Wage Increases for Railroad Workers Endorsed by Presidential Board
A Presidential board recommended wage hikes of 4 to 10 cents per hour for about 1.1 million railroad workers with Vinson’s approval but unions call the plan unsatisfactory. The unions plan a strike vote while seeking Congressional backing for an earlier 8-cent increase. Vinson may allow slight upward tweaks to the 4-cent award for some non operating groups.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
B. &. Jewell
Reil
Jewell
George M. Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Vinson
Harrison
Senate Interstate Commerce
Sen. Reed
R.-Kan
J Seid
Truman
D.-Mo
National Railway Labor Panel
Winchester Boys Comment On National War Fund Contributions
Lt. Wm Bell mails a small donation from Davis Monthan Field Tucson Ariz to Ed Molden Winchester campaign chair for the National War Fund. He urges timely support as the drive opens with a goal of twenty thousand dollars and asks to route funds to the proper recipient.
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National War Fund
Winchester
Wm. Bell
Davis- Monthan Field
Tucson
Ariz
Ed Molden
William Bell
Fredericksburg Sees First New Selective Service Board
Fredericksburg officials report the city had no active selective service board after the former members resigned Saturday afternoon. Cecil L. Reid chairman D William Scott and William W. Jackson left over what they called preposterous deferment claims from government agencies. Mayor W Marshall King says he will nominate replacements per Governor Darden’s request.
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Darden
Mills F. Neal
Selective Service
Cecil L. Reid
D. William Scott
William W. Jackson
W. Marshall King
Wall St Stocks Sell Heavily on Peace Talk Revival
New York November 8 heavy selling in the stock market followed news of renewed peace talks. Leaders fell about 1 to 4 points with some issues down near 8 as concerns grew that European war may end abruptly. Ticker tape lagged floor trade and overall activity slowed with occasional recoveries.
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New York
Deadlock in talks on delaying pre Pearl Harbor draft
Senate and House conferees failed to agree on key House amendments to delay draft of fathers. Johnson reports House provision to strip War Manpower Commission Chief McNutt of authority was rejected by Senate conferees who would not accept directing the President to delegate Selective Service to Major General Ishey. Further talks unclear on timing.
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Washington
Senate
House
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Johnson
D-Cole
L. B. Ishey
Regional Scout Executive Van De Boe Visits Shenandoah Area
Major D G Van De Boe deputy regional scout executive will visit the Shenandoah Area Council this week. He attends a Potomac District meeting in Martinsburg at Shenandoah Hotel called by Basil F Starkey. Col Ashby Miller is ill so unable to deliver the principal address.
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D. G. van de Boe
Shenandoah Area
Basil F. Starkey
van de Boe
Martinsburg
Potomac
B. A. Poland
Shenandoah Hotel
Morgan
Jefferson
Berkeley County
West
Col. Ashby
Christ Episcopal Church Chapel
British Hope for War End Drives Betting Rise
London reports a buoyant mood as Britons bet on an early end to the war possibly by New Year. Leaders urge caution, but unofficial optimism grows from Moscow talks and allied progress. Odds cited range from four to one against Christmas to three to one by February.
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London
Allied Council
Britain
Churchill
Germany
Clement Attlee
Moscow
Ofte
Lloyd's
New York
United States
England
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Russian Towns Evacuated Amid Baltic Defense Buildup
Tallinn dispatch reports German occupiers order civilians to flee Gooyo on Lake Peipsi and Kingisepp plus Luga near Leningrad. Berlin aims three zone defense between Leningrad and Riga with Kingisepp Luga and Gdov as keystones. Many Estonians and Latvians are fleeing to forests to avoid aiding the Nazis.
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Stockholm
Tallinn
Estonia
Baltic States
Leningrad
Russia
Gooyo
Lake
Peipsi
Kingisepp
Luga
Riga
Gdov
Latvia
No Building Permits Issued in Winchester in October
No building permits were issued for Winchester during October. City commissioner Charles P. McVicar noted it as a rare occurrence, contrasting prewar years when permits totaled up to 250000 annually. This year’s permits were expected to be under 1000.
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Winchester
Charles P. McVicar
Steady Advances In Italy Amid Allied Push to Break German Lines
Allied forces push deeper into Italy with American Fifth Army advancing a mile in rugged terrain near Isernia and along roads from Foggia to Rome. British Eighth Army seizes the Sinello river stretch and advances toward the Sangro river, while Gaeta shows signs of potential German withdrawal. Durazzo bombardment reported as Allied air and sea operations continue.
