Laval Gets Two More Weeks For French Worker Conscription
BERN Oct 31 German demands for formal French worker conscription receive a two week extension to November 18 while strikes flare in Haute Savoie centers such as Annecy Marnaz Sciezier Cluses and Annemasse. Officials insist enlistment remains voluntary as workers face medical exams prior to départure for Germany amid rising discontent and police deployment.
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Bern
Germany
Pierre Laval
Axis
Haute- Savoie
France
Annecy
Swiss Telegraph Agency
Marnaz
Scienzier
Annemace
Haute-Savoie
Russians Claim To Be Holding After Fall-Back
Moscow reports three successive Red Army counterattacks in the Nalchik area repulsed German efforts. Soviet forces claim to have destroyed German tanks and trucks, killed many, and to be consolidating positions northwest of Stalingrad amid ongoing fierce fighting.
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Stalingrad
Red Army
Central Press
Moscow
Nalchik
Central Caucasus
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Star
Wip d Ort
Smuts Urges Atlantic Charter Expansion for Postwar Peace
London dispatch reports Field Marshal Jan Smuts, South Africa's prime minister, urging elaboration of the Atlantic Charter to cover economic and social spheres. He argues peace must grow from united nations and notes the League of Nations cannot ensure this. Smuts pledges cooperation of the United Nations to secure postwar independence for the Netherlands and Belgium amid Axis decline.
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London
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
United Nations
Smuts
Axis
Netherlands
Belgium
Allied forces hold gains as Egypt desert offensive continues
British Eighth Army consolidates week-old advance in the Egyptian desert and resumes the attack with reinforcements. Allied air power controls the skies, bombing enemy airfields and targets in Egypt and Crete. four enemy aircraft shot down and Malta remains free from air attacks. American fighters take part in dogfights as US air force supports operations.
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London
Eighth Army
DNB
Reuters
Montgomery
Cairo
Mediterranean
Crete
el Adem
Malta
Desert
United States
U. S. Air Force
Wero
el Daba
A Call to Duty for Youth in Wartime
A citizen urges young readers to avoid vandalism and pranks during wartime. The piece emphasizes youths have as much at stake as adults, or more, because they will live longer in a postwar world. It stresses the difficulty of saying no but advocates early moral discernment and resolve.
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America
Notice Effective November 1st for local calls
The Yellow Cab Co announces a rate or policy change effective November 1st affecting local calls.
Long, Bitter, Cruel War With Japan Foreseen By Dr. Moll
Dr. Moll warns in Winchester during Grace Church centennial that war with Japan will be lengthy and costly. He argues morale will not collapse and a blockade will not end the empire, and that territory must be reclaimed island by island. He notes his WWI service and four brothers in the Australian forces.
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Japan
Dr. Moll
United Nations
Board of Foreign Missions
United Lutheran Church In America
Winchester
Grace Church
Moll
Australian press argues unity key to Pacific victory
Sydney Morning Herald says only Allied rifts could cost the war while long hard fighting wins it. Melbourne papers call MacArthur and Curtin remarks helpful in clarifying grand strategy and Australia’s war effort amid criticism. General MacArthur denies underperforming and praises Australia’s supreme war effort.
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Melbourne
Sydney Morning Herald
Douglas MacArthur
John Curtin
Melbourne Age
Nial
MacArthur
Commonwealth
Australia
Adelaide
United States
Sydney Herald
Solomons
Japan
Grace Church Commended for Mission Support and Centennial Event
Grace Church officials hailed Grace Lutheran Church as the first in the United Lutheran Church of Africa to fund foreign missionaries. Dr. Edwin Moll led the tribute marking the church’s centennial edifice celebration alongside speakers from the Lutheran Synod and local historians.
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Edwin Moll
Board of Foreign Missions
United Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church
United Lutheran Church of Africa
Grace Church
Batter
R. Homer Anderson
Lutheran Synod
Synod
J. George Baetjer
Christian Streit
Carl Honeycutt
Wittenburg
C. J. Smith
Roanoke College
Salem
the Hoover
Gettysburg
Wants VPF Men To Report Tomorrow In An Order
Captain W A Baker of Co 115 Virginia Protective Force asks members to report at the armory tomorrow at 2 30 PM. He lists Willis Melester Borden H Gray Anderson Hoover Robinson Fauver Grim Lofton Stine Inskip McDonald and McDaniel among those to appear.
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Star Today
W. A. Baker
Co. 115
Virginia Protective Force
Willis
Melester
Borden
H. Gray
Anderson
Hoover
Robinson
Fauver
Grim
Lofton
Stine
Inskip
McDonald
McDaniel
Only Fair Vote Is Indicated In Tuesday's Poll
A wartime poll suggests only 33 to 35 million people may vote in next Tuesday's elections, far below 1940 and 1938 turnout. About 53.6 million were qualified, with an estimated 65 percent turnout due to war, absentee voting unknowns, and apathy. President Roosevelt urged citizens to vote.
