Idle Mines and Huns Hit Hard as 77000 Idle Miners Report
News from Washington notes nearly 77,000 miners idle across 11 states amid coal crisis as President Roosevelt defers plan announcements. The War Labor Board sees disputes, with CIO dissent on wage contracts, and potential government seizure of idle mines under wartime law. Steel plants face fuel shortages, while anthracite wage rulings trigger immediate reactions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
CIO
WLB
Illinois
van A. Bittner
John Brophy
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers’ Policy Committee
Little Steel
Russian Tank Forces Drive Across Ukraine In Major Battle
London reports a force of Soviet tanks pressing the Germans near Krivoi Rog and the Dnieper loop, with Moscow claiming rapid progress toward Perekop. German claims of destroying 115 Russian tanks are noted as Red Army advances average 12 to 18 miles daily, killing thousands in the Nizhne-Saragozhy fight and seizing debris-laden rail cars.
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London
Krivoi Rog
Dnieperloop
High Command
Dnieper Loop
Red Army
Kakhovka
Nizhne-Saragozhy
Moscow Conference Declared A Tremendous Success
President Roosevelt called the Moscow meeting a great success with talks at the final drafting stage. He praised the tripartite talks among Russia Britain and the United States as yielding a strong spirit of peace and cooperation while declining to detail specific agreements. He credited Hull and the Russian and British sides for the unusually good tenor and said disclosures would come at an appropriate time from Moscow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Moscow
Senate
Connally
Russia
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Hull
41 County Men Left Today For Roanoke, Va
Forty one men from Frederick County, including three volunteers and one transfer, left Winchester for induction in Roanoke. The list names volunteers Paul Ebersole, Hubert Dodson, James Grimm, and many others with Charles W Thompson, Ralph W Welch, and Kenneth Whitacre transferred to other boards. Julian Fant transferred from Culpeper County is also listed.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Roanoke
Charles W. Thompson
Ralph W. Welch
Kenneth Earl Whitacre
Paul K. Ebersole
Hubert Ll. Dodson
James Gordon Grimm
Leslie A. Adams
Charles Wm. Boyles
Curtis C. Braithwaite
Homer A. Butler
James L. Coffman
Herbert A. Copenhaver
Douglas H. Clark
Charley L. Clowser
Russell H. Clem
Cecil Wm. Derflinger
Alfred A. Dove
William N. Cutterer
Tracey D. Fink
James Trenton Garber
Roy Clark Griffith
Sewell T. Grim
Francis Jr. Hart
Frederick R. Hepner
Dallas E. Himelright
Eugene C. Jenkins
Robert L. Jenkins
Austin F. Johnson
Hunter F. McFarland
A. Rue B. Stine
Leo R. Strosnider
George R. Seal
Edward W. Sours
James O. Tobin
Vernon B. Unger
Eugene R
Hollis Wm. Wines
Fred Wealthy
Holmes Wm. White
Berlyn S. Yancey
Culpepper County
Julian
Fant
Views Differ On Qualifications Of Committeemen
A Democratic city committee meeting devolved into a debate over member qualifications and the withdrawal of several members leaving a quorum short. Chairman Noble Pierce scheduled a Monday night meeting to organize for the Tuesday election. Nine of eighteen members refused to sign a pledge to support all nominees, though most members back Burgess Nelson for State senate.
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Democratic City Committee
Noble Pierce
State Senate
Burgess Nelson
Dr Snapp Named To Important ADA Committee
Dr Ralph Snapp of this city was elected to the Legislative committee of the American Dental Association at a recent meeting in Cincinnati Ohio. The committee will serve the national organization and is expected to help craft postwar legislation toward some form of socialized dentistry. Snapp is one of the few eastern seaboard members, with Dr Ster Mead of Washington as chairman. Dr George H. Fox of Chicago is executive secretary.
