Montgomery Ward fights seizure and book handing to army
Montgomery Ward and Company refuses to turn over its books as government seizes control of plants in seven cities under a presidential order. Vice president Pearson says he will not hand them over until talks with Sewell. Army officers begin operating the Chicago plant amid court petitions for an injunction. Attorney General Biddle says no forced eviction planned and notes Avery’s nonviolent stance, while judges set a hearing date for early January.
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Severnment
Montgomery Ward
Confessed Murderer Sumpter Reunited by Police
Federal agents questioned John Isehrman Sumpter, an ex serviceman from Georgia, who confessed to strangling and raping Georgette Bauerdorf, a 20 year old New York heiress, in Hollywood. FBI officials in San Francisco said the confession was vague with many unclear details and expressed doubt about the suspect’s identity while Los Angeles police continue investigations. Sumpter, dressed casually, claimed he had been discharged from a naval mental institute and received a discharge for mental ailment.
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John Isehrman Sumpter
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San Francisco Bay
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Miss Beuerdorf
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Nat J. Piener
FBI
Milledgeville
Navy
Pocket Veto Saves Jackson Hole Park
President Roosevelt used a pocket veto to kill the bill to abolish the 1610 acre Jackson Hole national monument in Wyoming. He argued abolition would deprive the public of natural, historical, scientific and recreational value and indicated sympathy for tax relief compensating for lands removed from the monument.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Jackson Hole National Monument
Wreming
White House
Tejon County
Jackson
Ban on Liquor Interferes With New Year's Fun
United Press reports a Sunday liquor ban and wartime shortages will curb New Year’s Eve celebrations. Several states enforce Sunday closing, others push post midnight hours or BYO policies. Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana, Massachusetts, Washington, Ohio, Texas, Georgia remain dry or restricted. Noted liquor shortages contrast with some states allowing limited service and double celebrations for Sunday and Sunday night.
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Kansas
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Minnesota
Nebraska
Indiana
Massachusetts
Washington
Ohio
Texas
Georgia
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Missouri
Connecticut
General Joins Trapped Men In Bastogne War Flight
A fighting general from the 101st Airborne, Maj. Gen. Willard D. Taylor, flew from Washington on Christmas Eve to Bastogne arriving within 48 hours. He directed defense as the siege neared its end, joining troops after a perilous jeep ride through German lines.
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Bastogne
Washington
Germmans
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Tayler
Normandy
Rome
Salerno
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Ardennes
Transocean News
70Th Tank Division
Andj ‘Cur
Iick' Xt
New Raid On Jap Home Isle
United Press reports new American air strikes on Honshu and a large convoy of 30 transports with 20 plus ships sailing west through the Mindanao Sea possibly toward Luzon. Tokyo claims raids in the Kobe Osaka area while predicting looming American landings. Mitscher forecasts Japanese fleet liquidation by 1945 if attrition persists.
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United Press
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Mindanao
Philippines
Hensin
Kobe
Osaka
Marianas
Marc A. Mitscher
Pearl Harbor
Mitscher
Washington
U. S
Leyte
Mindoro
Hanoi
Indo- China
Town Soldiers Wounded in Action Named by War Department
The War Department listed 41 town soldiers wounded in action in the European theater. Next of kin have been notified and informed by telegram of any status changes. Names include Joseph P. Jiordan Waterloo Water, Wayne H. McAhren Waterloo, Harris Quanrud Decorah, William G. Seitz Waterloo, Halley D. Steggall Pair?thank.
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Washington
War Department
Pic
Joseph P. Jiordan
Water“ton
Pet
Wayne H. McAhren
Waterloo
Navy warns 1943 plans threatened by manpower shortages
The United States Navy reports lagging production and a severely critical manpower shortage could delay 1943 operations. It notes 1,167 fighting ships and 37,000 planes in service, with total tonnage around 11.7 million and at least 90 aircraft carriers available, as the fleet expands for a broader war effort in Europe and the Pacific.
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Washington
U.S
Navy
Si Naval
U. S
Three Year Old Heiress and Stone Baby Case
A New York case details a calcified embryo nicknamed a stone baby, delivered in 1940 to a family, claimed to be the twin of Velma Lubin. The infant was preserved in formaldehyde and later became central to lawsuits for damages by Velma's mother. Mrs. Lubin died in 1941 during litigation. the estate passed to Velma. Medical experts call the calcification extraordinarily rare.
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New York
Emav
Velma Lubin
Velma
Claudia Lubis
Lubiin
Sydenham Hosptal
Jacob Fishback
Hyde
Lubin
Ickes Irked May Resign Over Internal Policy Split
The PAL reports Secretary Harold Ickes is distressed by Roosevelt policy and may resign if the administration does not shift. He remains muzzled and reluctant to denounce Franco at a Madison Square Garden rally, clinging to support from state department appointees and hoping the president returns to first principles.
