Manila Bombing Toll and Fire Sweep Filipino Capital
Manila endures heavy fires and mass casualties as Japanese bombing devastates the city. Western leaders condemn the attack as Allied forces assemble in defense and public outrage grows.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1941
Page
1
Soviet CLAIMS 6000 Germans Killed In Leningrad Drive
Moscow reports Russian forces broke the German siege near Leningrad reclaiming 32 villages and pushing 20 miles beyond Volkhovo. Izvestia says Oka line breached, Narosominsk retaken, and Kaluga recaptured amid vast German material losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Volkhovo
Soviet Information Bureau
Moscow Radio
Oka River
Narosominsk
Kaluga
Central Front
Izvestia
Oka
Volga
Adolf Hitler
London
Ugra
Kliasma
Baltic
Black Sea
Sevastopol
Crimean
Manila Open City Bombed by Japanese Air Assault
Japanese bombers hit Manila in a three hour raid described as a bloodstained blow to the open city. Secretary Hull denounced the attack as barbaric and comparable to Hitler's methods, with about 50 killed and many injured as fires burned through the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Manila
Hull
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Japan
RMS
China
Hitler
Philippines
Steps To Regulate Tire Sales In Winchester Area
At a Defense Council meeting committees for Winchester and Frederick county were named to regulate tire and tube sales. The groups will operate under Gen. Perry L. Miles upon approval, serving for the duration. Executives include Sheriff Bywaters and Deputy DeHaven. Applications will be recorded and reviewed with appeals available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local Defense Council
Winchester
Frederick County
Perry L. Miles
Valley Regional Defense Council
Staunton
James P. Reardon
Walker McC. Bond
Middletown-Stephens City
C. M. Rosenberger
County Board of Supervisors
Regional Defense Council
C. P. McVicar
Lewis Barton
Harry Copenhaver
Francis Funk
Pvt. Holmes Wisecarver
Fred J. Larrick
F. Grove White
M. H. Rhodes
Western Frederick
Stanley W. Riley
Leslie H. Ramey
John Bywaters
Robert DeHaven
Anderson
Reardon
Mayor Anderson
J. P. Reardon
Winchester Honors Professor Canter for Public Service
From Virginia, noted educator Professor Howard Vernon Canter is highlighted for his contributions to youth education. Born in Winchester on March 8, 1873, he earned a BA from Washington and Lee in 1896 and a PhD from Hopkins in 1904. He taught Latin at Missouri 1905–09, then was associate professor at Illinois from 1910 to 1920, later a full professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
America
Winchester
Howard Vernon Canter
Washington and Lee
Hopkins
Baltimore
University of Missouri
University of Illinois
Canter
Chalmers Street
Champaign
Ilinois
United States Plans Humane Prisoner Treatment Under 1929 Pact
The United States will treat Japanese prisoners according to the 1929 Geneva prisoner of war convention. A Red Cross backed organization will oversee enforcement with Marc Peter to represent the Red Cross in Washington. The pact sets minimum standards and monthly camp inspections, with the US active in all enemy countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Lehreas
Washington
United States
Geneva
Japan
Germany
Italy
International Red Cross
Marc Peter
Peiping
Tientsin
Shanghai
Wake Island
Guam
Philippines
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Red Cross
Read Your Papers for Official War Reports Warns Griswold
In Jacksonville on December 28 Major General O W Griswold urged the public to read newspapers for official war front reports and beware of rumors. He praised newspapers for patriotic duty and censorship that blocks rumors and information that could aid the enemy. Official army and navy reports will be provided to the press by proper officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
O. W. Griswold
Fourth Army
Army
Navy
Richmond Patent Office Move Shifts From New York to Virginia
Harold D. Smith announced that the Patent Office will relocate from Washington to Richmond, Virginia, reversing an earlier plan to place it in New York City. The change, at the urging of Secretary Jesse Jones and the patent commissioner, aims to free space for wartime priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold D. Smith
Richmond
New York City
Smith
Jesse Jones
Patents
Approxi
Senator Wheeler Calls for Unchecked Bombing of Japan
Senator Wheeler said the Manila bombing showed the enemy is half civilized and urged harsher retaliation. He lamented not having bombs to destroy Tokyo Kobe and other Japanese cities and warned that future strikes will reduce their cities to shambles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Manila
Tokyo
Kobe
Army to Promote by Merit Not Service Tenure
The Army will replace peacetime promotion by seniority with wartime selection based on merit for regular, reserve, National Guard, and recalled officers. Immediate effects include automatic advancement for many officers and a cap of 60 percent of future promotions by field commander recommendations. others will be filled by the War Department from reserves or by transfers from admin duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
War Department
National Guard
Army Medical Corps
British Capture More Prisoners in North Africa Mopping Up
British forces report several hundred Axis prisoners taken and a large ammunition dump seized in mopping up south of Benghazi and along the Benghazi Ghemines Soluch triangle. Despite rain, air force strikes on enemy concentrations and transports yielded good results in the Agedabia area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Britsh
Agedabia
