Allied forces encircle Aachen as German lifeline snaps
American First Army units cut the last Nazi lifeline to Aachen at Wurselen and push into the city while repelling three counterattacks. Allied patrols cross the Neder Rhine, seize towns in the Vosges, and advance toward the Rhine as other operations press along the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. H. Singleton
London
Aachen
Siegfried Line
Wurselen
U. S. First Army
Neder Rhine
Holland
Antwerp
Belgium
Vosges
Rhine
Moselle
Fort Driant
Alno
Metz
U. S
First Army
Crucifix Ridge
Red Devil
Adolph Hitler
Netherlands
Clearsn
Supreme Headquarters
Seventh American Army
Belfort Gap
Baccarat
Glen
Marine Indicted In District Slaying
Marine Pfc. Earl McFarland was indicted on two counts of first degree murder and one count of criminal assault for the rape and slaying of 18 year old Dorothy Berrum on a public golf course. He faces possible death penalties if convicted of the murder counts. Berrum, a government clerk from Chippewa Falls Wisconsin, was garroted at Haines Point Golf Course. McFarland was arrested October 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marine Pfc
Earl McFarland
Dorothy Berrum
Southwest Pacific
McFarland
Cleaning seed wheat disruption from Winchese r Seed Co
Wincheser Seed Co announces it will be unable to clean seed wheat after this week. The notice specifies a temporary halt affecting farmers and seed customers relying on their cleaning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wincheser Seed CO
Dewey To Make Major Address From St. Louis
Governor Thomas E. Dewey traveled to Missouri for a St. Louis speech at 10 p.m. on the urgent need for honesty and competence in national government. Campaign highlights note Truman in Los Angeles and Bricker in California as voters near the three week mark before the election. The Times and other papers weighed in on foreign policy and party support as observers report campaign maneuvers. Police investigate the strangulation death of Georgette Bardorf in Los Angeles with autopsy confirming strangulation by a washrag.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
Missouri
St. Louis
NBC
BLU
California
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
EWT
Los Angeles
John W. Bricker
Dewey
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Glendale
San Bernardino
New York Times
The
Times
Wendell L. Willkie
Chattanooga Times
Willkie
Dallas
Tex
Morning News
Bridges
R-Nh
Washington
White House
Oklahoma City
Democratic Publicity Bureau
Softball Trophy Is Presented To Virginia Woolen Team
The Virginia Woolen softball team, city champions, received the championship trophy at a Friday dinner hosted by L. G. Sjostrom in Winchester. Guests included P. H. Gee, Norman Hampton, Ryland Conner, Jim Mason, Dick Richards, and Frank Kellam Jr. Kellam presented the Nehi Trophy to Lewis Renner, who accepted for the Woolen Mill team to be placed in the company trophy case. Plans to bolster softball long term were discussed, with five managers approving a proposal to appoint L. Boyer as permanent custodian of league funds for future use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Woolen
L. G. Sjostrom
Winchester
P. H. Gee
Norman Hampton
Ryland Conner
Jim Mason
Dick Richards
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Frank Kellam, Jr
Royal Crown
Kellam
L. Boyer
Best Square Dance Night at Winchester Armory
Valley residents invited to a square and round dance evening at Winchester Armory hosted by the American Legion. Five dollar prize to the best square dance couple with music broadcast on a local radio program each morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley
Winchester Armory
American Legion
Help Wanted Male for cider mill at Valley Pike
Employment ad from H. J. Heinz Co. seeks a male worker for a cider mill located on Valley Pike. Date appears as 10 12 1p tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Heinz Co
Valley Pike
Wanted Men Pickers by Crate or Shed in Orchard
Local notice seeks men to assist in an orchard packing shed, with crate handling duties. Contact arrangements include location in the orchard and employment may involve seasonal work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicodemus Orchard
American troops seize Livergnano near Bologna in Italy
Rome reports U. S. Infantry, tanks, and tank destroyers captured the hill town of Livergnano ten miles south of Bologna after days of German defense. German forces continue counterattacks along the front while defending the escarpment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Livergnanon
Bologna
Alae
U. S
Livergnano
Tropical Storm Drifts Between West And Northwest
The Caribbean hurricane remains active drifting west northwest. Winds at hurricane force cover a wide area as it is tracked near Grand Cayman Island. Forecasters warn of gale conditions across the Yucatan peninsula and toward the Florida straits over the next 12 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fia
Yucatan Peninsula
Florida Straits
Weather Bureau
Grand Cayman Island
Evacuation of Greece Indicated by Berlin Radio
Berlin radio indicated that Germany has decided to evacuate Greece. The Transocean agency quoted a German military spokesman saying the Balkan front will take on a different aspect and that events there remain fluid with a final decision to come later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Greece
Transocean Agency
Balkan
British Naval Reinforcements Reach Piraeus
A strong British force led by the 7,000 ton cruiser Orion arrives at Piraeus to disembark troops. Accompanying ships include Ajax Aurora and Black Prince with destroyers. liberation of Athens and nearby Piraeus announced. Nazis remaining in Greece head toward Yugoslavia as Russian forces advance north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCME
Piraeus
Athens
Orion
J. M. Mansfield
Ajax
Aurora
Black Prince
Greece
Yugoslavia
Hungary Under Nazi Style Terror After Armistice Bid
London dispatch reports Hungary collapsed into a Hitler inspired terror as Admiral Horthy sought armistice. Hungarian Nazis led by Ferenc Szalasi vowed ruthless action including the death penalty, with mass arrests and arrests of traitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Hungary
Nicholas Horthy
Germany
Budapest
Vienna
Horthy
Nazi Party
Ferec Szalasi
Ankara
Gestapo
Government rejects growers protest on apple lend-lease price
