60 Fortresses Fall As Allied Fifth Army Advances In Italy
Allied Fifth Army forces crossed the Volturno into new bridgeheads as British and American troops pressed the front from the coast to the mountains. American and British infantry and engineers assaulted across the river while naval guns shelled German positions behind the coastal line. Capua Heights fell to American troops as they secured bridgeheads and continued a strong drive. Montgomery’s Eighth Army captured Casacalenda inland as fighting raged along the Transpeninsular front.
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Noland Norgaard
Algiers
Fifth Army
Volturno
Mark W. Clark
Italy
Netherlands Pieres
Salerno
Dolominating
Capua Heights
Capua
Clark
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Casacalenda
Blow Up Great Dnieper Dam Abandon Crimea Fort
German forces blew the great Dnieper dam near Zaporozhye, a $110 million structure key to Ukraine’s power supply, as the Red Army advanced west of the river. Moscow had no confirmation of the dam’s destruction, while the Zaporozhye bridgehead and railway to the Crimea remained pivotal to the Soviet push.
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Moscow
Kiev
Ukraine
Dnieper River
Red Army
Dnieper
Associated Press
London
Europe
Berlin
Zaporozhe
Suthern
Crimea
Ids
Dneproptarovsk
Red Star
Melitopol
Schweinfurt Nazi Ballbearing Factory Obliterated by Air Raid
Photographs show the Schweinfurt ballbearing plant reduced to ruins after a major Eighth Air Force raid. The operation cost about 60 bombers and targeted the factory that supplied roughly half of the Nazis roller bearings, with planners hoping it could shorten the war by six months.
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London
Schweinfurt
Eighth Airforce
Christmas Parcels for Army Personnel Overseas
The War Department announces Christmas parcels for Army personnel abroad may be sent from home stations from after October 15 to December 10, 1943. Senders must include Form 204 or equivalent notice from the addressee, with parcels within weight and size limits: 5 lbs, 15 inches, and 36 inches combined. Only gifts to a single overseas APO address are accepted.
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War Department
W. D
Lounge for service men planned in Winchester
The Junior Board of Trade meets at the George Washington Hotel to discuss a downtown lounge for transient service men modeled on USO rooms. C P McVicar will speak on city government as part of a series on civic issues. about 15 new members may join.
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Winchester
Board of Trade
George Washington
C. P. McVicar
Commissioner of Revenue
USO
JBT
McVicar
National Fruit Product Co
Express Company
Ed Molden
Yugoslavs Win Two Victories Retaking Towns
Yugoslav patriots report two major wins against German forces as Crkvenica and Kraljevica are retaken in hand to hand combat. East of the coast, Zivnica falls to Gen Drag Tito's Bosnian Corps while Zenica sees ongoing house to house fighting near Sarajevo. Derailments disrupt rail traffic near Visoko and Ilidze.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Erwin Rommel
Yugoslavia
National Army of Liberation
Crkvenica
Kraljevica
Free Yugoslav Radio
Drag Tito
Zivnica
Zenica
Sarajevo
Visoko
Ilidze
Rommel
Berlin
Italy
Albert Kesselring
Cannery in Stephens City Suspends Operations
The Stephens City community cannery has closed and will not reopen until meat canning begins. Officials expect restart shortly before living or when weather cools enough for slaughter.
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Stephens City
War Ration Book Four Registration Sets in Winchester
The Office of Price Administration announces War Ration Book Four distribution in Winchester on October 25 and 26 from 1 to 5 PM at local school buildings with a later start for stamps on November 1. Registration by last name starts at 1 PM and ends at 5 PM, with specific area sites and a household representative rule.
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Office of Price Administration
Winchester
Nook
Servie
Loudoun Street
Loudoun St
Handley
Anti Fascist Freed From Favignana Island Prison
A lean Italian anti fascist political prisoner is freed by the AMG on Favignana island off Sicily’s west coast. The released detainee is shown aided by a guard in a U S Army Signal Corps photo.
