Anthracite Economic Investigating Commission Created
The House passed a resolution to form an anthracite economic investigating commission. It will study conditions in the anthracite coal regions, assess defense labor needs, housing and facilities, and explore new uses for coal and by products. The commission includes two Senators, two Representatives, and one appointee from three agencies. The panel will report to the President with no compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Boland
D.-Pa
Senate
Bureau of Mines
National Resources Planning Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Weather Forecasts to Continue Through Winter
Fr. M. Reichelderfer, head of the Weather Bureau, said forecasts will continue normal publication during winter with occasional omissions for military or naval information. He stressed cooperation with the army and navy while keeping the public informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FR. M. Reichelderefer
Weather Bureau
Army
Navy
German Spy Executed at Wandsworth Prison
London authorities executed Karel Richard Richter a Sudeten German born January 29 1912 in Kraslice for treachery after secret trial. His appeal heard November 24 was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wandsworth
Home Office
Karel Richard Richter
Kraslice
British report pushes back Axis in Africa Front line gains near Tobruk
Cairo headquarters said Gambut recaptured by British forces 40 miles east of Tobruk while Tobruk defense perimeter remains under pressure. German and Italian troops still hold three eastern frontier points but Axis resistance is said to be crumbling. At sea, an Italian transport torpedoed off Greece with 2,000 British prisoners aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tikhvin
Eeme
Tobruk
el Adem
Cairo
Gambut
Greece
Churchill Heads Commons and Lords on Fleet Build Up
Churchill states in Parliament that Britain has massed a fleet to defend the empire in the Far East. The Prince of Wales, recently sent to the Pacific, was the fleet flagship. Despite losses of the Prince of Wales and Repulse, at least 19 battleships remain afloat or under construction including Queen Elizabeth class ships, Sovereign class battleships, Nelson, Rodney, and the Renown cruiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Prince of Wales
Pacific
Britain
Far East
Froebel's age at founding the first kindergarden
H H R Froebel was 55 when he opened his first Kinder garden in Blankenburg Germany. The statement notes Froebel as a young man at that time, indicating the birth of the kindergarten idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Froebel
H. H. R. Froebel
Blankenburg
Germany
Loftner Fined for Killing a Fox in Clarke County
Floyd Loftner, employed by Alexander McKay Smith, was fined 14.25 dollars including costs after a trial before Trial Justice Kackley for killing a fox in Clarke where no fox season is open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Floyd Loftner
Alexander McKay Smith
Kackley
Clarke
Local Markets Brief Notices From The Star
A compact roundup notes local market listings and notices with standard disclaimers about typographical errors and Star responsibility. The terse item emphasizes broader market activity and community notices within the paper.
Local Wholesale Market Flour Prices and Feeds
A detailed list of wholesale flour prices for patent bran in various bag sizes, corn meal feed, middlings, and dairy products. Includes turkey and poultry pricing, horse feed, mixed feeds, scratch feeds, egg mash, chick grower, broiler, and turkey grower mixes. Also shows creamery butter and country butter pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brana Co
Turkey
Guinea
Coe Center Ae Turkey Grower
Wane Creamery
Lynchburg Man Among Killed in Hickam Field Raid
Raymond E. Powell of Lynchburg Virginia a technical sergeant in the Army Air Corps was among those killed in the Japanese air raid at Hickam Field December 7 according to a War Department casualty list released through the Associated Press to The Star. The list showed no other Virginian. The previous day’s list included Keith Harness of Romney West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond E. Powell
Lynchburg
Army Air Corps
Hickman Field
Pares
War Department
Associated Press
The
Star
Keith Harness
Romney
W. Va
Child Is Born to Connie Bennett in Beverley Hills
Constance Bennett and Gilbert Roland are parents of a daughter born early last night in Beverley Hills California. The 62 pound baby arrived sooner than expected, leaving no time to move the actress from her home. Both mother and child are reported well. Bennett and Roland wed in Yuma Arizona on April 20, this being her fourth marriage and his second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverley H
Calif
Constance Ett
Gilbert Roland
Miss Bennett
Gilbert
Yuma
Ariz
Pie
Japanese leaflets urge revolt in Ilocos Norte
Japanese planes dropped leaflets Monday over Ilocos Norte in extreme northwestern Luzon urging the Pilipinos to revolt and declaring we are here to finish the war in the Far East and liberate the Filipino people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Ilocos Norte
Luzon
Far East
No Enemy Planes Seen Over Japan Declares Official
New York dispatch reports German wireless quotes Tokyo spokesman Tomokazu Hori denying reports of U S air raids on Tokyo Kobe and Osaka. He says no enemy planes have flown over any part of Japan since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tomokazu Hori
United States
Tokyo
Kobe
Osaka
Japan
Walker M Bond Reelected By State Fruit Growers
Walker McC Bond of Winchester was reelected president of the Virginia Horticultural Society at its forty sixth annual meeting in Roanoke. He was named to the board of directors along with B J Wood Homer Clarke B Bonham Robert P Nininger William F Young and Chesley A Haden from several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Walker McC. Bond
Winchester
Virginia Horticultural Society
Bond
B. J. Wood
Flint Hill
Homer Clarke
Massies Mill
B. Bonham
Chilhowie
Robert P. Nininger
William F. Young
Staunton
Chesley A. Haden
Crozet
Favors Retaining Through 35 Age Group Induction Rates
The plan to retain men through age 35 continues as about 900 000 are deferred for subpar physical condition. Roughly 200 000 of those may be reclassified as 1 A after rehabilitation work. Induction timing will depend on war developments and the pace of camp construction and equipment delivery.
