Allied Forces Beat Back An Axis Tank Attack in Tunisia
Allied forces repelled an Axis armored and infantry assault near Medjez El Bab, 20 miles southwest of Tebourba, with German losses heavier than Allied. French units aided. one tank column neared 2,000 yards of a key communications center before retreating under Allied air and artillery fire.
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North Africa
Medjez el Bab
Tebourba
Medjez el Bad
Tebourba-Mateur-Djedida
Medjerda River
Jedez el Bab
Tunisia
Tunis
Tripoli
Sfax
Gabes
Xusse
Col
Edson Raff
Raff
Tebessa
Peae
Va Sheriffs Salaries And Expenses Set For 1943
Virginia Board sets 1943 sheriff and city sergeant salaries and expenses totaling 777 042 dollars. Frederick County receives 3000 dollar salary and 2980 dollar expenses, Warren County 2280 salary and 2060 expenses, Shenandoah County 2400 salary and 2085 expenses, with no Winchester city sergeant allowance.
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Stateton Board
Richmond
Frederick
Clarke
Warran
Shenandoah
Winchester
Evening Star Subscription Drive Opens With Gift Card
The Evening Star announces a New Year subscription offer with a gift card for the giver and a low rate in effect. Call 3424 to arrange subscriptions now for the upcoming year.
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The
Evening Star
$64 Question Is Put To Board
A Frederick County woman seeks sugar coupons for a newborn daughter whose birth date remains unknown. She discovered the child’s age had been recorded in weeks on ration papers, so the exact date could not be ascertained.
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Frederick County
Gas and Oil Rationing Plans Bogged Down
Washington report says oil program bogged by complex calculations used by experts who reject simple percentage cuts. Price administration formula fixers ignored wind velocity humidity and ceiling height while rationing aimed to conserve rubber.
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Washington
Price Administration
Special Defense Committee
Resentment Over Wickard Powers Sparks Army Diet Debate
Rumors circulate that Secretary Wickard’s expanded food control could let him dictate soldiers' rations. Critics worry about army diet supremacy as Wickard reorganizes his department into two main groups to carry out the new authority.
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Army
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Roosevelt
Hecken
Roy F. Hendrickson
Washington
Agricultural Marketing Administration
New Distribution Administration
Herbert W. Parisius
Rice Lake
Wis
Office of Agricultural War Rela
Rabbit Hunters To Be Given Chance With Bigger Game
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Douglas Aircraft Company workers who walked off the job for a rabbit hunt will be offered an all expense big game hunt with Jap quarry instead. Electricians returned to work on orders, while county draft board officials criticized the strike as taking workers from soldiers risking their lives.
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Oklahoma City
Douglas Aircraft Company
J. B. Watson
County Draft Board No
Toy Matinee To Aid Fellowship Club Christmas Drive
Winchester and Frederick county residents are urged to donate unwrapped toys non perishable food and books for a Christmas toy matinee at 10 tomorrow A 1 1/2 hour program includes Down In San Diego Bugs Bunny Gets the Bird and Technicolor Tanks short Bundles of donations will be collected at 1 pm under the direction of Ed Molden James Hughes M Chesney F Sirbaugh Lester El McCarthy
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Fellowship Club
Winchester
Frederick County
San Diego
Marines
U. S. Tank Corps
Ed Molden
James Hughes
M. McChesney
F. Sirbaugh
Lester el- McCarthy
Roosevelt cites over one million U S forces abroad in lend lease report
President Roosevelt informed Congress that by month’s end more than 1,000,000 American troops will be overseas. He outlined the latest lend-lease total of $2.367 billion, noted a shift to a new war phase in Africa and the Mediterranean, and urged unifying Allied production and strategy to sustain the war effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
United Nations
Egypt
North Africa
Mediterranean
Stalingrad
Solomons
Ted
San Francisco Returns From Solomons Battle in Glory
The battered cruiser San Francisco steamed into home port under her own power and docked at the Golden Gate after famed action off the Solomons where she defeated a Japanese battleship. The ship is the first American combat vessel in the war to receive a decoration for gallantry in action. Capt. Albert F. France Jr. of New York City slated to onboard for brief ceremonies.
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San Francisco
Solomons
Golden Gate
Navy
Albert F. France, Jr
New York City
Bundle Drive Endorsed by Fellowship Club in Winchester
The Fellowship Club urges Winchester citizens to support the Bundle Drive organized by the Junior Board of Trade. The drive will collect toys dolls clothing and nonperishable foods for Christmas baskets and will run house to house to gather items not taken to the Capitol Theatre matinee.
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Fellowship
Fellowship Club
Junior Board of Trade
Fellowship Ub
Capitol Theatre
Winchester
TB Tag Day To Be Saturday
The annual tuberculosis fund tag day will be observed in Winchester Saturday. High school girls and faculty members, under Mrs. Gertrude Organ, will conduct the one day drive for funds. The public is urged to cooperate by purchasing tags.
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Tuberculosis Fund
Winchester
Gertrude Organ
Sewing Machines Saturday Specials
Advertising blurb lists a 3 inch trench fine items and an electric portable sewing machine for 27.50 with a Lux vacuum and attachments. Location seal at 104 W Bos cawen. (Ip-11)
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SEAL
W. Boscawen
Ration Office Moves to Hansbrough and Carter Building
The Winchester and Frederick county Ration Board relocates to the second floor of the Hansbrough and Carter building, 23 North Loudoun Street. Transfer requires a brief closure from Saturday 1 pm to Tuesday 9 am, with new hours 9 am to 5 pm daily except Saturdays 1 pm. The move follows a Frederick Circuit Court order vacating the old courthouse site due to conflicts with Sheriff and Trial Justice duties.
