War deferment reviews expand across appeal areas
Selective Service issues orders to review occupational deferments for registrants whose principal employment and local board lie in different appeal areas. About 50,000 DC region workers face review by the District of Columbia appeal board, with instructions detailing timing and process for transfers and determinations.
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Washington
Appeal Board
District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
United States
Kenbridge Police Chief Shot While Detaining Suspect
In Kenbridge Virginia Mayor E M Bridgeforth said Police Chief A K Fleming was shot and wounded seriously last night while attempting to arrest Holloman Thomas 40 year old negro after reports of shots fired at a door in a negro residential section Fleming was hit in the left shoulder and hip and fired at three times Thomas escaped but was later captured Fleming was taken to the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond where he was listed in fair condition Thomas had been charged with disorderly conduct.
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Kenbridge
E. M. Bridgeforth
A. K. Fleming
Holloman Thomas
Thomas
Aes
Fleming
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Richmond
Bridgeforth
Hard Candy 8 10 and 40 fb. lots for sale
Classified notice offers hard candy in sizes 8 10 and 40 firebolt? units for sale through Sears Order Office at 1218 Lou Doun with contact phone 4101.
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Sears
Loudoun
Toys For Sale By W. B. Snider & Son
Classified brief shows toys for sale from W. B. Snider and Son with a reference code. It also lists a help wanted line seeking an experienced book keeper for full time position at Wenders.
Steps Taken In City To Avoid Epidemic Of Flu
City officials moved to curb a rising student absence due to respiratory illnesses. Dr. L M Allen urged parents to keep sick children home and teachers to send home ill students, following 70 absences at Handley and a jump from about 50 the previous week.
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L. M. Allen
Gertrude H. Organ
Handley
Organ
Allen
Chinese forces recapture Linli and Shihmen in Rice Bowl region
Chinese High Command claimed several victories in the Rice Bowl area with the recapture of Linli, 25 miles north of Changteh, and Shihmen, 40 miles northwest of Changteh. A Japanese detachment south of Shihmen was surrounded, with liquidation described as a matter of course as Chinese troops pursue retreating forces toward the Li river toward Lake Tungting.
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Chungking
High Command
Linli
Changteh
Shihmen
Li River
Lake Tungting
Eyes Promote Gift Glasses From Brown
Eye care retailer EYES offers gift glasses for loved ones featuring Brown brand frames. Advertisement highlights gift options and pricing aimed at holiday shoppers.
No Serious Food Shortage Seen
Washington reports War Food Administrator Marvin Jones says there is no serious shortage if production goals are met in 1944. He cites a four percent production boost over 1943, which was already 32 percent above the 1935 1939 base, and notes foreign workers and domestic labor will be recruited to support planting and harvesting.
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Washington
Congress
Marvin Jones
Jones
House
Appropriations Committee
Bulgaria Seeks Turkish Aid Amid War League Turmoil
Reports from Ankara indicate Bulgaria plans to send a mission to Turkey to solicit Turkish help to exit its alliance with Germany. The move follows rumors of Bulgaria seeking ways to avoid a potential Allied invasion and German officials broadcasting ministers leaving Sofia to explain policy. A French radio report in Algiers notes a Bulgarian opposition party has issued an ultimatum demanding Bulgaria exit the war or resign.
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Ankara
Turkey
Bulgaria
Germany
Russia
Balkans
Sofia
London
Algiers
Bracken Undergoes Operation in London
Bren dan Bracken British minister of information underwent an operation of undisclosed nature in London last night. His condition was reported satisfactory.
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London
Brendan Bracken
Cherkasy Falls to Red Army on Dnieper Front
Cherkasy, last German stronghold on the middle Dnieper between Kremenchug and Kiev, fell to the Red Army as Stalin announced. The capture unites forces from the Kremenchug bridgehead with those near Kiev, after a costly, by then devastated battle in the Cherkasy area.
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London
Cherkasy
Dnieper
Kremenchug
Kiev
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Nikolai
Vatutin
Pritz von Mannstein
Minsk
Red Army
Speculation on Patton's Cairo Visit Stirs Military Talk
Reports from Cairo describe Lt Gen George S Patton Jr arriving with staff, seen in a staff car with his three star flag. Some suggest potential talks with exiled Greek and Yugoslav leaders or Roosevelt in Sicily about Balkan invasion plans and Mediterranean command realignments.
