Marshall Opposes Deferring Fathers in War Draft Debate
General George C. Marshall warned Congress against delaying the draft of fathers as the Wheeler bill faced Senate and House committees. He said halting inductions could emasculate troops and hinder quotas, insisting the army is ready to deploy on all fronts and that delaying drafts would force strategy changes. Admiral King sat with Marshall as the hearing room filled with testimony about battalion activations and troop movements to England.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Senate
House
Marshald
Austin
R.-Vt
Marshall
Ernest J. King
Joseph T. McNarney
Mechanics
Signal Corps
England
Christmas Mail for Soldiers Gift Guidelines
Mr Winchester urges swift action to mail Christmas gifts to soldiers abroad. About three weeks remain until the October 15 deadline. packages should be under five pounds and within size limits, marked Christmas Gifts to ensure timely delivery.
City and County Lag in War Bond Campaign
Winchester and Frederick counties trail the nation in the third war loan effort with $394 072 75 raised of a 1 300 000 goal. Maryland tops state quotas at 103 6 percent while New York nears 88 percent of its 4 709 000 000 goal and the nation totals 10 239 000 000 by Saturday. Firemen and Tommy Harrison raised 6 300 at a public booth as canvassing plans for a county drive may begin this week led by C P McVicar.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Frederick
Maryland
Associated Press
New York
Morgenthau
Tommy Harrison
Wendell Barney
C. P. McVicar
Absenteeism in Frederick County Schools Prompts Harvest Plan
Frederick County superintendent Leslie D. Kline reports about 250 students absent this term likely aiding seasonal harvests. Enrollment nears 3,000 with some absences unauthorized. The board allowed home schooling with permission. penalties loom for noncompliance. Staff shortages noted with one resignation and Edith Orndorff substituting for I. W. Dick.
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Leslie D. Kline
Frederick County Schools
Kline
Frederick County School Board
Winchester
Edith Orndorff
Armel
I. W. Dick
Event details at Berryville Legion Bldg
Tuesday September 21 at 8 p m the American Legion Building Berryville hosts a prize event with a $50 door prize and other awards.
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American Legion
Berryville
Painters Wanted at Martinsburg Hospital Employment Office
Applicants sought at the Newton D. Baker General Hospital employment office on Route 9 Martinsburg West Virginia between 7 and 10 am. Apply for painter positions advertised with location and time clearly stated.
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Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Badoglio Aligns with Allies to Fight Nazis
Allied broadcasts report Premier Pietro Badoglio urging Italians to continue the fight with Britain and the United States against Germany and Mussolini loyalists. He stresses that unconditional surrender is outdated and notes Italy’s decisive shift after Mussolini’s ouster.
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Badoglio
North Africa
Pietro Badoglio
Radio Itliana
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Japan
Radio Italiana
Mussolini
Large Number Of School Children Need Dental Work
The Frederick County Lions Club sponsored clinic led by Dr. Catherine Clarke shows only a small share of students with no dental needs. Examinations at Stonewall White Hall Stephens City and Armel reveal many requiring corrections with limited clinic time and facilities. Dr. Clarke will visit Stonewall for two weeks and special pre school sessions are scheduled. high school exam time depends on availability.
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Frederick County
Lions Club
Catherine Clarke
Clarke
Stonewall
White Hall
Stephens City
Armel
Arme
Annie Preston Starling
Russian Advance Shifts In High Gear On Entire Front
Russian reports say Gen Andrei Yeremenko’s forces pierced toward Smolensk as the Red Army drives west along a 700 mile front. Soviet columns near Kiev and Smolensk rout Nazi rear guards, seizing villages and stocks of food and munitions with light armor losses noted.
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Moscow
Red Army
Andrei Yeremenko
Stalingrad
Smolensk
Kiev
Dnieper
Dukhovschina
Nezhin
Ukraine
Yeremenko
Vassiliy Sokolovsky
Yartsevo
White Russia
Poland
Roslavl
Churchill to present long war review before Commons
Prime Minister Churchill returns from a six week Anglo American Canadian tour to prepare a comprehensive war review for the House of Commons. The debate will cover Italy's surrender issues and Allied conferences while Parliament marks a historic long tenure since 1910.
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Churchill
House Commons
London
Britain
Canada
United States
House of Commons
Commons
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Badoglio
Russia
AMG
Mary
ATS
Anthony Eden
Lord Halifax
John G. Winant
U. S
A. V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
Quebec
Refugees Report Allied Warships In Aegan Sea
Italian refugees in Turkey report a large Allied fleet steaming in the Aegean near the Dodecanese. They say Castelrosso Island is occupied and link this to earlier reports of Saonos Lero Cos, with Rhodes under German control after fighting.
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Ernest Agnew
London
Aegean
Turkey
Balkans
Castelrosso
Dodecanese
Rhodes
Samos
Lero
Cos
Britain
Ninth
Middle East
U B Conference to Convene at Martinsburg
The 145th annual Virginia Conference of the United Brethren in Christ will open at 7 30 pm in the First United Brethren Church Martinsburg led by Rev C W Hiser host pastor Attendees from Winchester include Rev L G Bridgers and delegates W P Anderson Also attending are Rev Charles P Walz Mrs Henry Grim and Will Sargent The conference runs through Thursday night with memorial service and stationing committee report to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Conference
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
First
United Brethren Church
Martinsburg
C. W. Hiser
Winchester
L. G. Bridgers
Bridgers
W. P. Anderson
Charles P. Walz
Reliance
Henry Grim
Will Sargent
Board of Christian Education
Boundary Committee
Conference Pension Board
Council of Administration
J. R. Collis
G. M. Pool
George A Schnabel
D. D
Batdorf
G. D. Batdorf
J. Paul Gruver
Batdor
War Memorial Committee To Meet Friday
The War Memorial Committee of the Junior Board of Trade will meet at the George Washington Hotel on Friday September 24 at 7 30 p m. Representatives from city and county groups will discuss plans for a memorial honoring those who served in wars from Winchester and Frederick County. Ben Belchie announced the meeting and invited all interested persons to attend.
