Willingham Dies After Illness in Millwood
William Willingham 72 longtime Millwood merchant dies at Winchester Memorial after a fall him at home. Born Boyce Virginia November 2 1872 he is survived by widow Virginia Hook Willingham and five children. Funeral at his home Saturday at 2 o clock conducted by P G Craighill with arrangements pending.
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William Willingham
Millwood
Winchester Memorial
Willingham
Mill
Martha R. Cooperham
Clarke County
Boyce
Virginia Hook Willingham
Janice Virginia Willinge
Anna Louise Kent
Madeline Elizabeth Willingham
U. ‘ Marines
Arlington
Thomas William Willingham
Charles Lee Willingham
Paul L. Willingham
William Locke
Jack Ridgeway
Agnes Nicodemus
W. Va
Ben Locke
Charles Town
W. V
Ee E. Willingham
P. G. Craighill
Moving To Speed Up Production
Washington officials moved to accelerate war output with F Byrnes directing a new crew to fix lagging production on tanks and equipment. Shortages in life ammunition ships radar cotton tents foundry castings and manpower prompted the shakeup and the hunt for 40,000 workers. Maj Gen L D Clay named to head Army service forces procurement program as part of boosting full production.
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Washington
F. Byrnes
Cam
Byrnes
L. D
Point
Clay
Army Service Forces
Coffman Rites Set for J. D. Coffman in Newark
Death notice for J. D. Coffman aged 83 at Newark Hospital on December 6 details his widow Fannie Chrisman and Frederick County roots. Survived by half brother John Bowman of Edinburg and close friends in Pataskala. Funeral at Jones Funeral Home Saturday at 2 PM with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery after arrival Friday by B&O.
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J. D. Coffman
Newark
Ohio
Fannie Chrisman
Philip A
Mary Crisman
Frederick County
Pataskala
Mount Hebron
Cemet
John Bowman
Edinburg
Rela
Friends and Ives
Coft
Jones Anéral
Ant Hebron
Ration Calendar Updates Amid World War II shortages
The calendar outlines continued validity for meat and fats books four red stamps A8 to ZB and A5gh, processed foods stamps A8 to Z8 Z5 A2 B2, and sugar stamps 30 through 34 for wives with 40 ounces for home canning through February 28, 1945. Airplane and gasoline coupons remain valid indefinitely or until December 21 for four gallons and other four gallon equivalents.
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Torough
Slogan Winners Get Checks From Winchester Kiwanis
The Winchester Kiwanis Club awarded checks to ten top prize winners in the Apple Slogan contest at a Golden Glow luncheon. Grove White was named to a special ship launching plans committee by Mayor C R Anderson. War Bond sales reached 352000 with a Bond Booth event this afternoon. Delmar Robinson presented checks to student recipients amid guests including R O Grace and Capt Frank C Pierce.
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Winchester Kiwanis Club
Grove White
C. R. Anderson
E. E. Harbaugh
Kiwanis Club
Delmar Robinson
Agriculture Committee
R. O. Grace
Philadelphia
O. H. Jamison
Frank C. Pierce
New York Port of Embarkation
Noble C. Pierce
C. D. Diges
Staunton
The
Star
Allied Fifth Army Advances Press on San Clemente Front
Allied soldiers pushed forward on the Fifth Army front with slight gains on the right flank. Several enemy patrols were repulsed north of San Clemente, incurring casualties as progress penetrated the enemy defenses.
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Fifth Army
San Clemente
Doughboys Drive to Forbach as Saar Front Advances
Allied forces push the Third Army across the Saar front with three bridge heads and inch toward Saarbrucken. German defenses stiffen in Hagenau and Mertzwiller as Patton’s troops clear the Zetting Forest and surrounding areas. Bradley reports 700 square miles conquered and 400,000+ prisoners since Normandy.
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Vosges
Saar
Saarbrucken
Third Army
Siegfried Line
Saarlautern
Dillengen
Moselle
Sarreguemines
Rhine-Marne
Saarlan
Eifel Mountains
Hagenau Forest
Palatinate
Hagenau
Mertzwiller
Saarlauten
Sarregue
Patton
Fifth
Warndtshop
35Th
Remelfing
Zetting
Arsenal City
John S. Wood
Fourth Armored
Montbronn Forest
Sareguemines
Paul Willard
Herbitzheim
Etting
Omar N. Bradley
Germany
Metz
Bradley
Normandy
Austrians Urged To Stage Revolt
London dispatch reports a Moscow radio call for Austrians to revolt against the Germans. The broadcast urged organized resistance and the formation of armed partisan units as Red Army advances narrowed the border reach.
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London
Moscow
Red Army
Germany
Younger Men Are Going Overseas
Men under 19 years of age are now going overseas as infantry and armored replacements. Under-Secretary of War Patterson disclosed today. He said the move is a policy change driven by urgent military needs and will depend on the war's course. Patterson noted a shrinking pool of older draftees as war tempo rises.
