Allied Drive Deepens as German Front Staggers Near Alsace
American and French forces surged from the Vosges toward the Palatinate while units moved up from Colmar. German counterblows failed as estimates said four enemy divisions were destroyed others badly damaged. A senior American officer doubted Hitler remained in command as Rundstedt directed the retreat. Only light patrols reported on the British 2nd army front.
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Haguenau
Strasbourg
Palatinate
Rhine
Bootzheim
Tth
Colmar
Vosges
Selestat
Hitler
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Russians press toward Szekesfehervar and Budapest
Russian forces push from Dunafeldvar seize Nemetker closing near Szekesfehervar while Danube flotilla ships assist. Field Marshal Hindy, military governor, calls to keep internal order as Budapest faces siege amid Hungarian capital’s strategic fall.
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Dunafeldvar
Nemetker
Szekesfehervar
Balaton
Danube
Budapest
Vienna
Stalin
Hindy
Bride and groom clash over ages at Tyler marriage license office
In Tyler Texas a bride to be hesitated to reveal her age when applying for a license. The groom asserted she is 72 while he claims he is 78 prompting a terse clash at the county clerk's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Tex
Area Brewers Elect Walter President at La Crosse Meeting
Carlos Walter of Winona was elected president of the Master Brewers Association of America La Crosse district at a technical session and banquet. Walter succeeds Joseph Schoen. Walter Peikert and Paul V. Glomp win new terms in officer posts as discussions cover industry problems and economic challenges. Mayor Verdhota addressed 65 registrants for sessions and 165 for the banquet, with remarks urging support for brewing as a key industry amid prohibition pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Walter
Winona
Master Brewers’ Association of America
la Crosse
Walter
Joseph Schoen
Walter Peikert
Froederict Malting Company
Paul V. Glomp
Crosse
Schoen
Glamp
Detroit
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Superior
Duluth
Potosi
Baraboo
Eau Claire
Fountain City
Madison
Wausau Crosse
J. J. Verdhota
Prohibition
Government Criticizes Case Prep in Dairy Price Fix Probe
Federal Judge Elwyn R Shaw criticized government methods in conspiracy prosecutions linked to National Dairy Products and 104 others for fixing cheese prices. He held the matter under advisement and ordered a 90 day bill of particulars, noting possible severances as needed and warning against a dragnet approach. Chile is promoting rabbit bunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Elwyn R. Shaw
National Dairy Products Company
National Dairy Products
Federal Anti-Trust Division
Shaw
Washington
Eicher
German Occupation Harsh On Crete In War Record
Guerrilla headquarters outside Khania report Crete suffered severely under German rule since May 1941. Estimates say 10,000 Cretans slain, 5,000 deported, 40 villages destroyed, leaving thousands homeless as 60,000 Nazi troops occupied a prewar population of 350,000. A British pickup of Gen Heinrich Kreipe followed his appointment.
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Khania
Crete
Heinrich Kreipe
Sicily
Col
Thomas Dunbabbin
All Souls College
Cambridge
Sue Tobacco Firm For Cigarette Overcharges
The regional OPA filed suit in federal court against American Tobacco Company for almost 1 million dollars alleging overcharges on cigarette sales to wholesalers and jobbers for army and navy use between December 1 1943 and July 1 1944. The complaint seeks treble damages of 988769.52.
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New York
OPA
American Tobacco Company
Paul L. Ross
Daniel P. Woolley
Herbert Tareyton
Pall Mall
Woolley
Mrs Sparrow Yawkey Weds Harry D Watts in Christ Methodist
New York society notes report Mrs Elsa Sparrow Yawkey and Harry Dorsey Watts were married Saturday by Dr Ralph Lockman at Christ Methodist church. Mrs Watts had divorced Thomas Austin Yawkey last November, and Watts is a widower.
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New York
Elsie Sparrow Yawkey
Harry Dorsey Watts
Ralph Lockman
Christ Methodist Church
Women in New Zealand adopt trousers and boots for war effort
Women swap skirts for trousers and dainty shoes for hobnailed boots to aid the war, while increasing use of cosmetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Col Roosevelt to Be Married Sunday in Grand Canyon Way
Hollywood report says Col Elliott Roosevelt son of the president and actress Faye Emerson will wed Sunday at Valley Field near El Tovar on the Grand Canyon rim. Best man Jack Frye and matron of honor Mrs. Joseph Livengood are named. ceremony to occur between noon and 2 pm with a double ring exchange.
