Gore High School Forms Mock Election Board
Dorothy Biggert was elected president of the Student Cooperative Association at Sydney Gore High School. Hazel Johnson and Elzada Michael were named vice president and secretary with Hester Sager treasurer and Smeda Ponton as reporter. Mrs. McLaughlin is faculty advisor. The mock election will be held November 7 with students from sixth grade up eligible to vote after proper registration and poll tax payment. Poll tax is one cent. proceeds fund C C A supplies. A chicken supper is planned for October after a Mt Williams Debating Society debate on Roosevelt for a fourth term.
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Dorothy Biggert
Student Cooperative Association
Sydney Gore High School
Hazel Johnson
Elzada Michael
Hester Sager
Smeda Ponton
McLaughlin
Ss. C. A
Mt. Williams Debating Society
Roosevelt
81st Division Clears Garakayo Island in 24 Hours
Nimitz reported the 81st Division seized Garakayo near Peleliu within a day expanding American bases 515 miles from the Philippines. MacArthur said in Moro Tai that fighter planes and patrol boats repelled a Japanese reinforcement attempt. eighteen barges sunk or damaged. no major American concern.
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Nimitz
Palaus
Garakayo
Peleliu
Philippines
Morotai
Douglas MacArthur
Mrs Green of Rock Island honors family ties across regions
Lieutenant Green arrived from San Francisco to be with his mother at her death. Surviving sisters include Miss Cornelia L. Meigs and Mrs. M. W. Atwater of Basin Montana plus Mrs. Arthur Orr Cameron Montana and Mrs. Elisha Pales Washington DC. Predeceased by Mrs. Thomas Crowder of Chicago. Born Louisa Rodgers Meigs October 30 1880 in Rock Island Illinois to Montgomery Meigs and Grace Lynde. The couple married in Keokuk Iowa 1900 and lived worldwide before settling near White Hall Apple Pie Ridge road in Winchester in 1902, where an apple orchard was developed.
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Cific
Illinois
Mrs. Green
Louisa Rodgers Meigs
Rock Island
Montgomery Meigs
Grace Lynde
United States Army
Mississippi River
R. A. Wickersham
White Hall
Calf Sale Officials and Schedule Across Virginia Counties
A calf sale, starting at 1 30 pm after buyers view consignments from 10 am, lists sale committee members from Frederick Clarke Fauquier Loudoun Shenandoah and other counties. Coleman Dunn will auction with assistants including Paul Swaffer V P S Raymond Hoover James Gib son Croswell Henderson and others. Buyers should contact committee members for details.
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Frederick County
Fred Stine
Hugh Brill
Clarke County
J. W. Olcott
John Milleson
Julian Everly
Fauquier
Hargrave Cunningham
Loudoun County
Kenneth Litton
Shenandoah
J. Carl Conner
Coleman Dunn
British seize Sarande port in Albania amid Corfu drive
Rome reports British troops capture the Albanian port of Sarande Porto Edda, isolating the German garrison on Corfu after a hard battle. Allied HQ notes active patrolling in Greece with no word on land moves toward Athens from Corinth.
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Rome
Albania
Sarande
Porto Edda
Corfu
Greece
Adriatic
Corinth
Athens
Japanese advance reported toward Kweiping in Kwangsi
CHUNGKING October 11 The Chinese high command reported a Japanese advance in the West River Front toward Kweiping in Kwangsi province a highway junction 70 miles southeast of Liuchow No details on the Hunan Kwangsi railway front or the Foochow area were given
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Chungking
West River
Kweiping
Kwangsi Province
Liuchow
Hunan-Kwangsi
Foochow
Thompson Forgery Case Set For October 23
The case of Robert Thompson charged with forging four checks against Mrs. M. E. Whitney of Upperville will be heard in Winchester State region Court on October 23.
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Robert Thompson
M. E. Whitney
Upperville
Winchester
Aachen Ultimatum Tests German City as Siege Tightens
Allied reports place Third Army in house to house fighting near Maizieres Les Metz and gains east of Epinal while Canadians cut the Schelde route to Antwerp. Aachen’s fate looms as a clock ticks toward surrender or quicker end to the war.
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Mans
Haaren
Aachen
Third Army
Fort Driant
Metz
Parroy Forest
Luneville
Epinal
Maiziere
Schelde
Suth Beveland
Antwerp
Schelde River
Berlin
Breskens
Flushing
Leopold Canal
Lower
Séfielde
Dunkerque
Hurtgen
Monschau
George S. Patton
Maizieres Les Metz
Moselotte
le Thillot
Belfort
Vosges
Alps
Champagney
Luembourg
Reich
Germany
Going Continues Slow In Italy
American troops reach Livergnano 11 miles south of Bologna amid rain and mud as German counterattacks slow the drive. British Fifth Army seizes Mount Cece and Mount Freddo while American units take Cesso near Imola and nearby villages. South African forces press on Mount Stango and the Eighth Army advances in the Adriatic hills despite persistent rain.
