin and trains ready to move a skeleton party.
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London
Germany
Moscow
Hitler
Berlin
Idaho senator proposes 500 yard limit split for prosecutions
A W Davis of Power district seeks to amend Idaho law to let prosecutions occur in only one county when the crime location can be clearly identified. The measure targets cross border arrests used in the Bannock Power county case involving Mike Koseris at the 30 club near the county line. The state supreme court has reviewed the 500 yard rule and returned the case to district court after Koseris was convicted.
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Boise
Ren. A.W. Davis
American Falls
R-Power
Senate
Idaho
Davis
Bannock
Bannock County
Power County
Idaho Supreme Court
Mike Koseris
Koseris
State High Court
Supreme Court
Russian Troops Push 43 Miles Toward Berlin Front
Soviet forces broke Poznan’s hold surrounding the western Polish fortress and raced westward across snow covered plains to within 98 miles of Berlin. Other tank units struck Schneidemuhl inside Germany while another army toppled Sosnowiec and nearby towns opposite Silesia. Berlin said work halted in that area as Masurian defenses weakened.
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London
Red
Poznan
Berlin
Brandenburg
Schneidemuhl
Germany
Reich
Poland
Sosnowiec
Silesia
Ruhr
Masurian Lake
Soviet forces seize Neuhausen as tanks reach Zbasyn
The Moscow communique described Soviet tank spearheads reaching Zbasyn southeast of Berlin and advancing toward Schneidemuhl and Stettin. The First White Russian Army claimed to have taken over 500 towns and driven toward the German Pomeranian coast, with actions across the Vistula corridor and Polish territory near Danzig.
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Neuhausen
Moscow
Berlin
Zbasyn
Poznan
Schneidemuhl
Baltic
German Pomerania
Stettin
Oder River
Vistula
Chelmno
Danzig
Marienburg
Nogat River
East Prussia
Dan
Idaho Southern bill sparks immediate Northern Eastern split
Eastern Idaho senators led by Sen. Nellie Steenson introduced a measure to let the state board decide four year programs at Idaho Southern and count Navy upper division work as credit. Latah reps Snow Hampton condemned the revival of the issue, with Morris declining comment on its combatability.
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Boise
University of Idaho Southern
Idaho
Nellie Cline Steenson
D-Bannock
Pocatello
Idaho Southern
State Board of Education
Albion
Lewiston
Steenson
Navy
Latah County
Arthur Snow
R-Latah
Elven Hampton
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