Republicans Call For Wartime Tax Retrenchment
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee urged deep retrenchment and endorsed a new 2.14 billion dollar revenue measure to support the war while warning against excessive spending. The full committee said the nation cannot bear much higher taxes and urged economy to avoid undermining postwar private enterprise and jobs.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Federal Treasury
Major Weirich Advanced to Lieutenant Colonel in Army
Frank Weirich of Middletown received a letter stating his son A. F. Weirich has been promoted from Major to Lieutenant Colonel in the Army of the United States. Colonel Weirich operates through the Inspector General's office with HQ in Washington and travels to various regions for duty.
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Frank Weirich
Middletown
A. F. Weirich
Secretary of War
Army of the United States
Weirich
Inspector General
Washington, D. C
War Fund Drive Short as Quota Lags in Virginia
The United War Fund campaign in Winchester and Frederick County aims to raise 15000 more to reach a 20000 goal for prisoners of war relief and starving children. Directors urge all citizens to give, with a Monday Star coupon for those who cannot be reached, and the slogan Give Double The World's In Trouble.
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United War Fund Campaign
Ed Molden
Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia
Aircraft Carrier Task Force Expands Mid Pacific Raids
In a bold move near Hawaii, an American carrier task force added plane power to army bombers in a six day offensive. Carrier planes hit Tarawa and Gilbert islands while strikes on Nauru and Maloelap aimed to burn airfields and destroy aircraft. The tempo suggests the central Pacific offensive is under way with no American losses reported.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Japan
mid-Pacific
Gilberts
Beto
Tarawa Atoll
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
Pacific Fleet
Nauru
Willis H. Hal
7Th Army Air Force
Maloelap
Marshalls
History of Boyce Agricultural High School 1908 1935
A history of Boyce Agricultural High School covering 1908 through 1935 was released by the Alumni Association. The dedicatory page honors graduates serving in the armed forces and features an American flag illustration. Edited by Carr, the book reflects six months of editorial and business work.
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Boyce Agricultural High School
Boyce School
Alumni Association of the
Boyce’ Agritutural
Carr
Clay B. Carr
Boyce Alumni Association
British Fascist Leader Oswald Mosley Freed From Holloway
Sir Oswald Mosley former leader of the British Fascists and his wife were released from Holloway Prison after three and a half years interned. The Home Office will issue a full explanation when Parliament reconvenes as protests flare, health failing was cited for the decision.
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London
Oswald Mosley
Holloway
Oswald
Home Office
Herbert Morrison
Home Security
Mosleys
Sir Oswald
Mosley
Helloway
Morrison
London Colliseum
London Explosion Sparks Mystery and Theories
London shook last night as a five story building collapsed in the Scho district after an explosion. Officials dismissed enemy action while neighbors recalled a blitz like scene and speculations swirled about secret weapons and German claims. No aircraft sounds or debris supported the German communique.
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London
Germany
Ministry of Home Security
Ce Uate
Niers
Miners Fight Over Raise At Wage Conference
Roanoke Virginia November 20 testimony from E R Burke president of the Southern Coal Producers Association states UMWA officials demanded a $2 daily raise and no increase in work time at wage conferences in New York and Washington He testified in a federal case involving Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation against the UMW and others over whether travel time counts as work time for miners The witness recalled a private talk with John L Lewis about lengthening the shift from seven to eight hours while preserving pay and timekeeping rules The hearing before Judge A D Barksdale continued with J A Haggs general supervisor on the stand for multiple days
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Roanoke
E. R. Burke
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
United Mine Workers of America
New York
Washington
Jewell “Ridge Coal Corporation
UMW
Burke
John L. Lewis
Lewia
J.A. Hagg
Supervipia Donnie
A.D. Barksdale
Nomura Warns Allied Sea Power Will Grow Steadily
New York November 20 The Tokyo radio quoted Admiral Kishisaburo Nomura saying America and Britain will speed up counter blows against Japan with Anglo American sea power as the root and will steadily swell. Nomura, once Japanese ambassador to the United States, spoke in a Yomiuri article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tokyo Radio
Kishisaburo Nomura
America
Japan
United States
Britain
United Nations Conference Expands Public Briefings
At Atlantic City the UNRRC began issuing regular written statements on proposals and opposition to press access. Delegates debated press bans, with Gromyko's stance generating mixed signals and calls for a public digest of proceedings. Disagreements over UNRRA distribution and access to world surpluses persisted among nations.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Conference
Andrei Gromyko
Eugene S. Serv
Gromyko
Dean Acheson
United States
John J. Liewellin
England
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
UNRRA
Herbert Lehman
Llewellin
Anglo-American Combined Board
Netherlands
Retreats Force Yugoslav Partisans After Heavy Combat
London reports Yugoslav guerrillas repelled German attacks in Croatia but retreated in central Bosnia after fierce battles with 500 German casualties. Communique from the Yugoslav Liberation Army notes German Marines landings on Krk and continued fighting near Senj and Fiume with Tito’s brigades in action.