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Algiers
Gaeta
Rome
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Sinello
Sangro
Scerni
Casalbordino
Carunchio
Gissi
Salcito
Bernard L.ontgomery
Vasto
Mark W. Clark
Calabritto
Isernia
Foggia
Abruzzi
French North Africa
Europe
Durazzo
Tirana
S . Army
Sinelloa
Germans Discover Long Hidden Tunnel At Camp Trinidad
Camp Trinidad reports a 150 foot electric lighted tunnel found beyond the outer fence. Lt Col William S Hannan says the exit was uncovered after several escapes investigations. Dirt removed was hidden in boxes and disposed of in small amounts. Prisoners involved face disciplinary action.
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Trinidad
Colo
Camp
William S. Hannan
Hannan
Caviglia to Lead Italian Partisans on Swiss Frontier
Frontier informants report Marshal Pietro Caviglia, WWI hero and leftist critic of fascism, has taken to the hills to lead Italian partisans against German occupation. Rome fell to the Germans and Mussolini’s government claimed he offered aid, but sources say he and allied campaigns evade fascist control and plan resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietro Caviglia
Italy
Vaviglia
Rome
Mussolini
Judge Who Freed Him Before Now Sentences Gempp
William P. Gempp, 44, with many aliases, is sentenced to ten years by Judge Eugene O Dunne in Baltimore for passing a bad check, stealing an automobile, and carrying a concealed weapon. The judge recalled previously representing Gempp and obtaining an acquittal on an accessory to jail escape charge, saying he had been “completely taken in.” Gempp had been sought for escapes and frauds, with prior Berryville bank incident linked to fake checks.
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Baltimore
William P. Gempp
Gempp
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eugene O’dunne
O’dunne
Berryville, Vol
Clarke County
Allied Aircraft Continue Effective Raids Across Europe
Allied aircraft press the offensive with daylight raids on Germany as U S heavy bombers conduct a third raid in five days without loss. Medium bombers and escort fighters attack targets in France and the Low Countries while RAF Mosquito night sorties strike western Germany and Abbeville airfield.
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London
English Channel
Germany
France
Low Countries
RAF
Abbeville
Air Ministry
Dueren
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
Gelsenkirchen
Muenster
Cologne
Wm. R. Groves Dies At Home In Oklahoma
Wm Ross Groves 72 dies at home in Woodward Oklahoma after long illness paralysis listed as direct cause. He left a large family including Newman L Ada William O Marvin J Ancell B Martha Irma Ethel Vivian. Funeral held in Woodward with interment there.
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A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Wm. Ross Groves
Woodward
Okla
Mr. Groves
Missouri
Virgin Country
Confederacy
Pioneer Country
Ethel Jane Lodge
Newman L. Groves
Ada
William O
Marvin J. Groves
Waka
Texas
Ancell B. Groves
Winchester
Martha
Irma
Ethel T. Groves
Alexandria
Vivian O. Groves
Oklahoma
Disaster at London Dance Hall After Luftwaffe Raid
A lone German bomber attacked a London suburb, wrecking a crowded dance hall and killing many. Emergency mortuaries were set up as rescue workers searched debris where dancers and servicemen and their partners lay among broken glass and bricks. A man reportedly rescued 32 people as fires hampered efforts at nearby buildings.
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London
England
City Men Headed to Roanoke for Induction
Sixteen white men from Winchester City Draft Board took induction orders and left for the Roanoke Induction Station. The group includes Maurice Richard Foreman Wel don Lynwood Holsinger Elmer Bennett Greenawalt Charles Robert Sirbaugh John Raymond Bowman John Leonard Rogers Charles Herbert Hodson Ralph Leon Smith Curtis Lee Seabright Beverley Anderson Bailey Bennie Clayburn Russell James Austin Seabright Floyd Wilson Shank Paul Eugene Willey Robert Wilson Suvel and Ralph Sherman Jor en.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester City
Roanoke
Maurice Richard Foreman
Weldon Lynwood Holsinger
Elmer Bennett Greenawalt
Charles Robert Sirbaugh
John Raymond Bowman
John Leonard Rogers
Charles Herbert Hodson
Ralph Leon Smith
Curtis Lee Seabright
Beverley Anderson
Bailey
Bennie Clayburn Russell James Austin Seabright
Floyd Wilson Shank
Paul Eugene Willey
Robert Wilson Suvel
Ralph Sherman Joren
Hybrid corn yields noted on local farm
H B Boyce in Clearbrook reports hybrid corn ears averaging about one foot in length with large well developed kernels. Handley Library will be closed all day Thursday in observance of Armistice Day. Patrons are asked to note the closing.