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Ralph Snapp
House of Delegates
American Dental Association
Cincinnati
National Organization of Dentists
ADA
Snapp
Ster Mead
Washington
George H. Fox
Chicago
Bank Fixtures Are Sold At Public Auction
Union Bank fixtures go on public sale this afternoon with excellent prices reported. The vault door was taken last night and sold to Farmers and Merchants Bank. A fuller story will appear tomorrow.
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Union Bank
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Point Values Assigned For Fruit Products In OPA Ration Ties
Washington data shows jams jellies and fruit spreads rated four and six points per pound with other fruit items adjusted in the Office of Price Administration chart. Meat and dairy values shift as sugar and oil boosts appear, while some pickled and frozen goods leave rationing and stamp rules now shift to wartime book four green stamps.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Lonergan Held Without Bail In Wife Slaying
Wayne Lonergan was held without bail after arraignment in homicide court on a writ charging him with beating choking and strangling his wife Patricia Burton Lonergan at their Beekman Hill apartment about 9 am on October 24. He contended calmly as magistrate Ramsgate set next Friday for adjourned hearing after confessing to police.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Homicide
William Prendergast
Lonergan
Patricia Burton Lonergan
Beekman Hill
Charles Ramsgate
Rouss Bingo Special Notice Starts 8 PM Fridays
Rouss Fire Co announces Friday bingo now starts at 8 PM instead of 8 30 PM. prize pool reaches 250 dollars per night with games held weekly. event details reference October 21 Thursday and Friday late afternoon time frame.
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ROUSS
Rouss Fire Co
Italians Held Prisoners May Leave Camps for Work
Washington announces new system permitting Italian war prisoners held six months to work outside camps without guards. They must pledge to obey rules, wear identifying clothing, and carry POW IDs. System aims to save manpower. operation limited by number of eligible prisoners. 140,000 prisoners in 56 camps noted, with Germans to Italians ration about 3 to 1.
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Washington
War Department
Department
Italy
Germans See Invasion Signs From South England Activity
Germans report heightened military activity in South England observed by reconnaissance planes. Berlin radio claims a possible cross channel thrust may be planned from Moscow discussions. Broadcast notes more shipping in British southern harbors, busier minesweepers in the Channel, and fresh troop concentrations.
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London
England
Berlin
Moscow
Britain
Rail Line Severed In Many Places Near Zagreb
Yugoslav forces cut the Zagreb Belgrade railway in about 130 spots along a 40 mile stretch east of Zagreb. The communique says two large and several small railcars were destroyed, with over 270 German troops killed. Tito and Mihailovic factions clash amid alleged German influence. Italian Blackshirts and Quislings named in fighting near Bistrica. Rogatica stronghold stormed by 27th division, stores of war material captured, 100 Germans killed, 120 wounded. German amphibious landing on Brac island thwarted. forces landed on Pelyesac peninsula further south.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Germany
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
Belgrade
Free Yugoslav Radio
Associated Press
Draja Mihailovic
Balkan
Bistrica
Mihailovic
Milan Nedic
Rogatica
Sarajevo
Brac
Split
Pelyesac
Newcomb Elected President of State Universities Association
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia say they are gratified that John L. Newcomb, UVA president, has been elected president of the National Association of State Universities. He succeeds Herman B. Wells of Indiana University Bloomington.
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University of Virginia
R. Gray Williams
John L. Newcomb
National Association of State Universities
Dr. Newcomb
Herman B. Wells
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
Narrow escape linked to Tennessee airliner crash
Dr Dewey L Anderson of Oakville Tennessee medical director and brother of R P Anderson of Frederick county missed the Memphis pick up by ten minutes and narrowly escaped the crash that killed all aboard A letter to his brother confirms the delay Meanwhile a string of town scenes shows children in summer dress with mothers enjoying a downtown excursion Their identities are kept private Also mentions State Trooper Julian S Fant reporting at the Roanoke induction station with Culpeper roots and ties to Fredericksburg line postings
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Dewey L. Anderson
Oakville
Tenn
R. P. Anderson
Frederick County
Tennessee
Anderson
Memphis
Roanoke
Julian S. Fant
Winchester
Fant
Culpeper
Fredericksburg
Wheeler Would Not Commit U S Far In Advance
Senator Wheeler of Montana urged the Senate that passage of the Connally peace resolution could provoke Russian demands for Poland the Bosphorus the Balkans and the Baltic states. He warned the measure would invite confusion and national embarrassment and questioned U S postwar pledges before Stalin and Churchill had set policies. He asked what the United States would propose to do.
