Wheeler Insisting On Sparing Father
Washington dispatch says Congress returns from recess to study the need for drafting pre Pearl Harbor fathers. Senate and House military committees plan joint hearings on the Wheeler bill to halt the draft with Gen. George C. Marshall and other top officials slated to testify. Public access to hearings may be allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
High Command
Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Military Affairs Committee
George C. Marshall
House Military Committee
Senate
Robert P. Patterson
Pacific
Joseph T. McNarney
Marsha
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Marshall
Store Employees To Attend Show On Wednesday
Winchester retail stores will open at 9 30 am to allow personnel six hours a day at Treasury Depart ment. A show at Hable's Palace theater is set for Sunday night September 26 with free admission for bond purchasers in the Third War Loan Drive. Doors open 8 45 am to start the event and avoid conflict with evening worship services. Tickets are being printed and distributed after brief talks.
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Winchester
Treasury
Wendell Barney
Hable’s Palace Theater
Winchester Calls for Extra War Bond Support
MA Winchester urges every citizen to contribute to the Third War Loan drive saying extra money is needed beyond the common tax and bond purchases. She stresses individual and community effort as essential and asks residents to check war stamp books and exchange them for bonds during the campaign.
Catholics Fear Pope Pius XII Held by Nazis
A Der Bund dispatch from Chiasso reports Catholics fear Pope Pius XII is effectively a prisoner of Nazi general Albert Kesselring. German forces are said to respect Vatican City, while cardinals and high churchmen have withdrawn into the Vatican as Rome falls under occupation.
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Bern
Switzerland
Chiasso
der Bund
Pius XII
Albert Kesselring
Vatican City
Pene
Rome
Vatican
Cigarettes Sent to Virginia 116th Infantry Soldiers
The 116th Infantry unit receives 18 000 packs of cigarettes bought with Legion funds and citizen donations for Christmas distribution overseas. Packs cost 5 cents each and are sent prepaid to embarkation ports with donor names clearly marked. Messages from Winchester and World War I veterans accompany the gift, praising the program.
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116Th Infantry
Robert Y. Shade
Conrad Post
Virginia
Legion
Shade
U. S
Robert Y. Conrad
Winchester
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Winchester Otneet
McDearmon
Cannon Company
W. Glenn Elliott
Richmond
Conrad
Elliott
Robert
Progress in Clatterbuck murder trial narrows jury pool
In Leesburg Virginia on September 14 a judge accepted fourteen of nineteen Madison County veniremen for the Thomas W. Clatterbuck murder case as jury selection continued. Panels from Loudoun and Winchester supplied jurors after earlier failed attempts. The Love farm killings last June 1 left A Morris Love, his wife, son James, and Mrs Russell dead. relatives attended while the defense objected on a technicality pending further vetting.
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Leesburg
Madison County
Veniremen
Thos
Thomas W. Clatterbuck
J. R. H. Alexander
Clatterbuck
Loudoun County
Winchester City
Russell
A. Morris Love
James
Maj. R. A
McIntyre
Major McIntyre
Alexander
Aldie
H. Grubb
Love. Clatterbuck
Jack Brooks Given Suspended Jail Sentence
Jack Brooks pleaded guilty to drunkenness and resisting arrest in Charles Town West Virginia. Judge John W. Rice suspended a 90 day sentence and fined Brooks 15 dollars plus 5.25 dollars costs. Brooks warned to stay sober and away from Winchester or face penalties. Witnesses included Officer E O Rogers and John Crisman who described Brooks heavily intoxicated in a Bond Brothers rear shop area.
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Jack Brooks
John W. Rice
Brooks
Charles Town
W. Va
Winchester
E. O. Rogers
John Crisman
Bond Brothers
Crisman
Rogers
Richmond War Bond Van Draws Public Attention
A large Richmond van with a heroic sailor image appealed for citizens to buy more war bonds. A rare trailer used to carry new automobiles was seen downtown carrying vehicles. Lt. Col. Dan Wright returned to the area for an indefinite visit, awaiting further orders from the War Department. Sears Roebuck contributed $2,000 via the local office as part of the bond drive.
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Richmond
Dan Wright
Bunker Hill
Renly
Chester
Winchester
Nam
Sears Roebuck
Russians Capture Bryansk as Germans Face Entrapments
Russian forces seized Bryansk last night breaching the main German defense line and threatening a retreat toward Kiev and the Dnieper. German radio acknowledged evacuation of the city on the Desna, while the Red Army closed in from the west leaving only limited river crossings ahead.
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E. C. Daniel London
Sian
Bryansk
Dnieper River
Keystone
Moscow
Desna
London
Dnieper
Kiev
Dnieperopetrovsk
DNB
Salerno Landing Hotly Opposed
Washington reports that the Salerno beachhead was the most hotly contested landing by American troops. Secretary Knox called the fight a good stiff engagement with Germans, but offered few details, citing mostly panic reports. He also discussed using naval units and noted Italian ships could be useful but not against Allied forces.
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Washington
Salerno
Knox
Substitutes Sought for Frederick County Schools
Frederick County Schools supervisor Leslie D. Kline says substitute teachers are in short supply and urges interested people to register at once. Resignations have been reported including I. W. Dick stepping down from Armel after two days. Mrs Liano Keller resigns at Round Hill due to housing difficulties.
