House Moves To Remove Rail Wage Dispute From Vinson
The House Interstate Committee voted to strip railway labor wage cases from Economic Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson and defer action until after Christmas. The plan would exempt all railway labor agreements from other laws, amid a White House strike-avoidance push and a dispute over eight cents for 1.1 million non operating workers. The panel met with a bare quorum as mediation continued and leaders from five operating brotherhoods prepared to join the talks.
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Washington
House
Interstatom
Fred M. Vinson
Senate
Vinson
House Committee
White House
D-Tonn
Harless
Dariz
Wolveton
R-Nj
Halleck
R-Ind
Roosevelt
More Bodies Are Being Removed From Berlin Ruins
Stockholm dispatches report ongoing removal of Berlin corpses a month after RAF assault began. Nazi authorities consider 100 percent evacuation. Berlin described as a ghost city with residents in basements, civilians overwhelmed by ruins and nerves frayed by continuous explosions.
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Stockholm
Berlin
RAF
Xmas Trees and Wreaths Listing in Cameron
Local ad for Xmas trees and wreaths at 329 N Cameron offered by G. W. Patton. Includes stock items and contact details for holiday décor needs.
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Cameron
G. W. Patton
For Sale Christmas Trees Cedar and California
For sale two types of Christmas trees a cedar and a California fir sold by W Clowser Transfer. Listed by contact cet ip-3t for details and availability.
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California
W. Clowser
Last Rites For Judge Fletcher At Woodville
William Meade Fletcher a long time member of the State Corporation Commission died suddenly of a heart attack in his Richmond apartment yesterday afternoon His son James W Fletcher a county practicing lawyer spoke with him at the time Mrs Martha Ball Fletcher wife and two sons William Meade Fletcher James William Fletcher survive him
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William Meade Fletcher
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
James W. Fletcher
Fletcher
Martha Ball Fletcher
James William Fletcher
ER By R. Gray Williams Dies in Richmond at 72
Renowned lawyer and judge E R Williams died in Richmond yesterday at age 72. Born in Rappahannock County Virginia on October 21 1870 he graduated from the University of Virginia in 1891 and later carried the John B Minor certificate to Montana before beginning a Chicago practice that built his career.
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R. Gray Williams
William Meade Fletcher
Richmond
Rappahannock County
Virginia
University of Virginia
Montana
John B
Chicago
Merchant Token Applications Now Available at Rationing Office
Token applications for new food tokens are available for merchants at the Winchester Frederick county rationing office. Merchants are urged to secure the forms immediately and file them with their banks.
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Winchester-Frederick County
Lieutenant Joe Thomas Dies of War Wounds in Italy
The Secretary of War informed Mrs. T S Thomas that her son, Lieutenant Joseph Benjamin Thomas, died November 22 1943 in Italy from wounds after being hit by shrapnel above the heart. He was wounded September 15 1943 and later treated in Sicily and North Africa before his death at the 24th General Base Hospital. Born March 11 1916 in Glendale West Virginia, he lived in Winchester since 1929 and is survived by his parents and sister.
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Secretary of War
T. S. Thomas
Joseph Benjamin Thomas
Italy
Thomas
Sicily
North
Africa
24Th General Base Hospital
Winchester
Joe
Glendale
W. Va
Wheeling
Clay County
Joe Thomas
South
Washington Street
Local Winchester moviegoers favor musicals and Lum and Abner
Theatre operators Lamar Keen and Herman Hable report strong local support for Musicals and Lum and Abner at the Capitol and Palace theaters. They note families prefer escapist musicals, wartime profits remain solid, and attendance stays steady despite a pre holiday dip as travel limits curb entertainment options.
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Lum
Abner
Winchester
Capitol
Palace Theatres
Lamar Keen
Warner Bros. Capitol Theatre
Mickey Rooney
Betty Grable
Bette Davis
Wallace Berry
Palace Theatre
Herman Hable
Eisenhower May Lead Invasion Across Channel
London reports stir over invasion command with Gen. George C. Marshall no longer definite head. British optimism centers on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower or Gen. Sir Harold Alexander as potential Allied leaders though Marshall’s name still prompts debate among officials and press.
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Eisenhower
Trianon Restaurant Announces Holiday Special Dinner
The Trianon Restaurant offers a Special Complete Filet Mignon Dinner for 1.25 starting tonight through January 1 1944 inclusive. The meal includes shrimp fruit soup filet mignon on toast two vegetables cheese and crackers or dessert and beverage. Reservations dial 4243.
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Trianon
Volunteer Firemen to Meet Monday Evening at Friendship
Notice announces a 7 30 p m meeting of Volunteer Firemen at the Friendship fire house. Captain W Argenbright leads the group in the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire
Wanted Bookkeeping Teacher at Winchester Business College
Wanted bookkeeping teacher to teach 1 to 3 30 p m. Call 4701 or write to Winchester Business College. Publication date listed as December 20 with page 31 in the 1p 12-20 issue.
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Winchester Business College
Bridgehead At Kherson Is Evacuated By Germans
The Red Army has crushed the Kherson bridgehead at the Dnieper as German forces retreat toward the Bug river. Soviet thrusts in Nevel region press toward Polotsk, with Vitebsk and other targets reported under threat. Moscow says 20,000 Germans killed and 2,000 captured in the latest offensives.
