Mine workers vow to resume production amid pressure
Washington reports John L. Lewis assured Roosevelt the United Mine Workers would keep to a resumption of anthracite output. In Wilkes-Barre the union warned striking miners they face expulsion if they do not return by noon tomorrow. Troop deployment threats and a 48 hour deadline dominated debate as leaders and workers weigh government action.
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Washington
White House
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Wilkes-Barre
Pearcevelt
District 1
Kosix
Neetines
Karl Kraiz
Wildcat
War Labor
City urged to restore Abram's Delight grounds and preserve old house
Mr Wood of Hamilton Maryland proposes to return Abram's Delight grounds to their original condition and secure preservation of the historic Hollingsworth house after the city purchased the property. His mother, as a girl, visited the site in 1842 and never forgot the surroundings. The purchase should delight all who safeguard local history.
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Wood
Hamilton
Dr Snapp Heads Roundup Of Dental Scrap
Dr Ralph B Snapp of Winchester accepts chairmanship of a National Dental scrap committee for the Seventh Congressional district and seeks dentists to gather obsolete equipment and instruments for recycling. Officials plan pooling collected material to market it and apply proceeds to a designated charity, with doctors allowed to market scrap individually if they wish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph B. Snapp
Winchester
Seventh Congressional District
Snapp
Free DefWork Classes Open at Handley High School
Paul Sybert of the Handley faculty announced free instruction in electric or acetylene welding forge and sheet metal work at Handley High School. Enrollment has been lower than hoped, and interested locals may enroll tonight at the Handley school, with entry via Jefferson Street. Those starting now will continue with the next class until completing the course.
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Paul Sybert
Handley
Handley High School
Winchester
Handley School
Jefferson Street
Teacher Receives Marian Scholarship for Music Study
Camilla Williams a theater usher age 27 formerly of Danville Virginia has won a $750 Marian Music Scholarship announced by a judging committee. She studied with Mme Marian Szekley Frech for seven months and has had no other formal voice instruction. Also awarded were $400 prizes to Faye Drazin Mildred Hill and William Smith of Philadelphia for notable vocal achievements.
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Camilla Williams
Marian
Anderson
Miss Williams
Danville, Va
Mme
Marian Szekley Frech
Virginia State Co
Faye Drazin
Mildred Hill
William Smith
Philadelphia
Flynn Defends Himself Against Bridges Charge
Edward J. Flynn denied during a Senate Foreign Relations hearing that he knew Dutch Schultz was the man named Arthur Flegenheimer when he swore him in as a Bronx special deputy. He said such appointments were customary gestures by county sheriffs and carried no salary or duties.
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Washington
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arthur Flegenheimer
Bronx County
Dutch Schultz
Farlier
Flynn
New York
London Endures Largest German Daylight Raid Since Battle of Britain
German planes staged a bold daylight raid on London with 25 to 30 fighters. At least 11 attackers were shot down by British fighters. A school was demolished, 24 children killed, and districts near Kent and Sussex were also bombed. London’s first daytime alert since October and the first daylight raid in two years.
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London
Britain
Channel
Kent
Sussex
England
Sice
RAF
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Air Ministry
Penetration Drives Seven Miles On Tunisian Front
Allied headquarters report Axis forces pushed about seven miles southwest of Pont Du Fahs on the Tunisian front. Minor engagements continue near Bou Arada and Goubellat as Flying Fortresses hit Sousse industrial buildings and rail yards. US medium bombers and fighters patrol the front as Rommel’s forces retreat into a three way Allied squeeze.
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North Africa
Pont du Fahs
Bou Arada-Goubellat
Tunis
Sousse
United States
Medenine
Erwin Rommel
Blood Donor Clinics Succeed Under Local Efforts
Blood bank clinics held January 15 and 16 drew 256 pints from about 325 to 350 volunteers with 28 rejections. The Canteen Corps provided refreshments and a committee led by L G Sjostrom organized the effort. Some 40 to 50 cancellations occurred but the final quota was met.
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L. G. Sjostrom
Farm Bureau Head To Speak Here
Edward A. O Neal president of the Farm Bureau Federation will address the Frederick County Cooperative Farm Bureau at Handley High School auditorium on Saturday January 30 at 1 o clock. He is regarded as a leading national farm figure and many farmers are expected to attend.
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Edward A. O’neal
Farm Bureau Federation
Frederick County Cooperative Farm Bureau
Handley High School
O'Neal
City And County Brevities Vermont Produce Sale Change
Crosen sells his produce business to F L Bohrer and operates under the new owner name. Crosen keeps chickens at home and exhibits an egg at The Star office. Rush will feature scrambled eggs on tomorrow’s menu. Crosen works as a substitute at the local post office. Temperature registered a low of 10 degrees last night. Bud Miller family on Highland avenue reports three men in service: Pvt Robert Mills at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Pvt Wilbur Mills at Kellog Field, and Pfc Harvey Mills at Camp H. Mrs. Miller’s son-in-law Pfc Metre tea aie ein toe has returned to Ft Belvoir after visiting relatives.
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Vermont
Crosen
F. L. Bohrer
Kenneth Rush
Mr. Crosen
Bud Miller
Highland Avenue
Robert Mills
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen
Wilbur Mills
Kellog Field
Battle Creek
Mich
Harvey Mills
Hq. Co
T. D. Bn
Camp
Pfc
Metre Tea Aie Ein Toe
Ft. Belvoir
Rela
Premier Tojo Ill Sparking Diet Recess In Japan
The Office of War Information said Tokyo radio reported Premier Hideki Tojo is ill and the 81st Diet remains recessed until January. A later broadcast said he has a cold but should recover. the Diet was to reconvene tomorrow with cabinet speeches on empire war policies.
