Reds Sever Vital Road To Vitebsk
Soviet forces cut the Vitebsk to Polotsk highway and advanced within 14 miles of Vitebsk as they overran hundreds of towns in a White Russian winter offensive. Gen. Bagramian’s First Baltic Army moved toward Zaluchye and Kurino while Rokossovsky’s forces repelled German attacks near Zhiobin.
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Reds
Vitebsk
London
Polotsk
Nevel
Gorodok
Ivan C. Bagramjian
Zaluchye
Moscow
Bagramian
Vitebsk-Polotkk
Kurino
Novka
Zhiobin
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
White Russia
Western Europe
Red Army
Vitebsk- Nevel
Never-Vitebsk
Wyoming Civil War Veteran Morse Dies at 102 in Wyoming
Special to The Gazette Mark H. Morse aged 102 died in an Anamosa hospital after a short illness. He was a prominent G A R member and the oldest resident of Wyoming and possibly Jones county. Services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Wyoming Presbyterian church. He served in the Thirty first Iowa during the Civil War and took part in Lookout Mountain Missionary Ridge and Sherman’s Atlanta campaign. He leaves two sons six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Wyoming
Mark H. Morse
Anamosa
Morse
Iowa
G.A.R
Jones County
Presbyterian Church At
Robert Allen
Presbyterian Church
E. G. Steinman
Methodist Church
Mr. Morse
Bradford
N. H
Pleasant Ridge
Maquoketa
Eliza Willis
Monmouth
John W
William N
Union Larmy
Thirty-first Iowa
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Atlanta
Sherman
Georgia
Presbyterian Church of Wyoming
Milwaukee
Memorial Hall
Clifford Morse
Christmas Not White Not Cold in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids records a milder Christmas with a 44 degree high at 3 30 pm and a later report of 34 degrees, noting weather defies typical winter chill. Instruments from Chambers Inskeep confirm the temperatures as the day progressed.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
At & P
Churchill Making Steady Progress Report
London bulletin says Prime Minister Churchill, recovering from pneumonia in the Middle East, is making steady progress and gaining strength. The bulletin issued from No 10 Downing Street noted the improvement and added no complications.
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London
Churchill
Middle East
Kowahar Street
Linn county Fourth War Loan quota set at 8.5 million
Linn county plans an 8,500,000 quota for the fourth war loan drive opening January 18 and running through February 15. Breakdowns include 4,864,000 for individuals, 3,368,000 for corporations, and 268,000 for insurance companies. Perrine urges residents to invest idle funds in war bonds and vows a yearly commitment through 1944.
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Cedar Rapids News
Linn County
B. T. Perrine
County War Finance Committee
Insurance Company
Perrine
America
Family Man Killed in Hit-and-Run While Shopping Tree
Edward Farrell, 42, earned 175 dollars after a week of overtime to support his 11 children. He was struck by a hit-and-run driver while carrying Christmas packages and a tree, robbed of funds and gifts, and died at the scene. The family later gave the tree to neighbors.
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New York
Edward Farrell
Farrell
Farrells
Aircrew Santa Gift Run Brings Joy to Cedar Rapids Kids
Aviation students of the Army Aircrew detachment and officers hosted a Christmas party at Coe College gym for about 150 Cedar Rapids children aged 5 to 14. Santa handed out toys as tears and smiles flowed, with notes of missed fathers and grateful families among the visitors.
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Coe College Gymnasium
Army Aircrew Detachment
Cedar Rapids
Nancy Karen Bear
Detmar Lee
Isabelle Webster
Jessie
Irene
Mary Jane
Santa
Dickie Wyatt
Adel Selene Ah-Tiek
Iowa couple named Ideal Service Parents win state honor
Cedar Rapids couple Mr and Mrs W B Taylor named Ideal Service Parents of Cedar Rapids then chosen for Iowa title at Paramount theater. They received a $500 war bond or a service camp trip as recognition. Walter Hoffman presented for Twentieth Century Fox with Tri States theaters. The Taylors have five sons in service and declined travel time.
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Cedar Rapids
W. B. Taylor
Ideal Service Parents
Service Parents
Iowa
Taylor
Paramount Theater
Walter Hoffman
Minneapolis
Twentieth Century-Fox
Tri-States
The
Paramount
MacKinlay Kantor
Charles H. Grahl
Selective Service
Taylors
Office of
Civilian Defense
O Mahoney Proposes Constitutional Amendment On Soldier Voting
Senator O Mahoney proposes a constitutional amendment to grant Congress power to ensure service members can vote in federal elections and for counting their ballots. He argues a federal superior law could preempt state barriers and expedite passage, comparing to rapid prohibition repeal.
