Hannover Bombing Intensifies Allied Air Offensive
Allied forces mounted a deep daylight raid into Pomerania and eastern Germany with heavy American bombers aiming at key targets. The Bremen and Hannover raids caused extensive damage and aircraft losses on both sides, as 31 British and 48 American planes reportedly fell, while German defenses claimed numerous enemy fighters shot down.
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Europe
Pomerania
Germany
Poland
East Prussia
Hitler
Hannover
Bremen
London
U. S
Berlin
RAF
Arine
Tsani
Stuka Dibeener
Bre
Dispay of Arms Chills Deputies in Plaquemines
New Orleans October 9. Governor Sam Jones declares martial law in Plaquemines Parish to seat Sheriff Walter Blaize amid a four month power struggle with District Attorney Leander Perez. State Guard convoys move into Ponte-a-la-Hache as armed deputies fade their resistance.
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New Orleans
Plaquemines Parish
Sam Jones
Walter. Blaize
Jones
Leander H Perez
L. D. Dauterive
Blaize
Perez
Thomas Porter
State Guard
Camp Pontchartrain
Ponte-a-la-Hache
Winks
Porter
Yugoslav Army Launches Fierce Battles For Trieste And Fiume
Yugoslav troops push toward Trieste and Fiume in a new drive to wrest Italian ports from Germans. They report heavy fighting south and on the Dalmatian coast with advances near Zara and Ogrulin. German garrisons around Fiume are said surrounded as rail lines are cut.
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London
Trieste
Fiume
Free Yugoslav Radio
Bari
Italy
London Daily Express
Susak
Ars Mans
Bakar
Brod
Ogulin
Dalmatia
Zara
Split
Seiz
Ligno Ee
Venuta -Toplice
Kolasin
Germany
Lon
Algiers
Ligno
Ludberg
Varasdin
Austria
Adriatic
Zari
Hvar
Winchester praises sailor and traffic safety plea
A fragmented passage praises a sailor and notes a 10 percent benefit to the boys while stressing road safety and right of way for pedestrians. It includes a call for 271 blood donors and a plea asking readers if they would donate to save a husband, brother, or son, ending with a phone dial reference.
First Santa Claus Letter Received
SANTA CLAUS Ind Oct 9 The post office here has received its first letter of the 1943 Yale season from an American soldier on an unidentified island The writer asked Santa for a spray gun to kill flies and mosquitos Roy Fenn of Tell City said the American Legion post there would see that the spray gun was dispatched post haste
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Santa Claus
Ind
Roy Fenn
Tell City
American Legion
Apple Growers Cooperating In Set Aside Rules
Apple growers in the Winchester area are cooperating nearly fully with the set aside order. Deputy order administrator James Du Shane noted a surprisingly small number of violations, suggesting some infractions stem from lack of information rather than willful noncompliance. Ninety five percent of seven truckloads cleared for special reasons, including institutional use and reducing freight, with fruit from Blacksburg area consumed locally.
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Winchester
James DuShane
U.S. No. 1
Blacksburg
Portugal to declare war on Japan over Timor dispute
London dispatches from Madrid report Portugal may declare war on Japan in protest of encroachment on Portuguese Timor. The Portuguese assembly was called into session as Salazar met with the Japanese minister, who reportedly burned private papers after a Lisbon conference. The government has been incensed by Timor seizure.
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London
Madrid
Portugal
Japan
Salazar
Lisbon
Daily Mail
Salazar Thursby
Portuguese Timor
Nazis Plan to Seize Vichy Control in France
London reports say Germany nears takeover of French government with arrests across the country. Nazi radio spokesman De Beauplan says Germans will assume power if authorities cannot quell terrorism. Free French and Swiss sources note Laval's waning prerogatives and possible exit from politics.
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London
France
Paris
Robert de Beauplan
Radio France
Algiers
Gazette de Lausanne
Office of War Information
Pierre Laval
Apo
Laval
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Quisling
Merchants Urged To Permit Employees To Donate Blood
V R Strader, president of the Retail Merchants Association, urges merchants to allow employees time to donate blood for the war effort. A two to three hour offering is suggested per donor, with a blood donor clinic planned at the Presbyterian Church and registration in the old Penney building.
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V. R. Strader
Retail Merchants Association
The
Presbyterian Church
Penney
Sncn
Michigan Forest Fires Unchecked
MARQUETTE Mich October 9 Fire swept thousands of acres in Michigan s upper peninsula in the worst blaze since 1936 Conservation officials said they could not predict an end until rain or snow and blamed manpower and equipment shortages Gov Harry F Kelly issued a noon today ban on open fires and smoking except in inhabited places or in cars The Marquette county fire outbreak alone destroyed 3500 acres across ten separate blazes
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Marquette
Mich
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Nev Ee
Insula
Harry F. Kelly
Russian Forces Repulse Strong Counter Attacks Near Kiev
Russian forces launched deep wedges into the German line west of the Dnieper with surprise attacks around Pereyaslav and north of Kiev. The Soviet advance aimed to envelop the fortress city, with 2,800 German casualties reported and 32 German planes shot down as crossings were protected. The Mosow bulletin touted a secure west-bank foothold and hinted at broader offensives.
