Russians Break Don River Hold. Press Westward Despite Blizzard
Soviet shock troops wrested a Don river stronghold from Germans on the Stalingrad front and pushed west through a snow storm. Red Army units reported heavy German losses, with fliers supporting cavalry and tanks as pamphlets in German were dropped to Nazi troops. Pravda claimed the ring around the Germans tightens in the Don-Volga zone as Soviet forces advance toward Rzhev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Don River
Stalingrad
Tony
Red Army
London
White Sea
mid-Caucasus
North Africa
Pravda
Don-Volga
Rzhev
Cabinet Overhaul Faces Senate Scrutiny Under Roosevelt Plan
President Roosevelt weighs a three way cabinet reshuffle with Ickes McNutt and Perkins possible posts. Republicans and some Democrats await confirmation battles while criticising manpower policy and war effort management. Senate approval is anticipated for the proposed changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Harok L. Ickes
Ickes
Interior Department
McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Perkins
Congress
Byrd
D.-Va
Senate
Miss Perkins
Frank Knox
Speeding in Winchester today risks gasoline and life
Local officers urge motorists to slow down as wartime gas and rubber shortages heighten the need to conserve resources. Most residents obey, but a minority still speeds, endangering drivers and wasting fuel. Officials warn that saving gas may affect victory and the safety of servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Bingo Night at Eagles Home on Loudoun Street
A weekly bingo event runs every Monday at 8 p.m. at the Eagles Home located at 211 North Loudoun Street. The notice confirms the regular schedule for community gaming at the venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Loudoun St
Mrs. C. M. Broun Dies in Roanoke Hospital at 74
Mrs. Charles M. Broun aged 74 died in a Roanoke hospital after a stroke suffered yesterday morning. A Clarke county native, she was linked to the Page and Byrd families, survived by daughter Mrs. Hugh Trout and son Charles M. Broun, with a sister Mrs. Henry Patteson and other kin. Funeral services were held in Roanoke Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Broun
Yeernoon
Roanoke
Berryville
Episcopal Church
Commonwealth
Clarke County
Hugh Trout
Martinsville
Henry Patteson
Petersburg
Evelyn Byrd Page Goldsmith
Local Sailor Carl Campbell Returns From Second Front
Seaman Carl Campbell, a Winchester youth and Second Class Aviation Ordnanceman, is the first local sailor to return home after serving in Second Front operations off Africa. Enlisting in 1942, he was on five days shore leave from his ship at an east coast port and declined to discuss specific duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Campbell
Winchester
Africa
Seaman Campbell
U. S. Navy
Fourteen Miners Feared Trapped in Kentucky Mine
Providence Kentucky bulletin reports an explosion at West Kentucky Coal Company mine No 10 near Wheatcroft Webster County. One man escaped and reported fourteen other miners trapped. rescue operations began immediately as officials sought exact headcount.
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Providence
West Kentucky Coal Company
Wheatcroft
Here
Webster County
Trate Gut
Law Violations Hinted At In Night Club Fire
Boston officials probe whether violations contributed to the Cocoanut Grove blaze that killed 479 patrons. Fire marshal Garrity submitted a preliminary report after a match flame lit by a 16 year old bus boy replaced a bulb. Dozens remain unnamed and unclaimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cocoanut Grove
John F. Stokes
Stephen C. Garrity
William J. Foley
Suffolk County
Winchester Civil War record not likely to be surpassed
An editorial in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes Winchester Virginia changed hands in the Civil War on about ten major occasions. It recounts generals Jackson Ewell and Early and the final Union entry by Sheridan, comparing past sieges to modern war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Shenandoah
Jackson
Ewell
Early
Valley
Sheridan
Virginia
Tobruk
Paris
Rotterdam
Warsaw
Prague
Tobruk War Echoes: Britain’s Eighth Army Holds Tobruk
The piece describes Tobruk as a recurring battlefield for Britain's Eighth Army with American tanks and multiple flags over two years. It notes repeated changes of control among Italian, British, and German forces and hints at the ongoing stalemate near Tobruk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobruk
Britain
Empire
Wavell
Clarke County Seeks Architect for Jail Restoration Plans
Clarke Board delays a decision on restoring the county jail as Supervisors authorize the Clerk to hire an architect. Ed Thoma has not secured someone yet, noting many technicians are in the armed forces or on government assignments. Insurance settlement nets about $9,000 for the gutted jail, walls deemed usable pending new plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supervisors
Ed Thoma
Clifton Price
Board of Supervisors
Price
Archi
Clarke Youth In North Africa Frontline Letter Report
Clarke county youth Pfc. Glenwood Dodson 22 of Berryville Route 1 recounts arrival in North Africa after leaving England. He describes a sea voyage, British rations, shelling near their position, and that he came through unhurt as his armored battalion fought the front. The letter is stamped Fort Knox Kentucky November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Pfc
Glenwood Dodson
Lloyd S. Dodson
Berryville
Route 1
Africa
England
Pvt
Paneon
Fort Knox
Last Day To Buy Bonds For Ladies
Mrs. H. Clay deGrange announced the final day for war bonds and stamps in Winchester. She urged many to buy tonight at the Capitol Theater booth, the sole late hour sales point for the Minute Women's drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Clay deGrange
Winchester
Capitol Theater
Pingley and Carper Cleaners End Delivery Service
Notice to the public that due to ODT ruling and other conditions beyond control the cleaners will discontinue call for and delivery service after December 5. Address 31 East Piccadilly Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.D.T
Pingley and Carper Cleaners
E. Piccadilly St
Summons To Be Given Speeders In Winchester
Winchester officers to issue summonses for speeding under city rules. Chief C W Hollis announced one officer will patrol full time to enforce 25 mph in residential districts and 15 mph in the business district. Violators face fines and court appearances as patrol begins just before noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
C. W. Hollis
Selectees Ordered for County Board Examinations
Eleven men are ordered to report for physical examinations next month by the Frederick County Selective Service Board. On December 4 two men from Camden and city addresses will report at Charlottesville, while on December 14 seven Frederick County residents and two transfers from Clarksburg W Va will report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Selective Service Buard
John Frank Walker
Federal Street
Camden
N. J
Luther Price
Evans’ Hotel
City
Charlottesville
Frederick County
Clarksburg
W. Va
Albert Starliper
Carl Edward
Wilber Jon Strosnider
W Street
Washington
Wern Marvin
Charles Ernest Gore
Paul Woodrow Puffinburger
Clearbrook
Philip Woodrow Peery
Mt. Falls
Thomas Edward Newcome
Fairmont Avenue
Leroy Elliott
British Bombers Hit Turin For Second Consecutive Night
London reports Home based British bombers struck Turin last night, with fires still raging from the previous day. The raid aimed at crippling Mussolini’s wartime economy, while rail lines in Belgium also drew attention.
