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Thirty-First Year—No. 9637. Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., Friday, November 24. 1944. Single Copy Five Cents FLEET OF SUPERFORTS BUSTS TOKYO IN FIRST OF SERIES OF RAIDS TO SMASH HOME ISLANDS Small Allied Rhine Crossing Dale Damitz PHONE WORKERS Deer Hunting Season to SLIGHT DEFENSE Is Killed on Reported East of Strasbourg; BACK ON JOBS Begin Early Saturday; IS THROWN UP Leyte Island IN OHIO DISPUTE Good Kill In Prospect BY NIPPONESE Sgt. Dale F. Damitz, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaorge Damitz, 1150 Washington — (.V) — The nation Long week* of impatient waiting •Battle Rages Before Colgone breathed rc-lievedly into its tele- BULLETIN Eighth street south, was recently on the part of Wisconsin's hunters killed in action on Leyte island in phones today, spared of a threaten- RAPIDS HOST comes to an end Saturday morning Washington—(;P)—Fires London —(.-P)— Allied ad- the central Philippine?, according to ed widespread strike that could have with, the opening of the 1044 deer were burning in the center vance units were reported to- 'FBI Agent' Doesn't Get Far a war department telegram receiv- tied up its communications in war- season. With a wary eye on weather of Tokyo hours after the at- day to have crossed the flood- ed by the parents this morning. time. TO CRANBERRY reports, and hopeful of a snowfall tack by B-29V today, the ed Rhine east of Strasbourg, Telephone operators who had quit (Isat will last Ion e'er than the one 20th air force reported. which French and American With Rapids Chief of Police The last letter received by the their jobs in 29 Ohio cities, Wash- that fell in various parts of the state parents from their son was dated ington and Detroit went back to Thanksgiving morning, some 100.000 troops had captured save for a James C. McGinley, Rochester, search failed to reveal the "miss- GROUPS DEC, 5 Twenty-First Bomber Com-> October 6 and stated that the Rap- their switchboards. Similar walkouts deer hunters are awaiting the season small but powerfully defended X. Y., allegedly impersonating an ing" credentials. The man calling -ids soldier had landed in the Nether- which had shown every sign of de- mand, Saipan — (-V)— A! opening Saturday. mighty armada of B-29 Super- bridgehead at the western end FBI officer, Thursday afternoon himself Barney then stated that he [lands East Indies. From here, Ser- veloping in New York and elsewhere Annual meetings of the Wiscon- of the main bridge. chose the wrong man when he went "Wood county should have a good, was not an FBI agent but an at- j geant Damitz moved with American promptly faded. sin Cranberry Sales company and bii* kill," commented Conservation fortresses blasted Tokyo today] Field Marshal Gen. Gerd von to see Chief of Police R. J. Exner torney working on the Wing case. invasion forces to the Philippines. The suddenness with which the with hundreds of tons 05 Exner told him that there was a the Wisconsin State Cranberry Warden Vincc Skilling todaj. "The Kundstedt committed 10 or 12 divi- in an apparent attempt to gain in- He was a member of the military strike ended last night compared Growers association will be held at bombs, opening what Gen. H« sions to the great battle of attrition formation about Earl Wing, who heavy penalty for impersonating an prospects in this county are good." police. with the speed with which it had the Wood County Realty hall in Wis- H. Arnold said was "an attack! on the soggy Cologne plain to the •was captured in this city last July FBI agent and, after further ques- grown. Greatest Thrill of All tioning, McGinley admitted that Entering the armed forces on consin Rapids Tuesday, Dec. 5. which will be carried on re- north and behind flame throwers I'and faces prosecution for a bank June 11), 1942, the Rapids soldier It will be up to the war labor "It's the greatest thrill of all," lentlessly from the air untij and a drumfire artillery barrage j robbery at New London, Wis. Barney was not his real name and board now to adjust differences be- Members of the sales company stated John 1'lenke jr., president of drove the British Second army from McGinley came into the police that he had come here from Mil- spent but a week at Fort Sheridan the day of land-sea invasion" and then was shipped overseas, ar- tween the ex-strikers, their employ- will meet at &:30 in the morning to the Wood County Conservation the villages on Beeck and Hoven, station and asked to see the police waukee to pump information from ers and their expressed targets—op- elect officers and directors and take league. "Saturday morning \\ill find of Japan's home islands. three miles northeast of Geilen- chief. When introduced, he gave witnesses in the Wing case. riving in Australia around the first of August. He was in Australia a erators brought in from outside and up other matters, chief among which sportsmen. from boys onl> An undisclosed number o£ k ire hen, his name as Robert Martin Barney, Held in County Jail given living expense bonuses not re- will be a report by F. F. Mengei of 14 years of a^e, women and men up Superforts roared from