British Commandos Hit Walcheren Island In Pincer Drive
British commandos stormed Walcheren Island, pushing inland on the southern and western coasts as Canadians secured a beachhead on the eastern edge. Field Marshal Montgomery’s HQ said the force was establishing a foothold and driving to cut the sea lane to Antwerp amid German resistance.
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London
T. E
Walcheren Island
Antwerp
Seabourne
Bernard L.montgomery
Berlin
Flushing
Walcheren
Kiwanis Elects Officers for New Year at Winchester Club
The Winchester Kiwanis Club elected Dr. Raymond H. Kerlin as president to take office January 1. Board members include H. S. Pifer Ben F. Arthur Jr Sam Brooks Eugene Cooper Garland R. Quarles with carryovers L I Miller C Arthur Robinson F Grove White. A secretary treasurer will be chosen at the first new board meeting.
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Winchester Kiwanis Club
Raymond H. Kerlin
H. S. Pifer
Ben F. Arthur, Jr
Sam Brooks
Eugene Cooper
Garland R. Quarles
L. I. Miller
C. Arthur Robinson
F. Grove White
Ancel Groves
W. A. Rooker
National Fruit Products Company
E. E. Harbaugh
Ben Arthur
E. P. Bean
Wendell Goode
Ralph Larson
Garland Quarles
Delmar Robinson
John Wanner
Wanted Saleslady for permanent employment
Buzzella's Shop advertises a permanent saleslady position. The notice requests applicants for full time employment at the shop.
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Buzzella’s
To The Farmers Ad and For Sale Listing
Paid political advertisement urges farmers to read Star coverage yesterday today and tomorrow and follow conscience. Also for sale cast iron Dutch ovens and chicken fryers from Sears Roebuck at 121 S Loudoun St with contact 11-1-1p-3t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck and Co
S. Loudoun St
Bulbs Tulips Joffquils Narcissus from Winchester Seed Co
Seed catalog item lists bulbs including tulips joffquils and narcissus sold by Winchester Seed Co with product code 11-1-1p-4t.
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Winchester Seed Co
Rexall sale ad extends weekend run
Rexall announces a sale spanning Thursday Friday and Saturday with dates listed as November 2nd 8rd and 4th. See advertisement page 2 for details and pricing.
Yanks Close In On Carigara For Climatic Battle
American forces press toward Carigara on Leyte as the 24th Division clears a Japanese rear guard five miles away and the First Cavalry reaches Barugo. Advancing units battle heavy resistance while engineers and flanking columns threaten the enemy’s lines. Dagami sees large Japanese casualties in a rear-area bombardment.
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MacArthur
Arters
Philippines
Doughboys
Cariagara
Carigara
Lete Island
Tunga
Jaro-Carigara
Leyte
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Barugo
Pinamopoan
Burigo
Dagami
Anniversary marked by roses and telegram from War Department
In Chambersburg Pennsylvania Mrs William A Weigher celebrated her 11th wedding anniversary with red roses sent by her husband an army private who had arranged delivery before going overseas. Ten minutes later a telegram from the War Department announced his death in action in France.
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Chambersburg
William A. Weigher
War Department
Weigher
France
Russians Cleared Three Sides Of Keschemet In Hungary
Moscow dispatches say Russian motorized infantry cleared enemy detachments from three sides of Keschemet 44 miles from Budapest as Red Army pushes toward the capital. Additional reports claim Izsak fell, 43 miles from Budapest, and that 104 German tanks were destroyed in a single day.
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London
Berlin
Kecskement
Budapest
Moscow
Daniel DE Luce
Kescemet
Red Army
Danube
Tisza
Izsak
Keschemet
Red Star
War Inspired Inventions From Creative Minds At Home
Washington reports that thousands of home ideas poured into the Office of Inventions after Pearl Harbor. Navy Lt McCord notes fanciful schemes from mousetrap torpedo traps to a submerged aircraft carrier plan and across continental railways to move fleets, while some practical proposals aid anti Axis efforts at sea.
