Allied Air Power Breaks German Offense Over Belgium
Clouds cleared and Allied air forces from American and British units swarmed the Belgium battlefront Saturday. Fortresses and Liberators joined fighters in heavy raids from Rhineland targets to railyards near Ehrang Kaiserslautern and Coblenz. By midday reports credited about 12 German tanks and 18 planes destroyed across Trier and Coblenz zones, with dozens of German and Allied losses, signaling a major tank and air engagement in the West.
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Trier
Kaiserlautern
Mannheim
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Coblenz
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Bingen
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Air Ministry
First Army
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Freiburg
Tray of Rings Vanishes From Siebke Store in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police investigate the disappearance of 11 diamond rings with a minimum value of 3400 from Siebke and Taylor at 219 Second Avenue SE. The tray vanished between 1 and 7 p.m. Friday, after being untouched at 1 p.m. One clerk missed the tray, and it would require rear-case access to remove it. This marked Cedar Rapids' second jewelry disappearance in two nights.
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Siebke and Taylor Jewelry
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Liebke and Taylor
Ginsberg
Second Street SE
Ginsberg’s
Gibson Girl Creator Charles Dana Gibson Dies
New York AP Charles Dana Gibson 77 artist behind the Gibson Girl died Saturday from heart attack at his home with wife Irene Langhorne at bedside. Dr. Haines said long running myocarditis. He recently painted in Maine before a severe September attack prompted navy plane transport to New York. Born September 14 1867 in Massachusetts, Gibson's career rose through American art.
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New York
Charles Dana Gibson
Irene Langhorne
Virginia
Lady Astor
Alvin R. Haines
Gibson
Dark Harbor
Maine
Mass
Explosion Rocks Vinton Diesel Plant. Power Restored
An oil explosion in a crank case of an $85,000 diesel engine damaged the Vinton power and light plant, blew out the east wall, lifted roof, and left the city briefly without power. Damage to the building is pegged at $25,000. no injuries reported. Service was restored in just over 10 minutes as an investigation begins.
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Vinton
Second Avenue
Byrnes Calls for Immediate Race Track Closures
Acting with presidential approval James F Byrnes war mobilization director urged track managers to close all horse racing establishments by January 3 1945. He cited war manpower and transportation needs and said he asked the War Manpower Commission to withdraw all ceiling authorizations and urged the War Production Board and Office of Defense Transportation to use their powers to halt racing operations.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Byrnes
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Attempted assassination of Romanian VP Groza at theater
MOSCOW radio described from Bucharest on Saturday an attack by two landowner class members aiming to kill Romanian Vice-premier Peter Groza during a theater event.
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Ee Ee Radio
Bucharest
Peter Groza
Soviets Claim U S Captives Slain by Nazis
London AP reports a Moscow radio commission says about 700,000 people including some Americans and Britons were tortured and slain in the Nazi Lwow camp. It adds 200,000 killed at Janow, says children were used for shooting practice, cites Heinrich Himmler’s role, and notes a typhoid outbreak and vast gold recovered from prisoner camps.
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Moscow Radio
Lwow
Janow
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Poland
Rava Russkaya
High School Couple Found Dead in Car in Montana
MT PLEASANT AP Maurice Donnelly 16 and Eve lyn Taylor 15 high school students at Mt Union died of carbon monoxide poisoning while in the front seat of a car near Taylor home. They were found about 4 am Saturday by Taylor’s father after authorities believe they stopped on the road Friday night near 11 pm following help with a Mt Union Christmas program. Donnelly was a junior and Taylor a freshman.
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Maurice Donnelly
Evelyn Taylor
Mt. Union
Taylor
Miss Taylor
Piller Egg Donnelly
Snowy Front Remains Home for Yanks This Christmas
A Western Front snow assures a white Christmas for American troops yet many face battle and uncertain fate. Many will dine on canned rations while some will wait to celebrate after combat as parcels from home reach hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Britain plans festivities for Americans including dinners, dances, and carol singing as British children visit American camps.
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Germany
Turkey
United States
France
Second Army
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Britain
Birmingham
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Cross
Belgium
Poland
Canada
First Nazi Spies Executed in U S Uniform
The first German spies captured in American uniform during the Nazi offensive were executed Saturday, announced by supreme headquarters. An officer and two noncommissioned officers were executed after a court martial following their capture near the Meuse front in Belgium. They had been armed with American weapons and driven an American truck when seized by U S military police at Aynaille, 11 miles from Liege.
Five Below Seen Here Tonight Cedar Rapids
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair and colder conditions tonight with lows near five below. Sunday will see rising temperatures and a chance of light snow late in the day. A Miami forecast predicts a white Christmas for much of the nation. Snow totals remained light in parts of Iowa with Cedar Rapids reporting about an inch.
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Cedar Rapids
United Press
Miami
Fla
Mail Rush Sets Postal Record in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids post office reports an all time Christmas mail surge with 20 percent higher postal receipts than last year. A westbound train carried 15 mail pouches weighing 40 to 50 pounds each containing about 40 letters per pound. Extra staff bring total to 201 workers. daily mail volume averages 200,000 letters and cards. Deliveries will continue Sunday. parcels late on Christmas Day will be delivered only with special stamps.
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Cedar Rapids
Lubbock
Chicago Station Jam Near Riot
Police were deployed at Illinois Central station Friday night as a crowd of about 3000 attempted holiday departures. The peak occurred when 200 ticketholders rushed gates before a train to New Orleans. About 500 people were left behind as the train finally departed, 20 minutes late.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
German drive reaches Bastogne area in Luxembourg and Belgium
Paris AP reports a major German counteroffensive pushing 29 miles from Bastogne toward Sedan with Bastogne entered and Wiltz overrun. Patton's Third Army strikes the German flank in Luxembourg as Allied counteractions and heavy losses unfold, with U S forces holding key towns in the St Vith Stavelot Malmedy wedge.
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Luxembourg
Belgium
Sedan
Bastogne
St. Hubert
Wiltz
Berlin
George S. Patton
Third Army
la Roche
Ourthe River
Arion
St. Vith-Stavelot-Malmedy
Germans Withhold Full Power In Western Front Drive
Washington AP reports Germany holds back ultimate strength in the western breakthrough as Nazi command weighs prospects for a major victory. Military experts note the plan might trap and destroy two to three Allied armies. Moscow had signaled a winter drive, timing set by weather and other factors.
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Washington
Germany
Western Front
France
Europe
Moscow
United States
Britain
Two Children Die In Riverside Fire Near Family Home
A fire at a two room frame house owned by Mr and Mrs William Snyder near Riverside at about 9 30 am Saturday killed two children. Doris Snyder ten months old and Charlotte five were inside when the blaze broke out as Mrs Snyder went next door to fetch milk. Firemen fought the flames as neighbors watched in shock.
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Riverside
William Snyder
Eng Ty
Doris Snyder
Out of Jail He Is Back in for Drunkenness
Cear Rapids News reports Leonard Pheiffer, 26, of 1829 L street SW, released Friday from county jail after serving 21 days of a 20 day sentence for intoxication. He Sat Friday night at the Biivar Lest tavern and was creating a disturbance, police said.
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Cear Rapids News
Leonard Pheiffer
L Street
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