Gulf of Sirte
Libya
Bengasi- Ghemines-Soluch
Gulf
Treasury Debt and Expenditures Report
Treasury status shows expenditures of $70,848,826.13 and gross debt of $57,457,395,752.99. The total on hand funds amount to $11,807,112.15 as of December 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the — of the Treasury
Audit of Winchester Small Loan and Finance Company
An audit of Winchester Small Loan and Finance Company is being conducted by Leach, Rindfleisch and Scott. Temporary receiver C. L. Nicodemus alleges assets are dissipated amid a conspiracy by managers to defraud creditors, with Judge Philip Williams' order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Small Loan and Finance Company, Inc
Farmers and Merchants Bank
C. L. Nicodemus
Philip Williams
Leach, Rindfleisch and Scott
Nicodemus
Akron union buys defense bond for first to bomb Tokyo
The Akron Motion Picture Operators Union purchased a 250 defense bond to present to the first American aviator who drops a bomb on Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, O
Akron ‘Motion Picture Operators Union
Tokyo
Nazis Forced to Fight Through Winter on Russian Front
Berlin correspondents for Swiss papers report Germans likely to endure winter fighting on the eastern front despite Nazi wishes to pause until spring. TribunedeGeneve and National Zeitung Basle note Russian winter will not fix frontiers or create a lull, stressing the Red Army initiative and fighting spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Tribune DeGeneve
National Zeitung
Basle
Red Army
Australia Maine War Ally Shift Strongly Toward United States
Prime Minister Curtin in the Melbourne Herald asserts Australia’s closest wartime partner is the United States. He says Australia and the U S should direct Pacific strategy with Britain, China, and the Netherlands, rejecting subordination to broader conflict. Curtin notes prior Russia talks were premature and insists Australia must boost production and manpower to face peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eeca Ae
Australia
John Curtin
Melbourne Herald
Britain
Pacific
United States
America
Curtin
Russia
London Exchange
Ganderra
Washington
Canberra
Price Pardons Donald Weems in Conditional Granted
Governor Price granted a conditional pardon to Donald L. Weems a 47 year old former trial justice of Winchester after he served seven months and 21 days of a three year term He pled guilty to feloniously misappropriating fines and costs from his court and was to report for service on May 6 The auditors reported 7155 05 unaccounted and his plans and whereabouts were unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Donald L. Weems
Winchester
Weems
J. R. H. Alexander
Price of Luckies Is Advanced
The American Tobacco Company raised the wholesale price of Lucky Strike cigarettes to 7.10 per 1000 from 6.53 per 1000, an about eight percent increase. The company cited higher leaf tobacco costs totaling 45 million dollars more than the same period in 1940, plus wages materials and tax rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Tobacco Company
Ban Put On Pleasure Boats on Delaware River
Rear Admiral A E Watson of the fourth naval district banned night movement of private boats and pleasure craft on the Delaware river above New Castle Delaware. He lifted night navigation limits between New Castle and the capes but ordered incoming vessels to secure permits from the breakwater station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Delaware River
New Castle
Del
A. E. Watson
Fourth Naval District
Watson
Capes
Enlisted Engineer Lorenzo Lewis Reconnects at The Star
Lorenzo Lewis recently joined the Engineers and renewed acquaintances at The Star office where he once worked daily. He had been engaged in defense engineering projects before enlisting and reportedly gained six pounds in ten days of service. A Clarke County man chased a large bobcat in Berryville, with Jim Ashby and friends pursuing the four foot creature through the night before confirming its size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Lewis
Star
Lew
Clarke County
Frederick County
Berryville
Jim Ashby
Chapel
Boyce
Ashby
Japanese advance rages as Manila braces for invasion
Reports say Japanese troops moved beyond Moncado toward Manila with hot fighting near Lingayen and Atiman man areas. Baguio and other defenses hold as heavy air attacks pound the islands and civilians call for help from America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Japan
Manila
Lingayen
Thetal
Atimanan
Atumanan
Lamon Bay
Bert Silen
America
Pumping Station Fence Erected at Winchester Works
The city reports the cyclone project at Rouss Spring near Winchester works is nearly finished. About 2100 feet of fence was bought months ago with a 2750 dollar appropriation to protect the water supply from sabotage and trespassers. It is unclear if the full amount will be spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Rouss Spring
New Year’s Day 1942 Star Publication Notice
The Star announces no publication on Thursday January 1 1942 in observance of New Year’s Day National Holiday. The Evening Star apology notes holiday closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
THE
Evening Star
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Belgium
Denmark
Western Hemisphere
Stimson
George C. Marshall
Henry H. Arnold
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White House
Maxim Litvinoff
Harry Lee
Enietr
Lord Halifax
MacKenzie King
Canada
Dominions
New Zealand
South Africa
India
England
Pact
Patent Office
Bond
Donald Weems
Invaders Press On
Moncado
Paniqui
Baguio
Commonwealth
Special Attention
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