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In 1925, he moved to Chicago where he became safety engineer for the city of Chicago, and in 1929 returned to this city to accept a position in the engineering department of the Power & Light Co. He became supervisor of the budget division in- 1941 retiring several months ago due to illness, Services will be held at 10:30 a m. Friday at the Moore mortuaries Irvington chapel. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Knodle was a member of the Friends church and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ann Knodle, and an aunt, Edith Knodle, Indianapolis.
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YULETIDE MUSIC : Local Briefs
in Block's Auditorium, Sixth Floor. It will be open during store hours from Wednesday, Dec. 19, through Monday, Dec. 24, for your convenience.’
Englewood Christian church, 57 N. Rural st, will hold its annual Christmas’ party Thursday. The events planned are a noon lunch-|' eon, honoring December birthdays, and a special Christmas program at 2 p. m., followed by a gift exchange.
Howe high scheel announces the return from the armed forces of Russell Curtis, social studies teacher; George Parkas, athletic direcer; George Farkas, athletic direcWimmer of the biology department. They will resume their duties immediately, -
The American Welding society will hold a dinner-meeting at 6:30 p. m. Dec. 28 in the Lincoln hotel. Dr. Arthur E. Focke, research met-
BLOCK'S CHRISTMAS MUSIC PROGRAM
Madrigal Singers from Warren Central High School, directed by Miss Kathleen Hergt.
Thursday, the 20th at 2:30 :
Jordan-Butler Choir, directed by Joseph Lautner. "
Friday, the 21st at 12:15
Burroughs Concert Choir, directed by Jane — Johnson Burroughs. The Institute of Radie Engineers’
will hold a dinner at 6:30 p. m.
‘ A Dec. 28 at Catherine’s, 1345 N. Me-. Friday at 3:30 * ridian st. A meeting at 8 p. m. in The Washington Snow Carolers, directed by the World War memorial will folEdward L. Emery, low. John R. Boykin, Baltimore, “ apd | Md. will speak. Saturday, the 22nd
ROTARY PIONEER DIES
CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (DU. P.).—8ilvester Schiele, 75, first president of the first Rotary club, organized in Chicago In 1005, died of a heart attack yesterday. He was treasurer of the International Rotary at the time of his death.
and Monday, the 24th af 12:15 “7 The Burroughs Concert Choir,
NOTE: All of these programs may be heard throughout the store.
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commanded by Maj. Gen. Hol- Gen. Marshall land M. Smith. By Feb. 8 all resistance had ceased. Gen. Richardson wrote me after a flight in the Marshalls: “As a result of the air, naval and
at Kwajalein was one of great devastation. © The destruction was complete,
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the effective range of army fighters, air support was provided by naval
“| carriers. At Hollandia were located
three excellent Jap airfields and Humboldt bay was suitable as an
The airfields were found to reach overland, so Gen. MacArthur occupied Aifape and based fighters on the airstrip there. . ; Three main landings were made by troops of the 24th, 32d, and 41st divisions of Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger's I corps, one just east of Aitape, one in Humboldt bay, and one in Tanahmerah bay. " nw . THE. Jap was taken by surprise; fewer than 5000 of his troops were in the entire Hollandia area. By April 30 airfields there were in our hands. Gen, Krueger's 6th army headquarters moved into Hollandia July 6, 1944 Gen. MacArthur brought .his headquarters up from Brisbane on Sept. 8, 1944.
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On this: same date-Gen. Eichelberger was ‘assigned to command the newly activated 8th army with i also at Hollandia. The Hollandia-Aitape operation
troops to the eastward. The advance westward was continued in mid-May when elements of the 41st
| division made am unopposed landing. near Arara.
» » » A FEW days later a regiment of the same division captured the off-
shore island of Wakde with its airstrip and extended the beachhead
on the mainland to include Maffin|
bay. : Later in the month our 41st division landed 330 miles farther west on Biak island, strategically located off Geelvink bay. The 8000 well-equipped Japanese troops on the island put up fierce resistance, and it was June 22 before Bilak's
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In another : time supported by paratroops, a regimental combat team occupied Noomfoor island in early July, - » Hn r
0 this point gave much needed breadth and depth to the air deploy~ ment. I permitted further penetration and dislocation of enemy sup-| ply lines in the Southwest Pacific. By this time Japanese air had almost disappeared from the New Guina area except for an occasional ‘raid on landing craft or over established beachheads.
by elements of our 6th division secured air and naval bases still further west, on the Vogelkop peniinsula. Although 18,000 Japanese garrisoned the Vogelkop peninsula, Gen. MacArthur again caught the enemy off balance and . resistance was slight.
t A landing at Sansapor on July 30
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vell McCurdey. Donna Ann Kinzel is narrator and Betty Ruth Damrich, accom
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lagoon side it gave the sppearance of no-man's land in world war I, and was even greater, I think, than that of Betio on Tarawa. “With the exception of the rubble left by concrete structures, there were no buildings standing. All of those which had been made of any other material than concrete had been completely burned or destroyed. “The result was that there were practically no stores left except a few packages of rice and a little clothing and ammunition scattered here and there.” :
f J . . MAJURO, with its excellent naval anchorage, was also occupied. Then after heavy attacks by carrier planes, a combat team of the 27th division and a marine combat teamn landed on Eniwetok atoll on Feb. 19 and completed its capture on Feb. 22. Control of the Marshalls enabled the interdiction by air of the enemy naval base at Truk until the ad-
This is the 30th of 42 install.
Gen. Marshall's report on the winning of world war II.
vance into the Carolines could deflnitely isolate it. Truk also came under attack by 13th air force B24's based in the Admiralties,
» . . CONCURRENT with these moves were operations in the southwest against the western, end of New Britain, to establish control of Vitiaz and Dampier Straits. On Dec. 15, 1943, a. reinforced cavalry regiment landed on three beaches in the Arawes area.” The airdrome on Cape Gloucester was a desirable link in the chain of bases. These were necessary to per mit the air forces to pave the way for further advances. During a period of weeks the area was subJected to intensive aerial bombardment and on Dec. 26 the 1st marine division landed and 4 days later captured the airdrome, ’ » ¥ » BY mid-March joint operations of the marines and the army's Arawe force had secured western New Britain. While this fighting was in progress Gen. :- MacArthur's advance westward continued. On Jan. 2, 1944 a regiment combat team of the 32d
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division made a jump of 110 miles} to land near Saidor, on the north | coast of New Guinea. | By Jan. 7 an airstrip was in use. | The Admiralty islands, lying west of the Bismarck archipelago, were strategically important because of their airfields nd harbor, » » AN operation was originally scheduled for April 1944. but on Feb. 20 Gen. MacArthur accompanied advance elements of the 1st cavalry division, transported on Vice Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid's 7th fleet destroyers and = high-speed transports to reconnoiter Los Negros islands.
He was prepared to follow in force if the situation warranted. Little opposition was found, and the remainder of the division was
- Momote airdrome was captured, and the beachhead secured after a series of fanatical counterattacks. During the remainder of March
{and the early part of April, the|
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