Kelly Killed As He Told Mates Save Their Lives
Manila dispatch reports Captain Colin P. Kelley Jr. died in a bomber crash after ordering his six crew members to bail out. He had earlier scored three direct hits on the battleship Harum near Aparri and helped destroy the ship before his plane was set ablaze by enemy fighters.
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Kelly
Manila
Colin P. Kelley, Jr
Far Eastern Command
Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army of the Far East
Harumm
Appari
Maxwell Girl Paroled With Conditions in Virginia Case
The governor grants a conditional pardon to a former school teacher after four years under supervision. The pardon requires the right to revoke at any time and that a new crime voids it, with suitable employment arranged. The case followed an 1936 trial and a 1937 Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruling, involving 14 months jailed during the appeals process.
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Virginia
Commonwealth
Virginia Supremeoart of Appeals
Sec
Supreme Court
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Markets Reported Prices
Baltimore and Chicago livestock and produce market summaries dated Dec 20 show unchanged sweet potatoes and poultry, eggs steady, butter steady, and cattle, hogs, and sheep varying by weight. Top prices include steers up to 12.00 hundredweight and fat lambs near 13.50, with diverse ranges for calves, hogs, and sows across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Baltimore Livestock
U. S. Dept. Agr
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U. S
Axis Forces Battle Across Fronts as War Expands
Axis powers face mounting pressure from Allied offensives in Africa and Europe. British losses mount as several Axis transports sunk near Tripoli amid renewed desert combat. Soviet reports tally heavy German casualties on the Moscow, Donets, and Leningrad fronts with renewed Sevastopol fighting and Arctic shipping losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litvinoff
Soviet Siberia
Manchukuo
Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Philippines
Malaya
Borneo
Il Duce
Mussolini
Derna
Britain
Libya
Tripoli
Moscow
Donets
Ukraine
Leningrad
Crimea
Sevastopol
Arctic
Shore Merchant Shoots Wife Then Slays Self
Cape Charles Virginia December reports Ruric Nottingham a wealthy seafood businessman aged 74 shot his wife Ella Nottingham twice in the neck and sides and then killed himself in the basement of their brick home. The wife was in serious condition with a chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Charles
Ruric Nottingham
W. F. D. Williams
Northampton County
Nottingham
Nassawaddox Memorial Hospital
Court Docket Includes Multiple Local Violations
Trial Justice F L Largent Jr presided over cases including E L Bolton with bad check violation 30 days and costs. David K Dawson reckless driving 10 dollars and costs. Julian Jackson drunk and dis orderly 30 days suspended plus 5 dollars and costs. Roy A Miller speeding improper registration 10 dollars and costs. Arthur Kesner improper registration costs. Hugh Strachan improper license for truck 10 shillings. H J Bailey drunk and pan handling 30 days. County Trial Justice A J Tavenner heard Preston True possession of three illegal slot machines 75 dollars and costs. Pete Hammock illegal slot machines 75 dollars and costs. L H Gaunt Cecil Haines H P Markwood Fred Stryker pinball licenses 4.25 dollars and licenses. Melvin McKee assault one year on state farm and 114.60 dollars fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Largent, Jr
E. L. Bolton
David K. Dawson
Berkley Springs
W. Va
Julian Jackson
Roy A. Miller
Arthur Kesner
Hugh Strachan
Kitzmiller
J. H. Bailey
Staunton
A. J. Tavenner
Preston True
Shady Rest
Gore
Pete Hammock
High Hat Club
Front Royal Road
L. H. Gaunt
Cecil Haines
H. P. Markwood
Fred Stryker
Melvin McKee
Expenditures on Non-Defense to Be Reduced
A 14 member economy committee reported to have agreed on reductions totaling about 1.5 billion dollars for the next fiscal year starting July 1. Most cuts target work relief the national youth administration and the civilian conservation corps with Morgenthau Budget Director Harold Smith and a dozen legislators on the panel. The group will announce its recommendations Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Morgenthau
Harold Smith
Nazi U Boat Broadcast Warns of Weather Route Risk
A wartime report notes that leaking information on Nazi U boats would have aided an enemy air attack along any segment of the North American weather route, highlighting the danger of such disclosures to Allied defenses.
