Duke of Windsor Flees Miami Amid Ambassadorship Rumors
The Duke of Windsor flew from Miami in a navy plane to an undisclosed destination amid speculation he may meet President Roosevelt and become British ambassador to the United States. Officials withheld details while noting he could be visiting on official business and might be offered the U.S. post.
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Miami
Fla
Duke of Windsor
Roosevelt
United States
Navy
Washington
Vyvyan Drury
Windsor
State Department
Drury
Jaw Waters
Lothian
England
Bahamas
American Airways
Dinner Key
Armory Drill Hall May Host Community Events
Winchester argues the new armory should serve local needs while preserving the National Guard role. The maple floor could host basketball at small cost, with game revenue aiding maintenance and other community uses.
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New Armory
National Guard
Man Hurt When Tire Tube Explodes At Work
James W. Kinney a 26 year old Buncutter Tire Company employee was hurled 15 feet and severely injured when a tire tube mounted recently exploded under 90 pounds pressure at Winchester Memorial hospital reports said Kinney sustained injuries to his leg and hand though his leg was not fractured. He is listed in satisfactory condition with the accident described as highly unusual by tire shop workers who noted Kinney tapped the outer ring before the rim released and the tube exploded. Kinney is the son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Kinney of Clearbrook and husband of the former Lucille Sowers of Clarke county.
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James W. Kinney
Buncutter Tire Company
Winchester Memorial
Winchester
Kinney
Nyce Pruit
Pai
Wesley Kinney
Clearbrook
Lucille Sowers
Clarke County
Protection for Service Men Advocated by Church Council
The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America adopted a resolution urging the Army and Navy to shield soldiers and sailors from exploitation by liquor interests and commercial vice. The body, representing 25,000,000 communicants in 24 denominations, asked President Roosevelt and military leaders to ensure maximum moral and health protection for service members.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Army
Navy
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Roosevelt
Duncan Suggested as Ambassador to Washington
London December 13 reports Sir Andrew Duncan president of the Board of Trade was named as a likely ambassador to Washington. One dispatch floated the possibility that he could be named that night. The Board of Trade corresponds to the US Department of Commerce.
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London
Andrew Duncan
Pe McE
Lord Lothian
Washington
Board of Trade
Department of Commerce
United States
Has More 13s Than You Can Shake Jinx At
MINNEAPOLIS on Friday December 13th features Shirley Johnson in a quirky note. The item notes her birth date September 13 1940 and birth time 1 am. It also mentions a hospitalization policy taken in January 1839 and her current age counting 13 weeks and 13 pounds in weight.
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Minneapolis
Shirley Johnson
Fellowship Club Urgently Seeks Help For Christmas Aid
With nine days left to complete its work the Winchester Fellowship Club appeals for help to assist 325 needy families on its master list. Only 28 adoptions have been recorded and December 23 is set for delivering Christmas baskets. Officials note cash contributions lag and urge citizens to cooperate by contacting the club at the listed telephone.
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Fellowship Club
Winchester
Weather forecast calls for snow and rain across regions
Washington reports an extended forecast from December 14 to December 18 with snow in the north and snow or rain in the south of the Middle Atlantic States. Expect a generally fair middle period, light snow in the north and light snow or rain in the south toward the end. Cold starts mid period with warmer later.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Christmas Stationery Portfolios Clearance Deal
Christmas stationery portfolios priced at 95 cents for clearance. Original value listed as $1.50. Described as an acceptable gift. Sold by Home Print Shop located at 211 S. Lou doun Street.
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S. Loudoun Street
Odd Fellows to attend funeral of Brother John Randall
Members of Madison Lodge will meet at the Hall on Saturday December 14 at 10 a.m. to attend the funeral of Brother John Randall deceased Noble Grand of Happen Lodge No 6 I O O F.
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ODD Fellows
Hall of Madison Lodge
John Randall
Dee’d Alonza Snapp
Noble Grand
I.O
Mrs. Riley Exonerated In Sister Death In Clarke Court
Ila May Riley, 19, acquitted of voluntary manslaughter in the 23 year old sister Mary Fanny Shiflett Shiflett death from a .22 rifle shot. Jury deliberated 22 minutes reading not guilty verdict at 1 12 p.m. Judge Williams praised jurors and Riley expressed a brief relief.
