Youth Held In Loveless Slaying Admits Theft Of Car
Herbert Porter 16 and Paul Hoback 16 confessed to the shooting death of Ward Loveless, a 51 year old tax attorney. Porter admitted stealing a Ford sedan owned by Edgar Nelson in East Cork street and wrecking it on Route 7 en route to Leesburg. He and Hoback had spent the weekend in Winchester and Hoback later traveled to Leesburg by bus. Porter was photographed and fingerprinted, with prints to be compared to four local burglaries and a stolen car case. Senator Aubrey Weaver arrived to assist Porter as his attorney, with parents and other relatives awaiting.
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Herbert “Bucky” Porter
Ward Loveless
Leesburg
Leesbore
C. W. Hollis
Porter
Francis Funk
Paul Bernard Hoback
Winchester
Edgar Nelson
East Cork Street
Hoback
Francis Punk
Paul Hoback
Bluefield
W. Va
Brentwood
Funk
People
Perry Wright
Southern Railway Company
Loudoun County
Aubrey Weaver
Front Royal
Weaver
Charles Harrison
Wes Virginia
Mear
Loudoun
Loveless
Six Buildings Lost In Mathews Fire
Fire swept the lower end of Mathews Virginia destroying two frame hotels and four other buildings. Fire departments from West Point and Urbanna contained the blaze after it threatened the village. a lone chemical wagon failed and hindered efforts until the brick and stone Farmers Bank building checked the spread.
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Mathews
Virginia
West Point
Urbanna
Farmers Bank
One Reason Why Coach Must Succeed
Army faces Navy in the 42nd game with Coach Earl Blaik under pressure after a child’s letter from New Jersey pledges a pony if Army wins. The fan asks for sound football strategy and warns against a loss to ensure the pony.
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Elphia
Army
Navy
Earl Bilaik
New Jersey
Grand Jury To Hear Murder Case On December 8
Loudoun county Commonwealth's Attorney Charles Harrison said he would present an indictment charging two 16 year old boys with the murder of attorney Ward Loveless to a grand jury here on December 8. The youths, arrested at an Appalachian hotel, face speedy trials and will be treated as adults.
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Leesburg
Loudoun County
Charles Harrison
Ward Loveless
Appalachia
Washington
Paul Bernard Hoback
Herbert
Buck) Porter
Winchester
Harrison
Commonwealth
Hoback
Bluefield
H. R. Hoback
First Army Training Nears Readiness in Carolinas
First Army in the Carolinas nears readiness after eight weeks of intensive training. Lieut.-Gen. Hugh A. Drum says soldiers will be ready for actual service in three to four months with emphasis on military ceremony, esprit de corps, and parade crisply. Furloughs will be granted to many troops as maneuvers conclude.
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Carolinas
Hugh A. Drum
Oith
Bingo Night Benefit at Berryville American Legion
A charity bingo event is held on Tuesday evenings at the American Legion Building in Berryville Virginia with $50 door prizes and additional prizes. Proceeds benefit a local cause and list shows American Tedists with dates 11-27-29 and 12-1-1p-31.
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American Legion Bldg
Berryville
Railroad Labor Demands Clash With Board Proposals
Washington November 29. Railroad counsel accused labor unions of insistent opposition to government board findings as the December 7 strike deadline looms. The carriers would accept the proposed 2700000 in annual wage increases but reject higher union demands totaling about 4000000 for 1 250 000 workers. Fort argued these increases dwarf railroad profits and warned that undermining the labor law could ruin it.
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Washington
J. Carter Fort
Roosevelt
Dentia
Congress
Railroad Board
Charles H. Hay
Brotherhoods
Fort
29th Division Xmas Furloughs Are Planned
CHERAW S C November 29 Twenty ninth Division troops await orders to return to base camp at McFarlan North Carolina for rest until December 8 then back to Fort George G Meade Maryland End of war found the 29th in the forefront driving a wedge among enemy Reds and bottling up tanks Financial officers report pay up to December 22 and furloughs start December 16 extending past New Year Day
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Cheraw
S. C
McFarlan
N. C
Fort George G. Made
U.S
Maryland
No Leather Shoes in Paris Suburbs Sabots Rise in Cost
La France Socialiste reports Paris workers' suburb officials buy wooden sabots for school children due to leather shortage. The shoes now cost about ten times their former price, highlighting wartime shortages and price rises.
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Vichy
la France Socialiste
Paris
North Africa Bases Reported Yielded To Nazis
Advices from foreign sources claim France yielded to Germany key North African air bases Rabat Marines Sfax Gabes and the naval base Bizerta along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. Reports say German ground crews officers and personnel are arriving at the bases in French Morocco and Tunisia. Small groups of Germans also filter into fortifications between Tunisia and Tripolitania.
