Rommel's Army Busted in War's Worst Defeat Yet
An anonymous British source reports Rommel's army is broken and its fate soon sealed. Allied air, sea, and ground forces are conducting mop up operations while pursuing German and Italian forces along a coastal defile. The locator notes Rommel is in the desert, exact position uncertain, but optimism remains high.
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Rommel
London
United States
Herrenvolk
France
North Africa
Rommel’s Axis Defeat Forces Retreat in El Alamein Fight
Rodger D. Green reports a major Axis setback in North Africa as Rommel’s forces retreat westward across the Egyptian desert. Early estimates show 9,000 prisoners taken, 260 tanks knocked out, with Gen Ritter von Thomas among captured commanders. Berlin concedes retreat to new lines after dawn battles near El Alamein and Fuka.
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Rodger D. Green
Associated Press
Erwin Rommel
Pront-line Ee
Ritter von Thoma
North Africa Corps
Coean
George VI
Berlin
el Alamein
Puka
Fuka
Bingo Friday Night At Rouss Fire Hall
Friday evening bingo event at Rouss Fire Hall at 8 30 p m with 350 dollars in prizes. Organized community activity likely to attract local players and patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss
Sarah Zane Fire Co Regular Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co will be held Friday Nov 6 at 8 pm All members are urged to be present Capt L M Crabill officiating location and agenda details are not specified in the notice.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn M. Crabill
Rexall to sale now through Saturday
Storewide Rexall sale underway through Saturday promising bigger selections and savings. Brooks' Pharmacy features a related promotional push with emphasis on new opportunities and local shopper discounts.
Rouss Fire Co. Meeting Notice
The Charley Rouss Fire Co calls a regular monthly meeting for Thursday evening November 5 at 8 oclock. All members urged to attend. Refreshments and entertainment. Captain David F. Hottle.
Notice Apple Growers Cider Apples Wanted
National Fruit Product Co Inc seeks cider apples free from decay and worms. Requesting supply from growers for processing and distribution.
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National Fruit Product Co., Inc
Condition of Rivers at Riverton Cleared
Report notes North Branch clear and South Branch clear indicating improved water quality. no obstructions or pollution observed. Local authorities confirm downstream flow unobstructed and safe for recreational use.
Ship Pilot's Body Returns To Lansford Parents
The Civil Aeronautics Administration investigates the plane crash death of Daniel Richard Olexy 21 the Army reserve trainee. His body was shipped to Lansford Pennsylvania by Kurtz Funeral Home per his father's directions arriving after 4 pm. Vailey Airways and Brinckerhoff Flying Service operated the training field and offered sympathy messages from local officials.
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Civil Aeronautic
Here
Daniel Richard Olexy
Kurtz
Lansford
Corbon County
CAA
George Brinckerhoff
Flying Service
The
Star
Russell A. Holmes Panera
Albert J. Olexy
Army Air Corps
Young Olexy
Army
Chamber of Commerce
George Schecter
Vailey Airways, Inc
Brinckerhoff Flying Service
Governor Darden urges international police force at Virginia town hall
SEL Virginia governor Darden, addressing a Linton Hall meeting in his native town, calls for an international police force to deter post war aggression. He frames the idea as a desperate effort to purchase peace, and highlights civilian defense, noting strains on highways health services schools and arms programs.
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Sel
Covernor Darden
Artificial Gas Shortages Spotted
Overton D. Dennis of the War Production Board said there were several shortages. He cited a serious lack of artificial gas for cooking heating and refrigeration in the Norfolk Portsmouth Newport News area.
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Overton D. Dennis
War Production Board
Norfolk-Portsmouth, Newport News
Nazi Infantry Choices Road Along The Coast
Eye witness report from El Alamein describes Rommel's line breaking as British forces push a widening bulge west of the El Alamein gap. The coast road away from the front crowds with retreating German infantry in trucks toward El Daba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshel Rommel
Frank L. Martin
Associated Press
EL Alamein
el Daba
Alexandria
Rommel
Russia
el Alamein Line
OPA Names Winchester Field Rationing Officer
Harry W. Zimmerman of Richmond is appointed field rationing officer for the Winchester Inspection Station of the Office of Price Administration. The Virginia OPA announces additional staff: Robert W Keyser as association legal investigator, Hugh K Green as assistant investigator, and Mildred L Hollis as junior clerk stenographer. Winchester offices are in the Bell Building above People's Drug Store. Zimmerman to arrive tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Zimmerman
Richmond
OPA
Crozier
Winchester
Office of Price Administration
J. Palmer Bright
Virginia
Star
Association Press
Robert W Keyser
Association
Hugh K. Green
Mildred L. Hollis
People’s
Bell
Zimmerman
Allied offensives to follow Rommel defeat say Cripps
London dispatch reports Sir Stafford Cripps telling war workers that Rommel's defeat in Egypt will be followed by further Allied operations. He added the Eighth Army is destroying German and Italian forces that could aid attacks on Soviet troops, providing relief to embattled Russians.
