American Forces Penetrate German Border Near Rhine
Allied dispatches report Lt. Gen. Alexander Patch’s Seventh Army crossing the German frontier at Lauterbourg and pushing into the Siegfried Line. American units pressed toward the Rhine, with Patton’s Third Army advancing near Saarlautern and Nieder-Gladbach as German defenses crumble along a widening frontline.
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Paris
Alexader M. Patch
Seventh
Lauterbourg
Karlsruhe
Rhine
Rhineland
Reich
Siegfried Line
Ldeast
Alexander M. Patch
Wissemburg
France
Qmar N. Bradly
12Th Army
Germany
Duren
Cologne
Gurnich
Birgei
Kuiserath
Roer
First Army
Ocr
Maria
Saarlautern
Habkirchen
Patton
Geran
Nieder-Gladbach
Sarregueines
Erbingen
Saar
Tnking
Supreme Headquarters
Cmmand
Iin
Patois
Palatinate
Central
Mrthern
Climbach
Wissembourg
Operetta Sunday At Parochial School
Sacred Heart Grade School presents the operetta Christmas and the Four Freedoms. About 260 children perform tonight at 8 o clock with novelty songs and dances between acts. The rhythm band opens and a matinee yesterday suggested a large audience tomorrow.
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Sacred Heart
Aenoon
Iowa Soldiers Wounded in Europe and Mediterranean Areas
War Department lists 35 Iowa service members wounded in action in Europe and the Mediterranean. Next of kin have been notified and kept informed. Included is T/5 Lyle E. Bray from Waukon and Pvt. Dawson O. Clara from Wadena.
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Washington
War Department
Iowa
Lyle E. Bray
Waukon
Pvt
Dawson
Clara
Wadena
Miss Oelwein Dies at 67 in Oelwein
Miss Oelwein widow of pioneer family founder Gustav A Schmidt died at 12 30 am aged 77 after a weeklong illness. Services set at Zion Lutheran Tuesday at 2 30 pm with Rev H C Schiffler. Burial in Oakdale cemetery on family homestead land. Survived by sister Mrs Mary Kraus three nieces and two nephews.
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Afiss
Rose Od Oelwein
Oelwein
Zion Lutheran Church
H. C. Schiffler
Oakdale
Gustav A
Emma Schmidt
Mary Kraus
Miss Oelwein
Baltimore
Frederick Oelwein
Jefferson Township
Gustav Qelwei
Picketers Cut Ward Holiday Trade
Striking Montgomery Ward & Co. employees picketed four Detroit area stores including Royal Oak and Dearborn to halt holiday sales. State police patrolled entrances after two earlier flareups as about 10 percent of the Royal Oak store’s 225 clerks reported for work and a few customers entered.
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Detroit
Montgomery Ward & Co
Guv
Harry F. Kelly
Suburban Royal Oak
Royal Oak
Dearborn
Gratiot
Grand River Avenues
Ray Hayward
Chaplin's Valet To Take Stand In Paternity Suit
Edward Chaney Chaplin's former valet is sealed as a surprise witness in Miss Joan Barry's paternity suit. He would testify Barry was intimate with Chaplin in December 1942 and describe a night at Chaplin's home with a loaded pistol involved. Jury selection for the paternity case nears amid peremptory challenges.
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Hollywood
Edward Chaner
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Barry
Miss Barry
Joseph Scott
Chaney
Scott
New York
Chaplin
Carol Ann
Red Drive Perils Near Vienna and Bratislava
Cossack cavalry and Ukrainian units push toward Bratislava and Vienna after breaking German defenses near Buda pest. Soviet forces captured Sahy across the Ipery river barrier and advance into the Bratislava plain as German counterattacks fail to halt the drive.
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Ipery River
Sahy
San
Bratislava
Tanike
Malinovsky
Safranek Brother Wounded in European Conflict Service
Mr and Mrs Fred Safranek of 123 Fifth Ave NE announce their eldest son Pfc Melvyn E Safranek was wounded by shrapnel in the left arm while serving as a radio operator on a General Sherman tank with the Fourth Army on the German front under General Patton. He was briefly in a Papui hospital, then transferred to an English hospital and later to an American hospital in England. He received the Purple Heart and is the recipient of the medal sent to his mother. The family also has son Pfc Alvin E in England with an anti aircraft battalion.
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Fred Safranek
Fifth Ave
N. E
Pfe
Melvyn E. Safranek
Papui
England
Melvyn
Patton
Safranek’s
Pfc
Alvin E
RAF Bombs Ludwigshafen Chemical Works in raid
RAF night raiders believed to number about 300 hit Ludwigshafen last night, dropping hundreds of tons of high explosive and fire bombs on the I. G. Farben chemical works and nearby freight yards. The attack focused along three miles of the Rhine bank, targeting supplies for troops in the Karlsruhe sector.
