Nazis Reeling Back On Rostov Approaches Termination
Washington reports a wildcat strike by Pennsylvania anthracite miners threatening war production. William W. Inglis states termination depends on United Mine Workers delivery. War Labor Board hearing urged UMW officials and strikers to explain causes and adherence to union agreements amid a rising crisis.
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Washington
William W. Inglis
Pennsylvania
East
United Mine Workers of America
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Inglis
Glen Alden Company
Organized Labor
Miner Workers’ Union
Pearl Harbor
Ickes
North Atlantic
Rural school patrons urged to attend Stephens City chest clinic
Winchester announces January 22 chest clinic at Stephens City with transportation for rural children and home arrival supervision. Outlying districts examined first to reduce travel, adults welcome, admission 85 cents. Clinic aims to fight tuberculosis and prove a successful community health effort.
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Stephens City
Valley Turnpike
Friday Night Lottery Draw Attracts 4280 Prize Pool
Every Friday night at 8 o clock a drawing offers 4280 in prizes. Russia is listed with a cryptic date format 12-31 Thursday. The note appears in a small ad or notice section.
Woman and two men executed in South Carolina feud
In Edgefield County a long feud led to five deaths, with Mrs. Sue Logue 43, her brother‑in‑law George Logue 55, and Clarence Bagwell 34 executed by electric chair for murder. Mrs. Logue spoke as she died, and clemency pleas failed. The executions raise the Edgefield vendetta toll to eight deaths.
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Columbia
S. C
Edgefield County
Sue Logue
George Logue
Clarence Bagwell
Davis
Timmerman
Logues
R. M. Jefferies
State Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Lend Lease Aid to Allies Faces Renewal Vote in House
Washington January 15 The House Foreign Affairs Committee is poised to renew authority for lend lease aid to Allied nations. An Associated Press poll shows a large majority in favor, with a likely near unanimous committee endorsement for a bill extending power beyond June 30. The issue dominates prewar intervention debates in Congress.
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Washington
Jan
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Associated Press
House
Senate
Mundt CR
Milk shortage hits Winchester area as dairies import
Area dairy men report a milk shortage with about 3,000 gallons weekly imported from Rockingham at higher prices. Sanitary Dairy seeks local producers to cover demand while Hal Deman's Creamery sources milk externally. Prices vary from 13 cents per quart to 37 cents per gallon for farm and bulk delivery.
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Winchester
Rockingham
N. B. Shingleton
Sanitary Dairy
Harrisonburg
Haldeman
Berryville
Harrisonbure
Frederick County
Northtern Virginia
Frederick
R. G. Connally
Fire at Food Center threatens rear of store on Loudoun Street
Firemen were called to a lot behind the Food Center at 103 North Loudoun Street at 2 59 pm. Flames burned under the store floor near closing time. Firemen expected to have the blaze under control shortly.
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North
Loudoun Street
L. S. Bean
Star
Clearbrook Marine Corporal Wounded at Guadalcanal
Cpl. Jamie O. Sarver of Frederick County has been wounded in the left ankle during Guadalcanal fighting. He is recovering in a naval hospital near San Francisco after a sniper hit. His father G. Sarver and family note his four years in the Marines and commend Navy corpsmen for swift aid.
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G. Sarver
Ghearerbek
Frederick County
Cpl
Jamie O. Sarver
San Francisco
Cal
Guadalcanal
Cpl. Sarver
Enade
Sarver
California
Leathernecks
Navy
Clearbrook
Miss Verenace
Hills Search For Plane Flier In West Virginia Mountains
In Richwood West Virginia state troopers hunted for a red airplane piloted by J B Pierce Jr a Charleston chemical engineer and Barium Reduction Corp president missing since last night after a flight from Washington to survey the rugged Jerryville area. A plane was heard near Jerryville around 8 pm yesterday as crews scoured the snow covered mountains and a private railroad line serves the isolated logging town.
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Richwood
W. Va
Ers
Jerryville
J. B. Pierce, Jr
Charleston
Pierce
Barium Reduction Corporation
Kanawha Valley
Washington
S. Fleck
Winter Uniform Reminder for Company 115 at Armory
Capt. W. A. Baker of the V. P. F. calls all Company 115 members to wear green winter uniforms tonight at the Armory. Those without winter uniforms should wear blue uniforms.
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W. A. Baker
Public Hearings Ordered on Flynn Nomination to Australia
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously ordered public hearings on the protests to President Roosevelt’s nomination of Edward J. Flynn as minister to Australia. Chairman Connally said hearings would start midweek with direct testimony and no hearsay, while Bridges urged 31 witnesses including Flynn to testify. Flynn dismissed the charges as political and expressed confidence they would be proved false.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
Connally
D-Tex
Flynn
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Bridges
R-Nh
New Yorker
Barkley
Kentucky
American Planes In Portugal Reported Landing
Eleven American planes landed at Portela Sacavem in Lisbon with over fifty more seen flying southward over Portugal. Storms and lightning battered the region, damaging crops and property in northern villages. It remains unclear if the landings were forced, and observers note a possible reinforcement of Allied troops in French North Africa.
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Lisbon
Iberian Peninsula
Portela Sacavem
Portugal
Madrid
Bay of Bisca
French North Africa
England
Oran
Hitler Preaches Soldier Sermon on Stalingrad Front
A Berlin radio broadcast aimed at German troops on the Stalingrad front preached a death and duty message, disclosed to the Office of War Information. The OWI report noted Soviet forces were "shocked" by the German defense and that the program followed a Berlin German radio segment.
