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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1944
Page
6
Montgomery Ward employees and guests enjoyed a private room dinner at Pine Lodge on Tuesday with dancing to close the evening. Various club notices follow listing St Elizabeth's Circle meetings and Rebekah Lodge activities with plans for Christmas events, gifts, and gatherings across multiple days.
The Rebekah lodge held its annual homecoming on Sunday December 10 with about 750 attendees despite bad weather. Rev Paul Hesih could not arrive from Probugue, but Dan Pond 31 052c spoke of wartime service and injuries. The program featured Usay singing new member introductions letters from absentees and a roll call of Rebekah members.
Local clubs and lodges schedule meetings and Christmas exchanges this week. W OBrien reports Mesonic venue unavailable at 6 60 p m Tuesday with questions to follow. Kensington City hosts Mrs Harold on Tuesday at 6 39 p m with J C Davis as cow ess. The B Club meets Tuesday at Mrs Fannie Corb for Christmas exchange and party. The Tuesday Tourist meets Mrs Alice Carland Tuesday 2 45 p m with roll call answering favorite Bible verse. St Cecilia Circle meets Wednesday at Mrs George Dubey. American Legion Auxiliary Past Presidents meeting planned.
The policy tightens draft deferments across most registrants in May and targets those who refuse initial war jobs or leave essential peacetime work. It aims to curb manpower drain by concentrating future calls on the 18 to 25 bracket while extending stricter rules for the 26 to 37 group. Mobilization director J Byrnes announced the move to alleviate shortages and improve predictability of replacements for heavy ammunition needs.
A Japanese Pearl Harbor commander was announced today by official sources. Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo remains cited in reports and the wartime role is referenced with emphasis on past actions and leadership within the fleet.
Nurses Sarah Keate and Drue Cable visit the Brent mansion where Craig Brent lies wounded after a gun accident. Drue recalls a past romance with Craig and a failed plan to divorce so he could join the armed forces, while Craig's father pressured reconciliation. The chapter ends with a sudden interruption by a sleek stranger and Alexia Bren’s intrusion.
The Pearl Harbor commander in chief Nagumo was reported dead in a broadcast record by FCC connections noting six more Japanese admirals and another general among those killed. The tally shows rising Japanese losses since May, with posthumous awards announced and accounts naming Saipan as the death location.
London reports Harold Macmillan, Britain’s resident minister for the Mediterranean, may travel from Rome to Athens to mediate the Greek crisis. He is expected to use his authority as a British mediator between the Greek government and elements backing the National Liberation Front in the civil war. Marshal Alexander might accompany him due to past successful diplomacy.
In Washington D C Gillette denounced limited and biased foreign news reports and urged adherence to the Atlantic Charter. He warned against distortions of its aims and called for accurate coverage of eastern and European events. He predicted the United States may emerge as the world’s only truly free nation after the war.
A kit sold by Pistiers Drug Store includes Permanent Wave Solution shampoo curlers and a Wavenet system. Safe move back evan antec. Cherm-Kert Kit promoted with availability at Pistiers Drug Store and all drug stores including 5c and 0c outlets.
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