newly-, FBI agent from Washington, Chief McGinley, 67 years old, dapper, , then moved up to New Inch Close to Venlo taking part in that long ceived by residents. Wisconsin Rapids on a proposed co- to 80 years old, out at their favorite completed alrbases here at' Exner said. He asked the chief for and well-dressed,had just finished Up until late yesterday leaders of operative plan to insure growers stand waiting for that buck to come dawn for the 5,000 mile flightf The U. S. Ninth army, fighting information concerning Wing. Ex- serving a 10-day sentence in the campaign. He returned to Australia for Julich on the brown and turbu- for a brief rest period in 1943, then the union, the National Telephone against haii damage to their crops. walking up. Many a breath will which.marked the initial at- ner, in turn, asked for the man's House of Correction in Milwaukee Workers Federation (independent), stop, the heart will beat faster, the lent Koer river 25 miles from Co- FBI credentials and, after McGin- where he met Wing, who is being went back into action on New Meeting at 2 o'clock in the after- tack on Japan's capital by logne, knocked out its' 110th Ger- Guinea, where he remained until had rebuffed the WLB. Then, in the blood will rush up as one hoars the land-based planes and its first' ley fumbled through his pockets, held in that institution pending dis- face of prospects for government op- noon, the growers association will pounding of hoofs on the frozen man tank in a seven-day battle on he told Exner that they must have posal of his case by the federal transferring to the Netherlands East hear H. F. Bain, Wisconsin Rapids bombing since A-pril 18. 1942. the right flank of the British Sec- Indies this fall. eration of the telephone companies, giound, with the hope that it will be Brig. Gen. Emmet t "Rosie1* been left in a Dixon hotel room. court, Exner reported. they called the whole thing off. cranberry specialist, in a discussion that big old buck with 12 points," ond army front. In Holland, the Chief Is Suspicious Meanwhile, Exner ordered McGin- Sergeant Damitz was born in of his work done the past summer ^O'DotmeH of Jamaica, N. Y., 38- British inched to within a mile and Wisconsin Rapids, April 19, 1920. He Backing the WLB also were such Pienke opined. {year-oid former West Point football "At this point I got suspicious," ley held in the county jail and con- with insecticides and fungicides and "That is one of the things that a half of Venlo, the Dutch road tacted the FBI. attended the Lowell and East Side weapons as power to take away (-•oath, led the historic daylight as- Exner stated, for, well-versed in union security privileges, as one general observations on state cran- makes deer hunting interesting— the center on the great bend of the the methods and actions of FBI The chief of police stated that an Lutheran grade schools and Lincoln sault, believed to be the largest at- Maas (lleuse) river. board source noted in citing a west berry growers' problems. The grow- anticipation/' he remarked. agents, he knew that their creden- FBI agent, probably from Eau high school, graduating from the ers also will choose officers and will tack yet made on Japan's homeland. The U. S. First army edged back latter in 1939, Prior to entering the coast dispute where a union lost its Then the conservation head warn- tials are always available. Exner Claire, would arrive in the city cap their sessions with a traditional ed that "in our excitement, let us Operate from.Saipan into the Inde river village of Weis- only recently returned from an FBI some time today to look into the armed forces, he was employed by closed shop provision for disregard- •weiler, 2G',= miles from Cologne, ing WLB orders. banquet and dance at the Witter not forget to he careful; remember The aenal task force was from training course at Washington, D. case. Impersonation of a federal of- the Wisconsin Rapids Water Works hotel in the evening. fighting house by house. German and Lighting commission. Union leaders said ^they anticipat- to shoot only at deer with horns and the recently-established 21st bomb- C. He accompanied McGinley to ficer carries either a fine of |1,000 also to be sure that the deer is close er command of the 20th air force, trucks and horse vehicles were ob- the hotel room where a further or a prison sentence of three years. He was the only child of Mr. and ed fair treatment in a peaceable served puiling out of town to the Mrs. George Damitz. settlement; they showed no signs of enough to see the forks of a legal operating now from the ilarianas, northeast behind a strong rear feeling- they had lost in the contest Over 200 Attend buck. If we do this we won't have under the command of Brig. Gen. screen. Heavy artillery to date." Neither did they say there accidents, we won't be shooting does Hayward E. "Possum"' Hansell jr., the Nazi columns. The Qifts Sought for Soldiers $10,000 in Bonds had been any promises exchanged. Union Services at or illegal bucks that may be legal of San Antonio, Tex. is a tributary of the Roer. A break in the situation, which bucks a year hence. We want io be The first use of these