Russian Army Advances On Belgrade In World War II Push
Russian armored spearheads pushed toward Pancevo rail junction near Belgrade as fronts press the Yugoslav capital. Malinovsky’s forces outflanked routes, capturing Debilyacha and widening the advance while Partisan detachments aided to strike at rail junctions and six more towns in the Belgrade region.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Pancevo
Belgrade
Banatska Kraljevicevo
Debilyacha
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Balkan Peninsula
Malinovsky
Turnu Severin
Belegrade
Tito
Zajecar
Vratarnica
Nis
Bulgaria
Greece
Bor
Europe
State Guard To Be Inspected Friday
Capt. W. A. Baker reports Lt. Col. R. E. Goodridge will inspect Company 115 of the Virginia State Guard on October 6. All members are ordered to attend in khaki uniforms at 7 30 p m Friday night for inspection and instruction.
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W. A. Baker
R. E. Goodridge
Virginia State Guard
Baker
Focal Company
Friendship Fire Company Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Frinedship Fire Company will be held Thursday evening Oct 5 at 8 oclock in the company hall All members are asked to attend Marion Anderson Captain Chicken advertisers note and public sale upcoming at 697 N Loudoun St Oct 6th 7 P M household goods and service station equipment listed
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The
Frinedship Fire Company
Marion Anderson
Loudoun St
A. F. Cain
Rummage Sale Set For Saturday October 7
Rummage sale planned for Saturday October 7 in the store room beside White Palace. Sponsored by the Eastern Star.
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White Palace
Eastern Star
Charlie Rouss Fire Co Monthly Meeting Notice
The Charlie Rouss Fire Co plans its regular monthly meeting on Friday October 6 at 8 p.m. All members are urged to attend. David F. Hottle, President.
British Troops In Greece Tokyo Reports Continued Air Attacks
Forces in Greece face ongoing air strikes as Tokyo reports persistent raids on Borneo, with 40 four engined bombers hitting Balikpapan in the second mass raid and 60 Liberators previous. Navy losses include 11 Japanese ships sunk or damaged while rice imports drop amid food concerns. Japan claims a major rise in munitions and aircraft output surpassing 1,400 planes monthly.
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Leonard Milliman
Balikpapa
Borneo
Mews
Balikpapan
MacArthur
Japan
Nippon
Dutch Indies
Philippines
Chichi Island
Tokyo
Imperial Agricultural Administration
Winchester council approves slaughterhouse cooler permit
The Winchester Common Council granted M C Fleet permission to erect a 16 by 20 foot concrete block cooler adjoining his slaughter house. A Lee Coble acted for Dr A T Hawthorne to present the permit. The motion by P D Miller and second by E E Baker passed unanimously.
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Winchester
Liberation Force Strikes From Air and Sea
The Ankara radio said German forces are evacuating Athens and the Peloponnesus as RAF Spitfires support efforts to drive out garrisons. Allied landings touch Greece and southern Albania as Germans blow bridges and widen the trap before Russians advance from the east. British paratroops seized a Peloponnesus airfield to open operations.
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London
Ankara
Athens
Peloponnesus
RAF
Greece
Albania
Cairo
Corinth Canal
Gulf of Corinth
Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Sarande
Corfu
Kerkyra
Workers Vote To Return To Work In Detroit Strike End
About 8,000 maintenance workers in 33 Detroit area plants voted to return to afternoon shifts after a one day strike that disrupted war production. UAW CIO spokesmen said officials and local union reps agreed to end the action at a meeting of the executive board and council representatives. The stoppage had begun to spread earlier today.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Uaw-Cio
Maintenance, Construction and Powerhouse Council
Jamicans Cause Excitement In Clarke County
Jamaican workers arriving from New York refused to leave buses at Castleman's Ferry camp due to damp tents and fear of pneumonia. Sheriff and state officials arranged guard protection as 21 Jamaicans were sent to Tampa to return home, with officers recalled for potential disturbance.
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Clarke County Labor Board
Kentucky
Senate
Jamicans
New York
Castleman’s Ferry
W. W. Smallwood
Commonwealth
Edward McC. Williams
Mitchell
New Hampshire
Shenandoah
Company 114
Virginia State Guard
Berryville
Tampa
Fla
President Roosevelt set to address party workers at 10 P.M.
President Roosevelt plans a nationwide White House broadcast aimed at Democratic workers to mobilize the vote. A worker in each of 125000 districts will host ten guests and distribute voter lists afterward. Dewey awaits Roosevelt's talk before finalizing his Charleston, West Virginia speech.
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Roosevelt
White House
CBS
Mutual
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Mr. Roosevelt
Charleston
W. Va
CIO
PAC
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
New York
John Bricker
Ball
R-Minn) Reiter
Body Of Al Smith To Lie In State At St Patrick's Cathedral
Alfred E. Smith will lie in state at St Patrick's Cathedral from 2 p m tomorrow until funeral services at 11 a m Saturday. The 70-year-old former New York governor and 1928 Democratic presidential nominee died yesterday. burial at Queens Calvary Cemetery. The coffin will not be opened and guards of honor will be provided by the 69th Regiment and Catholic War Veterans. Messages of condolence came from President Roosevelt and Governor Dewey, who ordered flags at half staff for 30 days.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Happy Warrior
New York State
Queens Calvery Cemetery
J. Francis A. McIntyre
Smith
69Th Regiment
New York Guard
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Hoover
Dewey
Polish General Komorowski Captured in Warsaw Battle
London reporting the capture of Lt. Gen. Tadeuz Komorowski Bor and his entire staff during the Warsaw fight. The Polish government in exile says his message contradicted the Soviet backed Polish National Committee of Liberation's claim of his absence after the uprising. Berlin had announced his capture earlier.
