Field Artillery Bombards Jap Targets Near Lae in New Guinea
U S paratroops and Australian forces push toward Lae as field guns dropped from planes are now in action along the road to Lae. Hundreds of Japanese troops routed near Singana Plantation 10 miles east of Lae by Australian infantry advancing along the Huon Gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Icoot Pacific
Nadzab
Markham Valley
Lae
Singana Plantation
New Guinea
Huon Gulf
Busu River
Malahang
U. S
Saarkham Valley
Garbage Disposal Contract Is Renewed For 2-Year Term
Winchester council renews the garbage haulage contract with Holmes Yeakley for two years. The deal raises annual expenditures to 九,940 with an extra 1,144 for hauling and 720 for the dump worker. Proposals to extend fall pickups and start earlier in summer were discussed. Also, 45 acres west of the railroad on Fairmont Avenue are removed from Zone C at the heirs of George H Kinzel request, amid an offer from National Fruit Product Company nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Grant
Winchester
Yeakley
George H. Kinzel
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fairmont Avenue
National Pruit Product Company, Inc
War Bond Rally To Be Held Tomorrow Night
Winchester and Frederick county citizens prepare a rally on Loudoun street in front of the courthouse to raise 1 300 000 for the Third War Loan. A nationwide campaign will be launched tonight with a Hollywood program broadcast by four networks. Plane arrivals and signals will mark the noon start as bells whistles and sirens announce the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Loudoun Street
War Finance Committee
The
U. S. Treasury
Red Army Captures Stalino and Presses Front
Soviet forces announced capture of Stalino after heavy German resistance. The campaign extended along the Donets Basin with rail lines to Mariupol severed and a broad advance toward Dnieperpetrovsk, as losses and matériel destroyed were tallied by both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hawkins
London
Stalino
Donets Basin
Red Army
Ukraine
Mariupol
Sea of Azov
Army Star
Donets
Dniepegerere
Associated Press
Russia
Kuban
Crimea
Taganrog
Moscow
Tvance
Dnieneropetrovsk
Kharkov
Erass Rokossovsky
Vaieen
Konotop
Dnieper
Wanted Painters Apply at Martinsburg Hospital
Employment Office at Newton D. Baker General Hospital Rt. 9 Martinsburg W Va seeks painters. Apply between 7 and 10 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Pvt Nalley Dies In Action In African Area
Pvt William Nalley, 23, formerly of Winchester and brother of Mrs Edwin Lillis, was killed in action in the African theater. A WW II casualty, he had been in service six months, trained at Camp Wheeler and Camp Sherando, later shipped overseas before a furlough. He was a son of the late Albert Nalley of Washington DC and Anna Nalley Canalle of New Market. Survived by his wife and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Wm. Nalley
Winchester
Edwin Lillis
North Af New Market
Pvt. Nalley
Nalley
Camp Wheeler
Camp Sherando
Eeen
Albert Nalley
Washington, D. C
Anna Nalley Canalle
New Market
Newcoal
Eats Endlessere
Pender
New Earast
Lillis
United Brethren Church Board Plans Canvass
The United Brethren Church board of stewards will meet at the North Braddock Street church at 7 30 for final plans on the upcoming every member canvass. Pastor Rev L G Bridges urges full attendance to support the major church activity of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Stew of the
United Brethren Church
North Braddock Street
L. G. Bridges
Vacation Ends At Handley High School Tomorrow
Teachers of Winchester schools met at 10 to set the return for Handley High School. Superintendent Quarles announced that advanced registration is done with a late registration on Monday September 13. Late registrants report to the Handley building office. Primary pupil grades rise while upper grades are expected to be smaller this year. Housing in Winchester remains tight with many newcomers in the lower age groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Tomes
Ah Camaro
Suburbs of Rome Heavily Bombed
Rome radio said Frascati and nearby towns on the Monti Albani rail loop were heavily bombed by Allied planes at noon. Colonna Grottoferrata Lanuvio and Velletri were also struck with Frascati suffering the greatest damage according to the Associated Press transcript.
