Roosevelt urges 19-year minimum draft age in war planning
President Roosevelt recommends lowering the draft age from 21 to 19 to ensure a large eligible pool. He addresses Vi ler Vice President Wallace and congressional leaders as Senate debates consider extending registration to 18 through 64 while drafting 21 through 44. Opposition arises over widening the age bracket and inclusion of older men.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Senate
Barkley
Meary
Senate Military Committee
Guebens
War Department
House Military Committee
Army
Farman Reynold
R-M
Three Other Nazi Outfits Smashed By Red Forces
Moscow reports the Red Army crushed more than three German divisions at Klin, with over 13 000 dead or wounded and large trophies seized. Motorized units were routed as the 14th and 36th divisions and others fell. Typhus cited among German hardships.
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Moscow
Red Army
Klin
Tula
Fuerst
von Werkstein
Krause
Bern
Switzerland
Walnas
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Tmark
Poland
Central Front
Soviet Information Bureau
Handley High Plans Cadet Company After 12 Year Gap
After a 12 year pause military training resumes at Handley High School. About 125 male students aged 15 to 20 in grades 10 to 12 may join, with initial officers drawn from Winchester V P F Company 115. A meeting for eligible cadets is set for tomorrow at 7:00 PM.
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Handley
Handley High School
Garland R. Quarles
Please Register Station Wagons For War Emergency Use
Mrs. Victor Arthur today appealed to Winchester citizens who own station wagons to register them at the Red Cross office for use by the Volunteer Corps in air raid or war emergencies. Red Cross leaders emphasize acting now to be prepared. Wagons are only needed if an emergency occurs, and once it does it will be too late to arrange.
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Victor Arthur
Winchester
Red Cross Office
Red Cross
Winchester Pushes Health Certification For Food Handling
MA Winchester urges city council to require health certificates for all restaurant and food handling staff. The proposal moved from physician issued to state approved laboratory certification and mandates presenting certificates to health officers and employers. It also regulates street display of food to prevent contamination and requests merchant cooperation to end risky practices.
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Council
U S Battle Fleet Hunts Japanese Fleet Across Pacific
The United States battle fleet hunts the Japanese fleet across the Pacific tasking two forces under Admiral Kimmel and Admiral Hart. The Pearl Harbor attack looms as the navy seeks the enemy's whereabouts and dispositions to counterstrike and avenge the losses.
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Washington
United States Battle Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Navy
Husband E. Kimmel
Hawaii
Thomas C. Hart
South China Sea
Health certificates urged for food workers in city
At a special council meeting the third reading passed for a 500 dollar study on industrial waste disposal with M H Klegerman and Wendell B Goode leading the survey by the Virginia Woolen Company. An amendment requires restaurant hotel and food store employees to hold health certificates issued by a State Health Laboratory and copies shown to the health officer and employer. The license tax ordinance was approved with minor changes. Several ordinances granted fuel storage upgrades for Standard Oil and Lee Baking Company.
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M. H. Klegerman
Wendell B. Goode
Virginia Woolen Company
Thomas Kremer
Lee Coble
Standard Oil Company
South Loudoun
Gerrard
Braddock
Navy submarine workers to report Sunday without pay
Twelve thousand Portsmouth area workmen building submarines for the Navy will not take their usual day of rest next Sunday. They will report to work without pay to support the National Defense effort and give the President a lift.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Navy details reveal Japanese subs near Oahu before Pearl raid
The Navy disclosed that a two man Japanese submarine took part in the Pearl Harbor attack and that a mother ship approached within about 100 miles of Oahu to coordinate the assault.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Oahu
Japanese Diet approves 2.8 billion yen extra war budget
Tokyo reports both houses of the Diet passed an extra war budget totaling 2.8 billion yens, about 644 million dollars, by unanimous vote.
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Tokyo
Rumor Denied by British Officials on Incoming Reports
Unconfirmed reports circulated in London on December 16 regarding a potential incoming event. British officials stated there were no credible or serious reports to confirm the rumor, and that the information appeared unfounded at the time.
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London
Asks Britons For More War Money
London December 16 Sir Kingsley Wood chancellor of the exchequer told the House of Commons Britain has spent 8 3 billion pounds so far in the war and the government would seek another 1 billion pound credit for war expenditures bringing the total for the year to 4 billion pounds. A new special security would be issued in denominations of 25 pounds to be taken up when taxpayers choose.
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London
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Britain
Wood
Martinsburg Prepares First War Time Alert
Martinsburg to hold its first war time alert tomorrow at 12 30 p m under Berkeley County Defense Council plans. The drill aims to teach civilians the signal using an up and down fire siren wail and the all clear will be a steady two minute tone. The council also assigns civilian defense duties.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley County Defense Council
Bagging Japanese Planes During Memorable Attack on Hawaii
Lieut. George Welch, 22, from Wilmington Delaware, recounts shooting down four planes on December 7 at Pearl Harbor and landing with three bullet holes. He and Lieut. Kenneth Taylor, from Hominy Oklahoma, each bagged bombers before returning to Wahiawa field. Welch notes the attack was on a Sunday morning and recalls nearly exhausting ammunition.
