Slot Machine Cases To Be Heard Friday
Hearings in several slot machine cases are scheduled Friday morning at 10 in the court of Trial Justice A J Pavenner. Defendants include the High Hat Shady Rest filling station Edgewood and a filling Station near the airport road. Sheriff John Bywaters and Deputy Sheriff DeHaven seized the machines in raids Monday. The machines were nickel slot machines some electrically operated and capable of taking multiple coins at once. Several machines were removed from locations where they had been in operation shortly before the raids. A prior county cleanup reduced violations until recently.
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Frederick County
Hayfield 4-H Club Forms Fund Committee for Red Cross
At a Hayfield 4-H Club meeting a four member committee was appointed to solicit funds for the Red Cross war fund. The appointees are Marilyn Miller Dorothy Davies Raymond Anderson and Glen Kerns. The group plans to fill a Christmas food basket for a needy local family. Three members Glen Kerns Joe Ramey and Raymond Anderson will attend the Crop Judging contest at Staunton in January.
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Hayfield
4-H
Red Cross War Fund
Marilyn Miller
Dorothy Davies
Raymond Anderson
Glen Kerns
Staunton
Joe Ramey
Raymond Anerson
Justice Roberts Joins War Department Probe Board
The War Department probe board convened with Justice Owen J. Roberts and generals McCoy and McNarney along with Admirals Standley and Reeves. The hour and a half session adjourned with plans to continue deliberations tomorrow as missing members were noted.
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Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
War Department
Frank R. McCoy
Joseph P. McNarney
Army Air Corps
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Joseph M. Reeves
Standley
Washington
Justice Roberts
Three Passengers Derailment Causes Rail Damage
Approximately 400 passengers rode a train when a broken rail tore up about 300 yards of track. Six passengers left the train and one went off the rails as officials reported no obstruction to the route and repairs could be completed quickly. Two spectator trains ran immediately behind the regular train.
Bulgar Airfields Expanded During Darlan Visit
Ankara correspondent for Neue Zurcher reports Bulgaria is enlarging airfields and repair facilities for German planes. The move follows Darlan's recent visit to Italian foreign minister Count Ciano, linking Bulgaria to Italy and Germany.
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Darlan
Count Ciano
Ankara
Turkey
Neue Zurcher
Bulgaria
Clarke County Clerk to classify registrants for jobs
Miss Lucy Allen deputy clerk of the Clarke County Circuit Court will classify all registrants by their qualifications for the various jobs to be done. The remarks were made at the Miss MacDonald Post Millwood Parish House Boyce courthouse Berryville and Kaplan's Swimley store.
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Millwood
Boyce
Berryville
Kaplan
Swimley
Lucy Allen
Clarke County
Columbia Light Cruiser Launched at Camden Yard
The 10,000 ton light cruiser Columbia was launched at 12 20 p m at the Camden yards of the New York Shipbuilding Company. Sponsor Miss Jean Adams Paschal 16 of Columbia South Carolina accompanied by Acting Mayor and Mrs Gary Paschal of Columbia. The cruiser will be commissioned next year and is one of 32 light cruisers under construction. It is a sister ship of the Cleveland launched November 1. Armament includes 15 six inch guns eight five inch guns and eight airplanes.
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Camden
N. J
Columbia
Camden Yards
New York Shipbuilding Company
Jean Adams Paschal
8. C
Gary Paschal
Cleveland
Smashing New Victories In Russia
British pressure held on the left flank of Hitler’s desert forces with new gains despite fierce ragga. The German high command reported a heavy defensive battle west of Tobruk and repulsed strong enemy attacks near Bardia with serious losses. Mussolini’s command said heavy fighting raged in Gazala west of Tobruk as British reinforcements arrived. A Fascist submarine carrying an Italian general and 19 officers was sunk in the central Mediterranean.
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Tobruk
Bardia
Mussolini
Gazala
North Africa
Libya
Italy
Mediterranean
Compromise Sought on Age Limits for Draft Service
War Department pressure grows as Roosevelt endorses 19 through 44 draft ages. Congress debates registering 18 through 64, with potential active service limits and exemptions for dependents. Senate leaders expect passage of the 19 through 44 plan, while discussions on women’s non combatant roles remain speculative.
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Senate House Conference Committee
Roosevelt
Senate Bi
Faddis
D.-Pa
Andrews
R.N. Y
Edith Nourse Rogers
R.-Mass
Selective Service
United States
Lewis B. Hershey
Rogers
Far East War News Highlights U S and Axis Moves
Reports from Singapore Hongkong and Borneo describe Japan advancing on Malaya and Hongkong with naval air and ground attacks. British Dutch and American forces respond with counter moves as Johnston Maui and Penang are mentioned in Pacific theater updates.
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Britain
Far East
Reuters
Macao
Tokyo
Malaya
Singapore
London
Penay
Malay Peninsula
Kengo Tominaga
Imperial Headquarters
U. S
Japan
Johnston
Maui
Hawaii
Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Navy Department
Baker Island
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Andrews Sisters ages from OCR fragment
C Aene is 25 years old, Max ene 23, and Patty 22.