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Hollywood
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Valley Field
el Tovar
Jack Frye
Transcontinental and Western Airlines
Joseph Livengood
Los Angeles
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Emerson
Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
Allied Photographic Service
Africa
Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt
Ruth Googins Roosevelt
Obituary Mrs. Charles Hofer 61
Mrs. Charles Hofer 61 of 2502 South Fourteenth Street died Saturday after a short illness in a local hospital. Survived by husband mother Clara Lehrke two sons Charles La Crosse Edward in the U S navy two daughters Thresa Dagendish La Crosse Mildred in the Wacs four sisters John Juen Clara Theile Bertha Brumke Mary Gramrodt La Crosse three brothers George Albert William Lehrke La Crosse. Funeral Wednesday 8:30 a m at home and 9 a m Holy Trinity Church Rev C W Gille burial Catholic cemetery Rosary Tuesday 7 30 p m at home.
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Charles Hofer
South Fourteenth Street
Clara Lehrke
Charles
la Crosse
Edward
U. S. Navy
William
Thresa) Dagendish
Mildred
Wacs
John Juen
Clara Theile
Bertha Brumke
Mary Gramrodt
George Albert
William Lehrke
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
C. W. Gille
Rosary
Theopile Jolivette, Onalaska Youth, Dies After Illness
Theopile Peter Jolivette 19 son of Mr and Mrs Cleveland P Jolivette Of Onalaska died in a local hospital Friday after a lingering illness. Survived by parents two brothers Jennings and John at home and six sisters Mary Rosella Theresa at home Helen and Mrs George F Lahrke Jr of La Crosse and Mrs E G Hofer of Milwaukee. Funeral rites set for Tuesday at 8 am at home and 9 am at St James church with Rev LeRoy Keegan officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Rosary Monday at 8 30 pm at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theopile Peter Jolivette
Cleveland P. Jolivette
Onalaska
Jennings
John
Mary
Rosella
Theresa
Helen
George F. Lahrke, Jr
la Crosse
E. G. Hofer
Milwaukee
St. James Church
LeRoy Keegan
Funeral services for Even Even son Hove
Funeral services are set for Even Even son Hove Monday at 2 p m from Sletten McKee north chapel with Rev O S Paulson officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Even Evenson Hove
Sletten-McKee Company
O. S. Paulson
Oak Grove
Brazil Embraces Pine Planting to Protect Forests
Brazil adopts forest protection policy promoting large scale pine planting. Early trials involve two million pine seedlings. The National Pine Institute will buy equipment and provide planting and distribution guidance to developers, per a Rio de Janeiro announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Brazilian National Pine Institute
Rio de Janeiro
Glasgow woman trades car for home after winning vehicle
Mrs Margaret Gordon of Glasgow Scotland prefers a home to a car and sells the shiny new automobile she won in a motor agents association drawing. She says she will have a new home ready for her husband who has been a prisoner of war in Germany for nearly three years. Mrs Gordon is a conductress on a Glasgow bus.
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Margaret Gordon
Glasgow
Scotland
Germany
Motor Agents Association
Gordon
Josef Shevinne Pianist Dies at Home at 69 in New York
New York concert pianist Josef Shevinne died Saturday at his home. He appeared across the United States Europe and Latin America as a soloist and with his wife Rosina. He would have turned 70 on December 14 and was born in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Josef Shevinne
United States
Europe
Latin America
Rosina
Moscow
Record Gift Buying Year Seen In U S
Americans will give and receive more Christmas gifts this year than ever before. Retailers report October through December sales 5 to 10 percent above last year’s record, with a $3 billion rise in holiday spending. Yuletide shopping began in September and early mail orders for servicemen gifts were encouraged to prevent delays.
