Weather and Birth Announcements Summary
The page lists last night lows and city temperatures for Cedar Rapids Washington Mt. Area 3 Tampa Sioux City New Orleans Omaha Galveston Des Moines San Francisco Seattle Dubuque Bismarck Davenport Detroit New York Chicago Boston and other locales. Mercy hospital and St Luke's hospital report births: a daughter to Francis Hutchcraft on Dec 24, a son to Charles Hamer on Dec 25, a daughter to Bob Potter on Dec 24, a daughter to Everett Halvorson on Dec 25, and a son to H F Solomon on Dec 25.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Francis Hutchcraft
First Avenue
Charles Hamer
Nineteenth Avenue SW
St. Lukes Hospital
Bob Potter
First Street
Everett Halvorson
South Amana
H. F Solomon
Route 1
Palo
Christmas Weather May Include Snow Forecast
The article notes a forecast of rain with glaze turning to light to heavy snow Thursday night, with colder conditions in the western portion. It mentions a belated white Christmas hope, humidity around 80 percent, and temperatures reported from 9 30 am to midnight, with readings around 34 to 38 degrees. Measurements are from Chambers Inskeep instruments.
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Cedar Rapids
Santa
Chambers
Communist Paper Says Nazi Chiefs Being Frightened
Pravda reports Nazi plan failures to encircle Moscow and German losses frighten generals. It quotes Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian’s order of the day urging unity, discipline, and optimal use of arms and transport. He laments the Russian winter's severity as Germany’s fate hangs in the balance.
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Moscow
Pravda
Germany
Heinz Guderian
Guderian
Dies As Santa Hands Out Gifts at Family Reunion
Mrs. Clara Weber aged 64 died of a heart attack during a Christmas celebration at a son’s home in Omaha. A guest dressed as Santa Claus burst in to distribute gifts, and the festive scene turned tragic as her heart failure struck almost immediately. Excitement was believed to have contributed to the death.
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Omaha
Clara Weber
Carl
Santa Claus
Petain Addresses France on War Captives and Duty
In a moving address to the people of France Petain expresses disappointment that Christmas finds tens of thousands of French prisoners of war He says peace is still far away but our energies are intact and we must keep to the path of our duties He appeals for resilience during wartime hardship.
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VICHY
INS
France
Marshal Petain
Marshal
Waterloo Sued For Its Sewage Odors
Waterloo city faces 11 lawsuits over offensive sewage odors totaling 43300 in damages. Frank and Adela Fenstermaker, mink fur farm operators, seek 11000 alleging odor caused mink reproduction and fur production decline.
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Waterloo
Waterloo (Ap
Knapp F. Matthews
Frank
Adela Fenstermaker
Philippines News Detailes Luzon Landings And Civilian Toll
Reports from Washington and Tokyo describe Japanese landings on Luzon near Nasugbu and Mauban as Manila anxieties grow over a possible open city decision. Bombing near Manila port and Tarlac killings raise civilian casualties while United States forces clash offshore and Lingayen Gulf defenses are praised for Philippine scouts.
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Washington
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Commonwealth
Manila
Nasugbu
Manila Bay
Matuban
Atimonan
Lamon Bay
Mauban
U S. delivers millionth ton of food to Britain under lend lease
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard announced that Britain has received the millionth ton of American food shipped under lend lease. The British food mission sent a note thanking American farmers for the record achievement and the support it represents.
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U. S
Britain
Washington
Claude R. Wickard
Great Britain
British Food Mission
There’s Good Will Is Not The Peace Christmas Message
New York reporting United Press notes a Berlin radio broadcast in which listeners in America are wished a merry Christmas even if they are enemies. The message underscores a paradoxical call for goodwill amid wartime tensions.
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New York
United Press Listening Post
Radio
Berlin
America
Plan Conscription of Labor When Needed
Washington insiders report a roadmap for urgent conscription of labor, transferring skilled workers from non essential to war industries. The plan mirrors Britain, allows mandatory transfer if volunteers fail, and bans defense workers from resigning without government approval. Roosevelt reportedly has an outline of labor resource use for war production for urgent needs.
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Washington
INS
OPM
Roosevelt
Christmas Yuletide Notes Across War Weather
Christmas plans show wartime strain from Manila to London. Americans miss gifts and trees due to shipping shortages while Pere Noel hopes for New Year surprises. King George VI keeps home tradition, Bulitt finds Holy Land Christmas memorable, and Singapore troops attend services with ban on firecrackers.
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Dionne
Pere Noel
Cecile
Manila
Baguio
Death notices for Sawall Stransky and McDowell in Solon area
Anne Sawall of Solon dies at Oakdale sanatorium after long illness born July 26 1905 in Solon survived by two daughters a sister and an aunt member of St Peter and St Paul church funeral set at St Peter and St Paul with burial in church cemetery Marie L Stransky dies at home 248 Eighteenth NW services at St Patrick’s Church burial in St Johns Cemetery Rosary led by Lenihan Friday Teahen chapel Bert I McDowell of 2004 Johnson NW dies Wednesday services at Janeba funeral home at 2 pm Saturday with burial at Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call.
