Italian Warships Reach Allied Hands In Malta Port
Italian naval force arrives at Valletta Malta including the 23 000 ton battleship Giulio Cesare the 5 000 ton seaplane carrier Giuseppe and four destroyers bringing the known Italian warships in Allied hands to at least 38. Six of Italy's seven battleships are accounted for with others interred or unreported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Valletta
Malta
Giulio Cesare
Giuseppe
Mediterranean
Italy
Italia
Vittorio Veneto
Andrea Doria
Dulio
Madrid
Port Mahon
Balearics
Pollensa
Mallorca
Balearic Islands
Balearc Islands
Associated Press
Putiing
Rex
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Clark Lee
Soldier Nalley Killed in North Africa July 13
Pvt Nalley brother of Mrs Ed win Lillis of this city and son of Mrs Anna Nalley Canalle of New Market was killed in action in North Africa on July 13. Word reached his wife Miss Mary Lee Weaver at New Market on their first wedding anniversary.
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Pvt. Nalley
Edwin Lillis
Anna Nalley Canalle
New Market
War Department
Mary Lee Weaver
German U boat skipper captured after Ark Royal sinking
The U S Navy reports Captain Leutnant Friedrich Guggenberger, commander of the U boat that sank the Ark Royal in 1941, was captured by a U S plane off the Brazilian coast after a duel that ended with the submarine’s destruction. Guggenberger is now a prisoner of war.
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Skipper
Ark Royal
U.S
Washington
Navy
United States
Brazil
Kaptain Leutenant Friedrich Guggenberger
Germany
U. S
Gugenberger
Guggenberger
Archiaeeinanene
Italians and Nazis Clash in Durazzo and Tirana
CBS recorded broadcast reports violent fighting between Italians and Germans in the Albanian port of Durazzo with the Italian garrison at Tirana offering stiff resistance. German news agency said troops occupied Tirana. Italian vessels in the Durazzo area reportedly scuttled.
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Durazzo
Eighth Army
Crotone
London
DNB
Tirana
Albania
New York
Adriatic
Brindisi
CBS
Jack Pennypacker Promoted to Captain in Air Corps
Friends and relatives are advised of the promotion of 1st Lieutenant Jack Pennypacker to Captain in the Army Air Corps. He is stationed at Mountain Home Idaho where a large air base is being built. Major H H Covington, also from this city, commands the 470th Bomb Group and leads base organization. Captain Pennypacker joins the Headquarters Staff with Major Covington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Pgp
Pennypacker
Army Air Corps
Mountain Home
Idaho
H. H. Covington
Covington
Wanted Painters Apply at Newton D. Baker Hospital
Employment Office at Newton D. Baker General Hospital Route 9 Martinsburg West Virginia seeks painters. Apply between 7 and 10 am.
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Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
South End Fire Company Monthly Meeting September 13
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company is set for 7 30 p m on Monday September 13. All members are urged to attend. Also note Bingo is planned for Tuesday September 14 at 8 p m at the American Legion Building Berryville with a door prize of 50 dollars and other prizes.
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South End
South End Fire Company
Howard Hart
American Legion
Berryville
War Loan Drive Nets $110 321 As Of Sept 10
Winchester and Frederick county report a total of 110 321 credited by the Fifth Federal Reserve Bank in the third War Loan campaign as of Friday September 10. Boy Scouts at the public booth took orders for 1400 in bonds. A A members had orders for 1125 with 104 661 50 in city and county agency bonds and the rest from other districts. The Girls Athletic Association runs the public booth at the courthouse today with Civic Leaguers taking it over tomorrow. A special program for merchants and store staff is planned Wednesday at the Capital.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Fifth Federal Reserve Bank
A. A
Girls’ Athletic Association
Civic Leaguers
Wendell @arney
W. R. Strader
Retail Merchants Association
Anderson Seeks 1944 Budget Figures to Hold Taxes
WwW. P. Anderson chairman of the City Council Finance committee asks committee chairs to submit 1944 budget estimates by October 1. He aims to avoid tax increases and notes wartime material shortages limit major capital projects. A postwar plan include a disposal plant sewer projects and possible incinerator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Anderson
City Council
Anderson
Finance Committee
Sixteen County Men Ordered to Report for Armed Service
Sixteen men from Roanoke County have been ordered to report to the Roanoke Induction Station. Twelve will enter the Army, three the Navy, and one the Marine Corps. Those heading to the Army have returned home on 3 week furlough and will report on Friday October 1 at 11 25 at the Court House Plaza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Army
Navy
Marine Corp
Oo States Army
Ellis Cornwell Adams
James Franklin Brown
Ofrlcf
Stewart Burton
Ersel Eugene DeHaven
George William Cone
Lacy Lee Haymaker
Paul Hunter Miller
Paul Robert Murphy
Forrest A. Secrist
Odis Raymond Line
Melvin Kenneth Sandy
Cecil Clifton Wilkins
Ray Grimes Keller
William Clayton Miller
Thomas Shull
James Allen Kelchen
Selective Service Office
Courthouse
Prices to Fall on Potatoes and Other Groceries
General Manager Chester Bowles of the Office of Price Administration outlined a sweeping price reduction plan to cut the cost of living by about 2.3 percent. The program relies on transputation subsidies, crop purchases and resale, and possible subsidies for peanut butter and lard within congressional limits. Effects start mid to late fall with further cuts planned for winter fruits and vegetables and a milk price safeguard requiring more funds. Apples may drop to 8.75 or 9 cents per pound from 10 to 15 cents.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Office of Price Administration
Congress
Bowles
OPA
Fire at Broad Street Station Injures 350 Plus
A massive eight alarm blaze at Pennsylvania Railroad Broad Street Station injures over 350, mainly firemen and civilian workers. The fire damages 16 tracks and destroys six passenger coaches and 1500 baggage pieces in a chaotic scene near the Chinese Wall engine room. Federal investigators launch inquiry as trains re-route and makeshift platforms rise nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Pennsylvania
Congressional Limited
Philadelphia
Federal Bureau of Interintelligence
Harry Burke
Eear Scene Railroad
York
Safey
Platfo
New York
Harrisburg
R. C. Morse
Central City
Democrats Convene in Winchester for County Committee Election
An announcement from J Earle Rinker secretary states a Democratic convention will be held at the County Court House in Winchester on Saturday September 25 at 2 oclock. The purpose is to elect an executive committee.
