Roosevelt Returns Home to Ovation After Cairo Tehran Talks
President Roosevelt arrived at the White House after five weeks away and was greeted by cabinet members and lawmakers. He planned meetings with Congressional leaders and a possible Capitol Hill appearance to report on Cairo and Teheran conferences, with a year end message likely before any address.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Middle East
Executive Mansion
Capitol Hill
Cairo
Teheran
Rayburn
Congress
Senate
Barkley
House
Anna Boettiger
John Boettiger
Britain
China
Russia
Turkey
Iran
Egypt
Hull
Conquest
Dakar
Mr. Roosevelt
U. S. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
French West Africa
William D. Leahy
Diane
U. S
Northern Western Mining Groups Sign Contracts Amid War Labor Board debate
Northern and Western mining groups sign contracts while Edward R. Burke questions the wage format for underground travel time. Alabama producers switch to sign, Secretary Ickes reports 12 975 tons of soft coal last week, with miners' output up about 1.15 to 1.20 tons daily under the federal wage agreement. Lewis sidelined by illness as tensions linger after a year of strikes and no contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Burke
Southern Coal Producers Association
War Labor Board
Alabama
Burke
Labor Board
WLS
Ickes
UMW
John L. Lewis
New England
Lewis
Fruit Cares for sale at Sears Roebuck and Co
An ad notes a casserole set sold at Sears Roebuck and Co Order Office 121 S Loudoun St priced at $1.79 for two pieces with a December 17 date reference.
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Sears Roebuck and Co
S. Loudoun St
Auction Notice for Bank Stock and Xmas Tapes
Sale at noon on Saturday December 18 in front of County Court House. 20 shares Farmers and Merchants Nat Bank stock and 18 shares Virginia Company stock offered. Auctioneer E. Dunn. Also 12 Christmas Tapes 3 to 10 ft. Cheap. 215 Baker St.
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County Court House
Baker St
Front Royal Elementary School Burns in Severe Blaze
Front Royal Virginia suffered its most disastrous fire since 1927 as the elementary school building burned rapidly aided by high wind and freezing temps. Low water pressure and frozen plugs hindered firefighters. Strasburg volunteers aided. a nearby primary building was saved. no damage estimate yet. E Wilson Morrison named principal.
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Front Royal
Randolph-Macon Academy
Strasburg
E. Wilson Morrison
Last Minute Needs Of Fellowship Club
The Fellowship Club seeks help for Christmas relief for city and county families. Needed items include heavy underclothing sweaters blankets shoes heavy socks and canned goods. Cash donations are welcome to aid purchase. donations can be made at the Fellowship Headquarters.
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Fellowship Club
City Land County
Fellowship
Wreck Toll Rises in Southeast Rail Disaster
Lumberton North Carolina December 17 The toll from the Southeast's worst railroad disaster rose to 79 including 47 soldiers as workers locate more bodies in four stacked steel passenger cars blocking the Atlantic Coast Line mainline from New York to Florida. The Red Cross at Atlanta reports 47 soldiers and 20 civilians recovered with seven more bodies in one car and five in another. Rescue crews labored through night and frigid 12 degree weather to clear tracks and remove the dead.
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Lumberton
N. C
New York
Florida
Red Cross
Atlanta
Steele
Bruce
Rockmart
Nashville, Tenn
Senate approves 60 day extension for CCC subsidies
Senate party leaders announce a 60 day extension for the Commodity Credit Corporation beyond January 1. Leaders say no new subsidies will be issued during the period and final decision on food subsidies is deferred until early next year. Barkley notes CCC officials will not broaden the existing subsidy program, ensuring authority to pay subsidies lasts until February 29.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
House
CCC
U S O Lounge to Open Monday in Decorated Civic Space
The U S O Lounge on Boscawen Street, ready for opening Monday from 8 pm to midnight, will be staffed by hostesses from city organizations on a weekly rotation. Representatives from the Project Committee, Junior Board of Trade, and Civic League met to finalize plans, with donations urged for card tables and screens.
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Project
Civic League
Volun
A. S. Pennypacker
H. B. McCormac
Sam Preston
R. Gray Williams
Lela Rosenberger
Clifford Grim
Ronald Wilson
Clay
A. C. Halvosa
R. T. Barton
S. C. Brooks
E. T. Clarke
W. W. Beattie
L. M. Allen
Cochairmen
Improvement Is Maintained For Prime Minister
London reports from Winston Churchill’s bedside in the Middle East indicate his condition shows further improvement. Ministers hope the 7 p.m. bulletin will confirm the progress as Britain's war cabinet weighs a possible acting leader during his recuperation from pneumonia.
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London
Winston Churchill
Middle East
Churchill
Britain
No. 10 Downing Street
Japanese Retire Under Pressure Near Lin River
Japanese forces south of the Lin river are retreating at about one and a half miles per day under pressure. Major Gen. C. C. Tseng says Chinese and American-trained forces expect to clear the area soon, restoring part of China’s rice bowl. Two pockets of resistance remain south of the Lin river.
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Lin River
Tungting Lake
C. C. Tseng
Tseng
China
Lina
Xmas Trees and Wreathes Advertisement
Local ad for Xmas trees and wreathes at 329 N Cameron by G. W. Patton. Includes shop location and contact details.
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Cameron
G. W. Patton
Bingo Party Promises Prizes and Fun
A community bingo event invites players Friday night at 8 o clock with a treat for all attendees. The event offers 15 turkeys and other cash prizes as incentives for participation.
