Roosevelt plans Caribbean outposts as defense stepping stones
President Roosevelt, aboard the Tuscaloosa, discusses Caribbean bases with the Duke of Windsor. He favors distant, mobile defense posts from Newfoundland to Bermuda and the Bahamas as anchors for protecting the Panama Canal and the Americas. He envisions multiple bases rather than a Gibraltar-like fortress and heads to Charleston for further duties.
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Douglas B. Cornell
U. S
Tuscaloosa
Roosevelt
Charleston
D. C
Duke of Windsor
Caribbean
United States
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Puerto Rico
Bahamas
Windward
Leeward
Gibraltar
Miami
Panama, Canal
Americas
Warm Springs
Washington
Winchester Christmas Decorations Slow to Go Up
Tonight marks one of two final Saturdays before Christmas with rural shoppers expected in Winchester. The business district may show holiday decor on Loudoun between Piccadilly and Boscawen, but many blocks lack decorations due to late start and only two workers assigned to installation.
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Winchester
Loudoun
Piccadilly
Boscawen
Cork
Handley High School A Capella Choir to Carols Concert
A picked group from Handley High School will perform in the 3 pm carols concert at Handley tomorrow with the Handley A Capella Choir and the full Glee Club. About 425 elementary students will also sing under Miss Gwen dolyn Haynes. The program, featuring Christmas music, is expected to draw a capacity audience and favors old favorites.
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Handley Glee Club
A Capella
Glee Club
Handley
Gwendolyn Haynes
Wall
Martha Babb
Alice Lake
Jean Ebert
Jean Whitham
Betty Hammill
Virginia Ritenour
June White
Harlan Hannum
Hubert Kerr
George Craig
Ralph Bailey
Helen Gatewood
Sue Anderson
Mary Green
Ellen Butler
Virginia Omps
Betty Jo Stretchberry
Helen Jenkins
Philip Barnhart
Wayne Whitham
Bobby Lee
Daniel Doyle
Miss Haynes
the Star
Convoy Plans for British Aid Mapped by U S Officials
Washington reports authoritative discussions of two aid proposals for Britain. One calls for United States ships with naval escorts to convoy supplies to the British Isles. The other envisions selling Denmark and other foreign flag cargo ships to Britain to help maintain routes. Both are in mullings over stage and require congressional action.
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Lloyd Lehreas
Washington
United States
Ins
Ten States
Roosevelt
Caribbean
British Isles
Great Britain
Denmark
Hore
Stace
State Department
Lord Lothian
American Farm Bureau Association
Baltimore
Lothian
Britain
Flames Sweep Hoboken Defense Plant Fire
A Hoboken defense plant of Condenser Service and Engineering Corporation was destroyed by fire in the early hours. Estimated losses ranged up to a million dollars, with night watchman George Jacobs among the dead. Several workers escaped as flames swept through wood patterns and tar roof. gas tanks nearby required cooling as the blaze was brought under control by 6:15 a.m. The plant employed about 300 workers and produced turbines condensers for steamships.
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Hoboken
N. J
Condenser Service and Engineering Corporation
National Defense
George Jacobs
Jersey City
Jacobs
Olaf Anderson
North Bergen
John J. Gilday
Public Service Gas and Electric Company
Paul Graetz
Maurice Straube
August Morris
New York
Harry Hill
Goes To Church After Slaying Aged Kin In West Virginia
Moss 26 signed a statement claiming church attendance after killing his grandmother Emma Jordan 74 and wounding farmhand Charles Coleman 35 at the Jordan farm near Sissonville. Troopers charged him with murder after neighbors discovered the crime. Coleman suffered a fractured skull and Jordan died. Moss was found in Charleston by a city officer.
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Frank Clendenin
Clarleston
Record Mail Anticipated at Winchester Post Office
Winchester postmaster W. Nelson Page announced the year saw the largest mail volume in local history with monthly receipts higher than the previous year and Christmas mail expected to exceed prior records. To cope, 20 extra clerks and carriers are hired. residents are urged to buy stamps early, sort mail by class, and prepare large mailings with orderly bundles and rubber bands.
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Winchester
W. Nelson Page
Louise Henry Heiman Dies in New York
Funeral services for Louise Henry Heiman 54 a Winchester native and vaudeville star will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at Riverside Chapel New York Known to the public as Miss ie Henry she is mother of Wise Henry 0 who acted opposite Will Rogers in The Kentuckian Henry tied with Rogers in earlier tragedy and Rogers public debut Mrs Heiman famed for Sal Skinner and In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree She later married D Jessie Straus Heiman noted New York physician Her daughter and brothers Emmett L Henkel Henry survive with nieces including Bessie Gershenck May McCarty Mary McKenzie Henkel (Continued on Page 2. Col. 4)
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Riverside Chapel
New York
Louise Henry Heiman
Winchester
Missie Henry
Wise Henry
Will Rogers
Rogers
Henrys
Julian Ward
Heiman
Egbert van Alstyne
Sal Skinner
van Alstyne
D. Jessie Straus Heiman
Zee Brothers
Emmett L
J. Henkel Henry
Bessie Gershenck
May McCarty
Mary McKenzie Henkel
Illness Forces Absences At Santa Fe World Premiere
Olivia de Havilland and Robson 176 arrived for Santa Fe's first world premiere but fell ill during travel. De Havilland suffered a mild appendicitis attack and flew to Los Angeles. Robson collapsed on arrival and was treated in Albuquerque for heart effects tied to high altitude.
