Nationalists Break Through to Rescue Surrounded Forces
Nationalist armies pierced the communist ring around the 12th army group near Nanking. They linked up with Gen. Huang Wei's forces after a 16 day siege, as Peiping's defenders withdraw behind city walls and negotiations hint at possible surrender. American evacuee reports note ongoing talks between nationalist and communist commanders.
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Nanking
12Th
Peiping
Central
Huang Wei
Sunsien
William M. Lindgren
Minneapolis
Minn
Shanghai
Lutheran Mission
Saint Paul
Lindgren
Fu Tso-Yi
Step-Son Named In 100000 Suit In Davenport
Mrs Bertha Stone sues her step-son Norman Stone for 100000 claiming he deprived her of her husband’s love and estate rights. She alleges Samuel Stone moved 89000 in securities to his son before leaving for Dallas and transferred business interests, naming Norman as chief beneficiary in a will and partner in Community Improvement Co. The suit follows Samuel Stone’s divorce action and Mrs Stone’s cross petition for maintenance.
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Davenport
Bertha Stone
Samuel Stone
Dallas
Tex
Y Gift Guide for Washington Y M C A Christmas Cheer
Santa will visit the Washington Y M C A during the season delivering joy to children. The gift list includes lights pictures furniture drapes or magazine subscriptions for the lobby and a neon sign for the front of the building. Also requested are glass back boards for the gym new kitchen dishes funds to re wire the building and Celotex ceiling installation on the second floor.
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Santa Claus
Washington Y.mc.a
St. Nick
Santa
Washington “Y
Hiss pleads innocent to perjury charges in U S case
Alger Hiss, ex State Department adviser to Roosevelt at Yalta, pleads innocent to two counts of perjury over denying possession of secret government documents for delivery to Russia. Judge sets January trial date. bail set at 5000 dollars as new grand jury convenes following indictment by a former communist espionage ring informant.
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Alger Hiss
State Department
Roosevelt
Yalta
Russia
Hiss
John W. Clancy
Edward McLean
Whittaker Chambers
U. S
Chambers
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Federal Court
Tickets Ready for YWCA Christmas Party
Tickets for the YWCA Christmas party on December 24 are available for eligible boys and girls. Pickup occurs this Saturday after 1 PM in the YWCA room, with executive secretary Mrs. Charles R. Wilson distributing them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Wilson
Prisoner Released After Posting Bond in Autos Theft Case
Paul Jordan who had been in the county jail since his arrest in Ottumwa December 4 on automobile theft charges was released Wednesday afternoon after posting a $1,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jordan
Ottumwa
Dismissal Filed in Warren Stewart vs Goldsmith Hesseltine
A dismissal notice was filed in the district court clerk’s office this morning in the case Warren Stewart versus Audrey Putman Goldsmith and Ralph Hesseltine. The action, originally filed January 16, 1946, arose out of an au his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Noonan
District Court
Warren Stewart
Audrey (Putman) Goldsmith
Ralph Hesseltine
Ainsworth Christmas Concert by Two Churches
The combined choirs of United Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Ainsworth present a Christmas concert on Sunday December 19 at 8 p m in the Methodist sanctuary. Soloists include Mrs Herbert Rich Kenneth McConnell and George Colthurst with Rosemary Jenkins violin Dorothy Hunt piano and the Hallelujah chorus from The Messiah. A double male quartet and mixed quartet perform, with no admission charge or collection.
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Ainsworth
United Presbyterian and Methodist Churches
Methodist Church
Larry Trotter
Ralph Bell
Washington
Columbus Junction
Bell
Washington Public
Herbert Rich
Marian Stephens
Krom Handel
Norma Clegg
Mac Wallace
Dorothy Alexander
Kenneth McConnell
Jess L. Tomlinson
Guiding Star
Wilson
Fred Peifer
Mae Wallace
Burke McCreedy
George Colthurst
Jess Li
Tomlinson
Peter Koehler
Edwin Tomlinson
Washington Schools Close for Holidays Friday
Christmas vacation in Washington schools starts Friday afternoon December 17 and runs through January 3. At two grade schools and the high school, Christmas programs featured the final week of classes, with a Friday assembly before the holiday break. The high school program includes the mixed chorus under Wendell Rider, the Christmas story read by Miss Wilson, and a Christmas play The Silence of God.
