Pacific War Update from Luzon to Burma Fronts
The report notes U S. planes strike Luzon as Japanese defenses wane and supplies dwindle. It cites Allied losses and the risk of invasion while the Pacific fleet weighs the path to Tokyo. Burma forces retreat with British units advancing toward Mandalay and the Maya river region.
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Ihe
Luson
Mindopo Island
Tokyo
Pacific Fleet
The
Philippines
Japan
Leyte
Burma
Associated Press
John Grover
Kwaduma
Mandalay
Maya River
Akyab
German Effort In West Faces Strong Allied Push
Paris reports says the U S Third Army advanced into the Belgian bulge's south side with heavy pressure. Allied air forces destroyed or damaged about 69 German vehicles near Ambleve and St. Vith. Von Rundstedt gathers new forces as Patton's advance presses from Bastogne while German thrusts target Saarland and Bastogne front.
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Paris
Third Army
Ninth Air Porce
St. Vith
Ambleve
Mardhel von Rundstedt
Sos Patton
George
Fatten
Baétogne
Bannetein
Bitche
U. S
Castle Army
Bitehe
Saarland
Volkingen
Gaarbrucken
Supreme Headquarters
von Rundstedt
St. Zubert- Wiltz
Bastogne
von Rundstelt
Linnich
Stavelot
Bulge
Officials Sworn In by State Supreme Court Vital Officials
The state supreme court administers the oath of office to Wayne M. Ropes John M. Rankin Chet B. Akers Jean Grimes and Harry Linn in the governor s office. Governor elect Robert D Blue not present as oath was given in his absence ahead of the January 5 legislature convening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onear
State Supreme Court
Robert D. Blue
Wayne M. Ropes
John M. Rankin
Chet B. Akers
Jean Grimes
Harry Linn
Former Greenfield Man Killed Monday in Nevada Plant
Henry Meisenheimer aged 66 a mill hand at Lepp laboratory Nevada La was killed in the elevator loft after an unauthorized trip his clothing became caught in machinery on the lift stop led by Coroner Guy Mills there would be no inquest Meisenheimer who came here from Greenfield 16 months ago is survived by his widow and daughter
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Nevada
Henry Meieenheimer
Mill
Lepp Laboratory
Guy Mills
MacCallebury
Meisenheimer
Mills
Greenfield
Blizzard Strikes Bowling Green as Frostbite Cases Rise
A blizzard swept across Ohio trapping more than 200 people in high drifts on highway 25 south of Bowling Green. About 88 were rescued and admitted to emergency hospitals for frostbite and exposure.
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Bowling Green, C
Highway 25
Here
Ohio
Weather to turn cloudy with light snow tonight
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with light snow and milder air tonight into Wednesday. Northern regions may see temperatures around 10 below zero while southern areas approach zero.
Byrnes proposes mandatory manpower measures in war act clash
Washington January 2 Associated Press Byrnes unveils a plan to compel service for men not in essential work and to apply legal penalties for noncompliance. He targets 4-F athletes and agricultural deferments while urging a stronger War Labor Board to curb work stoppages.
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Washington
Elecer
James F. Byrnes
Congress
War Agency
Byrnes
War Labor Board
U S Ships Lost Submarine LSM and PT Boats
The navy announced the loss of a submarine, a medium landing ship and two motor torpedo boats. Submarine Harder is overdue from patrol in the Pacific. LSM 318 and PT 800 were lost in the Philippine area, PT 311 in the Mediterranean during enemy action. The LSM was sunk in a December 7 Japanese air attack off Ormoc.
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Washington
Navy
Harder
Philippine
Mediterranean
Ormoc
Death of Pfc Earl Madsen Shocks Audubon Family
Audubon mourns the death of Pfc Earl Madsen killed in a Utah Pacific train wreck. He died after returning on furlough December 19 from Camp Louis Obispo California. Survived by parents Lars H Madsen and Mrs. Audubon and siblings Esther Golda Mae and Cpl Victor Madsen in England. Funeral plans set for Our Saviors Lutheran Church Audubon with Rev. Erhardt Nielsen. Earl born September 7 1925, high school graduate 1942.
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War Department
Pvt
Elmer Madsen
Our Saviour’s Lutheran
Audubon
Erhardt Nielsen
Pfe
Earl Madsen
Audubon High School
Ft. Benning
Cpl
Victor Madsen
Eighth Air Force
England
Esther
Golda Mae
WFA Cancels Corn Set Asides in Five States
The War Food Administration terminated the order requiring grain elevator operators in Illinois Iowa Indiana Minnesota and Nebraska to set aside 60 percent of received corn. The suspension since last April ends as officials cite a record 228000000 bushel corn crop, reducing need for government aid to processors.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Minnesota
Nebraska
WFA
Methodist conference opposes peacetime compulsory training
In Nashville on January 2, the Methodist conference on Christian education unanimously adopted a resolution opposing compulsory military training in peacetime. Introduced by F. G. Toll of Detroit, it urged other church groups to join in the stance.
