NK Troops Press Japanese on Leyte Front
United Press dispatches report American forces in Leyte pressed Japanese positions as the 24th Division drove wedges and established a road into Limon and Ormoc Bay. Japanese counterattacks to relieve the pocket were bloodily repulsed with heavy losses, while American landings on Mapia islands and airfield strikes in the Philippines continued.
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United Press
Rihwest
Leyte
Limon-Ormoc Bay
Limon
Ormoc
S’s
Mapia Islands
Nouthern
Island
Y Pegun
Social Security Tax Rate Revision debate spurs delay
Key lawmakers weigh delaying a scheduled social security tax hike as the board signals possible smaller increases. Discussions center on freezing rates at 1945 levels or shaving final increments to appease demand for a one year postponement. Officials cite a reserve near six thousand dollars as enough to cover needs for two decades without tapping current receipts.
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Social Security Board
Arthur Ho Vandenberg
Hoard
Nvary
Wilter FL George
Seat Finance
Robert L. Doughton
House
Iowa Horticultural Society Officers Reappointed at Annual Convent
Riculturists Charles Cityan ES UP CC. Smith was reelected president of the Iowa State Horticultural Society at the closings of the group annual convention yesterday. Laniz Ames succeeds Mrs Grant Indianola as vice president and R S Hernck Des Moines was reelected secretary. The officers of the Garden Clubs of Iowa, Fruit Growers Association and Iowa Beekeepers Association were reelected.
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CC. Smith
Iowa State Hortical Society
Laniz
Ames
Red Garden Clubs
Towa
Va Fruit Growers
Associ
Iowa Beekeepers
Ation
False News Reports Keep Hitler Lane
London reports claim Adolf Hitler remains alive but in rapidly failing health at Berchtesgaden. False news stories touted supposed Nazi victories while Germans are urged to show loyalty, with Himmler forbidding discussion of Hitler’s health and a silence wall around the Führer.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berchersgaden
Fuehrer
Stockholm
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Home Army
Hitler
FCC
Exchange
Germany
Berchtesgaden
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Himmler
Reich Security Office
Volkischer Beobachier
Doubled Postwar Foreign Trade Projections Outlook
A report to the International Business Conference forecasts postwar United States foreign trade at twice prewar levels. It estimates 7.5 million deadweight tons needed for seaborne commerce and 9.8 million tons for coastal and inland transport, with total available wartime ships around 48 million DWT.
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United Fates pAace
International Business Conference
U. SS
C” Ves
United States
Visay
More Training for Rustic Air Hero
Sergeant Mark S. Rustic, 20, son of Mrs. ger and Rustic of Frederick Ave, veteran of 32 missions and 288 combat hours as a radio operator on B 17s in Europe, recently returned to Scott Field Army Forces Training Command radio school to advance his communications training. He enlisted in November 1942, went overseas in March 1944, earning the Air Medal three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He returned to the United States in September. future assignments have not been announced.
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Rae Desx- Tech
Mark S. Rustic
Ger & Rustic
Frederick Ave
Scott Field
Army Forces Training Command Radio School
Kustic
Army
Maynard Blue Devils edge Sacred Heart Tigers in opener
In a hair-raising season opener the Maynard Blue Devils defeated Sacred Heart Tigers 23 to 18 at Maynard gym. Moonie Roth led Maynard with 9 points, Hennager scored 8 for Sacred Heart, as both teams traded leads in a low scoring battle before Maynard pulled away in the third.
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Tigers
Maynard Blue Devils
Maynard
Blue Devils
MM. H. S
Maynard Heh
Riyal Boys
Moonie” Roth
Cenier Azith
Hennager
Marquard
Sacred Hearts
Sullivan
Bellendier
Max Rds
Big Guns
Sacred Heart Tigers
Independence
St. John’s High Schools
Johnnies
Showgirl Bids on Manville Mansion
NEW YORK UP Statuesque Vera Bar Chicago night club brunette in dances bids on the Manville mansion as a recreation club for showgirls. The bid involves fashioning the mansion into a venue tied to her chance to be treated as a bride despite heirs. Miss Ray plans a Town interview to raise funds up to 200000 from her own pocket and supporters. Auction of Rochelle showings furnishings slated for December 7 to 10, while Manville recalls uncertain sale. Lamille is noted as recently visiting the place.
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New York
Chicago
Tommy
Manville
Ray
Civis
William Johnson
Florida
Manville Foroemiya
Rochelle
Mace Wold
Didmi
Lamille
Stores to Close for Thanksgiving in Octwein
The Octwein Chamber of Commerce announces Thanksgiving will be observed as a business holiday. Stores and offices will close next Thursday, the post office wall close and mail deliveries will be suspended. The REGISTER will not be published.
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Octwein
Chamber of Commerce
Wil
Hall Killed in Philippines During War
Telegram from the War Department informed Walter Ballot near Randall that his son Austin E. Ball, 23, was killed in action in the Philippine Islands. Austin entered service January 1, 1943 and had no furlough. He leaves his father two brothers and five sisters. This is believed to be the first casualty in the Randolia community.
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War Department
Water Ball
Randall
Austin E. Ball
Pinhypine Islands
Austin
Ave
Randolia
Northeast Iowans Among Wounded In War Dept List
The War Department released names of 29 Iowa soldiers wounded in action near the canal center of war. Included are Raymone W. Buchhot, Pie, Everett F., and Eldorado, among others from northeast Iowa regions.
