Salvation Army to Distribute Christmas Baskets in Huron
About 100 needy Huron families will be visited Wednesday morning by Salvation Army representatives led by Captain S. O. Massey. Food material donations and familiar kettles have supported the drive, with 100 baskets prepared for delivery. Armour Packing Plant Social Club will handle delivery with volunteers and vehicles.
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Funeral Tuesday for F A Sparks in Huron
Funeral services for F A Sparks 83 of Huron will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in Welter Chapel with Dr C E Wilcox of the Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery. Sparks died Saturday at his daughter’s home, survived by one son J A Sparks Jr of Huron, three children Adelaide Utterback Elon and Ralph Sparks, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He moved to Huron from Wisconsin in 1911.
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W. H. Utterback
Welter Chapel
C.E. Wilcox
Methodist Church
Riverside Cemetery
B. A. Cranston
Floyd Peterson
C. C. Holforty
Huron
Weltha C. Smith
Adelaide Utterback
Elon
Ralph C. Sparks
Mankato
Minn
Alma Perkins
Minneapolis
Hazel Ainsle
C. Sparks
Wessington
Rolland
Howard
Blank Installment Credit Licenses Needed by Jan 1
Banks loan companies and merchants are securing Federal Reserve licenses for installment credit under Regulation Z. Applications are accepted with no charge upon registration. Forms are distributed nationwide by the Federal Reserve Banks and Associated Retailers Inc. in Huron. The blanket license expires December 31 and after that date firms must hold an individual license to extend installment credit.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Associated Retailers Inc
Huron
Invasion Threat Looms as Japanese Landings Press Philippines
Washington dispatched updates on Japanese landings in Lingayen Gulf and the Mindanao theater. Army and air forces prepared for a potential all-out battle as Japanese strength was estimated at 80,000 to 100,000. Reports noted renewed combat near Davao and ongoing patrol activity with U. S. forces poised to oppose major operations.
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Prontion
Mindanao
Philippines
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Army
Unique
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
Roosevelt weighs War Council plan amid global conflict
Reports say allied high command formation nears while Roosevelt considers a U. S War Council to steer policy. He met with Lord Halifax and top military leaders as talks with Britain and other nations expand, with potential members including Willkie Wallace Jeahy and Murray.
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William D. Jeahy
Vichy France
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
RAF Attacks Japanese Base in Eastern Thailand
RANGOON Burma Dec 22 The RAF destroyed grounded planes and gasoline reserves at a Japanese air base in eastern Thailand in the first strike on the enemy there. Japanese plane totals were unclear but ground targets were machine gunned from tree top altitude and none escaped. All British aircraft returned safely.
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Burma
RAF
Thailand
Dentosea
Weather Summary for Huron and Vicinity
Cloudy today in Huron with a fair and colder night. Temperature data: today’s highs around 52 to 63 with lows near 28 to 29 across nearby stations. Precipitation total for the month low, year-to-date modest. normal values noted. Sunrise 8 05 am, sunset 4 58 pm.
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Wash
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Kids' Movie Party Sponsored by Lions Club and Elks Lodge
Free children’s Christmas party set for Wednesday at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel Elks Club rooms. Movies begin at 9 a.m. and run until all kids are cared for with Beck's Bad Boy at the Circus followed by Playful Pup and Beanstalk Jack. Committee chaired by Dr A A Wollman with Dr Laurence Betts and others coordinating.
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Huron Elks Lodge
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Tom Cocking
W. Saxton
William Peterson
Huron
Lingayen Invasion Threat Amid Manila Bombardments
Manila reports say Japanese raids hit the city and Nichols Field while plans focus on Lingayen Gulf as the likely invasion point. Japanese bombers and strafing runs damaged harbor areas and air bases as forces push south toward Manila, with air bases now at Vigan Aparri and Legaspi providing larger strike capabilities.
Bombing of Baler Open City on Luzon
The report describes bombing of Baler on Luzon’s east coast Sunday morning. It notes Baler is an open city with no military objectives and that one person was killed with several wounded and houses burned. General MacArthur announced intensified U S ground and air strikes, Japanese patrols routed in Vigan and Legaspi, two Japanese transports crippled, and about 30 Japanese planes destroyed. overall raid damage and casualties were not serious.
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Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Far Eastern
Philippines
Lingayen
Gulf
Huron
Nichols Field
Luzon Island
Vigan
Aparzi
Legaspi
Gulf of Davao
MacArthur
Baler
Manuel Quezon
Luzon
U. S
Girl Scouts Caroled Through City In Christmas Pastoral
More than 150 Girl Scouts joined a city caroling program Friday night. The seniors, led by Mrs. T W Loder, visited the county sanitarium to entertain residents. A large chorus under Miss Helen Buchanan sang at 7 15 PM in the hospital and at the Third Street Dakota Avenue post office intersection, then gathered at the Catholic Church dining room for hot cocoa sandwiches and cookies served by the council led by Mrs. Paul Thompson and Mrs. V A Ericson.
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County Sanitarium
Heleni Buchanan
Third Street
Dakota Avenue
Catholic’ Church
Paul Thompson
V. A. Ericson
Hitler relied on mystic image as war setbacks mount
A wartime article reports British officials noting Hitler's retreat in Russia reveals a cautionary shift. It says Hitler's intuitive leadership and mystic reputation aid morale at home while Von Brauchitsch is portrayed as scapegoat for failures as the German army suffers reverses.
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Russia
Foreign Office
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von Brauchitsch
Soviet Push Reported as German Retreat Hidden
A Russian general calls the front the beginning of the rout as Soviet forces recapture numerous villages and 33 towns on the Tula front south of Moscow. British reports say Leningrad front may be broken by a night attack near the city. Goebbels signals Germany faces superior forces as Wehrmacht casualties climb to seven million over the campaign.
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Vassily Ivanovich Kuznetsov
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Ladoga
Plitler
von Brauchitsch
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Goebbels
London
Russia
World War II battle figures and retreats across fronts
Allied and Axis losses and matériel are listed as 13 000 tanks 15 000 planes and 27 000 guns for one side versus 2 546 000 dead wounded and missing 9 508 tanks 7 680 planes and 15 480 guns for the other as Red Army advances near Moscow and Leningrad. British forces push around Benghazi pursuing Rommel after a noted withdrawal from parts of North Africa.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Africa
Bengesi
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