Taylor Evans Dies Suddenly
Taylor Westbrook Evans age 62 taxi man and respected resident died at his home 414 North Kent Street. Survived by widow Anna Hollis Evans two brothers Edward and Duvall one sister Hattie Bell and four nieces nephews. Funeral Sunday 2 30 PM from St Paul AME Church officiated by Rev Newman and Rev Grant. interment Orrick Cemetery.
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Taylor Westbrook Evans
Bn Cma
North Kent Street
William
Hannah Evans
Anna Hollis Evans
Edward
Duvall
Washington
Hattie Bell
St. Paul A. M. E. Church
John C. Newman
Grant
James Wells
Robert Parkers
Newton Turned
James Ford
George Peyton
George Curry
Lucius Nickens
Ben Hawkins
Orrick Cemetery
Clay Target Shoot at Winchester Gun Club Saturday
The Winchester Gun Club will hold a clay target shoot Saturday afternoon starting at 2 o clock. Arthur Seabright announced the event and invited all to compete for prizes.
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Winchester
Arthur Seabright
Broad Powers Proposed in War Time Finance Measure
The article notes a proposed broad powers package totaling about 10 billion dollars awaiting approval by the appropriations committee. It discusses possible expansion of draft age limits and delays in Senate action on House approved price control and anti strike bills. Treasury and congressional leaders, with Morgenthau, explore high tax rates and potential payroll levies to fund the coming war effort.
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Appropriations Committee
Senate
Treasury
Congressional
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Coughton
Early Frederick records recall 18th century deeds and wills
The article details colonial era documents from Clarke and Frederick counties including the 1754 Washington case, old test oaths from 1761, the will of Joist Hite dated 1758, and other official commissions. It notes a Clarke County exhibit, with remarks by Judge Williams and W. W. Glass, plus a Q and A on the French Academy founded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635.
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Great Britain
France
Ireland
Frederick County
George Washington
John Harrow
James Wood
Clarke County
Curtis Chappalear
R. E. Griffith
J. W. Baker
Mary Page
Denny Martin
Fairfax
Denny Martin Fairfax
Millwood
England
Archibald Wager
Nelson
Brooke
Thomas Rutherford
Frederick
Williams
Philip Williams
W. W. Glass
Rose MacDonald
Mildred Hook
French Academy
Mes Honoray Society of Letters
Cardinal Richelieu
Defenders Rose To Fine Heights In Six Blasts
Honolulu reports six Japanese raid waves striking Pearl Harbor Hickam Field and Kaneohe with 49 civilians killed and 100 plus injured. Eyewitness Martin Vitousek 17 recalls bursts from rising sun marked planes. Civilian calm aided military response as authorities note no new raids since Sunday night.
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Eugene Burns
Honolulu
Hawaii
Pacific
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Hickam Field Army Base
Kaneohe Naval Air Base
Washington
White House
Martin Vitousek
Martin
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Predicts Japanese Defeat as War Outcome Stated by RIA
The Russian news agency circulated a comment forecasting Japan's reserves will be exhausted and that defeat is unavoidable, framing it as decisive to the war’s outcome. The report reflects official wartime prognostication broadcast by the agency.
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Japan
Kiwanians and officers named from Fredericksburg Winchester and Manassas
The document lists Kiwanians Cumberland and Manassas leaders with officers R Bruce Neil Frederickburg secretary Hunton Tiffany Manassas Ray Fletcher past president L I Miller Prince George County Grove White president elect Andrew Bell secretary Winchester. A question answers Hamilton Fish Jr height as six feet two inches.
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Cumberland
R. Bruce Neil
Fredericksburg
W. E. Prusser
Hunton Tiffany
Manassas
Ray Fletcher
Prince George County
L. I. Miller
F. Grove White
Andrew Bell
Winchester
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Roosevelt Convenes Wartime Labor Conference To Ban Strikes
President Roosevelt urged a wartime binding agreement to ban labor strikes for the duration of the war. He called 12 labor and 12 industrial representatives to meet at the conference table to seek a unanimous decision and possible tribunal mechanism. The effort aims to avert production interruptions and complement voluntary accords rather than new anti strike laws.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Labor Department
Senate
CIO
AFL
Industralists
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Sidney William
OPM
Execution Block Fatality In Seattle Mystery
A well dressed Oriental man was found fatally injured on an execution block in Seattle. Coroner Mittistadt and police note a secret investigation may link him to Japanese operations, described as potentially sensational by a detective lieutenant.
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Seattle
Orintal
South East
Otto H. Mittistadt
Seattle Time
British Cruiser Launches Bold Derna Assault
Alexandria dispatch reports a British cruiser firing a point-blank surprise attack on Derna on the Libyan coast. The ship then escaped a large dive-bombing squadron and left Axis shipping and harbor installations heavily damaged in one of the war’s bold actions since Crete.
