Russians Extend Hold East of the Dnieper in Ukraine
Moscow reports the Red Army controls the full east bank of the Dnieper from Gomel to Zaporozhye, with major gains across Kherson and Kherson region. Russian casualties claimed at 11 million, including 5 million dead, and German losses totaling 2.7 million. Berlin counters claim sinking boats and ongoing amphibious actions near Kerch and in the Gulf of Finland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Sea
Ukraine
Kherson
Crimea
Dnieper
Gomel
Zaauezhe
Zaporozhe
Nikopol
Keron
Moscow
Eeea Eae
Kursk
Ee Eee Ee
Senter
Leningrad
Darden Goes To Confer With State's Solons
Governor Darden plans meetings in Roanoke and November 11 with legislators from the Eighth District to discuss a proposed $5.15 million rise in state funds for teachers salaries. He aims for presession consultation to shape priorities and uses local funds to drive average teacher pay. Francis S. Chase voices disappointment in the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darden
State
Solons
Richmond
Roanoke
Howard Worth Smith
Assembly
Hawe
T. Ur
Francis 8. Chase
The
Virginia Education Association
Highlights Of World At War
Russia reports 2,100,000 Germans killed wounded or captured in four months of offensives. Nearly a million killed overall in Russia's tally. East bank of the Dnieper cleared toward Kiev, leaving 72 air miles to Romania. Finland ready for peace talks in Moscow. Allies push on all fronts in Italy. Bougainville and Solomon Island actions cited in Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Reds
Dnieper
Kiev
Rumania
Sarah Zane Fire Co Meeting Notice
The regular monthly fee oven of the Zane Fire Co. will be held Friday evening November 5 at 8 p m. All members are urged to be present. Loryn M. Crabill Captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Zane Fire Co
Loryn M. Crabill
Miss Sprouse Accepts Post At Salem Virginia
Elizabeth Sprouse, home demonstration agent in Frederick county since 1940, resigns to take a similar post in Roanoke county with headquarters at Salem. Effective December 1, she previously served as assistant agent at Campbell county and taught in Springfield Tennessee. Frederick county supports 11 home demonstration clubs and 12 4-H clubs. Her tenure saw notable projects including county rest rooms for women and broad cooperation with local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Sprouse
Frederick County
Roanoke County
Salem
Blacksburg
Miss Sprouse
Greenbrier
Tenn
Campbell County
State College
Mur. Tenn
Springfield, Tenn
City
Oes
Public sale notice for 168 acre farm along Senseney road
Trustees announce a public sale dated Lat. Nov. 13 at 1 p m for the 168 acre farm along Senseney road. Included are household goods to be sold at 1052 Woodland Ave, in care of Mrs Arthur Dunlop. Sale details appear on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senseney Road
Woodland Ave
Arthur Dunlop
Notice of Unavailable Orkeys Dress and Delivery
Due to labor shortage we will be unable to dress or deliver orkeys. C M Rosenberger and on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.M. Rosenberger
Allies May Ask Turkey To Give Airfield Use
London reports rising British hopes for a Cairo conference with Turkey to win concessions. Eden may seek Allied air bases in Turkey and use of the Dardanelles, aiming to reassure Turkey about Soviet aims after Moscow talks. Ankara notes the Moscow pact could shift Turkey from neutrality as talks with ministers continue.
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London
Cairo
Azores
Numan Menemenciolglu
Anthony Eden
Turkey
Britain
Eden
Balkans
Ankara
Moscow
Umar Mena Ece Tri Te
Bni
Russia
Atlantic
Brother of Mrs Novick Cited for Navy Service in South Pacific
Lieut. (j g) Henry Cohen of Easton, Pennsylvania, cited for meritorious duty while serving on the staff of Commander Amphibious Force South Pacific from August 7 1942 to July 15 1943. He helped in Guadacanal Tulasesagi and US Islands campaigns, endured at least 13 enemy air attacks and two shore battery bombardments, reflecting U S Navy traditions. Cohen, son of Mr and Mrs William Cohen, husband of Irene Anna Cohen, Lafayette College graduate, enlisted May 1942 and served aboard the U S McCawley, sunk in Kula Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Novick
Morgan St
J. G
Henry Cohen
Easton
South Pacific
W. F. Halsey
South Pacific Area
South Pacific Force
Amphibious Force
United States Naval Service
German claims of Allied landings near Pescara and Istonia
Berlin says Allied landing attempts near Pescara, 40 miles from the Eighth Army, and near Istonia were repelled by coastal fortifications. The German communique states over 30 Allied tanks were destroyed in recent days of fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
High Command
Berlin
Pescara
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Bernard L. Montgomery
Istonia
Allied Forces Advance Deeper In Central Italy
Allied Fifth and Eighth Armies push through the collapsed Massico Tugno line in central Italy with Venafro nearing fall. American troops reach outskirts of Venafro as Is erenia and Garigliano River areas are probed, while San Salvo falls after days of fierce fighting and British destroyers shell German positions.
