President Roosevelt to address Congress in joint session
President Roosevelt will deliver his annual state of the union to Congress in a joint session at 12 30 p m in the House Chamber. He will outline war budget plans likely totaling 15 to 18 billion dollars for army and navy and seek swift passage on defense measures including price control and daylight saving time.
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State of the Union
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Grand Alliance of
South End Fire Company to Elect Officers at January Meeting
South End Fire Company holds its regular monthly meeting on Monday January 5 at 8 o clock. All members are urged to attend as officers for the coming year are to be elected led by Captain Howard Hart.
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Howard Hart
The Jack and Jill School Opens Second Term
The Jack and Jill School begins its second term at Willow Cadeton on Monday. For information call 5857.
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Jack & Jill School
Heavy traffic and crashes plague Winchester on icy roads
Ice covered highways caused unusually heavy traffic with at least four major accidents and many minor mishaps in the Winchester area. Twelve people were treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital for injuries, with six still hospitalized.
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Winchester Hospital
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Taft Family Injured in Route 50 Collision
Mrs. Robert A Taft wife of the Ohio senator and her son Horace sixteen were in a wreck six miles west of here on U S route 50. Mrs Taft had a head laceration but both were not seriously hurt. The car driven by Horace hit Ember J Barrick of Kitzmiller Md. Barrick was uninjured. Senator Taft later took them to Washington.
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Taft
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Winchester
Wrecks on Route 50 Damage Five Cars
Two crashes near mile marker three east of town damaged five cars and sent six people to area hospitals or treated at the scene. Details continue on Page 7 Col. 1.
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Registration Set for 20 to 44 Year Olds for Draft
President sets February 16 as the registration date for all men aged 20 to 44 who have not registered. The proclamation notes registrations under the selective service act aim to secure victory and mobilize 25 million additional men. About 17.5 million are already enrolled. local boards plus volunteers will assist. Congressional sources say those 20 to 44 who are uncatalogued will be enrolled first.
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Washington
United States
Dutch Ready To Bomb Hell Out Of Japs Ships
Lieut Gen Hein ter Poorten, chief of the Netherlands East Indies Army, says the NEI air force will bomb hell out of Japanese ships attempting to take oil from captured Sarawak wells. He argues defense hinges on equipment and Allied supply, especially aircraft.
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N. E. I. Air Force
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British Borneo
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Britain
Farm Production Goals For 1942 Are Being Shaped
Washington January 5 The Agriculture Department plans to raise 1942 food production goals to help the United States serve as bread basket and arsenal if needed. Officials review targets for corn oats barley soybeans livestock and dairy to meet war needs as imports fall and oil crops like peanuts face shortages.
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Agriculture Department
United States
Department
Pacific
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Great Britain
Russia
China
Sewage Disposal Study Report Submitted by Albright and Friel
Albright and Friel Inc of Philadelphia has filed a preliminary report on industrial waste disposal for the Virginia Woolen Company. If confirmed, city consultants Alexander Potter Associates of New York will prepare recommendations for the February Council meeting. The January session was postponed as engineers did not finish the study.
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Albright and Friel, Inc
Philadelphia
Virginia Woolen Company
Alexander Potter Associates
New York
No Refuge From Love Serial Opens in Winchester Star
A sensational romance introduces Molla a flaxen haired Norwegian refugee who escapes terror in Europe to find freedom in the United States. New York cheers the unknown as a mystery man’s note turns her night of triumph into a terror filled nightmare.
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Molla
Europe
United States
New York
Deny Rumors U S Plans To Seize Savings
Washington officials including Secretary Morgenthau moved to quell rumors of fifth column activity alleging government plans to confiscate or freeze bank accounts. Telegrams deny any foundation for such claims and state no proposals to seize private deposits exist.
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Banker Bureau
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury Receipts and Debt for January 2
The Treasury reports January 2 receipts totaling 12,546,273.87 dollars and expenditures of 50,431,632.40 dollars. The gross public debt stands at 57,997,305,792.28 dollars.
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Washington
Clothes For Soldiers in Berlin Overwhelmed by Donations
Berlin officials report large crowds donating winter clothing for Nazi troops in Russia. Official broadcast notes the collection was overflowing as civilians contributed coats, boots, and warm garments for the campaign on the eastern front.
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Berlin
Berliner Zeitung Ammittag
Russia
Finnish defection hints rise amid European war tensions
The report notes potential Finnish withdrawal from the war as Hitler struggles in Russia. It cites Helsinki’s Soumen Sosialidemokraatti suggesting a break in military operations. It also covers rising Franco-German strains and the death of Vichy interior minister Pierre Pucheu.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Vichy
France
United States
Pierre Purcheu
Darlan
Prance
Purcheu
National Surete
Purdau
Paris
Russia
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Hark
Dororthy Whiting Weds Burr Powell Harrison
Mrs Alfred L Green of 15 South Washington announces the marriage of her daughter Dorothy Whiting to Burr Powell Harrison. The ceremony by Rev Carl A Honeycutt occurred at 8 30 this morning at Mrs Green's home. Mrs Harrison is a Fort Loudoun Seminary and Sweet Briar College graduate. Harrison is a State Senator and prominent attorney. They plan to be in Richmond after January 12 for the General Assembly session starting January 24.
