Solomons Battle Ship Sinks Six Japanese Warships
Boise arrives at Philadelphia Navy Yard showing crew and the sinking of six Japanese ships in the Solomons during a 27 minute battle. Featured is Seaman Peter C. Petrie Jr., son of Bartonville Frederick county, in his fifth year of naval service awaiting visit home.
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U. S
Boise
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Solomons
Peter C. Petrie, Jr
P. C. Petrie
Bartonville
Frederick County
Axis Prisoners Taken by Allied Forces in Tunisia
Reuters dispatch from London reports the first Axis prisoners captured by Allied forces in Tunisia. British parachute troops destroyed six armored vehicles in a single clash. New York dispatch notes Hungary and Romania have an understanding on exchanging political prisoners with 21 Hungarians to be surrendered at the border to Romania.
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London
Tunisia
Reuters
New York
Hungary
Romania
Rumania
Confidence Is Felt In Drive To Throw Axis Out of Africa
Cairo reports strong Allied confidence as UK and US forces push the Axis westward across the Libyan desert toward the Nile base. Rommel's retreat continues amid heavy fighting while Luftwaffe reinforcements arrive. Allied air superiority grows as the campaign advances.
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Axis
Africa
Dewitt MacKenzie
Cairo
Nile
Rommel
Hitler
Luftwaffe
Venison Taken By Nimrods In Frederick And Shenandoah
Frederick and Shenandoah counties reported a busy deer harvest with at least 14 bucks bagged yesterday. Notables include L F P Funk of Winchester with a 225 pound 10 point buck and Maurice Grim from Winchester with a 160 pound 6 point buck. Others include Tom Orndorff of Star Tannery and several hunters from Front Royal and surrounding areas. The season ends Monday and many parties reported successful hunts near Gore Massanutten and Rock Enon areas.
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Frederick
Shenandoah
L. F P. Funk
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Maurice Grim
Winchester Post Office
Rock Enon
Gore
Star
Tom Orndorff
Star Tannery
Nichols
Wees
Shenandoah County
Clyde Rite
Notice of November party invitation event
Community notice invites guests to attend a party beginning in November. The program sheet and location are not fully legible but encourage inclusive participation and cordial gathering among attendees.
Thanksgiving Union Service Program Is Set
The annual union service will be at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church on Thanksgiving Day. Rev. Carl A. Honeycutt says offerings go to Winchester Memorial Hospital Auxiliaries. Program features include Handel's He Shall Feed His Flock, O God of Jacob, Now Thank We All Our God, My Country, Tis of Thee, and Let Us Thank God with prayers, hymns, and postlude.
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Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Carl A. Honeycutt
Winchester Memorial
Handel
Jacob
W. A. Wilkerson
Presbyterian Church
Jerusalem
Maunder
Volckmar
Tactics Are Big War Factor At Fort Knox Speech
Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair warned that tactics would decide more than sheer strength in defeating the Axis. Speaking to armored force officer graduates at Fort Knox he urged economizing in personnel and material and noted the shift from lean wartime funding to a future with “the sky the limit.”
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Fort Knox
Armored Force
Lesley J. McNair
Wanted men six stone loaders apply with experience
Classified notice seeking six stone loaders asking only experienced applicants to apply, listing locations and contact by the public notice page. The terse ad notes the job requirements and directs interested workers to respond through the designated channel.
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Stuart .M, Perry
Benes declares main war issue decided at Durham miners meeting
President Eduard Benes told Durham miners the main issue of the war has been decided. He said Germany cannot sustain another winter of war in Russia without great difficulty if at all, and that the German war machine remains strong and should not be underestimated.
