Ward's Defies Seizure Order in War Plants Stand
In Chicago officers named to run Ward's stores refuse to surrender books under a presidential seizure order. Sewell Avery, chairman, defies the order as Attorney General Biddle warns of no forcible eviction while noting lack of “teeth” in War Labor Board directives. A federal judge set January 8 for a hearing on the government’s injunction amid plans to seize other Ward properties nationwide.
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Montgomery Ward and Company
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Sewell Avery
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Biddle
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Joseph W. Byron
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Calif
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Missing Lt Wayne Dodds in Italy War theater
Lt Wayne Dodds 29 pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt based in Italy has been missing in action since December 9 relatives informed by the war department. He is the son of Mrs Minnie Dodds and W L Dodds of Cedar Rapids Iowa. a 1939 Iowa State College graduate who worked as a chemical engineer in New Jersey before enlisting. He served two years in the IASF and had completed 48 missions. He has a sister, Mrs Doris Stein.
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Italy
War Department
Minnie Dodds
Grande Avenue SE
W. L. Dodds
Second Avenue SE
Dodds
Iowa State College
New Jersey
Doris Stein
Cedar Rapids
Sacrifice at La Gleize Recalls Alamo Valor in Belgium
An INS dispatch from La Gleize Belgium recalls the Alamo Bunker Hill and Gettysburg as American infantry soldiers fight amid heavy Nazi pressure. Capt Edward McBride Somerset Kentucky describes exhausted crews at machine gun and mortar positions, civilians of courage, and the steadfast resolve of GIs who kept fighting until every weapon was spent. The piece honors the bond between past and present patriots and the quiet heroism of La Gleize’s expendables.
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Belgium
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Alamo
Bunker Hill
Gettysburg
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Field Marshal von Rundstedt
Edward McBride
Somerset
McBride
Nazis Bog Down On Italian Front
ROME AP Allied headquarters reported the Serchio valley fighting quieting after a German counter offensive drove the American Fifth army from Barga and pushed toward Lucca. The central Fifth army sector south of Bologna was quieter as Eighth army forces moved through the eastern Po valley. Canadians under Lt General Foulkes claimed 4,800 enemy troops knocked out and over 145 square miles cleared since December 1 with 1,600 prisoners taken and many more killed or wounded.
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Lucca
Gallicano
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Bologna
Eighth Army
Po Valley
Villa Guaglia
Faenza
Charles Foulkes
Italy
General Maxwell Taylor Brings Command To Bastogne Siege
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor flew from Washington to Bastogne to assume command as 101st Airborne and allied units held the line under siege. The defense saw 150 German tanks and 25 half tracks knocked out while fighting off multiple divisions to defend a vital road center.
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Bastogne
Washington
101St Airborne Division
Atlantic
101St
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Normandy
Rome
Salerno
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Patton Takes On German Counter Offensive On Front
General Patton and the Third Army launched a rapid counter assault on the German push near Luxembourg. In hours his armor punched 20 miles into the line, freeing Bastogne defenders and driving toward a 35 mile front with air support from the 19th Tactical Air Force Thunderbolts.
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George S. Patton, Jr
Third
Normandy
Lorraine
Patten
Luxembourg
Third Army
Patton
Bastogne
19Th Tactical Air Force Thunderbolts
Otto Weyland
Yanks Wipe Out Pocket At West Tip Paris
American armored spearheads under Lt Gen George Patton shattered Von Rundstedt’s thrust in the Bastogne area. German losses included 1,000 plus prisoners and hundreds of destroyed tanks. Allied air and ground counteroffensive widened corridors toward Bastogne despite winter fog.
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Yanks
West Tip
Ceiles
von Rundstedt
Nazi Air Attack on U S Hospital Hits Belgium Base
German JU-88 bombers hit an advanced field hospital near a brick building marked by red crosses in Belgium. Fifteen killed and over fifty hurt as patients and staff were buried under debris. two nurses and an ambulance unit evacuated casualties.
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Belgium
Rosalie Sofia
New Brunswick
N. J
Ruth Swanson
Creston
Miss Swanson
Roosevelt pockets vetoes Jackson Hole monument ban
President Roosevelt issued a memorandum of disapproval pocket vetoing a bill to abolish the Jackson Hole national monument in Wyoming. He argued the move would take away national significance for naturalistic historic scientific and recreational values and suggested revenue measures could offset tax losses to Wyoming.