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Rome
Livergnano
Bologna
Fifth Army
Mount
Cece
Freddo
Cesso
Imola
Mageratoio
Campagne
Vado
Mount Stango
Eighth Army
Adriatic Front
Siege and bombardment of Aachen near noon
American forces opened bombardment on Aachen after issuing an unconditional surrender ultimatum. The city faced heavy shelling and dive bomber attacks from 12 30 p m with multiple firebombs creating smoke over the ruined streets as observatory hill and cathedral area remained quiet.
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Cologne
Ruhr
Aachen
Charlemagne
Observatory Hill
Qutet
Annual FFA Fair Set for Stephens City October 12 13
The Stephens City and Middletown FFA chapters host their annual fall fair in the Stephens City Agriculture Building on Thursday and Friday October 12 and 13. Mason Carbaugh presides with Joe Jenkins and James E Ewing as assistants. Exhibits include apples fruits corn and farm displays judged Thursday afternoon by A L Fry H M Davis and W R Legge with ribbons awarded. The event runs with home economics displays through Friday night and Friday afternoon features a Northern Triangle Federation judging contest with three member teams from each chapter.
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Stephens City
Future Farmers of America
Mason Carbaugh
Joe Jenkins
Middletown
James E. Ewing
A. L. Fry
Handley
H. M. Davis
Clarke County High
W. R. Legge
Northern Triangle Federation
Production Past Critical Stage for War Efforts
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones says the nation is past the critical period for war production. He notes this year's record food output and reserves ease earlier expansion pressures, with crop reports suggesting 1942‑level yields unless weather hampers harvest.
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Wwashington
Marvin Jones
Jones
Crop Reporting Board
Apple Orchard Sampling In Virginia Study
Richmond Virginia October 11. A full survey and sampling of Virginia's commercial apple orchards is under way to measure spray residue and inform growers. Three field labs operate in Winchester Crozet and Roanoke with chemists from the Richmond lab in charge. Each unit will process four to seven thousand samples from orchards by inspectors to reflect overall fruit condition. The sampling system avoids disrupting interstate and export shipments, the Department of Agriculture bulletin says.
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Richmond
Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Winchester
Crozet
Roanoke
Nation Split On Thanksgiving Date
The nation debates Thanksgiving day with five states Florida Idaho Nebraska Texas and Virginia choosing Nov 30 by local option while five others and the District fix Nov 23 under federal statute. Arkansas and Georgia may recognize both dates. The row began in 1939 when Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to lengthen the season and many governors kept the Lincoln era fourth Thursday.
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New York
Florida
Idaho
Nebraska
Texas
Virginia
District of Columbia
Arkansas
Georgia
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Forger Placed On Probation
The Commonwealth of Virginia prosecuted Herbert Lewis in Corporation Court after a non jury trial. He was convicted and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary, but the term was suspended and he received four years probation under State Parole and Probation Officer W. E Taylor.
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Commonwealth of Virginia
Herbert Lewis
Corporation Court
Sae
W. E. Tayor
Bricker Ends Tacoma Speech Urges Local Tax on Federal Property
Governor Bricker of Ohio urged in Tacoma that counties and cities be allowed to tax federally owned property to preserve financial independence. The visit followed a Wenatchee stop. Dewey speeches updates list plans through October with stops in St Louis New York Minneapolis Chicago and Buffalo.
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Ial
Bricker
Ohio
Tacoma
Wash
Wenatchee
Dewey
St. Louis
New York Herald Tribune Forum
Minneapolis
Chicago
Buffalo
N. Y
Red forces tighten siege as Soviets push toward Riga
Germans report Red Army advances trap ten divisions in a pocket between Liepaja and Riga with 300 towns captured north and southeast of Memel. Riga's siege tightens as 60 places including Stopini fall. In Debrecen area Soviet column fights outskirts of the Hungarian city while Belgrade frontier activity grows, cutting Nis Belgrade routes and seizing Veliko Plana.
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Liepaja
Riga
Memel
Stopini
Debrecen
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania
Budapest
Belgrade
Nis-Belgrade
Veliko Plana
Stalin Praises Red Army at War Leaders Banquet
Stalin declares the Red Army clawed out the guts of the filthy Nazis while Harriman says the United States was not prepared for war though Japan aided by drawing the U S in. The banquet drew about 50 statesmen and diplomats as Stalin and Churchill wore formal uniforms and Roosevelt was toasted amid caviar and zakuski.
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Red Army
Harriman
Stalin
United States
Japan
Churchill
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Proposed by Molotov as Allies Meet
In a wartime conference Molotov proposed Roosevelt as an ally while Churchill and Stalin sat nearby. The session focused on allied leadership arrangements and wartime strategy amid tension and silhouettes of global powers.
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Roosevelt
Molotov
Churchill
Stalin
Aye Continues Talk After Guests Retire to Coffee
The excerpt shows ongoing discussion as guests move to another room for coffee while the aye keeps talking, indicating persistent dialogue and social interaction within the gathering.
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