Hotel Polonia in Warsaw Brims with Intrigue and Spies
At Warsaw's Hotel Polonia six stories overlook a ruined city. Diplomats and foreigners mingle with locals as the NKVD and Betsy boys shadow activities. Americans and Brits enjoy dining and music while surveillance follows any Pole seen with guests from the West.
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Warsaw
Polonia
Russia
Fifth Avenue
Aleje Jerozolim
Gestapo
Hotel Polonia
Public Security Ministry
Bezpieczenstwo
Betsy Boys
NKVD
Secret Police
Sunday Services In Rural Churches
Rural Wisconsin church notices list Coon Valley and Holmen congregations with service times and Holy Communion. December 13 Norwegian service at 2:30 pm and holiday events include Ladies aids with Christmas meetings and donations for orphans.
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Middle Coon Valle
Lower Coon Valley
Luther League
Holmen Lutheran
Kenneth R. Torvik
Holmen
Lewis Valley
Galesville
Lewis
Holmen Aid Society
Russell Lee
S. W. Roberts
Edward Tabbert
Erling Berg
Allied Breakthroughs Collapse German Defenses in Ruhr Pocket
The 15th, First, and Ninth armies envelop German divisions in the Ruhr, trapping 300000 prisoners in 18 days. Allied forces push to the Elbe while linking with the Soviet advance, with Surrender of German troops in northwest Germany and Denmark declared by early May.
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Fifteenth Army
L. T Gerow
12Th
Germany
Ninth Army
Ruhr
Munster
Paderborn
The
Weser
Leipzig
Kassel
Eisenhower
Elbe
Wittenberge
Magdelburg
Hanover
Brunswick
Ninth
Harz Forest
Mulde
Dessau
Bremen
Minden
Hamburg
Ijssel
Holland
Third
Mulhausen
Gotha
Erfurt
Saale
Czechoslovakia
Danube
Austria
Nurnberg
Asch
Seventh
Munich
Inn River
Upper Rhine
Karlsruhe
Stuttgart
Black Forest
Lake Constance
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Elbe River
Baltic
Wismar
Denmark
Linz
Pilsen
Patch
Inn
Salzburg
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Seventh Army
Innsbruck
Brenner Pass
Fifth Army
Vipiteno
Riviera
Army Group “G
Sixth Army Group
Normandy
Wehrmacht
Bohemia
Reims
Rei
Burma
Returning To States On The USS Hocking
Pfe. James G. A. Norris of La Crosse Wisconsin sails from Shanghai aboard the USS Hocking with about 1 400 other servicemen to return to the United States for discharge. The ship will reach the west coast early in December and passengers proceed to separation centers near their homes for releases.
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Hocking
Shanghai
China
Pfe
James G. A. Norris
South 16Th Street
la Crosse
Wis
United States
Farm agent position closed in Trempealeau County
The county farm agent office in Trempealeau County was officially closed December 1 as the federal fund for the program exhausted. Jens Klavestad of Osseo, elected highway commissioner, will assume Jan. 6 and served as farm agent in the past year.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Jens Klavestad
Osseo
Jacobs Promoted at Seattle Naval Station
Orel W. Jacobs, 32, of La Crosse Wisconsin, promoted to aero grapher's mate third class at the naval air station Seattle. He is a Navy year veteran, married with wife at 2425 George Street La Crosse and formerly assistant manager for J C Penney in Fairbault Minnesota. He is a University of Illinois graduate.
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Seattle
Wash
Orel W. Jacobs
la Crosse
Wis
Naval Air Station
Jacobs
George Street
Navy
J. C. Penney Co
Fairbault, Minn
University of Illinois
Forest County highway workers vote to leave jobs
Rubin Kaufman reports 26 Forest County highway workers walked off the job after the county board of supervisors rejected a resolution recognizing the CIO local 665 union. Emergency crews will keep roads open in heavy snow, and chairman Clyde Spencer said the board would act today.
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Forest County
Crandon
Wis
Rubin Kaufman
CIO
State, County and Municipal Workers Union
Kaufman
County Board of Supervisors
Ufman
Clyde Spencer
Griffith Returns To Home At North Bend
Griffith returns to his parents home in North Bend after a discharge from Fort Knox Kentucky ending 44 years of service with the first and third armies in the 900th H A M company. He landed D day at Omaha Beach and took part in St Lo Paris Siegfried line Aachen bulge Rhineland and Kassel campaigns earning an ETO ribbon with five bronze battle stars and an efficiency medal. Before service he was a bank cashier at Chippewa Falls.
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North Bend
Wis
Special)Corp
W. J. Griffith
E. W. Griffith
Fort Knox
Griffith
900Th H.A.M. Company
Omaha Beach
St. Lo
Paris
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Bulge
Rhineland
Kassel
Griffin
Chippewa Fails
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LA Crosse Tribune
By Larry Allen
BY Leslie Turner
Lily
Tucker
Boots
Rooney Blugoles
Crurage
Avant
Clara
BY Edgar Martin
Borner
Nes
Sear
Merry Christmas
Jordan
Main Street
Coon Valley
North Bend-Mindoro
Paul H. Olm
Zion, Hokah, Minn
Trinity
Mormon Coulee
Arenz Shoe CO
Pearl ST. Motors
the Federal Bakery
Parkerhouse
Federal Rye Bread
Jo Bakery
Marshall
Victoria
U. S. Army
Secretary of War
NEA Service
Lec
Was
Berlin
Army de Tassigny
George C. WE Baswerve
Devers
France
Switz
Monarch Coftée
Pavo Nurex
Doerflinger
Mfg
Red Cross
Candy Bros. Mfg. Co
Lovis
George
Rou
Tri-State Credit Bureau, Inc
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