Winchester Firemen Seek Central Alarm Fund Drive
Winchester Volunteer Fire Department plans a centrally controlled fire alarm system at a cost about 5 000 dollars. Citizens are urged to contribute toward funding, with a siren atop City Hall audible six miles for air raid use. Fire Chief Taylor and Council discuss possible future financial aid.
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Winchester Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Winchester
Weyl
Taylor
Brady Largent
Council
Barr
Winchester Volunteer Fire
Denty Committee
Iss
Sallie Boyd
Dr. Leslie
Roy A. Cather
W. H. Bosser and Son
E. E. Baker
Missie Childs
H. W. Butler
Clowser
Louis L
Dr. L. M. Allen
Rangoon Raided by Japanese Planes in Burma
Japanese planes raided Rangoon Burma this morning in what officials called a brief attack. A separate note mentions a Burmese Indian woman wearing about 25 pounds of beads in heavy neck chains from chin to shoulder.
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New Delhi
India
Rangoon
Burma
Knitting Mill Employees Buy Defense Bonds Report
Winchester Knitting Company reports 68 employees have purchased or subscribed to defense bonds totaling 6400 through the allotment plan as of December 22. W M Krise, committee chair, notes 45 percent of employees have subscribed and more will join, boosting participant count and total sales.
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J. J. Warner
Winchester Knitting Company
W. M. Krise
Krise
Coca Cola Co Holds Annual Xmas Party At Winchester Plant
Officials and personnel of the Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Company held their annual Christmas party at the Valley Pike plant with red white and blue decorations. Walter L. Sands of Richmond read the company message, handed out checks, and Santa distributed gifts to children.
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Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Company
Valley Pike
Perry Miller
Harry Rainsberger
Tokes
Paul Carper
E. E. Harbaugh
Harbaugh
Walter,l. Sands
Richmond
Sands
Santa
Ellis Harbaugh
Mary Cleggett Miller
Merle Moore
Grace Sager
Lewis Smith
Germans Pressed in Caucasus and Donets Gains Reported
Tass agency reports the Red Army drove Germans from the Caucasus gateway and out of the Donets iron and coal basin. It notes the capture of 46 villages and new positions as evidence of advancing operations.
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Red Army
Caucasus
Donets Iron and Coal Basin
Tass
Germans Report Heavy Fighting In Eastern Zone
Berlin reports heavy fighting on the central Russian front with German forces repulsing attacks and destroying 19 Soviet tanks. The air force damaged a Soviet warship off Sevastopol and supported land fighting with heavy losses to the enemy.
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Berlin
Crimean
Rites Sunday For Daniel Poole
Final rites were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Daniel Poole aged resident of Frederick county who died in Winchester Memorial hospital on Friday Interment was in the McFarland family cemetery near the Pentecostal Church near Chambersville
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Daniel Poole
Frederick County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
McFarland Family
Chambersville
Foreign Minister Soong Named in China
CHUNGKING Dec 23 A Chinese representative, T. V. Soongow, was appointed foreign minister of China as Churchill and President began Allied talks. Soong, brother in law of Chiang Kai Shek, could represent China in expanded American British discussions with other allies.
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Chungking
T. V. Soornow
Washington
China
Winston Churchill
Soong
Chiang Kai-Shek
B and M Sales to move into new showroom
Announcement by Wm M Battaile of the B and M Chevrolet Sales Company states the firm will occupy a new building at the corner of Oates avenue and North Loudoun street. Construction proceeds with a spring occupancy target and plans for a striking exterior using pastel materials or white brick if supply limits.
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Wm. M. Battaile
B. and M. Chevrolet Sales Company
Oates Avenue
North
Loudoun St
B. & M. Chevrolet Sales Company
Germain
Braddock Streets
Panic over sugar prices noted in steel areas
Panic buying of sugar noted as government revises iron and steel scrap prices to ease shortages. In Pittsburgh, a scrap broker hailed the move as clearing the air and restoring steady supply, with a 750 ton order booked after the announcement. Price changes split scrap by grade and allow sales at the most favorable basing point.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
Leon Henderson
Washington
Office of Production Management
Toledo
Detroit
Army Against Car Makers Push War Production
The union accuses automobile manufacturers of blocking war work and calls for government action. It cites O P M training displaced workers, federal unemployment supplements, price controls and a seven day week with no wage-cap, plus a lay-off bonus as measures. R J Thomas says tooling capacity is under 50 percent and industry spirit is not fully purged.
