Twelve Jap Tanks Wrecked By U.S. Forces In Tornado Sweep
A tornado in an Ozark mountain town killed at least 27 people and injured more than 200 as it leveled over half of the town of 1,485. Fire followed the storm, halting rescue efforts. About 25 were trapped in the collapse of a Missouri Arkansas railroad station. With three physicians, supplies depleted, and no hospital facilities, doctors and nurses were rushed from nearby towns. Red Cross aid and emergent hospitals were set up in city buildings.
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Bear Ark
Ozark
Hospit
Missouri and Arkansas
Harrison
Eureka Spring
Red Cross
Undertakers
Ren Nelson
Coffee shortages spark protest in wartime city
Mr Winchester laments unequal coffee distribution amid wartime rationing. He argues sections like Winchester lack any coffee while others allegedly profit from higher metropolitan ceilings. Reliable reports note stores in his area are without coffee.
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Winchester
Winchester at The Cow 169 North Loudoun 8t
Winchester faced The Cow at 169 North Loudoun Street in a local match. Score details are unclear from the fragment, but the event involved a game at a street location with teams in competition. No definitive outcome is provided in the readable text.
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Winchester
N. Loudoun
Yellowellow Cab Company Local Call Update
The notice lists local cab company B5c as the operator for Yellowellow Cab Co with contact 0-80-1024. It outlines service changes and inquiries via the city transportation office.
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Yellowellow Cab Cx Co
Tornado Destruction Described By Berryville Girl Reporter
Miss Clyde Greenhaw of the Harrison Times recounts Berryville Arkansas after a tornado. She describes a dark, wrecked town with twisted timber, rescue crews pulling victims from debris, doctors overwhelmed, a high school destroyed, a crying woman seeking her baby, and uncertain casualty counts.
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Berryville
Clyde Greenhaw
The
Harrison Times
Ark
Harrison
Reece
E. G. Guise
Local Youth Aboard Wasp Loss Confirmed
James Curry 19 of Winchester was aboard the carrier Wasp when it sank off the Solomon Islands on September 15. He trained at Norfolk after enlisting in 1941 and served at sea last year, with two Malta trips. He survived the explosion and spent about an hour in water before rescue. He plans to visit Philadelphia after shore leave.
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James Curry
Wasp
Solomon Islands
Curry
Winchester
Vincent McFadden
Oates Avenue
Navy
Norfolk
Malta
Jimmy
E. H. Curry
South
Braddock Street
Philadelphia
VFW Post To Meet Monday
A Veterans of Foreign Wars post plans a meeting Monday evening November 2 at 7 30 oclock. Commander W W Baker asks all members to attend.
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VFW
Veteran of Foreign War Post
W. W. Baker
Condition of Rivers at Riverton Forecast
North Fork remains cloudy while South Fork runs muddy signaling weather impact on river flow and nearby activities. River conditions reported at Riverton with notes on water clarity and potential hazards for anglers and boaters.
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Riverton
North Fork
South Fork
Higgins Reports Having Cargo Plane Contract
Andrew J. Higgins, New Orleans boat builder, said the Army has promised a contract to build 1,200 large cargo airplanes. He refused to reveal plane type or delivery dates. President Roosevelt said officials would explore options with War Production, Army, Navy, and Maritime to determine feasible production. Col. Jouett resigned to lead Higgins' aircraft activities and has a notable WWI background.
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Washington
Andrew J. Higgins
New Orleans
Higgins
Army
Col. Jouett
Col
John H. Jouett
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Trade Association For the American Aircraft Manufacturing Industry
Jouett
France
Langley Field
Brooks Field
Fort Crockett
Air Corps
Eco
Roosevelt
Navy
Ceataiadae
Fire destroys St. Francis College main building in Loretto
Fire at St. Francis College in Loretto Pa destroyed the old four story main building housing dormitory chapel and administration. Father Ambrose Burke librarian estimated losses above 100000. About 150 students and priests escaped as flames shot high four hours after outbreak shortly before 5 am. Ten fire companies battled to prevent spread to other campus structures.