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Karlsruhe
Draft looms for older men war call shifts to 26 to 36
The phase known as a Young man’s war ends as draft boards prepare to induct men aged 26 to 36. Draft Director Hershey orders boards to review classifications for the 28-27 age group to boost armed forces. The War Department says furloughs of 4,708 specially trained soldiers will aid munitions, tire, and cotton duck factories, aligning with reconversion aims.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Focal Poaards
U. S
Hershey
War Department
James F. Byrnes
Mancester
Oelwein Huskies Fall To Cedar Falls Tigers In Tough Loss
Oelwein hosts Cedar Falls in a hard fought game with Cedar Falls securing a 35 to 27 victory. Delwein and Rutherford led Oelwein scoring in earlier quarters while Jespersen highlighted Cedar Falls’ early offense. Final minutes saw foul trouble and a late rally by Cedar Falls, with standout performances from Munn and Rutherford. The box score cites Delwein, Rice, and Pirro as top local scorers.
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Oelwein
Munn
Dero
Hancock
Delweimies
Cedar Falls
Jespersen
Rutherford
Jack Rice
Delwein
Roosevelt signs payroll tax freeze to hold at one percent
President Roosevelt approved a one percent payroll tax freeze for Social Security for another year. He warned Congress to thoroughly review financing methods for the program, noting the measure defers the required increases and indicating a broader plan for Social Security would be submitted soon. The proposal would have raised the tax to two percent on $3,060 of earnings, a change the administration expected to yield about 1.506 billion in 1945.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
House
Senate
Disputes Shorten Solons Holiday Session Delays
Washington reports ongoing Congressional discord as the 78th Congress grapples with White House policies. Senate and House meet in rare Saturday sessions to push unfinished business toward a January adjournment, while nominations for state department and surplus money boards await votes amid a looming presidential veto on social security tax measures.
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Washington
White House
Congress
State Department
78Th Congress
Whie House
Edward Heller
California
Robert A. Hurley
Connecticut
Wayrell Lax
Monerts Huaru
Senate
OPA Says Bread Price Unchanged Des Moines
OPA district director Walter D. Kline announced no bread price increase despite a four cent per bushel rise in wheat prices. Flour prices stay the same until Dec 31 when a new subsidy rate will start after Jan 1 based on prevailing wheat prices.
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Des Moines
OPA Sr
Walter D. Kline
OPA
Kline
200 4-H Members Enjoy County Party
About 200 county youth gathered in the Upper Iowa University lounge for a 4-H County Party with ten girls clubs and eight boys clubs represented. The Harlan Girls Club led attendance with 19 members as games were led by George Reckemmer, with Miss Betty Wendland recounting the national 4-H Congress in Chicago. Awards to 100 members came from Fayette Farm Bureau and several regional companies, while county officers for the boys were elected: Robert Bassett president, Rueben Sieffens vice president, Erbie Sieffens secretary, Lowell Mabin treasurer, and Eugene Wegner historian.
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Upper Iowa University
Harlan
Homer
George Recckemmer
Karlan
Don P. Hawkins
Betty Wendland
Chicago
Frank Sanaira
Fayette Farm Bureau
Kerr Glass Company
Foley Food Mills
Holstein Freeder Association
Iowa Dairy Association
Guernsey Breeders Association
Kraft Cheese Company
Producer's Commission Company
Robert Bassett
Arlington
Rueben Sieffens
West Union
Erbie Sieffens
Lowell Mabin
Randalia
Teasurer
Eugene Wegner
Elgin
Bhamo Burma road lifeline restored after Japanese loss
Chinese forces complete mop up of the last organized Japanese resistance at Bhamo on the Irrawaddy river. The 28 day battle ends with Maj. Gen. Li Hung’s troops clearing four remaining trench positions and opening most of the Burma road to China. About 1,000 Japanese were trapped, with many killed and others possibly fleeing south. Muhma and surrounding areas see renewed Allied military traffic as the road to Chungking is resumed.
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Bhamo
Burma
Irrawcaddy
Burma Road
China
Ehama
Li Hung
Bramo
Mandaiar
Murma
India
Chungking
Santa distributes 8500 holiday treats at Oelwein event
The Christmas City celebrated as Santa Claus handed out treats to 6850 children at the Grand theater after a free screening of Henry Aldrich for President. A second Santa appearance at the Chamber of Commerce catered to younger tots, while Christmas carols filled the streets and shoppers thronged downtown.
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Fane
Santa Claus
Henry Aldrich
Aimerica
Santa
Chamber of Commerce
Oelwein
Mindoro Invasion Signals Shift In Philippine War Effort
Allied forces land on Mindoro after a 600 mile assault from Leyte, seizing coastal positions near San Jose and advancing inland within hours. MacArthur says the operation splits the Philippines, threatening major airfields and disrupting Japanese sea routes.
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Allied Headquarters
Philippines
Lexic
Manila
Occeo
Mindoro
Comet Agency
San Jose
Tokyo
Sulu
Leyte
Camina
St. Augustin
Luzon
Verde Island
Batangas
Douglas MacArthur
China
Japan
Greater Asia
MacArthur
Minder
South China Sea
Smith Receives Combat Infantry Badge Award
Merle Smith has earned the Combat Infantry Badge for exemplary conduct in action during the Hol landia Dutch New Guinea operation. The award dated May 3, 1844 was signed by the personnel officer. Smith has 32 months overseas service and is stationed in the Netherlands East Indies.
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Merle Smith
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Jean Smith
Smith
Netherlands East Indies
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