Pre-War Fathers Placed At Bottom Of Draft Pool
Forty city men left for the Roanoke induction station today with 27 to undergo standard examinations. The new draft law may place pre-war fathers at the bottom of the pool, though some in the group could be affected by the president's signature. Names of those potentially impacted and those scheduled for examination are listed.
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Roanoke
Richmond
Winchester City
Elmer Douglas Lake
Grover Cleveland Carter
Tony Nolan Davis
William Washington Kremer
Lawrence Thomas Long
William Harrison Everhart
Gerald Elwood Creswell
Norman Clarence Hoffman
Roy Thurman Johnston
Frederick Henry Bamne
Earl Samuel Hawkins
Paul
Revere Himelright
Charles Thomas Bredney, Jr
John Raymond Bowman
Wilford Elwood Mowery
Joseph Cecil Langley
Robert Hugh Byers
William Roy
Remembering Pearl Harbor Aged Voice Urges Vigor
MA Winchester reflects on December 7 anniversary and the U S entry into war. She recalls the shock of the attack, calls for continued effort and vigilance, and urges personal action to help secure victory and prevent complacency.
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Pearl Harbor
DOLL CARRIAGES Order Through Sears Office
Limited supply. Order soon. Phone 4101. Also a wanted notice seeks a good used truck for orchard work. Call John Livengood at Berryville 130-W-1.
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Sears Order Office
Loudoun
John Livengood
Berryville
Draft Boards Ordered to Defer Prewar Fathers Indefinitely
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Lewis Biper directs draft boards to defer prewar fathers as long as possible while meeting quotas. Hershey explains phased calls by age with numbers and order prevailing. May aims to ensure Congress intent is followed and officials may draft fathers only if non fathers are unavailable.
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Washington
Lewis Biper
Selective Service
House Military Affairs Committee
May
D.-Ky
Hershey
Roosevelt
Herard Hershey
Comitte
Shaed Ey Kasien
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Coun
Injuries Fatal To Mrs. Baker Rites Sunday
Mrs. Bessie L. Baker 66 died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a collision when a Norfolk and Western passenger train struck her car at a 4 crossing near Boyce. She was married to George E. Baker of Clarke County and survived by three daughters and several siblings. Funeral services are set for Sunday at the Boyce Methodist Church with interment in Hebron Cemetery.
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Norfolk and Western
Boyce
Bessie L. Baker
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Baker
George E. Baker
Clarke County
Bakers
Dufour
Charleston
S.C
Thomas Pritts
Bayard
Philip Grim
Roy Duvall
Winchester
Ola Duvall
Philadelphia
Lena McDonald
Cumberland
John W. McDonald
G. W. Lynch
Slavs Pressed By German Forces in Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito’s guerrillas in eastern Bosnia face pressure from superior German forces as replacements from Bavaria join frontline reserves. In northwestern Croatia Yugoslavs ambush Germans on the Delnice Vodice road, killing 30. Allied Balkan bridgehead worries Nazi High Command.
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Bavaria
Balkan
Associated Press
Cairo
Italy
Vets of Foreign Wars Gather for Virginia State Meet
About 200 Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliaries from Virginia posts will converge in Norfolk for a weekend council. A dance at Ocean View VFW Home starts at 9 p.m. tonight. Sunday sessions include a 10 a.m. meeting at Boush Street and a 1:30 p.m. session at the Monticello Hotel with speeches by Hugh T. Williams and Rep. Winder R. Harris.
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Norfolk
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Virginia
Ocean View V
Charles B. Borland
Hugh T. Williams
Winder R. Harris
Winchester Stores Open Late For Holidays
Starting next Wednesday night December 15 Winchester stores stay open until 10 pm to help holiday shoppers especially from rural areas. Local citizens have been preparing a new USO lounge near The Star office, with furnishing soon ready. Call 5106 or 5702 to contribute.
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Winchester
Star
USO
Sofia Bombing Signals Bulgarian Warning Amid War Crisis
London dispatches report a major Allied air raid on Sofia as Bulgaria faces internal political shifts and a government crisis. The attack damaged rail yards near Parliament, killed many, and prompted a weeklong parliamentary recess while calls for peace gain traction among Bulgarian and Hungarian factions allied with Germany.
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London
Sofia
Bulgaria
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Sweden
Dobri Bosilov
Russia
Stockholm
Hungary
Teheran
Cairo
Virginia to Review Draft Deferments Under New Law
Virginia Selective Service boards will review all deferments granted on government request and report by January 15. Eighteen new appearance boards are added to handle about 33,000 occupational deferments, with focus on Hampton Roads area due to non-Virginian workers in shipbuilding and war plants.
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Richmond
Virginia
Selective Service Boards
Mills F. Neal
Neal
Col. Neal
Col
Hampton Roads
Shipbuilding Indust
Cold Wave Warning Spreads Across Eastern States
The Weather Bureau issued a cold wave warning for New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland and northern Virginia predicting very cold temperatures through tonight with possible flurries. The season’s lowest readings are expected along the eastern seaboard.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
New York State
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Seaboard
RAF Skeeters Sprinkle Bombs Over Germany
Allied air raids sweep northwest Germany with American heavy bombers and RAF Mosquito escorts. Liberators target Sofia and the Balkans as weather shifts favorably. Casualties and losses reported. German defense claims vary. Yugoslav partisans urge evacuation of enemy-held towns to aid Allied operations.