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AMG
Favignana
Sicily
Mussolini
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Murray and Vinson Oppose National Sales Tax Plan
President Philip Murray of the CIO blasts a proposed national retail sales tax warning it would force wage cuts and hurt workers. Economic Stabilization Director Vinson says a 10 percent levy would raise the cost of living by eight percent and trigger demands for higher wages, threatening wartime policy stability. Murray, representing five million workers, denounces the tax as targeting low income earners and enabling wealth concentration while Vinson cautions about inflation and rationing risks.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fred M. Vinson
Murray
Soldiers Supplied Own Plasma Says Staff Sgt Daugherty
Staff Sergeant Robert C. Daugherty recalls supplying his unit with blood plasma during World War II. He credits plasma transfusions with saving a wounded friend during missions at Attu Kiska and in the Kuriles. Red Cross seeks 21 volunteers to meet a 600-person clinic quota for October 20 21 22 at Kan Church. appointments at 17 North Loudoun St. or by phone 6502.
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Robert C. Daugherty
Army Air Force
Sgt
Daugherty
R. O. Daugherty
S. Braddock Street
Aleutians
Attu
Kiska
Kurile Islands
Pacific
Sgt. Daugherty
Red Cross
North Loudoun St
Kan
Cross
Alabama coal miners strike cripples war industries
About 20 000 Alabama coal miners walked out due to a fuel shortage, idling shafts and forcing major plants to cut iron and steel production. UMW officials would not comment while operators cited government returns of mines to owners. The strike follows before Page 9. Col. 4.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Louis Austin
District 11
United Mine Workers
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
U. S. Steel
Republic Stel Corp
Many Fathers To Be Called In November
Richmond reports a large November draft call will include many pre Pearl Harbor fathers. Col Mills F Neal Virginia Selective Service director praised fathers for readiness to serve. Local boards found fathers cooperative with arranging family care while some delinquents may be reclassified to 1 A and inducted after the first call.
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Richmond
Pearl Harbor
Mills F. Neal
Selective Service
Virginia
Colonel Neal
Norfolk
Neal
National Headquarters
Schweinfurt Raid Losses Reported By Arnold
General Henry H Arnold announced 60 Flying Fortresses and 593 crew members were lost in the Schweinfurt raid yesterday. He said at least half of the crew are believed alive as POWs based on past experience. The raid faced the fiercest fighter opposition yet over Europe.
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Washington
Henry Harold H. Arnold
United States Air Forces
Schweinfurt
Arnoid
Europe
Probably Greatest Air Battle Over Europe
London dispatch reports a two hour battle over Germany in which American Flying Fortresses and escorts engaged heavy German fighter opposition. The raid targeted Schweinfurt producing heavy losses for both sides with about 60 Fortresses shot down and at least 104 German planes downed.
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London
Schweinfurt
Germany
Fortresses strike German bearings factory in raid
American bomber force hit a key German bearings plant as fighters attacked. Official counts describe a large force with 60 bombers missing, the greatest loss to Allied air forces in a single raid. The raid destroyed 912 enemy aircraft and damaged 42 more, with additional strikes by Thunderbolts.
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U. S
Germany
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Form
LeMay Says Allied Bombing Will End Nazi War Effort by Spring
Brig. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay asserts Allied air pounding will smash half of German war output by spring. He cites Schweinfurt ball bearing plant raids as proof and warns once planes and supplies run out Germany cannot fight on land sea or air.
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Curtis E. LeMay
U. S
Germany
Schweinfurt
LeMay
Addresses Sought for Three Draft Registrants
The Frederick County Draft Board seeks the addresses of three registrants. If you know how to reach James Homer Vance, Arthur Wheeler Miller, or George Summers Massey, notify the board promptly to help locate them.
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Frederick County
James Homer Vance
Arthur Wheeler Miller
George Summers Massey
Big Three Parley May Open Soon
London reports expect the Mos cow big three conference to open within days as Hull and Eden plan sessions with Soviet leaders. Transportation problems could push talks back a few days.
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London
Moscow
U. S
State Hull
Anthony Eden
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Stalingrad
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JET
OPA
City of Winchester
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Rouss Fire CO
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Sts
R. C. Daugherty
Saskbis
Cha Hat Eeee
Col. Neal
Henry B. Jameson
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