Local Man Recalls Pearl Harbor Attack on Oahu
John L. Janzer recalls the surprise Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor on Oahu. He describes orange engine flecks and a burst of dust as bullets struck, with soldiers breaking through rooms to fight the planes. He was near completion of a two year enlistment and remained in service in the South Pacific. He later moved to Winchester in 1945 and is married to Katherine A. McClure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Janzer
Front Royal Road
Oahu Island
Pearl
Army
South Pacific
New Jersey
Winchester
Katherine A. McClure
Snt
Braddock St
Mt. Airy Community Center
Gown Crier Reports Lost Bulbs At Courthouse Tree
Town reports the big Christmas tree in front of the courthouse has lost all ground reachable bulbs this morning. A Merriman Lane hunter bagged a 145 pound buck near Wardensville in a season total of 13 bucks for The Conversation Deer Club. A gray fox wandered into a Route 50 yard near Winchester and was shot after an hour. Venus the brightest planet is leaving the morning sky and will be visible in evenings from March to October next year and again as a morning star late 1962 into mid 1963.
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Perry Funk
Merrimans Lane
Wardensville
Mr. Funk
Conversation Deer ‘Club
C. C. Haymaker
Star Office
Route 50
Winchester
Venus
Kennedy outlines standby public works plan to avert recession
President Kennedy told AFL-CIO leaders he will ask Congress for standby authority to launch public works programs to put men to work if a recession hits. He urged against discrimination, noted November unemployment at 6.1 percent and a new high payroll of 67,349,000. He backed measures to aid communities and industries hurt by imports and warned against new protectionism while pledging trade policy to boost exports.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Organized Labor
Congress
Afl-Cio
Jestaniaghabas
Kesoghy
America
National Association of Manufacturers
U.S
Surprise Nuclear Attack Possible Speaker Warns
Adm. John H. Sides warned at Pearl Harbor ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary that a surprise nuclear attack remains possible. He urged Americans to stay strong and ready to defend freedoms, as 2,000 died on that Sunday morning. The memorial included 108 Pearl Harbor survivors and 60 Gold Star mothers.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawai
Adm
John H. Sides
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Battleship Row
Naval Base
New England
Military Today Compared to 1941 Insight
A summary compares U S military strength now with 1941 levels as an investigation into Pearl Harbor blame winds down. The piece notes ongoing analyses, shifting strategies, and implications for future defense planning.
Remembrance Ceremony Marks Pearl Harbor Anniversary
A Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony timed to 7 55 a m honors the 1941 attack. The Arizona shipwreck's rusting hull and the remains of 1102 crewmen lay beneath the platform as observers recall the day war began for the United States.
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United States
Arizona
Battleship Row
Sears, Roebuck & CO
N. Loudoun St
Winchester
Farmers & Merchants
National
Army Engineers Air River Plans Tonight at Front Royal
Army Engineers outline four dam proposals to control pollution and floods in Potomac Shenandoah basin. Meeting at Warren County High School at 7 30 p m follows sessions in Staunton Moorefield W Va Hagerstown Cumberland Frederick Md and Chambersburg Pa. Public reaction ranges from mild to violent opposition to dams on upper rivers.
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Potomac
Shenandoah
Warren County High School
Army Engineers
Front Royal
Potomac-Shenandoah
Staunton
Moorefield
W. Va
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Frederick
Chambersburg
Charles Ae
Posals
Charles Town
Opequon Creek
Fred
Oe County Board of Surecord
Accountant Too Busy to File Own Tax Returns
Roy W. Hunt a 47 year old CPA from San Carlos was convicted by a federal jury of willful failure to file his tax returns for 1956 to 1958. The government said his three year gross income was 48239 dollars. Sentencing set for January 3 by Judge Albert C. Wollenberg.
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San Francisco
Roy W. Hunt
San Carlos
Albert C. Wollenberg
U Thant's Congo Plan Gains U.S. Backing
Acting Secretary-General U Thant pushes a new plan to bring Katanga under U.N. control with U.S. support. The plan may be reviewed by Congo advisory committee before public release, and could include the use of force to remove foreign mercenaries aiding Tshombe’s forces.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.S
U Thant
Congo
Katanga
United Nations
U.N
Thant
Shen’ Whearen
Yeat
Security Council
Moise Tshombe
Adlai E. Stevenson
Garene Williams
Edmund A. Gullion
United States
Katengs U Dia
Soames
Elisabethville
Leopoldville
Washington
Linner
A. U.N
Explosions Hit Elisabethville Amid Katanga Conflict
U N jets bomb Katangan ammunition dumps near Elisabethville while explosions rock the capital. Indian Canberra jets reportedly raid Kolwezi as U N and U S officials clash over involvement. An American Globemaster was fired on over Leopoldville and U S planes suspended amid safety concerns.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
U.N
U.S
Leopoldville
Washington
Il Globemaster
Orange
H Wd
Lewis Hoffacker
Kolwezi
Janotville
U.N. Command
Kolwezit
Allied Disagreement Feared Over Katanga
The United States and its European allies may split over U.N. Congo operations as Katanga secession persists. London opposes forcing a political solution by UN force, favoring negotiation, while Washington offers up to 21 more C-130 type transports to boost airlift. President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan to meet December 21 22 to discuss Congo policy.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
U.N
Congo
Katanga
United Nations
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Bermuda
London
U.N. Mili
Katang
Moise Tshombe
Leopoldville
State Department
U.S. Air Force
Survivor recalls Pearl Harbor attack from West Virginia crew
John Matheson recalls the December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor raid aboard the battleship West Virginia. He describes alarm, damaged guns, torpedo and bomb hits, crew evacuations, and aiding wounded as the Nevada faced Japanese bombers.
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Virginia
Nevada
U S Battle Unit Rolls Into West Berlin
U S Army units began moving from West Germany into West Berlin by autobahn after Soviet threats over the West Berlin corridor. Company E of the 19th Battle Group led about 200 men with 25 vehicles crossing Checkpoint Bravo while Soviet forces checked another detachment at Babelsberg.
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Berlin
1St Battle Group
Kassel
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Ed Ritter
The
Star
Mr. Janzer
Oahu
Ritter
Hawaii
JFK
LABOR
Labor Federation
Ford Island
U. S
ROUSS
Sacred Heart Church
Leggett’s Dept
Katangan
Army Engineers Air River Plans
Viding
Capital
Tshombe
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Associated Press
John Matheson
Evening’ News
West Virginia
Paycels
Iean
W. Berlin
Jackson
Potomac River
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