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Alexandria
Derna
Crete
Snow or Rain For Appalachian Area
Weather forecast for the Middle Atlantic States through December 17 calls for slow precipitation early, with moderate snow in the northern Appalachians, and mostly fair skies later. The heaviest snow is expected in the southern Middle Atlantic region during the first portion of the period.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Appalachians
Japanese Troop Barges Bombed in Malaya Coast Assault
British and Australian planes attacked 60 Japanese armored barges attempting to land troops on the Malaya coast. Barges were set on fire and many passengers were left in the water as Japanese soldiers crouched in the craft under machine gun fire from about 50 feet, according to a British radio account heard by CBS and NBC.
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New York
Malaya
CBS
NBC
Four Parisians Shot for Weapons Possession
German authorities announced that four Paris residents were shot to death for unlawful possession of weapons.
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Paris
France
British Defense Line Denied
Singapore December 12 A British communique said night that Japanese attacks dented defense lines in the Malaya Thailand frontier jungles but described penetrations as local while heavy fighting continued.
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Singapore
Malaya-Thailand
Japanese Base Bombed by Allied Forces Reported
Chungking radio quoted a Batavia communique saying Netherlands East Indies planes bombed a Japanese air base in the southern Pacific. The report added Australian airmen based in the Dutch Indies attacked a Japanese Island base between Palau and Celebes.
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London
Chungking
Netherlands East Indies
Pacific
Batavia
Dutch Indies
Palau
Celebes
Haruna sunk north of Luzon by U S forces
War Department reports the 29,330 ton Haruna was sunk Wednesday north of Luzon. Captain Kelly, a 1937 West Point graduate, and Lt Boyd Wagner of the Army Air Corps earned commendations for bold actions against Japanese forces in the Luzon area as Admiral Hart details the Far East air operation.
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War Department
Washington
Luzon
Kelly
United States Military Academy
Admiral Hart
Japan
Luzon Island
Philippines
Wake Island
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Army
Batangas
Manila
Clark Field
Legaspi
Imperial Tokyo
Hart
U. S
Japs Dodge Battle With U S Ships In Pacific Clash
The report shows no main fleet engagement as the U S battle fleet remained at Pearl Harbor while Japanese ships evaded direct contact. Luzon battles and Cavite air raids caused civilian and military losses, with Japan pressing aerial and sea operations and a new landing near Legaspi.
Admiral reports ship damaged under heavy anti-aircraft fire
Admiral Hart described an attack where at least one hit was made and possibly two. He said the vessel was out of control and seriously crippled. The remarks indicate the severity of the incident and its impact on the ship's condition.
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Hart
Red Cross Mobilizes Fire District Ambulance Units and Volunteers
Winchester area Red Cross calls for volunteers to form a single unit with motor and canteen corps. Five ambulances with two stretchers and three first aid stockstoons will operate. Residents with station wagons urged to register at the local Red Cross office, telephone 5412. Disaster committee lays out subcommittee roles with chairs including Walker Bond, Ben Belchie, Dr James Miller, Eugene Cooper, Philip Glaize Jr, D H Sencindiver, Effa Link, C Ridgely White, Laurens survey, John Scully Jr, Allen B Gray.
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Arthur
Red Cross Motor Corps
Canteen Corps
Red Cross
Winchester
Frederick and
Clarke
Motor Corps
The
Walker Bond
Ben Belchie
James Miller
Eugene Cooper
Philip Glaize, Jr
D. H. Sencindiver
Effa Link
Roosevelt and King George Exchange Messages
President Roosevelt cabled King George VI praising free peoples fighting for a just cause. King George replied that the British Empire is proud to fight at America’s side against the common enemy. State Department released texts of the messages.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George VI
England
George
British Empire
State Department
Venezuelan Government Freezes Axis Funds
Venezuelan authorities order the freezing of funds linked to Axis interests as part of a broader financial seizure policy. Officials did not disclose specific entities but cited national security measures and foreign policy alignment as justification.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Axis
Military draft registration plan to study manpower
Hearings to start tomorrow on a bill to require men aged 18 to 65 to register to obtain an overall picture of the nation’s manpower. The measure, introduced by Chairman May of Kentucky at the War Department’s request, aims to curb combat service enrollment.
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Hershey
May
D.ky
House Military Committee
War Department
Rayburn
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Appalachian
Thomas C. Hart
Far Eastern Front
Glen Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern Army
Boyd D. Wagner
Army Air Corps
Aparri
Wagner
West Coast
United States
Thomas G. Hart
Asiatic
Cavite
W. B. Snider
N. Cameron St
Local Red Cross
King George
Omps Funeral Home
Botany
John Kelly
Clara Kelly
Virginia
County Court House
Gainesboro
H. R. Kerns
Walter Light
Berlin DeHaven
L. Jackson
Coleman Dunn
Baldwin
Miles Music Company
Kimball
W. Boscawen St
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