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Algiers
Italy
Massico-Tugno
Venafro
BBC
Venaco
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Isernia
Garigliano River
Rome
Tyrrhenian
Bernard L. Montgomery
San Salvo
Queensborough
Raider
Volturno
Woman Graduates From Local Flight Training
Miss Hohenstine of the Office of Strategic Services has regularly traveled from Washington for instruction in flying. She completed 35 hours under H. P. Rhodes of Valley Airways and is now qualified to join the Woman's Auxiliary Service Pilots WASPS at the local field Scheder Photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hohenstine
Office of Strategic Services
Washington
H. P. Rhodes
Valley Airways, Inc
Woman’s Auxiliary Service Pilots
WASPS
Scheder Photo
Army and Navy College Exams Set for November 9
Detailed information released by E. P. Browning outlines the November 9 Army and Navy college training qualifying test for civilians. Eligible are high school seniors by March 1 1944, graduates, continuing college students, and those who took the April 2 1943 test but were not selected. Army candidates must be 17 to 21 by March 1944, Navy 17 to 19. Navy includes Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Applications must be made promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Browning
Army
Navy College
Browning
Armed Services
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
President White Leads B and O Special Through Shenandoah Visit
R B White president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway toured the Shenandoah Division today in a special train with officials F G Hoskins C B Harveson Paul K Partee and C H Norris. The round trip started Harper's Ferry at 11 12 am reached Winchester 12 15 pm then went to Strasburg Junction before returning to Winchester and Harper's Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. White
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Shenandoah Division
B. and O
Willard
England
White
F. G. Hoskins
C. B. Harveson
Paul K. Partee
C. H. Norris
Harper's Ferry
Winchester
Strasburg Junction
Shenandoah Valley
Strasburg
Harrisonburg
Southern Railroad
Lexington
Murray Reelected Head of C. I. O.
In Philadelphia on November 5, the sixth CIO constitutional convention unanimously reelected President Philip Murray to a fourth term. About 600 delegates staged a 16 minute impromptu parade through the convention room after the vote. Murray, who led the CIO since 1940, pledged to continue organizing the unorganized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Muray
Murray
John L. Lewis
Labor Organization
CIO
Virginia Rebel Ran Ridgeway on fast trains in routine rolls
Ridgeway of Stephens City is a familiar Union News Company worker aboard trains from Washington to New York and Boston. nicknamed the Virginia Rebel by friends, he often travels at 105 mph while serving sandwiches and drinks to travelers. Meanwhile Albert deMazzon, York's Camp operator, bought a family of monkeys for 18 dollars each to boost York’s publicity and plans a new et house at the camp as workers finish a room. The animals, now under new ownership, are fed bananas apples bread and salads and are described as strictly vegetarians.