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Washington
Wendell Rider
Automobile collision report in Washington streets
Washington city officials document a car collision on city streets and note the dismissal of the defendant's counterclaim in the case. Further details on parties or outcomes are not provided in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Students to Sign Contract for Rings
A Washington high school student council committee and faculty advisors meet with representatives from four firms to select a vendor for purchasing senior class rings for three years. Members Patricia Weldin Shirley Blattner Gary Gorham Mary Ann Peiffer Mary Stevens Edna Mercer and Roy B Minnis attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Patricia Weldin
Shirley Blattner
Gary Gorham
Mary Ann Peiffer
Mary . Stevens
Edna Mercer
Roy B. Minnis
VFW Dance Planned At Hall December 17
All eligible veterans and their wives in the Washington community are urged to attend a free VFW dance and Christmas party at the W.E.L.W. hall on Friday evening December 17 at 8 30 o clock. Milo Steele arranged the orchestra and music is funded by the musician's union transcription fund. The Post No. 7SU8 held its regular meeting and adopted new by laws for approval while six new members joined. Department headquarters praised the post for its membership drive.
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Washington
W.elw
Post No. 7Su8
V.F.W. Post
Milo Steele
Musician's Union Transcription Fund
V.F.W
Department
Woodland Christmas Play at Lincoln School Auditorium
The Woodland Christmas play directed by Phyllis Willey will be staged at Lincoln school tonight at 7:30 in the school auditorium. All Lincoln students participate with speaking parts for Robert Robertson Larry Cochran Jack Salladay Jimmy Gorham Larry Woods and Marshall Thayer. First graders perform as bunnies singing Jingle Bells and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Second graders dress as birds performing Jolly Old Saint Nicholas and Up on the House Top.
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Phyllis Willey
Lincoln School
Robert Robertson
Larry Cochran
Jack Salladay
Jimmy Gorham
Larry Woods
Marshall Thayer
Santa Claus
Jury List Drawn for January District Court Term
Fifty named on petit jury and twelve grand jurors were drawn for the January term of district court. Judge Frank Bechly will open the term January 10 with grand jurors reporting January 11. Petit jurors report January 17 at 1 30 o clock.
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Frank Bechly
Washington
Stores to Remain Open in Evenings for Christmas Shopping
After surveying over half of Washington's merchants the Chamber of Commerce announced most local business houses will stay open for Christmas shoppers on the evenings of Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday December 21 22 and 23 Some establishments may also stay open on Monday evening December 20 in addition to the other three days.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
French blow up towers at Soviet Berlin radio station
French engineers destroyed two tall antenna towers in Berlin to prevent hazards to airlift supplies to the Western sector. The blast halted the Russian controlled station as French authorities cited a Russian blockade and safety concerns for allied flights to Tegel airfield.
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Berlin
Radio
Aileneine
Russia
Germany
Jean Ganegal
Irened
Tegel Air Field
Tegel
Deutschland
Veterans to Initiate Members at Fairfield Meeting
Two carloads of members from Post 280 in Washington will travel to Fairfield tonight with initiation paraphernalia to help induct a large group of veterans into the VLFF organization. Attendees and embasements are expected from across the first district.