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London
France
Germany
Rabat
Marines
Sfax
Gabes
Bizerte
French Morocco
Tunisia
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Africa
Tripolitania
Freighter Africander Returns Damaged After Defense Mission
The freighter Africander, former Italian ship Aussa, seized under the ship seizure act, returned to port in damaged condition after a defense mission on November 17. Waterman Lines, controlling the 5,734 ton Panama-flag ship, admitted damage but offered no further information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Waterman Lines
Panama
Petroleum Industry Council Formed for National Defense
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced the creation of a 66 member petroleum industry council for national defense. He invited members to gather in Washington on December 8 for the first monthly meeting. Walter S. Hallanan of Charleston West Virginia was among those invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Petroleum Industry Council For National Defense
Walter S. Hallanan
Charleston
W. Va
Balaklava Reported Captured by Axis Troops
The German radio, cited by NBC, said Balaklava in Crimea southeast of Sevastopol was occupied by Axis forces. It claimed Soviet navy and air force workshops were found there, noting the town as a World War II foothold used by the British and French in earlier warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Crimean
Balaklava
Sevastopol
NBC
Dr. Hutchinson Dies at 82 Former WV Wesleyan Leader
Dr. Bennett W. Hutchinson aged 82, retired Methodist minister and first president of West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon, W Va, died early today at his home in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Bennett W. Hutchinson
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
W. Va
Dover Strait Naval Battle Near Kentish Cliffs Reported Closest German Surface Craft to England
Naval vessels clashed last night in the Dover Strait near the Kentish cliffs as tracer bullets flashed and heavy guns roared marking the closest approach of German surface craft to England reported in the war. Machine guns fired from mist shrouded decks.
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London
Dover Strait
Kentish
England
French Indo China War Role Directed by Vichy Government
Vice Admiral Jean Decoux says French Indo China will follow the French government in Vichy in event of Pacific war. A Japanese army is stationed in Hanoi under a joint French Japanese defense agreement.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Pacific
Vichy
Jean Decoux
Bowl Selection To Be Made Tonight
Cornwallis Oregon November 29 The Rose Bowl team for the west coast will be chosen tonight by a vote of the Pacific Coast Conference faculty representatives President Co V Ruzek said the result will be disclosed after all telegraphed ballots arrive following today’s games
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Cornwallis
Ore
West Coast
Pacific Coast Conference
Confere
Co. V. Ruzek
Army Navy Game Draws Nation to Philadelphia
Philadelphia hosts the Army Navy clash as Army 6 Navy 0 dominates the score with 98 942 attendees. First lady sits with cadets for the first half while officials and presidents’ spouses arrive amid expected good weather and heavy crowds.
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Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Nazi Feelers For Far East Peace Reported
Manila reports quote Nazi agents seeking a China Japan peace through Nanking channels. A Chinese source says reduced U.S. aid could push Chungking to terms. Hitler sends Weidemann and Stahmer to press a Chinese Japan rapprochement to free Japanese forces for other Orient thrusts.
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Clark Lee
Manila
Far East
Japan
China
Nanking
United States
Chungking
Hitler
Whe Ching- Wei
Fritz Weidemann
San Francisco
Tokyo
Heinrich Georg Stahmer
Orient
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chung
Sedan-Chair Thrill For Dan Wright at Chinese Embassy Visit
Dan Wright a Rockefeller Foundation sanitation engineer visiting Chungking China rode in a sedan chair to call on the American ambassador. He was initially reluctant and scared but describes the ascent from the Yangtze river with 400 steps. Wright, recently returned from duty in France, awaits further assignment toward the Burma Road. His son Daniel Wright Jr and wife are in Berkeley during his China tour.
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Dan Wright
Chungking
China
Dan~- Wright
Winchester
Rockefeller Foundation
Wright
France
Burma Road
Daniel Wright, Jr
Berkeley
Calif
Ee Wright
Ate
Yangtze River
Finds Morale At High Level
A fragment describes morale improving after a river crossing. The narrator recalls resisting a sedan chair ride but being overruled and carried a distance by three men. The quote labels those involved as heroes and notes fear of poles breaking during the transfer. Continued on the next page.
Reds Smashing Back Germans In Three Sectors
New York dispatch reports German forces pushed back in three sectors as Allied observers monitored moves in Manchukuo and occupied China. Tokyo signals awaited as Hull and Halifax weighed options for peace or war in the Pacific amid troop movements in Indo China and Thailand.
Five Hunt Club Members Fined for Improper Licenses
In Berryville Virginia on November 29 five Clarke county Blue Ridge Hunt Club members were found guilty of hunting in Warren county with Clarke county licenses only. They were A R Dunning Joseph W Lewis George H Burwell Thomas Carper and E N Heath. Each was ordered to pay 4 25 costs and obtain state licenses. Mrs David Donovan had no license and was fined 14 25 and told to buy a state license. Judge J Armstead presided in Front Royal. Last week two more Blue Ridge Hunt Club members faced charges for hunting without a license in Clarke county under Trial Justice Lorning Kackley.
