Massive U S Carrier Raid Hits Manila in Second Day
U S forces led by Halsey and Mitscher struck Manila with a large carrier air force. About 200 carrier planes attacked harbor facilities and air fields while sinking or damaging numerous ships. American losses were 15 planes with no carrier damage, as Japanese defenses declared martial law across the Philippines.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
America
Manila
U. S
Philippines
Tokyo
Harbor
Corregidor
Clark Field
Nichols Field
Cavite
Subic
United States
Adm
William F. Halsey, Jr
Marc A. Mitscher
Chester W. Nimtz
Mitscher-Halsey
Philippine
Mindanao
Tokyo Radio
Jose P. Laurel
Philatege
Russians Nearer Tallinn Also Hungarian Frontier
Russian and Hungarian forces pressed on eastern front advances toward Tallinn and near the Hungarian border. Soviet units reported advances and river-crossing disruptions while German lines claimed disengagement movements. Riga faced a siege as Red Army approached Riga, and activity continued toward the Carpathian gates of Czechoslovakia.
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Tallinn
Sian
Bor
Warsaw
Vistula
Estonia
Arad
Hungary
Tapa
Ionian
Riga
Latvia
Baltic States
Red Army
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Eighth Army sweeps into rich Po Valley and Rimini
Rome reports Eighth Army troops pushing deep into the Po Valley after capturing Rimini and securing Firenzuola. Allied forces threaten the Gothic Line as they press from the Adriatic toward Bologna area.
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Eighth Army
Po Valley
Rome
Rimini
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Firenzuola
Albert Kesselring
Bologna
Storage Space In Local Plants Already Engaged
Officials said all apple storage space in local plants is engaged this season. Consumers cannot store fruit locally and must use basements. space is reserved for exchanges throughout the year. With a large fall crop, city apple traffic is expected to be heavy.
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Cosq
Ma Winchester Sees Fat Salvage Drive Affecting War Aftermath
Ma Winchester notes that European military success boosts optimism for peacetime fat and oil availability. A survey for the American Fat Salvage Committee shows housewives focusing on fat salvage as part of the war effort, with caveats about postwar shortages if Japan holds Pacific territories.
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Europe
American
Fat Salvage Committee
Winchester
Germany
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Pacific Islands
Jim Ferguson Dies in Texas Politician and Former Governor
AUSTIN Texas September 22 Farmers celebrate the life of James E Ferguson at 73 a banker and blackland farmer who rose from farmhand to twice governor and husband of Miriam A Ferguson He will be buried in the state cemetery Known for his vest pocket vote and me and Ma slogan he shaped Texas political history for a quarter century.
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Austin
Texas
Jim Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Bell County
Sgt 0 D Ritter Wounded Again in France
Tech Sgt Ozias D Ritter of the 116th Infantry 29th Division writes his parents in Clarke County that he has been wounded again in France while on duty This is the second time since D Day He is recovering in an English hospital with wounds to his left leg and arm and hopes to be home soon after two years overseas
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Tech
Ozias D. Ritter
Leslie Ritter
White Post
Route No. 1
Clarke County
France
Ritter
116Th Infantry
Nelson Enroute To Washington From Chungking Report
War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson is enroute to Washington with a report on his Chinese conferences for President Roosevelt. He has already arrived in India after traveling from Chungking where he met Chiang Kai Shek and other Chinese leaders in connection with the Chinese military effort and American aid.
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Chungking
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Washington
Roosevelt
India
Nelson
Chiang Kai-Shek
Eralissimo
Winchester Volunteer Firemen meet to discuss matters
There will be a meeting of the Winchester Volunteer Firemen's Association on Monday evening September 25 at eight o'clock in Sarah Zane Hall. All members are asked to attend as a number of important matters will be acted upon. E W Argenbright Chief.
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Winchester Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Sarah Zane Hall
E. W. Argenbright
Pietro Caruso Executed by Firing Squad in Rome
In Rome on September 22 Pietro Caruso, last Fascist Rome police chief, was shot by a firing squad at Fort Bravetta for Nazi occupation crimes. A priest gave extreme unction as he faced the sentence, after an Italian court condemned him for delivering 50 hostages to execution in caves near Rome.