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Ashington
PAL
Harold L. Ickes
Roosevelt
Ickes
State Department
Francisco Franco
Pam
Roosevvelt
France
James C. Dunn
William H. Clayton
Julius C. Eolmes
Proviget Oui
Franco
Claxton
Holmes
de Cers
Kekes
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
Ickes Wort
White House
Harel Tekes
Potomac
Fire Destroys DeWitt Garage
A DeWitt garage fire caused an estimated $50 008 in damage destroying 20 automobiles and partially burning the Hi Way Motor Co. The blaze left three cars new and others awaiting repairs. none of the garage equipment survived. Owners were Mr and Mrs C H Anderson, with L E Shah as building owner. Origin of the fire undetermined.
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Dewitt
Hi-Way Motor Co
Yenairs
C. H. Anderson
L E_ Shah
Russians Drive On In Hungary War Front Report
Soviet and German Hungarian defenses clash as Russian forces push along a 66 mile front toward Vienna. Budapest endures heavy bombardment with public buildings destroyed and escapes by the Danube. Front communiques describe near Vienna on the edge of the Hungarian plains as Red Army advances while Axis troops retreat westward with heavy losses.
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Danube
Ausiria
Budanest
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Royal Palace
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Vienna
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Buda
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Tolbekhin
Nastrady
Gyor
Red Army
Ely
Die
Austria
Carnals
Malinovsky
Pesi
Pils
Félisszentkeresél
Italian Front Quiet Following Attack
The Italian front was quiet on all sectors today with fighting fading in the Serchia valley. German troops had launched a surprise assault three days earlier against Fifth Army units in the Ligurian coast area. The American forces held the village of Gallicana on December 27 under German pressure as the advance extended toward Lucca. Patrols dominated activities on the Fifth and Eighth Army fronts. Prince Humbert of Italy visited Forli and Ravenna to see Italian troops with the Eighth Army. Allied air power reported 2,600 Mediterranean sorties with 11 planes missing. Heavy bombers of the 15th Air Force targeted lines in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia, while RAF heavies attacked near Casara in northeastern Italy.
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Serchia
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Gallicana
Lucca
Humbert
Italy
Forli
Ravenna
Eighth Army
Mediterranean
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15Th Air Force
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
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Casara
Governor Resigns to Enter Senate in 1945 Shuffle
DES MOINES AP Gov. Bourke Hickenlooper announces resignation as governor to be sworn in as junior U.S. senator from Iowa on January 3, 1945. Lt. Gov. Robert D. Blue becomes acting governor until the new term. Hickenlooper plans to return mid January for Blue’s inauguration.
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Des Moines
Bourke B. Hischenlooper
Washington
Jumor
United States
Tawa
Robert DB. Blue
Hickenlooner
Flickenlooper
Blue
Moining
Hickenlooper
U. S
Congress
Slaver Hanged Today in Iowa State Penitentiary
The execution of Koster, convicted of the 1943 shotgun murder of Glen Wynene, occurred at 3:44 a.m. Central War Time in the Iowa State Penitentiary. He faced the gallows without testimony or a final statement, with Deputy Warden Joan Bennett overseeing the straps. His family, including his mother Mrs. Damon, were notified as the nation marked a rare death penalty carryout during the season.
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Fort Madison
Stanley
Janesville
Iowa State
Herma
Ehlert
Bremer
Koster
Glen Winene
Dias
Joan Bennett
Kester
Sheriffert
Slowis
Dain
Orlando
Patton presses German salient as Rundstedt rebuilds for new push
United Press reports show Patton's forces narrowing the German bulge near the Meuse while Von Rundstedt masses troops in the Menschae forest area for a possible second phase. American units push west toward Rochefort and tighten containment, with signs of German regrouping and renewed artillery activity along the Roer front.
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Paris
Meuse
George S. Patton
Menschae Forest
Karl von Rundstedt
Rochefort
Burd Lewis
United Press
von Rundstedt
Nese
Ere
Salient
Rawal
Roer
Son-in-Law of Oelwein Couple War Casualty
Pic. Virgil Maurer, son-in-law of an Oelwein couple, reported killed in action in France on December 11. His wife Clara Mae Priester of Fayette received the telegram December 26. He served over seas 21 months in Africa, Italy, and France, and resided with his parents in Fredericksburg.
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Oelwein
Pic
Virgil Maurer
Fredericksburg
France
Clara Mae Priester
Fayette
Verail Maurer
Africa
Higis
Patterson Warns Japan Will Be A Tough Enemy
Washington dispatch reports Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson says Japan remains formidable and will be defeated the hard way. He cites a larger army, resilient industrial capacity, and geography as key factors favoring Japan as U S forces advance in the Pacific despite Allied victories in the Philippines and at sea.
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Robert P. Petterson
Jep
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Germany
Office of War Information
Pacific War Theater
Patterson
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
U. S
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