Railroads Taken Over as Army Prepares Federal Operation
Secretary of War Stimson reveals seven railroad presidents named colonels to run divisions and a federal operation plan. Lt Gen Somervell leads Army transportation with Clem ent and Gross guiding logistics. Troops with rail experience ready to fill jobs and guard against labor strikes. Federal control begins and wages stay in status quo until civilian management returns.
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Washington
Stimson
Martin W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Charles P. Gross
American Railroad Association
John Pelley
Maken
Roosevelt
Ricatonine
Somervell
Winchester urged full duty to back Ike wartime plan
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower warned the war in Europe could be won next year but success rests on those at home as well as the front. In Winchester and Frederick County residents are urged to commit to not be satisfied with less than full duty in 1944.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Winchester
Frederick County
Missing in Action Lt Joseph J Harris Jr Pacific War
Mr and Mrs J J Harris of Bessiville Virginia report their son Lt Joseph J Harris Jr of the U S Army Air Corps is missing in the Southwest Pacific since December. He wrote November 29 and December 10 saying he was well and hopes for rescue. Harris trained at Maxfield Field Camden Sumpter Valdosta and Langley Field and was assigned to coast patrol duty before overseas deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Harris
Bessiville
War Department
Joseph J. Harris, Jr
U. S. Army Air Corps
Southwest Pacific
Decem
Harris
Berryville High School
VPI
Air Corps
Maxfield Field
Ala
Camden
Sumpter
S. C
Valdosda
Red Cross Staff Assistance Meeting Announcement
An important Red Cross Staff Assistance Corps meeting is scheduled for Thursday December 30 at 10 30 a m in the City Council Chamber. Plans will be laid for the corps part in the Blood Donor Clinic on January 13 and 14 and all members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Staff Assistance Corps
Staff Assistance Corps
Square Dance At Stonewall High School Dec 30
Thur Dec 30 at 8 p m Stonewall High School Clearbrook Virginia hosts a square dance admission 50 cents for adults 40 cents for students incl tax and tax included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall High School
Clearbrook
Star Plans Short New Year Holiday Issue
The Star will not publish on Saturday January 1 1944 New Year's Day due to a national holiday The Evening Star reports a holiday schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Evening Star
Steel Strike Ends as Demands Granted in One Day
Pittsburgh reports say a one day steel strike ended with workers receiving wage improvements under new contracts being negotiated. CIO United Steel Workers of America president Philip Murray directed plants to resume production after a War Production Board directive backed retroactive pay guarantees. Market opponents expect higher steel prices to cover added costs.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
Murray
Union Prayer Service Schedule Announced
On Monday through Friday a union prayer service series will feature pastors including Rev. L. G. Bridges Rev. Robert B. Nelson Rev. J. S. Duckwall Rev. T. J. Hawkins Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger Rev. C. R. Line Rev. John Teter Rev. Ronald Wilson and Rev. R. W. Vanderberry Each night E T Clark pastor of the First Baptist Church and president of the Ministerial Association will preside Music is directed by Floyd Haines with choirs from city churches assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Bridges
Robert B. Nelson
J. S. Duckwall
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
R. A. Whit
T. J. Hawkins
S. L. Flickinger
C. R. Line
Church of Christ
John Teter
Ronald Wilson
R. W. Vanderberry
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Ministerial Association
Floyd Haines
War Maneuvers On Huge Scale In Britain Engaged
Franklin banker reports massive US war maneuvers in England with thousands of American troops in a dress rehearsal for invasion of western Europe under General Eisenhower. Forces include naval, army units, infantry, artillery, armor, air forces, engineers and supply outfits. Casualties occur as troops endure live-fire training for a future invasion scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Banker
U.S
England
Western
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
United
Churchill Poised to Address Invasion Command Changes
The Daily Mail reports Prime Minister Churchill, likely in the Middle East recovering from pneumonia, will soon speak on the new invasion command set up under General Eisenhower. It notes he has been active in organizing invasion arrangements and the Christmas Eve appointment announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Daily Mail
Churchill
Middle East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germans Use Flame Throwers in Ortona Fighting
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports German forces fighting Canadians and Indian troops at bayonet point in Ortona Italy as the city is evacuated and prisoners are taken. American Fifth Army advances on Cassino Rome corridor with patrols consolidating Samucro positions near San Vittore and Castel San Vincenzo, amid fierce local clashes on Monte Marrone and Catena Degli Mainardi ridges.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Ortona
Rome
Transocean
Adriatic
Berlin
Fifth Army
Macro Cuneate
San Vittore
Cassino
Navy Uses Secret Weapons Against Nippon Forces
Washington dispatch reports the Navy is employing secret weapons in 1943 actions. Navy Secretary Knox notes advanced conventional devices have struck both Japanese and Nazi forces, with more than 42 aircraft carriers in operation and improved Corsair and Hellcat fighters boosting carrier power.
Russians Cut Two German Rail Lines Near Zhitomir Odessa Corridor
Soviet forces under Gen. Nikolai Vatutin with the First Ukrainian Army advanced southwest of Kiev toward Rumania, severing two Axis railways and threatening the lower Dnieper flank. The push through Andrushevka, about 120 miles from the Romanian frontier, drove forward about 40 miles and brought the Brusilov offensive within 15 miles of the Zhitomir Odessa railroad, a line Mannstein defended at heavy cost. Berdichev, a key rail hub feeding German units, lay about 20 miles northwest as the Russians pressed closer than last month, with dispatches noting renewed danger to Axis logistics.
