With Our Men In The Service
Staff Sergeant William L enaker known as Bill serves in Africa after enlisting in August 1942. Several local servicemen return or visit home on furlough, including Corp Winfred Brown at Fort Knox and Sgt M S Carper from Camp Blanding, with updates on their locations and family messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lenaker
Bill
Africa
Frank Schaffenaker
Capon Bridge
M. S. Carper
W. S. Carper
Berryville
Set
Carper
Camp Blanding
Fla
Arson of Berlin Munitions Plant Reported by Swedish Engineer
Stockholm reports a Swedish engineer Karl Erikson who recently visited Berlin says RAF night raid destroyed a large munitions factory in Babelsberg. He described fires lighting the streets, 41 explosions observed, and the Hotel Excelsior windows broken. The blast reportedly occurred after he retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Berlin
Babelsberg
RAF
Reich
Lday
Karl Erikson
Excelsior
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The record lists quiz answers including Office of Price Administration Pusse Group of islands The sun Drug Tito Pierre The Duke of Windsor Mason and Dixon's Line Dante's Inferno Jess Willard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Pusse
Group of Islands
the Sun
Tito
Pierre
the Duke of Windsor
Mason and Dixon’s Line
Jess Willard
Dial 3424 For Your Socials Personal Notes
By dialing 3424 you may publish all social notices such as engagements entertainments and greetings in the Star. The column offers a way to share and confirm plans and happenings with readers.
Home Agent Ruth McNeil Announces Week’s 4-H Schedule
Miss Ruth McNeil an agent for home demonstrations lists events for the week beginning December 20. On Monday Gravel Springs 4-H meets at the school at 10 30 then Gainesboro Hayfield 4-H follows at 2 15 and Red Bud 4 H meets at Mary Morrison at 7 30 p m. Tuesday features Middletown H D Co at 2 00 and Friendly Grove 4 H at Mrs Valley Hulver at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth McNeil
Gravel Springs
Gainesboro- Hayfield
Red Bud
Mary Morrison
Middletown
German Soldiers Testify to Mass Atrocities in War Crimes Trial
Witnesses including Ritz and Langheld described orders and executions across Kharkov Kiev Poltava and Taganrog. Ritz admitted killing about 300 people in Taganrog and witnessing 3000 in a village near Kharkov while claiming duty to obey orders. Langheld tallied thousands killed and recounted gas chamber killings and a brutal mother and child incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kharkov
Ritz
Taganrog
William Langheld
Gestapo
Kiev
Langheld
Polta Wa
Dergachi
Rossosh
Moscow
London
Monitor
Allied Pincers Close On Foe In Italy and Yugoslavia
American air forces struck Port Anzio near Rome destroying docks and warehouses and strafing trucks. Warhawks and Spitfires attacked near Ancona destroying locomotives and damaging freight cars while Italian crews reportedly flew their first independent mission against Podgorica airfield in Yugoslavia. The Sangro River battle saw 1395 tactical bomber sorties in support of the Eighth Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedjesak Peninsula
Italy
Port Anzio
Rome
Ancona
Podgorica
Yugoslavia
Sangro River
Eighth Army
Rescue crews identify dead as cleanup continues after rail wreck
The Red Cross says a dozen civilians are dead and others identified as the laborious task proceeds. Lt Clinton Griswold leads four military police from Laurinburg Maxton to recover bodies from wreckage. Pfc William Busko James Mayhew and Pfc Harold Seiling attach winch lines to clear the path, six more bodies pulled including three sailors two soldiers and a WAVE. C G Sibley notes a formal railroad inquiry will be held to determine crew actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Clinton Griswold
West Allis
Wis
Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base
William Busko
New York Corp
James Mayhew
Dallas
Tex
Harold Seiling
Fremont, O
C. G. Sibley
Wilmington
Soldier Bonus Talk Heats Up in Capitol Dispute
Representative Rankin and Speaker Rayburn spar over adjourning for Christmas without passing a World War II mustering-out pay bill. Senate action favors discharge pay from 200 to 500 dollars, while the House stalls amid divided views. The plan totals an estimated 3 to 4 billion dollars retroactive to December 7 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rankin
D.-Miss
House
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Rankn
May
D.ky
House Military Committee
McFarland
D.-Ariz
Maybank
Senate Finance Committee
Addiiton
Bell Accepts Blood Donor Chairmanship
Mr. Stewart Bell Jr. is named chairman of the Blood Donor for the local Red Cross. He prepares for the next clinic on January 13 and 14, succeeding L. G. Sjostrom who resigned due to other duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. PB. McVicar
Red Cross
Stewart Bell, Jr
Jack And Jill School to Close for Christmas Holiday
The Jack and Jill School will close Monday December 20 for the Christmas holidays. The second semester will begin Monday January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack and Jill
Rail unions to strike on progressive schedule across major lines
Rail workers plan a staged walkout starting December 30 with a three day halt, completing January 2 on smaller routes. The National Mediation Board seeks to avert via a Chicago conference. Major lines affected include New York Central, Pennsylvania, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, and more across the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Mediation Board
