Navy Secretary Knox Urges Unity to Defeat Submarine Threat
Kansas City September 19 Secretary of the Navy Knox framed the submarine menace as the major wartime problem closely tied to a second front in Europe He called for total home front unity to sustain victory and warned defeat is possible without unified effort He praised the American Legion and urged shelving grievances while ensuring postwar commitments to vanquish Hitler and Japan.
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Kansas City
Knox
Europe
American Legion
United Nations
Pacific
Russia
China
Secretary of Navy
Legionnaires
Navy
Legion
Hitler
Germany
Japan
Get Out The Scrap War Bond Drive Starts In Winchester
The statewide salvage campaign begins Monday and runs three weeks across all areas. Individuals or groups can win part of four thousand dollars in war bonds offered by state newspapers for the most metal poundage. Proceeds from a winning community bond go to charitable projects. other winners may use bonds as they wish. The drive emphasizes collecting metal and rubber to achieve victory.
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Winchester
Scrap Drive Aids War Effort In Winchester Frederick
Scrap-tons must be found in Winchester and Frederick County within three weeks to keep arms flowing to troops. The Office of Civilian Defense will handle calls for scrap pickup, with local junk dealers collecting and forwarding material to manufacturing centers. Ed Molden leads a survey committee with Robert Mason and Richard Lineburg as members. Major industries and schools will set up salvage depots while 1,000 war bond contest entry forms are distributed to junk dealers for weighing scrap for prizes.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia
Cork Street
Loudoun
Braddock
Ed Molden
Robert Mason
Richard Lineburg
JBT Volunteers To Pick Apples In Frederick
At a meeting last night the Junior Board of Trade voted to offer their services as apple pickers on Sundays for three to four weeks to help orchardists harvest a short crop. Paul L. Ayres chairs the Apple Pickers committee and seeks volunteers. work planned to begin Sunday September 27. About 35 to 40 members available with a pool of 100 desired. New board members H S Sheets and R D Dechert introduced. bylaw changes cut honorary dues and term-filling rules.
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Junior Board of Trade
Paul L. Ayres
JBT
Apple Pickers Committee
Mr. Ayres
Ben Belchie
H. S. Sheets
R. D. Dechert
Industrial Safety School
University of Virginia
George Jones
Notice on Apple Cider Supplies at Heinz Winchester
Orchard and packing firm H J Heinz Co in Winchester issues a notice that no cider apples will be accepted without an official order from their office. The notice lists rivers and forks as clear and is dated 1919.
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H. J. Heinz Co
Winchester
Salvage Drive Seeks Wide Range of Metal and Goods
Start your scrap heap now. If you cannot haul to a salvage depot call the Office of Civilian Defense. Wanted items include lawn mowers iron fencing garden tools washing machines pipes steel radiators safe parts automobile parts batteries coal tongs and more. Old pianos safes and refrigerators noted with exceptions.
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Office of Civilian Defense
Test Blackout Declared Successful in Winchester
Winchester officials hailed the first surprise city blackout as a success with public cooperation. The yellow signal at 10 05 p m and red signal at 10 25 p m triggered a five minute alarm and immediate street light extinction. Road traffic pulled to the curb and pedestrians sought cover as air wardens enforced the drill until the all clear at 10 50 p m.
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Winchester
OCD
Patterson son receives certificate from his father at Ellington Field
In Houston on September 19 Robert P. Patterson Jr a navigation cadet stepped forward to receive his certificate of attainment from his father Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson. The ceremony followed cadets in line who had just received similar certificates from their fathers in the same ceremony.
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Houston
Tex
Robert P. Patterson
Ellington Field
Patterson
War time school program announced for Virginia high schools
Virginia will adjust high school studies to give basic training for military service. Dabney S. Lancaster said after conferences with educational officials that the program will be launched immediately with some schools adopting it in full and others modifying it. The plan emphasizes physical fitness and essential military preparation.
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Richmond
Dabney S. Lancaster
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lancaster
State Department of Education
Roanoke Lebanon
Pulaski
Charlotte Courthouse
Farmville
Staunton
Spottsylvania
Rupee Suffolk
Williamsurg
Tucker Reported Missing At Sea
Lieut.-Comdr. Alfred Bland Tucker of the United States Navy is officially reported missing at sea by the Navy Department in Washington. The family in Winchester received word. his name will remain on the rolls as missing until further information. He is the son of Mrs. Tucker and the late Dr. Alfred Bland Tucker of Berryville, a Naval Academy graduate, attached to the naval air corps. His wife Alice McCaw and their daughter Alice Lee Tucker have been living here, with his mother and two sisters in California and Frederick County respectively.
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Alfred Bland Tucker
United States Navy
Navy Department
Washington
Department
Winchester
Navy
Commander Tucker
Tucker
Berryville
Clarke County
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Naval Air Corps
Alice McCaw
Norfolk
Alice Lee Tucker
Thomas S.n Ferguson
Sacramento
Calif
Carroll Campbell
Frederick County
Shipyard workers return to jobs after ferry dispute
MOBILE Ala Sept 19 Thousands of shipyard workers at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company returned to their plants after a two day lay off over a five cent city ferry charge. A mass meeting voted to resume work while arbitration proceeds with U S Labor Conciliator Walter Schaffer urging compliance. The War Labor Board will not review until workers are back.