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Anne Sawall
Solon
Oakdale
Sylvia
Evelyn
Anton Fencel
Tillie Cabalka
Cedar Rapids
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church
Marie L. Stransky
Eighteenth Street NW
St. Patrick's Church
D. J. Lenihan
St. John's Cemetery
Father Lenihan
Rosary Society
Teahen Chapel
Bert I. McDowell
Johnson Avenue NW
Janeba Funeral Home
Chester G. Ainsworth
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Mrs Breen Dies at Home Avenue NE After Brief Illness
Mrs Sarah Breen died at her home 621 C avenue NE at 1 a m Thursday after a brief illness. The body is at the Monahan funeral home.
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Sarah Breen
C Avenue
Monahan
Wake Island Holdout: Sinnott Devereux Leads to Last Stand
Major James Patrick Sinnott Devereux rallied his men for a day and night battle as Wake Island faced a series of ocean and air assaults starting Dec 9. Marines sunk a light cruiser and a destroyer by air, fought off heavy bombing, and endured dwindling planes and casualties while predicting a renewed landing attempt by Japan. By Dec 23 Tokyo claimed occupation, and the navy confirmed communications lost. civilians and construction crews endured alongside a determined garrison that fought to the end.
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James Patrick Sinnott Devereux
Navy
Wake
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Tokio
Wake Island
Radio Operators Rated Dangerous Taken Off Ships
The Navy announced it is removing commercial radio operators from merchant ships flying the American flag deemed dangerous to U S interests. A new qualification board reviewed 48 cases and recommended disapproval in 46, citing possible subversive activity or risks to national defense and safety. secretary Knox has broad authority under a recently enacted law approved by Congress.
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Washington
INS
Navy
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Secretary of Navy
Congress
Customer asks clerk to play tune for friend’s Christmas gift
In New Britain Connecticut an AP report says a customer requested a store clerk to play a music box he planned to give as a Christmas gift. The tune chosen was God Bless America and on the back it read Made in Japan.
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New Britain, Conn
America
Japan
Gazette Carrier Loses 14.70 Defense Stamps
George Blake, Gazette carrier, reported $14.70 in defense savings stamps missing Wednesday evening. The stamps were in an envelope marked 113, possibly dropped near the Gazette substation at E Avenue and Fourth Street NW or First Street at First Avenue W. Blake urges anyone with information to call him at 2-9388 or The Gazette at 2-1121.
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George Blake
Gazette
Defense
E Avenue
Fourth Street
First Street
First Avenue
Blake
the Gazette
Third annual price sale on all millinery advertised
City Briefs note a third annual price sale on all millinery to be held Friday and Saturday at Raye Hat Shop 217 Third street SE. Other items mention Mrs. John T. Anderson recovering from major surgery at St. Luke's hospital Private Frank Wetzel visiting family in Cedar Rapids and two soldiers stationed away returning or being transferred with brief home connections. Walter Kinch Char don high coach visits during Christmas vacation with parents.
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Raye Hat Shop
Third Street SE
John T. Anderson
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Walter Kinch
Chardon High School
F .L. Kinch
Cottage Grove Avenue
Eddy joins air corps training at Kelly Field Tex
Albert C Eddy son of Mr and Mrs A C Eddy of 1035 Daniels street NE has become a member of the air corps replacement training center at Kelly Field Texas He will undergo five weeks of preliminary training before entering primary flight training at the field
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Albert C. Eddy
A. C. Eddy
Daniels Street
Air Corps Replacement Training Center
Kelly Field
Tex
Man Charged In Domestic Incident At Home
H G Matejka, 51, of 1323 Second Street SE, was jailed Wednesday night on drunkenness and disturbing the peace after allegedly striking his 17 year old daughter, already recovering from an operation, and chasing the family from the house. A physician examined the girl after booking.
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H. G. Matejka
Second Street
Matejka
Roosevelt Hotel Christmas Dinner For Staff Attendees
William S. Catlow, manager of the Roosevelt hotel, hosted an annual Christmas day dinner for hotel employees. About one hundred people attended the midday feast in the ball room from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., allowing both on duty and off duty staff to partake.
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William S. Catlow
Roosevelt Hotel
Milo Barta elected president of local union
Milo Barta was elected president of the United Packinghouse Workers of America local No. 3 in a balloting held at the union office this week. Barta has served one prior term as president and Oval Reid was elected vice president.
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Milo Barta
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Barta
Oval Reid
Draft Registration May Begin Late in January
Draft officials disclosed that first registrations under the new act for men 18 to 65 will likely occur late January or early February. The plan calls for staged registrations by age groups with 20 to 44 as the initial liable bracket and gradual inclusion of 28 to 44 then 18 to 20 and 44 to 65 groups.
