Warplane production up to 40000 a year by 1942
Washington reports aviation capacity rising as automobile plants convert to aircraft fabrication. Four new plants will assemble fighters and bombers west of the Mississippi, with Kansas City and Omaha to host two sites, Tulsa and another undisclosed location under consideration. Output from these facilities will supplement existing factories, targeting 36 000 planes annually by early 1942, and officials estimate a 15 month lead time to mass production. Navy shipbuilding also accelerates, while overall costs for naval and Army posts rise amid wage and material price hikes.
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Washington
Defense
Mississippi River
War Department and Defense Commission
Kansas City
Omaha
Nek
Tulss
Okla
Naval Construction
Navy Yards
Kneal
Bureau of Ships
Robinson
Navy
Ellen Sims of Lucketts Virginia Dies at 102
Ellen Sims, a former slave who died in Lucketts Virginia at age about 102, recalled antebellum experiences and Confederate days drawing interest from both races. The writer recalls another centenarian former slave who spoke of life before the war, field labor, and finding religion. Longevity, it suggests, comes from a hopeful philosophy and not just diet or routine.
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Ellen Sims
Lucketts
Confederacy
Rocky Mount
Defense Lumber Strike Paralyzes Pacific Northwest Mills
A widespread labor dispute stalls defense lumber output across Seattle Tacoma Everett and nearby towns. About 12 600 workers are affected as 10 plants in Seattle 6 in Everett and five logging operations halt operations. Unions demand wage increases up to 70 cents hourly plus a week of paid vacation while rival CIO calls for a $1 daily rise.
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Western
Oregon
Seattle
Tacoma
Everett
AFL. Lumber and Sawmill Workers’ Union
Seattle Tocal
A. F.L
Winchester Armory Dedication Attended by Governor Price
Governor James H. Price arrives for the Winchester armory dedication set for tomorrow at 2:30 PM. Major General Kilbourne of V M I will give the dedicatory address as the public is invited to tour the armory facilities.
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Winchester Armory
James H. Price
T. Russell Cather
Kilbourne
Harry T. Cook
Coal Company President Shot in Bluefield
W A Richards 44 president of the Sovereign Pocahontas Coal Company was found dead at his Bluefield home from a bullet wound. Mercer county prosecutor Morton Wagner said no inquest would be held. Richards had returned from a New York clinic after a physical examination.
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Bluefield
W. Va
W. A. Richards
Sovereign Pocahontas Coal Company
Morton Wagner
Mercer County
Inent
Pene Wagner
Richards
Ihen West Coy
New York
Wagner Richards
Wilkeseeee
Inaugural Seat Sale On Tuesday
Tickets for seats along the inaugural parade route go on sale Tuesday according to the inauguration committee. Prices not fixed yet and only 14 000 covered seats will be erected instead of 37 000 from Roosevelt's second inauguration on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Roosevelt
Rouss Planning Annual Banquet for Charles Rouss
At a Charlie Rouse Fire Company meeting preparations for the annual banquet honoring Charles Broadway Rouss were set for February 11. The group approved cooperation with the Fellowship Club and reported a loan of 17 500 dollars for a pump ladder truck.
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Charlie Rouse Fire Company
Charles Broadway Rouss
Fellowship Club
John H. Stal
C. D. Brown
H. C. Stouffer
W F Huntsberry
Lee M. Lamp
Marvin D. Weaver
Robert A. Whitten
T. Madison Spurr
David Hottie
Cecil C. Grim
Paul Carper
William Simpson
W. H. McTiwee
Harry Ridgeway
Robert Lees
John H. Dunn
Bryan Stot
H. B. McCormac
R. A. Whitten
Bryan Stotler
H McCormac
Gente
W. H. Mcllwee
J. Aon Ge Spurr
Fort Meade Not Ready By Jan. 3
Maj Gen Milton A Reckord said the Twenty Nint h Division may not be mobilized by January 3 as planned because Meade will not be ready. Quartermaster estimations show housing for 9 000 by January 8 and 8 000 more by February 15, delaying the call up of Maryland Virginia DC and Pennsylvania guards. Original orders set active service between January 3 and 19.
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Fort George G. Meade
Milton A. Reckord
Twenty-Ninth Division
National Guard
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Eastern Sho' Posse Pursues Train Robbers In Old Style
Salisbury Maryland December 7 A twenty four mile chase of train robbers aboard a Delmarva division freight train ended with a fight aboard the train injuring fireman Fireman Stopes B Green and leading to the arrest of Clarence Boomlove 44 for investigation Police assisted by state police Somers Worcester county officers and railway police recovered open cars containing bagged salt and automobiles with no thefts reported Green sustained injuries but were not considered critical.
