Memel Siege Deepens as Soviet Drive Surrounds Prussia
Moscow reports Soviets within seven miles of Memel and 15 of Tilsit after breaking to the Baltic. Berlin says East Prussia under full autumn offensive with forces pushed toward Danzig and Konigsberg as German defenses shrink along the Niemen.
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Memel
London
Baltic Sea
Berlin
Warsaw
Taurage
Lithuania
East Prussia
Lomza
Poland
Allenstein
Danzig
Furst
Tilsit
Konigsberg
Moscow
Memen
Latvia
Hitler
Niemen
Kirisches Haff
Ivan Co. Bagramian
Baltic
Red Army
Niemen River
Red Star
Palange
Memel-Tilsit
Meme
Konigsere
Riga
Bagramian
German air ace Helmut Lent killed in action
Berlin reports the death in action of Lt. Col. Helmut Lent Germany's top night fighter with 102 victories. Hitler ordered a state funeral and Reichmarshal Goering praised him as a pioneer of German air fighting in broadcasts from Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Helmut Lent
Berlin
Hitler
Reichmarshal Goering
Rummage Sale for Hospital Junior Auxiliary This Weekend
The Hospital Junior Auxiliary hosts a rummage sale on Friday and Saturday October 20 and 21 in the former U S O room. Proceeds support local hospital services. Items include clothing and household goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rummage Sale Hospital
Chicken Supper at Sidney Gore High School
A chicken supper is scheduled at Sidney Gore High School on Friday October 13. The price is 50 cents. Proceeds support school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Gore High School
U S Fleet Routs Ryukyu Target With 89 Planes Downed
The U S Pacific Fleet under Admiral Halsey state 89 enemy planes were shot down and 58 surface ships were sunk or damaged in a Ryukyu Islands raid 500 miles from China. Mitscher's carriers remained on station for the raiders return with no American ships damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Nippon
Ryukyu Islands
Philippines
Palaus
Bonins
William F. Halsey
Ryukyus
China
Tokyo
Marc A. Mitscher
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Ryukyu
Alrne
Mitscher
Manila
Marcus Island
Man Is Found Dead In Barn
Charles O. McKay died from a fractured skull likely from a fall or jump in a barn on his brother's Frederick county farm near Opequon Lake Park west of Winchester. His body was found by two hay loaders around 3 pm, prompting an inquest as sheriff and coroner investigated. He survived by his widow Maggie Ritter McKay and siblings, with funeral set at Jones funeral home and Mt Hebron Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. McKay
Middle Road
Opequon Lake Park
Winchester
W. R. Thompson
White Post
J. B. Bywaters
R. L. DeHaven
H. I. Pifer
McKay
Pifer
Alfred McKay
Warren County
Annie McKay
Luray
Front Royal
Baltimore
Frederick County
Maggie Ritter McKay
East Gerard Street
W. E. McKay
Antrim McKay
Lucy Ray
Severna Park
Fred Mc- Kay
Jones Funeral Home
S. L. Flickinger
D. D
Centenary Reformed Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Hubert McKay
James Purcell
Clyde Loy
Albert Stine
Sam Carpenter
John Madigan
Farm Vote Draws Attention From Candidates
The campaign centers on farm policy with Governor Schoeppel and Ickes arguing over government controls and New Deal production. Ickes cites increased crop value per acre from reclamation work, while Truman predicts Southern support for the Democrats.
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Schoeppel
Kansas
Interior
Ickes
Benson, Min
Dewey- Bricker
Salt Lake City
Dewey
Roosevelt
West
Reclamation Bureau
Truman
Bricker
New Orleans
Republican Party
Hear Murder Charges Set For October 17 In Winchester
The preliminary hearing for Robert Collier and Lee Riley Franklin on first degree murder and accessory charges is scheduled for Tuesday October 17 at 10 am in Winchester Justice Court. Witnesses include Coroner Dr H S Pifer and Apple Blossom restaurant owner Theodore Morris. Franklin posted 5000 bond with Leroy Franklin as surety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of Virginia
Robert Collier
Lee Riley Franklin
Court of Justice
John W. Rice
Winchester
Collier
Roy Sisk
Franklin
H. S. Pifer
Sisk
Theodore Morris
Apple Blossom
Winchester Corporation Court
Leroy Franklin
Canterbury
Stephens City
Untimely Death Of Mrs Green Shocks City
Mrs. Melvin Green widow of Melvin Green died last night at 9 30 in Chester Memorial Hospital after a heart ailment. Funeral tomorrow at 5 from Christ Episcopal Church with burial private in Mt Hebron. Survived by son Montgomery Meigs Green a Navy lieutenant. Mrs Green active in civic and literary work and author of Puritans In Paradise.
