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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1944
Page
6
War Department announced that new Army generals will wear five silver stars arranged in a circle, matching size with a lieutenant colonel’s leaf. Pershing keeps four stars. Navy fleet admirals will also have five stars on their insignia and flags.
85 year old Frank Miller of Rochester N Y is billed as the citys oldest war worker after 48 years at Bausch Lomb Optical Co He began as a wagon axle maker in 1896 and holds an exemplary attendance record as polisher and lens blocker James F Dodd in Linton after 41 months overseas in the Southwest Pacific returns home for Christmas with four battle stars and a 30 day leave before re assignment Also Army Ordnance reports over 32000 storage batteries rebuilt in one month
Lt. J.G. NabL, RE VEtIVES TRANSFER from Corpus Christi Cabinas Air Base Texas to Atlanta Georgia noted. His wife Miss Jean Humphreys of Linton accompanies him to Atlanta. The message confirms prior posting at Camp Maxey Texas and relocation details.
Pfc Max Tryon stationed with the United States Army at Camp Bowie Texas has been promoted to Corporal according to word received by his wife.
Private Donald E. Bowers of Lin ton, aircraft mechanic at an English strategic air depot, has received the Good Conduct Medal after over fifteen months in the European theater. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Powers, he entered service in December 1942, previously served at the Rome Army Air Depot and later joined VIII Air Force Service Command in Britain. Prior to service he worked for Lucas-Harold Inc., naval ordnance makers.
An American regiment on the Western Front held a major German assault near Echternach for 48 hours, preventing a breakthrough toward Luxembourg City. The regiment, details withheld for security, fought a full German division with cooks, clerks, and MPs in a ten mile line, receiving 60 MP reinforcements and earning praise for standing firm against three to one odds.
Frontline troops in Leyte send home Christmas notes from war zones. Soldiers such as Sgt. Frank Kunz of Columbus Ohio and Sgt. Leslie Winston of Helena Montana describe a unique Philippines Christmas and hopes for a future home visit or time together in Tokyo after the conflict.
A five year old prays at Christmas asking not for toys but for her father to return from war. She reflects on why her mother is sad and the Bethlehem star, hoping for a miracle before the year ends. The verse conveys a child's earnest faith and wishful belief in divine help.
The War Production Board cut first quarter passenger tire output by 3,000,000, forcing A card drivers to rely on existing casings with recapping as the only viable option. B and C card holders may receive replacements but fewer grade one tires. Army needs and planned expansions aim to add 6,000,000 tires later.
FBI officials refused to comment on reports two boys found a large balloon near Fort Lewis Washington similar to the Kalispell Montana device. An army spokesman said the balloon may have come from a weather station. The Kalispell balloon was large enough for a basket and carried markings showing it was completed in Japan October 31 1944.
S/Sgt. William Edward Doyle, after a four year Army hitch at 13 camps and nine months overseas, faces Detroit draft board. Inducted January 1941, he served eight months at Fort Custer before being released for age, recalled after Pearl Harbor. Wayne County draft board seeks his whereabouts via his Chicago mother.
Paris dispatch reports Air Service Command showcases new protective tech for fliers. Antinash nose bounces off obstacles, soft red instrument panels curb eyestrain, lightweight armor aprons shield engines, gyroscope gun sight aids targeting, and numerous supply caches for downed airmen on both sides of the channel.
In Chicago police rushed thirty officers to the Illinois Central Railroad Station as about 3000 travelers jammed the area for holiday trips. A surge of 200 ticketholders rushed gates delaying a New Orleans bound train by twenty minutes. 500 were left behind. Many servicemen and families sought seats as crowding strained capacity across buses and rails. Officials warned travel would peak today and rival last year’s record.
A 11 year old Billy Turney mocked girls at school by wearing his sister’s clothes, including a plaid skirt blouse and hair ribbon, to show how silly he found girls in boys’ jeans with flapping shirttails.
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