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R. J. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Christmas Eve Worship at Grace Church
Grace Church will hold its annual Christmas Eve service from 11 p.m. to midnight led by Rev. Carl Honeycutt with music directed by J H Lowden. The program includes carols, special music, Magnificat, scripture lessons, and a meditation. Candles will be given at entry and lit during the Service of Lights. Sacrament of the altar will be administered at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Grace Church
Carl Honeycutt
J. H. Lowden
Marston
Stults
Helen Woore
Oberlin College
Jjsus
War power builds to vast global military alliance
The four major powers and their allies are forming a massive war machine. Proposals publicized imagine an anti axis army of 20 million, a fleet of 50 thousand planes, and a naval armada far larger than the foe.
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China
Ministers Urge Firework Ban to Buy Defense Stamps
In Winchester and Frederick County officials and pastors urge postponing fireworks at Christmas. Rev T M Swann cites danger and supports defense stamps. Dr S L Flickinger backs the plan and asks parents to divert holiday spending to war savings.
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Winchester
Frederick County
T. M. Swann
Braddock Street Methodist Church
S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Churchill and Roosevelt Meet at White House for Main Talks
The White House said about 80 staff accompanied the British Prime Minister from England and would be named later. W Averell Harriman joined the Churchill party to participate in conferences. Churchill arrived by plane with no ceremonies, met President Roosevelt at the airport, and held talks at the White House with maps and offices prepared for consultations.
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White House
England
Gerald Campbell
British Information Service
United States
W. Averell Harriman
London
Churchill
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
O Sullivan Christmas Party At George Washington Hotel
O Sullivan Rubber Company personnel and guests held a Christmas party at the George Washington. Funds from a soft drink vending machine financed the event. 52 local office attendees included R J Punkhouser and J K Noel of Victor Products, H H Jennings of Hagerstown Junk, and Andrew Bell as Santa. The Market Street Church sextet provided music. Plant operations pause at noon, resume Friday after Christmas.
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O’sullivan Rubber Company
George Washington
Earl Bunting
O'Sullivan Company
Santa Claus
Boys’ Choir
Market Street Church
Betty Jo Stretchberry
Yule Business Continues as Express Reports Strong Volume
Express notes local office activity outpacing last year with a new high. Over 8,000 baskets of apples shipped, some to Mexico by air, and others to distant regions of the country.
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Was Express
Mexico
Answers to the Daily Quiz From Page Four
Answers to the daily quiz printed on page four list 10 items including rivers Missouri and Ohio, the song Farewell to Thee, gopher wood, Chicago Illinois, railroads, cassava, military rank first lieutenant and Italy, and a small cucumber. The entry includes numeric labels 1 through 10 with periods and odd spacing.
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Missouri
Ohio
Chicago, Ill
Italy
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B&m
Chevrolet Sales CO
Germain & Braddock
C. P. Phonephone
Richard Dehler
Little Falls
Minn
August B. Dehler
Anna Mae
Kenneth
U. S. Defense
Coca Cola Co
Mr. Sands
Junior Offutt
Marjorie Lewis
John Carson
Lawrence Long
Paul Himelright
Marshall Kremer
Roland Keller
Gerald Creswell
New York
Newark - Elizabeth
Martinsburg
Sv. Harpers Ferry
Philadelphia
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Arctic
Rybachi
Kola Bay
Britain
Mediterranean
Malta
North African Front
High Command
Begasi
Germany
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
B & M Sales Co
Oates
North Loudoun
War Hero
Elizabeth Wagner
First Light
Boyd Wagner
Phyllis
Johnstown
Lieut
Wagner
Northern
Virginia
Army-Navy
O’sullivan
Mark Yule
Yule Business
Firestone
Italia
Lee
Winchester Evening Star
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