Lewis Appeals To Striking Miners To Return To Jobs
John L. Lewis urged thousands of Alabama and Indiana coal miners to vote to immediately resume work. He warned of war effort disruption and urged local unions to convene meetings and return workers to their jobs on Monday. The strike, unauthorized by UMW, spread across Alabama and Indiana as federal officials pressed for a quick contract settlement.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers of America
Alabama
Indiana
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America Ince
Kennedy
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
National War Labor Board
WLB
Harold Ickes
Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Ickes
Army
Navy
Willia H. Davis
Robert P. Patterson
James F
Davis
Birmingham
Ala
John J. Hanratty
United Not Bags
Bitter Fighting in Russia and Italy as Red Army Advances
London dispatches report continued hard fighting on the Russian front with German troops driven from several railway towns near Zaporozhe and Melitopol. Soviet forces repelled counter attacks and U SSR air power disrupted German formations, while reports say thousands of Germans were killed and many drowned crossing the Dnieper.
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London
Melitopol
Moscow
Zaporozhe
Dnieper
Crimea
BBC
CBS
Front Line
Berlin
Kremenchug
Dnieper River
Kiev
Chernigov
Smolensk
Velikie Luki
Plavni
Red Army
Gomel
White Russia
Taman Peninsula
Caucasus
Kerch Straits
Black Sea
Tass
American Airliner Crashes Near Centerville Killing Ten
A passenger plane crashed and burned near Centerville Tennessee killing six passengers and four crew members. The wreckage was found by Mr Myers about three fourths of a mile from highway 100, twelve miles northeast of Centerville, with no sign of life. The flight from Nashville to Memphis was overdue and the company believed it had been forced down after exhausting fuel. Senator B R Maxwell, speaker of the Tennessee Senate, was aboard among the victims.
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Nashville
Tenn
Centerville
A. Puckett
State Highway Patrol
H. C. Duncan
American Airlines
Myers
Memphis
Duncan
C. W.T
Welles urges wartime powers to shape postwar world order
Former Undersecretary Sumner Welles called for an early, broad agreement among Britain, Russia, China and the United States on principles to create a stable postwar world. He praised Roosevelt’s leadership and argued the government should outline major postwar objectives and lead in adopting a forward policy.
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New York
Sumner Welles
Britain
Russia
China
United States
Roosevelt
Welles
Eight Colored Men Leave for Roanoke Induction Station
Eight colored men were ordered to report to the Roanoke Induction Station this morning by the Winchester City Daft Board. The men named are Emerson Gray Ellis Lathan Williams James Arthur Honesty Moses Isaac Avery Earl Marshall oe Jr Herman Irvin Jack George Omas Christian James Westley Avery.
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Roanoke
Winchester City Daft Board
Emerson Gray
Ellis Lathan Williams
James Arthur Honesty
Moses Isaac Avery
Earl Marshall Oe Jr
Herman Irvin
Jack- George Omas Christian
James Westley
Avery
Cannery at Berryville High School To Close For Repairs
The Berryville High School cannery will shut down after October 19 and reopen October 29 to finish building the school lunch program. In 11 days the cannery produced over 3000 cans of fruits and vegetables under supervisor Mrs. Rice Levi. A trustee's sale for the former William C. Gratchen residence on Washington Street is set for October 23, 1943.
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Berryville High School
Rice Levi
Wm. C. Gratchen
Washington Street
Publc
German Report on Aerial Dragons in Raid
German dispatches via neutral newspapers claim American aerial dragon planes accompanied Thursdays raid on Schweinfurt. Described as escort fortresses or sky battleships, these planes allegedly fly ahead and alongside fortress formations, carry no bombs, and mount up to six machine guns with crews including pilots radiomen gunners and mechanics.
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London
Schweinfurt
Berlin
Henry Guess to Receive Army Air Medal for Son
Henry Guess of Winchester will receive the Army Air Medal for his son, Sts. Sgt. Richard L. Guess, missing in action. Lts. Sgt. Guess has served as bombardier in the European Area since April 16. Major Paul L. Snyder at Camp Springs, Md, reported the award and its forthcoming presentation details.
