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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1943

Page

8

Gloomy Yuletide Promises For German Children

Dr Paul Joseph Goebbels and his propaganda machine promise each evacuee child a home made toy. Newspapers warn of a bleak Christmas with ruined cities and widespread displacement as Germany endures air raids and food shortages. No presents will be given during the Nazi era war Christmas observances.

Edwin Shanke Stockholm Paul Joseph Goebbels Heinrich Himmler Gestapo Reich Voelkischer Beobachter Rheinisch West- Faelische Zeitung Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung Goebels Nazi Party

Stelling to Preach at Fairview Lutheran Church

Cross Roads Virginia residents heard notices of a 3 PM Sunday sermon by Rev. Herbert Stelling at Fairview Lutheran Church with Sunday school at 2 PM. Nearby social updates mention visits from Mrs. J B White to Miss Melissa McKee and others in the community sharing in Winchester and Jersey Mountain days.

Cross Roads Herbert Stelling Fairview Lutheran Church J. B. White Melissa McKee Furman Haines and Faiming Jersey Mountain W. W. Hicks Esta McKee Leslie Fletcher Winchester Nellie Amick Catherine Amick

Card of Thanks from Winchester resident

I thank all the fire companies of Winchester for their tremendous aid Wednesday night and the fine condition in which they left my premises.

Winchester

Allied landings at Arawe signal Pacific initiative shift

The text describes American forces establishing a bridgehead at Arawe on New Britain after a hard fought landing. It notes Allied air and naval superiority enabling the operation and outlines aims for future advances toward Rabaul, while urging caution about ongoing hardship and the need to press the offensive.

Help Wanted Classified Blotter Items

Several short help wanted notices including requests for large clean cotton rags, used furniture, a skilled farm hand with milking herd and field work, a 114 ton truck buyer, vehicle maintenance and defense work job notes, and a man and wife or single person to tend a small orchard with living quarters and pay.

Stephens City A. M. Zirkle

For Sale 29 Model A Ford

Classified notice from Southern States listing a 1929 Model A Ford for sale at 65 dollars in fair condition. Contact C. W. Miller for details. Dated December 17.

C. W. Miller

Strategy shifts aim at Ra b aul and Truk in southwest Pacific

The plan notes Arawe as a staging area to reach Rabaul and other Japanese air fields while denying overland attack from New Britain. Truk is described as the key Japanese base protecting the Philippines and East Indies, a lagooned archipelago housing fleets and air forces. Destruction of Truk is termed a Japanese catastrophe but a formidable task, with potential for a major future naval engagement as Allied forces press their offensive.

Southwest Pacific New Britain Arawe Ture Rabaul Truk East Indies Philippines America Japan

Whitacres and neighbors kept busy in Ebenezer area

Visitors stopped by the A. C. Whitacre home including D. S. Whitacre B. F. Welch and Viola Anderson. W W Whitacre butchered two hogs weighing 475 and 275 pounds. Moves and visits noted among local families as rain shortage worsens water for livestock.

Ebenezer A. C. Whitacre D. S. Whitacre B. F. Welch Viola Anderson Donnie Anderson Mary Whitacre W. W. Whitacre B. F. Welsh Powell Farm Dorothy Riley Eva Whitacre Goldie Kerns Lemuel Kerns Clark Miller Gore S. W. Riley

Daily Crossword Clues and Answers Digest

A compact crossword list with across and down clues plus a few numeric codes. It labels entries like bucket mix river tardy pigs custom excess of chances short sock music note question tavern ditch facts light bedstead one's relatives furnished with shoes crowds enclosure shore recess you old form pressed not closed volumes mature Ireland minute opening native of Scotland allow for waste dust dry hostels unadulterated likely.

Ireland Scotland

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