Pugh Wins 36 Hole Championship at Winchester Club
Pugh clinches the 36 hole title in a 7 up 6 to go victory at Winchester Golf Club where he learned the game. He beat Hugh Peters and Mason Eli Minted Lester Arnold in the semi finals and will face the governor trophy undecided. Fred W. Sturm dominated the second flight final 11 up 9 to go over Woody Glaize. Sturm beat Wendell E in the semi finals while Glaize beat Ziegler. Mrs. Olinger will return to manage the pro shop after 5 PM on weekdays and weekends.
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Back From Front Palmer Sprains Ankle
London report says Pr-Lt Herb Palmer 46 year old Stars and Stripes correspondent returned from Holland after a hazardous assignment. He slipped on a curb while hailing a taxi and sprained an ankle.
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Front Royal Tragic Crash Leaves Child Hospitalized
A young boy was severely injured in a crash near Front Royal. He is at Winchester Memorial Hospital after the vehicle door opened and the child fell into the road. Authorities say the accident was unavoidable and the driver was not held responsible.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Morgan
Attacker in Bahama Camp Suspected in Home Assault
A woman described an attacker who forced his way into her home, was repelled when she crawled to the door and locked it. Deputies questioned several suspects after Ambrister was taken into custody near the city limits. no hearing had been held.
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Richard Braden
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Answers to the Daily Quiz
Solutions to the page four quiz list ten items with concise facts. The topics include geography taxation monarchy education history naval battles and religious orders.
Ration calendar details for foods and fuels issued
The AP lists indefinite validity for many stamps and blue tokens while outlining changes. Blue token usage ends October 1. sugar four stamp entries cover five pounds for home canning. airplane stamps for shoes remain valid. gasoline coupons vary by region with several periods and new A-ration book changes.
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Pastors Reappointed in Virginia Conference
The Rev. L. G. Bridgers is re-appointed to Winchester Church of the United Brethren in Christ for a seventh year. The Virginia Conference at Singer's Glen announced local re-appointments: Winchester Station Rev. L. G. Bridgers, Winchester Circuit Rev. J. E. Oliver, West Frederick Rev. L. C. Messick, Refiance Rev. L. P. Tedrick.
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Tito's Army gun supply run praised by RAF pilots
A command report credits gun supply runners of the RAF with delivering thousands of tons of materiel to Tito's Partisans under enemy observation. The praise notes items from anti-tank guns and vehicles to needles and thread, from mules to paperclips, flown by Am-P age transport pilots.
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Germans Hold Lines As Allied Push Near Rhine Front
German forces fought to stem Allied advances along the Rhine west of Strasbourg and across the Moselle near Nancy. Allied units pressed from Epinal to Arnhem while parachutists and British and Canadian formations widened bridgeheads and ferried supplies to a beleaguered Lost Division. Front reports said Americans and British "shoehorn" corridors toward Nijmegen and Turnhout with heavy shelling and renewed German counterattacks.
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American and German forces clash near Nancy in Moselle front
American troops press in from Moselle positions as German defenses tighten around Metz and Dieuze. German counter attacks cost tanks in Dieuze and Chateau-Salins while Americans push Leyr and advance toward Baccarat and Moncton forest amid rain slowed offensives. British correspondent Alan Wood reports paratroopers aiding Arnhem relief with raids on German HQ and a raid netting a Hitler portrait and weapons.
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Grain futures rise as parity price pledge announced
Chicago Sept 25. Shorts scrambled to cover after government said it would pay full parity for unredeemed 1944 loan wheat. Prices rose up to 5 cents, hitting the day’s limit, with trading continuing under the Chicago Board of Trade’s 5 cent limit.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Curtin warns of protracted Pacific war in broadcast
In Canberra on September 25 Prime Minister Curtin stated no hopeful sign of an early Pacific war end. He warned Australia could face doubled or tripled stresses as Allied forces grow to Japan battlefronts, under Roosevelt and Churchill's agreed scale.
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Miners Rescued After Ten Days Trapped in Mexican Mine
Fourteen workers trapped inside a Guanjuato silver mine for ten days were rescued yesterday after heavy rains and a blocked exit. Some survivors said they ate belts and clothing to endure the ordeal while they were given water and had to be carried out due to extreme weakness.
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Guanajuato
Mexico
Sweden Would Fight If German Troops Cross Finland Norway
Swedish Minister W. Bostrom said he would think Sweden would fight if German troops in Finland and Norway tried to retreat across Swedish territory. He spoke after a half hour meeting with Secretary of State Hull and said he had discussed Sweden's position with Hull.
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Keep the invasion rolling Buy War Bonds today
Impassioned wartime appeal urges readers to support the war effort by purchasing War Bonds now. Officials frame bonds as a patriotic duty aiding troops and national defense during ongoing hostilities.
Ledo Road in China Proves Usable for Supplies
Seattle dispatch reports the Ledo road linking India to Yunnan China is usable with potential for eleventh hour aid to Chinese armies. U S Army Engineers confirm route viability while noting limits from Japanese pressure on feeder roads. The road, built under Brig Gen Lewis A Pick and closely following Stilwell’s campaigns, shipped early supplies and evacuees.
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Dewey gathering Pearl Harbor data for campaign address
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, urged by backers, is assembling facts on the Pearl Harbor investigation to decide if it becomes a major campaign topic. Senator Bridges accuses Democrats of stalling to run out the election. President Roosevelt defers on undisclosed information, urging submission to the boards.
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Compton Denounces Roosevelts War Time Loss Figure
Rep. Compton of Connecticut disputes Roosevelt’s claim of one tenth of one percent. He says the war time strikes caused 23,468,086 man-days of lost work, equating to 64,000 idle workers for a year. He urges confronting troops in the South Pacific and Asia with the issue.
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Roosevelt
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China
Democratic By By No Other Name
Ed Clark attorney for the Texas Democratic Executive Committee moved to block any variation of Democratic in electors filings by other parties. He protested to Secretary Sidney Latham over a potential anti Roosevelt faction forming a new party and contesting ballot names for November. The court had directed Latham to list the 23 pro Roosevelt electors from a September convention.
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Ed Clark
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Democratic Executive Committee
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Democrat Party
Sidney Latham
Latham
Roosevelt
New Party
Bears Open 1944 Season With Loss At Green Bay
Quarterback Sid Luckman and the Chicago Bears were upset 42 to 28 by Curly Lambeau's Packers in Green Bay as Cleveland Rams beat Pittsburgh 38 to 30 in the league opener played before 20,968 fans.
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Louis Mayer Shows Improvement
Louis B. Mayer of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio shows improvement in his production capacity and studio operations as reported from Hollywood on September 25. The article notes Mayer’s ongoing influence in film production and studio management.
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Hollywood
Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Film Studio
Notable Rancher Recovers From Pulmonary Blood Clot
Dr. Jessie Marmorston reports that chief Mayer is recovering from a blood clot on one lung after a pelvic fracture. Mayer was injured when thrown from a horse at his ranch near Hemet California about a month ago.
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Jessie Marmorston
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Future policy figures favor hard line on postwar Germany
Morgenthau charged that the War and State departments planned a soft peace and outlined a program to strip Germany of industry. It would reduce Germany to a farm country, cede Silesia and the Saar to neighbors, and seal mines to prevent a future war-making Reich.
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