Allied air sweep hits Brenner Pass rail yards and Trento reach
Allied heavy bombers struck both sides of the Brenner Pass hitting Innsbruck Bolzano and Trento railway facilities while the Eighth Army advanced along the Adriatic coast. British forces cut Ortona Orsogna roads and seized nearby hills as German resistance mounted in the Ortona area.
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Algiers
Athens
Brenner Pass
Innsbruck
Austria
Bolzano
Trento
Italy
Aegean
Germany
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pescara
Fifth Army
Castel San Vincenzo
Alfedena
Ortona
Orsogna
Berrati
15Th
U. S. Air Force
Tyrol
Libertors
Advisio
Munich
Avisio
Balkans
Zara
Dalmatian
Mostar
Gulf of Kotor
Dubrovnik
Saseno
Valone
Churchill Hospitalized With Pneumonia in Middle East
Prime Minister Churchill, marking 69 at the Teheran talks, is suffering a patch of pneumonia in the left lung. Attlee told the House of Commons Churchill is in the Middle East with his general condition as satisfactory as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Attlee
Churchill
Middle East
No. 10
Downing Street
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Britain
Stalin
Chiang Kai Shek
Inonu
Turkey
Cairo
Russians Shift To Offensive In White Russia Kiev Bulge Battle
Moscow dispatches report Gen. Nikolai Vatutin has again gone on the offensive in the Kiev bulge area with heavy artillery and flame throwers. The Red Army claims to have driven Germans from several strongpoints along the Teterev river salient 55 miles west of Kiev, while German lines near Krachev and toward Minsk show breaches healed by counterattacks.
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Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Kiev
White Russia
Krrchev
Minsk
Reds
Henry C. Cassidy
Nikolai Vatin
Seveal
Teterev River
Fritz von Mannstein
Stormovik Bom
Vatutin
Gasoline Board Postpones Monthly Meeting
The Winchester Frederick county rationing board announces that the regular meeting of the gasoline board will not be held on Tuesday December 21. Meetings will resume at the usual time on Tuesday December 28.
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Winchester-Frederick County
Roosevelt plane reportedly forced down in Azores
German agency dispatch claimed President Roosevelt's plane made a forced landing in Terceira in the Azores while en route to Cairo and Tehran conferences. No official confirmation of the stop was issued. Terceira is one of the Azorean islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
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London
DNB
Lisbon
Portugal
Roosevelt
Azores
Cairo
Teheran
Berlin
Terceira
Atlantic
President Roosevelt Returns to Washington from Abroad
The White House announced today that President Roosevelt has returned to the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
White House
World at War highlights clash in multiple fronts
Italian German planes raid Bari sinking 17 UN merchants. Allied bombers strike Brenner Pass and Nazi lifelines. Fifth Army seizes a hill. Eighth advances on Ortona Orsogna road taking a town. Churchill reported pneu monia while Red Army attacks west of Kiev. Yugoslav partisans yield to German drives. Allied air power peak hits Arawe and Gasmata. Solomons and Marshalls targets amid Pacific operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bari
United Nations
Brenner Pass
Fifth Army
Eighth
Ortona-Orsogna
Arawe
Marshalls
Solomons
Bougainville
Halsey
German Targets Heavily Bombed
A huge American bomber force, escorted by many fleet fighters, struck northwestern Germany for the third time in a week. While exact targets were not disclosed, reports describe smoke and flames from oil stores and facilities, with reduced German fighter opposition observed by returning crews. Wilhelms haven Bremen and Emden are named as raided cities.
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London
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Bremen
Emden
Sweden
Charges Against Man And Wife
The FBI arrests George S. Ross and his wife Lotis Florine Ross in Arlington Virginia on charges of violating the Selective Service Act. Hoover says Mrs Ross admitted altering draft records to show Ross as 38 and not drafted. she previously worked at Washington Virginia draft boards and for the Red Cross.
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Washington
Dec
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George S. Ross
Lotis Florine Ross
Arlington
J. Edgar Hoover
Ross
Draft Board
Washington, Va
Hoover
Virginia Highway Content
Culpeper
Aetive Service Board
Red Cross Re
Timber land trustee sale notice hinted on Timber Ridge
Notice references a trustee's sale of timber land located on Timber Ridge and directs readers to page 12 for details. The fragmentary item indicates a legal notice in the public records with a page citation rather than full sale terms.
Allied ships sunk in Bari raid shock wartime world
Seventeen United Nations merchant ships were sunk at Bari Italy on December 2 by about 30 German bombers. Five American vessels were among the losses with about 1 000 casualties including 37 American naval men. War Secretary Stimson called the blow serious but noted most cargo had been discharged.
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Washington
United Nations
Bari
Italy
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Deep South Sees Rare Snow Blanket Across States
The Associated Press reports an unusual winter storm bringing heavy snowfall to Pensacola Florida Albany Georgia and Dothan Alabama among others. Businessmen in Sylvania and residents in Eastman enjoyed snowflakes and the first snowman in years as cities from Columbia to Florence felt winter intensity.
