Ward Seizures Hit Montgomery Ward Stores Across Seven Cities
The army seized Montgomery Ward facilities in seven cities under a Roosevelt executive order. Sewell Avery denounced the action as unconstitutional while the CIO strike pressure and a federal injunction seek to curb Ward management. The 32 page suit names 16 defendants and asks for a ruling on government seizure authority and labor dispute handling.
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Chicago
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward and Company
Ward
Roosevelt
Avery
Congress
Detroit
Kansas City
CIO United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward
Joseph W. Byron
Army
Ice Department
Washington
fed@al
mail @der concern
Chi@go
St. Paul
Denver
Jamaica
N. Y
Portland
Ore
Hugh B. Cox
Igomery Ward and Company
Sullivan
CIO
America
WARDS
WLB
Minn
Ft. Snelling
Army seizures hit major stores in wartime drive
In Chicago, Washington and across the nation, army units seize main offices and stores amid a wartime push to enforce production. Roosevelt promises no tolerance for interference as unions strike and managers comply, with takeovers in Detroit St Paul Jamaica Queens and other cities.
Soviet Forces Push in Western Budapest as City Falls
Moscow reports a doomed Nazi garrison in western Budapest retreating under heavy fire while Soviet units press house to house fighting in Buda. Red air power dominates. 3,000 German and Hungarian casualties after crossing the Danube and capturing Szentendrei island. Tolbukhin’s 1st Ukraine army advances northwest of the capital along the Budapest Vienna railroad. Malinovsky’s forces prepare to strike the Hron and Ipoly fronts near the Austrian border.
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Moscow
Budapest
Berlin
London
Red
Danube
Danube Bend
Buda
Szentendrei
Feodor Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Austria
Hron
Ipoly
Roer River
Duren
Cologne
Hertogenbosch
Geetruidenberg
Maas
Holland
Mindoro Clash Sinks Three Jap Warships In Raid
Allied forces claim three Japanese destroyers sunk and a battleship and cruiser damaged near Mindoro as US carriers and land based bombers contest Japanese naval moves. Nimitz reported Iwo Jima and Volcano Islands bombed while Mindoro airfields faced sustained airstrike and ground action across the central Philippines.
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MacArthur
Philippines
United States
Mindoro
China
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Pacific
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Nippon
Philippine Seas
Clark Field
Weather forecast for Pomeraby
Local forecast calls for fair but rather cold tonight with a low near a degree. Friday brings mostly cloudy skies with occasional light snow and a high around 24 degrees.
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Pomeraby Fair
Don’t Burn This Paper and Fights for Victory
A fragmentary note urges preservation of a manuscript during protests. The item links to civic action and resistance, referencing collectability and memory without graphic detail. The text emphasizes safeguarding information amid turmoil and urging collective resolve.
Furious Yank Aerial Assault Smashes Japanese Naval Blow
Mindoro airfields remained largely unmattered as Japanese ships attacked at dusk. Lt. P. F. Stevens led a Liberator bombing run, hitting a battleship with four 500 pound bombs. Maj. Howell C. Wise and Mitchell crews attacked destroyers, igniting one and damaging the second.
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Mindoro
MacArthur
Ee San Jose
Stevens
Howell C. Wise
Beverly Hills
Calif
Wise
Mitchells
Show Tickets In Demand For Bond Show Night
Demand grows for tickets to the Combat America bond show in the Vocational School auditorium on Jan 3. Tickets issued to purchasers of bonds Dec 22–30. two shows at 7 15 p.m and 9 15 p.m with reserved seats. Archasers of 500 100 and the 109th Army Service Forces band will perform with La Crosse veterans home hosts.
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Combat America
County War Finance Organization
SO Club
Camp McCoy
109Th Army Service Forces Band
la Crosse
Northern Engraving earns fourth Army Navy E award
Admiral Bloch announces Northern Engraving and Manufacturing of La Crosse has received a fourth renewal of the Army Navy E award. The plant will keep the flag for one year before potential next renewal consideration. First E was awarded Dec 3 1942 with renewals on Apr 30 1943 Dec 9 1943 and Jun 7 1944.
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Northern Engraving and Manufacturing Company of
la Crosse
C. C. Bloch
Navy Board For
Army
Navy
Admiral Bloch
Northern Engraving and Manufacturing Company
Navy Board For Protection Awards
Six More Captured Yanks Shot By Nazis Near Bastogne
An army investigation confirms a second authenticated case of German executions of American prisoners in Belgium. Six soldiers were shot near Bastogne after an ambush. a wounded lieutenant survived by playing dead and returning to American lines.
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U. S
Belgium
Bastogne
Regency For Greece Proposed To King George II
Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden left for London to urge King George II to accept a regency as a step toward Greek peace. Archbishop Damaskinos reported overwhelming support for immediate regency, while ELAS withdraws from Athens to positions around the city.
