Fleet in Toulon Harbor Surrender and Sinking Amid Axis Advance
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported that out of 75 French ships in Toulon harbor, 51 were sunk or damaged or unaccounted for while 20 remained afloat and intact. Four submarines escaped. several battleships and other vessels were damaged or scuttled, including Dunkerque Strasbourg and Provence. multiple destroyers leaders and other ships were listed as scuttled or heavily damaged.
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Washington
Knox
Toulon
Dunkerque
Strasbourg
Province
Vichy
Algerie
Local Merchants Anticipate Heavy Christmas Buying Season
Winchester merchants expect a strong Christmas shopping season with early crowds already spending. Stores may stay open later starting December 14 with possible Christmas Eve to Monday morning closures under consideration. Metal toys and other metal articles are scarce while demand remains high.
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Winchester
Warren Eddy
W. R. Strader
Andy Bell
Retail Merchants Association
Mail Early Helps Post Office During Busy Season
Winchester urges early mailing as a Christmas courtesy to postal clerks. Segregated state parcels and scarce trained staff strain the post office. Extra helpers are hard to hire and train, so the public is asked to mail early and properly to ease congestion.
Gift subscription offer for The Evening Star
A promotional notice invites readers to give a year’s subscription to The Evening Star as a New Year gift. It promises a gift card announcement and highlights the lowest subscription rates of the year, with a phone number to arrange the gift.
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The
Evening Star
G Star
Congress Faces Possible Christmas Break Amid War Strain
Washington dispatch notes wartime pressure could deny Congress a formal Christmas holiday as members depart for home. The 78th Congress may stay in session until early January with key bills stalled and Senate burdened by already approved measures. Proposals include farm parity adjustments, housing rate controls, and a $5 million boost to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Tith Congress
Telegraph Company
House
Senate
Melvyn Douglas Joins U S Army as Private
Melvyn Douglas the movie star is reported to have enlisted in the U S Army in Washington and will serve as Private Douglas. His wife Helen Gahagan says he previously served three years with the medical corps in World War I.
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Los Angeles
Melvyn Douglas
Washington
Douglas
Helen Gahagan
Medical Corps
Organizing For 1944 Started
The Republican National Committee united to organize the 1944 presidential campaign. Harrison Spangler of Iowa was elected chairman by acclamation, succeeding Joseph W. Martin. Spangler pledged to defeat the New Deal and planned to discuss campaign plans with Willkie and other party leaders.
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ST. Louis
Republican National Committee
Harrison
Spangler
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Alf. M. Landon
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Willkie
Blood drive volunteers grow as clinic nears
Seventy persons have volunteered to serve as blood donors as of today. On April 18, L G Sjos, chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements, said the clinic will be run by army or navy doctors and nurses. More volunteers are urgently needed to help prepare the clinic.
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L. G. Sjos
Byrd and Congressional Quiz Kids Seek Federal Forms
Professor Byrd and his congressional quiz kids urge federal agencies to hand over all questionnaires forms regulations and form letters issued in the last year and a half The joint committee on reduction of non essential federal expenditure asks agencies to submit copies of these materials to study what drives taxpaying costs.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Washington
Byrd
Congressional
Senator Byrd
D-Va
Ration Board Ordered to Vacate Sheriff Office Quarters
The Winchester and Frederick County Ration Board must vacate the Sheriff John Bywaters office and jury room at Frederick Circuit Court within ten days. Judge Harrison cites interference with public business and suspends execution for 10 days while the board seeks alternative offices and final site approval from State OPA officials.
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Winchester
Frederick County
John Bywaters
Frederick
Harrison
C. P. McVicar
OPA
Ration Board
Registration For 18 Year Olds To Begin on Dec. 11
Youths turning 18 since the June 30 1942 registration will register December 11 through December 31. The sixth registration applies to those born between July 1 and December 31 1924 with weekly windows from December 11 to 31 1942 and daily hours 9 am to 5 pm. In Frederick County precincts include Clearbrook Woolen Mill Gore Western Frederick Bank M J Grove Lime Co Stephens City and the county Selective Service office. City registrants use the City Hall second floor. Also open to men aged 20 to 64 who have not registered before.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Frederick County
Clearbrook Woolen Mill
Western Frederick Bank
Gore
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Stephens City
Frederick
Almost 800 First Aiders Trained Here In A Year
Red Cross First Aid instructors in Winchester and Frederick County trained 791 people since December 7, aiming for a 5 000 target. The year saw 45 instructors 132 advanced 476 standard 140 juniors and 140 completing this week with classes started widely. officials urged every family to send one member to a course.
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Pacific
Red Cross
Winchester
Freedrick County
Frederick County
Teachers To Hold Meeting Saturday At County Courthouse
Frederick County Teachers Association members will meet Saturday at 10 o clock in the county courthouse. H Denis Hoover Middletown high school principal and association president says delegates to the Richmond convention at Thanksgiving and other business will be discussed.