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Cairo
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. Seventh Army
Patton
Mediterranean
Middle East
Balkans
Roosevelt
Sicily
Seventh Army
Navy Ready For Hard Blows On Japs In Pacific
Secretary Knox said the Navy will deliver hard blows in the Pacific as the preliminaries end. He noted intensified pressure on Japanese forces, sinking barges and losses among soldiers while American air losses run six to eight to one. He stressed months of preparation and that operations are progressing satisfactorily.
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Navy
Pacific
Washington
Knox
United States
Revenue Office Open Wednesday Night at Winchester
The Internal Revenue Office at Winchester in the Post Office Building will stay open Wednesday night December 15 to help farmers file their 1943 estimated income tax declarations. The filing deadline is tomorrow.
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Internal Revenue Office
Winchester
Fellowship Headquarters Opens Christmas Drive in Winchester
The Fellowship Club in the old Penney building on Main Street begins its Christmas drive to help needy families in Winchester and Frederick County. They seek dolls, toys, clothing especially men’s warm undergarments, bed coverings, food donations, and cash to fill gaps. The program funds distribution via local relief agencies to ensure those in need receive aid with dignity.
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Fellowship
Penney
Main Street
Fellowship Club
Winchester
Frederick County
Indian Soldiers Break Through German Defenses In Italy
Allied reports say Indian troops in the center of the British Eighth Army front breached German lines and took prisoners. Canadians on the Adriatic coast repelled Nazi armored attacks, while Fifth Army duels and patrols continued in the Liri Valley.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Italy
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Liri
10Th Army
Mignano
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Orma
Eighth
Ortona
Split
Sibenik
Rome
Frederick County Board Rebuffs County Agent Pay Rise
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors rejected a second plea from farmers to raise 1944 funds for county agent I Fred Stine. Four members opposed. Stine offered to stay if cost of living raises were provided. He may withdraw his resignation, as citizens plan private subscriptions totaling 480 to cover the increase. Walker McC Bond spoke for the delegation but could not comment on private funding plans.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
I. Fred Stine
Stine
Virginia
Walker McC. Bond
Frederick County
Britain Aligned With Allies for Early Jap Knockout Post Hitler
In a Commons report Eden says Teheran Cairo talks shorten the war with Stalin. Churchill stays in Cairo as allies plan unified operations against Japan. Britain remains a key Far Eastern power and supports an international order, with Turkey Yugoslavia and Tito given role in postwar cooperation.
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Britain
Hitler
Cairo
Teheran
London
Anthony Eden
Commons
Stalin
Japan
Churchill
Roosevelt
Eden
United States
China
Germany
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Russia
America
Balkans
Josip Broz
Tito
Yugoslavia
Peter
World At War Highlights Dispatches From Global Fronts
The report notes Nazi evacuations at Cherkassy with Soviet forces pressing the Dnieper front from Kiev to Kremenchug. Eden forecasts a shortened war after Cairo Teheran talks. Eighth Army repels German counterattacks as Fifth Army probes toward Rome. RAF Mosquitos strike fourth night, U S bombers hit western Reich. Tito’s Partisans gain support as Patton's staff arrives in Cairo. Allied air power hits Marshalls and Solomons in ongoing campaigns.
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U. S
Western Reich
Balkans
Tito
Wanted to Buy Used Truck for Orchard Work
Wanted to buy a good used truck for orchard work. Contact John Livengood in Berryville at 130-W-1. Phone number appears as placeholder.
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John Livengood
Berryville
Eden Reports Strenuous Weeks and Uncertain Churchill
Eden addressed a two day debate on the war situation, noting three conferences meshed into three weeks and saying Churchill was absent with no clear whereabouts. He cited Chiang Kai-shek and Churchill sharing a determined language against Japan as the Far Eastern threat and implied Britain’s resolve remains firm.
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Eden
Aid
Churchill
Teheran
Cairo
Far Pacific
Commons
Chiang Kai- Shek
Japan
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W. B. Snider & Son
Materiel Command Armament Laboratory
Wright Field
Edward D. Ball
Revenue Office
By Wes Gallagher
Roger D. Greene
The
Associated Press
House of Commons
Marshalls
Solomons
Vestn
Kristinas Sea
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