Seizure Reopens Coal Mines After Government Takeover
President Roosevelt orders the mines opened tomorrow under the Solid Fuels Administration with miners expected to report for duty. John L. Lewis and Harold Ickes held a 45 minute talks as a nationwide strike tightens coal shortages and partial resumption plans surface in Illinois Alabama and West Virginia.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U. S
Harold L. Ickes
Lewis
Ickes
UMW
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Ilinois
Illinois
Progressive Mine Workers of America
AFL
Fuels Board
Interior
Solid Fuels Administration
Abe Fortas
Navy
Reds Threaten Invasion of German Fortress In Crimea
British dispatches report Soviet forces landed in eastern Crimea near Kerch and drove toward Simferopol and Sebastopol as Tolbukhin’s Fourth Ukrainian Army pushed into Crimea after capturing Perekop. German units retreated coastward while Moscow claimed German forces were crushed in a tightening pocket.
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Crimea
Ways and Means Reverses On Four Cent Post Rate
The House Ways and Means Committee back tracked on the planned four cent out of town letter rate keeping it at three cents and rescinding a prior hike in cigar taxes. The action leaves 2.0359 billion in revenue versus the administration's 10.5 billion. The panel also sustained the three cent in town rate and eight cent airmail, and pitched a study for a congressional budget watchdog amid spending control talks.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Treasury
Rep
Disney
D-Oha
Congressional Budget Committee
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Winchester grocer lends gallon oyster buckets for salvaged fats
Brady Sargent of Winchester at the Piccad Cam er on intersection offers hundreds of gallon oyster buckets with lids to housewives needing containers for salvaged fats used in glycerine production for explosives. He will issue two per person if demand isn’t heavy and welcomes salvaged fats for future use.
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Brady Sargent
Winchester Grocer
Piccad
Cameron
Stephens City
Sargent
Valid Dates For Meat Coupons
Washington announces dates when four brown stamps in War Ration Book Three become valid for meats fats oils and dairy products. Stamp L on November 21 M on November 28 N on December 5 and P on December 12. All expire January 1.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Light voter turnout in city and county races noted
Reporters describe a record low vote in Winchester and Frederick county with only 133 votes by 2 15 p m in the city and light turnout county wide. Burgess Nelson leads in the county and Winchester races with incumbents largely unopposed and minor contests in other districts.
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Winchester
Federick County
Reuss
Friendship
City Hall
Sarah Zane
Berryville
Battletown
Shennandoah
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Senca
Frederick and
Clarke
Burgses Nelson
Mt. Jackson
Senate
Burgess Nelson
E. Blackburn Moore
House
Frederick County
J. M. Dawson, Jr
Harry McCann
Lee N. Whitacre
Earl Bailey
Moscow Pact Seen as Killer Blow to German Hopes
Washington dispatch reports the Moscow agreement as the greatest blow to Nazi hopes of victory. Four power unity in war and after aims to unite Britain United States and Soviet Union. Secret talks outline operations for closer future military cooperation. Some German propaganda slow to respond as news spreads.
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Washington
Moscow
Geman
Hull
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav Molotov
Russia
United States
London
Council Meets This Evening Over Budget Discussion
Common Council convenes at 7:30 PM to handle regular business and possible tentative budget. Debate focuses on supervised play funding with potential tax impact and a vote split over raising the current 1943 budget rate of 1.31.
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Common Council
Finance Committee
Message From A Soldier Calls For Unity On War Effort
A wartime column urges home front resolve amid coal miners walkouts shrinking steel production and war material output. It notes no strike pledges broken, calls for patriotic duty, and cites Third War Loan success along with sacrifice by blood donors and part time workers. It argues for 100 percent home front backing or government industry regulation during the duration.
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Italy
South Pacific
England
Aleutians
Italian Monarch May Abdicate Amid Republic Talks
King Vittorio Emanuele faced abdication pressure as Premier Badoglio urged a representative government. Sforza and Croce reportedly back a regency for the Prince of Naples while the National Liberation Front favors a republic.
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Wes Gallagher
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Pietro Badoglio
Naples
Carlo Sforza
Badoglio
Benedetto Croce
National Liberation Front
Sforza
Croce
Prince of
Umberto
Napvles
Millions Signing Ration Pledges In Nationwide Campaign
General Manager Chester Bowles reported that over 12 million pledges have been signed in the Office of Price Administration campaign for rationing and pricing observance. He said consumer and retailer support shows a commitment to lowering prices and stamping out black markets. In New Orleans the food cost of living index dropped five percent after the drive.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Office of Price Administration
Heaertening
Bowles
New Orleans
School Holidays Announced for City and County
Winchester and Frederick county schools will close for Thanksgiving on November 24 and reopen the following Monday. City teachers work through December 22 with Christmas break December 23 to January 3, while county schools end December 23 and resume January 3.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Garland Quarles
Leslie D. Kline
Quarles
Yugoslav Patriots Repel German Onslaughts in Yugoslavia
A Tito Liberation Army communique reports Yugoslav patriots halted a German tank thrust in eastern Bosnia toward Tuzla and held Montenegro against renewed offensives. Croat guerillas blew a railroad near Dugoselo. 105 Nazi prisoners captured on the Serbian-Bosnian border.