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Rome
London
Frascati
Associated Press
Colonna
Grottoferrata
Lanuvio
Velletri
Monti Albani
Union Bank Chartered by Virginia Assembly in 1870
Local historian W. W. Glass published an account of Union Bank of Winchester history as assets sell to Farmers and Merchant Bank leads to closure on September 15. Last officers and directors included Fred Thwaite, Co. P. McVicar, Harry Benham, George Bushnell, Floyd Haines and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bank of
Winchester
W. W. Glass
Union Bank
Farmers & Merchant Bank
Glass
Thom
Fred Thwaite
Co. P. McVicar
Harry Benham
George Bushnell
Floyd Haines
Messrs. Thwaite
Benham
H. B. McCormac
Coleman Dunn
Bank site on Loudoun Street traces to 1743 town lots
The Union Bank property at 101 North Loudoun Street sits on parts of two original half acre lots laid out in Winchester in 1743. Twenty six town lots existed, with 22 donated by Col. Wood for Frederick County, and lots 4 and 5 reserved for Wood. Both lots were conveyed to Col. James Wood from Thomas Lord Fa. Continued on page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bank
North
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Col. Wood
Frederick County
Col
James Woodee
Thomas
Lord Fa
All Hands Agree On Identity of Droning Bomber
Allied headquarters in North Africa confirms the identity of the bomber as one of their own. A Spitfire droned over Reggio Calabria and an Italian civilian, after a tense exchange, was reassured by an RAF officer that the aircraft was friendly. The incident was detailed in an official RAF statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Reggio Calabria
R. A. F. Oficer
Purple Heart Awarded To Pfc Cochran
Mr and Mrs Pred Cochran received a letter from their son Pfc William E Cochran stating he has been awarded the Purple Heart by the unit commander on August 21. The action details are unavailable but believed earned for outstanding conduct beyond the line in the Sicilian campaign.
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Pred Cochran
William E. Cochran
Pfc
Cochran
Georgia
Ana Brothers
Winchester
Eleanor Roosevelt Visits Australian Military Posts
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt spent two hours at 118th General Hospital in Sydney meeting service groups and Americans. She autographed a chef's cap for Private John Mourley and received salutes from Australian service women before visiting a military hospital hosted by Lord and Lady Wakehurst.
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Sydney
Australia
Eleanor Roosevelt
118Th General Hospital
Lae
Salamaua
America
Pfc
John Mourley
Johnston
John Waide
Jackson
Lord
Lady Wakehurst
Zoo
Roosevelt
Villa Kin Weds In Hollywood Union
Celia Villa 28 daughter of Pancho Villa and Fred Daug 45 a movie casting director wed in Hollywood Monday, according to his studio.
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Hollywood
Celia Villa
the Tate Pancho Villa
Fred Daug
Danish saboteur executed as others injured fleeing
London dispatch reports Danish engineer Paul Edwin Soerensen of Aalborg executed for sabotage. A second Dane was fatally injured escaping after being caught with hazardous materials dropped by British planes. Berlin radio, quoted by Nazi authorities, ties Soerensen to acts against German troops and war materiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Copenhagen
Berlin
Paul Edwin Soerensen
Aalborg
Associated Press
Denmark
Soerensen
Paris
Sigmund Israel Amarant
Daylight Allied Bombers Strike Lille Airfields in France
Allied daylight raids hit two Nazi air bases at Lille Nord and Lille Vaudreville as part of a week of air activity supporting the Mediterranean campaign and western Europe invasion plans. Thunderbolt fighters joined sweeps over Belgium and northern France while RAF Dominion and Allied Spitfires escorted the bomber fleets.
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Lille
France
Britain
Mediterranean
Western
Europe
Thunderbolt
U. S
Dominion
U. S. Army
RAF
Amiens
Abbevie
Capital Excited Over Surrender Of Little Italy
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill reacted with restraint as Italy agreed to surrender. The news, reported by dispatches, prompted jubilation in Washington while officials noted General Eisenhower authored the tale. Churchill remained in the capital amid lingering Quebec conference talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Churchill
Great Britain
Eisenhower
Stephen Early
General Eisenhower
Quebec
Mr. Roosevelt
Notice School Children Pens Shipment
Notice informs that school children have just received a shipment of fountain pens valued at 1.25 to 2.50 dollars. Hodgson and Brown of Winchester Virginia are associated with the notice dated September 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just
Hodgson and Brown
Winchester
Apple-picking workers eyed as Winchester bids for labor
Baha, aiding the local apple industry, is to arrive in Winchester Saturday or Sunday and start work Monday. The Labor Center requests about 100 pickers but cannot fill them. Register at the Labor Center, phone 6101. Madison Lodge No. 6 I O O F plans an outdoor meeting at W Erle Edwards home in Albin Thursday at 6 30 with a weiner roast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Labor Center
Madison Lodge No. 6
W. Erle Edwards
Grand Lodge of Virginia
Albin
Eisenhower Proclaims Italian Unconditional Surrender
General Eisenhower announces Italy's unconditional surrender to the Allies, signed in Sicily on invasion day. Badoglio's government ceases fighting and agrees to political, economic, and financial terms. Allies urge Italians to help eject Nazis. fleet warned to scuttle rather than fall into German hands. Armistice becomes effective immediately. hostilities end for United Nations forces.
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Sicily
Italy
Hitler
Eisenhower
United Nations
Pietro Badoglio
New York
FCC
Badoglio
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Mediterranean
Benito Mussolini
Casablanca
Tunisia
United Kingdom
United States
Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics
Marshal Badoglio
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U. B. Church Board
Handley High School
Va. Assembly
Te Goons
John H. Rosenaceon
WF. A. Bailey
Direc
the Union Bank OF Winchester
Purple Heart
Villa
President
Edward Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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