Americans Bomb German Naval Installations In Germany
London dispatch reports United States heavy bombers first attack on the German homeland. Fortresses and Liberators hit naval facilities, targets not disclosed, with U boat centers believed hit. The RAF supported raids on Lorient and Bordeaux, continuing an intensified Allied bomber campaign across Germany in January.
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United States
Germany
United States Army Air Force
Reich
RAF
Lorient
France
Gironde
Bordeaux
Ruhr
Berlin
St. Nazaire
Europe Invasion Plans Charted Complete Agreement Reached
London dispatch reports Turkish sources say all Axis ships in Turkish and Bulgarian ports ordered to Novorossiysk. Soviet communique declares 12,000 German troops encircled near Stalingrad in two pockets, with two isolated groups doomed in two to three days.
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Europe
London
Morocco
Novorossisk
Monitor
Stalingrad
Roosevelt Trip Story to Have Subseqent Chapters
Presidential Secretary Stephen Early told reporters that the Roosevelt North Africa trip story is complete for now but will have later chapters as events unfold. In London the Paris radio report said an unsuccessful attempt was made on General Auguste Nogues, a French North African leader and deputy for General Giraud, with few details available.
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Washington
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
North Africa
London
Paris
Associated Press
Tangiers
Auguste Nogues
Henri Honore Giraud
Germans Report War Spreading In Eastern Front
London Jan 27 The German high command said the great winter battle on the eastern front is raging with undiminished force and spreading to new areas. It described the Sixth Army remnants at Stalingrad as still fighting in debris while Soviet forces press the encirclement. German withdrawals in the Caucasus are reported as planned.
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London
Associated Press
Stalingrad
Winchester clinic draws strong turnout in Clarke County health drive
Clarke county reports an unusually fine response to a chest clinic just completed. A similar clinic began last week at Stephens City and is now concluding. The message urges the public to care for health and thanks those who organize the clinics.
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Clarke County
Stephens City
Flynn Nomination as Australia Envoy Cleared by Senate Panel
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Edward J. Flynn, former Democratic chairman, for minister to Australia and Roosevelt’s personal representative in the southwest Pacific by a 13 to 10 vote. Three Democrats joined seven Republicans in opposition, with endosement sent to the Senate for next week’s consideration amid expected GOP opposition.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Edward J. Flynn
National Democratic
Australia
Southwest Pacific
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D-Ga
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Dind
Gillette
Iowa
Senate
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Johnson
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Kas
Vandenberg
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White
Shipstead
Minn
Nye
Davis
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LaFollette
Pigg-Wis
Connally
Tex
Wagner
Thomas
Utah
Murray
Mont
Pepper
Fla
Green
Barkley
Reynolds
Guffey
Clark
Glass
Tunnel
Del
Johnnson
Main Rail Line Factor in Winchester Hospital Award
Lack of railroad facilities in Winchester likely prevented selecting the city for an Army General Hospital. despite efforts by Congressman Robertson and Senator Byrd, officials in Washington say hospital sites must be on a main railroad line. Berkeley county’s site on the B and O line was chosen, but Byrd will have engineers survey Winchester to see if rail access can be improved.
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Winchester
Army General Hospital
Congressman Robertson
Senator Byrd
Frederick County
Washington
Congresman Robertson
Berkeley County
Byrd
Front Royal seeks improved local telephone and bus service
Front Royal officials pressed for state scrutiny of Virginia Telephone and Telegraph Company and National Trailways Bus Lines after council directed Town Manager Dutrow and Town Attorney Armstrong to request investigations. Critics said the telephone central office lacked enough staff to handle rising local business.
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Front Royal
L. S. Dutrow
William C. Armstrong
State Corporation Commission
Virginia Telephone and Telegraph Company
National Trailways
Council
English Youths Ending Visit to Winchester
Three English children evacuees from Winchester arrive in Washington on August 23 1940 and say goodbye to friends while plans form for a return home. Betty Edmonds 17 and Roger Edmonds 16 express readiness for war work and fleet air arm service respectively. Brenda Carter already serves with the WRNS and plans future visits to Winchester. The Edmonds praise local generosity and hope to reunite with family after the war.
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Winchester
England
Brenda Carter
Washington
The
WRENS
WAVES
Roger
Betty Edmonds
Edmond
Eng
Monica
Jean
Gwen
Betty
Fleet Air Arm
Naval Air Corps
Handley
Anderson
Amerca
Funeral Services For Mrs James In Norfolk VA
Funeral services will be held at the First Christian Church Sunday at 2 p.m. for Mrs Martha Virginia Brinson James 21 wife of a naval officer who was killed in a sleeping car last Saturday. Dr C M Gordon pastor who married the couple last September 19 will officiate.
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Norfolk
First Christian Church
Martha Virginia Brinson James
Tnere
C. M. Gordon
Wanted for immediate employment at O Sullivan Rubber Co
Help wanted notice from O Sullivan Rubber Co seeking immediate employment. Historical classified snippet lists job opening with minimal details and a date reference of January 26. No further names or locations provided.
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O’'Sullivan Rubber CO
Chinese high command accuses Japanese gas attack in Chungking
Pi An reports the Chinese high command charges the Japanese army is using poison gas. This marks the first such accusation since allied threats to retaliate for earlier Chinese attacks. The agency notes the ongoing tension amid wartime China.