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Nevel
Polotsk
Moscow
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
Vitebsk
New German rocket glider bombs miss Allied convoy
Eye witness reports from London describe eight German rocket powered glider bombs released to attack a large Allied convoy. All missed as the craft dived from 25 feet long gliders slung under twin engined bombers. One was shot down. explosions occurred on water creating smoke and spray.
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London
Spain
Robert Daley
Daley
Riley's Market Christmas Special Ad Noted
Christmas special message indicates extended hours until 10:30 PM Friday with holiday greeting and promotion. Mer ry Christmas. Text is fragmented but shows market ad style for a local store.
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Riley's Market
Oil Developments In Canada Defended By Somervell
Allied air forces defended Canadian oil development as heavy bombers pressed raids on northwest Germany and southern targets in daylight. The operation followed Mediterranean strikes on Innsbruck and Augsburg near Munich with attacks on U boat bases and North Sea shipyards.
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Canada
Somervell
Hitler
North Sea
Oslo Bomb Blast Shakes City After Munitions Ship Explosion
Oslo was rocked by a massive explosion as a German munitions ship detonated in the harbor. The blast damaged the harbor area and main streets, with Hotel Bristol used as a hospital and early casualty reports of four dead. German forces fought fires and many streets were barricaded amid looting reports and sabotage speculation.
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Stockholm
Oslo
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Bristol
Hugees
Karl Johann
World At War Highlights From The Front
Russia and Germany admit evac uating a bridgehead on the frozen Dnieper within 90 miles of Odessa gateway to Romania. A new Red offensive may lift the siege of Leningrad as a 50 mile gap opens in Nazi lines. Fifth Army advances toward San Pietro now 175 miles from Rome. British push on the flank as Allied air forces strike Augsburg and near Munich while daylight raids hit northwest Germany. Oslo harbor sees a great explosion as Germans unload. U S forces approach Arawe in New Britain and threaten Rabaul. Bolivian President Penaranda is toppled in a coup d etat.
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Judson O’quinn
London
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Kherson
Dnieper
Berlin
Nevel
Bue River
Odessa
Dniever
Russia
Great Black
Rumania
Leningrad
Italy
Fifth Army
Bloody San Pietro
Rome
Alps
Augsburg
Munich
Germany
Brenner Pass
Britain
U. S
Invasion Forces Close On Arawa Airstrip
American invasion forces on New Britain Island near the Arawa airstrip with strong Allied air support as Japanese attacks diminish. The possibility of recapturing the unserviceable Arawe airstrip hints at another Allied hop point for attacks on Rabaul 260 miles away.
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New Guinea
New Britain
Arawa
U. S
Arawe
Rabaul
Solomons
Allied Bolivian Regime Ousted in Coup
In La Paz Bolivia on December 20 the pro Allied government of President Enrique Penaranda was toppled by leaders of the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement. Generals Candia Ichazo and ministers Arce Zilvetti and other Penaranda backers reportedly fell from power.
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Julio Valdez LA Paz
Bolivia
Enrique Penaranda
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
United States
Penaranda
Miguel Candia
Antenor Ichazo
Pero Arce Zilvetti
Somervell Defends Canal Oil Project Against War Outlook
Lieut General Brehon Somervell testified that the 130 million dollar canal oil development in Canada was vital due to the desperate war outlook in 1942. He opposed Nelson and Ickes, saying the project was outside their jurisdictions and that data and staff supported its necessity amid wartime shortages and threats to west coast refineries.
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Washington
Brehon Somervell
Canada
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Harold L. Ickes
Somervell
Senate
Truman Committee
Ickes
Parhons Army
Dec
Truman
D.-Mo
Norman Fields
White
United States
Sparks From Bakery Chimney Ignite Nearby Structures
Firemen responding to a Rathman Bakery chimney blaze on East Cecil at about 11 this morning found sparks had set fire to rambling chicken houses on Grim’s South Cameron property and burned through to a coal house on Mrs. Joseph S. dwelling block. High winds fanned the flames but crews quickly gained control before spreading further.
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Rathman
East Cecil
Grim
South Cameron
Joseph S
Extra Whiskey Rationing Book Proves Costly
Fred Greenville Gulledge and Joseph Bernard Pavro, both of Winchester Virginia, appeared before Judge W Rice in Civil and Police court and were found guilty of violating section 95 order A 10 of the Acts. Each received a one day suspended jail sentence a $50 fine and costs after being accused of fraudulently obtaining a second whiskey ration book by registering locally.
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Fred Greenville Gulledge
Winchester
Joseph Bernard Pavro
Arra
W. Rice
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Operating Brotherhoods
James F. Byrnes
Castel di Sangro
Eighth Army
Algiers
Woodville
Patton
Lieut
Keen
Hable
Marshall
George C. Marshall
Europe
UY. 8
Atlantic
People
The
Chronicle
Great Britain
United Nations
London Daily Mail
Railway Executive Committee
Daily Mail
Erwin Rommel
Karl Rudolf Gero von Rundstedt
Denmark
Norway
Dkicht D. Eisenhower
Sir Harodd Alexander
Alexander
W. Argenbright
Crimea
Nikopol
Ust
Bakers Drug Store
Reich
Innsbuck
Innsbruck
By Edwin Shanke
Pacific
Arawe Airfield
Prospect
South America
Arawa Airstrip
By C. Yates McDaniel
Winchester Evening Star
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