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New York
Office of War Information
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Federal Communications Commission
Harbin
Manchukuo
Comei
Tojo
Bingo Thursday Night at Sarah Zane Fire Co
The Sarah Zane Fire Company hosts a bingo night at 8 30 with a door prize of 250 dollars. Proceeds support the fire company and community efforts.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Fox Hunters Trespass Prohibited on Vaucluse Farm
Local notice restricts fox hunting on Warren Rice’s Vaucluse farm due to damage by hounds. Residents warned that trespassing is not allowed and enforcement will follow.
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Vaucluse
Warren Rice
Public Sale Notice for Farm in Front Court
Public sale set for Saturday January 23 at noon. The 150 A farm located on Court Street in Va. C L Taylor conducts the sale with parcel details listed in the notice.
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Front Court
Eet
C. L. Taylor
Allies Consider Bombing Rome
London January 20. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Rome would be bombed by the RAF as heavily as possible if war conditions made it convenient and helpful. He affirmed there were military camps and armament factories in or near Rome.
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London
Rome
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Germany Admits Superiority Of Reds' Resources
Berlin press acknowledges Russian advantages in manpower and materiel on the eastern front. Reports quote German outlets admitting greater Soviet strength, with over 20 German divisions lost at Stalingrad and a shift from blitzkrieg to a prolonged, attritional war across Europe and home fronts.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Voelkischer Weobachter
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Basler Nachrichten
Germany
Relazioni Internationale
Chile breaks relations with Axis powers
Chilean President Rios signs a decree breaking diplomatic ties with Germany Italy and Japan leaving Argentina as the only American republic maintaining contact. Axis diplomats not formally notified yet and passports will be handed over this afternoon for internment of Axis nationals.
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Santiago
Chile
Germany
Italy
Japan
Argentina
Axis
Rios
Britain
Enrique Ruiz- Guinazu
Buenos Aires
Raul Marin
Wood Urges Restoration Of Abram's Delight Grounds
C L Wood of Hamilton Maryland, descendant of the Hollingsworths, writes to praise Abram's Delight ancestral home in Winchester and urges city action to restore the island and summerhouse on the dam. He corrects a tradition about Abram Hollingsworth being killed by a buffalo and recalls the old stone house built in 1754 and the island’s past beauty.
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Cc. L. Wood
Bayonne, Avenue
Hamilton
Reading
Abram
Abram Hollingsworth
Mr. Wood
Hollingsworths
Lord Fairfax
Stone House
Thomas
Brandywine
Pennsylvania
Abraham
Round Hill
C. L. Wood
Bayonne Ave
Hamilton, Md
Hitler ordered Nazi plans in United States says witness
Peter Gissibl testified in Newark that his brother Maj Gen Fritz Gissibl of the Nazi Elite Guard spoke of contacting U S agencies and claimed Hitler gave instructions for Nazi activities in the United States. He also described his break with the German American Bund after Kuhn's 1937 trip to Hitler.
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Newark
N. J
Peter Gissibl
Fritz Gissibl
Federal Housing Administration
Gissibel
Waukegan
Ill
Bund
Gissibl
Fritz Kuhn
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Hitler
United States
Allies Map Postwar Economic Cooperation Plan
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament Britain would work with the United States and Soviet Russia on a common postwar economic program in consultations with other United Nations. He said progress in preparatory work was substantial and denied any U.S.-Soviet loggerheads. Eden noted releases of North African prisoners and a joint U.S.-British inquiry into unclear cases under the Algiers consuls general.
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London
Anthony Eden
United States
Soviet Russia
United Nations
U.S.S R
Eden
Marcel Peyrouton
Algeria
Commons
Britain
Algiers
John Kern Elected President of McIlwee’s Municipal Band
At a regular meeting of McIlwee’s Municipal Band John Kern was elected president for the ensuing year. Other officers named were Warren McFarland vice president H C Jones treasurer Tevious Bailey secretary and Horace McInturff assistant secretary. The band recently attended a banquet at the Golden Glow where Christ Yeatras and Marion Brill were bid farewell before entering the armed forces. Plans were made to purchase a service flag for about 20 members currently in the services.
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Mcllwee
John Kern
Warren McFarland
H. C. Jones
Tevious Bailey
Horace McInturff
Christ Yeatras
Marion Brill
Germans Unable To Hold Defense Post Anywhere
Moscow dispatch reports Red Army advances on two new fronts toward Kharkov and toward Leningrad. German defenses failed to hold along the line as Soviet forces encircle and push from Voronezh, with 60 German divisions badly mauled and 29 satellites effectively knocked out.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Ukraine
Leningrad
Vor Ronezh
Red Star
Volkhov
London
Filip Ivanovich Golikov
Veronezh Front
Valuiki
Urazovo
Pittsburgh
Kastornoye
Ween Voronezh
Kursk
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MR Winchester
Bridges
State Department
Tunisian
Farm Bureau
Tliah Vettel Veuimater
Nevnachsena
By Frank Brutto
Kahn
U. S
Tleline
Kamensk
Donets
Rostov
Mirostov
Caucassus
Ral
Divnoe
Blagi
Stavrop
Winchester Evening Star
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