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Washingtor
War Department
Towa
Acim
Tne Isi
Raymone
W. Buchhot
Pie. Everett
F. Aed
Eldorado
Pipe Puffing Girls Worry Washington
A fragmented 1820s Washington item notes concern over rising female pipe smoking spurred by cigaret shortages. A tobacconist reports shelves cleaned out as women reportedly take to pipes, predicting street smoking despite fears of addiction. The piece mocks reformers and hints at public posture shifts among ladies.
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Washington
Capital
Big Air Battle Over Budapest Intensifies Front
Soviet forces unleashed heavy air and mobile ground assault around Budapest. Malinovsky’s units pounded outskirts while Sturmoviks and fighters disrupted reinforcements. Weather improvements aided large air offensives and Soviet pilots reportedly shot down 36 German planes. Budapest government move to Sopron noted. Danube bridgehead near Bačka contested.
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Moscow
Budapest
Hungary
Emmis
Rodion X. Malinovsky
Ree
Stermovik
Istanbul
Shopron
Berlin
Danube River
Baiina
Malinskyi
Hatvan
Gronsyos
Eger
Miskolc
Budanest
Hunt Missing Air Commander Leigh-Mallory In Southeast Asia
Allied search teams comb France and the Mediterranean for Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory and his wife after their personal plane vanished en route to assume command in Southeast Asia. The couple, with Leigh-Mallory’s handpicked crew, left Britain last Tuesday and have not arrived at the expected destination.
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London
France
Mediterranean
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Southeast Asia
Leigh-Malory
Britain
Meterranean
Leigh-Mallory
Fishers
Leigh
Sentenced for Abusing Prisoners at Army Court Martial
Odus L West former Hickory County deputy sheriff was convicted by an army court martial on six of eight counts of unnecessary abuse of prisoners. He received two years hard labor, was dishonorably discharged, and ordered to forfeit all pay and allotments. Pvt Jehu H Prn ter Evarts Ky was also convicted of beating a prisoner in the jeep chase incident.
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Lincoln Army Airfield
Lincoln
Odus L. West
Forreer
Hickory Courty
Addon
West
Pvt
Jehu H Prnter
Evarts
Peimer
Area Boy Scout Council Plans Annual Meeting
The Wapsipimec Area Council Boy Scouts of America will hold a one day annual meeting with a noon luncheon and evening banquet. President Estel of Waterloo named program, auditing, attendance committees from Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Decorah, Cresco, and other towns as officers and district chairs plan ticket sales and registrations.
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Wapsipimien Area Council
Boy Scout, of America
Russell Lams Waterloo
Estel
Waterloo
Reno Reeve
J. H. Peet
B. G. Valemiune
Cedar Falls
Ras Paul
Roy Roo
Merle G. Braden
C. W. Brown
Auinating
Fred Lynes
Everett Gross
Decari
Dave Evans
Cresco
Roy Rook
Cecar Falls
G. W. Heuser
Decorah
Ed Jochumsen
Rene Reeve
Cedar Feils
Howard
Winneshiek
North
South Fayette
Chickasa Cedar Falls
zBerloo
Buchanan and I
Esc
Cleus
Farm accident fatal to youth on Iowa farm
Pavl Henry Rausch, 19, son of Air. Albert R. Rausch, died after a farm accident on their farm near Gelwein. His hand was caught in a corn picker time machine while helping his father, leading to injuries and subsequent death in St Marys Hospital. He is survived by his parents, a twin brother and two sisters Odéila Houser of Pomona California and Nera at home, and grandfather Phillip Bucher of Calmar. Funeral services at Sacred Heart Church will be Tuesday at 9:00 am, with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. Brant Funeral Home handling arrangements. Body to be moved from Rausch home this evening.
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Pavl Henry Rausch
Air
Albert R. Rausen
St Mary's Hospital
Rorhesder
Rin
Paul
Ft. Atkinson
Towa
The
Sacred Heart
Odéeila Houser
Pomona
Calif
Nera
Phillip Bucher
Calmar Town
Sacred Heart Church
Wood
Lawn
Brant Funeral
Rausch
Low
Gelwein
Jacksonville Wreck Injures Twenty
Twenty passengers were injured in a railroad wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line between Jesup and Waycross. Early reports listed as many as 30 injured, but confirmed cases reached about sixteen to twenty with several in Jesup and Waycross hospitals. The incident occurred near Jacksonville with no fatalities reported at the time.
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Halarsuaville
Serermi
Ren
Tumaermi
Champion
Atlantic Coast Line
Jesup
Naniun
Renuris
Mt Jesip
Waxcross
Denre
Allied Drive Clears Aachen Front as German Resistance Falters
Front dispatches report heavy air and artillery bombardment driving German defenses back east of Aachen. American and French forces push toward the Rhine while Patton’s and Hodges’s units advance from the Hurtgen sector toward Cologne and the Moselle region. British forces reach near the Maas river as Saar pocket operations expand into Perl area with multiple bridgeheads and advancing armor across the German border.
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Metz
United States
Rhine
Aachen
Courier B. Hedges
Rhineland
Dive Tomers
Dive Tombers
Cologne
Bwigaht D. Eisenhower
Upper Rhine
Georges. Patton
Peri Areca
Germany
Luxembourg
Iheloughbors
United Press War
Jock Frankish
1St Army
Hurtgen Forest
Henry T. Correll
Ines
Er Hurigen Forest
Hnes
Julich
Hangen
Montochard
Hstoric Belfer
Rime
Bavaria
Maaster
Roermond
Holland
Pations
Saar Basin
Perl
Reich
Iit
Third
Ami Lj
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