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Ran” Ridgeway
Stephens City
Washington
New York
Boston
Union News Company
Virginia
Albert deMazzon
York
Trianon
York's
Mr. deMazzon
le¢Mazzon
British May Face Lend Lease Repayment Debate
Washington and London discuss postwar plans to seek repayment from Britain for lend-lease aid. The Truman committee in Washington urged considering repayment terms, including possible purchases of British-held resources in Asia and the Dutch East Indies, and U.S. acquisition of nickel copper tin and iron deposits. Churchill indicated Britain may issue a white paper on lend-lease workings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
England
U. S
Asia
South America
Dutch East Indies
United States
Jesse Jones
Engand
Russia
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Senate
Truman Committee
Britain
War Labor Board debates coal miner wage contract
Washington November 5 The War Labor Board pressed to decide the coal miner wage agreement between John L Lewis and Harold L Ickes as output resumes in the fields. The board failed to rule in the morning on the government UMW contract offering higher pay to end walkouts but expected a vote after lunch and was reportedly ready to approve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Federal Fuels
Harold L. Ickes
WLB
United Mine Workers
Official Election Canvass Shows Minor County Totals Changes
Official results of Frederick County and Clarke County canvass show small shifts due to incomplete unofficial returns. Sheriff race Meade led by Price 150 with other names including Nelson Dawson Moore and Thomas in Clarke and Winchester figures aligning with prior unofficial tallies.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Clarke
Nelson
Dawson
Moore
Whitacre
McCann
Bywaters
Kuykendall
Bailey
Carpenter
Rosenberger
Fout
Lamely
Light
Wright
Pease
Winchester Nelson
Clarke County
More
Thoma
Burtner
Williams
Thomas
Smallwood
Meade
Price
Fishpaw
Fenton
Lee
Western Germany Bombed Again by Allied Air Forces
Western Germany faced renewed Allied bombing as American Flying Fortresses Liberators and Thunderbolts with Lightnings attacked targets while Marauder bombers hit northern France. RAF Mosquitos and large combined raids last night and today pushed 24 hour tonnage to record levels, with 4,000 tons dropped on the Reich in the past day.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Germany
France
U. S. Air Force
The
Reich
Wilhelmshaven
RAF
Duesseldorf
Legment Mahan
Rochester
Thunderbolts
Lightnines
Harry Wayland
Knoxville
Tenn
East Anglia
Daily Mail
Eighth Air Force
Fresh Whitmans and Martha Washington Candies Ship In
Rhodes Drug Co reports a fresh shipment of Whitmans Martha Washington and Morses candies arriving for customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just
Morses
Rhodes .Drug CO
United War Fund Drive Plans Outlined At Meeting
Ed Molden chairs a turnout of committee members to raise 20000 during the week of Monday in November. City county reports show progress and Bass of Stephens City Harper of Stonewall District High School plan county committees early next week. Molden says Ed Dinger of Richmond will inspect sites for a USO lounge for service men passing through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Molden
United War Fund
Loudoun Street
Charles Bass
Stephens City
Bryant R. Harper
Stonewall
Molden
Eddinger
Richmond
Barbed wire fence to segregate internees at Tule Lake
United States soldiers began building a high barbed wire barrier at Tule Lake segregation center to separate administration and Caucasian living areas from about 16,000 internees. The War Relocation Authority announced the plan as internees earlier seized offices in a near siege, with the army to patrol the new fence between administrative and barracks zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Tule Lake Segregation Center
War Relocation Authority
Reece N. Pedicord
Wheeling
W. Va
Army
Police and Fire Department
Sera
Barra
Covington Girl Testifies in Mann Act Prostitution Trial
An 18-year-old Covington Virginia girl described a two week tour of Virginia West Virginia and Maryland with two soldiers and another girl. They posed as married couples to solicit soldiers and sailors in multiple towns including Martinsburg Lewisburg Winchester and Roanoke. She testified the group was arrested October 7 in Cumberland after a boarding house keeper was paid and she threatened to leave the racket. The trial of Peter J. Henkel and Vincent D Amico proceeds with additional testimony expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Covington
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pearcee
Helen Irene Henderson
Peter J. Henkel
Omaha
Neb
Vincent D'Amico
New York City
Mann
Dorothy Ihe
Seanrothy Oo
Danville
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Leyburg
W. Va
Cumberland
Winchester
Lewisburg
Bluefield
Princeton
Martinsburg
Hillsdale
Roanoke
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Woodstock
Virginia Snyder
Henkel
Snyder
John G. Powers
Dorothy Martin
Antique Auction at 19 N Loudoun St Winchester Va
Miles B Dean announces an antique auction at 10 a m on Saturday November 6 at 19 North Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia. Powerfully advertised with local consignments and preview prior to bidding. The listing notes date time and venue for the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Loudoun St
Winchester
Miles B. Dean
Rouss Bingo Special Notice Time Change
Rouss Fire Co announces a Friday bingo starting at 8 o clock instead of 8 30 p m with a prize pool of 250 dollars. The notice lists Rouss Fire Company 1N 91 Thura and Fri 1p tf as managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROUSS
Rouss Fire Co
Thura&Fri
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By Henry C. Cassidy
Stalin
Lancaster
Associated Press
Finland
Stockholm
Imminen
Pacific
U. Navy
Ahaa Marine
Solomon Island
Salem, Va
Frederick
New Air Unit
U.S
By Edward Kennedy
Joan Hohenstine
Army and Navy College
President White
B.&o. Rwy
War Board
Segregation Center
California
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