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Washington
Wheeler
Dmont
Senate
Connally
Russia
Poland
Bosphorus
Balkans
Baltic States
George
D-Ga
United States
Hitler
Germany
Montanan
Marshal Stalin
Churchille
Stalin
England
World At War Highlights From AP Briefing
Russians sever the last north south railway east of the Bug River and close within 60 miles of Perekop, threatening Crimea. Italian American warships hit Rommel’s lines along the Appian Way and press Minturno area as Allied forces advance amid heavy fire. In the Pacific, MacArthur forces push through to Treasury Islands 265 miles southeast of Rabaul.
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Bug River
Perekop
Crimea
Rommel
Appian Way
Minturno
Fifth
Eighth
Pacific
Japan
MacArthur
Treasury Islands
Rabaul
Halsey forces storm Treasury Islands near Bougainville
Allied units under Admiral Halsey stormed the Treasury Islands thirty miles south of Bougainville as the entering wedge to drive the Japanese from the Solomons and reach Rabaul. American bombers knocked out air fields with 500 tons of explosives before dawn, then troops moved ashore amid naval gunfire and air cover, with Japanese forces retreating into the hills.
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Southwest Pacific
Adm
William F. Halsey
Treasury Islands
Bougainville
Solomons
Rabaul
Bihantis
Theodore
Strikers May Be Put In Khaki
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard says it has been asked by state selective service to supply the names of striking crane operators who participated in a 10 day work stoppage. The AFL affiliated crew refused to lift Bes tra weights without extra pay, and all involved number over 100. The workers demanded reinstatement without penalty.
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Baltimore
Bethlehem- Fairfield Shipyard, Inc
Selective Service
J. M. Willis
Bestra
AFL
International Association of Operating Engineers
Rain and Mud Hampering Land Operation
Allied forces batter Rommel line along the Appian Way as American and British units press short advances. Lt Gen Mark W Clark’s 5th Army gains three miles near Sparanise while Teano looms as a key crossroads. Rain hampers progress as Molise falls to British troops northeast of Isernia.
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Mark W. Clark
Sparanise
Teano
Mt. Massico
Rome
Fifth Army
Regia Canal
Volturno
Mt. Mas~sico
Mondragone
Raviscanina
Fifth
Venafro
Eighth
Montefalcone
Castelma
Eigh
Trigno
Molise
Isernia
T' del Sannio
Mothers To Sell E Bonds In November Drive
Blue Star mothers and next of kin of service members are urged to register at J C Penney in Winchester for an E bond drive. A anonymous donor offers a prize to the Blue Star Mother selling the most E bonds, aiming to reach a county and state total. The Woman's Division State War Finance committee will oversee, with district and local coordinators named. Residents may call 5702 to record relations if unable to register in person. About 1,500 Blue Star Mothers are believed in Winchester and Frederick.
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Blue Star
J. C. Penney Co
Winchester
Frederick County
State War Finance Committee
H. Clay deGrange
Harold Brown
Ed Molden
Frederick
Eagles Attend Halloween Party At Winchester Home
Members of the F O E 824 invite only members and their wives or lady friends to a Halloween party Saturday night October 30 at the Eagles Home in Winchester Virginia.
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Hallowe'en
Eagles
Winchester
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Nelson
Dr. Snapp
U.S
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Treasury Isles
Halsey
Solomons Base
Mono
Stirling
Admiral Halsey
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By Edward Kennedy
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