Reds Close on Memel and East Prussia Ports
Russian vanguards reached the Baltic south of Memel cutting land escape routes for about 150,000 Germans in Latvia and Lithuania. Moscow reports say the Memel area is an entry into East Prussia as forces from Bagramian and Cherniakhovsky press toward Tilsit and Memel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Baltic Sea
Memel
Latvia
Lithuania
Moscow
East Prussia
Reich
Hitler
Kremlin
Baltic
Tilsit
Ivan C. Bagramian
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Poerenauies
Rodion Malinovsky
Hungary
Debrecen
Budapest
Berlin
Germany
Meeml
Kuliai
Vezaiciai
Lt Lloyd Loope cited for heroism in France
Fourth Armored Division reports Second Lieutenant Lloyd L. Loope 28 of this city and wife Mrs Alice Loope receives Bronze Star Medal for August 24 1944 action at Louppe France. He held a bridge against heavy fire guiding nearby units and repelled a counter attack. He was commissioned in 1942 after graduating from Finchville High School V P I and Blacksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Armored Division
France
Lloyd L. Loope
Alice M. Loope
Fourth Division
Loupe
Louppe
Fincastle High School
V. P. I. & Blacksburg
Wounded Pvt John Coffey in France September 19
War Department and the wounded soldier report Pvt John Coffey was hit by a shell fragment in the neck in France on September 19. In a letter to his parents Mr and Mrs Samuel P Coffey, formerly of Front Royal, now of this city, he said he was in a hospital in France. Coffey entered the Army from Warren county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
John Coffey
France
Pvt. Coffey
Samuel P. Coffey
Front Royal
Pvt
Coffey
Warren County
Invasion of Garakayo Joins Palau Island Push
U S forces landed on Garakayo in the Palau group to gain a beachhead and press forward with light opposition. Marine planes bombed Palau fuel depots while Zak Zamboanga and Balikpapan raids expanded American air campaigns across the Philippines and Indonesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Ott
Garakayo
Palau
Philippines
Pacific
Zamboanga
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
81St Infantry
Peleliu
Babelthuap
Palaus
Palau Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Balikpapan
Borneo Oil Center
Admiral Nimitz
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Area Growers Protest WFA Apple Prices
Apple growers in a four state belt protest War Food Administration price offers for apples to England under Lend Lease. The WFA price of 2.25 per bushel for select packing sizes is blamed for undercutting market value, risking a drop toward the ceiling price of 2.75. The protest notes government publicity may depress actual market prices and cites Appalachian Apple Service dispatches and Market News reports from Martinsburg Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
WFA
England
York
Ashley Sellers
Appalachian Apple Serce
United Kingdom
WFFA
Martinsburg - Winchester
Frost forecast for Thursday morning region wide
The forecast calls for cooler temperatures Wednesday through Thursday with frost expected Thursday morning in RegionFive. Warmer conditions are seen Friday through Sunday with little to no precipitation, while Region Four may have light rain in northern New York Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pfc Charles Allen Missing In Action in France
Mrs Haney Allen received word from the War Department that her son Pfc Charles FE Allen has been missing in action in France since September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haney Allen
War Department
Pfc
Charles FE. Allen
France
Communique Stuns Press with 1592 Date Twist at Nimitz Q&A
At Pearl Harbor on October 10 Admiral Nimitz read a dated communique claiming allied naval victories off Korea in 1592. Reporters laughed as he revealed the message was a joke, noting the Korean Chinese unit action against Japan on the peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Korea
Fusan
Nimitz
A. P
San Francisco
Associated Press
Korean Peninsula
Churchill Opens Talks With Stalin In Moscow
Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met in the Kremlin for a three hour discussion with the British delegation later briefing Washington on the talks. Churchill plans a second meeting with Stalin and Harriman, with the visit expected to continue this week. The Russian press issued statements opposing altering UNSC voting principles and revealing a plan to develop oil resources in northern Iran.
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Moscow
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Kremlin
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Europe
Quebec
Roosevelt
International Security Council
Iran
Lt Potts Receives Bronze Star for Normandy Service
First Lieutenant Benjamin T. Potts of Route 1-A is awarded the Bronze Star medal by the armored division commander for meritorious service as a company maintenance officer during the Normandy to Seine drive. He exposed himself to fire to maintain tanks and led his platoon after a leader was wounded on August 14. Potts, a Handley High School 1934 graduate, previously worked for Kraft Cheese.
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France
Benjamin T. Potts
Normandy
Seine River
Potts
Handley High School
Army
Kraft Cheese Company
Armored
Fort Knox
Registration surge boosts Virginia voter rolls ahead of election
Upswing in late voter registration across the state draws crowds at city registrars as counties report higher totals. In Virginia, districts like Charlottesville and Arlington note record registrations while Roanoke shows a small decline. Hail damage affects Frederick county orchards and processing plants face ongoing labor shortages as officials describe late trailer camp arrivals.