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Washington
Patterson
Local Citizens Boost War Bond Sales Across Groups
The booth reports show diverse groups raising funds for the Sixth War Loan Drive. Sam Magerfield and Mrs. Zorpha Baker honored relatives with bonds while juvenile and civic clubs like JBOF Scouts GAA and Eagles posted strong totals.
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JBT
Boy Scouts
Junior Board of Frade
Jaycees
Bobby Grove
Rober Dechert
Marshall Jessee
Garden Club
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
B’nai Brrith
Robert A. Whitten
R. W. Vanderberry
IOOF
Winchester Greeks
Mary Pappas
Winchester Ioof
IOCF
Holmes Newcome
Unclear status of Poseh area in western Kwangsi province
An American communique reports 14th Air Force reconnaissance in Poseh area 140 miles northwest of Nanning on the Yu river. It notes Poseh relative to Kunming and hints Japanese proximity, with Chinese forces pursuing and advancing toward Nanning via the Yu Valley as Ta Kung Pao criticizes military leadership.
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American Comunique
14Th Air Force
Poseh
Kwangsi Province
Nanning
Yu River
Kunming
Yu Valley
Chungking
Ta Kung Pao
Berlin Bombing Targeted Railways and Oil Plants
RAF bombers hit Berlin again last night linking with raids on Osnabruck Giessen and the Leuna oil plant near Leipzig. About 1,300 planes took part. Berlin had seen a US attack the day before and RAF concentrated on communications and refinery targets.
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London
Berlin
Osnabruck
Giessen
Euna
Leipzig
U. S
Leuna
Americans Bomb In Manchuria
A 20th Air Force communique reports a large B29 task force daylight raid on key industrial targets in Japanese controlled Manchuria. General Arnold indicates details will follow. Tokyo and Domei offer corroborating accounts of the strike between 10 and 10:30 A.M. local time.
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Washington
Manchuria
20Th Air Force
Bomber Command
H. H. Arnold
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Imperial Air
Domei Agency
National Army of
Donald Nelson in Australia on secret mission
Donald Nelson personal representative of President Roosevelt arrived in Perth from a secret mission to China. He planned to confer with Australian officials in Canberra and did not reveal the mission's purpose. Earlier in Ceylon Nelson left Kandy after talks with Southeast Asia command leaders as he prepared to report to Roosevelt on Chinese war production efforts.
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Perth
Australia
Donald Nelson
Roosevelt
China
Canberra
Ceylon
Kandy
Donald M.nelson
Southeast
Chungking
Washington
Noted Sedition Trial Ends After Mistrial Declared
Associate Justice James M. Proctor halted the mass sedition trial after 22 defendants refused to continue under a new judge following the death of Chief Justice Edward C. Eicher. Only Prescott Benett supported proceeding. others abstained or were silent. The court officially declared a mistrial.
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Washington
James M. Proctor
Edward C. Eicher
Prescott Benett
Justice
Man Admits Walking On 2 Year Old To Death
Davenport Iowa police report 20 year old Robert Schlimmer admitted killing Jean Joyce Lastmeter age two by walking on her in his home. The child was left in his custody while an aunt, caregiver since the mother’s death, stepped out. Schlimmer described as mentally deficient and held without charges.
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Davenport
Robert Schlimmer
Reed Phillips
Schlimmer
Jean Joyce Lastmeter
Phillips
Canada larger area than U S by half a million square miles
Canada spans 3,694,863 square miles, outsize the United States by about 500,000 miles, yet its population of 11,506,655 is roughly equal to the population of greater New York.
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Canada
U. S
New York
Freezing Social Security Tax Debate Moves Through Congress
The Senate Finance Committee voted 13 to 2 to freeze social security tax rates, with Chairman from Georgia signaling plans to bring the measure up tomorrow for Senate approval. The House earlier backed keeping the 1 percent levy for employers and employees. President Roosevelt opposes halting the planned automatic tax increase set for January 1. Arthur Altmeyer warned the rise is needed to safeguard the benefits fund.
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Washin NW
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Popey
Columnist Intercedes With Atlanta Prison Revolt Leaders
Atlanta December 7 columnist Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal mediated with barricaded convicts at the Atlanta federal penitentiary after they seized four officers. He reported their seven grievances including medical supervision religious services prison wages racial issues and restricted outside communication. Food was sent in for the inmates and the convicts promised to end their revolt if the story satisfied their demands.
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Atlanta
Morgan Blake
The
Atlanta Journal
Today
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Blake
Today’s Journal
Chiang Kai-Shek rejects Communist coalition offer in Chungking
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek refused a Communist proposal for a democratic coalition government and offered counter proposals. Communists say Chou En-Lai returning to Yenan reported the talks held November 22 after Chou’s arrival in Chungking. Officials indicate non coalition participation by non Kuomintang elements remains possible.
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Chungking
Generalissimio
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomintang
Chinese National Party
Casualties High On West Front
Washington reports severe casualties on the western front with grim prospects ahead. A weekly war review shows Army totals through November 22 at 474,898 with 91,625 killed, 268,099 wounded, 58,926 missing, and 56,248 prisoners, while Navy totals reach 77,120 with 29,738 killed, 33,469 wounded, 9,427 missing, and 4,486 prisoners.
