Draft Act Extensions Urged by Stimson amid War Policies
Secretary of War Stimson urged the House Military Committee to approve broad draft act extensions to create a large pool of men for potential needs. He warned against tying the bill to fixed force sizes, saying flexibility is essential in a vast war. Roosevelt later convened a naval leaders' conference after talks with Hull and Stimson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
House Military Committee
Indu-Press
Sion
Navy
Roosevelt
White House
State Hull
War Stimson
Naval
James V. Forestal
Harold 2. Stark
Naval Operations
Samuel M. Robinson
Bureau of Ships
W. R. Sexton
Navy General Board
Winchester men volunteer to aid air defense defense company formed
In Stephens City a watch bulletin is posted as 74 Winchester men sign to form a semi military defense company or serve as fire wardens and air raid wardens. J G Fosbrink at Woods Mill Road air raid post urged 24 hour observation and civilian participation. A Stephens City meeting discussed duties and membership rules with plans to consult Mayor Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Fosbrink
Woods Mill Road
Mitchell Field
N. Y
John C. McDonnell
Winchester
Claude Grim
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Horace Browne
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harry Cook
James C. Baker
Henry Lewis
Anderson
Stephens
F. Grove White
Community urged to buy defense stamps and bonds
Mr Winchester encourages savings as students and families support the war effort. Helen Kaknis receives a Treasury letter thanking her for purchasing United States Savings Bonds, totaling 900 dollars. Clear Brook students, under Principal Bryant Harper, all classes start stamp purchases, while local youths in uniform joke about the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Kaknis
Gus Kaknis
Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
Bryant Harper
Hable's Palace Christmas Party Planned for December 24
The Hable's Palace Theatre will host its 11th annual Christmas Party for Winchester-area children on December 24. Doors open at 9 30 AM for about 3000 attendees to enjoy a color cartoon program and a Three Stooges short before staff distribute candy oranges and a toy to each child, with all items bought locally from J J Newberry.
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Hable
Palace Theatre
Winchester
Palace
J. J. Newberry
Herman H. Hable
Florida Area Suffers Early War Time Blackout
Jacksonville reports a 5:30 to 7:15 a m blackout after Naval Intelligence warns of unidentified planes off the southeast coast. The naval air base and Army Fourth Observation Group HQ were darkened and planes warmed on runways but did not depart. Fog limited downtown visibility.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Army
Navy
Naval
R. M. Fortson
C. P. Mason
Naval Air Base
Naval Air Station
St. John River
Fourth Observation Group
Fourth Army Corps
Virginia Stock Market Regular Sale of Ewes
At regular sale Tuesday December 16 there are 65 choice stock ewes due to lamb in January. This notice cites the Virginia Stock Market and promotes the upcoming sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Stock Market
Red Cross drive set to begin for $10,000 goal
The Rev. Carl Honeycutt announced the Red Cross war aid campaign will start Monday with a deadline next Saturday evening to reach a $10,000 goal. Assisting leaders include Garland R. Quarles George Barnsley Ben Belchie George Sanders and Fred Stine with city county and district chairs. Contributions may be left at four banks Red Cross HQ City Hall or with Honeycutt and county donations at Harry McCann or County Agent Stine offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Honeycutt
Red Cross
Garland R. Quarles
George Barnsley
Ben Belchie
George Sanders
Fred Stine
Mr. Honeycutt
Harry McCann
Stine
P. E. Lineburg
Stephens City
Lomax Parker
Fred Larrick
Middletown
Agicte
British Attack West of Tobruk Presses Encircled Axis
Cairo dispatch says British forces west of Tobruk attack encircled Axis troops at Gazala. New Zealand units reportedly moved west from Tobruk, disrupting Axis columns as they try to break toward Derna and Bengali. Axis losses near Gazala tallied around 3,000 with half killed.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Gazala
New Zealand
Derna
Wife of Marine Ready For Action
In Hartford on December 13 a young woman asked for munition work after saying her husband is in the Marine Corps on Wake Island. She told the state employment service interviewer she wanted a job making munitions and was immediately offered work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
State Employment Service
Marine Corps
Wake Island
Fre Flight Course To Proceed At Winchester
The Chamber of Commerce and Valley Airways Inc authorize enrollments and exams for a non college Spring session Civilian Pilots Training Program at Winchester. Telegram from CAA ground school supervisor Andrew Bell confirms. There are 28 applicants. seven more are needed. Men ages 19 to 26 urged to register immediately.
