Russian Army Races Toward Belgrade Along Danube Front
Russian forces spearhead west along the Danube with Yugoslav partisans guiding, moving within 20 miles of Belgrade. Malinovsky shifts armored units to advance toward the Yugoslav capital as German resistance peels back, while Transylvania and northern Hungary areas witness furtherRussian gains.
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Danube
Belgrade
Moscow
Tisza
Transylvania Alps
Danubian Iron Gate
Tito
Marshal Tito
Yaslav
Hungary
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Romania
Malinovsky
Balkans
Germany
Enac
Transylvania
Start third year of wartime wage control in 1944
Washington reports the War Labor Board begins its third year of wartime wage controls amid labor pressure and inflation concerns. White House advisers favor holding line until victory in Europe, with potential base-rate increases after that.
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Washington
War Labor Board
White House
Europe
Heinz Cider Mill seeks workers for full and part time
The H J Heinz Company advertises openings at the Valley Pike cider mill in Winchester Virginia for men and boys. Positions are available on both full and part time bases.
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H. J. Heinz Co
Valley Pike
Winchester
Public Sale at 697 N Loudoun Street
Household goods and service station equipment sold at public auction Friday October 6 at 7 PM. Items include grease guns air hose filler cap store fixtures three ice boxes two show cases and additional miscellaneous items. A. F. Cain.
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Loudoun St
A. F. Cain
Rummage Sale Set Next to White Palace
A rummage sale sponsored by the Eastern Star will be held Saturday October 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the store room beside the White Palace.
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White Palace
Eastern Star
Presidential Campaign Mixed Fare Includes Tax Debates And Treaties
The Associated Press reports a day of mixed campaign fare with Dewey and Bricker attacking wartime tax policies while Dewey calls for postwar simplification. Truman supports voting to permit treaty approval by simple majority. Mrs. Roosevelt downplays her influence and focuses on her husband’s record.
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Associated Press
Dewey
Bricker
Truman
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Albany
New Deal
Roosevelt
Centralia
Til
Secures National Press Club
Ashington
Senate
House
White House
American Captain Tops 30 German Planes in Europe
Capt Henry W Brown of Arlington Virginia has claimed his 30th enemy aircraft in the European theater, with 16 air kills and 14 on the ground, according to the U S Ninth Air Force announcement.
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London
Henry W. Brown
Arlington
U.S. Ninth Air Force
Friendship Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Friendship Fire Company will be held Thursday evening October 5 at 8 o clock in the company hall. All members are asked to attend. Marion Anderson Captain.
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The
Frinedship Fire Company
Marion Anderson
Early Morning Fire Destroys Two North Cameron Homes
Two frame houses at 579 and 581 North Cameron Street and 575 North Cameron Street were damaged by an early morning fire of undetermined origin. Estimated total loss 6,000 dollars, with most damage to the Loys upstairs and furnishings. Firefighters from Sarah Zane and Friendship stations battled the blaze with booster tanks. several occupants were displaced.
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North Cameron
Gibbons Street
North
Cameron Street
Holmes Larrick
Albert Spicer
Thami Fries
Fries
D. E. Hawkins
Winchester
Leslie Loy
Jeanette Mcllwee
Robert Ith
Merle Smith
James Eanties Junior Athey
Fra
Lake
Loys
Spicer
Larrick
Sarah Zane and
Friendship
Friendship Company
Four Sons Lost Parents Seek Discharge for Fifth
Tremonton Utah October report shows Alben Borgstrom and wife losing four sons in six months. Only two remain Boyd 23 and Elden 15. They ask Marine Corps to discharge Boyd so he may return to run the farm after 18 months of combat. Clyde killed Solomons Le Roy died Italy Rolon killed Europe Rulon missing. Mrs Borgstrom speaks with quiet sorrow behind glasses.
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Tremonton
Utah
Alben Borgstrom
France
Pfc
Boyd C. Borgstrom
Husky Elden Borgstrom
Marine Corps
Boyd
Camp
N. C
Mrs. Bergstrom
Bergstroms
Clyde
Solomons
le Roy
Italy
Rolon
Europe
Rulon
Borgstroms
Weather, weather, clouds fail to dampen St. Louis opener
Clouds and showers threatened the All-St. Louis World Series opener as Norton Cooper and Denny Gaterhouse were set to start for the Cardinals and Browns. A 35,000 crowd awaited, with Leslie O Connor and league presidents weighing any postponement. Managers Southworth and Sewell stood by their pitchers despite damp field conditions.
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Sportscan
Leslie O'Connor
K. M. Landis
Ford Frick
National League
Will Haridge
American League
Landis
Frick
Rog Keely
Danny Lithwhiler
Still Wants Aid For War Workers
President Roosevelt signs two bills to aid the shift from war to peace. He urges broader relief for laid off war workers matching that given farmers and veterans. He endorses the demobilization act while calling for fixes and adds demands for travel pay, nationwide unemployment standards, and unemployment pay for federal workers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William L. Clayton
Congress
Riot Erupts Over Nylon Giveaway at Party
At a Washington cocktail party, a man proclaimed he would give away 24 pairs of nylons. Two hundred male guests stepped back as 104 professional women surged forward, knocking one contestant down to claim the nylon prizes. The boxes contained nylons and nylon toothbrushes, two per box.