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H. B. Boyce
Clearbrook
Handley Library
Liquor Tax Hike Back On As Ways and Means Votes
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to raise the liquor tax to $10 a gallon from $6, repeating the cycle after earlier changes. The move would generate about $487 million in additional annual revenue, with the overall bill totaling around $2.25 billion as revenue measures proceed. The committee then noted revisions to war contract renegotiation laws, with no other excise or postal changes. Debates on the floor are expected to start next Monday after a Thursday report deadline.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Russians advance toward Romania amid fast Kyiv gains
The Red Army pushes toward the Romanian border after capturing Fastov near Kiev. Mos cow reports 24 miles daily progress, heavy fighting with German reserves, and potential trap of large Nazi forces. Soviet forces also claim gains near Kerch and on the Baltic frontier as the 26th anniversary of the revolution is marked.
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London
Red Army
Fastov
Kiev
Ukraine
Krivoi Rog
Reuters
Moscow
Fostov
Dnieper
Rumania
Premie Joseph Stalin
Crimea
Kerch
Pere=kop
Cen
West
Berlin
Pripet Marshes
Nemyeshaeva
Korosten
Zhitomir
Zhemerinka
Lwow-Odessa
Naxis
Russia
Highlights Of World At War
Soviet forces drive toward the Romanian border in the southwest of Kiev as German threats loom. U S and British troops punch holes in German lines with gains around Sinella river and towns Casalbordino and Scerni. Allied air and sea battles loom in the Pacific as Bougainville Choiseul invasions continue. Allied planes bomb Germany and Yugoslavia as London endures a major raid.
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Associated Press
Russia
Kiv
Plunge
Italy
U. S
Sinella River
Scerni and
Casalbordino
Pacific
Rabaul
Bougainville
Choiseu
Mines Fail To Resume in Western Pennsylvania
In Pittsburgh on November 8, at least 15 of western Pennsylvania's 1,200 soft coal mines did not resume operations. About 5,600 of 110,000 miners remained idle while steel mills reported improved activity. Carnegie-Illinois Steel reopened eight of 49 open hearth furnaces and resumed full coke production as several mines and pits stayed idle.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Carnegie-Illinois
New York Central Railroad
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Lieut Rhodes Receives Wings at Lubbock Field
Lieut John R Rhodes formerly on the Winchester Evening Star staff arrives from Lubbock Army Air Field Texas for a leave with his mother Mrs Clara Rhodes and sister Miss Jane Rhodes at 118 North Washington He received his commission in exercises at Lubbock Field on November 3 He will return after leave for further orders and expects to qualify as pilot officer aboard a heavy bomber
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John R. Rhodes
Winchester Evening Star
Lubbock Army Air Field
Lubbock
Texas
Clara Rhodes
Jane Rhodes
North Washington
Rhodes
Lubbock Field
Man Spurning Uniform Jailed
Stanley McCarshy a 23 year old Hartford arms plant worker was sentenced to two years in the Federal Correctional Institution at Danbury for refusing induction into the armed forces after a U S district court judge urged him to leave the country. McCarshy a married man with a child born last May said he could not serve due to fear of ridicule and loss of job and respect. He told the court I am ashamed and I cannot walk down the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Stanley McCarshy
Hartford Arms Plant
U. S. District Court
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Carroll C. Hincks
Ims
McCarshy
Closing notice for Armistice Day bank hours
The bank will be closed on Armistice Day Thursday from 10 30 to 12 30 p m Farmers and me Nat announces the temporary schedule note in the advertisement.
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Farmers & Ea Nat
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Wall St
James F. King
Edward Kennedy
Caviglia
Partisans
Wm. R. Groves
Stalin
Jovvyazma
Poltava
Black Sea
Nevel
Yugoslavia
Lieut
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