Campaign winds up as Roosevelt and Dewey tour New England
President Roosevelt hones his fourth term campaign in a 15 minute White House radio address to air during a 30 minute program. He works from the Executive Mansion as Dewey campaigns in Massachusetts, denouncing the current administration and planning speeches in Pittsfield Worcester and Boston. Dewey speaks to crowds of about four thousand and prepares a nationally broadcast address in Boston.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Democratic National Committee
NBC
Stephen Early
New England
Executive Mansion
Howard Flieger
Jack Bell
Dewey
Boston
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Thomas E. Dewey
Pittsfield
John J. Sullivan
Congress of the Industrial Organizations’ Political Action Committee
One Thousand Club
Springfield
Worchester
Paul E .Lockwood
GOP
Explosion Follows De Gaulle Speech in Paris Suburb
An explosion in a Paris suburb shortly after Charles de Gaulle spoke at Vincennes caused alarms and damage. No enemy aircraft were reported in the Paris region. blasts continued for about two hours with sirens, while authorities offered limited explanations.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
U. S
FCC
Vincennes
War Ministry
Roosevelt Bet Starts Something
President Roosevelt joked about a two bit bet on an election outcome in an unnamed state. New York Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein warned voters they could be denied ballots if they bet on the election. The White House said Roosevelt will vote at Hyde Park. Goldstein is a Republican. Roosevelt is a Democrat.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Nathaniel L. Golstein
New York
White House
Hyde Park
Goldstein
Goldein
Civil Aviation Conference Opens
The United Nations and neutral nations opened an international civil aviation conference in Chicago aiming to plan world air transport. The goal is to use commercial flying to aid global reconstruction and speed work on widespread aviation cooperation. The meeting gathers a historically diverse group, with only the 1919 Paris aviation convention echoing its scope.
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James J. Stebig
Chicago
United Nations
United States
Women urged to vote for Robertson in Seventh District
Buena Vista Virginia November 1 1938 Mrs H Russell Robey of Buena Vista member of the Women s Action Committee for Victory and Lasting Peace says Rep A Willis Robertson answered the group questionnaire on international cooperation for lasting peace urging Seventh District women to vote for him next Tuesday noting his Republican opponent D Wampler Earman declined to state his stance The committee headquartered in New York traces to the 15 year old Cause and Cure of War and sent the questionnaire to all Congressional candidates on peace and world court topics
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Buena Vista
H. Russell Robey
Women’s Action Committee For Victory
A. Willis Robertson
Seventh Congressional District
D. Wampler Earman
Robertson
Committee On the
United States
Congress
Stabilization Bank
Sam Giffin's Sale Notice Ad on Page Five
Advertisement notes Sam Giffin conducts a sale on page five. Readers are directed to the page for details and terms of the auction.
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Sam Giffin
Free Press Returns To The Philippines Debuts In Leyte
The Leyte and Samar Free Philippines published in Tacloban Hong Kong style and delayed. two page handset weekly notes naval victory in the Philippines and a work or fight editorial by Gen Carlos Romulo. It replaces the Leyte-Samar Shimbun once issued under Japanese supervision.
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Tacloban
Leyte
P. M
Freedom of the Press
Philippines
Leyte and Samar
Three Die In South Boston Warehouse Blaze
A fire at the Virginia Carolina Tobacco Warehouse in South Boston Virginia burned the building and killed at least three people. Injured victims included C L Gibbs Jeffres Tom Fuller Preston Lingfore and Richard Foster with Gibbs listed in critical condition. The warehouse measured about 43077 square feet and was said to be insured with tobacco to be paid at the average price.
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Boston
Virginia-Carolina
Tom Fuller
Jeffres
C. L. Gibbs
Burkeville
South Boston
Gibbs
Preston Lingfore
Nelson
Mecklenburg County
Richard Foster
Cumberland County
Wilburn Avenue
T. O. Wilkinson
Japs Tighten Kweilin Net Ends Near City Gate
Japanese forces battle into Kweilin north railway station base defense hub for southeast China as three enemy columns press toward Kweilin city. Tokyo radio claims encirclement closure while Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault's wing bombs Japanese positions and claims over 475 enemy troops killed with bridges on supply lines damaged.
