Christmas Rush With Santa Draws Four Hundred Children
Shoppers flood Atlantic stores in the final Christmas week as they extend hours Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings. Santa Claus greeted about 400 children Saturday afternoon at the city park castle, with treats from the Chamber of Commerce. Christmas programs filled church calendars with concerts cantatas and candlelight services across multiple downtown churches.
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Atlantic
Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce
Santa
Congregational
St. Paul's Lutheran
First Presbyterian
Methodist
Zion Lutheran Church
Peter and Paul Catholic
K. of C. Hall
First Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Karl Gaylord
Horace Nelson, Jr
Norman Holmes
Christ
Holy
First Baptist Church
E. A. Schwendemann
Glenn A. P. Peterson
Jessie Sanders
Frank Sturdevant
Jessie Pipgrass
Muriel Miller
O. R. Patrick
U.S. backs Polish frontier talks with UN OK
Secretary of State Stettinius outlined a three point Polish question stance. The United States would accept Poland's eastern frontier along the Curzon line if the United Nations concerned approved and the Polish government in exile agreed.
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Washington
Settinius
United States
Poland
United Nations
Stettinius
Churchill
House of Commons
Briain
Russia
Card of Thanks from Mrs Harold Lewis
Mrs Harold Lewis thanks friends relatives neighbors and nurses for flowers gifts and care during her hospital stay. She expresses gratitude for support and notes appreciation for the attentive staff and bedside kindness.
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The
Ee Hospital
Harold Lewis
Local News Briefs From Atlantic Area During Holidays
Local items note Ed and Mildred Harlan vacationing in Chicago and Wilmette with daughters, plus numerous service and travel updates. Cpl Rex Butler sails back to Camp San Luis Obispo after furlough. Cpl Raymond Becker arrived in Italy. WAVEs assign Jessie Scherdin to Navy Department in Washington. Billy Anderson reports for naval indoctrination at Great Lakes. Melvin Reimer tours from Australia. Dale Heath returns home from Chicago after aunt’s death. Hazel Smith travels from Massena to Attica Ind.. 4-H club leaders training planned. Jessen family weekend visit. Lena Priest to Los Angeles for holidays. LeRoy Hansen returns from Asiatic Pacific area. multiple troops in the Pacific and Philippines noted. funeral services for Mrs. Auguste Leininger held in Adair.
Coldest Iowa night records set across the state
A cold wave drove readings below zero with Marshalltown at 14 below and Ames Waterloo at 10 below. Des Moines area was five below while Atlantic reported 13 above at noon. Temperatures were forecast to rise tonight and tomorrow.
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Celdest
Mercury
Marshalltown
Iowa
Ames
Waterloo
Iowa City
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Charles City
Spencer
Ottumwa
Lamont
Burlington
Des Meijnes
Atlantic
British drive against ELAS tightens siege of Athens
Greek king George II considers regency as Athens endures a full scale British assault on ELAS forces. Within hours the siege looms nearer as British and RAF units push from Phaleron toward Kalamaki airport and Piraeus. ELAS counterattacks target RAF HQ and Avene prison housing political inmates. Scobie rejects peace talks citing no immediate end to two week civil warfare.
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Athens
ELAS
Phaleron
Kalamaki
Piraeus
RAF
Avene
RAP
R. M. Scobie
Lefting Sam
Scobie
Four Fires Hit St Ansgar In 24 Hours
An Iowa town suffered four business losses as two fires destroyed the Joe Groth Jack Spratt grocery and the Arthur Muller cafe early today. The Mullers lost all household goods above the cafe. A separate blaze yesterday afternoon razed the St Ansgar bakery and the St Ansgar cafe in a double building owned by J Brooks.
Des Moines Boy With Gifts Early
Five year old Russell Huckstep of Des Moines receives Christmas gifts in Broadlawns General Hospital where he is treated for a chronic lung inflammation. He weighs about 35 pounds and will turn six on January 26. His father, an army major, was killed in a Cairo Egypt crash in February 1943.
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Des Moines
Russell Huckstep
Broadlawns General Hospital
Russell
Cairo
Egypt
Rita Hayworth Gives Birth to Daughter in California
Actress Rita Hayworth had a 6½ pound girl delivered by Caesarean at St John’s Hospital in Santa Monica. Orson Welles and Hayworth were reported recently to be the parents. Dr. Blake Watson performed the operation, attendants said.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
St. John’s Hospital
Blake Watson
Notice to request extra copies and ad service
The News Telegraph urges readers to notify the office in advance to prevent supply exhaustion and notes that the want ad page will sell property for readers.
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Our
Want
Veterans Affairs to Open Branch Office in Atlantic Iowa
William B. Nugent announces the Veterans Administration will open one of seven Iowa branches in Atlantic to provide information for veterans. The office will have a manager and a secretary, with similar branches planned for Sioux City Fort Dodge Mason City Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa. Local agencies have no information yet.
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Iowa
Veterans Administration
Atlantic
William B. Nugent
Des Moines
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
U. S. Employment Service
Selective Service Office
Nugent
Veterans Information Centers
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Chicago
Ed Harlan
LaVista Place
Wilmette, In
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Case County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
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Rex Butler
Roy Butler
Chestnut Street
Camp San Luis Obispo
Italy
Raymond Becker
Mis
Bari Becker
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Jessie M. Scherdin
George Scherdin
Lewis
Waves
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Washington, D. C
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Te Viet Sea
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Jackie
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Australia
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Cumberland
Attica
Ind
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Roy F. Jessen
Ronald
Cpl. Jessen
Griswold High
England
Lena Priest
Los Angeles
Ed Bunnett
Dayle Priest
Shenandoah
LeRoy J. Hansen
Asiatic Pacific
George H. Hansen
North
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Maurice Hansen
France
Philippines
Carl E. Merritt
Guam
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East Fouth
Boone
Auguste Leininger
Sandhorst
George Wesack
Harald Wesack
Andrew Wesack
Arthur
Adair
Leininger
Dren
Leininger Cemetery
London
George II
Greece
ST. Ansgar
Rita
NeffClo.Co
VET Administration
Sue Toa
Tex Rickard
News-Telegraph
Ene
Mao Frese
Rosemary
Gavin Muir
Isabel Jewell
John Miljan
Botna Valley
Fair Grounds
Macy
Harvey W.johnson
Mgr
Exira, Iowa
Col
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