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Winchester and
Frederick
Harrison
Frederick County
Jack Heintz Key Workers Given Florida Outings
Jack and Heintz workers are sent to Fort Lauderdale Florida for rest and recreation at company expense to boost efficiency. About 11 couples visit every two weeks for four days travel and ten days at the plant’s Florida apartments to sustain 12 hour shifts and high productivity amid wartime demands.
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Cleveland
Dec. Ll
Jack and Heintz
Jesus
Florida
William S. Jack
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
South
Jack
Jake Resorts
Bedford
Combined Staffs to Rule On Priority Material Needs
President Roosevelt said the combined chiefs of staff will decide priority materials for the war program. He noted synthetic rubber production should receive first call over others as a key issue for the chiefs to resolve.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Hartle predicts more Axis blows as US troops deploy
Major General Russell P. Hartle, in London on the first anniversary of US entry into the war, says the United States fighting men are sent worldwide and Allied pressure in North Africa signals further shattering blows to the Axis. He urged reflection on Hitler's calculations amid a formidable coalition.
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London
United States
North Africa
Russell P. Hartle
Britain
Hartle
Germany
Hitler
Roosevelt downplays report on papal appeal to avoid Rome bombing
President Roosevelt said a report that Pope Pius XII urged the United States and Britain to spare Rome from air raids should be taken with a grain of salt. The bulletin notes no confirmation of the appeal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pius XII
United States
Britain
Rome
U S General Praises Red Army Morale at Stalingrad Front
Brig. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, after a tour of the Stalingrad front, reported to President Roosevelt that he found excellent strength and morale in the Soviet offensive and conveyed his findings to the President.
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Moscow
United States
Patrick J. Hurley
Stalingrad
Red Army
Roosevelt
Wickham Assures Health After Fall At Home
Senator Henry T. Wickham of Hanover county says he is all right after a fall at his home Hickory Hill. He sent a message from St. Luke's Hospital stating Few die and none resign confirming his condition.
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Richmond
Henry T. Wickham
State Senate
Hanover County
Hickory Hill
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roosevelt Says Norris Has A Story To Tell
President Roosevelt announced he asked retiring Senator Norris of Nebraska to continue a useful life by speaking to the people of the country and the world because he has a story to tell.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norris
Nebraska
President Ready To Take Over War Wage Policy
President Roosevelt proposes delegating authority to address civilian government wage and hour issues, calling current pay and overtime conditions “grossly unfair.” He writes to Vice President Wallace and House Speaker Rayburn that government pay scales hinder war effort by high turnover, while naval yards and arsenals retain satisfactory private-industry-based rates for most tradespeople.
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Congress
Wallace
Senate
Rayburn
Dtexas
House
Roosevelt
United States
Indus
Post Office to Stay Open Later for Christmas Mail
The post office will keep windows open until 5 PM today to help move Christmas mail. The update aims to ease public access during the holiday season. In local reminiscences, Berryville figure Bill Johnson, known as the Mayor of Josephine City, is highlighted for his long apple-picking career. General Pershing’s telegram to Andrew Bell is reissued for a Harrisonburg Elks Lodge memento.
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Bill Johnson
Berryville
Josephine City
Senator Byrd
Harrisonburg
Soviet offensives push on three fronts near Moscow and Stalingrad
Russian dispatches report broad fighting along the central front with a break near Velikiye Luki and Rzhev as Soviet forces push toward the Latvian border. In Stalingrad the Red Army advances in three sectors amid heavy German counterattacks and air battles, enlarging gains around the Volga city and along trench lines between the Don and Volga.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Army
Velittié Luki-Rzhev
Betwen Rzhev
Velikie Luki
Volga
grad-Tiktoretskaya
Kotelnikovski
Don
Rzhev-Velikie Luki
Cave
Punishing Fire Laid Down On Japs Positions
Allied forces at Buna front report punishing artillery fire on sea beach positions after repelling a Japanese night counter attack near Buna village. Australian patrols advance toward Cape六 miles northeast of Buna as forces push to clear beachhead pockets and seal Soputa track positions.
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Australia
United States
Buna
New Guinea
Gona
Cape
Cape Killerton
Cape Daiadere
Soputa
Japanese Forces Attack Chinese In West Yunnan
Strong Japanese units recently reinforced from Burma attacked Chinese defense lines in western Yunnan north of Tengyueh and west of the Salween river. The assault began December 6 with about 6,000 troops and a series of night attacks followed, all reportedly repelled by Chinese forces as fighting continued.
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Chungking
Dec
Burma
Yunnan
High Command
Tengyueh
Salween River
Kunming
India
China
American
Air Transport Command
Friday Night Prize Event at Rouss Fire Hall
An event at Rouss Fire Hall offers 250 dollars in prizes scheduled for Friday night at eight o clock. The note lists details including date and location.
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Rouss
Opening of Victory A Shop Completes Beauty Pool Water
Mrs Perry B Wright announces the opening of Victory A Shop at 30342 E Plecas St. Dial 6260 for complete beauty pool water services.
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Victory
E. Plecas St
Dial
Perry B. Wright
Radios and parts wanted for U S Army Signal Corps
Wanted radios or any type parts for U S Army Signal Corps. Call 3531. Public notice seeking communications gear.
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U. S. Arm Signal. Corps
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Frisco
H. & C. Bidgit
Jack-Heintz Key
Red
Bulletins
Wickham
Eddy Gilmore
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West
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