Pacific War Update: Allied Vessels Sunk or Damaged
Allied forces claim 24 Japanese ships sunk or damaged in diverse theaters from the Bonin Islands to Formosa and Lingayen gulf. U S bombers patrol Tokyo-bound trails, while Stilwell notes a 4 million man Japanese army and a long war ahead.
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Associated Press
Bonin Islands
Philippines
Borneo
Ryukyu
Luzon
Joseph W. Stilwell
Washington
Mikado
Rembert James
John 8
McCain
Ryukyu Islands
Japan
Formosa Strait
Tokyo
Lingayen Gulf
Seed Lab to Move as State Seeks New Boise Site
State Seed Commissioner B E Kuhns says the Boise seed laboratory must relocate within 30 days from a building used for 25 years. The search targets a spacious site with indoor garden space and northern exposure to keep tests untainted by sunlight.
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Boise
B. E. Kuhns
Kuhns
Postmaster Retires in Ogden
The voluntary retirement of Postmaster Richard B Porter and the appointment of Ed Wendell as acting postmaster were announced today.
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Ogden
Richard B Porter
Ed Wendell
Yankees Move Toward Manila In Luzon Advance
Armored Sixth Army units drive from San Fernando toward Calumpit 25 air miles from Manila. General MacArthur reports San Fernando seized and forces advancing beyond toward the gateway to Manila. Japanese casualties on Luzon exceed 25,000 with American losses at 4,254 including 1,017 killed.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Sixth Army
San Fernando
Manila
Calumpit
Douglas MacArthur
iLuzor
Baglno
Philippines
Baguio
37Th Cavalry
Bataan
First Army Corps
San Manuel
25Th Division
Second Armored
Charge Filed After Automobiles Collide Near Inkom
Jess Hymas of 840 West Fremont was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence after a noontime crash on highway 30 south of Inkom. Injured were Mrs. J L Stephens and her 20 month old son Robert, with Mrs Stephens needing extensive surgery and described as fairly good, while Elwood Stephens escaped hospitalization.
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General Hospital
Jess Hymas
West Fremont
Justice of the Peace Elkin Chandler
Ray Reynolds
Hymas
Inkom
J. L. Stephens
Gertrude Stephens
Robert
Elwood Stephens
Stephens
Deput Reynolds
Cedar City
Utah
The
Depot Barber Shop
Hitler and Henshmen Face Last Stand Near Berlin
DeWitt MacKenzie reports that Nazi leaders may push a last-ditch defense centered on Munich as red forces near Berlin. The article notes surrender questions, fear of punishment for war crimes, and the leaders' willingness to sacrifice German lives to avoid personal peril.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Berlin
Robert Ley
Hitler
Vazi
Chamber of Commerce Retail Bureau Elects Directors
The annual meeting held at the Bannock hotel today elected ten directors: Harry Wilson, Leland Newey, Ivan Gasser, Steve Rhoads, Jack D. Buehler, Camille Grant, Roy Jensen, Melvin Dean, Claude Bistline, and LeRoy Jones. They will meet Thursday at 10:30 a.m. to elect a chairman with LeRoy Jones presiding.
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Retail Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Bannock Hotel
LeRoy Jones
Harry Wilson
Leland Newey
Ivan Gasser
Steve Rhoads
Jack D. Buehler
Camille Grant
Roy Jensen
Melvin Dean
Claude Bistline
Patrolmen Appointments Named in Idaho
William G. Maugh of Boise and R. C. Lang of Moscow are named state highway patrolmen. Law Enforcement Commissioner Boise Rise said one appointment remains.
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Boise
William G. Maughan
Pocatello
R. C. Lang
Moscow
Boise Rise
Hit-Run Bill and Pay Increases Move Through Idaho House
Idaho House lawmakers approve a roll call on a hit run bill raising min weekly payments for totally disabled workers from six to ten dollars and send it to the insurance committee. The chamber also unanimously passes a wage-clarifying amendment and bills lifting penitentiary warden pay and city official salaries under a commission form. The Senate backs three minor measures including limits on court costs and allowing prior testimony to stand in retrials.
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Boise
Idaho
House of Representatives
North Idaho Musketeers
Smith
Shoshone
Vetter
Kootenai
Wood
Senate
House
Gaffney
Clearwater
Insurance Committee
Labor and Industry Committee
Moffatt
Ada
Insurance
C. C. Gossett
Twin Falls
Fred Taylor
R-Ada
Weather Summary for Pocatello Area January 30
U S weather bureau reports for Pocatello Municipal Airport 24 hour period ending noon January 30 high 27 low 7. Monthly departure 160. Precipitation this month 0.19 inches. Normal 1.31 inches. Sunset 6 40 pm sunrise 8 46 am. Forecast cloudy with light rain scattered. slightly warmer. Nearby stations list max min temps and precip.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Pocatello
Roosevelt Nomination Approved by Senate Military Committee
The senate military committee unanimously approved Col. Elliott Roosevelt for brigadier general. The nomination moves to the senate floor for confirmation likely Thursday. Chairman Thomas said the committee received two written protests, one unsigned.
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Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Thomas
Utah
Allies Leaflet Push Signals Unconditional Surrender Policy
Allied leaflets in Germany urge that unconditional surrender would protect POWs under the Geneva convention and allow normal peaceful development within Europe. The drive accompanies a fact finding trip by Hopkins ahead of the Big Three session, fueling talk of a joint surrender appeal.
