Devastating RAF Raids Target Leipzig After Berlin Deception
London dispatch reports RAF Mosquitos drew German night fighters away from Berlin then heavy bombers struck Leipzig, unloading 1,500 long tons of explosives on rail yards and industry. Leipzig, a major railway hub for Regensburg Berlin and Kassel routes, faced heavy damage as air crews returned after a 1,000 mile mission.
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London
RAF Bomber Command
Berlin
Leipzig
Air Ministry
Twace
Quitos
Regensburg
Kassel
RAF
Landon Urges Independent GOP Foreign Policy Postwar
Former President Alf Landon attacked proposals for both parties to adopt similar foreign policy planks. He urged vigorous Republican aims for the postwar world and constant congressional oversight, insisting the party should not be bound to a blank check and criticizing the Roosevelt administration for alleged totalitarian methods at home.
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Washington
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
U. S. Senate
Congress
Landon
House
Republican Party
Moscow
Europe
Paratrooper Pfc Charles Clevenger Killed In Action
Pfc. Charles A. Clevenger 21, reported dead July 11 by the War Department. He served in the Paratroops, trained at Ft. Benning and Ft. Bragg, sailed for overseas duty in April, and previously was missing. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Lohr Clevenger, two sisters and two brothers. The family resides at 699 N Loudoun Street in Winchester.
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Charles A. Clevenger
War Department
Lohr Clevenger
N. Loudoun Street
Winchester
Clevenger
Sicily
National Guard
Ft. Benning
Ft. Bragg
N. C
William Sager
England
Patricia Ann Clevenger
Douglas Eugene
Kenneth Clevenger
Fellowship Club to Distribute Christmas aid in Winchester area
The Fellowship Club of Winchester and Frederick County mobilizes to provide food fuel clothing and toys to needy families this Christmas. A master list from welfare groups will ensure no one is missed and duplication is avoided. Last year 304 families comprising 836 individuals were aided.
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Fellowship Club
Winchester
Frederick County
Old Penney
Main Street
Capitol Theatre
Red Army closes in on Zhlobin rail hub in White Russia
Soviet forces push through snow toward Zhlobin, key rail junction at Gomel Minsk and Leningrad Odessa lines, overran more than 100 settlements in a two province advance. Further west, Krementchug bridgehead thrust 15 miles, while Cherkasy area sees counterattacks.
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London
Zhlobin
Gomel-Minsk
Leningrad-Odessa
White Russia
Dnieper River
Kremenchug
Cherxan
Kiev Bulge
Zhitomir
Korosten
Berlin
Constantine Rokossovsky
Gomel
Sversen
Dovsk
Soltanovka
Staraya Rudnaya
Dnieper
Novo-Georgievsk
Cherkasy
Koristovka
Znamenka
Klochkovo
War Bonds drive led by Capitol Theatre manager
Mr Keen, Capitol Theatre manager, reports selling War Bonds at the theater. He says 700 dollars worth of bonds were completed and notes a nationwide drive by theatre managers to promote Bonds as Christmas gifts through December 25.
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Capitol Theatre
Mr. Keen
Uncle Sam
America
300 Sought For Clinic in Winchester Frederic County
125 people had registered by yesterday noon for X rays at a clinic to be held at the First Baptist Church from 9 a m to 5 p m Monday. The Tuberculosis Education Committee and the District Nurses Association sponsor the event aiming for at least 300 participants.
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First Baptist
Tuberculosis Education Committee
District Nurses Association
Winchester
Frederick County
Wanted ten more woodcutters by E Earl Shade
Classified notice seeks ten additional woodcutters announced by E Earl Shade. The brief item lists the job request and the contact cue for applicants in a short classified line.
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Earl Shade
Crossing Crash Involves Penn. Limited. Three Die
A crowded Pennsylvania Limited from Chicago to Pittsburgh struck a car at a grade crossing near Massillon Ohio killing three people and injuring 25 as a second Liberty Limited train rammed the rear of the first, derailing two coaches. Victims identified as Franklin L. Ralston, his wife, and Miss Jean E. Fiber. Engineers and crews survived with minor injuries.
