Virginia Woolen Triumphs 9-5 Over Martinsburg In Opener
Virginia Woolen beats Martinsburg 9-5 in the first game of the series. Larrick pitched effectively in a 3 hit effort until the final frame as Winchester baseball fans saw four sixth inning runs to seal the win. Parkinson Gregory Willey and Burch led with extra base hits and three Virginia Woolen players tallied multi hit performances.
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Martinsburg Blue Sox
Jim Woolen
Virginia Woolen
Blue Sox
Winchester
Sei
Larrick
Martinsburg
Shedoesers
Parkinson
Gregory
Willey
Burcha Qebagger
Royal Crown All Stars To Play Martinsburg Sunday
Frank Kellam Jr says Royal Crown softball completes plans for a double header against Martinsburg Blue Sox on Virginian’s diamond starting 2 pm. Regulars will be in Front Royal Sunday so lineup includes players from other city teams as the Royal Crown All Stars. Blue Sox trail in series after a 9 5 loss last night.
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Frank Kellam
Ced
Crown Cola
Martinsburg Blue Sox
Royal Crown
Front Royal
Cola
van Woolen
Reds Patrols Crossed Vistula In Major Allied Drive
Reds pushed along the Warsaw railway on the Vistula east bank capturing Apollo and a string of towns up to the Narew river. German positions were driven back into an 18 mile funnel at Modlin. In southern Poland the Red Army reached near Sanok and Plonna while converging on Targu Mures in Transylvania.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Apollo
Praga
Narew
Rynia
Modlin
Poland
Red Army
Sanok
Carpathian
Plonna
Targu-Mures
Transylvania
Sangeorgius-de-Padure
Theutheast
Ang Chibed
Ration Calendar Summary of United States Food Stamps
Ration calendar lists stamp validity for meats fats and processed foods. It details book, stamp numbers, and expiration dates including five pound limits for home canning through Feb 28 1945. It covers shoes airplane stamps gas coupons oil heating year with new period coupons valid now.
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Associated Press
Nazi Camp Had Torture Staff
London reports the Polish Soviet Extraordinary Commission for Investigation of German Crimes accuses Majdanek near Lublin of a torture staff including German women. It cites 45 000 prisoner capacity and 18 000 executions in one day with 1 380 000 bodies burned and 600 000 in special open fires, among other mass atrocities by the Hitler regime and SS officers.
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London
Majdanek
Lublin
Comunique
Moscow
Berlin
Italy
Himmler
Poles Split Over Compromise Amid Civil War Threat
Moscow dispatch reports deep rifts between the London exile government and the Polish national committee backed by the Soviet side. The committee accuses the London army of killings while threatening legal action against underground forces, and signals plans to ban former military groups and mobilize 500 000 in a united Polish army. The committee also postpones church property decisions and proposes breaking up estates over 240 acres.
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Moscow
London
Polish National Committee
Polpress
Postwar Talks Highlight Stalin in Allied Deliberations
The article notes Stalin’s top priority in Roosevelt Churchill exchanges over military leaders. Cadogan arrives to brief Eden and Churchill on Dumbarton Oaks world security talks as Roosevelt continues discussions in Quebec with Hull Stettinius on a permanent postwar peace organization.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Eden
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington
Roosevlt
Quebec
Hull
Edward Stettinius
United States
Peleliu landings report light casualties amid difficult beaches
Nimitz said casualties on the first day were light though beaches faced sporadic mortar and artillery fire. In Morotai, an officer broke a leg after stepping into a hole. the Peleliu beach posed the toughest approach yet in the southwest Pacific, aided by naval guns against counterattacks.
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Palau
Nimitz
Halmaheras
Richard Bergholz
Associated Press
Morotai
Bergholz
Pacific
MacArthur
Navy
Peleliu
Rupertus
First Marine Division
Read
George H. Fort
Washington, D.C
Guadalcanal
T. 8. Wilkinson
Rosslyn
Julian C. Smith
Elkton, Md
Roy 8. Geiger
Pensacola
Fla
Third Amphibious Corps
Guam
Milkweed Pod Bags Short in Supply in Frederick County
Frederick County has distributed 166 of 1000 open mesh bags for collecting milkweed pods with 200 more on order. Pods are dried in open mesh bags that hold a bushel and hang outdoors. The government pays 20 cents per bag for use in life preserver jacket manufacture.
