Fifth Army Attacks In Italy Reach Scapoli Village
Berlin radio reports the American Fifth Army has begun large scale attacks in Italy with three destroyers supporting. Units reportedly breached German defenses at Scapoli, 14 miles northwest of Colli Al Volturno, a position cited as the last in that zone. the push aims toward the Via Casilina toward Rome.
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London
Fifth Army
Italy
Berlin
Scapoli
Colli al Volturno
Isernia
Cassino
Via Casilina
Rome
Big Developments From Recent World War Conferences
Cairo reports say Britain and the United States agreed on details for a new invasion of Europe and perhaps a Balkans strike. The five day Roosevelt Churchill Chiang Kai-Shek conference pledged unrelenting war to thrash Japan and Strip its empire. Eisenhower presided as planning groups met amid hints of Balkan campaigns and broader strategic deliberations.
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Cairo
Britain
United States
Europe
Balkans
China
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chiang Kai-Shek
Reuters
Lisbon
Iran
Joseph Stalin
Berlin
Teheran
Pery
Oriental
Dais
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Bricene Mode
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S
China-Burma-India
Bracken Faces Questions On World Conference Leakage
British information minister Brendon Bracken told the Commons that there should be absolute security conferences in the future and criticized press leak arrangements. He said BBC reports based on Reuters dispatches preceded official announcements and defended the British stance while noting allied coordination and frustration over scooped news.
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London
Brendon Bracken
Commons
Bracken
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Europe
Reuters
Lisbon
Roosevelt
Churchill
Iran
Marshal Stalin
Cairo
U.S
Elmer Davis
OWI
Washington
United States
Reuter
Representa’ Commons
Britain
Ferocious German Tank Drive Stalled By Red Army Front
Russian forces clash with eight German panzer divisions in western Ukraine as heavy fighting spreads from Znamenka to Cherkasy and Kremenchug. Col. Akimov notes divisions include SS Adolf Hitler and 16th Tank. Germans press west of Kiev as Soviet reserves funnel across Dnieper bridges.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Dnieper Bend
Znamenka
Berlin
Kremenchug
Cherkasy
Krichev
Smolensk
Nikolai Akimov
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Italy
Greece
Norway
Akimov
Kiev
Leningrad-Odessa
Dnieper
London
Supreme Drive For Crushing Germany Big Allied Topic
A supreme Allied drive to Germany before winter end looms as a likely topic for Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin at a top three way wartime conference. West front plans hinge on Russian spring constraints, with Tehran or Cairo among possible meeting sites and second front debated amid Mediterranean options.
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Washington
Germany
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Teheran
Iran
Persia
Cairo
Middle East
Associated Press
Serence
J. Churchill
Kai-Shek
China
Mediterranean
France
Balkans
Europe
England
Sarah Zane Fire Co Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co will be held Friday evening December 3 at 8 pm. All members are urged to attend and participate in the vacuu drafting. Loryn M Crabill Captain.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Bingo at Sarah Zane Fire Hall
A bingo event at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall on Thursday December 2 at 8 30 p m with a $100 door prize and additional prizes. The notice lists door prize and extra rewards for attendees.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Rouss Bingo Special Notice Starts 8 Tonight
Rouss Fire Co announces Friday bingo begins at 8 PM instead of 8:30 PM with $259 in prizes. Event runs every Friday night at the fire company.
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ROUSS
Rouss Fire Co
Elks Memorial Services In Winchester This Sunday
Winchester Lodge No. 867 Benevolent Protective Order of Elks holds its annual memorial service at 3 PM Sunday December 5 at the Elks Home. About 70 members are deceased this year including four named brothers. Members assemble at 2 30 at the lodge home.
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Winchester Lodge No. 867
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Elks
Andrew Bell
Lee Lamp
R. R. Strosnider
Lloyd Carper
8. P. House
Dirksen Seeks GOP Presidential Nomination
Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois announces his bid for the Republican presidential nomination with a petition signed by 366 members of Congress. He pledges no loyalty to others and cites plans for postwar policy and a united party. The Illinois primary question remains unsettled as others contemplate entering.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
R-N
Congress
Illinois
United Party
Dirksen
Pekin
Ill
Republican Nationalist Revival Committee
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
McCormick
Wendell Wilkie
John W. Bricker
Ohio
War Casualties Over 126 000
Secretary of War Stimson reported American Army casualties from the war’s start to November 15 total 94 918, part of a combined 126 969 across Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard totals include 32 051 with 13 160 killed 5 740 wounded 8 926 missing and 4 225 prisoners of war. Clark’s 5th Army losses amount to 11 572 with 1 811 killed 7 091 wounded and 2 670 missing.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Gilbert Islands
Clark
Mark W. Clark
5Th Army
Friendship Fire Company Meeting Postponed to Dec 9
The Friendship Fire Company announces its monthly meeting is postponed from Thursday Dec 2 to Thursday Dec 9 due to hall rental for a revival this week. Marion Anderson is Captain.
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The
Friendship Fire Company
Marion Anderson
Reed apartment houses sale at Court House Noon Saturday
To Saturday December 4th at Noon in front of Court House the sale of Reed apartment houses Nos 25 and 2544 27 and 2742 West Cork Street. Twenty four rooms with a fine hot water heating system.
