Willkie Second Front Call Gains London Attention
London press emphasizes Wendell Willkie's demand for a second front in Europe as essential to defeat Hitler. The Egypt campaign boosts Allied initiative but planners insist a continental invasion requires massive air war destruction of Germany first. Air forces must devastate war industries and communications before any land invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
London
Wendell Willkie
Europe
Africa
Russia
Egypt
Mediterranean
Middle East
Hitler
Germany
Britain
Red Army Breaks Nazi Wedge Near Volga Front
Moscow dispatch notes Red Army repelled German assaults around northern Stalingrad and attacked southern outskirts destroying 10 machine gun posts and 26 blockhouses. Also reports 6 tanks and over four German rifle companies wiped out, plus 80 trucks and five planes destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Sei Setar
Western
Caucasus
Tuapse
Novorossisk
Odessa
Berlin
Red October
P. N. Pospelov
Communist Party
War Facts Should Be Told, Byrd Says in Navy Day Speech
Sen. Byrd urged Americans be told the whole truth about the war even if some details aid the enemy. He criticized censorship as foolish and unwise and urged publication of casualty lists and full discussion of Doolittle raid reports. He warned against politicians steering military tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Byrd
Norfolk
United States
Norfolk Navy Yard
Virginia
Senate Naval Affairs Committe
Doolittle
Tokyo
American Planes Break Up Axis Concentrations
Cairo dispatches report the army of the Nile breaking Rommel’s lines, widening a tank advance through minefields as British and Allied air power patrol deserts, Malta, and the Mediterranean. US fighters and bombers, RAF, and South African air force claim air superiority with several Axis planes shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Army of the Nile
Rommel
North Africa
United States Army
RAF
Mediterranean
Malta
United States
Scouts Plan Scrap Drive Across Win Stanley Areas
The Boy Scouts with the Office of Civilian Defense organize a metal and rubber scrap drive in Win Stanley. Eight sections will be scoured by eight troops Saturday morning with porch collections and house to house pickup. missed scrap will be collected on subsequent Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Office of Civilian Defense
Win- Stanley Mate
Mate
Frederick County Men Depart After Furlough Concert
Twenty three men from Frederick County left for Samp Lee after a two week furlough at home to settle business matters. A band concert was held this morning and the men received an corps before a recent issue of the Star announced their names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Count O
Samp Lee
Willkie Urges Second Front and Allied Trust
Wendell L. Willkie urged a second European front and warned that failing to deliver promised aid could erode Allied goodwill. He criticized censorship, called for open discussion, and said military experts and leaders must face the pressure of public opinion. He pressed for a second European front and an India Burma blow against Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Middle East
Russia
China
Europe
India
Burma
Wavell
Loss of Fence in Frederick County Flood Estimated
A survey shows about 25 miles of fencing were lost in Frederick County during the flood. The Farmers and county agents seek 15,000 rods of barwire and 500 pounds of staples to aid replacement. About 300 farms were affected and damages include 7,500 head of livestock and 1,000 acres of crops with total farm losses around 10,000 dollars excluding the apple crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Co
Frederick County
Freezing Night Spurs Antifreeze Run on Local Stations
Reports of a hard freeze with temperatures around 30 degrees sent residents to seek antifreeze, while some stations claimed adequate supplies. A bottle found near Castleman's Ferry dated April 16, 1940 linked to Carl Sheetz emerged after 30 months. An auto crash left Mrs. Elizabeth Livewell and family injured. Miss Mary Lou Steele’s rapid first aid likely saved her life. Andy Bell backed by the Chamber of Commerce promoted the Civilian Pilot Training Program with a model airplane at Hantley High School and Air-o-Train equipment from Valley Airways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Longerbeam
Bluemont
Castleman's Ferry
Carl Sheetz
Bowman’s Ford
Woodstock
Elizabeth Livewell
Philadelphia
Frederick
Gladys
Livewell
Mary Lou Steele
Gulf Company
Andy Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Hantley High School
Bell
George Schecter
Valley Airways, Inc
Grace Lutheran Centennial Rites Are Set
Grace Lutheran Church announces centennial services led by Rev Carl Honeycutt from October 28 to November 1 with preaching by Dr. L. A. Thomas and Dr. George S. Bowers. A centennial dinner features Dr. Edwin Moll and Dr. R. Homer Anderson. Dr. Charles J. Smith and Dr. H. D. Hoover also speak at Reformations services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
Carl Honeycutt
L. A. Thomas
Lincolnton
N. C
George S. Bowers
Baltimore
Edwin Moll
Board of Foreign Missions