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Hawaii
Honlulu
George Ean
Wilmington
Del
Welch
Wahaiwa
Lieut. Ken
Neth
Taylor
Hominy
Okla
Barbers’ Point
Weather Bureau Service Cut Cuts Weather Maps and Data
The Weather Bureau ends long range forecasts wind and cloud data and most crop information. Public updates will be limited to temperature extremes over a 26 hour period. It will warn on serious conditions like cold waves floods and severe storms.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
F. W. Reichelderfer
Allies May Form Council of War
London reports Major Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons that Britain, Russia and the United States are coordinating military plans. A secret pre Christmas debate on forming an allied war council and other war questions was proposed, with a possible public airing of strategy and ship losses.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
Britain
Russia
United States
Attlee
Allied War Council
Prince of Wales
Banrules
Churchill
For Sale Christmas Trees Cedar and Pines
For sale cedar and pine Christmas trees call 6523. Haines Y Marble listing dates 12 16 19 22 1p 31.
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Haines Y
Australia Eyes Russian Aid Against Japan
Australian foreign minister Herbert Evatt told the House of Representatives that Britain and the United States could reasonably expect Russian aid against Japan once the war situation favored the Soviet. He recalled earlier calls for a reciprocal Britain Russia war pact and said stabilized military conditions would likely prompt Moscow to oppose Japan, with Australia moving to establish political and military war control structures.
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Canberra
Australia
British
United States
Japan
Herbert Evatt
House of Representatives
Britain
Russia
Vladivostok
Siberia
Japanese Leader Exults Over Early War Gains
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Hideki Tojo claimed early Japanese victories in the war. He asserted the bulk of the American fleet in Hawaii was destroyed and the British Far Eastern fleet crushed. Tojo warned against over-optimism and stressed war remains to be fought.
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Tokyo
A. P
Hideki Tojo
Diet
Hawaii
Tojo
Japan
United States
Britain
Shigenori
Japs Toe Hold On Luzon Fail To Widen
Manila dispatch reports Japanese assault on Luzon slackened with a renewed air attack on Olongapo base northeast of Manila Bay. Observers say movement of reinforcements prepares for a larger strike while an army communique notes Japanese transport damage near Legazpi. Ground situation unchanged as of December 6.
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Luzon Island
R. P. Cronin, Jr
Manila
Japan
Asault
Philippine Islands
Oloongapo Naval Base
Manila Bay
Washington
S. T
Luzon
Legaspi
Japanese Claim Invasion Of Hongkong Island
London dispatch says German radio quotes Tokyo reporting Japanese forces have invaded parts of Hongkong island.
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London
Tokyo
Hongkong Island
Japanese raid on Rangoon reported by Tokyo radio
London dispatch cites Reuters that Tokyo radio said Japanese warplanes mounted a fierce bombing raid on Rangoon the capital of British Burma.
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London
Tokyo
Reuters
Rangoon
Burma
Hong Kong Evacuation Seen. Threat to Singapore Grows
An informed source says Hong Kong may be evacuated and a serious threat to Singapore has developed in Malaya. British naval inferiority has altered plans, with both British and US fleets weakened. The naval shift enables a large scale Japanese offensive, raising danger to Singapore by land as Hong Kong’s hold wanes.
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London
Sal
Hongkong
Singapore
Malay
Malaya
United States
Hong Kong
British Desert Armies Slash Deep Into Africa
British desert armies push 70 miles west of Kruk and strike into key Axis positions in Libya. Cairo reports indicate Rommel’s forces face decisive engagement as British armor annihilates remaining German tanks in Libya and threatens to cut off Rommel’s army. London says Rommel may retreat to the northern coastal road as British outflank and thrust toward Gazala.
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Britain
Northa
Kruk
Cairo
Libya
Erin Rommel
London
Rommel
Christmas Tree Lights Up Courthouse Lawn In Winchester
City and county brevities note a busy shopping scene in the business section and Christmas tree illumination on Loudoun Street in front of the courthouse. A Shenandoah county man shot two wild turkeys east of Toms Brook, while Duke faces Oregon State in a California bound Bowl game with ticket sales managed locally. A Washington DC hospital doctor, Dr W Warren Sager, famed in Winchester circles, was pictured with assistants Virginia Hafer and Polly Tarpley packing his emergency medical kit.
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Loudoun Street
Noah C. Lutz, Jr
Toms Brook
Shenandoah County
O. B. Copp
California
Carolina
Duke
Oregon State
Durham
Pacific Coast
Pas Ae
W. Warren Sager
George Washington University Hospital
Washington
Chinese Intensity Mounts On Fronts Near Hong Kong And Malaya
A Reuters report from Chungking says Chinese forces stepped up pressure against Japanese units at Hong Kong rear areas and harassed movements along the Canton Hong Kong railway. The communique also says attacks on Japanese near Hangzhou and advances toward Shanghai yielded gains. In Malaya, Japanese troops pushed into southern Kedah on the northwest coast as British and Indian forces retreated to the Singora region amid heavy fighting and bombardment.
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Reute
Honkgong
Hongkong
Canton-Hongkong
Hangchow Os
China
Shanghi
Kowloon
Iene
Owloon
Jish
Keda
Malaya
Winchester Junk Co Urges Metal Recycling and Bond Purchases
Continued notice urges citizens to save all metals tires iron rags pap er and magazines for defense efforts. Best prices paid. Buy bonds and stamps. Listed addresses include 13 E Fairfax Lane Winchester and dates 12-11 12 16 18-1p-41.
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Winchester Junk CO
E. Fairfax Lane
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