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Berryville
Ila May Riley
Clarke Circuit Court
Mary Fanny Smoot Shiflett
J. Edward Thoma
Ila
May Riley
C. D. Kercheval
Williams
Riley
Shiflett
Jewelry Robber Given Ten Years
Joseph Thomas aged 29 and James De Lisle aged 46 received 10 year prison terms after pleading guilty to taking part in a $5,000 jewelry store robbery in Baltimore on November 6. Thomas Murray 33 pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods and got five years. Judge Edwin J. Dickerson imposed the sentences.
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Baltimore
Joseph Thomas
James de Lisle
Thomas Murray
Edwin J. Dickerson
Paul C. Wolman
Thomas
Pennsylvania
Amrod Clothing and Jewelry
Winchester
Start of Street Decorations In Arlington Area
Northern Virginia Power Company workers began decorating the business district for Christmas starting at the Piccadilly street intersection and moving south on Loudoun. Lights will be turned on when Loudoun is finished, with deco at Braddock and Boscawen, Boscawen and Cameron, Braddock and Piccadilly, and Cameron and Piccadilly. Completion is set for December 17.
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Northern Virginia Power Company
Piccadilly Street
Loudoun
Loudoun Street
Braddock
Boscawen
Cameron
Piccadilly
Cameron and
Emerson Radio for Christmas at Willis Bicycle and Radio Shop
Christmas shopper note from Willis Bicycle and Radio Shop highlighting Emerson Radio offerings. Compact ad style states holiday availability and location.
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Emerson
Willis’ Bicycle and
Public Sale Notice at 316 Amherst Street Dec Enter
Public sale scheduled December 14 at 1 p m for estate of A M Williams and H E Williams dec d at 316 Amherst Street. Items listed include a house and practical farm tools with terms cash. Geo Bywaters executor oversees sale.
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Amherst St
A. M. & H E. Williams
D. Houseeg
Geo. Bywaters
Exc
Counter Invasion Started By British Against Italy
Italian officer captured aboard a British destroyer off Egypt says the British blitzkrieg surprised Rome as Greek victories in Albania and British advances near Sidi Barrani are noted. The officer says he wants to write to family and doubts the war’s continuation. British sea air and land forces are described as jointly attacking to push the Italian expeditionary force from Egyptian soil.
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Egypt
Ship Sunk By A British U Boat
The British submarine Sunfish sank a German supply ship of about 4,000 tons off the Norwegian coast. Two torpedoes were seen to hit as the ship broke up and sank. Sunfish also attacked a German oil tanker of about 4,000 tons and damaged it.
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London
Sunfish
Norwegian
Admiralty
H. M
G. R. Colvin
R. N
Germany
H. M. S. Sunfish
Oslofjord Sinks After Mine Strike Off Newcastle
The 18,673 ton Oslofjord, Norway's flagship passenger liner, struck a mine two days earlier and sank off Newcastle on its return from Halifax where it ferried Canadian aviators to England. The Bremen built vessel, completed 1938, carried 800 passengers and was famed for its Finnish baths and Norwegian artwork.
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New York
Oslofjord
Norway
Newcastle
British Isles
England
Halifax
Canada
Norwegian- America Line
Bremen
New York-Norway
West Indies
Pedestrian Hit By Car On North Loudoun Street
K. J. Hartman was injured when a sedan driven by A. L. Punkhouser veered from North Loudoun Street and struck him on the sidewalk before stopping on the W. C. Hodge lawn at 518 North Loudoun. Hartman had a hurt shoulder and cuts but left for home by 6 p.m. Punkhouser sustained minor injuries. his car and nearby shrubbery were damaged.
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K. J. Hartman
A. L. Punkhouser
Loudoun Street
Hartman
W. C. Hodge
North Loudoun
Mr. Hartman
Holmes Wisecarver
Funkhouser
Hard Hitter To Direct Building
War Department names Lieut Col Brehon Somervell to command its 1.147 billion construction program. Brig Gen Charles Hartman, previously in charge, is at Walter Reed for observation and treatment. General Marshall says project delays were caused by factors beyond the construction division. Secretary Stimson notes revised dates for federal service of National Guardsmen due to unfinished housing and facilities.
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Washington
War Department
Brehon B. Somervell
Department
Charles D. Hartman
Walter Reed Hospital
George CC. Marshall
Somervell
Stimson
Federal Service
Japan Takes Church Property Worth Millions
Major American British and Canadian church properties valued in the millions are being turned over to Japanese authorities under the new religious law. St Pauls Episcopal University St Lukes Hospital and Holy Trinity Church are among those affected with hospital value estimated above 1.5 million. Bishop Reifsnider has been replaced as president by Prof Ikuzo Takayama.
