Ku Klux Dawn blown up. townsman on all star squad
The Daily Dawn of Coffeyville Kansas is wrecked by dynamite causing about 75000 in losses. Chuck Bennett from this city is named half back on the mythical first team by Terre Haute Tribune sports editor, with Bill Moss of Jasonville listed as tackle. Bicknell reports an unusual hiccough epidemic treated only by anaesthesia.
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the Daily Dawn
Coffeyville
Kas
Chuck Bennett
Terre Haute Tribune
Bill Moss
Jasonville
Kindness Sparks $10,000 Gift From Distant Will
In Greensburg Indiana a widow Mrs Lillie Stowers learned she would receive part of Mrs Rose Kellos estate from a Cincinnati based dancer after Stowers aided her during a sudden street illness years earlier. The gift was revealed when the will was read.
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Greensburg
Ind
U.P
Lillie Stowers
Rose Kello
Cincinnati
Bloody Street Fighting in Athens Continues
British spokesmen say leftists wield millimeter artillery mortars and anti tank guns harassing Scout headquarters and the Grand Bretagne Hotel where Papandreou's government is quartered Archbishop Damaskinos seeks a settlement while Svolos calls for an immediate end to fighting and insists no settlement while the present government remains in power Papandreou orders all men ages 27 to 30 in five Athens districts to report for active duty tomorrow morning.
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Scobie
Grand Bretagne Hotel
Papandeou
Archbishop Damaskinos
Greece
Alexander Svolos
Eam
Papandreou
Svolos
Athens
UM W A Members Cast Ballots in District officer Election
Members of United Mine Workers of America District No 11 vote Tuesday to elect district officers for four years after a constitutional change. Unopposed posts include president and secretary treasurer with several subdistrict board seats. Winning candidates take office April 1.
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United Mine Workers of America
Terre Haute House
Jasonville
Frank “Bulger
Mullis
Terre Haute
Pete Meeks
Linton
Jesse L. Abram
Dugger
Adam Mair
Princeton
David Davidson
Harry Ritchie
Sullivan
Ernest Good
Mackey
Stell L. Hobbs
John W. West
Ben Trump Hymera
David Campbell
New Goshen
Laird Cregar Dies of Heart Attack at 28
Hollywood mourns film star Laird Cregar after a heart attack ended his rising career. The 300 pound actor was stricken following abdominal surgery at a Hollywood hospital. He had just completed a starring role in Hanover Square and appeared recently in Rings On Her Fingers at the Grand Theatre.
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Hollywood
U.P
Laird Cregar
Cregar
20Th Century-Fox
Hanover Square
Truck Gasoline Application Process Changes for 1945
Local War Price and Rationing Board mails new forms to truck owners. Applications replicate Certificate of War Necessity data and must be mailed back for processing so gasoline is mailed to arrive by January 1 1945.
Snow causes heavy Midwest travel delays and deaths
A moist slushy snow blanket from Illinois to New York created hazardous highways and train delays of up to six hours. At least 15 people died in the Midwest and West, with four in Chicago, two in Michigan, and one in Missouri, while Indiana and Colorado reported earlier accidents.
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United Press
Midwest
Chicago
Michigan
Tour
Missouri
Indiana
Colorado
Birmingham
Atlanta
Texas Middle Gulf Coast
Rio Grande Valley
Iowa City
Kansas City
St. Louis
West Coast
Olympian Train Derailed Near Wadsworth Illinois
The Olympian passenger train of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line derailed north of Chicago at Wadsworth early today. None of the passengers or crew were seriously injured though a few were slightly bruised or in shock. A flat wheel was blamed for the incident.
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Wadsworth
Ill
U.P
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Lake County
Charles Rouse
Rouse
Hogs and cattle market report from Indianapolis
Livestock report from Indianapolis dated December 11 shows hogs at 9 000 head with mixed gains across weights and top prices reaching 14.50 for 200 to 240 pounds. Cattle and calves data indicate 1 800 cattle and 1 000 calves with steers and heifers firm to higher and top cattle price around 17.00.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Americans Drive Deeper Into The Saar Basin
Allied forces press into the Saar Basin with the Ninth Army probing beyond the Roer while repelling German counterattacks near Dillingen and Saarlautern. The 79th Division under Maj. Gen. Ira Wyche captures Haguenau, the largest remaining northeast France transport hub, as Germans pull toward Maginot strongholds.
