Evacuation Ordered as Tokyo Burns Under Fire Storm
United Press reports Japan moving Tokyo's 7,000,000 residents toward evacuation to defend against an American siege. About 20,000 people leave as fires spread from Superfortress raids. many evacuees are elderly, children, or pregnant. Air defense workers exempt. several planes over Tokyo with incendiaries. Questions arise if quake damage also prompted the mass move.
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United Press
Wey
Tokyo
Serlin
Japan
Transocean
Asahi Shimbun
Atch
Greater Tokyo
Marianas
Chinese Gain In Counter Drive Near Kwangsi Border
Chinese forces in southeastern China pushed south toward Mantan and recaptured Mangchang as survivors of a Japanese strike on the American air base at Kwelrang fled 25 miles south of the Kwangsi Kwei Chow border. A Tokyo report claimed Japanese units from Indo China joined elsewhere in southern Kwangsi at Suily about 180 miles south of Nantan, alleging a Manchuria to Singapore railway link.
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China
Kwangsi Province
Kwelrang
Mantan
Kwangsi-Kweichow
Mangchang
Nantan
Tokyo
Indo-China
Kwangsi
Suily
Manchuria
Singapore
Last of Prominent Keokuk River Family Dies
Funeral plans were set for Miss EN Hughes 81 a Keokuk music teacher and daughter of the late Dr C Hughes once head of a medical college. Her brother Joseph followed him as head of the college and another brother David ran the old Keokuk opera house. She was the last of her family.
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Keokuk
3. C. Hughes
College of Physicians and Surgeoni
Joseph
Anothr
David
Miss Hughes
Barmuty
Schroeder Heads Knights Templar Meeting at Wewa
The Knights Templar held a regular meeting last evening in Wewa. Officers for the coming year were elected: FL W. Schroeder commander H. D. Easton generalissimo Victor Coble captain general P. C. Wall senior warden Carl Lamb junior warden Robert Connor prelate J. G. Lindsay treasurer F. H. Carlson recorder. Appointive officers names were not available. After a 2 turkey lunch provided by the commander the group adjourned to the next session.
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Knights Templar
FL W. Schroeder
H. D. Easton
Victor Coble
P. C. Wall
Carl Lamb
Robert Connor
J. G. Lindsay
F. H. Carlson
John Hancock
Palmer Wall
Road Mishaps Take Two Lives
Two deaths occurred in separate accidents on icy roads. Rev. Thomas Elwick, a retired Methodist minister from Decorah, died in a West Union hospital after a collision near the county seat. The other victim, Mrs. Louise Corum of Minneapolis, was killed when the auto she rode in was sideswiped by a truck near Independence.
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Ban J
Decorah
Thomas Elwick
Upper Iowa
West Union
Fareue
Elwick
Louise Corum
Minneapolis
Independence
Jerry Rechkemmer
Oelwein
Buchanan County
Dorum
Ed Bellendier Wounded in France During World War II
Mr and Mrs A J Bellendier received word their son Edward was severely wounded while serving with the Army in France on November 27. A 1943 Sacred Heart High School graduate, Ed has a brother in the Marines in the Pacific and a sister cadet nurse in Des Moines, plus two brothers and three sisters at home.
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A. J. Bellendier
Edward
France
Sacred Heart High School
Paul
Pacific
Anne
Des Moines
OWI Denies Ban On Atlantic Charter
Washington failing to quiet charges that the Office of War Information barred mention of the Atlantic Charter on overseas radio. Records show the charter has often been used by OWI propagandists and broadcasts on August 14 marked its signing. Officials note an overseas Italian broadcast yesterday referenced the charter's principles reaffirmed by Moscow.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Todar
Guy Gillette
Iowa
OWT
Elmer Davis
Davis
Muscow
Athens under siege as ELAS battles British forces
Athens reports heavy fighting as ELAS rebels press to force a decision before reinforcements, with skirmishes in northern Athens and Piraeus. British and Greek government troops withdraw under pressure, fires burn around the city, and several hundred ELAS troops head toward Athens while RAF strafes rebel columns.
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Athens
Ronald Scobie
Piraeus
Hille
Greece
Scobie
ELAS
Royal
University Street
Roper
Bath
Acropalis
Acropolis
Oelwein Stores To Open Evenings Next Week
Oelwein retailers will stay open every night next week from 6 to 9 p m to aid Christmas shoppers, as announced by the Chamber of Commerce. The extended hours aim to accommodate late shoppers and boost local business during the holiday season.
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Oelwein
Chamber of Commerce
Senate Defeats Power Project On St Lawrence
The Senate rejected an amendment to the rivers and harbors bill to authorize a 3235,000,000 St Lawrence power and navigation project. The 56 to 25 vote defeated the plan pushed by Sen George D. Aiken despite a telegram from President Roosevelt calling the seaway project logical and inevitable.
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Washington
Rooseveltt
Senate Today
St. Lawrence
Senate
United States
Canada
George D. Aiken
Alr
Roosevelt
John H. Overton
Chaplin Paternity Trial Opens Tomorrow
Chaplin faces a paternity suit as a 14 month old girl, Carol Ann, may be his daughter. The child appears with temporary guardian A. Fise to persuade the court she is alive. Mrs Gertrude Berry described the child and her traits as testimony begins the long trial centered on paternity and DNA testing.
