UN Relief Plan Sealed by Roosevelt With UNRRA Pact
President Roosevelt announced the United Nations relief agreement creating UNRRA to feed clothe and revive war distressed nations. Representatives of 43 countries signed as Atlantic City preparations begin for policies and practical relief efforts to meet urgent food shortages.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
Moscow
White House
United States
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
East Room
French
National Committee of Liberation
Atlantic City
N. J
UNRRA
Allies Gird Swiftly For Their European Invasion
London reports Allied and Soviet forces coordinating for a Western invasion. With the Red Army pressing from the east, British and American planners weigh timing to strike before or after spring rains. German broadcasts hint at a Channel crossing from southern England.
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London
Europe
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Churchill Warns Allied Sacrifices Needed as Nazi Ruin Looms
British demand greater Allied sacrifices as Churchill prophesies the impending ruin of Nazi forces. Meanwhile Soviet offensives push toward Polish and Romanian frontiers from Kiev, with Vatutin’s armies nearing Zhitomir and Fastov as German withdrawals and redeployments unfold at the front.
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London
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Kiev
Makarov
Zhitomir
Fastov
Dnieper River
Black Sea
Bord R
Nevel
Moscow
Polotosk
Vitebsk-Riga
Stockholm
Lake Ilmen
Russia
Lake Peipus
Leningrad
Stine Resigns County Agent Post on Jan 1
The County Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 to reject increasing the county agent appropriation to 1200 dollars. Fred Stine resigns after 10 years in the post effective January 1, with salary previously at 2720 dollars 2000 from the state and 720 locally. A farmers delegation urged the raise and tax support to cover extra costs, led by S M Cox of Harrisonburg Virginia and others. The meeting included discussion of funding and support for extension work.
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Board of Supervisors
Fred Stine
State Extension Division
Stine
S. M. Cox
Harrisonburg
Wyatt Richard
Walker McC. Bond
Julius Richards
C. E. Staples
Harmon Brumback
McSherry Lupton
M. J. Pease
E. M. Funk
Fred Glaize
C. M. Rosenberger
British Cut New Swath In Nazi Lines In Italy
Allied forces push five miles into German positions overlooking the Sangro river as the Eighth Army drives toward the Italian winter defense line. British Canadian Indian troops seize Torino di Sangro and Paglieta while advancing on Torrebruna and Pescolanciano near Isernia. Allied planes hit Durazzo harbor in Albania.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Sangro River
Mignano
Cassino
Rome
Gallucio
Garigliano River
Aurunci
U. S
Apennines
Eighth
Adriatic
Torino di Sangro
Casalbordino
Paglieta
Torrebruna
Celenza
Pescolanciano
Isernia
Fornelli
Durazzo Harbor
Albania
Italy
Mediterranean
Fifth Army
Gaeta
Winchester Man Urges Generous USO Support in War Drive
B J McCarthy former hospital business manager, now volunteering for war fund work, writes Ed Molden that USO services aid enlisted men with recreation and facilities not available in small towns near camps. The Winchester Frederick drive opens next week with a $20 000 quota for the city and county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. McCarthy
Ed Molden
War Fund
Winchester
Frederick
USO
Frederick County
Unirm
High Officials Of Legion At Valley Parley
Philip R. Foole announced a meeting of Post Officers and delegates of the American Legion Seventh District in Harrisonburg Virginia at 4 p m on Tuesday November 23 in the Legion Home. Distinguished guests include National Commander Warren Atherton State Commander John M Galt State Adjutant W Glenn Elliott and others. A banquet will follow. About 20 members of the Robert Y Conrad Post No 21 are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip R. Foole
American Legion
Harrisonburg
Legion
Warren Atheton
John M. Galt
Falls Church
W. Glenn Elliott
Robert Y. Conrad
Four County Men Report For Duty At Ft Meade
Four county men recently inducted at Roanoke left Winchester to report to Fort George Meade Maryland. They reported at the Frederick County Draft Board Office at 10 30 and departed by bus at 11 15. Jerry L Mason named acting corporal of the group. Leaving were Jerry L Mason Raleigh D Easter Howard G DeHaven and Thomas G Adams.
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Roanoke
Winchester
Ft. George Meade
Frederick County
Draft Board
Jerry L. Mason
Raleigh D. Easter
Howard G. DeHaven
Thomas G. Adams
Local Soldier In London Ceremony
Pvt. Elwood Orndorff son of Mrs Mary E Orndorff of 727 S Braddock St was among American guards at the inauguration ceremony of London’s new Lord Mayor He has been in England a year and his brother Paul P Orndorff is also overseas.
