Churchill Silent On Marshal Report In Commons
London September 22 Prime Minister Churchill declined to comment on Washington reports that General George C. Marshall was nominated as global commander in chief of Allied offensive forces. The dispatch notes the move would signal a major shift in war leadership and a push toward coordinated Allied strategy.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Washington
George C. Marshall
Hitler
European
Japan
U. S. Army
Presi
Navy Seaman David E. McDonald Missing After Redwing Sinking
Word reaches Sunnyside that David E. McDonald a 5 P Third Class U S Navy is missing in action after U S S Redwing was sunk by an underwater explosion on June 29 sister Mrs Charles Dick reports he likely took part in the Sicily invasion his enlistment began a year ago and he was aboard the Redwing when sunk.
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David E. McDonald
5.P
U. S. Navy
U. S .S. Redwing
Charles Dick
Sunnyside
McDonald
Navy
Sicily
Clark Army Expands Bridgehead Across Multiple Mountains
Allied reports say American units aid French forces pushing Germans toward Corsica’s northeast corner. Over 1,000 Germans killed and several hundred captured as French troops and patriots harass retreating forces in Boni facio Porto Vecchio. The Fifth Army pushes from Salerno toward Campagna and Montecor Rovella while British forces drive from San Cipriano.
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Corsica
Bonifacio-Porto Vecchio
Fifth
Salerno
Campagna
Montecor Rovella
San Cipriano
Bastia
Leghorn
Winston Churchill
Sardinia
Pietro Badoglio
Gruver Re-elected Conference Head at Martinsburg Meeting
The Rev. J. Paul Gruver D D was re elected superintendent of the Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ at Winchester in 1941. Martinburg’s Lee was named director of Children's work succeeding Mrs L O Shirley whose husband the Rev Mr Shirley heads to Africa. The Arlington work may expand with a new worship space as the conference adjourns tonight and returns tomorrow with reports on education missions and ordination.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
J. Paul Gruver
D. D
Conference of
The
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Winchester
Liams Lee
L. O. Shirley
Shirley
Africa
Arlington
Washington
J. B. Showers
D. C
Christian Education
O. T. Deever
R. L. Brill
P. W. Fisher
Otterbein Brotherhood
E. Snider
e +abel Cr. E. Hart
Batdorf
Community church dinners and concert listings
TOKES call 5062 for special dinners every Thursday at John Mann Church. The Lincoln Park Quartette will perform at Cedar Hill Church near Grimes on Sunday September 26 at 8 pm with 25c and 10c admission, sponsored by Randolph Brown. Covered dish supper at Wr. and Mrs. Albert Luttrells Grines Friday night September 24 at 8 pm to benefit White Hall Church, 50c.
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Tokes
John Mann Church
Lincoln Park
Cedar Hill Church
Grimes
Randolph Brown
Albert Luttrell
Grines
White Hall Church
Baruch backs full wartime strength for armed forces
Bernard M. Baruch told Senate and House committees that the armed forces are entitled to the fulfillment of every demand for equipment and manpower. He urged immediate support for strategical needs, saying give the military whatever is required and avoid cheese paring or trading down.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Senate
House
Baruch
Gene
George C. Marshall
Army of Staff
James F. Byrnes
Stalin thanks U S for aid and urges third war loan
Premier Stalin praised U S munitions and supplies for the Soviet armies and urged the successful flotation of America's 15 billion dollar third war loan. Read aloud by Maj. Gen. Bel yaev at the Back The Attack bond show, the message said the Red army advances from Smolensk toward the Black Sea and that Allied lend-lease aid aids victory.
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Washington
Stalin
United States
America
A. I. Belyaev
Russian Purchasing Commission
Soviet Union
Germany
Finland
Rumania
Hungary
Red Army
Smolensk
Black Sea
Great Britain
Kiev domes seen by Red Army as German lines reel
Soviet dispatches report gilt Kyiv domes visible to Red troops in clear autumn weather. The Red Army continues advances along a 750 mile front while German divisions pull back toward the Dnieper. Chernigov falls open path to Kiev and Gomel, signaling a major front shift.
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London
Kiev
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Adolph Hitler
Dnieper
Desna
Bryansk
Chernigov
Gomel
White Russia
Stalingrad
Hitler’s Hess Says Fuehrer Aiming To End War
In Scotland in May 1941 Rudolf Hess told the Duke of Hamilton that Hitler did not want to defeat England and wished to stop fighting. Foreign Secretary Eden disclosed the account in Parliament, noting Hess arrived seeking a “mission of humanity” and to urge a peace with Britain within years via a German victory at sea and air—while denying Hitler’s intent to conquer the world.
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London
Scotland
Rudolf Hess
Duke of Hamilton
Fuehrer
England
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Commons
Adolf
Lisbon
Dungavel
Hess
Berlin
Libya
Maryhill Barracks
Germany
Balkans
Britain
Hitler
Hamilton
RAF
I. A. Kirkpatrick
Foreign Office
British
Europe
Virginia Synod Auxiliary Holds First Winchester Session
The 39th annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Synod of Virginia opens in Winchester at the Presbyterian Church. Dr R A Lapsley reports emergency home mission funds reach 270000 with 40 new workers 44 new buildings and 11 sites purchased. Miss Louise Davidson presides.