Martinsburg West Virginia October 16 government purchases of apples for lend lease to England refused to consider a protest by Eastern Panhandle growers against a offered price of 2.25 a box for top varieties. Appalachian Agricultural Service said market reports show no sales at the sizes offered. The wire said the price is fair value and would help dispose of fruit not salable elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
England
Apple Marketing Agency
Miller
Appalachian Service
Gainesboro Junior Farmers Elect Officers for Year
The Gainesboro Junior Farmers Club re organized electing Marcus M. Adams as President Boyd Ramey as Vice President C L Ramey as Secretary Richard Luttrell as Treasurer and E W Adams Jr as Reporter The group notes 90 percent of last year s objectives achieved and plans a Farm Machinery Repair class under the Food Production War Training program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro Junior Farmers Club
Marcus M. Adams
Boyd Ramey
C. L. Ramey
Richard Luttrell
E. W. Adams, Jr
Gainesboro High School
James L. Givens
Gainesboro
Given
State Board of Education
Clay Rodgers
Dan Gano
Sloan Wolfe
Methodist Pastoral Appointments For Winchester District Announced
Virginia Methodists at the 162nd annual conference in Lynchburg announced 1945 pastoral assignments for Winchester district including district superintendent R. O. Bryant and a long list of clergy covering Blue Ridge to Woodstock with several supply posts. The temperance board urged citizens to oppose new licenses and monitor alcohol policy in communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Virginia Methodists
W. W. Peale
Board of Temperance
Alcoholic ‘ Beverage Control Board
Mauor Industries
Winchester
Virginia Methodist Conference
W. W. Peele
R. O. Bryant
Berryville
Lightner
Blue Ridge
Ben Johnson
Bridgewater
J. W. Turner
Brucetown
F. T. Pulcher
Edinburg
FE. A. Plunkett
Elkton
C. V. Belamy
Front Royal
H. W. Curry
Gainesboro
Har
Risonburg
K. K
New Market
W. S. Tongue
Market Street
R. W. Vanderberry
Montague Ave
John Teter
Woodstock
W. K
Unparalleled Allied Raid Blitz On German Ports
Tornadic Allied aerial offensive hit Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg in a weekend of heavy raids. RAF bombers carried out major British American strikes across the Reich with 40,000 tons dropped and over 7,000 aircraft involved, while American bombers targeted lines from Aachen to the Swiss border.
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Formosa
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Balik Papan
Borneo
Halmahera
New Guinea
London
Wilhelmshaven
Hamburg
RAF
North Sea
The
Reich
Western Front
Germany
Cologne
Duisburg
Aachen
Swiss
Siegfried Line
Graham-Paige Plans First Modern Postwar Auto
Graham-Paige Motors Corp. plans a pioneering car featuring plastics and light metals, described as a ground up design. Joseph W. Frazer said production may be delayed by war material contracts and postwar European outcomes, with the car arriving after 1942 models resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Graham-Paige Motors Corp
Joseph W. Frazier
Frazer
Fra
Local War Fund Quota Outlined for World Relief and War Effort
County War Fund Chairman Melvin R. McChesney reports Winchester and Frederick County have accepted a quota to aid about 60 million people worldwide and support the war. USO leads with 49 percent of the total, receiving 9 723 57 locally. Other allocations include War Prisoners Aid 998.02, United Seamen's Service 862.16, American Relief for France 34481, Italian relief 34481, and numerous national and international aid programs through la United China Relief and refugee trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
County War Fund
Melvin R. McChesney
McChesney
USO
Virginia
United Seaman’s Service
Czechoslovakia
France
Italy
Norway
Belgian War Relief Society
British War Relief Society
Friends of Luxembourg
Greek Wear Relief Association
United China Relief
United Lithuanian Relief
United Yugoslav Relief
U. S Committee For
Not Murdered Lt Daniel Dodd in Byrd Park Death
Richmond detectives closed the inquiry into Lt Daniel Dodd of Chevy Chase Maryland finding his body in Byrd Park lake. Police say Dodd died from asphyxia not murder though coroner disputed drowning. He had arrived October 8 and was last seen alive Wednesday night before his body was found by a highway department worker while fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
News-Leader
O. D. Carton
Daniel Dodd
Chevy Chase
Byrd Park
E. A. Kelly
R. T. Baughan
Dodd
Army
R. M. Wilson
Parke P. Thornton
Highway Department
Bombers Return to Strike Formosa in 48 Hours
U S bombers hit Formosa for the second time in 48 hours striking installations at Okayama and Heito. The mission was completed without loss, amid ongoing aerial combat as Adm Nim intz warns of a continuing battle with the Japanese fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Formosa
Washington
Okayama
Heito
20Th Airforce
Tokyo radio claims massive Japanese naval assault near Formosa and the Philippines
Reports from Tokyo radio claimed Japanese naval and air forces destroyed or damaged many U S ships and delayed the Philippines invasion by months. Allied sources had not confirmed these figures, while American forces continued raids on Formosa and Luzon with few air losses reported.
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Tokyo Radio
Formosa
Philippines
U. S
Imperial
Luzon
Nimitz
Hartford Times backs Dewey in postwar policy stance
The Hartford Times, a Democratic paper since 1817 except for 1940, announced its endorsement of Governor Thomas E. Dewey. It praised his postwar peace plan as the top task for the United States and opposed Republican filibusters in the Senate job organization.
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Hartford
Conn
Hartford Times
William Jennings ‘Bryan
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
United States
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el Paso
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W. W. Hercher
Finland
Arctic
Petsamo
Pravda
Moscow
China
Hainan
Philippine
Mindanao
Ppalau
By Henry B. Jameson
Tokyo
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Mesa
Chester W
Kuriles
Marshalls
Agi
Communications Commission
War Department
Federal Communications Commission
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