Christmas Season Amid Western Front Warfront
Snow blankets the western front as American troops face a perilous Christmas. Doughboys may spend the holiday in combat or behind lines while many receive turkey, canned rations, and parcels. British soldiers and families plan shared meals, while Americans in London host and distribute gifts. Carols fill hospitals and bases as troops and civilians exchange holiday hopes amid ongoing fighting.
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London
America
Germany
Turkey
U. S
France
Second Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Britain
Birmingham
Army
Red Cross
Belgium
Holland
Canada
Unitedates
Christmas program at St Pauls Budora Sunday school
Christmas service will be held at St Pauls church Budora tomorrow evening with a Sunday school program featuring performances by a long list of children and choir members. The note details several recitations songs and exercises and mentions a Young People's League Christmas party and other class activities at the church.
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St. Paul’s Church
Budora
Faybelle
Judy Durr
Judy Miller
Arthur Neta
Dorison Barts
Bernice Neis
Lester Altend
Karl Koch
Rep A
Yc Lawton Durr
Robert Westerhouse
Norma Wichman
Sylvia Gerstenberger
Batt
Ay Neustifter
Betty Ern
Lois Nels
Doris Ann Barts
Margie’ Broers
Robert Altenbernd
Arthur
Reetetten
Janet Koch
Gift of Love
Janet Broera
Shirley
Builders
German Drive Advances in Belgium and Luxembourg
Allied reports describe heavy German assaults across the Ourthe river area south of Bastogne and toward Arlon, with Stavelot Malmedy and St Vith in Allied hands. Patton’s Third Army reportedly moved north in Luxembourg while losses mount on both sides in a widening battle across Belgium and Luxembourg front lines.
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Laroche
Ourthe
Bastogne
Arion
St. Vith - Stavelot - Malmedge
Belgium
Luxembourg
von Rundstedt
Ourthe River
Stavelot
Ball
Arlon
Sedan
Wiltz
St. Vith
Malmedy
Berlin
U. S
Seventh Army
Thoburn Wiant
Colmar- Mulhouse
Siegfried Line
Palatinate
Sunflower Sentinel front page shows Santa at Sunflower Ordnance
Lawrence items note a three color Santa greeting Sunflower workers signed by Lt Col Donald H Hyde. Douglas County Commission meets Tuesday at 9 at the courthouse. War price board certifies tires. Police report theft of yellow gold wedding rings from a Miami Oklahoma store. Local homes still serve fresh tomatoes with green fruit stored for Christmas.
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Sunflower Sentinel
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Santa Claus
Ordnance Department
U. S. Army
Donald H. Hyde
S.C.W
Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Miami
Okla
Christmas Services Plan for Multiple Churches
Trinity Lutheran Church plans 9:45 Sunday school led by superintendent Gabol and 11:00 morning service featuring the Christmas Message, with music by Mildred Reuter and junior choir, and a candlelight Christmas Eve at First Christ Church. First Methodist hosts 10:50 worship with Adam anthem and Gounod Ave Maria, plus youth union and Nativity pictures. St James A M E holds 9:45 Christmas program and 11:00 worship with special music and sermon Ready Christmas Are You Ready.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Thirteenth and
New Hampshire
Alfred J. Bell
Mildred Reuter
Ednah Hopkins
A. G. Sabol
Gabriel
Edna Wilson
Rachel Mabe
F. L. Brown
Robert Love
Wee Union
Men's Brotherhood
Ernest Snodgrass
First Methodist Church
Tenth
Vermont
Oscar EB
Allison
Edwin F. Price
E. Thayer
Gaston
Jerald Hamilton
Jeane Scott
Adolphe Adam
Judy Richardson
Mary Sommerville
Board of Educration
St. James A. M
EF. Boone
A. E. Strode
The
Bee
Nazis Hold Back Final Breakthrough Strength
Washington reports that Germany delays final total strength for a breakthrough on the western front. Nazi high command weighs prospects for victory while front dispatches show stiff opposition as armored columns probe north and northwest. Reinforcements exist from dormant sectors including the central Russian front.
