Yanks Save 1 700 German Civilians from Nazi Doom
American troops of the 90th Division discovered 1 700 civilians sheltering in a mountain cave near the Saar river eight miles northwest of Saarlautern. Villagers fled to the cave to avoid evacuation orders from volkssturm officers who had barricaded the entrance with dynamite. The civilians, confined by Nazi authority, kept a communal kitchen and basic supplies while Franz von Papen’s grounds offered refuge. The absence of safe exits and Himmler’s grip on events left residents pessimistic about any Reich revolt.
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U.S. Third Army
Saar Front
INS
Saar River
Nazi Volkssturm
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmiler
Volkssturm
Germany
90Th
Third Army
Siersburg
Saar
Saarlautern
von Papen
Himmler
Hitler
Senate opens inquiry into national cigarette shortage
Washington AP reports senators, led by Chairman Mead, investigate civilian cigarette shortages while troops receive adequate supplies. A public hearing will include tobacco distributors, manufacturers, War Manpower, and War Food administration to address distribution fairness and production limits.
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Washington
Mead
D-N.y
Senate War Investigating Committee
War Department
Chinese rout 4000 Japanese troops in Kweichow action
A Chinese army spokesman said 4000 Japanese troops entering Kweichow province were routed. Chinese forces recaptured Pachai Hanho Chihpanchai and Tushan and pursued fleeing Japanese toward Kwangsi. The spokesman warned the situation remains serious and not to be overly optimistic.
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Chungking
Kweichow
Kweiyang
China
Pachai
Hanho
Chihpanchai
Tushan
Kwangsi
Tuyan
Kwangsi-Kweichow
Cedar Rapids Names 18 Red Cross Staff Assistants
On the third anniversary of Pearl Harbor, eighteen Cedar Rapids women pledged to serve as Red Cross staff assistants. The fifth Linn County class received certificates at Brucemore with E. Harold Skinner and Mrs. Howard Hall presenting honors. Dorothy Anderson of St Louis gave the principal address.
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Pearl Harbor
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Brucemore
Linn County
E. Harold Skinner
Howard Hall
Wells C. Peck
Dorothy Anderson
St. Louis
Mines
Skinner
A. H. Boileau
P. A. Stover
John Fortune
W. E. Peschau
M. J. Theisen
Former Serviceman Kills Four in Custody Battle
In Carteret New Jersey a 24 year old ex serviceman Daniel Molnar opened fire to take his 3 year old daughter from his wife Anna. He killed his father in law a police officer and a 12 year old girl and wounded two others before surrendering at a police station with the child safe. He barricaded himself in a house and later walked to a police desk to surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carteret
N. J
Daniel Molnar
Molnar
Adam Roszanski
Service Members Receive War Honors and Updates
Robert George Hampton, 22, son of Mrs. Ida Hampton and Mrs. Deann Hampton, earns bomber pilot wings and becomes a flight officer at Yuma field Arizona. Cpl. I. J. Whitehead arrives overseas. Sgt. Delbert F. Pollet wounded in France Nov. 18. Pvt. William Glen Albaugh returns to Fort Riley after furlough. Dr. John H. Wampler on leave in Marion before returning to Charleston hospital. Pvt. Joe Mead Jr. on furlough. he earned B 26 wings at Del Rio. Donald R R Andrew begins navy aircrew training. brothers Everett D. Andrew and others noted. Leland S. Gosnell promoted at Melville RI. Elmer Larsen completes 50 missions with F fifteenth Air Force in Italy. Pvt. Herman W Mollenhauer wounded in France. Pvt. Charles Rhoda on furlough in New York. Set Jack Butler on furlough from Camp Chaffee. Paul E. Brown returns to Coronado after leave. Pvt Gerald Rolse visiting family in Marion. son of Ruben Rolse.
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Robert George Hampton
Ida Hampton
Second Avenue SE
Deann Hampton
Portland
Wash
Yuma Field
Ariz
Marion High School
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Lincoln
Neb
I. J. Whitehead
H. J. Whitehead
Fifth Avenue SE
Delbert F. Pollet
France
War Department
Delbert, Jr
Darrell
Diane
Route 3
Pollet
William Glen Albaugh
Fort Riley
Kan
Ralph Albaugh
Mechanicsville
Joe Mead, Jr
Joe Mead
McKinley Street
Mead
del Rio
Texas
Donald RR. Andrew
Navy
Memphis
Tenn
Everett D. Andrew
Navy Yard
Bayonne
N. J
Guy Andrew
Fourteenth Avenue Sn
Leland S. Gosnell
E. B. Gosnell
D Avenue NW
Gosnell
Motor Torpedo Boat Training Center
Melville
R. 1
Robert
Edward
Newport
R. I
Elmer Larsen
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Plan to Cut Taxes in Half to Pay Debt in 60 Years
New York AP report on H. E. Humphreys Jr of NAM proposing a 60 year debt payoff with individual income taxes halved and corporate rates reduced. He outlined funding sources from excises, estate taxes, and corporate earnings to reach eight to nine billion yearly from individuals.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
H. E. Humphreys, Jr
NAM
Humphreys
Potatoes and Drake Statue Myth Tangles German History
A historical note asserts that Germans wrongly credited Sir Francis Drake with introducing the potato to Europe in 1580 and that they erected a statue to him, a statue said to stand in Offenbach, Germany.
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Sir Francis Drake
Europe
Offenberg
Germany
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Pierre J. Huss
Reich
Hitler Youth Organization
Wehrmacht
Norway
Reichsmarshal Hermann
Goering
Pierre Huss
Pamr
Ci Leal le Ld
the Gazette Company
3Rd Ave
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
U.S. Territories
Allen-Klapp Company
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
New Center
Detroit
Median
Moses
the Mines
Ray Bramsen
R. F. Bruch
Marvin Cone
R. B. Figge
E. E. Fisher
J. C. Kennedy
E. Langhurst
H. W. Leichsenrin
C. D. Morrison
D. D. Offeringa
F. K. Powers
J. V. Prouty
M E. Rowley
M. Sapousek
H. Spratt
C. D. Thomas
Emily Morrison
Elizabeth Thompson
H G Fussell
Tce
Old Mill
Third Avenue SE
Wampton
John H., Rieniers
Navy Medical ‘Corps
Upland Drive
South Pacific
Charleston
S. C
Naval Hospital
Marion
Pvt
Herman W.mollenhauer
Patton
Center Point
Mollenhauer
England
Charles Rhoda
Hotel Breslin
New York City
Fifth Street
Jack Butler
Camp Chaffee, Ark
Mrs
D.H. Butler
Viola
Paul E. Brown
Coronado
Calif
Elmhurst Drive
Charles H. Brown
Eleventh Street
Gerald Rolse
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
B Avenue NW
Ruben Rolse
Lamont
Smart
Fas
20Th Century-Fox
U.S. Army Air Forces
Glenwear
Lir
Neckwear Department
Millinery
Silver Leaf
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