Reds Fight In Outskirts Of Belgrade Invasion Update
Russian and Yugoslav troops pressed German forces on Belgrade outskirts and across the Danube near Pancevo. Tito reportedly near the front as Partisans ready to enter Belgrade. Russians push toward Budapest with aims to seize Belgrade and secure rail routes.
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Belgrade
Danube
Moscow
Pancevo
Marshall Tito
Army of National Liberation
Old
Belegrade
Pravda
Nis
Sofia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Tisza
Szeged
Romania
Red Army
Budapest
Hunsss
Topola
Karageorge
Black George
Peter
Pan
Lithuania
Baltic
Saare
Greece
Danubian Basin
Marshal Stali
Austria
Belgade
Hitler
Charlee House Fire Co. meeting notice and South End event
The Charlee House Fire Co. will hold a meeting on Friday evening October 1 at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. David F. Hottle, President. The South End Fire Co. announces Friday night at 8:30 with a $100 door prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utes Fire Co
Charlee Ouss Fire Co
David F. Hottle
South End Fire Co
City Ministers Plan Future Activities for Winchester Group
The Winchester Ministerial Association, in its monthly meeting, named chairmen for committees including Dr E T Clark for weekly Sunday radio broadcasts and Dr Ronald S Wilson to head the inter church committee. Rev L G Bridgers leads Moral and social welfare, Rev R W Vanderberry heads scouting, and Rev R A Whitten presided as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Clark
Ronald S. Wilson
L. G. Bridgers
R. W. Vanderberry
R. A. Whitten
Association
Baseball at Park Sunday Benefit Game at Park ys Madison
A Sunday 3 p m benefit baseball game is listed for Park ys Madison. The notice notes free delivery and references Chickens of all sizes freshly dressed with a contact number.
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Park Ys
Madison
Dia
Heinz Cider Mill hires workers in Winchester Virginia
Wanted men and boys for full and part time jobs in cider mill. BH. J. Heinz Co. Valley Pike Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BH. J. Heinz Co
Valley Pike
Winchester
Roosevelt accuses Republicans of fear propaganda in radio address
President Roosevelt denounces Republican claims that his administration seeks communist control. He rejects foreign ideologies undermining American government and clarifies the Soviet relation, stressing demobilization worries are based on untrustworthy sources and aimed at lowering morale.
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D. Harold Oliver
Prest
Washington
Roosevelt
America
Soviet Union
Brady Largent Dies After Short Illness at 51
Brady W. Largent a prominent local merchant and longtime civic leader died at 9 PM after an operation at University Hospital in Charlottesville. He had been ill about two months and was 51. Largent owned Largent's Sanitary Cash Store at Piccadilly and Cameron, served on the City Council, belonged to the Sarah Zane Fire Company and Farmers and Merchants National Bank board, and held church and Masonic posts. He was married to Pearl Rinard of West Virginia since 1934.
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Brady W. Largent
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Mr. Largent
Largent
Piccadilly
Cameron Streets
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Beacons
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Hiram Lodge
A. M
John Dove
Royal Arch Masons
Winchester Commandery
Knights Templar
Acca Temple
Order of Mystic Shrine
Richmond
Sargent
McKinley
Odes
Eastern
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Pearl Rinard
Third Series Game Today at Sportsman's Park St Louis
The Browns and Cardinals enter Game Three tied at one win each as Ted Wilks and Jack Kramer take the mound for series debuts under clear skies. Donnelly’s four inning relief helped St Louis clinch the previous win while optimism grows for a near 35,000 crowd at Sportsman’s Park.
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Sportan’s
Blix Donnelly
Donnelly
Red Birds
St. Louis
Sportsman’s Park
Local Servicemen Sacrifices Listed In Honor Roll
The unofficial American Legion Honor Roll lists 47 local servicemen who have died in the current war. The compilation by Hill with clipping aid from Miss Frances Dunlap asks relatives of any missing names to contact the legion service officer to officialize the record. The names include Winchester residents and county draftees, with full parentage and addresses for many.
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American Legion
Hill
Frances Dunlap
JBT
Legion Service
Winchester
Wm. C. Allen
Wim. A. Allen
Amherst St
John S. Bailey
J. Walter Bailey
Woodstock
Samuel Bean
John Bean
S. Kent St
Morton Bloom
J. L Bloom
W. Piccadilly St
Nelson M. Broy
H. M. Broy
Reliance
John Carbaugh
Harry M. Carbaugh
Stephens City
Charles A. Carper
Clarence Carper
E. Hart St
Everly S. Carper
Hugh Carper
Bufflick Rd
Charles Clevenger
Lohr Clevenger
Loudoun St
Hollie C. Cullers
C. F. Cullers
U S Bombers Hit Deep Into Kurile Islands
Aleutian based Liberators pushed within 310 miles of Tokyo striking Kita Island in the Kuriles. Domei said 12 Liberators attacked twice Thursday morning, with two shot down in a fierceair battle as land based fighters and heavy flak challenged the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Japan
Kurile Islands
Tokyo
Nippon
Domei
Kita Island
Kuriles
Kita
Aleutians
Southwest Pacific Liberators
Balikpapan
13Th Air Force
Tuesdiay
Borneo Oil Center
Southwest Pacific
17 Year Old Girl Found Dead On D C Golf Course
Police identify Dorothy Berrum 17 of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin by a high school ring. She came to Washington last June to work in the war department ordnance division after McDonnel high school graduation. The body bore marks of strangulation with a snood and evidence of rape noted in a cursory examination.
