Mediterranean Bulletin Signals Balkan Shift in War News
Stockholm dispatch cites Allehanda reporting Sofia may follow Italy by breaking from the Germans. Bulgarians, if Balkans see invasion, likely side with Allies. Sofia rattled as ministers in Bilin Moscow and Ankara host conferences and a Russian military mission visits.
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Stockholm
Sofia
Bulgaria
Italy
Allehanda
Istanbul
Balkans
Bilin
Moscow
Ankara
World War II Leaders Meet in Cairo Forge Unity Pact
Cairo reports say the Ismet Inonu Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill three day conference concluded with a strong unity message. Turkish leaders may speak in Ankara soon while London aims to define Turkey's stance amid the war.
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Washington
Hull
State Department
Roosevelt
Franco
Spain
Cairo
Ismet Inonu
Churchill
Middle East
Mediterranean
London
Ankara
Turkey
Britain
United States
Balkan
Numan Menemencloglu
Reuters
London Daily Mail
Lions Warn Against Harsh View of War Nerves
Mrs Helen Wright supervisor of the Winchester City Welfare spoke to the Lions Club about soldiers with war nerves and the likelihood of full recovery with rest and support. She recalled wounded from the North Africa invasion and noted casualties returning for treatment since November 22. The meeting included a report on an eye sight clinic and glasses for children.
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Helen Wright
Winchester City
United States
Wright
C. A. Hobert
C. A. Bridges
Herbert Miller
Winchester adopts plans for 2.4 million gpd sewerage plant
The Winchester Common Council approved blueprints for a new sewerage facility on the George Eagle farm site, with 2.4 million gallons per day capacity at an estimated 400000 dollars. The plan covers future growth and can be enlarged, while preserving the present system until fully replaced.
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Winchester Common Council
Alexander Potter
State Department of Health
P. D. Miller
Water and Sewer Committee
George Eagle Farm
T. J. Kremer
S. Lee Grant
J. Henkel Henry
S. Kent Street
J. J. Pugh
Charles P. McVicar
X Rays Taken At Winchester Clinic Monday
About 412 people received chest X rays at a Baptist Church clinic in Winchester. The event, run by the District Nurses Association with the Tuberculosis Committee, will have results interpreted by the State Health Department in Richmond and sent to individuals and their physicians within weeks. The effort is supported by Christmas Seals sales, and praise is given to local volunteers and four student nurses who assisted.
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Baptist Church
Winchester
District Nurses Association
Tuberculosis Com- Committee
State Department of Health
Richmond
Lee Odell
Mary Hyde Richardson
Mary Steck
R. Gray Williams
Jack Pamplin
Albert Miller
Glen Cove
Execution Date Is Postponed In Clatterbuck Murder Case
Thomas W. Clatterbuck in Leesburg Virginia has had his murder trial date delayed from December 10 to February 4. The delay allows time to seek a writ of error from the State Supreme Court of Appeals. Clatterbuck, 33, was convicted for the June 1 killings at the A Morris Love farm.
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Leesburg
Thomas W. Clatterbuck
Here
Loudoun County
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Clatterbuck
Loudoun
Walter Russell
Dover Prize Night With Sarah Zane Hall
Sarah Zane Hall hosts a prize event Thursday December 9 at 8 30 p m featuring a Dover prize of 100 dollars plus additional prizes.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Dover
Rommel launches full scale drive against Yugoslavs
Rommel's Axis forces open a major offensive into Yugoslav liberated areas with a Bosnian-Serbian thrust reaching Prijepolje. Tito claims partisan counterattacks in Croatia kill 300 Germans and seize booty while condemning Axis atrocities in Macedonia.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Prijepolje
Josip Broz
Tito
Croatia
Rommel
Greece
Albania
Austria
Bosnia
Hercegovina
Free Yugoslav Radio
Kizevo
Gostivar
Macedonia
Slavonia
Threat Of Rail Strike Put Off
E. E. Oster of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen announced that at the request of the National Railway Mediation Board a planned strike by A B and C railway trainmen set for 11 p m tonight has been postponed indefinitely. The union said the Mediation Board asked for the delay and Robert F. Cole of the board would arrive in Atlanta to discuss the strike call.
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Atlanta
E. E. Oster
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
National Rail Way Mediation Board
A. B. and C Railway
Oster
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Robert F. Cole
Virginia Faces Sharp Hog Production Drop As Farmers Sell Off
Virginia officials warn a wave of hog selling will shrink this year’s hog production and raise scarcity next spring. L. M. Walker Jr cites market chaos and calls for price support adjustments while J. H. Meek urges readjustment to aid producers and curb losses.
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Richmond
Virginia
L. M. Walker, Jr
Walker
J. H. Meek
State Division of Markets
Washington
Chester Bowles
Meek
Marvin Jones
Turkey To Join Allies Seen In Cairo Signals
Washington observers stress deeds over words to show Turkey's growing role among the Allies. The Cairo communique hints at a key partnership with the Allies, driven by strategic Balkan position and Turkey's demand for a voice in postwar peace. Outcome hinges on Roosevelt Churchill Inonu and advisers.