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Richmond
Virginia
E. R. Combe. Ee
State Senate
Charlottesville
Alexandria
Arlington
Roanoke
Norfolk
W. N. Davis
South Boston
Winchester
J. W. Arthur Insurance Company
Stephens City
Middle Road
Frederick County
Berryville
Gore
Walker McC Pond
Legion Plans Weekly Smoker At Golden Glow
The Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 American Legion executive committee met at Commander Halvosa’s home. They will hold monthly social smokers at the Golden Glow Restaurant starting October 24 with speakers and War Department moving pictures. A Christmas week dance with a name band is planned and a V E Day dance at Winchester Armory is contracted. The annual state conference of post officers and committees will be held later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Y. Conrad
No. 21
American Legion
A. C. Halvosa
Golden Glow
War Department
Washington
Winchester Armory
Cardinals win 1944 World Series over Browns at Sportsmans Park
St. Louis defeats Cleveland Browns 4 to 2 in game six at Sportsmans Park to claim the 1944 World Series. Ted Wilks relief pitched 32 13 innings with no hits allowed after Max Lanier’s shaky sixth. The Redbirds secure a 92 strikeout total for the staff and earn over 1 million in receipts, led by McQuinn and Sewell’s .438 batting in the series.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Browns
Jack Hand
S. Louis
Sportsmans Park
Marty Marion
Cardinal
Red Bird
Brownie Lee
Max Lanier
Wilks
Lanier
Cara
Jack Coombs
Eddie Plank
Athletics
Giants
Vern Stephens
George McQuinn
Luke Sewell
Aachen Faces 24 Hour Surrender Deadline From US Army
American forces threaten total bombardment unless Aachen surrenders unconditionally within 24 hours. Three messengers return with a bedsheet flag of truce as 165 000 residents endure shell bursts and rain.
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Aachen
Cedric Lafley
Enosburg Falls
William Boaehme
New York City
Kenneth Rading
la Grange
Ill
United States Army
Charlemagne
Hitler
Bureaucracy Draws Fire From Both Parties
The article reports Republican attacks on the New Deal bureaucracy and Attorney General Biddle’s counter definition, with Bricker critiquing Roosevelt and veterans’ legislation. It notes Wendell Willkie’s funeral in New York and a Simon Schuster pamphlet urging meaningful statements on international obligations and race. Independent voters enter focus as campaign momentum shifts.
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Associated Press
Biddle
John W. Bricker
Montana
Atlantic City
New Jersey State Federation of Labor
Bricker
Washington State
Spokane
Wenatchee
Great Falls
Mont
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Simon and Schuster, Inc
Willkie
Senator Hill
D.-Ala
Tragedy Strikes Clampfer Household in Philadelphia
Six married Clampfer brothers arrive at their mother Anna May Clampfer's home with a War Department telegram reporting Pvt. Robert Clampfer killed in France. Mrs. Clampfer hears the news with quiet shock as the physician confirms her loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Anna May Clampfer
War Department
Pvt
Robert Clampfer
France
Walter Clampfer
Clampfer
Walter
Bobby
Mrs. Clampier
Plan For City's 10th Blood Donor Clinic In November
Plans for Winchester's tenth Blood Donor Clinic were formulated at a Blood Donor Service Committee meeting of the Winchester-Frederick County Chapter American Red Cross. The three day clinic runs November 15 16 and 17 and volunteers register at Blood Donor Headquarters at 3 North Loudoun Street from November 6 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Blood Donor Service Committee
Winchester - Frederick County
American Red Cross
North
Loudoun Street
Red Cross
Jesse Smoot
Shenandoah County
Stewart Bell, Jr
Rosalie N. Bell
C. F. Schenck
J. V. Arthur
Hyman J. Fine
E. E. Harbaugh
H.R. Kern
Jdr
Siegfried Line City Sealed Off By Wall Of Tanks Troops
U S First Army surrounds Aachen and issues 24 hour surrender ultimatum. Doughboys seal off the Siegfried line city with a wall of troops tanks and guns and push a 25 mile front inside the Reich as pressure tightens toward the Rhine.
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Siegfried Line
James M. Long
London
U. S. First Army
Aachen
Reich
Rhine
U. S
First Army
Schelde
Antwerp
Germany
Berlin
Leopold Canal
Patton
George S. Patton
U. Ss. Third Army
Nancy-Metz
Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
Fresnes-on-Saulnois
Nancy
Cheminot
Duren
Julich
Cologne
Dussendorf
Dusseldorf
Charlemagne
Gerd von Rundstedt
Richard Byrd in France Confirmed Soldier in Europe
Senator Harry F Byrd and his wife learned from their son Richard E Byrd that he is now in France serving as a sergeant in the armored infantry. Private Beverley Byrd, a paratrooper who recovered from a Normandy wound, is back in France on combat duty with the First Allied Airborne Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F Byrd
Richard E. Byrd
France
Armored Infantry
Beverley Byrd
Normandy
First
Allied Airborne Army
Wanted Men Missing by Crate or Wichita Shed
Mysterious note seeks two men described as Nicode mus Orcha and associates. Crate pickup location and shed in Wichita hinted. authorities asked to identify and contact. Details sparse and unclear. investigation ongoing.
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Nicodemus Orcha
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Palau Isles
Philippine City
Charles Allen
Winston Churchill
Stalin
Bronze
W. Edward Jones
Friendship Fire House
Rouss
Kenneth Henry
Henry
W. Benton Snider
B. F. Davis
Theounty
Walter S. Shade
United States Employment Service
South Kent Street
Shade
Legion Plans
Red Birds
Billy Southworth
Yankees
Nationals
Ted Wilks
Fulton
By Don Whitehead
Courtney H. Hodges
Richard and
Pine Motor Co
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