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Athens
Churchill
Eden
London
George II
Greece
Damaskinos
ELAS
Athens Elas
Piraeus
Roosevelt
Stalin
George Papandreou
George I
Civilians Killed, Injured by Nazi Bombs in 1944 Britain
Government figures show 8,098 British civilians killed and 21,137 seriously injured in the first 11 months of the year 1944, bringing totals since Jan 1, 1940 to 54,205 deaths and 118,? injuries. Berlin claimed Liege and Antwerp shelled. England reports a 24 hour period without V bombs.
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London
England
Air Ministry
Berlin
Liege
Antwerp
Bishop Scarante Dies in Faenza Bombardment Strife
The Vatican paper Osservatore Romano reports Monsignor Antonio Scarante, 71, bishop of Faenza, died of heart disease blamed on bombardments in Faenza. Faenza, on the Rimini Bologna highway, has recently been captured by British Eighth Army troops.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Osservatore
Antonio Scarante
Faenza
Rimini-Bologna
Western Front Situation Still Critical
War Secretary Stimson said the latest news from France is favorable but the western front remains critical. He noted German forces have penetrated about 50 miles westward with two panzer armies and elements of the 7th Army, and warned the danger is not over until the enemy is contained.
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Washington
Stimson
France
Eneey
War Secretary Stimson Comments on Potential Censures
Secretary of War Stimson said it is too early to judge if anyone should be censured. He noted German forces exploited physical conditions including long periods of darkness, wooded terrain, and favorable staff work to conduct a secret concentration against part of our lines. Weather and darkness aided the operation.
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Washington
War Stimson
Stimson
U S Infantry and Armor Hold Bastogne Corridor
Supreme Headquarters reported a mile wide American cut corridor to Bastogne remained secure under heavy German counter-attacks mid day yesterday. The garrison of several thousand was sustained by the largest Allied aerial supply operation, with 842 C-47s and 50 glider drops across four days ending December 27.
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James M. Long
AEF
Bastogne
Supreme Headquarters
U. S
Candelora
Allen Credited With Victories
Lieut. Robert K. Allen earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement as a fighter pilot in combat over Germany and occupied areas. A member of the Elks Flying Cadets, he joined the Army Air Forces in 1942, trained in California, earned his wings in Stockton and later served as a Las Vegas gunnery instructor before going overseas in July 1944. He is a La Crosse Central High School graduate and the son of Kester W. and Mrs. Allen of 1245 South 11th Street.
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Tribune
8Th Air Force
England
Robert K. Allen
Germany
Elks’ Flying Cadets
Army Air Forces
Santa Ana
Calif
Chico
Stockton Field
Mather Field
Las Vegas
Nev
la Crosse Central High School
Allen and Son
Air Forces
Kester W. Allen
South 11Th Street
Hungarian General Hindy Killed Defending Budapest
The Budapest radio reported that Gen. Ivan Hindy, commander of the Hungarian troops defending Budapest from a Russian push, was killed in action. He led forces defending the capital during the invasion.
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London
Budapest
Ivan Hindy
Heroism Of Medics in Bastogne Told By Lieut Charles Phalen
Lieut Charles Phalen of Sparta Wisconsin recalls Bastogne siege with medics who kept working under pressure amid shortages. He describes scarce supplies, medics performing vital care, and Germans wearing captured U S uniforms captured for reclaiming government property as American air drops supplied the garrison.
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Bastogne
Lieut
Charles Phalen
U. S
Sparta
Wis
Yankee Attack Buckles Bulge as Forces Pierce Ring
Allied forces push deeper into the German bulge near Bastogne and Echternach. American armor and infantry drive to the Sure river, encircle pockets near Celles and Beaufort, and threaten Beauraing as Patton’s 3rd Army crosses the Sure.
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Paris
von Rundstedt
Bastogne
Sure River
Reich
Echternach
Germany
Our River
Berlin
U. S
3Rd Army
George S. Patton
Bonnal
Eschdorf
Martelange
Basetogne
Meuse
Celles
Beauraing
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Philip L. Sullivan
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United Retail, Wholesale
Detroit — Army
By Eddy Gilmore
U.S
Saipan
Marianas
Jao
By Spencer Davis
San Jose
Heacco
P. F. Stevens
Joplin
Donald Futchinson
Sth Air Force
Northern Engraving Company
W. C
King
1St Army Front
Stub
Britain
Western Front
U.S. Infantry
Allen
la Crosse Flyer
Edward D. Ball
Pvt
Leonard Candelora
Charlestown
Mass
Bulge
By James M. Long
Ciney
Namur
Verre
Rochefort
Beaufort
Edich
Cellelar
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