Winchester and area youths on active duty abroad
Anxiety grips Winchester and surrounding towns as youths join the war effort. Reports list Pvt John H. Jackson near Hickam Field Honolulu and Pvt Kenneth Mensier at Pearl Harbor with the 251st Coast Guard. Others include Sgt John E. O Neal, Lt Alli son Hartman, and Ensign John Beardall, among families tracking loved ones serving in the Pacific and Manila areas.
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Winchester
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Tokyo
Hickam Field
Honolulu
John H. Jackson
A. H., Jackson
West Germain Street
Algo
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Kenneth Mensier
251St Coast Stery
Role
Pansler
F. H. Fansler
Woodabe Avenue
John Clarke
Justin Funkhouser, Jr
Fairmont Avenue
James
John
Maria
Jane
Washinin
Philippines
N. B
John E. O'Neal
S. D. O'Neal
Vau
Clarke Field
U. S. Air Base
Fort McKinley
Manila
Allison Hartman
C. S. Hartman
Gray Oe
United State Army Engineers
V. P
Harry Diekman
Diekman
I. George Diekman
Valley Avenue
Pearl Arbor
John R
Jack”ardall
Bear-Adgee
John R. Beardall
Clermont
Berryville
Beardall
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
World War wound treatment method named after Dr Dakin
The quiz answer sheet lists a question about the method of treating wounds developed during World War I by Dr Alexis Carrel and U.S. ally Leonard F. Dakin. It notes the barrel Dakin method using irrigation with neutral sodium hypochlorite elution.
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Alexis el
Dakin
Soldiers Hurt In Freak Wreck Near Winchester
Two Army trucks carrying ten soldiers from Camp Lee to Pennsylvania homes collided near Hilltop Cabin Camp on U S Route 80 four miles east of Winchester. Pvt Lloyd Feathers of Roaring Springs Pa sustained a broken leg and arm with cuts and bruises. nine others had minor injuries. Pvt Lynn Rit Chey of Everett Pa crashed into a telephone pole. Pvt Raymond W Hand of Dubois Pa hit a stretched cable guy-wire entangled in wreckage. one car was destroyed.
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Camp Lee
Pennsylvania
U. S. Route 80
Winchester
Pvt
Lloyd Feathers
Roaring Springs
B. E. Williams
Lynn Rit Chey
Everett
Raymond W. Hand
Dubois
Ritchey
Hand
Williams
Market Quotations From Baltimore and Chicago Auctions
Baltimore and Chicago livestock markets show varied tonnage and price shifts with cattle calves hogs and sheep trading across ranges. NY stocks waver as US Japan conflict stirs early declines before some recovery and broad price moves.
Baltimore Grain Market Closing
Baltimore market closes with Wheat No 2 Red Winter at 1.1812 dollars per bushel spot. Corn 86 to 88 cents. Winchester Wheat 1.10 and Corn 80 cents per bushel. Barley 65 cents per bushel. Prices based on deliveries at mill.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Navy Needs Men to Join at All Times Nationwide
The navy stated a critical need for volunteers and announced all recruiting offices will stay open 24 hours a day seven days a week. Enlistment age limits are 17 to 50.
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New York
Navy
Treasury Debt Figures Report On December 5
The Treasury status for December 5 shows receipts of 45.69 million dollars and expenditures of 125.18 million dollars, with a gross debt totaling 55.21 billion dollars.
Philippines Defends Key Bases Amid Daylight Raids
Allied defense halted Japanese daylight raids near Manila targeting external military objectives. Forces reported securing major centers around MVALNOU Army and Navy facilities including Correigador fortress Nichols airport and Cavite while outer targets faced attacks.
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Mvalnou
Manila
Correigador
Nichols
Cavite
Hickory Camp Names Officers For Next Year
Hickory Camp No. 34 Woodmen of the World elects officers for the ensuing year at a recent meeting. W. H. Clark serves as Council Commander with C. E. Sibert as Council Commander and other officers named. An oyster fry followed the business session as the group plans for 1942. Meetings are held Fridays at 8 at the Odd Fellows Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Hickory Camp No. 34
Woodmen of the World
W. H. Clark
Oddlows Hall
Sam Jenkins Fatally Hurt In Hagerstown Yard Accident
Sam Jenkins of Hagerstown a Frederick County native and Pennsylvnia Railway veteran died at a Hagerstown hospital from injuries after his leg was crushed in the Hagerstown yards requiring amputation. He leaves a brother Carl Jenkins of Strasburg two sisters Mrs Ella Henson Stephens City and Mrs Mary Rodrick Martinsburg and another brother T J Jenkins Mechanicsville Pa plus a widow children and other relatives. Funeral services will be at 2 pm tomorrow at the Sill Funeral Home Antietam Street.
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Sam Jenkins
Hagerstown
Frederick County
Pennsylaania Railway
Jenkins
Carl Jenkins
Strasburg
Ella Henson
Stephens City
Mary Rodrick
Martinsburg
T. J. Jenkins
Mechanicsville
Suees
Sill Funeral Home
Antietam Street
Italians Claim Big Battleship Sunk
A London radio report cites a Domei broadcast claiming the US battleship Pennsylvania sunk in the Pacific. The tally of U S losses allegedly includes two battleships the Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, plus two destroyers and two oil tankers. The Pennsylvania, commissioned in 1916, displaces 33 100 tons and carries 12 14 inch guns.
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London
Domei
U. S
Pennsylvania
United States
Pacific
Oklahoma
Arizona
Lions Club Eye Clinic At Clarke In Berryville
Berryville hosts Lions Club eye clinic at the Nurse Association office tomorrow from 9 to 10. County nurse Mrs. Katherine Anderson directs. Children will ride school buses to the clinic. The excerpt also notes Q and A about actress Aia Chatterton’s first screen role in Sins of the Fathers.