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Loretto
St. Francis College
Ambrose Burke
Father Burke
Virginia Eyes Filling War Department Truck Regiments
Morgan W. Strother reports Virginia expects to meet the 135 man quota for overseas truck regiments by tomorrow night. Applicants must be 18 to 45, with two years of large truck experience, and will train in regular combat tactics with pay from 88 to 121.60 dollars monthly.
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Richmond
Morgan W. Strother
Virginia Highway Users’ Association, Inc
War Department
Strother
E. T. Gresham
Roy Coffey
Bristol
A. J. Novichester
Gardner A. Mundy
Roanoke
Dan Hart
City Men Ordered to Report for Final Medical Exam
Induction orders have gone out to 58 city registrants who must report Friday morning for a final physical examination at University Hospital in Charlottesville under the Selective Service Act. Successful tests grant two weeks’ furlough to settle affairs before duty, with names including George Owen Moore and Lewis William Graves among others.
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U. S. Army
University Hospital
Charlottesville
George Owen Moore
Gore
Dailey Woodrow Miller
Herman Lee Richardson
A. C. Oates
Harvey Lee Greenwalt
Freemont Street
Thomas Frederick Clevenger
Highland Avenue
Lewis William Graves
Cork Street
Boyd Casper Fogel
Millwood Avenue
Joseph Edgar Golliday
Woodland Avenue
Louis Marshall Cave
Stanley Lawrence Funkhouser
Eutow Place
Baltimore
Oakland
Woodrow Miller
E. Pall Mall
Roy Lemuel McKee
Cameron Street
William Wesley Morrison
President Roosevelt urges all to vote next Tuesday
Washington October 30 Roosevelt declares the nation in an all out war to keep democracy alive and asks employers to allow time off for workers to vote. He plans absentee or in person voting in Hyde Park and hints he will vote against Representative Fish without detailing his ballot.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Representative Fish
Action Too Fast To Take Tally In Belgium Raid
London reports two flight leaders from Canada caused heavy damage in a low level attack on tugboats and canal barges in Nazi occupied Belgium. Lieut. R L Alexander of Aylmer Ontario and James A Goodson of Ontario, transferred from the RAF to USAAF, said they spotted multiple barges and opened fire with cannon and machine guns.
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London
Belgium
Lieut
R. L. Alexander
Aylmer
Ont
James A. Goodson
Ontario
RAF
United States Army Air Forces
Alexander
Goodson
Weather Stripping Urged Amid High Heat Loss in Virginia
Richmond Virginia October 30 Virginians showed a high rate of heat loss in homes last year and must insulate promptly to stay comfortable this winter says officials of the office of price administration after receiving the first fuel oil applications from across the state Dr C Hart Schaaf state rationing administrator notes Virginia consumption last year was out of line with other southern cities and urges action.
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Richmond
Office of Price Administration
C. Hart Schaaf
Virginia
Schaaf
Russians Panning For Winter Offensive Near Vitebsk
From Berlin reports reaching Bern say Russia is massing powerful shock armies for a winter drive to break the Vitebsk Smolensk line about 275 miles west of Moscow. Signs quote heavy air and armored support in the Rzhev Toropets region for encirclement toward the Dvina near Vitebsk and a second group toward Smolensk via Vyazma.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Vitebsk Smolensk
Moscow
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Rzhev-Toropets
Rzhev
Velikie Luki
Dvina
Vitebsk
Vyazma
Smolensk
No Decision On Man-Power Draft Yet
President Roosevelt said no decision has been reached on national service legislation and a compulsory registration of women is under consideration. He noted a potential survey of women ages 18 to 65 to assess availability and fitness for war industry work, with legislation needed to authorize the canvass.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cio-Afl Labor War Board
Merchants Press War Savings Stamp Drive
Winchester merchants launch a ten week campaign starting today with full page ads urging purchase of war savings stamps. They offer free stamps each week with no strings attached. readers must clip and present the ad to the merchant to receive five ten cent stamps every Friday.
