Virginia Flood Damage Put Near Million Dollars
Virginia highway damage from last week floods estimated around 1 million dollars by state highway commissioner General James A. Anderson. Repairs will take weeks due to steel shortages, with Albemarle and Shenandoah counties hardest hit as several bridges washed away and many routes blocked. Convict labor to be redirected to restore vital roads and multiple routes remain impassable with detours in place.
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Richmond
James A. Anderson
Virginia
Albemarle County
Shenandoah County
Fredericksburg
Mattaponi River
Culpeper
Harrisonburg
Gordonsville
State Highway Department
Anderson
Robinson River
Blue Ridge
Shenandoah
Highway Department
Falmouth
Rappahannock
Williams St
Mattaponi
Little Fall Creek
Woodville
Sperryville
Alma
Christmas mail to service members urged now
Mr Winchester urges citizens to mail Christmas greetings and packages early so delivery before December 25 is possible. Post office officials note timely mailing aids overseas shipments and local stores offer suitable sturdy, light boxes compliant with postal rules.
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Post Office
Bingo Night at American Legion Oct 20 Berryville
A bingo event takes place Tuesday October 20 at the American Legion Building in Berryville Virginia. Doors open at 8:30 pm with a $50 door prize for players.
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American Legion Bldg
Berryville
Condition of Rivers At Riverton Devastated by Muddy Banks
Rivers at Riverton show both forks muddy and receding with banks eroded. North Fork and South Fork present muddied waters and unstable shorelines, signaling caution for nearby paths and crossings.
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Riverton
North Fork
South Fork
Pumps Still Working As Water Floods Winchester Area
Flooding from 14 inches of rain leaves basements flooded in downtown Winchester with pumps running constantly. Leggetts, J C Penneys, the library, and the Odd Fellows building report water seeping through floors. Winchester Woolen and National Fruit Product Co resume operations. M J Grove quarry remains closed. detours affect Shenandoah Valley B and O trains. post office clears backlog after four day disruption.
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Winchester
Leggetts
J. C. Penneys
North Loudoun Street
Library
Odd Fellows
Winchester Woolen Company
Abrams Creek
M. J. Grove
Stephens City
National Fruit Product Company
Shenandoah Valley Division
Norfolk & Western
Shenandoah Junction
Charles Town
W. V2
Strasburg Junction
Much-Sought Man Captured While Staging Robbery
CHICAGO Oct 19 Irwin Kadens 32 described as a three state crime wave by J Edgar Hoover was captured after attempting to rob a currency exchange at 4806 Madison Street He was beaten by officers and found with a loaded pistol and a Detroit police badge Kadens had fled after taking 650 dollars during the hold up and was later captured by police in the act of resisting. He had a long crime spree including kidnapping rapes robberies and auto thefts dating to an army desertion and Detroit burglary tied to the badge and weapon found.
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Chicago
Irwin Kadens
J. Edgar Hoover
Madison Street
Kadens
Detroit
Joseph Fallon
Fillmore Street
Richard Nelson
Nelson
Harold Metzger
Fallon
Fillmore
Exchange
Hoover
Camp Grant
Lee N Whitacre Ill With Pneumonia At Memorial Hospital
Lee N. Whitacre clerk of Frederick Circuit Court is a patient at Memorial hospital receiving treatment for pneumonia. He was reported this afternoon to be very ill after becoming ill Sunday afternoon around 3 o'clock.
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Lee N. Whitacre
Frederick Circuit Court
Memorial Hospital
Whitacre
Sonore
Bain
Winchester Men Report for Active Duty October 23
Thirty four Winchester men who received two week fur loughs after induction on October 9 will report for active duty at reception centers October 23. They must assemble at City Hall 6 15 am and depart by bus to Camp Lee at 6 45 am. Cletus F. Hottle acts as Corporal. Names include Douglas Eubanks, LaMarr Fry, Oscar Illi, Amon Schindel, Ralph Melsinee, and others with addresses in Winchester and nearby streets.