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New York
M. J. Greenebaum
The
Association of Buying Offices
New York Post Office
De Gaulle Arrives in Moscow for Talks with Stalin
De Gaulle reaches Moscow in a snowstorm and meets Premier Stalin at Meema station as Molotov greets him. A Red Army band plays the Marseillaise and Soviet hymns while 5,000 onlookers line the platform and streets.
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Moscow
de Gaulle
Meema
Molotov
Moscow Radio
FCC
Stalin
Red Army
France
British fear U S news competition threatens world reach
Frederick S. Siebert of the University of Illinois says British news agencies fear they cannot compete with American agencies globally without special favors. He notes British critics of Kent Cooper and the AP campaign highlight a fear of losing dominance in world news networks. The Coast Guard reports 261 fire boats.
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Urbana
Ill
Frederick S. Siebert
University of Illinois Journalism School
Siebert
Economist
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Cooper
World News
Winter Seals the Pyrenees Passes Against Spanish Front
The article notes winter's heavy snow in the Pyrenees blocking border crossings into Spain and halting aid to anti Franco forces. It describes two main refugee groups the Democratic Alliance and the National Spanish Union and their differing strategies. It links French and Spanish fighters, FFI actions to deter infiltration, and potential future volunteering by French FFI members if Franco is challenged.
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France
Spain
Pyrenees
Democratic Alliance
National Spanish Union
National Union
The
Toulouse
London
Algiers
Jean Aguasca
America
Spanish Republic
Latin America
FFI
Maquis
Franco
Troops In New Guinea Send Gift To Child In South Pacific
A 23 year old Marguerite Seiler in New Guinea receives a blue corduroy dress and a war stamp card from the infantry division. Her father, Pfc Elmer Seiler, writes that soldiers collected for gifts for children under 18 whose fathers serve with the division. Seiler joined December 23 1942 and has served without furlough since.
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Santa Claus
Marguerite Seiler
New Guinea
Marguerite
Pfc
Elmer Seiler
R. 1
Roy Dress
New York
Pfc. Seiler
Army
Camp Wolters
Tex
California
Hawaii
Sergeant's long wait ends with Madison wedding
Sgt. Milton Fischer and Jean Mead finally wed after a missing marriage license delayed the Immanuel Baptist ceremony in Milwaukee. An hour of frantic calls led to a deputy clerk locating the license in a courthouse drawer, and the couple's vows proceeded with recovery noted for Sgt. Fischer after his 22 year South Pacific duty. The piece closes with a cursory note on the first English coffee house of 1650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Milton Fischer
Truax Field
Madison
Jean Mead
Rex
Orville Bender
Immanuel Baptist Church
South Pacific
P. S
Sgt. Fischer
Reconversion Slowdown Tied to Arms Plan Shifts
War Production Board Chairman J. Krug says reconversion will be slowed as arms production continues after Germany falls. He notes $50 million in new plant construction to boost shell and mortar production while revised V E day cutbacks reduce anticipated contracts from last summer. The WPB will limit civilian output and continue factory use for goods with spared labor while limiting orders and rationing. The drive to accelerate production of weapons and supplies is starting to show results.
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International Statistical Bureau
Bureau
Washington
Germany
War Reduction Board
J. Krug
Japan
Europe
Krug
WPB
P Krug
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Werner
Area Brewers
Chile
Chrest As
Irece
Open Bakers
Ua Ste Y Pet
Lew Jenkins
Sweetwater
Texas
Coast Guard
Boston
Mass
Spar
Mary K. Lemin
Dallas
Jenkins
Spar Lemin
Stephen Barber
Sue Tobacco Firm
Moen
Photo Service
Main Street
Col. Roosevelt
Theopile
Peter Jolivette
Evenson
U. S
U.S
Child
Arthur G. Benson
Wi Rivers
Jos. C. Bicha
US No. 3Rd St
Ting
Sergeant
Oxford
England
T Abe
Chuck K Hall
Heileman’s
Civil Air Patrol
French Island
Elks
Elks’ Club
Wisconsin State Guard
South Avenue
Logan
Logan High School
Electric Auto-Lite
Kiwanis Club
Stoddard
Beta Sigma Chi
San Sigma Phi
Stodard
Lions Club
McCoy
Rotary Club
Stod
Common Council
Heileman
Heileman Brewing CO
la Crosse, Wis
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