Local Notes On Christmas Visits And Community Happenings
Des Moines travelers Earl Johnsons head to Des Moines for Christmas. Atlantic Rotarians suspend meetings for two weeks due to dining room closure. Marriage license issued to Robert H. Elgin and Janyce Conrad. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Kelley and son Donald of Onswe visit Cumberland relatives. Mim Dellabelle Herbert of Chicago listed with her parents. Mrs. Ella Brown and James Brown of Easton, Missouri, visiting Frederick Brown family for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hubbard of Webster City spend Christmas week with Hubbard parents. Coach Arthur Yates and wife travel from Corning to Maryville, Missouri for Christmas. Mrs. Annie Gunderman of Lenox dies in California. her son is Harry Gunderman. Lt. Edward L. Bopp on 21 day leave in town from Schick General, later to Hot Springs. Wanda Guttenfelder from Omaha returns home for Christmas. J W Majer of Bagley visits. daughter Iola James to spend vacation at home. Lawrence Muir accompanying. Paul Wogesser, naval trainee from Farragut, Idaho, arrives for Christmas with family. sister Dorothy also in Des Moines for holidays. County Auditor Hubbard urges township trustees to appoint absent-assessor or trustee vacancies before soldier-voter ballots.
Berry awarded bronze star for Meritorious A mobility
Staff Sgt. Keith F. Berry son of Mr and Mrs J Frank Berry Lewis Neb earned the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement from December 1, 1943 to November 1, 1944 as crew chief of a Liberator bomber squadron in England His work included six engine changes on the ground and rapid field repairs that kept planes airborne and missions on schedule He enlisted at Fort Crook Nebraska November 2 1942 and is stationed in England with the bomber unit He is credited with maintaining airworthiness and ready performance under battle conditions.
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Keith F. Berry
J. Frank Berry
Lewis
England
Ft. Crook, Nebe
Birth of a Daughter in Massena at Atlantic Hospital
A daughter weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces was born to Mr and Mrs Earl Clinton of Massena at Atlantic hospital at 4 14 this morning. The couple has two other children.
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New Massenan
Earl Clinton
Massena
Atlantic Hospital
British newspapers call new German weapon V-1 features
London reports several British papers without sourcing name the latest German secret weapon as V-1. They say it has appeared in the current offensive and hints at self propelled shell like traits resembling both the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 rocket. The piece ends with an unrelated line about an ad page.
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London
Fresh Snow Forecast for White Christmas in Iowa
An Iowa weather outlook predicts a fresh snowfall with subzero lows tonight and warmer conditions Sunday. North and central regions face readings down to ten below, while southern areas drop to five below. snowfall totals up to several inches occur in northern Iowa with drifting and slick roads reported in spots. Local towns record varying depths from two to three inches, and Christmas shopping continues amid wartime shortages. Hospital and postal notices accompany the holiday scene, with public closures and Christmas observances listed across Atlantic areas.
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Iowa Weatherman
Iowa
Highway Commission
Carroll
Perry
Fort Dodge
Spencer
Council Bluffs
Mercury
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Amis
Mason City
Mr Malone Receives Greetings and Letters
White Mr and Mrs F M Malone reported today that he is well and receiving letters and parcels.
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Me F. M. Malone
Adair Post Office Sees Record Holiday Mail
Ann McDonnell the Adair postmaster reports December 18 set a new daily record for mail handling stamps and orders in her ten years of service with the office.
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Adair
Ann McDonnell
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Ted Eckenfels
the News-Telegraph
Merry
HuTchins PrInting Company
Des Moines
Mrs
Earl Johnson
Hotel Whitney
Atlantic Rotarians
C. M. Skipton
Robert H. Elgin
Adaie
Janyce Conrad
Casey
Oliver Kelley
Donald of
Onswe
F. H. Jobes
Burt Stone
Cumberland
Chicago
Mim Dellabelle Herbert
St. Luke's Hospital
Mrs. D. C. Herbert
Best Eleventh Street
Henry Walter
Ella Brown
James Brown
Easton
Frederick Brown and
Poplar Street
Eugene Hubbard
Webster City
M. E. Hubbard
Arthur Yates
Corning
Atlantic Corning
Maryville
Atlantic Tees
Morrow
Annie Gunderman
Lenox
Lacerse Valley
Cal
Gunderman
Harry Gunderman
East Twelfth Street
Edward L. Bopp
Schick General Rosa
Clinton
Italy
Hot Springs
Ark
Omahe
Wanda Guttenfelder
Omaha
Int Guttenfelder
West of Ath
J. W. Majer
Bagley
Iola James
Lawrence Muir
Shoemaker
Calif
Paul Woggesser
Naval Station
Farragut
Idaho
Matthias Voggesser
Birch Street
Mies Dorothy Voggesser
Simpeon
Marilyn Sin
Station Kos
Sioux City
F. D. Simpson
LaVieta Place
Wicked
W. G. Snyder
West Third Street
Great Lakes, Jr
William Snyder, Jr
Naval Base
G.W. Preston
Belle Plaine
Lee
Lee Dunning
Eberen
Theo. Hermann
Camp Bowie
Tex
Vic Hermann
Condordia Seminary
Springfield
Lucile Kamprath
Immanuel Parochial School
Houston
Misa Marilyn Kamprath
Concordia Teachers College
Seward
Nebd
Lidderdale
Richard Herrmann
T. E. Martin
Johnny Kime
Leslie
Ninth
Harry Jordan
Dorsey
Martin
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Glenn Alliband
John H. Riley
Elizabeth Roberts
Atlantic National Guard
Camp Shanks
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Alliband
North Africa
Sicily
Signal Corps
Pfc
John Alliband
Atlantic Guard
Germany
Riley
First Presbyterian Church
Carola Spaghantry
Henry Dacken
Hospital
Trent
James Wright
Locust Street
Zion Lutheran Church
Hospiel Watts
Joe Burnea
Atlantic Gteld
Mss
G. G. Jock
Atlantic
Ello
Wists
Athnal Barn Vance
Sgan
Heather Rosert
Bemchley
Mabel Paige
National Farm Loan Associations
Roy
Holdridge
Yona Anderton
Nolte Electric Service
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Poland
China
John Deere
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Chris J. Hansen
John Cruise
Wayne Flick
C. E. Parker
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