Moscow Parly Opens as Hull Eden Meet Molotov
Moscow opens its three power talks with Cordell Hull and Anthony Eden meeting Vyacheslav Molotov. The first day focuses on wartime and postwar goals as crews report the arrival and sunshine on oats breakfast jokes. The conference aims to set groundwork for further United Nations discussions.
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Tary
Cordell Hull
United States
Moscow
Vyacheslav Molotov
Europe
Hall
Eden
Molotov
United Nations
Hull
Moscow Press
U. S
Kremlin
Washington
London
Communist Party
Pravda
Winchester and Frederick County Blood Drive Response
The article notes an overwhelming turnout for Red Cross blood appeals in Winchester and Frederick County. It states that a thousand donors could have been secured if needed, with tomorrow's clinic already at capacity and more clinics planned to meet ongoing demand for the fighting fronts.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Red Cross
Tommies Caught In American Raid Aboard the Exchange Ship
In Gothenburg neutral Sweden Oct 18 delayed report recounts British soldiers captured in Marienburg on Oct 9 during an American air raid by Flying Fortresses and Liberators. George Magee from North Ireland recalls guards fleeing shelters as the raid unfolded.
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Drottninghorn
Goeteborg
Sweden
Marienburg
George Magee
North Ireland
Luftwaffe
Republicans kill administration tax program in Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee Republicans reject a $10.5 billion tax program, advocating government economy instead. Rep Knutson declares the plan dead on behalf of the 10 committee members, citing risks to the economy and war effort.
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Washington
Texframing House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means
Treasury
Seventeen County Men Headed to Induction Center
Seventeen county men including three volunteers left Winchester this morning for the induction station at Roanoke. Frederick County draft officials report no pre Pearl Neek fathers in the group. Volunteers leaving Raleigh Dayton ing Raymond Clifford Gibbs and Marion P. Michael. Others named include Thomas G. Adams Russell Off ett Anderson Wilbur J. Clark Howard Gross DeHaven Cecil H. Kump Amiss Ross Lillard Harold S. Larrick Gordon LeRoy Laing Jerry L. Mason Ralph I. Myers Tyree B. Strosnider Cecil J. o Ralph Q. Vance and Alvin G. Wymer. Preston E. Moomaw, a former resident, ordered to report for induction by the Frederick County board and requested a transfer to Shenandoah County where he now resides.
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Winchester
Roanoke
Frederick County
Cecil J
Ralph Q. Vance
Alvin G. Wymer
Preston E. Moomaw
Shenandoah County
Bingo at Sarah Zane Fire Hall Opens Oct 21
A bingo event at Sarah Zane Fire Hall is set for Thursday October 21 at 8 30 pm with a door prize of 150 dollars. The notice notes drawing details and prize amount.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Germans Rush Reinforcements To Melitopol Stronghold
London dispatch reports German forces rushing reinforcements from Crimea to strengthen Melitopol as Russian offensives from the east and north tighten the siege. Soviet communiques say heavy fighting with bayonets and grenades occurred under a dust storm as Germans clashed with last ditch defenders and lost material. Russians pound the Dnieper bend and push toward Tolbukhin’s link with the Melitopol campaign, with Berlin noting over 300 enemy casualties.
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London
Crimean
Ukraine
Melitopol
Crimea
Great Peninsula
Dnieper
Zaporozhe
Feodor Tolbukhin
Melito
Pahamians to Florida for harvest work this October
One hundred twenty three Bahamians who have worked in the Winchester area since September 13 will move to Florida on October 28 to assist with harvest labor. The drought this summer reduced yields, easing local shortages, and the apple harvest is nearly finished while corn husking begins.
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Winchester
Florida
American Bombers Battle Germans Far Out At Sea
The First Bomber Command said two to four Nazi bombers were shot down by Army Air Forces anti-submarine units in three dogfights over the Atlantic. B 24 Liberator crews led by Capt. H. D. Maxwell and others battled Focke Wulf Kunner bombers. one Liberator was shot down but crew members survived.
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New York
Army Air Forces
Atlantic
H. D. Maxwell
Pink Hill
N. C
Maxwell
Focke-Wulfs
Liberator
Gerald L. Mosier
Waverly
N. Y
N. J. Wyncoop
Cementon
Focke- Wulf
Rederick W. McKinnon, Jr
West Roxbury
Mass
McKinnon
Hanover Berlin Bombed by RAF Mosquito Force
London reports the RAF struck Hanover and Berlin with Mosquito bombers in a large night raid. Seventeen bombers were lost as cloud cover obscured results. raids ended a 10 day lull and followed four heavy assaults on Hanover in 30 days.
