War News Foresees German Withdrawal and Allied Invasion Next Year
The column discusses a renewed Russian winter offensive threatening the German front from the Dnieper Bend to the Crimea and Vitebsk, with Safer moves toward Kiev. It notes Eisenhower’s public forecast of victory in 1944 and suggests a planned invasion of western Europe amid renewed German withdrawals toward the Dniester.
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Dnieper
Crimea
Vitebsk
Kiev
Dniester
Roosevelt
Churchill
Western
Europe
Ber
Russia
Red Army
Red
Nikolai F. Vatutin
First Ukraine
Vatutin
Korosten
Zhitomir
Bessarabian
For Sale and Rent Notices and Help Wanted Blotter
A compact classifieds snippet lists items for sale including a four can electric milk cooler and a modern six room house in Winchester. It also lists a for rent notice, and several help wanted entries for bakery work inside, a helper, a neat colored girl, and service station work at Underwood and Perry Wright's Essa Stations with contact details and dated 12 21 to 12 41.
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Perry Wright
Essa
Lost items notices from West Virginia and Virginia towns
Several lost notices ask for help locating belongings including bale cloth between Winchester Woolen Mill and Novick Transfer Co with a reward offered, aero gas ration books in Bunker Hill, a set of keys including Packard and trunk keys, and requests to return found items to the police or ration boards. Names include John Pitzer, Jack Pitzer, Shendon, Royston, and locations Winchester, Bunker Hill, Marshall.
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Winchester Woolen Mill
Novick Transfer Co
John Pitzer
Bunker, Hill
W. Va
Mr. Shendon
Bell Clothes
Jack Pitzer
Bunker Hill
Lewis H.royston
Marshall
Allied Aircraft Strikes Hit Japs Bases and Atolls
Allied air forces hammered Japanese bases between New Britain and New Guinea and struck at Kwajalein and Tarawa in the Marshalls. Mitchell bombers hit Wewak and Cape Gloucester, while 14 enemy planes were shot down and a ground bomber destroyed.
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New Britain
New Guinea
High Command
Navy
mid-Pacific
Kwajalein
Wewak
Notheast
Cape Gloucester
Solomon Islands
Arawe
Central Pacific
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Marshalls
Travel Bottleneck Bottler Hobo Jim Delays Return
Greenville Mississippi reports that famed traveler Hobo Jim Roebuck writes he will take six to seven weeks to bum his way back from California due to transportation delays. Roebuck, known for shining shoes to survive, once rode a passenger train with $100 bills exchanged.
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Greenville
Miss
Jim” Roebuck
California
Roebuck
Jim Roebuck
Jim
Chicken chase ends with all of farmer’s chicks recaptured
Longmont Colorado December 27 Patrolman Charles Bottinelli arrived at a scene where chickens fled from farmer Clyde Bellville’s truck. Police Chief Miles McPhillips helped corner a chick to the east and spectators joined the chase until every chick was back in their sack.
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Longmont
Colo
Charles Bottinelli
Clyde Bellville
Miles McPhillips
Farmer Bellville
The Star Readers Seek Complete Coverage
Local readers are urged to follow The Star for complete coverage of local, national, and world events, with timely updates across all sections and departments.
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the Star
American Liberator Col Compton Leads 376th Overseas
War correspondent notes Col Kenneth K Compton commander of the 376th Invader Liberator Bomber Group, the oldest heavy bomber outfit overseas. At 28 he is the youngest group commander in combat and led his unit on 200th mission including the raid on the Tatoi air drome at Athens. Compton, a former golf champion from Missouri, has 16 months overseas and plans to return to the U S. for home duties while praising his crew and leadership.
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Italy
Air Corps
Kenneth K Compton
Missouri
Westminister College
Fulton
Compton
Tatoi
Athens
Jimmy” Dolittle
Brazil
Rome
Ploesti
Roumania
Puerto Rico
St. Set Aieahe
Chicago Tree Dealers Struggle As Purse Strings Freeze
In Chicago on December 27, dealers report a dismal Christmas season with abundant trees unsold and many stolen or burned. Arthur Bailey of New Orleans said he started with 17 000 trees and now has 5 000, losing over 3 000. William G Newbold, with 25 years in the business, estimates losses around 100 000 across the city as buyers vanished and despair grew.
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Arthur Bailey
New Orleans
William G. Newbould
Newbold
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DIAL
Cammer Tire CO
Handley Schoe
N. Loudoun
Cal Earl L. Mason
Poultry CO
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Crosen’s Produce
Wm. Swimley
Mer
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray & Sheetz
J.W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Winchester
George W. Kurtz
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Virginia
Joan Kiger
USMC
Joe Kiger
Burlington, Ky
DeWitt MacKenzie
William Frye
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Marshal Stalin
Greyhound Grill
Star
E. W. Barr
Ridgeway
Carl Berryville
Dave Kater
S. Main St
Pingley & Carper
W. R. Thompson
White Post
B. P. Myers
E. Pall Mall
C. E. Hall
Gore
P. O. Box
Baking Co
Underwood’s Bakery
Peoples Drug Store
Lapwood
Luther Larrick
Hayfield
Care Star
Brendle
Boston Terrier
Elmer
Gray Ave
Hodgson & Brown's
Buzzella’s
Hable
aRee LT
Eugene Pallette
Charlotte Greenwood
Edward Everett Horton
Tony de Marco’ Directed By
Busby Berkeley
Carmen
Izina
Ia Ar
Berlin
Espe
Hal Boyle
Ndos
Ge Naga
Arthur L. Cox
Edgar W
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Ee Ee
Winchester Business College
Berryville Pike
V. R. Strader
J. C. Penney’s
Hansbrough
Carter
Gray & Eddy
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