New Year retrenchment pledge from House Appropriations Chief
Washington December 12 Congress moves to curb non military spending in 1943. Representative Cannon chairman of the House Appropriations Committee vows tight control on departmental costs and to cut the bone next year. He says military funding will be defended with careful supervision and the army and navy will receive adequate support.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
Cannon
Army
Navy
Allied Bomber Fleets Hit Naples in Two-Way Assault
Allied and Italian forces trade air strikes on Naples as U S heavy bombers strike the waterfront and merchant ships. Italian communique reports 57 dead and 138 injured, with prior December 4 raid sinking a cruiser and crippling a battleship. Ten American airmen held by Italy.
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Cairo
United States
Naples
North Africa
Churchill
Italy
Berryville Youth Fined For Reckless Driving
Thomas Edward Stough, 19, of Berryville, was fined 100 dollars and 5.25 costs after a Guilty verdict in Civil and Police Justice Court for reckless driving on Berryville Avenue about 7 55 last night. Judge J W Rice suspended his operator's permit for six months. Police said the offense followed a prior conviction on November 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Edward Stough
Berryville
J. W. Rice
Berryville Avenue
Pvt. Whitacre
Wince Police
Hollis
Stough
Fellowship Club Toy Matinee And Adoption Drive
Winchester notes Christmas Fellowship Club rally yielded a toy matinee this morning. Jet Bundle Day results are not yet available but expected to be generous. The group continues to seek foster Santas to aid 245 families and arrange adoptions via the Fellowship Club headquarters in the old Penney building.
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Fellowship Club
Penney
Evening Star Gift Subscriptions Offer
Announcement promoting a year’s subscription to the Evening Star with a gift card. States lowest subscription rates of the year are now in effect and urges readers to call 3424 to arrange for gift subscriptions.
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Evening Star
Wisconsin Court Faces Gubernatorial Question After Loomis Death
Wisconsin Supreme Court prepared to hear a case on original jurisdiction to decide who should serve as governor for 1943 after Gov elect Loomis died. Gov Heil asked for a declaratory judgment to clarify the state’s law and guide the transition before January 1 with inauguration set for January 4.
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Madison
Wis
Walter
Goodland
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Julius P. Heil
High Court
Marvin B. Rosenberry
Petrie on Leave From Cruiser Boise Home Visit
First Class Seaman Peter C. Petrie Jr a son of Mr and Mrs P C Petrie of Bartonville arrived home Thursday night on leave through December 30. He serves on Cruiser Boise which fought six Japanese in a Solomons battle and recently returned to the Navy Yard for repairs.
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Peter C. Petrie, Jr
P. C. Petrie
Bartonville
Perents
P. C
S. T Ceuloes Boise
Solomons
Navy Yard
Young Petrie
The
Star
County Teachers Study Problem Of Replacements
Frederick County Teachers Association met at the courthouse to discuss securing emergency teachers to fill vacancies. Superintendent Kline noted refresher courses at several colleges, and teachers suggested useful classes. A TB clinic is planned for January 22 at Miller School Winchester with county cooperation urged. Christmas baskets for the Fellowship Club were discussed and War Bond savings promoted for full county participation. Delegates to the State Teachers convention reported on peace focus and postwar planning with emphasis on life after the war.
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Frederick County Teachers Association
Kline
Tuberculosis Association
Miller
Winchester
Fellowship Club
Bryant Harper
Stonewall
Clearbrook
Frederick County
Andrew Babb
Paul Beables
Jails May Buy Meals From Private Restaurants
Virginia attorney general ruled that local jails may contract meals with privately run eateries if cheaper than in-house kitchens. The decision follows a Corrections Department request and Compensation Board findings that many jails house only a few prisoners.
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Richmond
A. P. Staples
Department of Corrections
A Compensation Board
R. Combs
Virginia
Silver Star for Gallant Action by Lt Col Kern in Oran
Lt Col William B Kern awarded the Silver Star for leading elements of his battalion during the Oran assault on November 10 1942. As senior officer in Oran he received the French prison surrender and reported cheers from inhabitants. Kern is a son of Ellensburg Washington residents and a West Point graduate.
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William B. Kern
Oran
Algeria
Kern
6Th Armored Infantry
Oliver
Col. Kern
John A. Kern
Ellensburg
Washington
Cameron Street
William R. Willis
Handley High School
West Point
Anne Nichol Lawrence
Col
I. J. Nichol
Boston
Damages Sought in Suit Over Train Blockade Crash
Alice S. Kadis Bertrand P. Kadis sue the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in New York federal court claiming 60295 in damages for injuries when their car hit a stationary freight train at night on U S Highway 11 near Winchester They allege the railroad violated the law by blocking a roadway and caused the crash.