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Court House
Cork St
Rouss Fire Co. Meeting Called for December 2
Charlie Rouss Fire Co. will hold a meeting Thursday evening December 2 at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. David F. Hottle, president.
Silver Star Awarded to Chinese Flier In China Duty
Lieut Chow Shu Tung of the Chinese air force received a posthumous Silver Star for aiding an American bomber crew in China. He stayed with the pilot to guide a landing, sacrificing his life when the plane crashed near the field. Air Medal honors went to First Lieut Wu Chu and Lieuts Chin Ree and Hoy Yuan for meritorious co-pilot work.
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Washington
Chow Shu Tung
United States 14Th Air Force
China
Stimson
Chow
Wu Chu
Chin Ree
Hoy Yuan
14Th Air Force
Flag Carried To Jap Doorstep At New Britain And New Guinea
Allied forces under Vice Adm. Kinkaid hammered Gasmata on New Britain and Madang on New Guinea, delivering the first framing of U S colors on Japan’s Southwest Pacific doorstep. MacArthur reports repeat air raids on Cape Gloucester and Madang air facilities with substantial tonnage.
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Southwest Pacific
Thomas C. Kinkaid
New Britain
Madang
New Guinea
United States
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Cape Gloucester
Alexishafen
Mad
Annual Virginia Woolen Christmas Party at Armory
The Virginia Woolen Company workers plan their annual Christmas party at the Winchester Armory on December 4. Entertainer Mickey McDougall, a noted card expert and author, will headline with a floor show and specialty acts. Door prizes include war bonds and war saving stamps, with organizers Capt. H. B. McCormac and L. G. Sjostrom coordinating.
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Virginia Woolen
Armory
Virginia Woolen Company
Winchester Armory
Mickey MccDougall
Ling
Reader’s Digest
Baltimore
H. B. McCormac
L. G. Sjostrom
World At War Highlights From The Allied Summit And Front Progress
Diplomatic advances report Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill meeting in Teheran to plan a push against Germany before winter. Cairo pact ties United States Britain and China to weaken Japan. In the Mediterranean Germans retreat north of the Sangro with losses as reinforcements arrive. U S bombers target Nazi industrial sites in Rhineland and northern Italy. Russian fronts see renewed German assaults as Soviet forces push toward the Polish border amid mud and heavy fighting.
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Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Teheran
Persia
Germany
Cairo
United States
Britain
China
Japanese
Liscome Bay Sunk by Japanese Submarine in Gilbert Islands
The escort aircraft carrier Liscome Bay was torpedoed and sunk during Gilbert Islands operations. Captain Irving D. Wiltsie is reported missing in action. Navy lists 131 naval losses to date, noting five carrier sinkings in World War II.
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Washington
United States
Liscome Bay
Gilbert Island
Navy
Gilberts
Pacific
U. S
Marseille Docks Struck Heavily By Allied Air Attacks
Allied dispatch reports American Flying Fortresses bombed a newly built Nazi submarine base at Marseille in southern France. The strikes came as German efforts to refloat scuttled French fleet units at Toulon were thwarted. Submarine pens and naval facilities were targeted, with details continued on the interior.
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Allied Headquarters
Giers
Marseille
France
Toulon
Tightens Noose Around Japs
Chinese troops report tightening a noose around a Japanese force in northern Hunan after retaking six towns and Changteh south of the Yuan river. The Chinese High Command said Changteh was retaken with heavy Japanese casualties. American fliers aided by dropping food and ammunition and destroying Japanese barges on Tungting Lake.
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Chungking
Hunan
Changteh
Tzeli
Taoyuan
Wangmaotan
Chihchiaho
Tehshan
Shihmen
Changteh South
Yuan River
Allies Break German Hold in Italy Near Adriatic Front
Allied headquarter reports say Germans in full retreat from their winter line near the Adriatic as Cassino potential loss grows. British Indian and New Zealand forces advance despite rain and mines amid heavy air bombardment and a ransom of prisoners and wreckage.
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Italy
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Rocca San Giovanni
Adriatic
Sangro
Mongomerey
Montgomery
Recapping Service Off Rationing Ends Certificates
Commercial vehicle owners with pending applications for recap ping service are advised to proceed with tire recapping without certificates as no more certificates will be issued.
Fresh Rappahannock Oysters Every Friday
Adam Ritter offers fresh Rappahannock oysters each Friday at 315 North Kent. Contact by phone 4956 for details and pickup.
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Rappahannock
Adam Ritter
N. Kent
Allies gain Sangro ridge as Fossacesia comes under attack
Allied forces claim the Sangro ridge from Fossacesia to Romagnoli after heavy fighting. A particularly fierce engagement centered on Fossacesia. Eight miles inland Germans defend Castel Frentano ten miles beyond the river as British forces advance edgily.
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Sangro
Fossacesia
Romagnoli
Castel Fren
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GOP
Sangro River
Rhineland
Noland
Norgaaerd
Algiers
Spitfire
Mignage
Bernard L. Montgomery
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Pescara
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