United Lutheran Church In America
Madison
Wisc
Charles J. Smith
Roanoke College
H. D. Hoover
Gettysburg Seminary
Friends of Grace Church
Local coffee shortage sparks hoarding suspicions
Local wholesale and retail houses appeared cleared out of coffee amid reports that Mrs Winchester and possibly Mr Winchester hoarded stock. A store sold 1200 pounds on Saturday while others found only scarce supply. Since the war, distributors have received about 65 percent of normal demand, with transport bottlenecks blamed for the shortage as Leon Henderson announces rationing begins at midnight November 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Brazil
Leon Henderson
Closing stock and services at local dealers
Singer Sewing Machines store advertises closing out stock including machines belts and accessories at SEAL 104 W. Boscawen. Bickers Motor Co lists a small shipment of 1943 Ford Ferguson Tractors. A service department notice states closure October 28 and 29 to condition new 1942 cars and trucks per government requirements with reopening October 29 at 8 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SEAL
W. Boscawen
Ford Ferguson Tractor
Ford Ferguson
Bickers Motor CO
M. Bickers Motor CO
Parcels for Armed Forces Lost in Atlantic Sinking
The army postal service reports 4986 sacks of U S mail bound for American forces in the British Isles were lost when a U S cargo ship sank. Much of the mail was parcel post and part of the first Christmas mail shipments. Last mail deposited in the U S was in late September. items mailed after October 3 at New York debarkation were not included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Postal Service
United States
British Isles
War Department
New York
Debarkation Army Post Office
The
Judge May Assigned to 17th Circuit Duties
An order from Virginia Supreme Court Justice Henry W. Holt designates Judge J. Harry May of Staunton to preside in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit beginning October 26. The commission runs until a successor to the late Judge Williams is appointed or May ceases to perform duties. No appointment date for Williams’ successor is indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Holt
Supreme Court of Appeals of
Virginia
J. Harry May
Corporation Court of
Navy Secretary calls Axis carrier claim a fishing expedition
Secretary of the Navy Knox dismissed an Axis assertion of sinking four aircraft carriers and a battleship north of Santa Cruz Islands near the Solomons as another fishing expedition. He said American and Japanese forces in the South Pacific are conducting a war of maneuver.
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Washington
Knox
Santa Cruz Islands
Solomons
South Pacific
Battle for Guadalcanal intensifies as Knox calls it a stiff fight
Navy Secretary Knox said the Solomons battle is joined and the outcome is not clear. He noted the Japanese are throwing everything into a frenzied drive while Allied forces fight a hard attritional war after the Wasp sinking. The Pacific situation remains a darn tough, stiff fight.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
The
Solomons
Southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Bombing Raids Hit Jap Base on Kiska Island
Navy reports two U S bombing raids against Japanese installations on Kiska in the Aleutians. Army Liberator bombers, with Lockheed Lightning escorts, dropped 18 tons on the camp area and submarine base on October 23. A second raid by Flying Fortresses occurred on October 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
Alaska
Kiska
North Pacific
Hallowe'en Strategy Mapped by Police in Winchester
Chief Hollis warned pranksters that police are mapping Halloween strategy to outsmart would be mischief makers. He said those involved in malicious acts will face court charges and that city and private property damage or safety hazards to motorists and pedestrians will not be tolerated.
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Hallowe
Hollis
Winchester
Hallowe En
Hallowe'en
Navy Day Honors Amid Guadalcanal Battle Extensions
Navy Day honors note men of the fleet as Captain Forrest P Sherman reports the carrier Wasp turned during attack at Pearl Harbor and torpedoes partially misfired. The campaign around Guadalcanal sees heavy air and naval losses on both sides including carriers and cruisers, with Japanese and American forces exchanging blows.
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Forrest P. Sherman
Wasp
Pearl Harbor
United States
Porter
Guadalcanal
Scrap Flash Report Shows City County Weigh-Ins
The city and county report total pounds collected and planned targets. Current weighed in 2 685 624 pounds with prior 1 549 379 pounds. campaign goal 1 055 004. to be collected 1 026 611. October 23 24 17 635 pounds.
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City & County
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Roosevelt
CBS
Wedge
Volga
By Henry C. Cassidy
By Don Whitehead
U. S
Globe
Porter Hardy
Usda War Board
E. M. Funk
Usda Board
Grace Lutheran
Thomas Speaker
Singer Sewing Machines
South Fork
Atlantic
Judge May
Naval
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