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Winchester
Winchester Selective Service Board
City Hall
Camp Lee
Cletus F. Hottle
Douglas Eubanks Russel
Virginia Avenue
LaMarr Fry
Cork Street
Oscar Arthur Illi
N. Braddock Street
Amon Richard Schindel
Ralph Harrison Melsinee
Cameron Street
Cletus Franklin Hottle
E. Piccadilly Street
Rufus Cardell Boyce
Highland Avenue
Herbert S. Russell, Jr
Virginia Avenu
Wilbert Leo Taylor
Thurman Dale Haines
Germany's Final Victory Chance
Goebbels in Munich declares next year Germany's last but biggest chance for victory saying time favors the Axis and that Germany fights for existence. He argues exploitation of Russia requires time and patience and notes heavy fighting needed to subdue Stalingrad.
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Berlin
Goebbels
Munich
Germany
Russia
BBC
CBS
Stalingrad
Britain
Caucasus
Speedy Passage Of Youth Draft Act Now Urged
Senate Military Committee urges rapid approval of a youth draft bill for 18 and 19 year olds claiming national survival depends on their use. The measure to be debated Thursday notes strong military leader testimony favoring youth in elite roles. Senator Vandenberg proposes lowering voting age to 18 to match wartime duty.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
House
America
Soviet
Russia
Nazi Germany
Japan
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Vandenberg
R.mich
Senate
Michigan
Noted Economist To Be Speaker At Bank Meeting
Dr Mel chior Palyi a Chicago economist and former Dutch Bank of Berlin adviser will speak at the Group 3 Virginia Bankers Association annual meeting banquet at Sarah Zane Hall next Saturday The 7 pm talk titled What Are We Fighting For addresses Victory Bonds and war savings stamps by Edwin Hyde and competition banks from government lending agencies by A G Brown The afternoon business session at 3 30 pm at the George Washington Hotel will feature these talks about war time finance and banking policy About 250 Group 3 members are expected to attend with travel arranged. the meeting shifts from banking holidays to support the war effort.
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Melchior Palyi
Chicago
Ill
Dutch Bank of Berlin
Virginia Bankers Association
Palyi
Sarah Zane
Germany
George Washington Hotel
Edwin Hyde
Richmond
A. G. Brown
American Bankers Association
P. W. Andera
Delay Registration of Fuel Dealers
Sgt. Francis Funk, administrator for the local rationing board, reports a telegram from Virginia rationing officer Cart Schaaf noting delays in shipment of fuel oil registration forms for dealers and suppliers. Forms are now expected to arrive in time for dealer and supplier registration on October 27 and 28, with earlier dates October 20-21 tentatively lost. Further notices will be published as available.
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Francis Funk
Cart Schaaf
Virginia
Showdown Battle With Japanese Is Developing For Guadalcanal Bases
London reports German dominated regimes in western Europe intensify manpower drives for war industries. In unoccupied France 500 Gestapo agents are to round up workers for the Reich with Vichy approving naturalization of secret police to aid operations. Paris says all men 18 to 50 must register for forced labor in the unoccupied zone. women 21 to 35 called as needed. Laval returns to Vichy after talks with German officials amid unrest in Lyon and Chambéry.
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London
Europe
France
Gestapo
Reich
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Legionnaires
Popular Front
Jacques Doriot
Paris Radio
Vichy Radio
Paris
Lyon
Chambery
Annecy
Ambelieu
Laval
Norway
New Record Set By Steel Mills
American steel mills are projected to produce 1,737,800 tons this week at 101.0 percent of capacity, an 8.1 percent rise from last week’s 1,714,100 tons at 100.2 percent. Month ago 96.2 percent and 1,645,700 tons. a year ago 97.8 percent and 1,615,800 tons. Steel officials credit scrap drives and wartime demand for the increase.