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Associated Press
Deep South
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Albany
Sylvania
Eastman
Dothan
Ala
South Carolina
Columbia
Florence
Charleston
Christmas Trees and Wreaths at Patton’s, Cameron
G W Patton offers Christmas trees and wreaths at 329 North Cameron. Store hours and seasonal selection noted with contact details for orders.
Carriers Lead Invasion Plans Seen in Pacific War
Washington reports a shift toward using powerful carrier task forces to spearhead invasions and strike enemy bases. A Saratoga centered force neutralized four Japanese airfields, damaged or sunk 14 ships, and destroyed over 50 enemy aircraft in 30 days. Captain John H. Cassady notes future bigger task forces and repeated carrier raids on targets like Rabaul and Truk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific
John H. Cassady
Saratoga
South Pacific
Truk
Rabaul
Cassady
12-Year-Old Boy Admits Starting Fires In Winchester
Winchester fire crews battled two arson fires in near zero weather on North Cameron street and East North avenue. A 12 year old boy admitted starting the blazes and was charged with arson and held for Juvenile Court. Damages included a burnt Ford sedan and a coal fire near a dwelling.
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Winchester
North Cameron Street
East North Avenue
505
E. W. Argenbright
William Dellinger
Grimes
Cameron Street
Argenbright
North
Perry Nesmith
G. W. Miller
Nesmith
Winchester Fire Department
War Is Entering Crucial Phase Says Eisenhower
Allied Commander in Chief Dwight D. Eisenhower declares to troops in Italy that the war is entering its crucial phase. He notes hard but fruitful work over the past year and urges soldiers to perform their duties, following Cairo conferences where plans for all-out offensives against Germany and Japan were discussed.
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Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cairo
Italy
Eisenhower
Germany
Japan
Roosevelt
Carthage
Malta
Temperature Records and Egg Yield Solutions
The piece notes a winter low of 8 degrees, with Winchester Laboratory readings at 8 degrees in the morning, and a 9 degree low yesterday. It reports eggs at 55 cents a dozen and J W Lee of 408 South Cameron Street claiming a home method saves half. He keeps 16 Barred Rocks pullets laying eggs twice normal size, producing 12 to 14 eggs daily.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
J. W. Lee
South
Cameron Street
Mr. Lee
Uncertain As To Strike Of Rail Employes
Cleveland December 16 officials predicted a nationwide railroad strike due in two weeks would likely fail to materialize while a mediation meeting in Chicago next Monday drew optimism from leaders. 97.7 percent of members voted for the walkout amid inflation deflation debate and wage demands.
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Cleveland
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Brotherhood
Brotherhoods
H. F. Fraser
Order of Railroad Conductors
John J. Pelley
Associat of American Railroads
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Daniel Lo
Loomis
A. F. Whitmen
Alvanley Johnston
T. C. Cashen
Bingo Party Friday Night With Turkey Prizes
A bingo event advertised for Friday night offers 15 turkeys and other cash prizes for all attendees. The notice is concise and targets a local audience with timing and prize details.
British Miners Seek Immediate Wage Increases
The Mine Workers' Union in Britain demands wage rises up to about 8 dollars weekly for 690,000 coal miners. The government previously cut coal rations by as much as 20 percent, warning of a fuel shortage, and the federation plans to take the case to a national wage tribunal if employers refuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mine Workers’ Union
Britain
Mine Workers’ Federation
Laborite Daily Herald
No Peace Yet Says Admiral Andrews in 1941 Address
In a Quantico speech on December 16 Adolphus Andrews, former Eastern Sea Frontier commander, told Marine Corps officer graduates that peace is not near. He warned that the war will continue and that the United States has begun a bloody road toward Tokyo, with victory still distant.
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Quantico
Adolphus Andrews
Lony Corps
Eastern Sea Frontier
Navy
United States
Tokyo
Hall Event Draws Door Prize and Prizes on Thursday
Sarah Zane Hall event on Thursday December 16 at 8 30 p m offers a door prize of 150 and other prizes.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Christmas Trees for Sale 3 to 10 Feet
Cheap Christmas trees offered at 215 Baker Street. Limited stock and durations not specified. Payment terms and exact sale dates not provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker St
Wrecks Kill and Injure Dozens on Icebound Atlantic Coast Line
Lumberton North Carolina dispatch reports 50 to 100 killed and over 100 injured in twin streamliner wrecks on icy tracks. Survivors rushed to Lumberton and Fayetteville hospitals as Red Cross coordinates relief. Snow, zero temperatures, and derailed cars hampered rescue with acetylene cuts used to reach victims.
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Florence
S. C
Buie
N. C
Tampa
Fla
William Wood
Small Homes Guide
Wood
Limited
Lumberton
Atlantic Coast
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Rmi
W. F. Barham
Soutern Disaster Relief
Amercan Red Cross
Atlanta
Miami
Ece. S
New York
G. Sibley
Wilmington
York
The
Robesonian
Atlantic Coast Line
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Edward Kennedy
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Anthony Eden
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Eden
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Russia
Red Army
Wilhs von Mannstein
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Mbers
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Cameron
G. W. Patton
Willian’ Wood
Fila
Rocky Mount
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