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Washington
Congress
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Wyoming
Wahoo Pri Ie
Allies Raid Rabaul and Cape Gloucester In Pacific War Update
Allied airmen bomb Cape Gloucester on New Britain with 360 tons of bombs as the Rabaul raid sinks 30 Japanese fighters and costs four Allied planes. Australian troops advance toward Wandakai on the Huon peninsula. Bougainville patrols report clashes. Allied forces destroy at least 172 enemy barges aiding forward air bases and garrisons.
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New Gea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Arawe
Rabaul
South Pacific
Douglas
Salida
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Wandakai
Finschhafen
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Cape Torokina
Bougainville
Japan
Pacific
Father dies after pony chase on Christmas morning
Augustus E. Westerlund, 45, gave his eight year old son a pony for Christmas. The pony bolted and Westerlund, trying to restrain it, suffered a heart attack from over exertion and died.
East Alerted for Possible Holiday Foe Sneak Raid
The Eastern Defense Command announced Saturday night protective measures along the Atlantic coast on Christmas Eve after a report indicated a potential sneak air attack on Christmas Day. At 9 10 p.m. the alert was canceled.
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New York
Eastern Defense Command
Atlantic Coast
EDC
Unspecified source cited for East coast Christmas air attack alert
A War Department spokesman said he could not identify the source of a report about a possible enemy sneak air attack on the East coast on Christmas day. He added that Eastern Defense Command believed the source credible and that protective measures along the coast were real, not a test alert.
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Washington
War Department
Eastern Defense Command
New York Police Placed on 48 Hour Alert
Mayor LaGuardia ordered a 48 hour alert for New York City after a high level meeting with Police Commissioner Valentine. Emergency instructions were issued to police air raid wardens and city patrol corps amid fears of a Christmas sneak raid by an enemy.
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New York
INS
F. H. LaGuardia
Lewis J. Valentine
Stored War Goods Destroyed by Fire in Illinois Plant
Fire damaged about $300,000 worth of war materials at a Riverdale Products warehouse in Hammond Indiana. Fire crews controlled the blaze, averting danger to the nearby Great Lakes Warehouse facility storing war materials. Tallow bones fat and grease for ammunition were destroyed. plant superintendent John Scott noted machinery was damaged.
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Hammond, Ill
Riverdale Products Company
Great Lakes Warehouse Corporation
Joseph Shere
John Scott
World Court Draft Plans for 35 Judge War Crimes Court
A Belgium drafted plan for an international court of 35 jurists to try war criminals including heads of state was to be submitted to the UN war crimes commission. The court would sit in London with English as its language and pursue cases where domestic courts lack jurisdiction.
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London
Adolf Hitler
United Nations Commission
Marcel de Baer
United States
International Assembly
International Court
United Nations
Rigid milk rationing eyed as feed changes shift output
Washington AP reports hopes rise for avoiding strict fluid milk limits next year as dairy farmers face lower supplies of corn and feed proteins. Government may raise milk subsidies or consumer prices to boost dairy production while hog output falters.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Supon
Ane
Report Nazis Regroup for Invasion Test Amid War News
London reports indicate American forces in Britain endure rapid final training for Eisenhower's assault on Germany. Nazi anti invasion units are said to be in a feverish regrouping, with amphibious assault schools sharpening troops for a climactic western Europe attack.
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London
INS
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Stockholm
Eisenhower
Washington
Sen
Ed Johnson
Colorado
Europe
Ward L. Montgomery
Battle 35 Jap Craft Over Whiie
U S navy Ventura bombers struck Nauru at dusk Christmas Eve, starting fires and destroying installations on the phosphate island. In the Central Pacific, Liberators and fighters battled Japanese planes near Makin and Wotje, with American losses and several enemy aircraft reports amid ongoing Marshall Islands raids.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S. Navy
Ventura
Japan
Mid-Pacific
Nauru
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
Seventh Air Force
Marshall Islands
Gilberts
Wotje
Fleet Air Wing No. 2
Equator
Guadalcanal
Marshalls
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Wildwood Boardwalk
Wildwood New Jersey suffered a massive boardwalk fire at Hunt's Ocean Pier with at least one death and many injuries. Estimated damage reached one million dollars as three boardwalk blocks burned, destroying theaters, an amusement pier, hotels, stores and homes. Firefighter Joseph Walto died after collapsing at the scene and watchman Frank Dougherty is presumed missing.
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Wildwood
N. J
INS
Hunt’s
Ocean Pier
Frank Dougherty
Arze Denies Link With New Bolivian Government
Jose Antonio Arze leader of a Bolivian leftist party sent a cable from Mexico City to U.S. Secretary of State Hull denying any connection with the new Bolivian government. He stated the claim of association was incorrect.
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Mexico City
Jose Antonio Arze
Revolutionary Party
U. S
Henry Dears
Dell Hull
Rng
Piga
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Linn
Frank Nye
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Sunday Index
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Pipte Dabt
Tee Wes
Walter Winebell
East
World Court of 35
Leo S. Disher
Br William Wade
Battle
Whiie
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Wotje Hammered
Tarawa
Makin
Boardwalk
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