Russians Claim Cutoff Route For Retreat From Stalingrad
Dispatches from Moscow report Red Army forces driving southwest of Stalingrad crossed the Don and operating on its west bank near Kalach. They threaten to close a triangle with the Don as base and the rail lines as sides while cutting supply routes to German forces, with mopping up in the Donelbel area and uncertain figures of towns held.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Don
Kalach
Vertiachy
Dmitrievka
Donelbow
Bertin
Pravda
Communist Party
Verkhne Chirsky
Popov
Public school building dedicated in Boyce area
Citizens of Boyce and Clarke County crown a dedication tomorrow afternoon for the new public school building replacing condemned temporary quarters. In Middletown the fire company has raised about $1000 toward a new fire hall, with plans advancing to benefit southern Frederick County communities.
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Boyce
Clarke County
Middletown
Frederick
Gift subscription offer for the Evening Star
A promotional notice urges readers to give a year’s Evening Star subscription with a gift card. It highlights new year rates and instructs to call 3424 to arrange the gift promptly.
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The
Evening Star
Deferment Guide Forwarded to Draft Boards in 1943 War Effort
Ovid A. Martin reports new wartime guidance listing essential agricultural activities for deferment from the teenage draft. Local boards may adopt this guide or craft their own, with specifics on which farming operations qualify as essential or non essential for troop support.
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Cag Eer Cere
Essen
Selective Service
Sys
Republicans Press Demands for RFC Accountings
Republicans press for an accounting of Reconstruction Finance Corp funds spent by the Board of Economic Warfare under executive orders. A House bill would raise RFC borrowing authority by 5 billion dollars, with an amendment delaying funding to BEW and other agencies until RFC directors approve future actions. Senator Brown and Minority leader McNary voiced opposition amid stalled Senate action.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Board of Economic Warfare
Oegers
Roosevel
Senate
House
RFC
R. F. C. Board of Directors
Brown
D-Mich
Danaher
Wallace
McNary
Oregon
McCarran
D-New
Shorthorn Breeders Expand Northern Va Herds
Shorthorn breeders in Frederick and Clarke counties push cattle up to 250 head across key farms. Notable buyers include Mrs. A S Hewitt of Montana Hall and Mr. and Mrs. Mackay Smith of Farnley Farm. At a November 6 sale in Missouri, Hewitt bought Vanity Queen 12th and Roan Lady Coronita among top females for high prices.
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Frederick
Clarke
America
United States
Frederick County
A and Gough
Scotland
England
Co Om Cians
Albert Robinson
John M. Fishpaw and
Harry McCann
A. S. Hewitt
Montana Hall
Clarke County
A. Mackay Smith
Farnley Farm
White Post
Augusta Coronita
Queen of Hearts
Roan Lady Coronita
C. B. Teegardin
Judge Harrison to Preside First Court in Frederick County
Burr P. Harrison, named by Governor Darden to the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, qualified before officials in Frederick. He will begin duties Monday at 10 a.m. when the Circuit Court of Frederick County opens its December term with no grand jury summoned.
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Burr P. Harrison
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Darden
Lee N. Whitacre
Frederick Circuit Court
Peyton J. Marshall
Winchester Corporation Court
Harrison
Richmond
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Dedicate New Boyce School Sunday at 3 PM
BOYCE Virginia December 5 The new high school building recently completed and furnished will be formally dedicated in dedicatory exercises at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Principal speaker will be Congressman Willis Clay B Carr Chairman of the School Board who invites the public to attend.
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Boyce
Willis Clay B. Carr
Fifty six county men ordered to report on December 17
Fifty six county selectees have been notified to report for a final physical examination in Charlottesville on Thursday December 17. They must report at the county Selective Service office at 6 15 in the morning to await transport to University hospital. The list includes Jenkins Douglas Fuller Tevault James Elmer Wilbur Henry Stotler Hetzel Montgomery Whitacre Dick Kenneth Leslie Wolfe Willis Ray Belford John Lovett Luther Paul Sager William Winford Clevenger Robert Brent Legge Garland Kline William Henry Affleck Warren Harding Miller Garland Lester Hottel Harold Clifton Shoemaker Adam Godfrey Tevault Charles Eugene Paul David Hart Geo Kenneth Stephen son Wakeman Ralph Marvin La Follette Ray Offut Gore Wilson Ken Bruce Brewer Hochler Daniel Earl Riley Mark Owen Havermale Joseph P Breeden Churchill Mitchell Philip Cary and others.
