Yanks Press In Belgium As Panzers Suffer Hard Losses
In the Stavelot sector Belgium December 25 American GIs fighting amid desperate, costly combat report German armor crushed and air power unleashed. Maj. Sonesifer and Sgt. Tate describe heroic actions by Doughboys including Weidener and Kellar as troops breach a chateau position and bomb a fortified German town with a self propelled cannon while prisoners recount brutal fighting and ambushes.
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Wes Gallagher
Stavelot
Belgium
Deleyen
Sonesifer
Harrisburg
Willam Weidener
Loganport
Ind
Kye
Weidener
Weldner
William Kellar
Chicago
Robin Hood Thefts End Fatal Luggage Firm Owner
Oscar H. Gropper, 57, owner of a luggage shop in New York, died by suicide from a ninth floor hotel window. The case involves Madeline Dunnigan, 22, a bookkeeper described as the Female Robin Hood, who admitted pilfering about 40,000 dollars from the firm and distributing funds as pay raises to coworkers. Police report notes and an assistant district attorney describe the thefts and altered salaries, while a friend reportedly received an increased weekly wage.
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New York
Dev
Oscar H. Gropper
Gropper
Madeline Dunnigan
Woman Injured In Tavern Brawl At Shodys Place
Lilly Cain of 424 West Jolson Street required 10 stitches to scalp after an affray at Shodys Place 1103 Nogathtos Street. A 26 year old man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault on a female as fragments of a chair used in the attack were kept as evidence.
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Altendwits
Rogert B. Grech Hospital
Lilly Cain
West Jolson Street
Secrecy of Talks Criticized by Clare Luce Forum
Rome edition of Stars and Stripes denounces off the record forum with Representative Clare Booth Luce held December 22 at the Red Cross club. It says the discussion was political and provocative, not tied to military security, and regrets that service personnel who were absent cannot hear the discourse. Luce, in Italy with a military affairs tour, planned to return to Rome after Christmas with a jeep trip to near German lines.
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Rome
Ens
Starajana Stripez
Clare Bootha Lucé
Connecticut Republican
Red Rosa
Red Cross Club
Luce
Jeferson
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Stars and Stripes
Italy
Houre
Catamittte
Ed Johnson to Denver
Capt Edward C Johnson Jr of San Antonio has been transferred to Fort Logan Convalescent Hospital in Denver Colorado. He is recovering from injuries sustained in an airplane crash.
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ED Johnson
Denver
Edward C. Johnson Jr
San Antonio
Fort Logan Con Valescent Hospital
Calo
Captain Johnson
Penetro era fast relief for chest colds gains fame
Millions switch to mutton suet based Penetro to ease chest pains coughing and irritation. The advertisement touts Grandma’s remedy plus improved multi medicated formula in a base with mutton suet. It promises soothing aromatic inhalation and quicker comfort, urged by druggists.
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Rellevar Childean
America
Grandma
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