Oelwein City In Brief Christmas Notes and Visits
Local notes list residents visiting, traveling or returning home for the holidays. Mentions Lt. Keoy and Ruth Kappmeyer on vacation, Phil Temple traveling to Cornell for a basketball game, Misses Florence Evelyn Nelson, Kathleen, Shirley, and many others visiting relatives in Oelwein or traveling to Des Moines, Chicago, Waterloo and California, plus church and hospital visits and a New Year sale at Mable's Cupboard.
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Phil Temple
Cornell College
Mount 4
Wereil Morrow
Reeturn
Celwein
Phil
Mable
Florence Ané
Evelyn Nelson
Waterlooks
Issune
Paul Frack
U.S. Army
Geiw 2
Mercy Hospital Admits Local Patients Amid Red Cross Closure
At Mercy Hospital patients include Herbert Ties of Oelwein and Simpsor of Oedlwein with medi cal transfers from Fairbank and Elgin. Red Cross knitters seek Army yarns. contact Mrs J C near home at 112 ist OW. Yarn care disrupted due to Red Cross room closures for a week.
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Herbert Ties
Oelwein
Medical Tran
Fairbank
Medi- Simpsor
Oedlwein
Oiomy
RED Cross
Scks
J. C
Cali
Mo Udson
Scout Paper Drive Friday Rally for Waste Paper Pickup
Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts plan a Friday 1 p.m. paper drive to collect waste paper, magazines and cardboard. Keith Kelly leads as Cub Master and drive organizers will mobilize den mothers to canvass assigned city areas and urge households to place paper on the curb for curbside collection to fund Scout and Cub activities.
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Oclwein
Keith Kelly
Gelwein Chamber of Commerce creates assembly plan committee
Dudley Hale as president appoints a legislative committee to review all measures introduced in the State Legislature. Wiley Davis chairs the group with J A Courtright and C B Chambers. The panel will keep Chamber members informed on all acts of the legislature.
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Dudley Hale
Gelwein Chamber of Commerce
Wiley Davis
J. A. Courtright
C. B. Chambers
Don Kat
Chamber of Commerce
Seabees Mark 3rd Anniversary Today
Seabees mark their third anniversary with praise for a fighting workforce. Ralph B Ray CM sends a report noting Guadalcanal battles and Seabee roles in major amphibious operations, overseas deployments, and air naval base work enhancing Allied advances.
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Seabees
Thank you to D A Wo and neighbors after fire
The Sprague and VanDenover families express gratitude to the district attorney and neighbors for kind and helpful support during and after a recent fire.
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D. A. Wo
S.C
Gunnery School Graduate Joins AAF Bomber Crew
Robert E. Olson son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Olson of 446 First Avenue SE recently graduated from the Army Air Forces Flexible Gunner School at Laredo Army Field Texas. He is now qualified to serve as a crew member aboard a bomber. Known as Siwede he is a Sacred Heart High School 1944 graduate where he served as vice president. He entered service after graduation and has been stationed in Texas.
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Robert E. Olson
Eugene Olson
First Avenue SE
Army Air Forces
Laredo Army Field
Laredo
Texas
AAF Training Command
Siwede
Sacred Heart Hfe
Services Saturday For Mrs Miller
Services for Mrs Fen da Mler who died yesterday in Abrey hospital will be held Saturday afternoon at Hiniz Funeral Home. Epps officiating. Interment will be made in Otsero Cemetery southeast of this city.
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Fenda Mler
Abrey Hospital
Hiniz
Epps
Otsero
Navy Seeks Civilian Workers for Pearl Harbor Ship Repairs
Navy workers sought as civilian personnel at Pearl Harbor Hawaii to repair battle damaged ships. Leif Schreiner area War Manpower director announced a Civil Service interview period January 25 to 27 at the local U S Employment Service office for Pearl Harbor and west coast Navy yards. Jobs include skilled and unskilled positions. He noted the U S Maryland was rushed back to action in under 39 days after torpedo damage during Marianas amphibious operations.