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Charlottesville
County Selective Service Office
University Hospital
Jenkins
Douglas Fuller
Marlboro
Tevault
James Elmer
Stephens
Wolfe
Willis Ray
Grimes
Belford
John Lovett
Ar Oe
Luther Paul
Sager
William Winford
Baltimore
Clevenger
Robert Brent
Clearbrook Legge
Garland
Middletown
Kline
William Henry
Affleck
Warren Harding
Winchester
Miller
Garland Lester
Gore
Hottel
Harold Clifton
Shoemaker
Adam _ Godfrey
Ter
Charles Eugene
Paul David
Hart
Geo
Kenneth
Stephenson
Wakeman
Ralph Marvin
Mid- Purtlebaugh
Virgil Lee
la Follette
Ray Offut
Wilson
Ken Bruce
Brewer
Hohler
Daniel Earl
Riley
Mark Owen
Havermale
Joseph P
Siler
Breeden
Churchill
Immedi Delivery Ad For A-1 Gas Re-Seller Anderson
An advertisement announces immediate delivery for a gas re-seller with the listing noting A-1 condition and referencing seller Anderson. The fragment mentions numbered page and paragraph indicators for archival filing.
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Anderson
Churchill Sees Very Hard Fight Ahead in Tunisia
Prime Minister Churchill told crowds in Bradford that the Allied push toward Tunis and Bizerte would face very hard fighting in the final 20 miles. He warned Britons not to expect an easy victory, though confident of ultimate success in North Africa.
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Bradford
Eng
Churchill
Tunisia
Tunis
Bizerte
Yorkshire
Britain
North Africa
North
Africa
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Virginia Trial Justices Set 1943 Salaries
Virginia will pay trial justices a total of 1943 compensation of 194,790 with clerks adding 84,550 for a grand 279,340 under a 1942 act. A three judge committee fixes salaries like the State Compensation Board. Members are A C Buchanan Needham Turnbull Jr Lemuel Smith.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Compensation Board
Commonwealth
A. C. Buchanan
Tazewell
Needham S. Turnbull, Jr
Victoria
Lemuel F. Smith
Charlottesville
le Follox
Ind
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Rappahannock
Warren
U S Planes Attack Japanese Surface Forces Near Guadalcanal
Navy communique reports dive bombers and torpedo planes from Guadalcanal attacked a small group of light Japanese surface vessels about 150 miles northwest of Guadalcanal. Results were not known. patrols around the New Georgia area scored Japanese losses and captured weapons.
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Washington
Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
South Pacific
II Corps
Teanal
Lunga River
U. S
Point Cruz
New Georgia
Santa Isabel Islands
New Georgia Group
Situation in Tunisia Braces as Allied Forces Press Near Axis Bases
London reports describe confusion over Tunisian fronts as French and Allied forces reach from Gabes to Sfax with scattered engagements inland. Air facilities limit Allied operations while Axis air bases in Tunis and Bizerte, plus Sicilian links, threaten supply lines. General Anderson’s First Army faces hard, relentless air and ground fighting before breaking the bridgehead around Tunis and Bizerte.
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London
Tunisia
Gabes
Sfax
Tunis
Bizerte
Daily Mail
K. A. N. Anderson
First Army
Eisenhower
North Africa
South End Fire Company to Hold December Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company will be held Monday evening December 7 at 8 oclock. Members are to be present. Howard Hart Captain.
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South End Fire Company
Howard Hart
Allies Repel Third Assault On Bizerte Front
Allied headquarters in North Africa reports a German infantry and tank breakthrough attempt failing to crack the ring around Bizerte. Decisive counterattacks since December 1 cost Germans 33 tanks as they retook Djedeida while holding Tebourba and surrounding roads remain under Allied control.
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North Africa
Bizerte
Tebourba
Mateur
Djedeida
Tunis
Naples Bombing By American Liberators In World War II
London dispatch reports American four motor B 24 Liberators bombed Naples, hitting a battleship and two cruisers with heavy casualties. Rome confirmed 159 dead and 358 wounded. Allied forces remained under pressure around Mateur and Djedeida Tunisian fronts as Germans pressed along the Djedeida Mateur road.
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London
Tunisia
Naples
Rome
North Africa
Mediterranean
Sicily
Italy
Mateur
Bizerte
Djedeida
Tunis
Djedeida-Mateur
Taft Endorses Bricker for Republican Nomination
The Ohio State Journal reports U S Senator Robert A Taft will step aside in 1944 and endorse Gov John W Bricker as Ohio's favorite son candidate for the Republican presidential nomination Taft plans to announce his support within days Bricker begins his third term January 4 and is expected to state his willingness to accept the nomination
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Columbus
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Ohio State Journal
Philadelphia
Bricker
Lost leather billfold with papers and money reward
A black leather billfold containing valuable papers and about $26 is lost. The owner, Harry Hewitt, of 219 West Monmouth Street, offers a reward for its return to him or to the Navy Yard. Contact Dial 4536 p-1t.
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Harry Hewitt
W. Monmouth
Dial
Liberator raid on Naples described as short and violent
Italian communique says the raid on Naples was short and violent, with heavy damage to the port facilities including Capo di Chino airfield arsenal torpedoes and plane factories. Casualties among civilians were reported with numbers given by both sides and Allied forces advancing in the Mediterranean theater.
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Cairo
Naples
Rome
RAF
Italy
Tunisia
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Hodge
City
Wes Gallagher
Lewis Hawkins
Reuters
Tunisian
Taft
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