Allied Army Drive Binds Houffalize Amid Fierce Snow
Allied forces led by American I and III Army units push toward Houffalize Belgium as German resistance tightens around the town. Hodges and Atten’s troops advance from Liege toward the crucial transport hub while counterblows from German rear guards attempt to slow the collapse of the Ardennes salient. Snow and cold hinder air support as U S divisions press from Malmedy through Wilrin Diez into northern approaches. Front observers note Rundstedt redrawing lines along the border, with heavy losses reported in the Hagenau forest fighting near Strasbourg as Axis armored groups are shattered by American fire.
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Houffalize
Liege
Hodges
George Satten
Ihe
Wilrin
Diez
Wnoville
Heles
Karl von Rundstedt
Houffalze
Rutwvsshofe
Montana Lawmaker Owes Life to Living Town Mont
Owas born in California and served as a Montana representative. Ames F. OConnor, a 66 year old Montana lawmaker and former chairman of the Indian Affairs committee, died at his home in Washington. He studied law at the University of Nebraska and ranching and law practice followed in Montana before entering politics. He was elected to the Montana state legislature in 1917 and later joined the Federal Trade Commission as special counsel. He won reelection to the tenth congress on November 3, 1930 and served in consecutive terms.
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Washington
F .O'Connor
Mont
Livingtow Mont
O'Connor
Case Indiana Affairs Committee
California Junction
Towa
University of Nevaske Law School
Montana
Ontana
Federal Trade Comission
Tith Couness
Cannese
Two Sumner Airmen Listed As Casualties From Local News Deak
Two Sumner airmen are casualty listings in the European theater. 1st Lt Milton H Huebner is reported missing in action after serving with the 356th Fighter Group in England and recently earning an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal. Lt Peter Wilharm, also a pilot, has been slightly wounded per war department notice to his mother Mrs Marjorie Wilharm.
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Sumner
Milton H. Huebner
Arthur Huebner
8Th Air Force
England
356Th
Air Force
Gere
Peter Wilharm
War Department
Marjorie Wilharm
Break costs in Ardennes total nearly 40 000 for U S
Washington reports that American losses in the Ardennes break-through area reached about 40 000 with 18 000 missing, presumed captured. About 40 000 Germans were captured while German casualties were around 50 000. Overall Western Front U S casualties totaled 52 594.
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Washington
Ardennes
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Snow and Rain Halt Action on Italian Front
Weather halts Fifth and Eighth army operations in Italy as heavy snows in the Apennines and rain along the Adriatic coast smother combat. German attempts to push across the Reno near Ravenna fail with daily Allied losses. HQ notes no changes in forward positions and widespread air operations canceled due to conditions.
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Rome
Adriatic
Reno River
Ravenna
Thirty Five Iowans Wounded in Europe
The war department announced 35 Iowa soldiers wounded in action in the European theater. Next of kin have been notified and kept informed of any status changes. Names include Wesley W. Briner of Waterloo Walter Faulkner Jr of Waterloo Melvyn E Safranek of Oelwein Lester E Spilde of Decorah.
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Washington
War Department
Iowa
Pfe
Wesley W. Briner
Waterloo
Walter Faulkner, Jr
Pie Melvyn E. Safranek
Oelwein
Lester E. Spilde
Decorah
Weekly Oelwein Weather Report from Local News
Cloudy weather dominated the week in Oelwein with heat snow on Monday Wednesday Saturday and Sunday. Southerly winds brought warmer temperatures in the latter days of the week.
Tokyo Jitters As Yank Ground Air Forces Gain
Tokyo fears possible Koiso resignation as Allied forces press on Luzon near Lingayen Gulf. MacArthur declares gains on Agno River with 30 miles advance toward Manila. Formosa air attacks and a B 29 superfortress strike follow U S air operations over the territory. China reports Hankow bombardment and continued Japanese resistance on the China border.