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Mavy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Leif Schreiner
Civil Service
U. S. Employment Service Office
App Lucan
West
Coat
Navy
U. S. S. Maryland
Marianas
Bus firms urged to donate truck for Box Scout drive
Notices urged bus firms to furnish a truck for the Box Scout Waste Paper drive. The appeal asks donors to provide a vehicle for use on Friday and directs the collection at Jake Levin's property.
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Jake Levin
Bripm
Avery Again Refuses to Accept Federal Seizure Order
Avery declines to accept a presidential seizure order amid a war on the military battlefront, saying the government must focus on national conflict. He was surrounded by army officers in his panled office and previously faced removal when Chicago properties were seized last April. Soldiers sealed the plant, posting signs that the facilities were government property as the site came under new management.
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Avery
sAyers
Chicago
U .S. Sovernmentt
Iin
Picket cheers as firm stores seized in Detroit area
Two army officers appeared in the lobby of the home office as seizure of the firm's Detroit area stores led pickets to cheer. The picket captain at the Grand River Ave store shouted a triumphal cry while workers faced delays in wage increases and back pay under WLB orders.
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Detroit
Grand River Ave
WLB
Battle for Bastogne Told Continued from Pass One
The account describes the siege of Bastogne with German pressure and American defense. It recalls a commander’s ultimatum and a stubborn counterattack as U.S. troops held the line. A tank destroyer sergeant and his ME-18 weapon fought off advancing Germans, with heavy losses and gas damage during the engagement.
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Bastogne
Siatieed
Ord
Second Escape For Churchill Continued From Page One
The report outlines ELAS demands for a new Greek government including 40 to 30 percent representation. It calls for ministries of interior and justice to be held by leftists and for undersecretaries in war and foreign affairs. It also seeks dissolution of the gendarmerie and removal of army units, with elections for a constitutional monarchy planned for April.
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ELAS
Mountain Brigade
National Guard Batar
Christmas Day Dinners At Local Homes In Westgate
Westgate area residents hosted festive meals with friends and relatives over the holidays. Aliss Grace Siainaker of Watcon and Mr and Mrs. Mes Mes joined others for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day gatherings at several local homes. Guests included Rita Sialnaker, Lea Stohr, Philip Stohr, Saundra, Leo Coleman, Dunlee Coleman, Cliff Meyer, and several family members from Gelwein and Oelwein.
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Aliss Grace Siainaker
Watcon
Rita Sialnaker
Lea Stohr
Ars
Philip Stohr
Wessey Lee Sionr
Saundra
Tee Ars
Matilda Sihrume
Lee Culeman
Doug
Gelwein
Leo Coleman
Dunlee Coleman
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Iowa
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Catherine
Shirley
Mleweyt
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Forest Park
Wlinois
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Perry Ishman
Lloyd
Don Meisecer
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Gerick
Airsin
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Waterloo
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F. Fayette
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Gatto
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Cenneth
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Dabeque
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California
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Jimmy Suni
Ray Masters
Iowa City
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Sanders
Salt Lake City
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J. W. Sanders
High Point
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Roy Anders
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U. S. Coast Guard
Ketchikan, Alaska
Kay Masters
Sophia Tait
R. Masters
University Hospital
Tom Munn
Bessoines
L. S. Navy
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Stanley
Louis Heldt
Thea
Warren Mare
Pency
Council Bluffs
Allen Boreday
Warren Brown
Harry
Mily
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Jene Fridgen
Chugren
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Tess Allercy Hospital
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Burlington
EF. C. Curtis
Nell Ame
Wissom Wu
J. G. Palmeee
I. G. Palmettes
M. F. Gunderson
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Udinein
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Communder
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Caria
Hk. Va
Sofar
Carl Olson
Ud Mas
Fred Lutiher
6Th Ave. S. E
Miami
Air Transport Command
Afiva Orient Division
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LaVerne
Thomas FL. Ray
Re. Thomas Ray
Rey
Albert Neuman
Eavaie
Oelwfin Daily Register
Mercy Hospital
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Elgin
Ralph B. Ray
Oelw
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Navy Seabees
Guadalcanal
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J. E. Dippo
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Decker
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Phillip
Nash
Lewis Lye
Des Moines
Woodbury Soup
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Pascal Celery
Emperor
Jonathan
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