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London
Turin
Air Ministry
Alps
Mussolini
Belgium
President Roosevelts Coffee Recipe Revealed
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt disclosed that President Franklin D. Roosevelt makes his own morning coffee using a small glass maker on an electric burner. He reportedly reuses grounds after drying them, a method differing from New York Mayor LaGuardia’s advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Chiang Kiai-shek
White House
Chiang
OPA Merchants Meeting Slated for Tuesday Night
Winchester and Frederick county merchants gather in the Corporation Court room at City Hall Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Retail Merchants Association leaders Warren Eddy W R Strader and Andrew Bell say experts will discuss new rules regulating cost of living commodities and how to conform to the laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
City Hall
Warren Eddy
W. R. Strader
Andrew Bell
Retail Merchants Association
Resistance Ends On Reunion Island Fortunes Change
London reports that Vichy radio says French resistance to British occupation of Reunion ended at 8:45 am. British imperial forces, mainly South African troops, had landed and seized Saint Denis La Reunion in the Indian Ocean about 400 miles east of Madagascar, with resistance now organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vichy
Reunion
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Saint Denis
la Reunion
Aussies Capture Beach Area Near Gona in New Guinea
Australian trrops backed by planes and artillery seized a beach area about 900 yards east of Gona and pressed toward Sananda after air strikes softened Japanese positions in the Buna Gona area. The advance appears to cut the elongate beachhead and isolate a pocket at Gona containing several hundred Japanese. Allied forces also reported destroying two Japanese destroyers off the east coast of New Guinea with 500 pound bombs and driving two others northward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Sromys
Gona
Sananda
Buna- Gona
Australia
MacArthur
Buna
Extra Authority Frowned Upon in Immigration Powers
A House Ways and Means sub committee moved to strip Roosevelt's wartime bill of power to suspend immigration rules. After talks with War Navy Justice State Departments and the boards and commissions the panel agreed there is no plan to admit nonrestricted individuals. only those vital to the war effort would be allowed in on a Britain basis. The sub committee noted requests for broader immigration and entry suspensions to facilitate war prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Ways and Means
Roosevelt
War, Navy, Justice and State Departments
Board of Economic Oe
Traifs Commison
Cooper
D.-Tenn
Piche Chefa
Night Raid On Axis Bases Around Tunis and Bizerte
British and American forces push toward Tunis from both sides of the Mediterranean with aerial blows as Bizerte and Tunis come under heavy attack. Allied planes score hits on Bizerte naval base and shoot down four enemy aircraft while raids on Tunis, Tripoli, and Tripoli rail lines intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mediterranean
Tunis
Tunisia
Bizerte
North Africa
Italy
Churchil
Tripoli
Rommel
Trea
Tunnisia
Vichy
Tunisian
Nis
Comiso
Sicily
Damage Inflicted On Guadalcanal War Front Report
American ground patrols on Guadalcanal Island have recovered a considerable amount of enemy arms and ammunition. Navy air units report heavy damage to a Japanese cargo ship and multiple Zero fighters shot down by Army air patrols north of the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guadalcanal Island
Solomons
Navy
Subscribe to The Evening Star Gift for a Year
An offer promoting a one year gift subscription to The Evening Star with a gift card announcement. Includes low subscription rates now in effect and a phone number to arrange the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Evening Star
Public Sale of Livestock and Implements at Stephens City Farm
A public sale of livestock and farm implements conducted by Mrs. White at Stephens City Farm on December 2 is announced with items including farm equipment and household belongings to be auctioned by A. M. White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens Citym Farm
A. M
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Paul V. McNutt
Secretary of the Interior
Frances Perkins
Coconut Grove
Holy Cross
C. M. Broun
Roanoke Hospital
Second Front
the Winchester
Clarke Board
Clarke
City of
Rome
Genoa
Reuters
OPA
Fortune Isle
Axis Bizerte Docks
Djedeida
Tunis- Bizerté
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