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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1944
Page
1
Allied Ninth and Seventh armies advance toward Saar region and Rhine front as German positions near Saarbrucken collapse under artillery and air pressure. Reports cite progress north of the Roer and crossings near Cologne while German defense tightens around Saarland capital.
Greeley sugar plant finished slicing by 7 a m Friday with the campaign ending soon for clean up likely by Sunday night. Eaton plant ended slicing Thursday morning delaying but with a 68 day campaign. Payment details cover sugar content and per ton rates, with averages for the Colorado district and combined districts.
Reported by Daniel of Luce from Moscow on December 8, the heavily armored front of the Third Ukraine Army closes within about 15 miles of Budapest as they drive to sever Hungarian capital from Austrian communications. Russian and Hungarian forces renew bombardment along the Danube valley while Hungarian officers transfer to Germany under a government agreement. Moscow radio urges Austrians to resist and form armed partisan units as the distance to the Austrian border narrows.
The Foreign Relations Committee plans public hearings on four State Department nominees led by Joseph C. Grew as it weighs Palestine policy. President Roosevelt hinted at Palestine questions, while Hull opposed reservations, and Congress faces potential action amid British policy tensions and a pending household of personnel changes.
Santa Claus will fly in by plane Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock and land at the Genereal Municipal Air-Ter. Children are invited to greet him in person and deliver their Christmas lists. Greeley War Bond Chairman Don Kinnay will host meals and urge parents to buy war bonds to support the Birth War Loan Drive, weather permitting.
American forces in three moves seized the Leyte coast center and attacked Ormoc port. The 77th infantry, with navy and marine support, wiped out an 18 week convoy of 13 ships, shot down two planes, and repelled a Japanese paratrooper diversion near two airfields on Leyte. Article notes continued on another page.
Japanese air attack on Ormoc Bay fails to prevent a large American amphibious landing. Rear Admiral Struble commands 80 ships with support from American fighters. Losses include a converted destroyer transport and a escort vessel, both sunk after damage and flooding.
Canadian Parliament votes 143 to 70 in favor of the government amid a polarized French English split over conscription. Prime Minister King gains a personal triumph as Quebec and other French speaking MPs shift to support, ending a 38 day debate and delaying a total conscription plan.
Private Edward F Bowles 27 son of Floyd and Ada Bowles of 1229 Eleventh Street Greenley was killed in action in Germany on November 28 1944 Information reached his parents Thursday Bowles enlisted March 4 194X and served with an infantry unit at Camp Roberts Pasadena wife Shirley Peterson Bowles North Humon avenue Pasadena California survives with parents one brother Pvt Bob Bowles in France and four sisters Betty Nancy Mary and Carol grandmother Nora Bowles of 1141 Fifth Street
Carteret N J Dec 8 An enraged ex service man opened fire to seize his three year old daughter from his estranged wife. He killed his father in law two police officers and a 12 year old girl and wounded two others before barricading himself in a house. The gunman Danijel Molnar fled with the child but released her when danger appeared.
Central Pacific Naval Headquarters reports United States forces coordinated a large attack against Iwo Jima Volcano Island and Bonin Islands using Liberators B-29s and carrier ships. The raid aimed to neutralize airfields as part of broader efforts to halt Japanese raids from Saipan and Tinian. Admiral Nimitz described a record tonnage bombed on Iwo Jima with heavy Liberator and B-29 strikes, while Japanese defenses and counterattacks were limited.
President Roosevelt today signed a law creating two new assistant secretaries of state. James G. Dunn of New York and Hollen Holmnee of Kansas were named to high roles in the European affairs division and political strategy, with Dunn previously leading the division and Holmnee serving as assistant at the war department.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill survived a fierce debate over Greece and Italy intervention, winning a 279 to 30 confidence vote in the House of Commons. He defended actions to curb gang rule in Greece while signaling commitment to Greek elections and opposing violent overthrows.
Petersen, 58, and his wife, 48, of Aw ware were injured in a Friday morning collision one mile east and two miles north of Ault Doctava vald. Both were taken to Greeley hospital in serious condition though not critically injured. Petersen suffered four broken ribs. his wife sustained facial cuts and bruises. The crash involved an intersection with a vehicle driven by a man named Airk Scott. Patrolman George Miller reported the incident.
In Washington Attorney General Biddle stated that convicts who assaulted a tilting at the Atlantic federal penitentiary would face rapid charges for violating prison safety rules and would be severely punished. Four guards were taken hostage for two days, and twenty-five convicts remain in federal confinement awaiting trial.
United States Britain and Russia speed up aims to secure short sea routes to supply the Hedarinfes in Turkish waters. After completing charges, estimates will show the shift from the long route via Suez to a direct Mediterranean corridor. Guns planes and equipment for Australians travel by land and sea routes, with 3,500 miles saved by avoiding Suez.
Governor Vivian asserted in an address marking Pearl Harbor Day that Colorado Mines ranches bed farms and fruit orchards and other industries can provide jobs for returning service members He pledged producers will create productive work so veterans get real jobs in Larimer County during the 104th war year ceremony
Washington dispatch reports that Japan acknowledged the quake affected Tokyo and Honshu with tidal flooding. The seismic center was in the Enshu region southwest of Tokyo, with Shizuoka and Nagoya areas noting inundation and minor damage while production facilities remained largely unaffected.
Colorado officials fixed 1945 production goals across crops and livestock to sustain supply. Acreage targets include corn, wheat, sugar beet and barley with livestock goals for cattle, calves, sheep, hogs, turkeys. A statewide livestock meeting is planned to discuss alignments with feed supplies.
Washington December 8 Associated Press dispatch reports War Manpower Commission Deputy Chairman Charles M Hay urged quick action on manpower offsets and enforcement. He warned prolonged debate could divert attention from labor shortages and stressed the need for effective measures rather than drawn out discussion. Hay testified before the Senate investigating committee about tracing and directing war workers back to industry benches.
Weld county commissioners will host the semi annual gathering of the Northern Colorado County Commissioners Association in Greeley in June with a date to be set later. The meeting will include discussions on county owned machinery and weed control efforts impacting several counties including Adams Arapahoe Jackson Nowlder Larimer Weld Morgan Logan Sedgwick Washington Phillips and Yuma. Harley F Warren of Weld is a member and new officers will be elected at the Greeley session.
Mrs H. S. Green, director, announced receipt of 18 albums of classical and receding recordings from Firestone Storey, noting Firestone's regional head Thayer praised the center's work in Greeley. Local facility lacks 12 inch platters to use the gifts and asks for loans or smaller records. contact 1914.
Hill resigns as deputy district attorney for Latimer county. Winton Ault of Fort Collins has been appointed assistant by District Attorney Hatfield Chilton of Loveland. Ault resumes duty due to workload from the election of Mortimer Glono to the supreme court. He leaves his law practice to join the office with Dale F E. Siannon, former deputy district attorney, to serve.
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