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Andrews Sisters
T. C A.ene
Maxene
Patty
British bombers strike Wilhelmshaven and Belgian ports
British air raids last night hit the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven and set docks ablaze. Attacks targeted Ostend Dunkerque and Erst on the occupied coast of Belgium and France, with mines laid in German waters. Only one aircraft was reported lost.
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Lon
Wilhelmshaven
Bremen
Germany
Air Ministry
Ostend
Dunkerque
Erst
Belgium
France
Wickard Urges Farmers to Grow and Provide Their Own Food
Secretary Wickard told farmers they can aid the war effort by growing their own vegetables eggs and milk. He said self supplied food strengthens workers, reduces need for scarce containers, and frees transport for other uses. He praised a pro sper plan carried from 1934 by the Memphis Commercial Appeal and adopted by others.
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Washington
Wickard
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Britain Moves To Draft Women
The British government passed a conscription bill in the Lords extending compulsory national service to women and raising men’s service to ages 18 to 50. It awaits the King's assent after earlier approval in the Commons. Previous male conscription ages were 19 to 41.
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London
House of Lords
House of Commons
Buyer Wanted For Philadelphia Evening Ledger
Trustees for the Evening Public Ledger were given until December 9 by a Federal Court to find a purchaser or a satisfactory internal reorganization plan. Judges Ganey Bard and Kalodner ordered immediate bids in Philadelphia newspapers and one paper in New York Boston Washington Pittsburgh and Chicago. The court urged locating new capital to facilitate reorganization under bankruptcy laws.
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Evening Public Ledger Today
J. Cullen Ganey
Guy K. Bard
Harry E. Kalodner
New York
Boston
Washington
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Wavell Plans Unified Commands To Meet Japan
London reports General Sir Archibald Wavell, Britain’s commander in chief in India, has completed arrangements to coordinate the Indian, British, and Far Eastern commands to counter Japan’s assaults on the empire. Reuters New Delhi dispatch notes the measure.
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London
Archibald P Wavell
Britain
India
Japan
Reuters
New Delhi
Lovett Recalled to Camp Lee After Florida Vacation
Lieutenant Harry Lovett, who just finished a year of active duty, has been recalled to Camp Lee. He had been vacationing in Florida with his father and returned to Camp Lee by airliner on Monday.
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Harry Lovett
Camp Lee
Florida
Election to decide Interwoven union representation at Martinsburg plant
National Labor Board to hold a contest Friday at Interwoven Stocking Company in Martinsburg West Virginia to choose between the American Federation of Hosiery Workers and the Independent Hosiery Workers Association. Over 1300 production workers eligible. The company has cancelled its contract with the AFL-CIO branch after learning the independent union claimed majority. The current contract, concluded after a five week strike, expires January 15 1942.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
National Labor Board
Interwoven
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Independent Hosiery Workers’ Association
Independent
Kiwanians Hear Christmas Songs From Handley Choir
Handley High School Glee Club and A Capella Choir performed a Christmas program for the Kiwanians led by Miss Gwendolyn Haynes with Miss Finkelstein at the piano. Selections included Come O Ye Faithful Carol of the Bells Holy Night and The Star Spangled Banner. The club plans a Dec 22 meeting to present gifts to underprivileged children. Attendees Wyatt Richard E M Harbaugh J C Oakes presented the attendance prize to Dr Pifer.
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Glee Club
Handley High School
Kiwanians
Gwendolyn Haynes
Finkelstein
Dr. Pifer
Wyatt Richard
E. E. Harbaugh
J. C. Oakes
Italians Admit British Strike Again At Brindisi
The Italian high command announced Britsh air raiders hit Brindisi in southeastern Italy and Catania in Sicily for the second time in as many days. The bulletin said some buildings were damaged with no casualties, and anti aircraft defenses claimed a plane shot down over Malta.
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Rome
Brindisi
Italy
Catania
Sicily
Daily War Bulletin
Malta
Argostolion
Greece
Mr. Eley Dies In North Carolina
Friends report the death of F. J. Eley on Saturday in Greensboro North Carolina. Funeral Monday in Greensboro. He formerly lived in Richmond and is survived by his wife three daughters Mrs Carrol Young of San Francisco Mrs T J Holden of Blackstone and Mrs Henry Brothers of Columbia and a son Elton Eley in the U S Army.
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Greensboro
N. C
F. J. Eley
Richmond
Carrol Young
San Francisco
T., J. Holden
Blackstone
Henry Brothers
Columbia
S. C
Elton Eley
U. S. Army
Extension of Soil Program Approval Extends Aid and Parity
The House approved a five year extension of the soil conservation program from December 31, maintaining 88 percent parity loans on wheat cotton rice corn and tobacco and adding peanuts to the covered crops. The Senate has not yet acted.
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Washington
House
Soil Conservation
Senate
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