Baseball Casualty Makes Recovery
Miss Hazel Whitacre of 802 South Kent street was struck on the left head by a foul drive during a game between Winchester Park and the Front Royal All Stars in the third inning. She later suffered dizzy spells on the way home and was treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital where Dr. B B Dutton said a ruptured blood vessel caused the spells though no brain blood clot was found. Whitacre, a Park team supporter, works for Virginia Woolen Company and bowls for its ladies team.
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Hazel Whitacre
South
Kent Street
Bergery
All Stars
Winchester Park
Front Royal All-Stars
Miss Whitacre
Virginia Woolen Company
Virginia Woolen
Polio Reported in Morgan County West Virginia
Public health authorities in Morgan County West Virginia report two infantile paralysis cases. one in Berkeley Springs and another in Sleepy Creek district. If a third case occurs Morgan county schools will close. Virginia reports seven more cases bringing total to 528 since June 1. Basil O’Connor says 1944 epidemic peak passed with 10 956 national cases by Sept 9.
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Mi County
W. Va
Associated Press
Virginia
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
Plans Progress For War Fund Drive Opens October 5
Melvin McChesney announces the local War Fund Drive committee for special gifts led by J. H. Yost has begun contacting leading citizens and civic groups. The drive officially opens October 5 with a planned D-Day Friday October 13. The Hope program on September 26 at 10 pm promotes National War Fund appeals. The Elks Club serves as local committee HQ.
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Melvin McChesney
War Fund
J. H. Yost
Hope
National War Fund
Theogram
The
Elks Club
A Guy Use To Just Be Boss
Washington dispatch reports W. Meall of Bronxville New York rose to a 26 word official title becoming Chief of the Floor covering and Upholstery and Pile of Section of the Wealth of the Textile Clothing Leather Bureau of the War tion Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. Meall
Bronxville
Wartion Board
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Correct responses listed for the Page 4 quiz show, identifying figures and facts. Includes names such as Lt. Gen. George Patton, numeric codes like 1483, and topics covering California, Jupiter's, German ancestry, rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Kingfisher, and South Dakota.
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George
Patton
California
Jupiter's
Kingfisher
South Dakota
Ration Calendar: Stamp Validity and Changes
Ration calendar outlines indefinite validity for red meat and fats stamps A8 to Z8 and A5 to G5, blue stamps A8 to 28 and AS to L5 end Oct 1. Sugar four stamps 30–33 cover five pounds. stamp 40 also five pounds. Airplane stamps 1 and 2 valid indefinitely. 12-A good for 3 gallons through Sept 21. 13-A new four gallon value Sept 22 to 21. Oil stamps Period four and five valid through heating year. new period one coupons valid now through heating year.
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Associated Press
Scalds Fatal To George P. Colbert
George Potter Colbert, 69, respected Millwood resident, died at Winchester Memorial Hospital from scalds suffered when he tripped into a pan of hot water at home two weeks earlier. Survived by widow Rebecca and children James, Robert, Patsy. stepchildren Clara Johnson, Mary Boyd, Harvey Taylor. six grandchildren. brother Willie Colbert. Funeral Thursday at Gilfield Baptist Church Millwood with Elder Ralph Laws officiating. Interment Little Chapel Clarke County.