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London
Royal Air Force
Ger- Hannover
Berlin
Germany
Air Ministry
Hannover
Gummiwerke
Continent
Water Dept device locates uncharted pipe to Bell building
Pete Miller of the Water Department uses a surface stethoscope to trace an uncharted pipeline into the Bell building. The tool, a long time Water Dept invention, aims to locate leaks without disruptive digging. Other items note photos from Pfc. Bill Glaize in India and a fats salvage roundup by Winchester's Girls’ Athletic Association.
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People’s
Pete” Miller
Water Department
Pete
Bell Building
Pfc
Bill Glaize
India
Smuts Foresees U S Role in Final War Drive
London report quotes Field Marshal Smuts predicting a grand assault on Hitler's central fortress next year with American troops playing a decisive part. He says American manpower is the alliance's strategic reserve in the west and will help bring about the war's final climax. Smuts praises U S contributions and notes nations have advanced further than planned in 1943.
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London
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
Adolf Hitler
Europe
British Commonwealth
U. S
Smuts
America
United Nations
World At War Highlights Across Fronts From Rome To Berlin
The Fifth Army seizes the Volturno river line and advances with British forces capturing eight towns. Royal air power blasts Hannover and targets Berlin while Russia fights in Melitopol ahead of a three power Moscow conference. U S Navy reports 460 Nipponese vessels sunk since war began as Jap forces try in New Guinea.
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Associated Press
Italy
Fifth Army
Volturno
Rome
Eighth
Russia
Stalingrad
Melitopol
Crimean
U. S. Ry
Moscow
Pacific
U. S. Navy
Finschhafen
New Guinea
G A A GaeD Party at Elks Club
G A A GeaD party scheduled for Thursday October 21 at 7 45 p m at the Elks Club with refreshments and admission listed.
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G. A. A. Caed
Churchill silent on Senate critics in Commons
Prime Minister Churchill refused to answer in the House of Commons to criticism from touring U S Senators about Britain. He said a full facts statement prepared for the record would be kept for possible publication.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
U. S
Commons
Peter MacDonald
Congress
U. S. Senate
Senate
Eee Air Force
Perfect Brotherhood of Arms
United States
Anderson
America
Lieut Thomas Recovering After Italian Landing Wounding
Lieut Joseph Thomas, wounded fourth day after Allied landings in Italy, is recovering. His parents, Lieut. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas, report he is improving and may be back with his outfit soon. The shrapnel trauma pierced the chest but spared the heart and major organs.
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T. I. Thomas
Joseph Thomas
Italy
Lieut
Thomas
Battle Of Volturno Victory For Fifth
Richmond Virginia October 19 nearly one of every three registrants 18 to 38 in Virginia had been inducted by September 30 Col Mills F P Neal State Director of Selective Service reported today One of every five in the same age group had been turned down as physically mentally or morally unfit for service The statistics were taken from last months complete manpower inventory The 19 95 per cent classification as 4 F was called a terrific loss of man power and noted they equal in number about five eights of the total number of men in the service from this state
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Richmond
Virginia
Mills FP. Neal
Selective Service
American Subs Sink Or Damage 460 Jap Ships
American submarines have sunk or damaged 460 Japanese vessels since 1941. The Navy reports 319 ships sunk, 36 probably sunk, and 105 damaged, with 98 sunk and 45 damaged in new disclosures. Submarines operated across the Pacific including near Japan and listed types of vessels sunk.
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Washington
Japan
Navy
Pacific
Need For Salvaged Tin Cans Growing
War salvage drives push tin can collection as Winchester residents report about half a carload secured last Saturday. Housewives urged to save all cans except those for condensed milk, clean, label remove, top and bottom removed, flatten and place on curb for next collection. Three bags of paper and 400 [units] were also collected.
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Sarre
Winchester
Fifth Army Crosses Volturno as Allied Drive Advances
Allied forces push from three to five miles across the Volturno after crossing at all points. American troops seize five eastern villages Liberi Paicchio Pontelatone Albignano and Bessa amid heavy fighting. British bridges over the river barrier at Capua to the sea are also crossed.
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Algiers
Volturno
Fifth Army
Capua
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Santo Stefano
Montetilfone
Adriatic
Titerno
Liberi
Paicchio
Pontelatone Albignano
Bessa
Vole Turno
Skoplje
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Athens
Martiza Calato
Rhodes
Kastel
Heraklion
Crete
Skyros Harboree
Aegean
Albert Kesselring
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tierno
Kesselring
Santos
Donors Called At Later Clinics For Blood Drive
Large turnout of blood donor volunteers registered for the clinic at the Presbyterian Church will exceed capacity. Names will be kept on file and asked to volunteer at future clinics as the Red Cross unit arrives in Winchester and operates until Friday afternoon. Staff will be on duty 0:08 p.m. to ? p.m. for appointment and diet guidance.
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Presbyterian Church
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Winchester
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Lieut. Thomas
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