Opposition To Eisenhower Aid Proposal Sparks Washington Debate
British talk of appointing a deputy to General Eisenhower to command land forces drew sharp rejection from Washington military experts. They called it a misguided Monday morning quarterback idea as many officials opposed splitting Eisenhower’s command while the War Department offered no official comment.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Woo
Eisenhower
War Department
Department
London
Avery Declares He’s Still Boss Of Ward Co
Chairman Sewell L. Avery insisted he remains leader of Montgomery Ward & Co despite U S Army seizure of the Chicago plant and six other cities properties. He said he would stay at the head unless ousted by force or court order.
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Chicago
INS
Sewell L. Avery Grimly
Montgomery Ward & Co
U. S. Army
Raymond Augostine Returns Home From Overseas
Coxswain Raymond Augostine of the U S Coast Guard, 22, son of Mrs Benjamin Augostine of 81 East High Street, arrives home from the European theater for a 30 day leave after 19 months overseas and service in Sicily Anzio and Normandy. Other Augostine brothers include Edward in Italy Victor overseas and Joseph at Indiantown Gap.
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Raymond Augostine
U. S. Coast Guard
Benjamin Augostine
Cogsawin Augostine
Sicily
Anzio
Normandy
Augostine
T. Set
Edward Augostine
Italy
Set
Victor Augostine
Pvt
Joseph (Dodie) Augustine
Indiantown Gap
Former Resident Missing In Action
Mrs. John Flanagan of 1330 East Washington learns her nephew Lieut. Leland J Hancock son of Mr and Mrs Harry J Hancock of St Petersburg Florida and former Norwood Avenue residents has been reported missing in action since December 9 in France. Hancock graduated from the University of West Virginia in 1943 and has been overseas since September 1944.
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John Flanagan
East
Washington Street
Leland J Hancock
Harry J. Hancock
St. Petersburg
Fla
Norwood Avenue
France
University of West Virginia
Lieut
Hancock
397th Infantry Regimen Squeeze Play Pushes German Army
The 397 Infantry Regiment pushed through the Vosges mountains and key towns Raon Etape Senones toward the Rhine. They faced land mines booby traps heavy rain and snipers as they drove the German 19th Army from France. Afterward plans to convert Mount Olympus Greece into a national park were proposed.
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Carl A. Hoover
East
Washington Street
Vosges Mountains
Raon
Etape
Senones
Rhine
France
Rural Families Endure Heavy Snow Still Delays In Town
Rural households report weeks with limited car use as snow and subsequent freezes hindered travel. Bus routes to the north resumed, trains lag slightly near Ellwood and Wampum, and bobsleds couple with horses amid the old fashioned winter. Christmas reunions suffered as weather worsened. In New York a BBC NBC report cites German claims that Nazi forces blew Budapest bridges to slow Soviet advances.
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New Castle
Ellwood
Wampum
New Wilmington
New York
INS
NBC
Budapest
Local Man Helps Repel Nazi Attack In France
Special to The News reports a two man mortar defense by Pfc E R Snickenberger of New Castle Pennsylvania and Pfc Harold Palley of Brooklyn New York in the Third Division Seventh Army. From a second story house they fired pistols and mortars, delaying a German column to allow allied reinforcements. They held a mortar tube under fire and drove back the attack until ammo ran out. The enemy withdrew as a company arrived to assist.
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France
Seventh
E. R. Snickenberger
Emerson Avenue
New Castle
Harold Palley
Church Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dourhfeet
Snickenberger
Palley
St John Sodalists Present Yule Play at St John Church
The St John Sodalists of St John the Baptist parish staged a Christmas play in the rectory of the new church following a Christ mas treat for the senior sodality. The program featured Star of Bethlehem with Sunday school children, Rev Fr Elias G Nader directing, a religious medal for the children, and gifts handled by hospital sisters. Committee members included Elizabeth Beshero Nancy Beshero Sara Gabriel Ann Gabriel Sophie Moses and Emeline Joseph. A separate note states thirty three percent of the U S adult population had at least entered high school.
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St. John the Baptist Church
New Church
Star of Bethlehem
Elias G. Nader
Mary Edna
the Hospital
Elizabeth
Nancy Beshero
Sara
Ann Gabriel
Sophie Moses
Emeline Joseph
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Gardiner, Mo
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Overseas
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Carl Hoover
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Yule Play
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