Deserted Italian rearguards trapped at Bardia
British communiques report Italian rearguards abandoned Bardia Libya were trapped as their escape route to Tobruk faced sustained air bombardment. Reinforcements bolster a precarious position of remnants of the defeated Italian army. raids over the western desert were noted and the Bardia Tobruk road was bombed.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
Libya
Tobruk
Royal Air Force
Western Desert
Italian East Africa
Bardia-Tobruk
Thompson Writes Of Wartime Life
The Star publishes the fourth in Milo M. Thompson’s series on life in England during the wartime blitz. He describes problems from the blitz and how Britons meet them for a comprehensive picture of daily life under attack.
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Thompson
the Star Today
Milo M. Thompson
England
Mr. Thompson
Fourth Estate At Work At Stephens City High School Comics
Second row members Harold Baughman Home Hack Rho delle Whitacre Thomas Russell Earl Samsell Betty Jane Clark Irene Beaver Helen Kern Pangle Maxine Baker Katherine Venable Sylvia Carper Robert Richard. Third row includes Christian Ebersole Udell Long Jack Richard Robert Carbaugh Harold Cooper Ralph Lamp William Gardner.
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Harold Baughman
Home Hack
Rhodelle Whitacre
Thomas Russell
Earl Samsell
Betty Jane Clark
Irene Beaver
Helen Kern
Pangle
Maxine Baker
Katherine Venable
Sylvia Carper
Robert Richard
Christian Ebersole
Udell Long
Jack Richard
Robert Carbaugh
Harold Cooper
Ralph Lamp
William Gardner
Fugitive Dies After Tri State Gun Battle Near Wheeler Va
Clyde William Buchanan aged 40 died four hours after a posse wounded him in a gun duel in the Cumberland mountain area near Wheeler Virginia. The pursuit spanned Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia with Buchanan's son Clyde Jr. captured nearby after fleeing into the woods.
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Middlesboro
Clyde William Buchanan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Wheeler
Cumberland Mountain
Bell County
Walter B. Smith
Buchanan
Clyde, Jr
Battleship Arkan sas and freighter Melrose collide off New Jersey
The U S battleship Arkansas and freighter Melrose collided off the New Jersey coast early today. the freighter sprang a leak while the battleship stayed intact. Both steamed for New York under their own power, about 15 miles off Sea Girt, as Coast Guard cutter Ponchartrain and escort joined within an hour. The crash occurred around 3 a.m. E S T with position given as 40 N, 73 37 W.
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New York
Arkansas
Melrose
New Jersey
Sea Girt
N. J
Coast Guard
Pon
Arka
Like Living In Beehive Letter From England Tells Relative
Harry Dolding of Sittingbourne England describes life during Nazi aerial bombings in a letter to his brother in law Harry Mears a Stephens City farmer. He notes homes bombed and limited rations while praising British morale and predicting that Germans and Italians will flee when the time comes.
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England
Harry Dolding
Sittingbourne
Eng
Inlaw
Harry Mears
Stephens City
Suffolk
Mears
Ernest
May
Program For Party at Palace Theatre December 24
Herman Hable hosts a Palace Theatre party Tuesday December 24 at 10 am doors open 9 am. The program includes color cartoons Scrambled Eggs The Sleeping Princess and Jitter Bug Knights plus Oily To Bed with the Three Stooges and color novelties The First Robin Harvest Time. A Christmas toy treat with fruit candy and games will follow and Santa will attend.
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Herman Hable
Palace Theatre
Columbia
20Th Century- Fox
Arms Universial
Stooges
Hable
Santa
Winchester Children Place Big Orders With Friend Santa Claus II
Childs letter to Santa from Winchester Virginia lists doll dresser candy and items for a dog named Chum. The note requests a red scooter basketball set accordion a soldier suit and possibly an aviator suit with a sock hung by the tree and no chimney to be accessed via the front door. Santa thanks the child for past gifts and signs the ledger entry.
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Winchester O
Santa Claus
Cork Street
Winchester
Daddy
Mail Early Plea From Winchester Post Office
The Winchester post office urged timely holiday greetings and warned that weekend mailing risks delay. Postmaster Page noted second class mail cannot be forwarded and recommended first class postage especially if the recipient may have moved.
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Winchester
Page
Necklace of Books and Watch Mentioned in Note
A short note signed Love Patricia mentions two bird books and a watch as items. The message also hints at a continuation on Page 10, Column 6 with an additional idea.
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Love
Patricia
Bear Hunt in Acorn Heights Ends Quietly
An improvised bear chase in Acorn Heights failed when a bear about three feet tall was startled at Andrew E. Riley’s front door. Police and locals rushed to assist but found no trace, and the animal may have slipped away toward North Mountain as barking dogs frightened it.
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Klisura
Tepeleni
Albania
Balkan War Front
London
Anthony Eden
North Africa
Britain
Eden
Ihés
Athens
Hts
U. S
United States
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
R.af
Bamesne Sons
R.A. F
Rome- Berlin
Cg Nn
Milan
Genoa
Libya
Andrew
E. Riley
Acorn Heights
Riley
Joe Ritter
Tom Starrett
Winchester
Starrett
Benton Snider
Winchester Sportsman
E. J. Ward
Bear
Star
Snider
North Mountain
Ward
Benton
Meade Fort to House National Guard Troops by Feb 3
Major J A Noxon says the Fort George G Meade cantonment will be ready in time for the mobilization of the Twentieth ninth division. About 1 200 new buildings will be advanced enough to care for 12 000 men from Maryland Virginia Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia with eventual capacity for 25 000 troops.