Berlin Burning Again After Major RAF Raid
Stockholm reports Berlin hit by a large RAF raid with tremendous fires and heavy damage in the center. Berlin's defenses were caught flat footed and transport paralyzed by rubble filled streets. Foreign correspondents faced strict censorship while a Swedish reporter described the fires and siren alarms as residents sought cover.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Germany
Wilhelmstrasse
Yugoslavs Claim Nazi Offensive Has Bogged Down
Tito’s guerrilla forces report a spectacular defeat of the latest German offensive. The Tito bulletin says Nazi and satellite troops were driven back in multiple sectors with heavy losses, German columns destroyed near Rogatica and Livno-Duvno, and supplies captured near Zibovi and Rogatica as Kladanji evacuated.
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Edward D. Balls
London
Dte Broz
Tito
Cairo
Adriatic
Rogattia
Bosnia
Livno-Duvno
Zijebovi
Rogatica
Kladanj
Yugoslavia
Public Sale Details for Dairy Herd and Farm Goods
Public sale on Monday December 20 at 10 30 a m two miles east of Winchester Berryville Pike features 35 head of Bangs tested dairy cows and heifers farm implements and two Chevrolet trucks D A Cole conducts the sale.
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Winchester
Berryville Pike
Sears Roebuck and Co Order Office Closing Schedule
The Sears Roebuck and Co order office will close at 5 30 PM starting Monday December 20. This notice informs staff and customers of the adjusted closing time and effective date.
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Sears Roebuck and Co
French Troops Score Early Success in Italian Mountain Fighting
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports French troops entering mainland European combat for the first time since 1940. Reequipped with American gear and trained under General Giraud, they captured key German hill positions in central Italy, taking prisoners as they moved up with Allied forces.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Italy
Tunisia
Giraud
North Africa
Henri Giraud
Casablanca
Strike Cripples Southeast Greyhound Bus Lines
A driver and maintenance men strike halts all Southeastern Greyhound service on routes south of Nashville and Chattanooga. About 700 workers walked out, affecting 2,500 line employees and up to 1,750,000 monthly passengers, with major suspensions between Nashville and Birmingham and Chattanooga and Jacksonville. The Birmingham walkout followed a War Labor Board pay cut from 4.84 to 4.24 cents per mile for southeastern Greyhound drivers, viewed as a wage cut for the middle group.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Greyhound Bus Lines
Nashville
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. F Arington
Birmingham
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Mid-West
Arington
War Labor Board
George Rice
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and
Motor Stage Drivers of America
WLB
Southeastern Greyhound
Rice
World At War Highlights From The Pacific Italy Russia And Churchill
American Sixth Army strengthens positions on Arawe Peninsula amid low losses while American air forces repel enemy raids. Italian French troops score in central Italy as US Fifth and British Eighth Armies advance slowly. First Ukraine Army holds west of Kiev with red armies continuing advances. Churchill shows signs of recovery from pneumonia as RAF strikes Berlin for the sixth time this month with thirty planes lost.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Sixth Army
Arawe
New Britain Island
Russia
Ukraine
Kiev
Berlin
Eight More Jap Ships Are Sunk
Washington reports United States submarines in the Pacific have sunk eight additional Japanese vessels. The Navy communique No. 490 lists two large transports two large tankers three medium freighters one small freighter as sunk bringing total sunk to 376 with 36 probably sunk and 114 damaged among 524 vessels assessed.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Navy
Far East
Navy Department
Postoffice Windows Kept Open Later
Winchester postoffice will keep windows open until 5 o clock Saturday afternoon to accommodate heavy Christmas mailing. Postmaster Page announced today.
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Winchester Postoffice
Page
Respiratory Illnesses Hit City Workers Across Several Plants
Indications point to widespread respiratory ailments among adults who continued to work despite illness. Absentee rates rose unusually at several plants including O Sullivan, National Fruit Product, and Montgomery Ward, while others like Virginia Woolen Mill and Winchester Woolen reported near normal levels. The pattern suggests weather-related illness contributing to absenteeism.
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O'Sullivan
National Fruit Product Company
Virginia Woolen Mill
Winchester Woolen Company
Clearbrook Woolen Company
Montgomery Ward
MccCrory
Landings at Arawe and Pilelo peninsulas in New Guinea
War correspondent Robert Bunson reports from General MacArthur’s headquarters on December 17 about American forces landing at Arawe and Pilelo on December 15. He describes fierce coastal fighting, heavy artillery bombardment, scarce Japanese resistance, and plans for reinforcements as officers assess the first day.
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Robert Bunson
Associated Press
New Britain
General MacArthur
Macarthursuarters
New Guinea
Amulet Plantation
Pilelo Channel
Arawe
Julian Cunningham
Pilelo
Cunningham
Bill Laird
Tex
Laird
Edward Wright
Dallas
Wright
High Rank Germans Fired In Army Revolt Amidst East Front Removals
London reports an informant says Hitler dismissed wholesale many high ranking officers including major generals for insubordination and negligence. Earlier reports: Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen ousted as commander of Bum and Rommel replacing Rundstedt as western front anti invasion commander.
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London
Hitler
Germany
Stockholm
Baron Alexander von Falckenhausen
Bum
Erwin Rommel
Fieldhal
Karl Rudolf Gerd Vi Rundstedt
Cemander
Western Front
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Britten
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Alps
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