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Holly Wood
Chaplin
Joan Barity
A. Fise
Carol Ann
Miss Barry
Gertrude Berry
Carel
Berry
Barry
Allied air hammer German war plants and rail hubs
An enormous allied air assault struck German synthetic oil plants at Merseburg and Leuna and rail yards at Hanau Darmstadt and Aschaffenburg amid a heavy bomber and fighter wave. Italian based forces hit southern Silesian refineries as RAF Lancaster crews attacked Wittem Ruhr targets. Doolittle led a combined strike including Fortresses Liberators Mustangs Thunderbolts and Lightnings. Six German planes fell to the raid with one British Mustang lost.
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Britain
Italy
Merseburg
Blechhammer
Sheetch
Hanau
Aschaffenburg
Darmstadt
Silesia
15Th
RAF
Witstem
Ruhr
Germany
Hannov Ham Mics
Texans Set Record For Longest Battle With the Sixth Army Group
On December 11 U S Army reports credited the 36th Infantry Division with a new endurance record as they fought 119 consecutive days against German forces near the Rhine. The unit, now under French command, faced fierce rear-guard actions while pushing toward the Moselle and Vas Wountans area, collaborating with Moroccan Goums earlier in the invasion of France.
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Alsace
36Th Infantre
U.S
Piznt
Rhine
Aim
36Th
Vas Wountans
France
Mediterranean
Oelwein Youths Found Dead in Truck Cab
Joe Rodecrs 17 and Robert Handley 24 were found dead in the cab of an eastbound cattle truck in Fulton Iowa. Deaths attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning, believed to have occurred after midnight. Passers by mistook them for sleeping and notified authorities mid morning. Truck owned by H M Bly of Oelwein was bound for Chicago with cattle. Rodecrs, son of Lyie and others, attended Sacred Heart School and belonged to Sacred Heart Church. his survivors include parents, three brothers and two sisters. Funeral plans pending. Handley, son of Fred Handley, lived near Maynard Iowa.
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Joe Rodgers
Lyie Rodgers
Bly Transportation Company
Sacred Heart School
Sacred Heart Church
Handley
Fred Handley
Maynard
State E Bond Quota Only Half Met
Des Moines up toowa reports the state has reached 53 percent of its 61 million dollar series E bond goal with total sales of 22.6 million by Saturday. Officials say sales lag about 40 million behind the campaign pattern and urge counties below 50 percent to intensify drive including house to house re solicitation. WV L Clark warns lag in most cities and rural counties, calling for full quotas this week.
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Des Moines
Towa
Iowa War Finance Committee
Auota
WV. L. Clark
Iowa
Furloughed GIs Nervous Wrecks On 30 Day Paris Trip
A large group of Third Army GIs in Germany, selected for 30 day furloughs for heroism and purple hearts, prepare to fly to Paris for two days of sightseeing. Veterans of front line action, many long in theater, faced a mix of excitement and nerves as they learned of their homeward break.
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U.S
Seeiny
Blaze damages Fashion Cleaners in local fire report
A blaze about 2:30 pm damaged Fashion Cleaners, threatening the building and tearing down an outer wall. Firemen moved contents to nearby Mower Company as tenants Fort Gillingham George Damon and family occupied the second floor.
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Press Ure
Oelwein Mower Company
Fort Gillingham
George Damon
Red Vanguard fires Budapest during soviet assault drive
Soviet shock troops breach southeast to Austria and Germany as Budapest falls under heavy bombardment and urban fighting. Moscow radio proclaims German front collapsed, Vienna threatened, and thousands flee amid demotion of the Hungarian capital.
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Budapest
Moscow
Hungary
Austria
Germany
Hun- Barr
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Brescow
Farm Bureau Chief Attacks High Tariffs
Edward A. O Neill president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told the 26th annual convention that excessive tariffs restrain economy and threaten unemployment and potential war. He argued tariffs keep prices high, shield monopolies, mislead labor leaders, and disadvantage U S agriculture.
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Chicago
O'Neil
United States
Allied Forces Gain On Long Western Front
American First Army drove through seven German towns near the Roer river and reached within a half mile of Dover as the Seventh Army pushed eight miles through Maginot positions toward Seltz and the Rhine. Front dispatches report German resistance fading west of the Roer while Patton’s Third and Seventh Armies press toward the Rhine Valley, crossing nearby towns and threatening Karlsruhe as forces close in on the Niem and Ruhr region.
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Dover
Roer
Moday
Seventh Army
Maginot
France
Seltz
Tiwo
Rhine
Palatinate
Alexander M. Patch
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Karlsruhe
Hagnenau
Alsace
Patch
Front Dispatch
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Courtney
Hodges
Roer Friv ‘Ers
Doughkboys
Cologne
Merkens Hove
Mariaweiler
Rozendorf
Dreichsweiler
Gey
Iver
Duren
Dfaraweller
Noathwestern
Duver
Enhinelané
First Army
Cherbourg
Normandy
Schonhaven
Th Hurtzen Bernstvein
Rhineland
Luftwaffe Returns To Italian Front Action in Italy intensifies
Rome reports Luftwaffe resumes major operations on the Italian front below Bolosna with heavy bombing of roads and mountain positions. German chimes strafed lines and dropped incendiary and antipersonnel bombs, four aircraft shot down. American patrols repulsed two German attacks northwest of San Clementino and northeast of Uivergnane as Fifth Army and Eighth Army patrols clash along the Adriatic and Frenza sectors.
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Luiitane
Futh
Bolosna Ieiay
San Clementino
Uivergnane
Fifth Army
Monte Renzio
Aren
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Frenza
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