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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1944
Page
4
Tempio Texas a story from December reports four veterans ferried in a private jeep across hunting bases in central Texas. Staff Sergeant Roy Differding Walker Jr, who lost his right arm at St Lo, used his new limb to bag a five point buck. A lighter note ends with Your Scrap Will Make Bombs.
Includes a 12 by 12 brooder house and a small 5 by 7 brooding shed for hens. Also 100 feet each of 4 foot high chick mesh, 18 inch chick mesh, and woven chicken pen wire, a brooder stove, feeders, waterers, an 85 chick incubator, about 115 Austra White hens in full production, 1000 bushels of corn, 600 bushels of oats, 400 bales of straw, and the seller’s property to be removed from premises until settled.
AP dispatch recounts Brig. Gen. A. C. McAuliffe turning 22 December German surrender demand into the famous “nute” reply and notes Maj. Gen. Maxwell Taylor’s arrival to lead the 101st Airborne in Bastogne. Patton’s Third Army drives relief into the town as von Rundstedt’s attack stalls.
Audubon resident Jacob Mogg died at his home after a stroke this morning. A carpenter and contractor for over fifty years he was well known in Audubon. Survived by his widow, one son Staff Sgt. Charles Mogg a POW in Germany, two daughters Sgt. Beulah Mogg of the WAC in Philadelphia and Mrs. Lois Brown of Des Moines, one brother Philip Mogg of Audubon. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
Col Arthur T Wallace chief of staff of the Iowa state guard announced promotions for three members of headquarters company 2d battalion second regiment at Jefferson Carroll W Schall promoted from lieutenant to captain Newton H Leela from second lieutenant to lieutenant and Vern H Marten from first sergeant to second lieutenant
Brief notices detail visits and returns of local families including Chief Officer and Mrs. William G. Cook and son Michael at their Great Lakes home, Sgt Arthur Bishop's Italy posting, Pvt James Connor’s medical discharge, and Cpl Gene Anderson’s opening day with the Marines at a new Red Cross hall. Weather and license updates follow with regional temperatures, snow, and registration activity.
Mrs. Raymond Shherdin of 704 Elm Street was discharged from Atlantic hospital today. Charles Donahoe a well known local man remains ill at home at 110 West Fourteenth Street. Extra-Franklin Johnson of Just south of town broke a right arm Tuesday while cranking a tractor. He is an Extra high school student.
The holiday salvage drive reported 42330 pounds of waste paper. Scoutmaster Carl Cardio notes Atlantic Scouts earned 76.41 dollars for 14180 pounds at Levine salvage yards. The Atlantic Canning plant salvaged 29330 pounds and Maine netted 606 pounds. Paper ships out of Atlantic Monday. call Levine before then.
Allied HQ said fighting eased in the Serchio valley as a German counteroffensive slowed near Lucca. American forces had retreated from Gallicano toward Barga after heavy bombardment, while a Fascist radio claim of Germans seizing Fornaci could not be confirmed.
Lodge R Kent Martin ordered a district court hearing tomorrow on W A McKee administrator CPTA of C A Meredith estate request to compel M M Meredith administrator CPTA of Anna K Meredith estate to transfer 1980 76 or authorize sale to fund estate close including payment of 11668 and interest to attorney R W Cockshoot.
The disputing party seeks court approval to close the C. A. Meredith estate by transferring almost all assets to the Anna K. Meredith estate excluding $400. He asserts that the bulk of the property belonged to C. A. Meredith and not Anna K. Meredith.
Down Beat magazine announces the 1944 poll results. Bing Crosby is named favorite male singer with 2406 votes, ahead of Frank Sinatra and Dick Haymes. Duke Ellington wins swing band, Charlie Spivak beats Tommy Dorsey in the sweet band race. Dinah Shore leads best girl singer with Helen Forrest and Jo Stafford following.
A truck driven by emir Ed Weaten 86 of News collided with a cable on the Perth Loup river bridge near Paul Nebraska causing the span to fall and the truck to plunge into the river. Passengers H By Johnson of Sioux City and Lerg Doty of South Sioux were believed to be on the bridge. Johnson and Doty were uninjured.
Adair Hoyt a service man for Iowa Electric Company returned from Kansas to mourn his daughter Dorothy who died in Glenwood Saturday night. Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Guthrie Center Wednesday.
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