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Washington
Membership Of VFW Highest In Local History
Winchester Post 2123 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars reports 75 members at a regular meeting marking the highest post total in local history. Finances show $380.92 in treasury. Two members were appointed to study who died or were wounded WWI veterans and to help compile a complete casualty and decoration record. Next meeting will address this project and a change of meeting night to the third Monday.
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Winchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars
J. E. Keffer
C. A. Marple
Roy W. Earl
VFW
F. T. Riley
Marine Corps
Harrisonburg
T. Set. F. W. Sullivan
Baltimore
Col. Riley
Pacific
Sgt. Sulivan
Slight Gains Are Made In Italy
Fifth Army infantry made slight gains on a 20 mile front as German resistance slowed progress. Mud and stubborn opposition hampered advances along Apennine valley roads toward the Po Valley. Brazilian division maintained pressure along its front while Adriatic sector flooding limited cross river probes.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Apennines
Adriatic
Fiumicino
Eighth Army
Petain Establishes Residence In Reich
Marshal Petain, head of the Vichy French government, has taken up residence in a south German city, the Berlin radio announced. He reportedly left Belfort in September due to the military situation. no word was given about Pierre Laval.
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Associated Press
Marshal Petain
Berlin
Belfort
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Apple pickers sought by the crate at Nico Demus Orchard
Job notice seeks apple pickers by the crate at Nico Demus Orchard. No further details provided.
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Nicodemus Orchard
Four Time New York Governor Alf Smith Dies at 70
Alf E. Smith 70 a New York native four time governor and 1928 Democratic presidential candidate died at 6 20 a m at Rockefeller Institute after lung congestion and acute heart failure He had been moved from St Vincent's Aug 23 following an intestinal and liver disturbance President Roosevelt had sent roses and nicknamed Smith the Happy Warrior The two nobles friendship cooled after 1936 when Smith backed Alf Landon and Willkie in 1940 The Roosevelt administration issued a statement mourning the death of a true patriot.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
New York City
East Side
New York State
Rockefeller Institute
Raymond P. Sullivan
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Smith
Happy Warrior
Wounded Sgt Clyde Sale in English Hospital Care
T S Gt Clyde D Sale 26 a two time wounded veteran of the French campaign is convalescing at a U S Army General Hospital in England. He was first wounded June 8 by an 88mm shell shrapnel in the right leg and arm and again July 30 by a grenade and shell fragments. His ward surgeon calls his progress excellent. His wife Edna and their 20 month old Garry Dunbar live at Mountain Falls with his parents.
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United Kingdom
Clyde D. Sale
U. S. Army General Hospital
England
C. D. Sale
Mountain Falls
Sale
Teresse
Sgt. Sale
Clement A. Fogerty
States
Edna
Garry Dunbar
Atountain Falls
Borneos Balikpapan Oil Center Smashed by U S Bombers
Allied air forces hit Balikpapan in Borneo, destroying the oil center crucial to Japan. Liberators from the 13th Air Force struck through defenses, smashing refineries and gas towers and destroying vessels, seaplanes, bombers, and a flying boat. MacArthur says the strike sharply reduces Japan's capacity to wage war.
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China
U. S
Pacific
Borneo
Balikapapan
Linchow
Tokyo
Comei
Jose P. Laurel
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Balikpapan
Japan
13Th Air Force
Donald E. Bone
Garland
Utah
MacArthur
Roosevelt urges Petrillo to lift recording ban
President Roosevelt called James Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians to end the recording ban. He said the union's loss would be the country’s gain and stated the government cannot force recordings but asks for lifting the ban in the interest of orderly government.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Musicians Union
War Labor Board and Stabilization
Fred Vinson
Tanks Push Through Siegfried Line Near Aachen
American tanks rumbled into a 244 mile breach in the Siegfried line above Aachen as the First Army drives toward Cologne. Allied forces widened the gap while fighting through German counterblows and advancing toward key escape roads. Strong actions continued along the Moselle fortress area as the drive pressed on.
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London
Germany
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Cologne
First
Don Whitehead
Supreme Headquarters
Ubach
Westwall
U.S. Third Army
Fort Driant
Metz
Moselle
U. S. First Army
Courtney Hodge
Gladbach
Aix-La-Chapelle
President Roosevelt to meet top military leaders
Washington October 4. The president planned a late afternoon conference with senior commanders. Participants listed include General George Marshall and Admiral Ernest J. King with H. H. Arnold and Admiral William D. Leahy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
George Marshall
Ernest J. King
H. H. Arenold
William D. Leahy
Mr Rosenberger Remains Critically Ill at Home
The condition of John W. Rosenberger, gravely ill at his home on West Germaine Street, remains unchanged in the morning report.
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John W. Rosenberger
West Germaine Street
Removal Notice for Dr. C. B. Harlee Office Move
Dr. C. B. Harlee has moved his dental office to the Medical Arts Building on N. Braddock St and will resume practice on Wednesday October 11 from 10 to 2.
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C. B. Harlee
Medical Arts
N. Braddock St
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Daniel DE Luce
Cluj Cluj
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
Hitu
Teamsters’ Union
Randolph Dickens, Jr
Navy Cross
Mrs. Roosevelt
Friendship Fire Company
By Jack Hand
Death Forest
Reich
Signal Corps
N.Y
Petain
Clyde Sale
Leonard Millman
Yank
James M. Long
First Army
Doughboys
Ubatch
Dunkerque
Mr. Rosenberger
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