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Emergency Home Mission Fund
R. A. Lapsley
Synod’s Home Mission Committee
Roanoke
Woman’s Auxiliary
Synod of Virginia
Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Miss Davidson
Louise Davidson
Bethesda
Ronald Wilson
Synod
Bishop Peele to Speak at Winchester Churches Sunday
Bishop William Walter Peele will guest sermonize in Winchester Virginia churches Sunday. Morning dedication at Montague Avenue Church led by Rev Harvey Ashby. Evening Union Service at Market Street Church with Rev Reginald Vanderberry. district officials and choirs participate.
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Peele
Methodist
Winchester
William Walter Peele
Richmond
Methodist Church
Virginia
Montague Avenue
Harvey Ashby
Market Street
Reginald W. Vanderberry
R. Orman Bryant
Braddock Street
Andrew Babb
Hoye L. Riley
T. M. Swann
D. D
Brucetown
R. Bowen Moore
Stephens City
Walter Smith
Reginald W. Vander
V P F Plans Big Program For Saturday
Winchester Company 115 Virginia Protective Force members backing the war effort will devote Saturday to promoting the Third War Loan campaign in Winchester and Frederick County. They will staff the public bond booth all day to accept orders for war bonds and push for an unconditional success.
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Winchester Company 115
Virginia Protective Force
Pearl Harbor
Winchester
Frederick County
Local V. P. F. unit called to khaki parade
Captain W. A. Baker orders Co. 115 V. P. F. to assemble at the armory Friday at 7 30 pm in own clothes for khaki cleaning and parade and inspection by Gov. Darden and Senator Byrd on Saturday. Bonds issued at Shangri-La Drive noted. Governor Darden to dedicate and speak for Third War Loan Sunday in Berryville.
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W. A. Baker
Co. 115
Darden
Senator Byrd
Shangri-La
Byrd
Star
Berryville
Lonely Order of Guinea Hens Formed in New Guinea
American nurses and Red Cross workers in New Guinea separated from sweethearts by the Owen Stanley range form the Lonely Order of Guinea Hens. Membership requires honesty in love and excludes flighty birds, with no ban on occasional dates. Insignia shows a lonely gaze toward planes over mountain tops.
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Southwest Pacific
Red Cross
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Lonely Order of
Allied Invasion Of Balkans Looked For Soon
London reports a Balkans invasion anticipated this year followed by a spring assault on western Europe. Churchill’s Commons war review signals a forthcoming Balkan thrust from eastern Italy and the Aegean bases, with air strength and German opposition noted.
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London
Balkans
Europe
Churchill
Commons
George C. Marshall
Omaha
Cairo
Aegean
Cao
Cos
Lero
Samos
Italy
London Morning
RAP
Germany
Public sale notice and job ad items from Martinsburg input
Public sale announcement lists household effects including living room suite heatrola and heater for cash by Mrs Bettie Braithwaite near White Hall. Also a painter employment ad at Newton D Baker General Hospital Rt 9 Martinsburg West Virginia between 7 and 10 am. White Heath peaches for sale at packing shed near Grimes by D K Russell.
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Bettie Braithwaite
White Hall
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Grimes
D. K. Russell
Germans Sharpen Danish Siege
Stockholm dispatch reports two German soldiers killed in Denmark as German authorities intensify measures to quell rising Danish resistance. Copenhagen faced fines up to 1,000,000 crowns after a soldier was killed, with a 50,000 crown reward offered for the attacker. Odense saw a street shooting triggering heightened siege conditions. Radio from Denmark was cut off late last night.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Copenhagen
Odense
Churchill jokes about it in Commons with a quip about Mussolini
London September 22 Prime Minister Winston Churchill answered a serious question on Mussolini’s kidnapping with a joke about guards not shooting him when he escaped. Amid cheers he quipped perhaps it’s lucky for Mussolini.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Benito Mussolino
Moving Day For Japs Nearing Warned By Government
London dispatch reports Japan plans to move government departments industries and civilian population from Tokyo and other key cities to strengthen defense. The measures include total civilian mobilization and removing age limits for national service. Premier Tojo and the government information office announced the plan as Japan enters a decisive wartime phase.
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London
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
Hideki Tojo
Government Information Office
Allied drive seizes Potenza in Italy to disrupt routes
Allied forces under Gen Montg omer y advance to Potenza on the Italian mainland securing a key junction. The capture gives control of inland highways and rails south of a line from Salerno. Fifth Army moves through rugged mountains facing some enemy artillery and mortar fire while east of Salerno Clark’s troops encounter mainly rearguard detachments.
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Naples
Salerno
Italy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Potenza
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Mrs. R. E. Byrd Returns To Home
Mrs. R. E. Byrd suffered a temporary illness yesterday afternoon and spent the night at Winchester Memorial Hospital. This morning she was much improved and returned to her home on Amherst Street.
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R. E. Byrd
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Amherst Street
War Bonds Drive Falls Short In City County And State
Winchester and Frederick counties show modest progress on Series E war bonds but lag state totals. Virginia reports 8.4 percent of bonds sold as Series E totaling 6.818 million, while Winchester Frederick reach 12 percent of their 406,900 goal. City banks, the post office, O Sullivan Rubber, and Capitol Theater contributed sales including 410 E series bonds totaling 195,040 and 332 other series totaling 146,740.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Wendell Barney
Frederick
Virginia
O’*Sullivan Rubber Company
Capitol Theater
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Henry F. Seal
U. S
Miria di San Servolo
Mussolini
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Pompadour
Jail Duce
Duke
Virginia Synod
Lapsley
Berry
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College of Bishops of the
W. W. Peele, Lld
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Ernest Agnew
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