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London
Marshal Rommel
Egypt
Stafford Cripps
Privy Sea
Eighth Army
Victory in sight in North Africa message to troops
A CBS Cairo broadcast reported Lieutenant General B L Montgomery told the British Eighth Army the enemy is in our power and about to crack He urged relentless pressure and declared the chance to bag the panzer army and achieve complete victory is almost in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CBS
Cairo
B. L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Roosevelt weighs food director post for wartime feeding
President Roosevelt at the White House said he is still considering appointing a food director to handle wartime feeding problems for America and the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
America
Willkie cites Montgomery on Rommel elimination
Prominent Republican Wendell L. Willkie quoted General Montgomery as saying he would eliminate Rommel during a visit to Egypt two months earlier. Willkie added that Montgomery appears well on target to fulfill the pledge.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Egypt
B. L. Montgomery
Rommel
Montgomery
Fighting French Parachutists Challenge Axis Airfields
Fighting French parachute troops report their behind lines raids against the Axis airfields. Reuters dispatch from Beirut notes the unit, drawn from a corps of specialists, conducted forays at Barka near Bengasi and Martuba about 60 miles northwest of Tobruk, and claims near 100 enemy planes knocked out.
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London
Reuters
Beirut
Lebanon
Barka
Naer Bengasi
Martuba
Tobruk
Flood Damage Totals 27000 in Frederick and Clarke Counties
Primary and secondary roads in Frederick and Clarke counties suffered damage totaling 27000 dollars. Resident Highway Engineer F M Yellett provided the figures with breakdowns by county and road type. Primary damage centered on the Opequon crossings, Berryville pike, and Millwood pike in Frederick, while Clarke saw heavy impact on Mountain Falls Marlboro and Pine Hill west of Middletown secondary roads. Continued on Page 10 Col. 5.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
F. M. Yellett
Frederick County
Opequon
Berryville
Millwood
Mountain Falls
Marlboro
Pine Hill
Middletown
Clarke County
Meat Rations Found Too Generous In Tests By Kansas City Families
Three Kansas City families tested a week meat ration and found it excessive for a household. Sayers Peterson Gilberts and others described storage and budget strain while noting only one family felt they used that much. The menu included roast, lamb, pork chops, Swiss steak, bacon and fish across the week.
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Kansas City
Gilberts
Sayers
Peterbe
D Gilbert
Peterson
Ford Motor In Contract For Duration Of War
Detroit November report says Ford Motor Company and the CIO United Automobile Workers signed a duration contract covering about 125 000 workers. The accord continues the prior union pact with amendments and lasts for the war, with wage reopeners every six months if policies change. The War Labor Board rulings shaped the agreement including allowed classification adjustments and continued union dues check off.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Ford Union
Ford
War Labor Board
Clarke selectees slated to leave Monday for Army training
Fourteen Clarke county selectees who passed final physicals in Charlottesville will depart Berryville by bus at 6 05 Monday for Camp Lee to begin Army training on the 9th. Among those leaving are Rus Owens James Ramey Hunter Burks Harrison Clowser Philip Brubaker Carroll Sealock and Charles Carpenter Jr. A fifteenth boy Thurman Dinges will depart Wednesday.
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Berryville
U. S. Army
Clarke County
Charlottesville
Camp Lee
Rus R. Owens
James H. Ramey
Hunter H. Burks
Harrison E. Clowser
Philip A. Brubaker
Carroll A. Sealock
Charles Luther
Public Auction At County Court House Nov 7
Sale of property advertised for 12 o clock noon in front of the County Court House. The notice indicates a sale date of November 7 with property to be exposed at public auction for cash to the highest bidder.
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County Court House
Five New Infantry Divisions To Be Activated
The army announced plans to activate five new infantry divisions in November and December. Secretary Stimson criticized a Senate amendment demanding a full year of training for 18 and 19 year olds, warning it could hinder rapid expansion. The moves would lift total divisions past four dozen and army strength beyond 4.5 million men.