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Washington
Germany
Western Front
France
Europe
Haa
Local Service Notes From Home Front Christmas Plans
Armed Forces ace Calvin Dresser, a Rice V-12 student at Houston, plans Christmas with parents Mr and Mrs James Dresser and sister Mary at 1220 Rhode Island St. His brother James D. Dreaser serves on a sea plane tender in the Pacific. Dresser reports his unit shot down a Japanese plane. ammunition use suggests fierce fighting. Clarence Bartz, radar man, is aboard the U S S Miff lin in the South Pacific. Pfc Frank D Casey, previously injured in action in Germany, remains in the 95th Infantry Division. Second Lt Eldon Wood writes he arrived overseas safely, serving as a B-24 bombardier in the South Pacific. Jack Jella, F1c, returns to overseas duty after 14 days leave. he had spent seven months in Hawaii. Paul David Courter receives a temporary promotion from second lieutenant to first lieutenant. he is the son of Mr and Mrs P E Courter.
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Calvin Dresser
Rice Institution
Houston
Tex
James Dresser
Mary
Rhode Island
James D. Dreaser
Pacific
Frank D. Casey
Germany
95Th Infantry
Third Army
Mary L. Casey
Eldon Wood
Ruth Tittering
Lieutenant Wood
South Pacific
Herbert
Jack) Jella
Hawaii
Virginia Jella
Barker Avenue
Deaths and Funerals: Stewart Hankins Scoggin items
Mrs. Addie Stewart 75 formerly Ottawa dies at daughter's home in Kansas City. Survived by husband Charles C Stewart and family. funeral Tuesday at McVey in Ottawa at 2 30 p m. no flowers. James T Hankins father of James E Hankins dies Lake View N C after illness. Eugenia Scoggin 83 dies at 1700 Kentucky Street. funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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Addie Stewart
Ottawa
Ray. Q. Brewster
Mississippi Street
Charles C.stewart
Jay Stewart
West Palm Beach
Fla
Howard Long
Overbrook
Ray Q. Brewater
Lawrence
McVey
Mr. Ross
Eugenia Scoggin
Kentucky Street
Charles B Spencer of Iola Honored on Golden Wedding Anniversary
Charles B Spencer of Iola and his wife Anna Barker celebrated their golden wedding with a dinner and party at daughter Mrs E E Bayles home on 1408 Kentucky street. The couple long resided in Iola where Spencer ran a drug store and served as postmaster and pharmacist. Mayme, Spencer’s sister, married a Ware, linking to Kansas literary figures. The event recalled prominent local families and included toasts and cake cutting.
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Charles.b. Spencer
E. E. Bayles
Kentucky Street
Spencer
Ellicott
Maine
Fourth
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mayme
Charles Spencer
Anna Barker
Deis Drug Store
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence Journal
George
J. Barker
Lawrence
Spencers
Eugene Ware
Supreme Court of Kansas
Ware
Bayles
Raymond Wheeler
Nancy Tomlinson
Lewis
John
Iola
University of Kansas
Use Your Ingenuity To Make Christmas Packages Attractive
A vintage advice note suggests making gift wrap appealing even with plain white paper. Add ribbons tinsel or twine and small decorations like peppermint sticks bells or Santa cutouts. Enhance white paper with gold silver green or red stars and holly for festive flair.
Christmas gift bow ideas for stylish wrapping
The piece suggests varied bow placements on parcels to look festive. It highlights using two horizontal ribbons, offset bows on the side, and a tinsel fastening along the narrow side to create a large bow, noting even war bond gifts can be attractive.
Pleasant Grove Social News Tidings
Tom Dillon and Charlotte and Jady with Mrs Jack Dillon and family visited Lawrence Saturday. Maurine Markley from Lawrence spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Markley. A Lawrence doctor treated Roy Deay who is ill with asthma. Jr and Mrs Todd and family moved from Jamce to Pleasant Grove with Mr Todd driving the Messer truck. A Christmas program was presented by Sunday school pupils. A Lawrence doctor treated a Todd child who was ill. Mr and Mrs Donald Wesngate received a letter from their son Elsworth who was seriously wounded serving in the navy and is at San Diego Cal for treatment.
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Tom Dillon
Charlotte
Jady
Jack Dillon
Lawrence
Maurine Markley
Oscar Markley
Sona
Roy Deay
Todd
Donald Wesngate
Elsworth
Navy
Sa Diego
Cal
Card of Thanks from Galbraith and Brock
J B Galbraith and Faye Brock express gratitude to the fire department neighbors and friends for help during the fire.
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J. B. Galbraith
Faye Brock
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Lake View
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Mom's” Cafe
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Marlena
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Arnold
Charles B. Spencers
Lawrente
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Allison Flower Shop
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