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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1944
Page
5
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes a German push in the Rhineland as a high risk gamble aimed at delaying Allied plans. He notes Allied manpower and materiel superiority likely prevail, while caution is urged due to wartime secrecy and uncertain weapon effectiveness.
An Allied raid on Na goya Japan, targeting the Mitsubishi aircraft plant, caused fires after direct hits. The communique reports over 100 raiders likely inflicted serious damage while destroying two enemy planes and damaging three. no B 29s were lost.
Vatican announces Pope Pius XII will deliver his annual Christmas Radio message on Sunday December 24 at 1 15 p m local time 7 16 a m center war time equal to the usual holiday address to the world audience by the Holy Father from Vatican City.
Increasing cloudiness causes light snow across the state starting tonight in the west and spreading by Wednesday. Winds shift to moderate to fresh as temperatures drop, with shippers forecasting higher northern and western regions.
In Athens a strong ELAS assault on Averoff prison drives British forces from a bastion. Quisling ex-Premier Jean Rallis is sought after a disorderly escape during the chaos. ELAS fortifies the prison while authorities report casualties and shifting positions on the Athens road.
Soviet forces launch broad advance from Hungary into eastern Slovakia, tightening grip on Kassa. Malinovsky’s Second Ukrainian Army penetrates up to 12 miles toward Bodva and Hernad valleys, with fronts reported within two to four miles of German escape routes.
President Roosevelt returned from a three weeks vacation at Warm Springs Georgia. He faces wartime and allied diplomacy challenges plus the start of a fourth term and a new Congress. He arrived by special train and went at once to the White House.
Cass County reports 94 percent of its 940000 sixth war loan quota and 71 percent of the 540000 bond quota, with total bond sales at 886186.50 including E series 388342.25. County bond chairman FE S Holton notes extended drive to December 30 and hopes for top performance, while Atlantic ward reports lag in first and fourth wards.
A federal grand jury indicted Carl L. Norden, Inc. and a war plant survey firm with four individuals on charges of conspiracy to slow Norden bombsight production. The case targets conspiracies to force makers to hire the survey specialists Corrigan Osborne and Inc. for production control systems.
Forest Nubbins Hoffman of Cheyenne Wyoming walked out of Mercy hospital with his father, marking a milestone after an operation for a febrile neck bladder growth. Doctors called the Dec. 7 surgery successful as he recuperates at home with his family.
Prime Minister Churchill refuses a full Commons war review while defending British troops and intervention in Belgium. He cites American instruction and Eisenhower’s actions, notes Greece has improved, and links debate to a possible censure vote that could topple his government.
Sgt. Donald Watson of Lewis was slightly wounded in action on Leyte on November 19. Word of the injury came from the war department to his mother Mrs Minnie Watson of Lewis. He has served two years. Also noted, Lilyan Zindell named to hospital committee of Iowa Blue Cross. Lt. F P G Lattner released to become Iowa Blue Cross executive director.
Anita Pearson of Anita and her son Willard 28 from Oklahoma were reunited in Wiota after twenty five years apart. Willard, taken to Missouri by his mother at age three, never saw his father again until the reunion. The father, Eddie Pearson, visited his uncle Jack Snyder in Wiota during the trip.
Paris dispatch reports Paul Glaenbbi delivering a dedicatory address as the French radio regularly broadcasts. he vows to give all possible aid in ousting the Japanese from the French colony. Washington reports says Japanese bombs captured at Tarawa are now used by U S forces in attacks in the Marianas and Marshall Islands.
Des Moines reports that workers at the Burtoning and Des Moines ordnance plants will not take the holiday off. They will follow their standard schedules through the weekend as announced by plant management.
Allied reports show continued heavy combat on the Eighth army front around Bagnacavallo near Faenza and 50 miles from Imola as Polish troops advance toward the Senio river. U S Fifth army patrols remained active while Mediterranean Allied air forces flew over 1 450 sorties destroying four enemy aircraft and losing 24 planes.
For the second year The News Telegraph will not raise its annual Christmas fund for needy families as wartime employment soothes demand. The paper will aid only aged or invalid cases with Cass County welfare, using a $211.61 fund balance to cover relief this Christmas season.
Jean Bregant, 75, a 45 inch tall vaudeville performer who toured for 14 years, died in a Council Bluffs hospital of pneumonia. A familiar civic and real estate figure, he and his spouse lived in a home built to suit two tiny residents and were often seen driving a small car.
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