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Lions Club
Berryville
Nurse Association
Katherine Anderson
Service Men Ordered to Posts in Special Dispatches
The United States Army and Navy ordered all sailors and Marines and Coast Artillery at Fort Story and Camp Pendleton to return to their posts immediately. Dispatches cite authority from Commander H. B. Hoffman and Captain Myers.
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The
Star
United States Army
Navy Departments
Coast Artillery
Fort Story
Camp Pendleton
Navy
Marine
H. B. Hoffman
Fort. Story Camp Pendleton
Myers
Split Decision Gives Captive Mines a Victory
The United Mine Workers of America won a 2 to 1 arbitration ruling securing a union shop in major steel company captive coal pits. Eight companies including U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel will sign the Appalachian wage agreement, effective until April 1, 1943, with several parties already on board.
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New
York
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Roosevelt
Benjamin F. Fairless
U.S. Steel Corporation
John R. Steelman
United States Conciliation Service
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Connae
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Republic Steel Corporation
Woodward Iron Company
National Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Semet-Solvay Company
County Youths Are Aboard Sister Cruisers
Two Frederick county youths serving in the Pacific war zone are cited. Peter C. Petrie Jr. of Bartonsville, 26, a machine gunner aboard the U S 8 Boise with enlistment due next April, and John Carbaugh of Stephens City, 22, storekeeper second class aboard the U S Helena, completing his fourth year in February. Petrie and Carbaugh’s ships, sister cruisers, were anchored side by side at Pearl Harbor when their mothers last heard from them.
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Frederick County
Peter C. Petrie, Jr
Bartonsville
John Carbaugh
Stephens City
Petrie
U.S
Boise
Peter C. Petrie
Carbaugh
Harry Carbaugh
Navy
U. S
Helena
Clipper
P. C. Petrie
Pearl Harbor
Roy Newlin Struck by Car, Killed Near Winchester
Roy Newlin about 22 was instantly killed when struck by a car driven by Paul Grabill 20 of Baltimore Md just north of Winchester on Route 11. He was walking with W Braithwaite Dutch Loy and others after leaving a road house. Grabill stopped and rushed Newlin to hospital but he died on arrival. The accident is under investigation by Troop B. Williams. Newlin worked in Montgomery Ward’s plumbing dept and lived on South Braddock street. He survived by his wife, parents, two brothers, a half brother and two sisters. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 pm from Jones Funeral Home with Rev Garland Hopkins officiating. Interment Mt Hebron cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Roy Newlin
Paul Grabill
Baltimore
Clearbrook
Winchester
W. W. Braithwaite
Dutch Loy
Newlin
Martinsburg
Grabill
Braithwaite
Williams
Montgomery Ward
South Braddock Street
Ac Neat Bell
Mr Newlin
Conley Anderson
Welltown Pike
Ray
Robert Newlin
Eugene
Tsa
Ada Francis
Margaret Catlett
Millard Eyler
Jones Funeral
Garland Hopkins
Market Street Methodist Church
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
C. B. Gibson
Russell Feeley
R. C. Evans
A. E. Smallwood
B. F. Pugh
D. Rogers
Termite resistant Panama built pine house stalls pests
A house in Panama constructed fifteen years ago uses pine pressure impregnated with zinc chloride to resist termite damage, showcasing durable treatment for long term wood protection.
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Panama Canal
Crochet Cap and Mitten Set for Winter Wear
Crochet guide promotes a two colored afghan yarn cap and mitten set. Instructions include materials and directions for making the set with a gay note to brighten winter wardrobes. Pattern 7156 provides the steps for crocheting the item.
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Materi
Soldier's Car Sideswiped Two Others Saturday
A highway crash on route 50 six miles west of Winchester at 3 PM Saturday injured Ruth Baker of Capon Bridge West Virginia with a possible fractured knee and numerous cuts. Pvt Stephen Stauch of Bowling Green Virginia lost control on a sharp curve when a front tire blew, striking Lineburg of Hayfield and Baker’s car. Two soldier companions were uninjured and Lineburg escaped with only a shaking up.
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Route 50
Winchester
Ruth 8. Baker
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Bob DeHaven
Pvt
Stephen Stauch
Bowling Green
Baker
Edwin Lineburg
Hayfield
Staunch
Lineburg
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Baltimore Produce
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Jerseys U
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Chicago Livestock
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Stock Market Report
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Chrys Corp
Elec
Gen Foods
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Ind Rayon
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Int Paper Co
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Johns-Mariv
Kenn Cop
Lin O F Gi
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Mont Ward
Bis
Norf & Wes
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Penney (Jc
Penn RR
Phil Pet
Proc & Gamb
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Srs.Roe
Shell UN Oil
So Pac
So Ry Pf
SO NJ
Tex Corp
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Union Pac
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
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the Treasury
C. E. Sibert
G. W. Pennington
D. C. Hottle
H. M. Carper
F. B. Lewis
J. N. McDonald
L. I. Carper
Chek
L. EB. Fries
B. Pifer
S. O. Mason
T. C Clark
Pennsylvania Railway
Aia Chatterton
Mervel W. Adams Lumbing & Heating
E. Vemaine St
P. C. Petrie, Jr
Winchester Dept
14Th Street
N. Y
Alice Brooks
Ruth Baker
International
B&m
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Northern Virginia Power CO
Winchester Evening Star
the Star
C. W. Parish
Gore
Western Frederick Bank
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C. W. Parish, JR
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