Mindoro Invasion Advances As Mindanao Airfields Rise
American forces pressed from the Mindoro beachhead with light resistance as airstrips near Manila were prepared for day and night operations. In Leyte, the 77th Division outflanked the Yamashita line and moved seven miles north toward a junction with Yank forces. Major Bong claimed his 39th kill as the 77th Cavalry neared Valencia and the Yamashita line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General MacArthur
Philippines
Mindoro
San Jose
Get
Douglas MacArthur
Comunique
Leyte
Japan
Manila
Tokyo
Asahi
Adm
John&. McCain
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
America
Negros Island
Philippine
MacArthur
77Th
Valencia
Suzuki
Comander
First Cavalry
Yamashita
Mt. Catabaran
Valen
County Soldier Rinard Killed in Action in Germany
Pvt. Benjamin J. Rinard 20 son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rinard near Middletown was killed in action on November 26 after being reported missing in Germany since that date. He entered service March 14 and had been overseas since October 25. He attended Stevens City schools and belonged to Relief Methodist Church. Survived by parents three sisters and two brothers Ralph serving overseas in the Pacific. Memorial services were held at the parents' home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Benjamin J
Buck) Rinard
Samuel Rinard
Middletown
Pvt
Rinard
W. E. Bond
Stephens City
Relief Methodist Church
Lewis McDonald
Acorn Heights
Margaret
Anna Lee
Alton
Ralph
Pacific
U. S. Naval Reserve
R. B. Moore
Middletown Methodist Church
Nagoya Bombing Replay Targets Hatsudoki Plant
21st Bomber Command reports B29 raid on Nagoya lasting about two hours with similar force to December 13. Hatsudoki factory areas including assembly buildings and small structures were heavily damaged though officials caution the plant remains far from destroyed. Weather favored high level bombing but anti aircraft defenses and heavier flak were anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Navy
Nagoya
Haywood Hansell, Jr
Hansell
HatsudoRi
Mitsubishi Aircraft Works
Tokyo
Hatsudoki
Honshu
Reds Cross Danube In Fierce Fighting Across Budapest
London reports say Russian troops smashed across the Danube from Pest into Buda amid violent street fighting. Soviet artillery hit inner Budapest as Red Army units reached the Slovak border, with large German forces tied up eastward and new gains near Miskolc and Pazs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danube
London
Paris
Pest
Buda
Budapest
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Pravda
U. S. Army
Navy Journal
Russia
Tehran
Fot
Magyorod
Luftwaffe
Slovakia
Susa
Miskolc
Kassa
Rodion Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Ivan Petrov
Fourth Ukraine
Hatvan
Pazs
Libau
Prusia
Baltic Countries
Baltic
Big U.S. Bombers Deal Effective Blows On Germany
RAF and U.S. air forces pounded Germany after fog and clouds hindered fighter escort. American bombers hit Cologne Coblenz Mainz while RAF raids targeted Ulm Duisburg and Munich. In air battles 108 German aircraft were claimed destroyed. Allied losses included two RAF fighters.
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U.S
Germany
London
Britain
Europe
RAF
Italy
Alps
Salzburg
Wels
Blechhammer
Odertal
Salesia
Moravska Ostrave
Czechsolavkia
Munich
Rosenheim
Ulm
Karlsruhe
Duisburg
Ruhr
War Bond Booth Sells 457 Worth Saturday
The Loudoun Street Bond Booth issued 457 in War Bonds Saturday evening. Operated by Jaycees, the booth opens nightly at six through Christmas with Freda Zuckerman Sidney Dorsey and Virginia Butsler staffing. George Weldon urged Christmas Bond purchases as the Sixth War Loan remains short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loudoun Street
Freda Zuckerman
Sidney Dorsey
Virginia Butsler
Jaycees
George Weldon
JBT Committee
Weldon
Benefit Dance For Wounded At Christmas Held At Shady Rest
Shady Rest management hosts a benefit dance on Tuesday night December 9 to aid the Newton D. Baker General Hospital in Martinsburg West Virginia. Proceeds go to the wounded for Christmas charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Rest
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
War end estimate by Eisenhower likened to pushing an auto up a foggy hill
Boise Idaho December report quotes General Eisenhower via Col Arthur J Melanson on when World War II will end. He says the answer is unknown until reaching the top, comparing the pace to pushing an automobile uphill in fog while in European theater operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Dec
General Headquarters
Col
Arthur J Melanson
Eisenhower
Governor Studies Election Dates for Virginia Legislature and Congress
Governor Darden said he is weighing dates for special elections to fill three Senate vacancies, a House seat, and a Third District congressional seat. He expects the referendum on a constitutional convention within two to three weeks and plans the special elections to coincide with that referendum if feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Darden
General Assembly
Congress
Senate
House
Dave E. Satterfield, Jr
Goypeek
Bie
Spet Assembly
County roads reopen and buses resume in county
All county roads are passable again and school buses have resumed schedules after a week of inaccessibility. Crews continue clearing snow and widening shoulders as milder weekend temperatures ease travel, though more snow may come. One weekend accident on the Valley Pike near Vaucluse involved Ray D Rhodes of Washington DC and another driver. no injuries, $350 damage, reckless driving charged against Childs with court set for Thursday at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Valley Pike
Vaucluseing
Ray DD. Rhodes
Washington, D. C
Rhodes
T. J. Starrett
Childs
Trial Justice Court
Fellowship Club Seeks Nonperishable Food and Cash
Fellowship Club reports strong response and says toys and clothing are sufficient. It requests nonperishable foods or cash to buy perishables for baskets and asks donors to contact Fellowship headquarters at 4414.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Club