Chicago
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Canadian National Lines
New England
Cent*il Railroad
New Jersey
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh and
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Reading
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Virginian
Wabash
Chesapeake and Ohio
Illinois
Chicago and North Western
Delaware and Hudson
Lackawanna
Erie
Grand Trunk Western
Great Northern
Gulf Coast Lines
Illinois Central
Kansas City Southern
Missouri Pacific
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Texas and Pacific
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Great Western
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Joseph D Ginn Dies at 81 in Wismer Pennsylvania
Joseph D Ginn age about 81 native of Clarke county died this morning at his son John Ginn’s home in Wismer Pa. He retired from farming and lived with his son 26 years. Survived by four daughters Lucy Mason Eva Bailey Sara Martin Mary Sweeney and sons J H Ginn O Ginn Lawrence Ginn. Body to arrive Monday at Kurtz Funeral Home with funeral rites planned for Tuesday at Mt Hebron Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Ginn
Clarke County
John Ginn
Wismer
Ginn
Lucy Mason
Los Angeles
Calif
Eva Bailey
Syracuse
N. Y
Sara Martin
Ardmore
Mary Sweeney
Chester
J. H. Ginn
Frederick County
J. O. Ginn
Lawrence Ginn
Marcus Hook
Kurtz Funeral Home
Mt. Hebron Chapel
Yugoslav Partisans Launch Counter Offensive Across Three Sectors
London dateline reports Tito’s Partisan forces have begun a broad counter-offensive in Serbia Montenegro border area and eastern Bosnia. Communique says Second Corps clearing territory, heavy fighting in Bosnia, and Montenegro battles reaching a standstill. German and Chetnik casualties cited at 270 with many wounded and loot of equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Josip Broz
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Serbia-Montenegro
Bosnia
Cretia
Montenegro
City County Receives Praise from War Production Board
Mayor C R Anderson receives a letter from C H Lubbert executive secretary of the War Production Board of Virginia. The message extends Christmas greetings to the state salvage committee city and county salvage committees and civilian defense office staff. It commends Winchester and Frederick county for excellent work and notes Virginia's strong standing among states due to active participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.R. Anderson
C. H. Lubbert
War Production Board of Virginia
State Salvage Committee
City and County Salvage Committee
Office of Civilian Defense
Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia
Japanese Claim Allied Losses In Pacific Air Attacks
Tokyo radio quoted in imperial headquarters dispatch that 40 Allied planes attacked Rabaul on New Britain yesterday morning with 18 shot down, while Japan reported sinking transports and landing barges in multiple strikes. The broadcasts cited could not be independently confirmed by Allied sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tokyo
Rabaul
New Britain
U. S
Imperial Headquarters
Bartonsville Dam Reported Frozen Solid For Ice Skating
Nearby residents say Bartonsville Dam is ice covered and in excellent skating condition, enabling safe recreational use and informal, communal activity on the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartonsville Dam
Greyhound strike ends after wage pact halves rates
The workers in Birmingham and five other cities paused a strike affecting routes from Florida to the Midwest. About 800 drivers and 2,500 maintenance workers, members of the AFL group, were involved. The regional WLB announced a return to work after lowering the contract rate to 4.24 cents per mile and eliminating certain differentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ting
WLB
Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach
AFL
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Nashville
Florida
Mid-West
Help the USO Provide A Home Away From Home Give To War Fund
Readers are urged to support the USO drive offering comfort and shelter to service members overseas. Contributions fund meals, lodging, and recreation facilities, expanding reach for sailors and soldiers during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Market Quotions on Baltimore Produce and Chicago Livestock
Baltimore market notes show steady to dull demand for produce with leans toward steady apple and potato values and unchanged poultry and eggs. Cattle and hogs listings reveal mixed week-to-week shifts with steers steady to higher on top lots and weights, but many mid to lower grades weaker. hogs and sows steady to lower in parts with lighter weights firmer in some ranges. Chicago figures indicate slow sale of hogs with wide price spreads, firm to higher prices for top grades, and cattle with gains for fed steers and yearlings while cutters soften. Sheep and lambs show modest gains for slaughter lots and steady yearlings with mixed demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Federal-State Market News Service
Chicago
Grains Open Lower As Purchases Lag
Chicago traders opened with mixed moves as grains slip slightly on light demand. Wheat quotes dipped by fractions from the prior session while oats and rye posted small declines and months and prices were listed for December through September deliveries.
