Murder Charge Filed in Death of Clara Spencer
Bowie, 26, faces a murder charge over the death of Clara Olivia Spencer, 19, who died from injuries after a fall from a moving car seven miles west of Fredericksburg. Bowie says Spencer jumped from the car between 25 and 30 miles per hour. another motorist alerted him after she left the seat. Authorities set bond. he was held in Fredericksburg as the warrant swore out by a prosecutor.
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Bowie
Clara Olivia Spencer
Leon Bazile
Fredericksburg
Caemonresta
Ross
Miss Spencer
Fredericg
Commonwealth
Gibson
Kiwanians Hear Local Servicemen
Winchester Kiwanis Club luncheon presided by Dr. R H Kerlin in absence of Dr H I Pifer. Guests included F E Nagel and John Paul Er, Edward J Bailey and R E Kerlin. Wyatt Richard won the attendance prize. George B Masters welcomed as a new member.
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R. H. Kerlin
Winchester Kiwanis Club
H. I. Pifer
Ting Kiwanians
F. E. Nagel
Enrollment Grows as Winchester Public Schools Report
Enrollment in Winchester city schools reaches 1642 students with 729 new enrollments year over year. Junior and senior high waves total 129, while John Jail School and Virginia venue School report 467 and 241 pupils respectively.
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Winchester
John Jail
Virginia Venue
Edwards To Represent Thompson
The Court appoints W. Erle Edwards to represent Robert Thompson who was indicted on four counts charging forgery of checks on Mrs. M. E. Whitney.
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W. Erle Edwards
Robert Thompson
M. E. Whitney
German Factions Split as Nazi Leaders Rally Support
Reports say Hitler confronted by a divided Nazi leadership with rival factions led by Himmler and Goebbels on one side and Goering’s “peace party” on the other. A German broadcast urged residents to defend Rhineland territory amid growing air raids as European tensions rise.
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Heiniz Guderian
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Paul Jon Goebbels
Joachim Vontrop
Reichsmar
Hermann Goering
Friedenspartei
Ration Calendar Includes Indefinite stamp validity
The notice outlines ration details for meats fats and sugar from the four red and blue token books and book three airplane stamps. It notes certain stamps like 12-A and fuel oil periods remain valid through the heating year, with some blue tokens set to discontinue October 1.
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Associated Press
Southeast Meree
Dispositions in Civil and Police Court Heard by Judge Rice
John Belford of Rt. 1 Winchester was fined ten dollars and costs for drunkenness. Carl Dunlap of Rock Haven, Virginia, appears in the docket for disposition.
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John Rice
John Belford
Winchester
Carl Dunlap
Rock Haven
Russians push to encircle Transylvania and seize Lomza
Eastern front reports describe Soviet forces advancing toward Transylvania with Deva Aiud and Lomza captured or surrounded. German and Hungarian resistance remains stiff as Red Army closes on East Prussia and links with Tito forces in Yugoslavia.
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Arad
Mures
Cluj
Timisoara
Poland
Lomza
East Prussia
Balkans
Transylvania
Serbia
Yugoslavia
Tisza
Hitler
Transylvanian
Malinovsky
Belgrade
Balkan
Kremlin
Deva
Hungary
Petroseni
Budapest
Romania
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Moscow
East Prussian
Lower East Prussia
Warsaw
Hurricane Advisory Shifts as Storm Heads Northward
The latest advisory notes hurricane winds up to 75 miles an hour with stronger gusts, threatening a wide area around the center. An airman estimated top winds near 140 miles an hour. Warnings extended from Cape Hatteras to Charleston and Savannah to indicate northeast and northwest risk zones as the storm drifted northward.
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Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Charleston
D. C
Savannah
Florida
Weather Bureau
More West Virginia coal miners idle as pickets move
Pickets forged by foremen who closed other mines toured West Virginia coal fields and caused five more operations to idle. Government back-to-work orders affected 12 seized mines with expected resumption by morning while Edwight Nos 1 and 6 remained closed as part of the supervisory employees union drive for recognition. Four northern mines under government control reported partial resumption with more to follow at midnight.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Koppers Glen White
Lillybrook Affinity
Raleigh County
Jamison Coalt
Expect Collapse By Oct 3
US war planning chiefs set October 31 as the tentative outside date for the collapse of organized resistance in Germany. The plan allows wartime material release for peacetime goods after war ends in Europe, while war against Japan remains a priority. Congress returned from recess to speed postwar planning legislation supporting the schedule.
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London
United States War Planning Chiefs
Germany
United States War Production Board
Europe
Pacific
Congress
Japan
Ninth American Army In Field In France
The American Ninth Army under Lt Gen William H Simpson is in the field in France. It is the fourth American army disclosed as present there, joining the Third under Patton, the First under Hodges, and the Seventh under Patch. British Second and Canadian First armies also on the western front.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Ninth Army
William H. Simpson
France
George S. Patton, Jr
Courtney H. Hodges
Alexander M. Patch
New Allied Mission Sent To France
General Eisenhower announces Maj. Gen. John T. Lewis heads a newly activated supreme headquarters mission to Paris France. Maj. Gen. H Redman of the British Army is deputy. The mission represents the supreme Allied commander with the French government.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John T. Lewis
U. S. Army
France
Paris
H. Redman
4000 Cars Being Scrapped Daily
Washington report says more than 4,000 cars are scrapped daily and about 1,500,000 will leave the highway this year. The Office of War Information estimates new cars subject to rationing dwindled to 20,000 and 650,000 used cars are in dealers hands.