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Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Ukraine
Kiev
Rumania
Dnieper
Vatutin
Andrushevka
Brusilov
Zhitomir-Odessa
Fritz von Mannstein
Berdichev
von Mannstein
Zhitomir-Korosten
Christmas Bonds Increase Month's Total
The sale of many small denomination bonds in Winchester and Frederic counties reached 85 636 50. Wendell Barney chair of the War Finance Committee reported 1 543 bond sales through last Saturday. A city bank verified 300 bonds totaling 1 400 sold last week. Barney hopes final figures will approach the 110 000 quota, noting December incentives include awards to a woman for selling the most bonds.
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Christ Sales
Winchester
Frederick County
Wendell Barney
War Finance Committee
Barney
Blue Star Brigade Oe
Wome
Comment Lacking On Custings Today by Fred Martin
Norfolk draft board official cites serious lack of coordination between procurement and discharge machinery of the armed services. They declined to confirm receipt of a letter from Martin to Maj Gen Hershey. They noted such correspondence would usually be referred to the state director for handling. The agencies explained discharge procedures under other than an honorable basis.
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Fred Martin
Norfolk
Draft Board
Armed Service
Martin
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Selective Service
Navy
U S Destroyer and Coastal Transport Lost at Cape Gloucester
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced that an American destroyer and a coastal transport were sunk by Japanese air attacks during the Cape Gloucester landings on Cape Gloucester, New Britain. He gave no vessel names or casualty figures and noted total American naval losses since the war began rose to 135.
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Washington
Cape Gloucester
New Britain Island
Knox
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Yugoslav Partisans Sweep Back German Forces in Croatia
Soviet bandwagon allies report Tito's Partisans retreating Germans in disarray near Glamoc and Livno in western Bosnia amid heavy losses. They claim airfield attacks near Zagreb destroyed a bomber, captured prisoners, and looted material while clashes rout Chetniks near Novo Selo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Croatia
Josip Broz
Livnoduvno
Bosnia
Glamoc
Livno
Broz
Tito
Kladanz
Zivinizar
Zagreb
Turopolje
Draja Mihailovic
Novo Selo
Cairo
Moscow
French Troops for Invasion Chosen by Liberation Committee
Dec 28 report from Algiers says the French Committee of National Liberation selected the size and types of forces to be available for the Allied invasion of Europe. The numbers stay secret but an agreement with the Allies for French troop participation has been approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
French Committee of National Liberation
Highlights From World At War In Italy Pacific and Russia
The report notes Italy and Ortona base evacuation by German radio, Fifth Army advances on Cassino Rome approaches. Pacific actions include Target Hill on Cape Gloucester and New Britain invasion. In Russia the Ukraine advance nears Zhitomir, White Russia drive nears Vitebsk. Naval note reports minimal damage to British ships and Murmansk convoy. Tedder named deputy to Eisenhower for future airwar oversight.
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Associated Press
Italy
Adriatic
Ortona
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
Cassino
Rome
Pacific
U. S S
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Royal Navy may still chase other ships after Scharnhorst
Berlin announced that German surface units may have been involved in the action that sunk the 26,000 ton Nazi battleship Scharnhorst off Norway's North Cape after a running fight. Survivors were captured as prisoners of war, with about 1,400 aboard.
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Scharnhorst
Norway
North Cape
Duke of York
Jamaica
Norway North Cape
Bruce A .Fraser
Home Fleet
Admiralty
Fraser
Duke of Ork
London
Berlin
Geman
Royal Navy
Pote
Leather-Necks Drive Fee From 450-Foot Hill
Marines push inland on western New Britain at Cape Gloucester and Target Hill near Bergen Bay after heavy air and naval bombardment. On Arawe front 60 miles northeast, US Sixth Army patrols withdraw under three counterattacks but reestablish contact next day near Umtingalu Village. MacArthur notes Cape Gloucester as first Allied foothold and base for future air attacks against Rabaul.
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New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Gloucester
Arawe
U. S. Sixth Army
Umtingalu
Devil-Dogs
ABC
Guadalcanal
Pease Ae
Solomon Fsland
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Cave Gloucester
Rabaul
New Ireland Islands
Japan
Solomons
Lower New Guinea
MacArthur
Bismarck Sea
Kavieng
Miralty Islands
Truk
Caroline Kiergy
New Treland
Dutch New Guinea
Mindanao
Philippines
Arawelnon
13 Clarke Men Pass At Roanoke
Thirteen Clarke county men were accepted at the Roanoke Induction Center for armed service. Ten will join the U S Army and three will enter the Navy. Names listed include Aubrey Gill Payne and alien M Carter with others incomplete in the record.
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Clarke County
Roanoke
Armed Forces
U. S. Army
Navy
Aubrey Gill Payne
Alien M. Carter
Wil
Saale Ramey
Blake
For Private Sale of Electric Hot Point Stoves
Several electric Hot Point stoves with clocks offered in private sale. No broken enamel. Call 5534 for details.
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Army
Bulletin
Ted
Berryville
Red Cross
Episcopal Church
Richard G. Maslock
Nippons
By Henry C. Cassidy
Winchester Evening Star
Gol
Russia
Zhitomir
Vitebsk
Murmansk
Arthur Tedder
Eisenhower
Arctic
Robert Eunson
Clarke
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