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Winchester
Guadalcanal action yields twelve Japanese light tanks destroyed
Navy communique reports twelve Japanese light tanks destroyed on Guadalcanal in the past week. American torpedo boats scored a hit on a Japanese destroyer aiding enemy reinforcements. Skirmishes continued west of the airfield as U S aircraft bombed and strafed positions and two enemy seaplanes were shot down at Rekata Bay.
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Washington
Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Rekata Bay
South Pacific
U. S
Solomons
United States
Solomons Islands
Military reform proposals urge unified command and mobilization
Amid Solomons era discussions Washington leaders push for a single coordinated fighting force under one commander and one uniform. A “high command” to speed wartime legislation and an office of war mobilization overseen by an economic general staff are debated to remove red tape and duplication.
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Washington
Solomons
Capitol Hills
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Congressional
Congress
Rep. Maas
R.-Minn
House Naval Committee
Senate
Lee
D.-Okla
United States
Supreme Command
Rep. Tolan
D.-Calif
Pearl Harbor
Rouss Fire Hall Hosts Friday Night Prize Event
Friday night at 8 30 pm the Rouss Fire Hall offers 350 in prizes. The notice also mentions a November 1 effective date and a Yellow Cab Co local call rate of 35 cents.
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Rouss
Yellow Cab Co
Dr Smith to Attend Grace Lutheran Festival Services
Dr Charles J Roanoke College president will preach at 11 a.m. Sunday during the Festival of the Reformation with Holy Communion at Grace Lutheran Church. At 7 30 p m Dr H D Hoover of Gettysburg will deliver the second sermon. The centennial celebration continues with a dinner tonight featuring Dr Edwin Moll as guest speaker.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Charles J
Roanoke Colege
H. D. Hoover
Gettsyburgh
Grace Lutheran
Whitacre Improves After Pneumonia Battle at Memorial
Lee N. Whitacre of Frederick Circuit Court continues to improve at Memorial Hospital where he recovers from a severe pneumonia. He remains in an invalid status but shows progress as of today according to Yore 4 members.
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Lee N. Whitacre
Frederick Circuit Court
Memorial Hospital
Yore 4
City And County Brevities: Scout Scr scrap drive planned
The local Boy Scout troops will collect metal and rubber scrap tomorrow from Winchester residents. A house to house canvass will occur with instructions to leave donated scrap on front porches tomorrow morning. Taylor Rudolph's work horse, valued at $60, was struck and killed Tuesday night by a car driven by H. E. Shull of Mari.
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Boy Scout
Winchester
Taylor Rudolph
Cedar Creek
H. E. Shull
Mari
British Eighth Army pushes deeper into El Alamein line
Cairo dispatch reports heavy Allied air offensives tolling Axis defenses as US air crews claim 22 enemy fighters down in five days with two losses. British infantry extend gains during October 28 29 night operations while main armored forces hold back.
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Cairo
Britain
Eighth Army
Mediterranean
Ota
Bone Button Saves Life of Girl Shot in Stomach
In Reading Pennsylvania a 27 year old Miss Marie Wike drove 20 miles to a doctor with a bullet in her abdomen. The bullet allegedly struck a bone button and veered from its course. A former sweetheart and a man named Philip Bombgardner 32 a war worker were booked on counts of assault with intent to kill.
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Reading
Marie Wike
Miss State Paling Rites Police Privatas
Lucas
Philip Bombgardner
Asami
Bere Saat
Scrannle Returns to Philadelphia Hotels Plan Scrapple Substituted
Philadelphia hotels unveil a conservation program starting next week substituting scrapple for breakfast on weekdays and Fridays. Scrapple, a pork and vegetable dish, will be reduced as part of the effort amid a local meat and diet reform.
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Phildaelphia
Philadelphia
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Ozark Mountain
MR Winchester
Girl Reporter
Ozarks
Miss Clyde Greenhaw
Church College
Naval
Dr. Smith
Mr. Whitacre
America
Don Whitehead
Scrannle
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