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Alfred L. Green
South Washington Street
Dorothy Whiting
Burr Powell Harrison
Carl A. Honeycutt
Harrison
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Sweet Briar College
Richmond
General Assembly
Final Rites For Winchester Orchardist Philip Gold
Hundreds of friends and relatives gathered at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church in Winchester for the final rites of Philip Hous ton Gold 72 an esteemed Winchester and Frederick County orchardist and ess man who died early Saturday at Winchester Memorial hospital The service featured hymns including Dear Lord and Father of Mankind read by the ministers and prayers invoking the departed in a packed auditorium despite bad weather.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Ess
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Mr. Gold
Ronald Wilson
Lord
Father
Mankind
W. A. Murray
Hancock, Md
Mr. Wilson
Moore to Introduce Bill to Cut State Speed Limit
Virginia Delegate E. Blackburn Moore said he will file a bill this month to reduce the state speed limit by 15 miles per hour. He favors different limits for passenger cars 40 mph buses 35 mph and trucks. The measure aims at conservation and easier enforcement.
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E. Blackburn Moore
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Virginia
House of Delegates
Moore
State Defense Council
Germans 100 Miles From Goal in Soviet Drive West of Moscow
Moscow Jan 5 A Soviet communique said Belov’s Red Army drive west of the Oka river pushed the Germans back about 100 miles from the high water mark near Moscow. German losses totaled 2300 men with 800 killed and 1500 wounded as fighting raged for the key town 50 miles south of Kaluga.
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Belov
Oka River
Kaluga
Bryansk
Tula
Borovsk
Mozhaisk
Beley
Chinese Expeditionary Force May Assist Malayan Front
British sources in London report veterans from Chiang Kai-Shek's army may be moved to bolster Malaya as the Burma front builds. Allied forces mass in Burma, guarding the Burma road and potentially mounting an overland strike against Japan.
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Associated Press
Singapore
Britain
London
Missimo Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Burma
Malayan
Burma Road
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Vichy spokesman astonished by Chiang command claim
Rome dispatch reports a Vichy spokesperson expressed astonishment at Washington’s claim that Chiang Kai-Shek had taken command of allied forces in China Thailand and French Indo China and that Paris would seek an explanation of the point.
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Rome
Vichy
Stefani
Washington
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Thailand
Indo-China
Navy commissions airship squadron for Atlantic patrol
The Navy announced the commissioning of the first squadron of non rigid airships armed with depth bombs and guns to patrol the Atlantic coast.
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Washington
Atlantic Coast
State Department declines comment on Berlin broadcast
Officials would not comment on a Berlin radio report claiming the St Pierre Miquelon affair had been settled. It was suggested an official announcement could follow later.
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Washington
State Department
a_ Berlin
St. Pierre- Miquelon
Raid on Salamis Base Hit by R A F During Night
The German submarine base at Salamis west of Piraeus in Greece was bombed by the R A F on Saturday night. Bombs fell on the base and on munitions factories and workshops according to a Middle East communique.
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Salamis
Piraeus
Greece
Middle East
Mass Slaughter Reported in Kerch by German Forces
Soviet information bureau dispatch from Moscow dated January reports Red Army recapture of Kerch revealing mass killings by German troops. On December 22 alone 160 victims shot in one street with bodies left on pavement. Residents recount daily hauls to a cemetery and a mass execution outside the city.
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Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
Crimean
Kerch
Safe message from Walter Hamrick links to unknown city
A cable to Mrs. Hamrick at 107 Morgan Street reports “Quite safe” news from Walter Hamrick, a marine engineer for Socony Vacuum who left October for Australia. He was last known in Singapore, sending the note from Sansorigina, with the city location still unclear due to government cable restrictions. The item notes calendar shortages and British embassy activity amid war-time concerns. Pvt. George Hott in the Medical Corps reports transfer to New Orleans with a telegram saying Everything fine.
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Walter Hamrick
Pvt
George Hott
New Orleans
Alson Hott
Rise of Wavel as Pacific war boss eyed by observers
Military observers note potential for sharper offensive under General Archibald P. Wavel as British forces struggle in Malaya. Reporting from Singapore highlights renewed Japanese landings at Pesak and Pernam rivers and claims of broader invasion of Borneo while Corregidor and Manila defenses fight back.
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Pacific War
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Malaya
Singapore
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ABCD
West Pacific
Douglas
Lions Meeting Tuesday Aids Defense Program
Continued on page 2. Company 43 announces a Tuesday meeting at 12 15 prompt to discuss a special defense program.
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