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George Potter Colbert
Millwood
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Scott and
Patsy Fairfax Colbert
Virginia
Wassexton
Millwood Episcopal Church
Rebecca Colbert
James Scott Colbert
South Pacific
Robert Thomas Colbert
U. S. Army
Camp Claiborne
Patsy Rebecca Turner
Clara Johnson
Washington
Mary Boyd
Baltimore
Harvey Taylor
Willie Colbert
Committee Revises Reconversion Bill to Cut Unemployment Aid
A joint committee approved a revised postwar reconversion bill after scrapping a Senate provision for unemployment compensation for 3.1 million federal employees and back home travel pay for discharged war workers. The modified bill moves to the Senate for passage before nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
George
D-Ga
House
New York
Rhine
Douai
Cambrai
A Black Widow Visits Star Office
George Helsley of White Hall brought a black widow spider to the Star Office this morning. The spider, sealed in a glass jar, was found by his son George Jr in a wood pile at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Helsey
White Hall
Star Office
Flood Waters disrupt rail lines and flood fears in Virginia region
Widespread flooding and high water shut down main rail lines from Charlottesville to Lynchburg as Norfork and Western and Southern tracks flooded between Roanoke, Lynchburg and Danville. Roanoke logged a record 6.13 inch 17 hour rainfall while Shenandoah and James rivers surged causing evacuations and power plant outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Sycamore
Altavista
Danville
Norfolk and Western
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Apalachian
Binton
Glade Creek
Vinton
William Byrd
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Shenandoah
Grottoes
Rockingham County
Harrisonburg
Main Line
Main Line Southern
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Waynesboro
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Lnchburg
Covese
Virginia Stage
Coves Creek
Covesville
James River
Fifth Army Breaks Nazi Defenses In Italy
In a fierce Italy campaign day the U S Fifth Army breached Nazi lines northeast of Florence capturing Monte Partone and Monte Altuzzo with flanking aid from British and Indian troops. The attack neared Bologna as Eighth Army moved into San Marino while Brazilians advanced along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Fifth Army
Italy
Florence
Monte Partone
Monte Altuzzo
Eighth
Allies Push Through Holland Rhine Corridor In World War II
Allied airborne forces land across the Netherlands and Belgium as armies press toward the Rhine. American and French units advance from Nancy toward Belfort, Aachen fights intensify near the Siegfried Line, and German reinforcements clash along a widening front from Maastricht to Trier with plans to seal routes from Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
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Ward
Berlin
Rhine
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Haguelie
Brittany
Brest
Holland
Rhineland
Cologne
U.S
Lorraine
Nancy
Belfort
Germany
Russia
Nomandy
Nijmegen
Arnhem
Reich
Hague
Eindhoven
Antwerp
Belgium
Aachen
U. S. First Army
Maastricht
Sittard
Aachén
Siegfried Line
Abachsberg
Simpelveld
Courtney Hodges
Stolberg
Busbach
Hofen
Luembourg
First
Brandscheid
Hontheim
Prum
Trier
Huttingen
The
Third Army
Strasbourg
Moselle
Epinal
Metz
Luneville
U. S. Seventh Army
Mulhouse
Eisenhower Sets France Invasion Tour For Congress
Nine U S House members told Gen Dwight D Eisenhower they were blocked from the trip A Congressional invasion of France was arranged with eight representatives set to depart for an inspection tour tomorrow The itinerary includes Cherbourg possibly Brussels supply bases advance hospital the Siegfried line and lend lease operations and civil affairs assessments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. House
Supreme Commander
Cherbourg
Brussels
Siegfried Line
Allied planes reported attacks on bases in Sumatra Philippines and Palau
Tokyo radio said Allied planes attacked a Japanese base in northern Sumatra the city of Davao in the Philippines and Koror Island in the Palau group yesterday. Domestic transmissions recorded by the FCC gave few details and there was no Allied confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo Radio
Sumatra
Davao
Philippines
Koror Island
Palau Group
Selefin
Anguar Islands
Federal Comunications Commission
Americans Mow Down SS Troops Near Nancy
A U S Third Army report describes a savage bayonet assault by elite German troops southeast of Nancy. Doughboys repelled the charge with heavy fire, slaughtering many advancing units. Official casualty figures were not yet released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Army
Nancy
U. S
Local Boxes Wins Baltimore Bout
Mike Enrich of Front Royal and Ameri can Viscose Plant won a heavyweight boxing bout in Baltimore on Friday September 15. He defeated Whitey Clark the Baltimore shipyard champion with a first round knockout at Carlin Ice Palace. Enrich was an untrained pro and plans to box in nearby cities including Washington.