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London
Dnieper River
Kiev
Red Army
Moscow
Pereyaslav
West Bank
Pripet
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Cassidy
Moscow War Bulletin
Marging Sex Maniac Verdict Echoes in Hearing
Witness Lavelle testified that Sir Harry Oakes called Alfred de Marigny a sex maniac in March quarrel overheard near De Marigny’s Victoria Avenue cottage. The pre trial hearing reopened to allow Lavelle to testify as he expects to be abroad during the October murder trial in Supreme Court.
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Naesau
Harry Oakes
Thomas Lavelle
Alfred de Maigny
Harry
Nancy
de Marigny
Lavelle
United States
Supreme Court
Sir Harry
Victoria Avenue
Oakes
Apples and blossoms on a Clarke county farm
Apples and blossoms on an apple tree were observed this morning by Mrs. J. D. Pine of 500 National Avenue. The second crop of the season is noted as the apples have fallen while deer are seen roaming the Clarke county orchard.
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J. D. Pine
National Avenue
S& Starman
Clarke Coun
Romans Fear Eternal City Soon To Be Battleground
BERn Oct 9 dispatches from Italy say Rome may become a battleground as Fascist government moves to Bolzano. Tanks roll through Piazza Del Popolo and the Corso while artillery fires after 8 p m. Rome blacks out and citizens appear apathetic. Interned men and missing youths provoke fear of German labor and wartime measures.
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Bern
Switzerland
Rome
Bolzano
Italian Alps
Italy
Piazza del Popolo
Corso
Berliner Boersen Zeitung
Germany
Jap Navy Loses Ships In Solomons Rescue Mission
Allied Headquarters says US destroyers sank a Japanese cruiser or heavy destroyer and at least two destroyers in a near midnight engagement northwest of Vella Lavella while a small American force conducted a rescue mission. Moderate American losses were reported. evacuation of Kolombangan and Vella Lavella Islands was announced.
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Southwest Pacific
United States
Solomons
Vella Lavella Island
Manique
Kolombangan
Valla Lavella Islands
Domei
German Robs Man Of His Necktie With Canadian Troops in Italy
A Canadian colonel recounts an incident in Italy where a German tied up an Italian citizen, threatened him with a gun, and took his necktie. Canadian troops captured the German and returned the necktie to the man.
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Italy
Japanese Opposition Found Lacking In Recent Raid
Headquarters of the 14th U. S. A. A. F. in China reports Liberator bombers with fighter escort hit Gialam airdrome Hanoi and Haiphong cement plant. Japanese resistance appeared weak with pilots avoiding extended attacks. Since Oct 1 the 14th Air Force has downed 33 confirmed aircraft and damaged seven more in the Haiphong Hanoi area. American losses were two P 40 fighters.
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China
Gialam
Hanoi
Haiphorn
Indo-China
Haiphong
Chennault
14Th Air Force
Haiphong Hanoi
U. S
First WAC in North Africa tells of Iceland visit
Sgt. Watson and three WAC comrades, the first from the unit to see Iceland, flew from a North Africa base en route to the U S. They stopped for several hours, visited a movie, and created a mild sensation. Watson later spent leave in Stephens City and Winchester, speaking to a Star reporter after censor clearance for interviews.
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Watson
WACS
Iceland
United States
Sgt. Watson
Stephens City
Winchester
The
Star
Allies Cross Volturno Front in Italy Push
Allied patrols probed German defenses along the Volturno River north of Naples as Fifth Army advances reported from Algiers. Caserta and nearby lines were captured, with Germans throwing in the Third Armored Grenadiers to shore up defenses while air forces struck Greece Crete and the Dodecanese in a coordinated campaign.
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London
Cairo
Volturno
Naples
Garigliano
Algiers
Italy
Third Armored Grenadiers
Associated Press
Belman Morin
Fifth Army
Caserta
Calorea
Adriatic
Greece
Crete
Dodecanese
Middle East
Heraklion
Termoli
16Th Bieaa
Montemery
NBC
Mueller
Veterans Return To Walter Reed
Three convalescent soldiers left this morning to return to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. Sgt. Stuben Wham and Cpl. Wm. E. Wham are named among them, as the group returned after efforts to recruit donors for the Winchester Blood Donors clinic and to encourage local citizen involvement.
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Winchester Blood Donors Clinic
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Sgt
Stuben Wham
Cpl
Reward for Marine Corps emblem missing from car
Reward offered for information leading to return of a United States Marine Corps emblem lost from a car at 219 West Street. The item went missing Wednesday night September 6 at the writer’s residence.
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Merine Corps
Star Office
W. St
Automobile Mechanic Wanted at Bickers Motor Co
Help wanted advertisement seeks an automobile mechanic for Bickers Motor Co. Apply in person for favorable working conditions and steady employment.
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Bickers Motor Co
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