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Chungking
United States
China
Tokyo radio reports Casablanca conference aims to win public support
New York dispatch notes a Tokyo radio broadcast in Japanese describing the Casablanca meeting as aimed at persuading publics in the United States and Britain. The broadcast quotes Roosevelt and Churchill as seeking to sway opinion from within their nations.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
North America
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Churchill
America
Britain
Red Cross To Elect Officers On February 2
Winchester Frederick Red Cross annual meeting set for 8 p m February 2 at George Washington Hotel with C P McVicar presiding Officers to be elected W W Jefferson regional director will discuss Red Cross history and War Fund plans Fred S Laise to attend Miss Mary Jane Macfie will report on war year services Public invited Dinner canceled due to conditions.
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The
Red Cross
George Washington
C. P. McVicar
W. W Jefferson
Red Red Cross
War Fund
Fred S. Laise
Mary Jane Macfie
Large Number At Rites Of Geo. H. Eagle
A large gathering filled Market Street Methodist Church at 2 p m to honor George H. Eagle Sr trustee and civic leader. Ministers Vanderberry and Wilson conducted the service with readings from scripture and Eagle family hymns. The obsequies highlighted Eagle’s long-standing roles in church, business, and community life.
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Market Street Methodist Church
George H. Eagle
Reginald Vanderberry
Market Street Church
Ronald Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Ednege
First Corinthians
Aes Street
Eagle
Vanderberry
High Lights Of Roosevelt Churchill African Confab
The Associated Press summarizes a Sunday conference between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, calling it unprecedented and war changing. They outlined a 1943 plan to keep initiative in all theaters, demanded unconditional surrender from three Axis partners for peace, and noted first-time talks between General Giraud and De Gaulle to unite forces. Stalin was kept informed and may meet later, and Churchill and Roosevelt briefed Chiang Kai-shek on aid measures. The talks emphasized maximum material aid to Russia and China as core aims.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Giraud
de Gaulle
Stalin
Chiang Kaishek
China
U S Planes Attacked Over Wake Island Recon Flight
U S planes on a reconnaissance mission over Wake Island were attacked by eight Japanese Zero fighters. Two Zeros were believed down, and all U S aircraft returned safely to base. The navy praised the crews after the January 25 engagement, the first Wake flight since December 23 assaults. Additional report notes an enemy airfield bombing by B-17s at Ballale on January 26.
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Washington
Wake Island
Navy
Wake
Pacific
U.S
U. S
420 Examined At County Chest Clinic
A chest clinic at Stephens City high school examined 429 county residents, including 171 school children last week and 258 children and adults today. Results will be reported soon. The Tuberculosis Association arranged the event with Mrs. Walker Bond chairing the committee on arrangements. It is regarded as an outstanding success.
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Stephens City High School
Walker Bond
American Units Reclaim Ousseltia Area in Tunisia
Allied forces in North Africa report smashing German lines from Ousseltia valley to Kairouan. Despite rain, U S troops recaptured large areas lost to the French last week and took several prisoners. The sector holds the Kairouan pass as consolidation continues. Two Allied planes were lost. two Axis bombers were destroyed along with two enemy fighters.
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North Africa
Ousseltia
Tunisia
Kairouan
Pont du Fahs
A. S
Kairouanen Pass
Algiers
Tunisian
Slain Merchant's Slayer Sentenced to Death in Ice Cream Store Robbery
James Bunch Mooring of Narfolk Va confessed slaying Cornelius G Goodson, a seafood merchant, during the December 22 robbery of an ice cream store. Judge James A Goode sentenced Mooring to death in Corporation Court Number 2.
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Narfolk
James Bunch Mooring
Cornelius G. Goodson
James A. Goode
City And County Brevities Report Weather And Red Cross Efforts
Snow and sleet hampered travel as temperatures rose, with drivers facing packed streets. Clarke county registrars process about eight people per hour each, causing long waits of one to two hours for applicants. Ella Smith of Wycliffe contributed many garments to Red Cross in 1942, while Mrs. Ralph Dorsey announced 82,200 surgical dressings prepared for shipment from Berryville and Boyce.
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ABC
Winchester
Ella Smith
Wycliffe
Red Cross
Clarke County
Moore
Ralph Dorsey
Berryville
Boyce
Unconditional Surrender of Axis Leaders Main War Aim
Casablanca dispatch reports a 1943 master plan seeking unconditional surrender of Germany Japan and Italy. A 10 day secret conference united Roosevelt Churchill and top military and supply leaders and finalized clear wartime objectives. Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek were kept advised as Allied strategy moved to rapid execution. Roosevelt toured troops and pins decorations before the meeting ended.
Must Have Tracks Weighed Before Getting Licenses
Authorities require all truck owners to weigh their vehicles at designated scales and hold a weighing receipt when applying for licenses on March 15. Andy Bell says slips may be obtained from the Chamber of Commerce but must be used. receipts must show owner name, truck number, and be signed by the weigher. Miss Bertha Kline and Miss Stribling will assist in recording weights and handling licenses.
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Andy Bell
Chamber of Merce
Bell
Bertha Kfine
Miss Stribling
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the People’s Paper
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