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Melvin Green
Inchester Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Green
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert B. Nelson
Mt. Hebron
R. Gray Williams
B. B. Dutton
Stewart Bell, Jr
Lewis M. Allen
Edward G. Butler
Kenneth W. Gilpin
C. Ridgely White
James Whiting
E. G. Rusk
William P. Massey
Harold G. Brown
Green
Red Cross
Civic League
Gertrude Barton
Jet propelled motor trucks proposed by trucking leader
Ted W. Rodgers, president of the American Trucking Association, told a Tennessee banquet that jet propulsion could be harnessed to drive motor trucks after the war, promising a solution to the gasoline problem and citing jet propulsion powering planes as a parallel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nville
Tenn
American Trucking Association
Ted W. Rodgers
Washington, D. C
Tennessee Motor Transport Association
Stalin credits allies for his army's success
Stalin praised British and American aid to the Soviet war effort and urged postwar cooperation. He lauded U S and British planning and merchant fleets, and thanked Ambassador Harriman and Secretary Hull for allied support. Churchill showed visible appreciation as the session closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Churchil
Stalin
Benteke
Spirodonovka Palace
Russia
Red Army
United States
Britain
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Hull
Dumbarton Oaks
Harriman
Cordell Hull
Churchill
North Virginia Feeder Calf Sale Plans Announced For Oct 13 1944
Plans for the fourth annual Northern Virginia Feeder Calf Sale to be held October 13, 1944 at the Virginia Livestock Auction Market in Winchester are announced. About 450 Angus and Hereford calves weighing 300 pounds or more and under 12 months are expected from Frederick Clarke Loudoun and Fauquier counties. Calves have been vaccinated for black leg and hemorrhagic septicemia. heifers have Bangs tested. consignors urged to deliver calves by 7 to 9 A.M. for weighing and clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Winchester
Prederick County
E. W. Adams & Son
M. W. Adams
Earl A. Bailey
C. N. Braithwaite
H. W. Butler
A. S. Pennypacker
W. Boyd Ramey
Pes Faquier County
John Breckon
J. H. Cunningham
Fred Carter
Maj
Chas
W. B. Cushman
Katherine Steedman Hinchley
E. C. Turner
Reginald J. Vickers
Randolph Duffey
Geo. L. Harrison
Whereabouts of U. S. Ninth Army Is Prime Mystery
London dispatch notes secrecy surrounds General Simpson's Ninth Army amid Allied realignments forming the Sixth Army Group. Posts mention Ninth actions near Orleans and Belgium frontier, with speculation on its secret position and potential role in a future breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Ninth Army
London
William H. Simpson
Allied
Simpson
Ninth Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ninth
France
Sam Magifl
Loire
Orleans
Berlin
St. Lo
War Fund Drive To Open Friday
The Winchester and Frederick County War Fund Drive begins October 13 and ends October 21 with a quota of $19,885. The local committee aims to meet or exceed past quotas and urges strong volunteer effort. A meeting at the Elk's Club reported that ten percent of the goal has already been collected.
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National War Fund
Winchester
Frederick County
Elk’s Club
Police Return Abducted White Child To Parents
Detroit October 11 Police announced the four month old white child abducted ten days earlier by a newly employed Negro nursemaid has been returned safely to his parents, Paul H. Wencel and Clarence King. A woman identified as Mrs Eleanor Smith, 33, is detained while detectives verify fingerprints and footprints. The Smith husband Eugene is released after questioning. The child’s mother cried out it is my baby as authorities compare prints and footprints to confirm the match. The case continues with Mrs Smith held on an open charge and investigators seeking further leads.
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Detroit
Robert James King
Paul H. Wencel
Wencel
Eleanor Smith
Clarence King
King
Bob
Gestapo Interrupts Telephone Service Between Berlin and Stockholm
Stockholm October 11 The Stockholmstidningen declares Gestapo disrupted telephone links with Berlin as opposition Army Officers seek contact with Allied legations in Stockholm via industrial representatives. Suspects are believed arrested after raids on the German capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Stockholmstidningen
Berlin
Gestapo
Public Sale Notice for Emily Hiner Household Items
Public sale Saturday 14th at 1 PM featuring household and kitchen furniture electric washer tables chairs stoves bureaus yard furniture and more. Seller Emily Hiner address 723 Berryville Ave. Registration and sale details appear in classified line.
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Emily Hiner
Berryville, Ave
Wanted Men Crating Shed Workers
Local ad seeks men for crate packing in the orchard area with description indicating labor in a packing shed. Contact details not clearly legible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicodemus Orchard
Aachen Battle Deepens As German Reserves Pushed
German forces rush troops to reinforce after Allied artillery and air power pound Aachen. U S and allied planes strike iron ring around the city as American artillery pushes toward the eastern approaches. Front-line units report tightening siege of the Charlemagne city amid fierce bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aachen
Nickle
Germany
U. S
Charlemagne
Battle To Flatten Aachen Underway
Outside Aachen massed American batteries opened the attack at 3 50 p m. in a bid to force surrender of the German garrison. U S First Army used heavy bombers and artillery in a four hour barrage. Allied planes dived over the city as shells and blasts battered Aachen amid smoke and siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
Don Whitehead
Aachen
U. S First Army
Oii
Post Office Deadline for Overseas Parcel Mail
Postmaster W Nelson Page announces a 2 PM Saturday October 14 deadline for mailing parcels from Winchester to soldiers overseas without a written request. Public cooperation urged to ensure timely delivery. Parcels must not exceed 5 pounds and may not exceed 15 inches in length or 36 inches in length and girth combined.
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Winchester
W. Nelson Page
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