Rail unions halt planned strike amid war mobilization
Secretary of War Stimson announced that the three remaining operating unions led by David B. Robertson H W Fresser and T C Cashen will cancel the strike set for tomorrow and continue war production. General Somervell confirmed no wage arbitration while railroads are under Army control.
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Washington
Stimson
Brehon Somervell
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
H. W. Freser
Order of Railway Conductors
T. C. Cashen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Presdent Roosevelt
Alexander Surles
War Department Public Relations Bureau
Secretary of War
Order of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America Today
General Somervell
Somervell
Mosquito Bombers Hit Western Germany In Night Raid
RAF Mosquito bombers struck objectives in western Germany last night with no losses, while typhoon assaults hit Northern France in daylight. Allied fighters over northern France shot down one enemy aircraft for one Allied loss in separate daytime operations.
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London
Germany
Air Ministry
France
RAF
Dominion
Snow Falls and Roads Open After Light Winter Snow
Local residents cleared snow from sidewalks and driveways after a light fall in the early hours. The Winchester Research Laboratory reports 1.4 inches depth with 0.11 inch precipitation. A sleet skim left a brief ice layer. F M Yellett notes roads are well packed and melting slowly but drivable with care.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
F. M. Yellett
Eer
Virginia Department of Ways
Fresh Rappahannock Oys Ters
Local ad notes weekly Friday sale items from Adam Ritter at 15 dollars each. Includes contact by phone 4956 and street reference N Kent.
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Rappahannock
Adam Ritter
N. Kent
Bingo at Fire Hall Promises Prize Frenzy
Sarah Zane hosts a bingo night at the Fire Hall on Thursday December 30 at 8 20 p m with a $150 door prize and additional prizes for players.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
I Fred Stine to Continue as County Agent
I Fred Stine says he will continue as County Agent or in another post for the duration of the war, supported by farmers and local leaders. He explains his resignation to the Virginia Extension Service due to rising costs and neglected farm supervision, noting no request for higher pay was made and the county board had declined raises.
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Fred Stine
Dacaoe
County Board of Supervisors
State Extension Service
Spain Favored Mussolini Regime Report Alleges
Berlin claimed Spain recognized Mussolini's fascist government as the only legitimate Italian regime, but no Spanish or other sources confirmed the report. The broadcast cited a German Transocean agency dispatch from Rome. Mussolini's puppet government formed after Italy capitulated to the Allies.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Spain
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Transocean
Rome
Mussolini
Japs Claim Bag Of 35 Planes
Imperial forces said 35 Allied planes were shot down by interceptors and ground defenses during raids on Rabaul Buin Bougainville and Sturtland Island. Tokyo said Japanese air attacks on Piersonshafen New Guinea started fires at two airfields. No Japanese losses were reported. Allies provided no confirmation of these claims.
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Associated Press
Imperial Command
Rabaul
New Britain
Buin
Bougainsville Island
Shortland Island
Tokyo
Piinschafen
New Guinea
DoDmei
Pioneer photographer Bert Underwood dies in Arizona
Bert Elias Underwood founder of the Underwood and Underwood photo firm died in Tucson Arizona from pneumonia at his home El Encanto Estates He was eighty one or eighty two and survived by wife Susan Stannard two sons Elmer Roy Underwood and Robert Stannard Underwood a brother Elmer Underwood and a daughter Mrs Charles Evans Jr The firm spread from Kansas to the Pacific coast and Europe making news photographs and tours including coronation images of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria.
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Bert Elias Underwood
el Encanto Estates
Tucson
Arizona
Robert S. Underwood
Mr. Underwood
Winchester
Susan Stannard
Newton
Kans
Charles Evans, Jr
Iago
Elmer Roy Underwood
Summit
N. J
Robert Stannard Underwood
Elmer Underwood
St. Petersburg
Fla
Oxford
Ill
Ottawa (Kansas) University
Kansas
Pacific Coast States
Baltimore
Toronto
New York
Europe
Asia
Underwood
Illustrated London News
Harper's Weekly
Edward VII
Alexandria
Chicago
Benes Arrives in Tehran for Iran Visit
Dr Eduard Benes president of the provisional Czech government arrives in Tehran from Moscow for an official visit amid the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference setting.
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Teheran
Iran
Eduard Benes
Moscow
Four-Inch Snow Covers Central Piedmont Areas
Four inches of new snowfall covered central Piedmont areas with lighter accumulations in the southeastern Old Dominion. The storm froze after light rain, making roads hazardous in Richmond and Fredericksburg while Norfolk area saw minimal ground cover. Intermittent snow continued into the morning as temperatures lingered in the low thirties.
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Associated Press
Old Dominion
Piedmont
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Newport News
Suffolk
Shenandoah Valley
Wincheste
Staunton
Lynchburg
Martinsville
Roanoke
Danville
Rome Vatican bombing claims clash with Allied reports
German agency and Paris radio claimed Rome was bombed and Vatican City damaged near St. Peter's Basilica. No Allied confirmation. Vatican Pope Pius XII watched from a window and requested updates on damage. Algiers said Vatican reports of broader Rome bombardment were unverified.
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London
Rome
Paris
St. Peter’s Basilica
Pius XII
Vatican City
Vatican
Algiers
Basilica of San Paolo
Centocelle
Pietrallata
Supplies For Greeks Arrive From Sweden Under Red Cross
Two Swedish ships under Red Cross charter reached Piraeus Greece carrying 1100 tons of foodstuffs and medicine as reported by Vichy radio via Associated Press.