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Nashville, Tenn
Methodist Conference On Christian Education
F. G. Toll
Detroit
Polish Question Heats Up as Lublin Provisional Government Emerges
The Polish National Committee of Liberation in Lublin reportedly breaks with the exile government in London and proclaims a provisional government for liberated Poland. Moscow supports Lublin while Washington still recognizes the exile in London, with Britain cautious amid a wider Polish settlement.
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Associated Press
Polish National Committee of Liberation
Lublin
London
Poland
Red Army
Vistula Line
Lublin Committee
Curzon
Moscow
France
Washington State Department
Britain
Churchill
World Peace Organisation
Fifth army probes Serchio valley in Italy front
Fifth army patrols probed enemy positions in the Serchio valley as the Nazi thrust in Italy appears ended. Allied pressure held along the Tyrrhenian coast while a German raid near Fusignano was repulsed by Canadian troops. Washington mulls a summit to resolve the vexing matter and perhaps spurs a Big Three meeting.
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Third Army
George 8. Patton
Patton
First Army
Rome
Jen
Fifth Army
Serchio
Tyrrhenian
Eighth Army
Senio
Fusignano
Women named to county offices in reorganization
Mrs Lenna T Bootes sworn deputy to Miss Anns McGrath who becomes county recorder succeeding E H Pelzer. McGrath and other new officers sworn in include Dale Ornell Harry Cavenaugh Imogene Mehiman Jordan Lavery Skipton Herbert Hubbard Kitson Allen Hastings and Hastings chairs board. Board keeps depositories Atlantic State Whitney Loan & Trust then names county papers News Telegraph Griswold American Cumberland Enterprise and adds Mrs June Crook to the county welfare board replacing Verna Woods.
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Lenna T. Bootes
Anns McGrath
E. H. Pelzer
Miss McGrath
Pelzer
Boots
Maine
H. O. Boots
Moming Wees
Dale Ornell
Harry Cavenaugh
Imogene Mehiman
Jordan
Don Lavery
C. M. Skipton
F. W. Herbert
Milo Hubbard
W. W. Kitson
G. H. Allen
Atlantic
E. E. Hastings
Allen
Hastings
Albert Creager
Mike Metz
Pete Eisel
Atlantic State and Whitney Loan & Trust Company
Anita State Bank
Griswold State Bank
Massena Farmera Savings
Cumberland Savings Bank
Atlantic State Bank
Mrs Nellie Stone Dies at University Hospital Iowa City
Mrs Nellie E Stone 53 wife of Floyd Stone died yesterday at 5 pm in University hospital Iowa City after six months of declining health She was born November 23 1891 southeast of Atlantic and lived in Cass county most of her life Surviving are three sons Glen Chase Max Stone Oscar Frank Stone a daughter Mary Rose Stone five brothers Henry Stormer Horace Myron Chet John Stormer a sister Mrs Jennie Smith and two grandchildren Funeral arrangements are pending with remains arriving on the Rocket and to be taken to Roland Peacock Baxter funeral home in state until rites
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Nellie E. Stone
Floyd Stone
Atlantic
University Hospital
Iowa City
Stone
Oscar
Mary Ellen Stormer
Frank Chase
Btone
Cass County
Missouri
Glen Chase
Max Stone
Oscar Frank Stone
Mary Rose Stone
Henry Stormer
Massena
Horace
Myron
Chet
John Stormer
Jennie Smith
Lewis
Roland, Peacock & Baxter
Susan Peters Hurt in Hunting Accident Near San Diego
Hollywood actress Susan Peters 23 underwent surgery at Mercy Hospital after a .22 rifle bullet lodged in her spine during a hunting trip near the Cana Mesa Gun Club south of San Diego. Her condition is critical. She was with husband Richard Quine coast guardsman and others.
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San Diego
Cal
Susan Peters
Hollywood
Mercy Hospital
Miss Peters
Cana Mesa
Richard Quine
Coast Guardsman
Quine
Tom Quine
Tom
Leaders May Meet Soon With Churchill and Stalin
President Roosevelt told congressional leaders he plans to meet sometime soon with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin. The announcement signals a forthcoming high level summit among the three wartime Allies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
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Airborne
Germese
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Elands
Strths Lusen
Luzontal
Steng Foe
Luxem
Johnston
Ada Wilson
Cecil Schminkey
Robert Wilson
Keren Gehminkey
Wilson
Lois Herbert
St. Louis
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Italy
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