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London
Eduard Benes
Durham
Russia
Benes
Induction for Fourteen Men Set in Charlottesville Va
Fourteen men were accepted for induction into the Army of the United States at Charlottesville Virginia on November 19. The list includes Alfred Albin Parlett 431 North Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia Charles Aston Dorton 1412 Valley Avenue Winchester Virginia Aston Benjamin Strawderman N Kent Street extension Winchester Virginia Walter Amrus Fanning 37 West Southwerk Winchester Virginia Harry William Bowen 112 South Braddock Street Winchester Virginia Edward Earl Harman 132 West Piccadilly Street Winchester Virginia Linden Gilbert Grim 914 South Kent Street Winchester Virginia James Elmer Holland 113 West Cock Street Winchester Virginia William Garland Tinsman 152 North Main Street Winchester Virginia Norman Camellis Dunn 102 12 Southwerk Street Winchester Virginia Julian Frederick Blanchfield 523 Ross Avenue Winchester Virginia Richard Edmunds Boyd Jr 244 Miller Street Winchester Virginia Ruth Leroy Ruffner 115 North Market Street Winchester Virginia
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Alfred Albin Parlett
N. Loudoun St
Winchester
Charles Aston Dorton
Valley Ave
Aston Benjamin Strawderman
Kent St
Walter Amrus Fanning
S. Kent St
James Elmer Holland
W. Cock Street
William Garland Tinsman
N. Main Street
Norman Camellis Dunn
Southwerk St
Julian Frederick Blanchfield
Ross Ave
Richard Edmunds Boyd, Jr
Miller St
Ruth Leroy Ruffner
N. Market St
Old Wire Scrap Now Accepted At 3 Per Ton
Frederick county salvage campaign chair Co E Staples announced Zuckerman and Sons will take old wire fenders car bodies and similar scrap at 3 dollars per ton delivered to Winchester There is a large quantity of scrap and no prior outlet before this arrangement Government salvage trucks have been collecting metal and a full total will be reported after crews finish.
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E. Staples
Frederick County
Zuckerman & Sons
Winchester
Staples
Zuckerman
Congress Presses Delay on Gas Rationing Postpone Move
Western oil state lawmakers urged postponement of nationwide gasoline rationing after a heated exchange with Rubber Administrator William Jeffers. Rep. Borden of Oklahoma condemned the insinuation that opponents were paid to oppose rationing. White House appeal to delay appeared unlikely before the December 1 deadline.
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Plerry Age Oe
William Jeffers
Congress
Roosevelt
Rep
Borden
D-Okla
Jeffers
Oklahoman
White House
Turin Bombing Raid Drives Massive Fires Across City
British sources call the Turin attack the heaviest yet on Italy with RAF bombers from Stirling Halifax Lancaster and Wellington fleets. Three planes failed to return while others completed a 1500 mile round trip. Italian reports cite 29 dead and 120 wounded as fires raged in the central district.
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London
Turin
Italy
England
Genoa
North
Africa
Milan
Savona
Lehman May Get Important Post
The New York Times reports President Roosevelt may appoint retiring Governor Herbert H. Lehman to a world wide post as administrator of feeding clothing and rehabilitating countries allied with or occupied by the United Nations. The role would plan policy for postwar relief and rebuilding with the United States bearing a large burden. Lehman would not handle domestic food duties.
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New York
New York Times
Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman
United Nations
Times Dispatch
Washington
Lehman
Europe
Asia
Africa
United States
Weather hints and odd local notes span November hints
Weather outlook from 10 15 a m notes spring like potential with showers. A 77 degree November high ties a record set in 1938 while 79 in 1936 marked a prior peak. A Martinsburg Kiwanians banquet postponed for football hosts Sue Sekeaters at Shenandoah Hotel. Deer sighting rumor noted by Mrs T S Cooper at Bloom. E C Oates reported a deer near Mt Williams.
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Martinsburg Winchester Kiwanians
Kiwanians
Martinsburg
Shenandoah Hotel
T. S. Cooper
Star
Bloom
E. C. Oates
Mt. Williams
RAF Bombers Raid Burmese Airdrome Near Rangoon
New Delhi reports that RAF bombers struck a Japanese airfield at Magwe Burma about 250 miles north of Rangoon last night. Explosions were caused on runways and in the dispersal area. no British planes were lost.