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London
Red Cross
Piraeus
Greece
Vichy
Associated Press
Signing Peace With Nazis May Be Scrapped Plan
A proposal from General Marcel De Boer urges declaring peace with Germany instead of a formal treaty. The idea includes a UN court to try Axis leaders and suggests a long transitional period before any peace could be signed with the Axis powers. The State Department is reviewing the plan.
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Washington
Germany
United Nations
Hitler
Mussolini
Marcel de Boer
London Allied Commission
War Criminal Commission
London International Assembly
de Boer
State Department
Germas
Germans Hunted by Yugoslav Forces In Bosnia and Croatia
Yugoslav Partisans reported hard hitting German units driven back in western Bosnia near Glamoc and near Srevernica in eastern Bosnia. A German supply train was ambushed on the Sarajevo to Mostar line and 178 prisoners plus Italian officers freed near Velika Gorica. Partisans also evacuated Korcula after four days of coastal fighting.
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London
Bosnia
Army of Liberation
Glamoc
Livno
Free Yugoslav
Herzegovina
Sarajevo-Mostar
Srevernica
Croatia
Glina
Dvor
Vsko
Zagreb
Velika-Gorica
Italy
Istrian
Castelnnovo
Pescina
Slovenia
Korcula
Metkovic
Jap Resistance and Rains Fail to Halt U S Marines Fronts
In World War II dispatches, U S Marines push toward Cape Gloucester as rains slow operations. British destroyers and a blockade runner are sunk in the Bay of Biscay, and Italian theater notes report Ortona falling to Canadian and Eighth Army forces. Red Army widening west of Kiev threatens rail centers. Invasion chatter notes commando raids on Sark. Admiral Ramsay named naval commander in chief under Eisenhower.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
OWI Radiophoto
International
Island
Sark
Bertram Ramsay
Eisenhower
Russians Storm Outer Defenses Of Rail Points
Russian forces under Gen. Nikolai Vatutin renewed the offensive along the Leningrad Odessa railway. They are storming outer defenses of Zhitomir and Korosten, with a spearhead within 10 miles of Zhitomir after taking Korostishev and Smolovka. Soviet guns soften defenses as they recapture towns and push toward nullifying prior German gains.
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London
Nikolai Vatutin
Zhitomir
Korosten
Leningrad-Odessa
Kiev
Vatutin
First
Ukraine
Korostishev
Smolovka
Bruislov
Red Army
White Russia
Ivan Bagramian
Siberian
Vitebsk
Bagramian
Dniener
Kirovograd
Moscow
Two Accidents Reported In City
Two accidents were reported to city police today due to slick roads from last night's snow. A trailer truck carrying 154 bales of hay jackknifed on South Cameron street hill between Cecil and Clifford streets, causing minor damage to a parked car and scattering hay. The truck, from Pennsylvania to Front Royal Army Remount Station, slid into a car owned by Mrs. Marie H Hoover at 311 S Cameron. damage was small. The second crash occurred at 9:35 a.m. at East Lane and Piccadilly Street, involving Este Miller and Herman M Clark. total damage estimated at 25 dollars with no injuries or arrests.
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Pennsylvania
Army Remount
Front Royal
Cameron Street
Cecil and
Clifford
Marie H. Hoover
S. Cameron
East Lane
Piccadilly Street
Este Miller
Kenneth Square Rt. 1
Chester County
Herman M. Clark
Stephens City
Three More Nazi Warships Sunk By British Navy
London reports a major Royal Navy and air action in the Bay of Biscay sinking three German destroyers and crippling others. The release notes the sinking of the battleship Scharnhorst and places total German destroyers sunk at about 42. Details remain pending as Axis blockade runners and other ships are reported in the same theater.
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Germany
Bay of Biscay
London
Admiralty
Air Ministry
France
Scharnhorst
Gold Arctic
Biscay
Hitler
Arctic
Duke of York
Red Fleet
Ramsay and Leigh-Mallory Named Top Allied Commanders
London dispatch reports Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay is named naval commander in chief under General Eisenhower, with Air Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory as air commander in chief. The moves, following Roosevelt and Churchill talks, fill key invasion staff gaps pending U.S. ground force commander.
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London
Bertram Ramsay
Dwight D. Eisenhower
T. W. Leigh-Mallory
Air
Roosevelt
Churchill
Ramsay
Mediterranean
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Royal Navy
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Fighth Air Force
Great Brit
Marines Push Inland From Cape Gloucester Airdrome
Advanced Allied forces at New Britain press inland from Cape Gloucester with Marine units advancing two miles from the invasion beaches toward the enemy air drome aided by tank support bombers and fighter planes. Air forces and torpedo boats repelled enemy air attacks at Arawe and 37 enemy planes were downed. The Australians captured the barge and supply base at Walingai in New Guinea.
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New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Sunto
Douglas MacArthur
Arawe
Bergen Bay
Cape
Walingai
Heavy Shipping At Gibraltar
London reports axis radios claim the heaviest Gibraltar shipping since the Italian invasion with 58 merchant ships in harbor. Berlin quotes Madrid on a 77 ship convoy arriving from the Atlantic while Swiss radio notes German troop movements in France over Christmas.
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London
Gibraltar
Berlin
Madrid
France
Paris
Winchester Stores Closed Saturday New Years Day
W R Strader president of the Winchester Merchants Association says stores will be closed all day Saturday and will not open Friday evening. Friday hours are 9 30 a m to 5 30 p m. Customers should shop before 5 30 p m to avoid disappointment. He notes that hours may not apply to garages drugs or groceries.
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W. R. Strader
Winchester Merchants Association
Strader
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Bert Underwood
Benes
Terhan
Flora Lewis
Winchester Evening Star
U. S
The
Ortona
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Port of Pescara
Russia
William Smith White
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