Local Thanksgiving News and Reassignments Noted
Pfc and Mrs Merie Simpson depart for Hot Springs Arkansas for a few weeks before reassignment. Mr and Mrs Harlan O Loughlin and sons Dennis and Dion host Thanksgiving guests. A duck dinner was served at noon. Warren Bostwick and Katherine arrive from Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with B F Bostwick Sr. Grace Hill Bake Sale set for Saturday at 9:00 near National Tea. T/Sgt and Mrs Fred Speed return to Warrensburg Missouri after a 15 day furlough. Earl Monson of Crawfordsville and Barbara Arnold visit with Lizzie Kauffman of Wayland. Val Fuhr and family travel to Chicago for Thanksgiving. Claire Gray travels to Ackley to spend the holiday with husband managing a hotel.
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Harlan O’loughlin
Dennis
Dion
H. M. Dodder
Bob
Destroy Enemy Ships Off Coast of Philippines
Berlin radio quoted Tokyo that U S naval units shelled Matau in the Kuriles for 26 minutes as Japanese defenses held. Tokyo said American heavy bombers damaged two Japanese transports in Brunei bay and that Allied bull fighters in the southwest Pacific were using rockets against targets.
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Matau
London
Berlin
Tokyo
U. S
Kuriles
Transocean News Agency
Khokkiavo
Ise Bay
Honshu
Japan
Nagoya
Douglas MacArthur
Brunei Bay
Borneo
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Allied Forces Close on Colmar Front as German Escape Routes Narrow
In a continued push, Gen Jean De Lattre De Tassigny’s units press toward Colmar while the 7th and 3rd armies tighten flanks near Saarbrücken, trapping retreating German forces. Patton’s Third Army advances 2.5 miles toward St Jean Rohrbach, 15 miles from Saarbrücken.
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Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Colmar
Saarboure
Patton
St. Jean Rohrbach
Saar
Wapello Team to Play Y M C A Court Debut This Winter
Wapello forms a basketball squad to wear YMCA colors with first game scheduled next Monday at eight at the Y gym. Opponent expected from Wapello with Ainsworth possible next week. Manager Hal Lenger and Ray Whitehead lead a team including Rod Marshall Frank Nelson Tom Cantoni Gene McCormick Clyde Bowden and others. Francis Mangold, home on furlough, to play Monday. Whitehead hopes to enroll Major Elmer Keith for the contest. Team practices at the Y this week and will hold regular sessions.
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Washington Y. M. C. A
Wapelle
Ainsworth
Hal Lenger
Ray Whitehead
Rod Marshall
Frank Nelson
Tom Cantoni
Gene McCormick
Clyde Bowden
Francis Mangold
Army
Whitehead
Elmer Keith
Brandenberg thrust pushes toward Kesslingen in German advance
Allied forces broke into German lines as Eschweiler fell and the American 1st and 9th armies plus British 2nd pressed west of Cologne. German hold on the Rover river line collapsed under the Roer battle as Lt Gen Simpson’s forces struck Bornheim near Julich. Weather turned foul with rain and cold chilling troops in the foxholes.
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Hweiler
Willlam H. Simpson
Roer
Bornheim
Julich
Army
Axochen
Hospital discharge for Mrs Hesseltine and son Philip
Mrs. Richard Hesseltine and her son Philip Leslie were discharged this morning to their home on route two in Brighton from the hospital.
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Richard Hesseltine
Philip Leslie
Brighton
Branched Palm: Doom Palm of Central Africa
The doom palm, a unique branched tree in central Africa, yields more than 200 large, orange sized nuts.
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Central
Africa
Open Basketball Season Faces Light Roster In Iowa City Return
Coach John Harp begins preparations for the high school basketball season with only three lettermen back and several second-team players unavailable. A large freshman and sophomore group forms a separate squad, while candidates like Jack Pauls and Dick Vacha vie for starting roles. The schedule opens December 1 at home against Iowa City, with a string of games to follow against Little Six rivals and nearby teams.
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John Harp
Iowa City
Nagy
Eugene McCormick
Harp
Gus Alsip
Bostwick
Box
Maxwell
Lyle Box
Paul Maxwell
Bob Lostwick
Jack Pauls
Charles Minick
Wayne Marshall
Iowa City High School
Dick Vacha
Jim Holbert
Wayne Pratt
Sam Batterson
Warren Stewart
Herman Doran
Joe Sweet
Boyd Workhoven
Bob Noonan
Billy Kelsey
Fred Pehler
Bob Dodder
Dick Paul
Leland Schmitt
Duane Redlinger
Grant Walker
Dale Eyestone
Dick Young
Don Wilson
Schelule
Burlington
Museatine
Ottumwa
Ft. Madison
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Keokuk
Pleasant
Fitch Gives Drake 100000 for New Pharmacy Building
F W Fitch Co announced a gift of 100000 pounds for Drake University College of Pharmacy. The building will rise on the campus west of Twenty eighth Street once materials and labor are available and wartime restrictions permit.
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Des Moines
College of Pharmacy
Drake University
F. W Fitch Co
F. W. Fitch
Twenty Eighth Street
Fitch
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