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Star
New York
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
United States District Court
Alices. Kadis
Bertrand P. Kadis
Winchesa
Kadis
Fellowship Toy Matinee Draws 650 Children
About 650 children attended the Capitol Theater toy matinee and 50 bushel baskets of toys food clothing and other items were collected. Lamar Keen says the Junior Board of Trade will boost gifts and help 245 families in Winchester and Frederick County. Community groups are urged to adopt families from the master list at once.
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Fellowship Club
Winchester
Frederick County
Capitol Theater
Lamar Keen
Board of Trade
Service Record Books Offered By The Star At Low Cost
The Winchester Evening Star announces a compact Service Record Book for Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties servicemen. Priced at 25 cents, the book records induction to discharge with space for entries, plus outlines maps to trace travels and a World Map.
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Star
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
United States
Winchester Evening Star
Armed Service
The
Winchester-Frederick
Clark Counties
Four Thousand On President Coolidge Sink After Mine Hit
The Army transport President Coolidge with about 4000 troops aboard struck a mine in the South Pacific and sank, with four men lost. Survivors included Henry Nelson, law master of the vessel. Navy credited prompt rescue efforts and kept area undisclosed.
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Washington
President Coolidge
South Pacific
Navy
Henry Nelson
North Africa
Solomons
Japs Desperate Escape Attempts Amid New Guinea Battles
Allied communique from Australia reports Japanese troops fighting to break from Buna area in New Guinea as Allied artillery and counterattacks push back positions along a mile long beach and near San Ananda. Gona falls to Allied forces and parachute supply attempts continue with enemy losses mounting.
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Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Gona
Soputa
Sanananda
Douglas MacArthur
British Eighth Army Attacks Across Libya Front
British reports claim Montgomery pushed east of El Agheila with two tank divisions and two infantry divisions, supported by aircraft, as Rommel may not stand at the Agheila line. Allied efforts in Tunisia press the Axis and air power dominates in the Mediterranean theatre.
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Marshal Rommel
el Agheila
Middle East Command
London
Britain
Eighth Army
Libya
Berlin
Bernard L. Montgomery
Cairo
Mersa el Grega
Gulf of Sirte
Rommel
Mediterranean
Agheila
Rome
Montgomery
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
First Army
Tunisia
Inter
Tunis
Biserte
Naples
Turin
Middle East
Fripoli
Third Fight For Elbow Of Don Appears Started
Moscow December twelve The third battle for the elbow of the Don river west of Stalingrad appears under way as Axis forces press the east bank while Russian reports say they repulse all attacks. The Red Army advances on sectors of the Stalingrad and central fronts including west of Rzhev where they cross a river and seize enemy trenches. The Don elbow, retaken by Soviet troops in a push that began November nineteen, now aims to counterstrike to relieve garrisons in the sector.
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Henry Cassidy
Moscow
Don
Stalingrad
Red
Rzhev
Donelbow
Somber Yuletide For Roosevelts
Washington dispatch reports a subdued White House Christmas amid war demand. The national tree will be smaller and lights reduced to save electricity as all Roosevelts’ sons serve in uniform.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
White House
Axis nerves grow as Rommel may skip Tunis defense
Report says British patrols penetrated near two miles into enemy lines between the Gulf of Sirte and the Es salt areas while an Italian war bulletin notes British armored attacks near Medjerda in Tunisia. Allied counterattacks reportedly wiped out a Medjerda bridgehead as bombers hit Naples. Page 3 continues.
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Gulf of Sirte
Es Salt
Rommel
Medjerdi
Tunis
Medjerda
Tunisia
Naples
Rome
Opening of Victory Shop Advertises Beauty Soft Water
Mrs Perry B Wright announces the Victory Shop at 303% E dilly St offering complete beauty services with soft water. Dial 6260. Wanted radios or components for U S Army Signal Corps, call 3531.
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Victory Shop
E.dilly St
Perry B. Wright
U. S. Am Signal Corps
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Axis
Appropriations Committee
By Alex Singleton
West Newton
Mass
John J. Palumbo
Mickey
Reg
Central Press
Wisconsin
Peter C. Petrie
Cruiser
Boise
Felowship
Star Office
Sail
South Pacific Ocean
American President Lines of
San
MacArthur
Allied Air Power Growing
Don Appears
Roosevelts
Chetmas
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