German Front Narrowing in Belgium and Luxembourg Salient
Allied reports describe the German Antwerp bulge near Bastogne shrinking as American forces push in from the south and west. Patton expands his front to 35 to 45 miles, seizing towns at the base of the salient while Hodges’ troops press the northern flank. The German defense reportedly shifts divisions toward the bulge as Rundstedt weighs a pullout versus renewal of the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Belgium
Berlin
Karl von Runddi
Hether
George S. Patton
Mankrom
Bastogne
Patton
Roon
Combhogne
Courtney H. Hodges
Grancesnil
Ssare
Supreme Headquarters
Rundstedt
Coffee Run Sparks Mixed Rumors Across Fayette County
Local news reports a widespread coffee rush in Oehvein and several Iowa towns as grocers impose normal limits. Rumors of impending rationing spread panic purchase behavior, with Fayette county seat residents buying by the case while West Union and Maynard Arlington stores saw little change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oehvein
Iowa
Fayette
West Union Grocers
Counry
Maynard
Arlington
Hhazleton
Plan City Wide Meeting On School Code
A community wide school code meeting will be sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce to inform on the Town School Code Commission report. A speaker, possibly Senator Jerry Hunt, will be arranged within two weeks. Citizens urged representatives from all groups to join next week to build support for a mass meeting and clarify twenty bills facing the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Code Commission
Chamber of Commerce
C. A. Stoddard
Jerry Hunt
Guttenberg
Fayette
Town School Code Commission
Jowe
Towa
United States
Protest Voiced On War Crime In First Army Front
The United States denounces a war crime in the First Army front after an official report describes the execution of about 115 unarmed American prisoners by SS and panzer troops on December 17 following a German counteroffensive in Belgium. Escapes recount a field execution by machine gunfire as captives were stripped and lined up with hands behind their heads. The note follows harsher U S protests over Japanese atrocities in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Germany
First Army
US First Army
Belgium
Batzar
Philippine Islands
Tighter Shoe Rationing Seen
Washington reports a forecast of stricter civilian shoe rationing with buyers limited to one pair every eight months, down from the current roughly six months. A new ration stamp date is set for May 1, and a subsequent stamp may not be validated until mid-summer amid ongoing war policy. Officials do not expect current stamps to be invalidated. The change follows a broader pattern of tightened food measures as civilian footwear production declines for military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinglon
Uip
OPA
Prelate Named Greek Regent
King George of Greece agreed to a regency and named Archbishop Damaskinos as regent to pacify factions. Damaskinos, a wartime resistance figure, could be sworn in soon after a British demand for a regency, with a plebiscite to decide Greece’s future. British Greek forces pushed ELAS from southeast Athens in a gloves-off operation, controlling about half the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Athens
George
Greece
Damaskinos
King George
John Georgakis
Winston Churchill
George Papandreou
J Varehy
Elas
Extra Whisky in January for Iowans
Iowans with liquor permits may buy two fifths of whisky next month while supplies last. The January 2 start marks the first day of the new whisky period and purchases can be made at any time during the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Blonde liar wins world title in wartime club contest
Hulett, president of the Howlington Liar's Club, says judges were hoaxed by a girl who signed as Capt. Howe Herrin and claimed to have a recipe for dehydrated blonde to boost GI rations. The winner, noted as the first woman to claim the title, will still be awarded the crown despite the hoax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FURLINGTON_ Wis
Wu. Hulett
Uselington
Liar’s Club
WAC
Howe Harrin
Howe Herrin
Hutell
Harrin
Conway. Ark
European Theater of Operations
Cargo Convoy Moves Through Lakes
The first Lake Superior to lower Lake Michigan navigation move after the Fear-end holidays will escort four coastal cargo vessels from Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin to Chicago next week led by the 5090 ton Mackinaw. The U S Maritime Commission said the operation will proceed despite sub zero weather marking a historic transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Duluth
Minn
Superior Wis
U. S. Maritime Commission
Great Kes Navigation
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Waterloo Man Cleared in Horton Slaying After Inquest
John Mims, a Waterloo resident, was released after nearly a week of questioning in the death of Virgin Horton who was shot at Mims' home. Officials accepted his self defense claim after an inquest ruled Horton attacked him with a razor during a card game dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
John Mims
Virgin Horton
Mims
Horton
Esto
Herton
Paper Drive Nets 12 Tons for Oelwein Scouts
