Fourth Rostov Battle Opened By Red Army Drive
Soviet forces launched the fourth battle for Rostov after seizing Azov and advancing toward main German defenses. Rus sian offensives cut the Rostov Kharkov rail line at Kramatorskaya and Belgorod Kursk line at Gosteshevo, with Vatutin’s forces pushing to isolate Rostov and Kharkov as German reserves rush to the breaches.
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Moscow
Red Army
Don
Rostov
Russia
Azov
Orel
Kursk
Kharkov
Kramatorskaya
Belgorod
Gosteschevo
Savitsi
Kharkovy
Slavyanks
Nicolai F. Vatutin
Donets
Middie
Oskol
London
Kupyansk
Bombers Strike Italy From North Africa and Sardinia
Allied and American air forces raided Naples and Cagliari from North African bases, with B 24 Liberators and B 17s hitting Naples and Cagliari and damaging a Sicily target. Five Axis fighters were shot down, civilians died in Sardinia, and British bombers followed with raids on Sardinian fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Italy
Naples
Cagliari
Sicily
Tyrrhenian Sea
Patrick W. Timberlake
U. S. Bomber Command
Middle East
Rome
Gagliari
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cagliara
North Africa
Sardinian
Algiers
Benches on the courthouse steps draw farmer critique
A civic note questions the idle on courthouse benches in spring and summer. It mocks local habitues who deflect labor shortages and suggests relicensing worn pants with a humorous urging to limit bench sitters while emphasizing rural and urban viewpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Main Street
Charles H A Siehler Dies in Baltimore at 66
Charles H A Siehler, 66, president of the Winchester Furniture Company, died Saturday at his Baltimore home. He had visited Winchester frequently and led a firm operating eight furniture stores in Maryland and West Virginia. Survived by his widow, son Theodore, two daughters, and a sister. Funeral Tuesday at two in Baltimore. Winchester store to close all day.
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Winchester
Charles H A. Siehler
Winchester Furniture Company
Baltimore
Siehler
Brunswick
Laurel
Cumberland
Martinsburg
Grafton
Piedmont
W. Va
Theodore
R. E. Avey
Early Action On Pay As You Go Plan Is Urged
Budget Director Harold D. Smith urged immediate Treasury and Congress action on pay as you go tax legislation to start functioning by April 1. He hinted White House support to resolve details and proposed canceling up to three quarters of 1942 taxes to enable current basis collections.
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Washington
Harold D. Smith
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Smith
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Ways and Means
Ian Ever
Children Orthopedic Clinic at Memorial Hospital Winchester
A children only orthopedic clinic sponsored by the District Nurse Association will be held February 13 at Memorial Hospital Winchester from 9 AM to 2 PM. Dr. Robert V. Punsten of the University of Virginia Hospital will be the clinician. No appointments will be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Robert V. Punsten
University of Virginia Hospital
Virginia student athlete suffers eye injury in basketball game
Ralph Fansler Jr son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Fansler and a Virginia junior chemical engineering student sustained a serious eye injury during a basketball game. University hospital reports initial fear of sight loss but notes some improvement. Doctors warn permanent vision impairment is likely.
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Ralph Fansler, Jr
Ralph Fansler
University of Virginia
University Hospital
Fansler
Frederick County Idle Drafted For Farm Work
The Frederick County Agricultural War Board led by chairman E. M. Funk asks the sheriff to enforce the state vagrancy law to draft the unemployed for farm work. The board’s resolutions note a labor shortage delaying corn harvest and threaten food production for 1943. The resolutions call for publication in local papers.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Frederick County Agricultural War Board
M. Funk
Armies bogged down on Tunisian front as Rommel eyes new blow
British Eighth Army allegedly preparing another strike on Rommel from the Libyan frontier while Montgom ery patrols probe no mans land between Matmata hills and fortifications in southern Tunisia. Allied air activity limited. 80 enemy aircraft destroyed, 72 damaged in week. Berlin claims 5,000 Allied troops captured and 45 tanks destroyed since January 18.
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London
Eighth Army
Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Matmata
Tunisia
Caix
Djebel Mansoor
Pont du Fahs
French Comunique
Pichenousselia
Kef-el-rhalla
Berlin
Stephens City Firemen to Elect Officers Tomorrow
Members of the Independent Hose Company of Stephens City will hold their annual election of officers tomorrow night at 8 o clock at the firemen's hall. R. E. Ayler is incumbent president and Julian Steele captain. Purchase of a fire siren also will be discussed. The Ladies Auxiliary also is scheduled to meet tomorrow night.
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Independent Hose Company of
Stephens City
R. E. Ayler
Julian Steele
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Dutch Nazi Leader Seyffardt Fatally Shot In Dutch Radio Claim
German controlled radio in the Netherlands announced the death of Lieut Gen Hendrik Seyffardt a Dutch Nazi figure who led the Dutch Nazi legion and joined Anton Mussert in the regime. He had recently joined Mussert’s cabinet and headed mobilization for Axis forces on the Soviet front. He was 170. The report gave few details on where or when the oath took place.