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Chungking
Kweilin
China
Kwangsi
Tokyo
Domei
Navy fliers down over two months of Japanese planes near Palau and Philippines
Pearl Harbor November 1. Navy aviators led by an ace who bagged nine planes on a Manila run destroyed between 2,594 and 2,846 Japanese aircraft in the August 31 to October 31 period as American forces swept toward the Philippines and Palau. Admiral Nimitz calls this a conservative tally, noting about 300 carrier planes lost by Japan amid a dramatic turn in air power. Commander David McCampbell tops the list with 30 confirmed kills including a nine-ship feat on October 24.
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Panama Canal
Costa Rica
McCord
United States
Atlantic
Charles H. McMurtry
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Manila
Palau
Philippines
Japan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Bette
Comdr
David McCampbell
Los Angeles
Man Convicted in Brooklyn Wife Killing After Faith Pact
In New York a 37 year old Lewis Wolfe was found guilty of strangling his 26 year old refugee wife in a Brooklyn hotel after he said voices urged him to kill for breaking a fidelity pact rooted in the Old Testament. Wolfe faced a mandatory death penalty with no clemency.
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New York
Lewis Wolfe
Louis Golstein
Wolfe
Brooklyn
Palestine
America
Blasts At Sea Shake Atlantic City Beachfront
Heavy blasts at sea shaken Atlantic City N J at about 11 05 a m EWT by the Fourth Naval District no gunnery practice was scheduled according to a Navy spokesman A Coast Guard officer at Atlantic City reported about a dozen explosions and said no immediate damage was noted
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
N. J
Fourth Naval District
Navy
Coast Guard
John Kerr Students Stage Junior Red Cross Parade
John Kerr School students held a Junior Red Cross parade this afternoon to celebrate the program’s opening. The procession followed Lou doun street to Cameron and back via Piccadilly with top honors going to the leading group for raising the most money.
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John Kerr
John Kerr School
Red
Loudoun Street
Cameron
Piccadilly
Miss Earman
Unconfirmed Allied Reports Of Tokyo Raid By B-29s
Tokyo radio claimed a B-29 raid over the capital in hours of chatter but the War Department in Washington had no information on aerial operations over Japan. Reports varied on number of bombers and whether bombs were dropped, recalling past Doolittle-era confusion.
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Marianas Islands
Tokyo
Kanto
Federal Communications Commission
Associated Press
Germans Evacuate Salonika in Greece
The German high command says German forces evacuated Salonika, Greece's Balkan port and second city. Allied reports say British patrols reached the city. Salonika had a prewar population of 240,000. Demolitions and Soviet pressure in Bulgaria plus Yugoslav partisans pushed retreating Germans toward Scutari in northwest Albania.
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Rome
Salonika
Balkan
Greece
Bulgaria
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Scutari
Albania
Reich
Help Wanted Male for cider mill ad
Job listing from H. J. Heinz Co. seeking a male worker for a cider mill at Valley Pike. Classified notice appears in the publication.
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H. J. Heinz Co
Valley Pike
Winchester
Friendship Fire Company Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Friendship Fire Company will be held Thursday November 2 at 8 P M All members are requested to attend Marion Anderson Captain.
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Friendship Fire Company
The
Marion Anderson
Trucks for hauling apples advertise service
Advertisement seeks trucks for hauling apples with contact via telephone John Livengood in Berryville and a dated code (10 28 10 41) indicating service reference or listing.
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John Livengood
Berryville
Army and Navy Rings at Hodgson & Brown's
The reader notes a jewelry listing for Army and Navy rings from Hodgson & Brown's with a catalog date or reference 10-30-Ip-2t. The brief item highlights a product line and store detail without further context.
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ARMY
Hodgson & Brown's
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Flushing Harbor
Fom
Viissingen
Kiwanis Club
Rexallic Sale
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Yanks
Leyte Valley
By C. Yates McDaniel
Bulletin
Francis J. Kelly
Navy Department
Office of Inventions
Liberty
J. G
R. E. McCord
United States Naval Academy Alumni Association
FDR
Civil Aviation
Stockholm
Dagers Nyheter
Louis von Beck
Hitler
Gestapo
Himmler
Free Press
Nip Capital
James H. Doolittle
Pombers
Marianas
Saipan
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