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Washington
Potomac River
Dorothy Berrum
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Robert J. Barrett
Ordnance Division
War Department
McDonnel High School
Summer Weather Forecast for Districts Four and Five
District Four offers fair sunny weather for five days with warm days and cool nights. Highs near 80, nights around 45-50, and little to no rainfall expected. District Five forecasts similar conditions with highs near 78 and lows around 60, cooling toward normal by Sunday to Wednesday, with minimal rain.
Art Treasures Worth 3 Million Returned From Winchester Vault
About three million dollars in Rembrandts Titian Hals and other works plus Gothic tapestries were moved from Washington to a reinforced concrete vault in Handley High School Winchester after Pearl Harbor. The Corcoran Gallery director C Powell Minnegerode supervised the final load and praised local officials for swift safe storage during wartime.
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Handley High School
Corcor
Washington
Winchester
Pearl Harbor
United States
C. Powell
Minnegrode
Corcoran Gallery
Geabee
Rembrandt
Titian
Wee 7 Hals
Robbena An Uisdael
Minnegerode
Handley
Quarles
Corcoran Gallery of Art
British Take Rion In Swift Greecian Advance
Allied land forces seal the gulf of Corinth by capturing the food port of Rion as Greek troops and British units push eastward from Patras. Patras falls after German security troops surrender. 1500 prisoners taken at Patras.
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Rion
Rome
Adriatic
Gulf of Corinth
Peloponnesus
George Papandreou
Tripolis
Patras
Athens
Kythera
Greece
Kalamai
Fles
Andirrion
Gulf
Katakolon
Arnhem setback dims Europe victory chances, OWI warns
OWI director Elmer Davis says Allied airborne failures at Arnhem push victory in Europe further from this year. The leaked OWI forecast predicted earlier German collapse and outlined postwar inflation, debt needs, and rationing trends including butter sugar and clothing shortages.
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Washington
Arnhem
OWL
Elmer Davis
Europe
Davis
Office of War Information
Germany
OWI
Yanks Close On Duren In Siegfried Line Drive
Allied forces in the Hurtgen Forest drive toward Duren and Cologne as U S First Army units push through dark lanes reaching six miles from Duren and 20 from Cologne. Heavy fighting along the Ubach breach sees German armor thrown back and air power delivering crippling blows.
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London
First Army
Aachen
Hurtgen Forest
Duren
L’cologne
Rhine
Ubach
Geilenkirchen
Anzio
Germany
Herbach
Fifth Army Captures Loiano and Nearby Roads in Italy
American Fifth Army troops pushed through rain soaked, mountainous terrain toward the Po Valley. They seized the Loiano road junction less than 14 miles south of Bologna and advanced to positions near Monterenzio amid German Alpine reinforcements and heavy artillery barrages.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Loiano
Bologna
Florence
al- Sati
Anc
Monzano
Troiano
Weinhiaiay
Monterenzio
Route 65
Imola
Doctor moves dental office to Medical Arts Building
Dr. C Harlee relocates his dental practice to the Medical Arts Building on N Braddock Street and will resume operations there on Wednesday October 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Harlee
Medical Arts
N. Braddock St
Apple pickers sought at Nico Demus Orchard
Wanted by the crate. apple picking work at Nico Demus Orchard. No other details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicodemus Orchard
Sarah Zane Fire Co. Meeting Called by Captain Crabill
The Sarah Zane Fire Co. will hold a meeting Friday evening October 6 at 8 PM. All members are requested to be present. Captain Loryn M. Crabill signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn M. Crabill
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Boeroe Island
U.S. Army 5Th Air Force
Army Air Force
Tito
Winchester Ministerial Association
William Eisenberg
Dr. Adams
First Baptist Church
T. J. Hawkins
S. R. Line
Andrew Bell
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Brady Largent
James Rolfe Derflinger
Floyd Derflinger
Walter Plickinger
S. L. Flickinger
City
Pvt
Waters Foster
Allen
Hagerstown
Mitchel T. Franks
Ged M. Franks
Richard L. Guess
Cameron St
Wallace M. Grapes
Cecil Grapes
National Ave
Colin Hayley
J. P. Hayley
Odell V. Heltzel
John D. Heltzel
Emerson D. Henkel
Viola M. Henkle
S. Stewart St
Charles Hoover
Delmar Linaburg
Carrie Seabright
Earl Linaweaver
Bush Linaweaver
Logan Massey
Margaret P. Massey
Amherst St. S
Charles Miller
Mervel McCormick
Albert McCormick
S. F
David McDonald
Charles Dick
U. S
D.C
Garland Quarles
Dient
By Noland Norgaard
Cologne
James M. Long
Italy
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