Union Shop Still Menaces Defense
The wartime labor dispute over the union shop continues to hinder defense production. A 24 to 4 labor-management board remains deadlocked despite Roosevelt’s call for speed. Monday’s session will resume as Davis notes cautious optimism. Welders threaten a nationwide work stoppage, with San Francisco and other locals already signaling stoppages at defense projects amid dues disputes linked to a Richmond shipyard incident.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Woidas
Mont
William H. Davis
Davis
United
San Francisco
Independent
Welders’ Organization
Seattle
Los Angeles
San Jose
Richmond
Calif
A. F. L. Boilermakers
Herbert Jones Injured In Quarry Accident
Herbert S. Jones of Middletown is listed in serious but not critical condition after a rock fell in a standby lime quarry on Capon Road. The World War veteran sustained a compound fracture of the left thigh and a broken collarbone with additional injuries. He and his wife have a daughter Anna. Jones recently hosted his mother Mrs. Dora Jones who arrived from Kansas to spend Christmas with the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert S. Jones
Middletown
Standard Lime and Stone Company
Capon Road
Jones
Kansas
Grace Methodist Church
Anna
Dora Jones
Friendly Grove 4-H Club elects officers for year
The Friendly Grove 4-H Club in Star Tannery Virginia elected officers for the coming year at a December 31 meeting at Mr and Mrs H A Snapp home. Officers include President Esther Richard Vice President Mary V Hodgson Secretary Eva Richard Treasurer Ruth Feeley Reporter Dorothy Harbaugh Song Leader Harry Heishman Club Leaders Mrs P Glynn Mrs R R Feeley Mrs H A Snapp and Denver Heishman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Heishman
Two 10000-ton British cargo carriers launched at Todd-Bath yard
In South Portland Maine on December 20 two 10000 ton cargo carriers named Ocean Freedom and Ocean Liberty were launched to bolster Britain's supply lifeline. The ships sponsored by Lady Gerald Campbell and Mrs Sumner Sewall were built at an American operated British financed yard using a new basin launch method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Portland
Britain
Todd-Bath
Ocean Freedom
Ocean Liberty
Gerald Campbell
British Information Service
United States
Sumner Sewall
Maine
Warbor
Youth Confesses Slaying Family Near Little Falls
A 16-year-old Morrison County farm youth confessed to a shotgun slaying of his parents and two siblings and starting a fire at the home 16 miles east of Little Falls. County Attorney Austin Grimes said the statement details siphoning gasoline, preparing the scene, and leaving after the blaze was started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Falls
Minn
Morrison County
Austin L. Grimes
Mies
Here
August Dehler
Anna Mae
Kenneth
Grimes
Buckman
Dr William Bull Dies In Norfolk
Word has reached Winchester of the death in Norfolk of Dr William Bull founder of inter collegiate athletics at Hampden Sydney College and for 40 years a missionary to Korea. Dr Bull spoke at the Presbyterian Church here and had lived in Norfolk and Richmond since retirement in 1939. His funeral was held in Norfolk yesterday at noon.
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Winchester
Hampden-Sydney College
Korea
Bull
Presbyterian Church
Norfolk
Richmond
Southern Presbyterian Church
Conference of District D
Federal employment rises to 1.51 million in October
The Civil Service Commission reports federal civilian employment at 1,512,428 on October 31, two thirds above World War peak. The October gain of 24,503 is led by war and navy departments with executive payroll totaling 235,855,055 dollars, up 11,714,387 from September.
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Washington
Civilan Commission
War and Navy Departments
Executive Branch
C I O Claims Victory At Interwoven
Martinsburg West Virginia December 20 The American Federation of Hosiery Workers C I O claimed a 118 vote victory margin in a National Labor Relations Board election conducted yesterday among employees of the Interwoven Stocking Company John McCoy field representative for the union said unofficial figure gave the C I O affiliate 750 votes against 632 for the Independent Hosiery Workers Association There were 40 challenges 14 blanks and one void ballot The election was conducted by John O Sullivan N L A B field representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
American Federation of Hosiery Workrs
National Labor Relations Board
John McCoy
Independent Hosiery Workers’ Association
Rejoicing Meeting Honors Belleville War Hero
American Legion memorial services for 22 year old John Rauschkolb of Belleville drew about 400 attendees. Navy Department later informed his parents that their son, seaman first class, was alive.