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Rome
Pietro Caruso
Caruso
Fort Bravetta
Italy
Wallace says Roosevelt best for postwar peace and jobs
In New York Wallace tells 20 000 at Madison Square Garden that Roosevelt is better able to secure a liberal postwar peace with allied leaders and ensure full employment for all Americans. He contrasts Roosevelt with Dewey and urges confidence in government fairness and employment prospects.
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New York
Hew A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Madison Square Garden
Wallace
Thomas E. Dewey
Churchill
Stalin
Generalissimo
America
Pvt George Hoover Wounded in Action in France
Mrs. George Hoover received a War Department telegram noting Pvt George F Hoover Jr was wounded in action in France around August 31. He is 19 and has served 16 months, arriving overseas last November with an armored division after service in Italy. He trained at Fort Knox and Camp Campbell in Kentucky.
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George Hoover
War Department
Pvt
George F. Hoover, Jr
France
Teleram
Hoover
Pvt. Hoover
Italy
Fort Knox
Cam Benne Bell
Kentucky
Oak Grove Reopens Under New Management Dance Nights
Oak Grove opens under new management offering dancing on Friday Saturday and Sunday evenings from eight to twelve. Beer and sandwiches available.
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Oak Grove
Prisoner Sought By Armed Mob
In Preston Maryland on September 22 armed men 35 to 100 strong stormed the county jail at Denton to seize a prisoner after the fatal shooting of James Davis a Preston restaurant owner. Police say Hubbard and his son were in custody in Baltimore for safekeeping and a murder warrant was planned against Hubbard Sr.
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Preston
Denton
Baltimore
Wright
James Davis
Lions Club
Howard Hubbard
Howard, Jr
Hubbard Sr
Patton Receives Added Duty On P-51 Base Mess Council
Capt Kenneth G Patton 24 of this city appointed to the Officers Mess Council at an Eighth Air Force P 51 base commanded by Col Donald Blakeslee in Fir Harbor England He previously served as a quartermaster officer and company commander He is a former Valley Fruit book keeper and entered service February 1941 at Fort Meade He attended Quartermaster OCS Camp Lee Va and the Command and Staff School Warner Robins Ga He has a wife Ruth S Patton of 439 North Loudoun street and a father George W Patton of 812 Amherst street He has a brother in service Staff Sgt Harold D Patton recently reported to Camp Shelby Miss after a 17 day furlough He was a shipping clerk for Spottswood Transfer Co before entering service and has been in Camp Shelby Finance Office for 17 months now in charge of Accounting Department.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Kenneth G. Patton
Donald Blakeslee
Fir- Harbor
Valley Fruit
Patton
Valley Fruit and Candy Co
Fort Meade
Camp Lee
Command and Staff School
Warner Robins
Harold D. Patton
Camp Shelby
Miss
Spottswood Transfer Company
Roosevelt outlines plan to restore Italian authority gradually
President Roosevelt said at a news conference that his Quebec talks with Churchill focused on gradually placing responsibility for Italian reconversion in Italian hands to avoid starvation this winter. He reported progress at Dumbarton Oaks and touched on Germany, China, and De Gaulle without detail.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Quebec
Churchill
Italy
Dumbarton Oaks
Starvatin
Fresh Nazi Forces Thrown Into Fierce Armored Battle
In Alsace Lorraine on September 22 the German high command sent new armor against the Third Army as a four day tank battle raged near Arracourt. American light tanks and heavy guns, aided by fighter bombers, knocked out German Mark V and Mark Four tanks amid fog and smoke screens. Sergeant Robert Grimm of Harrisville Virginia described intensifying action as both sides fought through the hills and valleys.
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Alsace - Lorraine
France
Third Army
The
Reich
Arracourt
Thunderbolt
Juvelize
Jurreccourt
Xanrey
U. S
Robert Grimm
Harrisville
W. Va
WPB Sets Postwar Conversion Plans for Civilian Goods
The War Production Board aims to clear war tied plants to speed postwar reconversion. Hiland G. Batcheller asks WPB divisions to list plants to shed war work soon after victory. Lists will guide contract cancellations by war and navy departments for specified products including autos radios buses and refrigeration equipment.
