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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1944
Page
4
Readable lines show yesterday's maximum and minimum temperatures omitted and a partial note about today at 2:40 p.m. The fragment provides no full figures or dates.
City residents and visitors share holiday greetings and plans in Oelwein. Army and naval personnel, students from Coe College and Iowa State, and relatives travel through for Christmas. Local events include basketball games, dances postponed, and den meetings at nearby circles as residents visit family in Manchester Dubuque and Des Moines areas.
William J. Reen, of 129 Sixth Ave SE, is in training with the Navy’s amphibious forces at Camp Bradford Virginia and assigned to an LST crew. The 300 foot Landing Ship Tank lands assault troops and equipment directly on enemy beaches under bombardment from warships and Navy planes.
At Mercy Hospital patients admitted include Miss Hattie Benson of Strawberry Point and Miss Ira Glegge of Sumner. Births record a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Reynold of Oelwein. Discharged are Myre Dee Davis and baby of Strawberry Point. Dr. Chas. Keith of Strawberry Point. Note on vegetables notes broccoli’s rising home garden popularity and benefits versus cauliflower.
The Assembly of God Church held its annual Christmas program with a full house as Sun-School and youth groups led the event. Pastor Sterling Stewart opened with prayer and the congregation sang Joy to the World. The program included recitations, a primaries dialogue No Room, a candle service, and a pageant When the King Came featuring many youth performers with stage help from Roger Meska and Charles Walenchus and stage design by Mrs. John J Sellers. Attendance praised as the most outstanding program of the Fulleridge season.
Rose Clara Oelwein born March 4 1878 in Oelwein Iowa daughter of Gustav and unnamed mother youngest of three sons five daughters baptized at home confirmed at St Paul Lutheran Waverly taught school then college in Des Moines pursued music lifelong lived with sisters Mary Krause Lena Barr Anna later at 229 East Charles Street suffered strokes two years before death. She died December 16 1945 in Mercy Hospital aged 66 years 9 months 12 days preceded by her father in 1912.
Miss Oelwein, long active member of Zion American Lutheran Church, died in 1926? 1937? The obituary notes her siblings Emma, Anna, Lena Barr and a brother who died in infancy, and survivors including sister Mrs Mary Krause and nephews Carl Krause and Milton J Barr, plus three nieces. Funeral services were at Hintz Funeral Home and Zion Lutheran with Rev H C Schiffler and singing, interment at Oakdale cemetery.
State Senator Hunt outlined proposals to adjust Iowa's tax base to fund schools more equitably, arguing that current property taxes favor wealthier areas. He favored state level support to equalize opportunities without centralized control, and discussed superintendent selection, teacher certification, and retirement plans. Local leaders attended as the public was urged to engage with upcoming bills next month.
Senate ended its main task and extended its session to confirm six top State Department nominations. A dispute over exempting California's Central Valley from an acreage limit on government irrigation stalled action on more bills including the $500 million postwar rivers and harbors improvement program.
After a five week recess Congress approved nominations to the surplus war property disposal board naming Lt. Col Edward Heller and former Gov Robert Hurley. It extended the second war powers act to end of 1945 froze the social security payroll tax at 1 percent for another year and passed a 500 million dollar deficiency appropriation. It authorized a postwar flood control program of 1.6 billion and a highway program of 1.5 billion though no funds were committed yet. Most of the 7th Congress appropriation, totaling 182.2377 billion, funded wartime prosecution.
President Roosevelt rejected responsibility for the Greek crisis amid a Quebec conference dispute with Britain. Churchill and Bevin argued over British stabilization plans for Greece while the Big Three meeting remained speculative. Roosevelt said no date was set for such talks and denied initialling a stabilization plan.
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