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Belleville
Iil
American Legion
John Rauschkolb
Arthur Rauchkolb
Navy Department
Clarke Red Cross Workers Are Announced
Berryville and surrounding districts announce captains and volunteers for the Emergency War Relief Red Cross fund drive. A. Mackay Smith presides at a mass meeting in the courthouse with lists naming district captains and many workers across Berryville Chapel Longmarsh Battletown Greenway White Post and more.
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Clarke Red Cross
Berryville
Red Cross
Court House
A. Mackay Smith
Ralph W. Dorsey
William Clevenger
Ernest Locke
J. J. Harris
Harry Lee Bixwell
Oscar Ramsburg
Temple Homar
Steve Hawkins
Henry Stickles
Nell Cobb
Sladys Hart
Eleanor Dorsey
Edward Owens
Charles Enders
Viola Enders
R. E. Potts
C. P. Newcomb
Charles Ramsburg
M. F. Wisetarver
C. T. Levi
Marie Crow
Melvin Longerbeam
S. G. O’bryan
Emily Powers
Horace Rackley
Ed. McDonald
Thomas Jones
Jessie Morris
George W. Levi
K. N. Gilpin
W. B. Watkins
G. P. Greenhalgh
Phillip Grim
Elsie Cadwallader
James Lindsey
E. K. Meade
Mary Lewis
Elizabeth Bradford
Wilmer Carpenter
Henry Jenkins
Howard Shewbridge
William N. Fenton
A. M. Kerfoot
Capt
Ewart Johnston
Art Elder
E. G. Butler
G. H. Burwell
Stacy Lloyd, Jr
John Hawkins
Montepec
Joseph Elsen
Quota
Longmarsh
TS Withers
H. A. Clevenger
John Hardesty
Roy Locke
William Elliott
C. T. Hardesty
Oscar Carr
Russell Kaplan
Robert Withers
R. E. Davis
Fred Alger
Beverley Bird
Harry Athey
Denzil Kackley
Battletown
Hobson McGehee
H. Barthel
Cliton Price
Harry Berry
J. M. H. Clagett
E. McC. Williams
Tyson Dortch
R. B. Smith
Clara Adams
Helen Anders
Audrey Peyton
William Jones
Mayor Wheeler Here On Air Raid Work
Mayor Frank Wheeler of Clifton Forge arrived in Winchester to confer with Grover Cooper chief air raid warden on war work. He then traveled to Martinsburg for talks with officials about the local defense council area boundaries. Cooper said completion of local organization is not expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Wheeler
Frank Wheeler
Clifton Forge
Virginia
Winchester
Grover Cooper
Martinsburg
Cooper
U S Fliers Over Burma Road Battle Reported Near Davao
U S forces fight heavy in Davao Mindanao as four enemy transports land troops at dawn. Tokyo cites Japanese gains while MacArthur reports fighting continues. In Malaya the British withdraw south of the Krian river toward Singapore as Japanese bombers strike Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Davao
Mindanao
Manila
Tokyo
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Singapore
Krian River
London
War Leaderlys on Axis Advantage and Reverses
A bold wartime forecast asserts the Axis hold superior chances and will exploit them despite expected reverses. The speaker emphasizes that strategic outcome hinges on Axis leadership’s willingness to press advantages over the course of the bitter conflict.
Bombs Hit Manila Bay Area Amid Cavite Report
In Manila the capital, bombs were dropped at Nichols Field but splashed into the bay. No immediate report reached Cavite, the U S naval base site on Manila Bay.
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Cavite
Manila Bay
Nichols Field
Capital
Bay
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Friendly Grove
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Miller’s Hardware
Santa Claus Headquarters
Loudoun &T
Burma
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Canaries
Blue Ridge Mountain Aviaries
Little America
CTY Fruit Market
Santa
Haldeman
Haldeman's Creamery
W. Boscawen St
Miles Music
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