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John M. Hightower
William Frye
Washington
Turkey
Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Ismet Inonu
Balkans
Styranecchinery
Reds Report German Onslaught Forces Counter Retreat
Moscow dispatch says a fierce German tank and infantry assault near Kiev forced Soviet forces to withdraw from several rosten sectors. Soviet gains southwest of Kremenchug and near Znamenka widened as German supplies and rail links faced disruption from the Red Army advance.
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Moscow
Kiev Bulge
Red Army
Kremenchug
Znamenka
Dnieper Bend
Kiev
Fritz von Mannstein
Favor Increased Liquor Tax Moves Through Senate Panel
The Senate Finance Committee ratified the House approved raise of the federal liquor tax from six to nine dollars per proof gallon and trimmed other excise rates in the tax bill. The net revenue effect is a loss of 112 million dollars, with the 1943 bill now seen yielding about 2.028 billion versus 2.14 billion previously estimated. Committee action awaits Senate floor decision next week or ten days.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
World War Fronts Seize Mount Camino and Press Cassino
The Fifth Army captures Mount Camino eight miles south of Cassino as Allied operations along the Via Casilina near Rome advance. British Eighth Army gains along the Moro River toward Pescara while Russia reports fresh German counterattacks and Soviet retreats in Ukraine near Kiev and the Dnieper bend. Diplomatic moves show Turkey edging toward the Allies after high level talks, and Yugoslav authorities warn of Chetnik opposition to Partisans. In the Pacific, Japanese naval activity concentrates attention on Rabaul amid heavy Allied air assaults and invasion threats.
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Italy
Fifth Army
Mount Camino
Cassino
Casilina
Rome
Eighth
Moro River
Pescara
Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Roosevelt Proclaims January 1 A National Day Of Prayer
President Roosevelt designates January 1 1944 as a national day of prayer to seek strength guidance and sacrifice for wartime victory. The proclamation recalls 1943’s devotion and calls for prayer in churches homes and hearts across the nation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Evry
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
Accident Claims Lloyd M. Griffin In Baltimore Pistol Incident
Lloyd M. Griffin vice president of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies serving Virginia DC Maryland and West Virginia was accidentally killed at his Baltimore home while examining a 32 caliber pistol. His wife Louise and daughter Betty Jean 21 were present. Dr Robert Lee Grim certified the death as accidental. Griffin had a long career with the company and spent much time in Winchester for franchise work. He was buried today.
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Lloyd M. Griffin
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland
West Virginia
Common Council
Eaen
Baltimore
R. Gray Williams
Chesapeake
Potomac Telephone Company
Griffin
Robert Lee Grim
Chesapeake and Potomac
Williams
Winchester
New Steel Wage Contract Sought
Benjamin F. Fairless of United States Steel announced that Carnegie Illinois Steel and four other US Steel subsidiaries will negotiate a new labor contract with the United Steel Workers of America. The companies replied to union notices dated December 4 and will meet in Pittsburgh to reopen current contracts.
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Pittsburgh
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
United Steel Workers of America
Columbia Steel Company
National Tube Company
Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company
United States Steel
Pitts
Japanese Naval Traffic Drops In Rabaul Area
Allied reports note a decline in Japanese naval activity around Rabaul as air and sea operations intensify. American sources claim Rabaul is untenable for Japan with control of waters in the region, while raids strike New Britain and surrounding areas including Cape Gloucester and Huon Peninsula.
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Pena
Rabaul
New Britain
Rena
Douglas MacArthur
Robert Carney
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Fleet
Truk
Japan
Caroline Islands
Cape Gloucester
New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Silence
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Wanted to Buy Used Truck for Orchard Work
Wanted to buy a good used truck for orchard work. Contact John Livengood via Berryville 130-W-1 for details.
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John Livengood
Berryville
Fresh Rappahannock Oysters Fridays for Xmas Orders
Local ad offers fresh Rappahannock oysters every Friday with Xmas ordering urged. Contact Adam Ritter at 315 N. Kent or call 4956 for details while listing a separate wood cutting job by Earl Shade with contact.
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Rappahannock
Adam Ritter
N. Kent
German Supply Bases Blasted By U S Bombs
Allied forces surged to the summit of Mt Camino and reclaimed Monastery Ridge as Fifth Army and Eighth Army advances pressed along the Cassino line toward Rome. British and American units repulsed counterattacks while Luftwaffe positions faced heavy bombardment on the Adriatic coast and inland routes.
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Nolande
Mt. Camino
Mienano
Cassino
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Mt. Maggiore
90Th Armored
65Th
Lanciano
Chieti
Calc Ee Ridge
Gereman
Monastery Ridge
Beensip
Clark
Mignano
Liri
Camino
U. S
Civitavecchia
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McVicar
Sanitary Committee
McMillan Company
W. Gerrard Street
General Assembly
Anderson
Glaize and
J. P. Reardon
Slavs
By Henry C. Cassidy
Pantayevka
Alexandriya
Nikolaev
Kirovograd
Tsibulevo
Dimitrovka
Jeune
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Odessa-Lwow
Ukraine
Krivoi Rog
White Russia
Sovet
Zhlobin
Rogachev
Gomel
The
Associated Press
Russia
Ukrainian
Chernyakhov
Inonu
Berlin
Draja Mihailovic
Peter
Telephone
Earl Shade
U.S
Viacua
Orsogna
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