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London
Tadeuz Komorowski
Bor
Warsaw
Komorowski
Polish National Committee of Liberation
Berlin
Winchester approves third reading of slaughter house ordinance
The Winchester Common Council passed the amended slaughter house ordinance on third reading defining premises where animals are slaughtered and set a 200 foot distance from dwellings. The measure faces retroactive questions and opposition from poultry operators citing investment and odor concerns. Nicholas warns the plan may force closure.
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Winchester
Nicholas
Winchester Poultry
P. D. Miller
War Secretary Denies Demobilization Delay
Washington October 5 Secretary of War Stimson called reports that the War Department would slow partial demobilization to ease job conditions absolutely untrue. He said only military necessity to defeat Japan and available shipping affect demobilization speed. The army plans to return eligible personnel as quickly as possible with no economic or political factors entering planning.
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Wahington
Stimson
War Department
Japan
War Department Reports Army Navy Casualties
Secretary of War Stimson announced total U S armed forces casualties at 417 085 with 351 293 in the army and 65 792 in the navy The Italy campaign accounts for 82 111 army ground losses breakdown shows 68 568 killed 185 921 wounded 45 488 missing and 51 316 prisoners as of September 21.
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Washington
Stimson
Italy
Soldier Seabright wins $100 for Reich note
J V Arthur announced the $100 award to the first service member attaching a note from Germany. The winner is Sgt John M Seabright of Handley, member of the Fourth Infantry Division. Seabright’s letter dated September 15 1944 describes life in Europe under censorship and hopes for a homecoming.
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J. V. Arthur
Germany
Reich
John M. Seabright
Seabright
Europe
Victor
Frank Gearing
Fourth Infantry Division
Armistice Day Plans by Wincheste r American Legion
The Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 in Winchester votes to sponsor Armistice Day events including a Court House volley at 11 am church services and a luncheon. V E Day plans include a parade and a ball at the Armory with civic groups and a large American flag donation. 21 Gold Star citations await delivery to next of kin.
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Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion of
Winchester
P. G. Ireland
Court House
Post
Virginia State Guard
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Ireland
L. E. Hill
Sunshine For 2nd Series Game
Sunshine greeted early buyers at Sportsman s Park for the second All Saint Louis World Series game. Nelson Potter was set to start for Sewell and Max Lanier for the Cardinals with optimism of a comeback behind the left-hander from Denton North Carolina who pitched in the 1942 classic.
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Jack Hand
Sportsman’s Park
St. Louis
Nelson Potter
Sewell
Max Lanier
Cardinals
Denton
N. C
Louisville
Widen Wedge In Face Of Fierce Hunl Counterattack
American forces push through the west wall defenses at Ubach and seize Begzendorf and Kerkrade on the Dutch German border. First Army under Hodges presses toward Aachen, repelling counterthrusts as fighting rages along the Arnhem corridor.
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London
Ubach
Begzendorf
Kerkrade
Merkstein
Aachen
First Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Beggendorf
Aachen-Geilenkirchen
Gladbach
Associated Press
Siegfried Line
Soupnanas Theg
Pittsburgh
Arnhem
Nijmegen-Arnhem
Yanks Advance Toward Bologna in WWII Frontline Push
U S Fifth Army troops moved within 14 miles of Bologna after seizing ridges north of La Selva and advancing toward Monte Moro sin o on the Imola road. They captured Cuviola and Quinzano as German artillery pressed Lagune position defending the route to Rome.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
la Selva
Lorrano
Monte Morosino
Imola
Castel del Rio
Cuviola
Quinzano
Loiano
Lagune
Rermini
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Fiumieno
Munich
Italy
Sarah Zane Fire Co. Meeting Friday Evening
Sarah Zane Fire Co. will hold a meeting Friday evening October 6 at P.M. All members are requested to be present. Captain Loryn M. Crabiil.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabiil
Fresh home crown and home dressed frying chickens
Local chicken delivery offer promises fresh home dressed frying chickens by Saturday evening. Orders must be placed by 9 PM. Phone number provided for ordering.
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U. S
Yugoslavia
State Guard
Friendship Fire Company
Dia
H. J. Heinz Co
Valley Pike
U. S. Naval
San Francisco
Raymond Spruance
Ernest J. King
Slaughter House
Liberation Force
Noland Norgaard
Nicodemus Orchard
Clarke
al Smith
Burra Club
Red Cross
Betty Riley
W. Piccadilly Street
India
G.i.’S
G. I's
Gen
Sgt. Seabright
Sgt
Handley Set
Sunshine
James M. Long
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