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Paris
Casablanca
Germany
Harry L. Hopkins
London
Rome
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Roosevelt recounts telegram delaying City of Los Angeles train
Col James Roosevelt says a Pullman conductor suggested a wire be sent to Chicago officials to hold the Manhattan Limited, delaying departure by about 1 hour 7 minutes. He and his wife, returning from his father’s inauguration, expected only a brief hold and believed such wire procedures were normal railroad practice. By Salt Lake City the westbound train was nearly back on time.
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Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Chicago
Marine Corps
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan Limited
Crestline
Ohio
Roosevelt
City of
Salt Lake City
Funeral services set for Hailey girl killed in fall
Funeral arrangements were made in Hailey for Marlene Kay Putzier six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Putzier. She died after an accidental fall from a car her mother was driving resulting in a fractured skull.
Nazis Pulling Troops From Holland Area
Allied units in Belgium and Germany report a rapid push against German defenses. The 78th division crossed into Germany through Monschau forest and advanced up to four miles, capturing three miles of the Siegfried line.
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Paris
Siegfried Line
Monschau Forest
Germany
First Army
Belgian Bulge
Courtney H. Hodges
Third Army
West Wall
Ardennes
Third
Simmermath
Kesternich
Hitler Faces Defeat as War Enters 13th Year
London reports amid signs of Germany’s crisis with labor minister Robert Ley calling for a day of work and fight. Rumors claim Hitler may lose control of the military, a envoy to Stockholm, and a possible move of the Nazi capital to Munich as Europe braces for a turning point in the war.
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London
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Berlin
Robert Ley
Hitler
Paris
Stockholm
Munich
Yugoslav King Peter Surrenders Royal Powers
London AP reports King Peter of Yugoslavia agrees to surrender royal powers to a regency council as Premier Subasic and Marshal Tito finalize a coalition government. Rome AP notes renewed U S medium bomber attacks on the Brenner Pass rail line. Washington AP says an emergency railway labor board will be named in March to study demands for longer paid vacations by 14 non operating brotherhoods.
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London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Ivan Subasic
Marshal Tito
Rome
U. 8
Brenner Pass
Germany
Washington
National Railway Labor Panel
Eastern Idaho Chamber Meeting Sets Tourism Report Discussion
The Eastern Idaho chamber of commerce will hold a February 6 Idaho Falls session to review a tourism and recreational development report. The subcommittee of the state planning board, led by R. Cole of Boise, prepared the report for discussion.
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Idaho Falls
Eastern Idaho Chamber of Commerce
State Planning Board
R. @. Cole
Boise
War in World Fronts Report From Global Frontlines
On the western front Berlin reports a British attempt to cross the Roer river with intensified artillery as the American Third Army breaches into Germany by a mile in a new Reich invasion. Russians push toward Berlin with armored spearheads 85 to 90 miles away and gains in Silesia. In the Pacific, American armor nears Calumpit near Manila after seizing San Fernando, with Luzon casualties topping 25,000 for the Japanese versus 4,254 American losses.
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Berlin
Pniewy
Poznan
Torun
East Prussia
Silesia
Associated Press
Roer River
Germany
Reich
Colmar
78Th
Siegfried Line
Monschau Forest
Moscow
Obra
Warthe
Polish Carpathians
Konigsberg
Calumpit
Manila
San Fernando
Baguio
MacArthur
Luzon
West Fights School Bill in Idaho Reorganization Push
A Canyon county delegation of 125 met Idaho education committees amid plans for broad revisions to a proposed school reorganization bill. The group argued against forced consolidations and warned of higher taxes if the bill fails, urging districts to vote on any changes.
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Boise
Idaho
Canyon County
House
Senate
O. L. Hackett
Floyd West
Germans Reward Two Generals For Budapest Fight
The German radio said General Frederick Kirchner commander of a panzer corps received oak leaves with swords to his knights cross from Hitler for his defense of Budapest. A near-similar award was given General Frederick Paulus before his surrender at Stalingrad.
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London
Frederick Kirchner
Hitler
Budapest
Frederick Paulus
Stalingrad
Beer Director Quits Wallace
Mel Nickerson former deputy sheriff and state patrolman has resigned as state beer revenue director after three weeks to enter war work, according to friends.
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Wallace
Mel Nickerson
Zhukov Push Near Berlin Deepens German Defenses
Soviet forces under Marshal Zhukov drive into Brandenburg about 80 miles from Berlin with three pronged assault. Moscow reports say heavy armored thrusts threaten to split German defenses as Russian columns move 15 to 20 miles into Pomerania and push toward the Austria on the Oder.
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London
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
Brandenburg
Berlin
Moscow
Austria
Warthe
Pomerania
Zhukov
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
Obra
Schniedemuhl
Lower Silesia
Steinau
Breslau
East Prussia
Geremans
Elbing
Koniesberg
East Prussian
Driesen
Waldenburg
Baltic
Stettin
Nation Celebrates Roosevelts Birthday Amid Wartime Plans
The nation marks Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 63rd birthday with public charity for infantile paralysis while world leaders prepare for a British Russian American conference. Hopkins tours European capitals as Stettinius and Grew shift in State Department duties awaiting further details on the looming meeting with Churchill and Stalin.
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White House
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Harry L. Hopkins
Stettinius
Joseph C. Grew
State Department
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