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London
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Hitler
Yesa
Sofia
Bulgaria
Algiers
Britain
Anglian
Berlin
Northwest Africa Airforce
Balkans
Josip Broz
Tito
Strike at 210 year old Cornwall iron mine
In Lebanon Pennsylvania a work stoppage by about 325 men halted operations at the Cornwall iron ore mine of Bethlehem Steel Company. General Manager Arthur F. Peterson warned 300 more ore concentrator workers could be idle unless mining resumes soon. Union leader George Medrick cited an unsuccessful demand for a five cent raise for inside and night work from a 78 cent base wage.
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Lebanon
Cornwall
Bethlehem Steel Company
Arthur FP
Peterson
George Medrick
United Steel Workers
CSO
Fierce Fighting Continues In Central China Front
Chinese forces press the drive to drive Japanese from central China. A column advancing toward Wuchang near Hankow moved within 30 miles of Hankow and 30 miles below Wuchang, destroying barracks at Tutitang and smashing enemy positions. The push, aided by 14th U. S. Air Force daylight support, aims to block reinforcements as Changteh is contested and northern lines hold against Japanese divisions.
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Chungking
Changteh
Hankow
Wuchang
Tutitang
Canton-Hankow
Chane+ch
Yangtze
Linl
Claire L. Chennault
China
Ameri
Mars Giant Flying Boat Demonstrates Strong Performance
The Navy says the 70 ton Mars flying boat completed a long non stop flight from Maryland to Brazil setting a cargo record. It covered 8972 miles in 55 hours 331 minutes with an estimated capacity equal to 10 standard cargo planes at 161 miles per hour. The service expects to build more airships of the same type.
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Washington
Navy
Maryland
Brazil
Knox
Balkan Offensive Called Bluff
Stockholm dispatch cites Nazi circles calling Balkan attack plans a bluff. They say Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin dropped the Balkan plan at Teheran due to transport limits and chose simultaneous east west actions. Red Army reportedly has fresh troops ready.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Tidningen
Balkan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Teheran
Red Army
Ukrainians Expand Their Bridgehead
Soviet forces under Gen Ivan Konev pushed the Cherkasy bridgehead deeper into the Dnieper Bend and entered Cherkasy amid heavy fighting. In the same sector, attacks continued toward Kremenchug and Krivoi Rog as German reports noted Soviet pressure while Moscow acknowledged losses in the Kiev region and along supply routes near Znamenka and Dolinovka.
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London
Ivan Konev
Cherkasy
Dnieper
DNB
Kremenchug
Krivoi Rog
Kirovograd
Moscow
Kiev Buke
Nikolai Vatutin
Malin
Korozen
Kiev-Korosten
Konev
Znamenka
Knoev
Kiev
Fritz von Mannstein
Leningrad-Odessa
Chernyakhov
Jap Resistance Appears Waning in Pacific Front
Pearl Harbor December reports show air resistance fading over New Britain and the Marshalls as American Fifth Army Air Forces strike two key Japanese bases. Liberators hit Jaluit and Mili in the Marshalls with limited opposition while Cape Gloucester raids continue near New Guinea.
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Pearl Harbor
New Britain
Marshalls
Mitchells
Cape Gloucester
MacArthur
New Guinea
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Seventh Aafp Liberators
Jaluit
Mili
William S. Gues
Charles A. Pownall
Gil- MacArthur
Rabaul
William F. Halsey
Five Nazi Subs Destroyed in North Atlantic Battle
London reports a strong wolf pack of at least 20 German U boats attacked two Allied convoys in the North Atlantic. Five subs were destroyed and three damaged, while over 99 percent of escorted ships reached port. The two day night battle involved British forces and aircraft.
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London
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Wolf Pack
North Atlantic
World War Fronts Report on Allied Strategy Talks
Roosevelt spends two days with Eisenhower in Carthage to fill in on Teheran missed strategy talks. British Eighth Army seizes Adriatic road town San Leonardo and pushes Moro river bridgehead. Fifth Army advances toward Cassino. USAAF bombs Sofia railyards in third Bulgarian capital attack. Pacific front reports reduced Japanese air resistance over New Britain and Marshalls. Ukrainian forces expand Cherkasy bridgehead amid heavy snow in the Dnieper bend.
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White House
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Carthage
Teheran
Italy
Eighth Army
Adriatic
San Leonardo
Moro River
Fifth Army
Filignamo
Cassino
Balans
U. S
15Th Air Force
Sofia
Cobra injections aid 13 year old bitten by coral snake
In Red Bank New Jersey a 13 year old boy bitten by a coral snake at his high school improved after five cobra injections. Officials said he was removed from the danger list at Riverview Hospital. Nigel Wolff brought cobra serum from the Philadelphia Zoo for emergency treatment.
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Red Bank
N. J
Wege
Riverview Hospital
Maryland
Nigel Wolff
Philadelphia
Fred
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