Liberated Peoples To Supply Most of Their Living Needs
President Roosevelt told Congress that liberated peoples in Europe will supply about 90 percent of their basic needs this winter. The UNRRA report shows $4.25 million cash outlay and $353 million allocated of $800 million, for food clothing and medical supplies, with field operations soon to begin.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
UNRRA
Network Program Salutes Winchester Handley High Thursday Evening
The Blue Network salute targets Winchester and Handley High School for war bond achievement. Handley leads in bond purchases with over 90 percent participation and is praised as a rare southern school in a city under 500 000. December 7 note ties to drive the Sixth War Loan.
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Captain Midnight
Blue
Winchester
Handley High School
Handley
Treasury Department
War Finance Committee
Russian Forces Push Toward Hungary Border Near Balaton
Soviet Red Army units led by Marshal Tolbukhin surged through western Hungary toward Lake Balaton and the Austrian border. They advanced 12 miles beyond prior reports, moving within about 60 miles of Nagybajom and 37 miles south of Budapest along the Danube front.
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London
Hungary
Budapest
Lake Balaton
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Sagvar
Tamsi
Kaposvar
Moscow
Ormoc Gulf duel sinks two destroyers in Leyte action
General MacArthur reports both sides lost destroyers in a sharp Ormoc Gulf engagement off Leyte. The American ship broke in two after an aerial torpedo strike, with most of the crew saved. Catalina aircraft plucked 56 men from oil-dark waters after a three-mile run.
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General MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc Gulf
Leyte Island
Communiqtie
U. S. Navy
Catalina
Navy
J.G
Joe F. Ball
Fullerton
Calif
Baptist Mission Board Secretary To Speak In City
Dr George W Sadler secretary of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention will speak at First Baptist Church tomorrow night at 8 oclock The program marks the climax of the Week of Prayer for Foreign Missions A devotional period by Rev Dr E T Clark and Spanish Christmas Carols by Stonewall High School students follow with a final prayer for foreign missions Public invited to attend.
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George W. Sadler
Foreign Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
First Baptist Church
Sadler
Europe
Africa
Near East
Community Elections Set for Frederick County AAA Groups
The Frederick County Agricultural Conservation Association schedules Thursday nights elections at 7 30 p m to choose a Chairman Vice Chairman Regular Member and two alternates from each community plus a Delegate and Alternate Delegate to the County Convention. The article lists polling sites and chairmen for each community and notes the county committee has completed arrangements and urges farmer participation.
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Frederick County Agricultural Conservation Association
Clearbrook
Carl E. Martin
Gainesboro
Lester Dailey
Gore High School
C. W. Parish, Jr
Middletown Agricultural
R. B. Fisher
Mt. Airy
H. T. Snapp
Gravel Springs
J. L. Hershman
Reynolds Store
Richard Luttrell
Stephens City
Stephens City Agricultural
A. F. Lillad
H. 8. Williams
White Hafli Grange
B. F. Strother
Hospital Ship Sunk by Accident En Route to Trieste
Rome reports that the German hospital ship Tuebingen was sunk by aircraft of the Mediterranean Allied coastal airforce on November 18 during poor light while she carried to Trieste. Casualties among the crew were said to be light, with a full inquiry underway and German authorities informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mediterranean
Tuebingen
Trieste
Ayeno
Ravenna Falls to British Eighth Army in Adriatic Drive
Allied communique reports Ravenna, a Nazi stronghold on the Adriatic, captured by the British Eighth Army after a encircling maneuver. Canadian Princess Louise's Dragoon Guards and the 27th Lancers led the assault, cutting Route 16 and securing the northwest entry. Previous gains included Russi and Godo along the Senna Bologna line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Eighth Army
Ravenna
Adriatic
Forli
Lancers
Russi
Godo
Ussi
Senna-Bologna
Faenzza
Bologna-Rimini
Seek Sailors Who Borrowed Car And Forgot To Return
White Post reports her 1935 Ford Tudor Sedan was borrowed by two sailors to travel to Winchester Sunday afternoon. A warrant is sworn for Paul Holsinger of Washington DC, and the other sailor gave the name Bill Nally of Washington. They asked to keep the car until midnight for a dance, and have not been heard from since. Police broadcast a general alarm via radio and teletype.
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Sonja Stockstad
White Post
Winchester
B’county
Paul Holsinger
Washington, D. C
Bill Nally
Washington
Mary S Yeakley Inventory Item Listing
Handbags sweaters blouses fas cinators windjammers scarfs shoulderettes mittens hose handkerchiefs towels and children s muffs. Mary S Yeakley 12 5 1p 11.
