Red Army Presses New Surprise Offensive Along Dnieper Front
Red Army expands three bridgeheads west of the Dnieper including near Kiev as Moscow reports rapid crossings and the battle to liquidate German lines. Key sectors include confluence of Pripet and Dnieper, Pereyaslav area, and southeast of Krementchug toward Dnepropetrovsk with possible impact on winter crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Momgiv
Red Army
White Russia
Black Sea
Dnieper River
Kiev
Germany
Pripet
Dniever
Kremenchug
Dniepropetrovsk
Dnieper
Leningrad
London
Baltic
Taan
Ath & Gey
Wmsaling
Eyecennes
Moscow
Pripetani
Pereyaslav
Ukraine
Dnepropetrovsk
Public urged to mail packages for armed forces now
Postmaster Nelson Page urged immediate parcel mailing to troops overseas. He cautioned that after October 15 no packages may be sent unless accompanied by a soldier letter, with limits of no more than 15 pounds and 15 inches in length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
Nelson Page
Nost
Veterans highlight plasma's life saving value at Capitol Theatre
Three veterans from African campaigns spoke to Winchester residents about blood plasma and its life saving role. They described how plasma saved lives and urged donations with figures showing 600 donors secured and 315 more needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theatre
Aes
Winchester
Angel of Death
Garland Quarles
Set
Steuben Wham
Local Guards Leave Tomorrow For Bull Run
Winchester Company 115 V P F and V R M Company 34 join Eleventh Battalion Virginia State Guard exercises at Bull Run battlefield near Manassas this weekend. Units may be depleted as men travel by noon today. Capt W A Baker commands Company 115 and Capt Jack R Brandon commands Company 34.
Simi Island Falls to British Hands in Dodecanese
Cairo dispatch reports British occupation of Simi Island, 25 miles north of Rhodes. Germans attempted to retake Simi but were repelled with heavy losses. Allies recently occupied Cos, faced attacks, and rumors circulated of landings in the Cyclades amid strict censorship on Allied insular operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Simi
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Middle East
Cos
Istanbul
Cyclades Islands
Aegean Sea
Crete
Long Illness Proves Fatal To Mrs Hodgson
Mrs Laura W Hodgson 83 widow of F Brooke Hodgson and Winchester matriarch died after a prolonged illness at 120 East Clifford Street. Born July 16 1861 she leaves two daughters Mrs James A McFadden and Mrs Margaret Hodgson Goss and son Joseph B Hodgson. Funeral Saturday at 4 after services by Rev Hon eycutt and Rev Nelson. Interment Mount Hebron.
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Laura W. Hodgson
F. Brooke Hodgson
Winchester
East Clifford Street
Joseph
Mary Conrad Snapp
North
Cameron Street
Snapp Foundry
Centenary Reformed Church
Carl A. Honeycutt
Graceco Church
Robert B Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Mount Hebron
Cem
Feeder Calves Auction Slated for October 15
Plans are set for the 1943 Northern Virginia feeder calf sale to be held Friday October 15 at the Virginia Livestock Market in Winchester. About 450 Angus and Hereford steer and feeder calves from Frederick Clarke Loudoun and Fauquier counties will be graded and sold in attractive lots under Clarke Farmers Cooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Virginia
Virginia Livestock Iie
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Loudoun
Fauquier
Clarke Farmers Cooperative
Betty Smith Marries Clarke Co Soldier in Publicized Union
Betty Smith the author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn has gained national attention as she marries Private Joe Jones from Clarke County. The couple met after correspondence on Army life and letters from Chapel Hill weeks ago and plan to continue their lives in New York amid her publishing success.
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Betty Smith
Brooklyn
Harper
Winchester
Clarke County
Berryville
Joe Jones
Cis Riden
Joe Benes
Dodgers
New York
Miss Smith
Chapel Hill
N. C
Private Jones
Chapel Hill Weekly
Army Life
Miss
Virginia Beach
Sgt. Daugherty Comes Home From Aleutian Bombing Duty
Staff Sergeant Robert C. Daugherty returns home after serving with the Army Air Corps in bombing missions over the Aleutian Islands. He recounts harsh weather and strong anti aircraft fire during Kiska raids, including a July crash landing. He trained in Tucson and Nevada and is the son of Mr and Mrs Beniugno of 1810 sou.
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Star
Kiska
Aleutians
Robert C. Daugherty
Army Air Corps
Star Office
Robert
Daugherty
West
Tucson
Arizona
Nev
Beni_neugeny
Sales Tax Plan For War Funds Gains Moment
Washington speech notes growing push for a ten percent federal retail sales tax to raise about six billion dollars for the Treasury. Lawmakers see it as an accessible wartime funding vehicle though constituent support remains unsettled. A NY Board of Trade official urged a ten percent victory tax on all consumer sales for the duration to yield six billion annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Treasury
Capitol Hill
Aunty Taber
R-Ny
House
Trons Committee
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Congress
New York Board of Trade
M. L. Seidman
Ways and Means Committee
Bremen Pounded in Daylight by Flying Forts
American Flying Fortresses bombed Bremen Germany during daylight, following RAF raids on Stuttgart Friedrichshafen and Munich. P-47 escorts supported the attack, as German bombers hit London and southeast England. the night raid was Britain's response to German pressure.