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Army
Army Air Medal
Henry Guess
Winchester
Richard L. Guess
Guess
Army Air Corps
Paul L. Snyder
Camp Springs, Md
Winchester Volunteers Reach Blood Clinic Goal
Winchester citizens underwrote the largest blood donor clinic to date by exceeding the 600 volunteer quota with 616 volunteers. Red Cross workers will finish appointment schedules and mail information cards as the Presbyterian Church hosts the clinic October 20 to 22.
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Winchester
Red Cross
The
Presbyterian Church
Pay as lure in Italy pits Nazis against Mussolini mobilization
Border dispatches report German occupiers and Mussolini's National Republican Army offering huge pay to Italians to join either side. Germans promise 975 to 1,275 lira monthly for regular troops and up to 5,500 lira for married captains, while Graziani expands enrollment for men born 1921–25 with intake starting November 15.
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Bern
Switzerland
Italy
Mussolini
National Republican Army
Rudolfo Graziani
Rome
Graziani
Blimp Crashes Off New Jersey Shore in Fog
A Navy blimp crashed into the Atlantic about 200 yards off Barnegat Inlet near Forked River during fog at 10 a.m. local time. Navy officials at Lakehurst said recoveries were underway and the number of men aboard was not yet announced. A further notice was expected by 3 p.m.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Ocean
New Jersey
Barnegat Inlet
Fourth Naval District
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Forked River
Oe Bay
Barnegat Inet
Six Known Killed At a Crossing
A crowded Greyhound bus and the Western Pacific Exposition Flyer collided at a crossing near Tracy California. Six bus passengers were killed and 35 injured as the locomotive pushed the bus 95 feet, rolled over, and the wreckage spread. Driver Richard Manning age 43 of Oakland claimed the brakes failed and the vehicle stalled before movement resumed.
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Tracy
Calif
Greyhound
Western Pacific Railroad
Maxwell Willens
Richard Manning
Oakland
Haile Selassie Rejects Italian Co-belligerent Status
Emperor Haile Selassie says Ethiopia will not grant Italy co-belligerent status as war continues. In a cable from Addis Ababa to the London News Chronicle he accuses Italy of treachery in 1935 and 1940 and insists peace terms must be agreed before any change in status.
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London
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Italian East Africa
Italy
Addis Ababa
London News Chronicle
Lend-Lease Funds Under Scrutiny in Senate Inquiry
A twin investigation into U S aid abroad and the billion dollar a month lend-lease program was announced by Appropriations leaders. Senators Nye Tydings and McKellar outlined private inquiries into loans grants and aid through RFC Export Import Bank and inter American affairs amid calls for a full accounting of U S expenditures overseas.
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U. S
Nye
R-Ind
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Export-Import Bank
Nelson Rockefeller
Inter-American Affairs
Butler
R-Neb
Congress
Tydings
D-Md
McKellar
D-Tenn
Truman
Dmo
Special
Senate Committee
Evans Case Guilty On Grand Larceny Charge
Charles Evans a colored former employee of Valley Fruit and Candy Company was found guilty of grand larceny of 62 dollars by Judge Harrison in Corporation Court. The sentence was deferred pending probation officer investigation with bond set at 500 dollars.
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Charles Evans
Valley Fruit and Candy Company
Harrison
Evans
Candy Company
R. E. Perrine
Commonwealth
Reardon
Planes Shot Down Over England
London reports three German aircraft shot down over southeastern England and East Anglia during the night. Bombs dropped at scattered points caused some damage and a small number of casualties.
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London
England
East Anglia
Mrs J O Billmyer grows extraordinary Mexican pepper plant
Mrs J O Billmyer of Wardensville Grade discovered a pepper seed in a packet that grew into a small ornamental Mexican pepper plant. The one foot tall plant produced 45 peppers, some ripe, some in purplish green stages, and is kept indoors for as long as possible.
