Destruction of Japanese Forces at Ormoc Ends Leyte Holdouts
Allied reports say thousands of Japanese troops were wiped out in a trap south of Ormoc as the 77th and Seventh Infantry Divisions linked and crushed the garrison. MacArthur called the fighting desperate with the Yamashita line broken and large stores captured.
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MacArthur
Japan
Ormoc
Leyte Island
77Th
Douglas MacArthur
Comunique Today
Yamashita
Ormoce
77Th Divsion
Leyte
NBC
George Thomas Forster
Associated Press
al Copking
More Russian Prisoners Of War Depart Camp In First Return Leg
Russian prisoners moved from the camp today under armed guard to the Baltimore and Ohio siding at Robinson Cold Storage for a special train departure. The camp plans to stay open until March 15 as the first leg of their return home.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Robinson Cold Storage
World At War Highlights Across Fronts
Western Front American armies hammer Nazi defenses west of the Saar Basin and at German Palatinate striking through northern Alsace may join other U S forces in Germany. Eastern Front Russians press toward Budapest as Malinovsky’s forces move near Austria. Southern Front Germans raid Fifth Army in Italy as rains slow British. Pacific Front fighting on Leyte as two Yankee units close in on Japan. Asiatic Front Chinese port gains in Swatow Province.
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Associated Press
Boer
Saar Basin
German Palatinate
Alsace
U. S
Germany
Fifth Army
Italy
Pacific
Leyte
Italian Diplomats To Return Home
Eighteen Italian diplomatic and consular officials and their servants, captured in North Africa, will be sent back to Italy. They had been interned at New Market after Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria, intended for exchange for Americans in Italy. The State Department said the fall of the Italian governments ended exchange prospects.
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Washington
North Africa
Italy
State Department
New Market
Morocco
Algeria
White Christmas Snow Deluges Wide Nation Across Regions
A major storm blankets much of the nation with heavy snowfall from Colorado to the Atlantic coast and into the south. The system brings up to 14 inches in West Virginia and Illinois style, with schools closed, travel disrupted, and at least 30 deaths attributed to hazardous driving conditions as the storm moves toward New England.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Atlantic Seaboard
South
Midwest
New England
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Elkins
W.a
Chicago
County appoints jail committee for new facility
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors yesterday appointed a three member committee to confer with city officials on building a new jail. Members are J. Sloan Kuykendall William Carpenter and H C Light Judge Burr P Harrison urged immediate action noting the current century old structure is a fire trap Also G W Lemley named to join the County Board of Agriculture committee C M Rosenberger named to the farm census advisory committee
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
J. Sloan Kuykendall
William Carpenter
H. C. Light
Burr P. Harrison
G. W. Lemley
Frederick County
County Agent appropriation kept at 720 for 1945
County officials declined to raise the appropriation for county agent I. Fred Stine. 8S. M. Cox urged an increase from 720 to 1 020 yearly effective Jan 1 1945. The board, with motion from William Carpenter and a second by ae Light, kept the 1945 appropriation at 720, matching the current year.
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Frederick County Board of Down
M. Cox
I. Fred Stine
William Carpenter
ae &. _ Light
Cars
Pressure On Germans Near Duren In Major Roer Drive
Allied forces push toward the Roer River and Duren as Hodges army units seize 1000 yards of the west bank, reach Konzendorf, and clear Merode. Third Army advances near the Saarland border and shells St Ingbert and Zweibrücken while Haguenau falls and Alsace positions are strengthened.
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Paris
First Army
Dank Hurtgen
Roer
Duren
Konzendorf
Courtney H. Hodges
Hitler
Merode
Russian Forces Deploying In Two Directions Near Budapest
Soviet dispatches report a two pronged advance toward Bratislava and Vienna with motorized infantry along the Danube and tanks ahead. Malinovsky’s Second Ukraine Army claims three miles gained and captures at Esztergom and Szada, while front lines near the central Slovak border extend to about 30 miles. Other units push toward the capital from east south and southwest as Bayonet clashes rise in outer anti-tank zones.
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Danube
Bratislava
Vienna
Budapest
Veresegyhaz
Szada
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Red Army
Paris
Algiers
Malinovsky
Szob
Palank
Varsany
Balassa
Winchesters First Winter Storm Covers Area in Snow Sleet
The initial winter storm blankets Winchester and surrounding counties with snow and sleet. Depths range from two to eight inches with Winchester city at about two and a half inches and western mountains near eight inches.
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Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
Gore
Frederick
Clarke County
Surgical Dressing Room To Reopen
The Red Cross Surgical Dressing room will reopen on Thursday December 14 at the Presbyterian Church Annex second floor. A 4000 dressings per week quota is requested to meet Newton D. Baker Hospital needs with operations to occur Thursday Friday and Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. All regular and new workers are urged to assist in this urgent program.
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Red Cross
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Presbyterian Church
Gray Ladies Cancel Hospital Visit Tonight
Inclement weather forces the Gray Ladies to cancel their visit to Newton D. Baker Hospital in Martinsburg West Virginia scheduled for tonight.