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J. Earle Rinker
County Court House
Winchester
Driftwood Fire Devours Cable Under Castleman's Ferry Bridge
A large driftwood buildup from the Shenandoah flood at Castleman's Ferry Bridge caught fire destroying a 60 foot telephone cable with 112 pairs. Firefighters from Berryville worked from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. to douse the blaze and restore service, with crews in Winchester and Berryville reporting updated repairs.
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Castleman’s Ferry Bridge
Shenandoah River
Castleman’s Ferry
Berryville
John H. Enders Fire Department
Washington
Allen Rowler
Winchester
Wm. Green
Berrysville
Starkey Accepts Boy Scout Post
Basil F. Starkey accepted the invitation to fill the vacant position in the Shenandoah Council. Scout Executive A. Mate announced Starkey will move with his family from Allentown Pennsylvania to work with local Scouts for many years and has a strong record from his last post in Allentown.
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Basil F. Starkey
Shenandoah Council
Stanley
A. Mate
Allentown
Rumored Mussolini Release Roils Northern Italy
Swiss report claims Mussolini's release sparked fascist risings and parades in Nazi-occupied northern Italian cities. Milan papers blocked at frontier. Regime Fascista resumes. Rome radio airs German propaganda. Border region reports German occupation of border city. 32,000 Allied POWs awaiting crossing.
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Bern
Corriere del Ticino
Lugano
Mussolini
Italy
Milan
Erwin Rommel
Fascista
Roberto Farinacci
Rome
Como
Switzerland
Badoglio
la Spezia
Ravenna
Britain gears up for Burma offensive in Southeast Asia
Britain plans a large scale push in Burma and Southeast Asia with heavy naval units to Somerville and Mountbatten’s command. Commandos may be sent to Andaman Islands and Nicobar group while Burma road recapture tops Allied aims. Air power to be expanded as monsoon ends in October.
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Ernest Agnew
London
Great Britain
Far Eastern
James Somerville
Eee
Southeast Asia
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Britain
Andaman Islands
Nicobar
Bay of Bengal
Burma Road
China
United States
Arakan
Burma
Lts Sgt Miller Dies In Raid On German City
Staff Sergeant Charles Miller, reported missing on August 12, is officially listed as killed in action during a United Nations air raid over Gelsenkirchen, Germany. He served as a bombardier on a large American bomber and married Fay Marker in Denver, Colorado on April 28.
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Charles Miller
Miller
War Department
United Nations
Gelsenkirchen
Germany
Fay Marker
Denver
City And County Brevities Amid Cold Morning
The official low reached 41 at the Laboratory with unofficial reports lower. Bees nesting high hint at a hard winter while frost could affect late gardens and tomatoes. a praying mantis was found on a grape vine and released. Angers Store grower Harry Bohrer found a potato with an imitation ruby ring embedded in it, owner unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Adams
Highland Avenue
Harry Bohrer
Angers Store
W. Va
Mr. Bohrer
Bitter Salerno Naples battle extends as Allies advance
Allied reports from North Africa dated Sept 13 describe a fifth day of heavy fighting around the Salerno bridgehead with German forces resisting, while the British Eighth Army advances north from Taranto and captures Crotone. The invasion right wing, including Bari approaches, sees continued Allied bombardment and air attacks as reinforcements land.
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North Africa
Fifth Army
Salerno
Naples
Adriatic
Brindisi
NBC
Italy
Naples- Salerno
Eighth Army
Brian Toe
Odemy
Salerno- Naples
Japs Desperate In Effort To Keep Trail Open
Allied reports from Salamaua describe Japanese efforts to keep a Lae trail open as Allied blockades seal the coast. Australian pioneers swam the Francisco river and overran Salamaua airfield while Anzac troops advanced, leaving Japanese remnants on a ridge northwest of the air strip. The Lae garrison appears unable to break the Allied trap, confirming the campaign’s strategic success.
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Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
Lae
New Guinea
Francisco
Busu
Jack Brooks Hearing Set After Hospital Stay
Jack Brooks to be brought before Civil and Police Magistrate John Rice for a 10 o clock hearing tomorrow. He was hospitalized after being struck by an officer near the George Washington Garage about a week ago and will face charges of being drunk and resisting an officer.
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Jack Brooks
Memorial Aeteral
John Rice
Brooks
George Washington
Japs At Kurile Islands Attacked by American Bombers
New York United States bombers attacked Japanese installations in the Kurile Islands, with 18 American aircraft taking part. The Domei agency said damage to ships was light and that Japanese forces shot down one American plane. The broadcast was recorded by the FCC.
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New York
Japanese Comet Agency
Kurile Islands
Federal Communications Commission
Kuriles
Japan
North Pacific
Paramushiro
Domei
Oe.sapanese
U. & Slanes
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Wm. Nalley
Bulletin
Jack Pennypacker
Air Corps
Federal Reserve
Marine Corps
Starkey
Boy Scout
Mountbatten
Sgt. Miller
Noland Norgaard
Gem
Dwight D. Eisenhower
C. Yates McDaniel
Salamau
Kurile
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