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Sho
Salisbury
Delmar
Del
King’s Creek
Es B. Green
Maryland
Somer
Oscar Thomas
Pireman Green
Cape Charles
Green
Two Army Men Die In Campbellsburg Plane Crash
The Army plane numbered 4910 AB crashed near Campbellsburg Kentucky, killing Second Lieutenant Victor V. Kilmer and Staff Sergeant Owen E. Cecil. Lieut. W. R. Young at Chanute Field confirmed the ship number, while Lieut. Col. E. C. Black reported the incident and nearby sightings. The wreckage buried in soft earth, with bodies sent to an undertaker in Campbellsburg.
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Owen E. Cecil
Kilmer
Cecil
Young
Flint
Mich
Ss National
Wreck near Campbellsville claims two airmen
In Campbellsville Kentucky two khaki clad fliers were found crushed to death in a crashed plane bearing tail number 4910 AB. The wreckage lay northeast of Louisville in cornfield. The bodies were taken to an undertaker after farmer William Roberts spotted the aircraft and alerted authorities.
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Campbellsburg
Louisville
William Roberts
Bern
Roberts
Mrs Johnson Dies at 64 in Charles Town Hospital
Mrs C D Johnson 64 mother of Abner Johnson a Railway Express employee died Friday in Charles Town West Virginia hospital after a period of declining health. She leaves a husband a son and six daughters and other relatives. Pecacester services set for Monday at 10 30 A M from the Kabletown residence with ministers from Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian churches officiating.
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C. D. Johnson
Abner Johnson
City
Charles Town
W. Va
Johnson
Abner
Grady Owens
Washington
Homer Rees
Gerrardstown
Clarence Smallwood
Kabietown
Margaret
Kathleen
Rheinhart
Kable
Kabletown
Goodwin Frazer
Baptist Church
Hazlett
Charles Town Methodist Church
G. G. Sydnor
Presbyterian Church
Questionnaires Mailed for Selected Order Numbers
The Winchester Selective Service Board announced that registrants in orders 101 to 250 inclusive will receive questionnaires. Frederick County draft officials said mailings cover registrations numbered 351 through 400.
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Winchester Selective Service Board
Frederick ‘County
Municipal Band to Perform at Armory Dedication
Members of Messinee's Municipal Band are asked to meet at Rouss Hall tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock to march to the new armory at Rouss Park for the dedication program which starts at 2 30 o'clock.
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Messinee
Rouss Hall
Rouss Park
Masons To Hold Annual Church Service
Winchester Hiram Lodge No. 21 announces its annual Masonic Church service will be held tomorrow night at the Presbyterian Church. Rev. Ronald S. Wilson will preach on The Ramparts We Watch. Sparmont Lodge Strasburg and Berryville Front Royal lodges plan to attend.
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Brady W. Largent
Winchester
Hiram Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Presbyterian Church
Ronald S. Wilson
Sparmont Lodge
Strasburg
Masonic
Berryville
Front Royal
Winchester Hiram Lodge
Fifty Bushels Of Toys At Capitol Theater Toy Matinee
Pifty bushel baskets of toys foods and clothing were donated to the Fellowship Club at the Capitol Theater in a two hour toy matinee attended by over 800 children and adults. Admission was an article of food or pelting. Boy Scouts helped theater staff and management. The baskets were distributed to deserving Winchester families at Christmas.
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Capitol
Or & New Ex Boy Scouts T
Lamar
Winchester
Steel Plant Explodes At Allenport Damaging Roof
An explosion and fire at the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Allenport plant near Charleroi Pa damaged the roof and a vat of naphtha. No workers were injured. Fireman J E Wilson said sparks from a crane ignited the naphtha in the finishing department, creating a 30 by 30 foot hole. A plant official downplayed the incident noting daily occurrences and that government shell work had not yet resumed.
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Charleroi
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Allenport
J. E. Wilson
Berryville Play Postponed To After Holidays
Berryville Virginia December 7 The Berryville school PTA has postponed the annual faculty play The Elopement of Ellen until after the holiday season. The show was to run December 13 but will instead be presented January 10 or 17 due to busy holiday programs.
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Berryville
Parent-Teachers Association of the
Ellen
H. H. Burks
Greece to receive U.S. aid in war against Italy
President Roosevelt told King George II that the United States would extend aid to Greece in its fight against Italy. The State Department released messages showing Greece’s thanks for Red Cross relief already provided. Roosevelt did not specify aid form but noted planes and military supplies could be forthcoming.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George
Greece
United States
Italy
State Department
George II
Red Cross
Italian Farmer Warned for Hoarding War Supplies
Rome December 7 The cabinet ordered imprisonment and confiscation of moves as an Italian farmer who withholds products from compulsory storage faces severe penalties. The notice stresses storage for armed forces and civilians and urges full war material production with mines to capacity, including penalties for mine owners who fail to comply.