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Clarke County
Warren County
A. R
Pete’ Dunning
Joseph W. Lewis
George H. Burwell
Thomas Carper
E. N. Heath
David Donovan
J. Armstead
Front Royal
Charles Levi
Germans Mining U S Ship Route
London says the German air force is sowing mines along sea lanes off England’s west coast. An authoritative source notes the mining is ongoing and has become a serious nuisance for German efforts, though British minesweeping has reduced danger to US ships bound for Britain.
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London
England
United States
Britain
Eleven Selectees Leave Wednesday for Roanoke Induction
Eleven selectees from Winchester and Frederick County depart Wednesday, December 3, to report for army induction at Roanoke. Seven are from the county: Elby Lee Sours Route 1-A Cecil Raymond Painter Stephens City Winfred Charles Kump Gore Cecil Guy Herbaugh Stephens City Boyd Rosser Robinson Stephens City Russell C. Brill Star Tannery and Virgil Lloyd Miller Opequon. The remaining four Winchester youths are Gerald B. Ferris William Jackson Walter Eugene ae Jr. and William Marshall Butler.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Roanoke
Elby Lee Sours
Cecil Raymond Painter
Stephens City
Winfred Charles Kump
Gore
Cecil Guy Herbaugh
Boyd Rosser Robinson
Russell C. Brill
Star Tannery
Virgil Lloyd Miller
Opequon
Gerald B
Town Clock To Be Repaired Soon
City Manager reports a New York firm will dismantle the town clock and ship parts to be electrified. A representative of the contractor will travel to Winchester to supervise the project, with repair and operation expected in January.
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Grant
New York
Platt
Winchester
Anti-Pollution Group Plans Meeting With City Council
The Citizens' Relief Council urged residents to visit the sewage plant and Abram's Creek to inspect sanitation concerns. Major Richard Messer of the State Health Department will address Common Council on Tuesday December 2. Cecil Haines resigned as secretary. Edwin T. Snider was appointed to fill the vacancy.
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Citizens’ Relief Council
Abram’s Creek
Opequon
Common Council
Richard Messer
State Department of Health
Messer
Cecil Haines
Edwin T. Snider
Wedding Plans Are Interrupted in Maryland
A Passaic New Jersey couple George W Krovalik 21 and Irene Rosenski 19 were detained by Baltimore county police while plans to wed were interrupted. Krovalik was charged with assault with intent to kill after reaching for a hidden revolver during a station arrest. A stolen car with an automatic rifle was found in their possession. Krovalik was also wanted for burglary in New Jersey and a hold-up in North Carolina. A hearing was set for tonight.
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Lawrence Jacques
Frank Davis
New Jersey
Joppa
Bel Air
Krovalik
North Carolina
Welders Seek 5-Man Board to Lead National Union
Local 10 of the United Welders voted unanimously to authorize a five man national board representing independent welders. The telegram to Lloyd Payne urged ratified amalgamation and strike sanction enabling an imminent nationwide strike if called. Union officials claim Bethlehem Western Pipe and Steel and Browning Welding discriminated against unionists.
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San Francisco
United Welders, Cutters and Helpers
Lloyd Payne
Washington
Bethlehem
Western Pipe and Steel
Browning Welding Company
Battle of Tanks Rages On Libyan Front
Allied and Axis forces clash in Libya as British desert armies push toward Tobruk and Rommel’s main German corps. In the Soviet theater, Red Army counterattacks recapture Rostov and strike toward Moscow while claiming gains around Volokolamsk and Klin.
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Associated Press
Russia
Rostov-on-Don
Micow
Moscow
Kalinin
Volokolamsk
Gregory K. Zhukov
Volga
Adolf
Red Army
Rostov
Hitler
Klin
Leningrad
Britain
Libya
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Middle East
Rezegh
Toruk
Harry McCann Hospitalized After Appendicitis Operation
County Treasurer Harry McCann underwent an emergency appendectomy at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He spent a restless night but his condition was reported as satisfactory by his office today.
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Harry McCann
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Alfred N Moore Rites Tomorrow
Alfred Newton Moore 91 died in Memorial hospital. He was son of William P and Margaret Crawford Moore of Loudoun County and lived with his son Alvin on the Blue Ridge near Clarke County. Funeral services Sunday at 3 30 p m at Enders Funeral Home conducted by Rev Clarence isoiating. Interment in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Berryville
Alfred Newton Moore
Memorial Hospital
William P
Margaret Craford Moore
Loudoun
Alvin Moore
Blue Ridge Yrain
Clarke County
Enders
Clarence Isoiating
Green Hill Cemetery
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Aubrey G. Weaver
Herbert Porter
Southern Railway
Yo Buck
First Army
North Africa
Bulletins
Oil Council
Bulletin
Atlantic Patrol
Annapolis
Broad Street
Hideki Tojo
Manchukuo
East Asia
Hull
Lord Halifax
Halifax
Tokyo Hall
Thailand
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations
Hunt Club
Berryville, Va
Blue Ridge Hunt Club
U. S
Alfred N. Moore
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