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Fort George G. Meade
J. A Noxon
Twenty- Ninth Division
National Guard
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Noxon
Fort Meade
Japan pleads with America to keep peace
Tokyo dispatch reports Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka pleading for the United States to stay out of war to avoid “armageddon.” US Ambassador Grew rebuts Matsuoka on China sentiment, urges action with facts over rhetoric. He notes Japan’s program excludes conquest and exploitation and recalls his previous warning on Japan’s interference with China.
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Max Hill
Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
United States
Joseph C. Grew
China
Matsuoka
Kichisaburo Nomura
Grew
Juliana Tours Washington Amid Royal Events
Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands arrives in Washington on an official visit. She attends Mrs. Roosevelt's all female press conference, tea at the Dutch legation, and a White House dinner while touring landmarks with Mrs. Roosevelt. The 31 year old exile tours Mount Vernon after the National Symphony Orchestra concert.
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Washington
Juliana
Netherlands
Roosevelt
Legation
White House
Canada
Executive Mansion
Britain and Roosevelt Move to Secure War Materials
Churchill warns Hitler may act in two months as Britain readies defenses and offensive potential in 1941. In Washington, Roosevelt approves Britain negotiating new war material contracts potentially totaling 3 billion dollars, with plans for a high command to speed defense output and ships ordered for immediate delivery.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
Britain
House of Commons
Italy
Africa
Germany
British Isles
Hitler
Napo
Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
White House
Congress
Stimson
Knox
William 8. Knudsen
Defense Commission
Stephen Early
Patterson
Forrestal
Navy
Defense
British Purchasing Commission
Portland
Cabi
London Hears Shrilling Sirens In First Alarm Run
Londoners heard air raid sirens shrilling in the early evening marking a return to alert after three quiet nights. Officials noted three consecutive days with virtually no bombing over Britain.
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London
Mrs D C Buchanan Arrives Home From Japan
Mrs. D C Buchanan wife of Dr. Buchanan a missionary and her three children have arrived at 317 Pairmont Avenue the residence of her father J George Baetjer in Martinsburg WV for an indefinite stay The family left Kyoto in November sailed November 27 for San Francisco reached December 13 and arrived in Winchester on Tuesday George C Buchanan at Washington and Lee plans to spend Christmas with them while Dr Buchanan remains in Japan at his post for a future furlough next summer
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D. C. Buchanan
Buchanan
Northern Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Baetjer
Martinsburg
Japan
State Department
Orient
George C. Buchanan
Washington and Lee
Kentucky Still Leads Nation In Whiskey Output
Kentucky remained the top whisky producer with 42,073,690 gallons of the national 98,993,303 gallon output for the year ending June 30. Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, and Pennsylvania followed with 18,462,996 16,725,898 8,434,955 and 7,080,788 gallons respectively. California produced 17,682,761 gallons of the 18,426,825 total. Kentucky warehouses held 197,823,912 of the total 480,937,609 gallons in stock.
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Washington
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
Pennsylvania
California
Meat packed from two porkers nets nearly 1000 pounds
Harry W. Dunn of North Loudoun street dressed two hogs yielding 940 pounds total. One is a cross of Poland China and White Chester, the other Duroc and White Chester. Christmas decorations rise across Winchester fire houses and local businesses.
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Harry W. Dunn
Loudoun Street
Poland China
White Chester
Duroc
Winchester
Condolences Soured by Death of Humorist Frank Condon
Beverly Hills California December 19 media reports state Frank M. Condon magazine writer and humorist died at his home aged 58. He gained fame for satirical essays and humorous profiles.
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Beverley Hills
Calif
Frank M. Condon
Bingo Prize at South End Hose Co Draw
Hose company announces a prize of 22.50 to be awarded Friday December 19 1921. Proceeds support local services and community welfare.
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BINGO
South End Hose Co
Auction Sale for Household Furniture on Wardensville Grade
AUCTION sale Sat. Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. Household furniture. 4% mi out on Wardensville Grade. MRS. VIRGINIA MOORE. 12-16-19-1p-21.
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Wardensville
Virginia Moore
Prize Night at Sare h Zane Fire Hall
A local event at Sare h Zane Fire Hall offers 20 games with 20 prizes including a $100 grand prize. Admission is $1.00, scheduled for December 19 at 8:30 p.m. The notice lists internal reference 12-18-1p-21.
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Zane Fire Hall
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Mannheim
Stephens City High School
Newtown Pippin
Lillian Snyder
Harold Bolen
Glenn Combs
Banks Lohr
Clyde Buchanan
Alexandria
A. K. Riley
Meade
America
Abner Johnson
Emory Keyser
Greyhound
Charleston
Condon
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Rexall
Riteway Cleaners
Piccadilly
Winchester Junk Co
E. Fairfax Lane
Ian MacCallum
N. Braddock Street
Gail Butler
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