Favor Retaining All Service Men During Duration
The United States seeks to retain all fighting forces for the duration of the war and dispatch selectees globally. House Chairman May and Senate plans push swift legislation. Hershey discusses reclassification and possible changes to age limits though optimism remains low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Senate
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Red Army Pushes Hitler Armies Back Toward Winter Lines
Moscow dispatch reports Red Army recaptured Olets east of Orel after routing two German divisions with 12 000 Nazi deaths and wounds. Soviet field army of 500 000 troops reportedly organized to bolster the counter offense as Germans withdraw to winter positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Olets
Orets
Orel
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Tikhvin
Leningrad
London
Fellowship Club drives Christmas adoptions in wartime Winchester
MA Winchester urges residents to support the Fellowship Club as war strains test civic spirit. Citizens are asked to adopt families for Christmas to aid the club, seen as preserving ideals and rights while serving the community during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Club
Winchester
Colonia Art and Craft Shop Ad in Piccadilly Street
Colonia Art and Craft Shop advertises smart Christmas gifts at 37 E Piccadilly St. Open evenings. Phone number listed as 4643 with extended hours including Wednesday Thursday and one Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonia Art & Craft Shop
E. Piccadilly St
BINGO Event Ad Hits Holiday Prizes and Prizes
A December 11 bingo night at 8:30 pm offers 20 games with 20 prizes and a $100 door prize. The ad promotes Iver Johnson bicycles and Emerson Radio as Xmas gifts from Willis Bicycle and Radio Shop, with additional bicycle listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iver Johnson
Emerson
Willis’ Bicycle and
Market Street Church Oyster Roast Draws Neighbors
Men from Market Street Church host an oyster roast at Winchester Laundry on N Kent Street tonight until 9 p m inviting attendees to bring guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market St. Church
Winchester
N. Kent St
Bingo Night at F. O. E. Home in Loudoun Street
Weekly bingo at the F. O. E. Home located at 211 N Loudoun Street every Wednesday at 8 p m. Residents and visitors can join for games and prizes in a community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Loudoun Street
Apples for Christmas Offer from Bond Bros
Advertisement notes Delicious apples in Grimes Golden variety available in 12 and 24 carton cases and half bushel baskets in boxes sold by Bond Bros at 310 North Cameron with phone number 3342.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond Bros
N. Cameron
Dial
Plan Study of Waste Disposal At Va Woolen Mill
Winchester council approves a cooperative study with the Virginia Woolen Company on industrial waste disposal. A $500 city share is allotted. Difficulties cited include city liability once waste enters the system. The Woolen Company offers to provide an expert to work with the city engineer. Webb, Midgette, and Dr Yost note municipal action and federal jurisdiction concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Woolen Company
H. M. Klegerman
William Speaks
R. Gray Williams
Clifford D. Grim
Wendell Goode
R. @. Williams
Jesse C. Oakes
Webb
Midgette
E.C. Yost
Citizens Council
Read & Communication
Department of Interior
Japanese May Tear Down Statue of Perry
Berlin radio reports a Tokyo dispatch stating that leading Japanese figures intend to tear down the statue of Commodore Matthew C. Perry near Yokosuka. The piece notes the statue’s tie to the 1854 treaty opening Shimoda and Hakodate ports and ending Japan’s isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
New York
Berlin
Tokyo Dispatch
Matthew C. Perry
United States Navy
Yokosuka
Dispatch
Bay of
Tokyo
Shimoda
Hakodae
United States
Japan
Council approves tentative budget release to public
By a 6 to 5 vote the Common Council approves releasing the tentative budget to the public along with its passage to members. The body reverses a prior resolution shielding formal committee reports from public view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of
Thomas Kremer
Mayor Anderson
E. E. Baker
C. D. Barnett
A. Lee Coble
Brady Largent
W. P. Anderson
Frank Barr
W. W. Dellinger
Percy Miller
Miller Streit
Council
Mr. Kremer
E. Baker
R. Frank Barr
Seek Volunteers For Company To Replace VPF 115
A mass meeting of ex service men and others willing to volunteer to form a new company to replace Company 115 Virginia Protective Force in case of active duty will be held Friday at 8 at the armory. Sponsored by Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion. Eligible ages 17 to 50. Volunteers would be subject to mayoral call and not required to serve outside Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Protective Forcer
Armory
Robert Y. Conrad
Former Resident Describes West Coast Blackout Night
A Sacramento report details a practice blackout from 2 23 to 3 25 am Wednesday. Merchants stocked blackout materials and emergency lighting as city prepared for a possible air raid. No price gouging occurred and the night passed without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Tucker Ferguson
Calif
Japan May Have New Torpedo
London reports speculation that Japan has developed a more powerful aerial torpedo after air attacks on Pearl Harbor and off Malaya. Officials offered no official confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
London
Pear Harbor
Malaya
Churchill Tells Commons About Big Ship Losses
London reported two British capital ships sunk off Malaya after a Japanese air attack. Prince of Wales and Repulse, 35 000 and 32 000 ton vessels, vanished with over 3 000 crew. Churchill announced the loss in the Commons with brief, blunt remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
Luzon
Churchill
Commons
London
Britain
Malaya
Admiralty
Pacific Ocean
Prince of Wales
Lord Moyne
Reporters One House Arrest in Berlin
American press correspondents in Berlin left their offices for their homes at 12 40 pm today under house arrest. Rudolph Josten filled in at the Berlin end while Louis Lochner and Angus Thuermer left for home, with the foreign office noting American journalists no longer exist for you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Angus Thuermer
Associated’ Press
Thuerer
Rudy
Rudolph Josten
Lochner
Louis P. Lochner
Josten
Foreign Office
British Joining Hands In Africa
Cairo December 10 British forces announce a re joining of Tobruk garrison with El Adem units in the Libyan desert. The axis western push is said to have accelerated under British pressure as road eastward from Tobruk is established. Gambut, 40 miles east, is recaptured and Tobruk contingents meet South African and Indian troops at El Adem, though Germans and Italians remain on the western Tobruk perimeter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
el Adem
Gambut
Dutch Indies Rush Reinforcements Into Northern Malaya
Manila dispatch notes no new landings beyond Aparri and nearby points, as US Army says northern Luzon situation remains unchanged this afternoon. AP report details continuing Japanese celebration of blows to England's Asiatic Fleet amid broader Pacific warfare developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch Indies
Malaya
Japan
England
Manila
Luzon
United States Army
Aparri
Japanese landings and air raids on Luzon Island Luzon
The War Department reports a Japanese landing on Luzon at Aparri and a sea assault along the west coast near Vigan while air raids hit Manila area including Nichols field and Fort McKinley. U S and Philippine forces respond with swift counteractions as transports and naval forces mass offshore from Wigan to Aparri.
