Allied Bomber Fleets Strike Hard At Nazi Installations
Allied air power hit two Nazi airfields near Marseille in a double strike as U S heavy and medium bombers roared across Greece and Yugoslavia. American patrols regained ground near Venafro as snow and mud slowed Italian front actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
U. S
Marseille
Greece
Yugoslavia
Monte Santa Croce
Venafro
Istres le Tupe
Salon
Sibenik
Anconca
Italy
Grottammare
Edgar M. Campbell
Staunton
John C. Crenshaw
Memphis
Tenn
Garigliano
Rionero
Atessa
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Istres le Tuve
North Africa
Bizerte
Albania
Bicak
Duraz
Judge Tavenner Ill At Woodstock
Judge F. S. Tavenner Sr a renowned Shenandoah Valley attorney and bar dean is hospitalized at Cora Miller hospital in Woodstock recovering from a recent heart attack. He is described as resting splendidly and in fine spirits with a satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Tavenner
Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah County
Cora Miller Hospital
Woodstock
Orthopedic Clinic Dates Announced for Winchester Hospital
The District Nurse Association announced two clinics at Winchester Memorial Hospital. On Friday November 19 from 3 to 5 p.m. children aged 12 to 21 should attend, and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. a clinic for children under 12 will be conducted by Dr. Robert V Punsten of the University of Virginia Hospital. No appointments or adults admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
District Nurse Association
Robert V. Punsten
U. of Va
Winchester Council Denies Rezoning for Kinzel Welch Land
The Winchester Common Council refused to remove the Fairmont Avenue parcel west of the Pennsylvania Railroad from city zoning. Six opposed rezoning included Dr. C. R. Anderson and others, while six supported the amendment led by A Lee Coble and J Henkel-Henry. Because protests triggered a three fourths vote requirement, the measure failed. The item was first presented in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Common Council
Mary Kinzel Welch
Fairmont Avenue
C. R. Anderson
W. P.anderson
R. Frank Barr
W. W. Dellinger
Percy D. Miller
Leonard B. Sirbaugh
A. Lee Coble
J. Henkel - Henry
E. Earl Baker
Fred L. Glaize
Thomas J. Kremer
Allen T. Hawthorne
Thanksgiving Union Service In Winchester Details
Winchester citizens will worship in a Thanksgiving Day union service sponsored by the Ministerial Association on November 25 at 10:30 a.m. at the Congregational Christian Church on South Braddock street. Dr. E. T. Clark will preside and deliver the sermon by Rev. R. W. Vanderberry. Special music will be provided by the host church choir and the offering will support the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Ministerial Association
E. T. Clark
D. D
First Baptist Church
Congregational Christian Church
South Braddock Street
Clark
R. W. Vanderberry
Market Street Methodist Church
Loudoun Appeals for Route 7 to Wheatley Road Upgrade
Public hearings by the State Highway Commission on fiscal year road funds included Loudoun county requesting four mile improvement on Route 7 to Wheatley near Purcellville. The project was not funded in Culpeper district’s allocation of 576 500 though a 7 000 reserve was noted. Other district allocations were 654 766 Richmond 690 878 Suffolk and 372 000 Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Highway Commission
Fredericksburg
Culpeper
Suffolk
Loudoun County
Wheatley
Purcellville
Seek Agreement On Mine Wages
Washington November 17 United Mine Workers President John L Lewis met coal operators at the Interior Department to negotiate a wage deal for miners to work after government ownership ends. Interior Secretary Ickes urged terms and warned workers against further stoppages while Roosevelt seeks higher coal prices to offset wage costs. Vinson recommended higher prices yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Interior Department
Lewis
UMW
Ickes
Roosevelt
Wees
Vinson
Office of Price Administron
Wanted Helper at Conoco Service Station
Help wanted at Conoco Service Station located at Cameron and Gerrard streets. Good wages offered. Apply to Sery Guy A. Webber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conoco
Cameron and
Gerrard Streets
Guy A. Webber
Reed Apartments parcels offered in two parts and as whole
Real estate sale of Reed Apartments Nos. 25 and 2542 27 and 2714 West Cork St. to be offered in two separate parcels and as a whole in front of Court House at noon Saturday November 20. Auction notice lists sale action and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
West Cork St
Court House
War Fund Drive Seeks 20000. 1500 Raised in Winchester Frederick
Winchester and Frederick county campaigns report 1500 in the United War Fund coffers toward a 20000 goal for 17 agencies. Leaders remain cautiously optimistic as they push to raise the remaining 18500 this week. Red Cross will be the only appeal next year. Middletown names Mayor Fred Larrick as campaign chair for that community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United War Fund
Winne
Frederick County
Winchester
Frederick
Red Cross
USO
Middletown
Charles Bass
Stephens City
South
Fred Larrick
Fortresses of North Africa destroy, damage vast enemy airpower
U S Flying Fortresses in their first North African year report 1 348 enemy planes destroyed or damaged and 26 101 tons of bombs dropped on targets across Tunisia Libya Sicily Sardinia Pantelleria Italy France Germany and Greece. Losses stood at 87 aircraft about 0 67 percent of total sorties and 1 775 enemy planes shot down with 294 probably destroyed and 279 damaged. One Fortress group logged 117 missions and 65 world trips worth of mileage. Biggest day came June 10 with a mass Pantelleria Island bombing.