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Leslie D. Kline
Frederick County
Ton
I. W. Dick
Armel
Liano Keller
Round Hill
Nazis Try To Gain Time In Italian Defense
Moscow dispatch says Germany lacks enough forces to halt the Allied advance in Italy. Hitler aims to buy time by forming a northern Italian defense, but with only two or three divisions in the Naples region the effort may fail. Red Star notes Soviet summer offensives have drained German reserves and shifted divisions west to east.
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Moscow
Italy
Hitler
Naples
Red Star
Salamaua Falls to Allied Forces as Japs Retreat
Allied reports say Japanese troops fled Salamaua after bitter fighting, abandoning equipment and destroying batteries. Australian forces closed in along a jungle retreat towards Lae, while MacArthur notes remnants of a disintegrating force. Liberation of Salamaua marks a key step in securing Huon Gulf and staging toward Makassar and Lae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
Guinea
Lae
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
Buna
MacArthur
Netherlands East Indies
New Guinea
Solomons
Huon Gulf
Makassar
40-Cent Minimum For Processors
L Metcalfe Walling, head of the wage and hour division, announced a 40 cent minimum hourly wage for the canned fruits and vegetables industry effective October 18. The rule covers about 400,000 workers with roughly 110,000 affected, raising the minimum by 10 cents.
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New York
L. Metcalfe Walling
U. S. Department of Labor
Walling
Garbage collection shifts to weekly after September 18
A public notice states that waste collection will occur only once per week starting September 18. The change affects all residents and requires adherence to the new schedule.
Tokes Call 5062 for Dinner Thursday
Tokes calls 5062 for a nice dinner on Thursday. The numbered code suggests a reservation or order process linked to a specific date and event.
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Tokes
Navy reports loss of submarine Grenadier and two subchasers
The Navy announced the submarine Grenadier is presumed lost after failing to return from patrol. Subchasers 694 and 696 were lost in the Mediterranean on August 23 amid enemy bombing. A Japanese raid on Punafuti Island caused light damage with one plane shot down.
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Washington
Grenadier
Navy
United States
Punafuti Island
Ellice Group
Pacific
Mediterranean
Portsmouth
N. H
U. S
Punafuti
John A. Fitzgerald
Livermore
Calif
Mrs Roosevelt Visits Southwest Pacific Post
Maj George Smith writes from Winchester that Mrs Roosevelt visited his post in the Southwest Pacific. He recalls escorting her through the post hospital where she spoke with veterans and asked about welfare. He notes she was the first white woman on his island this past year and mentions a local talent show and Tasmania sourced apples.
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George Smith
Winchester
Tasmania
Week Vacation Granted To Virginia Woolen Employees
The Virginia Woolen Company received permission from the WLRB to grant a paid one week vacation to employees who have been with the company a year or longer. Details of the plan are to be worked out.
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Virginia Woolen Company
WLRB
Wards Buy $40,000 in War Bonds Under New Manager
An order for war bonds totaling $40,000 has been placed by Montgomery Ward & Co through the local store, announced today by manager R. H. Larsen. Larsen succeeds R. D. Whipple who has been called to active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wards
Montgomery Ward & Co
R. H. Larsen
Salerno Becomes Bloody War Front as Allied Reinforcements Rally
Allied reinforcements flood the 24 mile Salerno bridgehead to stem fierce Nazi counterattacks. British units push north toward a junction to ease pressure on invasion forces as Eisenhower supervises a Mediterranean buildup. broadcasts claim Allied withdrawal, while German reports cite heavy losses on a wide front near Eboli.
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North Africa
Salerno
Italy
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gallipoli
U. S
Eboli
Associated Press
British Push Past Salerno Threaten German Bridgeheads
Allied forces pressed along the Salerno front with tanks infantry and naval gunfire opposing Nazi counterattacks. British advances captured Cosenza and Bari while pushing toward the lower Fifth Army bridgeheads as Kesselring deployed new divisions. Allied air activity covered operations across southern Italy including Torre Greco and Pompei as bombers hit rail and road junctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosenza
Bari
Brendisi
Adriatic
Lorenza
Fifth Army
Eboli
Salerno
Albert Kesselring
Hermann Goering
Mark W. Clark
Transocean
Cormans
Salernon
Taranto
Italy
Torre
Greco
Pompei
Naples
Auletta
Hitler Stakes German Future On Italian Battlefront
The Associated Press notes Nazi strategy relies on Italy as a decisive theater. German forces, up to 20 divisions plus reinforcements, push into Italy with Rommel appointed to command. The Axis seeks a second front while Italians tire and Allied pressure grows from Naples to the Po.
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Adolph Hitler
Nazi Germany
Italy
Germany
France
Russia
Erwin Rommel
Naples
Wanted Painters at Martinsburg Hospital Employment Office
Open call for painters at the Newton D. Baker General Hospital on Route 9 Martinsburg West Virginia. Apply between 7 and 10 am at the employment office.
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Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
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Col
Pope
Capt. Conrad
Bulla
Virginia Regiment
Maj. Smith
Mrs. Roosevelt
Wes Gallagher
Miller
Ander
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