Air War Grows As B-29s Hit Tokyo, Leyte Convoy Sinks
AP reports a 100 plus B-29 task force bombed central Japan including Nagoya and Tokyo while shipments evacuate civilians from key areas. MacArthur stated Leyte convoy destruction caused heavy Japanese losses as U S. forces press final assault phases and Chinese frontline troops push toward Hochih.
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United Press
Centralapan
Mawe War Industries
Tokyo
Saipan
Nagoya
Fie
City's Stores Theatre Plan Treat for Kids
Celwein youngsters and nearby communities will join Celwein merchants and the Grand theater for a Chamber of Commerce kids event next Saturday. A free 10:00 AM movie at the Grand begins the afternoon, then Santa Claus distributes free treats at the Chamber from 2:00 to 3:00 PM, with the morning program aimed at younger children. Christmas carols will fill the business district, announced by Dudley Hale and C A Stoddard.
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Celwein
Grand Theater
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Anauer
Santa
Tto
Dudley Hale
C. A. Stoddard
Detroit War Ward Strike Tensions Ease Amid Picket Actions
UAW CIO leaders urged war workers not to join a broader Ward strike while backing the picket line at four Detroit Montgomery Ward stores. WLB summoned union and company reps to Washington to explain why the two year old directive has not been obeyed. CIO leaders appealed to President Roosevelt to End Ward's challenge to the government. Ward organizers warned the strike could impact munitions supply as regional WLB members joined the protests.
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Detroit
Montgomery Ward & Company
United Retail, Wholesale & Department Store
War Labor Board
Richard Frankensteen
United Auto Workers
CIO
August Schelle
UAW
Frankensteen
Uaw-Cio
WLB
Ward
Sinking Ward
Montgomery Ward
Washington
Roosevelt
Samuel Wolchok
United Retail Wholesale Employes
Ward Employes
WLS
Dan Gellagher
Portland
Ore
San Rafael
Calif
St. Paul
Minn
Denver Colo
Jamaica
Chicago
Former Oelwein Soldier Killed in Action in France
Word comes that Pfc Wayne Loeb former Oelwein resident and son of Mr and Mrs Henry Loeb of Allivan HI was killed in action in France He is survived by three sisters and a brother Marjorie who died six years ago, along with four or five unspecified relatives.
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Wayne Loeb
Henry Loeb
Allivan
Oelwein
France
Shirley
Marjorie
Smath
ELAS Attacks Athens as British Pocket Shrinks
ELAS forces launched a full scale attack from all directions on a shrinking British pocket in central Athens. In one sector ELAS broke into a military barracks compound as British tanks and infantry battled left wing ELAS units. Central city shellfire blocked food and water deliveries to defenders as combat continued. In London Bevin announced a Britain Russia Greece stabilization agreement and noted Roosevelt proposals at Quebec, while Washington officials questioned any direct intervention.
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Athens
ELAS
Unis
EAS
National Liberation Front
Ronal Scotie
London
Ernest Bevih
Britain
Russia
Greece
Roosevelt
Quebec
Bevin
Start
Churchill
Ar. Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelta Churchil
Waterloo Ex Boxer Admits ’29 Murder
Waterloo ex boxer Squires, once known as Kid Roberts, has confessed to the 1929 murder of Theodore Anthony. He told authorities in Lake Charles, Louisiana, that Anthony refused to surrender money, and Squires shot him, then fled. Squires also admitted thefts from a Waterloo tavern in 1945 and from Perry Jennings, a Galloway County engineer, years earlier.
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Waterloo
Lowell
Squires
Waiterion
Kid Roberts
Theodore Anthony
H. T. Wagner
Wagner
Lake Charles
Anthony
Boyer
Perry Jennings
Galloway County
Services Friday For Gas Victim Rodgers
Funeral services for Joseph Lyric Rodgers who died of monoxide gas poisoning in Fulton EH will be held Friday morning at Sacred Heart Church. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Body at Brant Funeral Home until late Thursday, then to Rodgers home at 200 412 St SW where Rosary will be said at 8:00 PM. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Lile Rodgers three brothers Francis Wayne Robert and two sisters Anna and Virginia all residents in the city.
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Joseph Lyric Rodgers
Fulton
Sacred Heart Church
Woodlawn
Brant Funeral
Rodgers
Joseph
Lile Rodgers
Francis
Wayne
Robert
Anna
Virginia
Bond sales lagging in Iowa urges full quota soon
Iowa leaders warn bond sales under Series E lag at 56 percent of the state quota, with $34.9 million sold and $26.4 million remaining. The War Finance Committee led by A. H. Blank notes major cities lagging, rural counties slow, and urges towns and retailers to buy to lift Iowa over the target.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa War Finance Committee
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Yowa
Rkoo
A. H. Blank
Meat Industry Accidents Down in Midwest During Drive
The Department of Labor reports a 306.4 percent drop in accidents from July to September in Missouri Iowa and Kansas amid a wartime safety drive. Frances Perkins notes September rates were 2 percent below 1943, saving valuable production time. the campaign seeks a 40 percent reduction by July 1945 under national safety directors.
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QMAHA
Nrade Missour
Iowa
Kansas
Department of Labor
Secretary of
Frances Perkins
R. F. Walter
National Committee
Omaha
Norden bombsight shown at public exhibit
Public display reveals Norden bombsight as an accurate automatic aiming device for B-29 type bombers. Described as a mechanical eye with two units, the lower stabilizer and upper sight, it includes a telescope, computer, and gyro. Engineers say the computer is about twenty times more accurate than the finest manual sight and solves speed and altitude questions before bombing runs.