Christmas Service At Burnt Church Albin
A Christmas Candle Light Service titled World Christmas will be held at the Burnt Church in Albin on Tuesday December 21 at 7 30. All are invited to attend as the service features favorite Christmas carols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albin
Stock Market Mixed as Profits Pressures Weaken
New York stocks show slight profit taking with gains in farm implements and rails. Chesapeake & Ohio recovers after I C C dividend dispute while agricultural implement leaders J I Casey International Harvester and Oliver Farm rise on hopes of relaxed machinery priorities. Distillers and alcohol makers slip amid revived Senate tax proposals affecting tax-free holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chesapeake & Ohio
Robert R. Young
Agricultural Implement Group
J. I. Casey
International Harvester
Oliver Farm
American Distilling
Allied Mills
Park & Tilford
National Distillers
Schenley and Distillers Corp
Senate
Local Markets Review Notation
Local market listings show daily pricing and items but may contain typographical errors. The Star disclaims responsibility for any inaccuracies or misprints in the transmission of these market entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Italian Air Forces to Strike Axis Powers in Europe
Italian air forces in the Mediterranean are tasked with knocking out Bulgaria Romania and Hungary or deterring their participation while thinning the German air force for spring defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hungary
Red Army Offensives Reported Across White Russia Front
Berlin reports show Soviet drives in White Russia near Nevel and Zhlobin with up to 60 000 troops and heavy tank forces. Vatutin’s springboard west of Kiev remains for future offensives toward the old Polish frontier. German broadcasts say deep indentations near Zhlobin were countered and fogged attacks west of Krichev were held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassidy
Vatutin
Kiev
White
Russia
Berlin
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Nevel
Red Army
Veremenko
Baltic
Zhlobin
Gomel
Krichev
Three Wives Debate Love While Awaiting Bigamy Sentence
In Kansas City, three wives of 18 year old Thomas Robertson, married within six months, testify their husband is an ardent lover. Wives Katherine Norris Robertson Lucille Emily Miller and Mina Frances Pugh, ages 20 17 17, describe varied life stories as Robertson faces possible reformatory or penitentiary time. Other docket items include a draft board visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Thomas Robertson
Katherine Norris Robertson
Robertson
Corpus Christi
Tex
Citizens Thanked For Success Of War Fund Drive
R Gray Williams chair of the Virginia War Fund for the Seventh District thanks workers in Frederick county Winchester Clarke and Warren counties for meeting quotas. He notes funds are being paid to treasurer Hiter Harris of Richmond president of First and Merchants National Bank. Harris met Governor Darden and the District Campaign Chairman in Richmond. The acceptance shows patriotic appeals can raise substantial support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Gray Williams
Virginia War Fund
Seventh Congressional District
The
Star
Frederick County
Winchester
Clarke
Warren Counties
Darden
Blackburn Moore
Clarke County
Virginia War Fund, Incorporated
Richmond
Virginia
Williams
Baltimore Grain Market Closing Prices Report
Baltimore report shows wheat at 1.68 to 1.74 dollars per bushel with basic ceilings. White corn 1.36 and yellow corn 1.24 per bushel with prices based on mill delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Winchester
Bond Promise Brings Christmas Shopping Hope
A call to action urges readers to solve shopping woes by giving a bond this Christmas. The notice frames bonds as a practical Christmas gift to support local projects and economic relief during the season.
Closing Out Sale Near Summit Point West Virginia
Discontinuing farming I will sell at public sale valuable personal property located about 3 miles west of Summit Point on the road from Middleway West Virginia to Swimley Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Point
Middleway
W. Va
Swimley
Sale of farm stock and farm implements scheduled
On Wednesday December 22 1943 an 11 o'clock sale will offer 4 head horses and colts 2 bays 1 gray 1 black colt 30 head milk cows 2 head of sheep farming implements and household goods including a Maytag washer wardrobe walnut sideboard and china closet plus harness horse gear and numerous farm tools. Terms cash and removal only after settlement. Stanley L Hardesty Chas T Engle auctioneers C W Moore clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley L. Hardesty
Chas. T. Engle
Auc
J. C. W. Moore
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Corp
Kenneth Strother
Camp Bradford
Mrs
Snowden Strother
Melvin Godlove
Raymond Godlove
Camp Livingston
W. Howard Clark
U. S. Signal Corps
West Coast
Canada
T. C. Clark
S. Loudoun Street
Clark
Stover
Orville C. Wine
Fairmont Avenue
Orville C
E. B. Estes
E Avenue
R. Kelly Estes
U. S. Coast Guard
Goat Island
Almeda
Norfolk
Bill Schaffenaker
Capital
Bell
Unions
Greyhound Bus
Baltimore Livestock
Stock Market Report
Eeenens
Eure
Acord
Mina Frances Pugh
Draft Board
R. Gray
Frederick, Clarke, Warren
Sale
McCormick-Deering
McCormick- Deering
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Dial
S. Braddock St
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