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Roer
William H. Simpson
Ninth
Hodges
Dillingen
Saarautern
Sarregue
George S. Patton
Saarland
Dilligen
Saarlautern
Ira Wyche
Seventh Army
Haguenau
France
Haugennau
Maginot Forts
Tokyo Bombed Fifth Straight Day Amid Aerial Raids
Tokyo reported another night of incendiary raids over western Japan as two Superfortresses crossed Korea between 11 a.m. and noon yesterday. Tokyo claimed no damage was caused but said the raids aimed to unsettle nerves and map terrain for future large scale air attacks.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Rodocker Returns to Great Lakes Naval Station
Robert E. Rodocker returns to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station after a nine day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Allen Rodocker of Worthington.
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Robert E. Rodocker
Great Lakes
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
United States Navy
Allen Rodocker
Worthington
Benjamin Openshaw Completes Primary Training in Texas
Benjamin L. Openshaw of Linton completed the Primary Training course at 2548th AAF Base Unit Curtis Field Brady Texas. He has been sent to Eagle Pass A A F for Basic Training at Eagle Pass Texas.
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Benjamin L. Openshaw
Linton
Curtis Field
Brady
Texas
Eagle Pass
A. A. Fid
Tex
Robert White Advanced to Petty Officer First Class
Mr and Mrs Charles E White of 6th Street Northeast announce their son Robert has been advanced to petty officer first class. He has served with the Navy in Hawaii for the past two years.
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Charles E. White
6Th Street Northeast
Robert
Navy
Hawaii
Switz City Soldier Promoted to Corporal
Cpl. Bernard F. Fesler of Switz City Indiana has been promoted to corporal effective after joining the Army on February 1 1943. He went overseas in March 1944 and serves with a Calvary Reconnaissance squadron in the European theater. The promotion honors his outstanding service with Lt Gen Alexander Patch s Seventh Army in France.
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Bernard F. Fesler
Switz City
Ind
James R. Fesler
Indiana
Calvary
Alexander Patch
Seventh Army
France
Miners Notice Urges Vote at Eagles Hall Tonight
Members of Little Daisy Local No 290 are urged to vote at Eagles Hall from 6 to 8 p m Tuesday December 12 as announced.
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Little Daisy
Eagies
Lyons Grain Show Results Highlight Local Farming
The Lyons Community held a grain show December 8 with 45 attendees. Purdue expert John Schwab led hog feeder and breeding discussions while Jimmie Grounds opened the exhibit hall and Frederic Sloan judged entries. Prize winners included Wayne Cooper in corn and Jackie ele in soybeans among 26 grain exhibits.
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Lyons
John Schwab
Purdue
T. N. Ogle
Lyers
Marlin Bradfield
Alvin Mewhee
Jimmie Grounds
Frederic Sloan
Wayne Cooper
Carl Cooper
Leon Cooper
Murl Crane
Jackie § Ele
Dallas Chambers
Junior Neidigh
John Ford
Oats
Thos. Carmichael
Raymond Bland
Joel Benham
Red Clover
Donnie White
Dewey Bland
Lespedera
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Ational Bank
The
Linton Daily Citizen
Bicknell
Jean Joyce Lastmeter
Davenport
Robert Schlimmer
PEPSI
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Boitier
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Vincennes
Just
Um.w.a
Maurice L. Britt
Lonoke, al
Fred L. Walker
Illinois
Highway Patrol
Citizen
Hamilton Drug Co
N. Main
Saar Basin
Benjamin Openshaw
Robert White
Switz
California
Sam Baxley
W. M. Slinkard
First Street
Pat O'Brian
Ruth Hussey
Lockhart
Moouy
Lyons Grain
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall
Bobby Jordan Seiobis
Bela Lugosiava
Gardner
Haro
Dioe
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