Jap Bombers Intercepted in Leyte Gulf Action
In Leyte Gulf near Tacloban on October 25 airfields in the Visayan Islands faced a sizeable daylight attack on shipping. Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid ordered combat air patrols. a majority of enemy planes were shot down. Some pilots were injured. one landed in the water and a destroyer rescued another. A small group penetrated screens to strike San Pedro Gulf shipping. Kinkaid deployed a heavy smoke screen, concealing transport areas as the action subsided.
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ADM
Kinkaid
Leyte Gulf
Visayan Islands
Jertian
Tacloban
San Fliers
Thomas Kinkaid
Leine Gulf
San Pedro Gulf
A&ymail
Kincaid
Gulf
American push nears Catamon hill and Tacloban coast
American units north of Catamon advanced toward Tabontaban after seizing hills dominating the coast between Palo and Tacloban. Japanese night infiltrations failed. American fighter pilots and 7th fleet ground support planes damaged 64 enemy aircraft on Oct 22 23. Several towns such as Naln Calbasag Luwan Libe Kugod Gioabla Rawis Bayan Utap Libas Malayg Cabalraca Julita were liberated.
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Catamon
Catmon
Tabontaban
Palo
Tacloban
10Th Corps
Ameri
East
MacArthur
Ahiestern Visayas
Nor
British Mop Up Dutch Road Hub
Allied troops advanced northward between Dieuze and Chateau Salins east of Nancy. Patrol activity in the Moselle Valley yielded sporadic artillery and small arms fire. In the Baccarat sector the village of Mont was reported captured.
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Dieuze
Chateau Salins
Nancy
Moselle
Baccarat
Mont
Ration Calendar Update for Meats Fats Sugar and More
The notice outlines valid ration stamps for meats fats and processed foods with indefinite validity for several books and specific end dates. It lists airplane stamps, new 5 cent stamp validity, and regional coupon dates through Nov 8 Dec 21 and Feb 28 1945, covering heating season needs.
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Associated Press
Pvt. Elmer Morris Wounded In France
Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Morris of High View West Virginia report from the War Department that their son Pvt. Elmer Morris was slightly wounded October 1 in France. He is in a hospital there and writes that his wound is not serious and to not worry. He went overseas in April 1944 after about a year in the Army, having worked at the Fairchild Aircraft Plant in Hagerstown before service.
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N. L. Morris
High View
W. Va
War Department
Pvt
Elmer Morris
France
Pvt. Morris
Fairchild Aircraft Plant
Hagerstown
Rotary Meeting Here Focuses on Vehicle Safety Law
Mr. Hosier of the Division of Motor Vehicles will speak to the Winchester Rotary Club at their weekly luncheon tomorrow on The Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act. The speaker will be introduced by W. Erle Edwards.
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Hosier
Division of Motor Vehicles
Winchester Rotary Club
Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility
W. Erle Edwards
Nobel Foundation Recommends No Peace Prize This Year
The Nobel Foundation advised the Swedish government that no peace prize should be awarded this year. The last peace prize was given in 1938.
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Stockholm
Nobel Foundation
Russians claim advances across East Prussia and Hungary
Soviet forces pressed through East Prussia after heavy fighting in Augustow and Goldap with attacks that captured at least 14 German towns and a large swath of territory. In Hungary the Red Army seized Kiskunhalas and Satu Mare area while pushing toward Transylvania with Romanian aid.
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Augustow
Hitler
Red Army
East Prussia
Hungary
Kiskunhalas
Budapest
Huszt
Chust
Carpatho- Ukraine
Satu Mare
Transylvania
Stalingrad
Goldap
Gumbinnen
Fof
Insterburg
Konigsberg
County Miller Denies City Cat Purchases for Lab Use
Miller states he buys cats only from rural county areas to supply a lab for heart tests. He offers to return any cat identified by owners and invites inquiries at his home Thursdays from 3 to 5 PM. Police report many missing cats but find no evidence of theft.
