Ninth Army advances across Roer and pushes near Duren
Allied forces press along the Roer river line as the Ninth Army reaches the area between Beeck and Lindern and crosses toward the Roer. fighting rages near Inden and north of the Rhine as German casualties mount and bridgehead activity shifts in Strasbourg and along the Vosges front.
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Roer
U.S. Ninth Army
Beeck
Lindern
Ninth Aye
U. S. First Army
Inde
Inden
Duren
Cella
Strasbourg
Fcr
Rhine
Aguenau
Wim
Kogenheim
Sensventh
Colmar
I Vosges
Nubbins Shares Toys After Christmas Gift Boost
Cheyenne boy Nubbins Hoffmann, nearly 2, suffers a bladder ailment and may miss Christmas. Five boxes of toys from his year of gifts were donated to St. Vincent’s home for orphans, with one opened for immediate play and four stored for December. Doctors say his condition has improved and an operation may occur soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest
Nubbins
Play
Denver
Brouse
Mercy Hospital
Restraining Orders Issued Against Eight Butane Gas Dealers
Eight East Texas butane gas dealers faced temporary restraining orders from Judge J Harris Gardner of the 53rd district court. The orders bar supplying gas to unapproved tanks under state and railroad commission rules. Hearings set for December 9 to decide on broader injunctions. Investigations into hazardous butane systems statewide continue, with officials citing regulatory inconsistencies and possible Texas law changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
J. Harris Gardner
53Rd District Court
East Texas
Bob Lattimore
Texas Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
P. W. Morris
Luther J. Bailey
C. A. Green
W. C. Smith
Tyler
Lee Wright
Chandler
Claude Williamson
Longview
E. D. Lockney, Jr
Troup
Hugh N. Wood
Bronson
Gardner
Beauford Jester
Commission
War Production Board
Texas
Washington
WPB Tough Manpower Demands Hit Dallas Region
War Production Board policy aims to add 34 000 workers in the Dallas area within sixty days to boost ordnance output. Regional director George L Noble Jr said reconversion applications will be screened to prevent any war effort interference. Shortages are noted in New Orleans Shreveport Fort Worth Amarillo and the Panhandle with shipbuilding aircraft shells gas and rubber plants under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
War Production Board
George L. Noble Jr
Noble
New Orleans
Shreveport
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Panhandle
Goodfellows seek volunteers and gifts for Christmas aid drive
The Goodfellows of Lubbock announce their tenth Christmas distribution. Volunteers are needed to pack and deliver packages on Christmas Day and to help prepare the gifts. Donations of any amount are urged at The Avalanche Journal office or via P O Box 561 to the Chief Goodfellow, whose identity is kept secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellows
Lubbock
Goodfellow
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Avenue
P. O
The
Santa Claus
City
Big Airport Program Proposed For Texas
The Civil Aeronautics Administration urged Congress to approve a $1 billion postwar airport program including $120,923,152 for Texas. The plan calls for 3,050 new airports and 1,625 existing-field improvements with five airport classes funded by federal and state matching grants over five to 10 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Trouble in Bermuda Blamed on Sailors
Hamilton Bermuda December 2 Rear Admiral Braisted canceled shore leave after 6 pm for all enlisted U S Navy in Bermuda Following criticism by Morris A Gibbons of misconduct by sailors Gibbons cited crimes including assaults on women and theft from bicycles He ordered a ban on night shore leave and drinking on public streets with strict penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Bermuda
Frank A
Admiral Braisted
Morton Methodists Open New Building
Dr. L N Lipscomb district superintendent of the Methodist church speaks at Morton opening service in a new church replacing the one that burned. The 25 000 dollar structure, chaired by Rev W B Swim, will be followed by a conference at Levelland and a 7 30 p m talk at Wolfforth on plans for a new or expanded building to meet demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Methodists
L. N. Lipscomb
The
Methodist Church
Morton
W. B. Swim
Levelland
Houston Man In Critical Condition After Restaurant Fight
A Houston man identified as A.R. Boyd, 41, remained in critical condition at a local hospital after a fight at a restaurant. Hospital attendants said Cooper was near death from blows sustained during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
A.R Boyd
Cooper
Address and race checks for family data
The fragment lists a family address with ages and number of girls. It instructs to mark whether the family is white or negro to check address accuracy, indicating a policy of treating all children alike regardless of race or religion.
