Yankees Trounce Cards In Opening World Series Game
The 1943 World Series opener at Yankee Stadium ends 4 2 as the Yankees defeat the St Louis Cardinals in a tense early game. Spurgeon Chandler, the outstanding pitcher, faces Max Lanier in a packed 70,000 crowd. Cards threaten midgame but fail to push across more than two runs.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
Spurgeon
Spud) Chandler
Max Lanier
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals
Klein
Lindell
Fie Walker
Musial
Winchester hosts honored by Navy Band members
All concerned joined in tendering orchids to ladies who aided Sunday dinners for the U S Navy Band. Members expressed sincere appreciation to official hosts for hospitality in Winchester and said they wished to stay longer. Invitations poured in from all directions as the boys enjoyed a warm reception, highlighting Winchester hospitality. A Sunday dinner proves harder to arrange when ration stamps run low.
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U. S. Navy
Winchester
Beheading of American Pilot Under Samurai Code Reported
Allied sources reveal Japanese officers Komai and Tsukioka ordered the execution of an American airman shot down March 18 near Salamaua New Guinea. The diary of a captured Japanese soldier describes the beheading as a Samurai Code action, marking a rare international law violation since April of the prior year. The 23 year old instructor from Port Moresby served with a bomber crew when downed.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Komai
Tsukioka
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Transport Command
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Salamaua
MacArthuree
County School To Open An Hour Later
The Frederick County School Board will shift opening to 10:00 a.m. EWT starting Monday Oct 11 to ease bus congestion and avoid cold early starts. Dismissal will be about 4:30 p.m. The board kept a 9 month salary basis citing tax withholding and administrative work. An additional bus may be added at a later meeting to ease transportation for about 300 seasonal students.
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Frederick County
Leslie Kline
Pes
Italian Diplomats Transferred To New Market
In New Market Virginia on October 5 19 Italian diplomats moved from Staunton area internment to Shenvalee Hotel after arrival by bus with State Department officials. They were assigned to guarded quarters at the hotel following earlier internment at Hotel Ingleside with German diplomats.
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New Market
North Africa
Shenvalee Hotel
Hotel Ingleside
Staunton
State Department
Hotel Ape
Bingo at Sarah Zane Hall Draws Prizes on Oct 7
A bingo night at Sarah Zane Hall on Thursday October 7 at 8 30 p m offers 250 dollars in prizes. The event runs from 1 pm to 3 pm with multiple games and rounds.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Wanted Boy for Inside Bakery Work
Classified notice from B. and C. Baking Co seeks a male under 18 for inside bakery work. Includes age restriction and employer listing.
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B. & C Baking Co
10 Percent Victory Sales Tax Proposal Reported
M L Seidman, chair of the New York Board of Trade, asked Congress to adopt a 10 percent federal sales tax estimated to raise 6 billion dollars. He testified before the House Ways and Means Committee as Treasury revenue plans faced resistance in Congress and urged no exemptions for the tax.
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Washington
Congress
M. L. Seidman
New York Board of Trade
Seidman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Senate
Fed
Windsors Attend Covington Movie Screening
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor visited Covington Virginia by taxi from Hot Springs to see This Is The Army at the Visualite Theatre. Crowds lined the street as the couple arrived with the Duchess in a black suit and gold hat. The Duke praised the surrounding mountains and said he felt at home among southerners during a Virginia vacation at Hot Springs Homestead.
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Covington
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Hot Springs
Visualite
Virginia
Reds Attack In Caucasus As Soviets Push Front Lines
German communique reports large scale Soviet attacks in the Kuban Caucasus and violent fighting at the Pripet and west of Smolensk. Russians claim local engagements in White Russia with fierce battles near Gomel and river crossings as they mass for a Dnieper drive west of Ukraine.
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London
Moscow
Kuban
Caucasus
Pripet River
Smolensk
Smolensk-Kiev
Red Army
Passae
Gomel
Russia
Ukraine
Berlin
Staro-Tamanskaya
Taman Peninsula
Crimea
Red
Orel
Dnieper
Bessarabia
White Russia
Goel
Sozh
Epen
Batterinr
Vitebsk
Vietbsk
World War Veterans to Be in Winchester for Blood Drive
Reg istr ation headquarters report strong turnout with 65 donors by 9 p m first day. Four convalescent soldiers from Walter Reed hospital to visit Winchester and assist the drive with appearances at Capitol Theatre and local schools and venues.
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Winchester
Allen Richardson
Red Cross
C. F. Dovell
Virginia Avenue
National Fruit Products Company
Order of Eagles
Col. Duggins
Walter Reid Hospital
Washington
Nelson W. Page
L. M. Allen
Gloomy Revenue Outlook Shapes Virginia Budget Talks
Richmond reporters outline state spending challenges as Meacham cites 500 parolees saved $150,000 while warning fixed penal costs persist. Highway commissioner Anderson forecasts nearly 19.5 million in 1945 46 revenue with a 38 million two year total and warns of deferred maintenance and possible postwar police manpower growth. Major Woodson seeks 1.106 million more for the patrol as Governor Darden notes a potential need for 700 to 1,000 state troopers after the war.