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War Memorial Committee
Junior Board of Trade
George Washington Hotel
Benjamin Belchie
Winchester
Frederick County
Belchie
City And County Brevities From A Scarcity Of Food To Big Catfish
Reports note garden produce helping residents with food shortages including a pepper carrying a pepper inside. A five inch praying mantis at City Farm is observed. Water reserves were replenished after diverting flow from O Sullivan Rubber plant. Ernest Grayson fractures a bone in his left foot at home visit and seeks hospital care. Perry Mason nets two large catfish within days, one weighing 14 pounds and another 15 and a half pounds after 45 minutes.
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A. C. Stotlemyer
Star Office
Stotlemyer
O’sullivan
Ernest Grayson
Fair Play
David Lowery
Clark
Grayson
Perry Mason
Locke’s Mill
Fifth Army Opens Naples Sector with Sorrento Heights Seizure
Allied reports reveal the American Fifth Army seized control of the south side of the Bay of Naples by capturing key heights on the Sorrento peninsula and border areas. British forces advanced from the heel toward Gioia as Sardinia fell under Italian control and German positions near Corsica and the Tyrrhenian coast began retreat.
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North Africa
Fifth Army
Bay of Naples
Sorrento
Capri
Ischia
Procida
Italy
Castellammare
Torre Annunziata
Salerno
Montecorvino
Battipaglia
Greece
Fifth Corps
Gioja
Taranto
Bari
Sardinia
Mussolini
Pio Badoglio
Corsica
France
Naples
Morocco
Mark W. Clark
Altavilla
Pietro Badoglio
Contursi
Gioia
Eighth Army
American Aerial Attacks on Bougainville Continue
American air offensive against Bougainville Island intensified into its second week. Night raids by Mitchell bombers struck Kahili and Ballale airdromes at Solomons southern tip, followed by a daylight assault on Ballale with fighter escorted Dauntless dive bombers and Avenger torpedo planes, aiming to cripple enemy air bases and reserves.
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Southwest Pacific
Bougainville Island
Mitchell
Kahili
Ballale
Solomon Island
Maryland Tops Third War Loan Quota As Sales Pass 103 Percent
Washington reports Maryland became the first state to exceed its Third War Loan quota with gross sales of 203 million dollars by noon, 3.6 percent above its 196 million target. The state still seeks to reach 84 million in individual bond sales. New York neared four billion in the drive, with weekend totals to be updated. Secretary Morgenthau announced overall campaign sales reached 10.239 billion through Saturday, with a new weekend total to follow.
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Washington
Maryland
Treasury
Department
Hooper Mills
State War Finance
Miles
New York
Morgenthau
Staunton Judge Presided Here
Preston W. Campbell chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court des ignated Judge J H May of Staunton to preside in Winchester Corporation Court. Judge May sat September 10 in place of Judge B P Harrison in cases involving J Fred Thwaite et al vs Gibson Baker receiver for Joles F Rodman and Co Inc and final settlement of Robert Mac Glass committee for Colleen Glass.
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Preston W. Campbell
Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia
J. H. May
Corporation Court
Staunton
Corporation Court of
Winchester
May
B. P. Harrison
J. Fred Thwaite
Als
Gibson Baker
Joles F. Rodman and Co., Inc
Robert Mac. Glass
Colleen Glass
German Officers Form Union in Moscow Against Hitler
In Moscow on September 12 more than 100 generals and officers from five POW camps formed the Union of German officers. They seek the downfall of the Hitler regime and a free peaceful Germany. The group calls itself Generals and Officers of the Sixth German Stalingrad Army and aligns with the National Committee of Free Germany. High-ranking attendees included Walter von Seidlitz Alexander Elder von Daniels Otto Korfes and Martin Latman along with Walter Meyer head of an SS division.
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Moscow
Germany
Stalingrad
National Committee of Free Germany
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Hitler
Walter von Seidlitz
Alexander Elder von Daniels
Otto Korfes
Martin Latman
Walter Meyer
Viscose Plant Awarded Army Navy E Pennant
The Army Navy E production award was granted to nine plants for war goods output. Viscose Corp Front Royal Va plant and Raybestos Manhattan Inc Raybestos division were among those cited in the War Department report released today.
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Washington
Army-Navy
War Department
Viscose Corp
Front Royal
Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc
Raybestos Division
Eport
Public Sale Notices At White Hall And Winchester
Public sale Saturday September 25 at 1 pm lists Mrs Bettie Braithwaite selling household effects including a heatrola and oil heater. Fencing and radio batteries orders offered by Sears Office at 121 S Loudoun St Winchester VA with phone 4101.
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Bettie Braithwaite
White Hall
Sears
S. Loudoun St
Winchester
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Jack Bell
MR Winchester
Reds
Aegan Sea
U. B
Will
Anderson
Sargent
Castellamare
Wes Gallagher
Jap Island
Bougainville
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