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Mike Enrich
City
Front Royal
Baltimore
Whitey Clark
Clark
Kagoed
Enrich
Carlin Ice Palace
Washington
Bombs Kill Women and Children in London Evacuation
Bombs from planes over the North Sea hit London and southern England killing at least 13 people including women and children. Nine died at one site and four at another as evacuation centers were ignored. A Chumley family tragedy left five year old Margaret as the sole survivor.
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London
North Sea
England
Chumley
Margaret
Ouse
Allied Forces Advance as Rains Hamper German Counterattacks
Alexander M Patch's men push five miles east to Fougerolles and seize parts of Belfort's surroundings. French Seventh Army repels a counterattack near Autechaux and pushes along the Doubs near Montebéliard. Rain slows Seventh and Third Army progress while Brest port gains advance, Boulogne canal and channel pockets fall under Allied pressure. Dutch railway strike aids Allied efforts in Holland, with Radio Orange claiming success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander M. Patch
Fougerolles
Belfort
Croton
Boulogne
Supreme Headquarters
Holland
Radio Orange
Free Netherlands
Beletan National Anthem Origins and Authors
The present la Brabançonne melody was composed by Francois van Campenhout (1779-1848) with lyrics first set in 1830. It gained three different sets of words since its first performance at Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels on September 12, 1830, with the 1860 version by Charles Rogier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rogier
Francois van Campenhout
Theatre de la Monnaie
Brussels
Paratroop landings reported in Dutch provinces
London dispatch says German radio reported Allied parachute troops made new landings in Utrecht and Gelderland with fighting north of the great rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Utrecht
Gelderland
US First Army advances toward Rhineland amid German civilian defiance
As spearheads of the American First Army push through the Siegfried line toward the Rhineland, thousands of German civilians stay home defying Nazi evacuation orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Army
U. S. First Army
Siegfried Line
Rhineland
Hitler visits Metz as German prisoners claim demand to hold 10 days
German prisoners report Hitler visited Metz five days earlier and urged the garrison to endure at least ten days while promising a new secret weapon would be revealed soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
France
Adolf Hitler
Metz
Flying Forts Hit Nazi Railyards
London dispatch reports about 700 Flying Fortresses striking Hamm and Soest railyards as hundreds more Allied planes supported airborne forces in Holland. Night missions dropped 420000 fire bombs on Bremerhaven while Mosquitos conducted a 179th bombing raid on Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hamm
Soest
Holland
Berlin- Cologne
Dortmund
Bremerhaven
Berlin
A Lucky Brake For Buses On the Make
In Asbury Park New Jersey local wolves compete with whistling buses whose air brakes emit sharp whistles that draw curious glances from young women. A bus company official says the noises will fade as the buses rack up more miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
Germans Capture 3 War Correspondents
U S third Army headquarters reports Edward W. Beattie United Press war correspondent and two others were captured by German forces near Chaumont on September 12. Beattie and a wounded colleague were taken to Germany while the third correspondent was released and returned to the Third Army press camp. Names of the other two are not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. SS
Third Army
Edward W. Beattie
United Press
Chaumont
Beattie
Germany
Local Markets Note on Daily Market Listings
The Star reports that local markets are correct daily but assumes no responsibility for typographical errors that may occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Local Wholesale Market Flour and Feed Prices Listed
A historical price list shows patent brand flour in 10 25 48 and 100 pound bags by hundredweight and barrel rates, plus various feed items including corn mixed feed middlings corn meal and dairy feeds with unit prices. Also listed are livestock prices for hogs cattle sheep lambs and poultry products with seasonal or weight-based pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.cercessseess
Leghorn
Broiler
Pete Bus i
Local Retail Flour and Feed Prices Listing
A terse market listing shows prices for flour in various bag sizes such as 10 lb 25 lb and 48 lb and per hundredweight or barrel rates. Also included are corn meal bran and scratch feed prices along with butter fat notes in a plain OCR style.
