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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1944

Page

12

Last of 5 Brothers Is Home Again

Phc. Boyd Borgstrom 23 returns to his parents farm near Tremonton Utah after 18 months in the South Pacific. He is the last of five Borgstrom brothers to face war with three killed and another missing in France. His discharge follows four tragic messages to the farmhouse amid appeals by Mr and Mrs Alben Borgstrom for relief. Boyd served at Camp Lejeune prior to discharge.

Tremonton Utah South Pacific Phc Boyd Borgstrom Brogstrom France Alben Brogstrom Boyd

Treasury Receipts Reach 44 Billion

Morgenthau said net Treasury receipts for the last fiscal year were eightfold higher than pre war 1940. He noted the 1940 year ending June 30 brought in slightly less than 5.5 billion dollars, while the year just closed totaled 44 billion.

New York Morgenthau Treasury

Public sale of 270 acre farm in Frederick County

Special Commissioner Harry R. Kern will auction a combined 270 acre farm in Frederick County two miles from Gore in Winchester Virginia. The sale occurs October 14 1944 at 11 oclock in front of the County Court House. One third cash with balance in one and two years, secured by deed of trust and fire insurance.

Circuit Court Frederick County Virginia H. D. Whitacre Et Als Gore A. Grant Whitacre H. C. Whitacre Et Als O. C. Whitacre Harry R. Kern

Aachen Invasion Reveals German Resistance And Mixed Loyalties

In wartime dispatches the Aachen frontline shows heavy German defense around rail and highway hubs as Allied push nears. Some civilians and soldiers seek surrender while officers use coercion and alcohol to deter breakdowns, signaling fragile loyalty amid grim fighting.

War warnings and fists of Aachen bombardment

A harsh call to action contrasts Nazi tyranny with Allied might as the American First Army pounds Aachen. The piece warns of German resistance and urges the German people to accept or reject war, asserting Allied destruction will continue.

Himmler Hangman Gestapo Aachen

Eisenhower Sees Hard Job Ahead But Certain Victory

Gen. Eisenhower said the Allies face a hard job with victory certain as Allied forces advance into the Reich. He pledged no fraternizing with Germans, vow to press the fight through winter if needed, and allowed field commanders discretion under war rules. He cited Aachen destruction as tactical, not policy.

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Eisenhower Reich Aachen

Lightest and heaviest commercial woods

Balsa is the lightest commercial wood at about eight pounds per cubic foot for a four year old tree. Lignum vitae weighs 72 to 88 pounds per cubic foot and quebracho about 78 pounds per cubic foot.

Card of Thanks for Oswald Ritter

We express our thanks to friends for sympathy use of cars and floral tributes at the death of our husband and father Mrs. Oswald Ritter and Family.

Oswald Ritter

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