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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1944
Page
5
A garbled report notes police involvement with a Derby car incident and a sale of body tissues from a suspect. It lists individuals including Rep Clare Jace and Sgt. Verne, mentions a discharge for Laees Meninian, and cites Pvt. John Dies as a casualty.
The Office of Price Administration reports ongoing enforcement issues as shortages push shops to raise prices. Merchants are known to hoard and resell scarce cigarettes at inflated ceilings, while sellers bundle items to skirt ceiling limits. The OPA warns such tactics undermine rationing and consumer protections.
Fair early then increasing cloudiness tonight with snow on Sunday. Colder air moves in to the extreme east tonight with a thaw or slight warmup Sunday. Shippers forecast shows the northern half about 10 below and the southern half five below zero.
In northwest Greece ELAS guerrillas led by Napoleon Zéeves face a sustained assault as British forces land near Piraeus. A 25 minute cease fire failed to halt fighting, with Zervas reporting up to 20,000 ELAS around EDES territory and EDES resisting a northern push while seeking British aid.
John Giles aged 27 and Edgar Cook aged 31 face larceny charges after grand jury indictment on December 12. The pair, cited under the habitual criminal act, were arrested in Oakland in November following an escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary and are held in Council Bluffs.
Lt. William M. Tucker of Poplar Street in the United States Army Air Forces describes P-47 Thunderbolts missions over France. He notes high enemy losses, daring attacks on German convoys, and a significant fuel train strike, claiming strong performance by Allied pilots and crews.
Charles W Needles of Atlantic died at 84 after a six month decline in health. He was born in Linn County Iowa in 1862 and moved to Atlantic as a child. He ran a carriage and wagon business, married Estelle Murray in 1898, and leaves a daughter Lois, two sons Lt Col B J Needles and Capt Roscoe M Needles, two sisters, four grandchildren, and several relatives. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 PM at Roland Peacock Baxter funeral home with Atlantic Elks Lodge honor rites and burial in Atlantic cemetery. The remains will lie in state at the funeral home prior to the service.
Chicago dispatch notes 3000 people at Illinois Central station for Christmas holiday trains. Police responded to calls of a riot threat as crowds surged to board, many toes stepped on in the crush. About 1000 people passed gates while 500 with coach tickets were left behind due to space limits.
Maurice Donnelly aged 16 and Evelyn Taylor 15, high school students from Mount Pleasant near Mount Union, died of carbon monoxide poisoning while seated in a car along a road near the Taylor home. Their bodies were found about 4:30 a.m. by Evelyn’s father after the couple reportedly stopped on the road around 7:30 p.m. following a Christmas program. The car was running and warm when discovered.
In ongoing campaigns, U S and allied units push toward Palompen from Ormes valley as 77th division advances to 10 air miles from Nipponese escape port. U S and allied air forces pound Mindoro, Negros, Cebu, Mindanao and Masbate while naval strikes target Japanese ships. Rough enemy losses tallied with 1,646 Japanese killed in Ormoc area and multiple ships reported sunk. Gen MacArthur reports 9 Japanese planes shot down in Mindoro attacks and 24 more destroyed in operations across 1,600 miles from Manila to Java. British 36th division seizes Tigyaing. Chinese troops press near Hochih.
The state commerce commission ordered the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific to discontinue use in town of one platform caboose per state law, citing 19 such cars. A previous order was rescinded on a technicality. another hearing led to the current ruling.
Canadian troops widen a six mile front along the Senio river northeast of Faenza as American forces push near Monte Belmonte south of Bologna. Mezzano near Faenza falls. German rearguards cleared east of Naviglio. In Rome, Carabinieri arrest 200 gangsters and recover arms. Sgt. Lynn King discharged, plans to rejoin Kansas City Blues in 1945.
The Allied air forces reported strong resistance to a German offensive across Western Europe. Soviet and German fronts showed heavy tank losses and advancing Red Army operations around Latvia and Hungary with significant prisoner captures. The Paris and Berlin fronts described fierce air battles and ground engagements near Bastogne and Liège as Allied forces and Patton's units countered the Nazi breakthrough.
Adair and Mr and Mrs Peter Fay learn from the war department that their son Lt Marcus Fay is missing in action since December 6. He served as a flyer with the Army Air Force in England and reportedly went down over Yugoslavia. His wife Joy Rochholz Fay resides in Adair and they are both Adair High School graduates. He has two brothers, Bernard Fay and Francis Fay.
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