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Washinggton
Office of War Information
Douglas to double Skymaster output after war ends
CHICAGO September 13 Douglas Aircraft Co plans to boost C 54 Skymaster production at the Chicago plant, potentially doubling output after the war. President Donald W Douglas said a great postwar demand will come from European reconstruction, repatriation of U S air forces, and increased cargo needs for commercial lines and Japan war outcomes.
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Chicago
Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc
Germany
Donald W. Douglas
Douglas
Japan
Europe
Denied Right To Harvest Crop
Chicago reported on September 13 that Andrew Hoekstra planted five acres of corn on land he did not own and was ordered not to trespass. Circuit Judge Robert J. Dunne ruled Hoekstra could not reap the harvest after warnings from landowner Louis B. Allen Jr.
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Chicago
Andrew Hoekstra
Robert J. Dunne
Hoekstra
Louis B. Allen, Jr
MacArthur Airmen Bomb Dutch Celebes and Halmahera
Allied airmen carried out a record 202 ton bombing on Dutch Celebes near Manado destroying runways and barracks with no enemy interceptions. Halmahera suffered a parallel strike on airfields and defenses with no interception. Ceram south of Halmahera was hit with 126 tons blasting airfields oil facilities and coast defenses, destroying three enemy planes while losing three Allied aircraft.
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MacArthur
Dutch Celebes
New Guinea
Philippines
Manado
Halmahera
Celebes
Ceram
Siegfried Line Threats Grow As Allied Advances Continue
Allied forces push toward Germany across key crossings near Eupen and Malmedy while Third, Ninth, and First Armies threaten Siegfried defenses. Patton's XXX Corps clears most of the Moselle west bank and builds a bridgehead east. British and Canadian units push toward Eindhoven and Maastricht as battles for Brest and other ports persist.
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West Bank
George S. Patton
Mer
Moselle
Front- A-Mousson
Nancy
Upper
Luneville
Metz
Netherlands
Brugge
Bruges
Leopold Canal
Gent
St. Niklaas
Holland
Brest
Allied First Ninth Armies surge in France and Germany
American forces pour into France and siege the Siegfried line with Lt. Gen. Simpson commanding the Ninth Army. U S forces across the Moselle advance toward Metz and Nancy as German counterattacks are repelled. Eisenhower warns civilians to flee Rhine Ruhr regions.
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Dunkeraue
le Havre
Netherlands
Aachen
Moselle River
France
America
Supreme Headquarters
Ninth Army
William H. Simpson
U. S. Ninth Air Forces
Siegfried Line
Metz
Nancy
U. S. Third Army
Moselle
Saarbrucken
Strasbourg
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Limbourg
Liege
Germany
Eupen
Third Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rhine
Ruhr
Local sports Are Featured In The Evenice Star Daily
Local sports headlines highlight community teams with updated scores and standings. Readers see junior league results and prep players profiled, reflecting the town’s growing athletic interest and upcoming schedule.
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Evenice Star Daily
No Gas Rationing Changes Until War Ends
The Office of War Information said no gasoline rationing changes will occur before the European war ends. Civilian supply depends on army and navy needs after Germany surrenders. When more is available, truck and bus rations rise first, then B card holders. regional equalization is planned to aid eastern B drivers.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Germany
O.W.I
Midwest
West Coast
Arrest of Marked Officer Reported
London reports a German broadcast claims General Lindemann was arrested in Berlin as a participant in the July 20 plot against Hitler. The message said a reward of 500000 marks was offered for the man captured in the home of a half Jew civil engineer.
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London
Lindemann
Hitler
Berlin
Fritz Lindemann
Allied Leaders Prepare Pacific Onslaught and Cartels Policy
Roosevelt and Churchill converge at the Chateau Frontenac with Hull Stimson and Land as Britain and American commands chart a Pacific war plan. A memo to Roosevelt promises definitive policy proposals on international cartels.
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Washington
Hull
Stimson
Emory S. Land
Lord Leathers
Britain
Roosevelt
Berry
Philippines
Tokyo
Chateau Frontenac
Churchill
Germany
France
Dumbarton Oaks
American Seventh Pushes Forward in Vesoul Area
American Seventh Army troops advanced four miles east of Vesoul to Camp Valley Les Colombe on highway 26 miles west of the Belfort gateway into southwestern Germany. A second column moved six miles north of Vesoul toward Flagy as German resistance eased.
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Rome
Seventh Army
Vesoul
Camp Valley- Les-Colombe
Belfort
Germany
Flagy
Answers to the Daily Quiz from page 1
The page lists quiz answers including False for question 2, Congregational for 3, North Dakota for 4, War and Peace for 5, Electric power for 6, Chiang for 7 with note on Chinese surnames, and No for questions 8 through 10.
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Stanley Pennell
Congregational
North Dakota
Chiang
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