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Tokyo
Philippines
Kuniaki Koiso
Formosa
William F Halsey
Third Fleet
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Agno River
Manila
South China Sea
Pieter Koiso
Hideki Tojo
Marianas
Dome
Cyeles
Broadecast
Koiso
Empero
Mirohita
Imperial Palace
Ameri
Masonville Woman Killed In Collision
Funeral services were planned for Mrs Mary Curtis 44 wife of JE Curtis Masonville slain Saturday night in a car truck collision west of Manchester Sheriff Carl Anderson said the car struck a truck driven by Henry Arnold Earville Delaware There were no rear lights on the truck Mary 10 Harold Curtis were injured but Curtis and a younger son escaped unhurt Arnold and K Kettelson Earville owner of the truck would appear in Manchester on charges of operating and permitting operation of an improperly lighted truck.
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Masonville
Mary Curtis
Je, Curtis
Manchester
Curtis
Henry Arnold
Eariville
Delaware
Carl Anderson
Mary
Harold Cur
Anderson
Arnold
K. Kettelson
Earville
Lifelong Fayette County Resident Henry Jach Dies at 83
Funeral services for Henry Jach 83 were held at Fayette Lutheran church with burial in Dunham's Grove near Randaha. Born Albany April 18 1861 he spent his life in Fayette County mostly farming. Married Elizabeth Portman June 1890. children James Des Moines Charles Sumner Helen Manhattan Beach Aggie McGre Maggie Fish. Lived in Maynard before moving to Fayette after retiring from farming.
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New Maynard
Henry Jach
Fayette Lutheran Church
Dunham's Grove
Randaha
Albany
Jack
Lfe
Fayette County
Elizabeth Portman
James
Des Moines
Charles
Sumner
Helen
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Aggie McGre
Maggie Fish
Fayette
Maynard
Fayeette
Miller Killed in Philippines Hawkeye Special
Jerry Miller twenty one former Hawkeye resident was killed on Leyte December seven after serving in parachute infantry. His family in Fayette, siblings spread across New Mexico Wyoming California and Illinois. Miller had visited Ames Hawkeye and Vay elite schools and graduated from Chisholm Minnesota high school before wartime work in California plants.
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Hawkeye
Prt
Jerry Miller
Leyte
Pat
Miller
Parachute
Pvl
Ft Benning
Chisholm, Minn
California
Legion Host to Local Schoolmen
Ross Reid posts will host the monthly Legion social meeting tomorrow night with male members of the High School faculty as guests. A special program showcasing local school work will follow the 30 dinner.
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Ross Reid Post
Monthly Legion
Iowa employment leveling off in December report
Iowa December employment rose 13 percent from November but fell 11.3 percent from December 1943. Payrolls totaled 3,686,898 dollars with a 0.2 percent year over year dip. Average weekly wage reached 42.21 dollars, up 4.7 percent from November. three firms operated part time amid varied gains and declines across industries as 1944 showed a gradual postwar contraction.
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Bureau of Labor
Ordnance
Hazleton Church to Hear Missionary on Sunday
Hazleton Presbyterian Church will host missionary Mara Nelson who has returned from China. She will speak at 11 30 Sunday morning during the annual Praise Service, sharing experiences from her mission work.
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Hazleton Church
N- Hazleton
Mara Nelson
China
Presbyterian Church
Allied Bombers Hit German Rail Yards and Oil Plants
More than 600 Liberators and Fortresses escorted by about 70 Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters attacked four southern German rail yards and two benzol plants in the Ruhr. RAF strikes against rocket launching sites in Ifalland continued, while 1,100 RAF bombers hit a synthetic oil plant a fuel depot and Berlin in a related raid. A Ninth Air Force dispatch notes Luftwaffe jet and rocket aircraft on the western front as Allied attacks extend into a new phase.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Ifalland
England
Ninth Air Force
Luftwaffe
Western Front
RAF
Berlin
Alles
Parcor
Ledo Road Open To Myitkyina
Major General Daniel Sultan announced the Ledo supply road to China is completed as an all-weather two-lane route from Ledo to Myitkyina. A convoy of nearly 100 vehicles arrived, carrying supplies, artillery, and ammunition for delivery via the new route.
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Myitkyina
Burma
Daniel J. Sultan
India- Burma
Ledo
China
Lewis Pick
Auburn
Ala
Bhamo
Nambikan
Sultan
Tengchung
Pick
War plants push 48 hour week plan
Washington Up warning against delay in manpower action Chairman Andrew May of Kentucky told reporters he would offer a 48 hour week as an amendment to his bill to draft 18 to 45 year olds into essential jobs. He said the plan would better use available manpower as hearings on the measure proceed this week.