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Mobile
Ala
Federal Maritime Commission
Alabama Drydocks and Shipbuilding Company
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Rang Mye
Pinto Island
U. S
Walter Schaffer
Schaffer
War Labor Board
Cuban tribunal sentences German spy to death
Bulletin reports Heinz August Luning, 31, a German agent, sentenced to death by firing squad after Cuban police captured him earlier this month. He is described as one of the era’s most important spies yet caught in America. The item adds Ottawa’s claim that the destroyer Assiniboine sank a Nazi submarine, killed its commander, and captured the crew in a related Royal Canadian Navy success.
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Havana
Heinz August Luning
Luning
America
Ottawa
Assiniboine
Atlantic
Royal Canadian Navy
Evacuation Ordered in East Riding Area by War Office
The British war office stated that a large part of the East Riding of Yorkshire facing the North Sea will be evacuated and the district will be seized for military use.
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London
British War Office
East Riding
Yorkshire
North Sea
German Treason Executions Reported by Swiss Paper
BERN Switzerland Sept 19 German authorities executed seven Germans on Sept 17 for high treason and for preparing to commit treason Six of those executed were Frankfurt residents according to the Frankfurter Zeitung report filed from the city.
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Bern
Switzerland
Frankfurter Zeitung
Frankfurt
Chinese High Command Says 1000 Japs Repulsed Near Henan
The Chinese high command announced that 1000 Japanese soldiers advancing eastward against Chuntun and Lotun from Hwaiyang in eastern Henan province were repulsed on September 8 with considerable casualties.
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Chungking
Chuntun
Lotun
Hwaiyang
Henan
British Sub Urge Missing After Expedition Loss
Admiralty reports the British submarine Urge failed to return from an expedition and is presumed lost. Urge displaced 730 tons submerged and carried a crew of 27.
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London
Admiralty
Urge
Italians Report British Thrust In Egypt Front
Italian radio quoted the Italian high command reporting a British push in the El Alamein front with Axis air forces claiming heavy losses for Allied tanks and columns. Three British fighters were downed and Rome said German and Italian airmen conducted ongoing bombing on tank reserves and motorized columns. An Italian torpedo boat reportedly sank a British submarine. Allied confirmation was lacking.
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Rom
Egypt
el Alamein Front
North
Africa
Rome
Cairo
Mediterranean
Defense Class At Handley Opens Monday
Handley High School will host a defense training class starting Monday September 21 at 7 PM in the metal shop accessed via the Jefferson street entrance. Instructor Paul Sybert says there is no maximum age for 17 year olds out of school and no charge for the course.
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Handley Defense
Paul Sybert
Sybert
Handley High School
Jefferson Street
Wanted 20 laborers immediately at Winchester Cold Storage
Winchester Cold Storage advertises for twenty laborers at once offering steady work and wages. The notice lists immediate hire by the company and directs applicants to respond promptly.
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Winchester Cold Storage Co
Germans Whimper Smoke In Eyes At Stalingrad Defense
Berlin reports a German military spokesman says smoke and flame hinder their assault on Stalingrad as torrential bloodshed continues in the city. The Germans blame persistent rain and a strong Soviet defense for failing to crack the 26 day siege.
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London
Stalingrad
Berlin
Allied Bombers Smash Again At Japanese Base
General MacArthur's headquarters reports another day of heavy Allied air strikes on Japanese bases in New Guinea and New Britain. Flying Fortresses attacked Rabaul and Buna while fighters targeted port facilities and ships. Reconnaissance noted 27 burned barges. battles also continued near Salamaua Lae and the road to Port Moresby.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
New Britain
Port Moresby
Rabaul
Solomon Islands
Salamaua
Lae
Buna
Owen Stanley Range
Toribaiwa
Timor
Darwin
Four Ton Bombs Linked to German City Destruction
London dispatch reports a new four ton bomb designed to destroy reinforced targets has been used in Karlsruhe and Duesseldorf. Observers hail it as a feared weapon with potential to scourge the Reich as fires followed the blasts.
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London
Air Ministry
Karlsruhe
Duesseldorf
Reich
Kahlsruhe
Naples
Germany
Presbyterian Meeting at Piedmont Presbytery
The Winchester Presbytery of 58 churches with 35 pastors will meet at Piedmont West Virginia’s Presbyterian Church on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rev E D Vaughan of Berryville will open with the sermon, and Rev Andrew B Mann will close with “The Second Coming of Christ.”
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Winchester
Presbyterian Church
Piedmont
W. Va
E. D. Vaughan
Berryville
Andrew B. Mann
Miller's Hardware Ends Dollar Credit on Lamps
Correction notes Miller's Hardware has discontinued the dollar credit on lamps. The notice specifies the policy change without extra details.
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Miller’s Hardware
Baseball At Park Sunday Double Header at 1 18
A baseball double header is scheduled at the park this Sunday with first pitch at 1 18. The event appears as a local outdoor double bill likely featuring two nine inning games.
Guns Flame In Other Sectors Of Long Front
Soviet and German forces clash across multiple fronts as fresh Siberian troops move toward Stalingrad. Soviet officials report heavy enemy tank losses and continued fighting around the city while a broad offensive along the Karelian front and in the Caucasus pushes to disrupt German advances.
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Stalingrad
Central Press
Moscow
Central Caucasus
Red Army
Volga
Berlin
Mozdok
Terek River
Red Star
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Frederick
Riverton
North Fork—Clear
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Supt
Bulletins
Handley
Presbyterian
Bulletin
Communist Party
South
Sebateev
Henry C. Cassidy
Don
Voronezh
Sovie
Pravda
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