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I Fred Stine
H. Dennis Hoover
Frederick County
Milkweed Picking Organization
Government
Polio cases rise in Virginia reaching 510 total
Six new poliomyelitis cases were reported bringing Virginia's total since June 1 to 510. The sixth case involved a 14 year old girl in Shenandoah county and the month saw cases in Louisa Dickinson and Norfolk counties. Covington lifts gathering ban while Martinsville quarantine ends.
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Richmond
Louisa County
Dickinson County
Norfolk County
Shenandoah County
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
Covington
Rora M. Wilson
Martinsville
Judge orders dismissal of 14 dormant cases in court
Judge B. P. Harrison has ordered that 14 cases, inactive for over five years, be dismissed from the Corporation Court docket. The papers have been filed among causes ended.
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B. P. Harrison
Corporation Court
DeMarzo Divorce Develops to Full Judgment in Winchester
Judge Burr P. Harrison merges partial decree into full divorce in the Anthony DeMarzo vs Constance DeMarzo case. Original action cites desertion as the grounds. Proceedings take place in Winchester Corporation Court.
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Anthony DeMarzo
Constance DeMarzo
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester Corporation Court
Tokyo radio notes jump in U S air operations in China
Some Increase Tokyo radio declared today that American planes operating in China had increased from 290 last Spring to 3,600 in September.
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London
Tokyo Radio
China
Long Alert For Dover Ends At Dawn
London reports a 15 hour Dover alert ended early as German shells ceased. The bombardment earlier in the week aimed over 1,000 shells at hellfire corner along the coast.
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London
Dover
Dewey Clashes Over MacArthur War Allocation Talk
At a news conference Dewey dismissed a reporter question as a speech and insisted the war’s management is handled by the chiefs of staff. He referenced Pearl Harbor era plans and a Quebec conference as context while denying political manipulation of Pacific strategy.
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Dential
Dougall MacArthur
Chiefs of Staff
New York
MacArthur
Valentine
Nebr
Roosevelt
Doug
Pearl Harbor
Churchill
Pacific
Quebec
Charles van Devander
New York Post
Dewey
Hal Foust
The
Chicago Tribune
Foust
If We'll Buy The Bonds They'll Drop The Bombs
A political opinion item argues funding military bonds will prompt a nuclear response and shape U S foreign policy. The piece cautions readers about the consequences of financing weapons programs and advocates cautious fiscal choices.
War Labor Board to Advise Wage Adjustments Before November
Washington reports the War Labor Board expects to issue recommendations on wage increases to offset rising living costs. Chairman Davis says a new wage policy is inevitable as VE Day approaches and a Labor surplus looms. The panel aims to finish reviewing current case reports by the week of October 9.
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Washington
War Labor Board
White House
Germany
Rosevelt
WLB
Davis
Europe
CIO
AFL
First Army Breaks Siegfried Line Near Aachen and Cologne
American forces advance toward Cologne and the Rhine as Aachen is sealed in a tight ring and poised to fall. German reports claim heavy fighting inside Aachen and a shift in high command while U S Third Army pushes 63 miles from Diekirch and Waldendorf is burned under sniping fire.
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U. S. First Army
Cologne
Rhine
Berlin
Aachen
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Runstedt
Walther von Model
Guenth von Kluge
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
von Kluge
Rommel
Model
Luxembourg
Diekirch
Trier
Pum
Wallendorf
Germany
U. S. Third Army
Waldendorf
Sure River
Bitburg
Eifel
Moselle
Coblenz
France
Epinal
Nancy
Pont-a-Mousson
Courtney H. Hodges
Maastricht
Ruhr
Kleve
Stolberg
Busbach
Prum
Allied Forces Strike Deep in Western Front Crumpling Nazi Defenses
American and French troops drive along the Moselle toward Metz with Thionville and Neufchateau in Allied hands as Chatenois exits German control. Patched Seventh Army links with Third Army at Neuf-Crateau Mirecourt and Epinal border areas, pushing toward the Rhine.