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Chamber of Commerce and
Valley Airways, Inc
Winchester
E. W. Robertson
Civilian Aeronautics Authority
Andrew Bell
Two Drivers Injured In Vaucluse Crash Near Stephens City
STEPHENS CITY Va Dec 13 S E Cover of Andrews NC and Alonzo Stickley of Middletown were injured when their cars collided south of here at Vaucluse. Cover remained in Winchester Memorial hospital with injuries. Stickley was examined and released to his home. Cover is son of late F T and Laura J Cover once of Browntown Warren VA whose tannery operated before the move to North Carolina. Mrs R S Trussell of Stephens City is Cover's cousin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura J. Cover
Browntown
Warren County
North Carolina
Thomas Cover
Winchester Pee Frederick
R. S. Trussell
Stephens City
Cover
Rinard Dies in Omaha after Leukemia Operation
Brady W. Largent learns of her brother C A Rinard 54 died Thursday afternoon in Omaha Nebraska after leukemia followed by sinus surgery He was a Union Pacific traveling auditor with 30 years of service Survived by wife father Everett Pennsylvania and five brothers and three sisters Interment at Everett Tuesday afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady W. Largent
C. A. Rinard
Omaha
Rinard
Union Pacific Railway
Everett
Everett, Pa
German Army Defeated Near Moscow Reports Say
London reports that Pravda quotes a Soviet claim of a 750000 man German army defeated near Moscow. Red Army retakes 30 villages south of Yelets as Germans retreat from Volkhov and Kalinin sectors. Observers note munitions captured by Soviets and severe winter transport strains amid ongoing German withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Red Army
Vilages
Yelets
Volkhov
Leningard
Kalinin
Berlin
Semeon Timoshenko
Donets Basin
Ice and Sleet Freeze Virginia Roads and Break Trees
Freezing rain and sleet last night caused hazardous travel with many trees bent or downed in Winchester area. Utilities report minor damage by noon though wires may break later. one serious accident at Vaucluse noted. Roadways slow statewide as first real winter weather of the fall arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Vaucluse
The
Telephone Company
Northern Virginia Power Company
Virginia
Associated Press
Navy Recruiter Here Every Day
Chief H. S. Holloway U S Naval Recruiter will be in Winchester all week next Monday through Saturday from 10 to 6 at the post office building for enlistment information and assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Holloway
U. S. Naval
Winchester
Post Office
Submarine blows wipe out thousands of Japanese vessels
Batavia reports Dutch submarines destroy about 4,000 Japanese soldiers and four transports off southern Thailand. Another action on the east coast of Borneo seizes motor launches and interned settlers. Five transports sunk 75 miles off Cape Patani.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
Thailand
Borneo
Malayan
Gulf of Siam
Cape Patani
Peninsular
NBC
BBC
Hongkong Fall Not Confirmed as Occupation Claims Vary
London reports an authoritative source doubts British withdrawal from Kowloon, while a Japanese HQ radio claim says Hong Kong and surrounding British territory are occupied. Kowloon lies on the mainland opposite the island base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hongkong
Kowloon
Other Italian Ships Lost
The admiralty announced British destroyers sank an Italian cruiser this morning, the second Italian cruiser accounted for by British forces in two days. An Italian motor torpedo boat was sunk in the same action in the central Mediterranean, and another cruiser and torpedo boat were heavily damaged in the pre dawn attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Nipponese Planes Bomb Cebu and Clark Field Attacked
Washington reports Japan's Philippines strategy to move in via improvised air bases outside ground defenses. Cebu was bombed south of Luzon while Clark Field near Manila was attacked. No further enemy incursions reported from Hawaii as of the communique.
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Cebu
Luzon
Clark Field
Hawaiian Islands
Washington
Japan
Philippines
War Department
Department
Hawaii
Philippine
Cebu and
Clark
Impros
Secretary of War
Far East Command
MacArt
Far Bay Command
Manila
Lingayen
Cor MacArthur
War & Tin
MacArthur
Feared Guam Falls as Japs Attack Near Pacific
Washington reports inability to contact Guam by radio or cable and says capture by Japanese is probable. Less than 400 naval personnel and 155 Marines defend Guam, with bombings reported. Japanese troops said to have landed at several points while Wake and Midway resist.
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Washington
Pacific
Guam
Wake
Midway
Hawaii
Philippines
Signs Demolished In Auto Mishap At Gerrard and Loudoun
An auto collision knocked down two traffic signs on the Gerrard and Loudoun concrete island last night or early today. Police HQ had no report on details. Temporary signs have been placed on the island, which has seen several minor mishaps since its two year construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrard
Loudoun
West Coast blackout ad notices and riot drill at armory
Advertisements promote blackout materials such as Douglas fir plywood panels and heavy flannel interlining for window blackout. Winchester WPF Company members drill for guard duty as an armory meeting proceeds upstairs. Ohio apple pie record from Fremont notes a 430 pound pie baked by Boyd M. Frazier to illustrate institute guidance.
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West Coast
Winchester Wpf Company 115
The
Star
Grimes
Nelson Hensell
Ohio
Fremont
Boyd M. Frazier
Toledo
Frazier
Japanese Forces Struggle in Luzon Lingayen Area
Manila dispatch reports slow Japanese progress on Luzon as Lingayen Bay remains contested. MacArthur confirms sporadic landings with no major gains and notes mopped operations near Lingayen while honors are awarded to Far East commanders.
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D.ky
Local Men Register
MR Winchester
Tokyo
Florida
Red Cross War Fund
New
Marine Ready For Action
Navy Department
Isle
Shopping
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