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Tokyo
Charles 8. Reifsnider
St. Paul’s Episcopal University
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Orient
Holy Trinity Church
Reifsnider
St. Paul’s
Ikuzo Takyama
Tokyo American School
Catholic Boys’ School of
Yokohama
British Vessel Reports Torpedo Attack Off French Coast
The British freighter Orari, 10 350 tons, reported being torpedoed about 750 miles off the French coast. The message, picked up by Mackay Radio at 1 56 p m, simply stated torpedoed. The Orari had traded between Canada England and Australia and was built in 1931 in Glasgow. The ship is owned by the New Zealand Shipping Company and home port is Plymouth.
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New York
Orari
Mackay
Canada
England
Australia
Glasgow
Orab
New Zealand Shipping Company
Peter Home
Plymouth
Murder Makes A Hero serial to start in Winchester Star
The Winchester Star will publish the thriller Murder Makes A Hero by Elliott Fillion beginning tomorrow. The mystery centers on the murder of Mark Gould with suspects Cary Essex Nancy Rand Proctor Rand and David Otis.
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Elliott Fillion
Winchester Star
Mark Gould
Cary Essex
Nancy
Proctor Rand
David Otis
Mark
Murcerer
British Forces Seize Italian Fuel and Food Stock in Desert
Cairo dispatch reports British forces in Egypt's western desert captured the entire stock of fuel and food that Italian forces had gathered for an invasion of Egypt. The report comes via Reuters, dated December 13.
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London
Egypt
Reuters
Cairo
Greeks Drive Greek Advance Near Chimara
Fresh Italian troops joined the Albania fighting but could not stop the Greek advance on the heights around Chimara north of Porto Edda. Desperate resistance reported as renewed clashes continued.
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Athens
Albania
Chimara
Porto Edda
Italians to Defend Albanian Libyan Lines All Winter
Rome reports that Italian forces will defend their lines in Albania and Libya throughout winter despite conditions. Informants say British Egyptian offensive aims to push Italians back to the Libyan frontier without a drive into Libya itself.
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Rome
Albania
Libya
Germans Resume London Attacks
Londoners faced sirens and shelter alerts after a day with no bombs dropped in England from dawn to dusk as the government reported zero air raids.
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London
Ing
England
D C List 82 Dies After Brief Illness in Pittsburgh
Daniel Carter List 82 retired banker died yesterday in a Pittsburgh hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for 11 a m Saturday at McCoy Funeral Home Wheeling West Virginia with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. He was survived by two sons and a daughter including R Stuart List and Daniel Clarence List and Mrs H B Tharp.
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the Star
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
W. Va
Daniel Carter List
Mr. List
City Bank of
Anne Elizabeth Heiskell
Winchester
Virginia
List
Wooster College
Kappa Psi
R. Stuart List
The
Sun-Telegraph
Daniel Clarence List
Washington, D. C
H. B. Tharp
Indianapolis
Ind
McCoy Funeral Home
Woodlawn Cemetery
Berryville Firemen Reelect Officers
John H. Enders Fire Company reelected L. H. Bell as chief Charles Enders as captain and Charles Suddithh as secretary treasurer at a Wednesday meeting They also voted that no officer shall succeed themselves The annual banquet for members and friends is set for Wednesday January 8
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Berryville
John H. Enders Fire Company
L. H. Bell
Charles Enders
Charles Suddithh
Hillman protests Ford contract for army trucks
Sidney Hillman, labor member of the National Defense Commission, said a vigorous protest was filed with the War Department over a 2 million dollar Ford Motor Company contract for army trucks and passenger cars. The protest argues the award lacks labor law compliance, notably the Wagner Act, amid Ford's past Labor Board violations.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
National Defense Commission
War Department
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motors Company
Italians in Egypt Prison Toll Soars in Western Desert Fight
British forces in Egypt report increasing Italian prisoners as the Nile battle rages along the Mediterranean coast. 20 000 announced, likely higher, with May reach 40 000. Graziani's troops retreat under coordinated air navy and army bombardment.
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Britain
Alexandria
Rodolfo Graziani
London
Archibald Wavell
Middle East
Army
Navy
Royal Air Force
Sheffield
Coventry
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Suez Canal
Abana
Eqi
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