The waste paper drive in Oelwein collected 12 tons, surpassing expectations, with Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts handling curbside pickup citywide. Proceeds support the local Scouting program. Keith Kelly chaired. Avery routed trucks. Charlie Stoddard coordinated sponsors. many area firms contributed trucks. James Wiant led paper gathering in his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Keith Kelly
Chef Avery
Charlie Stoddard
Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Power Co
Oelwein Implement Co
DeKalb
Jam
Escaped POWs Reach Imperial Valley Invasion Plot
News report from California details German prisoners of war who fled Papago Park camp near Phoenix. About 25 inmates escaped through a 200 foot tunnel near naval officers, with six recaptured. Suspected two men fed by a California woman, Mrs J Mejias, spurring police alerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Cextro
Calif
Zona
Imperial Valley
Papago Park
Phoenix
J. Mejias
Iood
Naval
Juergens Watterberg
Graf Spee
Bre
Russians Drive Toward Vienna in Danube Valley Fight
Soviet armored divisions crossed the Hvor river barrier and pushed toward Bratislava and Vienna as German forces defend Budapest in a brutal fifth day of street fighting. Berlin claimed Russian reinforcements arrived after heavy counterattacks amid reports of casualties and stalled progress 90 miles from Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hvor
Danube
Bratislava
Vienna
Budapest
Austria
Gyor
Moscow
Lake Balaton
Berlin
Hron
Kalnita
Red Army
Second Ukrainian
East Bank
Pest
Veteran West Union Attorney Dies at 89
WesT UNION W J Rogers aged 89 longtime West Union attorney since 1897 died Friday afternoon in Community Hospital. He will be mourned with funeral at the Presbyterian church with Masonic services. Native of Clinton county he graduated from state university in 1894 and once served as county school superintendent for ten years. He kept abstract records in early years. Survived by nieces and nephews. brothers and sisters preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
W. J. Rogers
Community Hospital
Presbyterian Church
Rogers
Clinton County
State University
Air Medal Awarded to Lt (jg) Owen M Hintz USNR
Lt (jg) Owen M Hintz USNR son of Ale and Mrs Albert Hintz of 303 First Street NE receives the Air Medal from the President for meritorious aerial service as a pilot of a carrier bomber in June 1945. He braved intense anti aircraft fire in strikes on Japanese shipping near Chichi Jima and in the Bonin Marianas area, contributing to extensive enemy damage. Hintz, a 1938 Delavan High and 1942 Iowa graduate, enlisted June 1942 and earned his wings June 1943 after training in Town City Norman and Corpus Christi. He later served at Darien Beach and Oelwein before overseas duty in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen M. Hintz
USNR
Ale
Albert Hintz
First Street
United States
Bonin
Marianas Islands
Hintz
Chichi Jima
Hiniz
United State Naval Service
Delivern High
University of Iowa
Navy
Town City
Norman
Oklahoma
Naval Air Station
Corpus Chris i
Texas
Daricna Beach
Florida
Oelwein
Miracle Leader Almost Young Says Goebbels On Hitler
Allied headquarters in the Philippines report Gen Douglas MacArthur pledging to intern Filipino collaborators for the war’s duration and hand them to the Philippine government. The warning covers political and economic influencers under Japanese rule and hostile guerrilla bands. Meantime Goebbels extols Hitler’s vigor in Das Reich praising him as miracle of Germany and greatest personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Philippines
Douglas AlacArthur
Con Luol
United Press
Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Gobbels
Das Reich
Goebbels
FCC
Germany
Gobbels
Hitler
Earthquake Shakes Northern England News
London reports a recent earthquake tremor across northern England causing many to flee their homes to air raid shelters. Preliminary notes say little damage occurred with the quake centered between Manchester and Darlington. J J Shaw of Bromwich Observatory calls it a severe vibration and links it to a fault line running southeast in northern England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vearthquake
Britain
England
Manchester
Darlingston
J. J. Shaw
At Bromwich
Claims Most Of Fleet Sunk In Four Day Battle
American convoy reportedly sailed west through the Philippines toward the Sulu Sea, with Mindoro reached as Jap bombers claimed 70 percent of the ships sunk. Reports say the convoy aimed at reinforced Mindoro garrison, while Tokyo asserted heavy losses. Nimitz warned of possible invasion of Japan, as Allied air raids boomed across Asia. Japanese communique tallies claimed more ships sunk and damaged, with Mindoro cover from Leyte route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Tokyo Radio
Mindoro
Philippines
Sulu
Tokso
Europe
Leyte
Douglos MacArthur
Tuvon
Manila
Mindora
Luzon
Fifth Army Front Is Shuffled In Italy
Fifth Army front is reorganized to blunt a potential German follow up after western operations. Germans renewed attacks along the Serchio river near the Ligurian coast. American troops, who withdrew early in the offensive, now hold high ground south of Gallicano with ongoing patrols. Indications of broader assault appear as German movements increase between the Serchio and the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Fifth Army
Italy
Serchio
Ligurian
Gallicano
Also Mentioned on This Page
County
Tate
Trace
P.o.w.’S
Derk
Locil News Desx
Norethern England
Fifth Army Front
Arhly
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!