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Pvt
Elwood Orndorff
Mary E Orndorff
S. Braddock St
London
Orndorff
England
Paul P. Orndorff
Canteen Corps To Meet November 10 1943
Red Cross Canteen Corps will meet Wednesday morning November 10 1943 at 10 30 in the Mens Bible Room at the Press Church. Mrs Powell in charge urges all members to attend.
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Red Cross Canteen Corps
Mens Bible Room
Press Church
Alton
Philip's Specialty Shop Public Sale Notice
Public sale of household goods at 1052 Woodland Ave announced by Mrs Arthur Dunlap. Lat Nov 13 at 1 PM. Items listed include general household goods and shop clearance details from Philp's Specialty Shop.
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Philip’s
Woodland Ave
Arthur Dunlap
German Weather Base Destroyed Near Greenland
Secretary Knox reported the destruction of a German radio and weather base on an island off Greenland. He said the well constructed outpost included a radio station power house emergency generator transmitter and defensive emplacements with supplies. A small supply ship in the harbor maintained telephone links to main shore points.
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Washington
Greenland
Knox
Six Killed When Bulldozer Rips Open Auto Coach
Six people died when a bulldozer blade ripped into a Greyhound bus six miles south of Blackstone Virginia. Identified victims include J Judson Shelton Jr 29 of Roanoke Ollie Marshall 26 of Blackstone and her four month old son Thomas Marshall Jr. Nellie Davis of Edgerton and Ross David Weary of Weary were named among the dead with one woman still unnamed.
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Blackstone
Greyhound
J. Judson Shelton, Jr
Belleville Road
Roanoke
J. Judson Shelton
Division of Motor Vehicles
Richmond
Thelma N. C
Ollie M. Marshall
Marks, Miss
Camp Pickett
Thomas K. Marshall, Jr
Thomas K
Ollie Marshall
Kenbridge
Nellie Davis
Edgerton
Ross David Weary
Weary
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Ruth McNeil Named New Home Demonstration Agent
Ruth McNeil of Lee County Virginia has been chosen to succeed Elizabeth Sprouse as home demonstration agent in Frederick County. She will arrive in Winchester on Monday November 29 and comes from Abingdon Virginia where she acted as home agent for Washington County.
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Ruth McNeil
Lee County
Elizabeth Sprouse
Frederick County
McNeil
Berea College
Berea
Winchester
Sprouse
Miss McNeil
Abingdon
Washington County
Blacksburg
War Bond Drive Falls Short of November Quota
Wendell Barney, chairman of the War Finance committee, says the county has a long way to go to meet the $110,000 November war bond quota. So far 193 bonds totaling $8,693.75 have been issued for this week though not yet available. Blue Star Mothers, Penney's store, and war bond prize credits urged. mothers and next of kin urged to register at Penney's.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Wendell Barney
War Finance Committee
Blue Star
Penney’s
Cadet Nurse Class To Be Enrolled At Memorial Hospital
Sara Hamilton announced Memorial Hospital Winchester Virginia will enroll a class of Cadet student nurses in February. She noted nurse shortages and urged qualified high school graduates to join accredited programs to release graduates for military duty. The U S Cadet Nurse Corps provides uniforms instructions and a salary. inquiries to Director of Nurses Memorial Hospital Winchester.
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Sara Hamilton
R. N
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Miss Hamilton
U.S
Cadet Nurse Corps
Hamilton
Apple Release Is Recommended By Virginia Committee
Walker McC Bond chairman of the Virginia State Industry committee sent telegrams to Col. James H Palmer and Carl Wooster asking that the area south of Frederick and Clarke counties be released from marketing restrictions on apples. The message notes that all authorized processor plants in the restricted area south of Frederick county are closed except the Ziegler plant in Timberville which has provisions for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker McC. Bond
Virginia State Industry Committee
Col
James H Palmer
Food Distribution Administration
Atlanta
Carl Wooster
War Food Administration
Washington
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Frederick County
Ziegler
Timberville
Open Fall hinted by midgit snake sighting and rain notes
A small snake captured by Stuart Hawkins in a Gainesboro turnpike yard signals open fall. Rain buckets filled the night, total 0.98 inches plus over an inch prior. Lt. Col. Dan Wright on US leave visited Reynolds Store potato growers E D and E W Shenk, who harvested 160 bushels. A Rose of Sharon potato weighed 2¼ pounds. Claude Cammer’s bicycle mystery after a Handley to Hagerstown contest ends with police recovery and light ribbing from friends.