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London
Croatia
Bosnia
Yustine Liberation ‘Army
Krk
Senj
Josip Broz
Tito
Erk
Fiume
Crew
Tuzla
Sag
Gracanica
Soviets Offset Reverse With Surprise Drive
Soviet forces in Ukraine report counter-attacks along a jagged front from the Pinsk marshes to the Dnieper. Zhitomir fell to Germans, Red Army withdrew to stronger positions, while Cherkasi and Ovruch remain focal points amid continued fighting and airborne support. More than 4,600 Germans killed. Rokossovsky’s army nears Dnieper and Berezina rivers. Ovruch presses red advance toward Kalinkovichi and Zhlobin.
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Moscow
Pinsk
Middle Dnieper
Red Star
Zhitomir
Kiev
Red
Cherkas
Dnieper
Cherkasi
Ovruch
Odessa-Leningrad
Korosten
Korostishev
Leningrad-Odessa
Red Army
Dnepropetrovsk
Ukraine
White Russia
Rechitsa
Constantin Rokossovsky
Berezina
Zhbolin
Oech
Fourth Guard Airborne
Stalin
Mussolini Regaining Health in Italian Retreat
German and Italian medical specialists report Benito Mussolini improving rapidly as head of the puppet Italian government and living in a mansion near a Berlin guarded by Fascist militia and Hitler’s soldiers. The Berlin radio quoted Hubert Neumann noting his sunburned head and fuller cheeks after liberation.
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Associated Press
Benito Mussolini
Berlin
Hubert Neumann
Mussolini
Hitler
Newmann
Camera films all sizes at Bakers Drug Store
Short classified notice announces availability of camera films in all sizes at Bakers Drug Store with a note dated November 20 and a time window 1p to 3ty unclear in OCR.
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Bakers Drug Store
Allied daylight raids follow heavy Berlin assault
London reports light Allied aircraft swept the Channel marking a daylight follow-up to a major RAF strike on Leverkusen's chemical plants. The prior night’s four engine bomber attack hit Rhineland chemical targets with heavy losses, while weather limited damage estimates. Canadian airmen helped in last night’s raid as Berlin showed fires in its suburbs and chaos across the capital.
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London
Channel
RAF
Leverkusen
Britain
Rhineland
Berlin
Ludwigshafen
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sweden
Man Failing to Appear for Trial Is Out of Woods
Vernon M. Williamson, 34, who fled to avoid a murder trial in Spotsylvania Circuit Court, was captured near Fredericksburg and jailed. He had been at liberty on a $10,000 bond for the October 9 shooting of Olen H. House.
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Fredericksburg
Vernon M. Williamson
Sylvania Circuit Court
Hugh Williamson
Carl Roberts
Lemuel F. Smith
Charlottesville
Williamson
Olen H. House
U. S. Navy
B. F. Burton
Lorton
Spotsylvania
Peglaw
W. W. Burgner
Smith
Sale of Building Lots Belonging to Mrs Lela Miller Estate
Sale of building lots belonging to the estate of the late Mrs Lela Miller to be held at noon Saturday December 4 in front of the Court House located one and a half miles south of Winchester on the Front Royal road.