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Massillon
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Here
Franklin L. Ralston
Near Kilbuck
Jean E. Fiber
Portage Lakes
H. C. Glover
Liberty Limited
Ralston
John DeVenny
Bellevue
R. L. Smith
Wellesville
Glover
H. A. Ruchman
East Sparata
Joe Metney
Shipbuilding goal already exceeded with month to go
Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery said U.S. shipyards have delivered 25,284,387 deadweight tons by December and expect nearly 2,000,000 more tons in December if November rates hold. He noted 164 ships produced in November including freighters tankers and Liberty hulls.
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New York
America
Howard L. Vickery
U.S. Maritime Commission
University Club Today
Vickery
Maine
Scotland
Clark's Fifth Army Drives Wedge To Rome Amid Italy Offensive
Allied dispatches report Lt Gen Mark W Clark's Fifth Army breaking fortified lines after heavy artillery and air bombardment. They push two miles along the Via Casilina toward Rome, with Calabritto reportedly taken. The British Eighth Army advances toward San Vito and Orsogna, severing key routes near the Sangro Ridge as air and ground offensives continue.
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Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Via Casilina
Rome
Calabritto
Mignano
Eighth Army
San Vito
Pescara
Lanciano
Treglio Orsogna
Casoli
Sangro
Orsogna
Cassino
Camino
Maggiore Heights
Bernard L. Montgomery
German Africa Corps
el Alamein
Egypt
Clark
Liri
Guardiagrele
Italy
Alfedena
Ven
South End Fire Company Monthly Meeting Noted
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company will be held Monday evening December 6 at 8 o'clock. All members are asked to attend. Howard Hart, Captain.
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South End Fire Company
Howard Hart
Home Beneficial Life Insurance Office Moves
Notice states Home Beneficial Life Insurance Co. moved to a new office in a building over Peoples Drug Store Room 20. Contact John or Ara Wore Livengood at Berryville 130 W 1 for details.
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Home Beneficial Life Insurance Co
Peoples Drug Store
Pata
Smart Oak
John
Ara Wore
Livengood
Berryville
Jungle Trails Juncture Tottering as Aussies Press New Guinea
Australian forces push toward Kuanko and Wareo on New Guinea's Huon peninsula amid stiff combat. Artillery supports the advance as Mitchells Marauders and lightnings strike enemy supply areas near Bonga and Kara Field on Bougainville.
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Asahel Bush
Southwest
Bonga
Wareo
Pinschhafen
Douglas MacArthur
Point
Boroe
Kara Field
Bougainville
World at War Highlights Across Fronts and Diplomacy
Italy and U S Fifth Army break German defenses amid heavy bombardment while British Eighth Army advances toward Rome. Red Army push through snow toward borders with Romania and Poland with two pronged attacks. Soviet broadcasts report high level talks between Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill in Teheran as RAF bombers attack Berlin and Leipzig. Australian forces clear Huon Peninsula as Rabaul and other targets face air and naval pressure. Tokyo forces seize Changten after week of fierce combat with Chinese defenders.
Memorial services planned by Winchester Lodge Elks No 867
Arrangements are complete for the annual memorial services of Winchester Lodge No 867 of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. The program includes remarks by Andrew Bell and special music by Historic City. Service duties will be performed by lodge officers and Rev. Robert B. Nelson will give the benediction.
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Winchester
Stalin leaves Russia amid Tehran talks with Roosevelt and Churchill
AP dispatch from Moscow reports Russians were informed Marshal Stalin had left the country during the war to attend a Tehran conference with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Tass and radio echoed the announcement with few details, saying key wartime and political decisions were discussed and later published.
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London
Moscow Radio
Teheran
Iran
Germany
Moscow
U. S
Tom Connally
Joseph Stalin
Roosevelt
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Tass
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Resea
Charles Clevenger
Pfc. Clevenger
Co. I
Red Army
Persia
E. C. Daniel
MR Winchester
Wedge
By Noland Norgaard
The
Russia
Red
Stalin
Teheren
South Pacific
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
New Britain
Rabaul
China
Tokyo
Changten
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