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Stuart Hawkins
Gainesboro Turnpike
Dan Wright
U. S
Coleman Dunn
Washington
E. D
E. W. Shenk
Reynolds Store
Star Office
Sharon
Claude Cammer
Claude
Handley
Hagerstown High
Turin Bomb Raid Paralyzes Northern Italian City
Allied air assault by Mediterranean-based bombers devastates the Fiat Bearing plant in Turin and cripples city services. Photographs confirm extensive damage to the plant, rail yards, gas and electricity, and water supply disruptions. Fire rages through central streets as thousands feared dead.
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Turin
U. S. Air Force
Algiers
Fiat
Europe
Schweinfurt
Germany
Frontier
Geneva
la Suisse
Italy
Nine Colored Men Go To Roanoke Induction Station
Nine colored men left Winchester this morning for the Roanoke Induction Station. The list released by the Winchester City Local Board includes Floyd Benjamin, Joseph Avery, Joseph Garfield Cartwright, Arthur Theodore Lewis, Charles Splown, William Blake, Eugene Parker, Ralph Lewis Nelson and Joseph Herbert Willis.
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Winchester
Roanoke
Winchester City
Floyd Benjamin
Joseph Avery
Joseph Garfield Cartwright
Arthur Theodore Lewis
Charles Splown
William Blake
Eugene Parker
Ralph Lewis Nelson
Joseph Herbert Willis
Churchill warns of 1944 ruin for Germany
Prime Minister Churchill declared the impending ruin of Germany and warned that Nazi defeat could not come before 1944. He said next year’s campaigns may surpass Waterloo and Gettysburg, risking great sacrifices by British and American armies. He praised Russian offensives for crippling Germany and noted the sub marine war’s back with the air campaign helping to hasten Hitler’s downfall.
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Hitler
London
Churchill
Germany
Waterloo
Gettysburg
United States
Reich
Highlights Of World At War
Russia launches a northern assault toward Crimea as Poland Romania and Latvia face continued pressure. Italian Eighth Army pushes five miles along the Adriatic and Fifth Army makes minor gains toward Gaeta. MacArthur destroys 63 more Japanese planes at Rabaul as Japan readies a fleet in the harbor. London sources say invasion timing for western Europe is closer after the Moscow conference.
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Pacific
MacArthur
Rabaul
Second Front
London
Europe
Moscow
Madrid
Paris
Seven alert for AEHTAL-London as three German planes fall
RAF Mosquito bombers strike western Germany and from the Swiss-Italian frontier Turin reports paralysis from yesterday's Mediterranean based air assault.
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Aehtal
London
RAF
Germany
Turin
Explosions at Raritan Arsenal Cause Major Damage
A sequence of explosions at the Raritan Arsenal in Metuchen New Jersey destroyed a French ammunition magazine and two nearby freight cars. Damage was unofficially set at $50000 with no injuries to employees. Production was not expected to be affected and reports noted the blast radius extended several miles. The plant employs about 9000 workers, with many civilians, though worker releases were underway for improved conditions.
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Metuchen
N. J
4Gey
Raritan
Second Service Command
Raritan Arsenal
Max A. Elser, Jr
Raritan River
Perth Amboy
Churchill Addresses Lord Mayor Induction on 1944 Sacrifices
Churchill warned the 1944 campaign would be the severest yet, urging all forces to strain every nerve. He praised Allied victories, the broken U-boat campaign, and the Russian advance, and noted the 1944 election year in the United States. The address was at the induction of Sir Frank E. Newson-Smith as Lord Mayor of London.
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Churchill
Europe
Hitler
London
United States
Atlantic
Frank E. Newson-Smith
Samuel Joseph
Great Britain
Britain
Japan
Germany
Pacific
MacArthur
Bank Closing Notice for Armistice Day
Farmers & Merchants Bank will be closed on Armistice Day Thursday November 11 from 10 30 to 12 30 in observance of the holiday.
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C. M. Rosenberger
Farmers & Merchants Bank
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Judson O’quinn
France
Leningrad Front
Noland Norgaard
Virginia
Apple
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Crimea
Poland
Rumania
Latvia
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