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Richmond
William Shands Meacham
State Probation and Parole Board
Darden
Meacham
James A. Anderson
Anderson
Highway Department
C. W. Woodson
Major Woodson
Volunteers Needed for Gas Renewal Drive in City Hall
War price and ration board urges volunteers to assist in mailing A gasoline ration renewals. Come to City Hall council chamber between 10 a m and 4 p m daily until further notice. Night shifts start tonight with Handley High School teachers aiding. About 300 renewals issued yesterday. 5,000 total expected. at 300 per day, many renewals may miss the November 8 expiry.
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Handley High School
Sergeant Miriam Watson to Speak at George Washington Hotel
Sgt Miriam Watson will address a public meeting at the George Washington Hotel tomorrow night. Lt Jameson Dowdy of the local WAC recruiting station announced the event to share experiences from foreign duty. Lt Lucy Shannon, senior WAC recruiting officer from Baltimore, is to be present.
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Jameson Dowdy
WAC
Miriam Watson
Algiers
George Washington Hotel
Sgt. Watson
Lucy Shannon
Baltimore
Endless Bomber Procession Continues Over The Rhineland
RAF heavy bombers struck Frankfurt Ludwigshafen and Mannheim in a major night raid exceeding 500 tons as Mosquito forces hit northwest Germany. Twelve aircraft failed to return from the operations, continuing a string of 18 major Allied raids in about two weeks on the Rhine area.
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London
Germany
Frankfurt
Ludwigshafen
Rhineland
Mannheim
RAF
Jap Retreat In Solomons Marked By Heavy Losses
Allied reports describe the Japanese withdrawal from the central Solomons as a costly retreat amid heavy cannon fire and wrecked barges. U.S. naval forces under Adm. Halsey intercepted Japanese flotillas in Vella Gulf on October 12 and 13, sinking barges and destroying ships during the evacuation effort.
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Solomons
Dean Schedler
Southwest Pacific
Kolomba
Pateol
Aed
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Naval Command
Halsey
Vella Gulf
Kolombangara
National Fruit Employes Boost Bond Sales in War Drive
Workers at National Fruit Product Company reported bond sales of 70 868.75 dollars by 1 45 pm as the Third War Loan ends and attention shifts to series E bonds in Frederick County. The Retail Merchants Association booth added 4 021 dollars, bringing their total to 53 911 dollars after prior auctions and earlier sales.
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National Fruit Product Company
Winchester
Frederick County
Wendel Barney
Retail Merchants Association
Boy Scouts Set October 20 Fund Drive Launch
The Shawnee District will open a fund drive on October 20 to support district scouting activities. The date was set at a Get Acquainted luncheon at the Golden Glow with 18 leaders present. Scout Executive Starkey urged sustained community support to extend scouting work, though plans and budget details remain to be finalized by the committee chaired by C. J. Crabill.
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Golden Glow
C.venth
Horace B. Brown
Shawnee
Col
Ashby Miller
Starkey
C. J. Crabill
Martinsburg
Shelters urged for service men who seek rides
Winchester may sponsor a project by the Frederick Rotary Club and Francis Scott Key Post to establish four pickup stations at city approaches. A former travel information booth near Route 50 at the S W A grounds is seen as ideal. Similar low cost shelters could be built elsewhere. The Frederick stations resemble waiting rooms and offer soldiers a safe place to rest and signal motorists with a simple Stop Give Him a Ride message.
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Winchester
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Frost and Supply Notes Highlight Winchest ers Briefs
City and county briefs report light frost damage and a forecasted second frost. The 38 degree low showed mild impact. Local gift containers sold out at a Winchester department store with others delayed by material shortages. Cpl Grant Seabright, in Australia, writes of US Senators visiting a hotel where he was on duty and notes Mrs. Roosevelt’s Sept 12 Red Cross appearance and five minute speech.
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Winchester
Cpl
Grant Seabright
Star Office
Australia
United States
Lodge
Roosevelt
Air Armadas Deliver Twin Blows At Nazi Landing Fields
Allied reports detail a two ploy attack by Northwest African air forces striking Nazi airfields in Greece and blocking reinforcements into Italy. American Liberators and Mitchells bombed targets around Athens and Argos while bombers destroyed bridges at Bolzano and rail yards at Pisa, as ground forces advanced toward Benevento and Montesarchio with reinforcements in Templi and Italian impact on Greek bases.
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Alsgiers
Greece
Italy
Brenner Pass
Bolzano
Calore
Benevento
Montesarchio
Naples
Templi
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Cae
Dodecanese
Corsica
Berlin
France
Germany
Isarco River
Coo
Middle East
Menidi
Athens
Argos
Peloponnesus
Pisa
Rome
Strategic Air Force
Wallop
Carl A. Spaatz
Great
Walloping
Cairo
Cao
Public sale notice of Cornwell estate lists livestock and goods
Public sale of the late W. J. Cornwell set for October 8, 1943 includes livestock farm implements such as a binder and manure spreader, household furniture, corn by shock and potatoes. Terms cash. J. Fishpaw administrator.
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W. J. Cornwell
J. Fishpaw
Admr
Household and furniture and antiques sale notice
Household and furniture sale including antiques to be held Saturday October 6 at 11 a m. Miss Grace Forney announces location at 148 Washington Street.
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Grace Forney
Washington
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Et W. Cooper
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Walker
Stainback
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Covington Movie
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Virginia Avenue School
Handley
Hable’s Palace Theatre
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J. C. Penney
North Loudoun Street
Richard Petrie
Virginia All-Wool
Virginia Woolen Company
Meacham and Anderson
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Albert Kesselring
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