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Third Army
Thionville
Moselle
Metz
Chatenois
Neufchateau
Nancy
Epinal
Rhine
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Mediterranean
Neuf-Crateau
Mirecourt
Pershing Confined To His Bed
Gen. John Pershing was confined to his bed after a severe setback in his physical condition. The War Department reported overnight improvement and Walter Reed Hospital noted morning progress in the veteran general at age 84.
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Washinggton
Gen. J. Pershing
War Department
Walter Reed Hospital
Pershing
Some O. D. T. Clerks To Be Discharged
One thousand clerical workers in the Office of Defense Transportation field offices will be discharged around October 15 reducing the agency's employment rolls by about one fifth. Transfer of the truck and bus gasoline rationing program to the Office of Price Administration allows the cut. Local OPA boards will assume the rationing duties from ODT highway transport offices. The curtailment is expected to save about $2,000,000 and reduce ODT payroll by roughly 4,000 employees.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Price Administration
OPA
ODT Highway Transport Department
ODT
Manilans Told To Build Shelters
New York dispatch notes a Manila radio broadcast monitored by the U S government urging residents to construct air raid shelters immediately. The message accuses Manila of apathy toward air raid danger despite ongoing Allied bombing reports near Mindanao and Japan's occupation.
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New York
Manila Radio
U. S
No Buddies Left
Set Walter J. Rogers says upon returning home after 15 months in the Italian campaign that all his buddies are gone and there is no one to go out with except girls. The brief reflects wartime loss and personal sentiment from a veteran returning to POOTSVILLE, Pennsylvania.
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Pootsville
Walter J. Rogers
Polish underground fights as Germans widen city bombardment
Commander in chief of the Polish underground reports German forces increasing death and destruction within the city while the Red Army advances toward the capital. Gen Bor says Polish troops thwart enemy efforts to hold Vistula west bank strong points as the Soviets push forward. German shelling hits suburban districts as demolition and blasts hit barracks and factories. contact with a Soviet division in Praga is established.
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Mander
Red Army
Bor
Comunique
Vistula
Praca
Bombers Hit Berlin For Fifth Night In A Row
RAF bombers attacked Berlin for the fifth consecutive night and conducted an extensive minelaying operation. Eleven British and Canadian aircraft were lost. In the Mediterranean Allied air forces flew about 1,300 sorties and lost five planes in attacks on Athens area airfields, a Salamis submarine base, and targets in the Balkans and Italy.
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RAF
Berlin
Athens
Salamis
Balkans
Italy
Answers to the Daily Quiz Print Correct Answers
The item presents corrected quiz responses including speech like phrases and partial phrases. It lists items such as a multiple choice line about what many others have done and references questions numbered 3 9 10 with potential hints about topics like a satellite.
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock and Produce Quotations
Baltimore and Chicago market reports show produce and livestock prices with light receipts. Beef, calves, and hogs move modestly. quotes for chickens, eggs, butter, and various cattle types noted across markets and weeks.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Market Holds Recovery Path With Modest Gains
New York stocks steadied on a tentative recovery day with modest advances and light activity. Buying orders were plentiful under the market while most investors avoided chasing favorites as U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler and General Motors led the list of movers amid small turnover near 300000 shares.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Graham-Paige
Hupp Motors
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
United Aircraft
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
U. S. Rubber
Texas Co
Great Northern and Southern Railway
Grain futures rise in early Chicago trading
Chicago grain quotations show oats leading gains with Sept oats up as much as 1 1/2 cents. Wheat futures firm across distant contracts while corn and rye display mixed to higher openings.
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Chicago
Jly
One Case in Police Court Heard
One case was heard this morning in Police Court. John Ash of Haddock Row was arraigned before Judge Rice on a charge of being drunk. Found guilty he was fined five dollars and costs.
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John Ash
Haddock Row
Rice
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