Collapse Of Duce's African Empire Seen Near Tripoli
British Eighth Army and Fighting French forces push Rommel's rear guard toward Tripoli with signals of near access to the city. Axis withdrawal shows disorganization as Tripoli harbor faced daylight bombing and Allied advances continue in Tunisia and along the Libyan coast.
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Duce
Rommel
Tripoli
Montgomery
London
Eighth Army
Nefusa
Tarhuna
Homs
Cairo
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tunisia
Pont du Fahs
Lafayette
Mussolini
Tunisian
Aegean
Jacques le Clerc
le Clerc
Africa Corps
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Clarke County cash balance reaches 95071 in January report
Clarke County treasurer W. D. Burtner reports a cash balance of about 95071 at year start with only about 8000 of 75000 current revenue left to collect. General fund stands at 31300 with additional balances in indexing reserve debt fund bond purchase dog school and miscellaneous funds as two major capital projects loom for the year.
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Berryville
W. D. Burtner
Clarke County
Burtner
Yorktown launch praises naval aviation and carrier firepower
Assistant Navy Secretary Artemus Gates hails the Yorktown's launching at Newport News as a demonstration of carrier based air power. He recalls dive bombers strafing a attacking cruiser and silencing a battleship while Wolf-pack submarines were kept at bay. Rear Admiral Buckmaster and other veterans join the ceremony as the fourth Yorktown carries the name forward.
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Newport News
Navy
Artemus L. Gates
Yorktown
United States
Africa
Gates
Grumman Wildcat
Midway
U. S. Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Elliott Buckmaster
GU. S.N
Franklin Roosevelt
End of costly coal miners strike nears in Pennsylvania
In a three week wildcat strike in the Pennsylvania anthracite fields, miners return in numbers as a back to work deadline set by President Roosevelt nears. White House secretary Stephen Esby reports most miners have resumed work and expects the remainder to join soon.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
White House
Hoosevelt
Geeral
Stephen Esby
Pa Dent
Snowire
Wort
Willes-Barrf. Pe
Peninsyllvanna
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Onme
Progress report mocks sticker overload in postwar era
Winchester notes a rise in windshield stickers from inspection and federal use to ration labels and new license tag plans. He jokes about a 4 by 1 1/2 inch metal tag to cover inspection stickers and questions the sticker saturation point and who will manage layered stickers.
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Reid
Wreck Two Cars and Wild Chase on Route 11
A State Trooper driven car and a second vehicle driven by Lewis H. Fries collided after a pursuit along Route 11. Fries, cited earlier, tried to flee after a summons. Sgt. Co L Fever will prosecute Fries at a Saturday hearing. Both drivers escaped injury.
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B. E. Williams
Lewis H. Fries
Fries
Co L Fever
Court of Trial
Erle Edwards
Massie
Winchester Police
Williams
Valley Avenue
Kernstown
Stephens City
Vaucluse
Pries
Valley Pike
To Hold Hearing On Brick Rates In The State
A complaint filed by Roanoke Webster Co. and Locher and Co. against several railroads in Virginia seeks a hearing on brick rates. Plaintiffs allege excessive charges and vague brick descriptions used for rate making, noting common brick rates are lower than those for other bricks.
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Richmond
Transportation
Roanoke Webster Co., Inc
The
Locher and Co. Inc
TB Clinic at Stephens City Scheduled Friday
Frederick county pupils will travel by bus to Stephens City for a tuberculosis clinic announced by Superintendent Kline. All 12 year olds through high school students are eligible with buses organized from Gainesboro Stonewall Cedar Hill Gore Mt. View Kernstown Round Hill Bryarly Mt. Airy Middletown and colored school in Middletown. Some delay possible for distant students, but most will be examined first.
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Frederick County
Stephens City
Kline
Gainesborpe
Cooper
T. B. Dawson
Stonewall
Cedar Hill
C. W. Franks
Gore
N. B
Mt. View
W. E. Cornell
A. D. Davis
Mr. Hawkins
Kernstown
Round Hill
Bryarly
Mt. Airy
M. K. Sandy
Armel
L. S
Middletown
City Police Take In New Packard Cruiser
A new Packard car for the Police Department patrol work was delivered today and placed in service, replacing the car used in daily service for the past two years. A. Lee Coble, chairman of the Police Committee, said it was purchased through George Barnsley, local Packard agent.