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Washington
Army
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Bermuda
Setback To FDR Seen By Nazis
Berlin broadcast reported that U.S. elections were a sharp setback for the Roosevelt administration. Swedish and French journalists were cited from Stockholm and Paris datelines. Le Matin ran a headline warning Roosevelt and a Paris editorial said voters torpedo the White House with Roosevelt aboard.
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New York
Berlin
United States
Roosevelt
Stockholm
Paris
le Matin
White House
Virginia Democrat to Head House Post Office Committee
With Democrats holding a bare majority, Representative Burch of Virginia could become chair of the House Post Office and Post Roads Committee if Romine of Missouri loses his seat. Burch has served as acting chairman due to Romine’s disability from a prior auto accident.
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Washington
House
Virginia
Representative Romine
D.-Mo
House Post Office and Post Roads Committee
Representative Burch
D.-Va
Burch
Romine
Valley Railway Hearing Set For November Seventeen
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a hearing for November 17 on Chesapeake Western Railway's request to acquire and operate Valley Railroad Company property. Examiner Molster will conduct the hearing in Washington.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Comemission
Chesapeake Western Railway
The
Valley Railroad Company
Examiner Molster
New Deal Control Of Congress Lost
Vice President Wallace said Roosevelt is in excellent spirits after Republican gains in yesterday's elections. He dismissed claims that low voter turnout favored the GOP and noted it is statistics that shaped the results.
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Congress
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
House
Major Contests Yet Undecided
The Associated Press tally shows several contests undecided with incumbents leading in some races and close margins in others. In California districts and Wyoming Idaho races, incumbents and challengers trail or lead by small margins as precincts report.
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Associated Press
Germans Report A Fleet Off Gibraltar
New York dispatches say Berlin broadcast a concentration of warships at Gibraltar and a convoy of 14 merchantmen reaching the port. The report claims 40 twin and high power aircraft landed at the Gibraltar airdrome and departed toward the Mediterranean, with British carriers Pursuit and Argus and the Rodney battleship among ships in large scale movements.
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New York
Gibraltar
la Linea
Spain
Vichy
Berlin
Mediterranean
Pursous
Argus
Chapman Revercomb Wins WV Senate Seat Over Neely
Chapman Revercomb, WV's new Senator elect, married to former local teacher Sarah Hughes, is a Washington and Lee graduate and practicing attorney in Charleston. The WPA scrap salvage truck resumes work in the county, gathering metals near Stephenson City and heading to the north and possibly the west by mid next week.
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Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
Sarah Hughes
Washington and Lee University
Charleston
WPA
Stephens City
County War Board
Fred Stine
Coalition Can Take Charge At Any Time
The article notes the New Deal era losses of congressional control with Democrats holding a bare House majority and larger Senate margin. Republicans and anti New Deal Democrats could unite to direct legislation, especially in the House with 208 GOP seats. The Senate coalition nears 87 to control, while Roosevelt may act more through executive measures.
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Congress
House
Senate
James E. Murray
Wellington D. Rankin
Office of Price Administration
Roosevelt
Legisla
Minute Men To Get Extra Gas
Virginia's reserve militia the minute men will receive additional gasoline rations for travel between home and aids. Adjutant General S Gardener Waller said this follows action by Dr C Hart Schaaf the state rationing administrator. The national guard bureau approved a new uniform for VPF units sourced from Civilian Conservation Corps stock. The green wool set includes coat trousers flannel shirt mackinaw and cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Miliia
Minute Men
S. Gardner Waller
C. Hart Schaaf
Adjutant General
National Guard Bureau
VPF
Civilian Conservation Corps
Stores To Close On Armistice Day
The Retail Merchants Association announced stores will close on Armistice Day in accordance with local observance.
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Associa
Regular monthly Friendship Fire meeting at 8 this evening
Members of the Marion volunteer group are urged to attend the 8 o clock meeting at the company hall. Captain Marion will preside and discuss upcoming assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
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Stalingrad
Rexall
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Riverton
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Darden
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Clarke
Ford Motor
James Insumbent
D. Rankin
California
Ith Dist
George E. Outland
Petatais A. J. Dingeman
Carl Hinshaw
Joseph O. Donovan
Ed V. Izac
James B. Abbey
J. Bracken Lee
Wyoming
J. J. McIntire
Frank A. Barrett
Idaho
Chase A. Clark
J. A. Bottolfsen
Lester C. Hunt
Nels H. Smith
Coalition
Byrnes
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