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Washington
Congress
Associated Press
House
Armed Services
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
First Lady Roosevelt Visits Queen Wilhelmina in London
London Oct 31 Two energetic early risers Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and Queen Wilhelmina met for a morning chat about war work in the Dutch embassy circle Also present were Dr Eduard Benes Mrs Benes and Jan Masaryk at St James Palace Roosevelt saw Red Cross Prisoners of War parcels and handed over a one pound note for two standard parcels She admired Cologne Cathedral spared in RAF raids and studied a photograph exhibit Roosevelt declined to send a gifted album of war images to her quarters
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London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Eduard Benes
Benes
Jan G. Masaryk
St. James’ Palace
Roosevelt
Red Cross Prisoners of War Bureau
Palace
Condition of Rivers at Riverton Reported
Weather notes show North Branch cloudy and South Branch very cloudy with overall overcast conditions.
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Riverton
South Branch
Tornado Victims Buried as Ark Community Rebuilds
In Berryville Arkansas the community began burying the dead and aiding the homeless after a Thursday night tornado killed at least 29 people and injured more than 200. Red Cross and state agencies coordinate relief with 500+ homeless and 130 homes demolished. Forty injured remain at Harrison Hospital as volunteers run canteens and a soup kitchen.
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Berryville
Ark
Ozark Mountain
Red Cross
State Health Department
Army Medical
Harrison Hospital
Allied air raid hits Buin harbor ships in Pacific
Three waves of Allied bombers dropped over 27 tons on ships at Buin harbor on Bougainville last night, scoring two hits on a heavy cruiser or battleship and likely damaging an aircraft carrier and a light cruiser while setting an unidentified vessel ablaze. The raid, the second in two days, aimed to ease pressure on American forces in the Solomons. moonlight hindered vessel identification.
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General MacArthur
Australia
Buin
Solomon Islands
Bougainville Island
Buin Harbor
New Guinea
Churchill Urges Coal Miners to Increase Output
Prime Minister Churchill addressed 2,500 coal industry representatives in secret London talks as Britain faces an 11,000,000 ton shortage. Attendees from 1,300 mines heard a direct appeal to raise production for a swift victory. South Africa's Smuts and Maj. Gwilyn Lloyd George also spoke.
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E. C. Daniel
Britain
Churchill
London
Pield Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
Maj
Gwilym Lloyd George
Fuel, Light and Power
Communist Party
Isles
Notable Local Gardeners Face Winter Fears and Bloom Returns
Mrs A W Walker of Stephens City tends over 100 chrysanthemum varieties until a recent freeze damaged blossoms. Buds will reopen if temperatures stay above freezing. Robert Swartz on South Braddock Street showcases tall white and yellow blooms, often extending past five feet, protected from cold. Dr Edwin Moll, Australian native and WWI veteran, spoke at the Lutheran Church and travels to Strasburg tomorrow, with four brothers in Australian forces and a fifth lost. The Centennial services honor Rev D M Gilbert and his family, including D M Gilbert Jr of the Bureau of War Communications, Miss Jane Gilbert of Philadelphia, and Mrs Katherine Rutherford of Harrisburg.
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A. W. Walker
Stephens City
Robert Swartz
South Braddock Street
Mr. Swartz
Edwin Moll
Strasburg
Moll
Australia
Allenby
Jerusalem
D. M. Gilbert
D. D
Grace Church
D. M. Gilbert, Jr
Bureau of War Communications
Washington, D. C
Jane Gilbert
Lutheran Church
Philadelphia
Katherine Rutherford
Harrisburg
Governor to name 17th Circuit judge next week
Richm ond Va Oct 31 A successor to the late Judge Philip Williams of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit and Winchester Corporation Court will likely be named next week Governor Darden said today.
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Richmo?rd
Philip Williams
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Winchester Corporation Court
Darden
Resuming Work At Grove Lime Co
Stephens City Virginia October 31 It was learned today that the M J Grove Lime Company expects to have most of its employees back on the job Monday resuming operations in the quarry interrupted for about two weeks by flood water has been pumped from the quarry pit and most of the water which flooded the tunnel has been removed. Stone was brought from the town quarry for use at the local plant.
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Stephens City
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Army Cadet Wrecks Plane in Corn Field Crash
Cadet Geo W. Bodkin, 25, of West Virginia, forced to land a Cub trainer after engine cut out at 600 feet near Shepherd Field Martinsburg. The plane overshot a corn field and struck trees at the edge, completely wrecking the aircraft. Bodkin was uninjured. plane owned by Arthur Hyde and uninsured.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Geo W. Bodkin
Shepherd Field
Bodkin
Artthur Hyde
Local cab and fire notices on upcoming meetings
Notice effective November first 35c local cab fare Yellow Cab Co. South End fire Comendé Regular monthly meeting Monday night November 2 at 8 o'clock. Howard Hart Captain dated October 31.
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South End Fire Comendé
Howard Hart
Reward Offered for Ladder Theft Information
Reward of five dollars is offered for information leading to the conviction of the person who stole a new ladder from a location recently. The notice is signed by Clarence J. Robinson with an in-11 designation.
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Clarence J. Robinson
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U.S
Bain
Death
Volga Metropolis
Atlantic Charter
Yellow Cab Co
Pacific
VPF
Alola
Great Britain
Grove Lime Co
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