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New Delhi
India
Magwe
Burma
Rangoon
British subs sink Axis destroyer and tanker in Mediterranean
London report says three British submarines sunk an Axis destroyer and a tanker and probably destroyed a second destroyer and another Axis supply ship in the Mediterranean. Admiralty announced the naval action amid World War II hostilities.
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London
Mediterranee
Admiralty
Chinese capture Japanese positions near Tsincheng
Chinese high command said they attacked and seized Japanese positions southeast of Tsincheng in South Shansi over two days, inflicting heavy casualties. Much booty was captured.
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Chungking
Tsincheng
Shansi
Drive To Wipe Out Jap Bases Near Guadalcanal
Washington reports an American push to destroy remaining Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands as Guadalcanal appears secure. Navy Secretary Knox cites heavy Japanese losses and a decisive naval victory with ships sunk and transports destroyed, while crews on Pearl Harbor note large enemy casualties and ongoing danger to Guadalcanal.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
United States
Guadalcanal
Knox
Yeseee
Pearl Harbor
W O W Notice Calls Members To Sunday Service
Members urged to meet at the hall at 6 45 Sunday evening for church services.
Axis and Allied Forces Clash Near Tunis and Bizerte
Reports from Allied and Axis sources describe five mile advances toward Bizerte and Tunis, heavy air bombing by U S Flying Fortresses, and battles along a 30 mile coastal strip. The Algiers radio claims French forces repelled a landing attempt near Tunis, while German broadcasts warn of reinforcements as the fight for northeast Tunisia continues.
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Bizerte
Tunis
U.S
Spanish Morocco
Hammamet
Gulf of Gabes
Tunisian
Tripolitania
Tunisia
Libya
Algiers
Gabes
Adolf Hitler
North Africa
Eemn
Sevealf
Ece
Axis
Quester Cams
Fresh Strength Shown By Reds Against Enemy
Moscow reports indicate Red Army successes across the Caucasus and Stalingrad fronts. A unit dislodged Germans from a fortified height southeast of Nalchik with 300 enemy killed, while another force near Mozdok claimed 100 German dead in a smaller attack. Stalingrad saw German assaults repelled and 80 more enemy troops killed.
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Moscow
Succe
Caucasus
Red Army
Nalchik
mid-Caucasus
Mozdok
Stalingrad
Thoma Critical Of His Chief
London reports General Ritter von Thoma the first captured German general to reach London held talks with the British. The Daily Mail cites remarkable facts on bitter inner circle sentiment in the German general staff. Von Thoma, captured Nov. 4, commanded the Nazi African corps under Rommel.
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London
Ritter van Thoma
Daily Mail
Reichswehr
Marshal Rommel
von Thoma
German Nast Party
Hitler
War Work Strikers Resume Labors in Cleveland
More than 1,000 employees of the National Malleable and Steel Casting Co returned to work after an agreement ending a strike that began Thursday. AFL United Automobile Workers union members went back to their jobs amid contention over a War Labor Board referee's recommendation against wage increases. Mayor Frank J. Lausche and the War Labor Board oversaw the settlement.
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Cleveland
National Malleable and Steel Casting Co
A. F. L. United Automobile Workers’ Union
Frank J. Lausche
War Labor Board
W.L.B
Coffee Rationing Begins with One Pound Weekly Limit
Washington November 21 coffee sales halt tonight for one week to prepare for universal rationing starting November 28. Adults over 15 will be eligible for one pound weekly once stamped with sugar ration number 27 or basic number 1. No last minute bulk purchases. households should avoid depleting coupons.
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Washington
Merchant Vessel Is Destroyed
A merchant vessel was destroyed with survivors reported landing on the U S coast after an attack in the Atlantic. The incident occurred near the coast of the United States in October, with additional details summarized in the report.
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Washington
Joe
Atlantic
United States
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Bulletins
MacKenzie
Nimrods
Puge
Army of the United States
Charlottesville
Winchester, Socurity Service Board
Congressional Bloc
Onan James Orndorff
South Cameron Street
John Bywaters
Naval Base
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Thoma
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