Hong Kong Defense Communications Acknowledge Limited Japanese Penetration
A Hong Kong communique admits some Japanese penetration of defenses but states the assault has been halted while fighting continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Pan American Evacuates All Personnel From Wake Island
Air travel firm Pan American Airways evacuated all personnel from Wake Island as of today. An undetermined number of construction site workers may still be on the island pending further clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN_ FRANCISCO
Pan-American Airways
Wake Island
Bombs Hit Vessels in Manila Bay After Shanghai Wireless Report
German wireless from Shanghai says several ships anchored in Manila harbor were struck by bombs at noon today as Japanese air forces again attacked the Philippine capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shanghai
Manila
Philippine
Bombers Hit Manila Military Centers in Afternoon Raids
Two waves of Japanese bombers attacked Manila and suburbs in a major raid. They struck hard around Nichols air field Fort Williams McKinley and Nielsen airport districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
P. I
Nichols Air Field
Fort Williams McKinley
Nielson
False alarm ends Canal Zone blackout siren scare
United States Army headquarters reported that a siren sounding at 11 45 p m yesterday during a Canal Zone blackout was a false alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balboa
C. Z
United States Army
Canal Zone
War Department details Tokyo Pearl Harbor era battles and landings
The War Department reported in a communique based on Manila information that landing actions occurred Wednesday morning Manila time. AP dispatches place the events on Wednesday December 10 in Manila. Japanese forces reportedly seized Kota Bharu as British troops reorganized south of the base after heavy fighting. The communique also said U S Army and Navy planes repulsed a Japanese landing on the coast between San Fernando and Vigan, with direct hits on six transports at Vigan and one sunk. The notice marked the first American victory report in the four day Pacific war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Manila
Washington
Associated Press
Far East
Malaya
Thailand
Kota Bharu
Singapore
Vigan
Pacific
Men of the 29th Division To Take Christmas Leaves
City and county brief reports that 29th Division soldiers will receive Christmas leaves as scheduled. Half will take 10 day leaves December 17 to 26, others December 27 to January 4. 116th Infantry completed maneuvers trip from Carolina with no incidents. Lt. George Miller, home on furlough, reports orders to Fort Wayne Detroit December 14 for a 30 day course. Lt. M B Clowe Jr. ordered to Fort Benning for a 3 month heavy weapons course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
116Th Infantry
Carolina
George Miller
Miller
Fort Wayne
Detroit
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Fort Benning
Treasury Aims to Borrow Ten Billion From American Savings
The Treasury seeks to borrow about 10 billion dollars of private savings annually to finance war costs. It plans to top current savings levels to curb inflation, using defense bond campaigns and worker wage allotments, with media outlets urged to promote new appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Over 2 000 Enemy Aliens Held
Attorney General Biddle announced 2303 Germans and Japanese had been seized by immigration officials. The aliens would enter permanent Army custody after civilian review, with status determined by a national review in communities nationwide. In Hawaii the arrests were completed within hours. some detainees may be paroled after case reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Biddle
Federal Bureau
Tion
Sue Sen Cen
Fellowship Club Seeks Immediate Adoption Calls
The Fellowship Club appeals to Winchester and Frederick County groups to call Headquarters and adopt families from a master list. People urged to check headquarters to avoid duplicates, as only a few days remain to complete the task. Call at the American Legion now, telephone 6550. Time is short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Club
Winchester
Frederick County
American Legion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Albert Thibault
Newburyport
Mass
Fredericksburg
Thibault
General Hershey
Hershey
Army
Ene
Selective Service
Red
Bulletin
Va. Woolen
West Coast
Africa
U. S
Navy
Philippines
Philippine Constabulary
Fort McKinley
U.S. Army
Wigan
San Fernando
Bulletins
U.S. Defense
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!