Saving Steinfort: Medical unit aids the army advance
Ruth Cowan recounts a four day 800 mile medical reconnaissance mission near Steinfort Luxembourg. An unarmed team including Col. Darnall Lt. Col. Marshall and Sgt. Sparks faced wary locals and German threats as they sought sites for general hospitals while a cheering crowd mistaken their jeep for the U S Army returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Cowan
Hal Boyle
Steinfort
Luxembourg
Jill
Joe Rogers Darnall
Washington, D. C
Eco
Arthur Marshall
New York
Fred Seymour
Louisville
Jean Liotard
Paris
Don Sparks
Flat River
Adolph Neugebaurer
Philadelphia
U. S. Army General Hospitals
Marshall
Drop Supplies Inside Warsaw
American Flying Fortresses mounted a major shuttle mission into Russia dropping arms food ammunition and medicine to Polish patriots in Warsaw. Two bombers and two Mustangs were lost but all drops succeeded with planes returning to England for a 19000 mile roundtrip, the longest fighter sortie in aviation history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Warsaw
U. S
Eastern Air Command
Bor
Eastern Command
England
Soldier Uses WWI Razor Blade Found on German Body
A Department soldier at the Army Service Forces Training Center in Flora Mississippi says he uses an American safety razor blade found on a dead German in the Meuse Argonne battle. He claims the blade has been used daily for the past 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Miss
Army Service Forces Training Center
Meuse Argonne
Cure For Jaywalkers Plan Draws Alameda Talk
Alameda police say C. L. Bolander has a purported cure for jaywalking by spraying white paint on the feet of all jaywalkers. They note a special fund for a possible law suit settlement would need enactment first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
Calif
C. L. Bolander
Bolander
Reds Say Nazi Criminals To Pay
Moscow reports forceful insistence that Axis war criminals must bear full punishment for monstrous crimes. Russians detained Antonescu and four German generals in Romania, plus Dr Karl Clodius, while Minsk papers detail 30 000 Soviet deaths in Minsk and suburbs via gas chambers shootings and mass executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Romania
Marshal Ion Antonescu
Balkans
Red Army
Soviet
Russia
Antonescu
Karl Clodius
Warsaw
Minsk
Ryder bulb still shines after 30 years in Oregon trunk
An electric lightbulb bought 30 years ago by Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Ryder in Denver still works in McMinnville Oregon. They stored the bulb in a trunk when moving to a new farm with no electricity and later discovered it intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcminnville, Ore
R. A. Ryder
Denver
Yamhill
City Women Set For Annual Golf Tourney at Winchester Club
The Winchester Country Club hosts an annual women’s golf tournament with play starting soon. The first match runs through October 2 with draws featuring Stribling versus Dutton, Mason versus Page, Meade versus Rosenberger, Sargent versus Barton, and Sjostrom versus Coble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Country Club
S&s. C
Kernstown Methodist Group Plans Thursday Meeting
The Onward and Upward Class of Kernstown Methodist Church meets Thursday at 8 p m at the Stephens City parsonage. Rev Walter Smith and Mrs Smith lead devotions with Miss Mildred Tidler in charge. Topic Gifts. Election of officers for next year to be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernstown Methodist Church
Stephens City
Walter Smith
Mildred Tidler
Ofeg
Pool Champion Fred Hall to Exhibit at Eagle's Club
Fred B. Hall world champion exhibition pool player will appear tonight at the Eagle's Club for club members only. The 70 year old calls himself the fastest human on earth and will perform trick shots and straight pool. Hall reminds he played at the Elk's Club in this city eight years ago and also works as a trick-card performer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Hall
Eagle’s Club
Hall
Elk’s Club
Star
Reds Tighten Grasp Against Breakthrough by Germans
Soviet forces under Gen. Ivan Bagramian hold at the corridor’s narrowest point as heavy infantry and tanks press to split the First Baltic Army and thwart German army group plans to be cut off piece by piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Bagramian
Red Arm
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Hitler
Dorseys
Tommy Dorsey
Pat Dane
Hollywood
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Arlon
Darnall
Daniel DE Luce
Kernstown
Fuyin
Tbs
Clare
White Palace
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