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London
Aneta
Netherlands Radio
Hendrik A. Seyffardt
Netherlands
Seyffardt
Anton A. Mussert
Hitler
Fueh
Holland
Nazi Sub Base At Lorient Heavily Blasted
London reports the RAF delivered its worst strike on Lorient France last night targeting the U boat base and other Ruhr industrial sites. Preliminary field reports describe extensive destruction and losses of seven bombers with Canadian airmen stating the port appeared as a sea of flames visible from a hundred miles. The raid marked the war's 65th operation aimed at crippling U boat facilities and raiders with a daylight U S air strike accompanying.
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London
RAF
Lorient
France
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Italy
U. S
Historic Home Threatened by Fire Near Hopewell
Early today G L Nixon a tenant on the Duncan farm near Hopewell north of Winchester about seven miles acted quickly to fight a blaze in the furnace room of the old George Fayette Washington home. He kept flames in check until Friendship firemen arrived and extinguished the fire with booster water. Full damage not yet known. The alarm rang from Friendship Hall fire bell.
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G. L. Nixon
Friendship Hall
Auction of James R DuShane household furnishings
The James R DuShane household furnishings will be sold at auction at Main and Piccadilly Streets in Winchester at 10 a m on Saturday February 13. The sale is listed with details and indicates location and time.
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James R. DuShane
Main and Piccadilly Sts
Winchester
Bingo Night at Eagles Home on Loudoun Street
Play bingo every Monday at 8 p.m. at the Eagles Home located at 211 North Loudoun Street. Join in for a weekly parish of games and prizes in a community venue.
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Eagles
N. Loudoun St
Rationing of Shoes Ordered by Byrnes Begins Soon
The White House directed shoe rationing with three pairs per person per year starting tomorrow. Stores faced crowds as counters opened on Sunday across New York, Kansas City, Detroit, and Columbus. Exemptions include house slippers and infant footwear. repairs remain unlimited.
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Washington
White House
James Byrnes
New York
Kansas City
Detroit
Columbus
Ohio
New Orleans
Byrnes
Armed Services
Harold WW. Volke
Dallas
Tex
National Shoe Retailers Association
English Renew Their Appeals For 2nd Front
Prime Minister Churchill returns from a long air tour of North Africa and the Middle East, prompting renewed calls for opening a European front soon. The Times and Daily Express urge immediate Allied action as Soviet advances pressure German defenses. Churchill held talks with ministers after his voyage s end.
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London
Churchill
North Africa
Middle East
Europe
Religious Medal For The Sullivans
Mr and Mrs Thomas E Sullivan of Waterloo Iowa receive a silver religious medal and rosary beads from Archbishop Spellman amid their five sailor sons who died in the sinking of the U S Ju eau after mass at St Patrick s Cathedral the archbishop praised their service with the medals.
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New York
Thomas E. Sullivan
Waterloo
Iowa
U. S. Jueau
Adept J. Spellman
Pius
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Junk companies honored for war scrap drive effort
Clairborne B. Morton of the War Production Board praised L. Zuckerman and Sons and Winchester Junk Company for steady scrap movement aiding strategic industries. The Star campaign fostered cooperation, delivering a heavy tonnage of scrap. A Middletown chimney fire blamed on a pigeon nest smouldered until S. G. Larrick and Middletown Fire Company members extinguished it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clairborne B. Morton
Scrap Processors’ Branch
War Production Board
L. Zuckerman and Sons
Winchester Junk Company
Star
Middletown
Wm. Parker
S. G. Larrick
National War Service Act Would Put Millions On Call
A proposed national war service act introduced in Congress by Rep. Wadsworth and Sen. Austin would mobilize millions for factory and agricultural work to support the war effort. The bill aims to organize manpower and womanpower while not altering existing labor laws. It would affect all registrants under the Selective Service Act except active service members and would require women to register, amid farm and war industry labor tensions.
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Washington
National War Service
Roosevelt
Congress
Rep
Wadsworth
Austin
National War Service Act
Selective Service Act
WAACS
WAVES
SPARS
Plane Spotters To Attend School
Philip Fowle announces that one member from each post will be chosen as a recognition officer. The officer attends a one week course by Army personnel at Mitchel Field. Expenses are reimbursed at $6 per day, and transportation is provided. The training covers identifying various aircraft in flight and will enable officers to instruct others at their posts.
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Philip Fowle
Frederick County
Army
I. Fighters Command
Mitchel Field
R Ve
Rouss Firemen Hold Memorial Service
The Charles Rouss Fire Company held memorial services yesterday for nine members who died in the past year. The Rev. I. M. Swann of Braddock Street Methodist Church preached at 3 o'clock at the Congregational Christian Church. The sermon titled The Pilgrim followed the published program.
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Charles Rouss Fire Company
I. M. Swann
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Congregational Christian Church
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MR Winchester
Charle Siehler
Winchester Furniture Co
Rites
Montgomery
Stephens City Firemen
Fuehrer
Guadalcanal
Irving Perimeter
Prentiss M Brown
Office of Price Administration
Col. A
2Nd Front
James King
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Britain
America
Daily Mail
Casablanca
Cairo
Adana
The
Sullivans
Rouss
Winchester Fur
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