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Chicago
U. S. Air Force
Victor Adding Machine Company
Army Air Technical Service Command
Mar
Unser
Continuca
Increased Crowds at Iowa Fairs Mark 1944 Season
L B Cunningham reports 1944 Town Fair season strong with 81 fairs, attendance 536,411 down slightly from 596,762 last year, admissions 39,910 versus 73,141, total receipts 757,746 up from 319,046. Over 20,000 exhibitors, 9,924 in livestock, premiums for 4 H up to 81,738.08. Csee, Cresee, elects C C Nichols president, succeeding Harold Felton.
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Des Moixes
Iowa
Cunningham Sbi
C C. Nichols
Cresee
Harold Felton
Inthangla
Budapest civilians armed as Soviet siege tightens in 1945
In Budapest the German effort to defend the capital escalates as civilians are urged to take up arms amid house to house fighting on the east bank of the Danube. Soviet tanks and infantry press from the northeast while Moscow battles reports emphasize Red Army advances and German hopes to hold the bridges to Pest.
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London
Budapest
Moscow
Danube
Red Army
Red
Vienna
Buda
Pest
Christmas Tree Supply Reduced Across the Nation
A United Press survey shows wholesalers and retailers cut available Christmas tree supply while prices rise slightly from last year. In Oelwein stores prices and supply resemble 1943 levels with some traders offering lower prices and others reporting poorer quality. Sellers reduced orders from growers by about half, while grower and cutter prices largely held steady from 1943.
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United Press
Oelwein
Ceiling Price On Hogs Raised By OPA Rules
Washington D C AP The price administration raised the ceiling price for all live hogs to 100 pounds Chicago basis effective today. Hogs under 270 pounds already faced ceilings. Sows and gilts remain at 14 per hundredweight. The OPA says higher ceilings will encourage longer feeding to boost pork and lard output per animal. The move follows a record corn crop and better feed supplies.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
OPA
Scouters Plan Circus In February At High School Gym
At the South Fayette district meeting Boy Scout executives announced a Scout Circus will be held during Scout Anniversary week in February at the Oelwein High School Gym. Robert Noble will chair the committee. A Christmas week waste paper drive aims to raise funds for equipment, with Keith Kelly heading the drive. The group also reported efforts to recruit new members in Oelwein and Hazleton, aiming for two new scouts per troop this December.
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South Fayette
Robert Noble
Oelwein
Sinother
Keith Kelly
Hazleton
Americans Break Through Monschau Forest in New Rhineland Push
United States forces under Lt Gen. Courtney Hodges launched a dawn assault in the Monschau Forest, driving two miles through snow as they push toward Duren and the Roer river. The operation expands the Rhineland front to at least 20 miles while Patton’s forces seize Fort Jean D Arc near Metz.
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Paris
Monschau
Duren
Courtney H. Hodges
Rhineland
Key Citadel
Cologne
Bertw
Roer
Marieweiler
Haven
Gey
Derichsweiler
Schophoren
George S. Patton
Fort Jean D'Arc
Metz
Hodges
Montschau Forest
Rollestreich
Bickerath
Simmerath
Rollesbroich
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh
France
Siegfried Line
Karlsruhe
Patch
Mediterranean
Seltz
Rhine
Langensoultz-Bach
Haguenau
West Wall
Palatinate
Colmar
Upper Rhine
Selestate
Niederoedegn
Seventh Army
Probine
Heguenau
United Press
Jack Frankish
Germany
First Army
Hurtgen
U. S. First Army
Gis
Smith Wounded. Parents Learn of His Injury in Germany
Mr and Mrs Herman J Smith of this city learned today their son Corporal Chester A Smith has been wounded in action in Germany. Cpl Smith attended Oelwein High School and worked at local theaters before joining the Army about four years ago. He went overseas about two years ago and has two brothers in the service one in the Pacific and one with the Medical Corps in France. four sisters and another brother remain at home. His wife lives in Wilmington California.
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Herman J. Smith
Cpl
Chester A. Smith
Ac— Tim
Germany
Col .Smith
Oelwein High School
Wio
Pacific
Medical Corps
France
Wilmington
California
Four Bank Robbery Suspects See Sentences Commuted
Governor Bourke B Hickenlooper commuted to 50 years the life terms of four men convicted in the $160,600 City National Bank robbery at Clinton on March 15 1932. The quartet Earl Jefferies Leslie Stanley Guy Eddie Morris and Clifford Edwards were serving life terms and had been in Fort Madison Anamosa reformatory. the commutation allows parole. The bandits tied up customers looted the bank then fled toward Princeton Iowa but were captured within two hours.
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Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Ise
City National Bank
Clinton
Earl Jefferies
Leslie Stanley
Guy Eddie Morris
Clifford Edwards
Sali
Louisville
Kw. Edwards
Fort Madigor
State Penitentiary
Anamosa Reformatory
Dax
Princeton
Big Bond Purchase Credited Here
An allotment of a $15 000 Sixth War Loan bond purchase to Oelwein was announced by the Iowa Finance Company. The bonds were bought in Omaha and will be credited toward the community's $233 000 quota, per R C Hall local manager.
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Oelwein
Iowa Finance Company
Omaha
R. C. Hall
FDR Plans Annual Christmas Eve Radio Address
President Roosevelt will speak for about 15 minutes over all broadcasting networks at 4 15 p m Sunday December 24 in his annual Christmas Eve address to the nation the White House announced today.
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Wshington
Roosevelt
White House
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