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Mary S. Yeakley
No Meddling In Italian Affairs
The United States informs Britain and Italy that Italy should develop its government without outside influence. The State Department rejects any opposition to Count Sforza, aiming to reassure liberated Allied nations that great powers will not intrude in Italy’s internal affairs.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Italy
State Department
Great Britain
Count Ca
Count Sforza
Rainfall Nears City Average Despite Varied Monthly Totals
Winchester records total rainfall year to date at 35.74 inches, close to the 31 year average of 35.95 inches. The 11 month breakdown shows monthly totals: January 2.23, February 2.89, March 5.02, April 2.61, May 4.58, June 2.19, July 3.02, August 2.75, September 5.52, October 3.42, November 1.50.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Winchester
Supreme Court Hears A P Antitrust Arguments
The final phase of the government antitrust suit against the Associated Press opens in the Supreme Court. Counsel for AP contends the action would force membership for all, risking a public utility status, while the government argues it would not convert AP into a utility and protects press freedom. Oral arguments allotted three hours, with proceedings in mid afternoon.
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Washington
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Coperative
Goverment
High Tribunal
New York
Two Hurt In Accident Yesterday
Mrs Violet Scruggs wife of Douglas Scruggs of Clearbrook Virginia is hospitalized at Winchester Memorial after an automobile crash on North Loudoun Street Yesterday. Mr Scruggs was treated and released. two children escaped injury. The car struck a low concrete wall in front of Shade Garage and the cause remains unavailable.
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Violet Scruggs
Douglas Scruggs
Clearbrook
Winchester Memorial Hospital
North Loudoun Street
Fellowship Club to Stage Christmas Benefit Show
The Fellowship Club of Winchester with Warner Brothers Capitol Theatre presents its annual Christmas benefit on Saturday December 9 at 9 30 am doors open 9 00 am for a two hour program featuring Rookies in Coma Bugs Bunny Our Gang Donald Duck and Talking Animal shorts plus a Wally Brown and Allen Carney feature. Proceeds aid needy families in Winchester and Frederick County admission by non perishable food toys clothing or clean bushel baskets. Boy Scouts will support the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fellowship Club of
Winchester
Waner Brothers Capitol Theatre
Frederick County
Wally Brown
Allen Carney
The_ Fellowship Club
Boy Scouts
Bond sales near a million in Winchester and Frederick county
Official reports show bond sales totaling $862 508 25 through last Friday. Of this, 539 486 25 is to individuals and includes 86 546 25 in E Bonds. Civic and fraternal groups will take turns selling bonds Thursday regardless of weather, with little difficulty anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
German Radio Affirms Hitler In Best of Health
London report says Berlin radio declares Hitler is in the best of health and fully in control of military and political affairs despite Allied rumors. Dispatch notes alleged Himmler conferences with top leaders and claims factions may be negotiating with Hitler kept in seclusion to avoid assassination fears.
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Hitler
London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Junkers
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmeler
Himmler
Virginia Woolen Honor Roll Dedication Planned Tomorrow
Members of the families of 127 Virginia Woolen Company servicemen and four killed in action are invited to a 11 a m ceremony at the local plant tomorrow December 6 indoors if weather requires. Rev Ronald S Wilson will lead the dedication with unveiling and a prayer. two veterans will assist.
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Virginia Woolen Company
East Piccadilly Stree
Ronalds. Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Leningrad University Sends 125th Birthday Greeting to UVa
The Leningrad University faculty cablet to the University of Virginia on its 125th anniversary urging peace and cultural rapprochement. They call for united effort by free nations to defeat Germany, noting Soviet destruction and the pledge to rebuild and advance science and education.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Leningrad University
Russia
Univesity of
Leningrad
University of Viginia
Thomas Jefferson
Germany
Red Army
Soviet Union
Milder Weather Forecast For Area
Five day forecast covers December 6 to 10, 1944 with zone four near normal temperatures rising early then turning colder by Saturday. Light to moderate rain expected Thursday in some sections. Zone five includes West Virginia with temperatures near normal and a rising trend followed by mid period cold.
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West Virginia
Patton’s forces breach deep into Germany amid heavy resistance
Patton’s five divisions push along a 50 mile front from Merzig to Sarre Union toward the Saar and beyond. The Seventh Army nears Colmar in Alsace while the British and Canadians clear areas west of the Rhine. The Hurtgen forest area yields a maximum German penetration of about 15 miles as German defenses stiffen along the Siegfried line.
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Patton
Saar
Lorraine
Cologne
Rhine
Roer
U. S. Seventh Army
Thearls
France
Colmar
Alsace
Strasbourg
Haguenau
Selestat
Maas River
Holland
Arnhem
Kleve
Saarbrucken
Eisenhower
Germany
Hurtgen Forest
Aachen
Pattorn
Merzig
Saarlautern
Saare Union
Roden
Praulautern
Siegfried Line
Forbach
Sarregue
Sarre Union
Thire
Fiy
Tern
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Germa
Lithuania
Ee Er
International
Handley Bond
Patton Army
Arsenal Region
James M. Long
Paris
95Th
U. SS. Third Army
Supreme Headquarters
Fraulatern
Saar River
George S. Patton
Third Army
Sarraguemines
East Bank
Volkssturma
U. S
Baptist Mission Board
AAA
High Court
A. P
Poi
Mea
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