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London
Bosnia
Tuzla
Montenegro
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz (Tito
Liberation Army
Free Yugoslav Radio
Dugoselo
Budapest
Zagreb
Montenegran
Kolasin
War Bulletin
Tito
Majjor
Apostolski
Rounik
Quisling
Slovenia
Unonix
Hungary Begins Troop Pullout From South Russia
Reuters dispatch from Ankara reports Hungary has ordered home all troops supporting German forces in South Russia. An Ankara story estimated 90,000 Hungarian troops were on garrison duty south of Ekisy.
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London
Reuters
Ankara
Hungary
Rusa
Tech
Ekisy
Food Subsidies Opposed at Alabama Farm Bureau Meet
Edward A. ONeal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation convention that farmers oppose consumer subsidies. He said subsidies shift costs from consumers to taxpayers and fear demands for larger subsidies after the war when wages fall.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
Marines land on Bougainville surprise attack
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said landings on Bougainville Island were carried out solely by Marines and caught the enemy by surprise. He noted Japanese air defenses were neutralized by American bombing and naval bombardment and that he and Admiral Halsey hope Japanese surface forces come out, though none have been found in force.
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Washington
Frank Knox
Bougainville Island
Knox
William F. Halsey
Halsey
Rabaul
Bougainville
World At War Highlights From AP Dispatch
PACIFIC U S Marines land on Bougainville top stronghold as task forces bomb Buka and Shortlands and drive enemy navy from the area. RUSSIA Germans claim Reds land in eastern Crimea north and south of Kerch as Moscow reports fresh advances. ITALY Allied Fifth Army moves to seize Massico Ridge Matese Mountain with British Eighth Army pressing the line. DIPLOMATIC Moscow pact hailed in Washington as major setback to German hopes.
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London
Crimea
Kerch
Moscow
DNB
Berlin
Caucasus
Taman
Russia
Pacific
U. S
Bougainville Island
Buka
Shortland Islands
Bougainville
Italy
Fifth Army
Massico Ridge
Matese Mountain
Bougainville Invasion Presses Solomons Campaign
American invasion forces under Admiral Halsey landed at Empress Augusta Bay Bougainville to crush Japanese strength in the Solomons. Bombardments targeted Buka airfield and other Bougainville facilities as forces advanced and Japanese airfields were rendered unusable.
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Japan
Solomons
Rabaul
Philippines
Bougainvile
William F. Halsey
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Buka
Halsey
Empress Augusta
Shortlands
Douglas MacArthur
Small City Polls Report Lone Vote Total At 10 A M
At 10 this morning a poll check showed only 52 votes cast with Rouss at 23 Friendship and Sarah Zane 13 each and City Hall 3. First voters in four precincts included B Grim Scott Affleck W W Glass Mollie Adams and Friendship. The Friendship Fire Company welcomed an 8 week old Terrier mascot resembling the late Murphy who served with the firemen on runs. Driver Harry Lewis hinted at proposing a new contents resolution at the next regular session.
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Rouss
Friendship
Sarah Zane
City Hall
B. Grim
W. W. Glass
Mollie P. Adams
Scott Affleck
The
Friendship Fire Company
Murphy
Harry Lewis
Ward
Pd ‘Ore Company
Allies Seize Massico Ridge and Matese Mountains
Allied Fifth Army gains push into Massico Ridge and Matese Mountain in Italy, with British forces seizing Casanova and advancing to sustain footholds to the Volturno River. Eighth Army holds steady on southern front as air forces strike La Spezia Rimini and Ancona targets.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Massico Ridge
Matese Mountain
Italy
Venafro
Garigliano
Volturno
Mediterranean
Mark W. Clark
Casanova
Matese
Vol Valley
Eighth Army
Wasto
Massico
la Spezia
Genoa
Rimini
Ancona
Adriatic
Split
Yugoslavia
Nocelleto
San Croce
Cariiola
Gaigliano Rio
Cruiser Savannah Damaged by German Bomb Hit
The light cruiser Savannah was damaged by a German bomb at Salerno. Some crew members were killed and wounded, with flames controlled in 20 minutes. The ship continued to support landings and operate with Boise and Philadelphia. Next of kin have been notified. Captain Robert W. Cary of Kansas City was aboard. his wife resides in Port R. I. ATTEND-Patton Serial day details follow.
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Washington
Salerno
Savannah
Navy
Boise
Philadelphia
Bingo Night Planned at Berryville Legion Building
A bingo event is scheduled for Tuesday November 2 at 8 p m in the Berryville Virginia Legion Building. Participants can win a door prize of 50 dollars and other prizes.
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Legion
Berryville
Antique Auction at 19 N Loudoun Winchester
Miles B. Dean announces a 10 a.m. antique auction on Saturday November 6 at 19 Loudoun Street Winchester listing items in the sale and the sale time.
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N. Loudoun St
Winchester
Miles B. Dean
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Feodor Tolbukhin
Florida
Perekop
Tolbukhin
Kherson
Odessa
Rite
Dzhankov
Simeferopol
Sebastopol
Feodosia
Kerrh
Hitler
Tavrida Steppes
Russian Communiqtie
Gans
Armyansk
Dzhabkovy
Kurman-Kemiltchi
Sarabuz
Dzhabkov
Red Army
Nelson
Shenandoah
Star Office
James D. White
Cyrenaica
Life
Associated Press
Solomon Islands
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