Call Fellowship Headquarters
Tuberculosis Bangle Sale Raises Funds in Winchester
Handley high school girls under Mrs Rene M McNally sold red cross emblems in Winchester raising 148 90 at a street sale with sales at Peoples Drug Store Louden Street booth and city banks. About 50 percent of the quota has been reached from the overall seal sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Tuberculosis Association
National Tuberculosis Association
Cruade
Handley High School
Rene M. McNally
Peoples Drug Store
Loudoun Street
Shoppers Urged to Guard Pocketbooks This Christmas
Chief of Police C. W. Hollis renews警 warning for shoppers to watch pocketbooks as peak holiday shopping arrives. He also urges car doors be locked when packages are left in parsed automobiles. A loss report cites $45 stolen from a bag carried by Mildred McFarland on Rt. 3 Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hollis
Mildred McFarland
Rt. 3
Winchester
Pine and Cedar Christmas Trees and Wreaths Ad
Pine and Cedar Christmas trees and wreaths advertised at 329 N. Cameron St by G. W. Patton. Also Tharp Wood and Coal Yard at corner Loudoun and Soon mak offering chunk wood and kindling, slabs in 8 ft, with large economy toad and "More for your money" slogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Cameron St
Tharp
Loudoun
Soon Mak Chunk
Japanese Claim Some Success In Pacific Battles
An unconfirmed Tokyo broadcast asserts wreckage covers Mindoro area near San Jose. It says multiple transports and landing craft are burning while Japanese forces press assault actions. MacArthur reports minimal enemy air activity with two planes down. Domei cites sight of a large enemy fleet in the Sulu Sea south of Mindoro with no Allied confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
United States
San Jose
Mindoro Island
Federal Communications Commission
Douglas MacArthur
Domei
Sulu Sea
The Flower Shop Teems With Xmas Flower Deals
Potted poinsettias cyclamen primroses dish gardens evergreen and artificial wreaths offered by The Flower Shop in a seasonal display.
More Air Attacks On Reich Intensify World War II Campaign
British and American air forces pressed a fourth consecutive raid on the Reich in under a week. Italian and British bomber groups targeted Mu nich and Czechoslovakia while Ludwigs hafen saw a heavy raid raising total 24 hour bomb tonnage to six thousand. Hanover Kassel and Osnabruck earlier faced strikes as U S Fifth Air Force bombed Innsbruck and targets at Linz Salsburg Rosenheim and Amstetten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Italy
Britain
Germany
Reich
Alexander M. Patch
Palatinate
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Ludwigshafen
Hannover
Kassel
Osnabruck
U.S. 5Th Air Force
Innsbruck
Sears Roebuck and Co ending daily hours this week
The sears roebuck and co office will close at 530 pm each day this week except saturday. The notice lists the closing time as a standard schedule for the current workweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Roebuck and Co
War Bond Premiere At Capitol Draws 750 Attendees
About 750 attended the war bond premiere Sunday at the Capitol Theater. Lamar Keen announced the event raised roughly $29,000 in E bond sales. The evening featured the film Frenchman's Creek and short subjects with no bond addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theater
Lamar Keen
War Bond Report Totals Over Two Million in Winchester County
The latest War Bond report through last Thursday credits Winchester and Frederick counties with 2,141,210.25 in sales. Individuals bought 1,475,246.25 including 207,906.25 in E Bonds. Bonds purchased at the theatre through December 27 earn a capsule in the Victory Bowl with about 1,900 capsules in the bowl. The O Sullivan Company contributes the Victory Bowl bonds with 150 first prize 75 second and three of 25 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Hitler Reported On West Front Visit by Hitler
A Daily Mail dispatch from the Western Front quotes German prisoners saying Adolf Hitler visited the Roer River front about ten days earlier He supposedly told troops that the German defense would hold until December 16 and warned of a harsh surprise for American forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
Western Front
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Roer River
Germans cross northern Luxembourg in broad advance near border
Allied reports confirm German forces push across northern Luxembourg toward the Luxembourg Belgium border with heavy air support from the German air force. Allied commanders acknowledge a fluid front as Hodges’ First Army fights back in Belgium and Luxembourg amid a wide counter offensive.
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London
Berlin
Luxembourg
Luxembourg-Belgium
Eindhoven
Holland
Paris
Courtney H. Hodges
U. S. First Army
Belgium
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Europe
Hohe Venn
Betgen
Malmedy
Blue
Texas
Karo Rudolf Gerd von Runstedt
Glum
Monschau
Aachen
Pvt J L Sutler Killed In Action In Germany
Telegram from the War Department confirms Private James Lawrence Sutler was killed in Germany on December 2. He was 28, a Handley school alumnus, former Lee Baking salesman, husband of Mrs Sarah Lou Sutler, with two children Joan and Jimmy. He had served since April and trained at Camp Croft. He leaves his parents Mr and Mrs J H Sutler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Lou Sutler
Berryville Avenue
James Lawrence Sutler
Germany
War Department
Pearl Harbor
J. H. Sutler
Opequon Avenue
Pvt
Sutler
Camp Croft
S. C
States
France
Handley Schools
Lee Baking Company
United Brethren Church
of the Eagles
Joan
Jimmy
Belgium
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Benjamin J. Rinard
Vern Haugland
Booth
West Front
Allied Command
Headquarters
Bulletin
Supreme Headquarters
Hodges
Joe
Normandy
9Th Tactical Air Command
William H. Simpson
Ninth U.S. Army
U. S
J. L. Sutler
Bette Bree
ACLU
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