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Washington
INS
National Selective Service Headquarters
Roosevelt
Local election reelects officers after large voter turnout
The organization reelected Lloyd Achenbach as recording secretary and Lucille Jacquet as guide with Edward Kelly as guard and William Carstens and Lester W. Melsha as financial secretary and trustee for three years. More than 1,600 members voted in the election.
War-Risk Insurance For Merchant Sailors
The maritime commission announced that each crew member on US-flag merchant ships has war-risk insurance of 5000 dollars since Dec 22. Coverage remains in effect until a new plan is set by the Roosevelt-appointed maritime war emergency board. Bonuses will be set for danger zones retroactive to Dec 7 unless decided otherwise.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
United States
Maritime War Emergency Board
Roosevelt
Alaska
France Turns Out German Planes
London reports Aeroplane magazine claims France is producing Messerschmitts Focke Wulfs Junkers and Dorniers for the German air force. It says 2038 German machines are on order and notes signs Nazis intended to convert occupied France into a war arsenal due to Germany’s limited industrial capacity for a long total war.
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London
Aeroplane
Messerschmitts
Focke- Wulfs
Junkers
Dorniers
France
Germany
U S Aviator Killed In Mexico In Border Crash
Lieut J E Snyder a United States Army pilot from San Antonio Texas was killed when his plane crashed into a mountain side near the Mexican border. Peasants after traveling over 100 miles found the wreckage and said he may have lost bearings and crossed the Rio Grande about 50 miles from Eagle Pass Texas.
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Muzquiz
Mexico
Felipe Muzquiz
J. E Snyder
San Antonio
Tex
Snyder
United States
Eagle Pass
Rio Grande
Three Children Die In Christmas Eve Fire
In Rhinelander Wisconsin three Gilland children Carol Ann 5 Vernon Jr 4 and James 3 perished in a one story frame house fire on Christmas Eve night Their mother was visiting a neighbor during the blaze The father works at an aircraft factory in Seattle Washington
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Rhinelander
Wis
Vernon Gilland
Carol Ann Gilland
Vernon, Jr
James
Seattle
Wash
De Valera Reaffirms Irish Neutrality in Christmas Broadcast
In a Christmas radio address from Dublin, Prime Minister Eamon de Valera, born in America, stressed Ireland will preserve its neutral stance to safeguard unity unless an attack occurs. The report ends with an unrelated quip noting a man appears taller when lying down.
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Dublin
Eire
Eamon de Valera
United States
Bengasi Capture Major Milestone In British Drive
The report notes Bengasi, 250 miles west of Tobruk, as a key milestone in Britain's second westward push in North Africa. Bengasi serves as a hub for short railways and as a vital supply port, with Axis efforts to choke water routes, while British forces seized the port on Feb 7 1941 but were pushed back by a renewed Axis counteroffensive.
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Associated Press
Bengasi
Tobruk
Britain
North African
Tunisia
Egypt
Tripoli
Libya
Italy
Mediterranean
Nimitz Cook Seeks Navy Post After 30 Years
New York AP report details Lee Ping Quan, now 61, former steward aboard the Mayflower who cooked for Presidents Harding and Coolidge. He asks Admiral Chester W. Nimitz for active duty again, hoping to serve the Pacific fleet. Navy officials said they would try to place him.
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New York
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Navy
Philippines
Decatur
Lee Ping Quan
Pacific Fleet
Lee
Harding
Coolidge
Nimitz
Navy
R A F Cadets Send Christmas Wire to Churchill
In Tuscaloosa Alabama Royal Air Force cadets in training here contributed one cent each to wire Prime Minister Winston Churchill best wishes for a happy Christmas and a successful and victorious new year. The telegram, signed by all the cadets, was sent to the White House.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Royal Air Force
Winston Churchill
White House
Wedding introduces wartime Christmas in Chicago
In Chicago an unusual wartime Christmas wedding linked the holiday to the home front. Christine Christmas and Henry Warr united on a wartime eve, signaling a festive note amid national conflict.
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Chicago
America
Christine Christmas
Henry Warr
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Petain
Oahu
Harry W. Brown
Philip M. Rasmussen
Kenneth M. Taylor
George S. Welch
Lewis M. Sanders
Welch
Taylor
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Capital
Imperial Tokio
Lingayen Gulf
Tokio Command
United Press
Tarlac
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Margaret Rose
Jerusalem
William C. Bullitt
Near East
The
Holy Land
Singapore
Malayas
Marie Stransky
McDowell
City Briefs
Frank Wetzel
Camp Claiborne
Mary Wetzel
Seventh Street
Everett L. Siver
H. L. Siver
H Avenue NW
Army Reception Center
Fort Des Moines
Camp Polk
Eddy
Union
Jack Winchat
U.S
DE Valera Message
Nimitz’ Cook
Wire
Churchill
Yan Esugunaur
Copeland
Crosley Shelvadors
Ohio
Phildo
Crosley
Zenith
RCA
Iowa
Standard Tire Company
DIAL
Benne Alter
WMT
Maytag, Voss
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