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Allied
Algiers
U. S
North African
Tunisia
Libya
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Italy
France
Germany
Greece
Cauces
J. H. Atkinson
Dalhart
Tex
Herman W. Bandel
Ortage
Mont
Pantelleria Iland
Bombers Hit Rjukan Plant and Molybdenum Mine in Norway
British based U S heavy bombers struck a power station at Rjukan and a molybdenum mine at Knaken 80 miles west of Oslo amid heavy snow. The raid damaged key munitions components and chemical plants, with two bombers lost and six Nazi aircraft destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rjukan
Oslo
Knaken
U. S
Norway
Germany
Rijinkan
Full Industrial Production To Halt Debt Burden
Gov. John W. Bricker told real estate boards that only full industrial production at present day standards can meet the nation debt burden and warned against deficit financing after the war. He urged releasing industrial forces held by bureaucracy and fiscal policy to sustain growth without sacrificing American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John W. Bricker
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Ohio
National Committee For Economic Development
Bricker
Virginia Roads Highlighted in Local Display at Penney Building
A three month exhibit titled Milestones in the History of the Division of Motor Vehicles in Virginia, arranged by Andrew Bell of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce, narrates Virginia highways from 1906 to 1943 using license plates and archival research. The display moved from Richmond to Roanoke and then to Winchester after requests. it has been praised at the St Louis motor vehicle administrators conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Motor Vehicles
Virginia
Department of Highways
Virginia State Library
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency, Dealers and
Automotive Antiquarians
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
St. Louis
Byrd
Bingo Sarah Zane Fire Night at Hell Thurs
A bingo event at Sarah Zane Fire Hall named Hell Thursday on November 18 at 8 30 p m offers a $100 door prize and additional prizes. Local patrons urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire
M Arthur Not Yet Equipped For Big Scale Operations
The Southwest Pacific commander, Gen Douglas MacArthur, faces shortages as Col Le Grand Diller, spokesman for the U S Navy bureau of supplies, says available American resources there are under five per cent overall and under ten per cent shipping overseas. He notes the area lacks air resources and cannot support a large offensive against Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific Allied Headquarters
U. S. Navy
Bureau of
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
le Grande Diller
America
Diller
William Brent Young
Admiral Young
London
Associated Press
Darden invites discussion on pay of teachers
Governor Darden urged a give and take discussion of his proposed teacher pay raise, noting the $8 million capital outlay limit for mental hospitals and other costs. The Virginia Education Association and trustees pressed for pay parity with county boards and city councils, while stressing compulsory attendance to cut illiteracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darden
Richmond
Delegate Assembly
Virginia Education Association
Edith B. Joynes
National Education Association
Ae Education Association
Toam
Ethel Spilman
VEA
Francis S. Chase
Miss Spillman
Chase
School Trustees’ Association
County Boards of Supervisors
Virginia
Hunter J. Phiegar
Montgomery County
Leros Falls to German Invasion Forces After Fierce Fighting
Cairo dispatch reports Leros in the Dodecanese captured by German invasion troops after severe fighting and strong Allied resistance. German bombardment, reinforcements, and air attacks aided the seizure, with 3 000 British and 5 000 Italian prisoners taken.
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Cairo
Leros
Dodecanese
Middle East
Aegean
Manhattan
Cos
Lakki Bay
Alinda
Crete
Calato
Maritza
Rhodes
Seibel
Calinos
World War II Highlights From Reports Across Fronts
The bulletin notes Soviet artillery success near Gomel, with German broadcasts predicting retreat from Dnieper. In Ukraine 60 towns captured as Korosten railway junction tightens the pressure from three sides. In the Aegean the island of Leros falls to Nazi forces. American lines regain ground north of the River Taro. The Hungarian radio reports a Cairo meeting among Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin being prepared. The Pacific front notes heavy Japanese losses and the Bougainville invasion, with a potential German retreat from Raboul as MacArthur warns of insufficient forces for a major push.