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Roosevelt
Jackson Hole National Monument
Wyoming
White House
United States
National Park and Monument System
McAuliffe Says Nuts Reply To Surrender Demand
AP reports Brig. Gen. A. C. McAuliffe, acting commander of the trapped 101st Airborne, delivered the famous nuts reply to a German demand for surrender during the siege at Bastogne.
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Creighton W. Abrams
West Newton
Mass
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Assenois
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Abrams
A. ©. McAuliffe
101St
McAuliffe
Taylor
Ardennes
United States convoy moves amid Mindanao sea war brief
A Japanese communique claimed 30 American transports with escorts of 20 plus cruisers and destroyers moved west through the Mindanao sea toward possible Luzon landings. The report said Japanese planes sank six large transports and damaged two more while the convoy entered the Mindanao sea from the Surigao straits between Leyte and Mindanao.
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Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Manila
Surigao Straits
Leyte
Mindanao
Snow Flurries Forecast for Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids area expects light snow this afternoon and early tonight with partial clearing Saturday. It will be somewhat colder Saturday with lows 15 to 26 degrees. At 2 30 p m the temperature was 26 with 50 percent humidity. Cedar Rapids minimum 14 degrees, Mason City 12 degrees, state high 28 at Council Bluffs. Snow flurries were reported in several cities last night.
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Iowa
Chambers
Mason City
Mercury
Council Bluffs
Fort Dodge
Ames
Atlantic
Lamoni
Charles City
Des Moines
Plea for Work on New Year’s Day by War Officials
Washington AP reports three high officials urged war workers to stay on the job New Year’s Day to replace equipment used and destroyed on battlefronts. The statement was signed by Secretary of Navy James Forres...
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Washington
Secretary of Navy
James Forres
All Ration Stamps Good Until March
Washington AP reports OPA assured no red and blue food ration stamps will be invalidated until at least March 1. Officials emphasized no termination date has been set and a review is ongoing to prevent losses for consumers and retailers.
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Washington
OPA
Admiral Nobumass Suetsugu Dies at 64 in Japan
San Francisco AP reports Admiral Nobumass Suetsugu retired Japanese naval strategist and former commander in chief of the combined fleet died Friday from a heart ailment. Domei news agency broadcast the notice.
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San Francisco
Nobumass Suetsugu
Domei
Mitscher predicts Japanese fleet liquidation in 1945
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher returning to the Pacific said the Japanese fleet would likely be liquidated in 1945 if attrition continues, with Japan potentially sitting on an uneasy throne next summer. He noted many variables could shorten or prolong the war while remaining in the Pacific theater.
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Pearl Harbor
Marc A. Mitscher
Task Force 58
Pacific
Washington
Mitscher
Philippines
War Undersecretary Warns Japan Has Formidable War Machine
Washington reports Under Secretary Patterson said Japan possesses a formidable war machine and that no evidence supports quick disposal of Japan after Germany is defeated. He warned that Allied forces may need a hard, protracted campaign and that Japan could delay action as long as possible.
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Washington
Patterson
Japan
Germany
First Linn Draftee Bags 5-Point Buck With His New Arm
Staff Sgt. Roy Differding of Walker Iowa, a Normandy veteran who lost his right arm on D day plus ten, became the first Linn County draftee to be drafted under selective service and returned from a Texas hunting trip with a five point buck. His companions, all veterans, brought in four other bucks and a wild gobbler during the central Texas hunt. Differding entered service December 6 1940 and earned the Purple Heart after aiding two Germans before being wounded. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs J M Differding who live near Walker and has four brothers in service. Staff Sgt. Donald Differding listed as MIA.
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Pital
Temple
Texas
Roy Differding
Walker, Ia
Differding
Normandy
J. M. Differding
Walker
Donald Differding
Smad
Leading European Ace Has 34 Nazis In Hot Pursuit
Paris AP report states a leading European ace has downed 34 Nazis in air combat, with recent actions cited as part of a wider Allied air offensive over occupied Europe.
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