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Lela Miller
Winchester
Front Royal Road
Court House
World At War Highlights From Across Fronts
AIR: Allied air offensive hammers Germany for a third night with raids on Leverkusen and Rhineland targets. RUSSIA: Red Army withdraws from Zhitomir rail hub as Soviet forces mount a Dnieper crossing drive. ITALY: Allied advances continue against stubborn positions. PACIFIC: Nauru attacked as carrier task force pummels Japanese bases near Bougainville.
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Germany
RAF
Leverkusen
Rhineland
Russia
Red Army
Zhitomir
Kiev
Plunge
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
Teacher Kenneth Petrie Dies After Ill Health
Kenneth Petrie 38 son of Mrs R L Petrie and the late R L Petrie died at his mother's home on the Front Royal pike at 4 this morning after a long illness. He taught in Montgomery county Md public schools and later worked in Tucson since 1939. He held BA from Maryland 1929 and LLB from National University 1931 MS from Chicago 1933. Survived by widow Mattie Lee Brumback and brother Richard of Winchester. Burial arrangements to be announced by the family.
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Kenneth Petrie
R. L. Petrie
Front Royal Pike
Mr. Petrie
Montgomery County
Tucson
Ariz
Petrie
Handley High School
University of Maryland
National University
Washington, D. C
University of Chicago
Masonic Lodge
Hyattsville
Mattie Lee Brumback
C. S. Brumback
City
Richard Petrie
Winchester
S. J. Good
Thomas W. Predde
More Equipment For Southwest War Aid Progress
Maj. Eugene Reybold chief engineer of the U S Army Corps of Engineers tours the Southwest Pacific noting shipments of equipment and continued construction of airfields. He praises engineers for building and maintaining airstrips under adverse jungle conditions as Gen. Clarence H. Han handles the area and Brig Gen. of supply observes.
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Somew
New Guinea
Eugene Reybold
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Reybold
South
Southwest Pacific
Clarence lLo
Ivate E Negro
Germans Press For Invasion Of Samos Island
Allied reports from Algiers say German efforts to invade Samos Island continue. In Italy the Fifth and Eighth Armies advance despite mud and floods, with Montgomery’s forces seizing Perano on the Sangro as Americans push north of Venafro amid heavy artillery and air suppression limits.
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Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Fifth
Ei C
Perano
Sangro River
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Archi
Adriatic
Sangro
Rio
Bomba
Fifth Army
Venafro
Italy
Yugoslavia
Students Bid Spiritedly At Stamp Auction
Handley students bought over 100 items from the manual training department at a war stamp sale. Garland R. Quarles, superintendent of schools, cried the auction with Miss Saulsbury as clerk. Top sale was a bird house for $100 to Sadie Finkelstein.
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Handley
Garland R. Quarles
Saulsbury
Sadie Finkelstein
St dl
Crisis at Vichy Reported as Petain Resigns
Berlin officials confirmed reports of a crisis at Vichy with Marshal Petain said to have offered resignation as chief of staff. Spokesmen called the situation an internal matter and noted ongoing political developments while denying rumors of arrests or broader conspiracies.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin Foreign Office
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Basler Nachrichten
Berlin
Petain
Jeanne
Wilhelmstrasse
Wanted Helper at Station on Gerrard Streets
A brief job notice seeks a helper at a station on Gerrard streets. The ad, signed by a contact identified as Good Guy A. Webber, hints at an oocgate Seo reference and requests inquiries. The readable fragment provides no further qualifications or details.
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Cae Gerrard Streets
A. Webber
Oocgate
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Taxpayer
Budget Bureau
Congress
Iran
Pacific
Boyce High School
Nomura
Reds
By Henry C. Cassidy
Vernon Williamson
The
Gilbert Islands
Carrier
Bougainle
Maryland
Southwest
Samos Island
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