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Leros
Italy
Balkans
Aegean
Rhodes
Samos
Castelrosso
Dodecanese
Turkey
Cairo
Anthony Eden
Numan Menee
Min
London
Middle East
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Russia
Gomel
Dnieper Beric
Ukraine
Korosten
Zhitomir
Fastov
Leningrad-Odessa
Kiev-Warsaw
Berlin
Smolensk-Orsha
Kerch
Crimea
Dnepropetrovsk
Krivoi Rog
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Reuters
Moscow
Red Army
Turchenka
Chepovichi
Obikhodi
Odessa-Leningrad
Nikolai Vatutin
Gomel-Kalinkovichi
Guerrilla Counteroffensive Reported by Tito Forces
In Slovenia Tito’s guerrilla units claim to have halted a German drive that began October 12. The communique says six German divisions faced Yugoslav attacks, inflicting casualties as partisans claim several breakthroughs. Cairo radio notes guerrilla demolitions disabled Trieste and Fiume, aiding Yugoslav gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Josip Broz
Tito
Slovenia
Yugoslavia
Cairo
Trieste
Fiume
Morrison Runs for U S Senate Seat Held by Reynolds
Rep Cameron Morrison of North Carolina announces his candidacy in the Democratic primary for the U S Senate seat now held by Senator Robert Rice Reynolds. Morrison, a former governor and U S senator, made the announcement from Washington via telephone to the Charlotte News. He had said he would not seek re election to the House. He is the fourth candidate for the post Reynolds recently said he would not seek again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Cameron Morrison
North Carolina
Robert Rice Reynolds
Morrison
U. S
Washington
Charlotte News
House
Reynolds
Christmas Pageant Promised by Brucetown Church School
The Rev F T Fulcher of Brucetown Methodist Church announces a Christmas night pageant The Story of Christmas directed by Mrs Fulcher at 8 o clock with carols to follow The notice also mentions local veterans in service and AP dispatches noting decorations for Virginia fliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. T. Fulcher
Brucetown Methodist Church
Red Army Presses West in Gomel Area Drive
Russian forces storm Gomel, closing in on the city and cutting rail links east of the Dnieper. 400000 attackers, aided by heavy artillery, push toward Korosten with multiple Red Army columns reaching targets near Chepovichi Obikhodi and Turchenka as German resistance and losses mount across the frontline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Gomel
Dnieper
Sozh
Rechitsa
Vatutin
Korosten-Zhitomir-Fastov
Fastov
Allied Heads May Meet In Cairo
London reports a Budapest broadcast hints at a three leader summit among Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin in Cairo. It claims Cairo circles say the Mena House Hotel is being redecorated in readiness for an important conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Budapest
Cairo
Mena House
The
Daily Mail
Ankara
Sy Ds
Public sale near Winchester on Berryville Pike
Household goods and other items to be sold at public auction Saturday November 20 at 10 p m two miles east of Winchester on Berryville Pike in an estate exprs of Mrs Mary E Cole. Includes articles from the household as listed in probate inventory numbers 11 12 15 17 19 1p 41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Berryville Pike
Mary E. Cole
Public Sale Notice Under Estate Auction Listing
Public sale of personal property and real estate listed under L L Filer with details referenced on page 7 11 17 19 22 1p. Auction action to liquidate assets per local notice filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Fileer
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By Edward Kennedy
Judge Tavenner
National Fruit
Dr. Clark
Loudoun
Virginia Roads
M’ Arthur
National Association
Leros Island
Aegean Sea
Venato
Egyptian Pyramids
Pacific
Bougainville
Rabaul
MacArthur
Bill Cain
Australia
Raymond Campbell
Edgar Smoke
Panama Canal Zone
Lawrence Patton
Air Corps
Alton Hoover
Oregon
Harold Anderson
John Jones
Tennessee
Bill Pollard
Army Air Corps
Guadalcanal
Eli Garber
Georgia
Norman Crismore
California
James Geanious
Geanious
Karl Sprinkle
D. M. Springle
Yank
Stars &Stripes
Karl
Stars & Stripes
By Henry C. Cassidy
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