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Washington
War Production Board
Germany
Hiland G. Batcheller
WPB
War and Navy Departments
Wanted Apple Pickers and Packing Help
Pine Motor Co offers transportation for workers needed at a packing house. Wages and duties implied with call for applicants. Contact Pine Motor Co for details.
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Call Pine Motor Co
Wanted House Cleaner by the Hour
Help wanted notice seeks a house cleaner paid by the hour at 326 Amherst Street. Includes no company name and lists no qualification details. Public notice style emphasizes an employment inquiry and location.
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Amherst St
Apple Pickers Tickets At Star Job Office
A brief notice states that Apple Pickers can obtain tickets at the Star Job Office. The entry notes location and access point for workers seeking entry to the program or event.
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Star Job Office
Make Some Use Of Siegfried Line
Village on the Siegfried Line in Germany in forceful war zone action shows residents hanging washing across a street. A picture of Hitler with a no symbol reading The Siegfried e hangs beside flapping trousers as soldiers observe the improvised display.
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Siegfried Line
Germany
Hitler
Dewey Talks Social Security On West Coast Campaign
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey travels to Los Angeles for his fourth west coast campaign address. He reiterates a plan for a broader social security program while criticizing New Deal excesses and endorsing labor protections and wartime price controls. He signals openness to some New Deal innovations within a restrained GOP framework.
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Los Angeles
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
NBC
San Francisco
Civic Auditorium
Reds Report Inside Warsaw Battle Gains Blunted
Gen Bor of Polish Partisans reports Soviet contact with embattled Warsaw forces across the Vistula. Polish districts Zoliborz and Mokotow see contact as five German divisions are pinned down. Soviets drop food and ammunition aiding Poles amid heavy German artillery near Towarowa.
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London
Bor
Warsaw
Vistula
Zoliborz
Mokotow
Savious Sqare
Towarowa
Pvt G W Cross Returns To Duty In France Frontline
Pvt. George W. Cross of the 116th Infantry 29th Division notified his wife Mrs George Cross that he has returned to the front after being slightly wounded September 2 in action in France. He received the Purple Heart and entered service in January arriving overseas in July. He worked as a welder at Bethlehem Steel in Baltimore before enlisting and is son of Charles S Cross of 54 South Loudoun Street.
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George Cross
George W. Cross
France
116Th Infantry
Pvt
Cross
Bethlehem Steel
Baltimore
Charles 5. Cross
South
Loudoun Street
Dempsey Close To Junction In Rhine Crossing Battle
British and Polish airborne forces pinned by German counterattack try to hold the Arnhem bridge gateway two miles from a junction with Lt Gen Miles Dempsey’s Second Army armor. Reinforcements scarce due to weather as Germans claim heavy losses and invasion units move into Arnhem.
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London
Holland
Ger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Miles C. Dempsey
Second Army
Ters
Arnehem Bridge
Ruhr
Siegfried Line
Northen
Rhine
Arnhem
Dempsey
Nijmegen
Gas registration for trucks set for Monday
The War Price and Rationing Board announces truck gas registration begins Monday September 25. The rationing office opens 9 am to 3 pm daily from September 25 to 30, with clerks handling only quarter truck gas during 9 am to 1 pm. Please apply during the period, bring original and any supplement ODT certificates, and limit nonemergency rationing until registrations finish. Also notice sale: Grant apple picking bags, 39 E Piccadilly St, phone 4643.
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War Price and Tioning Board
E. Piccadilly Sts
Wanted Male for Full Time Jobs at Heinz Co Valley Park
Vocational ad notes male applicants for full time work at Heinz Co in Valley Park. The brief notice specifies shifts around 8:30 p.m. Friday and mentions a $150 door prize. Includes a local fire company reference and indicates a job opportunity in a small community paper.
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South End Fire Co
Nnté
Eem . Heinz Co
Valley Pikiessa
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Nimitz
By Noland Norgaard
Blacksburg
A. H. Teske
Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
VPI
D. Ritter
Nelson Enroute
F.D.R
K.G. Patton
China
Patrick J. Hurley
Chiang Kai Shek
By Wes Gallagher
Apple Pickers
Dicuss
Social Security
By Jack Bell
Reds
G. W. Cross
Junction
Pingley
Carper
Winchester Park
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