Stettinius Plans Consolidation of Foreign Agencies
Secretary of State Stettinius works to fold the Foreign Economic and Latin American war agencies into the State Department. Will Clayton is set for one of two new assistant secretary roles, with Nelson Rockefeller possibly filling the other if a House approved bill passes Senate. Wilder Foote to join as special assistant. FEA winds down European theater to focus on the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stettinius
State Department
Office of Foreign Economic Affairs
Department
Leo T. Crowley
FEA Admeinistrator
Wilder Foote
FEA
Roosevelt
Hull
Will Clayton
Clayton
Senate
Nelson Rockefeller
Births in West Texas and Lubbock area announced
Congratulations issued for several newborns including a daughter 7 pounds 4 ounces born at 7:46 Saturday night in a West Texas hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Melton Bruster on route 2 Wilson. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. George M. Farmer at 11:40 p m Friday in their home with Porter-Sistrand clinic reporting. Sgt and Mrs Gerald L Wainmen announce a daughter 5 pounds 5 ounces born 12:45 p m Saturday at St Marys hospital. Cpl and Mrs Bertran Bernhardt Wagner report a son 6 pounds 15 ounces born 10:10 p m Friday at Lubbock Army Airfield hospital with the father stationed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melton Bruster
Wilson
West Texas Hospital
George M. Farmer
East
Porter-Sistrand Clinic
Gerald L. Wainmen
St. Mary’s Hospital
Bertran Bernhardt Wagner
Lubbock Army Airfield
LAAF
Benny Silent On Petrillo Threat to NBC Show
Hollywood dispatch reports comedian Jack Benny avoided commenting on James Petrillo and the American Federation of Musicians plan to halt his NBC Sunday program. NBC officials said the show would go on, while the AFM claimed non union engineers were the issue. AFM President Spike Wallace offered unclear remarks about a settlement timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny
Petrillo
Hollywood
U.P
Jack Benny
James Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
NBC
AFM
New York
Spike Wallace
Misty South Plains Weather Dampens Night Glass
Heavy mist and fog blanketed the South Plains Saturday night with temperatures in the thirties. Santa Fe reports similar conditions in Panhandle and West Texas slaton area. Forecast calls for more clouds and occasional rain today. Monday should be partly cloudy and warmer. Saturday low reached 30 degrees.
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South Plains
Panhandle
West Texas
Santa Fe
Slaton
Editor uses potatoes as rat poison in Alvin paper office
Decany Alger Jones editor of the Alvin Sun favors frugal rat control. He boils potatoes with type metal and uses the lead soaked spuds as an improvised poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Decany Alger Jones
Alvin
Tex
Sun
Warning on Preparation of Pork
Austin reports the state health department warns against eating rare or raw pork. Parasite trichinella spiralis found in about two percent of hogs may survive undercooked meat. Health officials note a rise in communicable diseases for the week ending November 25 compared with seven year medians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Department of Health
Health Department
Soviet Ambition and Allied Strategy for Final Europe Drive
Speculation on when Russia would strike for Berlin emerged as authorities echoed Allied aims for a two front squeeze. A Russian bulletin in Washington urged a vigorous UN push to crush Germany with minimal delay while Western forces pushed toward the Rhine and Roer. In the east, Russians advanced with a Baltic trap of Nazi forces and a widening Danube crossing near Warsaw, squeezing Germany from the southeast as the Poland front remained uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalin
Russia
Berlin
Atlantic
Europe
Washington
United Nations
Hitler
Germany
Upper Rhine
Saar
Roer
Rhine
Baltic
Danube
Warsaw
Slovakia
Poland
One dies in wreck near Dallas
Jefferson Edward Pace aged 31 of Vickery died in a crash when his car collided with a six wheel trailer truck on a highway north of Dallas last night. Pace was alone in the vehicle and pinned in the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Jefferson Edward Pace
Vickery
Here
Pace
Lubbock Arrests and Local Court Actions Highlight Saturday News
A Saturday report details a 50 0 fine for liquor possession in a county case, a 38 year old man held for drunken driving, a juvenile probation tied to a stolen car interstate transport offense, and police noting several house rent incidents. Also mentioned are theft of gas stamps, a vehicle collision on Ave N at Twenty seventh, and a hospital treatment outcome for Mrs Key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
T Satipo
Ralph Ldwater
Bill Bell
Goldwater
Charles Lackey
Hubert Key
Ave. N
Twentyseventh
War Bond Jamboree Draws Veterans and Local Talent
An icy rain cut attendance to about 125 at a county war bond jamboree featuring four World War II veterans from Albion New York Orleans Michigan Nevada and Archer City Texas. Marshall Brown introduced the veterans. The program included Grack Drill Team Three Hits and a Miss and music by the 714th AAF band. Ian Paige Brownwood said the 14 day tour raised over 16 million in bonds and praised unit performance and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Bond al
Richard J. McCarthy
Albion
N. Y
Normand’ O. Wright
Orleans
Mich
Clyde Mayo
Nevada
Tex
Howard Backer
Archer City
Marvin H. Brown
Tarrant County
Grack
LAAF
Section I
714Th
AAF
Ashley Miller
Ian Paige A
Brownwood
Allied Forces Push In Burma Front As Japanese Retaliation Stalls
Pacific reports say Chinese troops hold Bhamo as 1,000 Japanese units near annihilation face sustained artillery blasts. In Burma Nipponese forces retreat toward Mandalay and Rangoon while Allied airmen attack soldiers and vehicles on congested roads.
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Burma
Bhamo
Mandalay
Rangoon
Yanks Mock Saipan With Wry Signs On Water Point
Saipan humor marks the front lines as U S troops paint signs at a main water point reading Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Water company. A garbage truck bears the label Saipan Sanitation company service with a smell.
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Saipan
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Water Company
Saipan Sanitation Company
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Renade
Inter Ome
Loughboys
Cologne’plain
Eisenhower
Second Army
First Army
80Th Infantry Org
Testbrucken
Jungersdorf
Merode
Gey
Brandenberg
Regu
Tim
St. Mat Phal
Jim Devis
Davis
South Pacific
Boon
G.V. Pardue
Ave. K
R. B. Ramsey
Pacific
Aubit
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