bases sure thtt in years to come there will south and east of Tokyo creates a Rhine Crossing Reported Already Sold For began a week ago when operators Methodist Church Who Will be Aboard Ships left their jobs at Dayton, 0., came be plenty of deer for tliat young boy two-way aerial squeeze against Berlin asserted earlier in the day Theater Premiere at home and for that young man Japan's vital industries, with other that allies attempted futilely to shortly after WLB referred the en- While $10,000 worth of war tire problem to Stabilisation Direc- An appropriate Thanksgiving who is fighting on foreign soil now B-29's from China, to the west- seize one of the three Rhine Residents of Wisconsin Rapids bonds already have been sold message by the Rev. G. P. Ronicke. in order to make it possible for us ward. bridges outside Strasbourg, Alsa- and south Wood county will have an tor Fred M. Vinson, a usual step be- in connection with the pre- fore government seizure of strike- pastor of St. John's Evangelical to be able to go hunting game, such First official announcements of tian c'ty of 193,000 connected by a opportunity to help provide a "Mer- LIST LEND-LEASE today's raid merely said a "sizeable miere of "I Love a Soldier" at bound facilities. and Reformed church, special hymns as the deer." tv. o-mile canal to the Rhine. The ry Christmas" for American ser- the Wisconsin theater Wednes- for the day and a selection by the task force" of Superforts "attacked reported crossing of the swift and vicemen who will be spending Robert G. Pollock and Mrs. Mary Hunting Very Good day evening, Fred Sawaske, Methodist church choir, "Prayer of "From my observations," Pienke industrial targets in Tokyo." An- wide upper Rhine did not necessar- Christmas on the high seas en route RETURNS TO U, S, E. Gannon, presidents respectively other communique was promised manager, said today that there of the Ohio and Washington affil- Thanksgiving," by Kremser, were said today, "1 would say that our ily constitute the spearhead of a to combat areas. still are plenty of tickets avail- featured at the Union service of six when further details were available. major drive across the border iates of the union, called for, and hunting territory south and west of Mrs. Stanton W, Mead, chairman London —(JP)— Separate British able for the event which it is got, immediate termination of the Protestant churches at the First Wisconsin Rapids should be very Japs Say 4 Shot Down stream. of the camp and hospital service and American official paper*—bare anticipated will raise more Well over 40,000 Germans have strike. Methodist church Thursday mor-good this year. The marshes are (Tokyo, acknowledging the as* committee of the South Wood coun- of any estimate of the United than $30,000 in, bonds. ning. See~I>EER HUNTING—Pag e 7 sault four hours after its announce- been captured by the six allied ar- ty American Red Cross chapter, an- States' mutual aid outlay—tallied An admission ticket is given mies on the offensive in the current A congregation of 223 persons ment in the United States, said 70 nounced today that gift packages the cost of the British empire's with each bond purchased or Superforts hit the southern and campaign. This swelled the total will be made up from items donated reverse lend-lease contribtuions to- presented at the Wisconsin from the First Moravian, Trinity since D-day to around 700,000 men, Mrs. Barrette, Moravian, First Methodist, St. Purple Heart Sent northern outskirts of the capital by those who wish to make Christ- cay at §3,348.127,000 up to June 30. theatre war bond booth, one of See—WAU IN PACIFIC—Page 7 or almost 50 full strength divisions. mas less dreary for men on ship- the four issuing agencies in John's Evangelical and Reformed, Counting killed and wounded, total In Washington, President Roose- To Mrs. Grosbier board at a season when it is hardest Wisconsin Rapids. Sawaske First Congregational and First Bap- German casualties for the new win- velt told congress that lend-lease Early Rapids tist churches were present foe the to he headed away from home. ar.d reserve 3 end -lease should end pointed out, however, that Mrs. Henry Grosbier, 731 Tenth ter offensive were estimated at su- sen-ices. preme headquarters at 1CO,000. South Wood county is expected to with the close of the European and there are only five days left to avenue north, is the recipient of a secure the free tickets and ad- The famous French Second ar- supply 150 packages of the 5,000 Pacific wars. Resident Dies The free will o/Tcriitg which was purple heart w\t to her by a bro- YANKS CAPTURE mored division commanded by Maj, quota established for the northern In a breakdown which covered vised early purchase to assure taken will go to the American Bible ther, Cpl. AiiUm Dillinger, who was Gen. Jacques Le Clerq crashed into half of Wisconsin. items ranging from 186,832 bobby a seat for the advance show- A resident of Wisconsin Rapids for Society to fuiniHi portions of scrip- wounded in action in Germany on ing of the new Paramount pic- See—WESTERN FRONT—Page 7 Articles will be accepted from 3 p
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