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V. Fef
Washington
Fairfield
VLFFW
First District
Local residents listed for Grand Jury and towns
Joe Rich Crawford township Ernest Sallaby fourth ward Warren Schaefer Richmond Richard Schnoebelen Lowa Cecil Snider third ward Daryl Statler West Chester Ethel Steele third ward Caroll Strickler Kalona Mrs Mac Wallace Highland Robert Whiting Crawford Julia Wilson third ward John Winga third ward Pauline Wirtz Wellman John R Yeegy Iowa township August Zieglowsky Oregon Edith Zook third ward Grand Jury Claude Armbruster Iowa township H F Carris Nira Elwyn Corey Franklin Center Dale Denison fourth ward Otto F Frey Marion township Fred Pitlick Kalona Charles C Robison Brighton Walter Smith Jackson town Co Spessard Oregon town Matt Wehr Dutch Creek town Sam Witting Washington Myral Smith Crawford
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Joe Rich
Crawford Township
Ernest Sallaby
Warren Schaefer
Richmond
Richard Schnoebelen
Lowa
Cecil Snider
Daryl Statler
West Chester
Ethel Steele
Caroll Strickler
Kalona
Mac Wallace
Highland Township
Robert Whiting
Julia Wilson
John Winga
Pauline Wirtz
Wellman
John R. Yeegy
Iowa Township
August Zieglowsky
Oregon Township
Edith Zook
Claude Armbruster
Iowa
H. F. Carris
Nira
Elwyn Corey
Franklin Center
Dale Denison
Otto F. Frey
Marion
Fred Pitlick
Charles C. Robison
Brighton
Walter Smith
Jackson Township
M. Spessard
Matt Wehr
Dutch Creek
Hoover Commission Urges Expanded Powers for Defense Secretary
A Hoover Commission task force urges that the defense secretary become the top military authority, with power to set policies, control budgets, and direct defense matters. The proposal calls for an undersecretary role to relieve routine duties and abolish service-specific assistants, creating a principal military assistant to handle strict military matters.
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Hoover Commission
National Military ‘Establishment
Commission
Congress
Defense Secretary
Army
Navy
Air Force
Ense
Divorce Petition Filed by VanAuken in Illini Court
Le nore J. VanAuken sues Glen L. VanAuken in a Moline Illinois court seeking divorce. They married March 29, 1935 and are parents of three minor children. The petition requests temporary measures.
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Court House
Lenore J. VanAuken
Glen L. VanAuken
Moline
Ill
Death of Crawfordsville native Charles Thompson
Mrs. Hennie Miller learns of the death of her brother in law Charles Thompson of Mapleton Minnesota. He died Wednesday and funeral services will be held there Friday with burial in Mapleton. Thompson formerly lived in Crawfordsville and has relatives in Washington Ode Fergeson is an uncle and Mrs. Will Bailey an aunt.
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Hennie Miller
Charles Thompson
Mapleton, Minn
Mapleton
Mr. Thompson
Crawfordsville
Washington
Ode Fergeson
Will Bailey
Graveside Rites Planned for W. H. Hopkins
Graveside rites for William H. Hopkins 4 formerly of the community will be held in Columbus City cemetery Sunday afternoon December 19. The body was cremated and a son Earl traveled to California to bring ashes back. Frank B. Hopkins is a brother. Mrs Rob Davis has returned from Mercy hospital Iowa City after a month as patient. The Fisher Motor has remodeled and opened a body shop across the alley from its office on North Front Street.
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Columbus Junction
William H. Hopkins
Community
Gaullt
Calif
Columbus City
Earl
California
Frank B. Hopkins
Rob Davis
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
The
Fisher Motor
Fisher Motor Ofice
North Front Street
Des Moines Weather And Custody Inquiry Note
Weather report for Des Moines notes fair and colder tonight with highs 24-28 north 28-35 south and lows 4-15. Tomorrow generally fair with highs 18-25 north 8-35 south. Separate item lists Wednesday high 44 low 34. Mention of support money custody of the children and judgement for their care and support.
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Des Moines
Dee
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Don Beranex
Ida C. Berdo
Mabel Birka
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Herbert Campbell
Lena Chorpening
Harvey Davis
Elizabeth Dawson
William K. Day
Evelyn Dea
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Clyde Fishburn
R. A Frink
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Naomi Hurdle
Estella Kaster
Ethel Kern
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Wellvan
Frank Longwell
Samuel Marsh
Oral Mayo
Ralph Minick
John Morrett
Della McBride
Raymond McChesney
Nic McCleery
George MecClintic
Clay
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Bethlehem
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Washington Township
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Crawford
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Foreign Relations Committee
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