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New York
Stalingrad
Berlin
Hitler
Office of War Information
OWI
Allied Air Attacks Hit Tunisian Ports and Tripoli Area
U S and South African RAF bombers struck enemy camps air fields and transport near Wadi Zem Zem and along the Tripolitan coast. Eight Axis fighters were shot down and 12 damaged. Fortresses attacked Sousse and Sfax with harbor areas aflame while B 26 Marauders hit Mahares rail lines and highways.
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Cairo
United State Air Force
RAF
Wadi Zem Zem
Tripolitanian
Tripoli
Zuara
North Africa
Sousse
Sfax
Mahares
Gulf of Gabes
Three More Axis Supply Ships Are Sunk By British
London January 15 British submarines in the Mediterranean destroyed three more Axis supply ships and likely sank three others. After torpedoing a large ship near Naples the submarine surfaced to bombard a railway bridge and demolish electric installations, causing considerable structural damage.
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London
Andencees
Mediterranean
Italy
Admiralty
Naples
Mediterranea
B. Bryant
Florida Upholds Black Person's Rights in Grand Jury Case
The Florida Supreme Court threw out an Escambia county indictment charging a Black man over a white woman incident after ruling the grand jury was tainted by systematic exclusion of Black jurors. Justice Glenn Terrell wrote that federal rulings binding on state courts apply, and the grand jury empaneled violated constitutional rights.
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Tallahassee
Fila
Escambia County
Supreme Court
Florida
Glenn Terrell
Will Lewis
SOS for Blood Donors Need 40 Volunteers
Emergency call from Red Cross headquarters at 17 North Loudoun Street seeks 40 additional volunteer blood donors tonight between 7 and 9 PM for the blood bank clinic. Cancellations exceeded expectations and securing volunteers is critical for tomorrow's clinic.
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Red Cross
North Loudoun Street
RAF and American Bombers Hit Lorient Sub Base in France
Allied air forces attacked Lorient on the Brittany coast in a major raid following a December 30 daylight strike that damaged U boat pens and related works. The operation involved several Canadian Halifax and Wellington bombers and marked the fourth straight night raid this week.
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Cherbourg
Lorient
France
Atlantic
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
Brittany
Brest
Royal Air Force
Ruhr
Germany
Lorenz
Hitler
Keroman
Royal Canadian Air Force
Suzy-Q Flying Fortress Hero Highlighted in Life Magazine
Winchester interest centers on Staff Sergeant Orville Kiger of the Suzy-Q who sank a ship near Java while serving as radio and waist gun crew. Caroline Iverson wrote the Life feature with a likeness of Kiger. Local family notes indicate he left two weeks ago to return to active duty.
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Life Magazine
Winchester
Orville Kiger
Java
Sgt. Kiger
The
Star
Life
Caroline Iverson
U. S
Suzy
Kiger
6 Additional Towns Seized By Russians In New Drive
Soviet dispatches report rapid Russian advance in the Caucasus and Don fronts. Red Army forces occupy several strongpoints, regroup to support main forces, while German counterattacks grow on the central front near Velikie Luki and along the Don. Red Star notes invaders forced back near Mineralnye Vody and Rostov.
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Moscow
mid-Caucasus
Caucasus
Don
Red Army
Mozdek
Nalchik
Mineralnye Vody
Rostov
Red Star
Velikie Luki
Lower
Rostov-Baku
Kuma River
Caspian Sea
Caucasus Army
Petrillo Granted Delay to Seek Music Strike Settlement
Senate inquiry into a union ban on recorded music paused to let James C. Petrillo negotiate a settlement with broadcasters and record makers. Chairman Clark pledged support for a reasonable compromise as Petrillo plans to have the union executive board draft demands and convene a meeting starting February 1.
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Washington
James C. Petrillo
Clark
Idaho
Senate Interstate Commerce No
Joseph A. Padsway
Petrillo
Wanted at once milk producers in Winchester Va
Help wanted ad seeks milk producers immediately in Winchester Virginia. Sanitary practices emphasized. Contact local dairy board for details.
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Sanitary
Winchester
Snider and Son Big 9c Sale in Cameron
Local sale notice lists W B Snider and Son at 323 M Cameron with 1 15 1p 2t details. The fragment indicates a community auction or sale event with stakes and location for Cameron.
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W. B. Snider and Son
Cameron
Lovett's Shoe Store Sale Continues
Local sale at Lovett's Shoe Store still underway inviting shoppers to come early. Address at 156 N Lou down Street.
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Lovett’s
Lou
Doun St
Colonial Kitchen Hours Change and Ice Cream Takeout
Beginning Monday January 18 the Colonial Kitchen will close at 7 00 p m every night except Saturday Delivery service ends but ice cream may be taken home if you stop in for it The notice dates January 15 and appears on page 21.
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Colonial Kitchen
Public Sale Notice for Berryville Estate in Virginia
Public sale set for Saturday January 23 at noon in front of the house in Berryville Virginia. C L Lor Est listed with reference code 1 15 22 19 2.
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Berryville
C. L. Lor
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Teo
House Committee
Food Center
Winchester Evening Star
the People’s Paper
J. O. Sarver
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Tunisia
Stephens City High School
Lee, Va
Melvin E. Bayliss
Raymond Bayliss
Boscawen Street
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