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Miller
Francis Funk
Eagle Scout Kellas Praises New Rock Enon Camp
Robert N. Kellas of Winchester Troop 9 hails Camp Rock Enon as a premier site for a full scale Boy Scout program. The camp, supervised by Scout leaders, offers swimming, life saving, first aid, camping, and woodcraft with a large lodge and outdoor facilities. The Frederick Clarke County Fund drive aims to liquidate debt and equip the camp for next year. Inquiry invited at local Scouting offices or by calling 4642.
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Rock Enon
Robert N. Kellas
Kent St
Winchester
Bob
Camp Rock Enon
Kellas
Washington, D. C
Shenandoah Valley
Frederick- Clarke County
Boy Scout Fund
Battleship actions and carrier losses during Pacific clash
Allied reports detail Mitscher and Nimitz carrier forces striking Japanese ships near Formosa and the Leyte invasion area. Princeton, sixth U S escort carrier sunk, with 150 Japanese planes destroyed. overall Japanese losses tallied at 245 ships sunk or damaged as battleships and carriers participate in a complex program of raids and counterattacks.
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Nimitz
Formosa
Sibuyan
Sulu
Douglas MacArous
Leyte Island
Negros Island
Sulu Sea
Philippines
Princeton
Japan
Imperial
United States
Lexington
Yorktown
Hornet
Coral Sea
Midway
Santa Cruz
Wasp
South Pacific
Liscombe Bay
Mitscher
Wotje
Jaluit Atolls
Marshall Islands
Halsey - Mitscher
U. S
Philippines Sea
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Withdrawal From Greece Continues
Rome reports Allied patrols have entered Chomokos north of Lamia after Greece German withdrawal. Lamia was occupied yesterday. Volos port evacuated after heavy guerrilla casualties. Germans face long trek to Yugoslav frontier. additional Allied troops landed at Piraeus.
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Rome
Greece
Chomokos
Lamia
Athens
Volos
Piraeus
James Oglesby Boyer Funeral Set for Thursday
Funeral services for James Oglesby Boyer 64, retired carpenter and former fruit grower, will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. from Jones Funeral Home with pastors Ronald S. Wilson and R. A. Whitten officiating. He died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a paralytic stroke. Burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Survivors include widow Isabella Wanderly Boyer, daughter Mary Wilson Boyer, and brothers Edward and Harry Boyer.
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James Oglesby
Boyer
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Danville
J. S
Mary E. Britta Boyer
Pennsylvania
Isabella Wanderly Boyer
West Clifford Street
Mary Wilson Boyer
Edward
Harry Boyer
Jones Funeral Home
Ronald S. Wilson
Loudoun Presbyterian Church
R. A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Jacob H. Yost
Grover Schinck
William Ritenour
Charles Lanahan
Ralph Kater
Frank M. McCormick
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Court Finds Navy Inquiry Not Final Until Secretary Approval
Boston October 5 A demand by counsel for Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel for immediate publication of findings from a navy court of inquiry into the Pearl Harbor disaster is met with a reply that the report remains non final until finally approved by Secretary of the Navy Forrestal The case recalls Kimmels December 7 1941 command and subsequent charges of dereliction of duty The judge advocate general notes no report findings or opinion is final until approved by the convening authority Secretary of the Navy
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Boston
Husband E. Kimmel
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Forrestal
Kimmel
Charles B. Rugg
Thomas L. Catch
Naval Court of Inquiry
Secretary of the Navy
Chinese Troops Recapture Sinning From Japanese Forces
Chinese high command announced that Sinning, a critical point on the enemy’s right flank 90 miles north of Kweilin, has been recaptured. Japanese forces reportedly retreated toward Tungan on the Hunan Kwangsi railway, as Kweilin remains a key defense center in Kwangsi province near a former American airbase.
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Chungking
Sinning
Kweilin
Tungan
Hunan-Kwangsi
Kwangsi
Rev C R Line Returns From National Disciples Convention
The Rev. C. R. Line pastor of the West Cork Street Church of Christ has returned from Columbus Ohio where he attended the national convention of the Disciples of Christ. He visited his former Hamilton pastorate of 13 years and relatives in Dayton.