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A. Lee Coble
George Barnsley
Packard
Biography of Rev James Ireland Found in Local Library
Mrs Della H Gray of Armel brings to The Star a pamphlet biography printed in 1819 of Rev James Ireland long pastor of Baptist churches in Frederick Shenandoah counties now Clarke Frederick and Warren. She seeks descendants of Ireland in the area and may gift the volume if no kin is found.
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Della H. Gray
Star
Armel
James Ireland
Baptist
Buck Marsh
Waterlick
Happy Creek
Frederick
Shenandoah
Clarke
Warren
J. Foster
George W. Haymaker
Gray
Charles Egner Haymaker
Plane Crash Kills 35 In Dutch Guiana
Washington dispatch reports 35 people dead after a transport plane under army contract crashes near the coast of Dutch Guiana on January 15. Names listed include Major Eric M. Knight and several other officers and crew, with full identifications pending.
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Dutch Guiana
Washington
Army
South America
Harold L. George
Air Transport Command
Eric M. Knight
Please Valley
Auor
William Hodson
New York
Foxworth
Federal
F. D Harberfield
Albert T. Seeman
E. Henryson
State Department
S. S. Durance
Charles W. Campbell
Robert B. Walker
John P. Gire
Thomas L Gallagher
Russell A. Gaughman
Robert M. Stofet
Unlawful Use of Horn Charged in Cork Street Incident
Taxi driver E. F. Bennett of 115 West Cecil faced summons on two counts of unlawful use of a horn. The alleged horn blowing occurred on Cork Street at 1:38 a.m.
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E. F. Bennett
West Cecil
Cork Street
London School Bomb Toll Rises to 44
London January 21. The death toll in the London school shattered by a German bomb rose to 44 as rescuers worked through the night. Among the dead were three adults and several children. Fifty others were reported injured. An enemy fighter sighted off the southeast coast was shot down by British planes. RAF sorties across the Channel toward Dieppe were reported, and German bombers were active over coastal districts of south and east England.
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London
England
English Channel
Dieppe
Green Guard
East Anglia
Lon
Jap Destroyer Is Sent Down By U. S. Bombers
The navy reports U S bombers attacked near Bougainville and Shortland Island in the Solomons. B 17s hit a Japanese destroyer off Cape Friendship and eight enemy planes were shot down in the Shortland area. General Patch takes command on Guadalcanal succeeding General Vandegrift.
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U. S
Washington
Navy
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Shortland Island
South Pacific
United States
Munda
New Georgia Island
Cape Friendship
Alexander M. Patch
United States Army
Guadalcanal
Patch
Alexander A. Vandegrift
United States Marine Corps
Comand
Russian Shock Army Surges Toward Rostov Isolation
Russian shock troops push westward across the Manych river near Salsk in a drive to isolate the Axis Caucasus force and enclose Rostov. Soviet reports say German lines along the Manych are collapsing as Red Star notes advancing detachments and German mines and bridge blows during a broad offensive.
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Sian
Manych
Salsk
Caucasus
Rostov
Don
Red Star
Kharkov
Donets
Voroshilovgrad
Maikop
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Lake Timen
Stalingrad
Urazova
Byelokurakina
Ration Banking Gets Boost From New Coupon System
Local bankers report ration banking will not affect most money accounts as retailers and wholesalers begin a new service to streamline the ration program. The public will still receive ration coupons from boards and use them as before. The January 27 inauguration introduces this banking approach aimed at improving the ration system.
Bingo Door Price and Fire Door Sale Notice
A readable fragment notes a bingo related item with a door and a fire door offered at 250. The short text hints at pricing but lacks full details or context.
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Burner
Bulletin
Winchester
Thur
Frisco
Madge Bellamy
San Francisco
Stanley Murphy
Pacific Union Club
Margaret Philpott
Central Press
C. F. Spooner
Spooner
A. D. Henkel
Burglington
W. Va
U. S. Army
Ant
Ellis M. Rob
Carl A. Matteo
Charles S. Shiv
Max Solomon
Charles S. Roberts, Jr
Heyward O. Wy
London’s
Shortlands
Winchester Evening Star
the People’s Paper
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Hus
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