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Washington
Charman Andrew Jo May
House Military Affairs Committee
Bairman
Lewis Gaines
America Federation of Labor
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Thore
Socialist Party
Veteran Airman Home from England
Capl Beryl L. King is on furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Royal Ro Ring pee A navigator in England eleven months and has 32 missions to his credit.
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Hazleton
Capl
Beryl L. King
Royal Ro Ring
England
Sorority Officer Elected Vice President at Cor College
Mrs Winiifred Dexso, daughter of Mi and Big Bar, has been elected vice president of the Oregon chapter of Chi Omega at Cor College. She is a Junior.
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Winiifred Dexso
Big
Bar
Devo
Omeron
Chi Omesa Sorority
Cor College
Waterloo Fire Chief to Speak Here Monday
Waterloo Fire Chief Ray Tiller will speak at the Rotary Club at noon and at the Lions Club in the evening in Oelwein. Firefighter Joe Rodgers, a member of both clubs, arranged the appearances and notes the chief’s brief talk at the Lions Club. W. H. Antes of West Union was initially booked for the event.
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Ray Tiller
Waterloo
Qelwem
Rotary Club
Lion's Club
Tiler
Oelwein
Wardell
Joe Rodgers
Rotary
Lion’s Club
Antes
W. H. Antes
West Union
Postwar Jobs Goal Drives New Legislative Proposals
Senator Murray plans a full employment bill to assign federal responsibility for achieving 60 million postwar jobs, with safeguards for free enterprise. Representative Voorhis seeks to curb illegal patent use, proposing cancellation of patents used in anti competitive conspiracies, citing Hartford Empire Co. case as precedent.
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James E. Murray
D. Mont
Jerry Voorhis
Mulliay
Congress
Meanstrs
Threats to Judge in Terrorist Trial Stir Courts
In a terrorism case, threats target Judge Mansour Bey and defense lawyer Doss as two Jewish suspects, Ehahu Aet Tsouri and Eliahu Hakin, face trial for the murder of Wayne Mayne. Letters delivered by a courier warn that effort for the defendants will spark retaliation, while urging an international venue.
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Justee
Attornes Mobh
Beyphan
Toaid Mayne
Mahmou Mansour Bey
Tewfik Dosish
Bie
Doss
Red offensive rages across nine sectors in Europe front
Soviet forces push into Poland and across the front from Lithuania to Yugoslavia as Konev advances toward Krakow and Silesia. Berlin claims 115 divisions and over 15 tank corps are in action, while Russian units threaten to split Nazi armies in Poland and push west toward Berlin. A Polish army of over 300,000 holds Konev's right flank and eyes a Vistula crossing to aid liberation efforts.
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London
Lithuania
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Red Army
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Poland
Krakow
Silesia
Migh
Budapest
Danube
Pulawy
Vistula Valley
Warsaw
Magnusze
Narew
Pulatsk
East Prussia
Konev
Red Marshal
Germany
Katowice
Crastochowa
Silesian
United Press
Henry Shapiro
Lublin
Konew
Vistula
Two Clermont Men Wounded in Action
Senn Leena News reports Clermont men wounded in action. Morel J Melker listed as a casualty, wounded in Germany, in an English hospital. 2nd Lt. Marrelly Schweinefus, a nurse in that hospital, is daughter of Mr. and Mrs Henry Schweinefus of Clermont. Moermont telegram indicates Pfe Tonig F.R. Gihert wounded in France on Dec 24.
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Clermont
Specat
Morel J Melker
Germany
England
Margaret Melker
Phil
Nick Stritens
Marrelly Schweinefus
Nuirie
Henry “Haweinefus
Oscar Gilbert
Moermmont
Pfe
Gihert
France
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Paris
Courtney
Ardennes Sali
Owa
Niewspa Prebarhlyre
Deak
Italy
Europe
Oelwein Weather Report
U. S. First Army
Liemeux
Belgium
Stavelot
U. S. Signal Corps
Indo-China
Lingayen Gulf
Gulf
MacArthur
Rosario
Hankow
Chungking
China-Burma
Pit
Ledo Road
Waterloo Fire
Roosevelt
Senn Leena
Ioxk
Hrhiy
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