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Santa’fe
N. M
Santa Fe
Olivia de Haviland
Santa Fe Trail
Condi
Tion
Los Angeles
Robson
Albuqurque
Alburqurque
George Dunham Runs Malone Woolen Mill After Winchester tenure
George Dunham, former Exalted Ruler of the local Elks and longtime operator of the Winchester Woolen Mill, now runs a woolen mill in Malone New York. He reports the Malone mill has operated full time but suffers power issues from ice and waste power. He was recently injured in an automobile crash needing eight stitches, four ribs fractured and chest injuries. He spent two weeks in hospital and is now recovering.
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George Dunham
Winchester
Elks
Malone
N. Y
Dunham
Goodyear Tire Worker Hurt When mounting tire
James W. Kinney was injured when a large tire on a truck at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company exploded, hurling him 15 feet. He is recovering satisfactorily at Mead Hospital. An earlier report misnamed the Bunchnutter Tire Company as the accident site.
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James W. Kinney
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Mea Hospital
Buncnutter Tire Company
Goodyear Concern
Xmas Special Fruit Cake and Pyrex Dish Sale
Miller's Hardware offers a Christmas sale featuring 1 4 lb fruit cake and a 1 1 2 qt Pyrex dish for 2.50. Public sale announced for December 16, 1940 at 2 pm in front of the bank with stock notices for Middletown State Bank and Va. Bank Co. cyrl
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Miller's
Middletown State Bank
Va. Bank Co. Cyr
Gift Reminder for Star Subscription Card
A Christmas gift reminder urges a subscription to The Star as a thoughtful present. It promises an attractive Christmas card to the recipient.
Laval ousted by Petain in France amid political purge
In Paris and Vichy on December 14, Marshal Petain dismissed Pierre Laval from the government, abolishing his rights to succession as he seeks a unified regime. Laval resigned as foreign minister and vice premier, with Flandin named to replace him, while Petain promised no change in relations with Germany.
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Vichy
France
Phillippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Petain
Laval
Marshall Philippe Petain
Joreign
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Hitler
Flandin
1200 Bushels of Winchester Apples for British Relief
Donors in Winchester contribute about 1200 bushels of high grade apples for auction in New York on December 18 to fund mobile field kitchens for British relief. The fruit will be shipped December 16 17 with charges waived by several transport firms. Proceeds aim to buy field kitchens for homes damaged by bombing. labels and plaques will identify donors and Virginia growers.
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Britain
Winchester
New York
William Beverley
Winchester Cold Storage
Beverley
Novick Transfer Company
Spotswood Transfer
Horton Motor Line
Ben Beichie
Karl Parsons
E. P. Bean
Walker Bond
Kenneth Robinson
Philip Glaize
Field Kitchen
Virginia Fruitgrowers
M. A. MacDonald
British War Relief Society, Inc
California
Florida
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Washington
Wenatchee
Yakima
Hood River
Medord
Death summons Chas. W. Galloway
Charles William Galloway age 72 in Baltimore dies at Bon Secours Hospital after a heart attack. He was vice president in charge of operations and maintenance for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for 20 years and had a 57 year railroad career. His condition worsened after a decline earlier this month.
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Baltimore
Charles William Galloway
Baltimore and Ohio
Bon Secours Hospital
Galloway
Death of Mr Galloway Shocks Winchester Friends
Mr Galloway, long a friendly presence in Winchester, died unexpectedly, leaving many mourners in the Shenandoah Valley. He had frequent visits during the Apple Blossom Festival and worked to secure railroad support for the spring celebration. John Fosbrink and Mrs Fosbrink visited him in Baltimore, reporting brief improvement before the death was announced.
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Galloway
Winchester
Shenandoah
John G. Fosbrink
Italians Driven Away by Greeks in Salonika
Italian planes attempted new bombing over Salonika after weeks of quiet but were repelled by Greek pursuit fighters. Brief alarms occurred yesterday and today yet the raid did not reach the city.
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Salonika
Greece
Winchester Directory Shows P G Ireland Top Name
City and County notices report P G Ireland as the leading name in the Winchester Telephone Directory. A carrier pigeon, exhausted yesterday near Albert Larrick home, carried leg band EE 32 F240-38 and was fed after landing. Mrs. Godfrey Shanholtz fainted from kitchen smoke while her child was unharmed.
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Albert Larrick
Mr. Larrick
British Push Keeps Pressure on Axis Front in Egypt Libya
British units pursued remnants of Marshal Graziani's Egyptian invasion army retreating toward Libya. Cairo reports and rumors claim Salam border post fell and frontier forces crossed into Libya driving Italians from Fort Capuzzo while observers caution a major drive awaits reorganization.
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Marshal Graziani
Libya
Cairo
Archibald P. Wavell
Salam
Fort Capuzzo
Egypt
Graziani
Wavell
Cario
For Sale Christmas Trees Radios and Furniture
For sale 500 cedar and pine Christmas trees and 25 small used radios battery and electric. Cut Rate Used Furniture at 427 N Cameron. City Radio Service at 425 N Cameron offers radio servicing. Christmas stationery portfolios valued at 1.50 now 95 cents from Home Print Shop 212 S Loudoun Street.
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Cameron
S. Loudoun Street
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Roy Cather
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