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J. O. Billmyer
Wardensville
Local Navy recruits to be sworn in public Oct 23
The Navy Recruiting Cruiser ends a three week campaign in Frederick Clarke and Loudoun counties with a mass oath ceremony at the courthouse in Winchester October 23 at 8 p m Officials will attend led by W Nelson Page postmaster and Winchester mayor Dr C R Anderson The Handley High School Band will open at 7 30 and play during the event Chief Specialist Lloyd Mead announced four local men from Winchester to be sworn in on Saturday with more names to be announced as applications are approved The oath will be given by Lieut J G Leland A King of the Washington Navy Recruiting Station Continued on Page 9 Col 1
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Navy
Frederick
Clarke
Loudoun
W. Nelson Page
Winchester
C. R. Anderson
Handley High School
William H. Melsinee
Winchester Navy Recruiting
Lloyd Mead
Combs
Baylis
Zirkle
Reed John Combs
Arbutus Combs
Highland Street
Chester
Charles Street
Bernie Ras Jr
Seenieatee
Bernie Zirkle
J. G
Leland A. King
Washington Navy
Allies Press Toward Rome as Nazi Lines Crumble
Allied armies push toward Rome with the Fifth and Eighth Air Forces each taking two key defense towns in advances up to six miles. Red Army surges toward the Crimea and batter outer defenses of Kiev and Gomel. In occupied Europe terrorism rises and curfews tighten in Denmark and France. Pacific fronts see Liberators over Makin and Gilberts, PT boats and bombers hit New Britain bases while Australians near Madang. Japan reports Burma offensive as it braces for Allied moves.
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Italy
Rome
Occupied
Europe
France
Copenhagen
Aalborg
Denmark
Makin
Gilbert Island
New Britain
Madang
Burma
Pienma
Tokyo
Japan
Germans Trying To Break Away From Positions
Allied reports describe German withdrawal efforts north of the Volturno as British Eighth Army and American units push through to seize key road junctions at Vinchiaturo Campobasso and Cegrato. Caiazzo and Amorosi fall under Allied control, with heavy equipment and tanks crossing the Volturno as pilots and navies press attacks across central Italy.
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Noland Norgaard
Al+giers
Fifth Army
Volturno
Calore
Caizzo
Amorosi
Voluurno
Italy
Eighth Army
Vinchiaturo
Campobasso
Mark W. Clark
Caiazzo
Capua
Cegrato
Saults
Foggia
Rome
Termoli
Adriatic
Naples
Berlin
Salonika
Greece
Aenos Arme Guards
Wounded Lt. Thomas in Italian Drive Revealed
In a letter to his parents 1st Lt. Joe Thomas of Winchester says he is wounded in action in Italy. He was injured about September 14 during the Salerno invasion by an 80 millimeter German shell and was moved to a field hospital. Further word on his condition will follow.
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T. I. Thomas
Joe Thomas
Winchester
Italy
Thomas
Salerno
The
Star
Sicily
St. Thomas
Hink Lewis Injures Ankle in Scrimmage
Otis Sargent said Handley halfback Hink Lewis sustained an ankle injury in Thursday scrimmage with Randolph-Macon Academy. The extent was not yet known and an X ray was planned. his loss would hurt the Judges as he handles punting and helped spark last week’s attack versus Berkeley Springs.
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Otis Sargent
Hink” Lewis
Randolph-Macon Academy
Lewis
Berkeley Springs
Two Brothers In Japanese Camps
Parkersburg, Oct. 16. Corp. Coy A. Kimball and Pvt. David B. Kimball are in Japanese internment camps in Japan. Their parents Mr. and Mrs. Miles Kimball of Parkersburg believe both sons do not know they are near each other. Cards from the brothers, the first word since Pearl Harbor, describe their location and that they were serving early in the Philippines at the time of capture.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Corp. Coy
A. Kimball
Pvt
David B. Kimball
Japan
Miles Kimball
Pearl Harbor
Philippine Islands
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