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London
Bremen
Germany
North Sea
England
105Th
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Emden
Hamare
Anda Ministry
Stuttgart
Air Ministry
RAF
Berlin
Munich
Fredreichshaven
Reich
War Dept shows unspent civilian funds and large payroll cuts
Undersecretary Robert P Patterson told the Byrd Economy Committee the War Department had a August 31 balance of about 119 billion dollars with over 64 billion unobligated. He cited a civilian payroll drop from 1,348,803 to 1,203,239 and a 145,564 civilian reductions between June 30 and August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Byrd Economy Committee
War Department
Patterson
Byrd
D-Va
Department
Navy
Allies Press Forward in Balkans as Yugoslav Partisans Grow
London reports American and British officers at Yugoslav partisan HQ after signs of Allied help. Czechoslovak brigade trained by Britain may have landed in Montenegro to aid partisans as King Peter speaks of deliverance.
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London
Free Yugoslav Radio
Balans
Stockholm
Budapest
Middle East
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Greece
Ashorn
Montenegro
Creta
Cokes Ed
Bombing Pounds Japanese Into Hasty Retreats
Allied reports from the Southwest Pacific say Japanese forces are retreating in the central Solomons after heavy American air bombardment. Kolombangara island is abandoned in parts with Vila air base, barge traffic halted, and anticipated U S occupation noted by MacArthur headquarters.
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Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Kolombangara
Vila
World at War Highlights Update Across Fronts
U S Fifth Army captures Castel Volturno and Capua en route to Rome and forms a 15 mile front on the Volturno. Soviet spearheads drive west from Dnieper bridge heads threatening encirclement. RAF bomb strikes on Stuttgart and Munich. German bombs hit London. Yugoslav Tito headquarters reached by Allied officers as Balkans situation develops. Japanese abandon Solomons with Australian advances in New Guinea.
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Pacific
Solomons
Vir- Vila
Centraltu
Madang
New Guinea
Tokyo
U.S
Haipong
Indo-China
U. S
Wake Island
Western Union and Postal Telegraph Merge in Winchester
Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies consolidate in Winchester effective midnight. S. G. Taylor says the Postal office will operate as a Western Union branch with Joseph C. Langley as branch manager. Langley stays on with Western Union preserving seniority. messages may be filed at either office. The Postal Telegraph office, about 12 years old, merges into the Western Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union-Postal Telegraph
Winchester
S. G Taylor
Western Union
Postal
Joseph C. Langley
Postal Office
Langley
Postal Telegraph
Registration For A Books Underway In Berryville
Clarke County War Price and Rationing Board announces registration for A Books at Berryville high school today and tomorrow. Those who lost tire inspection sheets must obtain duplicates from the Berryville rationing office before registering. Books may be obtained afterward from the office as available.
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Clarke County
Bere
Berryville
SS Se
Winchester News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings
Snapp 17, long associated with The Star office, seeks championship shooting after marble tourney in Wildwood. Prank Snapp joins Naval Reserve, to report October 14 in Huntington. Sixty seven marriage licenses issued in September in Winchester Predack omy. City Hall 51 and county 16. War Loan drive ends, Greek Organization booth dismantled. O'Rear reports license plate lost between Winchester and Washington. plate recovered but battered, forwarded to Chamber of Commerce.
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Snapp
Star
Wildwood
N. J
Prank
Naval Reserve
Huntington
W. Va
Frank Snapp
Cameron Street
Winchestere
Predack
W. T. O’rear
Winchester
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Clark Battles Through Rain and Mud on Volturno Front
Allied headquarters report General Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Army pushed through heavy rain and mud to reach the Volturno river north of Naples on a 16 mile front from Capua to the sea, capturing Capua and Castel Volturno as German defenses faltered.
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Carters
Algier
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Volturno
Naples
Capua
Castel Volturno
Rome
Public sale of household goods at 25 South Market St
Public notice for a sale of all household goods on Thursday October 14 at 11 am at 25 South Market Street with possession to purchaser of the real estate owned by Mrs. M. D. Bromley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Market St
M. D. Bromley
Household goods and furniture sale listing
Household goods include a range living room suite beds chairs rugs copper kettle and refrigerator. Sale Tuesday October 12 at 1 p.m. Mrs W H Funk 712 N Loudoun.
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W. H. Funk
N. Loudoun
Friday BINGO Night at J Fire Co
The J Fire Company hosts Friday bingo at 8 o clock with 250 dollars in prizes. This event runs weekly on Fridays and is open to attendees in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Fire
Thur &Pri
Automobile Mechanic Wanted at Bickers Motor Co
Job ad for an automobile mechanic at Bickers Motor Co seeks applicants. Highlights favorable working conditions with hours 10 to 6 and 10 to 4. Contact details implied in the notice.
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Bickers Motor Co
Public sale of household goods and antiques
A public sale of household tare including many valuable antiques is scheduled for Saturday October. The notice names Grace De Forney at 148 Washington and lists partial parcel details.
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Sat
Grace DE Forney
Washington
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Walter Reed
Oklahoma
Cpl
Wm. Leise
Pittsburgh
Pvt
LeRoy Woot
Cpl. Leise
Simi Island
Hodgson
Clarke Co
Sgt. Daugherty
South Germany
Robert Sturdevant
War Dept
Byrd Committee
Zara
Dalmatian
Hvar
Split
Draja Mihailovic
Tito
Peter
South Pacific
Adm
William F. Halsey
Associated Press
William Hipple
Choiseul
Fee Wn. Foot
Italy
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Aegean
Russia
Crimea
Zagreb
Croatian
Wire Services
Consolidated
Clark
By Edward Kennedy
Mazzoni
Via Casa
Appian Way
Bernard L. Montgomery
Termoli
Afrian
Araxos
Gulf
Patras
Peloponnesus
Biferno
Mac
Yes
Mestre
Venice
Geman
Allied Air Command
C Dichino
Pomigliano
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