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Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Nazi Planes Over Italian Front
Allied reports say German Air Force returned to the Italian front dropping bombs and strafing troops and communications along the Fifth Army front. Days of rain raised the Lamone river hindering Eighth Army patrols near Ravenna and Faenza while German artillery roared along the west coast and central fronts.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Lamone
Eighth Army
Italy
Ravenna
Faenza
Bologna
Loiano
Germans and Japs Must Share Blame
Britain's Labour party conference declares Germans and Japanese must share responsibility for their leaders crimes. Lord Strabolgi urges a moderate policy to offer the German people hope for the future while Attlee argues for restitution and postwar accountability.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
Wgainst
Lord Strabolgi
Himmler
Goebbels
Clement R. Attlee
Six Units 162 New Boy Scouts Added In Shawnee District
Shawnee District reports 162 new Boy Scouts in Frederick and Clarke counties boosting units from 11 to 17 and total Scouts from 220 to 382. New troops formed at Middletown Stephens City Boyce and Berryville with 30 training certificates issued in 1944. Norman Hampton and Robert Kellas earned Eagle Scouts. five Courts of Honor and 301 merit badges noted.
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Shawnee
Frederick
Clarke County
Middletown
Stephens City
Boyce
Berryville
W. H. Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
Rock Enon
Ben Arthur
Advancement Committee
Star Scouts
Life
Norman Hampton
Robert Kellas
Ben Belchie
Shenandoah Area Council
Labor Department urged to absorb wartime labor functions
Secretary Perkins urged consolidating all labor activities into a postwar U S Department of Labor. She proposed merging War Labor Board and National Labor Relations Board duties and housing adult education and working conditions services there. Roosevelt welcomed the three day conference praising labor standards gains.
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Washington
Perkins
Labor Department
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Department of Labor
National Conference On Labor
AFL
CIO
Roosevelt
Miss Perkins
U. S. Department of Labor
Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
Labor Planning
War Production Board
Fellowship Club opens headquarters in Winchester to aid needy families
The Fellowship Club establishes a headquarters at 211 North Loudoun Street to coordinate gifts for 643 individuals in Frederick County. Volunteers sort clothing and toys received from a Capitol Theatre show while welfare agencies verify the master list. donations of nonperishables, clothes, toys, and cash are urged with Scout pickup offered.
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Fellowship Club
Santa Claus
Winchester
Frederick County
American Legion
North
Loudoun Street
George Washington
Capitol Theatre
Hat sale and benefit dance at local shop
A hat sale offers 14 off large selections at Buzzella's Shop. A benefit dance at Shady Rest on Tuesday night December 19 raises proceeds for Newton D. Baker General Hospital in Martinsburg West Virginia for Christmas aid.
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Shady Rest
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Notice of Turkeys Out for Rosenberger & Son
Out of turkeys for M. Rosenberger and Son. Anion.
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M. Rosenberger & Son
Anion
More Earthquakes Are Recorded
Fordham University seismograph logged two distinct tremors traced to the Aleutian Islands. The quakes mark the third set recorded in three days, with earlier shocks believed from the Dutch East Indies and the Solomon Islands. The events occurred around 12:28 to 12:36 a.m. Eastern War Time, about 4,500 miles away.
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New York
Fordham University
Joseph J. Lynch
Aleutian Islands
Fordham
Dutch East Indies
Solomon Islands
Sharp Shooting Continues In Greeks' Capital
Athens reports intense gunfire as civilians flee the capital amid fighting between British and Greek troops. ELAS and EAM leaders are said to be yielding on demands for a government shift while a possible withdrawal from Attica is offered in exchange for guarantees against prosecutions. London sources note Churchill to speed peace with Alexander and Macmillan backing a quick end to hostilities.
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Athens
EAM
ELAS
George Papandreou
Department of Attica
London
Daily Mail
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Churchill
Mail
Alexander
Harold MacMillan
Dimitri Lambrakis
Nazis Oil Plants Hit By Bombs
Allied air forces mounted a massive coordinated attack on December 12 with nearly 2,200 American planes led by 1,250 Flying Fortresses and Liberators targeting Merseburg oil refinery and Hanau, Aschaffenburg, and Darmstadt railyards. The raid followed a prior wave by 4,000 aircraft as UK and Italian units struck Vienna Ruhr targets and German rail hubs, marking a record aerial assault with Lancasters Mosquitos and heavy bombers executing multiple missions.
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London
Merseburg
Hanau
Aschaffurg
Darmstadt
Austria
Berlin
U. S
Germany
RAF Bomber Command
Eighth
Prankfurt
Giessen
Italy
Vienna
Ruhr
County School Children Immunized Against Diptheria
In Winchester over the past three weeks 785 county school children were immunized against diphtheria under a county health education program. Clinics at Gore, Stephens City, Berryville, Middletown, Miller, Round Hill, Kernstown, Brucetown, Shenandoah, and others saw varying totals. Dr. H. S. Pifer assisted. sponsorship came from teachers.
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Winchester
H. S. Pifer
Gore
Stephens City
Armel
Middletown
Miller
Round Hill
Kernstown
Bryarly
Shenandoah
Stettinius Outlines Five Foreign Policy Aims
Secretary of State Stettinius testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee outlining five main foreign policy objectives. They include wartime support for U S armed forces, preventing a relapse into aggression by Germany and Japan, creating a United Nations to maintain peace, expanding foreign trade and productivity, and promoting democratic living standards worldwide. He urged rapid State Department reorganization and approval of six staff appointments to push these goals.
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Washington
Stettinius
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Germany
Japan
United Nations
United Nations Organization
Iter
Congress
Joseph C. Grew
Connally D.tex
Weather Outlook Twice Normal Temperatures Near Normal Split Forecast
The forecast covers December 13 to 17 with Zone four showing near normal temperatures in the north and below normal in the south, plus a warmer weekend in the south. Light snow is possible in the north, little in the south. Zone five through West Virginia expects below normal temperatures Wednesday and Thursday with a rise to above normal by Sunday and a few snow flurries in the east midweek, and rain or snow by weekend.
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West Virginia
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