Fifty Women Attend Red Cross Meet in Winchester
About 50 Winchester women attended the Red Cross Motor Corps emergency meeting in the City Hall Council Chamber. Miss Katherine Garrett of Baltimore, a former member of France Ambulance Service, spoke on American volunteers in northern France and the corps work evacuating civilians under fire. Applications were taken for about 20 women as the first mechanics class starts Monday, with first aid to follow after Christmas. interest contacts Red Cross Headquarters, 5412.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Red Cross Motor Corps
Council
J.W. Arthur
Katherine Garrett
Baltimore
Arlington
Miss Garrett
Anne Morgan
France
Virginia
Motor Corps
Army
States
Baltimore Corps
Garrett
Red Cross
Christmas lights may be turned on tonight in business district
Officials from the Northern Virginia Power Company announced this afternoon that Christmas decorations could be illuminated in the business section tonight. While some final details remained, officials expected installation to be completed today barring unforeseen developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Virginia Power Company
Mrs Sommaripa Named To Clarke County School Board
Mrs Alexis Sommaripa of Belfield near Bethel was named to fill the Clarke county school board vacancy left by Mrs B B McKay of Greenway district. The appointment came just before 5 pm yesterday. The school trustee electoral board consists of Hugh Pierce Henry Post Mitchell and Hobson McGhee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Alexis Sommaripa
Bellefield
Bethel
Clarke County School Board
B. B. McKay
Greenway
Hugh Pierce
Henry Post Mitchell
Hobson McGhee
Germans Deny Peace Talks With Soviet Russia
Berlin radio quotes the German foreign office spokesman denying any possibility of peace talks with Soviet Russia. He states there will be no discussions with the Bolshevists and that they will be beaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Foreign Office
Berlin Radio Today
Russia
Americans Battle Japs In Luzon Front During Java Sea Clash
Dispatched reports describe Allied and Dutch reinforcements rushing to the Malay coast as Japanese forces push toward Singapore. British battleship Prince of Wales and battle cruiser Repulse reportedly sunk within minutes, while Japanese claims of fleet victories and strikes on Manila area transports surface amid heavy air and sea battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indies
Malaya
Britain
Wales
Malay
Alfred Duff Cooper
Singapore
Savagly
Malay Peninsula
Far East
Thailand
East Indies
Holland
Adolf Hitler
DNB
George V
Manila
Philippines
Tokyo
Hideo Hiraid
Imperial
United States Pacific Fleet
Mika
Japan Heralds Sea Victory as Repulse and Prince of Wales Sunk
Reports from Tokyo declare the battle cruiser Repulse sunk instantly after bomb hits at 2 29 pm Tokyo time and the Prince of Wales at 2 50 pm after bombing. Imperial HQ claims the sinkings obliterated Britain's Far East fleet though losses remain. Roosevelt vows US navy supremacy as alarms ring in San Francisco and New York amid war news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Pacific
Adolf Hitler
Germany
United States
Britain
Berlin
San Francisco
New York
Chiang Kai-Shek
Canton
China
Where are The Caskets
The Caskets are a group of rocks in the English Channel west of Alderney. They have wrecked vessels repeatedly, including a 1119 incident involving Prince William and his suite and the 1744 shipwreck of the Victory. A lighthouse stands atop the rocks and Victor Hugo referenced them in Toilers of the Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Channel
Alderney
Prince William
Victory
Victor Hugo
Hall Proposes Rio Conference On War Menace
Secretary Hull proposed a conference of foreign ministers to be held in Rio de Janeiro in the first week of January to discuss the new war menace facing the western hemisphere. The State Department released the statement revealing Hall's call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Hall
State Department
French Italian leaders confer in Turin
Vice Premier Ad ea Darland and Italian Foreign Minister Count Caleazzo Ciano met in Turin to discuss unoccupied France and ongoing wartime diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro LS
France
Dec
Adea ‘Iaan Darland
Count Caleazzo Ciano
Turin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hitler
Churchill
Omps Funeral Home
C. P
Phonephoto
Marie Sayre
Meier
Child
Connie Bennett
Walker M. Bond
Elen NM As
Philco
Anderson
E. Boscawen ST
Sommaripa
ALL Children
RED Goose
Kewpie
Florsheim
Freeman Shoes
Selby Arch Preservers
Lovett Brothers
Loudoun Street
Great Britain
Hawaii
Uni States
S. S
Enterprise
London Admiralty
Phillipine
Aparri
Douglas McCarthur
U. S
Langs
Manila Bay
Palau
Vigan
Honolulu
United States Navy
Rio
Darlandes Ciano
M—akes
L—essens
Haldeman’s
Moret
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!