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Frederick County Teachers Association
H. Denis Hoover
Middletown High School
Teachers Association
Richmond
Hoover
Cider apples wanted by L A Hudson in Albin
Local notice seeks cider apples from L A Hudson of Albin Virginia contact Dial 4041 for details.
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L. A. Hudson
Albin
Dial
Army Telephone Directory Entry for Radio Equipment
A terse 12th district listing references EE radios or radio types for U S Army. The entry notes call 3531 for procurement or inquiry and dates marked December 7 with unclear year.
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U. SS. Army
Meeting of Auxiliary Firemen Postponed
The Auxiliary Firemen meeting scheduled for Wednesday night December 9 is postponed for one week. Wm. Argenbright, Chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Argenbright
Reds Assert Germans Have Failed In Their Attacks
Soviet dispatch reports heavy snow on the Don and Volga front slowdowns. German counter attacks around Stalingrad and Rzhev failed to regain ground as Soviets press forward at fortifications near Vertiachy and Peskovata. Soviet communique tallies more than 3,000 German casualties.
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Moscow
Red Army
Izvestia
Don
Volga
Stalingrad
Vertiachy
Peskovata
Rzhev
Pledge to Defeat Japan by Allied Leaders
London reports reveal messages between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill pledging joint aims to destroy Japan. Churchill emphasizes uniting with the United States and Allies for final defeat, while Roosevelt notes ongoing and intensified actions against Japan.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
United States
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Local News Briefs Highlight War Efforts and Oddities
The Chamber of Commerce issued disc paper weights featuring The Old County Courthouse and Frederick County seal to mark an anniversary Judge Harrison opened his term. Deer hides are being donated for cold weather gear. Sidney Hodgson of Mountain Falls is first. A Red Cross kit bag was stolen from Blood Donor headquarters. return urged. Stonewall High School students sold War Savings Stamps totaling 64.10 dollars for Pearl Harbor Day. Navy enlistment rules affect locally drafted papers with age limits noted. The local post office will stay open three days weekly.
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Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County
Andy Bell
Harrison
Frederick
F. W. Pingley
Sidney Hodgson
Mountain Falls
J. C. Penney Co
North Loudoun
Red Cross
Stonewall High School
Clearbrook
Oirain Spee
U.S. Navy
Martinsburg
Navy
Rero
No Live Japanese Will Be Left In Aleutians
Secretary Knox stated at a press conference that the navy does not intend to leave any attackable Japanese forces on Attu and Kiska. Captain F E Beatty, Knox’s aide, added jokingly that the live ones would not remain, and Knox agreed with a grin, saying, “Let’s make that the answer.”
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Washington
Knox
Navy
Aleutian
Attu
Kiska
F. E. Beatty
Dakar Placed In Allied Hands By Eisenhower
Eisenhower announces Dakar is turned over for use by United Nations navies and air forces and French naval facilities may support the Allies. Boisson agrees to cooperation with Darlan, aims for full collaboration, and allows Allied access to airfields and ports.
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North Africa
Dakar
United Nations
West African
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Jean Darian
Eisenhower
South Atlantic
Boisson
French ‘West Africa
French North Africa
Darlan
French Africa
Ramussen to Speak at Virginia Horticultural Meet in Staunton
Fruit growers from across Virginia arrive for the forty-seventh annual Virginia State Horticultural Society meeting in Staunton. Secretary W S Campfield expects 200-250 delegates tonight and 400-500 tomorrow. Cornell economist Dr. Rasmussen, with War Production Board ties, will discuss war regulations and shortages affecting growers. Program starts 7:30 p.m. at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel with Drs Gaines and Rasmussen on the lineup.
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Staunton
Virginia State Horticultural Society
W. S. Campfield
Rasmussen
Cornell University
United States
Campfield
Dr. Rasmussen
War Production Board
Washington and Lee University
Dr. Gaines
Stonewall Jackson Hotel
Allied counterattack reshapes Tebourba fight in North Africa
Allied tanks counterattacked to push back enemy gains near Tebourba 20 miles west of Tunis as air and sea operations tighten. Both sides clash on Tebourba heights and south of the Tunisian town while supplies and reinforcements hinge on air routes to Bizerte and Tunis.
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Tebourba Heights
Port of
Dakar
North Africa
Tebourba
Tunis
London
No Man’s Land
Bizerte
Heavenly
Or-In-Chief
United Nations
South Atlantic
Public Sale At Court House Winchester Va
Health failing leads Virgil R. to announce a public sale of his farm on Route 50 two miles south of Winchester Virginia. The property includes 100 acres with a good house electricity and farm buildings and a well. Sale set for December 1942 at 11 a m with cash terms and options for one or two year financing. Posse given February 15 1943.
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Winchester
Virgil R
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Tigre
Gladiateur
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Office of Civilan Defense
Prof. Byrd
Sheriff’s Office
Eddy Gilmore
Knight Bixby
Ford Barry
Knight
Wes Gallagher
Bulletin
Eighth
el Agheila
Libya
la Goulette
Court House
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