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New York
American Steel Mills
American Iron and Steel Institute
DeHaven Named Acting City Sergeant
Deputy Sheriff Robert DeHaven has been appointed acting city sergeant by Corporation Court Judge J. H. May to serve for Judge Philip Williams. City Sergeant Taylor Barr is relieved to join Signal Corps training at Cumberland. Barr’s duties end as DeHaven qualifies for the post.
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Robert DeHaven
Corporation Court
J. H. May
Philip Williams
Taylor Barr
Signal Corps
Barr
Cumberland
Mr. DeHaven
Marines Ready for Attacks on Guadalcanal Front
U S Marines and Army troops brace for a large Japanese land assault on Guadalcanal as heavy equipment lands. Allied air power targets Buin harbor and northern Solomon Islands shipping, with bombers striking cruisers, seaplane tenders, and vessels while reporting all planes returning.
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Clyde A. Marnsworth
Associated Press
United States
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Buin Harbor
Buin
New Guinea
MacArthur
Service Men's Parcels Must Be Mailed Now
Relatives of armed forces members abroad and in Alaska are urged to mail Christmas parcels and cards by November 1 to ensure Christmas delivery. Mark parcels Christmas Parcel or Do Not Open Until Christmas. Parcels must not exceed 11 pounds or 18 inches in length and 42 inches in length plus girth. six pounds preferred when possible. Postmasters have been instructed by War and Navy Departments.
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Alaska
W. Nelson Page
War and Navy Departments
Parlett Given 12 Months On Arson Charge
Maurice Parlett pled guilty to intent to commit arson on the J. H. Rosenberger building in Indian Alley. Judge J. H. May sentenced him to 12 months in jail in Corporation Court. Three other youths charged with assault with intent to maim or kill were deferred. Howard Walker was dismissed for insufficient evidence.
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J. H. Rosenberger
Indian Alley
Maurice Parlett
J. H. May
Corporation Court
Philip Williams
Fred Taper
Houston Taylor
Clyde Williams, Jr
Bernard Taylor
Howard Walker
May
Commonwealth
J. P. Reardon
Nolle
Walker
Taylor
Allies aim raids on Dutch railways and canals warned
The Netherlands government-in-exile urged civilians to stop work during air alarms and avoid trains as Allied bombers target Dutch rail yards and canal ships. It says weak spots in German transport must be struck to hasten the war’s end, while praising the Le Creusot Schneider works raid in France as a new bombing technique.
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London
Holland
Netherlands
Schneider
France
le Creusot
United States Flying Fortress
Lille
Farmers ready to sell as markets reopen and schools adjust
Crows harvest corn without mud in Shenandoah bottom lands while fodder dries in tree branches along river banks. Frederick county farmers return to curb markets next Wednesday under market master Grover Schlack who will decide if markets close for winter. Schools in Clarke county start at 9 30 today shifting winter schedule from 10.
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Shenandoah River
Berry’s Ferry Bridge
Frederick County
Grover Schlack
Clarke County
Russian Battle Turns in Stalingrad as Germans Press Advance
German troops push deeper into Stalingrad seizing a block of crumbling buildings while Soviet defenders rush fresh forces to blunt the sixth day of assault. The fight remains ferocious with 18 German tanks knocked out and 14 German planes downed as Red air and anti aircraft fire flare along the Volga front.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Red Air Force
Legion of 4
Pravda
Volga
Red Army
Grozny
Mozdok
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Massed Attacks Made On Malta
Cairo reports the second week of mass assaults on Malta with five raids including a 90-aircraft attack. Axis losses rose to 116 in eight days as the RAF claimed 28 British planes lost in the clashes. Spitfire pilots disrupted formations at sea and very little damage was caused by the weekend raids.
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Cairo
Malta
RAF
Junkers
Scrap Flash Goal and collection totals listed
Daily collections report shows actual weighed in 1 541 998 pounds with 1 143 623 pounds to be collected. Oct 15 17 inclusive salvage operation details urge calling 5431 for pickup.
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MR Winchester
Steel Mills
DeHaven
Marines
Parlett
Dana
British Capital
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