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Rome
Italy
Berryville High School Orchestra Shows Rapid Progress
Dr. Luther Richmond, supervisor of music for the State Department of Education, visited Berryville High School to review the newly formed high school concert orchestra directed by Miss Mary Robert Pugh. He praised the ensemble as it enters its second year and made recordings of several pieces and of a group singing performance.
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Berryville
Luther Richmond
State Department of Education
Berryville High School
Richmond
Mary Robert Pugh
Ex Gov Harry Nice In Hospital After Heart Attack
Former Maryland governor Harry W Nice lies seriously ill at Union Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack on Thursday, his physician Dr Zachariah Morgan reported. The 63rd birthday man remains under careful observation and treatment.
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Nice
Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Union Memorial Hospital
Zachariah Morgan
Britain Bombers Target French Airdromes In Night Raid
Britain dispatched a large bomber force from nightly Germany raids to strike occupied France and the Low Countries last night. The air ministry news service said the raids aimed at destroying Luftwaffe bases from which attacks against England were launched.
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London
Britain
Germany
France
Low Countries
England
Air Ministry
Italians Hit By RAF Bombers At Valona Port
RAF bombers struck the Albanian port of Valona and reportedly hit a munitions dump. Clouds of black smoke rose from the port as the air ministry announced the attack.
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London
Royal Air Force
Valona
Air Ministry
Franco cites Spanish colonial aims with new French envoy
General Francisco Franco received Francois Pietri, the newly appointed French ambassador, and spoke of Spain's colonial ambitions while expressing confidence that France would show goodwill in the relations between the two nations.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Francois Pietri
Spain
France
Lands voting totals set for Lord Fairfax District in Frederick county
Official returns show 44 168.1 acres represented by voters in Frederick county for the Lord Fairfax Conservation District with 198 ballots cast 191 in favor and 7 against. District totals include Back Creek Gainesboro Opequon Shawnee and Stonewall with acres for and against. No date yet set for a supervisor election. may wait until 1941 general election.
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Lord Fairfax Conservation District
Frederick County
Fred Stine
Back Creek
Gainesboro
Opequon
Shawnee
Stonewall
Board of Supervisors
Pruning Demonstrations Planned in Frederick County Orchards
D A Tucker of V P I will demonstrate proper pruning in Frederick county orchards next week. The schedule lists multiple locations from Midletown to Apple Pie Ridge across Tuesday to Friday with pruning on both apple and peach trees.
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Frederick County
D. A. Tucker
J. W. Richard Orchard
Cedar Creek
Mt. Airy
T. Newton Cather
Round Hill
L. ©. Dick
Clearbrook
R. T. Barton
Apple Pie Ridge
Mt Marys River trout study yields migration insights
Forest Supervisor M C Howard reports a fish trap set in Mt Mary's River to study trout migrations. Experts cooperate with the forestry service. past five years show many marked trout migrate up to eight miles from release points amid defense project ties near Blue Ridge and Winchester.
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George Washitt
M. C. Howard
Mt. Mary’s River
National Forest
Forestry Service
St. Mary’s River
Point of Liberation
Italian High Command Shuffle Signals War Strains in 1941
Italy replaces Brigadier General Ceetg alias De Vecchi as commander of Aegean forces and governor of the Dodecanese, a surprise amid leadership resignations following Badoglio. Rome imposes crop storage penalties and food rationing worsens malnutrition while Crete tensions rise and Moscow touts Stalin’s readiness to fight.
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Italy
Ceetg
de Vecchi
al Cismon
Poete
Rome
Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio
Prem
Ugo Cavalho
Baddoglio
de Verchi
British Broadcasting Corporation
de ' Vecchi
Cavallero
Wilhelm Keitel
United States Department of Agriculture
Dodesanese
Bastico
Greece
Ere
Crete
Dodecanese
Moscow
Communist Party
Red
Josef Stalin
Athens
Correction notice flips Home Service events date
A correction states Home Service and Home Lighting Demonstrations will be held Tuesday December 10 instead of Wednesday as previously advertised, issued by Northern Va Power Co.
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Northern VA. Power CO
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B. F. John Company
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Rouss Planning
Fort Meade
Reckord
Chanute Ield
Farmer
Kentucky
Godman
Eugene R
George Washington
Branch
Virginia Hotel Association
Roanoke
Roland Eaton
Cavalier
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Harry Reynolds
Masons
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U.S
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Bristol
Russia
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Blue Ridge Mountains
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Ener Waller
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