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Washington
Patterson
Pearl Harbor
United States
Navy
Perjury Charged To A Witness In Dorsey Case
Los Angeles dispatch reports Antonio Icaza Panamanian seaman facing perjury suspicion and jail after testifying in the Tommy Dorsey assault case. Judge Crumbley previously warned Icaza’s answers were close to perjury as details of the August 5 beating emerged.
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Los Angeles
Arthur Crumbhoay
Tommy Dorsey
Pat Dane
Allen Smiley
Jonall
Antonio Icaza
Dorsey
Brunet
Icaza
Fred N. Howser
Arthur Crum
San Diez
Russians Freed in Romania Jail Release
Tass reports the Allied control commission in Romania has freed 4,000 Soviet citizens from Bucharest jails.
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Moscow
Tass
Allied Control Commission
Romania
Bucharest
Fighter Pilots Set Records in Burma Missions
Two American fighters of the Burma based squadron in the Tenth Air Force set combat mission records in the India Burma theater. Lt. Charles Heil, 23, from Mont Ephraim New Jersey, logged 207 missions in 16 months and continues flying. Capt. James May Jr., 25, of Carysbrook Virginia, has flown five P-40 missions and once attacked a mixed bomber and fighter formation, downing one bomber and damaging two fighters before bailing out in friendly territory.
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Mysteina
Burma
May
Afrikaans Language Roots and South African Heritage
The Afrikaans language is named for the speech of descendants of Dutch French and German colonists who settled in South Africa before British occupation in 1806. It reflects a mixed linguistic and colonial history within the region.
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South Africa
Fifth And Sixth Visits Paid to Jap Capital By U S Superforts
Saipan reports two Superfortress bombers on weather reconnaissance raids against Tokyo seven hours apart. The missions marked the fifth and sixth Tokyo visits by Saipan based B29s since November 24. Lt. Col. Robert K. Morgan led the first raid and Capt. J. T. A. Archer commanded the second.
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U. S. Bomber Command
Saipan
Tokyo
U. S
Robert K. Morgan
Asheville
N. C
New York
Morgan
Little Gem
J. T. A. Archer
Brownwood
Tex
Archer
Sumida River
Ara River
Vincent Evans
Hollywood
Calif
Donald T. Black
Rushville
Brighter Lights For England
London reports the blackout regulations lifted and permanent dimout adopted after air raid sirens end. The move allows brighter interiors as of Saturday, despite many households not using the prior relaxations due to alarm siren alerts.
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London
England
Church Women To Meet Here At Handley Library
The Federation of Church Women will meet at Handley Library on Friday afternoon December 8 at 3 30 o clock. All members are asked to be present.
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Federation of Church Women
Handley Library
Warren County Resident Florence Butler Dies in Winchester
Florence Butler of Milldale Warren county died Wednesday afternoon December 6 at 3 30 in Winchester Memorial Hospital. She was 60 and had been a patient since the day before. She was a daughter of Mrs Jennie Hackley Butler and the late Charles Butler. She is survived by her mother six brothers and four sisters including Fillmore Butler Mrs William Nichols Linden Jackson Butler Winchester James Butler Front Royal Henry Butler Elza Butler George Billard Milldale Mrs Edward Alexander Happy Creek Mrs Granville Kirby Browntown and Mrs Cook Walsh White Post. No funeral arrangements announced.
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Florence Butler
Milldale
Warren County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jennie Hackley Butler
Charles Butler
Fillmore Butler
William Nichols
Linden
Jackson Butler
Winchester
James Butler
Front Royal
Henry Butler
Elza Butler
George Billard
Edward Alexander
Happy Creek
Granville Kirby
Browntown
Cook Walsh
White Post
Track Star Sent To Doghouse
STOCKHOLM December 7 The military court at Ostersund ruled Gunder Haegg must spend five days in the guardhouse for reporting one day late for military service He must complete the sentence before traveling to the United States for training and travel plans.
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Stockholm
Gunder Haegg
Ostersund
United States
Winchester Heads Ship Launch Plans With Gifts and Committees
S S Winchester led a meeting where at least 20 representatives from organizations attended the ship launch. Plans call for two plaques placed in officers quarters and mess, a brief Winchester history by W W Glass, and Elks Club has donated 100 toward plaques. Three gift committees were set: phonographs and records, books, and games, with chairs and members named. A follow up meeting is set for December 20 at 8 p m in City Council chamber.
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Winchester
W. W. Glass
Elks
White
Elks Club
Charles Baker
Peachy
Answers to the Daily Quiz Key
The page lists the quiz answers: Buda and Pest. six years. Necessity. January 20 1945. Atom smashing machine. John Burroughs. False. Spotted. Horatio Gates. Polo.
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Buda
Pest
Necessity
John Burroughs
Horatio Gates
Polo
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Edwards
Edwards Coffee Rhythm Inn
S. S. Winchester
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