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C. R. Line
West Cork Street
Church of Christ
Columbus
Ohio
The
Disciples of Christ
Hamilton
Dayton
Hodges Receives Bronze Star for Aachen Victory
Lt. Gen Courtney Hodges is awarded the Bronze Star by Lt. Gen Omar Bradley at Hodges headquarters for the capture of Aachen the first major German city to fall to Allied forces. The ceremony was attended by Lt. Gen. William Simpson.
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U. S. First Army
Omar N. Bradley
U. S. 12Th Army Group
Courtney H. Hodges
Aachen
United States
Bradley
Hodges
William H. Simpson
9Th Army
Monte Belmonte Taken In Italy
Fifth Army troops gained in the Apennines driving Germans from Monte Belmonte a mountain key to Bologna’s defense. Eighth Army pushed through Adriatic Po Valley resistance, reached Savio near the river mouth eight miles from Ravenna. British Canadian forces cap the Savio bridgeheads and advance toward Bologna highway with tank support. Polish and Indian units made minor gains in the southwest mountains.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Apennines
Monte Belmonte
Savio
Cesena
Ravenna
Bell as Jury Foreman in Harrisonburg Grand Jury
Andrew Bell secretary of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce served as foreman on the Federal Grand Jury meeting in Harrisonburg on Monday October 23 Judge John Paul presiding. Eighteen jurors from the 7th Congressional District returned 26 indictments out of 28.
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Andrew Bell
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Harrisonburg
John Paul
M S Himelright Dies on West Coast
Mahlon S Himelright, native of Star Tannery area, died in a Port Angeles Washington hospital on Saturday October 14. Funeral services and interment were held there on October 18.
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Mahlon S. Himelright
Port Angeles
Washington
Star Tannery
Himelright
West
Wash
Jury Expected To Get McCormick Case
In a chancery suit Mona G. Cockey and Miss Parker Mc Cormick seek to break the will of Charlotte McCormick. Judge B. P. Harrison directs a seven man jury to report at 2 PM for instructions and counsel arguments. The case is expected to go to the jury this afternoon.
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Mona G. Cockey
Parker McCormick
Charlotte McCormick
B. P. Harrison
Baltimore and Chicago Market Quotations for livestock and produce
Baltimore and Chicago reports show steady or mixed movements across cattle hogs and sheep. Prices for slaughter steers and mixed cattle range broadly with vealers at 15 dollars and up, hogs around 14 to 15 dollars, and lambs near 14 dollars, reflecting light receipts and market firmness.
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Baltimore
W. F. A.office of Distribution
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Chicago Grain Quotations Early Trading Sharp Wheat Rally
Chicago grain notes report sharp wheat price gains in early trading due to strong commission house buying and limited offerings. Other grains rose fractionally with specific opening bids listed for Wheat Dec May July Sept, Corn Dec May plus Rye Dec May July Sept.
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Chicago
General Commission
Your Health Read Dr. Clenden in Authoritative Article Daily
A health feature highlights Dr. Clenden’s guidance in an authoritative daily article on page 4. The piece outlines key medical tips, preventive steps, and trusted sources to improve daily well being.
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Dr. Clenden
Stock Market Drifts Lower Amid Apathy as War News Looms
New York stock activity was narrow with leaders selling off after a cautious opening. Minor gains faded as buying interest waned, while traders watched the sea air battle near the Philippines for cues, though it did not trigger significant selling.
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New York
Philippines
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The page lists correct quiz responses covering diverse topics. Items include Tallinn as Q1, Anthony Adverse for Q2, Graphite for Q3, 1492 October 12 for Q4, a quoted preference for going there, a second quoted phrase, Andrew Jackson, a movie actress, North, and Profile Mountain in New Hampshire.
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Tallinn
Anthony Adverse
Andrew Jackson
North
Profile Mountain
New Hamshire
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